There is big news in Hongnong County.

At the beginning of May, the caravan of the Zhang family returning from Jizhou passed through the official road of Hongnong County, and was intercepted by a large number of Hanshui gang maniacs in a rather remote place less than forty miles from Jingzhao.

The strength of both sides was not weak, and an extremely tragic battle was launched.

After receiving the report, the officers and men of Hongnong County quickly rushed to the scene of the accident.

The scene was extremely shocking, with more than 100 corpses and blood staining the soil red.

After sorting out the corpses, the officers and men carefully explored the scene, and found that the bushes on both sides of the official road were full of traces of washing.

This is a big case, and the origins of both sides are not small.

Needless to say, the Hanshui Gang was a big problem for the imperial court, and the Zhang family's family advocated Xiugui as the secretary of the military department.

At present, Hongnong's official statement is very simple, the Hanshui Gang intercepted the Zhangjia caravan on the official road, and then the two sides fought fiercely, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

After the statistics, it was found that the losses were indeed very heavy.

As far as the Zhang family is concerned, the loss of two seventh-grade beginner masters, dozens of fifth- and sixth-grade masters, plus some ordinary characters, adds up to more than sixty, and there are still several missing, and I don't know whether they are alive or dead.

In addition, the Zhang family also lost a batch of extremely expensive medicinal materials, all of which were burned, and when the officers and soldiers arrived, the fire had not yet been extinguished, but the medicinal materials could not be saved.

And the Hanshui Gang, also lost dozens of good hands, one of which was Zhuang Muxin, the small leader of the Hanshui Gang, who was a seventh-grade mid-level good hand, who died without a whole body, and was split into two parts, I don't know if anyone escaped.

This also indicates that the Hanshui Gang has officially entered Hongnong County, in a vain attempt to make a storm.

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Chang'an City, Zhang's family.

Zhang Xiu, several important elders of the Zhang family, some of Zhang Xiu's brothers, and Zhang Yanbang gathered together.

"The Hanshui Gang is really deceiving people too much!" Zhang Su roared wildly, the Zhang family had lost too many good hands this time, and his heart was dripping blood when he thought about it.

"What did Hongnong say, did you find the missing person of our Zhang family?" asked Zhang Xiu.

When the corpses were counted, there were indeed several members of the Zhang family who were missing, and they were all good hands.

"No news yet. However, Guo Taishou sent someone to send a message, saying that at that time, it was not only the Hanshui Gang and the Zhang family, but it was very likely that one side of the force intervened halfway. An elder replied.

This elder's name is Zhang Yu, he is an important elder of the Zhang family, he has rarely shown up, and he is considered an underground figure to deal with things that are inconvenient for Zhang Jiaming.

"There is still a group of forces?" Zhang Xiu frowned.

Zhang Yu explained: "A lot of corpses were found in the forests on both sides of the official road, including those of the Hanshui Gang and our Zhang family. In addition, the corpses on the official road were mended with knives after the fierce battle, and there were obvious traces of mending knives on the chest or back to prevent people from dying. ”

Everyone frowned when they heard this.

Zhang Yu continued: "According to the speculation of the Hongnong Fang's catchers, the third-party forces are on the side, and when the Zhang family and the Hanshui Gang can't fight much, they suddenly come out and make a difficulty, and wipe everyone out. ”

After a pause, he continued: "As for the details, I'm afraid that only the people present that day know that there are a few people missing from our Zhang family, and there should be no hope for the past few days, and I don't know where I died." ”

The crowd was silent.

A third party has emerged, and it seems that things are a little complicated.

"Is there a corpse of a third-party force?" Zhang Su frowned.

"The Zhang family's manpower is clear, and the other corpses only know a few small leaders of the Hanshui Gang, and the rest are not clear, I don't know if there are any corpses of third-party forces. Changyu answered the question and continued to analyze: "However, I think there should be none, even if the third party dies, they should also dispose of it." ”

Who the hell is it?

It's so bold that it doesn't say anything, and it's quite sharp in action.

The robbers are not like that, because they burned the goods.

What kind of force is that, that actually attacked the Hanshui Gang and the Zhang family at the same time.

Could it be that some madman has nothing to do when he is full?

"Uncle Su, the truth will be checked later, and there is no hurry to find trouble with the Hanshui Gang, and that batch of goods was promised to King Qing before, but now that it is gone, everyone has to think of a way to mix it up first. Zhang Xiu's expression was quite calm.

Everyone's brows furrowed.

King Qing in Zhang Xiu's mouth, named Lu Shiyan, is the prince of the older generation, and the Taiwei Lu Shiqing is a cousin, and he is the emperor's uncle of the current saint.

Lu Shiyan is usually quite low-key, and he has never asked about important things in the court, but his power is not low, and basically not many people dare to provoke him, because although he only asks about the court affairs, and there are no errands, but he often enters the palace by order, talks with the saints, and is deeply trusted by His Majesty.

Just because Lu Shiyan can often face the saint, there are not a few people who talk to him.

There was an official who made a major mistake, and then presented a heavy salute to Lu Shiyan, asking Lu Shiyan to say a thing or two to the saint, and Lu Shiyan accepted the heavy salute and nodded in agreement.

As a result, when he was in the court, the saint really did not severely punish the wrongdoer, but only reprimanded him, so that he must pay attention in the future, which can be seen.

In addition to learning, Lu Shiyan also has a hobby, that is, he likes to collect all kinds of precious medicinal materials, and he claims to be weak, so he invited some folk doctors to refine tonic medicine and nourish his body all day long.

The Zhang family wanted to pat Lu Shiyan's sycophants, and recommended himself to collect precious medicinal materials for Lu Shiyan, Lu Shiyan also expressed his expectations, and said with a smile that if there were really good medicinal materials, he would buy them with a lot of money.

In order to do a good job, the Zhang family made every effort to collect good medicine with the Jizhou caravan, and also sent a large number of good hands to escort them.

Ordinary caravans don't have that many good hands to protect.

I searched a lot of medicinal materials, but who knew that I was about to arrive in Jingzhao but ended up with a medicine destroying people, which was really a trick.

"King Qing is relatively easy to speak, this time I will intercede, and after the promise, it will be enough to make up a batch of good medicine for him, in the end, he has nothing to lose. Moreover, it's not that we didn't collect good medicinal materials, but we were messed up by the grandsons of the Hanshui Gang, and I think King Qing will understand. Zhang Su punched the ticket.

Zhang Xiu exhaled and nodded slightly.

"Our Zhang family has really suffered a lot of losses this time, not to mention the master, that batch of goods is also worth a lot of silver taels, which madman actually burned a fire, let me catch it, I have to let him live rather than die." Zhang Yu said fiercely.

Zhang Yanbang's heart moved, and said: "Could there be someone who looks at the Zhang family and the Hanshui Gang at the same time and is not pleasing to the eye, so they come here like this?"

As soon as everyone thought about it, they immediately vetoed it.

Zhang Yanbang exhaled and said, "Father, I don't know what's going on, when I heard about the third-party forces just now, the first name that popped up in my mind was Li Wuchang, and I felt that he did it...... We made it clear in Hongnong's Zhuangzi that Li Wuchang sent someone to do it, and then he sent someone to set up an ambush to attack our caravan. ”

Zhang Xiu frowned and did not comment.

Zhang Yu sneered and said, "That kid can clean up so many masters of our Zhang family and the Hanshui Gang?

Zhang Yanbang frowned: "Will it be the benefit of the fisherman?"

The crowd was silent.

Zhang Xiu thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I don't think it will be Li Wuchang...... But Li Wuchang's kid must not be underestimated, he has caused us to lose a lot recently, and we have no way to deal with him, hateful!"

Recently, the Zhang family has indeed suffered heavy losses.

Zhang Ya and the other three masters, so far the corpses have not been seen.

Then three more good people who went to Erzhuzizhuang to investigate the news died, and Zhang Yanbang was speechless at that time, and he was almost detained by Li Wuchang.

Soon after, three more Zhuangzi in Hongnong were ransacked, and although there is no conclusive evidence, it is very likely that Li Wuchang was responsible.

"Yanbang, how about letting you deal with Li Wuchang before, have you started to do it?" Zhang Su looked at Zhang Yanbang.

Zhang Yanbang sighed and said: "Before, I thought about giving Li Wuchang a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, I said that the people of Tonghongnong County would go to the head catcher of Dali Temple to test Li Wuchang's pressure, and investigate the robbery of our Hongnong's Zhuangzi to see if we can catch his tail." On the other hand, I sent two teams of men and horses to attack the two routes of Li Wuchang to Shuofang and Chang'an City......"

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Very good, what's wrong?

Zhang Yanbang smiled bitterly: "It's not that it's not going well, but it's very unsmooth, I'm about to report it." ”

After a pause, he said seriously: "Hongnong, I told Yan Chong, that reckless man brought a few catchers and some subordinates, and rushed up to question him, but he was almost beaten by Li Wuchang. And Zhou Zhutou of Dali Temple only asked a question in a proper manner, and didn't ask anything, so he couldn't be punished, if that was the case, he was afraid that he would be shot to death by Li Wuchang on the spot, in that mountain, if he wanted to be tough on Li Wuchang, without a large number of masters, it was impossible. ”

"What about business?" Zhang Su said with a cold expression.

Zhang Yanbang continued: "Two business routes...... Oh, there is no one with Li Wuchang, I have checked, Shuo Fang's business road said that it was not gone, and the goods in Chang'an City were taken over by Zhou Chengwang, and he sent someone to Feng Yi to transport the goods. ”

"Zhou Chengwang?" Zhang Xiu frowned.

Zhang Yanbang nodded and said, "Tell me, did he embankment us in advance?...... That's why I suspect that the goods of our caravan were burned by Li Wuchang, and he cleaned himself up first, and then specifically troubled us. ”

Everyone's faces were a little solemn.

Zhang Yanbang said again: "Father, a few uncles, it's not my prestige that raises Li Wuchang, and then our Zhuangzi in the north should also be careful, and even say that we should be careful when running the caravan of Shuofang." ”

"The Hanshui Gang has the imperial court to exterminate it, but Li Wuchang's evil beast can't stay any longer, just leave it to me, I don't believe that his subordinates can be so powerful, will they always follow him?"