Chapter 57: Rescue the Hostages and Fight for Wisdom
Chapter 57: A battle of wits and strength to rescue the hostages
Liu Zhang took Lieutenant Qiao, Cai Yong, and Zhou Yi to the bottom of the attic. When the robbers on guard outside saw Liu Zhang and others, they immediately asked: "Hey, how did your discussion go? Can you give me some money? Can you please say something nice?"
I don’t have time to wait here!”
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "The discussion is good, but how do we know if you will take the money but not let him go? Young Master Qiao is only five years old this year. It would be bad if you scare him!"
"Then what do you want?" the robber sneered: "Now the young master is in our hands, and the initiative is also in our hands. If you want us to let the young master go first, that is impossible. As for the credit issue
, our credibility is much stronger than that of the government!”
"Of course I'm not so naive as to think that you will let the young master go first!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "How about I exchange a hostage with you, so as to avoid the young master from being harmed, after all, he is only a five-year-old child. Who?
There are no children in the family, and there are no parents in the family, so you should be considerate of us!"
"This..." the robber said hesitantly: "Young Master Qiao is the only son of Lieutenant Qiao. His status is extraordinary. Who can compare with him? Do you think we are stupid to trade such an insignificant person for such a noble person?"
"Of course it won't be insignificant!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "I am the governor of Youzhou, an authentic clan member of the Han Dynasty, and your Majesty's younger brother. I wonder how I am better than Young Master Qiao?"
"You?!" The robber looked at Liu Zhang and saw that there was nothing unusual about him, so the robber said: "Young master, judging from your attire, you should be a big shot. Although I don't know why you are asking for trouble, but I
But I don’t dare to hold you hostage, it’s better to be a five-year-old child!”
Liu Zhang shrugged and said, "Five-year-old children are easy to control, but didn't you ask about Captain Qiao's character before coming here? If it were me now, Captain Qiao wouldn't dare to order an attack. If you refuse, not only will you take the money
If he doesn't, his life will be lost. Don't say that Young Master Qiao is the most beloved by Captain Qiao! Old Man Qiao is so ruthless that even his relatives will not recognize him!"
"The worst we can do is to perish together!" The robbers became more vicious.
Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "You deserve to die, but the five-year-old child is innocent. I will give you a chance, not only to get money, but also to escape with your life. When the time comes, you take the money and find someone who knows you."
If we live a good life in this place, wouldn’t everyone be happy?”
"This..." The robber was a little moved by what Liu Zhang said, but he didn't dare to believe Liu Zhang. The robber thought for a while and said, "Let's discuss it, how about it?"
"Of course!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "You should be hungry after staying in the attic for so long. How about I ask my servants to bring you some food and water? Don't worry, I won't add medicine to the food and water.
Yes, if you don’t believe me, you can let Young Master Qiao eat first. If there is any problem with the food and water, you can kill Young Master Qiao immediately!”
"Okay!" The robber nodded and said, "Just bring some food and water!"
"Wait a moment, everyone!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "If you guys have decided, you can ask my servants to call me!"
The robber returned to the attic with an expressionless face, and Liu Zhang also took Cai Yong and others back to the hall of Qiao Mansion.
"Master, do you know of any medicine that can be added to food and wine to delay the effects of the medicine for more than an hour? It would be best to paralyze the body!" Captain Qiao ordered his servants to prepare meals while he was waiting.
During this time, Liu Zhang was not idle either.
Cai Yong is a good old man. When it comes to music, chess, calligraphy and painting, he is not inferior to others. When it comes to poisoning people, Cai Yong really doesn't have that kind of ability. However, just because Cai Yong can't do it, it doesn't mean that others can't. Qiao Taiwei is the master.
The old man in the army was also a decisive general when he was young. As for poisoning people, although he doesn't do it often, it doesn't mean he doesn't know how to do it. Captain Qiao said: "I know that a kind of medicine is colorless and tasteless.
After going down, after an hour, you will become a little drowsy and your body will be a little numb, I don’t know..."
"This is the best!" Liu Zhang nodded with great satisfaction. The robbers were all old gangsters. If they used Mongolian sweat medicine, they might be exposed. Only by using special things can they defeat the enemy.
After about half an hour, the servants of the Qiao family mixed the food and wine with a large amount of anesthetic and gave them to the robbers. The robbers were also very cautious. They first let go of Young Master Qiao and let him take a good meal, and then
Then he started to eat. Of course, Young Master Qiao didn't eat much. After all, the food mixed with anesthetics was not very tasty, but these dishes were delicious to the robbers.
After eating and drinking enough, the robbers also discussed a countermeasure. They kidnapped the children for money, not to seek death. In fact, they came to Captain Qiao after being instigated by others, but they never expected that,
Old man Qiao was so cruel. When Liu Zhang entered the attic and Young Master Qiao was released from the attic, Lieutenant Qiao didn't know whether to cry or laugh!
In the attic, the robbers couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded when they saw Liu Zhang being tied up. They really didn't expect there to be such a stupid person. The bandit leader couldn't help laughing and said: "Young Master, I don't know what your plans are, but you just come in like this."
, Aren't you afraid that if Qiao Xuan gives an order, those soldiers will rush in and kill you?"
"Captain Qiao is Qiao Xuan?" When Liu Zhang heard what the robber said, he became somewhat clear about the identities of the two little girls in the hall. He couldn't help but smile and said: "It turns out that Captain Qiao is Qiao Xuan. She is really a cute girl.
Old man. However, I believe he will not order the attack."
"Why? Could it be that Old Man Qiao was really convinced by you?" The bandit leader said doubtfully: "I heard that Old Man Qiao's stubborn temper even made the emperor give him three points. It is impossible for him to be convinced by a child."
Liu Zhang asked with some confusion: "You know that Old Man Qiao has a tough character, but you still dare to kidnap his son?"
"Someone told me that Old Man Qiao cares about his youngest son the most, and that's why I came here!" The bandit leader said angrily: "Who knew that this stubborn old man would not recognize his relatives, and when I found out, he would be in trouble!"
"Who told you?" Liu Zhang smiled and said, "If you tell me honestly, maybe I can spare your life!"
The bandit leader laughed and said: "You can't protect yourself, yet you dare to talk so shamelessly!"
Liu Zhang sat up and said to the bandit leader: "Who told you that I can't protect myself? Huh?"
"You!" The three robbers felt that something was wrong. They saw Liu Zhang exerting force and the ropes on his body broke inch by inch.
After flexing his wrists that had been tied for a long time, Liu Zhang smiled and said, "What do you think? Do you want to tell the truth now, or do you wait for me to arrest you and torture you?"
"Huh!" the bandit leader snorted coldly: "You are alone, there are three of us..."
"Bang!" With a loud noise, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun rushed up to the attic and shouted to Liu Zhang: "Brother!"
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Now it's three versus three, do you still think there is a chance of winning? By the way, I forgot to tell you, do you feel a little dizzy and a little numb?"
"Despicable, did you put medicine in the food? Brothers, fight!" the bandit leader roared and threw himself at Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang dodged the attack of the bandit leader and shouted: "Catch him alive!"
Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei were born to be strong generals. Even if they were only over ten years old, a few anesthetic bandits could not resist them. In less than ten breaths, the three bandits were captured. If not for Liu Zhang, he would have survived.
, it is estimated that with only one meeting, the three robbers will be finished!
"Who are you?" After the bandit leader was captured, he stared at Liu Zhang unwillingly, with nowhere to vent his anger.
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "I would like to solemnly introduce that I am the fourth son of the governor of Youzhou, the younger brother of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the general with five senses who was just named yesterday, and the champion Hou Liu Zhang!"
"Are you Liu Zhang, who led two thousand men to fight against hundreds of thousands of Karasuma troops who were unable to fight back?" The bandit leader looked at Liu Zhang with admiration, and the anger in his eyes seemed to turn into little stars!
"Huh?!" Liu Zhang was stunned. He understood that heroes need to be exaggerated, but not this exaggerated. Hundreds of thousands of people, even one person can drown him with a spit of saliva. Even if he stands and lets two thousand people chop him down, these two can still be killed.
The man was so tired that he had no human form. Liu Zhang touched his nose and said: "If there is no other Liu Zhang, the person you are talking about should be me, but I brought eight thousand troops!"
The bandit leader shook his head and said: "No matter how you defeated Karasuma, no matter how many troops you brought, you are worthy of being a hero among the Han people! Because in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, only Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has ever defeated a foreign race. I am a stranger to you.
Hero, let me tell you, the person who instigated us to come to the Qiao family to make trouble is a branch of the Yuan family!"
"Yuan family? It's the Yuan family again!" Liu Zhang was very angry. He could see that Qiao Xuan was an upright old man. He had always had a good impression of this kind of person. Just like Bao Zheng and Hai Rui, maybe they had some differences.
They are close to human beings, but they are worthy of admiration. Qiao Xuan is not as good as Bao Zheng and Hai Rui, but Qiao Xuan wants to uphold the country's laws regardless of his son's life or death. This is not what the Yuan family can compare with.
, because the law in the late Han Dynasty had very little binding force on officials of wealthy families!
"You come with me to testify against the Yuan family, and I will let the Luoyang Order reduce your punishment!" Liu Zhang escorted the three robbers out of the attic, and Qiao Xuan and the others immediately came up to them.
"No, we still have family!" the bandit leader said weakly, "Besides, we have no chance!"
"Brother! Look!" Following Zhang Fei's voice, Liu Zhang saw the other two robbers starting to ooze blood from their mouths and noses, which was thick black blood. Liu Zhang was shocked. This was a symptom of poisoning. He
Looking at the bandit leader again, he saw that the bandit leader coughed twice and spit out a large black clot from his mouth, with some minced meat in it. Soon, all three robbers were dead!
"This..." Qiao Xuan was shocked and said: "Xiannephew, what is going on?"
"Quick, go and see if the young master is poisoned!" Liu Zhang suddenly remembered that if there was a traitor in Qiao's house and the medicine given to the three robbers was not poisonous, it would be troublesome! Hearing Liu Zhang's cry, he had already
Qiao Xuan, who was nearly seventy years old, seemed to be blown by a gust of wind and rushed out at a speed beyond ordinary people.