Chapter 37 Returning Home
After Qin Yong and others slaughtered the entire Zhang family, Xu Haifeng led the crowd to leave Cangzhou City in a mighty way. As for the rest of the work, it was handed over to Zeng Zhihong and Chen Xinhong to finish it. Since seeing the true strength of the Black Flag Army and Xu Haifeng's ruthless methods, he was not worried that the two of them would disobey the Yang Dynasty or make some small moves. When he left, he made a harsh statement. If someone caused trouble for him in the future, he would send someone to destroy the Zeng and Chen families.
Xu Haifeng expected it was exactly the same. As soon as he left, Zeng and Chen worked together to seize the Zhang family's property in Cangzhou, and all the people who had close ties to the Zhang family were imprisoned. The two of them had been in the officialdom for many years, so they naturally would not be good people. Since they knew that they could not fight Xu Haifeng, they would have to be with him.
All the direct descendants of the Zhang family were killed by Xu Haifeng, which saved the two of them a lot of effort. They knew that what they did was one of the typical examples of the anger of heaven and man. If this matter was leaked, perhaps Xu Haifeng could be pardoned, but they would definitely have a way out. For the sake of the present, the only way to deal with this case was to become an iron case and an irreversible iron case. So, various means such as forging evidence and tampering with confessions appeared on stage one by one. One day after Xu Haifeng left, the 800-li official document about the Zhang family colluding with foreign enemies and intending to rebel was sent to the capital every day.
The Zhang family's century-old foundation has countless wealth. This search brought great rewards to the two of them. Driven by the heavy profits, they worked harder and harder.
Xu Haifeng and his group returned to Xujia Village slowly. Because Xu Haitian was seriously injured, they had no choice but to walk slowly. It was the next morning when they arrived in Xujia Village. Naturally, it was impossible for the large group of people to enter this small village. Xu Haifeng ordered Qin Yong to lead a team to station outside the village, and he led the three Andrew brothers, Zhebe and dozens of personal guards back home.
As soon as he arrived at home, Hong Shufen came up to meet him. At first glance, he saw Xu Haitian lying on a stretcher. He couldn't help but shed tears. Under the comfort of Xu's mother and others, he finally stopped his tears and thanked Xu Haifeng to go into the inner hall.
Xu Duli was originally uneasy when he saw Xu Haifeng heading towards Cangzhou City in a fierce manner, fearing that he would cause any trouble. In his heart, although Xu Haifeng commanded 3,000 troops, he wanted to force five thousand garrisons to guard it. The city with high walls was a dream. Unexpectedly, in just half a day, Xu Haifeng not only returned wholeheartedly, but also brought back his brother who was sentenced to death, and couldn't help but look at him with admiration.
After stealing a moment, Xu Duli pulled Xu Jiaping and asked, "Jiaping, whose path did Brother Feng go? He saved Haitian so quickly?"
Xu Jiaping shook his head and said, "No one's way is gone."
Xu Duli was stunned and asked, "I didn't go there, so how could he bring Haitian back?"
Xu Jiaping made a snatch gesture and lowered his voice: "Feng'er led people to smash the gate of Cangzhou City, and then went directly to the Tianzhu to snatch Tian'er back."
Xu Duli was shocked, and the color on his face changed. He exclaimed: "How can you be born? Doing this will bring great sin to the whole clan."
Xu Jiaping smiled bitterly and said, "It's not just that. Feng'er also surrounded the Zhang family and said he wanted to search for some evidence... I don't understand very much."
Xu Duli asked strangely: "Evidence? What evidence does he want from the Zhang family?"
Just at this moment, Xu Haifeng sent away his brother and instructed the two famous doctors who came with him to treat them carefully. Seeing his father and the clan leader whispering, he thought that there were still some things to explain to the clan leader, so he walked up.
Xu Duli looked at the young man and felt an inexplicable offense. He forced a smile and said, "Brother Feng, it's amazing to rescue your brother so soon."
Xu Haifeng has heard such flattery words a lot during these days, but after all, the person in front of him was the leader of his clan who grew up as a child. He did not dare to neglect and bowed and said, "Grandmaster, you have been too rewarded."
Seeing Xu Haifeng still respecting him as always, Xu Duli secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Brother Feng, I heard that you took someone to the Zhang family, I don't know what the matter is going on?"
"Total? What's to total?" This time it was Xu Haifeng's turn to be confused.
"Didn't you discuss with the Zhang family how to resolve this matter? After all, the Zhang family is a century-old prominent family and its power covers the entire Cangzhou. If they cannot obtain their understanding, there will be future troubles in the future. This matter will not be hasty." Xu Du said earnestly.
Xu Haifeng showed a cheerful smile and said, "Grandmaster, you don't have to worry about this matter anymore. The Zhang family in Cangzhou has been in the past and no longer exists."
Xu Duli was shocked and blurted out, "What did you say?"
Xu Haifeng was gloomy and replied with a smile: "Grandmaster, the Zhang family colluded with Caesars, intending to be unfavorable to our great Han Dynasty. This matter has been thoroughly found out, and it can be said that it is ironclad and irrefutable. Under the command of the prefect Zeng and the garrison General Chen, this group of traitors were encircled and suppressed."
"Then were they arrested?"
"The Zhang family's bastards knew that they could not escape the death penalty and were unwilling to surrender, which hurt many of our great soldiers. However, General Chen asked His Majesty the Emperor to be in good command and finally wiped out them out in one fell swoop." Xu Haifeng said lightly.
"Annihilation in one fell swoop?"
"That's right, all the young and old of the Zhang family, including the slave maids, were spared." At this point, Xu Haifeng paused and said, "In fact, God has the virtue of being a good person, and we can't bear to kill him and others. However, Zhang Yihe, the old man, knew that he would die. He set fire to destroy the house before he died, and we could not rescue him."
Xu Duli and Xu Jiaping were frightened, especially Xu Jiaping. He thought his youngest son was just going to seek justice, but he didn't expect that he would kill the whole family and young without saying a word. Afterwards, he was charged with a huge crime. His eyes looked at Xu Haifeng with less kindness, but more fear. Xu Duli was even more frightened. In his impression, when did Xu Haifeng, who had always been timid and afraid of things, become so fierce and vicious.
He didn't believe a word about what Xu Haifeng said. It was nonsense to say that the Zhang family had an affair with foreign enemies. In Cangzhou, no one with a little bit of intelligence would believe it. He still said it so righteously. This is clearly Xu Haifeng's revenge, using his power to frame the blame.
In fact, this method is not surprising. There are a few good people who are officials, and not ruthless people who can climb to a high position. However, Xu Haifeng's method is too vicious and he can destroy the whole family while chatting and laughing. And seeing that he is indifferent, he obviously does not take these dozens of lives to heart. This attitude of treating human lives like grass is the real reason why he is frightened.
In fact, it was precisely through this incident that Xu Haifeng truly realized the role of power. From then on, he never gave up his yearning and pursuit of power again, and the Black Flag Army became his greatest arm to reach the peak.
Seeing the sudden change in the faces of the patriarch and his father, Xu Haifeng knew that they could not accept their own changes for a while, but he didn't take them seriously. He said to himself: "Grandmaster, Dad, after this lesson, the child found that the power of the guards at home was too thin and he was very uneasy. I still have some wealth now, so why don't you hire some samurai as a guard? What do you think?"
The two of them looked at each other, and Xu Duli said, "Brother Feng is also filial, Jiaping, you agree." Xu Jiaping had no choice but to agree timidly.
Chapter completed!