Fenghou

1390 Falcon

On an official road to the east of Pingzhou, several men on horseback rushed forward, a total of five people, four men who looked like warriors guarded a young man.

The young man is dressed in fresh clothes, wears a golden crown, and has an indescribable arrogance on his face. His name is Zhang Mingqian, and he is the son of Zhang Wo, a wealthy family in Pingzhou.

Zhang Mingqian was ordered by his father to go to Jizhou to pay respects to Guo Wei, another wealthy family. During this time, the connections between wealthy families were extremely active, and many disturbing and frightening incidents occurred on Yanshan Road.

First, Wu Wenli, the county magistrate of Jixian County, was killed on his way to Daxing City on business, his head was cut off, and his whereabouts are still unknown. Secondly, Li Xiao, the county captain of Lulong County, Pingzhou, was stabbed and seriously injured, and Zhu Qin, the county magistrate, was also killed in the mansion. He used poisonous arrows to plot against him from a distance, but the murderer shot the wrong person and killed the little maid beside Zhu Tan.

In addition, Hu Yun, the pacifier of Yanshan Road, was assassinated twice, but failed.

The successive assassinations made the officials of Yanshan Road panic, and no one knew whether he would be the next to be assassinated. As for Niu Gao, he specially allocated [-] soldiers to protect the safety of officials in various states and counties.

The five galloped through a forest, and suddenly shot a mace arrow from the forest, the arrow was lightning fast, and before the other party could react, "Puff! An arrow hit Zhang Mingqian's left shoulder, and the arrow almost pierced his shoulder.

Zhang Mingqian screamed, turned over and fell off his horse, "Young Master! Young Master!" The four warriors shouted in shock.

At this time, more than [-] cavalrymen rushed out from the woods and quickly surrounded them. The leading warrior shouted: "It's the inner guard, break through the encirclement!"

Si picked up Zhang Mingqian from the ground, didn't care to stop his bleeding, and desperately wanted to break through, but they were facing more than twenty internal guards with high martial arts skills, so how could they give them a chance to break through.

Another arrow shot out from the woods, and a warrior screamed. The arrow shot from the back of his neck, and the tip of the arrow shot out from the front throat, and he died tragically on the spot.

The other three fought for only a short while before two of them were killed and the leader was captured alive. At this time, a person came out from the woods. It was Zhong Huan, the commander of the inner guard. The serious injury caused by the stabbing was related to Zhang Wo, a wealthy family in Pingzhou.

It's just that Zhang Wo is elusive, who doesn't know where he is hiding?And you can't do it casually, you will startle the snake.

At this time, Zhong Huan got the news from Jizhou's subordinates that Zhang Wo's son Zhang Mingqian appeared in Jixian County to pay his respects to Guo Wei, the wealthy patriarch of Jizhou.

The wound on Zhang Mingqian's shoulder had already been bandaged, his hands and feet were tied behind his back, and he lay face down on the ground. When Zhong Huan walked up to him, Zhang Mingqian immediately shouted: "Kill me if you have the guts!"

Zhong Huan knelt down and smiled slightly: "I'm sure of the caste, but I won't kill you. I need to exchange you and your father for something."

The warrior leader next to him yelled: "What do you want, let the young master go, and I can change it too!"

"You must be Qi Wu! Although you are the leader of the warriors of the Zhang family, you are still not qualified. You go back and tell the Patriarch to send someone to Yuguan to negotiate with me. Your Patriarch knows exactly what I want!"

Chong Huan immediately ordered his left and right sides, "Let him go, give him a horse, and let him go!"

The soldiers let the warrior leader go. The warrior leader wanted to rush to rescue Zhang Mingqian, but the inner guard put the knife on Zhang Mingqian's neck and looked at him coldly.

Helpless, the samurai had no choice but to shout: "Young master, I will report to the Patriarch, and I will definitely come to rescue you!"

He got on his horse and galloped away.

The inner guard soldiers led Zhang Mingqian towards Yuguan
Zhang Wo has been a wealthy family in Pingzhou for generations. There are more than a dozen of them in Guangzhuang Manor. The martial arts style on Yanshan Road is very strong, and the people are generally tough. Leather armor, knives, and spears are like a private army.

Not only that, but Zhang Wo also raised dozens of warriors with high martial arts skills as his guards. On Yanshan Road, if there are not more than a thousand Zhuang Ding, then he is not worthy of being called a rich family, but can only be called a big landlord.

There are still five or six wealthy families like him on Yanshan Road, distributed in various prefectures, and there is only the Zhang family in Pingzhou.

Zhang Wo also has a brother named Zhang Bao. Zhang Bao lives in Pinglu County and controls the business of the Zhang family. Zhang Wo lives in the countryside. But the inner guard doesn't know which manor he lives in?

Zhang Wo has two daughters and one son, both of whom are married, leaving only one son, Zhang Mingqian, whom he regards as a treasure.

Hearing that his son was taken away by the inner guards, he immediately became furious, "Bastard! If you dare to arrest my son, I will tear him to pieces!"

Zhang Bao hurriedly persuaded: "Brother, calm down, the other party only wanted to trade him for something after capturing Ming Qian, not to kill him, and killing him is meaningless, Ming Qian's life should not be in danger."

Zhang Wo restrained his anger and said, "What do they want?"

"I asked Qi Wu, and the other party said, what do they want, brother knows it well, brother, what do they want?"

Zhang Wo said for a while: "I guess they want news about the secret envoy of the Kingdom of Jin!"

Zhang Bao frowned, "Didn't the secret envoy of the Kingdom of Jin leave?"

"But if I tell the inner guards the news, they will be able to catch the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin based on the clues I provided. I know that the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin is now in Yizhou. There are more than 1 people, and then the Jin soldiers will be able to take back Yuguan, and our family is the key, and it will be Zhuang Ding's stronghold in the future."

"Then brother, is he going to tell the inner guard the news about the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin, and exchange it back to Mingqian?"

Zhang Wo nodded, "I don't care about the life and death of the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin, but Mingqian is my only son, and I must rescue him, Erlang, you are the public representative of the Zhang family, you go to Yuguan to negotiate with them. "

"Brother wants to give me the news of the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, shall I exchange it directly?"

"No! For the first time, find out first, clarify what each other wants, and then exchange. You have to tell them. I promise to tell them the news about the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, but I must ensure the safety of my son!"

"Is my brother still here when I come back?"

Zhang Wo shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "When you come back, go to Bailong Villa to find me. Be extra careful and don't be watched."

Zhong Huan interrogated Zhang Mingqian overnight. Unexpectedly, the boy was bitten to death and knew nothing, so Zhong Huan had to put him in prison and wait for news from Zhang Wo.

At noon the next day, a soldier came to report, "A man came from outside Guancheng, claiming to be Zhang Mingqian's second uncle, and he came here to negotiate with the general."

Zhong Huan knew that the person who came must be Zhang Bao, Zhang Wo's brother, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Is Xue Ke back?"

Xue Ke was also Zhong Huan's commander and led dozens of brothers to station in Pinglu. He was in charge of keeping an eye on Zhang Bao.

"Report to the general, you haven't come back yet!"

Zhong Huan nodded and said, "Bring Zhang Bao in, first take him to see Zhang Mingqian, and then bring him to see me."

(End of this chapter)