Chapter 11: The Fifth Crow: Zang Ba
"You...... How do you know I'm going to get rid of the Tarzan thief? ”
Zang Ba stared at Zhang Huang with his eagle-like eyes, it is undeniable that he is worthy of being the leading martial artist on the Taishan side, and in terms of momentum alone, he is far better than Li Tong and Chen Zhi.
It's a pity that under this coercion, Zhang Huang's eyes are still clear and clear, he doesn't speak, just looks straight into Zang Ba's eyes.
The two looked at each other for dozens of minutes, but in the end, Zang Ba was defeated, after all, he really couldn't figure out what Zhang Huang was thinking.
As soon as his tone softened, Zang Ba only asked again in an inquiring tone, "How did you know about this?" It shouldn't have spread in the city yet. ”
Seeing that Zang Ba's tone was no longer as aggressive as Shicai, Zhang Huang opened his mouth and said with a chuckle, "Actually, I guessed too." ”
"Guess?" Zang Ba looked surprised.
"That's right! The eldest prince went to the Ranger Pavilion to recruit diners, indicating that the eldest prince was in urgent need of manpower at this time, however, the eldest prince was the son of the dignified Taishan City Prison Cao, with a prominent status, would there be a shortage of manpower around him on weekdays? Why do you want the eldest prince to go to the Ranger Pavilion in the city to recruit those stragglers as diners? Moreover, Zhang heard that Lord Ling Zun had a dispute with He Ying, the Taishan Taishou, for some reason, and was imprisoned by He Ying for the following crimes......
"......" Hearing this, Zang Ba's tiger eyes trembled slightly.
Seeing this, Zhang Huang chuckled lightly and continued, "Lord Ling Zun was imprisoned, and the eldest prince hurriedly recruited diners, Zhang had two judgments on this: First, the eldest prince hated Taishou He Ying, and planned to gather heroes to rescue Lord Ling Zun. However, if this is the case, the eldest prince should not be alarmed and recruit diners in the Ranger Pavilion in the city, lest Taishou should not notice about it. Therefore, this should be unlikely. Thinking about it this way, the purpose of the eldest prince to recruit diners and require diners to be good at fighting is probably only one other, that is, the eldest prince intends to exterminate the Taishan thief. ”
Zang Ba's eyes showed a little surprise, and he asked rhetorically, "Isn't it possible that I recruited diners just for autumn hunting?" ”
Zhang Huang laughed when he heard this, shook his head and said, "If Lord Ling Zun is imprisoned, but the eldest prince is still only thinking about hunting and having fun, then Zhang can only think that he has lost his eyes." I, the black feather crow, will not have a place for the eldest prince! ”
In the last sentence, Zhang Huang said it categorically, and he only heard Zang Ba's face change slightly.
After a long time, Zang Ba let out a long sigh, nodded and conceded, "Zang Ba was originally self-controlled, but he didn't want to underestimate the young athletes in the world. Chief Zhang guessed correctly, I did make an agreement with Taishou He Ying, if I can exterminate the Taishan thief, He Ying will release my father. A few days ago, I was recruiting diners at the Ranger Pavilion for this matter, hoping to get some help, but it's a pity that ......" Speaking of this, he quietly glanced at Zhang Huang and the others, and his eyes couldn't help but be slightly hot.
And Zhang Huang seemed to have guessed what Zang Ba was thinking, and said with a smile, "In this way, the eldest prince will tell me the ins and outs of this matter first, so that Zhang has a clue." ”
"Good!" Zang Ba groaned slightly, and told Zhang Huang and the four of them about this matter as it was: "My father's surname is Zang Zhenjie, and he is the prison Cao of Taishan County, and he is loved by the people of the county according to the law. Last year, there was a severe drought in the world, and refugees from all sides fled and gathered in Mount Tai. However, the grain stock in the county warehouse of Taishan County is not enough to supply such a large number of refugees. As a result, fighting broke out between refugees and local residents in the city. He Ying, as the Taishan Taishou, naturally protected the local people, called his wife and uncle, and the county lieutenant Wang Hu took two hundred county soldiers to suppress the refugee rebellion. In that incident, a lot of people died......"
Zhang Huang sighed when he heard this, and couldn't help but recall Wang Dazhuang's words in his mind, saying in his heart that it was no wonder that the well water of the refugees and the local residents did not interfere with the river water, and there was no contact with each other, and it turned out that there had been a conflict as early as last year.
“…… He Ying favored the local residents, which was unacceptable to the refugees, and a group of them left the city in anger, occupied Mount Tai, and began to loot the wealthy merchants near Mount Tai. This made He Ying very displeased, and sent his wife and uncle Wang Hudian County soldiers to encircle and suppress the Taishan thieves, but he did not want to be defeated repeatedly, causing the Taishan thieves to sit big and gradually endanger the neighbors of Mount Tai. Tai'an, Wuxian, and Zhangqiu were victimized one after another. In the end, the matter was stabbed to Xuzhou Mansion. The state government was furious and ordered He to exterminate the Taishan thieves, and if it was not good to suppress the thieves, he would cut the officials and be punished.
He Ying was greatly frightened, united with the victimized Tai'an, Wuxian, and Zhangqiu, and successively raised county soldiers to fight against the Taishan thieves three times, and each time used thousands of people. However, the Taishan thieves also knew that they were powerful, and when they saw the momentum of the officers and soldiers, they disappeared and hid in the depths of Mount Tai, causing He Ying to return in vain every time.
The state capital was urging tightly, and the Taishan thieves couldn't hide, so they had no way to do anything, so they had a different idea: they actually advocated using the prisoners in the prison to impersonate and escort them to Xuzhou Mansion to show the public as the head of the Taishan thieves. Originally, if those were prisoners waiting for death to be executed for all kinds of evil, it would be fine, but most of the prisoners in the prison were refugees who were imprisoned because of the last dispute with the local residents, and even, in order to lie about the achievements and appease the Xuzhou Mansion, he secretly sent people to arrest the refugees in the city at night and put them in prison, just waiting for these people to be escorted to Xuzhou Mansion to be beheaded.
My father is a prison caus, how could he not know about this? Because of his uprightness, he didn't accept this matter, and argued with He Ying on the basis of reason, and He Ying was angry, so he framed his father and the Taishan thief for secretly communicating with him, and arrested his father in prison. ”
"Good dog thief!" Li Tong and Chen Zhi were furious when they heard this, and they couldn't help but scold angrily.
Zang Ba glanced at Li Tong and Chen Dao gratefully, and continued, "After I heard about this, I went to the government to reason with He Ying. He should know that he is wrong, but he refuses to let go. Therefore, I made an agreement with He Ying: if I exterminate the Taishan thief, then He Ying will release my father and innocent people along with the prison. ”
"......I see," Shan Fu suddenly realized, but there was still a little doubt between his eyebrows, and he frowned and whispered, "Although the eldest prince has to solve his doubts, Xiaosheng always feels a little wrong...... It stands to reason that if the eldest prince gets rid of the Taishan thief, there will be many benefits to him, so why not send county soldiers to help? Could it be that this person deliberately made things difficult and didn't want Zang Dagongzi to succeed? ”
Zang Ba smiled bitterly when he heard this, "That's not true, most likely He Ying doesn't think I can exterminate the Taishan thief." Speaking of this, he looked at Zhang Huang and said without concealment, "Don't hide a few, I have inquired, the head of the thieves and thieves in Mount Tai is called Xu Xun, who was originally the county lieutenant of Juping County, because the county suffered a great drought and no harvest, so he led the local county people to defect to Mount Tai, but he didn't want to have a dispute with Taishou in Mount Tai because of the relief of rice and grain, and he was angry and went to Mount Tai, and most of the thieves under his hands were county soldiers in Juping County, and they were by no means rabble...... So, I'm not too sure. But for the sake of his father, what if it's Longtan Tiger's Den? ”
"Well said!" After Chen Zhi tried martial arts with Zang Ba, he already had a good impression of him, but now when he heard this, he couldn't help but say to Zhang Huang, "Boss, we are duty-bound to do this, we must help!" ”
"You want to make decisions for me?" Zhang Huang glanced at Chen Dao angrily, then turned his gaze to Zang Ba, and said with a chuckle, "My words have already been made clear, it depends on how Zang Dagongzi decides." ”
"You threaten me?" Zang Ba was a little displeased when he heard this.
"Is this a threat?" Zhang Huang laughed, and said, "Master Zang, even you think that Taishan thief is tricky, I'm afraid there will be no return for this trip." You and I are not related to each other, why should we risk our lives to help you? ”
"This ......" Zang Ba's face was stunned and silent.
[Yes, if you are not related to each other, why should people help?] ]
Thinking of this, Zang Ba didn't feel a little discouraged, and the momentum he had gathered before suddenly plummeted.
Next to him, Chen Zhi couldn't look at it, and said with some dissatisfaction, "Boss, it's not right for you to say that, right?" Isn't the purpose of my black feather crow to help each other when the road is uneven? Driven by righteousness, it is incumbent on you, isn't this what you said, boss? ”
Zhang Huang rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said angrily, "People are only going to save their father, so they plan to punish the Taishan thief, and it is not just for the neighbors, what kind of righteousness is this?" ”
"This ......," Chen Zhi was speechless.
Beside him, Shan Fu touched his chin and looked at Zhang Huang and Zang Ba with interest.
[Is the leader suppressing Zang Ba's superiority as the young master of the martial arts Zang clan?] Hey! ]
Shan Fu laughed secretly in his heart.
But then again, just looking at the contempt that subconsciously appeared in Zang Ba's eyes when he heard about their Black Feather Crow, Shan Fu knew that if Zang Ba's sense of superiority was not suppressed, even if Zang Ba finally became one of them, it would be difficult to truly integrate into it.
Instead of causing disagreement and disagreement between brothers in the future, it is better to put the villain first and then the gentleman, and completely suppress Zang Ba's sense of superiority.
And Li Tong obviously understood this truth, and looked at Zang Ba with a smile and did not speak.
Zang Ba didn't feel a little ashamed, after all, he was still a little angry at Zhang Huang's words before, but after listening to Zhang Huang's words, he was speechless.
[Yes, I just wanted to rescue my imprisoned father, so I had to seek the Tarzan thief, which was not a righteous act in the first place, why should the other party accompany me to life and death?] ]
Thinking of this, Zang Ba smiled bitterly.
And at this moment, listening to Zhang Huang continue, "Right now, we don't have to help you, but ......," he said, he looked up at Zhang Huang and said sincerely and sincerely, "If you become a member of my Black Feather Crow and become our brother, then ...... For the sake of our brothers, we are willing to go to life and death with our brothers, and never give up, even if there is a tiger's den in Longtan ahead, a sea of swords and fire! ”
Zang Ba's eyes widened suddenly, because after hearing Zhang Huang's words, he felt his heart beat violently unconsciously, as if there was a warm current swimming all over his body, making him feel so comfortable.
Taking a deep breath, Zang Ba met Zhang Huang's sincere eyes.
"Overlord...... I owe you a favor to all brothers! ”