Chapter Eighty-Eight: Change
"Back to my lord!" After listening to Zhang Shuo's instructions, the leader of several soldiers immediately replied: "Lord Huang has already led the troops with Lord Zhizhai to escort Zhang San, a prisoner from Yuncheng County, and Hua Rong, who is an adulterous thief from Qingfeng Mountain, to the state capital, didn't you see your lord when he came?" ”
"That's it!" Zhang Shuo nodded, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, he guessed that it might be the case when he left, at that time he felt that Huang Xin wanted to break him away, but for his task, the development of things was not bad, so he did not object, and directly agreed.
"Then do you know how long Lord Huang and Liu Zhizhai have been gone?"
The leading soldier replied respectfully: "I left an hour and a half ago." ”
After listening to the soldier's reply, Zhang Shuo nodded, turned his head to Lu Fei and said, "You take a hundred people to Hua Rong to see if the family members in his house are there, and if they are, invite them over." By the way, let's see how many soldiers are there, and bring them all over, I'll be useful. ”
Lu Fei didn't agree immediately, but said with an embarrassed face: "Bring all his family members over, isn't this okay?" ”
Seeing this, Zhang Shuo shook his head and said, "I know what you mean, don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who is ruthless, and I'm just doing this just in case." ”
"Alright then, I hope you do what you say." Lu Fei didn't say anything after hearing this, and immediately found a centurion on the side, led the soldiers he accepted with him, and walked towards Huarong Village.
After seeing Lu Fei leave, Zhang Shuo looked at the leading soldier and said, "Liu Zhizhai has left, so who is in charge of this village now?" ”
The soldier shook his head and said, "This villain doesn't know, and the adults will bring their cronies when they go, and it won't take long to come and go, so they haven't explained." ”
"That's it!" Zhang Shuo was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "In this way, this place will be temporarily decided by the official, and you can find someone who is familiar with Qingfeng Mountain, Erlong Mountain and Peach Blossom Mountain, and the official will be useful." ”
"Yes!" Although the soldier did not know the reason, he did not dare to ask any more questions, and after answering, he left with two of his men, while the rest stayed behind to listen to the orders.
"Enter the village!" Seeing this, Zhang Shuo jumped on his horse, waved his hand, and took the lead towards the village.
After entering the village, Zhang Shuo came to the hall of Dazhai and sat on the main seat of the hall. Ren Xia and the other four centurions who followed him sat separately.
Glancing at Ren Xia, Zhang Shuo said to the four centurions: "You should have heard the soldier's report just now, Lord Huang and Liu Zhizhai did not meet with us after leaving, and now I am afraid that it will be more than lucky, and I am afraid that it will be captured by the bandits of Qingfeng Mountain, Erlong Mountain, and Peach Blossom Mountain." On the orders of the prefect, this official vowed to suppress these bandits from the three mountains, so he still needs your help. ”
Hearing this, the four centurions hurriedly got up and replied, "My lord, but there are orders, and we will wait for the natural effect." ”
"Hmm!" Seeing this, Zhang Shuo nodded with satisfaction and said: "You wait to go to the soldiers to settle down and have a good meal, as for the wine, there is no need to drink it, I will go to suppress the bandits after a while, and you must not miss a major event because of drinking." ”
"I'll take my orders!" The four centurions replied respectfully and retreated together.
After the four centurions left, Ren Xia said: "Zhang Shuo, you have a set, I didn't expect you to not only become the deputy capital of soldiers and horses, but also be able to lead five hundred soldiers." If I had this kind of treatment from you, no matter what the task, I would be able to complete it well. ”
"Do you think my identity was all for nothing?" Zhang Shuo shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't want to think about it, how can such a good thing happen in the space, my identity is also obtained by me at a great price, otherwise I wouldn't be the same as you." ”
Hearing this, Ren Xia didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so she changed the topic and said, "Then what do you want to do now?" Is it to attack Qingfeng Mountain or Erlong Mountain? ”
Zhang Shuo was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly, "Why not Peach Blossom Mountain?" ”
Ren Xia said without thinking about it: "Qingfeng Mountain's Jinmao Tiger Yanshun, Bantam Tiger Wang Ying, and White-faced Langjun Zheng Tianshou entertained him before Song Jiang came to Qingfeng Village, and they respected him very much, so the possibility of saving him is very high, and the original plot is like this." There are two people in Erlongshan, the flower monk Lu Zhishen and the blue-faced beast Yang Zhi, Wu Song is only afraid that he is also here at the moment, so I don't need to say much about the relationship between Wu Song and Song Jiang, if I know that Song Jiang was arrested, saving people is a sure thing. And Li Zhong, the tiger general of Peach Blossom Mountain, and Zhou Tong, the little overlord, are different, they and Song Jiang are not very good now, plus Li Zhong is stingy, and the possibility of taking the initiative to save Song Jiang is very low, so Song Jiang should not be there. ”
Listening to Ren Xia's words, Zhang Shuo smiled and suddenly asked, "Do you know what the side quest I took is?" ”
"If you don't say it, how do I know!" Ren Xia said angrily, she didn't dare to guarantee that the task said by the other party was true, but she was afraid that the possibility of being false was still greater.
"At this time, I will naturally not hide it from you." Seeing this, Zhang Shuo smiled and said: "My task is to attack one of Qingfeng Mountain, Erlong Mountain and Peach Blossom Mountain, now is a great opportunity, and when someone familiar comes, my task can be easily completed." ”
Ren Xia raised her eyebrows and asked, "Then which mountain are you going to attack?" ”
"What do you say?" The corners of Zhang Shuo's mouth curled slightly, and without waiting for Ren Xia to answer, he said directly: "I'm not stupid, Qingfeng Mountain and Erlong Mountain are so powerful, why should I attack them?" Peach Blossom Mountain is the weakest among the three mountains, of course the persimmon has to be pinched softly, of course I am attacking Peach Blossom Mountain. ”
"You're shrewd!" Ren Xia sneered when she heard this, and then said, "What about Huang Xin and Liu Gao?" They were robbed by the robbers of Qingfeng Mountain or Erlong Mountain. ”
"Huang Xin? Liu Gao? Zhang Shuo sneered and said puzzledly: "Do I have a good relationship with them?" What's more, Murong Yanda asked me to exterminate the Three Mountains, but he didn't say which mountain must be exterminated first. I wiped out Peach Blossom Mountain first, and after completing the task, it was not too late to go to Qingfeng Mountain. ”
"You are ruthless enough, I thought you had a good relationship with Huang Xin, but I didn't expect it" Ren Xia shook her head as she said, but her heart was more vigilant, the other party and Huang Xin still looked very good before, but now they immediately turned their faces and didn't recognize people, which was really chilling. It's better to be careful with him, lest you don't know when he's sold.
Zhang Shuo naturally didn't know what Ren Xia was thinking at this moment, and after sneering, he didn't say anything about Huang Xin's matter, but asked, "Ren Xia, now you can tell me what your task is, right?" If you don't say it, there's no way I can help you. ”
After listening to the question, Ren Xia shook her head directly and said, "You don't have to care about my task, I have my own plans." ”
"Whatever you want, I've done my best anyway, if you insist, I can't help it." Listening to Ren Xia's words, Zhang Shuo shrugged his shoulders indifferently. He originally wanted to help the other party complete the task so that she could cooperate obediently, but since the other party didn't appreciate it, he naturally wouldn't be bored.
"My lord, someone familiar with the three mountains has brought it." While Zhang Shuo was thinking, the soldier who had led the front of the village walked in with an old man who was nearly fifty years old.
"Lord Qiyu, this person's surname is Zhang, and he was originally a nearby hunter, but since the bandits of Qingfeng Mountain, Erlong Mountain and Peach Blossom Mountain appeared, he has changed his business and is currently farming for a living."
After listening to the soldier's words, Zhang Shuo looked at the old man, and then asked the soldier, "Is there anyone else in this old man's family?" ”
Although he didn't know why he asked this, the soldier still replied: "My lord, Zhang Laohan currently has two sons and three grandchildren, all of whom are begging for a living in the town under the wall. ”
"Good!" Zhang Shuo nodded when he heard this and said: "You go down and take good care of Zhang Laohan's family, but don't let them have an accident, do you understand what this official means?" ”
"The little one understands!" The soldier responded, he didn't understand the meaning of Zhang Shuo's words, the so-called good life care, I am afraid that it is surveillance and detention.
"Spare your life!" The soldiers heard it, and the old man was naturally not stupid, so he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Old man, get up, this official won't embarrass them." Seeing this, Zhang Shuo did not hide it, and said directly: "This official wants you to take this official and soldiers and horses to attack Peach Blossom Mountain, because I am worried that you are a spy in Peach Blossom Mountain, so I prepared like this." As long as you cooperate well at that time and don't play any tricks, your family will naturally be fine, and the official will be rewarded at that time. ”
"Thank you, sir!" Zhang Laohan immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he asked himself that he would definitely cooperate when the time came, and the worry in his heart was naturally a lot less.
Looking at the old man who was taken out by the soldiers, Ren Xia, who was watching coldly just now, said loudly: "Zhang Shuo, is it necessary to do this?" Even the means of threatening other people's families have been used! ”
After listening to Ren Xia's question, Zhang Shuo did not answer immediately, but asked rhetorically: "Have you seen the Water Margin?" ”
Seeing that Zhang Shuo didn't reply, but asked himself this question, Ren Xia frowned and said: "Of course I've read it, one of the four famous novels, how could I not have read it." ”
Ignoring Ren Xia's expression, Zhang Shuo asked again, "Then what is your biggest impression?" ”
"The biggest impression?" Ren Xia was stunned when she heard this, and after thinking about it, she said: "The biggest impression is that Liangshan is a hero, after all, they are all heroes." What does this do, you ask? ”
"Heroes?" Zhang Shuo sneered: "In your opinion, it is a hero, but in my opinion, it is different." You say, which of the so-called heroes in Liangshan is easy to get along with? Killing people at every turn, eating human flesh, selling human meat buns, robbing, framing people, etc., you don't want to be confused by the so-called novels, otherwise you don't know how you died. ”