"My lords, please wait."
Just after five or six patrolmen in brocade uniforms drew their swords and stood up together, a large man in civilian clothes and Tibet took the initiative to turn out from behind the tree and threw a thick-ridged sword in his hand to the ground in front of everyone. "My lords, I am a sword-bearing deacon of the Long Whale Gang. I was ordered to protect my ice-making team on this trip... After I came back from searching around, I saw the bonfire here and came straight over. This caused a misunderstanding."
"In that case, why don't you just come forward?"
Zhou Xingfan didn't even put on the brocade clothes, so he stepped into the role and scolded him sternly.
"Don't be joking." The big man responded calmly. "You are from Jing'antai. Although our Changjing Gang is helping you get official meals, you are still a gangster. You can't dodge after you come up to see clearly. How dare you come up?"
"Then why don't you just leave?" Zhou Xingfan asked with a sneer. .
"I would like to leave, but isn't the world-famous Zhang Sanlang here?" The big man still didn't panic. "I was fascinated for a moment and disturbed all your lords."
This person is quite interesting. In one sentence, he secretly admitted the eavesdropping and flattered Zhang Xing, who was in charge of the affairs. However, he did not admit the eavesdropping in the end, which was somewhat interesting.
"Since you are a good man, come here and have a glass of wine." Zhang Xing finally raised his head, pursed his lips towards Qin Bao, and then shouted to the man.
The man didn't even pick up the knife, he just walked over and sat down by the bonfire in a grand manner under the gaze of several knights in brocade clothes.
Zhang Xing took down the jug from the shelf and poured the wine, and took a look. Although this man was majestic, his face was stained by wind and frost reflected by the bonfire, and he was only wearing ordinary common clothes and patches. In the cold winter, under his feet He was only wearing a pair of straw sandals. When he poured the wine and handed it to him, the other party reached out to take it, and his hands were covered with thick calluses and countless small wounds.
Seeing the other party finish the drink in one gulp, Zhang Xing immediately laughed and said, "Can a good man have another drink?"
The man also laughed: "Why not?"
Zhang Xingfu took the wine glass back and poured it again. After pouring it, he carried it over. The wine in the wine glass cooled rapidly and a thin layer of ice floated on it.
The other person could see it clearly by the campfire, and his expression didn't change at all, so he reached out to pick it up.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhang Xing, who once again glanced at the other party's hands and face, felt slightly moved in his heart, and poured the glass of ice wine into the fire again, causing a cloud of smoke and fire.
As soon as this move came out, Zhou Xingfan and several knights in robes had already sat down, but they pressed their swords one after another.
But the man, seeing this, was not annoyed at all, but still laughed: "Zhang Sanlang, what do you mean by this? Don't you want to have a glass of water and wine with me?"
"Nothing else." Zhang Xing answered casually while pouring wine again. "How humble are human beings in the world? It's cold today and we meet in the wild. It doesn't matter what gang of deacons you are or what mountain of spies you are. It's hard enough. Why do you have to test it with cold wine? What a good man! Drink a few more glasses of warm wine and warm yourself up by the fire."
After saying that, he handed over the warm wine, and then simply put the entire wine bottle in front of the other party's lap.
The man took the wine, hesitated for a moment, then drank it all in one gulp, and began to pour himself some wine. The knights around him were finally calm. Only Zhou Xingfan, seeing Qin Eryi not coming back, took the opportunity to get to the position behind the man and looked back from time to time.
However, Zhang Xing did not make any further gestures. He just took a few strips of dried meat from the shelf and grilled it himself. Then while grilling, he sighed: "I'll grill some more meat for the hero... Don't laugh, hero. I will never fall down that day." Long Tan escaped back and was alone. He only wanted to send his friends back to his hometown, and he was in a state of embarrassment. But the night before he left for his hometown, he had a barbecue over a bonfire. It just felt like the most delicious thing in his life. I still remember it now."
After saying that, he handed over the barbecued meat stained with oil.
The man was silent for a moment, but he still smiled and asked, "Has Zhang Sanlang ever been so down and out?"
"Except for those who are born noble, who has never fallen into despair? Even those nobles would have suffered the same fate as Yang Shen... I saw it with my own eyes in Luoyang, where he was shot alive and turned into mud."
"That's right...has the body of your partner been delivered?"
"Of course it was delivered to him, but when he got there, he discovered that he was completely buried in a landslide in his hometown."
"This is really..."
"The deceased has passed away." Zhang Xing sighed softly and raised his hand slightly to stop. "Why bother."
"Not bad." The man held the wine in one hand and the meat in the other, sighing for a moment. "Besides, Zhang Sanlang is now very prosperous...I heard from people in the gang that Black Shou is right in front of me? Zhu Shou has also made reservations."
"How can it be so easy?" Zhang Xing said disapprovingly. "But compared with the walking corpses before, it can be considered developed now."
"This is Zhang Sanlang's ability." The man continued with emotion.
"It's not my ability." Zhang Xing replied without any scruples. "To put it bluntly, no matter how big the noise or comments are, they are just borrowing the power of this brocade suit. Moreover, if you don't follow the right person and have our white patrol to protect you, how can you enter the hall and sit here to warm yourself by the fire? He had already been chopped down to the point where his bones were gone.”
"That's the truth, but I feel that just because Zhang Sanlang is willing to give a rough man like me a glass of warm wine and a piece of barbecue today, he is not a hypocritical hero. He will do great things in the future."
"It's human nature to do whatever comes naturally." Zhang Xing remained casual. "Besides, as the saying goes, you drink from a golden cup together, and you add it with a sword... I will not hide it from you, just when you sat down, I had already Qin Erlang went to the northeast to conduct a search. If he found your support and defender , proves that you are a thief and a spy... After eating the wine and meat, that's all."
The man was stunned again and again, causing Mr. Zhou behind him to be wary again and again, but finally he laughed again and again: "Zhang Sanlang thinks too much, but it is reasonable... Just relax, I will never have any support or rearguard, causing us to make trouble today." The friendship ended on bad terms."
Zhang Xing finally laughed and stopped asking. Instead, he ate and drank with the other party for a while without any worries.
Even after eating and drinking, the man did not move. Instead, he waited until Qin Bao turned back with a depressed look on his face.
"Are there any defenders and support?" Zhang Xing asked loudly.
Qin Bao shook his head slightly and wanted to speak again.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Xing didn't wait for the other party to speak and looked directly at the man: "I've misunderstood you. You have to work hard at night. You might as well come back early."
The man nodded, stood up calmly, went to pick up the thick-spine knife from the ground over there, and then came to Zhang Xing and said goodbye:
"I am grateful to Zhang Sanlang for the hospitality today. As Zhang Sanlang said, no one has ever been in despair. One day in the future, if Zhang Sanlang is also in despair and asks for my help, I, Du Po Zhen, will risk my life to return Zhang Sanlang's meal. The kindness...but now, I'm afraid I have to look ahead to watch Ning Bing."
With that said, regardless of Zhang Xing's reaction, he strode away.
After this person left, Qin Baofu came to see Zhang Xing again and said sincerely: "Third brother, this person may not have something to say... I did not find his contact, but on the way back, I asked around the Changjing Gang. It is said that there is no deacon who can be described as such... None of the deacons are such pretentious people, they are all pampered."
The rest of the people were refreshed and came to see Zhang Xing one after another... After all, if they went to pursue it at this time, it might still be too late.
However, Zhang Baishou still didn't raise his head: "Then if I treat him to a drink and then let him go, wouldn't it be the right thing to do? It means that he is a rare true man, and the rest of them are just lazy people who don't work... What kind of giant whale gang is this? In a few years, he also fell into decline because of his wealth."
Zhang Sanlang pretended to be confused, Qin Erlang was speechless for a moment, and no one from the rest of the Jinyi Cavalry, including Mr. Zhou, dared to speak.
Fortunately, after a long pause, Qin Bao, the only one with room for resistance, also sat back quietly, just to feed the spotted beast that was ready to ride.
But it was a lot quieter around the campfire.
Let's talk about it, until now, whether it is Qin Erlang's talent or Zhang Xing's rich political experience, how come they don't know the problem?
It doesn't matter if a spy is allowed to leave. The key is that the previous discussion between the two has revealed a hint of difference in attitude about this incident.
Not to mention what Qin Bao was thinking, according to Zhang Xing's understanding, to put it bluntly, Qin Bao, as a person from a poor official family, was seeking an official career, and as locals, they still had expectations for the court after all. , is somewhat similar to Bai Yousi, and Zhang Xing never expected that turning three acres of land into ten acres would make people like them with a certain background and future strengthen their confidence.
But at the same time, from Zhang Xing's own perspective, for one thing, this kind of bad government that basically squeezed the common people to the limit and pushed them to the line of life and death was enough to make him lose the last of his respect for the Wei regime from the bottom of his heart. Secondly, after the incident in Jiangdong, based on Zhang Xing’s rich experience in key history and his previous careful observations, including his messy speculation about the inexplicable time travel, and seeing the two dragons fighting with his own eyes, all made him feel He probably felt that the Wei Dynasty itself might really be doomed.
The superposition of two and two naturally gave Zhang Xing the idea that even if he did not rebel, he should work hard on the road to rebellion. It even had a hint of political correctness, let alone his attitude towards the rebels.
Between the two views, which one is correct?
Of course, he is right, and Zhang Xing can be confident wherever he goes.
But which one is inappropriate?
Zhang Xing himself also knew that he was out of time... As I said, there is no collapse in the situation now. Food, cloth, and armor are piled up around Dongdu. Two hundred thousand new troops are around Dongdu. Laizhan'er and Zhou Xiaoming are here. Various famous generals are also leading elite troops loyal to the court and saints to occupy key positions. The so-called masters, condensation pills and other cultivation masters are also in the court camp. Whoever takes the lead at this time may die immediately. !
Just over half a year ago, at the end of this Huanshui River, Yang Shen's rapid collapse was the best example!
Zhang Xing saw that piece of rotten meat with his own eyes.
But then again, who doesn’t have a little temper?
Qin Bao was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Xing's behavior. Wasn't Zhang Xing just showing off his temper with Bai Yousi? Now, in Zhang Sanlang's mind, even though reason told him that rebellion was not advisable, his mind was still filled with the plot of "Da Baixing, You Si Wang".
Have you even reviewed the speech "Princes and generals will rather have their kind" speech several times?
Who isn't allowed to have an orgasm in their head? !
The hungry people of the Central Plains who were forced to go up the mountains to become bandits because the imperial court was unwilling to provide disaster relief, robbed the food in the south... What the hell does it have to do with him? !
He, Qin Er, is not happy, and I, Zhang San, are not happy either!
"Zhang Xing, have you always had a problem with me since that night?"
Beside the bonfire, Zhang Xing, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by being slapped with a sword scabbard. When he opened his eyes, he saw Bai Yousi and Bai Qingtian holding a piece of paper in one hand and a sword in the other.
Zhang Xing woke up, ignored everything else, and hurriedly touched the paper in his arms. Sure enough, it was gone.
"What do you mean by 'If you don't rely on the sky, what will happen to the world'?" Bai Yousi put away his sword, looked at the note in his hand, and asked seriously. "Are you serious?"
"You're kidding." Zhang Xing turned over and sat up, calmly responding.
PS: It’s the New Year... I wish you all a happy New Year, and I wish you all good luck and prosperity in the new year, and that everyone will make a fortune.
