In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 101 A Good Family?

"This is all meat!"

“So much meat!”

"Damn it, we can't even get enough rice husks to eat outside the city, but the Zhu family eats nothing but meat, even for their guests!"

"..."

The refugees who followed Zhang He into the Zhu family's residence were stunned. Most of them had never even eaten white rice a few times, but now... the dishes that appeared before their eyes were all hearty dishes, the kind they had never eaten in their decades of life. This made them... momentarily forget what they had come here for.

"What are you here for?"

While everyone was still in a daze, one of the Zhu family guests closest to Zhang He stood up and glared at the group of ragged refugees: "Today is the Zhu family patriarch's joyous day. Who allowed you to come in? Get out!"

Clearly, this person hadn't grasped the situation and mistook Zhang He and his group for beggars or refugees who had infiltrated the city.

Zhang He's response to this person was quite simple: with a backhand slash, he severed the person's neck.

"idiot!"

Watching the slowly falling corpse, Zhang He sneered. This kind of fool who can't see the situation clearly is a fool who died in vain!

"what!"

A series of high-pitched screams echoed throughout the Zhu family's three-courtyard mansion. As the bodies slowly collapsed, the maids in the front yard who were responsible for taking care of the guests let out shrill cries.

At this moment, the guests in the front yard finally realized that these people... were not those weak and easily bullied beggars and vagrants, but vicious thugs who dared to kill with knives!

The guests immediately panicked, got up from the table, and fled in a panic.

Because the main entrance was blocked by Zhang He and his men, they couldn't run outside and could only run towards the living room.

"Murder! Run!"

"Run!"

"Someone has broken into the Zhu family's house! Run!"

"..."

Watching the guests flee in panic, Zhang He's face flashed with disdain. In the past, he had held these pretentious rich people in awe, but now he realized that these rich people were no different from them, the vagrants, and were even worse than the vagrants.

Even a commoner like Zhang He dared to face death, while these well-dressed rich people would only run away with their tails between their legs.

"Brothers, follow me and kill!"

Zhang He roared, waking his stunned subordinates. He then led a dozen or so armored men as the vanguard, cutting through the crowd like vegetables into the living room.

By this time, Zhu Ming and the others in the living room already knew what had happened. When they saw Zhang He, fully armored and leading his men in, Zhu Ming asked with a grim expression, "Who are you people?"

Zhu Ming was in a terrible mood. Today was a joyous day for the Zhu family, but thugs had broken into their home. This undoubtedly made him feel extremely embarrassed and caused the Zhu family to lose face.

"Kill your people."

Zhang He didn't even bother to say anything more to Zhu Ming, and ordered his men, "Kill! Leave no one, not even a chicken or a dog, in the entire Zhu family!"

"How brave!"

At this moment, a young man jumped out and angrily rebuked Zhang He, saying, "This is the Zhu family's territory. How dare you act so arrogantly here!"

"Oh?"

Zhang He looked at the man with interest and asked, "Who are you?"

"Yuan family, Yuan Qing!"

The young man proudly announced his name, thinking that the Yuan family's reputation would scare Zhang He away. However, Zhang He simply said "Oh" and then added, "I know! You'll die soon too."

"..."

Yuan Qing was dumbfounded. He thought that mentioning the Yuan family's name would make Zhang He more wary, but he didn't expect Zhang He to be such a hothead who didn't take the Yuan family seriously at all.

"Good good!"

Zhu Ming, however, laughed in anger and said, "I've lived half my life, and this is the first time I've heard someone say that my entire Zhu family should be wiped out."

To be honest, Zhu Ming didn't take this group of people seriously, because although they were wearing armor and holding military knives, none of them were martial artists!

As a peak eighth-rank martial artist, his observation skills were very strong. He observed that Zhang He and the others were all sallow and thin, looking like they couldn't even get enough to eat, so they obviously couldn't be martial artists.

"If that's the case, then you might as well die first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Ming took a step forward, clenched his right fist, and threw a punch straight at Zhang He's neck, which was unprotected by armor plates.

"So fast!"

Zhang He's pupils contracted; before he could even react, Zhu Ming's fist loomed large in front of him.

"Is this what a martial artist is?"

Zhang He was already in despair. Even if he tried to react, it would be too late. He could only blame himself for being too eager to lead from the front, which made him easy for Zhu Ming to attack.

"Ok?"

Just as Zhang He was in despair, Zhu Ming's gaze sharpened, and he forcibly withdrew his fist and retreated repeatedly.

After taking ten steps back, Zhu Ming stopped and looked at the two men in black who had suddenly appeared next to Zhang He.

Just as he was about to kill Zhang He, these two men in black suddenly appeared beside Zhang He, forcing Zhu Ming to withdraw his fist. Otherwise... he had a feeling that these two men in black would definitely have killed him before he could kill Zhang He.

"And who are you two?"

Zhu Ming looked solemnly at the two men in black on Zhang Heyi's left and right. Martial artists have an extremely keen sense of danger, and he could feel that these two men in black had the ability to threaten his life.

"He is the one who will kill you."

The man in black standing to Zhang He's left, Xu Zhiwen, directly quoted Zhang He.

Zhang He let out a heavy sigh of relief and sincerely thanked them, saying, "Thank you both for saving my life."

At that moment, Zhang He almost thought he was going to die. He thought that if he were hit by Zhu Ming's punch, his neck would be broken immediately and he would stop breathing.

Fortunately, two men in black suddenly appeared and forced Zhu Ming to retreat.

Although Zhang He didn't know the identities of the two men in black, they had saved him after all, and the words spoken by the man in black on the left earlier indicated that their purpose was the same as his—to kill the Zhu family.

"Both of you!"

Facing the two men in black, Zhu Ming was no longer as arrogant as before. Instead, he said politely, "My Zhu family is considered a good family in Taiping County. If we have offended you in the past, I, Zhu Ming, apologize to you both here. How about we turn hostility into friendship?"

"A kind family?"

A disdainful smile appeared on Xu Zhiwen's face, hidden beneath his mask. "The Zhu family is a kind family."

This is simply the biggest joke in the entire Taiping County. The Yuan family, the Fang family, and the Zhu family, these three major families in Taiping County, which one of them did not become rich by means of trickery and plunder?

Even many of the human traffickers in the county town are connected to these three families.