Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 5 Wisdom to Capture the Kidnapper
Zhang Dezheng was worried that Zhang Rang would send him to do some things that never came back, so he heard Zhang Rang continue to say: "Hehe, that's right, my father and elder brother are going to visit me in Luoyang recently, I am busy with affairs, and you are clever, So I want you to take people to meet them, the old man should be approaching Sishui now, I will give you 100 people, you go to meet them for me."

Zhang Dexin said that it was a false alarm, and quickly agreed: "Young man, I obey." Seeing that Zhang Rang had nothing else to do, he got up and left.

Zhang De left Luoyang with a hundred of Zhang Rang's personal soldiers. Seeing that they were Zhang Rang's personal soldiers, the Luoyang guards did not make things difficult, and Zhang De went smoothly all the way.But just after the snow fell, there was a lot of snow on the road, and at the end of the day, I didn't walk much.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes was heard in the distance.A knight came from a distance and saw that his armor was torn, with blood on it, and he was riding a skinny horse.Although Zhang Rang's [-] family soldiers are not a regular army, Zhang Rang's family soldiers are all trained. Their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the regular army, and their equipment is even better than that of the regular army. enemy.

At this time, the knight in the distance saw Zhang De's banner clearly, and shouted: "Ahead is Lord Zhang Hou? It's me, the villain Zhang Meng," said the man who came to the front, and after looking for a long time, he didn't see Zhang Rang. He continued: "The young one is Zhang Meng who is next to the old man. Where is Mr. Zhang Hou, something is wrong!" He took out a bronze medal with a big "Zhang" on it.

Zhang De approached and saw that it was indeed the waist card of Zhang Rang's mansion, and asked: "Next to Zhang De, it was sent by Zhang Houye to meet the master, what happened, and how did you get into this state?"

Zhang Meng hurriedly said: "My lord, it's not good, the master was kidnapped!"

It turned out that Mrs. Zhang came out of Sishuiguan and wanted to go to Luoyang to see his son earlier, but the road was blocked by heavy snow, and a group of people walked for a long time before they could go twenty miles.Zhang Rang's eldest brother felt quite tired, so he ordered everyone to rest for a while.At this time, I saw an old farmer coming up the road, carrying two large barrels, which were tightly sealed. Unfortunately, the road was slippery due to snow, and the old farmer accidentally fell down. One of the barrels was knocked over, and the contents flowed out. It turned out to be fine wine.Zhang Rang's eldest brother smelled the aroma of wine, so he asked people to buy some to drink to keep warm.Zhang's family has always been domineering, rather than asking them to buy something, it would be better to say that they robbed another barrel of wine for no reason, and everyone shared and drank.And Zhang Meng, who reported the letter, had never drunk a drop of alcohol, so he didn't drink the wine.Unexpectedly, everyone was drunk within less than a cup of tea after drinking this wine.Zhang Meng knew something was wrong, he guessed that he had followed someone else's way.Sure enough, as soon as Zhang's family member Ding fell down, a group of people jumped out from the nearby forest, armed with knives and guns, and killed them.No matter how powerful Zhang Meng was, he couldn't stand up to so many people. He was captured within three moves. The gangsters took the old man and Zhang Rang's brother away. Those family members were sent to see the King of Hades, and Zhang Meng was released. When he went back, he gave him a skinny horse and asked him to redeem him with a thousand pieces of gold.

After hearing this, Zhang De thought to himself that Chao Gai learned his skills from these people in the Water Margin, so he asked Zhang Meng, "How many of them are there? Didn't you say that this is Zhang Houye's family? This group of gangsters How bold."

Zhang Meng hastily replied: "I told you, it's okay if they didn't listen. They beat up the old man and the old man as soon as they heard it. The one that was supposed to be a hundred gold was changed to one thousand gold. As for how many people there are, the younger I was too flustered to see clearly, but there should be about ten people."

After listening to Zhang Meng's narration, Zhang De knew that this time he encountered a gangster.In his previous life, he had suppressed bandits on the Eighth Route, and he knew that killing people like this without blinking an eye would definitely not be gathered by peasants who could not survive, but probably by some gangsters or rangers.These people may not be very capable, but they will definitely not be soft when killing people.

Zhang De ordered people to take care of the injured Zhang Meng first, and then sent people back to Luoyang to report, while he led a large team to rescue people.

When I arrived near the accident site the next day, I saw many officials and passers-by watching.It turned out that passersby saw dead bodies all over the ground and reported it to the police.The county magistrate was also alarmed and came to the scene in person.Later, the token of Zhang Rang's mansion was found on the dead body, which frightened the county magistrate out of his wits.If something happens to Mr. Zhang on his ground, his life will be lost!
Zhang De had someone call the county magistrate and asked, "There are such powerful gangsters around here, and they are so close to Luoyang, why didn't you report to the imperial court, what did you do as a county magistrate!"

The county magistrate cried: "My lord, you are wronged. This county has always had good law and order. The roads do not pick up lost things. Let alone bandits, there are no thieves. I think these people are from outside. Oh, yes. A few days ago, I heard that Ying Chuan Many big households in the vicinity were robbed, and the Yingchuan government issued a sea arrest document, but the gang of thieves suddenly disappeared, presumably they must be wandering in a small county."

Zhang De asked people to take the county magistrate down, and then sent people to inquire nearby. Sure enough, there were no robbers and bandits nearby.It seems that these people are indeed rogues.

Judging from Zhang De's experience, rogues are the most difficult to deal with.These people are very mobile, and they like to play guerrillas with you the most, and they often run away when they are finished.Moreover, rogues are often the most ruthless and ruthless, often killing people to cover up their movements.I don't know if the gang of rogues will run away when they see me bringing troops here, it seems that I acted quickly.

If you want to save Mrs. Zhang, you must know where the bandits are.A flash of inspiration flashed in Zhang De's mind, and he immediately asked Zhang Meng to be brought over: "Did those thieves tell you where to pay the ransom?"

Zhang Meng thought about it carefully: "Go back to your lord, the thieves said to let the little one take the money here to redeem him."

Zhang De suddenly raised his head, looked at the surrounding crowd, and a flash of light flashed in his mind, and ordered: "Catch those crowds immediately, and none of them can escape."

The 100 soldiers brought by Zhang De did not hesitate at all when they heard the order from the general, and surrounded the onlookers. On the contrary, the county magistrate was a little puzzled and asked Zhang De, "My lord, why are these people arrested."

"The thief only talked about paying the ransom here, which means that the thief should not be far away from here, and he will definitely send someone to follow him here. Once someone takes money to ransom someone, the person who follows him will definitely go back and report the news. So I conclude that these onlookers must They were sent by thieves." Zhang De explained to the county magistrate.

In fact, kidnapping is not easy these days, and there is no mobile phone or telephone. If you kidnap someone, you have to let his family know, so you can only rely on people to send letters.It is even more troublesome to pay the ransom, most of which are handed over to the person and money.So ordinary kidnappers are easy to be caught, so most kidnappers in this era are very professional.

After hearing Zhang De's explanation, the county magistrate asked again: "But my lord, there are dozens of people here, how can my lord know which one is the thief?"

"It's easy, come and search!" Zhang De ordered.A hundred family soldiers arrested the common people and began to search them. The common people didn't know what happened, but they didn't dare to resist, so they had to let these fierce family soldiers search them.

Zhang De watched all this with cold eyes, and saw a big man with a rake in the crowd looking flustered, with sweat dripping from his head in the cold, and knew that there must be something wrong with him, so he pointed at the big man, "Come on, bring him Tie me up!"

The family soldiers rushed up, tied up the big man, and brought him to Zhang De. The big man didn't resist, and shouted for injustice when he saw Zhang De.

Zhang De said to the big man: "Bold thief, hurry up and tell me where Mrs. Zhang is. I said earlier that I will not suffer from flesh and blood."

The big man shouted his innocence, and said: "The villain is a farmer nearby. He just came back from working in the field. He just came to see the excitement, not a thief!"

Zhang De said with a smile: "Still quibbling, now there is snow everywhere, you said that you are carrying a rake when you go to work in the field, what do you use a rake in the snow? Besides, what kind of farm work can you do in this winter?" The big man was dumbfounded. .Zhang De said as he walked over, took out a white jade wishful from the big man's arms, and said, "You still don't admit it, where did you, a farmer, get such a precious thing? You must have snatched it, so hurry up and get it!"

It turned out that this person was one of the rogues who kidnapped Mrs. Zhang. This group of rogues kidnapped Mrs. Zhang, and the boss distributed the spoils to these younger brothers. This person was assigned to this Bai Yuruyi.Most of the rogues like to carry valuable things close to their bodies, in case they are chased and escaped, they can have some wealth on them, so this person is assigned to Yu Ruyi and puts it in his arms.Then the boss asked this man to follow him, and the boy went to a nearby farmhouse and stole a rake and pretended to be a farmer, but he forgot that the rake was mostly used for leveling the land or threshing grain. Zhang De saw the flaw.

Seeing that he couldn't deny it, the kidnapper got tough instead, and yelled at Zhang De: "Boy, if you are sensible, let the old man go, if the old man loses a hair, you will never see Mrs. Zhang in your life!"

"Hmph, come on, surround everyone present, none of them can run away, and don't let the wind leak." Zhang De ordered and smiled at the thief: "Now your boss won't know that you have been caught by me. .You have now recruited me to spare you. Think about it carefully, your life is your own, and if you trade your life for the life of an irrelevant Old Master Zhang, you will be the one who suffers in the end."

Seeing that the thief didn't respond, Zhang De picked up a branch from the ground and asked the kidnapper, "Do you know what a stick is? It means cutting off a person's nose, ears, arms, and legs." All the branches of the branches were cut off, "Then sprinkle sugar on the wound and throw it into the woods. After a while, all the ants will come to the wound to eat sugar. Do you think it's fun?" go.

The kidnapper was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, and he thought to himself, don't worry about the boss and the others, their life is their own, if it's gone, it's gone, it's important to save their lives first, so they gritted their teeth and let it go.

"I've said it, I've said it all! You promised to spare me, Boss and the others are in the ruined temple twenty miles to the north." Looking at the pale-faced kidnapper, Zhang De sighed, it seems that Wei Xiaobao's tricks are very It's easy to use!

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