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

A group of common people rushed in from the door, but everyone was holding sticks and farm tools.

Moreover, there was a loud sound of gongs and drums outside.

Dang Dang Dang...

All the men in Zhangjiazhuang gathered together.

Zhangjiazhuang has a population of more than 400, which is no less than Shenxing Town.

There were more than a hundred young men in the village. At this time, almost all of them came, except those who were not at home.

At this time, all the villagers gathered around and pleaded for Zhang Guangji.

"My fellow officers, Mr. Zhang is a well-known philanthropist who often helps ordinary people like us. If it weren't for Mr. Zhang, we would have starved to death long ago. Did you arrest the wrong person?"

"Mr. Zhang is a good man, you can't just arrest him!"

……

When Lu Feng saw that the situation was going to get bad, he would show no weakness to the vicious criminals and would just draw his sword and kill them; but he did not dare to use force against the kind-hearted common people.

Lu Feng raised his badge as a constable and shouted to the people around him, "Fellow villagers, we are constables from the county government, specializing in catching bad guys. We have received reports that the Zhang family has committed crimes, and we are going to bring the Zhang family back to assist in the investigation. Fellow villagers, rest assured, we will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will we let a bad person go. If the Zhang family is really good people, we will naturally let them go after the investigation is clear. Fellow villagers, don't worry!"

After hearing what Lu Feng said, the villagers stopped their restlessness and gradually dispersed.

Lu Feng was delighted, thinking that today's task would not be difficult to handle.

But he was not happy for three minutes when he suddenly heard a voice and was startled. He immediately felt something was wrong.

"Fellow villagers, we usually eat and drink from the Zhang family. Today, the Zhang family is in trouble. We cannot just stand by and watch! Please feel your heart. Do you still have a conscience?"

An elderly man with a white beard stood up and shouted loudly.

The crowd exploded with a roar.

"That's right! We can't let the officers take Master Zhang away. If it doesn't work, we'll fight them!"

……

The crowd rushed forward and surrounded Lu Feng and the others.

"We are wronged, wronged!"

Zhang Guangji seized the opportunity and shouted loudly.

When the Zhang family saw this, they immediately responded in unison, and for a while the cries of injustice were endless.

"Injustice?"

Li Zhen sneered, how is that possible?

Then he whispered a few words to Lu Feng, and Lu Feng nodded in agreement.

"Who are Zhang An and Zhang Jie? Stand out!"

Lu Feng shouted.

Everyone in the Zhang family looked at each other, but no one moved.

"Are you going to shield the criminal? It seems like you won't cry until you see the coffin! When you are in prison, I will torture you one by one, and see if you still dare to shield him?"

Lu Feng shouted sternly.

"Ah, no!"

Zhang Chuang got anxious and kicked Zhang An and Zhang Jie out, threatening them in a low voice: "Do you know what you should and shouldn't say?"

"I know."

Zhang An and Zhang Jie said timidly.

Zhang An and Zhang Jie stepped forward and knelt in front of Lu Feng, their bodies shaking like a sieve. "I am Zhang An, and I wonder what you want me to do, my lord?"

Lu Feng stepped forward, took the long knife and stabbed the two men’s necks.

"Tell me, who instructed you to inform the Luo brothers to steal from the Li family?"

"Sir, what did you say? I don't know!"

Zhang An and Zhang Jie shook their heads like rattles.

Li Zhen waved his hand and Luo Liang stepped forward.

"Zhang An, do you still recognize this family?"

"what?"

As soon as Zhang An saw Luo Liang appear, he immediately felt that something was wrong and quickly turned around to look in the direction of Zhang Guangji.

Zhang Guangji gave him a fierce look without showing any expression, and Zhang An understood.

"No...I don't know you!"

"You lied, I'll kill you!"

Luo Liang was about to step forward.

Lu Feng sneered, exerted a little force with his long sword, and the cold blade pressed against Zhang An's neck.

"Say it or you'll lose your head!"

Zhang An was so scared that he wet his pants, but he was trembling and said nothing.

"Fellow villagers, they are using torture to extract a confession. They are deliberately colluding with this thief to harm me. This does not count!"

Zhang Guangji lost no time in shouting.

The crowd buzzed and became agitated.

Zhang Guangji was delighted and a hint of joy flashed across his eyes.

Lu Feng sneered, "Zhang Guangji, you know the truth best in your heart. Let's go to the county government office to see the county magistrate, and he will determine the truth!"

"I have a lot of things to do, so I don't have time to go to the county government office to argue with you. Besides, you tortured me in public, and you still don't say anything when you get to the county government office?"

"Fellow villagers, you must not let the police take Mr. Zhang to the county government office!"

"We have more people, and they only have a few. Let's attack together and see if he really dares to kill anyone."

Instigated by some people with ulterior motives, the common people who did not know the truth tightly grasped the sticks and farm tools in their hands and slowly pressed forward.

The situation is about to explode!

Li Zhen smiled slightly, took a step forward and shouted coldly.

"Zhang An, tell me the truth, I will make the decision for you!"

As he spoke, his heart moved and his consciousness firmly locked onto Zhang An and Zhang Jie.

Zhang An's head buzzed and he felt dizzy. His mouth opened uncontrollably.

"Master Zhang knows that the Luo brothers are very skilled and too poor to see a doctor, so he asked me to inform the Luo brothers to steal from Li Zhen. If there is a conflict between the two sides, it would be great if the Luo brothers could kill Li Zhen!"

"boom!"

The onlookers were in an uproar. Could it be that Mr. Zhang was really colluding with the thieves to harm the good people?

"Witchcraft, this must be witchcraft!"

Li Yue'e shouted, looking terrified.

Zhang Guangji's face changed drastically and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay."

"Fool Li Zhen, you are the one behind this! Folks, help me catch this fool!"

The villagers slowly stepped forward, pointing their sticks and dung forks at Li Zhen and his group.

Lu Feng waved his long sword and said, "Who dares to come forward? I am a county constable, and I have the duty to arrest thieves. Now I am working for the government. Do you want to defy the law?"

The villagers paused.

"Don't listen to him. I have connections in Chang'an City. Whoever catches this fool will have 20% of his rent waived next year, and will have one less fight!"

Zhang Guangji offered a monetary reward.

This promise of less than half a string of silver drove the usually timid villagers crazy. They rushed up waving sticks and dung forks, howling.

"Stop, stop. If you move any further, we will open our bows and shoot arrows!"

Lu Feng shouted loudly, but the villagers did not stop at all.

It seemed that a murder was about to happen.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Feng hurriedly shouted to his men to retreat: "Mr. Li, it seems that today is not going to work. These unruly people are crazy. Why don't we retreat first..."

The archers retreated back in fear.

"No problem, leave everything to me!"

Li Zhen waved his hand lightly.

As for you, even the police are helpless. What can you, a weak scholar, do?

Lu Feng looked at Li Zhen with a look of disbelief.

"Gather!"

Li Zhen took a stance and shouted softly.

The miracle happened!

As Li Zhen shouted, the sticks and dung forks in the villagers' hands flew out one after another, gathered into a ball in the air, and began to spin.

"what?"

"The gods have appeared!"

The timid villagers knelt down and worshiped the sky.

"Ah? This is it?"

Lu Feng and others were greatly shocked. They never expected that Master Li had such magical skills!

"go with!"

Li Zhen put his hands together and pointed.

A bunch of sticks and dung forks flew through the air and nailed to the open space not far away, just like a jungle growing out of nowhere.

Looking at the jungle of sticks not far away, the villagers were stunned.

Zhang Guangji's face turned pale. What kind of magical trick was this? It seemed that he was doomed to fail today!

Li Zhen took a step forward and shouted coldly.

"Zhang Guangji, do you have anything else to say?"

Seeing that he was not getting any better, Zhang Guangji frowned and gave a look to Li Yue'e who was standing next to him.

"Zhen'er? I'm your third aunt! We're all relatives, let it go, let it go!"

Li Yue'e stepped forward and tried to pull Li Zhen closer to her.

Li Zhen dodged and smiled coldly.

Li Yue'e frowned awkwardly and said.

"Zhen'er, we are blood relatives, and look at you, what are you doing?"

"Blood relatives?"

Li Zhen sneered.

"That's enough! Put away your hypocritical face!"

"When Zhang Mingyuan colluded with Cui Geng to frame me, why didn't you say that we were blood relatives?"

"When Zhang Guangji ordered the Luo brothers to steal from us, why didn't you say that we were blood relatives?"

"This this……"

Li Yue'e was speechless for a moment and stammered, unable to utter a word.

"Don't you just want me to spare you this time today?"

Li Zhen sneered.

"Correct!"

Li Yue'e hurriedly took advantage of the situation and nodded repeatedly.

"Zhen'er is still sensible. As long as you let my family go today, Third Aunt will definitely not treat you unfairly."

"Humph! Letting you go is wishful thinking, unless..."

"What do you want?"

Zhang Guangji narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Of course, it's to return my family's property!"

"Money or life? You choose!"

Li Zhen shouted coldly.

"You ordered the thieves to break into the house and steal. You should be severely beaten with eighty sticks and then exiled three thousand miles away!"

Lu Feng stepped forward and explained without losing any time.

"Eighty strokes of the cane? That would kill him. I wonder if Master Zhang, with his small body, can handle it?"

Li Zhen stepped forward and smiled slightly.

"Ah? Father, Mother, I don't want to be beaten with a stick, let alone be exiled three thousand miles away! I haven't had enough happiness yet! Woo woo ..."

When Zhang Chuang heard this, he was so scared that he burst into tears.

It’s already this time, and you’re still thinking about having fun?

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guangji gave Zhang Chuang a fierce look, and the latter was so frightened that he dared not say a word.

After a long time, Zhang Guangji still didn't say anything.

Lu Feng became impatient and walked forward to pull Li Zhen over.

"Master Li, why waste your time talking to these thieves? If it were me, I would take them all away and put them in jail. If they don't die, they will be skinned alive. As for confiscating all your property, no one can take it away. Master Li will definitely enforce the law impartially!"

"Okay, then I'll listen to Brother Lu!"

Li Zhen bowed to Lu Feng.

"My fellow thieves, take all of these away! Confiscate their property!"

Lu Feng shouted, and his men immediately took action, leading the Zhang family members outside.

"Master! If you lose money, you can earn it again, but if you lose a person, then ..."

Li Yue'e became anxious and grumbled at Zhang Guangji.

"That's fine!"

Zhang Guangji sighed. It seemed like he would have to bleed this time!

"Li Zhen, Master Li, I admit defeat, so I'll do as you wish!"

Zhang Guangji stepped forward and bowed to Li Zhen.

"You're getting an advantage!"

Li Zhen gave a light scold, with the corners of his lips twitching slightly.

"Come here, loosen the bonds!"

Lu Feng waved his hand, and his men came forward and untied the ropes that had tied up everyone in the Zhang family.

Li Zhen took out an account book, and when Zhang Guangji saw it, his eyes showed despair.

He actually has an account book. I'm afraid today's incident will not end well.

"When my family's property was divided, the Zhang family received a total of 1,100 acres of land, 8,000 strings of cash, and seven shops. Zhang Guangji, return it all!"

Li Zhen's eyes were cold as he spoke in a chilly tone.

"Oh! Brother Zhen'er! How could it be that much? When your family's property was divided up, every family participated. In fact, it was Li Youcai's family that took the biggest share. My Zhang family only took a tiny bit!"

Li Yue'e rolled her eyes, walked up to Li Zhen, grabbed his arm and started complaining.

"Humph!"

"It's clearly recorded in the account book. Are you still trying to cheat?"

Li Zhen narrowed his sharp eyes and looked back coldly.

"what?"

Li Yue'e couldn't help but shudder.

Seeing her thoughts exposed, Li Yue'e cried, "The Zhang family is large, with more than a hundred people to support. Brother Zhen'er, if you take all the money, how can we live? Why don't you pay half first, and return the rest when my family recovers?"

"no!"

Li Zhen refused outright, "I won't give you a penny less today, otherwise I will take your whole family to the authorities!"

"Mom, I don't want to see the official!"

Zhang Chuang grabbed Li Yue'e and cried in fear.

"Okay, dear son, we won't go to see the official. Your cousin is just joking with you!"

"Uh-huh!"

Seeing that he could not get any advantage, Zhang Guangji stepped forward and bowed to Li Zhen.

"Master Zhen, the land and money can be returned, but the shop has been sold out due to poor management. In order to compensate for your family's losses, how about paying it for two thousand taels of silver?"

"Two thousand taels? Are you sending away a beggar? The seven shops my father left behind have more than 10,000 strings of silver in their accounts. You want to send me away with only two thousand taels? Are you dreaming?"

"More than 10,000 strings of cash? Why don't you go and rob them? They are not available there!"

Zhang Guangji shook his head like a rattle.

"Really not?"

Li Zhen said it again.

"Even if we sell our whole family, we still can't get ten thousand strings of cash. I don't have it, I really don't have it! I will accept it even if I am exiled!"

Li Zhen said dimly, "Exile? I've asked the county magistrate, and there are two places suitable for you, one is Heishui County, and the other is Nanhai County."

"you dare?"

Zhang Guangji screamed and his scalp felt numb.

Heishui County is a bitterly cold place in the far north where people often freeze to death. If they were exiled there, their entire family would surely die.

Nansha County, located in the southern border of the Tang Dynasty, is adjacent to the barbarian territory. Barbarians often cause chaos there, and people who go there are always in danger of their lives.

This guy is really evil-hearted. Sending their whole family to the army is like sending them to their death.

Li Zhen sneered, "Why shouldn't I dare? You guys have been trying to kill me again and again, so why can't I push your whole family into the fire pit? Who do you think you are?"

"you you……"

Zhang Guangji was shocked and frightened.

Zhang Guangji gritted his teeth and snorted, "If you really wanted to do this, you would have done it long ago. Why would you say so much nonsense to me? In the end, aren't you trying to intimidate me and ask me to return your property?"

"Yes! I just want to scare you. If you don't believe me, how about we make a bet?"

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows and turned around. "With just one word from me, your whole family will be thrown into prison and exiled to Blackwater County."

"……stop!"

Seeing Li Zhen turning around to leave, Zhang Guangji gritted his teeth and said, "I'll get you 10,000 strings of cash!"

He knew that Li Zhen was threatening him, but he didn't dare to gamble with his family's lives.

"That's pretty much it!"

Immediately, Li Zhen took the land deed, took the 18,000 taels of silver that the Zhang family had raised, and left.

After Li Zhen and his group left, Zhang Guangji gritted his teeth as he watched Li Zhen leave.

"Li Zhen'er, you little brat, I, Zhang Guangji, will remember your humiliation today. One day, I will make you pay it back a thousand times! Humph!"