My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 6: Force Zhang to Surrender
"What a heroic young man." Lu Yi was delighted to see the prey, but his face showed no sign of it and he continued speaking in a deep voice.

"But if it is true as my brother Lu Bu said, then the Zhang family is now headed by a young boy?"

"This..." Zhang Liao was stunned when he heard this. Although he was mature beyond his years and was not afraid of Lu Yi, the other party said so. If he continued to say more, he would be slapping his father in the face.

"Liao'er, please step back. Let me talk it out with Lu Yi." Zhang Shang looked at his beloved son with satisfaction and called two soldiers to forcibly take Zhang Liao away from the door. If a fight broke out, swords would be merciless and he would be very reluctant if his beloved son was injured.

"My son has offended someone by beating him up. I wonder how Mr. Lu needs compensation from my Zhang family?" Zhang Shang sighed in his heart and decided to lose money to avoid disaster.

"Compensation?" Hearing this, Lu Yi burst into laughter. "Mr. Zhang, you are not mistaken for the heroes of Wuyuan like the bandits who came down from the mountains to rob the grass and valleys?"

After saying that, Lu Yi's expression suddenly tightened and he said in a cold voice.

"Kill someone and pay with your life, owe a debt and pay it back. Your son injured my brother Lu Yi, how can a mere sum of money be enough to compensate him?"

"This matter is simple. All you need to do is hand over your son Zhang Xun so that I can beat him up and vent my anger. That'll be all!"

"If not..."

As Lu Yi spoke, he suddenly turned his head and nodded to Lu Bu behind him. The tacit understanding between the two of them over the years made the latter immediately understand what Lu Yi meant. He untied the two-stone horse bow behind him, bent the bow, drew the arrow, and shot a stunning arrow at the city gate tower.

The arrow was like a meteor, firmly nailed on the bronze alarm bell hanging high above Zhang Shang's head. The huge force was like a heavy punch hitting the bell, causing a heavy sound of metal. Everyone on the Zhang family's city gate looked at the arrow with fear as the steel arrowhead was completely embedded in the alarm bell, and the tail of the arrow was still shaking slightly.

"My God, what kind of archery is this?"

"If it hits my head, wouldn't I die instantly?"

"If a fight really breaks out later, I have to keep my head down and not be shot to death by Lu Bu."

"Fengxian is a great archer!" Seeing this, Hao Meng and others excitedly rode their horses back and forth, cheering loudly for him.

Even Gao Shun, who was usually calm and silent, became excited when he saw this.

This shows the martial spirit of the people of Bingzhou.

However, Lu Bu still had an arrogant look on his face, as if it was just a piece of cake.

The distance of an arrow's throw is about 130 steps.

It is an accurate record in official history that Lu Bu shot the halberd at the gate from a distance of 120 steps.

If he could hit the twig of a halberd reliably from 120 steps away, wouldn't it be easy to hit a bronze alarm bell which is much larger than the twig of a halberd from 130 steps away?
"Just now you said that Lü Bu is an unparalleled archer. I didn't quite believe it. Now I see with my own eyes that there is someone better than him!" Zhang Shang saw that he had provoked such a powerful enemy, and his face turned pale. "But now we have offended them. Even if we want to compensate them with some money, they will not agree. If they attack the fortress later, with such a sharp archer, we dare not raise our heads to stop them. The fortress will definitely be in danger. What should we do?"

"Father, it's just a beating. I can still bear it." Zhang Xun's face darkened when he saw this. He bowed to Zhang Shang and wanted to leave the fort to accept punishment.

Although Zhang Shang was afraid, he held Zhang Xun's clothes tightly to prevent him from going out.

"My dear Zhang, I am no match for you. My son has offended you with his rudeness and deserves to be punished. It is my fault for not educating him. I hope that Master Lu will allow me to take the punishment on my son's behalf in consideration of his sincere apology!"

"Hmm?" When these words came out, not only Lu Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, but even Lu Bu and others were also stunned.

"Zhang Shang has always been greedy and afraid of trouble, but I didn't expect him to be willing to be punished for his son. I didn't expect he still has some backbone." Gao Shun couldn't help but admire him and made a rare comment.

"What a good way to take punishment on behalf of your son. The head of the noble family has made Lu Yi look at him with new eyes." Lu Yi didn't really want to make enemies with Zhang, so when he saw a good opportunity, he took the initiative to give in.

"Hao Meng, you wouldn't have the heart to beat up an old man who is nearly fifty years old, right?" As he said this, Lu Yi still tried to stop Hao Meng.

"It's certainly not considered heroic to bully an old man. If this gets out, it will damage Brother Lu Yi's reputation." Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Hao Meng could only accept it with a pinch of his nose.

His main purpose of coming here was to establish his reputation as a hero of Bingzhou, and secondly to beat Zhang Xun up to vent his anger.

Since the main goal has been achieved, it is better to give Lu Yi some face.

"But the death penalty can be avoided, but the punishment for life cannot be avoided. Your son must apologize in person for beating my brother, and he must also pay for my brother's medical expenses!"

Lu Yi was well aware of Hao Meng's resentment. After chuckling in his heart, he continued to speak to Zhang Shang.

"It should be so, it should be so!" Zhang Shang felt as if he had been pardoned when he heard this, and he kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

Since no one died and no one was injured, it would just be a loss of face and money.

Anyway, Zhang has even changed her surname, so she still has enough money.

"Since you are willing to do as I say, why don't you open the city gate quickly? Do you want my brother Lu Fengxian to send you a few more arrows?"

Upon seeing this, Lu Bu immediately responded with a loud shout, drew his bow and arrow and prepared to shoot.

"Bravo, hold on, don't shoot, don't shoot... I'm telling the men to open the door!" Seeing this, Zhang Shang hurriedly pulled his son, lowered his head, and shouted loudly, ordering his men to open the door immediately.

Seeing that they had successfully forced Zhang to surrender without losing a single soldier and only expending one arrow, Lu Yi and others looked at each other and burst into laughter.

……

In Zhang's reception room.

Lu Yi and Zhang Shang sat in the main seats apart.

In the hall, Lu Bu, Gao Shun and others stood in two rows clearly separated from the Zhang family's children.

"I have offended a brave man, please forgive me!" Among the crowd, Zhang Xun reluctantly bowed to Hao Meng with a bowl of tea in his hand to apologize.

However, Hao Meng snorted coldly with an arrogant look on his face and left Zhang Xun alone for a while. When the latter's face turned red and was about to burst out, he slowly picked up the teacup from his hand with one hand and took a sip from the cup, which meant he accepted the latter's apology.

To be fair, Zhang Xun would rather be beaten to death by Hao Meng than bow his head, but his old father Zhang Shang just wanted to swallow his anger and avoid trouble, so he had no choice but to hold back his anger and pour tea to his former enemy to apologize.

"Okay! Since Mr. Hao Meng has accepted my son's apology, the next thing is to discuss compensation. I wonder how much medical expenses Mr. Hao Meng will need?" Zhang Shang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. Since the most important face issue has been settled, the next thing is naturally the compensation for the substance.

(End of this chapter)