Chapter 52: Return to Pingxiang County again
After leaving Zhaojia Village, Li Hao planned to go south directly and go to Jiangdong.
Now that the New Year is getting closer and closer, he doesn't know if there will be an uprising like the original book without Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao. I don't know what the purpose of those people under the banner of Taiping Road is now. I don't know if they are just under the banner of Taiping Dao, or if they are completely in control of Taiping Dao.
What Li Hao is thinking about now is that no matter whether there will be a war or not, he will go to Jiangdong first. If there's nothing to do, just relax, because it's close to the Yangtze River basin and there must be a lot of fish. Even if there is a war, there is no fear of being separated by the Yangtze River.
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When the two of them passed through Julu County, they thought that it was not far from Pingxiang County, so they simply went back to Pingxiang County to see if their eldest brother Zhang Jiao was still here.
But when I arrived in Pingxiang County, I found that there were a lot of people in Pingxiang County, and these people had yellow scarves tied on their heads, which was the sign of Taiping Road. The two of them couldn't understand that when they left, there were basically not many villagers and Taiping Taoists left here, and those who left were all taken away by other Qu Shuai, but now there are far more people here than before.
Guan Hai didn't understand what the situation was with so many Taiping Daoists in front of him, so he definitely couldn't come forward and ask directly. I had to turn my head to look at Li Hao and ask, "Could it be that the eldest brother has reconvened the Taiping Daoists again?" ”
Li Hao immediately replied negatively: "Big brother is not an idiot, he finally got rid of cause and effect, how can he reconvene, this is simply impossible." ”
"I also know that at that time, the eldest brother said that he would dissolve Taiping Dao, but he was very decisive. So what's going on now? ”
Li Hao said in his heart, how could he know what the situation was.
After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't figure it out, so I had to say: "There's no way to investigate now, and in the evening, let's go in and see the situation." ”
Guan Hai also knew that he could only investigate, so he and Li Hao found a hidden place to rest, waiting for the night to come.
When it was night, the two of them went to the county town in the moonlight and found two yellow scarves and tied them to their heads. Li Hao wiped it on his face with yellow mud again, and then wiped it, so that his facial features were not easy to be seen clearly at night. Guan Hai also did the same, doing what Li Hao did.
Then the two walked around the city, and when they reached the city gate, they found a fire outside the city gate, where two people were sitting and talking. Li Hao said that the opportunity had come, so he and Guan Hai found some pancakes and wine and walked over.
The two men heard footsteps approaching, and knew that someone was coming, so they stopped talking, looked behind them, and found that it was a young man and a man, and looked at the two suspiciously, with an inquiry in their eyes.
Li Hao said with a familiar look: "Two brothers, what are you talking about?" It's cold outside, why don't you have some drink? ”
The two didn't know Li Hao and Guan Hai, one was about to open his mouth to let them leave, but the other hurriedly said: "Since the two brothers are warmly invited, how can they refuse?" Come on, come on, sit down. As he spoke, he glanced at his companion vaguely.
Because the two were sitting, Li Hao and Guan Hai didn't see eye contact between the two.
Seeing the look of his companion towards him, the man was stunned for a moment, and then immediately echoed: "Yes, it's cold weather, it's not bad to have wine to warm up, and I happen to be a little hungry." ”
Seeing that the two of them should get down, Li Hao took the opportunity to sit next to the two. Guan Hai did not sit next to the two of them, but sat in the position with the fire on his back, he was afraid that the two would recognize him, after all, he was also one of the Qu Shuai, it was better to be careful.
The two looked at Guan Hai with some curiosity, not understanding what Guan Hai meant.
Seeing this, Li Hao said: "I'm sorry, my brother is a little timid, just drink some wine and chat a few words." With that, he divided the wine in his hand between the two of them, and then put the pancake in the middle.
"Dude. Come, let's go first. As he spoke, Li Hao picked up the wine jar in his hand.
Although the two couldn't understand the meaning of Li Hao's words, when they saw Li Hao holding up the wine jar, they understood that they wanted to clink glasses, so they followed the wine jar.
After the collision, Li Hao and Guan Hai both took a sip, and seeing that neither of them had drunk, they couldn't help but be a little curious, could it be that they were exposed?
One of them said, "We're both a little hungry, so let's eat some, eat some." ”
The two of them ate some pancakes before drinking some wine.
Li Hao used different methods to persuade the wine, and the two of them were confused, and the two drank it very cooperatively.
Guan Hai watched Li Hao's posture of persuading him to drink, and listened to the words of persuasion, and said in his heart that he would definitely drink with him in the future, otherwise he would not know how he would be sold.
Seeing that the two of them were a little dizzy, and they had some big tongues when they spoke, Li Hao knew that it was almost the same, and if they were drinking, if the two of them were drunk, it would be over. Then he opened his mouth and asked, "Dude, what are you two doing here this big night?" ”
When the two of them heard this, an imperceptible gleam flashed in their eyes. One of them sighed: "Hey, it's just to go out and chat with my brother, and I'm bored here every day, and I don't know when it's going to be a head." ”
As soon as Li Hao heard this, he knew that he could find out some news from these two people, so he continued to ask, "Why is this?" ”
One person sighed: "Hey, the above ordered us to wait here, and I didn't say what we were going to do, and this wait was more than a month." As he spoke, he took a sip of wine with a sad face.
Before Li Hao could ask, another person answered: "Who said no, I stay here every day, and I don't know when it will be a head." ”
It seemed to be complaining, as if it was guiding Li Hao's thoughts intentionally or unintentionally, and when he finished speaking, the corner of his eye glanced at Li Hao who was thinking.
Li Hao didn't notice it, he wanted to know Zhang Jiao's whereabouts, and he didn't know if he was still here, so he asked, "What about the sect leader?" Didn't he live in Pingxiang County for a long time? ”
Hearing Li Hao ask like this, Guan Hai also pricked up his ears to listen.
This person glanced at Li Hao unexpectedly, but he didn't expect Li Hao to ask this question. And Li Hao thought that he had exposed something, his heart suddenly lifted, and he secretly condensed the spell, and Guan Hai also stared at the two of them.
Sensing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, another person spoke: "Are you stupid? What a person the leader is, how do we know where the leader is? ”
Li Hao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and thought that he was exposed.
The other whispered, "However, I heard from them that the sect leader seems to have gone out. ”
"Out?"
After another sip of wine, the man continued to speak: "I just heard that it seems that I went to Luoyang, or somewhere." ”
"Why do you care so much about where the sect leader has gone?"
Hearing the two of them ask, Li Hao was dumbfounded for a while, and was about to open his mouth to say the wording he had thought of, but he saw that the two had already fallen down, and the voice had already sounded. After shaking the two of them and making sure that they were asleep, Li Haocai and Guan Hai left.
When it was far away, Guan Hai looked at Li Hao and said, "Big brother, what's going on?" Why did you go to Luoyang again? Shall we check it out too? ”
Li Hao felt that it was impossible for Zhang Jiao to go to Luoyang, and the eldest brother and his three brothers, if they really went to Luoyang, where did the second brother and the three go? There must be one of the three of them who will come out to preside over the overall situation, and it is impossible that there will be no one at all. And the two of them didn't mention their second brother and third brother from the end to the end, unless they were lying to themselves, or this was fake news released by someone.
Immediately, Li Hao said to Guan Hai: "No need to go, either those two people were lying to us just now, or someone released false news." And where did the second and third brothers go? They must be with Big Brother. ”
Speaking of which, Li Hao felt that someone wanted to promote the development of Taiping Road and wanted the Yellow Turban Rebellion to happen. Otherwise, do you really want this Taiping Dao to become a Taoist organization?
Hearing Li Hao's analysis, Guan Hai didn't understand it anymore, so he asked directly, "Then what is the purpose of their doing this?" ”
Li Hao shook his head, he didn't have a clue, he thought about it for a while, and then he didn't think about it anymore. Analyzing without any basis will only affect one's own judgment.
Not long after Li Hao and the two left, the two Taiping Taoists who had been asleep before stood up, glanced at each other, and then headed towards the rear.
After a while, I went straight to a courtyard.
"My lord, if someone really inquired about the news of the Taiping Daoist Sect Master."
Hearing someone come to report the news, the man asked the two to follow him into the house. If Guan Hai was here, he must know this person, and this person was Peng Tuo, one of the Qu Shuai.
To say that Li Hao and the others are also unlucky, the object of inquiring about the news happens to be the dark line that Peng Tuo planted inside Taiping Road. Originally, it was to monitor whether there were any internal problems, but it happened to meet two people to inquire about the news.
After entering the door, Peng Tuo asked, "You said someone came to inquire about the sect leader?" What does it look like? ”
The two subordinates told Peng Tuo that it was a young man and a big man, and briefly introduced Li Hao's appearance. However, he also told Peng Tuo that because the position where the big man was sitting was a little off, the light was too dim to see clearly. At the same time, the young man asked where the sect leader went, and the two said nonsense that the sect leader went to Luoyang, and then pretended to be asleep, afraid that if he said too much, he would lose.
Listening to his subordinates' words, Peng Tuo pondered.
Although he was also present when Zhang Jiao announced the dissolution of Taiping Dao at that time. But he only has a one-sided relationship with Li Hao, and Li Hao's is not too outstanding, and after so much time, he has forgotten Li Hao's appearance a little, and he doesn't think about it at all. Because of the appearance of the big man, the two of them didn't see it clearly, and they didn't have a clue at all. And he has never heard of the combination of this young man and a big man.
"Did the two of them say anything else?"
The subordinate shook his head.
Seeing that there was no other news, Peng Tuo waved his hand and signaled that the two could go out.
After the two left, Peng Tuo sat in his chair, his fingers tapping on the table, wondering if he was asking for news.
Thinking of this, Peng Tuo muttered, "Zhang Jiao, it's not that you disbanded Taiping Dao, but that Taiping Dao gave up on you. Whoever is looking for you can't stop us. Looks like I'm going to have to report this to the top myself. ”
Subsequently, Peng Tuo found someone to prepare his horse and left Pingxiang County.
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