At the end of the sixth year of Xiping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (the end of 177 AD), Chen Lin was transferred out of Luoyang and returned to Anyang, Runan, as a county lieutenant. At this time, Chen Lin didn't know much about the Taiping Sect, he only knew that the Taiping Sect was secretive and had different aspirations, so Chen Lin was taken to Julu County, Julu County, Jizhou. Julu County has jurisdiction over 15 counties, and Julu County is just an ordinary county seat of Julu County, with a population of less than 10,000.

Chen Lin and the others had a different feeling as soon as they entered the boundary of Julu County, Chen Lin stayed here since Chen, all the way was barren and depressed, and the people were yellow and thin. When I arrived in Julu County, I saw that although there were no crops ripe in the countryside, there was like the fragrance of wheat, and the people were also quite energetic. The farmers working in the fields greeted Zhang Fan and his party with a smile when they saw Zhang Fan and his entourage, and Zhang Fan also greeted others all the way. Chen Lin said with emotion: "The county magistrate and officials here are quite meritorious, and if they can govern the county like this, there are only one or two people in the entire Julu County." ”

After Zhang Fan listened, he smiled again: "The magistrate of Julu County is a person from my Taiping Sect, but this governance is done according to the teacher's instructions." Bo Zhi, how do you see how I treat the people in peace? ”

Chen Lin is now accustomed to Zhang Fan trying to persuade him to join the religion in three or two sentences, and he ignores Zhang Fan. Zhang Fan and the others did not go to the county seat, but entered the rural village, the same, Chen Lin can still walk around the village at will, Zhang Fan left Chen Lin and said that he was going to visit the teacher, and went to the other end of the village. Chen Lin said in his heart this time, this is considered to be a thief's den, and it is not so simple to leave.

About an hour later, Zhang Fan came back with a young man in his early twenties, and saw the man standing tall and tall, his right hand holding the hilt of the knife at his waist, never leaving his hand. As soon as this person entered the door and saw Chen Lin, he was like an old acquaintance, and laughed: "This is what Man Cheng said about Brother Bozhi, it's really extraordinary, calm and wise, good, good, a certain is a native of Julu County, Cheng Xiang Cheng Yuanzhi, haha, I will have a good drink when I see Brother Bozhi today." ”

Chen Lin said in his heart that this person is so familiar, what kind of people are in this Taiping Sect, Zhang Fan is good at tricks, and Cheng Xiang, who met for the first time, is so familiar. Chen Lin didn't care, although he was different from these humanitarians, he might as well have more contact with these characters, although these people were reckless, they also deserved to be called heroes.

In the wine and meat, Chen Lin learned from the mouths of the two that it turned out that Zhang Fan and Cheng Xiang were both personal disciples of Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Taiping Sect. Zhang Jiao now only has three disciples, go out of these two, and the senior brother Ma Hao Ma Yuanyi, Ma Hao is now active in Luoyang, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places, these days should also come back, the leaders of the Taiping Sect will always come back to see Zhang Jiao at the end of the year.

Ma Hao, Zhang Fan, and Cheng Xiang have a very high status in the Taiping Sect, because all three of them have read the scriptures and have quite a lot of family resources. A few years ago, he joined the sect and was accepted by Zhang Jiao as a disciple, and the three of them made a lot of contributions to Zhang Jiao's establishment of the Taiping Sect.

Among the three, Ma Hao and Ma Yuanyi are the leaders, Ma Hao is stable by nature, good at communication and eloquence, and is the most respected in the church. Therefore, he was sent by Zhang Jiao to various places to contact and transfer personnel and buy officials. This Ma Hao was originally from Hedong and was a well-known local high-roller, but he was not tolerated by the officials, so he had no choice but to be taken away. After meeting Zhang Jiao, seeing Zhang Jiao's grace and saving people, he decided to follow Zhang Jiao, Ma Hao was one of the first people to follow Zhang Jiao, and he had carried a basket to the mountain to collect medicine for Zhang Jiao for more than two years. Zhang Jiao saw that he was loyal and talented, so he accepted him as a big disciple and began to reuse it.

Cheng Xiang was also the first person to follow Zhang Jiao, and Cheng Xiang and Zhang Jiao were from the same county. Cheng Xiang is known for his hospitality, Cheng Xiang's family originally had countless wealth, but after less than three years of Cheng Xiang's house, he was ruined, and his parents died of anger. Cheng Xiang was seriously ill and was rescued by Zhang Jiao, and since then he has sold his ancestral house to follow Zhang Jiao, propagating teachings and developing the congregation in Jizhou and Youzhou.

The Taiping Sect has only developed for five or six years, and the congregation is no more than 10,000 people, and Zhang Jiao has developed the Julu County Magistrate to become a member of the sect, making the Taiping Sect based in Julu County. Zhang Jiao actually selected 1,000 young and strong disciples in Julu County, armed with armaments, practiced all day long, and called Taiping Sect Warriors.

In the wine and meat, Zhang Fancheng had to persuade Chen Lin to join the teaching, Chen Lin simply lay on the case, the two pushed Chen Lin a few times, but there was no reaction, thinking that Chen Lin was drunk, so he dispersed boringly. Chen Lin woke up in his heart, lay on the kang, looked at the two guards outside the door, calmed down, and always thought of a way to get out. Chen Lin has always wondered why he is still weak, and this Zhang Fan is using very powerful drugs.

Chen Lin lived in the village for a few days, and he had seen everything else except for the place surrounded by a high wall in the east of the village. The wall in the east of the village lives Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Taiping Sect, Chen Lin can occasionally see the wrestlers trained by the Taiping Sect, which is indeed not comparable to the ordinary county soldiers, Chen Lin has seen the regular army of the Han Dynasty, I am afraid that the Taiping Sect wrestlers are not bad with the army of the Han Dynasty. Chen Lin couldn't see Zhang Jiao, as soon as he walked into the wall, he would be driven away, or he would be pulled by the two people behind him.

This night, Chen Lin was still lying on the kang and thinking about it, when he suddenly heard the two people chatting outside the door, and what they said made Chen Lin listen to it. I only heard the conversation between the two people:

"Ma Dashuai is back, do you know?"

"Joke, it's still the horse rope I picked up, if I hadn't come to see this Shi Chen Gongzi tonight, this would have been to pick up the wind for Ma Dashuai." One of them said with great pride.

"Come on, it's you, do you still want to be qualified to give the handsome handsome? I heard that the marshal also brought back a Hongnong man named Shi Cai Zilan, and it is said that this person cut down seventeen guards of the marshal with a big knife before being captured by the marshal. ”

"Seventeen? So what are you going to do, don't kill and take revenge? ”

"You know a fart, Master Zhang said, to recruit the world's talents, this Cai Shizi, it is said to be a sword saint, naturally you have to stay well, in the future, I will have to have another handsome member of the Taiping Sect."

Chen Lin listened to it in the house, and his feelings were that Ma Hao and Ma Yuanyi came back, and they also tied up one person to come back, but they were caught only after they cut down seventeen, and they didn't want to be drugged in a daze. Chen Lin thought to himself what kind of person this Cai Zilan is, Zhang Fan's guard Chen Lin has seen it, they are all good hands, and Ma Hao's guards are not bad, this Cai Zilan can actually cut down seventeen, amazing.

Early on the second day, Zhang Fan came to look for Chen Lin, this time in addition to Cheng Xiang, there was another person, dressed in white, at first glance, people unconsciously thought of the image of a young man. Chen Lin thought about it, this person must be Ma Hao Ma Yuanyi, and sure enough, when he saw this person, he bowed his hand very politely and said, "How is Gongzi Chen?" A certain Hedong Ma Hao Ma Yuanyi. ”

Outsiders don't know that when they see Ma Hao like this, they must think that Ma Hao is the son of a scholar family, but Chen Lin already has a bottom in his heart, and he is not confused by Ma Hao, but simply responds. Chen Lin opened his mouth and said: "How does Man Cheng plan to treat Chen, Chen will never join the Taiping Sect, do you have to Guan to grow old?" Chen Lin really wanted to know how the Taiping Sect would treat him, and he wouldn't beat around the bush.

Ma Hao and the three of them didn't expect Chen Lin to ask such a question, but they didn't react, and finally Ma Hao was faster and said: "Hehe, the son is very talking, the Taiping Sect invited the son to come, and he never slackened off, how to say it's Guan." If Chen Gongzi has the heart to join the Taiping Sect and build a royal paradise with us, Ma is willing to give in to the position of a handsome. If Chen Gongzi is unwilling, Ma will not embarrass Chen Gongzi, but the Taiping Sect needs some money for the benefit of the people. ”

As soon as Chen Lin understood that this was blackmail, Zhang Fan next to him smiled arrogantly and continued Ma Hao's words: "That's it, Bozhi, what are you talking about, eat and drink well here, and treat each other sincerely, why do you want to leave." ”

Cheng Xiang also spoke: "Last time, this Yecheng Zhen family son also felt my Taiping Sect righteousness, and was willing to donate one million gold to me, Chen Gongzi can't lose face." ”

Chen Lin's mind was vast, a million taels of gold, and the three of them sang and harmonized. The Chen family's annual income is less than 20,000 taels, and if they want a million taels, don't even think about it. Chen Lin remembered what Cheng Xiang said about the last time the son of the Zhen family, and the Taiping Sect often did this business, no wonder the Taiping Sect had such exquisite armaments. It's just that why the Taiping Sect is not afraid of people reporting to the official, but the Yecheng Zhen family doesn't report to the official, which is a strange thing. Millions of gold, this is not a small amount, it seems that Cheng Xiang said that one million must be bluffing, and one hundred thousand taels is possible. The Taiping Sect doesn't dare to publicize it too much now, otherwise it won't be eye-catching and tricky.

Chen Lin thought of this and said, "Hahaha, millions? Ten thousand. "Chen Lin actually became a merchant and wanted to make a counteroffer.

Ma Hao and the three of them are also happy, this boy brother actually understands the way of the market, but Zhang Fan is extremely reluctant to Chen Lin to leave, although Chen Lin is less than twenty years old, he is a rare talent, given time, it will be unlimited, and it is more likely to become the enemy of the Taiping Sect in the future. It's just that Zhang Jiao doesn't think so, Zhang Jiao needs money too much, he needs money to buy Han officials, money to help the people, and money to prepare for armaments, which can only be solved in this way. Fortunately, Zhang Jiao also understands the obscure saying, and never puts people on the wrong path, plus a threat, usually everything is safe. This time, Zhang Fan brought back Chen Lin with the same plan, as long as tens of thousands of taels of money, it was as smooth as before, so he ordered Ma Hao and the three of them to come to Chen Lin.

Cheng Xiang was the first to speak: "Haha, according to so-and-so, Chen Gongzi must be a profiteer." The three of them also laughed, and in the end, Chen Lin couldn't help laughing out loud: "I don't understand, could it be that a few people will really accept the money and let it go, not afraid of a certain official?" As soon as Chen Lin said this, the three of them were even happier, and Zhang Fan said: "Where is the official of Bo Zhi?" Julu County definitely can't do it, but other officials don't want to pay attention to it, and only tie up these three or two inconspicuous little sons in a certain year, who are rich but not powerful. Bozhi, the Taiping Sect is really for the people, why don't you do a great cause with me. ”

Chen Lin was really convinced, thinking about Zhang Fan's words, he always felt that there was some truth, even after he went out, he couldn't help the Taiping Sect. Go back to Luoyang to find his mentor Yang Ci, I am afraid that Yang Ci also does not believe in the Taiping Sect and wants to rebel, he is really as Zhang Fan said, he has some money but not much power.

Chen Lin looked at these three civilized kidnappers and couldn't cry or laugh in his heart.