The carriage went around the north shore of the lake into the cattle market, Yin An followed unhurriedly, and as soon as he approached the market, he smelled a pungent stench, and the vendors were standing on the side of the road, greeting the potential customers passing by. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Behind them, a large number of horses, donkeys, mules, cattle and sheep were tied to the simple fences, and Yin An covered his mouth and nose with a sweat towel, and looked at it with great interest.

Although Yin An is young, he has a lot of experience before entering the volunteer camp, and his common sense of life is far beyond that of ordinary people, he walks around the market and talks skillfully with the vendors, but the corner of his eye always falls on the carriage.

Zhang Laosan let the servants pick three or four sturdy mules, and then, out of the market along the shore of the lake around the city gate of the southwest corner of the summer lake, the summer town because it is an important town on the canal, the southeast and north sides of the city wall are built with water gates and city gates, and the west side is next to the Weishan Lake is not suitable for building the city wall, so there is only the water village.

Yin An changed direction in advance, at the city gate and the left and right Bi who were guarding here, after a strict check, the three of them went out of the city gate, walked a short distance along the official road and were overtaken by the carriage that followed, the horses trotted away from the dock outside the city and stopped by the Xia River, Zhang Laosan got off the car and boarded a small boat waiting here.

The three of them made a gesture, Yin An continued to track the carriage, left and right to hire a fast boat on the dock to follow Zhang Laosan, along the river outside the canal for a long time, Zhang Laosan's boat stopped at the foot of Taiping Mountain, seven or eight miles northwest of Xia Town.

The Xia River is the source of Taiping Mountain all the way to the southeast on the side of the canal to converge into the Xia Lake, the northeast peak of Taiping Mountain is the commanding heights near Weishan County, the south chokes Weishan County, the north controls Taiping Town, and the station of Hong Yongchang, the general of the White Lotus Sect to conquer the south, is on the northeast peak.

As its name suggests, Wanpo Village at the foot of Taiping Mountain is the winding bay of the Xia River to the east, and a high slope near the canal to the northwest, and there was originally a military camp in the narrow basin between Taiping Mountain and Gaopo.

After the White Lotus Sect attacked, the military camp and the same village were destroyed, and the houses and courtyards in the village were only in ruins, broken fishing nets were wrapped around the half-cut walls, roofless houses, and coffins and rotting flesh and bones were everywhere under the dry branches, and the ruined and silent village looked like a hell on earth.

Zhang Laosan abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, left and right sent the boatman to sneak into the village from a distance and follow from afar, looking down from the height of the village, the nearby terrain is almost in full view, and followed the Erli Road Zhang Laosan sneakily entered a mountain col.

The two did not dare to enter from the main road at the mouth of the mountain pass, and climbed the mountain wall to see that the mountain pass was still a village, but there were people carrying knives, guns and sticks inside.

Looking carefully at the costumes of the twenty or thirty people, the eyes of the two were full of surprise, and when they recognized the origin of these people, they no longer dared to approach the time of waiting quietly among the trees on the mountain wall.

These people stood in the courtyard and didn't go in, and they didn't dare to chase Zhang Laosan immediately for fear of exposing their whereabouts, and after a while, one said: "Is this little official's method feasible?"

"It's been a month since we infiltrated Xia Town, and we still can't get a good position in the White Lotus Sect, if we catch that incense head named Huang Wuxing as a spy this time, we will definitely be able to promote the White Lotus Sect. ”

"Who do you say is that person named Huang Wuxing? Why did he want to sneak into the army as a staff officer in the first place? Didn't Chang Wei's fleet just pass through Suqian? Could this person be Chang Wei's subordinate?"

"The man surnamed Huang is young and handsome, well-read, and understands the art of war. Those two juniors don't match, and they are also far away on Liuheng Island. Tang Jinyi is also unqualified, except for these three people, only Chang Wei himself meets these three conditions, but will Chang Wei personally come to the adventure?"

Hearing this, the two of them were dripping in a cold sweat, and they almost turned around and left, but fortunately, the words of the other person made them put their hearts in their stomachs.

"It's a pity that we only know that Chang Wei and Tang Jinyi are young and handsome, but we have never seen what they look like, if only we brought Senior Brother Dan, he has seen Chang Wei in Hangzhou. ”

"Don't think about good things, Chang Wei is invincible with guns, if he comes, he will definitely come in with a knife and a gun. It's a pity, if we can get rid of Chang Wei, their faction will have no support, and we can overpower them. ”

"Forget it, the rice has to be eaten one bite at a time, let's take down the surname Huang first, wait for the opportunity to assassinate the head of the White Lotus Sect, as long as the White Lotus Sect is destroyed, we can get Lord Zhao as help, and it will be no worse than Chang Wei at that time......"

After talking for a while, these people left from the other side of the col and went deep into the Taiping Mountain to the north, and followed Zhang Laosan and the gang separately.

In the evening, everyone gathered at the family and began to exchange information.

Tang Jinyi first said: "Everything is normal on Zhaoyang Island, and today we took advantage of the opportunity of patrolling to bring in twenty guns, and the sentry on the canal is completely unguarded against us." ”

Cheng Shiyu said: "The number of Xia Sanzi's gang of gangsters has expanded to hundreds, and they will definitely be able to listen to our dispatch if they are well supported for a few days." ”

Chang Wei nodded and said, "Very good, we have sixty people now, and we are expected to reach one hundred in three days." At the last moment of action, threatening Xia Sanzi and them to join the gang, these two hundred people were enough to make the White Lotus Sect restless. What are the actions of the uncle and nephew of the Zhang family?"

Fang greedy wolf said: "Zhang Lecai contacted a fleet that often runs Huai'an and Xuzhou, and is ready to transport a batch of Taihu stones out. ”

Taihu Lake Stone is also called Rust Stone, it is a must-have for rockery in the courtyard, this kind of thing is produced in large quantities in Weishan Lake, Taihu Lake Stone is not a strategic material, it is one of the few items that the White Lotus Sect encourages to be transported.

Chang Wei smiled: "It seems that he has already found a way to plant stolen goods, what about Zhang Laosan?

Xie Zuofu took a deep breath and said, "Zhang Laosan not only found the coal, but also found an adult to be a helper at the opponent of the beggar gang!"

"What?" everyone was startled and looked at Chang Wei in unison. With the relationship between Chang Wei and the beggar gang, how can there be a rival in the beggar gang?

Chang Wei's face changed, and he said in surprise: "You mean the dirty clothes faction!"

"Yes......" Xie Zuofu has been following the beggars to the depths of Taiping Mountain, where he saw the other party asking for a few truckloads of coal, which was transported to the ruins of Wanpo Village and hidden in the ruins at dark.

Elder He Chengkong is a representative figure of the Beggar Gang's Pure Clothes Sect, and a strong supporter of the improved Beggar Gang, the traditional force of the Beggar Gang, the Dirty Clothes Sect, has always been dissatisfied with him, and Chang Wei was humiliated by the disciples of the Dirty Clothes Sect in Nanjing when he was about to step into the rivers and lakes.

Chang Wei said expressionlessly, "I can't imagine that the Dirty Clothes Sect is also looking for help from the court forces." ”

Tang Jinyi said: "I think it must be you who have sprung up and stimulated the dirty clothes faction. ”

In the past six months, Chang Weiguan has risen higher and higher, made more and more money, has more and more contacts, and has become more and more influential. He also wiped out the Church of the Virgin Mary and the Thirteen Serial Villages one after another, and he was a hot figure in both the rivers and lakes and the officialdom, and the benefits earned by He Chengkong, who was close to him, on Liuheng Island would definitely become a huge help for the improved beggar gang to overpower the dirty clothes faction.

Chang Wei shook his head and said, "But their vision is too bad, and this Lord Zhao is also difficult to protect himself now." ”

Cheng Shiyu asked in surprise: "Who should Lord Zhao be?" (To be continued.) )