In the main hall of the Zhang family, the head of the Zhang family, brothers Zhang Kuang and Zhang Kun, and several senior members of the Zhang family were sitting in a dignified manner.
When Ye Qingcheng and Chunmei Qiuju came in, a cold look suddenly appeared on their faces.
Especially Zhang Kun, his resentful eyes scanned Ye Qingcheng unscrupulously.
The oppressive atmosphere in the hall made both Chunmei and Qiuju very nervous, and their hands holding the sword were sweating.
But they still firmly guarded Ye Qingcheng.
"I'm already here, please return the Tianwu Ling as agreed."
Ye Qingcheng behaved quite calmly, as if he had already anticipated the worst plan.
"return?"
"Haha...Ye Qingcheng, are you too naive?"
"Back then, you took advantage of the situation to suppress me and caused heavy losses to my Zhang family. Now you just want to get the Tianwu Order back with just one word. How can it be so easy!"
The head of the Zhang family and others sneered disdainfully.
They had long been holding back an evil fire in their hearts, and naturally they had to take advantage of the situation to vent it out.
"The dispute between the Ye and Zhang families was originally started by your Zhang family. Although I got help from Master Xuanyang, I only took back the property that originally belonged to the Ye family, and I didn't even ask for much compensation..."
"Besides, I have left the Ye family and we are all in the same city. Why do you have to do everything right now?"
In the face of everyone's glares and jeers, Ye Qingcheng still said calmly.
She didn't do everything right at the beginning, not only because she was kind-hearted, but also to prevent the Zhang family from jumping over the wall.
"Hmph! At first you wanted to do things right, but it's a pity that a person like Master Xuanyang can help you for a while, but how can he help you forever?"
"My Zhang family has a profound background. If I really fight hard, how can I be afraid of you? You should be grateful to us for still keeping some room for it, hum."
Obviously, the Zhang family does not remember any kindness, but only a lot of hatred.
Ye Qingcheng sighed in his heart.
"Forget it! Let's talk about the conditions. How can we return the Tianwu Order?"
She understands that there is no difference between these Zhang family members and those selfish people from the Ye family, and the truth cannot be explained to them.
And she didn't want to dwell too much on the past.
Hearing this, everyone in the Zhang family showed a proud smile on their faces, and their hearts were filled with the pleasure of revenge.
As for the conditions, they didn't mention them, but all looked at Zhang Kuang.
"Why didn't Su Chen come?"
Zhang Kuang didn't even look at Ye Qingcheng. He just crossed his legs and drank tea, looking like he was in control of everything.
Ye Qingcheng's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Although it was her first time meeting Zhang Kuang, she already knew his name.
A genius in the martial arts academy of the royal capital, a master of the true martial arts realm, and as his name suggests, he is arrogant, domineering and unreasonable.
He is much more difficult to deal with than his playboy brother Zhang Kun.
"Su Chen has other important matters! Moreover, the redemption of the Tianwu Order was done by me alone, and he didn't know about it."
Ye Qingcheng said.
"That's such a pity! I have already stated the conditions, but now that you are the only one here, the Tianwu Order cannot be given to you."
Zhang Kuang sneered, his eyes full of teasing.
"I said, this matter has nothing to do with him."
Ye Qingcheng insisted.
"How could it have nothing to do with him?"
Zhang Kun suddenly stood up, stared at Ye Qingcheng and shouted: "When he hurt me, wasn't he very arrogant? Didn't he even look down on my brother? Why is he so cowardly now that he hides behind women? A turtle with a shrunken head!"
He could no longer hold back his anger and finally took action.
Ye Qingcheng's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he clenched his pink fists in his sleeves.
The man who insulted her made her very angry, but for the sake of Tianwu Ling, she still suppressed her anger and chose to endure it.
"Everyone is well aware of what happened back then, and I have already made compensation to you. Otherwise, if you sue City Master Liu, you should know the consequences!"
The Kingdom of Dachu was extremely harsh on such punishments. Those with lighter punishments would be castrated, while those with severe punishments would be skinned and beheaded.
"Stop scaring me! That compensation is nothing!"
With an angry roar, Zhang Kun showed a sinister smile on his distorted face and said: "Let him come here, and I will destroy him. How about making up for him? He can't be a man anymore, so you don't have to worry, I'm fine." How about I replace him later?"
As he spoke, Zhang Kun smiled lewdly and reached out to touch Ye Qingcheng's face.
Ye Qingcheng's face turned cold and he immediately opened his dirty hands.
"If you feel it's not enough, I can apologize to you again and provide you with additional compensation, as long as you are willing to return the Tianwu Order!"
The Tianwu Order was related to Su Chen's future. Ye Qingcheng gritted his teeth and would rather be humiliated than get it back.
"Hmph, apology and compensation are useless!"
Zhang Kun sneered and said viciously: "To tell you the truth, if that bastard Su Chen doesn't come today, there will be no way to get the Tianwu Ling!"
Seeing the murderous look on the other person's face, Ye Qingcheng understood.
They never thought about returning the Tianwu Ling from the beginning, they just wanted to lure Su Chen to come and take revenge.
"It's impossible for Su Chen to come! It's okay if Tianwu Ling doesn't want it."
Although it was extremely regretful, Ye Qingcheng knew that they could not reach an agreement anyway and was leaving immediately.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Zhang Kuang called her.
"What do you mean?"
Ye Qingcheng said coldly.
"My brother's injury has not fully recovered yet. You must stay and serve him as interest."
He said in an arrogant tone.
As soon as these words came out, Chunmei and Qiuju couldn't sit still.
"You guys are going too far!"
The two of them had a premonition that something was not going to happen, so they immediately took a step forward, their faces full of vigilance.
"Noisy!"
He scolded arrogantly, and his whole body suddenly released majestic zhenqi fluctuations, sweeping every corner of the hall like a storm.
Zheng! Zheng!
Chunmei and Qiuju gritted their teeth, immediately drew their swords and stepped forward, and anxiously said to Ye Qingcheng: "Miss, leave quickly!"
"You two are just trying to stop me?"
Zhang Kuang slapped his palm, and the powerful innate energy exploded, curling up the sword light all over the sky, directly smashing all the swords in their hands, and then hit them hard.
boom!
Chunmei and Qiuju couldn't resist at all, and were suppressed to the ground, vomiting blood.
Their cultivation at the sixth or seventh level of the Qi Martial Realm was simply not enough in front of Zhang Kuang, and they could not resist even a casual blow.
Zhang Kuang, who has been practicing at the Royal Capital Martial Arts Academy for many years, is indeed extremely powerful and can rival those older martial artists.
"Hmph, you've come to our Zhang family, do you still want to leave?"
At the same time, Zhang Kun sneered and stretched out a big hand to grab Ye Qingcheng.
"I didn't expect Ye Qingcheng that you would fall into my hands in the end."
"From today onwards, you will serve me obediently, bring tea and water, bathe and change clothes, make medicine on the bed... When I am well, I will definitely let you play and sing every night, haha..."
Zhang Kun laughed wildly, his whole face twisted, full of the pleasure of revenge.
But Ye Qingcheng felt desperate and had the intention to die.
"Take them down first."
Zhang Kuang glanced at Zhang Kun and said.
"Brother, give me Ye Qingcheng!"
Zhang Kun's eyes were full of fiery color.
"Keep her first! She is a good bait. When Su Chen comes, I will kill him and you can play with her any way you want!"
Zhang Kuang sneered.
"Yes, brother! Come here, take them all down with me. Be sure to keep an eye on them and don't let them commit suicide."
Zhang Kun did not dare to disobey and immediately ordered his subordinates.
"Kuaier, Ye Qingcheng is just a mortal, it doesn't matter. That Su Chen is the biggest threat to my Zhang family."
At this time, the head of the Zhang family stood up and stepped forward and said.
"Grandpa, don't worry. Ye Qingcheng is in hand. Are you still afraid that he won't come and die?"
With a sneer, Zhang Kuang said lightly.
…
The Ye family already knew the news about Ye Qingcheng's accident.
Ye Deyuan and others were gloating about the misfortune, and even cursed that they deserved it.
Ye Xinglong was even looking forward to the news of Su Chen's death.
Ye Zhenxiao even gave a direct order that no member of the Ye family was allowed to help, and any violator would be expelled from the family.
Su Zhai.
Lan Xiang, who was waiting anxiously, suddenly received an ultimatum from someone sent by the Zhang family, and her face suddenly turned extremely pale.
"The Zhang family are all beasts!"
When Lin Yun learned that Ye Qingcheng went to Zhang's house behind her back and was detained, she was immediately trembling with anger.
"Madam, the young lady said before she left that if she has any shortcomings, you and your uncle should leave Beihuang City immediately, and go as far away as possible."
Lanxiang said crying.
"I won't leave! Without Qingcheng, what's the point of living for me?"
Lin Yun suddenly stood up and picked up the sword with a determined look: "Even if I fight with this old bone, I will save Qingcheng."
"Madam, don't worry, we might as well go to Ye's house and ask the old man to save the young lady for the sake of past kindness."
Lanxiang thought of the only possible way.
After all, in Beihuang City, apart from the city lord Liu Qing, only the Ye family can compete with the Zhang family.
"The old man and those people are heartless and unjust. They had a falling out with Qingcheng last time. They can only rejoice in others' misfortune, so how can they come to the rescue?"
Lin Yun has lived in the Ye family for decades and knows those people very well.
There is no point begging them.
"What about my uncle? He doesn't know these things yet."
Lan Xiang quickly snatched the sword and said anxiously: "In this case, you wait for me at home while I go to Zhang's house."
"This inconspicuous Su Chen wanders around all day long. There is no trace of him even after such a big incident happened at home. What's the use of waiting for him? Let's go ourselves!"
Lin Yun was already so anxious that she couldn't wait any longer.
"Mother-in-law, why are you scolding your son-in-law again?"
At this moment, a calm voice came from outside.
Su Chen walked in and said with a faint smile.
He and Qingzhu worked hard all the way and just came back, but when they saw the two people whose eyes were red from crying and whose faces were pale, Su Chen looked startled and suddenly had a premonition that something was not good.
"What happened?"
Su Chen asked.
"Uncle, I beg you, for the sake of the past relationship and the current relationship between husband and wife, please save the young lady!"
Lan Xiang made a puff and knelt down in front of Su Chen, begging bitterly.
"Old connections?"
Su Chen was a little confused.
"Uncle, the lady asked me to give this to you before she left. You will know after reading it."
Lan Xiang handed a jade box to Su Chen.
The jade box is very delicate. When you open it, you can see that it is not a precious jewelry, only a blue handkerchief.
Although the handkerchief was dry and even a little faded, it was neatly folded and had a familiar fragrance on it.
Obviously it is carefully treasured and often taken out to remember.
Su Chen felt it looked familiar when he saw it. After opening the handkerchief, he found a strange ring pattern embroidered on it, which immediately shocked him.
"This is...my handkerchief?!"
Su Chen's eyes narrowed and he suddenly remembered the long past. He looked at Lan Xiang and said, "Could it be that Qingcheng is..."
