The Zhang family was originally a small wealthy merchant in the prefectural city, selling silk and cloth. They even had a hand in the cloth business of the towns outside the prefectural city.
Half a year ago, the Zhang family's eldest son, Zhang Fusheng, participated in the prefectural examination and won the top spot, becoming a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the imperial examinations) of Jintai Prefecture.
This made the Zhang family the talk of the town for a time, but they didn't know that it would bring them a great disaster.
Because among those who participated in the prefectural examination, there was also Xiao Chenliang, the third son of the Jintai Prefecture's governor.
Before the examination even started that day, Xiao Chenliang had already sent people to warn all the candidates.
Only he was qualified to be the Xiucai of Jintai Prefecture this time.
If anyone dared to disobey his orders, they would only find death.
As one can imagine, Zhang Fusheng had only been a Xiucai for less than half a year when he ended up in a situation where his family was ruined and his life was lost.
Of course, this was only one of the reasons. Another reason was the Zhang family's daughter, Zhang Yingxue.
It is said that Xiao Chenliang once took a fancy to Zhang Yingxue and wanted to marry her as a concubine, but Zhang Yingxue refused.
Zhang Yingxue even stated directly that she already had someone she loved, Wei Zhize, the young master of the Wei family, who had grown up with her.
However, after Xiao Chenliang made his intentions known, the entire Wei family actually left the prefectural city.
Wei Zhize, the sweetheart that Zhang Yingxue had been longing for, didn't even leave a word and disappeared without a trace.
............
After hearing these words, Lu Xuan's tightly frowned brows relaxed, and he planned to get up and leave.
It seems that the source of the Yin energy is very likely to be in that Zhang family mansion.
In the southern part of the city, in an area where crowds gathered, various kinds of mansions and buildings were located.
However, in such an area full of mansions, a large street was deserted and unusually quiet.
There was no other reason than that there was a large mansion in the center of this street.
On the door lintel of the mansion, there was also a crooked plaque with the two large characters 'Zhang Family' written on it.
Outside the Zhang family's mansion, a middle-aged man in his thirties was standing.
The man was wearing a black short robe and holding a large knife in his hand.
However, the man guarding the Zhang family mansion looked like a slacker.
He was using the tip of his knife to press against the ground, and then his body leaned towards the knife, seemingly trying to use the hard blade to make himself stand more comfortably.
The middle-aged man glanced at the empty street around him and felt extremely bored.
Immediately, the middle-aged man cursed in a low voice.
"Bah, what a jinx!"
"I don't know how long this damn mission will last."
"Why haven't Brother Li and the others come back yet? I'm starving."
After the middle-aged man finished cursing, he suddenly thought of something beautiful, and a smirk appeared on his face.
"But Zhang Yingxue, that crazy woman, has a special charm."
"She is indeed a lady from a prominent family, the Zhang family's young miss, with delicate skin and tender flesh."
"Thanks to Master Xiao's grace, we country bumpkins can enjoy such a beauty."
"It's just a pity that I haven't had enough fun yet, and that crazy woman took the opportunity to disfigure herself."
"Otherwise, this daddy would have found some fun with her."
Just as the man was recalling what had happened with that graceful body.
Pa, pa, pa!
A series of sounds of knocking on hard objects came from inside the Zhang family mansion.
After hearing these noises, the man quickly picked up the knife that was standing on the ground.
"Huh?"
"Didn't I tie up that crazy woman?"
"Why is there still movement inside?"
"Could it be that I didn't tie her tight enough, and that crazy woman broke free?"
After the man thought of this possibility, he quickly ran towards the Zhang family mansion.
He tied up that crazy woman Zhang Yingxue so that he could come out and get some fresh air.
Now that the crazy woman Zhang Yingxue had broken free, who knew what crazy things she would do.
Master Xiao had ordered that Zhang Yingxue must not die before he had enough fun.
Because Xiao Chenliang wanted to plunge Zhang Yingxue into despair and pain.
He wanted her to know the consequences of disobeying him.
Xiao Chenliang's inhuman behavior even frightened the Black Hawk Gang, who were known for killing without blinking an eye.
The man trotted all the way to the place where Zhang Yingxue was being held.
It was the ancestral hall courtyard of the Zhang family mansion.
In the courtyard, a woman wearing a tattered red dress, with a head of hair covered in dirt and grime, was disheveledly draped over her shoulders.
The woman was facing away from the gate, looking at the ancestral hall offering table in the middle of the courtyard.
However, what was suffocating was that on the ancestral hall offering table in front of the woman.
What was offered there was not a common memorial tablet, but more than a dozen objects similar to round balls.
The round objects also had a lot of hair, but it had been dyed dark black.
It seemed that those were dried bloodstains!
That's right, those were the heads of the Zhang family, the relatives Zhang Yingxue was closest to.
The heads that Zhang Yingxue had to face every day were from these people she loved the most.
After the man walked in from outside the courtyard gate.
When he saw Zhang Yingxue standing there numbly, the nervous and uneasy emotions in his heart were finally relieved.
Then, the man walked towards Zhang Yingxue while cursing.
"Damn it, you damn crazy woman, you really broke free."
When he was less than half a meter away from Zhang Yingxue, a fierce light flashed in the man's eyes, and he directly raised his right foot and kicked towards Zhang Yingxue.
"Dare to disobey Master Xiao's orders, this is the end of your Zhang family!"
However, when the man kicked out, it seemed that there was no obstacle at all.
The man's right foot passed straight through Zhang Yingxue's body.
"This, this, this, you .........."
After this scene happened, the man's brain went blank in an instant, and his body stiffened.
A gust of cold wind blew, and the tattered red dress draped over Zhang Yingxue's body was gently lifted.
The scene under the red dress was reflected in the depths of the man's pupils.
It was a skeleton!
Zhang Yingxue's body turned into a skeleton?
She became a ghost?
This was the last thought in the man's mind!
Because, the Zhang Yingxue in his eyes had slowly turned her head, turning her head one hundred and eighty degrees.
Zhang Yingxue's terrifying face made the man shudder, and a faint chill surged from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head.
It was a pale and indifferent face, covered with spider web-like scars, and her eyes were white like dead fish eyes.
"Ghost!"
"Save ........."
Before the man could finish speaking, his body actually rotted rapidly in broad daylight.
Finally, it turned into white bone ash powder and spilled on the ground.
"Where is Zhou Yifei??"
"This bastard, didn't he just tell us that he was waiting for us in front of the house?"
"He should be guarding that woman Zhang Yingxue, let's go, let's go in and take a look."
At this time, four more figures appeared outside the courtyard.
It was the people Lu Xuan had met in the inn before.
