Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Wind Rises in the Zhang Family (1)
At that time, Xiao Wu lived in Luoyang for a short time, and because he did not have enough money, he set his sights on a wealthy family in the city, and the owner's surname was Zhang, who was an extremely wealthy businessman. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info From Xiao Wu's investigation in those days, it seems that this Zhang family is just a simple businessman, although it is rich, but no one in the entire family serves in the imperial court. Compared with the Lin family, which has many officials in the family, it is naturally more likely to be coveted and favored by thieves and snitches.
Luoyang people said that the old man of the Zhang family is a very affectionate and kind person, when he was young and his wife Tang met in Luoshui, Tang was born in a scholarly family, the appearance is elegant and beautiful, and the demeanor is more generous and decent, quite a virtuous demeanor of everyone's ladies. The old man of the Zhang family fell in love with her at first sight, and the two later became husband and wife.
Unexpectedly, after Mrs. Zhang Tang gave birth to her third child, she unfortunately fell into the water when she went out to swim in the lake, and was frightened, but she died of illness in a few days before the bed, the old man of the Zhang family was heartbroken, and fasted for three consecutive years to mourn his deceased wife, and now many years have passed, he has not yet received a wife and a concubine, and he is still alone in his old age, except for an adopted son Zhang Mingxuan, only two sons and a daughter are left, which is the well-known eldest son Zhang Minzhi, the second son Zhang Jiansheng and the fourth lady Zhang Qianlan.
When Xiao Wu sneaked into the master bedroom of Zhang's house in the middle of the night, Master Zhang was lying on his side on the couch, sleeping soundly. The whole room is divided into two floors, separated by a huge wooden screen, and many precious calligraphy and painting books are stored outside, and some jade jewelry and even money tickets are also placed in the inner cabinet.
Xiao Wu is not a person who reads, except for being able to roughly understand the letters, there is no superfluous literary talent, and the ability to appreciate calligraphy and painting is really limited, and he is not sure of the value of those calligraphy and paintings for a while, so after a period of searching, he turned out some gold leaves and jade hidden in the cabinet in the inner room, he put these things into his clothes, and once again made sure that there were no other hidden treasures in the room, and finally planned to leave, but suddenly heard a slight sound outside, it was the sound of the fine sand sliding down the wall when the eaves walked.
Xiao Wu's martial arts are very ordinary, but as a snitch, his light skills and ear power are excellent. At that time, although he was surprised, he only happened to meet his peers, thinking that although his light skills were not bad, but his martial arts foundation was still worse, and he did not avoid unnecessary conflicts with people at this moment.
Then, so to speak, in an instant, he felt a black shadow flash in front of him, and before he could react further, he saw with his own eyes a man in black pierce the throat of the man on the bed in an extremely sharp way. His speed was extremely fast, and Master Zhang, who was originally asleep, died before he even had time to exclaim, only his two round eyes were filled with great horror and disbelief. On the first day, he was the richest man in Luoyang City, but overnight he became a wisp of death under the killer's sword.
The passing of life is so simple, but for a moment, like an ant. Blood, snaking down the cold blade of the sword.
The man drew the sword body, and the dead man collapsed on the bed as if his muscles and bones had been removed, and the blood that had been flowing from his neck suddenly erupted with the withdrawal of the sword, and the entire bed was dyed red in an instant.
It was a scene that Xiao Wu had never seen before. He suddenly thought of a sentence, 'Man is a sword, I am a fish'. He lived seventeen years, but there was never a moment when he could appreciate the meaning of this sentence better than he does now. In a trance, he seemed to see the unwilling face of the dead man overlap with his own. This frightened emotion made his arm soften for a while, and the golden leaf that was originally tightly hidden in his arms accidentally escaped and slipped to the ground.
"Click-" This very small voice set off a storm that could not be ignored in the quiet and solemn night. The black-clothed man holding the bloody sword suddenly turned his head, and his eyes leaked with murderous intent.
Xiao Wu didn't dare to think about it anymore, and immediately flew out of the window with light skills, trying to escape first, but as soon as he swept to the window, when he stepped on the window railing with one foot, he saw that the guards with knives in the house rushed over with torches, and the dim light of the fire illuminated the entire courtyard in an instant. "Someone broke in, fenced it off!" With a long shout, the men dressed in uniform blue and black clothes formed a circle outside, and the attack was aimed directly at him.
He hesitated for a moment, then turned back slightly, a hand already grabbed him by the throat, almost breaking his neck. He finally saw the face of the man in black clearly, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, with clear contours, an extremely handsome face, but with a deep bloodthirsty murderous aura.
This person is Han Yue, today's killer who is the number one in terms of worth.
Xiao Wu didn't know him at that time. He was choked by the person in front of him, only to feel that his whole body was out of strength, almost out of breath, his whole face turned red to purple for a while, and his brain had begun to be cloudy. He opened his eyes wide and waved his hands and feet to point out the window, signaling that the situation was critical and that he should temporarily fight the enemy together and think of escaping from here. Han Yue was silent for a moment, and there were signs of slowing down in his hand, Xiao Wu immediately took this opportunity to let out a long breath, as if he had regained his breath.
The changes in the room were only a moment from beginning to end, and a guard outside the room saw that there was an unknown person hidden in the house, and a leader had already shouted: "Who is coming?" There was also a housekeeper next to him: "If the hero is for money, don't hurt my master!" ”
Han Yue casually threw Xiao Wu aside, silently clenched the cold snow sword in his hand, stepped on the edge of the window and flew out, his figure was as fast as a Dapeng bird, "The younger generation is fortunate to meet the master of Taihua Mountain, come to learn your Excellency's high moves!" He stepped on the shoulders of the two attendants in front one after another, and the blade of the sword approached the long-bearded old man hidden behind the crowd, he really didn't expect that the Zhang family would have such a master, one of the "Taihua Three Swords" Dao Guangyong, in this person at the moment, I am afraid it is not so easy.
The long-bearded old man turned sideways to dodge the fierce sword blade that was approaching, and asked, "What is Your Excellency's intention to visit the Zhang family at night, and Master Zhang is safe?" Then his right hand stepped forward, and before Han Yue could retract his sword, he suddenly flipped his wrist and clasped his hilt, intending to grab the sword, he knew that this person was good at swordsmanship, and if he could fight empty-handed, his chances of winning would be greatly increased.
Han Yue didn't understand his thoughts, and immediately turned his sword to slash, but it stabbed him in the chest. The sword Guangyong was horrified in his heart, and hurriedly withdrew a few zhang, the speed was so fast, the dust was flying under his feet, Han Yue stepped forward, clenched the cold snow sword in his hand and said: "There are countless undead under this sword, and he has become one of them." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the crowd was shocked, and the knife Guangyong's eyes showed deep pain: "The master of the Zhang family has been giving disasters to the people all the year round, and he really shouldn't suffer this fate." The next moment, he looked up again and said, "Your Excellency has such skills at a young age, but why do you do something that violates morality?" ”
"Heaven and earth are not kind, why should we defend the way?" Han Yue sneered, "It's better to fill your stomach first, and then talk about anything else!" Seeing that Dao Guangyong had already lost some of his strength at this time, he didn't give him a chance to breathe, and flew to take his life, but suddenly found a murderous aura coming from behind. He turned around sharply, and the sharp palm wind just happened to pass by, lifting up layers of fallen leaves on the ground. When I looked closely, it was another one of the "Taihua Three Knives"!