In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

"My safety?"

Yang Zheng frowned and said, "What danger could I possibly be in? The Lu family wouldn't even attempt an assassination..."

Yang Zheng couldn't continue speaking halfway through his sentence.

Because he suddenly realized that the Lu family might indeed be capable of assassinating him!

Throughout history, beheading an enemy general has been one of the most direct and effective ways to weaken the enemy's morale and defeat them!

Given the current predicament facing the Lu family, assassinating themselves and causing their army to collapse without a leader is indeed the most effective way for the Lu family to extricate themselves from this predicament.

Therefore, there is a very high probability that the Lu family will send a powerful figure to assassinate Yang Zheng.

If it were any other force, it would be impossible to behead Yang Zheng under the protection of nearly 100,000 troops, but the Lu family is different!

The Lu family has a history of thousands of years, and no one knows how many high-level martial artists are hidden within the Lu family. These high-level martial artists may not be able to fight against ten thousand or even a thousand on the battlefield, but they can still infiltrate military camps. Once they infiltrate the military camp and attack Yang Zheng directly, even if Yang Zheng is protected by a large number of personal guards, he will probably not escape death.

Thinking of this, Yang Zheng said, "General Tian, ​​do you think the Lu family might assassinate me?"

"It's not just possible, it's certain!"

Tian Yu nodded and said, "As long as you die, the Yang family army will surely collapse. For the Lu family, assassinating you is the simplest way to repel the enemy!"

Yang Zheng nodded emphatically and said gratefully, "Thank you, General Tian, ​​for coming all this way to protect me!"

"No need to thank me!"

Tian Yu shook his head. Now he and Yang Zheng were in the same boat, so he couldn't just stand by and watch Yang Zheng be assassinated by the Lu family.

Soon, Yang Zheng invited Tian Yu to the military camp. The two speculated about when the Lu family would launch an assassination attempt against Yang Zheng while discussing strategies to break through the city.

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Time flies, and two days passed quickly.

As night fell, the Lu family manor was completely silent.

Inside the military camp outside the city, most soldiers had already gone into their tents to rest, with only a few soldiers on night watch still fully armored and patrolling the camp with torches.

Outside the main tent, a group of burly guards stood like statues, their sharp eyes scanning the surroundings, alert to any potential enemies.

At that moment, several gaunt figures appeared silently behind the guards like ghosts, their five fingers gripping the guards' throats!

"Ho ho ho!"

The guards' pupils contracted as they tried their best to make a sound to warn them, but with their throats gripped, they could only utter faint, meaningless sounds. Then, the gaunt figures behind them tightened their grip with their fingers and instantly crushed the guards' throats.

One by one, the guards collapsed to the ground, while at the same time, several gaunt figures rushed into the tent and found Yang Zheng fast asleep on the bed!

"Die!"

A gaunt figure with a sinister grin shot out and quickly reached the bedside, his five fingers reaching for Yang Zheng's throat!

Just then, a cold glint flashed, and the gaunt figure's pupils trembled. He instinctively tried to retreat and dodge, but it was too late!

In the blink of an eye, Tian Yu, who had been lying in ambush inside Yang Zheng's tent, thrust out with his spear, the tip of which instantly pierced through the withered old man's palm.

"what!"

The pain of his hand being pierced caused the old man to let out an involuntary cry, but his rich combat instincts allowed him to react instantly. He forced Tian Yu back with a palm strike while retreating himself, clutching his blood-soaked hand as he reached his companion's side, glaring fiercely at Tian Yu who had made the move.

Meanwhile, the old man's cry of pain had also caught the attention of the patrolling soldiers outside the tent.

"There are assassins!"

"The sound is coming from Commander Yang's tent! Men, go and protect Commander Yang immediately!"

"There's an assassin! Go protect Yang Shuai!"

"..."

Soon, the soldiers patrolling the camp realized what was happening and rushed towards the main tent with torches in hand.

Inside the main tent, Yang Zheng and Tian Yu, who had been awakened, used the light from the brazier inside the tent to examine the five people opposite them!

The five people who burst into the tent were thin and small, their skin clinging tightly to their bones as if it had shrunk, and their faces were covered with dense age spots, making them look like corpses that had been dead for many years.

"Who do we have here? It's the old monster from the Lu family!"

Tian Yu, carrying a long spear, sneered.

The Lu family's secret capture of children to refine longevity pills was never a secret to him. However, because longevity pills were unacceptable to worldly morality, the Lu family never dared to bring this matter to the open. The old monster in the Lu family who used longevity pills rarely appeared in the public eye. Most of the time, he hid in the Lu family's secret room, secretly using longevity pills to prolong his life.

Unexpectedly, the Lu family has sent out these old monsters today in order to kill Yang Zheng.

"Tian Yu, you're asking for death!"

The old man with the pierced hand stared at Tian Yu with a ferocious look in his eyes. Tian Yu's shot had almost crippled his entire right hand. At this moment, his hand, which was only skin and no flesh, was still bleeding continuously, looking ferocious and terrifying.

Having always lived a life of luxury, he had never suffered such injuries before, and was naturally furious.

Tian Yu ignored the old man's impotent rage and explained to Yang Zheng behind him, "This man is named Lu Yingjie. He was one of the Lu family members with exceptional martial arts talent five hundred years ago. Four hundred years ago, he was already at the first-grade level."

"Four hundred years ago..."

Hearing this, Yang Zheng felt a chill in his heart. One Longevity Pill can extend one's life by half a year. Lu Yingjie has been clinging to life for four hundred years, so he would need at least 800 Longevity Pills!

A single longevity pill requires the blood of at least three children to be refined, which means...

If Lu Yingjie were to live another 400 years, at least 2400 children would have to sacrifice their lives!

This number is enough to send chills down your spine!

The fact that Lu Yingjie survived for four hundred years requires the lives of 2400 children, and with the addition of four others, that's tens of thousands of children's lives.

Even more terrifying is that the Lu family has extended the lifespans of far more than just these five people using longevity pills. If we add the other old monsters within the Lu family manor...

The number of children who have suffered at the hands of the Lu family over the years is probably more than 100,000!

Thinking of this, Yang Zheng felt a chill run down his spine, as if he could see the horrific scene of countless children being bled dry by the Lu family, their cries of agony never ceasing!

"The Lu family truly deserves to die!"

Yang Zheng gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with killing intent as he looked at the five people opposite him!

"What a boastful tone you have, you lowly cowherd!"

Lu Yingjie sneered, "It is the blessing of those lowly people that they can extend our lives. Instead of worrying about those lowly people, you should worry about whether you can survive today!"