22. Jiang Zhe led his people to the righteous army, but who knew that it caused a catastrophe

Jiang Yan, who was sitting in the carriage, was very happy, his father had gone to join the Shadow Rebels with a large amount of grain and grass and people from the village, and his marriage with Gao Yongchang was also decided, and their wedding would be held in the whole village in a few days.

Thinking of Gao Yongchang's handsome face and strong chest, she could have such a heroic husband, she couldn't help but blush, and her heart was even more shy.

But what is completely different from Jiang Yan is his father Jiang Zhe, they brought a large amount of grain and grass this time, and hundreds of villagers defected to the Shadow Righteous Army, there must be no mistake in the middle, if they are met by the patrolling Liao army, even if they are businessmen who sell grain and grass to the Liao army, but if they are not handled properly, it will also cause suspicion.

But what is surprising is that along the way, it was surprisingly smooth, he did not encounter a checkpoint of the Liao army, and smoothly entered the mountains, along the way, Jiang Zhe was a little surprised, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of it.

He said to a respected clan elder with gray hair next to him: "You say, didn't we go too smoothly today, and we didn't encounter any level interrogation." ”

The clan elder next to him thought for a while, straightened his beard, and said slowly: "It may be the Heavenly Blessing Righteous Army."

Let's go, those damn goddamn nobles in Liao, the heavens can't stand it. ”

Jiang Zhe thought for a while and said, "Sending a few capable young people to explore the way ahead, I always feel that this matter is a little strange. ”

The brigade stepped up and continued to march forward,

And in the tens of thousands of miles of endless mountains, in an inconspicuous mountain col, the shadow cottage still stands in front, in front of the cottage door, a gray-black leather jacket, burly, bearded middle-aged general riding a horse waiting at the door, this person is the leader of the rebel army Gao Shun.

Behind him are his two younger brothers, Gaul and Gao Jie, and his son Gao Yongchang, who are all waiting for this upcoming guest.

Let's talk about Gao Shun, the leader of the rebel army, this person is handsome, more than nine feet tall, dressed in a white robe, where he stands is majestic and dignified.

Then said that Gao Shun's second brother Gaul is the second master of the cottage, this person is born with a leopard's head and eyes, swallow jaw and tiger whiskers, eight feet tall, and is born with a strong body.

Gao Jie is slightly shorter, lean, and shaped like an ape, and is the third master of the cottage.

These three are known as the three heroes of the righteous army, but today they gathered here to welcome Jiang Zhe and his party.

It didn't take long for Jiang Zhe and his entourage to appear in front of the cottage.

The patriarch beside Jiang Zhe sighed: "This cottage is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is ingenious, it is really a master, and it is impossible to open it, no wonder the Liao army has suffered setbacks again and again, but it is difficult to find out where this cottage is!" ”

Jiang Zhe nodded and said, "Yes, General Gao, that is a hero of the world, the righteous act of Ningchuan Prefecture uprising and defeat of the Liao army back then, this is a familiar righteous act." ”

At this time, the team had already arrived in front of the village.

The people on both sides of Jiang Zhe and Gaoshun dismounted one after another.

When Jiang Zhe saw Gao Shun, he bowed and saluted: "General, now that the old man has become a member of the righteous army, I only hope that I can do my little bit for the righteous army." ”

Gao Shun, who was dressed in military uniform, laughed and said: "With these horses, grain and grass you brought, it is enough for our rebels to survive the winter, you are really a charcoal in the snow, Gao Shun is here to thank you on behalf of all the rebels." ”

Jiang Zhe smiled and said: "General, you and I are considered in-laws, why be polite?" ”

Gao Shun also said confidently: "Yes, we can be regarded as kissing and kissing, with you grain, grass and people, we are not far from overthrowing those brutal nobles of the Liao State, and I have just contacted the Wanyan family on the Jurchen side, when the time comes, as long as the Jurchens capture Ningchuan Prefecture, we are responsible for capturing the Grand Duke Dinglong Mansion, and we should work together inside and outside, and we will definitely be able to achieve great things." ”

Jiang Zhe nodded and said: "General, Lao Yu has a good news for you, Lao Yu has visited many village elders and villagers, and recently those Liao nobles have doubled their taxes, and they have long been extremely angry about the rule of Liao, they promised me that as long as the righteous army is together, they will rise up, and then our big things will be done." ”

Gao Shun said: "Okay, okay, let's talk while walking." ”

He made a gesture of please.

The two walked into the camp of the rebels together.

Gao Shun said as he walked: "But you have to be careful during this time, you must interrogate more people who enter the cottage with you, don't let the gap of the Liao Kingdom be mixed in, the more critical the moment, the more cautious you must be, if something goes wrong, you will fall into a situation where we will never recover, that experience is cruel enough, I really don't want to go through it once." ”

Jiang Zhe nodded and said: "The general is right, we should be careful, these despicable Liao nobles are best at squeezing hard-earned money from our people, bribing traitors, and suppressing uprisings, but one day these people will pay the price for what they have done." ”

Gao Shun said confidently: "Yes, it will be, and it won't be too far." ”

Gao Shun said smoothly: "By the way, recently, the Liao people have bought traitors with a lot of money on the one hand, and on the other hand, they hope to negotiate with the rebels and recruit An, which is really a prodigal ambition."

Jiang Zhe sneered: "These Liao people have started to play the old tricks again, for these damn Liao nobles, there must be no compromise on everything in the Liao country, don't have any illusions about them, the sad lesson more than 10 years ago made me grief-stricken." ”

And while the two were chatting, on a high ground not far from the opposite side of the cottage, two big men in coarse cloth clothes were lying on the grass, watching the group walk into the unnoticeable cottage.

A person whispered: "It's in the col opposite, it must be their cottage, and the big team of people and horses disappeared into that col, should we sneak into the past to find out?" ”

The leader said: "Don't startle the snake, there must be their secret sentry near the col, we will immediately report the news to Brother Wu, and then we will naturally have our reward, we can be chic and chic, if we go and lose our lives, it will be worth the loss." ”

Another thin man with a wrinkled face smiled a little treacherously: "Big brother is right, let's withdraw, when the time comes, Brother Wu will definitely give us a few taels of silver, and then we will go to that place to be chic and comfortable, why not?" ”

The man at the head said coldly to the somewhat thin man: "If you want to pin your head to your neck, mark me along the road, if our brothers and the Liao army can't find the way, then our death time is coming, don't always think about those merry women, sooner or later you will die on the belly of women." ”

The thin man smiled and said, "Don't worry, big brother." ”

Just like that, the two of them left secretly.

In the splendid palace-like luxurious mansions of the Liao nobles, the luxurious courtyards are one courtyard after another, and the walls are surrounded by lifelike statues, some are Buddhas, some are figures, lifelike, countless maids and servants come and go in the courtyard, and there are several nobles dressed in gorgeous robes.

And in a separate courtyard.

The stove in the room was burning, and there were several sterling silver cups on the round table made of gorgeous solid wood, which were full of fine wine, and the thick aroma of the wine filled the whole room, and at this moment, Zhang Deshun, who was enjoying his face, was lying on a bed with gold rimmed inlays, enjoying a maid with a beautiful face next to him.

Zhang Deshun looked at the box of golden ingots next to him, his wrinkled face was full of smiles, and he thought to himself that this aristocratic mansion was really big, this was really a heavenly place, compared to his own mud-covered village, it was like hell on earth.

The tall Wu Changgui next to him sat next to him flatteringly, and said with a smile: "Brother Deshun, the adults really attach importance to you, not only give you a courtyard, but also a slave maid, it is really a great grace, the younger brother is very admired, and I hope that the eldest brother will give more guidance in the future." ”

Zhang Deshun laughed proudly, patted Wu Quangui's shoulder proudly, and said: "Haha, don't worry, your little brother has done a good job, and when the matter is done, I will give you 1 ingot of gold, reward it to my subordinates, and drink some wine and meat." ”

Wu Quangui looked at the whole box of gold, there were hundreds of ingots of gold, he gritted his teeth, and thought to himself, this bastard, Lao Tzu was born and died with his brother, but you only gave Lao Tzu 1 ingot of gold, even if he is a greedy aristocratic master, he is more generous than him, is he sending beggars, damn it.

But Wu Quangui, who was very deep in the city, laughed gratefully on the surface: "The eldest brother is really righteous. ”

At this time, a man dressed in coarse cloth walked in and said to Wu Quangui: "Boss Wu, the brothers have found the place where the shadow is, it is true, that Jiang Zhe really colluded with the rebels. ”

Zhang Deshun was a little unhappy when he saw that the man only reported to Wu Quangui, and his face sank suddenly.

Wu Quangui hurriedly pretended to be angry and said: "You didn't look at the eldest brother, I will tell you in the future, as long as Boss Zhang, understand?" ”

The man hurriedly said: "Understand, understand, Boss Zhang, the small ones have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, don't be like the small ones." ”

Zhang Deshun nodded and said, "Okay, you guys did a good job, Brother Wu, give them 100 money." ”

The man was stunned, and Wu Quangui was also stunned, such a big merit is only a hundred yuan, and I will reward it.

Wu Quangui gritted his teeth hatefully, this damn Zhang Deshun, the master rewarded him with a whole box of gold, he actually didn't pull out a dime, and let himself pay to reward his subordinates.

The subordinate was also a little puzzled, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and said, "Just a hundred yuan?" ”

Zhang Deshun said a little unhappily: "What, you are too little?" ”

Wu Quangui hurriedly pretended to be angry and said: "No, not a lot, Xiao Wu, it is supposed to help the eldest brother do things, and it is already a great gift for the eldest brother to give a reward, so don't you thank the eldest brother quickly." ”

The subordinate named Xiao Wu said reluctantly: "Brother Xie." ”

Zhang Deshun looked at Wu Quangui and Xiao Wu, and said: "I'm tired, you should retire first, keep an eye on the cottage of the righteous army, there can be no problems." ”

Wu Quangui nodded and said, "Don't worry, big brother, it's absolutely foolproof." ”

When he went out, the subordinate named Xiao Wu scolded: "What is it, big brother, don't you say this damn is a stinky scoundrel, obviously there is a box of gold in the bed, and the brothers were born and died for him, and his head was pinned to the belt of his trousers, but he only gave the brothers a hundred dollars like this, did he ask for food for us?" ”

Wu Quangui said coldly: "Do you know how many things the master rewarded him? A hundred ingots of gold, a house, and a lovely maidservant, this damn one actually asked me to give you a hundred dollars, he has so much money, and he still cares about my money, even the master has not been so stingy. ”

Xiao Wuyi was stunned and said: "What big brother, this bastard is so stingy, I'll fucking kill him." As he spoke, he was about to rush into the house.

But he was pulled by Wu Quangui, Wu Quangui took out a bag of money from his arms, and said with a smile: "Now let him be proud, now he is powerful, if you reason with him, it is equivalent to looking for death, how can I watch my brother die?" There is 500 money here, which is not much, take the brothers to eat and drink, follow me Wu Quangui, and I will definitely not treat the brothers badly. ”

Xiao Wu had tears in his eyes and said movingly: "Big brother, you ......"

Wu Quangui smiled and said, "Go ahead"

Wait until Xiao Wu is gone.

Wu Quangui looked at Zhang Deshun's palatial mansion, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he muttered secretly: "I thought you really turned over, but now I look at it, or the dog can't change eating, it seems that it won't take long, these things, this mansion, and this money have to be surnamed Wu." ”

Zhang Deshun in the house stared at the box of gold with straight eyes, and the seventeen or eighteen-year-old female slave maid washed Zhang Deshun's feet, wiped it gently with a clean towel, and said innocently: "Master, you have so much money, how can you reward that person with 100 yuan." ”

Zhang Deshun said coldly: "Just take care of yourself, hurry up and change my footwater, it's going to be night, hurry up and warm up the bed for me, I'm going to sleep." ”

The slave maid was startled, and hurriedly carried the basin and went out.

Zhang Deshun was still staring at the box of gold, with a crazy look on his face, and muttered in a low voice: "It's all mine, it's all mine, haha, it's all mine." ”