Chapter 68: The Feng Family Compound

The family where Zhang Zheng fainted was inhabited by an elderly couple. The old couple heard movement in the yard, and came out with a wind lantern to take a look, only to see a person lying on the ground, which startled them. The old man was frightened and shone the lantern and found that the man was seriously injured, and the wound on his chest was still bleeding, and he had passed out.

The two old men were very kind, and although they were afraid, they still squatted down beside Zhang Zheng, pushed his body with their hands, and called softly. After a while, Zhang Zheng woke up, and after seeing the other party's face clearly, he struggled: "Hurry up...... Hurry up and find the King of Chu......" said that, he fainted again.

The old man's ears were a little back, but he didn't hear clearly, and said to the old woman, "What did he say?" The old woman heard it clearly and said, "He said to go to the king of Chu." ”

"Looking for the King of Chu? Where can I find this black light? The old man shook his head and said, "Only tomorrow." ”

"However, you can't let him lie on the ground all the time, how cold it is, it will freeze." The old woman said worriedly.

The old man looked at Zhang Zhengdao and said, "He's such a big man, we can't move." The old woman thought for a moment and said, "I'll go next door and call the big cow." ”

The old woman went to the neighbor's house and called the two of them over. Several people carried Zhang Zheng into the room and placed him on the bed. Sister-in-law Niu also asked her husband to help, took off Zhang Zheng's coat, and bandaged his wounds.

The next day, just after dawn, the old man went out. But, after a while, he stepped back again. The old woman asked him why he had come back so soon. The old man said: "There are two people in the alley, they don't look like good people, their eyes are fierce, and they still have knives hidden on their bodies. "Although the old man is very kind, he is also very timid, and when he sees that the alley is guarded, he doesn't dare to go out.

The old woman was not afraid, and volunteered: "I'll go, I'm an old woman, and they don't dare to do anything to me." She walked out of the house, passing through the alley, and the two men just glanced at her and let her pass. The old woman went up the street and walked in the direction of the county office. She didn't know where the king of Chu was, so she had to go to the county government to find it. When she arrived at the gate of the county office, the official guarding the door asked her who she was looking for? She said she was looking for the King of Chu.

"King Chu is not here, you can go quickly." The official impatiently.

Unable to find anyone, the old woman was reluctant to leave, so she insisted on breaking in, but the official stopped her from entering. When the two sides were arguing, it happened that Fan Shuxiang was passing by. She walked over and glared at the servant and said, "Hey, why are you bullying the old man?" She is older than your mother, do you treat your mother like this? ”

Seeing that she was well-dressed, the official knew that she was not a master to be messed with, so he had to laugh and say: "Miss, she wants to go in to find the King of Chu, but the King of Chu is not here." When Fan Shuxiang heard this, he turned his head to look at the old woman and said, "Auntie, do you really want to find the King of Chu?" The old woman looked at her and nodded.

"Auntie, what are you looking for King Chu?"

"I can't say that I can only tell the king of Chu when I see him."

Fan Shuxiang laughed when she heard this, and said, "Auntie, you come with me, and I will take you to the King of Chu." The old woman looked at her and said in disbelief: "Girl, can you really help me find the King of Chu?" Fan Shuxiang nodded and said, "Yes, I must be able to!" With that, he took her by the arm, took her out of the county office, and walked along the street.

The two chatted as they walked, Fan Shuxiang's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly pointed with his hand: "Look, isn't that the King of Chu?" Sure enough, not far ahead, Li Zhiyun was walking over here with Cai Hu, Scarface and a team of personal soldiers. Zhang Zheng didn't return yesterday night, and Li Zhiyun was worried that something would happen to him, so he was leading people to look around. He saw Fan Shuxiang waving and shouting at him, so he walked over and said, "Miss Fan, why are you here?" Fan Shuxiang pointed at the old woman and said, "This lady wants to find you." ”

Li Zhiyun set his eyes on the old woman: "Auntie, are you looking for me?" Seeing that he was just a teenager, the old woman shook her head and said, "No, I'm not looking for you, I'm looking for King Chu." Li Zhiyun smiled: "I am the king of Chu." The old woman looked him up and down, as if she didn't believe it, and Cai Hu on the side said: "Auntie, he is really the king of Chu, and he won't lie to you." When the old woman saw so many people surrounding Li Zhiyun, she believed it and said, "There is a big man, he is injured, and he asked me to come to you." ”

When Li Zhiyun heard this, he immediately thought that it was Zhang Zheng, and hurriedly said, "Auntie, where is he?" ”

"In my house, I'll take you there."

The old woman took Li Zhiyun and the others to her house, and when they arrived at the mouth of the alley, the two guys saw so many people, followed by a team of heavily armed soldiers, and they were so frightened that they immediately slipped away.

After the group entered the house, the old woman led Li Zhiyun to the bed. When Li Zhiyun saw Zhang Zheng lying there, unconscious, he hurriedly moved a stool to sit on the edge of the bed, held one of his hands, and called softly. After a while, Zhang Zheng finally woke up, and when he saw Li Zhiyun clearly, his eyes lit up and his lips moved. Li Zhiyun hurriedly put his ear to it, and Zhang Zheng struggled: "Chengbei...... Dongsheng Trading ...... Hutongli...... The house ......" After he finished speaking, he passed out again.

Li Zhiyun stood up, looked at him with a scarred face and said, "Lord Wang, what did he say?" ”

"That gang is in the north of the city, hidden in a house in the alley next to the Dongsheng Trading Company." Li Zhiyun said, "Wang Baoqiang, Cai Hu, you two send Zhang Zheng back to the barracks, ask Lang Zhong for treatment, and I will take someone to the mansion." Remember, as soon as you get back, send reinforcements. Scarface and Cai Hu both clasped their fists and said, "Yes!" When Fan Shuxiang heard that he was going to fight, he hurriedly shouted: "I'm going too!" Li Zhiyun looked at her, nodded and said, "Then you can follow me." ”

Seeing that the officials and soldiers were alarmed, the guys guarding the alley immediately retreated and ran back to the compound. As soon as they closed the door of the house, Li Zhiyun arrived with his own soldiers. He ordered his soldiers to surround the entire house.

This mansion is called the Feng Family Compound. The Feng family was not prosperous, and only gave birth to two daughters, both of whom married to a foreign country. When the two of them were old, they moved to their daughter's house, leaving behind this huge mansion to be guarded by two servants. These two servants are a husband and wife, and they have nothing to do with it, and someone just wants to rent a house, and the two of them think, the old couple may not come back to live in this life, and the house is idle and idle, but it is better to use something, so they make their own decisions and rent out the house to earn some money to subsidize the family.

After about half a burnt of incense, Scarface arrived with five hundred soldiers to reinforce him. As soon as Li Zhiyun saw him, he asked, "What's wrong with Zhang Zheng?" Scarface said, "Cai Hu is guarding it." Lang Zhong looked at it and said that there was no danger to his life. When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was relieved.

Although the Tang army surrounded the Feng family's compound, it was not easy to attack it. There are many houses in this house, and the layout is also very complicated, and outsiders can't figure out the situation inside. Li Zhiyun thought, although there are not too many people guarding inside, they must all be brave people, besides, the enemy is dark and I am clear, if I attack, I will have to pay a great price.

So, he asked the soldiers to shout inside and launch a psychological offensive. More than a dozen soldiers stood outside the courtyard wall and shouted: "Listen to the people inside, you have been surrounded, and you have to resist stubbornly and die in the corner, so you can only survive by disarming and surrendering!" The soldiers shouted for more than half an hour, and their voices were hoarse, but there was no movement in the courtyard.

Scarface became impatient and shouted, "Lord, when will this be?" Let's go in, shall we? Fan Shuxiang also shouted that he wanted to bring people in. Li Zhiyun shook his head and said, "No, the situation inside is unknown, if you attack strongly, the casualties will be very large." Scarface frowned, "What then?" The people inside won't surrender, so we can't do this, right? ”

Indeed, it is not the way to go on like this. Li Zhiyun pondered for a moment and said to Scarface: "You send someone to the New Army camp and transfer the firearms battalion over." When Scarface heard this, he turned to a confidant and asked him to ride to the Forces nouvelles camp and bring two firearms together.

An hour later, two firearms companies were transferred. Li Zhiyun ordered everyone else to retreat and attack from the firearms battalion. Soldiers of the firearms battalion tore down the courtyard walls and fired into the houses with bird guns. The man hiding in the house went through the window and returned fire with a crossbow.

The thieves resisted stubbornly and used the cover of the wall to inflict heavy damage on the attackers, and the soldiers of the firearms battalion were annoyed, and some soldiers threw grenades. A grenade was thrown through the window, and there was a violent explosion. The room, which was stacked with flint, sulfur, rosin, and other flammable materials, immediately burst into flames. The houses in the Feng family's compound are all connected, and most of them are wooden structures, which catch fire when they catch fire. One room caught fire and soon burned to the others. The fire borrowed the wind, and the wind helped the fire, and it seemed that it was only the blink of an eye, and all the houses were on fire.

This fire came suddenly, and before Li Zhiyun could understand it, the entire Feng family compound fell into raging flames. The fire is getting stronger and stronger, and anyone standing ten feet away can feel the scorching heat. Fortunately, the Feng family's compound is an independent mansion and is not connected to the surrounding houses, otherwise, the company camp will be burned down. Even so, there were still some objects that were on fire, carried by the heat wave of the flames, and flew into the air, and then were blown away by the wind, and floated down to the roofs of several houses downwind, setting those roofs on fire. When Li Zhiyun saw it, he hurriedly asked Scarface to send people to extinguish several burning roofs, so as to prevent further spread of fire.

After the fire burned, the soldiers of the firearms battalion retreated. As most of the walls of the house had been torn down, the soldiers stood from afar and watched. Not far from Li Zhiyun, there was a man in civilian clothing, despite the dissuasion of others, he insisted on rushing into the fire, and was tightly dragged by several soldiers.

Li Zhiyun asked people to bring the man over. The man came to him, fell to his knees with a "plop", and cried while prostrating: "Master, this is my master's house, if the master knows that the house has been burned, he must peel my skin!" ……”

It turned out that this was the servant who guarded the house, and he wanted to rent out the house to make some extra money, but he didn't expect to get into such a big disaster.

Li Zhiyun asked people to pull him up and said, "The fire is so big, don't you want to die?" If there is any loss, ask the owner of your house to go to the government, and the government will compensate you. When the man heard this, he stopped crying and said, "Really? Will the government really compensate? The scarface on the side glared and said, "You still don't believe what the prince said?" The man hurriedly nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Believe, believe." Li Zhiyun raised his hand and asked the soldiers to take the man away.