The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chen Er immediately understood what was inside the box. He opened it and saw the head of Zhang family's old steward, Uncle San, lying there quietly with his gray hair.

Zhang Liao said that he didn't want to have any contact with the Zhang family until he saw "Third Uncle," but now the Zhang family has brought "Third Uncle" with them.

Inside the box was my third uncle's head, along with a letter.

Chen Er took out the letter and handed it to Zhang Liao. As Zhang Liao opened the letter, Chen Er closed the box containing the human head and placed it on the ground.

"Wen Yuan, what did the letter say?" Chen Er asked, seeing that Zhang Liao had only glanced at it briefly before putting the letter away.

"He invited us to a banquet in the city tonight." Zhang Liao tore the letter into pieces and casually threw them onto the hill.

Who that "he" is is self-evident.

"Are you going or not?" Zhang Liao asked.

Chen Er thought for a moment and then spoke:

"We've seen Uncle San's head. Since Lord Zhang Yang is being so sincere, it would be petty of us to refuse."

“But…” Zhang Liao’s expression still showed some resentment:

"Brother, do you really believe he has nothing to do with this whole thing?"

"You can remember the whole thing now?" Chen Er asked Zhang Liao in surprise.

“I remember now. It’s strange, but when I first left the Samurai Tower, I felt like I had forgotten something. But after talking to you for a few minutes, my memories suddenly became clear. I don’t know why.”

Zhang Liao rubbed his temples and then continued:

“Brother, I don’t really want to go. What I did that day was actually to tell him that I didn’t want to get too entangled with him. After these few encounters, I think what my father said makes sense.”

"In officialdom, how many truly good people are there?" Chen Er sighed.

"But right now, besides relying on your uncle, do we have any other options for the time being? Although the Bingzhou army is not a monolithic entity, it is not so easy to interfere with."

The news that two promising young men had awakened their martial arts skills had already spread throughout Xiapi, but two days had passed and no one had come looking for them.

There are no secrets that stay hidden forever. These two incredibly popular young men are being treated so coldly because they already offended Cao Cao, and then they don't give Zhang Yang any face!

Zhang Liao's lips were tightly pressed together, and his stubborn and arrogant eyes were so bright that Chen Er gently turned his head away.

That's why he saw a black dot on the horizon rapidly grow larger and soon land on the hill.

Chen Er and Zhang Liao looked at each other in bewilderment, while the girl who had just dismounted from the bird's body, seeing their stunned expressions, simply snorted coldly:

"What, you don't recognize me after only three days?"

Zhang Liao said helplessly, "How could I ever forget the young lady's life-saving grace?"

"That's more like it. My godfather has prepared a special dinner for you tonight, so don't be late," said Lü Lingqi.

"tonight?"

“Yes, tonight at 5 PM, at my house.” Lü Lingqi repeated, noticing the awkward expressions on Zhang Liao and Chen Er’s faces, she couldn’t help but ask:

"What, you don't want to come?"

"It's not that I don't want to go, but Lord Zhang Yang just sent someone to inform us that we're going to his house for a banquet tonight." As Chen Er said this, he kicked the box toward the tiger. The tiger, as if it had a mind of its own, immediately bit the box and swallowed it.

"What? Didn't you two fall out with Magistrate Zhang? Everyone in Xiapi knows that his steward, Uncle San, almost killed you two. I think you two just don't want to give my father face, don't you!"

As Lü Lingqi spoke, she put her hands on her hips and muttered something under her breath.

"How could I lie to Miss Lü about something like this?" Chen Er pondered for a moment before speaking to Lü Lingqi:

"You know, some things will pass."

"It's over? Just like that!?" Lü Lingqi's voice suddenly rose eight octaves as she angrily addressed Chen Er and Zhang Liao:

"His butler almost killed you two! If it weren't for me, you two would have been fed to the [Abyss Dragon] long ago! And you just say it's over and that's it?! Are you even men?!"

Lu Lingqi was so angry that she simply couldn't understand why Chen Er and Zhang Liao were so easy to talk to!

In the silence, Chen Er glanced at Zhang Liao and noticed that the latter's face was flushed. He gave Zhang Liao an apologetic look, and only then did he speak to the angry Lü Lingqi:

"Along with the letter, Uncle San's head was also sent to the two of us."

"So what!" Lü Lingqi was still very angry.

"You two idiots, do you really think this has nothing to do with Zhang Yang? Someone like him, besides himself, who else could command his butler?!"

“We understand all of this. But is there any evidence?” Chen Er looked at Lü Lingqi, who seemed speechless as if she had been chilled to the bone. He could understand Lü Lingqi’s anger at her lack of assertiveness, but could Lü Lingqi understand his and Zhang Liao’s situation?

No, she couldn't understand. Her background and status allowed her to stand on equal footing with the apostles of the Warrior Tower, but could Zhang Liao and Chen Er do the same?

Chen Er claimed to be a descendant of Ma Yuan, but his status as a "descendant of a prestigious family" was of no use to him now. Zhang Liao, although a member of the Zhang family, was only from a collateral branch; otherwise, his father, Zhang Su, would not have remained a county magistrate for decades.

In the days following the conflict with Zhang Yang, Chen Er gradually realized another reason why Zhang Liao had always resisted Zhang Su's goodwill: it was normal for the direct line to attack the collateral branches in any era.

Lu Lingqi was still glaring angrily at Chen Er and Zhang Liao, and then, without saying a word, she returned to the Chongming Bird.

Before leaving, she said this to Chen Er and Zhang Liao:

"I don't care what you two do, for me, this matter won't end here. I'm going to find out the truth about this, and the real culprit won't get away with it!"

After she finished speaking, the Chongming bird leaped up and flew into the distance.

As Chen Er listened to these words and watched the small figure on the departing Chongming bird, he realized for the first time that Lü Lingqi seemed to have another side besides being willful and capricious.

However, she has already gone far away, and the unpleasantness of today's meeting will inevitably diminish her impression of Chen Er and Zhang Liao.