Ming Dynasty: I am truly not the Emperor of Longevity

Lu Chen walked around the inside of the dilapidated temple, carefully examining every corner with his mental power.

In the entire dilapidated temple, besides himself, only that woman was still breathing.

Unfortunately, after her brain tissue was damaged by telekinesis, she was effectively in a vegetative state.

No one can get anything out of her.

Not far away, the two Chang Le Hui members who had been tricked into revealing information earlier, disguised as beggars, had also died, with no apparent fatal wounds on their bodies.

Lu Chen sighed softly.

I had originally considered giving them one last chance to live, but unfortunately, they couldn't seize it!

When he turned his back to them and said that Ma San Kui was dead, the two men did not hesitate to draw their daggers and try to attack him from behind.

Unfortunately, they were facing themselves, a superhuman with telekinetic abilities.

The two had barely taken a step when, unsurprisingly, they collapsed and died.

I came here simply to find a place to shelter from the wind and rain and spend the night.

Unexpectedly, he was drawn into a martial arts battle that had nothing to do with him.

However, the final result was still quite good.

This gain wasn't any physical object, but rather the knowledge that there were true masters with internal energy in this world!

Furthermore, it was discovered that internal energy could block one's mental energy outside the skin.

He even personally fought against a martial arts master with internal strength, gaining practical experience in facing such a master.

When Ma San Kui first mentioned the Chang Le Society, Lu Chen thought it was just an ordinary large-scale Jianghu gang.

I never imagined I had really underestimated this gang!

Not only did the members of the Chang Le Society dare to ambush a martial arts master with internal energy like the man surnamed Xie, but their three leaders were also masters with internal energy!

Very good. The Chang Le Society is a large and powerful gang, so it's not difficult to find them.

Once I've established myself in Linqing, I can look for an opportunity to get in touch with the Chang Le Society.

This internal energy is too amazing. Lu Chen has personally experienced it in this battle and has a firsthand understanding of it.

Since internal energy actually exists in this ancient world, how could I let it go?

. . .

The next morning.

The heavy rain that had been falling all night finally stopped.

Lu Chen led his horse away from the dilapidated temple.

Apart from the two beggars dressed as members of the Chang Le Hui gang and the woman who had become a vegetable with a dart around her neck, the entire scene remained basically the same as it was last night.

Since the members of the Chang Le Society have set up an ambush here, someone will definitely come to check it out afterward.

The scene looked like a mutual destruction fire, so even if they noticed traces of a third party, it wouldn't matter.

Last night's heavy rain also made it impossible for the Chang Le Hui members to go into the mountains overnight. As long as they leave quickly, no one will be able to tell that they were ever here.

. . .

Five days later.

Linqing Prefecture, Qingyuan Water Horse Station.

"My lord, this is your dinner. Please enjoy."

The postmaster bowed and scraped to Lu Chen,

"Please do not hesitate to ask if you need anything else."

After waving for the postmaster to leave, Lu Chen collapsed onto the soft bed.

After leaving the Tongbai Mountains, Lu Chen sold his horse in a small town only a dozen kilometers away from Tang County and bought a whole set of clothes to change into.

All the luggage I brought from Biyang County, including the clothes I've worn these past few days, was thrown into the Tang River on my way to Tang County.

At the city gate, Lu Chen presented the "Unpredictable Card" of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

In this way, for the past two weeks, Lu Chen has been carrying out secret missions for the Embroidered Uniform Guard near Tang County.

As for Lin Chaoxi, the wealthy man from Biyang County, his whereabouts were unknown after he left Tongbai County.

Starting from the second day, Lu Chen began to experience the legendary 800-li urgent delivery.

Holding the "Unpredictable Talisman," which can only be used by the Embroidered Uniform Guard when performing official duties, Lu Chen has a very high priority at various post stations.

When Lu Chen said that his official business was urgent and he needed to get on the road as soon as possible, the post station offered him two horses.

Lu Chen originally thought that the distance between the post stations in the Ming Dynasty was mostly 20 to 30 kilometers, which exceeded the limit of the horses' running endurance, and that the design was somewhat unreasonable.

But two horses are different. One horse carries the rider, while the other follows with an empty saddle, allowing riders to take turns and save horsepower.

It is entirely possible to gallop along the official road to the next post station to change horses without taking a break.

In this way, as long as the rider has the stamina, he can ride a horse all day long.

With the full cooperation of the post stations along the way, the journey was faster than Lu Chen had originally expected.

The road from Wancheng Post Station in Nanyang Prefecture to Daliang Post Station in Kaifeng Prefecture was in the best condition, and Lu Chen completed the 300-kilometer-long official road in just one day.

The journey from Tang County to Linqing Prefecture, a distance of about 900 kilometers, took only four days.

Of course, those days of riding horses at breakneck speed were truly unbearable.

Needless to say, my physical strength was severely depleted. If I hadn't used my telekinesis to cushion my inner thighs from time to time, my skin would have been chafed raw long ago.

However, Lu Chen was still in a good mood at the moment.

After all, he finally arrived in Linqing Prefecture on the twenty-second day after parting ways with Yuan Xun.

This is roughly in line with the normal pace of officials taking up their posts.

No one knew that he had painstakingly carved out half a month to prepare a safe house in Biyang County.

It wasn't an empty house; it had a mistress, a housekeeper, and servants. It belonged to the wealthy Lin family, Lin Chaoxi!

. . .

The next day.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard's Linqing Thousand-Household Office.

"Lord Commander, why did you summon me in such a hurry? Is there something important you need me to do?"

A military officer, dressed in a light blue official robe with a badge on his chest, and appearing to be around thirty years old, hurriedly entered the back hall.

The animal embroidered on the patch looked a bit like a tiger, but not quite. Lu Chen thought it looked more like a wild cat looking back.

This is probably the legendary beast "Biao".

In other words, this was a sixth or seventh-rank military officer, whose corresponding official position in the Embroidered Uniform Guard would be a centurion or a captain.

However, in Lu Chen's opinion, this person should have a very close relationship with the commander. His speech, actions and expressions showed that he was quite casual and did not have the restraint that subordinates are supposed to show when meeting their superiors.

"Commander Shen, this is Commander Lu Chen, who was just transferred from the Northern Garrison to the Linqing Thousand-Household Office."

The middle-aged military officer, who was seated in the main seat and wore a bear-patterned badge on his chest, stood up.

"I've called you here because I have official business to attend to."

After your subordinate, Commander Jiang, died in the line of duty last month, hasn't the vacancy been filled yet?

This vacancy will be filled by Commander Lu Chen from now on.

After saying that, he turned to Lu Chen and introduced him.

"Commander Lu, this is Shen Xuan, the centurion of the Customs Office. From today onwards, he will be your direct superior."