: Beware of others

"Don't be anxious, everyone." The tall and thin man suddenly said, "We might as well listen to Leader Zhang finish his words."

Monk Zhang nodded and stood up and said, "Chiefs, the monk recruited everyone with the Feiyu Yu Yu Yi Yi Yi today, not to do business, but to tell everyone something. This morning, he saw General Wang in Xujiatun Monk. General Wang wanted the monk to tell everyone something!"

"What, have you seen General Wang?"

"In the house of Widow Xu in Xu's house?"

"God, isn't your identity exposed that monk?"

"Monk, can you have already defected to the government army and colluded with the government army to set up this trap, wanting to lure everyone together, right?"

As soon as these words came out, except for the tall and thin man, the other twelve men had already stood up.

"Don't be nervous!" Seeing that everyone was about to draw their swords at Monk Zhang, the tall and thin man suddenly said, "We have been brothers for many years. You don't know what kind of person the monk is? Do you think he will do something to collude with the government army to betray his brother?"

Monk Zhang also suddenly took off his clothes and patted his chest and shouted: "If everyone doesn't believe in the monk and thinks that the monk will collude with the government army to betray his brothers, then you can dig out the monk's heart now. If the monk frowned, his mother was not raised by his father's biological mother."

The man who had just spoken asked back, "Since you have met General Wang, why don't he take you?"

"This is the reason why the monk summoned everyone to come!" Zhang said solemnly, "General Wang said that as long as we are willing to follow him, we can go to the North Camp in the city to find him in three days. After all, there will be all kinds of mistakes before, and no one will ask us to settle the old accounts. Brothers will no longer have to worry about living!"

More than a dozen leaders couldn't help but start whispering.

"Can the murder we committed in the past be written off in one fell swoop?"

"If you can really become General Wang's soldier, that would be a good thing."

"Yes, I heard that the pension to the fallen soldiers after General Wang returned to Datong was 500 taels of silver. Some of the families of the fallen soldiers who had outstanding military achievements even received a pension of 2,000 taels of silver!"

"Maybe this is true? Will General Wang be fooling us? Maybe this is a trap. In three days, we will go to the north camp in the city and maybe we will turn against each other."

"This is impossible. General Wang is a person who promises a lot of money."

"That's right, General Wang dared to rob the court in order to save his subordinate General Qian. How could such a good man be a villain who is untrustworthy?"

Monk Zhang looked at everyone with a burning gaze and said in a voice: "No matter how everyone decides in the end, the monk will definitely go to the north camp in the city in three days! Feng'er and his wife have been waiting for the monk for a whole year. The monk cannot let her wait like this forever, and will never let her live such a frightened life. Even if this is a trap, the monk jumps in with his eyes closed!"

The leaders' eyes turned to the tall and thin man one after another.

The tall and thin man sucked the dry tobacco in his hand twice, and said in a deep voice: "It is indeed not a long-term solution to say that the murder we have been robbing families like this. If the murder we have committed one day falls into the hands of the government, we will definitely not die well, so we cannot miss this opportunity! However, what Leader Liu said just now is not unreasonable. If this is a trap, then we will not cheat ourselves, but we will also cheat the lives of more than 800 brothers under our hands."

"You just say it straight as the leader, what does it mean?"

"Yes, you are usually accustomed to many tricks. Just give me some tricks."

Monk Zhang also said, "Old man, just give me a good word."

The tall and thin man said: "To be on guard, we can surrender, but we don't go to the Daying in the north of the city!"

Monk Zhang asked, "Where will go?"

The tall and thin man said: "Wangjiazhuang!"

"Why do you want to go to Wangjiazhuang?"

"Because Wangjiazhuang is the property of the Wang family, if General Wang is willing to give up Wangjiazhuang to station us and does not allow other official troops to settle in, then we will surrender, otherwise we will go to different channels."

Monk Zhang said: "Will General Wang agree?"

The man from Tang Gaozi said: "If General Wang is a great man, he will agree!"

"Okay." Zhang said helplessly, "The monk will go to the north camp in the city tonight and tell General Wang Lao Cheng you."

That night, the city was in the north of Daying.

Not long after Wang Pu returned to the headquarters of the general from Xujiatun, Zhen Youcai also rushed back to the camp.

"Talented, how are you doing there?" Wang Pu asked, "Will this old castrated man Zhang Zi'an cooperate?"

Zhen Youcai said: "Zhang Zi'an cooperates. After all, this matter is related to his wealth and life. Hehe."

Wang Pu asked: "Then do you think you can really build 500 new muskets and 5,000 Dragon King Cannons before New Year's Day?"

Zhen Youcai said: "It should be no problem. Zhang Zian said that if he really couldn't get through, he would ask several other weapon workshops in Shanxi Town to help build it."

"This is no problem." Wang Pu nodded. "With these firearms, there is no problem with surprise attacks and naturalization!"

Zhen Youcai said: "General, how about recruiting Xiangma to steal the land?"

Wang Puying said: "It's hard to say now. I'll let them join the army in the north of the city three days later."

"General." As soon as Wang Pu finished speaking, Xiao Qi suddenly entered the tent and reported, "There is a guy outside the gate to see you."

Wang Pu asked, "What's that person's name?"

Xiaoqi replied: "I said he was called Monk Zhang."

"Monkey Zhang?" Wang Pu turned around and said to Zhen Youcai, "It was one of the many leaders who were robbing horses."

After saying that, Wang Pu turned around and said to Xiaoqi: "You let him come in."

Xiaoqi said: "General, since this guy is the leader of the Xiangma Pirate, the villain should call the bearded man and Scarface to the head, just in case."

"No need." Wang Pu said, "You can let that monk Zhang come in now."

"yes."

Xiaoqi responded and took the order.

In less than a moment, Xiaoqi took Monk Zhang to the headquarters of the general. When he saw Wang Pu sitting upright behind the case, Monk Zhang hurriedly knelt on one knee and said respectfully: "The villain Monk Zhang meets General Wang."

"Get up."

After Wang Pu said that, he waved to Xiaoqi again. Xiaoqi understood and retreated outside the frontier to seize the gate.

"Captain Zhang." Wang Pudi's eyes fell on Monk Zhang and said, "Have you discussed with the leaders of the Thirteen families?"

Monk Zhang nodded and said, "It has been discussed."

Wang Pu asked, "What do they say?"

Monk Zhang said: "They are all willing to serve the general, but they are still a little worried."

Zhen Youcai, who was on the other side, suddenly sneered: "You are worried that this is a trap, and you will just wait for you to arrive at the camp. The general will turn against you, right?"

There was a hint of embarrassment on Monk Zhang's face and he didn't say anything, which was a default.

Wang Pu's expression became colder and asked in a deep voice: "What do they want?"

Monk Zhang licked his lips and said, "They want General, you give up Wangjiazhuang to station them."

"Random!" Wang Pu slapped the table and said furiously, "You dare to have the idea of ​​Wangjiazhuang. Humph! Monk Zhang, go back and tell the leaders of the thirteen families that this general is considering their ability to urge them, but if they think that this general is begging them, it would be a big mistake! This general cannot tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes. They come if they want to come, but they don't want to come and pull it down! If they don't come to join the army in three days, let them take care of themselves!"

"Yes." Zhang Monk whispered, "The villain will go back and tell them the general's words."

Wang Pu said: "Go."

"The villain took his leave."

Monk Zhang hugged Wang Pu and turned around and left the tent.

When Monk Zhang left, Wang Pucai said hatefully: "It's really outrageous that these ignorant bandits actually asked me to give up Wangjiazhuang to station troops for them."

Zhen Youcai's eyes rolled and he whispered: "General, the villain thought this was just a thief who was testing your sincerity, not their real intention."

Wang Pu's expression moved and asked, "How do you say this?"

Zhen Youcai said: "The villain thought that the thief was a very scheming person. He deliberately proposed the conditions that you could not accept by General, and asked the leader Zhang to come to the camp to report the news, which contained two meanings."

"What two meanings?"

"First, test whether this is a trap you set by General. If it is a trap, General will agree to their conditions very readily; Second, asking Monk Zhang to report the message is a test itself. They want to see if General, you will send someone to follow him. Will send troops to follow him, and catch them all when Monk Zhang summons the leaders of the thirteen families."

"Talented." Wang Pu frowned. "Did you think too complicatedly about the problem? Just by those loud horse thieves who can have such a mind and such a curved intestine?"

"Does the villain think too much, and there will be a result tomorrow?" Zhen Youcai said, "If things are really as the villain thinks, then tomorrow afternoon, these loud horse thieves will come to the camp to join the army! If things are not what the villain thinks, these loud horse thieves are just simple-minded guys, then you can give up the plan to comfort them, General."

Wang Pu thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "No matter what you say, wait until the day after tomorrow!"

On the official road of Datong to Kazuki Mountain, Monk Zhang was racing, his horse's hooves stepped across the cold ground, rolling dust rose, and white light reflected under the moonlight.

The whistling north wind blew in the wilderness, which could freeze people.

Just as Monk Zhang rode his horse, he climbed up a low earth slope. A figure suddenly appeared in front of him like a ghost. The running mount was almost about to hit the figure. Monk Zhang shouted urgently and grabbed the reins. The mount under his crotch was neighing and suddenly stood up. His strong front legs kicked in the air, and stopped the forward rushing momentum.

Monk Zhang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. When he was about to get angry, he suddenly found that the tall figure looked familiar. With the cold moonlight, he carefully argued that it was Cheng Kuang, one of the leaders of the fourteen families! Monk Zhang swallowed the swear words he had spitted to his mouth and said in surprise: "Chief Cheng, why are you here?"

Cheng Zhuang greeted Monk Zhang and smiled and said, "Not only I am here, but the leaders of the other families are here."

When Monk Zhang looked around quickly, dozens of black shadows appeared in the grass on both sides of the official road. Taking advantage of the moonlight, Monk Zhang found that the leaders of the other twelve families were also among them.

Monk Zhang asked in confusion: "Dear leaders, what are you doing?"

"Chief Zhang." Cheng Gong smiled, "You will find out soon."

"Come." Another leader next to him waved and shouted, "Take Leader Zhang's horse down first."

Cheng Zhuo pulled Monk Zhang to the back of the sheltered mountain. Monk Zhang was already anxiously shouting: "Chief Cheng, what are you doing?"

Cheng Cheng asked without answering, "Captain Zhang, did General Wang agree to our local conditions?"

"No." Monk Zhang responded with a dark face, "I've said it long ago. General Wang could not agree to such conditions."

To Monk Zhang's expectations, Cheng Feng was not angry but smiled and said, "As expected, hum!"

Monk Zhang couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Chief Cheng, what's going on?"

A leader next to him said, "Captain Zhang, tell you the truth. Leader Cheng proposed to station troops in Wangjiazhuang and asked you to report the news overnight. It was just to test General Wang's sincerity! Leader Cheng said, if General Wang had no ghosts in his heart, he would never agree to the conditions. If he agreed, he would have a ghost in his heart!"

"This is a bit reasonable." Monk Zhang nodded and asked again, "What are you here for in the middle of the night?"

The leader replied: "It's better to see that General Wang seems to be as open and upright as the legendary one."

Monk Zhang asked, "What does this mean?"

"I'll know later." The leader said, "If General Wang doesn't send someone to follow you, then he will be sincerely trying to urge us. If he sends someone to follow you, he will be unhappy!"

Monk Zhang said angrily: "You are called judging a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain."
Chapter completed!