Chapter 38: Rebellion(1/2)
Dongshi has gathered most of the merchants in Hua County and surrounding areas, among which the Zhang family has the largest number of shops.
They have monopolized local food and medicinal materials since ancient times. When they were strong, the medicines were sold as far away as Qingzhou.
It's just that it is now in decline, its power has shrunk, and it is trapped in a corner.
But even so, with these two businesses alone, the Zhang family's wealth will not end.
Now that the epidemic is prevalent, the drug stores in Dongshi are overcrowded, and three additional stores have even been opened.
There is an endless stream of people coming in and out, but there are no two kinds of people.
One is a scholar and the other is a poor man.
Outside the medicine shop, the people were hesitant and there was nothing to eat.
There are still many hungry people piled up between the walls and alleys. They don't even have the capital to hesitate, and they just beg for money from the wealthy merchants and traders in the East City.
However, most of the hungry people were infected with the epidemic, and others dared not get close to them. Those who had the conditions would even send slaves to drive them away.
"Give it to the one who stutters...the child hasn't eaten for two days." A woman begged while holding the little boy in her arms.
A warrior in armor saw that she was dirty and might have some disease, so he yelled: "Get out of here! I got my disease from you."
He had contracted the disease and wanted to fight it. After all, the medicine was too expensive now.
But he didn't expect that his condition was getting worse and worse, so he had to come here to buy medicine. Anyway, he worked for the Zhang family and earned a lot of money.
But after all, it was a large amount of money, and I don’t know why the Lord left all these patients in the city.
"I'm not sick, I'm not sick. I'm already well, so I won't get sick again. Please help me stutter." The woman explained hurriedly.
Although she has a good appearance, she is really not sick. In other words, her family is ruined because of buying medicine to treat her illness.
What's even more uncomfortable is that even after she recovered from her illness, she still had no income because her original employer no longer wanted her to sew clothes and yarn, and the family's livelihood was interrupted.
"Stop talking nonsense." The warrior walked away directly: "The Lord is too kind. He should have driven you all away long ago, so that the epidemic would not be so rampant."
The little boy suddenly shouted: "The epidemic came from the army, and my mother got it from doing your laundry."
"Don't talk nonsense!" The woman quickly took the boy away.
But when the warrior saw others gathered around him because of his words, he became furious and drew his sword to strike: "How dare you spread rumors!"
The sword's light was cold and fierce, and it came down suddenly.
However, a disgraced young man suddenly jumped into the field and held the steel knife with his bare hands.
"Huh?" The samurai glared at him and found that the young man was in tatters and his shoes were all worn out.
"what!"
The warrior burst out his true energy and pressed the sword with all his strength.
However, the young man's skin was not even broken. Instead, the young man held the blade of the blade, enveloping it with a terrifying air current, and pushed it back.
"Pfft!"
The young man pressed the back of the sword into the warrior's neck, causing blood to spurt out.
Seeing someone killing the Zhang family members, the people around were shocked.
A middle-aged swordsman in golden robes from the drug store stepped out and said in a cold voice: "You want to rebel!"
After saying that, he was stunned and saw that the young man was not alone.
Behind the young man, a large group of warriors came, so large that they blocked the intersection.
All of them were strong and strong, wearing various colorful costumes and holding weapons. The team lined up very far away, and there were hundreds of rangers.
The dust was flying as they walked, making a thumping sound, advancing layer by layer.
Although there was no formation, they were coming in such a swarm with murderous intent, and they were coming with bad intentions.
"Put down your weapons! Who allowed you to gather in a crowd... Stop it!"
The young man kept walking, still holding the knife, and raised his hand to smear it on his face.
Because the samurai he killed before was still hanging on the back of his sword, so he was basically dragging a corpse forward.
This arrogant look made people stunned.
"Splendid swordsmanship!" The middle-aged swordsman's eyes flashed fiercely, and he drew his sword instantly, using a set of handsome swordsmanship like mercury pouring down the ground.
Dudududu, the steel sword struck the flesh, making the skin dent, but the sword edge could not penetrate!
The young man faced the sword shadow on his face and greeted him with a slash of his sword.
"What kind of martial arts?" The middle-aged swordsman was confused. He leaned back, tiptoed to the ground, glided elegantly, and dodged easily.
He even used his backhand sword to stab the young man in the eye accurately!
However, what is horrifying is that when the sword was stabbed in the eyeball, the young man did not even blink!
Instead, he stared angrily with his big eyes, roared behind him, and rushed forward in an instant, slamming directly into the swordsman's face.
"Ding!"
The middle-aged swordsman witnessed with his own eyes that the young man bent the sharp sword edge with the membrane of his eyeball!
So much so that the steel sword bent to the limit and broke crisply.
This scene scared the middle-aged swordsman to the point of peeing!
"Uh-huh?" His expression instantly lost control, showing a terrifying facial expression that is difficult for ordinary people to do.
"Pfft!"
The young man grunted with his right hand and stabbed through his neck. The two people were now strung together on the back of the knife.
"Dudu!"
Behind him, a warrior from the Zhang family slashed the back of his neck with a sword, twice in a row.
The boy's whole body was dancing with energy, and the man only felt a crash in front of his eyes, and was pressed against the wall by a hand.
"Huhuhu..." The man's neck was held, and he felt like he was being swept up in the strong wind.
"Demon... hululu..."
Countless energy and violent scraping, his face was about to be broken, and it was scraped into various shapes, and his whole body was shaking in the young man's hand.
This time the young man didn't move his right hand, holding the warrior in his left hand, and thrust the sword into it.
A fight that sounds slow, but actually only lasts a few breaths.
From the beginning to the end, the young man was holding the blade of the first samurai, and then with three strokes and five divisions, he connected with three warriors. The middle-aged swordsman among them was a first-rate master.
This scene made the remaining warriors look dumbfounded.
Even my own people who came with the young man were frightened. A young man riding a monkey and holding a gun couldn't help but touch his neck.
The moves are too terrifying, there are no moves at all, they are all done casually, just like fooling around.
It just fits perfectly, and there is a feeling of lifting weight with ease, which can be said to be like an antelope hanging its horns.
"So...so strong..."
In front of the young man, there were many warriors who were responsible for guarding the medicinal materials. They were wearing armor and holding steel knives, but they hesitated to move forward, just like the previous group of common people who "didn't dare to come in if they didn't have enough money to buy medicine."
"You...are you a human or a demon?"
"I am a pariah." The young man answered quite honestly.
The young man was Yan Nu. After he finished speaking, he turned around and turned his back to the enemy.
The warriors were stunned. At this time, the rangers following the young man had already rushed up to kill them.
Suddenly there was a flash of swords and swords, and all the merchants and merchants fled into the shops screaming in fright, not daring to come out.
At the same time, Yan Nu had already walked up to the woman.
The woman was frightened and hugged the little boy tightly, but the little boy looked at him boldly.
Yan Nu quickly threw away the knife and gourd in his hand, squatted down with a kind smile, and pointed to the grain store opposite the medicine store: "Whatever you want to eat, go get it."
The little boy looked at his mother, but the woman did not dare to move.
Yan Nu stood up and walked into the grain store when he heard a thump, thump, thump...
First, the beams were lifted, and then the four walls collapsed, leaving only mountains of food exposed.
"This is the Zhang family's shop..."
There were people in the shop squatting on guard with their heads in their hands, speaking weakly.
"Yes, I just want to divide all the Zhang family's things!"
Yan Nu said, tearing it down all the way and smashing all the signboards with the word "Zhang" on them.
In the past, this brand was a symbol of status, and no one could make any mistakes in the Zhang family's store.
And now, this will all become history.
"From today on, there will be no more Zhang family in Huaxian County!"
To be continued...