Zhang He felt a cramp in his stomach, and cold sweat fell from his forehead. He never imagined that the Xu family would use such methods against him.
There was no movement outside the house, and the guards he brought with him were probably stopped by someone.
"Infinite Heavenly Lord," Master Zhang looked to the side, "Even if this good man is at fault, you should not be like this."
Master Zhang said as he stretched out his hand to help Zhang He up, but when he was about to touch Zhang He, he retracted his hand: "The injury of the good man doesn't matter, it's just that..."
Zhang He felt that the pain was getting worse.
"Save...me..." Zhang He suddenly became frightened. He couldn't die here. He could only survive to take revenge on the Xu family. At this time, he could only seek to survive first.
Zhang Zhenren took out several bottles from his arms and said, "Taoist, I have some elixirs, but I don't know if they will be useful."
Zhang He opened his eyes wide, and the situation in front of him became clear. The Taoist priest wanted money, Xu Qingan beat him, and now the Taoist priest came to ask for money again.
Zhang He's heart suddenly moved, and he remembered the conversations he heard in the inn.
"I told you, you have to wait until I finish beating the person before you try to extort money."
"If I extort money first, and you hit someone later, the result will not be the same."
I really thought he was a fool. Zhang He had veins floating on his forehead and gritted his teeth and said, "You... want... to lie to me."
"How could a Taoist do such a thing?" Zhang Zhenren sighed, "Since a good person does not need the Taoist's help, the Taoist will leave now."
Master Zhang smiled slightly and turned around to leave.
"Wait a minute," Zhang He said, "How much money do you want?" He couldn't gamble with his life.
"Fifty thousand taels," Zhang Zhenren said, "I think a good person can get it."
Zhang He's face was pale and he could hardly bear it. He just wanted to be relieved immediately: "Who would... bring... so much money with him."
Mr. Zhang looked very good, his face was rosy, and he always had a smile on his face. He seemed to be very patient: "A good person must think carefully. If he is not sincere, he may not be able to get out of trouble."
Zhang He's whole body began to tremble, and he felt as if someone was turning his intestines. He clamped his legs tightly: "If you let me go, I will naturally give you money when we return to Beijing."
"Then we don't dare," Zhang Zhenren said, "we're afraid we'll be thrown into prison."
Zhang He pursed his lips and said, "I also have some money at my residence. You can go over and get it."
"That's not good," Zhang Zhenren shook his head, "We take it ourselves without asking. If the Yamen inquires, it will not be the crime of theft. If we are caught, we will not be able to defend ourselves."
Zhang He only felt that it was getting colder and colder, and the hairs on his body stood up. He didn't know what kind of poison the Xu family gave him. Thinking about it carefully, he became more and more out of breath: "What on earth... do you want me...
Do."
Master Zhang said: "There is some money that good people dare not disclose to others. If you take out this money, you and I will be safe. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Zhang He's pupils narrowed. Of course he knew what Master Zhang meant, such as those shady properties, the court's pension fields, the salt and tea they sold privately, these are all shady things.
On weekdays, they don't come forward and are managed by the people below. They just use their private seals to withdraw money.
"No...no." Zhang He looked ugly.
"Money is something external to the body," Zhang Zhenren sighed, "it's only fifty thousand taels, a good person should think about it carefully."
The money he got from buying and selling salt in private was nothing. Even if he was sued to the court, the emperor would not punish him for these trivial matters, but he could not sue the Xu family for robbery. He could only
A dumb person eats Coptis chinensis.
Zhang He closed his eyes.
"If it's later, blood will ooze out," Zhang Zhen said, "and you will inevitably suffer more."
It's okay that Master Zhang didn't say anything. After hearing this, Zhang He felt that he couldn't help it anymore. A series of sounds came from behind his butt, and then hot things poured out.
"I...tell...you," Zhang He's voice trembled, "use the private seal on my waist...to go to Zhuangzi not far away...and find the woman...Yan, she...will
Give...you money."
Zhang Zhenren opened his hand and found a seal lying in his palm: "Is this the seal?"
Zhang He felt his chest stagnate, as if he had been punched again. The Taoist with the immortal style in front of him could be so shameless. He had already planned everything and forced him to say those words just now.
"You must be scolding Taoist," Master Zhang sighed, "but Taoist still wants to save you."
After Master Zhang finished speaking, he took the pill and stuffed it into Zhang He's mouth. The pill was fishy and smelly, which made Zhang He feel nauseous. Zhang He swallowed it several times before he stopped feeling nauseous, but tears came out of the corners of his eyes. He said tonight
He shouldn't have come here. He broke into Miss Xu's house and made a fuss out of it. It was his fault first.
He said that Xu Qinghuan intended to seduce him, and there were people from Princess Huayang around Xu Qinghuan. They would definitely speak for Xu Qinghuan, because if they were entangled in this matter, he would become the laughing stock of others.
"Is that okay?" Zhang He gritted his teeth and said, "I can stop worrying about this matter. You can let me go so that everyone's faces won't look bad."
Zhang He said this and felt a suffocation in his chest. He had never suffered such a loss. If his father knew about it, he would definitely punish him severely. For him, he had no other choice but to stop all activities.
"It sounds like it's our fault." Xu Qing'an's voice came, and another light came on in the darkness, illuminating Xu Qing'an's face particularly clearly.
Zhang He subconsciously touched the soft sword at his waist, but he didn't know when the sword had disappeared.
Xu Qing'an said in a deep voice: "I just came to catch the person who wanted to harm my sister, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Zhang. Who would knock on the door of a female family member at such a late hour? What else could it be if he didn't have evil intentions?"
Zhang He clenched his fists tightly: "I have no other intention, I am just worried about Miss Xu..."
Xu Qingan said coldly: "Do you know my sister?"
Zhang He's face turned livid, and his stomach began to hurt again, as if the antidote given by the Taoist had no effect at all.
"I was rude," Zhang He finally said, "I... was wrong... please... the Xu family please forgive me... in the future... I will come to apologize.
What happened today is all my fault."
Xu Qing'an said: "I guess the Zhang family is not a person who doesn't understand etiquette. Does Brother Zhang do this because he doesn't take the Xu family seriously? For the Xu family... it's a great shame and humiliation."
"As long as you... are willing... to let me go once..." Zhang He couldn't bear it anymore, "The rest is easy to talk about."
Xu Qingan did not speak.
"Killing can only be done with a nod of the head," Zhang He said, "You have already humiliated me like this...isn't it enough?"
Xu Qingan naturally felt that it was not enough, so he spoke again.
"That's enough," someone finally couldn't help but say, "It's going to make the Anyi Marquis Mansion and Uncle Guo look embarrassed, and it shouldn't be like this for the Queen Mother's sake."
Zhang He felt a person walking slowly towards him. The person stopped and covered his nose.
Zhang He looked over carefully and saw that the face was somewhat familiar. After a while, he finally remembered that it seemed to be the prince of Shunyang County, Qi Defang.
Qi Defang said: "Why don't you let me be the middleman? Everyone takes a step back." As he said that, he turned his eyes to Zhang He, "Uncle Zhang has already urinated on himself. If you go out like this, you will lose the face of the country."
Zhang He's face turned blue and white.
Qi Defang went to see Xu Qing'an: "There is a clean room in this house. Please let Mr. Zhang family use it."
Xu Qingan moved away unwillingly.
Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief. The Xu family did not dare to kill him after all. He staggered up and walked to the clean room.
"Uncle Zhang's clothes are dirty," Qi Defang said, "I'll find you some clean clothes. You'd better change them!"
Zhang He's whole body ached, and he felt vaguely lucky in his heart. Fortunately, the Prince of Shunyang County was here, otherwise he would really have disgraced the Zhang family.
