Chapter 17: Men
"What are you looking for Master Zhang, what do you want to ask?" he asked, looking at Zhang Xiaoxian.
"It's nothing, just ask for advice casually," Zhang Xiaoxian said: "It's just some small things......"
"Since it's a trivial matter, you don't have to bother Lord Zhang, I'll tell you. Zhang Linzi stopped in a muffled voice.
When it was almost dark, the two brothers sent away Zhang Yun'er, who was a little reluctant, closed the door of the shop, and returned to their house.
Zhang Xiaoxian just wanted Zhang Luo to cook dinner tonight, but he didn't want Zhang Linzi to stop him.
"Tell me the truth, what do you want to ask Zhang Jiyuan, and what are you doing these days?"
At this time, Zhang Xiaoxian, listening to Zhang Linzi's solemn tone and slightly annoyed questioning, knew that the matter could no longer be hidden, so he had to confess: "These days, I have been looking for someone to ask about an old case in Lin'an City fifteen years ago, but there are not many clues, so I thought of our uncle, I think he may know more about this matter." ”
Zhang Linzi nodded, it seemed that his guess was correct, he stared at Zhang Xiaoxian: "Do you want to find out the truth about our Lin family's murder case fifteen years ago?"
Zhang Xiaoxian looked stunned, squatted down, looked at Zhang Linzi with two clear eyes, and said in a dumb voice: "Brother, I will tell you one last time, it is our Lin family, I am the baby of the Lin family who survived the disaster back then, and you are the son of Daddy Zhang Xingshan, and the court doctor is your uncle, you understand!"
"No! Xiaoxian, why do you deliberately reverse right and wrong like this? I know that you can't bear to see me have such a body, and I still have such a deep hatred in the sea of blood, you sympathize with me, so you deliberately lie and lie to me, but all this is useless, useless......" Zhang Linzi suddenly raised his voice and retorted: " Fifteen years ago, on the day the Lin family was wiped out, the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion once threw a little baby out of the wall, and then the baby disappeared without a trace......
"No, the baby was not thrown out, but was hidden in the well, and I am the son of the Lin family who was hidden in the well......"
"I don't believe it, why hasn't anyone ever said this? Why hasn't Daddy said that?"
"That's his old man protecting me, trying to hide my true identity!"
"I don't believe it, I don't believe in this at all......" Zhang Linzi shook his head stubbornly, with an almost crazy expression on his face.
"Believe it or not, anyway, I know everything, and I have seen everything since I was born...... Zhang Xiaoxian said in a deep voice.
When Zhang Linzi heard Zhang Xiaoxian say this, he was stunned for a moment, but finally shook his head and sighed, calmed down his emotions, and said: "I have a proposal, let's stop arguing about who is the descendant of the Lin family, anyway, we are two brothers as one, we share blessings and revenge, is this feasible?"
Knowing that his words couldn't convince Zhang Linzi, and he couldn't make him believe that the truth was that he was the real flesh and blood of the Lin family, so Zhang Xiaoxian could only nod silently and agree.
Zhang Linzi saw that Zhang Xiaoxian finally stopped dwelling on this issue, so he turned around and took out a piece of paper from the cabinet in his room and handed it to Zhang Xiaoxian.
"This is the eldest uncle who lives in the court, handed it to me, the above is the truth that he verified the real Lin Mansion was destroyed fifteen years ago according to Daddy's instructions, and the names on it are the real murderers who caused this tragedy back then, that is, our enemies. ”
Zhang Xiaoxian's expression was cold, and he took the thin piece of paper with the names of several people written on it with slightly trembling hands.
looked at it seriously, and asked in a dumb voice: "Our Lin family, why was it destroyed?"
"It's because of a piece of blood unicorn that is said to be tainted with demonic energy...... Because of it, His Majesty's only two princes have died one after another, and it was the Lin family who offered the Blood Qilin to His Majesty at the beginning......"
"And such evil things?"
"Where is the evil ghost, the real situation is that someone used the name of the blood unicorn to secretly kill him, and this person is the king of our Great Song Kingdom, Shi Luantian, the king of Xun. ”
Zhang Xiaoxian was stunned at the time, when he was in the border city, he had heard the Zhaowu captain Chu Zhihuai say that His Royal Highness King Xun, and he also heard why there was a king with a different surname in the Great Song Dynasty.
It can be said that half of the rivers and mountains are the result of the Shi family's great achievements, and for this reason, Taizu broke the system on the day of Dacheng, and the unique reward was given to the king with a different surname, in recognition of the great merits of the Shi family.
At that time, the old prince of Shi Zhixin humbly excused himself, but he had no choice but to accept the edict of Taizu, and in this way, in the Great Song Dynasty, in addition to a few princes of the Zhao family, there was a king with a different surname Shi.
How many things have changed, and now the Great Song Dynasty is proud of the sky, dominating the world for nearly a hundred years, and Qianzong died fifteen years ago, and Lizong succeeded to the throne.
Emperor Zhao Yu was weak and tolerant by nature, and after succeeding to the throne, he issued many policies for the benefit of the people, in order to seek peace and tranquility for all beings in the world.
Who knows how many days have passed, and all the lenient civil decrees have been abolished, and the reason for this is that the entire court is secretive, and it looks like it can't be said to anyone.
Later, someone secretly inquired about the truth, and it was said that these were His Royal Highness King Xun, who was in charge of most of the military power, and put pressure on Lizong through the military department, because there was no consent from him, and the decree issued had already moved the interests of him and his clans in some aspects.
The common people are comfortable, and they, the royal family who control the land and taxes, use what to control those people.
At the beginning of the establishment of the sect, it was good to persuade each other and argue with reason, but not long after, the blood unicorn incident happened, and the two remaining princes died inexplicably.
After being hit, the Emperor of the Song Kingdom, who suddenly woke up, finally issued an edict to withdraw the edict.
He finally understood in his heart that if he continued like this, the Zhao family's country might be changed to his surname Shi one day.
"Then King Xun is so vicious and vicious, causing chaos to the dynasty?" Zhang Xiaoxian was shocked when he heard this.
Zhang Linzi nodded, "Now do you know what kind of enemy we will face?"
"Well, it looks like we have to get stronger, otherwise we won't live to the day these bastards are killed......"
Unfolded the piece of paper in his hand again, and the first name on it was Gai Yi, a Qipin county in Lin'anfeng County.
It was him back then, and through his cousin, Tian Rong'er, who was the concubine of Lord Lin Wenyuan's fifth room at the time, knew that the Lin family had recently obtained a piece of peerless jade.
In the end, he was also instructed by others to save the Lin family as a treasure for the dynasty, so that he later caused the Lin family to be slaughtered.
"This miscellaneous is actually related to the Lin family?" Zhang Xiaoxian muttered and scolded.
"Gaiyi, where does the word righteousness come from, it is clearly treacherous, jackal nature, I must kill this beast first!"
The introduction of Gai Yi on the paper is only a few words, and what interests Zhang Xiaoxian the most is the two traits of lust and gambling.
If you want to kill an official in the imperial city, although the status of this official is not high, it will also cause discussion and attention in the world.
When the time comes, if the government investigates it carefully, it will not do him any good.
Maybe they will be exposed, and they will no longer be able to live in this Lin'an City, he doesn't care, but Zhang Linzi is a person who wants to enter Helan Temple to practice, and he must not be involved.
So you can't kill hard, but do it smartly.
Zhang Xiaoxian thought of places like gambling houses and Qinglou, if someone died in these places, everyone's guess could only be because of gambling silver or beauty, and no one would think of revenge.
"Tomorrow, I'll go check on this Gai Yi and find a suitable opportunity to kill him!" Zhang Xiaoxian said to this Zhang Linzi in a consultative tone.
Zhang Linzi responded in a low voice, looked up at Zhang Xiaoxian with a complicated look in his eyes, and looked down again to look at the book he was holding.
Agreeing with Zhang Xiaoxian to avenge the Lin family, Zhang Linzi felt too much guilt in his heart, this was originally what he, a descendant of the Lin family, should do, but he also knew that it was impossible for him to walk like this, and how could he kill people, so now he could only let Zhang Xiaoxian take risks for himself.
Suddenly, he thought of his father Zhang Xingshan's instructions to him before he died, and raised his head again: "Xiaoxian, remember to do what you can, don't hurt yourself!"
"Yes, rest assured!"
The next day, after the two had breakfast, Zhang Xiaoxian just pushed Zhang Linzi to the shop on Xiliu Street, and saw Zhang Yun'er dressed in a carmine short coat from a distance, and the royal horse who was not interested came over.
"I'll tell you the good news, I'm finally free to hang out and play now. ”
"Why? Your dad doesn't care about you anymore?" Zhang Xiaoxian asked with a smile.
Zhang Yun'er shook his head: "No, he was ordered by his boss to go out of the capital and have business to do, so I can get out for a few days." ”
When Zhang Linzi and Zhang Xiaoxian heard this, they were also happy for her.
Especially Zhang Linzi, a flush appeared on Qingya's face, "Yun'er, it just so happens that Xiaoxian is going out today, it seems that I want to trouble you to help me." ”
"Xiao Xian is going out again, where are you going?" Zhang Yun'er immediately widened her black eyes when she heard this.
"That's what I ......," Zhang Xiaoxian was speechless for a while.
Zhang Yun'er was even more interested when she saw him like this, and finally under the gaze of her pure and beautiful eyes, Zhang Xiaoxian could only tell the truth: "I'm bored, I want to find a gambling house or a green building to see ......"
"What, you're going to the Qinglou Gambling House?" Zhang Yun'er exclaimed in shock.
It's like seeing a ghost, "You, you want to go to those places where you hide dirt and dirt at a young age, no, you are not allowed to go!"
"I'm just bored, so I'll go and see, see and see, man......" Zhang Xiaoxian touched his nose again and said.
After hearing this, Zhang Yun'er's pretty face turned red, and she raised her hand and pointed at Zhang Xiaoxian: "You, how old are you, how can you be considered a man, at most a boy, and those places will not let you in if you are so young, don't dream!"
"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Xiaoxian suddenly felt the pressure when he heard this, if he really didn't let himself in, how could he check Gaiyi's whereabouts?