Wudang

Chapter 74

It was already April 22 when everyone arrived in Mouping County, where the Ninghai Prefecture Government Office is located, and it has been a month since Wang Zhu and Monk Gao were killed.

The aftermath of Ahema's death has not yet completely calmed down.

The purge of Ahema's party lineage in Dadu is almost complete, and it is still going on at the local level. Many officials who were originally attached to Ahema have been dismissed or transferred away.

The Mongolian aristocrat whom Master Zhou offended this time is a nephew of Dalu Huachi in Ninghai Prefecture.

Dalu Huachi was a special official position in the Yuan Dynasty, which means the person who holds the seal and has great power.

Especially in local governments, such as prefectures and counties, a Dalu Huachi is set up.

Although there are magistrates in prefectures and counties, Dalu Huachi is the one who is really in charge of military and political power, and everything has to go through his final ruling.

Dalu Huachi is generally held by Mongolians, and a few are held by Semu people.

Han people basically have no chance to hold this official position.

Originally, Zhang Junbao and his party could have been faster, but because of the uneven journey back, there were many robbers looting.

These people were obviously coming for the Zhou family motorcade.

Needless to say, Miao Daoyi naturally went to take over the opponent's lair.

Some letter evidence was also collected.

It is evidence that some enemies of the Zhou family colluded to buy these bandits and sects.

Zhou's family is originally in Muping County.

At noon that day, Zhang Junbao and the others arrived at the gate of the county seat.

Just as the convoy was about to enter the city, a group of people came out of the city, and the two collided head-on.

The convoy stopped because the people on the opposite side had no intention of getting out of the way.

Even if the Zhou family's convoy got out of the way, the other party didn't leave. Instead, a young man in his twenties rode over to look down at Zhou Da and said, "Oh, this is not the Zhou family's convoy. I didn't expect one of them to come back safe and sound. It's really surprising." .”

"What did you say?" Zhou Da's expression darkened.

"You still don't know? Your Zhou family is doomed, and the other convoys were all robbed. Few people came back alive. It's really miserable."

Zhang Junbao's face darkened, this guy is nothing.

Someone from the Zhou family nearby whispered to Zhang Junbao and the others who they were.

Cao Huai, the third son of the Cao family.

Cao's family is also a big family in Mouping County, and they have conflicts with Zhou's family.

This time, the young master of the Zhou family was set up, and he was the one who got in the way.

"Hey, your Zhou family hasn't given me an explanation yet." A strong man beside Cao Huai said coldly.

The strong man was about the same age as Cao Huai, and he could tell he was a Mongol from his attire. Zhang Junbao already knew that this guy was Dale, the nephew of Dalu Huachi Suoge in Ninghai Prefecture.

The gate of the city was blocked, and all the servants guarding the gate hid aside, not daring to make a sound.

They dare not participate in this kind of thing.

The people who went out of the city and those who entered the city also retreated far away.

They all knew who Dale was.

It is the tyrant of Ninghai Prefecture, who is rampant and domineering. They dare not speak out.

"Cao Huai, right?" Zhang Junbao stepped forward and stared at him.

"Who are you?" Cao Huai had already seen people from the Quanzhen sect walking with Zhou Da and others.

But he didn't care too much, he was very clear about the strength of the Quanzhen disciples in the surrounding Taoist temples.

Now that I have Da Le as my backer, so what if the Zhou family hired someone from the Quanzhen Sect?

"I heard that your Cao family wants to buy some properties of the Zhou family?" Zhang Junbao didn't answer this guy's words. Could it be that he was blind and couldn't tell who his party was?
"This Taoist priest is very well informed." Cao Huai laughed and said, "The Zhou family owed a large amount of debt outside. My Cao family took over the Zhou family's property, and I was also helping the Zhou family to make money."

"Nonsense." Zhou Da said angrily, "When did my Zhou family owe money?"

"Ah, Mr. Da Le, the Zhou family wants to renege on their debts this time?" Cao Huai turned to look at Da Le beside him with a somewhat exaggerated expression.

"Why, Zhou Shengshui owed me 1000 million taels of silver, and you still want to deny it in black and white?" Dale sneered.

Zhou Da trembled with anger.

What black and white writing is clearly forcing his young master to press his fingerprints, and the amount of silver on it is not just as much as they want to fill.

But the other party was the nephew of Dalu Huachisuoge in Ninghai Prefecture, and the government didn't dare to take care of him at all.

It was obviously a fake IOU, but no one came forward to uphold justice for their Zhou family.

"It's only natural to pay off debts," Cao Huai said.

"Get lost." Zhang Junbao shouted, "Believe it or not, I cut you off with a sword?"

Cao Huai was stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Junbao to say such a thing.

But with Da Le by his side, he was full of courage.

"This little Taoist priest really has a big temper." Cao Huai sneered, "This is not Quanzhen Sect, it's Mouping County, how dare you kill someone?"

"Do you really think I dare not?" Zhang Junbao kicked Cao Huaizhong off the horse with one leap, and stepped on it.

With a bang, the sword came out of its sheath, and a sword arrived at his throat.

Feeling the cold tip of the sword, Cao Huai was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Shut~~stop." Cao Huai said with horror on his face, "You can't kill me, aren't you afraid of the government? Lord Dale, help me."

"The Quanzhen sect is so powerful." Da Le said coldly, "Boy, do you dare to kill? Cao Huai, what are you afraid of? Let him kill, how dare he?"

When Cao Huai heard it, yes.

How dare he kill himself in public?

Thinking of this, Cao Huai gained confidence in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Kill, kill if you have the kind, if I frown, young master, I will be your grandson."

"Okay, Cao Huai, you just have to have the guts to treat me later. Let's go to Yihonglou." Da Le laughed loudly.

Cao Huai was even more determined, and his eyes were full of provocation.

Zhang Junbao grinned and swiped the long sword in his hand.

Blood splattered, Cao Huai's head rolled aside and his body was separated.

"Ah?" Da Le was so frightened that he fell off his horse. He didn't expect this little Taoist priest to kill as soon as he said it. He didn't expect it at all.

Dale's exclamation startled the horse, and the horse's hoof stomped wildly. The raised hoof just stepped on his calf, and the force was not insignificant.

Everyone only heard a click, and another scream, and Dale's calf bone was directly broken, and his flesh was bloody.

The guards next to Da Le hurried over and pulled him out.

Seeing Da Le's wailing, Zhang Junbao secretly slandered in his heart, why did he step on the wrong side, if he stepped on the head, the whole head would be opened, that would be the best.

"You~~ you dare to kill people in the street?" One of Dale's subordinates pointed at Zhang Junbao and shouted, "Is there any law?"

Zhang Junbao was stunned for a moment, this group of villains actually told him the king's law?

In their eyes, there is still Wang Fa?
"Young master, you died so badly." The servants of Cao's family cried bitterly, and his young master was beheaded just like that, "Quick report officer..."

Zhou Da's face became tense, he didn't expect that the Taoist leader would be so impulsive, why would he kill someone?
Although they came all the way, wiped out several bandits and robbers' nests and several scum sects, and found evidence of Cao's collusion with these people, many of them were contacted by Cao Huai in person, but even so, in the city Killing people directly at the door, he was still dumbfounded.

How should this end?
Zhang Junbao got on his horse and shouted to the person opposite: "Get out of here."

For a while, the subordinates of the Cao family and Da Le did not dare to stop them, and hurriedly stepped aside, they were afraid that Zhang Junbao would kill again.

At least they knew in their hearts that the skills of these disciples of Quanzhen Sect should not be weak, they were just ordinary guards and servants, how could they be their opponents?

Dale's servants are in a hurry to take Dale back to heal his wounds, so he can only go back and tell the master what happened here, how can Dalu Huachi not know?
Zhang Junbao rode his horse and walked in the front, followed by Miao Daoyi.

"Cao Huai colluded with the Dushan Gang, Heilangshan and other robbers and robbers, and secretly robbed the caravans and passers-by. He was full of evil, and death is not a pity." Miao Daoyi shouted to the surroundings.

Originally, the surrounding people watched Zhang Junbao and his party tremblingly. The Taoist priest who dared to kill people in the street was too fierce.

But after hearing Miao Daoyi's words, many people had angry looks on their faces.

"It has long been reported that the Cao family is nothing."

"Yeah, colluding with bandits and strongmen, but who dares to say such a thing?"

"Bah, if you kill well, your body should be shredded into pieces."

After the Cao family climbed up to Dalu Huachi in Ninghai Prefecture, and then made friends with several powerful local sects in the Jianghu, they became a little swollen.

What was originally sneaky, became a bit unscrupulous later.

Some things naturally spread, but due to the power of the Cao family, everyone could only whisper in private.

Unexpectedly, today, the disciples of the Quanzhen sect would publicize the matter after the murder.

They still believed in the Quanzhen Sect, and they already knew something, so they were naturally on Zhang Junbao's side now.

The people of the Cao family carried Cao Huai's body and fled in embarrassment.

When Zhang Junbao and his party came to the Zhou family, Zhou Dehou of the Zhou family knew from Zhou Da that when Zhang Junbao entered the city, he directly killed Cao Huai. He didn't know what to say for a while.

"Daozhang Zhang, you're too impulsive." Zhou Dehou's face was a bit worried.

He is in his early fifties, but now he looks obviously older, and his mental state is not good.

Obviously it was the persecution of the Cao family and Da Le that made him uneasy.

He already knew Zhang Junbao's identity, but even so, Zhang Junbao killed people when he came here, which still made him a little terrified.

Cao's side is okay, mainly Dale's side.

The county magistrate is better off now. As long as Dale's uncle is Dalu Huachi from Ninghai Prefecture, the Zhou family must deal with it carefully.

"Master Zhou, leave this matter to us." Zhang Junbao said.

Zhou Dehou couldn't help looking at Liang Zhiyong and Yang Zhilian.

Although Zhang Junbao's status was unusual, he still hoped that Liang Zhiyong and Yang Zhilian would have a word.

In his opinion, Zhang Junbao is still too young and impulsive.

Liang and Yang, as Zhang Zhixian's juniors, should be prudent.

It was just something that surprised Zhou Dehou, the two agreed with Zhang Junbao's words.

"Master Zhou, don't worry." Liang Zhiyong said, "We will deal with this matter thoroughly, otherwise we won't leave."

Hearing this, Zhou Dehou knew that Zhang Junbao and the others must have a plan, so he felt a little more at ease.

"Master Zhou, there are some things I need to know from you, about Dalu Huachi's uncle Sog in Dale." Zhang Junbao said.

Although he got some news from Zhou Da, Zhang Junbao knew that Zhou Da knew only a little.

Zhou Dehou didn't hesitate, and told Zhang Junbao about Suoge's news.

Although Suoge is only a Daruhuachi in one state, his family has some influence in most of the cities, and he is basically a member of the Prince Zhenjin's faction.

Due to the downfall of Ahema, Prince Zhenjin's faction suddenly became more high-profile.

If Ahema was still there, Dale would not have made such a thing.

Because this kind of thing can easily involve his uncle Sog, and when the two factions confront each other, it is easy to be caught by Ahema's faction.

Now that Ahema is gone, Dale is not so afraid, and Sog is almost twenty. His nephew made such a thing, and now he is turning a blind eye to it.

From Zhang Junbao's point of view, this incident might have been secretly ordered by Sogg.

Because Sog was greedy for money, during the few years he served as Daluhuachi in Ninghai Prefecture, many local big families were destroyed by him, and even their families were exterminated.

It's not too surprising to be staring at Zhou's family now.

Of course, from Zhang Junbao's point of view, Soge would not destroy the Zhou family.

After all, there is still the Quanzhen Sect relationship, but if you want Sog to let the Zhou family go, the Zhou family must donate at least half of their wealth.

"So, Suoge has a deep background and is not easy to provoke. I think I can only buy peace with money, and I want to ask you to come over and be a middleman to persuade and persuade." Zhou Dehou sighed, "I think within a million taels , my Zhou family can still bear it, but the 1000 million taels..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Dehou shook his head, 1000 million taels could not be made up by his Zhou family.

"I'm afraid that his background is not deep." Zhang Junbao sneered, "Don't worry about Mr. Zhou, this matter is as we expected before."

"I don't know what strategy Daoist Zhang has?" Zhou Dehou asked curiously.

He could tell that Zhang Junbao had a plan in mind, and Liang and Yang had no objections, so this plan should be feasible.

"It's simple, just make things worse." Zhang Junbao said with a slight smile.

Zhou Dehou was stunned by these words, making a big fuss?

"How to make a big fuss?" He couldn't help asking.

"No matter how big you are, don't panic." Zhang Junbao replied, "Killing Cao Huai is nothing at all. When I was at the gate of the city, I wanted to kill Dale directly..."

"Ah? No." Zhou Dehou exclaimed, and hastily interrupted Zhang Junbao's words.

"Master Zhou, listen to me and finish speaking."

Zhou Dehou nodded, he could only endure the uneasiness in his heart, and listened to Zhang Junbao's continuation.

"Since Dale's leg was trampled and broken, he was lucky that he didn't kill him." Zhang Junbao said, "It's just that Dale will definitely blame us for the broken leg. On top of the Zhou family."

Zhou Dehou's face was very ugly.

Dale was sure that Hu would do this, because everything he did was for Zhou's family, and the hatred was even greater.

"Master Zhou, don't worry, the Zhou family will be fine." Liang Zhiyong said out loud.

He could see that Master Zhang's words made Zhou Dehou feel uncertain and panicked, so he couldn't help comforting him.

Zhou Dehou nodded. Compared with Zhang Junbao, the words and reactions of Liang Zhiyong and Yang Zhilian could reassure him more.

After all, Zhang Junbao was too young, which made him feel a little uncertain.

"Let's talk about it." Zhang Junbao could guess Zhou Dehou's thoughts in his heart, and he couldn't help but looked at Liang Zhiyong and Yang Zhilian and said.

Liang Zhiyong did not hesitate, and spoke out their plan.

That is to destroy the Cao family, kill a few chief culprits who colluded with robbers and bandits, such as the head of the Cao family, and hand over some to the government for investigation.

Then there is Shadal.

Now that Da Le was injured, he escaped with his life.

If Sog doesn't really reconcile, then they will kill Sog.

This is what Zhang Junbao said before to make matters worse and kill Dalu Huachi in a state.

Hearing this, even knowing that Liang Zhiyong is prudent, Zhou Houde couldn't help but tremble.

(End of this chapter)