Pig Killer

Chapter 346

"It should be fine. We have enough troops left. Your second sister has wiped out the bandits around us." Huang Zhongchang rubbed his chin with his index finger and said, "We will leave after the princes' meeting."

"Isn't the purpose of the alliance meeting to discuss how to deal with the government troops? Where are we going?" Tie Feng looked at him puzzledly.

"Let's go home! Continue to expand our territory." Huang Zhongchang said without thinking.

"Can't we leave?" Tie Feng said with some concern, lowering his voice, "Now that our reputation has spread, will there be any obstruction?" He whispered again, "We have to find an excuse."

"Hehe..." Shen Hui'e chuckled when she heard this.

"General Shen, what are you laughing at?" Tie Feng looked at her anxiously.

"General Tie, General Shen must have a way. It's a perfect excuse." The big tiger looked at him with a smile and said.

"General Shen, please come up with an excuse." Huang Zhongchang said anxiously.

"The government troops entered the country from Guanzhong and fought almost from the north to the east. The battle line is so long that food and grass supply is their fatal weakness." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and clear eyes.

"Xingyang granary!" Huang Zhongchang said to her with his bright eyes.

"That's right! We will attack him from behind, harass him, and make him run for his life." Shen Hui'e's dark eyes gleamed as she looked at him and said, "We have few troops, so we can't fight the government army head-on." Her eyes moved as she said, "Our Hedong County is very close to Xingyang."

"After the princes have formed an alliance, we will go back and cut off the retreat of the government army." Huang Zhongchang said excitedly, rubbing his hands together as he looked at them.

"Is it so easy to let us go?" Tie Feng said worriedly.

"We are not his subordinates." Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at him with his dark eyes flashing.

"How can I put it? I'm not a real prince." Tie Feng thought for a while and said, "Those people claim to be descendants of princes." He scratched his head and said, "No matter how hard I try, I can't be related to the princes."

"Haha..." Huang Zhongchang raised his eyebrows and looked at him and said, "So what?" He lowered his voice and said, "General Yu is worried right now!"

"Worried? Shouldn't you be sad? Dad just passed away." Tie Feng scratched his head and looked at him puzzledly.

Huang Zhongchang looked at him in astonishment, "I should be sad that my father is gone, but there is still the king!" Then he asked, "What is the reputation of the Yu Family Army? When have you heard of the king?"

Tie Feng blinked and said, "It seems that I only heard the voices of the Yu family army, but not the king." After thinking for a while, he said, "It may be that we have more contact with the Yu family, so we hear more of the Yu family's voices."

"That's easy. Change into casual clothes and go to a tavern in the city and see what you can hear." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with a smile.

"Then what can we hear?" Tie Feng looked at them puzzledly.

"Ride your horse to listen, and come back to tell us." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her glassy eyes and said, "Don't drink too much."

"Second sister, I'm really going there." Tie Feng looked at her with interest and said.

"Go!" Shen Hui'e looked at him with interested eyes.

"Second sister, don't worry, I won't drink much." Tie Feng said with a smile, "A dish of boiled soybeans and a bowl of wine will be enough."

"A few more side dishes would be fine. We don't have to be so stingy. Let's try some of the local specialties." Shen Hui'e looked at him with a smile and said, "Go back and get the money from the account office."

"Ah! Is it possible?" Tie Feng looked at them in disbelief.

"Of course!" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with amusement and said, "You are eating and drinking for official business."

"Then I'll really go." Tie Feng said, looking at them intently.

"Go ahead! I'm not trying to trick you." Huang Zhongchang shook his head and laughed when he saw this.

"What do you want me to listen to?" Tie Feng asked them nervously.

"Listen to what they say." Shen Hui'e looked at him with deep and penetrating eyes and said, "Pay special attention to Yu's army and the king."

"Can this be discussed?" Tie Feng asked her in astonishment.

"It's public news." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her deep and clear eyes.

"Okay! I'll go and listen." Tie Feng said excitedly.

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Tie Feng and several of his comrades rode into the city every day and sat in the tavern all day.

"Second sister, second brother-in-law." Tiefeng ran over hurriedly and shouted while standing at the door.

"Come in!" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with amusement, sweating all over his forehead, and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Look at your sweat. What happened?"

"The king has issued an edict to assign the rank of general to Young General Yu." Tie Feng said as he looked at them with a flushed face.

"Here they come." Shen Hui'e and Huang Zhongchang looked at each other and said.

"Is this a deliberate provocation?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her in disbelief and said, "You are so impatient! The general hasn't even been buried yet!"

"What's the Yu family's reaction?" Shen Hui'e looked up at Tiefeng and said, "Sit down, sit down and talk." She picked up the earthenware jar on the table and poured a bowl of water, "Drink the water first, it's already cooled. Moisten your throat, the weather is a bit hot."

Tie Feng picked up the large earthenware bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

"The funeral will be held the day after tomorrow, and now this has happened. The king must be impatient!" Shen Hui'e said with a slightly cold look in her eyes, "Isn't he afraid of people gossiping in private?"

"Is there any deep meaning in this?" Tie Feng put down his empty bowl and said, "Isn't this general on the same side as the Yu family army?"

"It was arranged by the king. What do you think?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his dark eyes.

"According to the discussions among the people in the tavern, this general is a close confidant of the king and a civil official as well." Tie Feng looked at them with strange eyes and said.

"Is this too much?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him in astonishment and said, "Did you hear me right?"

"The general has already announced it. The whole city knows his background immediately." Tie Feng said as he looked at them with his dark eyes.

"The king is not very good at this to make such a stupid move." Huang Zhongchang snorted.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Shen Hui'e looked at him puzzledly and said, "What did the people in the tavern say?"

"How can you say that?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her with his eyes wide open and said, "Aren't you afraid of defamation?"

"They have rebelled against the imperial court. The rituals and music have collapsed. How can there be any crime of defamation? What can't be said?" Shen Hui'e snorted with her dark eyes, looked at Tie Feng and asked, "What is the reaction in the tavern?"

"Most of the people in the tavern are on Young General Yu's side. His father is gone, and the king is too unkind." Tie Feng said immediately after hearing this.

"What about General Yu? Didn't they react at all?" Huang Zhongchang asked curiously, "They just accepted it so calmly."

Tie Feng looked at them strangely and said, "General Yu, lead the soldiers to plant trees."