Chapter Thirty-Seven: Uncle Xiang Guo Has a Grudge
When the four of them returned home, Jin Lian was still a little uneasy. She was happy that Wu Zhi could stand up for her, but she was also very worried about revenge on her family. When Wu Zhi saw this, he could only comfort her softly for a while,
She finally calmed down a little.
Afraid of causing worry to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang, Wu Zhi asked the three of them not to tell them what happened today, and just keep it in their stomachs. The three of them nodded in agreement hurriedly.
Time passed, and after a few days, Wu Zhi forgot about the incident.
Until one day, Wu Zhi was off duty and reading in the study.
"Young Master, someone seems to be watching you outside!" Dahu knocked on the door, then pushed it open and came in. He scratched his head and said anxiously.
Since Wu Zhi passed the first prize, Feng, Dahu, Erhu and Liu Yue all started to call him "Young Master", Wu Xiu as "Master" and Feng Niang as "Madam".
"Oh? Do you know who he is?" Wu Zhi was startled when he heard this. He quickly put down the book and raised his head and asked.
"I don't know, it's very strange!" Dahu shook his head, he was also puzzled.
"Let's go take a look!" Wu Zhi stood up, asked Dahu to follow him, walked out of the room and walked towards the door.
When the two came outside the gate, Wu Zhi looked in the direction pointed by Dahu and saw a man wearing linen and soap clothes hiding under a parasol tree diagonally across the street, stretching out half of his body and looking sneaky.
Staring at Wu Zhi's rented house with evil eyes.
Wu Zhi frowned, thought for a moment, then quickly walked diagonally across the street and came to the man.
"Who are you? Why are you always staring at my house? What's the matter with you?" Wu Zhi asked repeatedly with a sullen face.
"Nothing?" The man saw Wu Zhi coming over. After seeing Wu Zhi's face clearly, his body trembled obviously, with a look of fear on his face. He hurriedly took a step back, staggered and almost fell to the ground, then turned around and ran away.
The word "xiang" was vaguely printed on the back! He was afraid in his heart. The young man in front of him was the same young man who beat them all over the floor and found their teeth and lay in bed for several days!
Wu Zhi stared at the man's retreating back, and it suddenly became clear in his heart that Xiang Jia was here!
Wu Zhi vaguely remembered that the man just now was one of the eight people who clashed that day, and the word "Xiang" on his back had also revealed his identity. It seemed that the Xiang family did not want to give up!
Wu Zhi sighed softly in his heart, what should come will eventually come, whether it is a blessing or a disaster, there is no way to avoid it.
"Young Master, who is it?" Dahu also followed and asked quickly when he saw this.
"People from the Xiang family!" Wu Zhi said softly.
"Who is from Xiangjia?" Dahu was still puzzled.
Wu Zhi turned around and walked home without explaining. Dahu turned around and followed him. Wu Zhi didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to ask.
"Go and call everyone over, I have something to explain!" After returning to the study, Wu Zhi thought for a while and quickly ordered Dahu to summon Wu Xiu, Feng Niang and others to the study.
He needs to do some preventive work, he can't just sit back and wait for death!
When everyone came to the study, Wu Zhi told the whole story. Everyone was in an uproar, angry, and worried at the same time.
"Don't panic, just be careful! From now on, when you go out, you must go in pairs. And try to go out as little as possible. It's best not to go out unless there is something important!"
Wu Zhi looked at everyone and spoke quickly to comfort everyone. He, Dahu, and Erhu were all skilled in martial arts, so they had nothing to fear. What he was most worried about was the other people in the family, especially Feng Niang, Jin Lian, and Xiao'e.
Waiting for the female family members, their safety is something he must be particularly careful about and worry about.
What should we do?
The next day, Wu Zhi came to the deletion office early and asked for leave from Liu Zhi. Then he returned home, took out two bamboo hand grenades from the rattan box, put them on his body, then gathered everyone, closed the door, and sat down.
Get on two carriages and rush towards the nearest south city of Bianliang City. In order to cope with daily travel, Wu Zhi bought four horse-drawn carriages in one go.
After leaving the South City Gate, everyone showed no intention of stopping when they saw the carriage, and they couldn't help but be puzzled. Wu Zhi just smiled and did not explain.
Getting further and further away from the city gate, Wu Zhi finally stopped when the carriage drove to a low, deserted hill far away from the village.
After everyone got off the bus, Wu Zhi took everyone to a big rock, took out the two grenades from his body, and handed them to everyone for inspection.
Wu Xiu, Feng Niang and Xiao'e had seen this thing before and didn't find it surprising, but others had never seen it before and were very surprised.
"This is a grenade!" Seeing Jin Lian and others' puzzled looks, Wu Zhi quickly explained.
"Grenade? Just this bamboo tube?" Everyone was still surprised and confused. Except for Xiao'e, they didn't know what the use of these bamboo tubes was.
"You guys hide behind the rocks." Wu Zhi smiled slightly, took everyone behind the big rocks and hid them, took out the fire stick, blew out the flames, handed a grenade in his hand to Xiao'e and told everyone to pay attention.
After watching how he operated, he lit another grenade in his hand. After a sizzling sound, he quickly threw it behind the big rocks. After a moment, there was a loud "bang" sound, and the grenade exploded, and the earth and rocks exploded.
The broken pieces scattered everywhere, startling everyone and leaving them dumbfounded in shock.
When the smoke cleared, Wu Zhi took everyone to the site of the explosion. They saw that a small crater had been blasted out on the ground, and the surroundings were in a mess. Everyone was frightened again when they saw this, and they all clicked their tongues. This small hole was blown up.
Bamboo tubes have such amazing lethality!
"This is a grenade. The explosion is very powerful! It is also very dangerous!" Wu Zhi took the grenade back from Xiao'e's hand, raised it, and explained.
Everyone finally understood why Wu Zhi brought them here. They witnessed the amazing explosive power of this grenade and knew how to use this artifact.
"I still have six of these grenades at home. They are used for personal protection and life-saving. You should carry them with you when you go out in the future. Do not use them indiscriminately unless it is absolutely necessary!" Wu Zhi solemnly asked, and everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.
Back home, Feng Niang, Jin Lian and others, under the guidance of Wu Zhi, sewed dozens of belts. Pockets were sewn on the belts, and the pockets could hold grenades. Wu Zhi requested that everyone can wear them when they go out in the future.
Belts, especially Wu Xiu, Dahu, Erhu and Jinlian, each carry a grenade on their body, just in case!
Seeing that there is such a self-defense weapon at home, everyone finally calmed down!
Seeing everyone's relief, Wu Zhi looked calm on the surface, but he was still worried in his heart. As the saying goes, it is easy to hide from an open gun and hard to avoid a hidden arrow, and Xiang Jia's revenge will not be that simple.
The words are divided into two parts.
On that day, after being beaten violently by Wu Zhi beside the wall of the Daxiangguo Temple, Xiang Huaiyu staggered back to the Handong County Prince's Mansion with the support of the servants, and went straight to his father Xiang Zonghui's study, crying.
To complain about the pain.
When Xiang Zonghui saw the scarred appearance of the servants and the red and swollen face of Xiang Huaiyu, he couldn't help being frightened. When he heard Xiang Huaiyu's embellished and jealous cries that confused right and wrong, he became even more angry.
Xiang Huaiyu completely turned his experience upside down, crying that when he and his servants were wandering around the Daxiangguo Temple, they first took a fancy to a good thing, but it was forcibly bought by a group of people. He and the servants argued with each other, and then they were
More than a dozen people on the other side were beaten up to look like this, and the other side also shouted that they were not afraid of the Handong County Prince's Palace. On the way back to the palace, he discussed this with the servants and played himself as a miserable victim.
The servants all spoke loudly, and naturally what Xiang Zonghui asked was the tragic "fact" of how his precious son was bullied!
Xiang Zonghui knew the character of his youngest son. He was the only one who bullied others on weekdays, and he had never been bullied by others. Although he was a little doubtful, seeing the miserable state of his son and other servants, it seemed that he had been beaten.
He couldn't help but believe it. Normally, he was very doting on his little son.
"Have you seen clearly, who is the other party? How dare you be so arrogant and ignore our county and prince's palace?" Xiang Zonghui suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice.
"I don't know, the other party didn't tell me!" Xiang Huaiyu and other family members muttered when the prince asked. They were instantly dumbfounded and regretful. Yes, they had forgotten to ask each other's identity at that time! The young man also
It's so abominable that you didn't even leave your name when you hit someone. What a bachelor!
"What? You don't know? You're beaten like this without even knowing who the other party is? What a bunch of losers! They deserve it!" Upon hearing this, Xiang Zonghui was so angry that his blood surged up and he flew into a rage, pointing at Xiang Huaiyu and all the family members.
He cursed and kicked a servant who was near him in anger.
This servant suffered an unreasonable disaster and was instantly kicked to the ground. He was crying in pain and did not dare to speak.
"Oh, my son! Why have you become like this!" At this time, a woman who still had charm hurried into the house. When she saw Xiang Huaiyu's miserable image, she couldn't help but hug him and cry to the sky.
Get up. This is Princess Mei, Xiang Huaiyu's biological mother.
Xiang Huaiyu does look quite miserable like this. He originally had a fat face, but now it was swollen and his face became rounder. Moreover, the palm prints were still there, with bloodstains, and he still looked quite scary.
"Mom! You have to make the decision for me!" Xiang Huaiyu cried sadly and cried out in pain.
"My son, don't be afraid! Mom will avenge you!" Mrs. Mei couldn't help but feel distressed and said through gritted teeth.
"Revenge! Revenge! What revenge? How can they take revenge when they don't even know who the other party is?" Xiang Zonghui was furious and flicked the teacup on the table. The teacup hit a servant and fell to the ground.
Cut in half.
"Dad, let's remember what that person looks like. Why don't we draw it and search for him based on the picture?" Xiang Huaiyu suddenly became wise and suggested.
"Well, you, go and call Painter Jia over!" Xiang Zonghui pondered for a moment, then pointed to a servant and ordered. It seems that this is the only way.
Within a few minutes of tea, a tall and thin painter walked in with a drawing board in his hand. He was Painter Jia. After detailed descriptions by Xiang Huaiyu and other servants, after several revisions, an hour later, a portrait appeared.
On the paper, the facial features are really similar to Wu Zhi's.
"Why does this person look familiar?" Xiang Zonghui looked at the portrait in his hand and muttered to himself.
After making dozens of copies of the portrait, Xiang Zonghui was eager to protect him and immediately mobilized all the servants in the palace to search for people in Bianliang City with the portrait. After much trouble, he finally found Wu Zhi's identity.
home, so there was the stalking scene at the beginning.
"Wuzhi? Why does it sound so familiar?" When Xiang Zonghuan received the servant's report, he couldn't help but pace in the study, lowered his head in thought, and after a moment of excitement, he suddenly raised his head and stared at the words on the wall in a daze: "Wuzhi,
Isn’t he the number one scholar?!”
On the wall in front of him, there was a calligraphy hanging. It was the word "Tianjingsha Qiu Si" written by Wu Zhi. It was written by Xiang Zonghui himself! He often admired it and was very proud of his own handwriting.
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"No, how could this Wu Zhi have such great strength?" Xiang Zonghui vaguely remembered that this Wu Zhi only came to Beijing with a girl to take the exam. Where did he get so many people and dare to confront the people of the palace?
Hit. He was doubtful.
"Come here, go find the young master!" Xiang Zonghui quickly ordered a servant.
"Dad, are you going to catch this damn Wu Zhi and kill him?" Xiang Huaiyu shouted to his father as soon as he entered the door. Princess Mei also walked into the house shortly after.
"You bastard! You still want to kill others? Look at the trouble you have caused!" Xiang Zonghui slapped Xiang Huaiyu with his backhand in anger.
"Your Majesty, why did you hit Yu'er?" When Mei saw this, she was shocked and quickly tried to persuade her.
"Ask him! How did you provoke this Wu Zhi? How dare he join forces to deceive me!" Xiang Zong was furious and reached out to slap him again, but Mei stopped him.
"Who is this Wu Zhi? Why are you so afraid of him?" Xiang Huaiyu muttered unconvincingly while stroking his face.
"He is the new champion Wu Zhi, the top scholar in both civil and military arts! You ignorant thing! How could I be afraid of him!" Xiang Zong pointed back to the words hanging on the wall, and said to Mei and Xiang with a sullen face.
Huaiyu said.
"Ah? Is he that Wu Zhi?" Xiang Huaiyu exclaimed, a little confused. He is usually ignorant and idle, so he has no time to ask about things in the examination room and officialdom, but he has heard of Wu Zhi
This name came from the fact that his father often praised the literary talent of "Tianjingsha Qiu Si" in front of him and praised the talent of the number one scholar Wu Zhi. However, he never thought that the person who beat him was the new number one scholar. He thought that this person just had the same name.
"What's going on? Hurry up and call him truthfully!" Xiang Zonghui looked at his youngest son and said sternly, he really hates that iron cannot be transformed into steel.
Xiang Huaiyu looked at Xiang Zonghui and then at Mei, knowing that he couldn't hold on anymore, so he had to tell the true story in detail.
"I'm so angry! You're such a loser! Eight people can't beat one scholar!" After hearing this, Xiang Zong couldn't help but get angry again. He was about to fight, but Mei stopped him again.
"Your Highness, are we going to let this go? Didn't Yu'er get beaten in vain?" Mei looked at Xiang Zonghui, unwilling to give up.
"No, how can we let it go? Then where is the face of our palace? Where is the majesty?" Xiang Zong walked back, thought for a moment and then continued: "My son was beaten, so he must be beaten back! But he can't be beaten again.
Damn it, after all, he is the number one scholar in the new science, and the number one scholar in both civil and military affairs. He is the person that the officials are always watching, and it is not easy to explain if someone loses his life! We can do this..."
The three of them conspired in the study for a long time, and Xiang Huaiyu occasionally let out bursts of triumphant laughter, frightening away the birds on the Huai tree in front of the window.
In this way, Wu Zhi completely offended the Xiang family. Uncle Xiang Guo held a grudge and was targeted by the Xiang family.