The heavens are happy

Chapter 257
At night, in Zhang Shicheng's barracks, there was a tent right in the middle, surrounded by large and small buildings to protect him, and from time to time, sergeants in neat and bright armor patrolled back and forth.

The tent is brightly lit, and the sound of silk and bamboo music can be heard from time to time. Through the candlelight, you can see the figure of a singing girl dancing.

There was a burst of laughter and playfulness from time to time. Zhang Shicheng was sitting in the center of the big tent. He looked about 40 years old, with a long beard and beard, no armor and no general attire. Wearing a long gown, Jin looks more like a wealthy businessman.

He was sitting on the main seat, holding a wine glass and drinking wine with a smile. His nose was big, the corners of his eyes were long and narrow, and his ears were big and drooping. With his smile, he looked more like a rich man. gas.

However, this guy in front of him is a ruthless person who dared to kill officials and rebel. He can leave a name in history, and he can even flip his wrists with Zhu Chongba, the son of the chosen one.

There were quite a few people in the big tent, on both sides were the civil and military generals under Zhang Shicheng's subordinates, and sitting side by side with him were two middle-aged scholars dressed as scholars.

Both of them looked white and clean, and they were quite noble. At this time, they were enjoying the dance of the singing girl in front of them with great interest, while clapping their hands lightly to keep time.

At this time, a small soldier walked into the big tent, put down the fruit plate in front of Zhang Shicheng, and then stood behind him.

Zhang Shicheng remained calm, then raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Li Daren, Mr. Zhou, come here, I will lend you a glass of wine. The two adults have worked hard, please drink this glass to the full."

Judging by his address, these two people should be Li Qi, the prefect, and Zhao Lian, who is in charge of politics in the province. When they heard the words, they turned around and raised their wine glasses, and said to Zhang Shicheng with a smile: "Okay, let's drink together! Let's drink together!"

Zhang Shicheng laughed and said: "Both of you are heroes in wine, Shicheng gave up his life to accompany the gentleman today, and drank this drink with you two."

Then Zhang Shicheng picked up the wine bowl, raised his head and drank it down. He seemed to be in a hurry to drink, and coughed continuously after drinking.

Then he covered his mouth and said to the two of them: "Shi Cheng drank too fast, and made the two adults laugh at him. The two adults are really heroes in wine, and Shi Cheng admires him."

He coughed twice more, then covered his mouth and said, "This...you two adults, please go your own way, I...I have some business to deal with."

Then he lifted the curtain of the back door and turned to go out.

The two people looked at each other and smiled, they both shook their heads at the same time, this Zhang Shicheng is obviously not strong enough to drink, and he also boasted about handling official duties, it is really unnecessary to save face and suffer.

At this time, the middle-aged scribe sitting on the left smiled and said to another middle-aged man with a white face and no beard, "Brother Li, come here, I'll toast you a glass of wine."

And the man he called Brother Li smiled and said, "Okay!"

He drank the wine in one gulp, but never took his eyes off the graceful singer who was dancing. Zhao Lian picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.There was a sneer in his eyes that couldn't be concealed.

After Zhang Shicheng walked out of the big tent, he continued to advance in a twisted and crooked manner.

As he advanced, the soldiers patrolling on both sides also changed their patrol routes. Although it looked like a normal patrol, they actually protected him firmly in the middle.

After a long time, Zhang Shicheng walked into a row of barracks, and patrolling soldiers passed by on both sides.

This should be the place where the low-level sergeants live. They are all small marching tents, with sewage flowing outside, and it looks a little messy.

Zhang Shicheng lowered his head and got into a small tent. It was dark without lights, and it was time for most soldiers to rest.

After Zhang Shicheng went in, he found a place to sit down in the dark but he was familiar with the way, and then he said to himself: "What happened, what's going on?"

At this time, another person's voice came from the room: "Brother, it should be that our plan was exposed. The other party was obviously on guard. Not only did they fail to win the Yingtan, but even I almost confessed that it was there. Fortunately, my subordinates My confidant, Cui Xin, loyally protected the lord, and protected me all the way back, but most of the people were there. For some reason, Yin Tianzheng, the white-browed eagle king, was not attracted at all. He should have pretended to leave within a while. suddenly returned."

The person who spoke was Zhang Shixin. After he finished speaking, there was no sound for a long time.

Then there was a long sigh, it was Zhang Shicheng's voice, he sighed: "Exhausted all my efforts, but it was nothing to fetch water from the bamboo basket. They were set up, and they guarded there all day in vain. They failed to ambush King Yin Ye, let alone Yin Tianzheng."

"As for the manpower to attack the branches of the Skyhawk Cult from various places, it was a feint attack in the first place, and it was even more painless. They fought a few times without itching, and both sides hurt each other. Calculated, we lost almost [-]% of the manpower. Got nothing. Alas!"

Hearing what Zhang Shicheng said, Zhang Shixin hurriedly said: "Brother, this time it's my fault for my ineffective command. I personally led someone to attack the general arena and failed. It was me."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Shicheng sighed: "It's not your fault. It is said that our plan has loopholes, and it is not your fault. You are being targeted everywhere. It seems that the Tianying Sect has been prepared for a long time. We are afraid that it is the Chinese. count!"

Zhang Shixin pondered for a moment and said, "Brother, do you mean that we have an inner ghost?"

Zhang Shicheng shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, but if there is no ghost, how could the other party guess our plan? Our plan is so thorough that we prepared it half a year in advance. Apart from our brothers, there are a few guys who know about it. Our brothers Naturally, I can trust a few people, could it be them?"

At this time, Zhang Shixin coughed in the dark room, and Zhang Shicheng hurriedly said: "Second brother, what! Are you injured?"

Zhang Shixin shook his head and said, "No, it's not a big deal if you get a little injury, you'll be fine after two days of recuperation. But brother, I don't think it's because some ghost among us leaked the news."

"How do you say that?" Zhang Shicheng asked curiously.

Zhang Shixin said with some doubts in his voice: "Brother, although they failed to take down the main altar of the Tianying Sect this time, their main altar is indeed defenseless, and many personnel have withdrawn because they did not prepare in advance, although we have many casualties , but their losses were even heavier. If a mysterious master hadn't appeared suddenly, I would have almost wiped out the other side with Breaking through the main altar. Even so, their main altar is still scorched. Without precautions and calculations, it is impossible for such a situation to occur, such an injury is also traumatic for the Skyhawk Cult, and I have no chance to escape, so I suspect that the other party did not plan in advance."

Zhang Shicheng nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, and there was also news from Shiyi that although King Yinye didn't go to the salt field, he was in vain, but he caught up with King Yinye and others on the way, and almost killed him." Being able to annihilate the opponent is also being rescued by others, but according to him, King Yin Ye and others were seriously injured, and they all seem to be injured, is there really any accident?"

Zhang Shixin nodded and said: "Brother, the Tianying Sect is originally a Jianghu sect, and fighting in the Jianghu is commonplace. Maybe someone really came up with the Tianying Sect's idea and fought with them, which accidentally blocked our plan."

Zhang Shicheng sighed: "Damn it, years of planning have failed."

Zhang Shixin comforted: "Brother, the most urgent task at the moment is to find out why we failed. Is it really an accident? We can also learn from experience and lessons, and we have to guard against whether there is really an inner ghost. Besides, this time, give those two unscrupulous The bastard promises so many benefits, and they contribute both people and efforts, so we can't let them share the spoils at this time, I'm afraid these two black-hearted guys won't let go easily."

Zhang Shicheng sighed and said: "I know, even though these two guys are here drinking and having fun with me every day, they don't mean to monitor me, but it's their idea to destroy the Sky Eagle Sect. It’s just using me as a swordsman. Since I want to use my knife, I will give it to them, but I can’t just use it for nothing! I don’t ask the two of them for a reward. But now that I have made a loss-making business, I can’t let Lao Tzu alone bear all the losses.”

Zhang Shicheng put down his teacup angrily while talking, and then sighed: "Don't worry too much, they will want to get rid of the Sky Eagle Sect sooner or later, so they can still use us for the time being, even if they are dissatisfied, they will not turn their faces, but they will come out again. Some blood blocked the mouths of those two bastards, the most important thing now is that we must guard against the revenge of the Sky Eagle Sect, the White-browed Eagle King is not easy to deal with!"

Zhang Shixin nodded and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. The Skyhawk Sect is not stupid. Of course, they can see that it is the imperial court who really want to deal with them. Hey, as long as there is no accident in our army, you will not be harmed by the matter of the elder brother. I don't believe that he dares to make such a big move under the eyes of the court. At that time, it will be nothing more than finding evidence for the court to destroy the Tianying Sect. We have nothing to guard against It's just some assassination tricks on the rivers and lakes."

Zhang Shicheng shook his head and said: "Although they may use some quack tricks, we have to guard against this. This is our weakness! Speaking of this point, these bullshit martial arts masters are all arrogant and arrogant. They don't have much attraction to beautiful women, all they want are martial arts cheats, and without martial arts cheats, they can't attract real masters to vote."

Hearing this, Zhang Shixin unconsciously touched his chest, where there was also the martial arts secret book Yang Xiao gave him.

Zhang Shicheng continued: "Those who can be attracted by gold, silver, treasures and women will not be experts, but a bunch of guys in the third-rate realm are just eating and drinking. It's really useless to let them come out."

Zhang Shidao: "Brother, even though that's the case, we still have to find a way to recruit some martial arts masters. You really need someone to protect you. You can't always be so cautious!"

Zhang Shicheng nodded and said: "Don't worry, big brother is not stupid. He is already looking for someone. After all, money touches people's hearts. Is there anyone in the world who really doesn't love money? Everyone has shortcomings, just follow what they like."

He stood up and said: "Shi Xin, you are also injured, go back to rest earlier, I have to go back first, otherwise those two old guys should be suspicious."

"It's big brother, take care of yourself."

After Zhang Shicheng left, Zhang Shixin sat on the spot without moving. After a long time, he lit the candle on the table, remained silent without saying a word, staring at the candle with emptiness in his eyes.

After a long time, he sighed, then took out the booklet in his arms, checked it carefully, put it away in his arms after reading it, and then sighed a long time.

At this moment, I felt a voice from someone beside me: Why can't I bear it?

"Who!"

Just when he yelled this word, he found that he couldn't hear the voice he yelled. What kind of weird state is this?
At this moment, he saw that there was a person sitting in the same position as the eldest brother just now, and it was Yang Xiao!
Yang Xiao ignored him, picked up a teacup from the table, poured tea for himself and said, "Only you can hear me talking to you, and the outsiders can't hear you, but if you yell like this, probably Everyone can hear it, which is not good."

At this moment, Zhang Shixin felt that he had regained his freedom, and just about to make a move, Yang Xiao said, "No need to be too polite!"

"Yes!" Zhang Shixin agreed while secretly fearing in his heart, how did Yang Xiao get in just now?Is he a man or a ghost? Could it be that he was here when the elder brother talked to him?

Or did he come in after the eldest brother left?
Since he can appear here quietly, doesn't it mean that it is easy for him to kill himself and his elder brother?
As if seeing through what he was thinking, Yang Xiao said with a smile: "Are you curious about how I got in? And I obviously have the ability to sneak in quietly, so why don't you kill Zhang Shicheng easily, and cost you so much money?" What is Zhou Zhang's plan?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shixin was even more shocked, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead. Although his fear of Brother Yang had penetrated deep into his heart, he couldn't help feeling chills when he heard these words. Ghost, can he even guess what is in his heart?

Yang Xiao smiled and said, "Are you wondering whether I am a human or a ghost? Why can I guess what you think in your heart?"

"This..." Zhang Shixing was dumbfounded.
Yang Xiao said with a smile: "When people are thinking about something, their eyes are often exposed. Most people can't sense it, but for me, this is not very difficult."

He drank the water on his own, and then said slowly: "Let me answer the question in your heart first. The reason why I didn't kill Zhang Shicheng easily by myself is because there is not much sense of accomplishment in this way. I said no." Too much sense of achievement means that it will make my allies feel that such a thing is easy, they will not cherish it too much, and will not remember my favor too much. Also, such an ability will make some of my allies feel very uneasy."

(End of this chapter)