Feng Haijiao smiled and said: "You go back to your shopkeeper. I have many relatives here and many suitcases and cages. Even if I want to walk fast, I can't walk fast. I can only walk slowly. It will take about three days to walk to get there." Let him not have to prepare in a hurry."
"Yes, thank you for your understanding, sir."
"Get five coins for Butler Huang. I will trouble you more in the future."
"Don't dare, don't dare." Huang Daqiao bowed repeatedly. After he left, Feng Haijiao thought to himself: This old fox is really worried that I will come up the mountain and eat up his property. This made him feel at ease - as long as he could go up the mountain, it was not a matter of words!
The highest point of Leida Slope is a pile of raised rock mountains. The bare stones are particularly eye-catching on the green mountain tops and flatlands.
Stone Mountain is neither high nor big, but its foundation is solid and its top is flat. So I don't know which year a simple temple was built here. I don’t know how many years have passed, and it has been ups and downs several times. Thirty years ago, when Xin Laonan brought Zhuangke’s subordinates to this place to build a mountain stronghold, it was already on the verge of collapse. Xin Laonan then renovated the almost dilapidated temple - people who do business without capital need to have someone to rely on, killing people and setting fires.
After the temple was built, it not only became a place for him and his minions to offer incense and pray, it was also a place for him to issue orders, distribute gold on a large scale, and handle affairs in the village.
Under the compassionate eyes of the Buddha statue in the middle of the temple, they planned to commit murder and plunder goods, and shared the gold and silver stained with human blood. The gangsters never thought it was ridiculous - they even came to say goodbye before and after each "business" Safety.
The decoration of the temple is often simple. In front of the offering table, there are four sets of tables, chairs and coffee tables arranged in two figures of eight. In the middle is an Eight Immortals table and four Taishi chairs. If there is no Buddha statue or altar table in the middle, it is very common in the halls of wealthy families.
The most eye-catching thing in this palace is the various swords hanging on the left and right walls of the palace. Some of these swords are not only forged with high-quality Su steel, but also exquisitely decorated, with gold and silver mouthpieces and sharkskin scabbards; others are shoddily made, with iron bars covering wooden scabbards. These weapons are the "results" of many years of hard work. Every time I robbed and killed pedestrians and merchants on the river, I met a scholar carrying a "Qin, Sword and Bookcase". After treating them to Ban Dao Noodles or Wonton Noodles, I would take their swords back and hang them on the wall to appreciate them. , recalling the last appearance of these people under his sword.
Xin Laonan is thin and slim. Although he is an old man in his early sixties, he is still very capable. He wore common people's short brown clothes and did not pretend to be a gentleman like many of his kind. At this moment, he was sitting in the Taishi chair, his eyes slightly closed, looking like he was not interested in anything.
In several other Taishi chairs, two middle-aged men dressed as literati were sitting. One of them is Zhan Zhekun, and the other is Yang Jinghui.
The person standing respectfully in the middle was Huang Daqiao who was sent to contact Feng Haijiao.
After hearing what he said about his meeting with Feng Haijiao, Zhan Zhekun asked, "Have you checked the number of people?"
"I checked it out, and I went through it one by one. There were about a hundred people with swords and guns. There were also a hundred, thirty or forty family members, and the others were carrying suitcases and cages. There were a lot of people, more than two hundred. No. 1."
This number is almost the same as the news brought back by the spies sent by Zhan Zhekun. He nodded slightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Come to the grain platform to pay me two taels of silver."
"Yes, thank you for the reward!" Huang Daqiao was overjoyed. He didn't expect to send a message and count the number of people to get the reward. This Master Zhan is indeed more generous than Shopkeeper Xin!
He thought so in his heart, but he still took a cautious look at Xin Laonan - his eyes were still closed, with an indifferent look on his face.
Huang Daqiao retreated, and Zhan Zhekun and Yang Jinghui looked at each other. Zhan Zhekun picked up the tea cup and said with a slight smile: "This Feng Haijiao has the idea of becoming a guest."
"It's not surprising that he has this intention." Yang Jinghui glanced at Xin Laonan. Yes, they were also "anti-customers."
Since Yang Jinghui raised the banner of the imperial court in Guangning, he has been prosperous for a time. However, with the increase in the National Army's garrison and the consolidation of local political institutions, the scope of his activities has become smaller and smaller. As Fubo's army continued to suppress them, in the end, even their old nest, Yangjiazhuang, had to be abandoned. With all the wealth of the strong men in the village, we went to learn about Wendong's Chaoshan village.
Chaoshan Village was originally captured by Jiewen Donghuo and his boss. It is located at the junction of the two counties and the terrain is dangerous. You can survive for a while by hiding inside. However, Zhan Zhekun believed that although this place was remote, it was isolated and helpless. Once the bandits recovered and concentrated their forces to attack, Chao Shanzhai would be isolated and helpless. Once surrounded from all sides, it would be a sure death place.
Zhan Zhekun sneaked into the activities of the Three Lianyang Tribes, met the Three Hegemons of Yangshan in Yangshan, and also learned about Xin Laonan's Leidapo. He had been here several times by taking advantage of opportunities such as settling Zhang Tianbo's family members. Very satisfied with the terrain here. Moreover, we learned that the distance from Leidapo to Chaoshan Village was only twenty miles, which was exactly a place where we could be at odds with each other.
Therefore, he immediately thought of capturing Leidapo.
Zhan Zhekun was a scholar, so naturally he got along better with Yang Juren, who was also a scholar. What's more, he has seen the level of the three Yangshan tyrants - "unusable talent". Although Sun Dabiao once turned Yangshan County upside down, he always believed that these bandits were just cannon fodder and could be used to disrupt the Kun bandits, but they could not accomplish big things.
Naturally, with Yang Juren's current strength, he can't fight hard - he suffered several consecutive defeats in Guangning and suffered a lot of losses among his rural warriors. Now it is impossible to send out all the strong men from fifteen to sixty in the village. There are only more than 300 people. If you want to attack the natural danger, it will only cost you your life. Zhan Zhekun and Yang Jinghui discussed it secretly and decided to outwit them.
Xin Lao Nan is old and somewhat confused. In addition, he is greedy for wealth. I didn't expect Master Zhan to have an idea of his Zhuangzi. Just a few days after Sun Dabiao was attacked at night and the entire army was wiped out, Zhan Zhekun took more than a dozen capable village warriors led by Jie Wendong to sneak into the village under the pretext of "transporting Sun Dabiao's treasure" and quietly killed the guards that night. , opened the village gate, and led Yang Jinghui's large group of people into the village.
There are only more than 20 households in Xinjiazhuang, with less than 50 adults. It all depends on the protection of nature. Yang Jinghui's troops immediately came up from the mountain and killed several resisters, so Zhuangzi stopped fighting.
Zhan Zhekun has been here several times and pays more attention to it on weekdays. I have long understood the interpersonal relationships in Xinjiazhuang. After occupying Zhuangzi, they immediately purged and massacred more than 20 of Xin Laonan's cronies and members of his clan, and used their money and women to buy off the remaining Zhuangzi customers and servants. Then, Yang Jinghui transferred some of Zhuang Ke Xiangyong from Chaoshan Village. Enrich Leidapo. In this way, it not only realized Zhan Zhekun's "two villages are horns of each other" situation, but also used it to split Jie Wendong's subordinates in half, which not only weakened Jie Wendong's strength, but also made him completely lose his original power in the court. The foundation of the cottage. It can be said that it kills several birds with one stone.
As for Xin Laonan himself, Yang Jingguang was originally prepared to "keep his entire family together", eradicate the root causes, and avoid future troubles forever. Zhan Zhekun stopped him and said, "There's no hurry."
The reason why Zhan Zhekun left Xinlao Nanman's family behind was not due to conscience or any "intolerance", but because he learned during his activities in Yangshan that Leidapo was quite famous among the three tribes of Lianyang, and there were many bandits and strongmen there. They all regard this place as a hiding place for hiding stolen goods and recuperating in times of tension. That's why Sun Dabiao and others hid Zhang Tianbo's family here, and Zhan Zhekun was able to sneak into Zhuangzi in the name of "transporting treasures."
This reputation can be used to great advantage, Zhan Zhekun believes, especially now that the foxes, ghosts, snakes, gods, foxes, and rats in the city are in panic all day long, it is very likely that they will come here with their families and relatives.
"As long as the living sign of Xin Lao Nan is there, there will naturally be people who will throw themselves into the trap." Zhan Zhekun twirled his beard and said with a smile, "How to deal with it when the time comes is not just a word from Mr. Yang?"
Yang Jinghui laughed loudly, and Xin Laonan's family escaped. were held separately. Only Xin Laonan himself didn't know what kind of drugs Zhan Zhekun had given him, and he was like a clay puppet at their mercy every day.
"Come here, shopkeeper Xin is tired. Please serve him and go back to rest." Zhan Zhekun ordered.
Although Xin Laonan was given drugs and could be said to be deaf and mute, Zhan Zhekun was cautious by nature. Although he had to be kept alive at the moment, since he was alive, he was somewhat dangerous. You must be extremely cautious.
"Please Mr. Xie come over to discuss matters." After Xin Laonan left, he ordered again.
"What are you asking him to do?" Yang Juren was a little puzzled. In his eyes, Jie Wendong was just a rough guy. He might be a good player in fighting, but he couldn't get on the stage to discuss and make decisions.
"That's wrong," Zhan Zhekun said sternly, "Since Mr. Jietuan is the head coach of Xiangyong under you, how can he not know such a big thing? What's more, the current situation should not make him have an outsider mind. "
Jie Wendong is not a direct descendant of Mr. Yang. Although he made great contributions to the stronghold by Huo and Xianchao, and he contributed a lot in capturing Leidapo this time, he will never be trusted in the Yang family group. " outsider".
In the name of dividing the village, Zhan Zhekun thought there was nothing wrong with splitting up his troops and transferring him to a "new place"... These measures were taken. But it must be comforted well. This kind of comfort cannot just rely on giving him the title of "leader" and giving him money and women. It must also make him feel like "one of our own."
Zhan Zhekun secretly observed this former bandit leader and felt that he was both rough and subtle, capable and decisive in his work. It is a great help if used well, but it can be a great hidden danger if used improperly. He is exactly the kind of person who is said to be "best killed if you can no longer use him". It's normal for Yang Jinghui and others not to trust him - after all, he is a "second-five kid" who was once popular with the boss, and his surname is not Yang.
Although he tried his best to support Yang Jinghui, he did not want to create a monolithic "Yang Family Army". Jie Wendong was his free chess piece.
