Ru Heng's pitiful screams of agony made your family members shiver with horror. They couldn't imagine the pain and torture Ru Heng was going through.
"Stop!"
"What did you do to him?!"
Ru Chengzhou angrily scolded and questioned Zhang Xiaopou.
"Don't worry, it's just a small punishment, you won't die."
Zhang Xiaozhu's tone was indifferent and indifferent, as if it was really just a small punishment. If you couldn't hear Ru Heng's screams, which were louder than the previous one, your family might really believe it.
"As long as he reveals the hiding place of the food he robbed, I will relieve his pain immediately, otherwise I don't mind doubling the pain he endures," Zhang Xiaozhu said.
"Ah - the food is -"
"shut up!"
Ru Heng couldn't bear the pain of burning his soul. When he heard Zhang Xiaozu said that he wanted to double his pain, he was about to confess, but was cut off by Ru Junmei.
"Zhang Xiaopeng, don't go too far!"
"This is naked revenge."
"It's an abuse of lynching, and you're beaten into submission!"
"I'm going to the imperial capital to sue you!"
Ru Jun met yelling at Zhang Xiaopeng, his words were fierce and plausible, but in his heart he was panicking, for fear that Ru Heng would confess.
Zhang Xiaozu glanced sideways at him and sneered: "What is this? In order to make Guang Jingshuo reveal the real murderer behind the scenes, I killed hundreds of men from the three Guang family clans, and almost killed all the men from the three Guang family clans. .So it doesn’t matter whether the method is cruel or not, as long as it works.”
When your family members heard this, they all gasped and looked at Zhang Xiaopou as if they were looking at a devil.
"Boy, you are so cruel, aren't you afraid of retribution?!" Ruchengzhou scolded.
"Haha, retribution?" Zhang Xiaozu sneered and asked: "You colluded with the water thieves to rob the life-saving food of the people in the southern border, killing more than 20,000 soldiers who sacrificed their lives and blood for the empire, and made the people in the south unable to eat life-saving food. Thousands of people will starve to death every day for food. You are not afraid of retribution for committing such heinous crimes. I only killed less than a thousand people, so why should I be afraid of retribution?"
"Ah - Father, I really can't stand it anymore - ah - the food is -"
Ru Heng was scolded by Ru Junmei and persisted for a while longer, but the burning in his soul neither stopped nor diminished, so he only persisted for a while longer.
Ru Junmei suddenly ignored the knife on his neck, suddenly rushed towards Ru Heng, and punched Ru Heng in the head. It was not known whether he wanted to knock Ru Heng unconscious or kill him with one punch.
But before his fist could touch Ru Heng, Zhang Xiaopou grabbed his wrist and blocked it.
"Ru Junmei, you actually want to kill someone and silence them!"
"He is your son!"
"Tiger poison doesn't even eat its seeds, but you are worse than a beast!"
Zhang Xiaozu deliberately shouted angrily at Ru Junmei.
"Ah - father, you - you - are so cruel - ah - the food is hidden in Donglin Mountain - quickly - help me - help me relieve my pain - ah -"
Ru Heng's emotions broke down. In fact, he only focused on holding his head and screaming and didn't pay attention to what Ru Junmei did. It was Zhang Xiaozu's angry scolding that caught his attention.
He followed the sound and saw Ru Junmei's fist being clenched by Zhang Xiaozu. When he thought about Zhang Xiaozu's scolding, he immediately believed it, thinking that his father really wanted to kill him to silence him. He suffered both physical and mental pain. Ask him to give up resistance completely and reveal the location where the food is hidden.
In fact, not only Ru Heng believed it, but also everyone in the Ru family in the hall believed it, because Ru Junmei's behavior really looked like murder and silence.
Therefore, each of their faces became very ugly. Even if Ru Heng didn't say it, they already understood that the food robbery must have been done by Ru Junhu and his son.
"as you wish."
Zhang Xiaozu reached out and wiped Ru Heng's head, releasing the power of the ghost curse that was burning his soul.
Ru Heng's screams gradually stopped, his body was already soaked with cold sweat, and there was a faint odor coming from his crotch. He lay exhausted on the ground, breathing heavily, like a fish that was about to die.
Ru Junmei sat down next to Ru Heng with a pale face, and explained in a hoarse voice: "I don't want to kill you, I just want to knock you out."
Zhang Xiaozu looked at the livid Ru Chengzhou and asked, "Old General, does he know where Donglin Mountain is?"
"I know." Ru Chengzhou responded.
"Then I wonder if the old general can show me the way. The people in the southern border are waiting for food to save their lives, so time is tight and there is no time to delay." Zhang Xiaozu said.
Ru Chengzhou said: "There are many mosquitoes in the mountains now. Zhang Da is a delicate and precious person, so don't go into the deep mountains and old forests to suffer. I immediately sent someone to transport the food that these two evil beasts robbed out of the mountains. Your family will provide another 20,000 shi." I will pay compensation for the grain and apologize, and order people to transport all the grain to Yancheng as quickly as possible. Is this good?"
Zhang Xiaozhu was startled when he heard this. He didn't expect Ru Chengzhou to be so straightforward and admit the crime committed by Ru Junhu and his son without even sending anyone to Donglin Mountain to confirm. Not only that, they also took the initiative to provide compensation and provide people to send food to Yancheng.
It was so refreshing that Zhang Xiaopou couldn't help but feel weird.
"I hope Mr. Zhang will raise his noble hand and let your family have a way out." Ru Chengzhou lowered his posture and begged Zhang Xiaozu.
When the men of the Ru family saw Ru Chengzhou lowering his head to beg for mercy from Zhang Xiaozu, a young junior, they all looked ugly and angry, but no one dared to say "no" because they all realized that Ru Jun and his son were colluding. The water thieves robbed the official grain and committed the serious crime of confiscating the house. If they continue to entangle and cause trouble, they will only push your family into the abyss step by step.
So everyone stared at Ru Junmei and Ru Heng in unison, hating them so much that they gnashed their teeth.
Zhang Xiaozu understood why Ru Chengzhou was suddenly "refreshed", but he did not agree immediately. Instead, he restrained his expression and said seriously: "Everyone must bear the corresponding responsibility for the mistakes they committed. There are more than 20,000 people in Yancheng." The soldiers who died in battle need an explanation.”
Ru Chengzhou stared into Zhang Xiaopou's eyes, silent for dozens of familiar words, then nodded and said: "Okay!"
After speaking, he walked towards Ru Junmei, and before Ru Junmei could react, he slapped him on the top of the head.
Ru Junmei groaned, blood spurted from his mouth and nose, and he lost his life.
Ru Chengzhou then squatted down and slapped Ru Heng on the head with the same palm. Ru Heng also groaned and went to the underworld.
The entire hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
No one expected that Ru Chengzhou would be so ruthless, killing his own son and grandson at will.
"Master Zhang, can you give an explanation to Yancheng's soldiers who died in vain? If that's not enough, I can continue killing. I have many sons, so it doesn't matter if I kill a few." Ru Chengzhou asked Zhang Xiaopeng with a cold face.
"Then kill them all, and then you can commit suicide and apologize." Zhang Xiaozu said.
"You——" Ru Chengzhou was angry.
Everyone could tell that he was speaking out of anger, but Zhang Xiaozu actually pretended to be dumbfounded. Not only did he not sympathize with his son and grandson who had just died, but he deliberately choked him to death with his words. This made him angry.
Zhang Xiaozu sneered and said: "I admire you for your righteousness in killing your relatives, but you have to blame these two bastards on my head in a weird way. I can't bear it."
"Is there anything else, Mr. Zhang?" Ru Chengzhou didn't want to argue with Zhang Xiaozu, so he directly issued an order to expel Zhang Xiaozu.
Half an hour later, Zhang Xiaozu and others led the army out of Zhanzhou City.
It was dusk when they came, and night had already fallen. They did not dare to let the army rest for a night in Zhanzhou City, because there were 50,000 troops in Zhanzhou City who were under the orders of Ruchengzhou, and they did not dare to guarantee that Ruchengzhou would meet He won't go crazy in the middle of the night and do anything crazy, so he goes out of the city overnight.
After being fifty miles away from Zhanzhou City in one breath, Zhao Quan ordered the entire army to rest.
"The Emperor's Arrow is so easy to use, I thought it was going to be a big fight." Zhao Quan smacked his lips and sighed with emotion by the campfire.
"It's because the old general has a high level of consciousness and upholds justice to eliminate relatives." Yuan Taiping said.
Zhang Xiaozhu frowned and said: "I always feel that things are going too smoothly. It seems like something is wrong, but I can't tell what is wrong."
"Donglin Mountain." Zhou Jianlai said three words. Seeing Zhang Xiaozu and others looking over, he added three more words: "There is something fishy."
"Yes, yes, there must be something wrong with Donglin Mountain." Zhang Xiaozu was awakened by Zhou Jianlai's words and suddenly realized: "Ru Chengzhou's attitude changed dramatically after hearing Ru Heng say 'Donglin Mountain'. Change, he seems to be very afraid of us going to Donglin Mountain."
"Listening to what you said, it seems to be true." Zhao Quan recalled Ru Chengzhou's reaction at that time and found that it was true as Zhang Xiaozu said, and Ru Chengzhou seemed to be trying his best to cover up something.
"So, what's in the Donglin Mountains?" Niu Dawa asked curiously.
"It is most likely your family's secret base." Zhou Jianlai analyzed, "Two hundred thousand sacks of grain cannot be transported into the mountains without convenient transportation, and there is not enough storage space to store them."
"Want to go and take a look?" Niu Dawa's curiosity was aroused.
"We don't have much time." Zhang Xiaopou said.
Zhao Quan heard this and said: "I have never asked you, where are you going?"
"Muyang City." Zhang Xiaozu replied.
"Muyang City?" Zhao Quan frowned and said, "If I remember correctly, Fu Yucheng is the son of the lord of Muyang City, right?"
"Yeah" Zhang Xiaozu nodded.
"Then you are still going to Muyang City? Aren't you afraid of being retaliated by the Fu family?" Zhao Quan asked in surprise, but before Zhang Xiaopou could answer, he suddenly slapped his thigh and said: "I forgot, you have the emperor's arrows, and the Fu family will show it to you I don’t dare to embarrass you. By the way, you are not going to Muyang City with the emperor’s arrows to disgust the Fu family on purpose, right? If so, I advise you to give up this stupid idea. "
"Why?" Zhang Xiaozu asked curiously.
"As the saying goes: it is easy to hide from open guns and hard to guard against hidden arrows. I heard the Lord of the City say that the Fu family is very powerful whether in the court or in the world. I heard that it is because their family has a blessed land for cultivation, so there are many People from the world of martial arts come here inexplicably to take advantage of the blessed land to cultivate, and these people from the world of martial arts all voluntarily become worshippers of the Fu family."
"So even if you have the emperor's arrows to protect you, it is best not to go to Shepherd City. On the surface, the Fu family does not dare to embarrass you, but behind the scenes, relying on the power of people in the world is more terrifying than the power on the surface."
Zhao Quan said.
"Hey -" Zhang Xiaozu sighed, "It's impossible not to go. His Majesty ordered us to go to Shepherd City on April 20th."
"Ah?" Zhao Quan was shocked. He never expected that it was the emperor's order for the four of them to go to Muyang City. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but laugh: "Since it was His Majesty who asked you to go, the Fu family must not dare to do anything to you. At least in Muyang City Nothing will be done to you within the city's boundaries, but as for outside the boundaries of Shepherd City, I think you'd better run as fast as you can."
"That's not necessarily the case." Niu Dawa shook his head. Seeing Zhao Quan's questioning look, he couldn't say that they killed Su Yang and had an affair with Su Hanlin. Maybe Su Hanlin just wanted to use the Fu family to get rid of them. Su Yang takes revenge.
Niu Dawa thought for a while and said: "Fu Yucheng is so arrogant and domineering. I must be a hundred times more domineering. He may not be able to follow the emperor's order at all."
"Probably not." Zhao Quan said, but judging from his tone, it was obvious that he was not too sure.
"Today is the tenth day of April. There are still ten days left. There is enough time." Niu Dawa brought the topic back to the topic, looked at Zhang Xiaozu and the others and asked, "Just go to Donglin Mountain to take a look, take a look and leave, and feel satisfied." My curiosity.”
"Okay, let's take a look." Zhang Xiaozu shook his head and smiled, then looked at Zhao Quan and said: "Brother Zhao, let's say goodbye here. If anyone asks about this matter, you can tell the matter to Push me, I have the Emperor's Order Arrow, and I carry out the Emperor's order, no one can say "no". And this matter is indeed caused by me, if I didn't beat up Ru Junmei in Yancheng With Ru Heng, let the father and son go to Yancheng with their grudges in mind, and maybe there will be no such troubles."
"Thank you!" Zhao Quanchao said thanks to Zhang Xiaozu. He understood Zhang Xiaozu's good intentions and was very grateful.
