They all want to change my future.

Answer to Chapter 59

He heard that they were going to report it to the authorities.

Li Zhi smiled and said to Qu Hongxiao in front of him, "I didn't expect that you had been watching me all along."

"Don't flatter yourself." Qu Hongxiao's voice was flat, but one could still detect a hint of barely suppressed anger.

"I only came over to take a look because I had some free time. I originally thought the Lu family still had some ambition, but I didn't expect to see such a disgraceful scene."

Inviting someone to a banquet and then secretly setting up an ambush is indeed despicable.

If it were just this, Qu Hongxiao would only be disdainful, but Li Zhi's identity is wrong; he is a member of a sect.

It's okay for things to go wrong, it's okay for someone to be assassinated, but it's not okay to leave behind such a stupid mess.

Many people in the capital watched Li Zhi go to the Deer Garden. By doing this, the Lu family was clearly using the Empress as a shield.

Qu Hongxiao understood this after hearing what Lu Jiu said.

That's why she took action; what kind of subordinate is that?

It can be said that the actions of the Lu family completely enraged Qu Hongxiao, who held the Empress in the highest position in her heart.

Li Zhi naturally sensed that Qu Hongxiao was a little angry, but he didn't care. He chose to satisfy his curiosity first and asked directly:

"Who was that old man who stopped me just now?"

This guy knows I need him to do something, so he's being so impolite.

Haha, this man really only thinks about himself.

Qu Hongxiao sneered inwardly, but still answered, "Lu Qi, if you count, should be Lu Jiu's grandfather. He was the one who reported the Duke of He back then."

"Oh." Li Zhi nodded, then asked, "Is what Lu Jiu said correct? No one in the Lu family can master the Broken Army Spear technique to a high level?"

"What do you think?" Qu Hongxiao asked in return.

"I felt that Lu Qi's shot just now was pretty powerful."

"sharp?"

Qu Hongxiao scoffed, "Really impressive, you weren't even stopped by a small pebble."

Looking back, Li Zhi realized that Qu Hongxiao's pebble wasn't anything particularly powerful; it was something that could be found anywhere, and the force with which it flew wasn't particularly strong.

In other words, the crucial moment and the point of impact precisely interrupted the moment when the gun's momentum was at its most concentrated and yet to be released.

In other words, Lu Qixiu's Broken Army Spear was truly ineffective; its flaws were far too obvious in Qu Hongxiao's eyes.

They're just using their social standing to bully people.

"He's just long-lived and has been cultivating for a long time."

Qu Hongxiao's tone revealed undisguised disdain.

"He's almost sixty years old, and he's already reached the fifth realm by just waiting for the right time. He's still thinking about breaking through one realm every ten years? Someone with mediocre talent and no courage to risk his life will never even get close to the sixth realm in his lifetime."

Li Zhi nodded, just about to ask another question.

Before he could even ask, Qu Hongxiao, as if she had discovered something, looked directly at Li Zhi and asked, "Who are the people the sect arranged to protect you? I haven't seen them."

This sudden question puzzled Li Zhi, but he remained calm: "I came here for the banquet, how could I have imagined there would be danger?"

This was a good reason, and Qu Hongxiao didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Besides, she hadn't found anything unusual when she used her divine sense to observe the deer park earlier.

Seeing that Qu Hongxiao was relieved, Li Zhi then asked, "What did you mean by that question just now?"

"It doesn't mean anything." Qu Hongxiao's voice turned colder: "I just made a move, so I need to have an identity. I think it's quite good that I'm here as someone the sect arranged to protect you."

Li Zhi understood that this was the beginning of preparing a pretext for filing a lawsuit against the authorities, but he still had some questions to ask.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi continued, "I have another question."

Before Qu Hongxiao could agree, Li Zhi spoke first: "Didn't you say that everyone in the border army practices the 'Breaking Army Spear Technique'? Why can't the Lu family get the complete version?"

Upon hearing this question, Qu Hongxiao looked at Li Zhi with some surprise, then, as if she had thought of something, she chuckled and said, "Do you think this information is very ordinary and simple?"

Li Zhi was taken aback; he was somewhat confused.

Seeing this, Qu Hongxiao shook her head: "There are many secrets in this world. The Lu family is nothing in the capital. Their sphere of influence doesn't even extend beyond the capital. How could they possibly know about things that happen thousands of miles away?"

Li Zhi began to understand: the information blockade.

"So it seems that going to the authorities to file a complaint is actually a good idea." Li Zhi's curiosity was satisfied, so he naturally wanted to find the next interesting thing.

Hearing this, Qu Hongxiao did not relax. She thought to herself: The Lu family's influence cannot extend beyond the capital, which means that he is very powerful in the capital.

Let me see just how much power the Lu family can unleash.

How many people, like the Lu family, abuse the Empress's name and act recklessly?

A sharp glint flashed in Qu Hongxiao's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

She turned her head slightly, glancing at Li Zhi out of the corner of her eye.

It seems that Li Zhi is becoming more and more useful.

At the very least, it is a good touchstone, or a knife sharp enough to cut inwards.

The Observatory has never been a harmless organization that merely collects intelligence.

Li Zhi didn't try to figure out what Qu Hongxiao was thinking; he was thinking about something else.

"I'm starting to get curious," he muttered to himself.

There were only two people in the carriage, so Qu Hongxiao naturally asked, "What are you curious about?"

"Of course, if I report this to the authorities, how should Lu Jiu and his gang be judged according to the laws of the Great Zhou?"

Qu Hongxiao closed her eyes, seemingly recalling the legal provisions.

A moment later, she opened her eyes and recited in a steady voice: "Anyone who gathers ten or more people, armed with weapons, to attack and rob others of their property, without injuring anyone... the principal offender shall be sentenced to three years in prison, and the accomplice to one year in prison."

"That's it?" Li Zhi raised an eyebrow. "It doesn't sound like a serious sentence. Do you think they'll sentence you like that?"

"Of course not."

Qu Hongxiao's tone was cold and murderous: "The capital region is the most important place. I think it should be judged as a group committing murder and disregarding the law."

These words, like a judgment, have already decided the fate of the Lu family.

Li Zhi understood her identity and knew that this statement must be the final outcome.

"So what was their final verdict?"

Qu Hongxiao glanced at Li Zhi: "The ringleader will be exiled three thousand li away and sent to the border army to serve ten years of hard labor; the accomplices will be flogged one hundred times and sentenced to five years of penal servitude, or exiled to the border army together."

"Exiled to the border troops?" Li Zhi repeated the question, shaking his head. "How kind of them, letting the Lu family get what they wanted."

Didn't you want the "Broken Army Spear Execution"?

Go ahead, the border troops are all there.

Such wickedness, yet described as kindness, made Qu Hongxiao unable to help but let out a very soft, sarcastic laugh.

Li Zhi also laughed: "So, I need to go there to file a complaint with the authorities. What's the procedure?"

He was also eager to see the show.

Qu Hongxiao said decisively, "Go to the Jingzhao Prefecture."

The Jingzhao Prefecture was directly under the Emperor's jurisdiction, governing the entire capital region. Going there to file a complaint was tantamount to taking the case directly to the highest-level judicial office in the capital, leaving no room for maneuver.

Qu Hongxiao is now also curious about just how many people the Lu family can influence.