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"Envoy Qu, did you say that Zhou Hu would meet us that time?"

After returning to the Chang Kee Inn in the city, He Xuan asked Zhang Zhaidao.

In his opinion, Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, did not know the details of his Jingchu Righteous Army.

Zhang Zhai shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate the other party's vision just because he is a thief. …… When I saw Chen Cai, I deliberately deceived him, but Chen Cai immediately guessed the identities of you and me, so it can be seen that the people who pretended to be in the name of my righteous army that day were indeed this group of black tiger thieves. ”

He sat down at the table, reached out and picked up the kettle on the table and poured himself a bowl of water, and continued as he poured it: "Although it is not clear for the time being, I think that the Black Tiger Thieves still hoped to use our righteous army to divert the attention of the Nanyang Army in the name of our army that day. …… If it weren't for a general understanding of the situation of our righteous army, how could the Black Tiger Thief come up with this trick? ”

"I see." He Xuan and a few sergeants next to him suddenly realized.

The next day, when Zhang Zhai and others were waiting for news at the Changji Inn, two people suddenly came to see Zhang Zhai by name.

Zhang Zhai immediately guessed that it must be the black tiger thief, so he invited the two to the house.

I saw that the two of them saw him, clasped their fists and said, "It's Zhang Laojia at your feet, right?" The chief steward ordered the two of us to invite Lao Jia to the Chengnan Workshop for an interview. ”

Zhang Zhai smiled and asked, "Your steward, but Chen Cai Chen's steward?" ”

"Exactly." The two men replied.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhai accepted the invitation, walked out of the inn with He Xuan and a few other soldiers, and got into the carriage prepared by the other party.

Because he noticed that the calluses on the hands of these two people were obviously caused by holding weapons all year round, He Xuan and several other sergeants secretly reminded Zhang Zhai to be vigilant after getting into the carriage, but Zhang Zhai didn't care, and smiled so that everyone didn't have to be too nervous.

He saw it very clearly: First of all, in Kunyang County, no one would have any malice towards a group of newcomers, as for the black tiger thief, looking at the black tiger thief's previous actions of pretending to be his righteous army, it can be seen that the other party currently needs the help of his righteous army, in this case, how can the other party harm them?

Facts proved that Zhang Zhai's judgment was correct, and soon, the carriage came to the Chengnan Workshop that Zhang Zhai and others visited yesterday.

When Zhang Zhai, He Xuan and others stepped out of the carriage, they happened to see Chen Cai leading a few of his subordinates out of the workshop, and he greeted from afar: "Zhang Laojia." ”

Zhang Zhai smiled and returned the salute: "Steward Chen." ”

As he expected, Chen Cai greeted him enthusiastically, but when he got closer, he suddenly lowered his voice and said, "It's not convenient to talk here, you and I will talk in detail when we go inside." ”

Zhang Zhai was a little surprised, and subconsciously looked around, and then he found that at the mouth of a small alley not far away, there were one or two people standing there and glancing this way, no matter how you looked at it, it felt a little suspicious.

Nodding knowingly, Zhang Zhai let Chen Cai enthusiastically pull his sleeve into the workshop this time.

At this time, in the workshop, as yesterday, there were still hundreds of local people working, and when Chen Cai led Zhang Zhai into the workshop, they turned their heads curiously and even discussed privately.

Zhang Zhai roughly heard some discussions, as if he was guessing where he was a businessman.

After entering the cubicle in the workshop, Chen Cai let go of Zhang Zhai's arm and said with a smile: "Fang Cai is offended." ”

Of course, Zhang Zhai didn't care, and asked curiously, "Is someone monitoring your workshop?" ”

Chen Cai glanced at Zhang Zhai in surprise and frankly admitted.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhai was very surprised.

You must know that in his opinion, the Black Tiger Thief has taken control of Kunyang, who dares to spy on this workshop?

He couldn't help but probe tentatively, "Will Steward Chen let them spy on your workshop?" ”

Chen Cai smiled and said, "It's just a few chivalrous people who are too upright, trying to catch the handle of my brotherhood, hehehe...... But they are not bad, and I also admire them, and I don't want to harm their lives, so I let them go. …… Please. ”

“…… Please. ”

Zhang Zhai glanced at Chen Cai with some surprise.

He felt more and more that the black tiger thief was indeed very different from the bandits in his impression.

This group of people can even tolerate people who are hostile to them and do not harm them, this calmness, this generosity, makes Zhang Zhai more and more convinced that the black tiger thief has mastered the situation in Kunyang.

After a while, when Chen Cai and Zhang Zhai sat down at the table in the house, Chen Cai whispered to Zhang Zhai: "The letter of the honorable driver, yesterday Chen has personally sent it to the big leader of my family, and the big leader promised to meet with the honorable driver. ”

"The main village?"

Zhang Zhai was slightly stunned for a moment, then immediately returned to normal, and said with a smile: "Zhang thinks this matter is urgent, the sooner the better." ”

Chen Caiyi nodded, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll start arranging it immediately." ”

"Thank you."

A moment later, Chen Cai personally sent Zhang Zhai to the carriage and secretly ordered the two black tiger thieves who drove the carriage to take Zhang Zhai and the others to the main village.

Sitting in the carriage to the main village of Black Tiger Village again, Zhang Zhai sat and pondered.

He originally thought that Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, would be somewhere in the city, but he didn't expect that the other party was still in his lair......

You must know that today is the fourth day of October, and to make it clear, Ji Rong, the general of the Nanyang Army, has led the 2,000 soldiers to arrive in the north of the county for five full days.

After a full five days, the old nest of Black Tiger Village is still there?

Even, Zhang Zhai recalled Fang Cai Chen Cai's attitude, it seemed that the other party did not think that his Black Tiger Thief main village would be captured by the two thousand Nanyang troops in a short time, otherwise the other party would not lead them to the main village.

"It's getting more and more interesting......

Zhang Zhai felt incredible.

About two hours later, near dusk, the carriage finally came to the south slope of the county's Beiying Mountain.

Hiding the carriage in a nearby grove, the two black tiger thieves took Zhang Zhai and the others up the mountain.

As far as Zhang Zhai could see, there were almost no tall trees on the hillside, only a few dwarf shrubs and grass flowers, which surprised Zhang Zhai.

He asked the two black tiger thieves who led the way, "Why don't you see trees here?" ”

One of the black tiger thieves simply explained: "It was set on fire by officers and soldiers. ”

"Oh."

Zhang Zhai suddenly remembered, this time he remembered that the Black Tiger Village had been surrounded and suppressed by local officers and soldiers three times before and after.

It took a moment or so, Zhang Zhai and the others finally climbed halfway up the mountain, and at this time, they finally saw the mountain forest, but they also met the people of Black Tiger Village.

"What are you waiting for?"

But after hearing the questioning, more than a dozen black tiger thieves in different clothes came out, and some were holding crossbows, which shocked He Xuan and others to immediately protect Zhang Zhai behind them.

Fortunately, there were two of Chen Cai's subordinates by their side, and these two people immediately stepped forward to explain: "Don't do it, your own people." ”

As he spoke, one of them stepped forward under the watchful eye of the other party, as if he had shown something, and at this time, one of the characters who seemed to be the captain said: "You stay here first, and I will go and tell the right commander." ”

"Right Commander?"

Zhang Zhai muttered secretly, feeling that it was a bit strange to hear this position in a group of bandits.

After a while, Zhang Zhai saw a group of bandits walking on the mountain in the distance, led by a young man in his twenties, Zhang Zhai noticed that someone pointed at him, and immediately, the young man walked towards him.

I saw the other party clasping his fists and greeting: "The honorable driver must be Zhang Laojia from Jingchu, in Xia Chuyan, I have learned your intentions, please go down the mountain with you." ”

"Zhang Laojia from Jingchu? Hey! It seems that the leaders and leaders of the Black Tiger Thieves have some scruples about us and don't want to speak out."

Zhang Zhai thought secretly in his heart.

However, he was not surprised, after all, in the land of the Jin Kingdom, his rebel army was a rebel army, and it was not surprising that even bandits did not want to be involved with them.

"Then thank you Commander Chu."

"Don't dare."

After a while, Zhang Zhai and several people followed Chu Yan up the mountain, and on the way to the main village, Zhang Zhai said tentatively: "As far as Zhang knows, a few days ago, Ji Rong, a partial general of the Nanyang Army, led two thousand soldiers to encircle and suppress Guizhai, I don't know what the current situation is?" ”

Chu Yan glanced back at Zhang Zhai, with a little smile and distancing, and said, "When Zhang Laojia sees the leader, the leader will naturally answer." …… Please. ”

"Please."

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to reveal, Zhang Zhai stopped asking.

After a while, when the sky was about to darken, Zhang Zhai and his party finally came to the main village of Black Tiger Village under the leadership of Chu Yan.

After entering this cottage, Zhang Zhai immediately saw three or two children running around, and one of them, a five or six-year-old child, hit Chu Yan head-on.

"Will he be angry?"

Zhang Zhai looked at Chu Yan.

Under his attention, Chu Yan reached out and pressed the child's head, and asked with a smile, "Little guy, what are you doing?" ”

"Right Commander."

The kid turned around and saw Chu Yan, he was not panicked and scared, and said as if offering a treasure: "Right commander, we are playing the game of 'soldiers and thieves', right commander, you play with us, I will give you the position of the great commander." ”

As he spoke, the other two children also came over and pulled Chu Yan's clothes.

Chu Yan touched the heads of the children with a smile, and said with a smile: "I still have something to do, I'll play with you again when I have time to go back, go, don't get in the way, I will take these distinguished guests to meet the leader." ”

"Oh."

The children then bounced and ran away.

At this time, Chu Yan turned to face Zhang Zhai and said with a somewhat apologetic expression: "I'm sorry for making you wait for a long time, Chu will take you to see the big leader." ”

"Leader Chu is serious." Zhang Zhai smiled and waved his hand, and then asked curiously, "I don't know who those children are?" ”

Chu Yan didn't hide it, and said simply: "It's the children of the brothers in the village." ”

"Oh."

Zhang Zhai was thoughtful.

Immediately, under the leadership of Chu Yan, Zhang Zhai and his party continued to go deep into the Black Tiger Village.

It was only then that they discovered that there were not only vicious-looking thieves in this den of thieves, but also women and children.

According to their secret observations, these women and children did not seem to be coerced, and some even took the initiative to greet Chu Yan.

How to say it, if it weren't for knowing that this was the main village of the Black Tiger Thief, Zhang Zhai would feel like a mountain village here.

Not only him, but He Xuan and others behind him also had similar feelings.

Not long after, Chu Yan took Zhang Zhai and the others to a house, only to see a very burly man standing in front of that house.

Seeing this person, Zhang Zhai was slightly shocked in his heart: What a warrior!

At this time, Chu Yan greeted the other party with a smile: "Brother Niu Heng, these are the distinguished guests from Jingchu." ”

"I guessed it."

The reckless man replied with a smile.

Beside him, a thief immediately went to the house and reported: "Chief, Jing Chu's distinguished guest has arrived. ”

With a "creak", the door opened, and a man wearing a tiger mask opened the door and made an inviting gesture.

"Please."

Chu Yan also invited Zhang Zhai and others.

"I'm finally going to meet, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves...... Zhou Hu!'

Taking a slight breath, Zhang Zhai took He Xuan and a few people to the house.

When passing by Niu Heng's side, he couldn't help but take a few glances at Niu Heng's height and burly physique, and compared it with himself.

The same is true of He Xuan and the others behind him.

Niu Heng and Chu Yan followed Zhang Zhai and others into the house.

Entering the house, Zhang Zhai looked around, and immediately found that there was a person sitting at the table in the room, only to see that this person was also wearing a tiger mask, and when he saw him walk in, the other party stood up, clasped his fists, and greeted in a hoarse voice: "Zhang Qu envoy." ”

"Huh?"

A few hints of discoloration flashed in Zhang Zhai's heart.

He never thought that Zhou Hu, the leader of the Black Tiger Thief, was actually a man of short stature.

Of course, although he was surprised, of course he would not be stupid enough to say it and offend the other party, he quietly clenched his fists in return, and said with a smile: "The foot must be the leader of the Black Tiger Village, the leader of Zhou Hu Zhou." ”

"Haha, Zhang Qu is in love. …… Have a seat. Zhao Yu raised his hand.

"Thank you."

After greeting each other, Zhang Zhai walked to the table and sat down, and sat down face to face with each other.

He Xuan and the others behind him stood behind him.

On the other side, Niu Heng and Chu Yan moved behind Zhao Yu.

According to Zhao Yu's observation, this Zhang Zhai looks like he is in his thirties, with sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, and at first glance he is quite imposing, and the eyes that turn from time to time are enough to show that this person has a lively mind and is a shrewd person.

When Zhao Yu observed Zhang Zhai, Zhang Zhai was also secretly observing Zhao Yu opposite, but unfortunately, because Zhao Yu was wearing the tiger mask on his face, Zhang Zhai couldn't see Zhao Yu's appearance at all, at best, he could only see a pair of eyes.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Zhai said with a smile: "When Zhang first arrived in Kunyang a few days ago, he heard about the prestige of Leader Zhou. ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Zhang Qu is in love." …… Zhang Qu made a self-surrender identity to see Zhou, and Zhou should show respect with his true face, but Zhou once ruined his face because of an experience, and he didn't want to pollute his eyes, so he asked Zhang Qu not to be surprised. ”

When Zhao Yu spoke, Niu Heng, who was standing behind him, grinned, even if Chu Yan bumped him with his elbow, Niu Heng didn't react.

"Oh, I see...... It's Zhang Menglang, I'm sorry. ”

Zhang Zhai immediately apologized, pretending not to see the small movements of Niu Heng and Chu Yan behind Zhao Yu.

Regarding Zhao Yu's remarks of 'ruining his face', he didn't believe a word.

But this is not important, the key is whether he can draw the leader of this black tiger thief into the camp of his rebel army, after all, in his opinion, this Zhou Hu is really quite capable.

"Where, where."

Zhao Yu waved his hand and said, "If you want to apologize, it should be Zhou Mou's ......."

Of course, Zhang Zhai knew what the other person was referring to, so he interrupted with a smile: "Leader Zhou is serious. ”

At first, he wanted to expose the matter, but after thinking about it, he suddenly changed his mind, and saw that he said meaninglessly: "This time, Zhang is not here to ask the teacher, and Zhang also believes that some of your actions that day are not, but your behavior in Nanyang County that day really brought all kinds of disadvantages to our side......

Speaking, he didn't wait for Zhao Yu to ask, and then explained the reason: "I'm afraid that Leader Zhou doesn't know, in June this year, our righteous army wanted to counterattack Nanyang County, in order to cooperate with the actions of the righteous army, Zhang Mou then led a group of righteous soldiers, the first to lurk in Nanyang County, ready to find an opportunity to attack the Nanyang Army's military tuntian, if you can grab the food, it is naturally the best, and it can be used by the righteous army in the future, if not, you will set fire to the military field." In mid-September, when we were about to start an operation, news suddenly came out from Pheasant County and other places, saying that someone was inciting the local people in the name of our righteous army...... Hehehehe, Zhang was so shocked that he immediately contacted the righteous people from all sides to cancel the raid. ”

“……”

Zhao Yu's face behind the mask showed a little surprise.

Should it be said that there is no coincidence that there is no book? When he was pretending to be the Jingchu rebels, he never imagined that he would disrupt the actions of the Jingchu rebels.

"That's a ......"

Considering that the Jingchu rebels were also a force that he couldn't afford to provoke in his Black Tiger Village, Zhao Yu Zhengse apologized: "I'm really sorry. ”

Zhang Zhai was very satisfied with Zhao Yu's attitude, raised his hand and said, "Leader Zhou is serious. …… As Zhang said, Zhang did not come to ask the master to ask for the guilt, and he only revealed that, but he just wanted Leader Zhou to understand the situation at that time......"

『…… Does that mean that I owe you a favor by default?'

Zhao Yu frowned slightly, and then asked quietly: "Zhang Qu said this, is it to make Zhou thank you for your generosity, and therefore owe you a favor by default?" ”

『……』

Even Zhang Zhai didn't expect the other party to say this, and he was a little stunned for a while.

Glancing at the other party's eyes exposed outside the mask, Zhang Zhai licked his lips and said with a smile: "Of course it's not ......"

Before he finished his words, he saw Zhao Yu smile and said, "It is worthy of being a righteous army, and it is really generous." …… Thank you Zhang Qu for not blaming me. ”

"Hey, hey, I haven't said it yet......

Zhang Zhai's face showed a little strange look, and it disappeared in a flash.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Chief Zhou, I don't know what you think of today?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu guessed that this Zhang Zhai was trying to pull him into the rebel army - this is all an old routine.

But to be honest, he didn't want to join the rebels.

It is undeniable that the rebel army has indeed made a lot of trouble in recent years, but in general, the rebel army from all walks of life is still pressed and beaten by the army of the Jin State.

There is Wang Shangde in Nanyang County and Nanjun, and Han Yan, one of the Five Tigers of Chenmen in Jiangxia, according to what Zhao Yu knows, the rebel army from all walks of life cannot break through the defense area of those Jin generals.

At this time, if he and the Black Tigers join the rebel army and sacrifice the anti-flag, they will be destroyed immediately.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu smiled quietly: "Zhou Moujie Caokou, how can you have any views on the world?" Zhou's request is only to take his brothers to settle down. ”

As soon as he said this, Zhang Zhai immediately frowned.

"Tiger this week...... Do you see what I'm trying to do?'

He took a few deep glances at the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves opposite.

Now that he has seen through it, he simply stopped hiding it, and said: "Leader Zhou's words are wrong! The world is the world of the people of the world, not the world of the Li family, there is no way to enter the violent Jin today, and people with lofty ideals of our generation should unite to overthrow the violent Jin and establish a new dynasty. …… I watched the leader of Zhou have great talents, but he has fallen into a coward, and it is not due to this evil world. Why didn't Leader Zhou follow the general trend and defect to my righteous army? I believe that with the talent of Leader Zhou, he will definitely be able to make a great difference in our righteous army. ”

『…… If the coercion of 'grace' failed, he changed his policy and said, this Zhang Zhai ......

Zhao Yu was a little amused in his heart, shook his head and said: "Zhang Qu thinks highly of Zhou, Zhou is just a grass coward who does not learn and has no skills, and most of the people in the world are like this, tending to good fortune and avoiding harm, tending to be inflammatory, but he does not have the noble character of your army and righteous soldiers, and he can't afford to be praised by Zhang Qu. ”

Zhang Zhai frowned and was silent.

From Zhao Yu's words, he heard two meanings.

For one, the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves politely declined his invitation; Second, the leader of Zhou was not optimistic about his righteous army.

"Would you like to reveal a little bit to this person?"

Zhang Zhai fell into deep thought.

In his opinion, this gang of black tiger thieves is still worth wooing, and the reason is that this gang of bandits quietly and secretly controls Kunyang.

And Kunyang County is also an important place in the strategy of his righteous army.

After all, Kunyang is located on the border between Nanyang County and Yingchuan County, and is adjacent to hundreds of miles of Yingshan Mountain, if this group of black tiger thieves can become the internal response of the rebel army, he can quickly take over Kunyang in the future, and then go west to Rushui County, and east to the hinterland of Yingchuan County, no matter how you look at it, it can greatly promote the strategic progress of his righteous army.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhai said quietly: "Listening to what Leader Zhou meant, it seems that Leader Zhou is not optimistic about my righteous army...... It is true that a few years ago, our righteous army did have a disadvantage in the face of the army of the Jin State, but this situation has changed. I am afraid that the leader of Zhou did not know that in May of this year, Zhao Zhang, the Jiangdong general of our righteous army, defeated the Jiangxia general Han Yan in Surabaya in one fell swoop, and the first battle caused him to lose tens of thousands of horses, and the Jin court was also terrified...... This is an unprecedented victory for our rebel army! ”

He glanced at Zhao Yu and saw that the latter did not react, so he added: "Does Leader Zhou know who Han Yan is?" This person is one of the five sons of Chen Zhong, the Taishi of the Jin Kingdom, and one of the famous 'Five Tigers of Chenmen'! ”

『……』

A little surprise flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes.

Five Tigers of Chenmen?

Doesn't that mean that Han Yan is Zhang Jing's righteous brother?

Zhao Yu's mind immediately appeared with Zhang Jing's figure—even though he hadn't seen Zhang Jing.

For Zhang Jing, Zhao Yu was a little jealous, because the two had fought each other at the beginning, even if the two sides had the same strength, Zhao Yu did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to defeat Zhang Jing.

And now, Zhang Jing's brother, the Jiangxia general Han Yan, who was also the son of Chen Zhongyi, the imperial master of the dynasty, was defeated by the rebel army in Jiangdong and lost tens of thousands of horses?

『…… When did the rebel army in Koto become so powerful?'

Zhao Yu was very surprised.

When Zhao Yu was shocked, he saw Zhang Zhai Zhengse and said: "This world is about to usher in unprecedented changes, and the brutal Jin Kingdom will not be able to stop the people with lofty ideals in the world after all, and it will be destroyed by our righteous army!" ”

“……”

Looking at Zhang Zhai, who was suddenly proud, even Zhao Yu was a little shocked for a while.