The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 557 The Suffering of Flesh

“Lord Zhang, come back with us. We have received reliable information that you have a secret deal with the enemy tribe, which has caused considerable losses to our Great Ming Dynasty.”

A eunuch spoke in a shrill voice, which made Zhang Shaoqing burst into laughter. Zhang Shaoqing laughed and slapped his thigh.

“Great! I have lived an upright and honest life, and I live in a house like this. Yet you say I have committed adultery with the Empire. That’s ridiculous. Who gave you the right to be so bold?”

Zhang Shaoqing suddenly slammed his fist on the table and stood up, which greatly displeased the eunuch.

"Who are you talking to, you old codger? Do you still think you're some Minister of War? You've been dismissed from your post. Get to us right now, this is an order from the Empress Dowager."

The moment the eunuch mentioned the Empress Dowager, he straightened his back ramrod straight, which made Zhang Shaoqing even angrier.

"It's that woman again. What right does she have to take me away? Without the Emperor's decree, I will absolutely not go with you," Zhang Shaoqing said firmly. Zhang Shaoqing's words made the eunuch very unhappy.

"Fine, if you don't want to leave, we'll just take you away by force. I advise you to cooperate with us, otherwise you'll suffer physical pain. Why bother?"

After the eunuch finished speaking, he came up domineeringly and tried to take Zhang Shaoqing away, which startled Situ Minyue.

"What right do you have to take my father away? Today, if anyone dares to harm a single hair on my father's head, I will fight them to the death."

After Situ Minyue finished speaking, she took out a dagger from her bosom. Situ Minyue was also a martial artist. Although her skills were not very good, she could still deal with a few people.

Zhang Shaoqing was startled. He knew that this was the Empress Dowager's order, so it was possible that the Empress Dowager had already set a trap for him, just waiting for him to resist, which would make his crime even more serious.

So Zhang Shaoqing grabbed Situ Minyue's hand.

“I told you, daughter, don’t get agitated. Go find Lord Chen Er right now and have him inform the Emperor to come and save me.” After saying this, Zhang Shaoqing looked at the sneering eunuchs and continued.

“I’ll go with you, but this has nothing to do with my daughter Situ Minyue. Take me with you.”

After Zhang Shaoqing finished speaking, he closed his eyes, and several eunuchs put shackles on him. Zhang Shaoqing knew that he might be in trouble this time, otherwise these eunuchs would never have put shackles on him.

When Zhang Shaoqing came out, many neighbors blocked the way for the eunuchs. A burly man rolled up his sleeves and shouted loudly.

"Right now and let go of our Lord Zhang Shaoqing, or none of you will escape."

These burly men looked imposing, some even carrying various weapons, appearing quite fierce. This startled the eunuchs, who hadn't expected Zhang Shaoqing to have such a strong following here.

Upon hearing that Zhang Shaoqing was in trouble, all of these people rushed up to him in unison: "Zhang Shaoqing, look at the troublemakers you've raised! These are all your neighbors, right? I bet they're involved in this too."

The label of "eunuch" was placed squarely on the heads of these men.

It was obvious that the eunuch wanted to escalate the matter and eventually arrest all these troublemakers. Wouldn't that be great? Zhang Shaoqing wasn't stupid; he immediately understood the eunuch's meaning. Zhang Shaoqing then bowed to the villagers.

"Thank you. Let them take me away. Don't worry, I, Zhang Shaoqing, will be fine. I'm not old enough to retire yet. I still need to help the villagers escape poverty."

Zhang Shaoqing's words immediately brought tears to the eyes of many women, while the men shouted angrily.

"Even if the King of Heaven himself came today, if he wanted to lead Lord Zhang Shaoqing, he would have to ask if the axe in my hand was willing." After the big man finished speaking, he slammed the axe into the ground, which frightened the eunuchs so much that their faces turned extremely gloomy.

“Zhang Shaoqing, you know what to do. These eunuchs and these unruly commoners want to rebel. Would you feel better if you arrested them all?”

The leading eunuch thought for a moment and immediately came up with an idea. All the eunuchs knew that Zhang Shaoqing was an honest and upright man.

Zhang Shaoqing never did anything wrong regarding the interests of the Ming Dynasty, but this was the will of the Empress Dowager and Wei Zhongxian. These eunuchs had done many such despicable and shameless things.

They had no idea how many civil and military officials were now under their control; it was probably more than they could count on a few fingers.

Zhang Shaoqing also understood that this matter was indeed not suitable to be blown out of proportion, otherwise the villagers would still be the ones who suffered in the end.

"I know you're all worried about me and thinking about my safety, but don't worry, I'm just going with them, nothing will happen."

Zhang Shaoqing spoke up again, and after his persistent persuasion, the villagers reluctantly made way for them.

Several eunuchs arrogantly led Zhang Shaoqing away, while Situ Minyue had already run out through the back door. Situ Minyue had already remembered what Zhang Shaoqing had said.

The most important thing right now is to find Chen Er and tell him about this. There should still be a chance for things to turn around.

At this moment, Chen Er and Ma Tiantao were still drinking together: "Brother Ma, I'll give you a gift later. I'm sure you'll like it. From now on, you'll be joining our team."

Chen Er said happily, but Ma Tiantao was completely baffled by what Chen Er said.

"Lord Chen Er, there's something I don't quite understand about what you're saying. I haven't helped you in any way, so what gift are you going to give me?"

Ma Tiantao asked, puzzled. After hearing Ma Tiantao's words, Chen Er burst into laughter. Chen Er clapped his hands slightly, and Ma Dazhi and Liu Chengdong brought in a woman who was tied up with ropes.

When they ripped the sack off the woman's head, Yang Xiaomei's face immediately appeared before Ma Tiantao, who was holding a wine glass at the time.

He involuntarily crushed it, because Ma Tiantao simply couldn't believe that it was all real.

Lord Chen Er actually gave him Yang Xiaomei as a gift, so Ma Tiantao was really excited at that time.

"Lord Chen Er, thank you so much. I will do whatever you ask me to do from now on and I will never let you down." Ma Tiantao's voice trembled a little, but Chen Er didn't seem to care.