It's not like he wasn't mentally prepared for the murder.
Living in troubled times, life is as cheap as grass. If you want to avoid being killed, how can you not have the intention to kill?
But he originally thought that the first time he killed someone, he would be so frightened that his legs would weaken.
It's just that when the sharp sword penetrates a person's body, the soft touch is transmitted, as simple as picking up a piece of meat with a bamboo stick.
I didn’t expect that the hurdle of killing someone would not be difficult to overcome psychologically. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen too much of the troubled times, or maybe I’ve been assimilated through traveling for too long.
At least for Chen Mu, he only felt that Zhang Hu must be in pain, but it didn't matter, as long as he didn't feel pain, it didn't matter whether the enemy was in pain or not.
Zhang Hu's struggle only lasted for a moment. The main artery in his neck was punctured, and he died a moment later.
The Zhang family servants outside the door were so frightened that the master died like this?
"They killed their master and took revenge!"
"But he is a prince."
"The princes can't kill people at will."
"Go and report to the young master and all the elder uncles first."
The people outside the door dispersed in a hurry and ran to call for help.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were supporting Chen Qing and Chen Zhi.
Liu Bei said with a cold face: "Fourth brother, why not slaughter the whole family?"
In the Han Dynasty, it was a serious crime to insult someone's parents. Yang Qiu was from Yuyang County. An official in the county insulted his mother. Yang Qiu got involved with dozens of young men and killed the official and his family.
You must know that the people he killed were not ordinary people, but officials.
As a result, not only was it not a crime, but it even made him famous, and he was promoted as filial and honest, and he entered the official career, and finally killed the eunuch Wang Fu.
Even officials have their whole families killed for insulting other people's parents, let alone powerful men without official positions.
If Chen Mu wanted to, he could kill the entire Zhang family!
However, Chen Mu calmly shook his head and said: "Take my father and my brother back first. They need medical treatment now. Once they are settled, we will come back for revenge!"
His father and brother were covered in blood and beaten frequently. One had been injured before and his injuries had not yet healed, and the other was just a teenager. How could he endure such torture?
In order to prevent any accidents from happening to them, we must take the people out first. What's more, even if we have the courage to fight against ten thousand enemies, it is indeed difficult to fight with two oil bottles.
Liu Bei nodded: "Okay, second brother and third brother, let's go."
Chen Mu quickly walked over and took his father from Guan Yu's hands. He was covered in bruises, but he was still alive. He felt a little relieved, carried his father on his back, and rushed out of the house with his three brothers.
"Who dares to come to my Zhang family to commit murder!"
Dozens of guards rushed out from outside, led by several members of the Zhang family.
Liu Bei didn't talk nonsense and shouted: "Kill out!"
Chen Mu supported his father with his left hand and held his brother with his right hand. Liu Guanzhang shouted angrily and charged forward, and soon he was fighting with the enemy. He really couldn't help much in this kind of battle.
But there is no need to help, Liu Guan and Zhang Zhiyong are just chopping melons and vegetables even in the regular army, not to mention that such brave peasants have no fighting ability at all.
In an instant, seven or eight of the dozens of guards were killed. The remaining ones were so frightened that they rolled over and crawled when they saw the bravery of the three people, and never dared to approach again.
Under the escort of Liu Guanzhang, Chen Mu successfully ran to the front door with his father and younger brother.
The door was closed tightly, and the people on the surrounding turrets bent their bows and fired arrows, forcing them back behind the wall in the courtyard.
No one is afraid of close combat, but the enemy has bows and arrows.
Zhang Fei whispered: "Big brother, second brother and fourth brother, I will kill the people on the turret."
"Third brother, be careful, I will cover you."
Liu Bei gave instructions.
Zhang Fei nodded, climbed over the wall from the side yard, went around to the back of the left and right turrets, and started climbing up with a quick step.
There are four turrets in total outside the manor, one in the middle of the wall on the left and right sides of the gate, and one in the corner at the end of the far wall.
Zhang Fei found the one at the far right end of the wall, and the people on the turret next to the right wall couldn't see it at all.
Seeing Zhang Fei's action, Liu Bei ducked at the door and shot four arrows, all of which missed.
Although his force was not as good as that of Guan Zhang, Liu Bei was very agile and strong. He had already flashed back to the door before the arrow was fired, helping Zhang Fei attract attention.
The turret is two feet high, which is 4.6 meters. Zhang Fei himself is over 1.8 meters tall, so it only takes a few seconds to climb up.
The people upstairs heard the noise, but before they could react, they saw a man with a leopard head and ringed eyes emerging.
Zhang Fei emerged from the turret ladder, grinned, stretched out his big furry hands, grabbed the man, pulled him hard, and threw him down.
Zhuang Ding screamed in agony. He fell from a height of four meters, which would not kill him, but he was still smashed to pieces and lost his fighting power.
"Brother, continue!"
Zhang Fei threw the bow and arrows and quiver hidden on the turret into the wall of the inner courtyard, shrank his head and hid in the turret.
The whizzing arrows shot from the turret on the other side, but were all blocked by the turret blocking board.
Liu Bei ran over and picked up his bow and arrow, and using the inner courtyard wall as cover, while the people in the remaining three turrets outside were on guard against Zhang Fei, he shot another person to death with one arrow.
Two have been dealt with now, and there are still two left.
"No more showing up."
Guan Yu stuck his head out to observe and found that the enemy was huddled in the turret and did not dare to show his head.
Liu Bei's archery skills are recorded in the "Three Kingdoms". He was proficient in bow and horse. He could ride a horse and shoot arrows with a bow at the same time. His archery skills were very good, far beyond anyone's comparison.
This one-hit arrow had frightened the people in the turret so much that they only dared to lie down in the turret and observe with a small field of vision, not daring to come out again.
"Third brother, they don't dare to take the lead anymore, kill them."
Liu Bei shouted deliberately.
The people on the corner tower were so frightened that they dropped their bows and arrows and shouted repeatedly: "Mighty man, spare your life, strong man, spare your life."
"Walk!"
When Liu Bei saw them dropping their weapons, he immediately rushed out.
The Zhang family manor is not small, but there are definitely not many people in the outer front yard. A group of people have just been killed and dispersed. When they call people from behind, it will be difficult to rush out when they are surrounded by hundreds of people.
The horses the four of them had used when they entered were tied up in the front yard. Zhang Fei took the horses over and the four of them met at the gate.
The door was closed, they took off the bolt and kicked it open. The four people rushed out of the door, helped the people onto their horses and started to leave.
At this moment, the pursuers came out from behind.
Hundreds of people ran out of the manor with weapons in hand, shouting that the thieves should leave.
When Dian Wei killed someone in Xiangyi, he was also besieged by hundreds of people.
Now Zhang Zhiyong is not inferior to Dian Wei, and is even slightly better than Dian Wei. These people are even more contemptuous.
"The eldest brother and the fourth brother will leave first, and the third brother and I will leave behind!"
Guan Yu Hengdao immediately hit the ground with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand, narrowed his eyes, and thick murderous intent spread from his body.
Both Liu Bei and Chen Mu knew that now was not the time to kill, the key was to treat the injured first.
So I didn't waste any time, just took Chen Qing and Chen Zhi with me and left.
The two of them were galloping, with the shouts of killing and the sound of weapons exchanges behind them shaking the sky. Guan Zhang had already joined hands with the enemy.
However, Liu Bei and Chen Mu were not worried about them. Two fierce generals with ten thousand enemies could kill seven in and seven out in a melee of hundreds of thousands of people. What kind of strong winds and waves have they not seen? They would not capsize in the ditch here, and they really couldn't get on their horses and run.
That’s it.
Liu Bei supported Chen Qing, and Chen Mu held Chen Zhi. For fear of hurting their wounds, they did not dare to run too fast. They walked a mile or two on horseback. When they were approaching the gate of Puyin City, a black crowd came out in front of them.
Dozens of people.
These people were the thieves under the command of Puyin County, and the soldiers under the supervision of the thieves. When the county magistrate heard that some madmen were making a noise at the gate of the county government office, beating the soldiers, he was furious and sent people out to chase and kill four of them.
"These are the madmen, catch them!"
The soldier who had been slapped in the face by Zhang Fei pointed at Liu Bei and Chen Mu and shouted loudly.
The soldiers guarding the city gate also looked over, and the people who were entering and leaving the city also looked at him sideways, and hundreds of people soon gathered.
"Who dares to touch a member of my Chen family!"
At this moment, a strong man with a bandage on his body came out with more than ten young men, holding weapons high in their hands, and shouted to build momentum.
Chen Mu knew him as one of the bravest clan uncles in Chenjia Village. His name was Chen Meng, and he was known for his bravery and courage in the village.
One of the main reasons why Chenjiacun was not bullied by powerful men was his bravery.
However, Chenjia Village suffered heavy casualties this year. Although Chen Meng was strong in the village, his strength was only forty or fifty, far less than Guan Zhang's strength of over one hundred, and he could not support the entire clan by himself.
Moreover, during this expedition to Xianbei, he was seriously injured and had been lying at home to recuperate. Therefore, he had no way to deal with the bullying from the powerful.
But this time I heard that my clan brother Chen Qing was going to seek justice for the villagers. I remembered that my clan brother had an arm cut off while trying to save him on the battlefield. Even if Chen Meng was seriously injured, he still got up from the bed and gathered ten people together.
The remaining healthy villagers came to the rescue.
The magistrate of Puyin County came out of the crowd, looked at Chen Meng with disdain, and shouted: "Chen Meng, your people violated the law and committed a heinous crime. If your Chenjia Village dares to protect you, do you believe that they will mobilize an army to kill your people?"
"Who dares to kill the Chen family?"
Liu Bei glared angrily, held up the golden turtle button on his waist, and said loudly: "I am the Prime Minister of Jinan, the Marquis of Lousangting, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande. How dare you, a small county magistrate, be so presumptuous?"
"Liu Bei?"
"Is it Liu Xuande, who is famous in Hebei and has unparalleled benevolence and righteousness?"
"It's really him!"
The people gathered at the city gate were talking a lot.
Zhongshan Kingdom is also Jizhou. Although it is in the north of Jizhou, the local people have long heard of Liu Bei's fame.
It can be said that Liu Bei is now famous in every household in Jizhou and attracts the attention of thousands of people.
"This... golden tortoise seal..."
The county magistrate was startled by the golden official seal.
In the laws and regulations of the Han Dynasty, the bronze seal was for a thousand stones or less, the silver seal was for a thousand stones to two thousand stones, the gold seal was for ten thousand stones and princes, and the seals of the emperor, queen, queen mother, princes and kings were jade seals.
Not to mention that the prefect of a place is already the top official who controls the life and death of the officials and people of the place. The golden seal of the princes is like a mountain pressing down on the county magistrate.
The Puyin County magistrate had to bow his hands and salute: "Puyin magistrate gives it to me for free. I have seen the official."
"Now that you know my name, why don't you leave?"
Liu Bei stared at him.
Magistrate Bai was about to give way, when a large group of people came from a distance to kill him.
They shut down, fought and retreated, killing dozens of people.
But there were too many enemies. The Zhang family was the leading powerhouse in Puyin. Although the servants in the family were not tens of thousands like Mi Zhu, a wealthy man in Xuzhou, there were still one or two thousand people. The master of the Zhang family was killed, so of course he could not let it go.
Guan Zhang could only retreat while fighting, and they were already close to the city gate, less than a mile away.
Seeing that it was the Zhang family, County Magistrate Bai shouted: "How can we do this in broad daylight and why don't you all go and help!"
"Let's see who dares!"
Chen Mu shouted loudly, pulled out his sword, looked at the people at the city gate and said loudly: "My father is a local farmer. He works at home on weekdays and never causes trouble. The Zhang family colluded with the county magistrate to seize my property and humiliate me."
My father beat my father and younger brother like this. I would like to ask you, what should be done to those who insult their parents?"
The people at the gate of the city came out one after another when they heard the excitement. In ancient times, the population of a county ranged from thousands to tens of thousands. Puyin is not a large county. The population in the county is less than 10,000, and the rest are scattered in various townships.
Therefore, more and more people gathered at the city gate, and there were only more than a thousand people.
But this was already a huge number. When the people heard Liu Bei's name, they admired him very much. When they heard Chen Mu tell the whole story, they couldn't help but start talking about it.
One of the people from Chenjiacun brought by Chen Meng was smarter. He raised his arms and shouted: "Kill him!"
"Yes, he should be killed!"
"I have long been tired of seeing the county magistrate and powerful men oppressing my neighbors."
"These corrupt officials and local bullies should be killed to eliminate harm to the people."
All the people were incited, the sound was deafening, and the county magistrate turned pale with fright.
"What are you guys waiting for? Help me and Mr. Liu to kill him!"
Chen Mu glared at the county magistrate fiercely, as if he wanted to devour him.
"Whatever you do, come back to me!"
Magistrate Bai was about to scold the people, but when he saw that all the soldiers around him had run away, he almost died of anger. When he looked behind him, the people were gearing up, showing their fierce looks, and surrounded him. They couldn't help but said in horror: "You guys, wait.
What to do? I am an official of the imperial court..."
Before he could finish speaking, thousands of people had already surrounded him and beat him with fists. He was not sure whether he was alive or dead.
County Magistrate Bai was dealt with here, and Chen Mu was relieved.
"Nephew, how is my brother?"
Chen Meng came over with more than ten young men and asked with concern.
Chen Mu and Liu Bei dismounted, handed over Chen Qing and Chen Zhi to their clansmen, and said, "Uncle Meng, first send my father and younger brother to the city to find a doctor for treatment."
"good."
Chen Meng asked two village leaders to carry Chen Qing and Chen Zhi to the city to find a doctor.
Chen Mu saw Guan Zhang coming on horseback, and saw that more than ten members of his clan had weapons in their hands. His father and younger brother sent them away, and they were no longer burdened. They were just in time for a big fight, so he shouted: "Folks, we
To avenge my father, the court will acquit me, and will also reward all the kings for their righteousness. I am particularly unsatisfied with my hatred for killing the county magistrate today, so why not get rid of the Puyin bully Zhang?"
"Just waiting for that!"
"Kill that bully Zhang family!"
"I just regret that we don't have weapons in our hands."
The people were furious and wanted to kill the Zhang family in one go, but they had no weapons.
Chen Mu said loudly: "No problem, my three brothers and my clan members will charge forward and kill a group of people first, and the villagers will follow behind to build momentum!"
"Okay, go ahead!"
At that moment, Chen Mu gave up his horse to his clan uncle Chen Meng, and four brave men, Liu, Guan, Zhang and Chen, rode towards the evil slaves of the Zhang family. The second group behind them were more than ten armed Chens.
tribesmen, the last group were the local people of Puyin who were overwhelmed by more than a thousand people.
The crowd was filled with anger, like an overwhelming force, as if it was going to crush the hundreds of Zhang family servants in front of them into powder.