Bringing the golden-eyed spotted cow is like giving myself an extra layer of insurance.
"I believe in Brother Yun." Zhang Ning said he believed him, but anyone could tell that he lacked confidence.
"Now, who else in the Zhang family is like you?" Zhang Yun asked. He wasn't exactly familiar with everyone in the Zhang family, but he was quite familiar with most of them. Back then, the majority of the Zhang family supported Zhang Zhentian, the head of the family.
Besides the Zhang family members who were there to support him being killed, Zhang Yun wanted to know how many of his supporters had survived.
This is an important step for him to regain control of the Zhang family.
According to Zhang Ning, after the upheaval in the Zhang family three years ago, quite a few members of the Zhang family actually survived, including Zhang Xiaotian's supporters and a group of people who remained neutral.
Of course, there are also those who are on Zhang Zhentian's side but dare not speak out for fear of death. These people are not the highest-ranking members of the Zhang family, but they are still considered direct descendants of the Zhang family and are still seen as high and mighty by outsiders.
In reality, only a small number of people, like Zhang Ning, truly resisted Zhang Zhentian in their hearts but still verbally opposed him.
At that time, these people were absolutely prepared to die.
But Zhang Xiaotian did not kill them. Instead, he demoted them to the lowest servants, making them do menial tasks for the Zhang family, living a life worse than a dog in the Zhang family.
This included Zhang Ning's mother and younger sister.
Now that Zhang Yun has returned and regained control of the Zhang family, he will definitely not mistreat this small group of people.
At least their loyalty is beyond question.
"Grandpa, I'm back."
Just as Zhang Yun was deep in thought, a golden-eyed spotted cow, no bigger than an ant, came running into the courtyard.
After finding no one around, it transformed into its adorable pet form.
"Tell me, what information have you gathered?" Zhang Yun asked casually, leaning back in his sandalwood chair.
"I overheard that Zhang Xiaotian has three adopted sons named Zhang Lun, Zhang Ke, and Zhang Hao. Tomorrow is the engagement banquet for one of his adopted sons, Zhang Lun," said the Golden-Eyed Spotted Ox, seemingly trying to curry favor with Zhang Yun.
"Can you tell me something I don't know?" Zhang Yun rolled his eyes at the golden-eyed spotted ox. The whole of Liangcheng probably knew that Zhang Lun was going to hold an engagement banquet at the Zhang residence tomorrow.
The golden-eyed spotted ox seemed not to hear Zhang Yun's words, looking around absentmindedly, and continued, "Zhang Lun's fiancée is the eldest daughter of the Yuan family, one of the three great families of Tianzhu City. Her name seems to be Yuan Lingshu. Yes, that's Yuan Lingshu!"
"But where is Miss Ruoxue? Why haven't we seen her?"
"What did you say?" Zhang Yun bowed slightly and said, "What did you just say Zhang Lun's fiancée's name was? Say it again?"
"Yuan Ling, what's wrong?" Golden-eyed Spotted Cow asked with a puzzled look.
Could it be that Zhang Yun had a complicated relationship with someone else's fiancée?
If that's really the case, it would be quite interesting.
"It's nothing." Zhang Yun leaned back again, a smile playing on his lips. He hadn't expected to see an old friend from the Yunwu Sect in Liangcheng.
According to Qianzhi, Yuan Lingshu liked her back then?
Zhang Yun was never quite sure about this.
If she was forced into this situation, he could still rescue her from it.
But if Zhang Yun is truly sincere towards Zhang Lun, then he might have to let her down.
Faced with a choice between a blood feud and Yuan Lingshu's happiness, Zhang Yun could only choose the former.
"Have you found what I asked you to find?" Zhang Yun asked slowly, this was the question he cared about most.
"Uh... as you know, the Zhang family has many powerful individuals and is heavily guarded. Normally, not even a fly can get in. It's already quite an achievement that I was able to sneak in..."
Golden-eyed Spotted Ox tried to explain, but was quickly interrupted by Zhang Yun raising his hand.
"Alright, you can go now."
Since the golden-eyed spotted ox hadn't found what it was looking for, there was no point in arguing any further.
Just then, a series of piercing sounds came from outside the courtyard.
Not far from Zhang Yun's residence, a sudden commotion arose, causing Zhang Yun to frown slightly.
The sound sounded like a whip cracking against a body.
Suddenly remembering the shocking whip marks left on Zhang Ning's body, Zhang Yun immediately took a step forward and dashed away at the speed of light.
"You lowly slave, you dare to talk back after I've said a few words to you? I'll teach you a lesson!"
A young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, dressed in brocade robes, was glaring at the boy squatting on the ground. He held a long whip with thorns wrapped in purple lightning and was lashing it repeatedly at the boy.
The whip marks and bloodstains on his body were quite obvious, but the boy who was being whipped did not utter a sound. His eyes revealed a fierce and terrifying look as he stared intently at the young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
"stop!"
Zhang Yun's stern shout caused a hint of doubt to appear in the eyes of the young man in brocade robes. He turned his gaze and was immediately stunned.
It turned out to be a complete stranger.
He must be a young genius recently recruited by the Zhang family.
In that case, these so-called geniuses must be inferior to the young man in brocade robes.
"Boy, you're new here, aren't you? Do you know the rules of the Zhang family?" The young man in brocade robes said coldly, his eyes full of arrogance, not taking the so-called genius of the newcomer seriously.
"I don't know the rules of the Zhang family. I only know that if someone doesn't stop, he might lose an arm or a leg."