Sui and Tang Dynasties: Awakening the Supreme Skills at the Beginning

According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, since the agreement was made within three days, the deadline must be before midnight of the third day.

What is Cui Geng doing now?

Although Li Zhen didn't see it.

But the collapsed gate, Li Jianing's swollen eyes and red hands, the kitchen knives and scissors in the hands of his followers, and the villagers holding sticks, had already told him.

"younger brother!"

"Cauldron!"

Li Jianing and little kid Li Life rushed out like the wind and stood beside Li Zhen, as if they had suddenly found a backbone.

"Don't be afraid, I'm back!"

Li Zhen rubbed the little kid's head with his hands and gently stroked his sister's red and swollen hands: "Does it still hurt?"

“…It doesn’t hurt anymore!”

Despite the excruciating pain in her hand, Li Jianing forced herself to smile so as not to worry her brother.

A group of people looked at Li Zhen in astonishment as he was wearing a flowing green silk robe.

In rural areas, people generally wear linen clothes, but Li Zhen wears silk. Doesn't this mean he has become rich?

Cui Geng looked disdainful, "It's useless to dress like a decent person. Why don't you return the money quickly? My five hundred taels, where is your damn master?"

This outfit of silk, jade pendant, and sachet cost nearly fifty taels of silver. Even though he was worth five thousand taels of silver, he was reluctant to wear it like this.

Only the wealthy families in Chang'an City would be willing to spend so much money on clothes.

Wang Qingshan stepped forward and said, "Brother Zhen, it seems that you have made a fortune. Hurry up and take out the five hundred taels and return them to Village Chief Cui. This hurdle has been overcome."

"I appreciate everyone's kindness!"

Li Zhen bowed to all the villagers.

Then, under the astonished gaze of everyone, Li Zhen straightened the table in the main room, reached into his arms and took out a pot of wine and a package of roast chicken.

"Come here, Captain Cui, I brought a roast chicken. I'm in a good mood today. Have a few drinks with me before we talk about other things!"

"Ok?"

It seems that Li Zhen is scared. Nothing will happen today!

Cui Geng suddenly became in a good mood. He grabbed a small stool and sat opposite Li Zhen.

Wang Qingshan, Li Sanhai and other villagers had no idea what kind of medicine Li Zhen was selling in his gourd, and they all looked incredulous.

At this moment, there was a noisy sound coming from outside the door.

Everyone turned their heads and were shocked.

Zhang Mingyuan was seen wrapped up like a dumpling, limping into the yard with the support of his son Zhang Guangji. Following closely behind him were several monks and Taoists, holding talismans and swords in their hands.

"How is this going?"

Zhang Mingyuan stood still and nodded slightly to the monk and Taoist priest behind him, "Master, we can begin now."

He was an old Taoist with white hair and beard. He held a peach wood sword with a few talismans stuck on the tip of the sword. He walked in Tai Chi steps and muttered something.

It looks quite realistic.

Next to him was a bald monk wearing a bright red robe, holding a wooden fish and muttering something.

Li Zhen was stunned. What was going on?

"Lao Zhang, what are you going to do?"

Cui Geng didn't know what Zhang Mingyuan meant, so he greeted him and raised his hand to ask.

"There is something strange about this silly boy. I would like to ask a master to exorcise the evil spirit."

Zhang Mingyuan looked at Li Zhen fiercely and said with gritted teeth.

"Oh! Then you guys continue!"

Cui Geng waved his hand, indicating that they should continue.

The old Taoist closed his eyes and muttered something to Li Zhen.

Then he shouted, "Who are you, evildoer? Show yourself now! What are you waiting for?"

Then, the old Taoist lit a talisman in front of him.

A ferocious ghost head suddenly appeared on the talisman.

The ghost's head appeared clearly and ferociously.

Suddenly everyone was stunned. In broad daylight, a chill immediately spread out.

Green face and fangs, extremely terrifying... appearing out of thin air on a talisman, this is simply beyond human cognition.

"Is this... a ghost?"

"Yes, this is the ghost who caused trouble the day before yesterday!"

The old Taoist shouted loudly and put away the talisman.

"Now the ghost has been subdued by the Taoist priest, this place is safe!"

"Okay, thank you Master, come here, take a look!"

Zhang Mingyuan waved his hand and someone came forward and gave each of the monk and the Taoist a silver ingot.

The monk and the Taoist priest said goodbye and left.

Li Zhen certainly didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and he guessed that the ghost was probably an old Taoist priest trying to be mysterious.

Hmm? Talent!

Li Zhen said secretly, his heart moved.

"You idiot, what were we talking about? Go on, have a drink!"

Village Chief Cui poured himself a glass of wine, picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.

Then he smacked his lips and looked at Li Zhen.

"When can I see my five hundred taels of silver, and when will your dead ghost master show up?"

"Don't worry, head of the village. Answer a few questions for me first before we talk about money."

While speaking, Li Zhen filled Cui Geng's glass with wine.

"Captain Cui, Zhang Mingyuan and I became enemies because of the Zhang Chuang incident, and he wanted to find ways to kill me."

"But what about you? I have no grudge against you. You force me like this. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

"Humph!"

Village Chief Cui gave Li Zhen a look, picked up his wine glass and said viciously: "Stop talking nonsense, as long as you listen to me, you will have a good life!"

Hearing this, Zhang Mingyuan looked at Li Zhen with resentment and added: "Not only do you have to be obedient, your sister and younger sister have to be obedient too. Do you understand? Hahaha!"

While laughing, Zhang Mingyuan poured a glass for himself and Cui Geng's nephews Cui Ming and Cui Zhe, and then drank it all in one gulp.

Li Zhen frowned and said nothing, then filled another glass for Village Chief Cui.

The villagers standing outside the door could not help but curse: "This is really too much bullying, aren't you afraid of retribution!"

"That's right, that's right, why doesn't the old man take them in?"

The bullied people looked at Village Chief Cui and his followers with eyes filled with hatred and fear.

At this moment, a luxurious carriage suddenly stopped at the door of Li Zhen's house.

The car door opened, and a young man with a slicked-back hair and powdered face got out and walked into the yard with unsteady steps.

When Zhang Mingyuan saw him, he approached him with a fawning face like a dog seeing a bone, "I'm Zhang Mingyuan, nice to meet Mr. Cui San."

"Meet my cousin!"

Cui Gengze, with his nephews Cui Ming and Cui Zhe behind him, paid their respects to Cui Wu.

Then, Cui Geng asked Cui Wu to sit down, poured him a glass of wine, and asked in a flattering manner: "Cousin, why did you come here in person? Don't you trust me, Old Cui, to do things?"

"No, I just want to meet those two stunning beauties that Lao Zhang mentioned as soon as possible. I hope I won't be disappointed!"

Cui Wu looked impatient and picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all in one gulp.

"You will definitely be satisfied!"

Zhang Mingyuan said confidently, patting his chest.

"You'll know when Master Cui sees it!"

As he said this, he shamelessly shouted at Li Zhen: "You idiot, why don't you quickly call your elder sister and younger sister out to accompany Mr. Cui San for a drink? Do you want Mr. Cui to invite them personally?"

Li Zhen frowned as if he had eaten a fly and ignored him.

He looked Cui Wu up and down, and suddenly said loudly: "Cui Wu, Zhang Mingyuan falsely accused me of taking 200 taels of silver from his grandson, and your Cui family extorted 500 taels of silver from me."

"Zhang Mingyuan said that my sister and cousin are beautiful, and you, Cui Wu, want to take them over by force."

"Your Cui family is too lawless, aren't you? In the eyes of your Qinghe Cui family, is there still an emperor and laws in this Tang Dynasty?"

As he spoke, Li Zhen suddenly slammed the table, stood up, and said indignantly: "Let me tell you, in my heart, the lives of my sister and cousin are more important than my own! Anyone who wants to humiliate them, please step over my dead body!"

What a young man who is not afraid of the powerful!

Li Jianing and Li Xia were moved when they heard this, "I didn't expect Li Zhen to be so loyal and righteous!"

After hearing this, the villagers were excited and secretly gave Li Zhen a thumbs up, saying, "Brother Zhen, well done!"

Although they did not directly say that the Cui family was abusing their power to bully the weak, they applauded and cheered while staring at Zhang Mingyuan, Cui Geng and others with squinted eyes.

"This……"

The arrogant Cui Wu had never expected such a scene to happen, and he was stunned.

Then he stared at Cui Geng with a bad look and asked loudly, "Is this what you said is foolproof? Is this what you said makes me feel at ease?"

Cui Geng stammered, "I... I don't know what's wrong with Li Zhen. He suddenly became like this!"

As Village Chief Cui spoke, he suddenly lifted the table. With a "crack", wine glasses, wine jugs, and roast chicken rolled all over the floor.

Village Chief Cui stood up angrily and shouted angrily: "Little Li Zhen, how dare you slander my Qinghe Cui family? Are you crazy or are you tired of living?"

"Does your Cui family still need to be slandered?"

"Just look at what you and Mr. Cui San have done and it will be clear."

Li Zhen curled his lips with a look of disdain.

"you……"

Cui Geng was so angry that he stared with his eyes wide open. He really couldn't understand why Li Zhen suddenly became so tough.

But then he thought, in this remote place, his Cui family is the sky and the law, so why should he be afraid of a fool like Li Zhen causing trouble?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sneered.

"Okay, idiot Li Zhen, if you have guts, I hope you can stay tough! I, the village chief, won't talk nonsense with you!"

"Take out eight hundred taels of silver immediately, otherwise..."

"How are you staying?"

Li Zhen shouted coldly.

"Humph! Of course I will send you to jail. Not only that, your sister, your younger sister, and even your aunt will also pay off the debt to me!"

As he spoke, he stared at Li Ru in the crowd with ill intentions. It's no wonder that this middle-aged but charming Li Ru has a unique charm!

Li Zhen followed his gaze and glanced at Li Ru, who was full of shame and anger. He then frowned, "Didn't you just say five hundred taels of silver? Now it's eight hundred taels. Can this silver still produce a child?"

"Yes, you idiot! Nine out of 13 return, you owe five hundred taels so you have to pay back eight hundred taels, the rest is interest, haha!"

Cui Geng threatened in a low voice: "Five hundred taels is the principal, it is the life-saving money for you to prove your innocence, not a penny less!"

"As for the remaining three hundred taels, they are for the five hundred taels. If you can't pay it back, you can use your sister and your aunt to pay it back!"

"Here, this is the indenture, sign it quickly, or I'll send you to the county jail, where you'll be helpless!"

As he spoke, Cui Geng took out a pre-written indenture, reached out and grabbed Li Zhen's thumb, and was about to press his fingerprint.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Mingyuan immediately laughed with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Fool Li Zhen, killing someone means paying with one's life, and debts mean paying back. That's only natural! Sign it now! Sign it so that your sisters can go to the Cui Mansion to enjoy a good life sooner. Don't you have a shop? At most, you can redeem them after some time when you make money. Who knows, by that time, your Li family may have already had children? Hahaha!"

"Calculated this way, wouldn't you have made a lot of money? Hahaha!"

When Cui Wu heard this, he thought Zhang Mingyuan was really interesting and couldn't help laughing.

Seeing Cui Wu's happy face, Cui Geng couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. He looked at Zhang Mingyuan in front of him with gratitude and wanted to laugh with him, but he was horrified to find that his body could not move. Then he felt dizzy and had difficulty breathing...

"Pfft!"

Cui Geng suddenly foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground.