Chapter 37 Section Fourteen

"Exactly." Lu Zhong said, "As soon as I heard the voice, I knew it was him, so I quickly put away the knife. Sure enough, he strode in. My brothers wanted to stop him, so I stopped them. I asked them to let him come to me. In fact, I was very happy to see Chen Tang, but I didn't know what his intention was to prevent me from killing Zhang Hou. Is it true that this Marquis Zhang was stabbed?'" "He replied: 'If you must kill him, so will I.'" "I asked: 'Strong man, why did you trade your life for his, are you and he your old friend?'"

"He said: 'I don't know him, I just don't think a Liehou should be treated so impolitely.' I was a little upset, and said: 'If there is no reason, then I will be impolite. Would you like to represent If he is dead, then put your head on the chopping block." Without any excuse, he immediately put his head on the chopping block obediently like Zhang Hou. At this time, the stuttering and beautiful wife screamed: "No, I can’t kill him.’ And she wanted to rush to me, but her arm was tightly hugged by that stutter, and the stutter quickly covered her mouth with his hand. Of course I won’t kill Chen Tang, but I want to scare He looked at him to see what his purpose was in insisting on saving Zhang Hou. If he just held the mentality that I would spare him, he must have hidden some motives. So I raised my knife high and was about to cut it down. When the blade of the knife was about to reach Chen Tang's neck, I stopped my arm abruptly. I think he is really desperate. If this is the case, even if he has any motives for saving Zhang Hou, I don't think it is important. I admire such a person who sacrificed his own life. Compared with Zhang Hou, those guards around him are like a pile of rat droppings. Besides, he saved my life."

I was secretly startled, thinking about what Chen Tang did, if it was true, I simply couldn't connect him with the Chen Tang I knew.The Chen Tang I know is a person who will betray his mother to survive, and a person who is passionate about fame and fortune to the extreme, how could he be willing to give up his life for a stranger Zhang Hou.Even if he wants to cling to Zhang Hou and make plans for his own future, after all, he is betting his life on Lu Zhong's character. If Lu Zhong shows no mercy to his benefactor, he will lose the bet.And most importantly, what he lost was not only money, but his own head.What a horrible person.

Lu Zhong continued: "I threw the knife and helped him up. Although I am a rough person, I don't want to show that Chen Tang saved me in front of those court officials. I know that Chen Tang wants to go to Chang'an to seek an official. , If he mixes with me, it will be bad for his future. So I praised him and said: "You are a good strong man. You don't even risk your life to save a stranger. It is ominous to kill someone like you." There is a saying called "Thieves have their own way", today I have to be a good person. Well, I will let you go, I will not kill this eunuch.' I pointed to Zhanghou."

"But a brother next to me said: 'Brother, don't forget to divination.' I understood what he meant, and I was thinking about what to do. Chen Tang said: 'Thank you for not killing me, the king said just now, Chen Tang I also heard outside the door that Chen Tang is willing to pay the king's two fingers." Before I could react, he suddenly picked up the knife I just threw, raised the knife, and chopped off the two fingers of his left hand He covered his bleeding finger, sweating profusely, and said, "Your Majesty, your sword has seen blood, and if it doesn't violate your fortune-telling, you will be auspicious.""

"I was stunned, and wanted to go forward to help him, but I had some scruples. I said to him: 'Okay, I spare this prince, you can go, but the money must be kept, and this Beautiful girl.' I pointed to the stuttering wife, she finally fainted from fright just now, and then she woke up. I found that she still looked at Chen Tang from time to time, looking very concerned and nervous." "When the stutterer heard that I was still going to keep his wife, he fell on his knees again with a plop and begged me to spare his wife. I flew into a rage and ordered the two brothers: 'Pull him out and cut him off.' His father , the senior official who wore the green ribbon also knelt on the ground with him, and begged me hard. I ignored them, but at this moment Chen Tang came over again and said, "Just now, the king wanted to kill this Marquis Zhang. It's just because Zhang Hou pleaded for this beautiful woman. Now that the king has spared Zhang Hou, he should also spare the woman. The king is a righteous person, and he should not do such a thing that is inconsequential. Please think twice .' After hearing what he said, my head was a little dizzy. After all, I am a person who has read books, and my mouth can speak."

"Seeing his painful appearance, I felt guilty and had nothing to say. I felt that I should give him this face, but I didn't feel reconciled. Chen Tang probably saw that I was hesitant, and gave me another wink. I nodded, and said loudly: "This little Zhuzi is too ignorant. I spared him just now, but he went so far as to make an inch of it, and he was chatty again. I have to interrogate him carefully to see what his background is." So I led him along Stepping aside, he asked in a low voice: "Brother Chen, I'm sorry for you just now, and I won't really kill you. Why did you cut off your own finger?" He forced a smile and said, "Brother Zhao, please forgive that Woman, to tell you the truth, Brother Zhao, that woman is also from Shanyang, and she is actually my old friend.' I was a little confused, and asked: 'Such a beautiful woman, since she is your old friend, why was this stammering? Now, it seems that I have to kill this stutterer and help you get the woman back. Don't worry, since it's your woman, I won't make any more decisions.' He was a little impatient, and said: 'Brother Zhao, I don't have time to explain the specific situation , but now I beg my brother to let him go. Tang Ming feels all kinds of things." He knelt down in front of me."

Hearing this, I was also a little puzzled, what was Chen Tang thinking? Could it be that the woman was really his old friend? Just now when Lu Zhong said that he cut off his finger, the woman was so anxious, obviously there was something wrong.I asked, "Then what happened later? You let that woman go." Lu Zhongdao: "Of course I can only let it go. My benefactor opened his mouth and knelt down for me. How could I not let him go? He gave me my life. Even if he wanted my head, I would just let it go." I can give it to him. I guarantee it in the name of Queen Mother Xi."

I smiled and said, "Good brother, you are my benefactor, if you want my head, I will give it to you."