Chapter 8: Strange Things

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, on the night of the Lantern Festival, the poultry died, is it a strange thing?

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Zhang Mansion that day, as usual, there was nothing strange about it, if you want to say strange, that is, the rhubarb of Zhang Mansion died, and the death of rhubarb was not terrifying, but Rhubarb's eyes were open when he died, as if he died instantly, and he died quickly, and he died so much that he didn't have time to close his eyes.

The sixteenth day of the first lunar month, night.

Zhangfu's chickens died, and all the dead were roosters.

The seventeenth day of the first month, night.

Zhang's horses died.

The eighteenth day of the first lunar month, night.

A circle of pigs in Zhangfu died, and the pigs were still warm when they were found.

So many birds and beasts died in four days, and the people in the house thought that the plague was raging, so Zhang Fu asked his subordinate Zhang Gui to bury all the animals with lime.

However, on the nineteenth day of the first month, night.

A big tree in the east of the courtyard of Zhangfu has fallen down by the roots (the place is commonly known as 'bitter lotus seeds', there are flowers and fruits, the fruit has a shell, the fruit is black, its joints are like walnuts, and its shell is soaked in water with foam, which can be used for laundry).

When the poultry died, it was regarded as a plague, but what about a big tree in Nuoda? Zhang Fu realized that all this must have been done by man, so who was so troublesome?

Zhang Fu knew that this person must be Lu Li, he began to get nervous, he knew that Lu Li's comeback was definitely not as simple as a small quarrel, he was now old, and he was not afraid of life and death, what he was worried about was Zhang Renwei and his wife, the so-called "cutting the grass and eradicating the roots", those who seek revenge will never let them go.

The twentieth day of the first month, the night.

A female servant in Zhang's mansion was naked, naked and died on the bed, the maid died peacefully, she still had a smile on her face, as if she was enjoying something, as if she had encountered such a happy thing for the first time in her life, but under closer inspection, in addition to serenity, there was also pain, her death was found by her companion when she got up in the morning, her companion told Zhangfu, Zhangfu came to visit, Zhangfu was thinking that Lin Xian'er was only twenty years old, she had been coming to Zhangfu for five years, she was still young, she had not yet come out of the cabinet, how to say that she was dead, he could see that among several servants, she and Zhang Gui were the best, the two of them entered Zhang's Mansion together, Zhang Gui was also very good to her, and I thought about it for a long time, was set for the two of them, but she didn't expect her to go so fast, and among several companions, Zhang Gui was also the saddest one.

Zhang's mansion summoned the servants of the mansion to gather in the courtyard, and the servants were whispering.

Zhang's mansion asked Steward Zhao to prepare six bags, and he said slowly: "Over the years, everyone has worked hard, and now that these things have happened in my house, everyone should guess that it is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster, and these broken silver should be your wages over the years." He asked Steward Zhao to give the servants respectively, Lin Xian'er's share was more, Zhang Fu asked her companion to take it back to Lin Xian'er's family, which was considered a comfort to her family, after the servants received their wages, they all dispersed, and Steward Zhao still had a bag in his hand, which was naturally his.

Zhang Fu said: "Steward Zhao, you can go too!"

The old housekeeper was full of tears, and choked up: "Master......"

Steward Zhao continued: "Master, let me face it with you if there is anything." "Zhang Fu knows Steward Zhao's loyalty, Steward Zhao has been with him for the longest time, and he is also a very competent housekeeper, so Zhang Fu has not changed him over the years, Zhang Fu can't drive him away, and Steward Zhao has not left Zhang Mansion in the end.

Zhang Fu called Zhang Renwei and Shi Xuanyin to the hall, and his wife also knew that what had happened these days was not a trivial matter, and both of them were full of sadness, frowning, as if a catastrophe was coming.

Zhang Fu said slowly: "Ren Wei, Xuanyin, you two also pack up, so that you can go back to Xianglu Mountain to pay New Year's greetings!"

How could Zhang Renwei not know his father's intentions, that is, comforted: "Father, as the old saying goes, 'fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers', no matter who the other party is, with the strength of our father and son, are you still afraid that he will not succeed?"

Shi Xuanyin then said: "Yes, Daddy, not to mention my eldest brother and them." ”

As soon as Zhang Renwei and his wife finished speaking, Zhang Fu felt a little comforted in his heart, he thought to himself, "The adopted son is like this, what regrets does the husband have", but how could he bear to let his son suffer this unwarranted disaster?

Zhang Fu then cut it out and said fiercely: "You guys hurry up, I don't have a disobedient son." ”

Zhang Renwei said: "Daddy, the father's debt will be repaid, what is there to be afraid of, it's a big deal that we will fight with them." ”

When Zhang Fu heard Zhang Renwei say this, he was furious and said, "It's good that you are an unfilial son, you dare to say such things." ”

Zhang Renwei, Shi Xuanyin, and Steward Zhao were all stunned.

Zhang Fu then said: "Let me ask you, where did your life come from?"

Zhang Renwei was yelled at by his father and stammered: "Father's essence...... Maternal blood. ”

Zhang Fu said: "You are ordered by your parents, you don't know how to cherish it, but you say such a big unfilial thing." ”

Zhang Renwei said: "Father ....... ”

Zhang Fu said again: "Are you leaving?" He looked at Zhang Renwei without the slightest intention of leaving, and then took out a knife from his belt and pressed it to his neck, saying, "If you don't leave, I will die in front of you." ”

Zhang Renwei thought that his father was just scaring himself, but who knew that the blood on his father's neck was flowing more and more, Shi Xuanyin saw this, and called out "wow", and Steward Zhao hurriedly said: "Master!" Zhang Renwei was also anxious in his heart, and said, "Father, okay, I'll go...... I'll ...... go. When he said this, he had already burst into tears, his feet seemed to be fixed on the ground, it seemed difficult to step out, Shi Xuanyin's tears were already flowing down his cheeks, Zhang Renwei saw his father like this, and finally had to pull Shi Xuanyin to go.

As soon as Zhang Renwei and his wife went out, Zhang Fu sat down on the chair, because he was afraid that Zhang Renwei and his wife would stay with him to die, so Steward Zhao stepped forward to help Zhang Fu wipe and stop the bleeding.

How many children can truly understand the good intentions of parents in the world? Of course, Zhang Renwei knows his father's intentions.

Zhang Renwei is gone, and now only Zhang Mansion and Steward Zhao are left in the Zhang Mansion of Nuoda, and he is very pleased to have such a loyal servant, because there are very few servants like this in these years. The old eyes of Zhang Fu had already burst into tears, and Steward Zhao, who was beside him, couldn't help but lower his head, and then raised it again.

Everything was quiet again, as if nothing had happened and nothing would ever happen.

On the twenty-first day of the first month, it was quiet.

On the twenty-second day of the first month, it's fine.

If a series of things happen in one place after another, and suddenly it stops, it makes people more restless.

The eve of a storm is usually quiet, but on the night of the 23rd day of the first lunar month, it was a strong wind, blowing a northwest wind, and now the winter will be hidden, the spring breeze is coming, and the southeast wind is blowing slightly, how can the weather suddenly change and blow a northwest wind? This night was very noisy by the wind, flying sand and gravel, and the trees were whirring.

When I hear that a person is dying, I always think of my past. Zhang Fu didn't sleep one night, he didn't die, but he thought of a lot of his past events, thought of the former emperor, thought of Shi Yujie, thought of many years of ambition, returned to Beijing, Nanjing, and reorganized the dynasty,...... He thinks many, many times

At that time, the world was surprisingly quiet, and suddenly heard a few rooster crows, Zhang Fu knew that it was not too early, his eyelids were almost unable to hold on, so he turned off the lights and fell asleep.

Heaven and earth, unpredictable, static and moving, in the blink of an eye, the first moment the clouds are light and the wind is light, the next moment is surging, the dark clouds are thick, who can guess?

It was dawn, Zhang Fu was very sleepy, he was still reluctant to get up, but a smell of meat and wine came to his nose, he was wondering, how could there be several kinds of meat at the same time, this taste has dog meat, chicken, pork, horse meat, and a taste that no one has ever smelled, but it is very fragrant, he feels wrong when he thinks about it, there is only him and Steward Zhao in this house, there is no need to spend so much, besides, Steward Zhao has always been a very frugal person.

He pushed open the door and walked out, and saw eleven people around a big cauldron, a few of them were still drinking wine bottles, the broth in the pot was boiling, and the blank fog on the pot was drifting away, Zhang Fu naturally recognized these people, it was Li Jishen, Cai Wenxi, Lu Li, Du Ziniu, Chi Rong, Liu Daodao, Liu San, Wang Qianzhen, Wan Qiancong, and Qin Mu, a person from Qizhi, when he saw one of them constantly handing firewood to the fire, Zhang Fu's face changed, his pupils were changing, and that person turned out to be Zhang Gui.

Cai Wenxi, a scholar in white, deliberately said loudly: "This is the first time to use such a big pot of Zhu meat!" He then boasted: "I have eaten all kinds of meat, the bear paws of Bashu, the tiger meat of the Northeast, the camel meat of the Northwest, the swan meat flying in the sky, and the baby fish in the water of the Yangtze River. ”

Qin Mu said sharply: "Zhang Gui, do you want to taste it?" Zhang Gui didn't answer, he only felt that he wanted to vomit. Qin Mu said to Zhang Gui strongly: "If you want to taste this meat, but you have to pay the price, there is no meat to eat for nothing in this world!" he said as he picked up a piece of meat with long chopsticks, it turned out to be a human ear, no wonder Zhang Fu couldn't smell what kind of meat it was.

The meaning beyond the words, the sound outside the strings, how could Zhang Gui, who was so scheming, not hear it, Cai Wenxi said to him: "We agree to your request, but it depends on your sincerity." ”

Chi Rong on the side slowly pulled out the long sword and handed it to Zhang Gui, Zhang Gui took the sword with shaking hands, and moved his legs to Zhang's mansion step by step, the distance of these few steps, but it seemed to be thousands of miles away under his steps, and said, "Old ...... I'm sorry, sir. ”

Zhang Fu asked: "Zhang Gui, why are you messing around with these people, aren't you going home?"

Zhang Gui sighed: "I don't have a chance to leave, and I don't want to go yet." ”

Zhang Fu asked: "These people kill people without blinking, you don't want to leave?"

Wang Qianzhen interrupted their conversation and said, "You slave, I want you to have a lot of property." When he said this, Zhang Fu understood, he understood why so many animals died in the family, and why there was so much meat in the cauldron, because these animals were buried by Zhang Gui at the request of Zhang Fu, but Zhang Gui did not bury them, but put these corpses in the same place.

Zhang Gui is so deliberate by Zhang's side, his mind is naturally cautious, on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he did not fall asleep, people who think too much, often have a hard time sleeping, when in the middle of the night, he heard "bang" A piece of dog barked, so he went out to take a look, just bumped into Lu Li and others killed Zhang's rhubarb with palm power, and after Lu Li and others finished, he followed out, he told Lu Li and others his thoughts, saying that he wanted Zhang's property, Lu Li came to Guizhou to take revenge, and he didn't care about Zhang's property, but their condition was to see his sincerity, and he wanted to kill an animal every night in the future, and a person had to die on the night of the twentieth day of the first lunar month, their purpose was to make Zhangfu sleepless day and night, and torture Zhangfu day and night, all of which happened to be bumped into by Lin Xian'er who peed at nightOriginally, Lin Xian'er didn't come back that night, but under his bitter pleading, Lu Li and the others let Lin Xian'er go and didn't want her life.

Women are easy to be soft-hearted, especially in front of the people they like, Lin Xian'er was coaxed and deceived by Zhang Gui, and she didn't tell Zhang Fu these things.

On the night of the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Gui thought about it, he really didn't want his plan to go to waste, so he came up with an idea, if he wanted people not to speak, unless the other party was a dead person, he went to Lin Xian'er's room, so as not to be discovered by Lin Xian'er's companions, he ordered Lin Xian'er's companion's sleeping hole, but he didn't expect that when he went to Lin Xian'er's bedside to make a move, Lin Xian'er woke up and scared him a lot, Lin Xian'er was sleepy-eyed, revealing her jade arms and deep chest groove, and held his neck in a trance, and said: "Ah... Expensive.... Seeing such a stunner, he didn't do it immediately, but sat on Lin Xian'er's bed to tease her stiff jade peak, feeling her fiery crater and wet gutter, the girl who was in heat could stand it, so they got up with clouds, they didn't know how many times they had done it, in the process of intercourse, he used internal force, the girl could stand it, in the process of rapid movement, I didn't expect Lin Xian'er to enjoy the pleasure, the heart rate beat too fast, she only felt a heat after hitting the gutter, her feet spasmed, and she died suddenly in laughter, so her companion would smile when she saw her die, Lin Xian'er may kill and don't know that the man she likes will want her to die, since Zhang Gui was dismissed from Zhang's mansion, he went to find these wicked people.

Zhang Fu has been safe and sound these days, and it is also his idea, 'soldiers who surrender without a fight' This is 'soldiers', and their purpose is to ask Zhang Fu to wait for distraught before making a move. After two days of waiting, Zhang Fu felt very tired and tired, not only physically tired, but also psychologically tired, and he didn't sleep much last night, it seems that their purpose has been successful.

Some people are born with a penchant for toying with others, and they like to see others in pain.

Zhang Gui's eyes were like torches, like a poisonous dragon, as if he wanted to devour Zhang Mansion in an instant, Zhang Fu had never seen his current hideous and terrifying face, "Make a move!" He burst into tears, then shook the long sword, the sword shadow flew, bullying himself to take Zhang Mansion directly, and when he was about a foot away from Zhang Mansion, he jumped up, raised his sword with both hands over his head, and made a move "clear and clear" Split in the middle, want to divide Zhang Fu into two, Zhang Fu to the right side, want to close its offensive, but Zhang Gui seems to have expected him to be so dodgy, Zhang Fu just turned sideways, Zhang Gui turned his sword momentum, a move "swept thousands of troops" swept over, these two moves are really ordinary, but anyone with a little martial arts foundation can use it, but this move and the move change so quickly, it is difficult for ordinary people to grasp. If the previous move is used with all his strength, the latter move is very converted, even if it is converted, the strength is also reduced, if the previous move is a false move, then it is absolutely impossible, this move is the body in the air, if it is used empty, anyone can see it, it is easier to dodge, the next move will be used in vain, I didn't expect Zhang Gui to use these two tricks at this time, it was used so cleverly, and the transition between the moves was just right. Seeing this, Zhang Fu changed the direction of hiding, he turned around and turned to Zhang Gui's rear, and slapped his palms on the "Quchi" acupoint on Zhang Gui's hand, Zhang Gui suddenly felt that his arm was numb, the long sword was out of his hand, Zhang Gui's right hand was restrained, and he was busy hitting Zhang Fu with his left elbow, but it was too late, he had not touched Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu's five fingers were scattered, respectively, to Zhang Gui's back of the "life door", "hanging pivot", "stomach Yu", "Zhi room" The four acupoints are hit, these acupoints are where the kidneys are, the energy of the people is born in the kidneys, the kidneys are scattered, Zhang Gui received this, screamed, the person has flown forward, spit blood, embarrassed and fell in front of Lu Li and others, although Zhang Fu was surprised that Zhang Gui hid his martial arts deeply, but he still came and went freely in the hundred armies, and the experience of facing the enemy was beyond the reach of Zhang Gui's juniors.

"Rubbish!" Lu Li glared at Zhang Guidao angrily, Zhang Gui's face was slightly unhappy when he heard this, but he had nothing to say, because he could never speak, Lu Li pinched his neck with his hand, only to hear a sound, Zhang Gui's neck bone was broken, fell to the ground, and returned to the yin.

"I hate the person who betrays my master the most in my life. Lu Li's hand dropped this sentence as it left Zhang Gui's neck.

Lu Li said: "Last time, you and I didn't win or lose, this time I still want to try! What do you think?"

Zhang Fu hesitated for a long time and said, "Very good, my brother was killed by me, this is originally my business, there is no need to hurt others." ”

Lu Li denied Zhang's words and said: "That's wrong, I just singled out with you, and I didn't say that I wanted to let others go." ”

Zhang Fu was a little anxious, he knew what Lu Li meant, the so-called "cutting the grass and eradicating the roots", any person or thing that endangers him must be removed, this is human instinct, Zhang Fu did not speak, but secretly regretted that Lu Li did not give the result back then.

Lu Li continued: "Don't worry, they will never help." In the words, there is a lot of faith.

Zhang Fu said calmly: "It seems that whether they help or not, it will be difficult for me to live to see the sun tomorrow." "He has long been prepared for life and death, he has been an official in his life, escaped his life, and now he is rich and rich, it can be described as a wonderful life, except for death, what else has he not tasted?

Lu Li said fiercely: "Very good, very good, after all, you still have a little self-knowledge." ”

Zhang Fu said slowly: "So what are you waiting for?"

Lu Li didn't answer, just stood still, Zhang Fu also stared at him intently, it was 'he doesn't move, I don't move, if he moves, I move first', but who knows who will move first?

They stood there for a long time, and the rest of them waited a little impatiently. The murderous aura exuded by the master can only be felt by the master, so although he did not move when he made the move, the murderous aura of each other can be felt, but these two people are very strange, they can't feel each other's breath, it seems that these two people are completely no different from dead people, Lu Li is stunned, Zhang Fu's eyes seem to be able to see each other transparently.

There was silence all around, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop on the ground.

Everyone knows that the calm of this moment is only a precursor to a storm.

Lu Li and Zhang Fu are both masters, and they know each other's strength, so they both hide the murderous aura on their bodies cleanly, so that the other party has no trace, and they can't make a move at the right time, because if they make a mistake, they may be restrained, and at this moment, this kind of dangerous trick to hide the killing intent can only be used by the two of them.

Everything was changed by a street dog that was not afraid of people, the dog's sense of smell was the keenest, such a cauldron beckoned Zhu to pick up all kinds of meat, naturally attracted wild dogs, attracted not only wild dogs, but also unknown wild birds under the eaves, some birds were afraid of dogs, and this bird happened to be afraid of dogs, the dog smelled the smell of meat and arrived, the bird was frightened and flew up from the eaves behind Zhang Fu, and rushed straight to Lu Li, only to hear a miserable scream, the dog and the bird between the two had already been torn apart by the strong air pressure, the bird feathers flew in the air, and only a pool of red blood was left on the ground。

Life and death are often only in a moment.