Chapter 8 Murder and Goods

Zhang Yi chose the path and ran wildly, like a fugitive evading the jailer.

Longbow City does not have a city wall surrounded on all sides, covers an extremely wide area, and there is an endless stream of merchants and Confucian students, and it is one of the largest cities in the underflowing country. It's just that now that the Zhang Mansion is withering, after the collapse of the former wealthy family, it is difficult for a new wealthy family to emerge in a period of time.

Prestigious families, famous families, wealthy families, families.

There is a very harsh level gap, even if the Great Zhou Dynasty strongly supports it, the Chen Mansion is now only the best among the famous families, and if you want to become a wealthy family, you have to have a powerful Confucian.

The ancestor of Zhangfu is a famous Confucian Zhang Longbow in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even the undercurrent royal family opened up the territory together to resist the invasion of the water tribe, which developed Zhangfu into a wealthy family in the millennium.

Zhang Changgong was born humbly, and he was born illegitimate to a Qinglou woman. When he was young, he asked his mother his name, and his mother told him that he only knew his father's surname Zhang, and after a night of joy, he never saw him again. Zhang Changgong smiled and comforted his mother, separating his surname to form a name, which is how Zhang Changgong got his name.

The origin of the name of Longbow City comes from the great Confucian Zhang Longbow.

The Zhang Mansion has never produced a great Confucian since Zhang Longbow, but there are a lot of scholars in the imperial dynasty, and the wealthy Zhang Mansion has been maintained for nearly a thousand years. Even now, it is decaying, and many secrets are hidden.

The purpose of Zhang Yi's trip was one of the secrets of Zhang's mansion, which he had never told Zhang Lin.

From the moment Zhang Yi became a child from heaven yesterday, he could refine his literary qi and even open his heart...... When he returned to the broken house yesterday, he began to use his temperament to open up his heart, and in the process, Zhang Yi discovered this secret.

The owner of this body, the deceased Zhang Yi, was actually sealed with his memory, and as he injected his literary qi into his heart, this secret emerged.

Longbow City has no city walls, because when the wealthy Zhang Mansion existed, no one dared to ignore the faces of the wealthy families in the city and act recklessly.

Nowadays, everyone is used to this, and the tradition of building walls to defend against barbarians has long been forgotten by many people.

Zhang Yi sneaked over the "city wall" formed by the soldiers and ran towards a bamboo forest to the west.

"Your Excellency, haven't you arrived yet? Let's go back first. My father and mother must have been worried about me. ”

A voice suddenly came from the side of the bamboo forest, Zhang Yi was stunned, it was already approaching evening at this time, and it was really strange that someone would come to this remote bamboo forest. Zhang Yi hurriedly hid behind a boulder, and the two of them stood on the other side of the boulder when they spoke.

Zhang Yi looked over, and there was a tall and sturdy middle-aged man standing on the left, wearing a one-piece hooded white robe, which looked really strange. To his right stood a young man, fifteen or sixteen years old, Zhang Yi saw his appearance, felt a little familiar, blinked his eyes and wanted to search for the impression of this young man from his memory.

Each of them led a tall horse, and as they spoke, the two horses stood meekly and motionless.

"We'll have to come out for two or three days, and I've already told your parents that you won't have to go back in the evening, just sleep here with me. As he said this, the middle-aged man opened the package behind the horse, revealing two sleeping bags and some dry food beside the saddle, as if he had come prepared.

When the young man saw this, he stopped talking, but Zhang Yi could see a look of unease on his face.

Seeing that the young man didn't speak, the middle-aged man turned his head and asked, "Zhang Qi, how did you study the book I gave you a few days ago?"

The young man said in a low voice, "My lord, I don't quite recognize many of the words in it...... I didn't understand it very much. ”

"It's okay, you take it out and I'll take a look, if you don't understand something, you can ask now. The middle-aged man smiled and pulled the young man to sit on a few fallen bamboos, "We're a little tired from traveling today, sit and rest, come on, take it out and I'll take a look." ”

The young man sighed, took out an ancient book from his arms, and began to identify the words on the book with the middle-aged man...... It's just that the eyeballs keep rolling around.

......

"Zhang Qi?" Zhang Yi, who was hiding on the side, then remembered who the young man was.

Zhang Qi and Zhang Yi are both children of the wealthy Zhang Mansion, and in terms of bloodline, they can be regarded as Zhang Yi's cousins. When Zhangfu was still a wealthy family, this Zhang Qi family also lived in Zhangfu, he had a good talent, and he became a child three years ago. However, the two parents do not have a deep relationship, and although Zhang Qi and Zhang Yi's residence is only three courtyards apart, the two are not familiar with each other.

It's just that after the collapse of the Zhang Mansion Building, many of the children of the Zhang family have fled, and Zhang Qi's family has not heard from him.

......

"Ahh

A miserable cry woke Zhang Yi from his thoughts, and he looked over.

The two of them were already on their horses, and the books in Zhang Qi's hands suddenly burst into flames, which turned into white flames, completely enveloping Zhang Qi's right hand, Zhang Qi was in pain, and instantly threw the book into the air. The book turned into smoke with a pop, and disappeared in an instant.

All this happened between lightning and flint, and the middle-aged man next to Zhang Qi reacted.

"Brute, you dare to destroy my treasures, look for death!" The middle-aged man stretched out his big hand, and a strong wind unexpectedly emanated from him, lifting Zhang Qi off the horse and being caught in his hand.

The middle-aged man locked Zhang Qi's throat.

Zhang Qi was grabbed by the throat, the Adam's apple creaked, the man was very angry, he stretched out his hand to pull the man's arm away, but unfortunately he tried his best to break free, but he was grabbed by one of his big hands and couldn't break free. There was anger in the man's eyes, as if he was going to eat people, and Zhang Qi saw his violent eyes, and even forgot the pain, showing a very frightened look.

Zhang Yi hid aside, not daring to make a sound...... It's not that he doesn't want to come forward to rescue Zhang Qi, but he sees that the middle-aged man is very powerful, and even if he makes a move now, he can't change anything.

It is unwise to do it knowing that it cannot be done.

To Zhang Yi's surprise, only a moment passed. There was a hint of hesitation in the middle-aged man's eyes, and he let go of Zhang Qi in an instant.

The middle-aged man saw Zhang Qi looking at him very scared, and said softly: "Zhang Qi, I'm a little out of control, this is my family heirloom, I was kind enough to borrow you to watch, but I didn't expect to be damaged by you, I am in a hurry, please don't be surprised." ”

Zhang Qi's face was not yet calm, his voice trembled a little, and he said softly: "Is it mine, no, I broke the treasure of the adult...... Excuse me, where are we resting tonight?"

"It's here. The middle-aged man got off his horse and led Zhang Qi towards the bamboo forest.

Zhang Yi followed lightly, and after walking for a while, a corner of a small temple was revealed in the depths of the bamboo forest.

Zhang Yi chuckled in his heart, they are also here for this thing?

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Zhang Lin stood at the door of the dilapidated house, beads of sweat the size of beans sliding down his cheeks and falling to the ground.

As Zhang Lin expected, after learning that Zhang Yi had been admitted to the Heavenly Birth Examination, many candidates rushed to the place, and within a few hours, hundreds of people had gathered in this place.

The noisy and boiling crowd had already surrounded the small dilapidated house three stories inside and three stories outside, and some people even climbed the wall to get a glimpse of the courtyard.

The first two were Feng Chonglou and Qiao Juzheng.

"Young Master Xu, Young Master Qiao, my young master should have gone out, I don't know when he will come back, why don't you come back tomorrow?" Zhang Lin tried his best to show a bright smile and said to the two.

Xu Qiao and the others stood in front of many candidates, vaguely with the temperament of a leader, Qiao Juzheng had not yet spoken, Feng Chonglou grinned and said: "Oh, this Zhang case leader knows that he is a child from heaven, and he has won the head of this year's township examination." I didn't go to the county academy to see the list today, but left the house early, and it was also calculated that everyone would come to him. Brother Juzheng, this case leader is really not an ordinary person. ”

"I thought that the head of the case was between you and me, but I didn't expect to be taken by this Zhang case leader, speaking of which, I was a little unwilling. When Feng Chonglou said this, he still had an evil smile on his face, but his eyes looked into the house.

Qiao Juzheng neither nodded nor answered his seemingly shameless words, but they were actually his own thoughts, looked up at Zhang Lin standing on the steps, and said: "Since Case Chief Zhang is not at home, then Qiao will leave first today, please tell Case Chief Zhang, and be sure to ask him to participate in this year's county examination." ”

Zhang Lin was about to tell the two that Zhang Yi was indeed preparing to take the county exam in a few days, but Qiao Juzheng had already turned around and left...... Even, he forgot to give a gift.

Feng Chonglou laughed, turned around, twisted his buttocks, and stretched out his hand to put his hand on Qiao Juzheng's shoulder, "Juzheng, I know that you are as unwilling as I am, you said that you drooped your face to show whom, it's a big deal that I will talk to this Zhang case leader three days later, and let him give you the case leader of the county test." ”

"Let it go!"

“...... Oh, let it go, let it go. ”

The figures of the two were far away, and the other candidates also left one after another when they learned that Zhang was not there, and most of them began to prepare for this year's county exam, and even some candidates who were ready to take it again next year were also ready to refer to it in advance.

After all, if you can refer to it at the same time as the children who fell from the sky, you will also have a talking point with people in the future.

After these candidates are also gone, there will not be many people left...... Zhang Lin's eyes were very enthusiastic, no matter what the purpose of these people was, they all carried a lot of gifts in their hands.

A chubby middle-aged man walked out first, and arched his hand: "Brother Zhang Lin, congratulations on your admission to the twenty-first child, it is really gratifying." ”

"Thank you, thank you. ”

"I have to congratulate your son-in-law on the head of the high school case, this is a gift from my master, eighty taels of silver, three wolf pens, and one ink inkstone. ”

Zhang Lin smiled and led the man into the yard, and asked him and the little guy behind him to put things in the yard. He sat in front of the stone table, took out a booklet from his arms, there was already a polished pen and ink on the table, Zhang Lin looked at the middle-aged man with a smile: "Thank you, may I ask which housekeeper is in charge?"

"The contemptible person is the housekeeper of the Liu family, and it was the master who asked me to come to give a gift this time. The chubby middle-aged man replied with a smile.

Zhang Lin carefully wrote down the gifts given by the Liu family and them in the book.

The chubby middle-aged man nodded, and after thanking Zhang Lin, he turned around and walked towards the door.

The rest of the people who were waiting for the gift were also giving gifts...... Some people also casually looked at the two rooms to make sure that Zhang Yi was not inside, and then turned around and left-

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