Mr. Yangui

Chapter 275 Chapter [-] The Big Case of Hongnong
There is big news in Hongnong County.

At the beginning of May, the Zhang family's caravan returning from Jizhou passed the official road of Hongnong County, and was stopped by a large number of Hanshui Gang lunatics in a rather remote place less than [-] miles away from Jingzhao.

The strength of both sides is not weak, launched an extremely tragic fight.

After receiving the report, the officers and soldiers of Hongnong County rushed to the scene of the accident.

The scene was extremely shocking, with over a hundred corpses, and blood stained the soil red.

After the officers and soldiers sorted out the corpses, they explored the scene carefully. They found that there were signs of disorder in the bushes on both sides of the official road. The officers and soldiers followed along and found many corpses in the woods.

This is a big case, and the backgrounds of both parties are not small.

Needless to say, the Hanshui Gang is a serious threat to the imperial court, and the Zhang family advocates that Xiugui be the Minister of the Ministry of War.

At present, Hongnong's official statement is very simple. The Hanshui Gang intercepted the Zhang family's caravan on the official road, and then the two sides fought, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

After statistics, it was found that the losses were indeed very heavy.

As far as the Zhang family is concerned, the loss of two seventh-rank junior masters, dozens of fifth- and sixth-rank masters, and some ordinary characters add up to more than sixty. There are still several missing, and it is not known whether they are alive or dead.

In addition, the Zhang family also lost a batch of extremely expensive medicinal materials, all of which were burned. When the officers and soldiers arrived, the fire had not been extinguished, but the medicinal materials could not be rescued.

As for the Hanshui Gang, they also lost dozens of masters. One of them was Zhuang Muxin, the little leader of the Hanshui Gang. escape.

This also indicates that the Hanshui Gang officially entered Hongnong County, trying to make a fuss.

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Chang'an City, Zhang family.

Zhang Xiu, several important elders of the Zhang family, some brothers of Zhang Xiu's clan, and Zhang Yanbang gathered together.

"The Hanshui gang is really deceiving people too much!" Zhang Su yelled, the Zhang family lost too many good players this time, thinking about it makes my heart bleed.

"What does Hongnong say? Have you found the missing person in our Zhang family?" Zhang Xiu asked.

When counting the corpses, several members of the Zhang family were indeed missing, and they were all good hands.

"There is no news yet. However, the prefect Guo sent someone to send a message, saying that it was not only the Hanshui Gang and the Zhang family, but there was a possibility that there was another party who intervened halfway." An elder replied.

This elder's name is Zhang Yu, and he is an important elder of the Zhang family. He has rarely shown himself in public, and he is considered an underground figure when dealing with matters that are inconvenient for Zhang Jiaming.

"There is another group of forces?" Zhang Xiu frowned.

Zhang Yu explained: "Many corpses were found in the forest on both sides of the official road, including those from the Hanshui Gang and our Zhang family. According to the experience of the arresters, all the people in the forest were hunted to death. In addition , the corpses on the official road were uniformly mended after the fierce battle, and there were obvious marks of mending on the chest or back, so as to prevent someone from not dying completely."

Everyone frowned upon hearing this.

Zhang Yu continued: "According to the speculation of Hongnong's arresters, a third-party force is on the sidelines, and when the Zhang family and the Hanshui Gang can't fight much, they will suddenly appear to attack and catch everyone. The masters of the family and the gangsters of the Hanshui Gang had been fighting all over the place, and the pressure was extremely high, so some people ran away, but they were chased and killed, and then the group came back to mend their swords and burn medicine."

After a pause, he continued: "As for the details, I'm afraid only those who were present that day will know. Our Zhang family has disappeared a few people. After these few days, there should be no hope, and we don't know where they died. .”

The crowd was silent.

Another third-party force has emerged, and it seems that things are a bit complicated.

"Are there any corpses of third-party forces?" Zhang Su frowned.

"The Zhang family's staff is clear. The other corpses only know a few small leaders of the Hanshui Gang, and the rest is not clear. I don't know if there are any corpses of third-party forces." Zhang Yu answered the question and continued to analyze: "However, I don't think there should be any. Even if the third party dies, they should deal with it."

Who is it?

He has the courage to say nothing, and his actions are quite sharp.

Robbery?Not like, because they burned the cargo.

murderous?What kind of force is that that actually attacked the Hanshui Gang and the Zhang family at the same time.

Could it be that a lunatic is full and has nothing to do?
"Uncle Su, let's find out the truth later. It's not in a hurry to find trouble with the Hanshui Gang. But that batch of goods was promised to King Qing before, and now it's gone. Everyone has to find a way to get there first." Zhang Xiushen The color is quite calm.

Everyone frowned.

The King Qing that Zhang Xiu talked about was named Lu Shiyan, he was a prince of the older generation, he was a cousin of Taiwei Lu Shiqing, and he was the emperor's uncle today.

Lu Shiyan is usually quite low-key, and never asks about important affairs of the court, but his power is not low, and few people dare to provoke him, because although he does not ask about court affairs and has no errands, he often enters the palace according to orders, and chats with the Holy Majesty. He is deeply trusted by His Majesty, but not many people know what to talk about specifically. The gossip says that it is about learning, because Lu Shiyan likes learning very much and has a lot of knowledge.

Just because Lu Shiyan can often face the saint, there are not a few people who fawn on him.

There was an official who made a major mistake, and then offered a heavy gift to Lu Shiyan. Tolu Shiyan said something to the Holy Spirit, and Lu Shiyan accepted the heavy gift and nodded in agreement.

As a result, during the court, the Holy Majesty did not severely punish the person who made a mistake, but just reprimanded him, ordering him to pay attention in the future, which can be seen from this.

In addition to learning, Lu Shiyan also has a hobby, that is, he likes to collect all kinds of precious medicinal materials. He claims to be weak, so he invited some old folk doctors to make tonics all day long to nourish his body.

The Zhang family wanted to flatter Lu Shiyan, and recommended themselves to collect valuable medicinal materials for Lu Shiyan. Lu Shiyan also expressed his expectation, and said with a smile that if there were really good medicinal materials, he would definitely pay a lot of money to buy them.

In order to do a good job, the Zhang family led the Jizhou caravan to collect good medicines with all their strength, and sent a large number of experts to guard them.

Ordinary caravans don't have so many experts to protect them.

I have searched a lot of medicinal materials, but who knows that when I approached Jingzhao, I ended up with a medicine that destroyed people, what a twist of fate.

"Prince Qing is relatively easy to talk to. This time, I will intercede. After I promise, I will make up a batch of good medicine for him. After all, he has nothing to lose. Besides, it's not like we didn't collect good medicine. It was just messed up by the grandsons of the Hanshui Gang, I think King Qing will understand." Zhang Su promised.

Zhang Xiu exhaled and nodded slightly.

"Our Zhang family suffered a heavy loss today. Not to mention the masters, that batch of goods is worth a lot of silver taels. Who the hell is the madman who set it on fire and let me catch him? I must make him worse off." Die." Zhang Yu said harshly.

Zhang Yanbang's heart moved, and he said: "Is there someone who thinks that the Zhang family and the Hanshui Gang are not pleasing to the eye at the same time, so they came here?"

Everyone thought about it and immediately rejected it.

Zhang Yanbang exhaled, and said, "Father, for some reason, when I heard about the third-party forces just now, the first name that popped up in my mind was Li Wuchang. I think it was him who did it... Let's Zhuangzi of Hongnong made it clear that Li Wuchang sent people to do it, and then he sent people to set up an ambush to attack our caravan."

Zhang Xiu frowned and did not comment.

Zhang Yu sneered and said: "That kid can clean up so many masters from our Zhang family and the Hanshui Gang? How many people does he have?"

Zhang Yanbang frowned: "Will it be the fisherman's profit?"

The crowd was silent.

Zhang Xiu thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "I also don't think it's Li Wuchang...but that kid Li Wuchang must not be underestimated, he has caused us heavy losses recently, and we have nothing to do with him, hate it !"

The Zhang family has indeed suffered heavy losses recently.

The bodies of Zhang Ya and the other three masters have not been seen so far.

Then three more masters who went to Erlianzizhuang to check the news died unexpectedly. At that time, Zhang Yanbang couldn't speak, and was almost detained by Li Wuchang.

Not long after, three more Zhuangzi in Hongnong were ransacked. Although there is no conclusive evidence, it is very likely that Li Wuchang did it.

"Yanbang, you were asked to deal with Li Wuchang earlier, how about you, have you started?" Zhang Su looked at Zhang Yanbang.

Zhang Yanbang sighed, and said: "Before, I thought about giving Li Wuchang a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, I said that the people from Tonghongnong County and the headhunters from Dali Temple would test Li Wuchang's pressure and investigate our Hongnong. Regarding Zhuangzi being robbed, let’s see if we can catch his tail. On the other hand, I sent two teams to attack Li Wuchang’s business routes leading to Shuofang and Chang’an City..."

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "It's very good, what's the matter? Seeing how you look, it's not going well?"

Zhang Yanbang said with a wry smile: "It's not that it didn't go well, but it was very bad. I'm about to report it."

After a pause, he said seriously: "I told Yan Zhong about Hongnong, that reckless man brought a few policemen and some men, rushed up and questioned him, but Li Wuchang covered his head all over his head. He was almost beaten up. And Zhou Butou of Dali Temple just asked a question in a polite manner, and he didn’t ask anything, so he couldn’t be punished. If so, he might be shot to death by Li Wuchang on the spot. , If you want to be tough on Li Wuchang, without a large number of masters, it is impossible."

"Where is the business way?" Zhang Su's expression was gloomy upon hearing this.

Zhang Yanbang continued: "Two commercial roads... Heh, there is no one from Li Wuchang. I checked, and Shuofang's commercial road is said to have disappeared, and the goods in Chang'an City were taken over by Zhou Chengwang, who sent people to Feng Yi to transport the goods. "

"Zhou Chengwang?" Zhang Xiu frowned.

Zhang Yanbang nodded, and said: "Tell me, did he prevent us in advance?... That's why I suspect that Li Wuchang burned the goods of our caravan. He cleaned himself up first, and then went to find us Trouble."

The faces of the people were a little dignified.

Zhang Yanbang said again: "Father, uncles, it's not me who exalts Li Wuchang's prestige. Next, our Zhuangzi in the north should also be careful, and even the caravans in the north should be careful."

"The Hanshui Gang has the imperial court to destroy it, but Li Wuchang, that beast, can no longer be kept. Just leave it to me. I don't believe how powerful his subordinates can be. Will they always follow him? Hmph! "Zhang Yu's expression became extremely gloomy and cold, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

(End of this chapter)