Li Xiaosi's nickname is finally not in vain, although I don't know where he got the gossip from, but it is undeniable that Zang Ba's uncle Zang Min really returned to Sheyang County, Guangling County, and returned to his ancestral home of Sheyang Zang.

At this time, the old man Zang was talking to his son Zang Hong in the study.

Zang Hong's character Ziyuan, twenty years old, tall, burly, rare is the face is like a crown of jade, red lips and white teeth, and the appearance can be called handsome. In terms of temperament, his gestures are also gentle and elegant, and his bearing is extraordinary.

At the age of fifteen, Zang Hong was worshiped as a boy because of his father's merits, and then entered Taixue, when he was more than 20 years old, he was filial piety and honesty, and now he is serving as the county commander of Sheyang County.

Not only the neighbors thought so, but even the high-ranking and powerful Zang Min felt so, proud and pleased with his son's outstanding talent, but this old man did not reveal half of it in his words, but just said that Zang Hong should guard against arrogance and rashness and continue to hone, I am afraid this is the common education method of the family.

Zang Hong listened to his father's admonition from beginning to end, and it was not until his father finished drinking tea that he slowly said the guess that was still hidden in his heart.

"Father's return to Guangling this time, isn't it for the south?"

Zang Min, who was holding the tea cup, his slightly white beard trembled slightly, and said noncommittally, "What? What do you hear? ”

Zang Hong couldn't help but chuckle and said, "What else do you need to hear?" A few months ago, the imperial court changed his father to Shouchun Taishou, and moved the Yangzhou Prefecture to Shouchun, isn't it afraid that if something happens, it will damage the foundation of Yangzhou? But anyone who has a little heart can probably see it. As he spoke, he raised his head and asked solemnly, "Father, is the court really planning to exterminate the thieves in the south this time?" ”

"Probably yes......" Glancing approvingly at his son, Zang Min nodded and said.

Zang Hong's face turned straight when he heard this, and he asked in a tight voice, "Can the imperial court send the northern army?" ”

Zang Min glanced at his son and said with some amusement, "Do you think that there are bandits in just one county, as for mobilizing the most elite army of my Great Zhou?" ”

"But that's no ordinary trouble!" Zang Hong took a deep breath, shook his head and said in a deep voice, "If it is an ordinary bandit, it is impossible to break through Wu County with more than 10,000 people alone!" The child thinks that the father should pay attention to him. ”

"Pay attention to ......" Zang Min sighed slightly when he heard this, and muttered, "Within three months, Huiji County fell, and the scourge of war affected Wu County, and now even Wu County has been breached, and only a few scattered county towns are still struggling to resist, and the war is about to spread to my Guangling County, this kind of ferocity, how can my father not pay attention to the demon thief?" But the father attaches importance to the demon thief, and who in the court attaches importance to the father's recital? The imperial court replied to the letter: In the rebellion of a county, the soldiers of a county can be controlled, and there is no need to move the northern army lightly. How do those high-ranking officials and doctors in Beijing know the danger of this Jiangdong bandit? ”

"So, what then?" Zang Hong asked in surprise.

"It's up to me to wait for myself." The old thorn Shi closed his eyes and said lightly, "Although the northern army has not arrived, my father has transferred troops from Yangzhou and transferred 10,000 elite soldiers......"

"Ten thousand? A little less, right? Zang Hong's face was incredulous.

"Soldiers are expensive but not too expensive." Zang Min said lightly. But in the bottom of his heart, he sighed secretly. Xin said that if it weren't for the continuous disasters in the past two years, even Yangzhou has been affected many times, the government has insufficient food, and the southern thief army is about to invade Guangling County, how could he only gather 10,000 soldiers?

The so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, there are actually not many soldiers in Yangzhou, but the problem is that the military food is insufficient, no matter how many troops you have, what can be done if the food is not enough? Could it be that those soldiers could be made to go hungry to war?

"Isn't it a problem with food and grass?" The thoughtful Zang Hongdang even guessed the reason.

Old Thorn Shi smiled bitterly and nodded, acquiescing to his son's guess.

Hearing this, Zang Hong also knew that this matter had become tricky, after all, he couldn't conjure food. After thinking about it, he looked up and said, "Ten thousand soldiers...... To be honest, the child is not optimistic about this battle. ”

"It doesn't matter." Zang Min stroked his beard, and the old god was saying, "The court is now fighting for power and profit, and it is beyond the reach of the world's bandits, and we can only rely on ourselves for many things. This time, the demon thief is violent, and the soldiers are pointing directly at my Guangling County, we only need to suppress his arrogance first, and then slowly try to recover the lost land. ”

Zang Hong nodded and said, "Hmm." For the sake of today, I'm afraid that's the only way to go......"

"Oh, yes." As if remembering something, the old thorn touched his beard and smiled, "There is something that my father forgot to tell you, a few days ago, my father sent someone to contact Lord Xu Kun Xu, the Taishou of Danyang." In the meantime, the Danyang soldiers will also send troops to help me wait! With the help of Xu Taishou's Danyang elite soldiers, it will not be a problem for us to defend Guangling County. ”

"Danyang elite soldiers? It turned out that my father had already made a plan in his chest. Zang Hong's eyes lit up when he heard this.

You must know that Danyang has long been one of the important sources of soldiers for the Northern Army, otherwise how could the world say that Danyang is the best soldier in the world? Hearing that he could get the help of Danyang's elite soldiers this time, Zang Hong's heart suddenly rose with a little confidence.

The father and son chatted for a while, and then, seeing that his father was in good spirits, Zang Hong suddenly thought of something and asked curiously, "By the way, father, you wrote to my Zang's Taishan branch for a while, I don't know what to do?" ”

Zang Min shook his head and smiled bitterly, "He declined the old man's invitation politely. The virtue in his mouth refers to Zang Ba's father, Zang Jie.

Zang Hong raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said in surprise, "My father invited me as the county master, but Brother Hede also rejected it?" Although his position as a county jailer is also beautiful, how can he compare to the county master's book? ”

It is undeniable that Zang Hong's words are not false at all, after all, the main book is the head of the officials under the jurisdiction of the Taishou in a place, and it is not comparable to the prison Cao.

"Hude doesn't focus on the level of the official, it's really my Zang's good son, it's a pity that it's ......" Old Thorn Shi sighed slightly.

Zang Hong's heart moved slightly, where could he not know his father's thoughts. Thinking that his Zang clan was originally not prosperous, and the few branches scattered in several states and counties have gradually fallen in recent generations, so his father will consider whether he can integrate this Zang family's bloodline into one and revive the former prosperity of the Zang family. But then again, his father Zang Min thought so, but the other Zang bloodlines may not be willing to leave their hometowns, after all, they have also stayed in their respective hometowns for several generations, but they are not willing to leave.

However, this kind of thing, how could Zang Hong directly say it to defeat his father's interest, and said with a smile when he heard this, "The child thinks that Brother Hede is probably delayed." ”

"That's right." Zang Min stroked his beard and said thoughtfully, "Hude said in the letter that Taishan was too observant or had something to bend the law, but there was no evidence...... Hopefully, it's not a pretext. Speaking of this, the old thorn Shi's eyes were slightly lost.

When Zang Hong saw it, he hurriedly said, "My father is too worried, with the character of Brother Hude, how can he deceive your father because he doesn't want to bring his family to Guangling?" ”

Zang Min was silent, looking out, he failed to gather the Zang bloodlines scattered outside, and the old man was really a little disappointed.

The father and son were chatting, and suddenly the housekeeper hurriedly walked in, and said respectfully after saluting, "Master Qiyu, master, there is a group of six people outside the mansion who want to see, and one of them is said to be from the Zang family in Taishan County......"

"Huh?" Zang Min and Zang Hong, father and son, glanced at each other, and both found that each other's eyes were shining.

"Who?" Zang Hong asked in a tight voice.

The housekeeper thought for a moment and replied, "A branch of the Taishan Zang clan, the son of Zang Jie, Zang Ba, Zang Xuangao, and his five companions. ”

"Zang Ba? Brother Hude's eldest son? Zang Hong smiled a little unexpectedly, and after asking his father, he said with a smile, "Please come in, just come to this study." Be polite, be thoughtful, and not be rude. ”

"Yes." The butler respectfully stepped back.

Seeing that the housekeeper had withdrawn from the study again, Zang Hong turned his head and smiled at his father, "Father, look at this, just mentioned Brother Hede, Brother Hede's son came to visit us, I think my father still moved Brother Hede's ......."

"Not necessarily." Zang Min shook his head when he heard this, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he muttered, "He has politely rejected the old man's invitation before, and now he has sent his eldest son over, if he comes to the door to make amends, it is okay, I am afraid that something will happen to Taishan......" Speaking of this, the old man's eyebrows showed a deep look of worry.

After a short time, the housekeeper took six teenagers into the study, which were the six people of Zhang Huang, Zang Ba and other black feather crows.

"Zang Ba and five of his companions came to visit my uncle this time, and I ask my uncle for forgiveness for any presumptuousness." The first time he saw Zang Min behind the desk, Zang Ba took the lead in kowtowing to the ground and saluting, after all, this old man was his uncle, two generations taller.

"Boy, get up." Zang Min didn't put on the shelf of the elders at all, and after asking Zang Ba to get up, he asked a little anxiously, "Xuan Gao, you came to the old man's place this time, but something happened to Taishan?" ”

Zang Ba was stunned when he heard this.

Seeing this, the worry in Zang Min's eyes became even stronger, and his tone became a little heavier, and even faintly with a little anger.

"Tell me, what's going on? Didn't someone move your Taishan Zang clan? ”

Although Zang Min is nearly fifty years old and a civil official, once he gets angry, Zhang Huang and the others faintly feel a deterrent power from the superiors, which makes them secretly speechless: This old man is full of momentum!

"Yes...... Nor is it ...... Alas, uncle, you will know this letter. ”

With Zang Ba's stupid mouth, where could he explain the matter, he had to take out the letter from his father Zang Jie in his arms and respectfully handed it to Zang Min.

Zang Min frowned and tore open the cover, glanced at ten lines of rough glances, frowned his eyebrows tightly and then stretched slightly, the anxiety and worry in his eyes also faded a little, and he scolded, "Why should that guy be like this?" He deserves to be punished! Outrageous! ”

It can be seen that this upright old assassin is disgusted by Taishan's evil deeds of being too stubborn and perverting the law, so much so that he can't help but scold in front of his children and grandchildren.

It's a pity that after He Ying, he became a group of Zhang Huang and Zang Ba when he was scolded.

"However, although that sin deserves death, you boys...... He was so bold! Collusion with Tarzan thieves to rob prisoners? Attack on Xishanfei County? Not? Still creating turmoil in Taishan County and instigating refugees to loot the county warehouse? How many of you...... What a guts! In the end, the old assassin slapped the case on the table and rebuked angrily, "Do you know that this move is tantamount to a blatant rebellion?" Against the government? Yes? ”

Seeing the old man Zang who was almost so angry that his white hair stood upside down, Zhang Huang was stunned and didn't dare to speak, especially Zang Ba, who looked at this uncle with a blank face, and muttered secretly in his heart: Didn't you say that your uncle is a civil official? But this momentum ...... It's better than Dad.

After scolding Zhang Huang and Zang Ba severely, the old man Zang was angry, and sighed while looking at the letter and said, "Okay, okay, I read that you were persecuted by He Yingna, and you had to do it as a last resort, so the old man didn't reprimand him too much." ”

[You haven't learned enough, have you?] ]

The people of the Black Feather Crow muttered secretly in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it at all.

"The old man understands what he means." Putting away Zang Jie's letter, Zang Min looked at Zhang Huang and the others with his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "But the wanted notice of Xuzhou Mansion is not wrong, and the old man can't dredge it for you, but ...... You can stay with the old man for the time being. In the letter, he praised you and others for being extraordinary martial arts athletes, and it happened that the old man was now at the time of employing people, if you made military achievements, the old man should play the court for you, atone for the merits, and the court came forward to call the Xuzhou Mansion and the Qingzhou Mansion to revoke the wanted notice for you...... However, even if you come to the old man, the old man will not forget his official duties because of his selfishness, you will remember! ”

As he spoke, Old Man Zang looked at Zhang Huang and the others quietly. He said three 'buts' in a row, but these juniors in front of him did not change their faces from beginning to end, which made Zang Min secretly surprised in his heart, and surprised that these little guys were calm.

"Is there anything you want to say?" Old Man Zang asked.

As soon as the words fell, he saw Shan Fu step forward and asked curiously, "Lord Zang just said military merits, could it be that Guangling County wants to put down the thieves?" ”

[This kid is clever.] ]

Zang Min was stunned for a moment and smiled, did not hide it, nodded and said, "Not bad!" ”

"I don't know which one?"

When the old man Zang heard this, his eyes showed a little anger, and he said with hatred and hatred, "That self-standing Huiji demon thief who is Emperor Yangming, Xu Zhao!" ”

[It turned out to be the most powerful anti-thief in Jiangdong......]

The Black Feather Crow's faces were slightly startled, and they looked at each other.

They couldn't help but realize that what they would encounter next was no longer the battle they were familiar with, but the killing between armies and armies.

A way to fight like they've never touched.