In the days that followed, the two sides continued as usual.

During the day, Ma Gai cooperated with Huang Ben and Gao Chun to feint to attack the main village of Black Tiger Village, and at night, he covered Huang Ben to harass the bandits on the mountain.

But in fact, Margai was waiting for the 'agreed' date.

Judging from the information obtained from the rag, the Black Tiger Village asked him to meet on a dark night of a month, and the time was Haishi.

Why was it set so broadly, rather than a specific time, Ma Gai guessed that Black Tiger Village might feel that he couldn't find a suitable opportunity for a while.

The so-called dark moon night is a night when there is neither moonlight nor starlight, and May 29 is such a dark moonlit night.

That night, thick dark clouds covered the sky, and the sky did not see the slightest light.

Margai guessed that this should be the time.

After nightfall, around midnight, just as Ma Gai was pondering what excuse to use to go out so as not to arouse the suspicion of his subordinate Yang Dang and others, suddenly their camp was attacked by bandits.

But soon, the bandits were quickly repulsed.

At that time, Ma Gai realized that this was the opportunity provided to him by the Black Tiger Village - he had been stationed on the mountain for several days, how could the Black Tiger Village not know his location?

He immediately instructed his subordinate head catcher Yang Dang and said: "Yang Kang, guard the station, I will take a few people to pursue." ”

"County lieutenant be careful." Yang dared to have no doubts.

In this way, Magai left the garrison as a matter of course, and headed in the direction of the cave with a dozen or so men.

When he approached the cave, he sent a dozen officers and soldiers under his command to search around, and he took the opportunity to walk to the cave.

As he walked, a person suddenly appeared in front of him, and Ma Gai was so startled that he subconsciously held his sword, and immediately used the torch in his hand to shine forward.

In the light of the torches, he realized that it was Guo Da.

"The second master of Black Tiger Village, will you come and meet me in person?"

Probably afraid of causing a noise, Ma Gai reluctantly swallowed the taunt back into his stomach.

Guo Da glanced at Ma Gai and walked into the cave.

Ma Gai immediately understood, and after looking left and right, he threw the torch in his hand on the ground and stepped on it, and then waited a little longer, and when his eyes gradually adjusted to the night, he walked into the cave.

Although it was not obvious from the outside of the cave, as Ma Gai walked into the depths of the cave, some light gradually came from inside, and in that faint light, he saw Guo Da and a child standing inside—the child he recognized as the same child he had seen here two years earlier.

He walked up to Guo Da and the two and said mockingly: "It's just a meeting, is it necessary to be so cautious?" You're so scared? ”

Guo Da smiled and said, "It's to protect the county lieutenant, so I'm so cautious." ”

Ma Gai was choked and speechless, turned his head to look around a few times and asked, "Where is Yang Tong?" Didn't he come? ”

Guo Da shook his head slightly: "The master of the big village has something else. ”

Today's matter is not that Guo Da and Zhao Yu are hiding from Yang Tong, it's just that Yang Tong himself is too lazy to come forward.

During this time, as more and more people defected to Yang Tong, the owner of Yang Zhai was no longer as hands-on as he was back then, and he gave full authority to Guo Da for things like meeting with Ma Gai - if something went wrong, he would probably ask Guo Da directly.

This kind of obvious practice of being called by his subordinates also made Guo Da more and more dissatisfied in his heart.

But there is no way, after all, the relationship between Yang Tong and Guo Da is now very blunt, if it weren't for some secrets that only Guo Da knows, and it is inconvenient to disclose them to a third party, I'm afraid Yang Tong may not be able to hand over such an important matter to Guo Da.

Seeing that Yang Tong didn't come, Ma Gai snorted, looking a little unhappy: "Asked me to take the risk to come, but he didn't come forward." ”

At this time, Zhao Yu interrupted Ma Gai's complaint with a smile and said, "Since the county lieutenant is adventurous, then let's not waste time...... Is the county lieutenant sure that no one followed him secretly when he came? ”

“……”

Ma Gai glanced at Zhao Yu, who had grown significantly taller than last year.

He had seen this child last year, but he didn't know the specific identity of the other party in Black Tiger Village, and now, he still didn't know.

"I was secretly careful when I came, and there should be no problem in a short time, but if I delay for a long time, I am afraid that my soldiers will come looking for me......"

"Okay, then let's hurry." Zhao Yu nodded, and asked Ma Gai again: "Before that, please allow me to ask, why is the county lieutenant stationed on the mountain?" …… I'm not suspicious of the county lieutenant, just to avoid the risk. ”

Ma Gai glanced at Guo Da beside him, and explained in a low voice: "Because you caught a lot of officers and soldiers a while ago, Zhang Jing thought that the encirclement and patrol on the mountain should be strengthened, and I took the opportunity to take over the matter." ”

"Zhang Jing? Who's that? Zhao Yu asked curiously.

Ma Gai snorted lightly, lowered his voice and said, "That is the general you want to investigate, the righteous son of Chen Zhong, the imperial master of Chen, and one of the five tigers of Chenmen, Zhang Jing." ”

"Chen, Chenmen Five Tigers ......"

Hearing Zhang Jing's prominent identity, Guo Da's face was shocked, and he stammered speechless.

Thinking about it, he is just a little thief, how could he have thought that one day he would run into such a general with tens of thousands of troops by mistake.

And Zhao Yu, who heard this, also frowned deeply: "Why are such generals in the team of thieves?" ”

"It was invited by Lu Kuang of the Luye Freemasonry. …… At that time, Zhang Jing happened to be in Ye County. Magai explained.

"......" Zhao Yu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Only then did he realize that the general was actually provoked by him - he tried to use Lu Kuang's influence to strengthen the team of thieves in Kunyang County, so as to achieve the goal of taking the opportunity to eradicate Yang Tong, but he didn't expect that Lu Kuang actually invited such a big man.

Zhao Yu frowned slightly annoyed and asked, "That general was in Ye County so coincidentally?" ”

"Hmm."

Ma Gai nodded and explained: "According to Zhang Jing's own explanation, this time he was in the name of his stepfather, Chen Zhong and Chen Taishi, to track down the affairs of Hou Zhao Jing's family in Luyang Township, Luyang County...... It is said that Mao Gong, the county magistrate of Ye County, wrote a letter to Taishi Chen before his death, asking Taishi Chen to investigate the matter. ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Yu raised his head in shock, and a few hints of incredulity flashed in his eyes.

Zhang Jing?

Five Tigers of Chenmen?

Master Chen?

"Wait, could it be that Chen Zhong and Chen Taishi are the 'Chen Gong' who was Mao Gong's secret drinking friend back then? I see, I see......

Zhao Yu suddenly realized, and he was very moved in his heart, moved that Mao Gong still remembered him Luyang Zhao before he died.

He knew, because Mao Gong had shown off in front of his father and son, showing off that he had met a drinking friend with an official position and an unknown status, but according to Mao Gong himself, he never made any requests to that drinking friend, so the drinking friend with a great status also respected him very much and regarded each other as confidants - Mao Gong was very proud of this.

However, for the sake of his Luyang Zhao family, Mao Gong finally made the only request in his life to the drinking friend and to the imperial master Chen Zhong, which made Chen Taishi send his righteous son Zhang Jing to investigate the matter.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu sighed secretly.

Based on this alone, Mao Gong was not kind to his Zhao family, and Chen Taishi and General Zhang Jing obviously had good intentions towards his Luyang Zhao family.

It's just that this General Zhang is really too unlucky, just stuck at a critical time, if it weren't for the fact that Zhao Yu saw the strange behavior of the officers and soldiers under the mountain a while ago, and had a heart, the Black Tiger Village would have been destroyed by that General Zhang......

"Hu?"

Seeing that Zhao Yu shook his head and was silent for a long time, Guo Da was a little confused.

"It's okay, I just heard the identity of the general, and I was a little scared."

With a slight breath, Zhao Yu left all the distracting thoughts in his heart behind.

Although at present, it seems that Zhang Jing was entrusted by Mao Gong to help him clear his name against the Luyang Zhao family, but this will not shake Zhao Yu's plan.

No matter how Zhang Jing investigates, he, Zhao Yu, has to master a usable force.

He would not put the safety of him and Jingnu at risk, but would be deeply affected by the sea of blood of more than 200 mouths of his Luyang Zhao family, and completely pinned it on a Zhang Jing whom he did not understand.

If he had this will, he would have defected to Wang Shangde in the first place, why did he let Jingnu suffer so much with him?

"Yes."

Hearing Zhao Yu's explanation, Guo Da didn't feel strange, after all, even he was scared.

When the righteous son of the imperial master, a general with tens of thousands of soldiers, where can their little black tiger village be offended?

Fortunately, General Zhang came for something else, and he didn't have an army with him, otherwise the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command each spit on them might be enough to drown their group.

The gap is too big, and it's not an opponent at all.

Seeing that Guo Da and Zhao Yu were both frightened, Ma Gai sneered in his heart, and scared the two of them in his mouth: "Now you always understand, right?" Even if I help you secretly, you can't deal with that general, I advise you to think about retreating early, if you continue to oppose that general, annoying him, he will transfer his army, and then it will be a catastrophe! ”

Zhao Yu glanced at Ma Gai and didn't care, he saw through Ma Gai at a glance that he was just afraid that they would force him to do something.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Recently, there have been officers and soldiers on the west side of my main village, and I saw a few familiar faces among them, are they the subordinates of the county lieutenant?" ”

"Hmm." Ma Gai did not hide it, nodded and said: "In order to prevent you from escaping to the mountains to the west, Zhang Jing ordered my subordinates to call Ishihara's catchers to lead people to garrison in the west...... Zhang Jing intends to drive you and others north to Runan, or south to Kunyang and Yexian, so that he can lead his officers and soldiers to chase you and others. ”

Zhao Yu nodded thoughtfully.

Then asked some more questions, and Guo Da and Zhao Yu let Ma Gai leave.

At the same time, in the camp of officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain, Zhang Jing also learned the news that there were bandits who attacked the Magai station.

『…… Is it convenient for the margai? It's really meticulous. Now that you know my identity, what are you going to do? The plotters of the Black Tiger Village......

Zhang Jing pondered with interest.

After a few encounters, he became more and more interested in the unknown plotter in the Black Tiger Village.

Seeing that he was happy with the hunt, he was also secretly looking forward to the other party giving him more surprises.