C12 (1/2)
Zhang Zhou shifted his attention to the man. He thought of several possibilities. Firstly, this kind of person being accepted by Old Qi was the one that he did not want to see the most. Secondly, he had been harmed by Old Qi. It was truly a pity to be alone! Seeing that Old Qi had no intention of getting up to deal with him, Zhang Zhou left with Yang Xiaolang. They walked out of the Flower God's Descent and quietly made their way to the Courtyard. See if there's a chance to save that man.
One of the differences between martial artists from the martial arts world and martial artists that focused on killing was that they had to deal with the details. A martial arts master could basically land on the ground without making a sound, and the border army's massacre had almost forgotten about this sort of caution. Liu Pass Bridge was an example of that time. A few people jumped over the wall and landed on the ground, startling each other. Naturally, Zhang Zhou could not be as light as a martial arts expert, so he did not dare to blindly climb over the wall. Who knew how many vicious dogs he would raise in this backyard? When he was about to ask for directions, he saw the back door open from the inside. The two of them hurriedly hid, and then saw two haughty slaves dragging a man out, directly throwing him on the street. They seemed to be unsatisfied and were about to kick him a few times, but were stopped by Guan Yu-niang who appeared at the door, so they had no choice but to go back bitterly and close the door and leave.
After confirming that there was no one around, Zhang Zhou and Yang Xiaoluo quickly ran over, making sure that the man was the one causing all this trouble. After confirming that there was no one around, Zhang Zhou quickly ran with Yang Xiaoluo, and confirmed that the man was the man causing trouble.
Zhang Zhou didn't bring anyone home because it was too far, and he didn't want Old Qi's people to find out. They could only temporarily place it in an unguarded temple. This small temple was for the common people to worship and worship. Usually, it was taken care of by the common people, so how could it be ruined?
The man was too drunk to wake up. Zhang Zhou couldn't possibly stay here until daybreak, so he found a pile of straw and laid it down, lest it get sick from the cold. Then he left, thinking that once the sun rose, he could just let Flying Child come and find him.
He felt that this person should not have truly gone mad. The reason for this was because this person had an extremely story behind him. Although he wasn't confident that he could take it for himself, as long as he didn't fall into the hands of Old Qi, he would be considered rich.
In the backyard of the Flower God's manor, two haughty slaves were trembling in fear as they knelt in front of Old Qi, not daring to even breathe loudly. Old Qi looked at them expressionlessly and asked coldly, ”Where is he?”
”I left them outside just now. Where did they go now? I don't even know …” ”Ahhh!”
With a blood-curdling screech, the man was kicked in the chest by the old weirdo. He was kicked dozens of feet into the air before he became limp and stopped moving. Old Qi looked at the other one, who was scared out of his wits.
”Who gave you the guts to let them go without permission?!”
”Ah, ah, ah, I, I …”
He hadn't said anything yet, but he had been sent flying with a kick, whether he was dead or alive was unknown.
Guan Yuniang, who was standing aside, acted as if she didn't see anything. There was no expression on her face, only coldness.
Old Qi looked at Guan Yu-niang and snorted, ”Guan Yu-niang, don't forget your identity and your brother. Stay here and don't show your face in the next few days, reflect on yourself. Humph!”
It was not until Old Qi had left the yard that Guan Yu-niang staggered and almost fell down. She held her chest with her hands as tears rolled down her cheeks.
The next morning, Flying Child came uninvited and reported to Zhang Zhou that Old Qi's subordinates had almost sent everyone out. It was said that they were looking for a mad man to cause trouble!
Zhang Zhou was stunned, thinking to himself: ”This old geezer is truly vindictive!” Was there a need to gather so many people? Feeling embarrassed? Hehe! That's not right! Zhang Zhou suddenly became alert. It was true that Old Qi was a cruel and merciless man, but he hadn't personally dealt with him last night. It was reasonable that he should gather so many people to look for Old Qi. This behavior could only mean one thing, that person was very important to Old Qi! As for the reason why it was important, Zhang Zhou could not think of it, so he turned around and told Fei Zi without thinking.
”Last night, I placed that person in the temple not far from Flower Divine Fall. You go look for him yourself. If you don't see him, activate everyone to look for him. Try to find him before Old Qi does.”
After the Flying Child left, Zhang Zhou wrote a note, telling Yang Xiaolang to head to the yamen as soon as possible, and hand it over to the Yunan Seven on duty, then pass it to Cao Yi. He suddenly became more serious, and even wished to use the power of Cao Yi.
Not long after Yang Xiaolang had left, Wang Tieshou's youngest son, Wang Erniu, arrived. Wang Tieshou had given his son a name that was absolutely lazy. It was a simple job for Da Niu and Er Niu.
Erniu put down the several large boxes in his bosom and relayed Wang Tieshou's words to Zhang Zhou, while Zhang Zhou took the opportunity to size up Erniu. Erniu was half a head taller than Zhang Tie and much thicker than Yunan. When he first saw Wang Tieshou and his bodybuilder's physique, Zhang Zhou was envious of him. Erniu's physique was not inferior to his father's.
”Lord, my dad said to let me follow you from now on.”
Erniu was afraid that he would not accept him, so he quickly added, ”Master, I do not like forging. I am not lazy, I have the strength and am diligent, so do whatever you want me to do!”
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, ”Then from now on, you will stay by my side and follow me, okay?”
”That's great! Me is willing! Hehehe! However, Lord, I might be able to eat. In the past, my father often scolded me, but now that my days have improved, let's not talk about it anymore. Lord, you won't be angry at me for eating so much, right? ”
”I'm not afraid, eat as much as I want. My lord, I'm afraid of everything, and I'm not afraid of you eating too much!”
”Then I will listen to everything the adults say!”
Zhang Zhou really liked this guy who was half a year younger than Yang Xiaolang.
Zhang Zhou tested it and found it to be very sensitive and useful. In the key parts, he had applied grease according to the requirements to improve the lubrication, and with one hand, he could easily lift the crossbow and effectively injure it at a distance of two hundred feet, which was more than enough. There were a total of ten crossbow bolts neatly placed in the box. In order to make it easier to carry, Wang Tieshou had even made a back cover for the crossbows.
There were four steel knives, and their workmanship was even more exquisite than the last one. Zhang Zhou was very satisfied, so he picked one that was easy to handle and hung it around his waist.
Then, he took out some blueprints from a locked cabinet and handed five hundred silver taels to Erniu, telling him to return and give them to Wang Tieshou. He also told Erniu that his father would make him a powerful weapon and then return to officially take care of his business.
After all, he was much weaker than Old Qi, and the man's whereabouts were still being discovered by the other party. The location should be somewhere south of the city, and Old Qi's people had already left for quite a number of places, so Old Qi's people did not dare to get too close to them.