Zang Hanzhong watched as the long incense he lit again was broken by the officials who rushed in in a hurry. At that moment, a strong and unforgettable feeling arose in his heart. He couldn't help but feel angry. Hearing what the official said, he raised his hand and slapped the official twice on the face, knocking the official unconscious and throwing him to the ground.
"Why are you panicking? You are ruining my good deeds and rushing to be reincarnated," Zang Hanzhong scolded the officials. He couldn't help but look at the cut off long incense on the ground and felt very unhappy in his heart.
The official was stunned by Zang Hanzhong's two slaps, but he still reacted quickly while lying on the ground and quickly reported back: "It's not good, Master..."
Before the housekeeper finished speaking, Zang Hanzhong had already seen it. He was looking at the door opposite the ancestral hall from a distance, his eyes became glazed over, and his whole person felt a little vague.
Regardless of what the official said, Zang Hanzhong hurriedly stepped out of the ancestral hall, but then slowly took two steps and stopped where he was, unwilling to lift his feet again. He just looked at Chao Gai and Wu. The Lord entered the gate with many officers and walked up to him with a serious expression.
Zang Hanzhong looked at Mr. Wu, then at Chao Gai, opened his dry mouth, and asked: "Where is my son Zang Ao?"
"Your son is outside," Chao Gai said, turning aside to make way for him.
Lieutenant General Zang Han looked at Chao Gai suspiciously, and then looked at Mr. Wu with a little hope. Mr. Wu caught his look, snorted coldly, and turned his body to one side. Zang Hanzhong immediately stepped forward quickly along the way. Walk outside along the path they gave way to.
Zang Hanzhong walked out of the second door and called into the courtyard: "Son,"
No one responded except the official's low and cold scolding.
"Son, son, Zang Ao," Zang Hanzhong walked quickly towards the front yard. Here, there were still only official servants. Even the servants of the Zang family were gone. They must have been astigmatized. In the front yard of the Zang family, Zang Hanzhong He did not see his son Zang Ao, whom he missed deeply, but he saw a straw mat lying across the yard.
Zang Hanzhong couldn't believe his eyes, but he had to walk over there, as if he was controlled by an indescribable force, hinting to him that what was in this straw mat was the result he was looking for. It also became the result he was most afraid of seeing. Zang Hanzhong slowly took a few steps forward and saw a faint blood seeping out from under the straw mat, and a small pool of blood dyed the land red.
"Son," Zang Hanzhong called out again stupidly, and gradually he opened the straw mat, and saw that it was indeed his son Zang Ao inside. At this moment, Zang Ao's face was bloodless, and both arms were cut off at the root. At the break, blood was still seeping out, attracting some bloodthirsty ants and insects, which greedily bit Zang Ao's bloody wound. Zang Hanzhong looked at it with tears streaming down his face.
"My son...my son..." Zang Hanzhong finally choked up and began to accept such a cruel reality. Zang Ao was really dead, the matter was revealed, and everything was over. Zang Hanzhong lay on Zang Ao's body, feeling painful in his heart. To the extreme, he lost his son in old age, and his beloved son was killed so cruelly, without a complete body. All of this made him cry.
"Your son, we will help him collect his body," Chao Gai looked at Zang Hanzhong's back and said without any emotion.
After Zang Hanzhong heard this, he knew that Chao Gai and Mr. Wu had come out. They were standing not far behind him. He wiped the old man's tearful face with his sleeves, then raised his head and stood up. With red eyes, he looked at Chao Gai like an evil ghost and said: "Chao Gai, everyone in Yuncheng County knows that you, Chao Gai, and I, Zang Hanzhong, are sworn enemies. If you are ruthless today, I, Zang Hanzhong, will admit defeat." ," At this point, Zang Hanzhong stretched out his hand and pointed at Chao Gai. He was a little excited and said to Chao Gai sarcastically: "But, Chao Gai, don't think that you have brought down my Zang family. Your Chao family is in Yun. The city and county will be alive and well."
When Zang Hanzhong said this, he smiled lightly with sarcasm. He smiled as if he had seen the funniest side of Chao Gai, and then immediately restrained his expression, looking as cold as frost, as if he had just seen the most funny side of Chao Gai. His smile had never been the same before. Zang Hanzhong said word for word: "You are wrong, Chao Gai, you are damn wrong. I thought you were a smarter person, at least better than your reckless elder brother. You are much smarter, but on this point, I was wrong. I overestimated you." Zang Hanzhong shook his head slightly, his tone suddenly became sharp, and said: "I tell you, this Yuncheng County, It's not mine, it's not yours, it's this dog officer's." Zang Hanzhong poked Master Wu's direction with his hand, startling Master Wu who was watching coldly, and Master Wu was stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses and was about to interrupt, Zang Hanzhong continued: "Huh, if the Zang family falls, he can free up his hands to deal with your Chao family wholeheartedly. Just watch, I, Zang Hanzhong, am dead, and you Chao The good days of our family have come to an end. From now on, please wish yourself better."
Mr. Wu felt a little anxious after hearing this. The truth of these words is another matter. Mr. Wu knew how to deal with the Chao family, but he could only make calculations in his heart. Zang Han was struck by what he said. When he came out, it really sounded a bit harsh. At that moment, Master Wu didn't wait for him to say anything more, and immediately interrupted without hesitation: "Dong Chao's family, don't listen to his nonsense. Zang Hanzhong, you are about to die, and you still dare to provoke Right and wrong, in the beginning, I was provoked by your glib words, so I wronged Mr. Chao and did a lot of good things for you."
Chao Gai looked at Zang Hanzhong, then turned back to the somewhat anxious Magistrate Wu, and said unhurriedly: "Sir, I know this matter well," Chao Gai looked at Master Wu and nodded. , then faced Zang Hanzhong again and said, "I don't need you, Zang Hanzhong, to worry about the future. You can settle all your previous grudges now."
Zang Hanzhong looked at Chao Gai and then at his son. If it weren't for this old bone that couldn't stand the torment anymore, Zang Hanzhong would have pounced on him and fought Chao Gai to the death. Zang Hanzhong's cracked bones He raised his lips and asked in a very heavy voice: "Chao Gai, now my family is ruined, what else do you want? Your brother died at the hands of my son, and now my son's life is ruined here. If you still don't think it's enough, just I killed them all,"
Chao Gai shook his head slightly and said: "Killing for life has been a matter of course since ancient times. Zang Ao knew how to use his own life. Before he died, he also begged me not to kill you. Although I, Chao Gai, hate your Zang family, but , but you are not a person who kills everyone. Now look back and look at your house. The wealth is exhausted and the people are empty. It is so miserable. It can be regarded as the fate you brought for yourself. The grudge between you and me is over. Farewell ," After that, Chao Gai stepped towards the door.
Zang Hanzhong watched Chao Gai's figure disappear outside the gate, but he had an indescribable feeling in his heart. He knew that at this moment, the Zang family had completely lost, and there was no room for defeat. Zang was completely defeated. Standing still in the cold, I turned my head and looked around at this big house, which was as quiet as death. It turned out that there was a prosperous population, and there were maids and young men coming and going, serving food, drinking, and taking care of themselves. Life was going well, but now, the trees have fallen and the hozens have scattered. In this huge courtyard, except for official duties, there are only dark houses and this empty courtyard. There are no more songs and laughter, no more hopes and expectations. What is left is just myself and my son lying in the courtyard. The body has long been cold.
Zang Hanzhong did not want to see the ending but he inevitably met him in the end. He felt very unhappy. If he had not fought with the Chao family at the beginning, would it not be such an ending now? What if he had dissuaded Zang in time? Ao, if he controlled the situation on the verge of a gunshot, he would not have suffered the same misfortune as he did now. If he had not agreed to Zang Ao's risk last night, would it have been a miserable life for father and son? A stable day... Zang Han thought more and more, and finally accumulated endless "what ifs" in his heart, and these heavy "ifs" accumulated in his old and pale heart, causing a stinging pain like corrosion. remorse.
The cry of jackdaws filled the sky, and Zang Han couldn't help but shed two more old tears.
"Okay, come here, take him to the prison for me." Facing Zang Hanzhong, Mr. Wu really couldn't understand the sadness in his heart at the moment, and couldn't bear to see him shed tears like this, so he said impatiently. He waved his hand and called the officials on the left and right to take action.
The officer standing behind Mr. Wu received the order and immediately came up with heavy hand and ankle chains to lock Zang Hanzhong. Zang Hanzhong raised his old eyes and glared viciously at the officer who was about to step forward. His eyes seemed to be desperate, in front of him. When the two officials were stunned, Zang Hanzhong looked at Mr. Wu and asked word by word: "What are you doing to tie me up? If you want to kill me, kill me, if you want to cut me in pieces," Zang Hanzhong paused for a moment, his eyes became more and more intense. Fa looked viciously into Mr. Wu's eyes and said, "Didn't Chao Gai say that the grievances between the Zang and Chao families have been settled?"
"I have never cared about the unresolved feud between your two families. However, your Zang family has been planning for a long time. You actually gathered people in broad daylight to rob officials and kill officials. This is a treasonous crime. There are all the witnesses and physical evidence. You Zang family can't escape," Master Wu said this, with a triumphant smile on his lips, which meant that you old fox fell into my hands after all. Master Wu stopped laughing and said with a stern face: "take away,"
After that, the two officers pushed Zang Hanzhong to the ground, forced him to put on his bracelets and anklets, and pushed Zang Hanzhong to take him on the road. However, Zang Hanzhong saw that his son's body was still in the courtyard. He immediately became anxious, struggled and shouted: "What should I do with my son? What should I do with my son?"
Mr. Wu sneered and said: "You can't even protect yourself, so you still care about the dead. Humph, the dead bodies will be buried on the spot, and the living ones will be taken away immediately."
"Let's go, let's go quickly," the officer received the order, and pushed Zang Hanzhong out of the door even more fiercely.
Just when Zang Han was struggling and shouting that he couldn't get over the official position, a voice came from outside the door.