Chapter XXXVIII
At night, Shi Dakai received an invitation from Zhang Zhao and came to his barracks to catch up.
Although it is a temporary camp, Zhang Zhao's barracks layout is still a bit too gorgeous. Eight oil lamps in the barracks illuminate the room brightly, Huang Huali's tables and chairs are neatly arranged, sandalwood incense is lit in the middle, and some landscapes, birds, and wood paintings are hung on the walls around them, which are also robbed, and the ghost knows if he knows how to appreciate it.
Zhang Zhao welcomed Shi Dakai in with a smile on his face, and invited him to take a seat very warmly.
Shi Dakai sat down after a little excuse, he looked around the barracks, and found that there were only Zhang Zhao and Hou Zhi, and couldn't help asking, "Why didn't the second master outline brother come?" ”
Zhang Zhao paused for a moment, and Hou Zhi hurriedly said: "Second brother still has some trivial matters in the military camp to be busy, I don't have time tonight, so let's accompany the stone master with our two brothers." ”
Shi Dakai was a little puzzled, it's almost time to go to bed, where is the trivia of the military camp? Without waiting for him to ask again, Zhang Zhao stepped forward. "I invited Brother Shi to come this time, firstly, to recount the old relationship, and secondly, my third brother specially apologized to you for yesterday's incident. Third brother, don't you come over and make amends to Brother Shi! Zhang Zhao said as he turned around and beckoned Hou Zhi to come and toast.
"Master Shi, I didn't do it yesterday, I lost your magnanimity to letting the villain go, Hou Zhi is here to make amends for you." Hou Zhi picked up a wine glass and came over to toast, he knelt on the ground, holding the wine glass high above the top with both hands.
"I can't drink wine, I understand your intentions, knowing your mistakes can improve a lot, it's good if you can change it, it's good if you can change it." Shi Dakai helped Hou Zhi up, but he couldn't drink, this was a military rule.
"Come, change to a good cup of tea, let's replace wine with tea." Zhang Zhao came to the round.
"It's all in the past, don't mention it in the future." Shi Dakai took the teacup, leaned sideways, blocked it with his sleeve, and drank it all.
"Brother Shi, be happy!" Zhang Zhao cheered, "The younger brother has one more thing to ask for, the brothers have been operating in Qianjiang for many years, and they do have some silver in their hands, can you leave a little as a backup, you see that there are more than two thousand people, and there are really a lot of places to use money." ”
"This can't be done, since you have joined the Taiping Army, all the expenses are responsible for the Holy Treasury of the Heavenly Kingdom, and no one can have private property, this is military regulations!" Shi Dakai refused, leaving no room for anything.
"Then we must stay?" Hou Zhiyin smiled without yin and yang.
"Hou Zhi, what do you mean?" Shi Da was on fire, "There is no room for negotiation in military regulations!" ”
"The surname is Shi, I've put up with you for a long time, do you think you can still point fingers at us?" Hou Zhi finally showed his fox tail.
Shi Dakai didn't speak, he looked at Zhang Zhao coldly.
"We won't pay a tael of this money!" Zhang Zhao gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.
"You 。。。。。。 You want to rebel? Shi Dakai finally understood, and at the same time he found that his head was a little dizzy, and he pressed his forehead with his hand, which seemed to be very painful.
"Our name is Guishun Imperial Court, surnamed Shi, how does our sweat medicine taste?" Hou Zhi smiled triumphantly.
"Brother Shi, don't blame the little brother for being ruthless. I will borrow your head for use, so that we can give the court a vote. Zhang Zhao raised his hand and threw the cup on the ground. To his surprise, there was no movement around him, and none of the axemen who had been arranged outside in advance came in.
"What's going on?" Zhang Zhao panicked, "What about people?" ”
Hou Zhi knew that it was not good, and hurriedly wanted to escape from the barracks, but unfortunately he was blocked back by a large group of people outside the door, led by Yang Xiaoshan and Luo Xuan.
"It's time for the show to end. Xiaoshan is exactly the same as you said, these two people are really ready to surrender to the Qing Demon! Shi Dakai regained his spirits, completely free of the pain he had just now. In fact, he didn't drink that cup of tea at all, just pretending to be for Zhang Zhao and Hou Zhi to see.
"Don't move, we still have a thousand brothers outside, if you dare to touch us, we will die with you." Zhang Zhao stammered.
"Really? Then go out and have a look. Yang Xiaoshan smiled contemptuously, and the people brought by Luo Xuan rushed up and tied up Zhang Zhao and Hou Zhi and escorted them out.
It was already a little dark at night, and the drill ground outside the camp was full of torches. There were more than 1,000 Zhang Zhao and Hou Zhi's subordinates sitting on the ground, and they were just about to gather and set off to inspect the outskirts of Wuxuan County, but they didn't expect to be surrounded by Luo Xuan's 1,000 soldiers and Yang Xiaoshan's 3,000 Heavenly Corps brought around. Their weapons and equipment were all confiscated, and one by one they lowered their heads, full of questions, what the hell is going on? The three Hou Zhi's sworn friends are also the small leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society, and they are all kneeling in front with their hands tied behind their backs, only they know what is going on, and their operation is over.
Zhang Zhao and Hou Zhi were escorted out, and when they saw this scene, they completely collapsed, completely without the arrogance they had just now.
"Brethren, I am Luo Xuan. Zhang Zhao and Hou Zhi plan to take you to the Qing Demon tonight. Luo Xuan jumped onto the stage and shouted to the brothers below.
"What? Didn't we go on patrol? ”
"The big boss wants to surrender to the Qing Demon?"
"How so?"
There was a lot of discussion among the people below, and everyone couldn't believe it was true.
"Give the three of you a chance to stay alive and tell you everything you know!" Yang Xiaoshan walked to the front of the three heads and glared at them fiercely.
"Yes, what the second boss said is right, that is, the big boss and the third boss want us to trick everyone into going out to inspect, but in fact, we are going to surrender to the demons."
"I also have a letter from Hou Zhi to the Admiral of Xunzhou here." One of them took out the physical evidence from his bosom.
"I still have Hou Zhi to pass the waist card, he gave it to me." The last one also stood up to expose it.
The man sitting below was utterly enraged, and stood up and shouted:
"We were fooled, we were deceived."
"This is to sell us to the Qing Demon!"
"Bastard, beat them up!"
The person in front of you punched me and beat Zhang Zhao and Hou Zhihao with one punch, if it wasn't for Shi Dakai and others to hold them, they would have almost been killed directly.
"Brothers, I understand your anger, these two guys still want to take my head to the Qing court to ask for a reward." Shi Dakai raised his hands and comforted everyone. The two of them could not be killed yet, and they still had a large amount of private silver that had not yet been explained.
"We will never surrender to the Qing Demon, we will fight the Qing Demon to the end!" There was a person who shouted, in fact, most of the people in the Heaven and Earth Society were also poor, and they hated the Qing court to the core. Everyone below responded one after another, and the poor were all willing to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, at least they had food and clothing. Only Zhang Zhao and other corrupt bosses usually use them to loot money, and in the end they want to sell them for a good price.
"Escort them down and wait for Yang Junshi to fall!" Yang Xiaoshan spoke. When Zhang Zhao and the others wanted to invite Shi Dakai alone, he felt that something was wrong, told Shi Dakai, and found Luo Xuan, and then went out to ask for help, and didn't go far before he met the team sent by Yang Xiuqing. Yang Xiaoshan even felt that Yang Xiuqing had foreseen such a mutiny, and he even suspected that this was a test for him by Yang Xiuqing.
In fact, he received Zhang Zhao's bribe silver from everyone, and his heart was also slightly shaken, but he quickly gave up this idea. Relying on his own is the cognition of the trend of history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is in a period of rapid rise, leaving at this time is like knowing that the stock can reach 100 yuan, and you will sell it when you are 10 yuan, which is also too much of a loss. And sometimes he is really touched by the people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, many people are very simple, they have dreams, they want to build a Datong world, they are all idealists, they can even give up their lives for their dreams, Yang Xiaoshan is full of respect for such people.
"Master Yang, Master Yang is invited." A guard of Yang Xiuqing came to report.
Sure enough, Yang Xiaoshan felt that he had guessed correctly, fortunately, his performance was okay, and he didn't know what task Yang Xiuqing would give him, "Okay, I'll go right away." ”