Chapter Eleven The Fifth Crow: Zang Ba
"You...how do you know that I plan to get rid of the Tarzang bandits?"
Zang Ba stared at Zhang Huang with his eagle-like eyes. It is undeniable that he is worthy of being the leading martial artist in Mount Tai. In terms of momentum, he is far superior to Li Tong and Chen Dao.
Unfortunately, under this pressure, Zhang Huang's eyes were still clear and clear. He didn't speak, but just looked straight at Zang Ba's eyes.
The two looked at each other for dozens of breaths, but in the end Zang Ba was defeated. After all, he really couldn't understand what Zhang Huang was thinking.
After his tone softened, Zang Ba asked again in an inquiring tone, "How did you know about this? It shouldn't be spread in the city."
Seeing that Zang Ba's tone was no longer as aggressive as it was just now, Zhang Huang then spoke, chuckled and said, "Actually, I guessed it too."
"Guess?" Zang Ba looked surprised.
"Yes! The eldest son went to the Gossip Hall to recruit diners, which means that the eldest son urgently needed personnel at this moment. However, the eldest son was the son of Taishan City Prison Cao, with a prominent status. Is there a lack of personnel around him on weekdays? Why did the eldest son go to the Gossip Hall in the city to recruit those scattered soldiers and brave men as diners? Furthermore, Zhang heard that Lord Ling Zun had a dispute with the Taishan Prefect He Ying for some reason, and was imprisoned by He Ying for the following crimes..."
"..." Hearing this, Zang Ba's tiger eyes trembled slightly.
Seeing this, Zhang Huang chuckled and continued, "Mr. Lingzun was detained, and the eldest son was busy recruiting diners. Zhang had two judgments on this: First, the eldest son hated the prefect He Ying deeply and planned to gather heroes to rescue Lord Lingzun. However, if this is true, the eldest son should not alarm the snake and recruit diners in the Ranger Hall in the city, so as not to notice the matter. Therefore, this should be unlikely. Thinking about this, the eldest son recruited diners and asked diners to fight hard, there is probably only another purpose, that is, the eldest son planned to wipe out the bandits of Mount Tai."
Zang Ba's eyes showed a little surprise and asked, "Is it impossible that I recruit diners just for autumn hunting?"
Zhang Huang laughed and shook his head and said, "If Master Zun was in prison and the eldest son was still thinking about hunting and having fun, then Zhang could only think that he had taken a look. I, a black-feathered crow, wouldn't have a place for the eldest son!"
In the last sentence, Zhang Huang said it firmly, and only Zang Ba's expression changed slightly.
After a long time, Zang Ba sighed and nodded and said, "Zang Ba was originally self-confident, but he didn't want to underestimate the young athletes in the world. Chief Zhang guessed well, and I did make an agreement with the prefect He Ying. If I could wipe out the bandits of Mount Tai, He Ying would release my father. A few days ago, I recruited diners in the Gordon Hall for this matter, hoping to get some help, but it's a pity..." Speaking of this, he looked at Zhang Huang and others calmly, and his eyes were a little hot.
Zhang Huang seemed to have guessed what Zang Ba was thinking, and said with a smile, "Let's do this, the eldest son first tell us the whole story of this matter, so that Zhang can have a clue."
"Okay!" Zang Ba pondered for a moment and told Zhang Huang the four people about this matter: "My father's surname is Zang Huijie, and he is the prison in Taishan County. According to the law, he is loved by the county people. Last year, there was a severe drought in the world, and refugees from all sides fled and gathered in Mount Tai. However, the grain stored in the Taishan County warehouse was not enough to supply such a large number of refugees. Therefore, a struggle between refugees and local residents broke out in the city. As the prefect of Taishan, He Ying naturally protected the local people and called his wife and uncle. County magistrate Wang Hu led 200 county soldiers to suppress the refugee riot. In that incident, many people died..."
Zhang Huang sighed when he heard this, and couldn't help but recall Wang Dazhuang's words in his mind, thinking that it was no wonder that refugees and local residents did not interfere with each other, and they did not interact with each other. It turned out that conflicts broke out as early as last year.
"... He Ying favored the local residents, which made the refugees unacceptable. One of them left the city angrily, occupied Mount Tai, and began to plunder the wealthy merchants near Mount Tai. This made He Ying very displeased. He sent his wife and uncle Wang Hudian County soldiers to encircle and suppress the Taishan bandits, but he did not want to be defeated repeatedly, causing the Taishan bandits to become bigger and gradually endangered the neighbors of Mount Tai. Tai'an, Wu County, and Zhangqiu, to be victimized one after another. Finally, this incident was exposed to Xuzhou Prefecture. The Prefecture was furious and ordered He Ying to eliminate the Taishan bandits. If the suppression of the bandits was not good, he would be demoted to be punished.
He Ying was very afraid and joined forces with the victims of Tai'an, Wu County and Zhangqiu to fight against the Taishan bandits three times, using thousands of people each time. However, the Taishan bandits also knew that they were powerful. Seeing the fierce momentum of the officers and soldiers, they disappeared and hid in the depths of Mount Tai, causing He Ying to return in vain every time.
The state prefecture was urging tightly, and the Taishan bandits could not hide. He Ying had no choice but to do anything, so he had a strange intention: he advocated using the prisoners in the prison to escort them to Xuzhou Prefecture and behead them as Taishan bandits. Originally, it would be fine if those prisoners who were ruthless to wait for death, but most of the prisoners in the prison were refugees who were imprisoned because of the last dispute with local residents. In order to lie about the achievements and appease the Xuzhou Prefecture, He Ying secretly sent people to arrest the refugees in the city at night and threw them into prison, waiting to escort these people to Xuzhou Prefecture and behead them.
My father was a prison guard, how could he not know about this? Because he was upright and did not give this matter, he argued with He Ying according to reason. He Ying was angry and falsely accused his father of secretly engaging in the secret of the bandits of Taishan and arrested him in prison."
"What a thief!" Li Tong and Chen Dao looked furious when they heard this, and couldn't help but curse.
Zang Ba looked at Li Tong and Chen Dao gratefully and continued, "After hearing about this, I went to the government office to argue with He Ying. He Ying knew that he was in the wrong, but he refused to let him go. Therefore, I and He Ying agreed: If I wiped out the bandits of Mount Tai, He Ying would release his father and be with the innocent people in the prison."
"So that's it..." Shan Fu suddenly realized, but there was still a bit of suspicion between his eyebrows, and he frowned and whispered, "Although the eldest son has solved the doubts, the young actor always feels something is wrong... Logically speaking, if the eldest son gets rid of the bandits of Mount Tai, there are many benefits to He Ying, why don't he send county soldiers to help? Could it be that this person deliberately makes things difficult for him and does not hope that the eldest son Zang will succeed?"
Zang Ba smiled bitterly and said, "That's not the case. Most of the time He Ying didn't think I could destroy the Taishan bandits." Speaking of this, he looked at Zhang Huang and said without any concealment, "I've found out that the leader of the Taishan bandits was Xu Xun. He was originally a county magistrate of Juping County. Because the county suffered a severe drought, he led the local county people to Taishan to join Mount Tai. However, he did not want to have a dispute with the prefect He Ying in Taishan for the relief of rice and grain. In anger, he went to Mount Tai. Most of the bandits under his command were county soldiers from Juping County, not chaotic people... Therefore, I am not sure. But for my father, what if it's a dragon's pond?"
"Well said!" Chen Dao had already felt good about him after competing with Zang Ba. Now, when he heard this, he couldn't help saying to Zhang Huang, "Boss, we have to help in this matter!"
"You want you to make the decision for me?" Zhang Huang glanced at Chen Dao angrily, then turned his eyes to Zang Ba, and said with a chuckle, "My words have already been clear, it depends on how Master Zang decides."
"Are you threatening me?" Zang Ba was a little unhappy when he heard this.
"Is this a threat?" Zhang Huang laughed and said seriously, "Young Master Zang, even you think that the bandit of Mount Tai is difficult, and you are afraid that this trip will not return. You are not close to us, so why do we have to pay our lives to help you?"
"This..." Zang Ba's expression suddenly stopped and he remained silent.
[Yes, it’s not relatives or bad things, why should people help?]
Thinking of this, Zang Ba felt a little discouraged, and the momentum he had gathered before suddenly burst into pieces.
Next to him, Chen Dao couldn't stand it anymore and said with some dissatisfaction, "Boss, it's wrong for you to say this? Isn't my Black Feather Crow's purpose just to see injustice and help each other? It's driven by righteousness and responsibilities. Isn't this what you said to you, Boss?"
Zhang Huang rolled his eyes when he heard this and said angrily, "The only son who is to save his father is planning to kill the bandits of Mount Tai. It's not just for the sake of his neighbors. What's the point of justice?"
"This..." Chen Dao was speechless.
Beside him, Shan Fu touched his chin and looked at Zhang Huang and Zang Ba with interest.
[Is the leader suppressing Zang Ba's sense of superiority as the young master of the Zang family of the Wu family? Hey!]
Shan Fu laughed secretly in his heart.
But then again, just looking at the contempt that subconsciously emerged in Zang Ba's eyes when he heard about their Black Feather Crow's rebel army, Shan Fu knew that if Zang Ba did not suppress Zang Ba's sense of superiority, even if Zang Ba eventually became one of them, it would be difficult for him to truly integrate into it.
Instead of having a quarrel with brothers and disagreements in the future, it is better to first be a villain and then a gentleman to completely suppress Zang Ba's sense of superiority.
Li Tong obviously understood this truth, and looked at Zang Ba with a smile and said nothing.
Zang Ba felt a little ashamed. After all, he was a little angry with Zhang Huang's words before, but after hearing Zhang Huang say that, he was speechless.
[Yes, I just wanted to rescue my imprisoned father, so I had to seek the bandits of Mount Tai. This was not a great act. Why did I have to accompany me to live and die together?]
Thinking of this, Zang Ba smiled bitterly.
And at this moment, Zhang Huang continued to say, "At present, we don't have to help you, but..." As he said, he looked up at Zhang Huang and said sincerely and sincerely, "If you become a member of my Black Feather Crow and become our brother, then... for our own brother, we are willing to go to life and death with our brothers, never leaving us, even if there is a dragon pond, a tiger's den, a sea of swords and fire!"
Zang Ba's eyes suddenly widened because after hearing Zhang Huang's words, he felt his heart beating violently unconsciously, as if a warm current was swimming all over his body, making him feel very comfortable.
Taking a deep breath, Zang Ba met Zhang Huang's sincere eyes.
"Ba... I owe you brothers a favor!"
Chapter completed!