Chapter 123: The Hungry Ghost Dao
"Mr. Ouyang, look at the identity of the person who just sent the message!" Zhang Wenbiao slowly restrained the anger in his heart, and tried his best to calm the critical anger in his heart. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info saw that his complexion gradually calmed down, and his emaciated face gradually returned to the faint smile of the past.
As if nothing had happened before, if it weren't for the fact that the human head was still in the tray, everyone would have felt a little unreal. Looking at the earth overlord of several states near Hengzhou, he has heard and seen his behavior since he came to power.
During the Ma Chu period, Zhang Wenbiao was known for his kindness and kindness, and he was the least scheming among the ten Ma Chu brothers. The original Ma Chu ten brothers, now only he and Zhou Xingfeng, and there is also Liu Ming, who guards Yuezhou, is still there. The glory of the past, such as Wang Jinkui and Pan Shuhei, is regarded as an ancient thing, and the rest are either killed in previous wars or eliminated because of the struggle for power.
Most people think that Zhang Wenbiao can be used as the assassin of Hengzhou, because he is loyal to Zhou Xingfeng, and indeed Zhang Wenbiao has always been loyal. Whether it was from the original Ma Chu as a soldier, or even to the later turmoil as a military academy, Zhang Wenbiao has always stood by Zhou Xingfeng's side, and he has never had two hearts behind Zhou Xingfeng.
Zhang Wenbiao has never shown it in front of people, but he knows in his heart that since the second brother Wang Jinkui was killed by the fifth brother Pan Shuhei, Zhou Xingfeng doesn't trust anyone anymore, and he has seen through the so-called brothers. Brothers will frame each other in this era, not to mention brothers with different surnames.
Later, he confirmed what he thought in his heart, even if Uncle Pan was said to be humble and timid about his own ability after killing Wang Jinkui, he really didn't have actual great ability, so he welcomed Zhou Xingfeng, who was the envoy of the Wuqing Festival at that time, to Langzhou to preside over the overall situation of Chudi.
Zhou Xingfeng is not only his fourth brother, but also Wang Jinkui's fourth brother, he regards Zhou Xingfeng as the lord of Chu, it seems to be a brotherhood, and he respects the resourceful fourth brother Zhou Xingfeng, but he has not been able to save his life.
Zhou Xingfeng did not let go of his fifth brother at all, and finally killed Uncle Pan, who killed his brother and rebelled in politics, and completely controlled Chu Land.
At that time, when Uncle Pan was about to welcome Zhou Xingfeng, Zhou Xingfeng and Zhang Wenbiao and Liu Ming, two righteous brothers, said that they would not go to Langzhou to take up their posts, and they looked down on Uncle Pan's behavior. Because I don't want the world to think that I sent Uncle Pan to kill my sworn brother Wang Jinkui.
Zhang Wenbiao was also deeply pleased with Zhou Xingfeng's carelessness at that time, after all, the union of the ten brothers was a brother of life and death. At that time, because I didn't see Uncle Pan, I didn't know why he wanted to kill Wang Jinkui. Who knew that when Uncle Pan repeatedly invited Zhou Xingfeng to go to Wuling, Zhou Xingfeng finally entered Langzhou, the core of Chu, under the welcome of a group of civil and military officials. Zhang Wenbiao was a little surprised in his heart, and later thought that Zhou Xingfeng might be worried about the suffering of the people of Chudi.
Although Zhou Xingfeng was born in poverty, he always had a heart for the people at that time, that is, his wife Yan, who was also a strange woman who left a name in history, and has always been loved by these righteous brothers. Zhang Wenbiao didn't have too many doubts about Zhou Xingfeng's choice, but just wanted to meet Uncle Pan and ask him why he would ignore the friendship between brothers.
Then before he saw Uncle Pan, he heard that Uncle Pan had been beheaded by Zhou Xingfeng's personal guards, and the busy Zhang Wenbiao looked surprised, but he couldn't speak.
Afterwards, although everyone applauded Zhou Xingfeng's righteous annihilation, even Zhang Wenbiao did not feel too sad, but later felt that he was suspicious of Zhou Xingfeng, Zhang Wenbiao changed to Mingzhe to protect himself in Hengzhou, calmed down and thought about the events of the day, Zhang Wenbiao found the greasy.
Although Uncle Pan is usually deep, he also attaches great importance to brotherhood, which is very much agreed with Zhang Wenbiao, not to mention that he usually has a very good relationship with Zhou Xingfeng, and he is very convinced of this resourceful Zhou Xingfeng, otherwise there would be no matter of inviting Zhou Xingfeng to govern Chudi.
As for why he killed Wang Jinkui, who opened a warehouse and released grain, and won the hearts of the people, some people later said that Wang Jinkui was a talented man who killed Chu because of his great power. Zhang Wenbiao didn't believe this nonsense, because the talents of Chu Di had almost been lost after the horses fought for the slot. Even the remaining people were all escorted to Jinling by Bian Ho when the Southern Tang Dynasty occupied Chu.
As for Liu Yan's hands, Zhou Xingfeng has become a big man, so there are no talents available around Liu Yan. What's more, Wang Jinkui is his sworn brother, and it has always been a puzzle in Zhang Wenbiao's heart, why did Uncle Pan suddenly kill his powerful brother. And back then, Uncle Pan's martial arts were slightly inferior to Wang Jinkui, and it was not without a chance for him to kill Wang Jinkui, but it must not be so simple.
Afterwards, Zhang Wenbiao also went to inquire about Wang Jinkui's personal guards, but found that they had all disappeared after Wang Jinkui's death, that is, a few powerful personal guards who followed Pan Shuhei's side, and were later sent to the Southern Tang border by Zhou Xingfeng in the name of promotion, and they were not in the border battles, so that Zhang Wenbiao has been clueless.
Since then, Zhang Wenbiao has been a little defensive in his heart, although he has never thought of betraying Zhou Xingfeng, but since then he has been a little more thoughtful about Zhou Xingfeng's affairs. Therefore, when Zhou Xing was in power, he was able to spend time in Langzhou safely, and finally succeeded in going to Hengzhou and was able to appoint a party to assassinate Shi.
At the beginning, Ma Chu was in turmoil, just ten brothers from an ordinary military academy, but under the planning of Zhou Xingfeng, who was the most active, everyone followed Ma Guanghui, a child of the Ma family, and elected Ma Guanghui as the envoy of the festival in Langzhou. But after all, the power is weak, not to mention that Ma Guanghui, who is the grandson of the Ma family, does not have the appeal of his uncles in Chudi, so everyone wants to find a powerful person to come forward.
Looking at the characters in the later period of Chudi, Ma Chu, everyone knows that Liu Yan, the assassin of Chenzhou, is strong in martial arts and can become a powerful figure for a while, so Liu Yan was recommended to be the queen of Wuping. Sure enough, Liu Yan lived up to expectations and won the land of Chu, and Zhou Xingfeng and Wang Jinkui were reused. Moreover, Zhou Xingfeng also learned his best deadly marksmanship with Liu Yan and became Liu Yan's subordinate.
Later, as their horizons broadened, the forces around them became bigger and bigger, and Wang Jinkui and Zhou Xingfeng both became more ambitious. When they saw that Hou Zhou appointed Liu Yan as the governor of the capital, inspected the school as the imperial teacher, and controlled the military of Wu'an and Jingjiang, they were a little eager to try.
First of all, Zhou Xingfeng, as the fourth brother, was unhappy for Wang Jinkui, who was a great achievement, saying that it was also the military of a state, and Liu Yan could become the governor of the capital, but why could his brother only follow the people!
Wang Jinkui really thought that he was the first in the world, and he believed more and more that he was a big man who was destined to return. With the ten brothers around them working together, everyone then encouraged Wang Jinkui to deal with Liu Yan, and they also planned a lot.
Zhang Wenbiao could be said to be a soft-spoken person at that time, and everything was still in the learning stage, although he did not participate in the decision-making at that time, he also participated in the action of killing Liu Yan. Because Liu Yan was known as the killer gun on the rivers and lakes that day, he was a famous general in the later period of Ma Chu, and his decision to kill and the kung fu under his hands were extraordinary. With a few brothers, they really can't deal with Liu Yan, as well as the guards around him.
Zhou Xingfeng didn't know where to find a famous killer in the rivers and lakes, Su Qing, a famous beautiful snake in the killer organization known as the zodiac, and Yan Ming used a killer to deal with Liu Yan with everyone.
Things went extremely smoothly, because the political situation in Chu changed too quickly in the past few years, and Liu Yan, who was the assassin of a state, suddenly became the overlord of Chu, and naturally felt a little proud in his heart. Although he didn't show much ambition, he thought that he would eventually become a prince like Ma Yin, and it was no problem to see how much power he was gradually increasing now.
The kindness and reuse of Wang Jinkui and Zhou Xingfeng to the ten brothers is that he wants to gather his own power, and it is also a reward for the ten brothers to promote themselves. But he didn't expect that he had a bunch of wolves, and such an ending would be a nightmare.
After attacking Liu Yan unexpectedly, everyone worked together to abolish Liu Yan's martial arts and did not take Liu Yan's life. Because after all, Liu Yan treated everyone well at that time, and also taught Zhou Xingfeng marksmanship, so as justice, everyone naturally can't do this.
Zhou Xingfeng didn't dare to face Liu Yan, who was like a waste, and Wang Jinkui didn't say what to do, but Zhang Wenbiao knew that in the end, he still sent Uncle Pan to attack, and attacked and killed Liu Yan, who had no power to fight back, again on the way, and beheaded the most famous general in Chu at that time.
Zhang Wenbiao knew that if it wasn't for the addition of the beautiful snake that time, his own people would not be enough to deal with Liu Yan, let alone the later Chu Di world. Wang Jinkui's death, Uncle Pan's death, Zhang Wenbiao thought of the original Liu Yan, and naturally shuddered in his heart. Although I am not sure that it was Zhou Xingfeng who did it, it must have something to do with him.
After disposing of Uncle Pan's heir, although Zhou Xingfeng appointed himself as the governor of Langzhou, and named Wuping Jiedu Envoy and Duyu Marquis of Dumian Yu, Zhang Wenbiao knew that this was just a decision made by the fourth brother Zhou Xingfeng to guard against himself. Zhang Wenbiao is actually very smart, he has never shown any dissatisfaction, and he is always full of smiles in front of people.
It was during this period of time that Taoguang was obscure in front of Zhou Xingfeng in Langzhou, so that Zhou Xingfeng finally let go of Zhang Wenbiao and exiled Zhang Wenbiao to the front line in Hengzhou to fight against the Southern Han Kingdom and the Southern Tang Kingdom in Wuling. Zhang Wenbiao knew that he was finally out of temporary danger, although Zhou Xingfeng had planted a lot of henchmen around him, Zhang Wenbiao gradually gained everyone's recognition, and he became more and more confident in himself.
Just like Zhou Dunqi, the assassin of Yongzhou, although he is a distant brother of Zhou Xingfeng, he was personally recommended by Zhang Wenbiao, and he really has the merit of selection. At the beginning, Zhou Dunqi rose among the people, but he was just a farmer that no one knew, and Zhou Xingfeng would not come forward to pardon the seal for the same surname that he had never been in contact with.
Zhou Dunqi later heard about it in Chu, but when he followed Zhou Xingfeng, some of the things he learned were led by Zhang Wenbiao. Therefore, Zhou Dunqi's kindness to Zhang Wenbiao is naturally self-evident, and his feelings for Zhou Xingfeng can be said to be no different from ordinary people.
In Hengzhou, Zhang Wenbiao quietly wooed some local officials, and also secretly cultivated talents around him, and sent them to various county governments to train their political armaments. He also personally visited celebrities all over Hengzhou and visited them one by one. In a short period of time, there are also a lot of talents around him.
You know, after all, Hengzhou is one of the ancestral courts of the southern sect of Buddhism, and it is also the blessed land of the five mountains of Taoism, and I don't know how many talents have been bred for thousands of years.
Zhang Wenbiao is actually known as Qiu Yan in his chest, but because he has been living under the aura of several brothers, he has never dared to publicize it, so his reputation among various feudal towns is not resounding, which is actually his cleverness.
Judging from Zhou Xingfeng's suspicion and years of communication, how can he not know who Zhang Wenbiao is. It's just that Zhou Xingfeng is also extremely conceited, knowing that with his current prestige, and Zhang Wenbiao has never moved, he didn't dare to act out of line, so he sent him to take charge of Hengzhou.
Zhang Wenbiao pretended not to know, and carried out his own plan while carrying out Zhou Xingfeng's orders. With his age advantage and his continuous cultivation, Zhang Wenbiao did not believe that he had no future.
Now that bandits are rampant everywhere in Chudi, Zhang Wenbiao faintly feels that his opportunity has come. Looking at the people around him quietly, there was a man in his forties wearing a silk shirt and brocade boots among the few people on the left, who looked like a well-off outsider.
This man has two beautiful mustaches, and a piece of emerald jade is inlaid on his hair, and at first glance he is a very particular person, more like a literati with a solid family. There were many people standing beside Zhang Wenbiao, but they asked him questions first, and it is conceivable that among these people, his identity is also extremely unusual.
He also kept looking at Zhang Wenda's head, although he looked like a literati, he was not frightened by this bloody scene. He looked at Zhang Wenbiao and asked himself, but he also returned the salute but thought about it for a while, and the people on the side also stared at him, naturally the expressions on everyone's faces were different.
couldn't help but say quietly on his face: "Mr. Liang Er fought with this person, and he observed the mastery he used on the side, it should be from the southwest barbarians, there is a knife method called Mu Nao knife method, but the strange thing is that it seems to be mixed with a chaotic cloak knife method!" ”
The crowd listened to him, but no one responded.
Everyone knows that this Mr. Ouyang's name is Ouyang Xue, and he is a local from Hengshan, Hengzhou. is not only the head of the famous Hengshan Sword Sect on the rivers and lakes, but also the Fire God Sword by the people who do good things on the rivers and lakes. Although it seems that Si Swenwen is not surprising, he is a representative of Hengzhou martial arts, and it is difficult to find an opponent in one hand of "Vulcan Sword Technique".
It is said that he was adopted by the monks on Hengshan since he was a child, and later became a Taoist disciple of Hengshan Zhengyang Guan for some reason, and founded the Hengshan Sword School in Hengshan when he was in his twenties, which became a heroic story on the rivers and lakes.
Another thing that is most famous is that when Ma Xixu, a son of the Ma family, was the king of Hengshan, he personally came to invite him out of the mountain, respected him as the head of the sword faction of the Chu State, and became the main representative of protecting Ma Xixu. Of course, there are also people who disdain it, thinking that it is Ma Xicao that no one is available. But the eyes of the people on the rivers and lakes are bright, and Ouyang Xue's ability is obvious to everyone.
Later, the Tang State General gave birth to the Buddha and destroyed the Bodhisattva with a pickaxe, and sent Ma Xicao and even the children of the Ma family to Jinling, but he didn't know why he didn't go with Ma Xicao's followers, such as Peng Shihui and Liao Yan. Instead, he stayed near Hengshan and continued to be the head of his sword faction, and now he is obviously the first person in the martial arts near Hengzhou.
Everyone also knows that when Zhang Wenbiao first came to Hengzhou, he personally went to invite Ouyang Xue to come to the mansion, and after several resignations, he still sat in the first position of the guest secretary in Zhang Wenbiao's mansion.
And this Ouyang Xue's reputation for being well-read and strong, and the mastery and martial arts of various schools and factions on the rivers and lakes, he can remember them one by one after reading them, so he is a well-deserved leader among everyone.
Now everyone is in awe of him even more, and the most important thing is that he actually hired two unborn masters for Zhang Wenbiao not long ago.
The skills of those two people are no longer comparable to contemporary masters of the rivers and lakes. That is the strange blissful old monster Nan Fenghan who was hidden on the rivers and lakes back then, and his fellow senior sister Xia Ji Yuni.
Seeing the extraordinary skills of the two people, everyone knew what it meant to have people outside the sky, and everyone was in awe of Ouyang Xue as the recommender.
Being able to intersect with such a master undoubtedly makes these characters on the rivers and lakes awe and admire, and they are naturally respected.
"Could it really be a character from Wuling!" Zhang Wenbiao's eyes were like torches, he looked at the people in the field, and said quietly: "If there are really a few such characters on the other side, a certain family will really rely on you gentlemen!" I'm afraid that there will be a big war soon! ”
The atmosphere in the field was tense, not that everyone was afraid, but that they felt that this trip was as the spies had rumored, and Yongzhou City had fallen. And the other party had been on guard for a long time, knowing that everyone was coming here, and actually sent Zhang Wenda's head to demonstrate.
"Your Excellency doesn't have to care, Daxian has already been entrusted to go, if there is really something big, he must have come a long time ago. When the Han army made small achievements, they got a little carried away. Adults are strategizing, just be careful about the arrangement, and nothing will happen! Ouyang Xue said lightly with some pride: "If that person really came from Wuling, he would naturally be a child of the Lingnan Qu family with a different surname!" ”
Zhang Wenbiao was not careless, and asked people to come in and arrange them one by one, while planning with everyone how to act.
Boom!
There was a loud snort, but it felt like a shock in the water. Zhang Wenbiao's fleet approached Guanyin Beach, and the first fighting ship was broken. The whole team stopped, and was at an elbow turn.
It was slightly dark, and no one from the spies on either side of the river came back to report.
knew that he had already fallen into the other party's plot, and before Zhang Wenbiao gave the order, he heard the loud sound of people shouting and neighing on both sides of the river.
Everyone opened the cabin slightly, and they saw people holding torches on both sides, illuminating the four sides. Many horses appeared on the small slopes on either side, looking at the eight fighting ships in the river.
What makes people feel chills inexplicably is that these people have hideous masks or painted colors on their faces. It looks like a fierce god has just come out of hell. Under the light of the torches, it is even more terrifying.
Among them, there were several horses standing in front of them on horseback, and the people sitting on the horses looked even more penetrating. They seem to have two fangs at the corners of their mouths, as if they were born with them. grew on that hideous face, but there seemed to be no sense of disobedience, as if it was born like this.
Their faces are horrifying and chilling, but other than that, they look like humans.
Zhang Wenbiao didn't need to order, and the soldiers on the ship had already prepared weapons and shields, because these fierce gods on the shore had a lot of bows and arrows and crossbows in their hands. If you don't have any defense, all eight ships will be targeted.
On the right side of the river, a man on a horse sat there particularly conspicuous, he was supported by several evil spirits, sitting on a group of red horses, quietly watching the people on the boat arrange, but he did not seem to have the intention of ordering an attack.
It looked dressed in white and black armor, which made people feel a little awe-inspiring. With a long knife hanging from his waist, he held a Qinglong Yanyue knife in his hand, looking like a heroic warrior. If you don't look at his face, it's not at all as hideous and terrifying as the usual evil spirits.
"It's Lord Hengzhou Thorn Shi Zhang on the ship! Passing by the ghost road, why not give alms! The voice was cold, but it was eerie and made people feel emotionless, like a ghost general coming out of the Nine Hells.
"Where did the thief come from, pretending to be a ghost!" With a loud shout, a figure rose into the sky, flashed out from Zhang Wenbiao's side, and actually a little on the railing next to the boat, and the person rose in the air like a hungry dove, rushing towards the ghost general on the shore like lightning.
People are in the air, but they are like birds in the air, and their posture is very good-looking. Under the bright torch illumination, it can be seen that this is a man in a Taoist robe, combing an ancient crown. The face is clear and simple, and the eyes are clear and majestic.
His fingers were thin and long, like a bird in the air, with a terrifying majesty. Although it is more than two feet away from the shore, it seems to be there in the blink of an eye. A pair of bird grabs rushed directly towards the ghost general, as if they wanted to grab the ghost general in their hands.
The ghost general sat on his horse and did not move, and did not let the people around him help, after all, there were many bows and arrows and crossbowmen around him. A pair of eyes shining with cold light coldly watched the arrival of this clumsy Taoist, but it was as if he was looking at a ghost who had just arrived in hell.
The people around Zhang Wenbiao hadn't made a sound to stop it, seeing that the Taoist had already arrived in front of the ghost general, and looking at the archers and crossbowmen around him, they all sweated for the Taoist. But seeing that the Taoist had arrived in front of the ghost general, he looked at it without reacting, and some people were overjoyed in their hearts.