Chapter 12: Revenge at Night

The young man in the silk robe during the day was named Qiu. His father was a post station chief under Zhuozhou, just a minor official, but in this remote area, compared with the villagers, tenants, peddlers and hawkers, he could barely be considered a figure.

What's more, those who can be so arrogant are often only minor officials.

That night he was sleeping soundly in his upper room when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He sat up and shouted, "Who is it?" while getting up very unhappily.

After opening the door, Mr. Qiu was stunned for a moment. Standing at the door was a stranger he didn't recognize at all. He was wearing cloth clothes and had no hat on his bun.

"What is it?"

The stranger said with a foreign accent, "We need to do something, please go out for a while."

Mr. Qiu was woken up from his bed by the noise, and the anger that he had just suppressed burst out, "Are you guys bored? The shopkeeper..."

The stranger immediately interrupted him and shouted impatiently, "Get out of here!"

"Fuck! Damn it!" Mr. Qiu cursed immediately.

The stranger was furious. He grabbed Master Qiu by the collar and slapped him in the face. "Grandson, I told you not to scold grandma!" Several red fingerprints were immediately left on Master Qiu's face. He was stunned.

The man dragged him outside and kicked him. Mr. Qiu fell face down on the ground. He was unable to get up for a long time. He was only wearing underwear and was covered in dust. He looked extremely miserable.

Master Qiu finally got up and saw a large group of people coming into the yard. Some were wearing cloth clothes, some were yamen runners wearing blue and red tall hats, and there was also an official in a green robe! Everyone was holding torches, and the fireworks flickered in the black smoke. It was a grand ceremony.

When Master Qiu saw that the official was dressed like a county magistrate, most of his anger disappeared and he stood there in a daze.

what happened?

A group of people walked straight to the entrance of a small door and crowded under the eaves. The official did not stand in front, but only stood beside him. Standing in the middle of the door was a young man in a gray cloth robe.

After a while, the door opened. The people outside bowed respectfully, but the official's waist remained bent and never straightened up.

At this time, someone spoke up, "General Qu Liangcai respectfully welcomes the Crown Prince of Yan, the Prince of Gaoyang, and the Third Prince. Has the Crown Prince recovered from his illness?"

The official said, "I didn't know you were coming to our county, and I failed to welcome you. I am guilty of this."

When Master Qiu heard this, he looked back at the scene around him. His legs went weak and he fell to his knees. "I deserve to die. I didn't know you were the prince!"

The key is that the prince of Beiping wants to punish the officials and people of Zhuozhou. Isn't it a piece of cake? Master Qiu shuddered all over, and his mind immediately became clear as if a basin of cold water was poured over it: Could it be that he offended the noble yesterday, and now he has found such a group of people overnight, is it to take revenge?

When Master Qiu shouted, a group of people turned around and looked at him in surprise.

...Only Qu Liangcai in front of him stared straight ahead, staring at Zhu Gaoxu. Qu Liangcai ignored the people behind him and said, "I am here on orders. I hope you princes will not embarrass me."

The prince frowned and looked like he was about to speak, but Zhu Gaoxu shouted first, "Come here. Didn't you blame us yesterday for not knowing your name? Tell me your name."

The young man's face was pale, and he crawled over using his hands and feet, trembling, "I shouldn't let the prince live in a small house, please move in now!"

No one said anything, but they saw a kid who came from nowhere making jokes here, and the atmosphere was very weird.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's sneer, the young man gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand and slapped himself in the face with a "slap" sound, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty." He glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and slapped himself again.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "Whether you can be forgiven or not is not up to me. You have to ask this girl."

The young man turned in the direction Zhu Gaoxu pointed and saw Du Qianrui. He immediately understood something and said, "I shouldn't have said such rude words..."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Du Qianrui, who was standing inside, was so angry that her face turned red, even her ears turned red. The young man began to slap himself hard again, and with a loud and crisp slap, Du Qianrui's eyelashes trembled.

Her expression was very rich. Her face was flushed as if she was drunk, and there was a bright light in her eyes. She was as excited as if her worth had increased several times. But she also looked at a loss, as if she was shy and didn't know how to respond after being praised. She looked a little embarrassed.

"Please forgive me, young lady!" The young man slapped her again.

Du Qianrui stuttered, "Stop fighting... that's all."

"This girl is magnanimous and forgave you. You are lucky." Zhu Gaoxu said, "But..."

He cleared his throat, looked around and shouted, "Do you know who we are? If you hurt us, can you bear the consequences?"

The young man said in bewilderment and fear, "I dare not hurt you, I don't even want to think about it."

There was a dead silence all around, and no one in the crowd said a word. Zhu Gaoxu's warning just now didn't seem to be meant for this young man.

After watching the scene, Qu Liangcai said calmly, "My dear princes, I am honored to see you. Please come in."

"Where are you going?" Zhu Gaoxu stared at Qu Liangcai's face.

Qu Liangcai was not frightened by the look, and said calmly, "According to the emperor's order, please ask the Prince of Gaoyang and others to return to the capital for the time being. There is a case that needs to be investigated thoroughly."

"Where is the imperial edict?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

If there was an official written imperial edict, Qu Liangcai would have taken it out long ago. As expected, Qu Liangcai said, "There is only the Duke of Wei's ticket, but the emperor has agreed."

"How dare you! You, a man of unknown origin, dare to forge the imperial edict!" Zhu Gaoxu roared.

Qu Liangcai's face also turned red. It seemed that he could no longer tolerate this kind of nonsense. He said coldly, "I kindly remind Prince Gaoyang that the area around this courtyard has been surrounded and the horses in the stable have been taken away. We have sent more people to the ground in Beiping. Prince Gaoyang, do you think there is still a chance of escape?" He took a breath, as if to calm down his anger, and paused for a moment and said, "Why make things so ugly?"

Zhu Gaoxu snorted.

Qu Liangcai stared at him, slowly raised his hand, and made a light gesture with just his index finger, "Someone, take him down for me!"

A big man in cloth and with a bun on his head clasped his fists and said, "Prince Gaoyang, I'm sorry!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a nimble figure jumped over first, but unexpectedly, there was a "bang" and immediately a scream of pain was heard. The man had fallen to the ground, curled up and rolling around holding his calf with both hands, looking very embarrassed.

"Go!" A loud shout was heard, and a group of people rushed over from all directions, but no one used swords or weapons, let alone bows and arrows.

Zhu Gaoxu then took a horse stance and unleashed his fists and feet without even thinking. His moves were as smooth as flowing water, and his skills had been deeply engraved in his motor nerves.

There were short and powerful gusts of wind in the air. Zhu Gaoxu's punches and kicks were not fancy and looked ordinary at first glance, but the loud gusts of wind could not be easily produced. After all, there was no dubbing on the scene. That sound was power and speed!

One move after another, one person was hit by the punch with strong wind, and no one could get up and join the fight!

"Bang!" A paint stick came down from the plate, but suddenly broke into two pieces, wood chips flew everywhere, and Zhu Gaoxu's foot had already been retracted. The yamen runner holding the half-paint stick and wearing a tall hat was so shocked that he didn't dare to take another step forward.

Just then, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps at the gate, and another group of people rushed in with weapons!

At this time, the yard was filled with people crying for their parents, and the ground was littered with people rolling and screaming. The chaotic scene looked like a small-scale battle.

The young man named Qiu was still standing there in a daze. He had no idea what had happened, let alone why the fight suddenly broke out.

With a "whoosh" sound, a rope net flew down from Zhu Gaoxu's head. He had no time to dodge and the rope net covered his entire body.

Four people immediately picked up the rope on the ground and pulled it hard with well-trained movements. The net was immediately tightened. Zhu Gaoxu did not change his horse stance, but supported the net with his elbows, grabbed the rope with both hands, and turned his body suddenly!

"Ah! Ah..." The four people around were pulled and fell to the middle at the same time.

In an instant, two more people rushed over and tried to knock Zhu Gaoxu down, but just as they got close, one of them was knocked down with a bang. Zhu Gaoxu quickly retracted his feet to support his lower body, turned his body, and pushed his elbow to the other side. Although the space for movement was small and he could not take advantage of the momentum, he still made the man scream in pain.

"Bang!" Zhu Gaoxu kicked again, and the man lying on the ground holding his stomach was kicked and rolled several times, just rolling to the door of the room.

The prince and others at the door took a step back. Gao Sui stepped forward, pulled out a short sword from his bosom, and held down the man groaning on the ground with a look of resentment. He stabbed the man in the back several times with the sword. After hearing the scream, Gao Sui's face was splattered with blood, and his childish face looked extremely terrifying.

At this time, the people attacking Zhu Gaoxu paused for a moment, and Zhu Gaoxu had already pulled free the rope net on his body.

"Bang!" The man who had just rushed over rolled to the ground. Zhu Gaoxu immediately took another step forward and threw a long fist with a "whoosh", but unexpectedly, he missed.

"Huh?" Zhu Gaoxu then saw that the person coming was Qu Liangcai.

Qu Liangcai dodged a punch, and the two of them got closer. Taking advantage of Zhu Gaoxu's slow retraction of his long fist, he chopped down Zhu Gaoxu's neck with a palm. Zhu Gaoxu raised his left arm to block Qu Liangcai's right palm; his right fist was already retracted, and he immediately hit Qu Liangcai's abdomen.

Qu Liangcai immediately changed his right palm into a grab, grabbing Zhu Gaoxu's left wrist, using the advantage of the surprise attack to retract and release more calmly. He extended his left hand and hit Zhu Gaoxu's right fist downward.

But it was useless! Qu Liangcai held Zhu Gaoxu with his right hand, but he couldn't keep his strength steady; his left palm also failed to neutralize the punch from below.

Qu Liangcai gritted his teeth and groaned. He was hit on the face and punched in the abdomen, and took half a step back. After a pause, with a "whoosh", Zhu Gaoxu punched Qu Liangcai in front of his eyes, but his fist suddenly stopped, less than a finger away from his eyes, and the wind of the punch made Qu Liangcai's scattered strands of hair fly up. , and his eyes closed subconsciously!

Then Zhu Gaoxu pushed Qu Liangcai away with a fierce push. Qu Liangcai stood there stunned, his face turned red.