burning nations

Chapter 34 Planning to go on the road to the Imperial Capital

The paperwork was quickly completed, and the recommendation letter from the governor of the state also fell into the hands of Zhu Wu and Zhu Dian, so they began to plan the route to the imperial capital.

"There are not many roads to choose from." Zhu Tong said, pointing to the map, "The easiest and fastest road is to follow the straight road, cross the Hanshui River to enter Dengzhou, pass through Luyang Pass to enter Ruzhou, and then follow the It is Luozhou, Shanzhou, and Guozhou, and you will arrive at Tongguan. Another advantage of taking this road is that you can just walk along the straight road, and you will not get lost with your eyes closed."

"But there is one disadvantage. Tang and Deng Erzhou happens to be the territory of Ge Batian of the Batian Gang. If we want to go this way, we will inevitably have to fight a fierce battle with the killers of the Batian Gang." Zhu Wu added.

Zhang Cai looked at Zhu Dian: "Is there another way?"

"There are two more, one is to go through Dengzhou, enter Wuguan and arrive at the Imperial Capital via Lantian, but half of this road is a mountain road, so there is no guarantee that you will not lose your way; the other is not to go through Dengzhou, but to go upstream along the Han River On the other hand, first Junzhou and then Jinzhou, then via Yangzhou and Liangzhou, crossing the plank road and entering Guanzhong, there are many mountain roads, the current is turbulent, and the waterway needs to be pulled by trackers. I can’t calculate how long it will take, and it’s too far.” elaborated.

Zhang Cai shifted his gaze to Zhu Wu: "I think Brother Zhu's road arrangement is perfect, so I can only wrestle with Ge Batian."

Zhu Wu said in a deep voice: "The matter has come to this, then the first way, if Ge Batian doesn't open his eyes, it will be a big deal!"

Zhu Ting asked, "How many guards should we bring?"

Zhang Cai rushed ahead of Zhu Wu and replied, "Don't bring any of them."

"Huh? Just the three of us?!"

"The three of us are enough." Zhang Cai asserted, "Sometimes more people are not necessarily a good thing, and similarly fewer people are not necessarily a bad thing."

Zhu Tong said incredulously: "It's just the three of us, it's too risky."

"Zhu Tie is right, Zhang Cai, Dengzhou is Ge Batian's territory, so the words of the three of us are just going to the tiger's mouth!" Zhu Wu echoed.

Zhang Cai explained: "We are few people, but have you two heard a word? Find a needle in the sea! It is impossible to walk the empire straight to the people just the three of us, how many people come and go, the Batian Gang How many people can find us in the crowd?"

"Then again, we've been following the straight road. Even if we were discovered, would the Batian gang dare to do it? These killers only dare to commit crimes in the dark, in the barren mountains, and in broad daylight in front of merchants, common people, and nobles. Faced with killing people on the straight road of the empire, does Ge Batian want to challenge the empire? The empire can crush the Batian gang to death with just a flick of a toe, and Ge Batian will not be ignorant of the consequences."

"So three people are enough."

Zhu Tong still didn't seem to agree with Zhang Cai's opinion. He asked Zhu Wu with his eyes, and Zhu Wu agreed with Zhang Cai's idea after thinking twice.

"Just do what Zhang Cai said. It happens that the imperial capital spends thousands of dollars every day, and can spend less."

Zhu Wu’s words are right. Compared with Zhang Cai, he has no impression of Dijing. Zhu Wu and Zhu Dian are lucky to have been there. They have studied in the golden cave of Dijing for at least three years. The two of them are neither Zhu Tao's own sons, nor are they the direct sons of Zhu's family in Xiangzhou, so less people means less expenses!

The plan worked out, the two arranged things at home, and at the same time said goodbye to the members of the Lu Youjiao Gang. By the end of June, all the reasons were over, and the three of them took a boat to Fancheng on the north bank and set off.

On the day of departure, Zhang Cai was hit hard by unexpected events.

"Zhang Cai, prepare yourself." Zhu Wu walked over with a gloomy expression and said, "Just now I saw the obituary just issued by the government, which said that Qi Shuai had passed away forever."

Zhang Cai's thin body trembled suddenly, and tears rolled in his eyes instantly.

Zhu Tong stepped forward to support Zhang Cai's arm, and said with concern: "I think the first seven days have not passed yet, and there is still time to go to Ezhou at this time."

"No need, as the foster father said, don't let me bring filial piety to his old man." Zhang Cai choked up, "Don't worry, brothers, I'm fine. My makeup is clean, let's go."

"Emperor Capital?" Zhu Wu said softly.

Zhang Cai nodded affirmatively: "Dijing."

The three of them set off and had nothing to say with Zhang Cai all the way.

Zhang Cai was in a daze.
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The Jianghu gangs don't know about Zhang Cai's going on the road, but this doesn't mean that the Jianghu gangs have nothing to do. The business of collecting money and killing people is not a common occurrence, but it happens every day anyway.

Especially in the Zhagu Empire, there is the Donglin Party, a despicable and shameless rascal who plays tricks, tricks, spreads rumors, slanders and assassinates, and has a high volume of business explosions, and the demand has never stopped.

At this moment, in the lobby of the Batian Gang in Fangcheng, Tangzhou, Ge Batian, the owner of Eagle Watching Langgu, is sitting high, and there are twelve leaders standing around the hall. Cut these 12 people down.The food is not wrong, but they are not only food, but also defiant, very rebellious.

That sentence can describe them: the eldest child in the sky, the second child in the earth, the third child in Zhuang Ge, and the fourth child in me.

I only heard Ge Batian say: "All are brothers, and the Donglin Party has sent us another job. This time we are going to kill two people. One is Li Ying, a member of the Li family of Li Yan in Xiangzhou. He brought a hundred One went to Luozhou and is now in Huazhou; the other is Sun Li, a member of the Sun family in Yuzhou, the wife of Li Yan's third brother. He has twenty guards, and he also went to Luozhou and is now in Wuyang County, Xuzhou. After killing these two people, the Donglin Party promised to give us a hundred gold, and the thirty gold in advance has already arrived."

"Which brother is willing to kill Li Ying and Sun Li?"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a tsunami from the hall down the mountain, and the leaders were full of enthusiasm.

Seeing that the morale was available, Ge Batian applauded with high fives.

"Okay, okay, my brothers don't hurt their peace because of trivial matters." Immediately, Ge Batian began to order generals, without any intention of letting his subordinates recommend themselves, which shows his strong desire to control.

"Ge Biao, Song Xian, you two brought 200 brothers to kill Li Ying."

"Deng Tong, Ma Liu, you two brought 150 brothers to kill Sun Li."

Ge Biao, Song Xian, Deng Tong, and Ma Ji were overjoyed when they heard the words, and clasped their fists loudly to agree.

Killing two people is a trivial matter for Ge Batian, for such a trivial matter, he would not go to great lengths to hold a meeting, just pass a note.It is another important thing to gather all the big guys.

"Thuhu, tell the brothers what you found out."

As soon as the words fell, a leader came out of the hall and clasped his fists: "Master, brothers, the younger brother found out that the Xiangzhou government issued a document. Zhu Tao's clan Zhu Wu and Zhu Dian bribed corrupt officials, and they were admitted to the imperial military academy by the governor of the state. , will be the new class of military cadets."

After Tuhu finished speaking, Ge Batian seamlessly continued: "Zhu Wu and Zhu Dian in Xiangzhou killed the four hall masters of the Xian Gang last year. They were so cruel. The face of Zhuo Sanmu of the Xian Gang is still hurting. It seems to the old man who slapped his hand. Three or five years will not be enough. Our Batian Gang and Xian Gang are all Jianghu brothers. We will help the Xian Gang to do things that cannot be done by him. Zhuo Sanmu will not let the left cheek be hit by the right cheek! Brothers will open their mouths when they go back. Big eyes, if Er Zhu doesn't come, let it go, as long as he dares to enter the Tang and Deng lands, his head will be taken!"

"promise!"

"Now that the Salt Gang is disabled, this is a great opportunity for us to grab the salt gang's market! As long as we cut Er Zhu and step on the fiber gang to gain prestige in the rivers and lakes, our Batian Gang's salt can also be sold to the south of Hanshui!"

Ge Batian tightened his waistcoat, his toes were high, and his face was full of energy to start a full-scale war with Shen Yiqi to grab the market.

(End of this chapter)