Unofficial History of Song and Liao Heroes

Hearing Qian Tongtian, the leader of Centipede Ridge, shouting so loudly, Zhang Qinghai's heart also tensed up.He looked around, the housekeeper Zhang Youde and the housekeeper Zhang Dali were beside him, looking nervously at Qian Tongtian, and the others were also doing their own thing without any change, so he breathed a sigh of relief.He was really afraid that Qian Tongtian's spies would infiltrate Zhangjiazhuang, making him unable to guard it.

On the opposite side, Qian Tongtian still did not give up, and continued to shout loudly:

"Everyone in Zhangjiazhuang, I only ask for money, not my life! As long as you kill Zhang Qinghai and give me all the money in Zhangjiazhuang, I will not only let you live, but also spare your wives, children and children. , and will share some of the Zhang Family Manor's money with you, don't miss this opportunity!"

"Humph!"

How could Zhang Qinghai let Qian Tongtian continue to ruin the morale of his Zhangjiazhuang, so he ordered all the family members to shoot arrows.Unexpectedly, at this time, he suddenly heard the noise behind him, and when he looked back, he saw his wife and a pair of children hurried over, and shouted loudly to Zhang Qinghai on the high wall:

"Master! Master!"

"Father! Father!"

"How is this going?"

Seeing his wife Zhang Wushi, daughter Zhang Baoyi, and youngest son Zhang Baoci suddenly arrive, Zhang Qinghai felt bad and hurriedly asked them:

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to hide in the house and not come out? Why did you come here? Wouldn't it be dangerous if you were shot by the arrow?!"

Zhang Qinghai's wife Zhang Wushi looked at the housekeeper Zhang Youde with a puzzled expression, and said to Zhang Qinghai:

"Huh? Master, didn't you ask Butler Zhang to call us here? Ah..."

"Hmm~!"

Although Zhang Qinghai wanted to dodge immediately after hearing Zhang Wushi's words, Zhang Youde was too close to him. When Zhang Wushi answered Zhang Qinghai just now, he had already pulled out a dagger and ruthlessly It pierced Zhang Qinghai's lower abdomen fiercely.Under Zhang Qinghai's pain, he turned his head and pointed at Zhang Youde, and asked with difficulty:

"You...why...betray me? I'm not mean to you!"

Zhang Youde's face twitched, his face was helpless, he didn't dare to look into Zhang Qinghai's eyes, and said tremblingly:

"Master! I have no choice! They... They arrested my whole family. If I don't do what they say, I will kill my whole family!"

After finishing speaking, he loosened the dagger in his hand, pushed Zhang Qinghai off the high wall, and shouted:

"Zhang Qinghai is dead! Open the door and surrender!"

"Ah~! Master!"

"Woo~! Daddy!"

Seeing Zhang Qinghai being pushed off the high wall by the housekeeper Zhang Youde, Zhang Wu, who just let out a soft cry, was very confident in Zhang Qinghai and not too worried, finally got scared, and screamed together with a pair of children.This worsened the morale of the Zhang Family Manor. How could the guards on the high wall have the intention to resist the bandits?They lost their bows and crossbows one after another and fled in all directions.Seeing this, Zhang Youde shouted to Zhang Dali at the side:

"Aren't you going to open the door soon?!"

Zhang Dali didn't go down immediately, but hesitated for a moment, and asked Zhang Youde:

"Steward Zhang, tell me, will these bandits from Centipede Ridge keep their promise?"

Seeing that Zhang Dali was suspicious, Zhang Youde was not sure, so he hurriedly shouted to Qian Tongtian and others on the high wall:

"Boss! Can you keep your promise and let our wives and children go? If you can, we will open the door. If you can't, we will stick to it and never open the door!"

Seeing Zhang Qinghai being stabbed and falling off the high wall, Qian Tongtian outside the high-walled compound laughed wildly triumphantly. Hearing Zhang Youde's doubts, he couldn't help but feel angry.However, thinking of attacking this high-walled compound by force, it is bound to suffer heavy losses.Moreover, if Zhang Youde and the others were controlled by the Zhang family, they would be unable to accomplish anything, so they could only shout:

"I, Qian Tongtian, keep my promises. Who doesn't know who doesn't know?! As long as you open the door quickly and hand over the Zhang Family Manor, everything I promised you before will be fulfilled, and you will never break your promise!"

With Qian Tongtian's repeated promises, Zhang Youde and Zhang Dali immediately felt relieved.Afraid of having long nights and dreams, Zhang Youde urged Zhang Dali again:

"He has already agreed in front of so many people, don't you feel relieved? Sooner or later, the Zhang Family Manor will be unable to keep it, why don't you open the gate quickly? Don't annoy this devil, otherwise what we did before , it will all be in vain! Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Although he questioned Zhang Youde about the thief in Centipede Ridge just now, Zhang Dali didn't know what to do anymore.Seeing Zhang Youde's constant urging, he nodded in a muddleheaded way and said:

"Good! Good! I'm going!"

His feet didn't move half a step, Zhang Youde was almost mad by him, kicked him in the stomach, almost kicked him off the high wall, Zhang Dali was startled, turned around and ran to open the door.When he ran under the high wall, his legs were suddenly embraced by hands in the darkness, and Zhang Qinghai's voice came faintly:

"Don't...don't open the door!"

Zhang Dali was so shocked by this sudden change that he thought it was Zhang Qinghai who had turned into a ghost and came to claim his life!I saw Zhang Qinghai at his feet, with disheveled hair and blood on his face, under the dim light of the flickering torches on the high wall, he looked extremely terrifying, like a murderous ghost crawling back from the underworld, a ferocious ghost!

Thinking that he would be entangled by Zhang Qinghai's wronged soul, fall into the boundless hell, and never be reborn, Zhang Dali was terrified, struggled, and shouted in horror:

"Zhang Yuanwai, please spare me! Zhang Youde forced me to do this, and... and my family, Zhang Youde let the thieves take me away. They forced me with the lives of my family, Zhang Yuanwai! It's all Zhang Youde's bad deeds, and I don't want to do evil, I have no choice but to!"

"Don't open the door... don't let the thieves come in, let go...my family..."

Zhang Qinghai's voice came intermittently from below, and the arms holding Zhang Dali were like iron hoops, making it impossible for him to break free.However, Zhang Qinghai's wife and a couple of children, seeing Zhang Qinghai falling off the high wall, rushed to them and threw themselves on Zhang Qinghai's body, crying bitterly.Zhang Dali was stunned when he saw this, and when he was at a loss, a torch was hit on the top of his head, waking him up. It was Zhang Youde, the housekeeper on the high wall, who heard him shouting and threw it at him.

It's been a long time since Zhang Youde opened the door, and Zhang Youde was impatient. When he heard Zhang Dali yelling like this, he looked down at Ben and was startled.However, after calming down for a while, he realized that Zhang Qinghai was dying, and hurriedly threw a torch to wake Zhang Dali.Seeing Zhang Dali looking up at him, Zhang Youde scolded him:

"Idiot! That Zhang Qinghai is only seriously injured and dying, so I don't want you to open the door! What are you afraid of? Why don't you open the door quickly, are you waiting for the bandits from Centipede Ridge to come in and kill everyone?"

"This..." Zhang Dali struggled twice, but his feet still couldn't break free, "Butler Zhang, I... I... I can't break free, I can't break free!"

"idiot!"

Zhang Youde wished he could go down and open the door himself, but he was also afraid that if he went down, the thieves outside the Zhang Family Manor would misunderstand him as treacherous, break the promise, and kill him and his family.It can be regarded as a sudden idea, Zhang Youde shouted to Zhang Qinghai who was clinging to Zhang Dali:

"Outsiders! Zhangjiazhuang is about to lose its hold. If you still don't let your family run for their lives, are you going to wait for the head of Centipede Ridge to kill them? I remember that the leader of Centipede Ridge has been coveting Miss Zhang Baoyi for a long time!"

Hearing Zhang Youde's vicious threat, Zhang Wushi and Zhang Baoyi couldn't help yelling at him.As for Zhang Baoci, he was pampered and spoiled since he was a child. Now that such a sudden change happened, he was frightened and stupid. He didn't know anything else, so he just hugged Zhang Qinghai and cried.At this moment, Zhang Qinghai turned his head to look at him. He was so frightened that he even forgot to cry. He just stared blankly at Zhang Qinghai, then heard Zhang Qinghai try his best, and shouted to them:

"Quick... run for your life! Quick!"

Seeing Zhang Wushi and Zhang Baoyi nodding their heads desperately, Zhang Qinghai couldn't hold it any longer, vomited out his breath, and died.Zhang Dali finally had to get rid of Zhang Qinghai's restraint, and hurried to open the door. Seeing this, Zhang Wushi and Zhang Baoyi knew that it would be too late if they didn't leave, so they hurriedly pulled Zhang Baoci, who was still crying, and looked at Zhang Qinghai reluctantly. , I quickly packed up my things and ran for my life.

Behind him, as the door creaked and was pushed open by Zhang Dali, the thieves from Centipede Ridge howled and rushed towards the Zhang Family Manor, making the already defeated Zhang Family even more chaotic.

In the guest room of the Zhang Family Manor, Ran Qianxue looked at the faint torches outside the window, and felt that the Zhang Family Manor was extremely noisy tonight.She hurriedly told Ran Nanyuan, Wen Ruoxu and the others about the situation. Wen Ruoxu was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly shouted to everyone:

"Oops! I'm afraid something happened to the Zhang Family Manor, I have to make plans earlier!"

Everyone panicked immediately when they heard the words, but at this time they were all poisoned by the 'Ruan Jin Weak Gu San' and could not move. How could there be any way to 'plan ahead'?Just listen to Wen Ruoxu continue to say:

"Miss Qianxue, turn off the lights first, move us to a corner, and cover us with sundries. As for the bed, roll up the quilt to look like someone is sleeping, let's see if the 'empty city plan' is useful."

Wen Ruoxu's words instantly reassured everyone that although they were still powerless to resist, they seemed to have a backbone in their hearts, and they no longer felt flustered.Ran Qianxue hastily followed Wen Ruoxu's instructions, turned off the lights, and moved everyone away by the faint moonlight.At this time Wen Ruoxu said to her:

"Miss Qianxue, come to my side, listen to my orders, and adapt to the situation to control the situation."

Seeing that Ran Qianxue hastened to do so, Wen Ruoxu waited for the room to be silent, listened intently, and suddenly said:

"Is someone shouting 'Zhang Yuanwai is dead'?"

Everyone followed and listened, but they couldn't move their internal energy, couldn't concentrate their ears, and couldn't hear the outside voice clearly.Only Wang Zhenguan put his ears on the wall. Even though Ran Qianxue's power is low, she can barely use her ears together. After they listened for a while, Ran Qianxue exclaimed:

"Oops! Zhang Yuanwai seems to have been killed, and the thieves came in! Daddy, we are going to be miserable!"