After exchanging names with Luda and the others in the house, Sun Tucai looked at Zhang Shun and said, "Brother Zhang's name has been admired for a long time, I don't know why you came to the door today?" ”

Zhang Shun only took this as politeness, but just smiled and said: "In the next fishmonger, you can't enter Sun Tuan to practice Zun'er." Then he looked solemn: "But Sun Tuanlian has a great reputation among the township soldiers during this period of time, which makes people admire, and I also came here late because of this." ”

"Oh?" Does the other party also want to join the village soldiers, which is really a great thing. But before Sun Tu could ask, Zhang Shun continued: "Earlier today, there were rumors in the city that it was said that the regimental training general led the army to attack a gang of thieves who had been entrenched in Xunyang River for many days, is this true?" ”

"Yes, isn't Brother Zhang interested in joining the army to serve the court?"

Zhang Shun shook his head: "I am here to remind Sun Tuanlian that there is an internal response in the government, and the government has been defeated several times before because of this, and I hope that the group training will prepare early, otherwise it will ......"

"What did you say?" Sun Tu's face changed at that time, and he suddenly straightened his chest and looked at the other party: "Is this true?" ”

"I don't dare to talk nonsense casually about such a big matter, although I have not found out the true identity of the person who colluded with the fierce thief gang, but this matter is absolutely true." Zhang Shun said, as if he was afraid that Sun Tu would not be able to accept it, and added: "Otherwise, why do you think that the government will be defeated by them when it is repeatedly attacked?" Because they have long known the deployment of the officers and troops, they can deal with it calmly. In addition, the reason why this fierce gang of thieves was able to cut off the waters of the Xunyang River and repeatedly plundered passing ships was precisely because there were people in the government who reported to them. ”

With these words, Sun Tu immediately fell into deep thought. In fact, he has always considered these two doubts, but he has never had any satisfactory answers. And now it seems that if there are really people in the government who collude with them, these two doubts can be explained.

But then a new question arose - if there is really an important person in the government who is raising his own respect, then what is his purpose? Is it just to get some of the benefits of looting from the hands of the bandits? Another question is, why did Zhang Shun come to warn him, and what was his purpose?

The former question could not be answered for the time being, but the latter was just asked to Zhang Shun in person. After listening to Sun Tu's question, Zhang Shun just smiled: "Although there is only a small fishmonger in Xia, it is also a common person in my Jiangzhou, and seeing that Xunyang River is occupied by thieves, naturally I can't sit idly by." Moreover, we and other fishmongers also rely on the Xunyang River to make a living, and we also hope that the government can catch them as soon as possible. ”

"No, as far as I know, in fact, these bandits have always been tolerant of the fishermen on the river, and even the occasional intrusion did not really hurt your life, and you are not going to form a deep enmity with them, you must have other plans." Sun Tu narrowed his eyes: "Brother Zhang, I heard that you also have an elder brother Zhang Heng begging for a living on the river, I don't know what this has to do with him?" ”

This time it was Zhang Shun's turn to show surprise, and subconsciously exclaimed: "How did you know about this?" As soon as the words came out, I realized that something was wrong, and my body had bounced up from my seat, as if I was about to take the road away. It's just that he moved, and Luda and Yang Zhi, who were sitting with him on both sides

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He had already taken a step forward, and his two hands had been pressed on his shoulders at the same time, making him unable to move: "Brother Zhang, it's not too late to finish talking before leaving." ”

Zhang Shun only felt that his body was pressed by a thousand catties of burden, and no matter how he struggled, it was useless, so he could only smile bitterly as if he was resigned to his fate: "I didn't expect Sun Tuanlian to be eyeing our brother earlier, and today I can be regarded as a self-defeating snare right?" Even those brothers who are good friends with me, few people know that Zhang has a brother who runs rampant on the river. ”

Sun Tu didn't expect his reaction to be so intense, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood. Zhang Heng, nicknamed "Boat Huo'er", is actually no different from those fierce water bandits, and he is also doing business on the Xunyang River without capital, and he is also a master who has been killing for many years, and he is a person in the government, so he will break his identity, which will naturally have a big impact on Zhang Shun.

In fact, in the final analysis, this is a matter of position and attitude, because according to common sense, Sun Tu, as a person in the government, naturally wants to deal with bandits like Zhang Heng strictly. But because he has always had a good impression of the heroes of Liangshan, he really didn't treat Zhang Heng and them as thieves, so he spoke casually.

After understanding this, Sun Tu smiled bitterly in his heart, and then waved his hand to let Luda and them let go of Zhang Shun, and said sincerely: "Brother Zhang, don't be nervous, I have no intention of being unfavorable to you, it's just because the matter is big that I need to figure things out." Otherwise, I can't believe your true intentions in coming tonight, after all, it's hard to say whether your brother will collude with that fierce Jiao, you are here to disturb our army's heart. ”

"I, Zhang Shun, have long been out of step with that fierce Jiao, how could I do something in collusion with them!" Zhang Shun's face immediately changed, and he said loudly, completely looking like he had been greatly wronged.

Sun Tu didn't look like he was a fake, so he was also interested: "How do you say this?" In this way, you have already formed a deep feud with that fierce gang, not only because they have invaded the water business? ”

Speaking of which, Zhang Shun has nothing to hide: "Yes, my Zhang family brothers have long formed a deep enmity with them. Tuan Lian knows that in fact, my Zhang family is the third brother, and my younger brother Zhang Lian was killed by a gang of fierce Jiao, and my brother Zhang Heng was originally just a fishmonger, because the government colluded with the water bandits, so that my younger brother was killed, and he started this costless business on the river in a fit of anger! ”

This was something that Sun Tu never knew, so he asked at the time: "There is such an accident?" How was Zhang Lian killed? ”

"You may not know that when this group of bandits first came to my Xunyang River last year, they first looked for us and other water fishermen, not to rob us of a little money, but to pull us in. But even if my Zhang brothers are no longer good, they don't disdain to be in the company of such a group of bandits, so they naturally rejected them. Although we were not afraid of them in terms of their ability on the water, they were outnumbered and had an ambush, so that many of them were injured by them, even my brother Zhang Heng was seriously injured. If it weren't for Zhang Lian, who was desperate to fight for his life at that time, I'm afraid my brother would have sunk to the bottom of the river. Speaking of this, Zhang Shun also showed a sad expression on his face: "But because of this, my younger brother Zhang Lian was killed by the gang of murderers, and the body has not been found yet."

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"Is there such a thing? Didn't you report to the police? Sun Tu immediately asked.

"It was precisely because we reported to the police later that we found out that there was another problem." The resentment in Zhang Shun's eyes became more and more intense: "At that time, we reported this matter to the state government, but after a few days, they said that there was no investigation of this matter, and if we sue the official again, they will add a crime of disturbing people's hearts to our heads." Obviously, it was someone in the government who had already colluded with those thieves to delay such a big case again and again, until they plundered merchant ships on the Xunyang River and killed countless people, and then the government took care of it.

But by this time, it was already too late, and I don't know what means they used, they actually gathered hundreds of water bandits, not only cruel methods, but also cunning and careless, the officers and soldiers sent troops several times but failed to find their traces, but were harassed by them when they returned to the city, and there was little damage.

"In March this year, when the state government sent troops into the water to suppress it, I thought that I could annihilate this water bandit in one fell swoop, but the result was ...... They escaped again, and they were defeated. According to the clues that my brother found, the reason why the officers and troops will be defeated is because there is a fierce internal response among them, and they have seized the most lax work of the officers and soldiers to attack back and forth. Therefore, if you want to break the thief this time, you must be careful, especially those colleagues in the state government. ”

After saying this, Sun Tu and several people were dumbfounded, and it took a long time to come back to their senses. Yang Zhi was suspicious: "This gang of fierce Jiao really has an internal response in the government as you said, so what are they trying to do?" Is it for the plundered money? ”

Zhang Shun shook his head: "I don't know about this." But my brother is at odds with them, and it is impossible for him to pass on the false news to me. And the officers and soldiers have been feathered several times, isn't it enough to prove this? ”

Sun Tu nodded: "Actually, I have a lot of doubts about this, it seems that there is indeed some ulterior secret hidden in this." And if there were really so many people who had colluded with the fierce Jiao earlier, I am afraid that this time they would do it again and let us lose again. ”

"San Lang, how is this good?" In terms of martial arts, Luda is naturally the first among these people, but in terms of leading troops, he is much worse than Sun Tu and Yang Zhi, and at this time he has completely lost his mind.

After thinking about it for a while, Sun Tu suddenly looked up at Zhang Shun: "Since they can collude with officials and bandits, we can naturally do too." I'm afraid the success or failure of this matter will have to fall on your brother Zhang Heng. ”

Zhang Shun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he understood: "You want my brother to lead someone to find their hiding place?" ”

"This is only one aspect, the more important thing is ......" Speaking of this, Sun Tu lowered his voice and whispered a few words to Zhang Shun. After the latter hesitated a little, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "I can do this, as long as I can avenge Zhang Lian, my life will be free!" ”

Waiting for Zhang Shun to leave, Yang Zhi and the others looked at Sun Tu with some doubts: "San Lang, do you really believe what he said?" ”

"I trust them in who they are, so that they will not deceive me in this matter." Sun Tu nodded: "What's more, it's not a bad thing to be prepared, at least it won't repeat the mistakes of the past and lose to those water bandits again!" ”

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