A knife in love

Chapter 323

The ten or so men looked at each other, hesitating for a while, but under the gaze of Zhu Sanjia, they kowtowed one after another.All I could hear was the sound of "bang bang" as the head hit the bluestone.Mrs. Sha hastily raised her hands and said: "Everyone, please stand up, there is no need to perform such a great gift!"

Those men didn't pay any attention to it, and still kowtowed vigorously. In a short while, five or six people's foreheads were smashed, and blood flowed from the wounded place.

Zhu San's family said to Mrs. Sha: "We offended Madam and Young Master, even if we were to die, we deserved it. What's the point of kowtowing a few more times?"

Mrs. Sha was amused and a little annoyed in her heart, she thought to herself: "You are so unreasonable. It was clearly a misunderstanding just now, and you want these people to get bloody. It must be because of your own forehead injury. If you are injured, do you want your subordinates to splatter blood on the spot?"

Seeing Mrs. Sha's expression of hesitation, Hou Zhen hurriedly said to Zhu Sanjia: "Brother Zhu, what are you doing, why don't you tell them to stop?!"

Only then did the Zhu Sanjia say to the dozen or so men: "Okay, listen to the young lady's order, and don't kowtow!"

The dozen or so men raised their heads and looked at Zhu Sanjia with more than a dozen pairs of eyes, but they dared not stand up.Zhu Sanjia said: "Young Mistress has forgiven our sins, get up!"

Everyone stood up one after another, and six or seven of them had blood dripping on their faces, looking quite hideous.

Standing aside, Li Qiufeng saw that these men were dressed in the same way as the Zhu Sanjia, and they looked like ordinary villagers.It's just that each of them is tall and strong. From the rolled-up sleeves and trouser legs, you can see the muscles of the arms and legs, which are very mighty and majestic.He thought to himself: "Just now I fought against the Zhu Sanjia. This man is armed with a long spear. His moves are not like the martial arts in the Jianghu, but more like the battle kung fu of strong bows and hard horses. Look at these dozen or so men, all of them are mighty and majestic. They don't look like people in the Jianghu, but rather like military officers in the army. You should be careful about the origins of these people."

Hou Zhen said: "Brother Zhu, why did you get here, and why did you ambush the young mistress and the young master in this cave?"

Zhu Sanjia's complexion changed, he was quite ashamed, looked around for a while, and then said to Hou Zhen: "Master Steward, is Eldest Young Master here?"

As soon as he said this, the faces of Mrs. Sha and Hou Zhen changed color.Hou Zhen glanced at Mrs. Sha, pondered for a moment, and then said: "There have been great changes in the fort in the past few days, and a large number of enemies have attacked. The young master is sitting in Hutouyan and is commanding the enemy, so he didn't come here , and asked me to protect my wife and the young master to escape here first. However, the news has been spread in the castle that the enemy has been repelled, and the young master will come to greet the young mistress in person."

Li Qiufeng saw that Hou Zhen's words were impeccable, and secretly admired him, thinking: "It's no wonder that Mr. Hou is able to become the chief housekeeper of Shajiabao. He is really outstanding. Although he knows the Zhu family , but he didn’t know this person very well, otherwise he wouldn’t have known that Zhu Sanjia possessed martial arts. He was in a dangerous situation at this time, so naturally he couldn’t tell everyone’s details. It’s just that Mrs. Sha and Sha Zhongyu are hiding here, so they can’t tell He came here to visit the mountains and rivers, so he made up a lie that the enemy was coming, and told him lightly that the enemy had been repelled and that Sha Yiming was coming. In this way, even if Zhu Sanjia had ulterior motives and was too scrupled to Sha Yiming is powerful, so naturally he dare not act rashly. This old man is so thoughtful, he is indeed a great expert in the Jianghu!"

After hearing Hou Zhen's words, the Zhu family seemed relieved, and said, "No wonder there are so many bastard turtles coming down from the mountain, all of them are fierce, and they won't let us send food up the mountain..."

As soon as he said this, Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he said, "Brother, are there many people at the foot of the mountain?"

Zhu San's family had just suffered a big loss under Li Qiufeng's hands, and they were very afraid of Li Qiufeng. Seeing him speak, their bodies trembled at first, not daring to look directly into his eyes, and turned to look at Hou Zhen.Hou Zhen naturally knew what he was thinking, and said in a deep voice: "This young master is one of us, Brother Zhu, don't be afraid."

Zhu Sanjia then turned around and said to Li Qiufeng: "I don't know what happened at the foot of the mountain. There are a large number of officers and soldiers gathered. Afraid of causing trouble, we made a circle from far away and turned up the mountain from the northeast. Unexpectedly, we didn't leave How far away, I don’t know where more than 20 turtle bastards in black clothes came out, and they refused to let us go up the mountain. Later, we got impatient and wanted to take out our weapons from the burden to drive these bastards away from the mountain. Another group of people came. The leader was an old bald donkey and an old miscellaneous hair, and they brought more than 40 bald donkeys and miscellaneous hairs. Let's see that these people are not good people, and there are many people. It was going to be a disadvantage at first, so I had to pretend to turn around and go down the mountain, but found a hidden forest to hide. Seeing these bald donkeys hurrying down the mountain, I quietly found the entrance of the secret path and sent the food into the cave..."

When Li Qiufeng, Xiao Zhanpeng, and Murong Danyan heard that Zhu Sanjia mentioned that the man in black was with a monk, they immediately thought of the killer of the Liusheng clan, Monk Guangzhi, and Yuqingzi, and they were terrified.But Hou Zhen said from the side: "Brother Zhu, why do you send food into this cave?"

Zhu Sanjia didn't expect Hou Zhen to ask such a question, and there was a look of surprise on his face. He couldn't help but glanced at Mrs. Sha, then turned his gaze to Hou Zhen, and said, "This, this... Didn't the master of Sandcastle tell the eldest young lady?" With the butler?"

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he thought to himself: "Could it be that the Sandcastle Master gave the three Zhu family some orders before his death? If Mrs. Sha and Hou Zhen didn't know, the three Zhu family would inevitably become suspicious, and I'm afraid they would have made trouble with us. Things got a little tricky.”

While he was thinking about it, he heard Mrs. Sha say unhurriedly: "Mr. Zhu, a few days ago, suddenly the enemy attacked Shajiabao. According to the story, Master Hou listened and asked him to take our female relatives to take refuge here. Since the ancestors of the Sha family founded the Shajiabao, the female relatives were not allowed to participate in the important affairs of the castle. The sandcastle owner will not tell us about the matter of the cave. Therefore, let alone the housekeeper Hou, even the young master and I don't know about these things."

Li Qiufeng was greatly impressed by Mrs. Sha's eloquent talk.These words were very decent, not only dispelled the suspicion of Zhu Sanjia, but also respected his identity, no wonder Sha Yiming fell in love with Mrs. Sha at first sight.This woman is not only outstanding in appearance, but more rare is that she is smart and clever, she is indeed a strange woman.

After listening to Mrs. Sha's explanation, the Zhu family really felt relieved, and then said to Mrs. Sha: "What the young lady said is that this matter was originally a big secret, and the Sha family castle masters of all generations will only say that the next castle master will not agree with you." You know, until today, this rule may have been more than a hundred years..."

When Li Qiufeng and others heard what he said, their hearts trembled.Mrs. Sha thought to herself: "Before Yiming and Yan Wuji went to the Tiger Garden, because of the sudden incident, they only told me about the entrance to the secret passage in the old house. They didn't tell me anything else. Since this is the Sha family's How can the Zhu family know the secrets that can only be known by the previous owners of the castle? Look at the appearance of these people, they are all rough gangsters, how can they know the secrets of our Shajiabao?"

She thought of this, and was about to ask, but she heard Zhu Sanjia say to the dozen or so men: "Just now the eldest young mistress told the housekeeper that those bastards are coming for Shajiabao, we have to guard against them. Brother Zhang, you just take two people and hurry back to the entrance of the secret passage, if someone comes in, you don’t need to fight with them, just lead them to Jiuqu [-], and trap these bastards to death!”

A big man agreed, first he clasped his fists to Zhu Sanjia, and then bowed to Mrs. Sha with a deep salute. Then he picked up the spear from the ground and hurried into the cave with the two big men.Zhu Sanjia issued orders one after another, and sent out all the dozen or so Han.

Li Qiufeng watched coldly from the sidelines, and when he saw the Zhu Sanjia giving orders, his face was no longer as sad as before, and he looked like a general commanding troops facing thousands of horses and horses, dispatching troops majestically .He thought to himself: "A general who has been in the military camp for a long time, this prestige cannot be faked by others. Look at the Zhu Sanjia and his dozen or so subordinates, they are not like heroes in the Jianghu, they are just like those in the military camp. The generals who led the troops to fight. But how these people came to this cave and respected Madam Sha so much, people are really puzzled."

While Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, the three Zhu family had already arranged their subordinates properly, then he turned to Mrs. Sha and said, "Eldest young mistress, please find a quiet place, and the villain will explain this matter to you in detail!"

Mrs. Sha knew that he didn't want others to know about it, so she shook her head and said, "Mr. Zhu, these are all good friends of Shajiabao, just say what you want, there is no need to worry."

At this time, Hou Zhen had already ordered the two maids to clean up the place where everyone had eaten, and then he said to Madam Sha: "Young Mistress, let's sit down in the middle of the grotto and talk."

Everyone walked to the center of the grotto, and after they were seated, the three Zhu family said: "Young Mistress, you also know the reason why the ancestors of the Sha family founded this Shajiabao?"

Mrs. Sha nodded and said: "I heard from the owner of the castle that more than a hundred years ago, Emperor Chengzu had not yet ascended the throne of God. He was named King Yan by Emperor Taizu and stationed in Beiping to prevent Meng Yuan from going south. His ancestors were the military guards of King Yan's mansion. They have been with King Yan all the time. Provocative, determined to cut down the vassal. Among the kings, the northern kings are the most powerful. And among the northern kings, Qin, Jin, and Yan are the most powerful. Emperor Jianwen and his trusted ministers Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others conspired to cut down the vassal. Zhou Wang, Dai Wang, Qi Wang, Xiang Wang, etc. were successively deposed as ordinary people or beheaded. At the same time, in the name of consolidating the northern border, the elite soldiers of King Yan were transferred away to prepare to eliminate King Yan. King Yan was forced by the situation. Had to raise troops to fight, that was the famous "Battle of Jingnan" after the founding of the Ming Dynasty. King Yan's army went south and fought all the way to Nanjing. Emperor Jianwen burned the palace on fire and died in the fire. King Yan inherited the great The ancestors of the Sha family followed the emperor Chengzu to defend Beiping and participated in the previous wars. When the emperor Chengzu went south, he served as a general in the army and fought from Beiping to Nanjing. He made a lot of contributions. The emperor moved the capital to Beiping, and the ancestors of the Sha family were conferred titles due to their military exploits, which is a great honor. However, after many years of fighting, the ancestors suffered more than ten wounds on their bodies, and they were like candles in the wind. The emperor recited the merits of his ancestors, and finally approved his scriptures. The ancestors returned to Hutouyan and founded Shajiabao."

When she said this, the Zhu Sanjia shook their heads and said, "Young Mistress, all you know is just the official rhetoric, but the matter is far from that simple!"

(End of this chapter)