The Zhang family used to be considered a large family, but due to the successive wars in Taozhou, many members of the same branch moved away, and in the end only Zhang Yuan remained in the Zhang Yuan family.
After Zhang Yuan's parents died, Zhang Yuan lived here for almost two years.
Zha Shuo always heard from Bai Yushu that Zhang Yuan was a filial man. If he hadn't delayed for so long and gone to study in the government, he might have been preparing for the Spring Festival by now.
Every time Zha Shuo seemed to be listening, he would already be impatient in his heart. If his parents died, he would not do this. What would be the result of spending so much time guarding the graves?
Men like them should cheer up and spend all their energy on prospering the tribe and the village, so as to comfort their elders.
Thinking of this, a hint of coldness appeared on Cha Shuo's face.
Zhang Yuan could feel his hostility, but never argued with him, as if he was so kind and broad-minded...
Cha Shuo tightened his grip on the short blade in his hand. It was polished by himself. The blade was thin and fast and could easily penetrate the flesh. He wanted to use it to cut Zhang Yuan open and see if his heart was black.
"It's right here." Eyeliner whispered.
There was a lamp burning in the house not far away.
This house is hidden under a mountain col. If you don't look carefully, you really can't find it.
"You really know how to pick a place." Cha Shuo whispered.
It took him so much effort.
After speaking, Cha Shuo looked at his eyeliner: "Go ahead, whatever happens here has nothing to do with you, I won't mention you to anyone."
The eyeliner warned: "Then you should be more careful. If you have any further instructions, go to the old place and find me."
Cha Shuo said nothing else and walked towards the house.
The eyeliner saw Cha Shuo walking further and further away, and finally let out a long breath. Cha Shuo would not see him again, because he would leave Taozhou immediately.
Even if he enters the government office and Zha Shuo tells all this, no one from the government office will find him.
The people in the village are easy to cheat.
The Liu family gave him one hundred taels of silver, enough for him to settle elsewhere.
With this thought in mind, the eyeliner took a few steps and was about to get away from here when suddenly there was a sound of breaking through the air, and then something shot into his body.
The eyeliner groaned and widened his eyes. The last thought in his mind was: The Liu family killed someone and silenced them.
Cha Shuo stopped and there seemed to be some movement behind him, but when he held his breath and listened carefully, there was only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves.
Maybe he was too careful.
Cha Shuo looked at the house again. The candles were still on, so it was obvious that people were still in the house.
There can be no further delay, Cha Shuo thought, and quickened his pace. Soon he reached the front of the house, his eyes fixed on the window.
Until he saw a pair of hands plucking the wick, he slammed the wooden door hard.
The wooden door was knocked open with a bang.
Cha Shuo kept walking and headed straight towards the inner room.
There was a special smell in the room. Cha Shuo would have been able to detect it in normal times, but now he was so focused on catching Zhang Yuan that he didn't care to experience those things.
When he saw a person sitting in the room, Cha Shuo knew that the informant's information was correct, and that was Zhang Yuan.
Before Zhang Yuan could react, Cha Shuo's hand had already pressed down on Zhang Yuan's shoulder. Zhang Yuan was about to struggle but it was too late. Cha Shuo twisted Zhang Yuan's arm back, and then took out the dagger with his other hand.
It was stuck on Zhang Yuan’s neck…
"If you move again I will kill you."
Cha Shuo's cold voice sounded, and the sharp dagger immediately pierced the flesh, and blood flowed down. Seeing this situation, Zhang Yuan was so frightened that he stopped moving.
Cha Shuo sneered. It was easier to hold Zhang Yuan than he thought. He didn't know why Ah Shu would be happy with such a useless thing.
Thinking of Ah Shu, Cha Shuo's heart ached again.
"If I ask you a question, tell it truthfully," Cha Shuo said, "otherwise I will cut off your head immediately."
"Did you harm Ah Shu?"
Zhang Yuan did not speak.
Cha Shuo had already thought that Zhang Yuan would not admit it. When he asked, he had already freed his hand to take out the rope from his arms and tied Zhang Yuan's hands firmly.
When Zhang Yuan's life becomes worse than death, Zhang Yuan will naturally confess the truth.
After the rope tied his hands, he tied his legs together.
Everything was easier than Cha Shuo thought. Zhang Yuan was actually frightened by him, and his whole body seemed to be paralyzed. The more Zhang Yuan acted like this, the angrier Cha Shuo became.
Ah Shu died for just such a person.
Cha Shuo kicked Zhang Yuan to the ground with red eyes, and then he was going to cut off a piece of flesh from Zhang Yuan's leg to let Zhang Yuan taste the pain.
When he was about to do this, he suddenly stepped on something sticky under his feet.
Cha Shuo frowned and looked, but couldn't see clearly. The thing seemed to be dry, but it still seemed to be a little wet. He reached out to take the candle on the table, but found that there were also dots of things on the table, which seemed to be some kind of spray.
Splashed on.
With the lamp in his hand, Cha Shuo discovered more strange things as the light moved.
The room was in a mess, many things were knocked to the ground, and a small room was in such a mess.
Before he came in, something seemed to have happened in the house.
Many possibilities flooded into Cha Shuo's mind.
Maybe this is where Ah Shu was imprisoned?
He reached out and touched the sticky stuff on the ground, put it to his nose and smelled it, and sure enough, he could smell the smell of blood.
Cha Shuo's eyes widened even more angrily. He immediately grabbed Zhang Yuan's legs and dragged Zhang Yuan over.
"Let me ask you, what is going on? You are here..."
Before Cha Shuo finished speaking, he was stunned. Under the candlelight was an unfamiliar face, a man in his forties, staring at him with fear on his face.
Who is this?
what happened?
Cha Shuo's mind was full of questions.
"you……"
Before Cha Shuo finished speaking, he heard movement outside.
"Manager Yang went in and never came out."
Manager Yang? Cha Shuo looked at the person he tied up?
The man's eyes changed, and he suddenly shouted: "Help...help...the people in the village want to kill people...he tied up Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan..."
Cha Shuo was stunned, where was Zhang Yuan?
Cha Shuo looked around and glanced at the corner. There was a pair of feet sticking out. Although he couldn't see the whole picture, he could infer that someone was lying there.
There was a third person in the room.
Cha Shuo subconsciously went to check, but it was too late. Someone rushed into the house.
Then Cha Shuo saw two crossbows facing him.
The man holding the crossbow shot the arrow without hesitation...
Can't escape.
Cha Shuo felt a chill in his heart. He tried his best to dodge and split an arrow with the dagger in his hand, but the two crossbows fired six arrows in a row, each arrow heading towards his vital part.
These people obviously wanted to kill him.
It's a trap.
Only then did Cha Shuo realize that this was not the place where Ah Shu was killed, but a trap set for him. But until now, he still didn't understand what those people wanted to do.
My body hurt, and the arrow penetrated my flesh.
Cha Shuo wanted to raise his dagger and fight those people again, but at this moment he felt pain in the back of his neck, and then his vision turned black, he staggered two steps and fell to the ground.
The people who came in from the outside breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this situation. Several people held sticks in their hands and carefully surrounded Cha Shuo.
"Let's see if he's dead," the leader said. "Go to the government office to report the case again. Just tell us that the uncle ordered us to come here to find Zhang Yuan. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuan was tied up here by people in the village. Manager Yang wants to come back to report the case.
He was also arrested by people from the village. Just when this man was about to kill Manager Yang, we used crossbows."
Zhang Yuan was killed by people in the village, and they killed the people in the village to save their lives.
As soon as the leader finished speaking, someone suddenly grabbed his ankle.
Then came Cha Shuo's deep voice: "You said...what? Who killed Zhang Yuan."
This man is actually not dead.
The leader's eyes widened and he ordered the people around him: "Quickly, shoot another arrow at him."