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Chapter 23 Finding Friends

Not to mention that Zhang Huang and others successfully rescued Zang Ba’s father Zang Jie and Zang Jue Cao, they were all full of joy. Let’s talk about He Ying, the prefect of Mount Tai.

In fact, last night, when the commander of Fei County Ma Yan defeated the Taishan Army and led his troops to chase Xu Xun and left, He Ying also thought that the matter was almost over. After all, in his opinion, no matter how powerful Xu Xun was, he would not be Ma Yan's opponent.

Therefore, He Ying ordered his wife's brother Wang Hu to watch over in Fei County instead of Ma Yan, and he rested early.

But who would have thought that in the middle of the night in Fei County, a group of thieves mingled in from somewhere. Not only did they set fires everywhere in the county, but they also released hundreds of mine slaves who were detained in the prison.

This will cost He Ying Lao's life.

You know, those mine slaves usually hate the bullying of the county soldiers, but now they will not take revenge when they get the opportunity? So, the 200 county soldiers He Ying brought were killed to only more than ten people, and they protected him and fled to Taishan County.

On the way to escape, He Ying was frightened, afraid that those people would chase him and kill him with a knife. It was not until later that he met with his confidant, Ma Yan, the commander of Fei County, that he breathed a sigh of relief.

A good mine that made money was destroyed like this. Perhaps this is what He Ying was most annoyed.

He originally planned to use Zang Jie as a bait to catch the big fish, Xu Xun, the leader of the Tai bandits, but unexpectedly, he was bitten by Zhang Huang's group of small fish fry and broke the hook. Not only did Xu Xun still get good results, but he lost a mine in Fei County with a high income and was burned by Zhang Huang. The hundreds of prisoners in the county also escaped and killed people and escaped. If the mine was restored to its original state, it would be obvious that it would be impossible for a year or two.

But then again, the wealth brought by this iron ore to He Ying is second. The key is that the iron ore produced here is directly supplied to Luoyang, which is the best way for He Ying to climb up to the high officials in Luoyang. Now that the mine has been completely destroyed, it will not be able to produce iron ore for at least three to five months. If the court blames it, let alone He Ying, a prefect of Mount Tai, even ten prefects of Mount Tai, will not be able to afford it.

"Dongdongdongdong, dudongdongdong--"

At dawn, when he returned to Taishan County Government Office, the first thing He Ying did was to ring the promotion drum of the government office.

"Who? The prefect is not here, where can I get to the drums early in the morning?"

Uninformed yamen runners came out of the class room when they heard the drums and cursed. When they saw He Ying's clothes were broken and standing in the hall covered in dust, they were all stunned.

"Hasn't the lord escorted the prisoner to Fei County? What's wrong? Could something happen?"

"Nonsense! Just look at the adults, you know something happened... Stop talking and say less, so that the adults will not take their anger on our brothers."

“What I said is…”

After a few whispers, a group of yamen runners who had seen the world came up as usual, without looking at him, as if they had not noticed He Ying's embarrassment at all.

Among them, there were also sharp-eyed people. When they saw Ma Yanwa beside He Ying, they were slightly shocked.

"Why did Emirate Ma come too? Could something really happened?"

"Shh..."

After seeing the stern face behind He Ying, Ma Yanhou, the yamen runners suddenly realized that something might have happened and immediately kept silent.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

In front of everyone, He Ying walked back and forth in the hall and cursed. Maybe it was because he had returned to his territory, his heart had calmed down, but the annoyance in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, He Ying slapped the table and shouted, "Come here!"

The yamen runners were shocked. After a little pause, an older middle-aged yamen runner stood up and bowed his fists.

"What are the instructions for the sir?"

"Chain the four gates of the county town and be on guard. Those who face the city will be caught on the spot if there is no road in the city gate. If the other party arrests, they will be killed without any restrictions!"

"yes!"

[It seems that what happened is really a big deal...]

The yamen runners looked at each other.

"Also," raised his hand and said He Yinghense, "I reported to the Prefecture. Last night, the thief leader of Taishan Xun ignored the king's law and led the thiefs to openly rob the prisoners, robbed the prisoners Zang Jie, killed officers and soldiers for no reason, and set fire to the Feixian mine. All these three crimes are unforgivable! Taishan requested Xuzhou Prefecture to issue a reward for thieves to be attacked, and Xu Xun, the leader of Taishan thief, Xun, 1,000 taels of silver; one Zang family in Taishan, Zang Jie, 500 taels of Zang Ba!"

"hiss……"

As soon as He Ying said that, the yamen runners in the hall gasped in shock.

Xu Xun's silver reward was raised to 1,000 taels. Although this amount was a bit high, it was still acceptable. After all, Xu Xun occupied Mount Tai and was indeed a dominant of Mount Tai. However, Zang Ba was raised to 1,000 taels of silver at a young age, which was on par with Xu Xun, the leader of Mount Tai bandits. This was beyond their expectations.

Even though he was surprised, he was extremely angry at this moment. They did not dare to ask questions, and immediately responded. They secretly guessed in their hearts that Zang Ba might have done something that made the prefect extremely angry.

They never thought that He Ying hated not Zang Ba, but Zhang Huang, the murderer of his wife's brother Wang Hu and set fire to the Feixian mine. However, He Ying mistakenly thought that Zhang Huang was one of the diners recruited by Zang Ba, so that when Zhang Huang, Li Tong, Chen Dao, Shan Fu and others found the anti-thief list posted by the government, they compared the amount of anti-thief silver he and Zang Ba, and were stunned.

After giving orders, He Ying waved his hand to let the yamen runners retreat and sat on the chair with a gloomy face. On the chair next to him, the commander Ma Yan also had a deep face, holding the armrest with his hands, and only pinching the armrest with a crackling sound.

After a long time, Ma Yan said in a deep voice, "I have been going on geese all day long, but I didn't expect that a few geese would peck at the eyes at the end of my life... Sir, is that the puppy who killed his beloved disciple, really has no clue?"

He Ying shook his head when he heard this and said, "At the time of the incident, the group of thieves killed all the county soldiers who witnessed this matter. However, when they set fire to Fei County, several people had seen each other a few times, and they were quite young. If the official expected it was not right, it was probably the servants recruited by Zang Ba a while ago..." As he said that, Zhang Huang's appearance couldn't help but appear in He Ying's mind. After all, when he met Zang Ba two days ago, Zhang Huang always stood behind Zang Ba and said nothing, so that He Ying mistakenly thought that Zhang Huang was Zang Ba's follower.

"You must not just let it go!" Ma Yan asked with a punch, holding back his anger, "As far as I know, Zang Jie, in addition to his eldest son Zang Ba, there are also Zang Ai and Zang Shun's two sons. Where are they now?"

"You mean..." He Ying's heart moved slightly when he heard this.

Ma Yan clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "If the old escapes, I will catch the younger ones to the end. In the Fei County case, Zang Jie colluded with the Taishan bandit Xu Xun to all see it. The evidence is conclusive. Hundreds of soldiers under the Weishishi are allowed to testify, so they no longer need to pass through Xuzhou Prefecture. Please issue an order immediately to capture Zang Ai and Zang Shun, and behead him in Caishikou three days later!"

"This..." He Ying frowned when he heard this and said hesitantly, "The execution of criminals must be approved by the prefecture. I am afraid that it is a bit unreasonable for me to kill prisoners without permission. If Xuzhou Prefecture asks for guilt in a day..."

"Sir, I'm confused." Ma Yan sneered and said, "If Xuzhou Prefecture blames him in the future, he will say that Mount Tai is unstable, and the escort criminals may be robbed by the bandits of Taishan... After Zang Jie, the incident of Taishan bandits attacking officers and soldiers and robbing prisoners is obvious to all. How could the prefecture be blamed for such a crime?"

"That's true..." He Ying stroked his handful of goat whiskers and nodded thoughtfully.

Ma Yan licked his lips and continued, "At that time, sir, put some benefits up. Xuzhou Prefecture may be concerned about the existence of the bandits of Mount Tai and grant me the authority to kill prisoners in Taishan. In this way..." Speaking of this, the anger on Ma Yan's face retreated a little, and he looked at He Ying with some intention.

He Ying turned his eyes and murmured, "If this is the case... it would be a blessing in disguise."

Thinking about it, if Taishan really got the authority to execute prisoners from Xuzhou Prefecture, then in the future, the land of Taishan would be entirely up to him and Ma Yan. At that time, will there be a shortage of mining prisoners in rebuilding the Feixian mine? As long as you click on the list of executions, a large number of prisoners will be escorted to the Feixian mine without knowing it, and they will work for them.

Thinking of this, He Ying was happy, and the pain of losing his wife's brother was reduced a little.

"But then again, who are the little thieves recruited by Zang Ba's children? They can kill my disciple Wang Hu..." Ma Yan frowned and thought, after all, in his opinion, his disciple Wang Hu had almost learned 40% of his skills and could also skillfully use the martial arts of "Rigid Body". Although it is not enough to be invulnerable to swords and guns, it is not easy to be killed by people. Why did he die inexplicably? Even a corpse was not left behind.

After thinking about it, Ma Yan had to leave this doubt behind for the time being and take someone to Zang Mansion to arrest people. It is not difficult to guess that Zang Ba conspired with Xu Xun, not only rescued Zang Jie, but also destroyed Ma Yan's nest Fei County. If Ma Yan could not kill Zang Ai, the two Zang Shun brothers would be unable to swallow the anger in their hearts.

In just half a day, Zang Ba's crimes spread throughout Taishan County: in order to save his criminal father, he colluded with Xu Xun, the leader of the Taishan bandit, to conspire to attack Fei County and kill countless officers and soldiers.

Regarding this news, some people in the city applauded and some disliked the foaming.

In the end, the news reached the ears of the Black Feather Crow Zhang Huang and his gang.

"Sure enough, the young actor's premonition has been verified..."

In an alley, Shan Fu said to the brothers around him with a sad face.

Speaking of which, the reason why the Black Feather Crows returned immediately to Mount Tai was really because of Shan Fu's advice. Because Shan Fu had thought about how the prefect of Mount Tai returned in vain and returned in a mess, would he vent his anger on the two brothers of Zang Ai and Zang Shun of the Zang family?

Just now, Shan Fu guessed it. Shortly after they returned to Taishan County, they learned all this from the streets. He Ying even framed all the rice and grains he sold in the county warehouse to rice merchants in the past for a discount to the rice merchants, saying that Zang Jia had colluded with the former county magistrate of Juping County, Xu Xun, the current leader of the Taishan bandits, and privately smuggled and sold the grains that were originally used for disaster relief, which made Taishan County fall into a dilemma of shortage of food. Fortunately, He Ying was well aware of the "conspiracy" between Xu Xun and Zang Jie, and arrested Zang Jie. He was going to escort Zang Jie to Xuzhou Prefecture for beheading, but who had thought that he was robbed by Xu Xun halfway...

"It's so shameless..." Li Tong curled his lips disdainfully.

That's right? Then He Ying spared no effort to touch the darkness of Xu Xun and Zang Jie and gave all the credit to himself. If it were ordinary people who were not sure of the final answer, they would probably really think that He Ying was a good official.

"It's outrageous! How dare the dog thief do this?!"

Zang's face turned red with a domineering face, and his fists were clenched and said hatefully, "I used to frame my father, and then used my father as bait to frame the leader Xu Da. Now I have captured my brothers and ruined my reputation as Zang! If I don't kill this beast, it will be difficult to relieve my hatred!"

Shan Fu glanced at Zang Ba, frowned and said, "It seems that He Ying is not worth dying! But the problem is that the commander Ma Yan is also in the city at this moment. With him here, I am afraid that we will not succeed. The government released a rumor and said that the second and third sons were killed in three days. This is probably another trap..."

Chen Dao said without saying a word when he heard this, "Even if it is a trap, we must rescue the second and third sons! We should rush to the brothers with swords. This is the purpose of our Black Feather Crow, right? Do we want to die and not save us?"

"It's not that I don't help me, it's just..." Shan Fu sighed and said in embarrassment, "We can only rescue Zang Juecao with the help of Chief Xu in the previous episode. At present, Chief Xu was injured by Ma Yan and returned to the mountain to recuperate. I'm afraid it's not enough to rely on my Black Feather Crows... "

Before he could finish his words, Chen Dao grabbed the collar, and the latter said angrily, "Shan Fu, what do you mean? Could it be that you are afraid of death?"

When Shan Fu heard this, his face turned red and said angrily, "Why are Xiaosheng afraid of death? Isn't Xiaosheng just thinking of a safe way? He is so impulsive as if you were, not to mention that the second and third sons cannot be saved, he will get in."

"Are you still afraid of death after talking for a long time?"

"You... you are reckless! You are healthy but not wise! You are brave but not scheming!"

"Dare you scold me?"

"What the young actor said is the truth!"

Just as the two were arguing, Zhang Huang leaned against the alley, hugged his arms, and looked blankly at the stall selling meat bags on the street.

[Big brother…]

[Brothers Zhang Huang…]

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Huang reached out and separated Chen Dao and Shan Fu, calmly said, "Stop quarrel, there are people... there are."

When he heard this, the Black Feather Crow couldn't help but calm down and stared at Zhang Huang intently.

"Captain Xu..."

"It's not the leader of Xu." Zhang Huang raised his hand to interrupt Li Tong's words, and said in a low voice, "This Taishan County has a more powerful force than the Taishan Army..."

Everyone was puzzled when they heard this, but Dan Fu showed a strange expression on his face after being stunned, and asked tentatively, "Captain, you don't want to..."

Zhang Huang licked his lips, and an inexplicable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He raised his right hand and clenched his hands into a fist.

"Since you want to make trouble, don't be afraid of making a big fuss... Kill He Ying, rob the county warehouse, and make all the dirty tricks of corrupt officials in the government public... and turn this Taishan County upside down!"

Seeing his boss's strange smile, the members of the Black Feather Crow only felt that their hair was standing upright.

Because they instinctively realized that Zhang Huang was planning a larger plan than the joint Taishan Army to rescue Zang Jie.

[Ah, in addition to the Taishan Army, there is a stronger force in this Taishan County, but this force has not yet surfaced... As long as we, the Black Feather Crow, are willing to bear the subsequent charges, they will most likely be happy to cooperate with us.]

[Taiping Road, Yellow Turban Army!]

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