When Tang Zhou successfully penetrated the enemy and was accepted by Zhang Jiao as the core figure of Taiping Dao, Tang Zhou was almost discovered by Zhang Jiao for the first time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It was a dark and windy night... Well, it was indeed a moonless night, and Tang Zhou received a message from Zhang Rang, who was ready to make the first "formal" contact with Zhang Jiao through Tang Zhou, and to negotiate cooperation.

At first, Tang Zhou didn't think there was anything wrong with this, so he happily went to find Zhang Jiao, and began to tell Zhang Jiao the words he had prepared at the beginning, simply put, an old friend of Tang Zhou was Zhang Rang's subordinate, so Zhang Rang wanted to cooperate with Zhang Jiao, so he asked Tang Zhou's friend to be a lobbyist.

The result can be imagined, for Zhang Jiao, who still has some small peasant thoughts and persecution paranoia, he naturally began to suspect that Tang Zhou was a second or fifth boy, after all, Taiping Dao in this period can only be regarded as an organization with a decent scale, but compared to Zhang Rang at that time, it was basically a small thing, so Zhang Rang took the initiative to come to Taiping Dao for cooperation, Zhang Jiao's first thought was that there must be something strange about this matter, so he began to suspect that all this was a good thing for Tang Zhou.

As a man who has been mixed in society since he was a child, Tang Zhou is still very experienced in observing words and feelings, so Tang Zhou saw that there was something wrong in Zhang Jiao's eyes looking at him, and Tang Zhou realized that Zhang Jiao had begun to doubt himself, so Tang Zhou immediately made a decision and began to throw all the pots on his so-called "old friend", and he was all kinds of loyalty, and finally persuaded Zhang Jiao to believe that the reason why Zhang Rang wanted to cooperate with Taiping Dao was that it was none of Tang Zhou's business.

Later, when the envoy sent by Zhang Rang negotiated with Zhang Jiao, Tang Zhou also decisively chose the attitude of "it's none of his business, hang high", pretending to be "I don't know anything", and successfully eliminated Zhang Jiao's suspicion of himself, of course, Tang Zhou can be regarded as having been with Zhang Jiao for a while, so Tang Zhou also knows Zhang Jiao's character, so he also knows that Zhang Jiao does not trust himself 100% now, and may doubt himself at any time for various reasons. So Tang Zhou decided to be more careful to be an undercover agent.

Then it was a quiet past year, at this time the Taiping Road has grown stronger, the entire Jizhou area has been within the radiation range of the Taiping Road, basically the local people have begun to believe in the Taiping Road, and even some lower-level local officials have begun to take refuge in Zhang Jiao, but correspondingly, the twists and turns about the Taiping Road have also begun to increase, Zhang Rang also intends to take advantage of this to ask Zhang Jiao to give up more benefits, after all, Zhang Rang in order to "deal with" these twists and turns for the Taiping Road, but it took a lot of effort.

But Zhang Jiao doesn't see it this way, after all, for Zhang Jiao, Zhang Rang has taken so many benefits of himself, so he only asks Zhang Rang to "intercept" those twists and turns, which is just a matter of moving his mouth for Zhang Rang, and you Zhang Rang wants more benefits now, isn't this kicking his nose in the face, so Zhang Jiao decisively rejected Zhang Rang's proposal.

After all, at this time, Zhang Rang had realized the "potential" and "future" of Taiping Dao, so Zhang Rang also began to want to "enter" Taiping Dao, so Zhang Rang wanted to improve his voice in Taiping Dao, rather than as a simple Taiping Dao partner.

Therefore, in order to accomplish such a purpose, Zhang Rang thought of a good way, that is, he wanted to improve his reputation within Taiping Dao first, simply put, to brush his sense of existence, so that the believers of Taiping Dao knew that there was such a person as Zhang Rang, and also knew what kind of huge "contribution" Zhang Rang made to Taiping Dao!

So, this task was naturally placed on Tang Zhou's body, and although Tang Zhou hadn't read many books, Tang Zhou also knew that Zhang Rang had given himself a "proposition", if he really dared to hype Zhang Rang's existence in Taiping Dao, then Tang Zhou felt that he would be sent to his life by Zhang Jiao in the name of "bewitching the public" in less than a day...

Therefore, Tang Zhou gave full play to his "subjective initiative", although Tang Zhou did not dare to implement the plan given by Zhang Rang, but Tang Zhou did not dare to veto Zhang Rang's idea, so Tang Zhou could only take the "drag" trick on Zhang Rang, prevaricate Zhang Rang for various reasons, and even directly bribed the envoys sent by Zhang Rang to contact him, so that these messengers forcibly "disappeared", and Tang Zhou could naturally pretend that he did not receive Zhang Rang's order.

However, Zhang Rang is also an "old fox", just after coming and going, Zhang Rang knew that Tang Zhou was fooling himself and was unwilling to implement his plan, so Zhang Rang, who "hates iron and steel", naturally does not care about Tang Zhou's opinion, but Zhang Rang also knows that Tang Zhou at this time has become the core figure in Taiping Dao, Zhang Jiao's so-called "personal disciple", and now Zhang Rang wants to install a second "Tang Zhou" in Taiping Dao, it is almost an impossible thing. So Zhang Rang didn't dare to do anything with Tang Zhou, after all, "monopoly" was like this, and when there was no suitable replacement, Zhang Rang had no way to directly bypass Tang Zhou to seek control of Taiping Dao.

Therefore, Zhang Rang, who knew that "you can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep", could only sneer, sent some new undercover agents to the Jizhou area, and began to publicize "Zhang Rang's contribution to Taiping Road" in the Jizhou area, as well as "the ulterior relationship between Zhang Rang and Zhang Jiao", of course, the most brazen of them is such a gossip, that is, "Zhang Rang is actually Zhang Jiao's long-lost brother"...

All in all, during this period of time, among the Taiping Dao believers in the Jizhou region, all kinds of gossip about Zhang Rang, lace news can be said to be popular, which can be described as the best conversation after dinner, and under the intentional guidance of those undercover agents arranged by Zhang Rang, it fully proves the authenticity of the idioms of "all mouths are gold" and "three people become tigers", and many Taiping Dao believers have recognized Zhang Rang for the first time, and they really believe that Zhang Rang has made the so-called "great contribution" to Taiping Dao.

Of course, these gossip news were naturally known by Zhang Jiao, who was angry at the time, wanted to take people to Luoyang to find Zhang Rang's trouble, but at this time, Zhang Jiao was also free from the shackles of "small peasant thinking", and began to realize what kind of ability he had, the "great sage and good teacher" of Taiping Dao, and began to understand the importance of Taiping Dao to himself, so Zhang Jiao could not allow others to get involved in the rights of Taiping Dao, but it was still that sentence, although Taiping Dao is developing very rapidly, already has the ability to control the entire Jizhou region, but Zhang Jiao also understands that the current Taiping Dao is not the opponent of the Han official army, so Zhang Jiao still has to rely on Zhang Rang's status and power in the Luoyang court to ensure that those twists and turns that are unfavorable to Taiping Dao are intercepted by Zhang Rang, so that Taiping Dao will not arouse the vigilance and hostility of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and finally send troops to exterminate Taiping Dao.

Therefore, although Zhang Jiao knew that these gossip news were spread by Zhang Rang, Zhang Jiao had no way to directly tear his face with Zhang Rang, so Zhang Jiao could only send someone to extinguish these gossip, but it was also to appease Zhang Rang, Zhang Jiao did not directly send someone to deny Zhang Rang's existence, which could be regarded as saving some face for Zhang Rang, but this also made Tang Zhou, who wanted to stay out of the matter, forced to get involved in this trouble, after all, Tang Zhou is now specially responsible for the cooperation between Taiping Dao and Zhang Rang.

Therefore, although Zhang Jiao has always suspected that Tang Zhou may have an ulterior relationship with Zhang Rang, fortunately, Tang Zhou has been hiding well, and the ability of liaison personnel cultivated by Zhang Rang is also very good, plus Zhang Jiao's "anti-investigation ability" is not good, so Zhang Jiao has never found Tang Zhou's flaws.

So, Tang Zhou was sent by Zhang Jiao to Luoyang to talk about cooperation with Zhang Rang, but Zhang Jiao nominally arranged a bodyguard for Tang Zhou, but in fact, it was to monitor Tang Zhou's every move in Luoyang and investigate whether Tang Zhou had a private connection with Zhang Rang, Zhang Jiao asked his most trusted disciple Ma Yuanyi to follow Tang Zhou to Luoyang.

Tang Zhou naturally knew the purpose of Ma Yuanyi following him to Luoyang, but Tang Zhou also knew that Ma Yuanyi was in Taiping Dao, or in Zhang Jiao's mind, Ma Yuanyi can be said to be the most trusted person in Taiping Dao in addition to Zhang Jiao's two brothers, and among Zhang Jiao's so many "personal disciples", Ma Yuanyi can also be said to be the most special one, and many of Zhang Jiao's personal affairs are handed over to Ma Yuanyi to be responsible.

Therefore, Tang Zhou also realized that this Ma Yuanyi was not only a threat to him, but also an excellent opportunity, if he could turn Ma Yuanyi, the entourage who monitored him, into his friend, or even a brother with a different surname, then he could gain Zhang Jiao's trust through Ma Yuanyi!

Thinking of Tang Zhou here, he naturally began to plan, so under Tang Zhou's deliberate friendship, Ma Yuanyi was quickly defeated by Tang Zhou's "sugar-coated cannonball", after all, Tang Zhou's insight and eloquence are not comparable to Ma Yuanyi, after all, Ma Yuanyi was just an ordinary farmer in Jizhou before entering Taiping Dao.

So, when Tang Zhou and Ma Yuanyi had not yet arrived in Luoyang, Tang Zhou and Ma Yuanyi became brothers, and in a banquet deliberately arranged by Tang Zhou, he deliberately pretended to be a drunk Tang Zhou, and improvised a good show in front of Ma Yuanyi. And Tang Zhou can also discuss his life with Ma Yuanyi "from the heart"...

Ma Yuanyi was naturally confused by Tang Zhou's set of "combination boxing", after all, how could Ma Yuanyi, who was honest and kind, see through Tang Zhou's routine, so Ma Yuanyi believed Tang Zhou's rhetoric, identified Tang Zhou as a "loyal minister" of Taiping Dao, and said that he would say a few words for Tang Zhou in front of Zhang Jiao.

On Zhang Rang's side, Tang Zhou bitterly told Zhang Rang his thoughts, and also let Zhang Rang understand Tang Zhou's current situation, so Zhang Rang also realized that he almost played Tang Zhou's trump card as waste paper, so Zhang Rang began to relax Tang Zhou's "degree of freedom" as an undercover agent in Taiping Road, and Tang Zhou could choose his own way to deal with it under the premise of not being a big deal.

Moreover, Zhang Rang also began to give up his somewhat radical behavior at the suggestion of Tang Zhou, and began to carry out a new plan of "slowly plotting" the control of Taiping Dao.

To put it simply, Zhang Rang first confessed to Zhang Jiao, saying that he did not intend to prove his status in Taiping Dao, and threw all the pots of gossip on his subordinates, and then asked Tang Zhou to bring a few "scapegoats" back to Jizhou to "bear the guilt" of Zhang Jiao.

Of course, Zhang Rang also took the opportunity to give Zhang Jiao a generous gift, appointing Zhang Jiao as the commander of Julu County, and by the way, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao also added an official title.

As for Ma Yuanyi, Zhang Rang also gave Ma Yuanyi a lot of benefits under Tang Zhou's suggestion, and successfully fooled Ma Yuanyi, so that Ma Yuanyi also believed that Zhang Rang was really sincere and sincere in cooperating with Taiping Dao, and also intended to believe in Taiping Dao, and the most important thing was to make Ma Yuanyi believe that Tang Zhou and Zhang Rang did not have any improper relationship...

So, in the report of Ma Yuanyi, who had been fooled and lame, Zhang Jiao was naturally taken into the ditch by Ma Yuanyi, and really began to trust Tang Zhou, as for the "scapegoats" brought by Tang Zhou, Zhang Jiao naturally chose to forgive them with a big belly. . . Manual squinting.

Since then, Tang Zhou can be regarded as having his head mixed up in the Taiping Road, and with the help of Ma Yuanyi, a good brother, Tang Zhou can also be said to have been smooth sailing in the Taiping Road, basically except for the three brothers Zhang Jiao, Tang Zhou has never been afraid of anyone.

And Tang Zhou didn't forget why he was in Taiping Dao, so all kinds of confidential news about Taiping Dao were transmitted back to Luoyang City by Tang Zhou, and secretly brushed some sense of existence for Zhang Rang in Taiping Dao, in short, for Tang Zhou and Zhang Rang, everything was so smooth, until Liu Xin appeared...

Because of Liu Xin's appearance, Zhang Jiao, who was anxious to know Liu Xin's identity, sent Tang Zhou to Luoyang to look for Zhang Rang, hoping that Zhang Rang could provide Taiping Dao with information about Liu Xin, but what Zhang Jiao and Zhang Rang didn't expect was that because of this incident, Tang Zhou was "transferred" to Liu Xin by Zhang Rang...