Taihu Lake is really magical, when the times are troubled, it is a gathering place for thieves and bandits, and when it is stable, this is the retreat of martial arts masters.

Perhaps the most fundamental reason is that the waterways of Taihu Lake are vertical and horizontal, full of reeds, full of grass, and it is indeed an excellent place to defend and difficult to attack.

The three of Su Cheng left Mantuo Villa, and with the help of the mist in the sky and endless reeds, they crossed several small islands, and finally came to the vicinity of Yanziwu Shenhezhuang.

On the island more than ten zhang away, you can see countless figures at a glance, judging from the area of this island, Su Cheng roughly estimated, there are tens of thousands of people here, although there are no martial arts masters, but it is extremely troublesome to break through.

"You can stay here this time, and I'll go there alone."

After Su Cheng finished speaking to Xiao Zhao and the two, his figure jumped lightly and came to the lake seven or eight feet away, the lake surface rippled slightly, and Su Cheng's figure jumped up again, and he had already come to the island.

In the face of tens of thousands of soldiers, Su Cheng can easily leave even if he is discovered, but if he takes Xiao Zhao and the two of them again, there will inevitably be problems.

This time when he came here, Su Cheng's main purpose had quietly changed, mainly to meet Zhang Shicheng, and martial arts cheats were only secondary.

The situation in the world will settle down in a few more years, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang, one is ruthless, and the other is even more insidious and vicious, no matter who ascends to the throne in the end, the martial arts of the rivers and lakes will inevitably be a catastrophe, which Su Cheng does not want to see.

Therefore, Su Cheng came this time to see how Zhang Shicheng was and whether he could replace Zhu Yuanzhang as the emperor.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang has a destiny, Su Cheng will not accept his fate.

Stomp, stomp!

A group of soldiers patrolled the past, and after a while, another soldier arrived, and as Sioux City went deeper and deeper, the guards became more and more tightly guarded.

"What a big posture, this looks more tightly defended than Zhu Yuanzhang's, and Chen Youliang has just been driven out of the beggar gang......"

Su Cheng was a little surprised in his heart, judging from the strength that Zhang Shicheng showed at this time, he should not stay here, and he didn't have much reputation in the world.

Subsequently, Sioux City turned around, and according to the degree of strict defense, he came to a quiet courtyard, where there were three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and even the roof was manned.

Faced with this situation, even the well-informed Su Cheng was a little dumbfounded.

"How scared you must be to death......"

Su Cheng shook his head, and came to the roof of the house in a flash, and before those soldiers could react, he hit the acupoints of these people, and then used his internal force to listen to the movement in the room.

"King Cheng, if there is chaos today, there are rebels everywhere to resist the Yuan, we have so many brothers, why don't we participate?"

"Zi'an, the time has not yet come, with our strength, once we are targeted by the Yuan Court, we will definitely be unable to resist, so let's wait."

……

Su Cheng frowned slightly, there were only two people in the room, one of them must be Zhang Shicheng, and the other should be his military advisor or strategist.

Judging from the content of the conversation, Zhang Shicheng does not seem to be willing to rebel against Dayuan, at least not for now.

Zhang Shicheng was born as a private salt dealer, and after so many years of development, there is no shortage of money, food or manpower, Su Cheng really can't understand why Zhang Shicheng is reluctant to raise troops, is it because he wants to preserve his own strength?

Or is this person not ambitious at all?

Also, Goldfinger didn't even prompt it, doesn't this mean that Zhang Shicheng really has nothing special?

Click!

Su Cheng quietly fell from the roof, rushed into the room with great speed, and threw out two stones in his hand, sealing the acupuncture points of the two people in the house.

There were really only two people in the room, one was wearing a purple robe, with a round face and big ears, a rough and dark complexion, and there was a look of horror in his eyes at this time, not surprisingly Zhang Shicheng, and the other was dressed in black, with a short beard, and his face was about forty years old, and he looked calmer than Zhang Shicheng.

"Sir, I'll unlock your acupuncture points later, but don't shout, with my strength, I'm enough to kill both of you before anyone arrives."

Su Cheng ignored Zhang Shicheng, unlocked the acupoint of the man in black, and asked:

"You're a bit bold, not an ordinary person, what's your name?"

From ancient times to the present, those who can calmly face life and death are very human, Su Cheng asked himself, if he was a middle-aged man in front of him, he might not be able to be so calm.

"In Xia Shi Yanduan, he is King Cheng's military advisor, as long as the hero is willing to let King Cheng go, I will also let the hero leave, and I will also give a thousand gold as a thank you gift."

The middle-aged man glanced at Zhang Shicheng and made a suggestion directly to Su Cheng.

Wait, how is the name Shi Yanduan somewhat familiar, Su Cheng recalled the content related to Zhang Shicheng, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and finally knew who the person in front of him was.

Isn't this Shi Nai'an?

It turned out that at this time, Shi Nai'an was by Zhang Shicheng's side, and Su Cheng was a little surprised.

"It turned out to be you, but I'm not interested in gold and silver, you answer me a question first, why is this King Cheng unwilling to raise troops against the Yuan?"

calmed down a little, Su Cheng asked the key points, and also considered in his heart how to deal with the two people in front of him.

"The hero misunderstood, King Cheng has been resisting the Yuan Court, but he has not done his best, the Yuan Court is powerful after all, so King Cheng has never made up his mind."

Shi Nai'an's expression moved slightly, and he guessed the identity of Su Cheng in his heart, he had such martial arts at a young age, and he was disgusted with Yuan Ting, and only Mingjiao was the most likely.

"It's all a lie, but it's not important, let me ask one more question, Mr. Shi, are you willing to rebel against Dayuan?"

With Su Cheng's martial arts, Shi Nai'an's heartbeat and the change in his expression couldn't hide it from him at all, so he could naturally see that Shi Nai'an's words were insincere, so he asked another question.

"Naturally."

Although Shi Nai'an didn't know what Su Cheng's purpose was, he still said his thoughts and said:

"If it weren't for the rebellion against the Yuan Court, how could I have resigned from Qiantang and left my family to come here."

Smack!

Su Cheng directly stunned Zhang Shicheng when he heard this, and when he saw Shi Nai'an's expression shocking, he hurriedly said:

"Don't worry, I didn't kill him, but he can't be this Cheng King anymore, I want you to be this Cheng King and take the power under his command."

Yes, Su Cheng thought about it for a long time just now, and finally decided that it was to let Shi Nai'an be the king of Cheng, not only to continue to lead troops to resist the Yuan, but also to turn the people under Zhang Shicheng's command into a righteous army belonging to the Huashan faction just like Mingjiao.

"How can this be? King Cheng is kind to me, it is ......"

Shi Nai'an immediately refused, although he had the heart to leave, but Zhang Shicheng was his lord after all, but he was not willing to betray the other party, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would not have refused one after another when he recruited him.

"I'm not discussing with you, Mr. Shi, if you don't agree, King Cheng will die soon, and those brothers outside will die soon, in the face of this situation, I believe you know how to choose."

Su Cheng's words instantly made Shi Nai'an speechless, he was naturally not afraid of death, but he couldn't still be the lord and a group of brothers, otherwise he would have a bad conscience for the rest of his life.

"Okay, it seems that you have figured it out, but if you want to replace Zhang Shicheng, you still need to do a few things......