Chapter 45: The Bloody Street (Part 2)
"Be careful!" Wang Mao Bo was on guard all the time. He found that the visitor seemed to have no good intentions. He shouted, and decisively rode his horse and swung the hammer, blocking Zhang Qian behind him.
"Senior Brother, be careful!" Guo Nu and Ren Cong reacted a little slower than Wang Mao Bo. They also brought their servants to quickly form a formation to protect Zhang Qian's surroundings.
The visitor wanted to beat Zhang Qian off guard. When he saw this scene, he knew that he might not get any benefits, so he immediately grabbed his mount one after another. Then, the team slowly separated. A short and fat man wearing a regular uniform of a fourth-rank military officer and looked like a winter melon. He rode his horse forward and shook his head high and sneered: "Haha, no wonder he could kill all the monks from the White Horse Temple overnight. He was indeed well-trained! The Mo family members are well-known! However, Zhang Yongzhao, if you disagree, you will destroy everyone else's family, and where will the national law be?!"
Since Zhang Qian was promoted to the fifth-rank juvenile prison, he has been busy moving and dealing with the inspection of the Dragon Emperor Li Xian, and has no time to expand his social circle. So, for a moment, he couldn't remember who this person's surname is? Just as he was stunned and didn't know how to deal with it, there was another hurried sound of horse hooves in his ears. Immediately, another team quickly went from far to near.
I saw that the team, although the scale was only about twenty people, had a very luxurious appearance. The flags of different colors and patterns alone had been hit by five or six sides. In the team, there were several silver-plated axes, held high in the winter sun, and as the horse's backs rose and fell, the cold light jumped and flickered.
"Young Duke!" Guo Nu was overjoyed and quickly met him, bowing to the man in the Chinese uniform in the team, "Young Duke, why did you disturb you? It's a sin, a sin!"
"I don't know if the young master is here, we are in a hurry to welcome you. Please forgive me!" Ren Cong immediately put down the threat that was close to you, turned around, and saluted the new team with a smile.
"I didn't expect that I would disturb the young Duke. Zhang was ashamed, ashamed!" Zhang Qian's eyes were not as good as the two junior brothers. He was stunned. Finally, he recognized the identity of the visitor, and hurriedly chased after him, bowed to the ground.
As soon as he finished speaking, the new team had already divided a passage from the center. Duke Duan Huaijian of Shaoguo stepped forward with a smile, bowed his hand to Guo Nu, Ren Cong, and Zhang Qian.
I don’t know whether it’s intentional or unintentional, his response was extremely loud: “Where are the words of three? Duan is close friends with you. If you are in trouble, Duan should come and take care of him so that some uneasy guys will bully you casually!”
As he spoke, he flew off his mount. He walked to Zhang Qian in three steps and two steps, holding the latter's arm with both hands, "Young Master Zhang doesn't have to be too polite. It's Duan who came late, which made you suffer a lot of grievances. But don't worry, from now on, no matter who doesn't have eyes or wants to wrong you, Duan will continue to do it for you!"
"Avoid, avoid!" Without waiting for his order, his confidants in front of him held up a full set of ceremonial guards of the founding Duke's Mansion and forced the first batch of uninvited guests to retreat.
"Thank you, Young Master!" Knowing that Duan Huaijian's actions had seriously violated the Duan family's ancestral teachings that never came forward, Zhang Qian felt a surge of warmth in his heart, bowed decisively, and saluted the other party again.
"Young jail term, don't be polite. Duan believes that you are not that ruthless person!" Duan Huaijian sideways and bows seriously.
Then, he turned around and quickly walked towards the first batch of uninvited guests, "Shouchang Hou, Duan is polite! Zhang Shaojian is Duan's friend, I don't know what he has offended you? If the matter is not serious, can Duan let him go home today for Duan's sake?"
"I dare not, don't dare, young master, don't misunderstand it. Jia did not come to trouble Zhang Shaojian today. Jia just passed by here. He heard that Zhang Shaojian had cleared his grievances and came forward to congratulate him." The arrogant short winter melon suddenly became kind-hearted, jumped off the horse, and waved his hands repeatedly.
"So that's it, Duan is much more relieved!" Duan Huaijian smiled and grabbed the hand of the nightgown, dragging the person enthusiastically like an old friend who had not seen for many years, and discussed in a gentle voice, "This is the Jingzhao Government Office. You and I have too many entourages, too eye-catching, and easy to attract criticism. Should we take one step first so that Zhang Shaojian will go home early to rest, how about?"
"That's nature, that's nature!" The short winter melon surnamed Jia agreed, smiling even more charmingly than the old madam in the brothel.
Fearing that Duan Huaijian would not believe that he had no malice towards Zhang Qian, he walked to the latter and smiled and congratulated him. Then, with the help of his followers, he climbed onto the horse back with difficulty, gathered the team, and left awkwardly.
"This person is Jia Yingfu, the marquis of Shouchang County. He is appointed as the General of the Central Army of the Yulin. He is not a bad person. However, the whole family believes in Buddhism and is used to giving the extra money from the family to monks to help lend money for high profits!" Knowing that Zhang Qian was not prepared and escorted the dwarf winter melon with his eyes, Duan Huaijian immediately whispered to him, "There are many people like them in the capital. Although the White Horse Temple in Qujiangchi is small, it borrows the title of White Horse Temple in Luoyang, so it should have attracted such rich people to lend money."
He looked around with vigilance, and he lowered his voice slightly, "Although people were not killed by you, the White Horse Temple was destroyed, it made people like Jia Yingfu lose all their money. They can't find the account book, so they must vent their anger on your head. So, in the past few days, if you don't go into the city, don't go into the city. When will the real murderer be found or the storm subside, it will not be too late to show up again."
"Thank you!" Zhang Qian then realized why he had become the enemy of Dwarf Winter Melon, and bowed with joy and tears.
"You go first, I will follow you from afar with the ceremonial guards at home. We are just on the same road, so as not to cause trouble for me!" Although Duan Huaijian rarely violated the ancestral teachings today, he still maintained the good habit of being cautious and low-key. After thinking about it, he whispered to the point.
Knowing that the other party had done his best to help him, Zhang Qian did not dare to make any progress. He bowed and thanked the man again, turned around and walked quickly towards his carriage.
As a result, before he could step into the carriage, two familiar calls came from behind, "Brother Zhao, you are in danger, Wang came here to congratulate you!"
"Congratulations to Brother Zhao for being in danger and leaving the Jingzhao Government Office safely! Haha, I have known for a long time that the massacre of the family has nothing to do with you. No matter how blind the people in Jingzhao Government are, they cannot force the charges to you!"
"Ziyu, Ji Ling, why are you two here?" Zhang Qian was surprised and moved again. He stopped and turned around and bowed with a smile.
"We two heard about you early in the morning and didn't believe it at all!" Wang Han flew off the horse and quickly stepped forward to return the favor, "But I'm afraid you will be ruined by everyone, so I went to Uncle He Shi's house!"
"Uncle He Shi said, you must be fine. But it is recommended that we spend some time to avoid suffering in the Jingzhao Prefecture Office. So, we went around to find a way." Wang Zhihuan also smiled and got off his mount, while walking, while raising his forehead. "As a result, the elder who could help said that this matter was too big and far beyond the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture. So, we hurried here to inquire about the news."
"Thank you two brothers!" Although he knew that Wang Han and Wang Zhihuan were not able to help him, the other party's intention still made Zhang Qian feel his eyes hot, and he secretly sucked his nose a few times, and slowly bowed to the two of them.
"Brother Zhang, don't be polite! You're fine, better than anything else!" Wang Han was free and easy by nature. He bowed flatly, then grabbed Zhang Qian's arm and said, "Let's go to your house. Let's order a table of tables on the way and let the guy deliver them. Then have a few drinks together to wash away the bad luck for you!"
"Brother Ziyu, it seems that there are still distinguished guests here!" Although Wang Zhihuan was young, his heart was smaller than Wang Han. He approached him and whispered to remind him.
"It's okay, let's go together. Young Duke is not an arrogant person!" At this time, those who were still rushing to trek in muddy waters were all their brothers. How could Zhang Qian be more favorable to one person? He waved his hand quickly and smiled and sent an invitation.
"Then let's go, you can take a car, and we brothers ride horses to protect you!" Wang Han's family had more than one duke, so he was never frightened. Seeing that Zhang Qian's invitation was not false, he immediately responded with a smile.
"Then Zhang is not polite!" Zhang Qian was like riding and did not want to attract attention. He nodded to the two of them with a smile, and then jumped into the carriage.
When the car door was closed, the carriage began to move forward slowly, and an irresistible sense of fatigue immediately surged throughout his body.
From the morning until now, although he had been in danger and finally left the Jingzhao Government Office without any injuries, his nerves were always tense and he did not dare to relax for a moment.
The reminder from Duan Huaijian of the young king just now made him feel even more tremendous pressure.
As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is equivalent to killing their parents. When the monks in Baima Temple die, they don't know how many wealthy families who lend money to seek profit all blame him for losing all their money. He will definitely be unable to guard against in the future.
"Damn Luo Huaizu, I'm going to provoke you? Are you going to harm me like this?" Thinking of the most likely suspect, Zhang Qian couldn't help but clench his fists and curse in a low voice. "That bullshit Mo family, I won't argue with you at all! If I hadn't lie back then and could not get back, I wouldn't have the identity of this Mo family's child!"
However, after scolding, Zhang's voice quickly rang out in his mind: "At least three groups of unknown people participated in the incident last night, and they also used horizontal swords, horn bows and hard crossbows!"
Even though the hard crossbow was fabricated by Zhang Shuo to deceive the young master of Jingzhao, at least last night, the bow and arrow and the horizontal sword were used in the bloody incident. Not only Luo Huaizu was suspected, but two other groups of forces also participated! The bow and arrow and the horizontal sword were probably the weapons of the two groups at that time.
At present, although many playboys in Chang'an City have the ability to violate the curfew and run around at night. However, there are not many who have the ability to walk through the streets and alleys with horizontal knives and bows!
And why did these few forces kill the monks from White Horse Temple?
Why do they blame Zhang? They have to take this opportunity to take the blame for destroying people and put them on Zhang?
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The more he thought about it, the more he became confused, and the more he thought about it, the more tired he felt.
It seemed as if suddenly, I fell into a huge spider web. No matter how hard I struggled, the net became tighter and tighter.
But the spider hid in the dark and refused to appear for a long time. He only waited for his exhausted person to release his last blow.
When people think about things, they tend to forget time. Before they know it, the carriage has arrived at the door of Chang'an City. Hearing the echo of the wheel passing through the door opening, Zhang Qian breathed a long sigh, slumped his body in his seat, and forced himself to rest for a while.
However, before he could close his eyes, a series of arrogant female voices came from behind: "Stop the car, stop immediately. Zhang Yongzhao, Princess Anle, ordered you to go and reply with us!"
"Stop, stop, do you hear the carriage in front of you? Princess Anle's oral order, Zhang Yongzhao quickly went to reply!"
"Stop, stop immediately, Zhang Yongzhao, do you want to disobey?"
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"What's going on?" Zhang Qian was confused when he heard this, and pushed open the car window and looked out.
I saw that my carriage had already driven out of the city gate. On the wide but crowded official road behind me, more than a dozen young women dressed as martial artists rode all of them, chasing them reluctantly.
At present, a woman is heroic and beautiful, and she is neat and neat. She is holding an arrow that I don’t know what to do. In the blink of an eye, she has chased her to the carriage and shouted loudly at herself: “You are Zhang Yongzhao, stop the carriage and come down to follow us. Princess Anle’s words are told that you will go to her house to reply!”
"Princess, give me an oral order?" Zhang Qian really couldn't understand whether Princess Anle was qualified to give orders to him? He quickly turned his face to Guo Nu, who had turned around on a horse and turned back, and asked with his eyes how he should deal with it.
At this moment, two cold lights roared over.
"Bang!" A sharp hit on the car door, instantly smashing a transparent hole in the car window.
The other one happened to be blocked by the body of the female official. In an instant, blood light rose into the air, splashing Guo's head and face!
Chapter completed!