Chapter 17: Loyalty and Treachery (2)
Bidding farewell to Xu Xun, Zhang Huang and his party returned to Taishan County.
Compared with the previous days to break Mount Tai, there are a few more people in their team, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Chang Xuan, and the four heroes of Mount Tai in the future, one side is strong.
Wu Dun and Yin Li really wanted to help Zang Ba rescue his father Zang Jie, and Sun Guan, who had an upright personality, felt guilty for misunderstanding Zhang Huang and others after hearing about it, so he put forward the idea of helping.
Although he was framed by Shan Fu, his greed for life and fear of death and betrayal of his brother were despised by many small characters patrolling the mountains, and even Xu Xun almost wanted to kill him, in order to correct the rules of the cottage.
Fortunately, Zang Ba came forward to intercede, because in his opinion, this matter was all caused by him, and Chang Xuan's bad behavior was also because he was calculated by Shan Fu, and he was helpless.
Seeing that everyone asked to see him, Xu Xun changed his mind, spared Chang Xuan's life, and ordered him to assist Zang Ba and atone for his sins.
A group of nine people came to Taishan County, Zhang Huang and they returned to Zang Ba's home as soon as possible, and Zang Ba's two younger brothers, Zang Ai and Zang Shun, saw a few people coming back, and hurriedly welcomed them in.
Everyone sat down in the hall of Zang's mansion, and Zang Ba first told his two younger brothers what had happened in the past two days, and when they said that instead of killing Xu Xun by chance, they established some feelings with Xu Xun's Taishan army, Zang Ai and Zang Shun couldn't help but be a little stunned.
"That's the way it is, it seems that the leader of Xu is not a great traitor, and listening to his words, I am a little worried about my father who is in prison...... Second brother, third brother, how is my father's condition? ”
"This ......"
Seeing that the eldest brother Zang Ba asked about his father's condition, Zang Ai and Zang Shun glanced at each other and were hesitant. After a long time, Zang Ai said in a stammering manner, "In the two days that my eldest brother was away, although we went to prison, we didn't see my father. ”
"What's going on?" Zang Ba frowned and asked.
"The younger brother made some money, and the cell boss in charge told the truth: Taishou He Ying has ordered him to come down and not allow his father, who is in prison, to see outsiders."
"Don't see outsiders?" Zang Ba's brows were furrowed, and he said angrily, "How can father and son be outsiders? ”
Zang Ai and Zang Shun saw that their brother was angry, so they lowered their heads and did not speak.
On the side, Shan Fu pondered for a moment and guessed, "It seems that maybe He Ying does have a handle in the hands of Xuangao your father." Fear that your father will reveal it to others, so why should you order that you should not visit the prison? As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the Zang brothers and asked, "If what I expected is correct, most of the old people in Lord Lingzun's original prison have already been replaced, right?" ”
Zang Ai nodded when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Shan is right, the cell leaders and jailers promoted by my father have all been replaced by He Ying, and now the stewards and jailers in the prison are all people from He Ying." ”
"That's right." Shan Fu verified his guess.
"So what now?" Zang Ba looked at Zhang Huang and Shan Fu with inquiring eyes, because among the people in the room, these two people were the most knowledgeable and the most thoughtful.
Zhang Huang played with the teacup in his hand, and said with a straight face, "Chief Xu thinks that it is impossible to release Xuan Gao's father, and he will try his best to kill Zang Jicao who is holding the evidence of his crime...... The county and county did not have the right to execute prisoners, and if they wanted to punish Zang Prison Cao, they had no choice but to escort him to Xuzhou Prefecture. I'm not afraid of this, it's a big deal that we hijacked the prisoner car halfway and rescued Zang Prison Cao. I'm afraid of ......."
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid that he should make a black hand and force Zang Prison Cao to death in prison!" Shan Fu frowned and picked up Zhang Huang's words.
When Zang Ba heard this, he was furious, and scolded him, "He dares?!" ”
"Since he dares to risk his head at the risk of killing his head, he sells the rice grain in the county warehouse to the rice merchant at a discount, and kills someone in a hurry, why don't he dare?" Zhang Huang glanced at Zang Ba, signaled him to be calm, and then continued, "Xuan Gao, you will go with me to meet Na He Ying later, first, let me see this person with my own eyes, and second, it is best to delay the time." Didn't Leader Xu give you the waist card he used to have when he was the county lieutenant of Juping County? Later, you will lie to He Ying and say that he has killed Leader Xu, and the waist card is found from the corpse of Leader Xu. ”
"Hmm." Zang Ba nodded.
Zhang Huang turned his head to look at the rest of the people in the room, and said in a deep voice, "Before I go to the meeting with Xuan Gao, a few of you will go to the four gates in the city to find out if there are any prisoner cars going out of the city in the past few days. I'm afraid that why should I hide from the world, and if I pretend to appease me and others, I will quietly transport Zang Jiaocao out of the city in a prisoner car. trillions, you and Sun Guan go to the north of the city; Ah to, you and Wu Tun go to the west of the city; Dafuku, you and Yin Li go to the east of the city; The second son and the third son went to the south of the city. Is it all clear? ”
"Clear." Everyone nodded, and Chang Xuan, the only one who was not named, was a little stunned, and said to Zhang Huang flatteringly, "Leader Zhang, then I ......."
"You follow me." Zhang Huang said lightly.
may be because Chang Feng betrayed his brother's relationship, Zhang Huang didn't trust him very much, in order to avoid bad things about this person, Zhang Huang felt that he should still take him with him, after all, under the nose of Zang Ba, forgive this Chang Feng and not make any trouble.
After the assignment was completed, everyone scattered to fulfill their tasks, and Zhang Huang, Zang Ba and Chang Feng went straight to the government office and handed a letter of worship to the official at the door.
"You wait here, I'll go and tell Lord Taishou."
After accepting the benefits of Zhang Huang's ten taels of silver tickets, the doorman suddenly ran into the mansion with a smile and came to the side room in the lobby of the mansion.
"Lord Qiyu Taishou, Zang Ba, the son of Zang Jie, the son of Cao Cao, asks to see."
Taishan Taishou He Ying was discussing something with the chief bookkeeper Tian Zhang in the side room at this time, and his expression was stunned when he heard this.
"What is that kid here for?"
Hearing this, Tian Zhang, the chief bookkeeper, said with a smile, "Nine times out of ten, I came to intercede." Although the adult had made an agreement with Zang Ba before, saying that as long as he exterminated the Taishan thief, he would release his father, but Xu Xun, the leader of the Taishan thief, is not easy to mess with, even if Zang Ba has some fame in my Taishan County, but after all, he is still young, how can he beat Xu Xun? I see, most of them suffered losses from Xu Xun, and only then did I realize that I was shallow, so I came back and begged the adults again. ”
He Ying thought about it and felt that this was possible. After all, he has seen Xu Xun's strength, last year he led more than 100 county soldiers, but he failed to kill the other party, but asked Xu Xun to take advantage of the chaos to kill out of the county.
"I didn't expect that kid to come back alive. Tut! If he died at the hands of Xu Xun, how good would it be......"
He Ying smacked his lips with regret.
"Do you see him? According to the humble opinion, the top priority at the moment is how to deal with the task of suppressing thieves in Xuzhou Mansion, and there is really no need for adults to waste their time on that kid. Tian Zhang frowned and said.
He Ying hesitated, shook his head and said, "No! See you! Zang Jie, that bastard thing, this official just used some of my Taishan County's cumbersome Juping County refugees as Taishan thieves, that ungrateful dog thing actually secretly wrote a roster to record the official's crimes. Fortunately, the official guarded against him, otherwise, if the roster was handed over to Xuzhou Mansion, the official would not only lose his official position, but also not even save his life. Since the roster is not in Zang Jie's hands, only eight or nine are in the hands of his three sons. If we can't coincidentally arrest all the Zang fathers, sons, and brothers, we must be polite to that Zang Ba......"
"Your Excellency suspects that the roster is in his hands?"
"Hmm!" He Ying nodded and said, "After all, Zang Ba is the eldest son, and Zang Jie's ungrateful thing must have something to tell him." ”
Tian Zhang was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and said, "My lord, I think that if that Zang Ba really has that roster in his hand, I am afraid that he would have already confronted us face to face, how could he be willing to seek the near and far, in order to save his father, he should deal with the matter of nine deaths?" ”
He Ying shook his head and said in a deep voice, "If he dares to confront this official on the spot, he will be killing himself!" A small child, dare to go against my Taishan County government? However, it seems that this son is smart, and he doesn't mention the roster, which makes the official jealous. If it weren't for this, a glass of poisoned wine would have allowed Zang Jiena to die in prison, and it would also save the official from worrying about the incident day and night. ”
"That's right." Tian Zhang nodded and pondered, "It seems that we have to think of a suitable charge and arrest Zang Jie's three sons as well." What the three criminals said, no one would believe it. ”
"That makes sense!"
As the two were talking, the doorman had led Zhang Huang, Zang Ba, and Chang Feng out of the door.
"My lord, Zang Ba, the son of Zang Prison Cao, and his two servants are asking to see him outside the door."
He Ying motioned for Tian Zhang to hide behind the screen, and then changed his fierce expression when he spoke before, and said with a smile on his face, "Please!" ”
With permission, Zhang Huang, Zang Ba, and Chang Feng pushed the door and walked in.
"Grass Folk Zang Ba, I've seen Lord He!" After entering the door, Zang Ba bowed respectfully to He Ying.
"Virtuous nephews are exempt." He Ying smiled and helped Zang Ba up, then glanced at Zhang Huang and Chang Feng suspiciously, and asked, "Who are these two?" ”
Zang Ba had already received Zhang Huang's instructions and replied, "My lord, these two are the diners I recruited in the Ranger Pavilion a few days ago...... There were still a few people, but it's a pity that they were ......" Speaking of this, Zang Ba showed a sad look on his face.
Seeing this, He Ying's heart was stunned, but his face deliberately showed a little surprise, and he said in surprise, "The virtuous nephew really went to Mount Tai to suppress the thief?" Oh, in fact, the Japanese official just said it casually, how can he really let the virtuous nephew go to the thief. It's really not easy for your father to do the thing, and the official is also a headache, so he had to make that agreement with the virtuous nephew that day, I thought that the virtuous nephew would retreat in the face of difficulties, but I didn't want to...... Alas! The virtuous nephew wasn't hurt, was he? ”
Seeing He Ying's concerned look, Zhang Huang frowned secretly.
[This guy is so hypocritical...... It seems that Xu Xun is right, this guy is not a good thing! ]
Thinking of this, Zhang Huang quietly touched Zang Ba's back with his hand.
[What should I do if I get stimulated?] ]
Zang Ba sensed the signal, and immediately said, "The husband is true to his word, how can he break his trust in others?" Since Zang Ba has made an agreement with Lord Taishou, how can he talk about it? The day before yesterday, Zang Ba went up the mountain with more than a dozen recruited diner brothers......"
He Ying felt that he faintly heard the irony from Zang Ba's words, and the anger in his eyes flashed, but he was clearly seen by Zhang Huang.
"I don't know how the virtuous nephew has gained?" He Ying asked.
"Taishou-sama, please take a look!" Zang Ba took out a waist card from his bosom and threw it on the table.
"This is ......" He Ying took a closer look, and suddenly a pair of eyes opened round, only to see that the waist card was engraved with the words 'Juping Wei', which was clearly Xu Xun's personal collection of waist cards.
[Could it be that Xu Xun overturned in the gutter and was killed by this kid?] This is ...... That's great! ]
The more He Ying thought about it, the happier he became, and said in surprise, "The virtuous nephew actually killed the thief leader Xu Xun?" He is worthy of being the number one athlete in my Taishan County! Virtuous nephew, where is Xu Xun's body? ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Huang suddenly noticed that someone behind the screen in the room suddenly took a breath.
[Someone behind the screen?] Why, before we come, why should we meet people here? Isn't this side room the place to be? ]
Zhang Huang glanced at the screen quietly, while Zang Ba replied with regret and annoyance as he had told him before, "Xu Xun's corpse was taken back by those Taishan thieves......
"What?" The ecstasy on He Ying's face froze instantly, and he looked at Zang Ba a few times in disbelief, and repeated, "Taken back by the Taishan thief?" ”
"Yes, there are only a dozen of us, and it is not easy to sneak attack and kill Xu Xun, and the thieves under him rushed to support, so we had to retreat."
"That's it......" Playing with the waist card in his hand, He Ying's eyes were gurgling, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Seeing this, Zang Ba clenched his fists and pleaded, "My lord, although Zang Ba has not completely exterminated the Taishan thief, but since Xu Xun has been executed, can you release your father first?" Rest assured, if the adults can release their father, Zang Ba is willing to join the command of the adults and help the adults to level Mount Tai! ”
"This ......" He Ying's face was full of embarrassment, and he shook his head and said, "If Xu Xun's corpse is placed in front of this official, this official can naturally make the decision and release Zang Prison Cao, but this thing alone can ......"
Zang Ba's face changed when he heard this, and he pretended to be angry and said, "Lord Taishou doesn't believe Zang Ba's words? ”
"How can this official not trust the virtuous nephew, but your father's matter is very involved, if you kill Xu Xun and present his corpse, you can also exonerate your father by atonement, but now ......" Speaking of this, He Ying raised his head and said, "Well, give this official two days to think about it, how about it?" ”
Zang Ba hesitated, nodded after all, and led Zhang Huang and Chang Feng away.
As soon as they walked on the first foot, Tian Zhang, the master of the back foot, turned out from behind the screen and said with a strange expression, "Could it be that Lord Zang really believed that Zang Ba's words?" ”
"Humph!" Completely different from Fang Cai's attitude, He Ying sneered and said, "Even if this official is blind, he will not believe such a lie!" What kind of character is Xu Xun, how can he be killed by that Zang Ba Qingyi? But ......" Speaking of this, he stared at the waist card in his hand with great interest, and said with a smile, "However, Xu Xun's waist card is in Zang Ba's hand, which is interesting......"
"Could it be that Zang Ba colluded with the Taishan thief? By the way, the relationship between Xu Xun and Zang Jie was good at the beginning, but maybe Xu Xun missed the old relationship and let Zang Ba go. Tian Zhang's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "Great joy, my lord, with this crime, we can justifiably arrest the Zang brothers!" ”
"Just a waist card does not prove that Zang Ba colluded with Taishan thieves." He Ying shook his head, his eyes flashed with a little cold light, and he lowered his voice and sneered, "Unless...... Catch the thief and catch the stolen goods! ”
"Do you have an idea?"
"Ordered to go down, point the county soldiers 200, and escort 120 Taishan thieves led by Zang Jie to Xishan Fei County tonight, and send them to Xuzhou Mansion to be killed one day later...... Find a few people to get the word out. ”
Tian Zhang was stunned, and then suddenly realized, and smiled suspiciously.
"Humble duty understands."