Chapter 505 Walking into a Trap
Song Chunxue was somewhat dissatisfied, and with a slight slash, her sword struck their shoulders.
My senior brother is back; this fight can't go on.
She flung the pebble in her hand, aiming it straight at Zhang Yaoming's mouth.
"ah!"
The next moment, Zhang Yaoming covered his mouth and quickly ran behind the Taoist priest.
She pointed at Song Chunxue and cursed, "Look at your good junior brother, he almost broke my teeth! She's not like a cultivator at all, she's clearly a vicious killer!"
The Wu siblings, who had been hiding behind the cabinet in fear and dared not show their faces, simultaneously stood up with expressions of disgust, peeking out their heads.
The Taoist priest scanned the entire room, turned to look at Zhang Yaoming, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"You're good at twisting the truth. You brought so many people to cause trouble, and a bunch of them made things difficult for my junior brother. You complained to me without batting an eye. No wonder you're his son; you're more reasonable than the Emperor himself."
These words were infuriating. Zhang Yaoming raised his chin, wanting to look down at him with disdain, but found that he was not as tall as the Taoist priest.
"He's your father too. Do you think you sprang from a rock? No matter how bad he is, he's still your father!"
Although Zhang Yaoming knew he wasn't a good person, he wouldn't allow anyone to insult his father.
"Don't think that just because you're a Taoist priest you're superior. So what if you look down on me? We have the same father!"
The Taoist priest smiled faintly, "You are quite filial, but as the person who carried the memorial tablet, you didn't properly handle the funeral on the day of his burial. Instead, you came all the way here to cause trouble for us, which shows that your filial piety is not worth much."
"You..." Zhang Yaoming pointed at the Taoist priest, "Did you take the things from my storeroom?"
"There will be no one else but you. If you don't spit it out today, neither of you will leave Yuzhou alive!"
The Taoist priest knocked his finger away with his whisk. "Which eye of yours saw me take it? Produce the evidence. If you keep framing me, I will go to the government office to have someone investigate and let the government clear my name."
Song Chunxue almost lost her composure. Luckily, her senior brother wasn't a monk, otherwise he would definitely have felt bad for lying.
Zhang Yaoming was so angry he jumped up and down. "Zhang Chengxuan, do you dare swear that you didn't take the things from my warehouse? If you swear now that you did, may you be struck by lightning, die a horrible death, and be a beggar in your next life, do you dare?"
The Taoist priest smiled, looking down at him.
"Who do you think you are? Why should I prove anything to you? Why should I obey your orders?" He looked at him arrogantly, "You can't even guard your own warehouse properly, and you've gone to all this trouble to chase him here. Are you trying to make a fool of yourself, or have you really become a brainless piece of trash just because he's dead?"
Damn it, how dare this guy mock him like that!
Enraged, Zhang Yaoming snatched a knife from the person next to him and slashed at the Taoist priest.
What are you doing!
Wu Bai, who was standing not far away, became furious when he saw Zhang Yaoming's actions. He gripped the fire poker tightly with both hands and struck him straight on the back of the head.
"Bang!"
Zhang Yaoming felt dizzy and disoriented. Before he could even ask for an explanation, his eyes widened and he reached out to catch what was in his mouth.
Half a front tooth fell into his palm.
What's the difference between this and peeing on his head?!
Zhang Yaoming, who had suffered a series of misfortunes, almost fainted. He shouted angrily, "Men, surround this inn! Don't let a single person out! I'll burn it down, and I'll pay for it myself!"
Song Chunxue walked up to the Taoist priest and asked, "The mad dog has been provoked. How can we get away now?"
It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. What's truly frightening is that this kind of person might resort to underhanded tactics against the Wu siblings.
"You'll find out soon enough." The Taoist priest walked to a tea table not far away and sat down. Looking at the mess on the table, he said to Wu Bai, "Bring me a pot of tea."
Holding a fire poker, Wu Bai was wary of the Zhang family's power and became extremely anxious upon hearing that the house was to be burned down.
"Wu Bai, go check the back. Leave this to me." Wu Mai patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, he'll always turn bad luck into good."
In Wu Mai's opinion, if Zhang Chengxuan hadn't been able to turn misfortune into good fortune, he wouldn't have survived to this day given his experiences.
The greatest hardship in Zhang Chengxuan's life was his background.
The people injured by Song Chunxue helped each other to their feet and stormed outside, looking for things to burn down the inn.
"You still have the leisure to drink tea? Quickly return my things, and I might spare your life."
The Taoist priest ignored him, pulled out a handful of pockmarks from somewhere, popped them into his mouth, rested one hand on the table, and crossed his legs.
"Then let's wait and see. If you can burn down this inn and still escape unscathed, I'll acknowledge you as my brother."
"Pah!" Zhang Yaoming said with a gloomy expression, "I don't have a brother who is ungrateful, disloyal, and unfilial."
Song Chunxue stood beside her senior brother, holding her sword with both hands, staring at Zhang Yaoming with a forced smile.
The way to make a scoundrel furious is to be even more annoying than him.
Zhang Yaoming nearly ground his teeth to powder, pointing at Song Chunxue and threatening, "I'll remember you. You broke my teeth, and one day I'll pull out all your teeth and make you..."
"What can I do to her?" The Taoist priest looked at her sharply. "I advise you to be careful with your words and actions, or you'll immediately taste the backlash."
Zhang Yaoming fell silent and planned to go out and find someone to get his gold teeth implanted.
At that moment, two subordinates rushed in from outside the door.
"My lord, something terrible has happened! Soldiers are heading this way, and we haven't yet made arrangements with the prefect of Yuzhou."
Zhang Yaoming frowned. "Then let's wait until they leave before we talk about it."
At this moment, a group of soldiers dressed in uniform with swords hanging at their waists stepped across the threshold.
"Master, I am late, please forgive me."
Everyone's eyes turned to the Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest waved his hand, "You've come at the right time. The person you're looking for is here." He pointed to Zhang Yaoming, his tone gentle.
Zhang Yaoming scoffed, "What do you want with me?"
The leading officer looked at Zhang Yaoming and said, "Someone has accused you of abducting women, seizing private land, bribing government officials, abusing your father's power, and murdering innocent people. You have committed multiple crimes and will be imprisoned for trial at a later date."
"What?" Zhang Yaoming flung his sleeves and laughed loudly, "My father was on good terms with the Minister of War when he was in the capital, and you dare to arrest me..."
"The Minister of War has been dismissed. If your father is on good terms with him, the court will send people to investigate and interrogate him. No one will escape."
"Guards, seize him!"
This turn of events was so sudden that Song Chunxue couldn't help but look at the Taoist priest, "Senior brother, you guessed it all along?"
The Taoist priest shook his head slightly. "I went to see the prefect. He has long wanted to deal with the Zhang family. Now is the perfect time. He just received a message from the imperial court and is planning to go to Guancheng."
Doesn't this mean that Zhang Yaoming delivered himself to be arrested?
Perhaps he can struggle for a few more days in Guancheng.
"Let me go, let me go! I need to find my cousin, he's an official too."
The official sneered, "He's in charge of the city government office, right? He's been accused of abusing his power and extorting the people's hard-earned money and grain. He'll be the next one arrested. Don't bother struggling."
As they were talking, Zhang Yaoming's hands were already tied and he was being pushed out!
"Zhang Chengxuan, was this a trap you deliberately set to lure me into?"
"I'm your own brother, Zhang Chengxuan! I curse you to die a horrible death!"
The Taoist priest took the teapot and poured himself a cup. “Curses are the worst thing to do; they will backfire. You should take this as a warning.”
"etc!"
He just insulted her as an old Taoist nun, and Song Chunxue hasn't settled the score yet.
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