Chapter 69 Never seen anyone so eager to acknowledge a relative

  Tomorrow is a brand new year, I sincerely wish everyone a happy New Year, may you always have a smile on your face!!!!!

  The next day, Zhao Ze got up early, put on a white martial arts outfit, tied a short knife at his waist, and walked out the door with a fierce expression. Jian Xi followed closely behind him, carrying a box. They exited the second gate and arrived at the outer courtyard, where the guards who had risen early were practicing their punches and kicks, tempering their strength.

  "Second Master is up early!" The guards were also used to the prince practicing boxing with them every day, but today they saw that the prince's face seemed off, as if someone had snatched his golden treasure.

  "Good morning everyone! Today I have something to ask for your help. We need to find someone who's been causing trouble, so let's gear up and follow me!" Zhao Shu shouted loudly.

  "Who dares to provoke Second Master's anger? Brothers, let's go!" Pan Long waved his hand and stood up first.

  "I've eaten bear heart and leopard gall, I'm digging at the second master's head, sincerely can't find my place!" What rice flower book warehouse?

  "Get your stuff and follow Second Master!"

  "Let's go, let's go... My old bones are all relaxed now, just right for some exercise!" Yang Feng shouted, picking up a short stick with a handle as thick as his eyebrow.

  "His Majesty has already thanked all the masters, today we are looking for someone with two moves on his hands, everyone be careful!" Zhao said.

  "Second Master, don't worry, with so many of us here, he won't be able to hurt you!" Xue Bao said with a smile.

  "What I mean by being careful is that you should be careful not to beat him to death or injure him. If he surrenders, then it's fine. Otherwise, everyone will give him a good beating. But if anyone beats him badly, I'll deduct the medical expenses from his salary!" Zhao Zhan pointed at the crowd of guards and said.

  "Alright, Second Master said we'll beat him up however he wants us to. If he wants one leg, we won't even spare his arm!" Song Hu said with a smile.

  "Alright, later Pan Big Brother you four follow me in, Meng Shifu and Yang Shifu have good archery skills, you bring bows and arrows to hide on the roof, if he wants to run away you shoot arrows to stop him. This little leg is quick, can't let him run away! But absolutely don't shoot him dead!" Zhao Che began assigning tasks, "The others guard outside the yard, if he runs out block him, best set up some tripwires or something!"

  "Second Master, last time we prepared some fishing nets to prevent outsiders from breaking in, but they haven't been used yet. This time, bring them all and spread them at the door and outside the windows. We'll definitely catch him!" Yang Feng said.

  "Alright, I'm counting on you all. Just follow my lead later and we'll get this done. And when we do, there will be plenty of food and drink to go around!" Zhao said, offering a generous reward. The crowd erupted in cheers and followed the king, who would never lack for fine wine and meat again.

  Everything is ready, just take it away. Zhao saw that everyone was prepared and led the group to a small courtyard in the east wing of the house. Everyone knew that this used to be the residence of the three managers who were killed. After his death, no one wanted to live there, and it had been empty for some time. Now, a new couple, the flower arrangers, lived there.

  "Uncle Xi, Uncle Er, what's going on here?" Meng Tao asked as he ran over, looking puzzled.

  "Hehe, don't mind me, Second Master wants to do a good deed and is going to propose a marriage for them!" Xi said with a smile.

  "This..." Meng Tao stuttered for half a day and couldn't say anything. This momentum was not like proposing marriage, but rather more like forcing someone into marriage. Although the prince's actions were always strange and liked to harm officials, he had never seen him bully ordinary people, let alone those in the mansion. Maybe there was another deeper meaning. Meng Tao followed with a puzzled mind.

  As they approached the small courtyard, the group treaded softly. The guards dispersed according to Zhao Che's orders, guarding the entrance. Meng Tao and Yang Feng climbed a tree and a house respectively, drawing their bows and nocking arrows to seal off the courtyard. Only then did Zhao Che lead Pan Long and three others forward to knock on the door.

  "Who is it?" Lu Xiao had just gotten out of bed. Since he arrived at the manor, he had been low-key and rarely spoke to anyone, let alone made any friends. This was still someone's first time taking the initiative to come to his door.

  "Open the door, Master Wang is looking for you!" Zhao Chun gave a signal with his eyes and saw Xi Xin lead the way to talk.

  "Oh!" Lu Xiangyang responded with a sound, just as he pulled open the door latch, the door was slammed open. He took two steps back and saw Zhao Yan walking in with a cold smile. "Young... Master!" He hesitated for a moment before following the example of others in the mansion and calling out "Master".

  "Lu Da, do you know your crime?" Zhao Yan suddenly said, raising an eyebrow and looking at him.

  "Second Master, what has this little one done wrong?" Lu Xiaoyao asked in confusion, he had been behaving himself these days and hadn't done anything bad. At this time, he saw that Pan Long's four big men had squeezed into the courtyard behind him, standing menacingly by his side. With a guilty conscience, people always think of the worst first, Lu Xiaoyao thought to himself that things didn't look good, could it be that this little guy had changed his mind and wanted to capture him and send him to the authorities?

  "Are you still pretending?" Zhao asked coldly.

  "Please, Second Master, enlighten me!" Lu Xianyao bowed and said, but suddenly stretched out his hand to grab Zhao Che. Zhao Che was well-prepared, seeing him move his shoulder, he knew he was going to make a move, and with a slight crouch, he took advantage of his own height to dodge past.

  "How dare you hurt Second Master!" Pan Long shouted, grabbing the collar of Lu Xiaoyao's clothes and pulling him back, but he felt a sudden lightness in his hand, only to find that he was left with a piece of clothing, as Lu Xiaoyao had used the "Overlord's Armor Shedding" technique to escape.

  "Where to go!" Seeing Pan Long lose his hand, Xue Bao lifted his leg and kicked continuously, blocking Lu Xiaoyao's path. However, Lu Xiaoyao made an incredible turn, dodging Xue Bao and pouncing on Zhao Che who was standing at the door. The four of them were shocked, if they let him hurt Wang Ye under their noses, where would they have the face to mix in Jianghu? Pan Long shouted loudly and made a tiger-like dash forward, blocking Zhao Che's path. Song Hu swung his arm fiercely, intercepting Lu Xiaoyao's attack, while Zhang Feng launched a swift kick at his lower body.

  Just as Lu Xiangyao was about to escape, he was caught by the two of them. He dodged Song Hu's iron arm and Zhang Feng's sweeping leg, and with two consecutive backflips, he jumped out of the battle circle. His toes tapped on the windowsill, his right hand grasped the exposed rafter of the roof, and he shouted: "Sister, hurry up..." With a slight boost, he flipped onto the rooftop. It turned out that his goal was not Zhao Chu, but to escape.

  Lu Youyao had just steadied himself when he heard the sound of two arrows flying through the air. He picked up two roof tiles and threw them out without looking back, striking down the two sharp arrows that were about to hit him.

  "What do you want to do!" At this time, the voice outside the house startled Xiao Mei. She had just jumped out of the door when she was subdued by someone. Lowering her head, she saw that it was Zhao Yan who had a short knife with its scabbard pressed against her waist.

  "Sister, don't be anxious, I'm worried about your lifelong major event, just cooperate!" Zhao Xiao said in a low voice.

  "You... don't hurt him!" Xiao Mei remembered Zhao Che's words from yesterday about being her matchmaker, thinking he was just joking, but didn't expect this guy to be serious. But before she could even speak, they were already fighting, and she couldn't help but secretly worry.

  "Lu Da, listen up! I've got people surrounding the area, you can't escape even if you try to fly away. Come down quickly, I don't think you're heartless enough to leave your delicate and lovely junior sister with me!" Zhao Che shouted from behind Xiao Mei's back at Lu Xiao Yao on the rooftop.

  "Hmph, you think your underlings can trap me? They're nothing but stray dogs and chickens in my eyes. Let my junior sister go immediately, or I'll risk everything to take your life!" Lu Xiao Yao said coldly.

  "Mei sister, he still has some feelings for you!" Zhao Yan smiled and said to Xiao Mei. Then he waved his hand, and 'whoosh' two arrows were stuck under the feet of Road Wandering, "Anyone can brag, don't believe me? Try moving a bit!"

  "Alright, don't hurt my junior sister, I'll go down!" Lu Xiao Yao looked around and indeed saw someone lurking in the shadows, apparently an ambush had been set up. He thought for a moment and seemed to have resigned himself to his fate as he said this.

  "Alright, you come down..." Zhao Zhan poked his head out and had only spoken half of what he wanted to say when he felt something was off. He took a step back, and a pebble grazed the tip of his nose before hitting the wall, kicking up a cloud of dust. "Finger Gun Technique!" He was startled, and suddenly an absurd thought popped into his head - could it be that this world really had the kind of extraordinary martial arts depicted in Jin Yong's novels?

  Zhao Zhan's eyes widened in shock, and when he came to his senses, the four bodyguards had already surrounded him. Meanwhile, Lu Xiangyao was dragging Xiao Mei towards the gate.

  "This guy can actually get close to Men Zhu, looks like he's really got some skills, even this old bird himself was caught off guard!" Zhao Chuang silently praised.

  Lü Bu's actions seemed adventurous, but he had actually calculated every step. He pretended to be weak at first, luring Zhao Yun out, then suddenly attacked. Pan Long and the others would certainly rush to protect the king and neglect him. In the chaos that followed, the archers were afraid of hitting their own people and didn't dare shoot randomly. Lü Bu took advantage of this brief window to rescue Xiao Mei and escape.

  "One net doesn't catch fish, two nets don't catch shrimp, three nets caught...!" Zhao Ye clapped his hands and jumped towards the door, looking at the two people trapped in the net with a smile: "How did the third net catch a pair of poor mandarin ducks?"

  "Bastard, let me go quickly, or I'll kill you all!" Lu Youxiao had not anticipated that Zhao Chan was still outside setting up the Qimen formation. Just as he knocked down two guards at the entrance, a fishing net covered his head, and the more he struggled, the tighter it got, wrapping him and another person together. Hearing Zhao Chan's mocking laughter, thinking of how many times he had fallen into this little devil's hands, Lu Youxiao couldn't help but curse in anger.

  "You ungrateful rascal, Second Master originally wanted to discuss a marriage with you, but instead you repay kindness with enmity and want to kill me!" Zhao Chu said, crouching down and pinching Lu Xiaoyao's nose twice.

  "Ah, ah......" Lu Youxiang was pinched on the nose by Zhao Yan, and couldn't catch his breath. He shook his head and struggled, but his whole body was unable to move, so he could only glare angrily with wide eyes.

  "Little brother, stop messing around and let us go!" The two of them were tightly wrapped in the fishing net, their bodies inevitably touching. Xiao Mei looked at Zhao Che with a mixture of shyness and anger, unable to help but speak out.

  "Alright, sister has ordered it, I'll let you go!" Zhao Ye answered and ordered to release them. Pan Long and Xue Bao stepped forward. Although Wang Ye had given the order first, they couldn't help but make some small movements in secret because of their anger towards him for escaping from their hands twice. They untied the fishing net, Xiao Mei jumped up quickly, but Lu Xiao Yao's face was painful, he tried to get up twice but failed. Song Hu and Zhang Feng lifted him up, one on each side, and carried him into the courtyard...