Liu Xiuli ignored the shouting soldier. As he walked into the courtyard, he pointed at the group of soldiers and said in a deep voice: "Take them all! Don't let any of them go!"
The burly soldier holding a spear cursed and walked towards Liu Xiu. He had just taken two steps when he was blocked by Zhu You. The soldier looked Zhu You up and down, stretched out his hand and pushed him hard on the chest, shouting: "Give it to me." Get out of here!"
Zhu You didn't even try to hide. He just waited for the other person's palm to push closer to him, then he made a move like lightning, grabbed the other person's wrist, and then twisted it outwards with force.
With a sharp click, the soldier's arm was forcibly twisted and dislocated.
The soldier jumped on the ground in pain, but Zhu You kicked him in the chest. He fell on his back and lay on the ground, groaning and unable to stand up for a long time.
The remaining soldiers were furious, and they all walked towards Zhu You. This time, before Zhu You could take action, Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Bo knocked down all the soldiers to the ground like wind and clouds. .
Speaking of Liu Xiu, he walked through the small courtyard, walked to the door of the main room, kicked the door open, and then stepped into the room.
Entering the main room, he took a closer look and saw green smoke almost coming out of Liu Xiu's head. He saw three naked people on the floor of the room, one man and two women.
Two young and beautiful girls, one of whom had her hands and feet tied up and a piece of cloth stuffed in her mouth, had all her clothes stripped off, and was lying there like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Another girl was pinned down by a man in his early thirties. Liu Xiudu broke in from the outside. The man was still squirming back and forth on the girl, without even turning his head, and he was making high-pitched sounds from his mouth. His voice said: "I'm not done yet, why are you so anxious? Get out of here!"
Liu Xiu's fists clenched loudly. He strode forward. Before the man on top of the girl could react, Liu Xiu grabbed the man's hair and pulled him away from the girl. Come down.
Plop!
The man fell heavily to the ground and let out a strange scream. He turned over, sat up from the ground, and cursed angrily: "Who the hell is that..."
As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Liu Xiu. When he saw Liu Xiu's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but wonder if he was dazzled.
He rubbed his eyes vigorously and looked carefully. This time he could see clearly. The person standing in front of him was not Liu Xiu or someone else?
The anger on his face disappeared, replaced by surprise and dullness, and he stammered: "Liu...General Liu?"
Some of the soldiers below may not know Liu Xiu, but how could Zhang Zi not know Liu Xiu? He never dreamed that Liu Xiu would suddenly appear here.
Liu Xiu's eyes swept across Zhang Zi's body and looked at the two little girls. The little girl who was pressed under Zhang Zi just now was in a mess, with bruises and purple patches, and a hole under her buttocks. There was a lot of blood stuck to it.
The other little girl whose hands and feet were tied was in much better condition, but she also had many bruises on her body. Liu Xiu only glanced at it, then immediately withdrew his gaze, pulled out the sword under his ribs, and pulled the rope off the little girl's body. Pick off.
Then he directly grabbed Zhang Zi's hair and walked out without saying a word. Zhang Zi covered the top of his head with both hands and screamed like a slaughtering pig.
Liu Xiu walked to the door of the room and met Zhu You who was about to enter the room. He waved his hand to signal Zhu You not to go in. He asked: "Is Xi Ling here?"
Before Zhu You could reply, Xu Xiling's voice came from behind him: "My lord, my subordinates are here!"
Liu Xiu nodded to Xu Xiling, who was walking over quickly, and gestured to the back room. Xu Xiling understood and walked quickly into the back room from Liu Xiu's side.
Soon, the girl's heart-wrenching crying could be heard in the house.
Liu Xiu took a deep breath, grabbed Zhang Zi's hair, and dragged him into the yard.
At this time, Zhang Zi also stopped screaming, his face turned pale with fright, and he stammered: "Liu... General Liu, please listen to my explanation, things are not what you think, they are the ones who seduced me... I...I am General Zhang's brother. Even if General Liu doesn't look at my face, he still has to look at General Zhang's face..."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Xiu's sword was already on his neck.
Feeling a biting cold air coming from his neck, Zhang Zi shivered with fright and said in a trembling voice: "It's just... just two women, if... if General Liu likes it... even though... Just take it..."
Liu Xiu held Zhang Zi's hair with one hand and held the Chixiao Sword in the other hand. Looking at Zhang Zi who was still mouthing filth, a cold light flashed in his eyes and he suddenly made a horizontal stroke with the sword in his hand.
Poof, under the sharp edge of the Red Sky Sword, Zhang Zi's neck was cut in two like paper.
Plop!
The headless corpse fell forward, and the blood spurted from the severed neck spattered far away. Zhang Zi's severed head was still holding Liu Xiu's hand. What was terrifying was that the mouth of the severed head was still opening and closing, as if it was still alive. What are you explaining to Liu Xiu?
This situation shocked the soldiers who were beaten to the ground, and half of their souls were frightened away.
The people were all frightened out of their drunkenness, and regardless of the pain on their bodies, they knelt on the ground one by one, kowtowed forward repeatedly, and said urgently: "General Liu, spare your life, General Liu, spare your life..."
No matter how stupid or stupid these soldiers were, they could guess Liu Xiu's identity at this time. People's bodies were trembling and sweating like rain. Liu Xiu held Zhang Zi's head in one hand and looked around with the Chixiao Sword in the other hand. All the soldiers said in a solemn voice: "If you want to do evil, you can take off your military uniforms and do evil. How can the reputation of the Han army be slandered by you? Kill! All of them will be executed!"
As soon as Liu Xiu finished speaking, Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Bo drew out their swords, raised their swords, and slashed all the soldiers to the ground.
Although they did not enter the room, they could judge the general situation by listening to the noise in the yard. It was estimated that the innocence of the two little girls, Xueying and Hongjian, had been ruined by Zhang Zi, a beast.
Under the same roof, after more than half a year of getting along, the three of them often interacted with Xueying and Hongjian, and they had a good impression of the two little girls. Now that they have suffered such a misfortune, how can they not feel angry or resentful?
Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground, Liu Xiu handed the severed head to Zhu You and said coldly: "Ayou, go to the military camp and give Zhang Zi's head to Zhang Xuan, and say that Zhang Zi is lawless. He raped a girl in broad daylight and humiliated her innocence, and now I am punishing her on the spot."
"Yes! My lord!" Zhu You agreed, took Zhang Zi's severed head, looked down, took off the clothes from a soldier's corpse, wrapped the severed head, and walked out with it.
Not long after, Xu Xiling walked out of the room with two disheveled girls. The two little girls had burst into tears, especially the humiliated Hong Jian, who was unable to walk steadily and needed Xu Xiling's help. OK.
Seeing this, Liu Xiu sighed secretly, shook his head and said, "Go back to the inn."
Long Yuan, Long Zhun, and Long Bo dragged out the corpses of the soldiers on the ground. After all, this was a private house. If the corpses were thrown here, it would not be easy to deal with them when the owner came back.
Back at the inn, Yin Lihua turned pale with anger after hearing the whole story. However, the culprit, Zhang Zi, had been executed by Liu Xiu, which made Yin Lihua feel a little better.
Yin Lihua took Xueying and Hongjian back to her room, and the sound of crying could still be heard from time to time in the room.
Liu Xiu wandered outside Yin Lihua's room for a while, and then returned to his own room. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Through Zhang Zi, it was not difficult to imagine how the Green Forest Army behaved on a daily basis.
If it is not strictly rectified, the reputation of the Han army will eventually be ruined in the hands of black sheep like them.
Liu Xiuzheng was sitting in the room sulking, and Zhu You returned to the inn. At the same time, Zhang Xuan came with Zhu You.
I thought that with Zhang Xun's temper, he would argue with me. After all, Zhang Zi was his clan brother. He killed Zhang Zi without even saying hello. Invisibly, he also slapped Zhang Xuan in the face. .
But what Liu Xiu didn't expect was that after Zhang Xun saw him, instead of being angry, he bowed respectfully and apologized to him, saying that he had not been strict with Zhang Zi and that he had made such a big mistake this time and that he had unshirkable responsibility.
Zhang Xuan's reaction surprised Liu Xiu and made him feel an indescribable awkwardness in his heart.
It was impossible for Zhang Xuan not to feel angry and resentful about the fact that he killed Zhang Zi, but in front of him, he did not show any signs of it. Instead, he showed an attitude of humbly admitting his mistake. It seemed that he had really underestimated him before. He arrived at Zhang Xuan's city.
Zhang Xun apologized repeatedly in front of Liu Xiu, and finally asked someone to fetch a small box, handed it to Liu Xiu, and said sternly: "General Uncle Wen, Zhang Zi has made a big mistake, and the matter can no longer be undone. These money , I think I am compensating the two girls on behalf of Zhang Zi!"
Liu Xiu lowered his head and saw that the small box was filled with coins, estimated to be several hundred. The money was not much, but it was not a lot. After all, it was also someone’s heart. Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, nodded, and said : "I appreciate General Zhang's kindness. As for the money..."
"I also ask General Liu to accept it on behalf of the two girls! I know that this amount of money is not enough to make up for Zhang Zi's fault, but...but if you don't accept it, I will really feel uneasy!"
Zhang Xun had said so, and Liu Xiu couldn't refuse anymore. He signaled to Long Yuan who was standing aside, and the latter stepped forward and took the small box from Zhang Xun's hand.
Then, Zhang Xuan sat for a while and then stood up to say goodbye.
After leaving the inn and walking a distance, Zhang Xuan's face immediately darkened, and he gritted his teeth and said: "It depends on the owner to beat a dog, let alone my clan brother? A big living person, I will kill him if he says... …”
Several cronies next to him stepped forward one after another and said at once: "General, now that Liu Yan is not the leader of the Han army, Liu Xiu has no regard for us green forest brothers. If one day, Liu Yan really becomes Lord of the Han Army, we brothers from the green forest are afraid that there will be no way to survive, right?!"
Hearing this, Zhang Xuan's face became more and more ugly, and he said in a solemn voice: "Liu Yan wants to be the leader of the Han army? Humph, he should wait for the rest of his life!"
He had already strongly opposed the election of Liu Yan as the leader of the Han army. Now that Zhang Zi's incident happened, he was even more opposed.
Currently, Zhang Xian is not the only one who opposes Liu Yan in the Han army. Wang Kuang, Wang Feng, Cheng Dan, Chen Mu, Liao Zhan and other generals from green forest backgrounds basically all oppose Liu Yan as the leader of the Han Dynasty.
Their thoughts were the same as Zhang Xuan's. Once Liu Yan became the leader of the Han Dynasty, the Green Forest clan would be severely suppressed and it would be difficult for them to stand out.