Chapter 372: Old Acquaintance

Huang Can said that Meng Tian and Li Qing led into the gate of the third cottage, and then carefully admonished the two of them: "Just now, I have already made the origin of the two of you clear to our big leader, and the big leader is very interested in what you have in your hands. When you two see the big chief, remember to be careful when you two meet the big chief, don't make the big chief angry, you know? Otherwise, I won't be able to save you two. ”

Meng Tian and Li Qing bowed to Huang Can and hugged their fists, and Meng Tian said, "Junior brother has thanked Brother Huang first." ”

Huang Can waved his hand and said with a smile: "In the future, I will be my own brother, if you say thank you or not, just invite me to drink wine in the future." ”

"Definitely, definitely, this meal must be indispensable. Meng Tian smiled and said meaningfully to Huang Can.

Where did Huang Can notice what Meng Tian meant when he said this, he only said that he was thinking of his own good, and he didn't notice the fierce look that flashed on Meng Tian's face.

The third cottage was a bit empty, with only a few wooden houses, and only two places in the third were guarded by strong men with spears at the door, and the rest of the gates were empty.

"The two houses over there are the resting places of the two great chiefs, and then next to them is the place where the great leaders summoned us when we needed to launch an attack on the Qin army below the mountain, and we discussed together. Huang Can explained the purpose of several houses to Meng Tian and Li Qing one by one.

Meng Tian noticed that Huang Can's words were missing a house, which was behind the council chamber, and a mountain road winded towards the mountain beside it. This house is very strange, from Meng Tian's point of view, this house does not even have a window, only a door, and it is closed.

Meng Tian pointed to the strange house and asked Huang Can, "Brother Huang, why didn't you introduce that house to our two brothers, what is it for?"

Huang Can looked in the direction of Meng Tian's finger, he saw the house, but he shook his head and said to Meng Tian: "I don't know about that house, it seems that since the first day I arrived here, that house has been there." I've asked others before, but they all say they don't know, as if only a few of the leaders know what they're really for. ”

"Alright, let's get inside, the Great Chiefs are waiting for us in the council chamber. When the three of them spoke, they had already come to the door of the council hall, and Huang Can hurriedly led the two people in to meet several big leaders.

Entering the chamber, the hall was simply furnished, with a large table in the center and a few swords and bows and arrows hanging from the wooden walls around it. Several futons were placed on the ground, and several people sat on them.

"Great Chief, these two are the Meng De brothers and Li Qing brothers, the two of them escaped from Ji Bu's cottage and came to join us. Huang Can stood in front of Meng Tian and Li Qing and said to several leaders, and after speaking, he stood sideways and showed Meng Tian and Li Qing in front of several big leaders.

"Meng De (Li Qing) has seen several leaders. Meng Tian and Li Qing clasped their hands into fists and bowed down and said.

A voice that sounded slightly familiar to Meng Tian sounded: "You two and raise your heads." ”

From the moment they entered the door of the conference hall, Meng Tian and Li Qing were afraid that the other party would see through their disguises, so they kept their heads down. At this time, they were ordered to raise their heads, and the two had no choice but to raise their heads.

Meng Tian looked up and saw several rebel leaders sitting in front of him, except for two of whom he didn't know, the other two were really his old acquaintances, and they had met not long ago.

Sitting in the council hall were Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew, as well as the other two martial arts masters they had recruited. At this time, the eight eyes of the four people all looked at Meng Tian and Li Qing who were standing in the hall.

Xiang Liang saw the appearance of the two people clearly, stroked his beard and said: "I just heard Huang Can say that the two of you can't accept Ji Bu's bullying and scolding, and steal Ji Bu's treasure map while he was drunk, and then want to use this to join us, can there be such a thing?"

Meng Tian nodded, and Li Qing, who was standing aside, took out a slightly old sheepskin from his arms. This sheepskin was originally the place where Li Qing's original boss of Qingfeng Village buried the treasure, and only he and the two big leaders above him knew about it, but the place where the treasure was buried was near this Qingfeng Village, Li Qing was afraid that the rebels would find out when he dug up the treasure, so he and his men did not dare to come, and from then on, in order to take revenge, this treasure map came in handy.

Li Qing handed the parchment to Huang Can, who took it to Xiang Liang to see. Xiang Liang took the parchment and looked at it, then handed it to Xiang Yu, and then the four leaders sitting on the ground all looked at it, and then the parchment returned to Xiang Liang's hand.

Xiang Liang held the parchment in one hand and said to Meng Tian and Li Qing, "Is the location marked on your treasure map real?"

Meng Tian and Li Qing nodded vigorously at the same time, claiming that it was absolutely true and there was no falsehood.

"No, the treasure location marked on this map is actually next to our Qingfeng Village, how could Ji Bu bury the treasure under our noses. Mr. Xiang, in my opinion, this so-called treasure map must be fake, and the old boy who came to Ji Bu wanted to attack us, so he sent these two people to our Qingfeng Village as internal responses. A leader whom Meng Tian didn't know stood up from the ground, walked up to Meng Tian and said, "Xiang Liang gave him an order, and he killed the two on the spot."

The rest of the people nodded, the content on the parchment was indeed very suspicious, could it be that these two people were really spies sent by Ji Bu?

Xiang Yu was an impatient person, he also got up suddenly, picked up the sword hanging on the wall, pulled it out of its scabbard, and then stabbed at Meng Tian.

"Yu'er, stop!" Xiang Liang snorted softly and stopped Xiang Yu from the middle of the road.

Xiang Yu looked back at his uncle, not understanding why his uncle wanted to stop him. "Uncle, wait until I kill these two. ”

Xiang Liang also stood up, walked slowly to Meng Tian and Li Qing, put the parchment in front of the two of them, and asked the two, "I want to know if you two know the location of the treasure marked on the treasure map?"

Meng Tian snorted coldly, "Of course I know, and it is precisely because of this that I want to take refuge in you." ”

"Oh, why is that?" Xiang Liang was a little confused, and continued to ask Meng Tian.

Meng Tian met Xiang Liang's gaze without fear, and said, "Mr. Xiang, has he ever read a book of soldiers?"

"The old man is a member of the Xiang clan of Chu State, and he has been familiar with the "Art of War" since he was a child, as well as the military books written by the sages of the Liedai, and he knows the art of war very well. ”

"Well, the villain wants to ask the big leader, what is the emphasis on this art of war?" Meng Tian asked Xiang Liang rhetorically.

Xiang Liang never thought that the thief in front of him, who was five big and three thick, would actually test his art of war, he flicked his long sleeves, raised his head and said: "The art of war has clouds: the virtual is real, and the real is virtual." ”

"Okay, that villain is trying to ask the big chief, if the villain stole your things and buried them in front of your house, would you ever have thought of it?" Meng Tian said.

Xiang Liang suddenly realized, he looked at the parchment in his hand again, and couldn't help but sigh. The most dangerous place is the safest place, how can I forget this sentence.

"Before you came, the big leader, the surrounding mountains belonged to us and Qingfeng Village with the most people and horses, and the strength was also the strongest. So our two families look down on each other, today you rob my business, tomorrow I rob you of the results, it can be said that we and these bandits and robbers in Qingfeng Village in the past are enemies. I think, with that, the big leaders can understand why Ji Bu buried the treasure he had collected for so many years near Qingfeng Village. Meng Tian said a lot, so that the several big leaders present nodded yes after listening to it.

Xiang Yu snorted coldly and returned the sword to its sheath. As soon as these two people entered the council hall, he felt that the strong man among the two gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and he seemed to have a fighting spirit in his heart that was about to burst out, making him really want to find someone to fight.

"I didn't think you also knew the art of war, okay, now we are here where we need talents like you, or from now on, you are our own person. Xiang Liang patted Meng Tian's shoulder, he deliberately made his hand stronger, and he never thought that patting on the other party's shoulder was like slapping a stone, and the other party didn't feel it, which made Xiang Liang really shocked in his heart.

Meng Tian felt the force coming from his shoulder, for ordinary people, maybe this slap might make them cry out in pain, and if they changed to a slightly weaker body, they were afraid that this time they would directly dislocate his arm.

"The villain thanked the big chief. Meng Tian and Li Qing bowed down again and saluted the few big leaders in the room.

Xiang Liang nodded with satisfaction, and he said to Huang Can: "Huang Can, this time you recruited such two talents for our cottage, and the credit is not small, and you will be reinstated." You brought these two brothers, so the two of them will be under your control. ”

Huang Can was originally one of the few people in the rebel army who was second only to several big leaders, but he made a mistake in the previous attack on Dongjun City, so he was relegated to deliver food. didn't expect that he would be able to be reinstated this time, and Huang Can's heart cracked.

"Thank you, Great Chief!" Huang Can bowed deeply to Xiang Liang, then straightened up with a smile on his face.

"Okay, you go back first, and in two days we will go and dig up all the treasures of Jibu, just in time to alleviate the crisis in the cottage. ”

Coming out of the council hall, the three of them returned to the authentic cottage unimpeded, and returned to the residence where Huang Can was at the beginning. There, Meng Tian and Li Qing were welcomed by Huang Can's old subordinates, as the arrival of the two of them reinstated their bosses. So much so that when celebrating at night, everyone toasted to the two of them, and before late at night, Meng Tian was almost unconscious, and was carried back to the residence arranged by Huang Can by the two of them, and then slept well.