My experience of grinding in another world

Chapter 151 Opportunity
Inside a tent at the Jinghong Gang camp south of Qingshan County, near the city gate.

"Old Zhang, I didn't expect you to have this skill." Zuo Sheng looked at the detailed camp defense map in surprise.

The art style just feels a bit familiar.

“I was careless last time. I went out in the middle of the night in the dark and got lost in the reeds, which ruined the job.” Zhang Ye’s eyes were lowered, full of shame.

"Later, after much painful reflection, I carefully investigated the matter multiple times."

"They even used the secret passages used to smuggle grain for the Aishan bandits back then. That's how this map came about." Zhang Ye said with a sigh.

"I've been working from dawn till dusk these past few days, it's been really tough."

Zuo Sheng looked at Zhang Ye with a complicated expression.

If our tents weren't so close together, I would have believed it!

You spend all day in your tent eating peanuts and drinking wine, do you think I don't know?
"To be honest," Zuo Sheng said calmly.

"To be honest, I don't know where this thing came from either," Zhang Ye said honestly.

That's why he came to find Zuo Sheng.

The garrison map came out of nowhere, and since he handed it in himself, he was bound to be questioned.

As Jin Wuduan's last disciple, Zuo Sheng was not a problem.

Thinking of this, he told Zuo Sheng everything.

"Last time you went to the reed marshes, were you also drugged?" Zuo Sheng asked in surprise. "If that person could take you down, why didn't they kill you?"

Zhang Ye hesitated for a while before saying, "I guess... I've gotten used to it."

Zuo Sheng: "..."

“That lunatic has done this before.” Zhang Ye recounted his unfortunate life, which began in Qingshan County, with a bitter expression.

"You mean you also noticed a similar sleeping gas on the night Lin Que of the White Tiger Hall died?" Zuo Sheng's eyes narrowed involuntarily.

“Hmm.” Zhang Ye nodded with a complicated expression: “I was actually quite grateful to him for making me the hall master. But I never expected that it was just the beginning of a series of unfortunate events.”

"Looking back, my life has been going downhill ever since I met this lunatic."

"I can't be the leader of the White Wave Gang anymore, and I can't be the leader of the White Tiger Hall either. Now I'm practically a lone commander." As he spoke, the 1.8-meter-tall, bearded man couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow: "Do you know what they call me behind my back?"

Gangster Terminator!

"The guide was wiped out!"

"Brother Zuo, I'm suffering so much!"

Zuo Sheng: "..."

Senior brother, look what you've done!
"Brother Zhang, rest assured, with me here, you will certainly receive your due credit." Zuo Sheng said solemnly, "You might even be able to become the White Tiger Hall Master again."

After offering further words of comfort and seeing Zhang Ye off, Zuo Sheng sat alone in the tent, lost in thought.

"My cheap senior brother is most likely hiding in the Tangshan army."

"Trying to use someone else to do their dirty work and weaken the Tangshan army?"

"It seems they're also after the Thousand Machine Token."

"It's good to fish in troubled waters; it's time for the Jinghong Gang to make their move."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be needed for the Thousand Machine Token."

……

Late one night, Chen Mu carried two roasted wild ducks and hummed a little tune as he walked into the tent.

Chen Mu didn't believe the Jinghong Gang would be able to refrain from taking action after he handed over the garrison map.

When two tigers fight, there must be one injury.

As long as Tangshan's army suffers losses, its exploration speed will have to slow down. This will give him more time to prepare his trump cards.

"Fatty, get up and eat meat." Chen Mu chuckled as he tossed the roast duck to Zheng Yuan.

He wasn't afraid of being implicated. He had tampered with that garrison map.

The layout of the Tangshan military garrison was detailed.

There was only a rough map of the labor camp, and the route was rather ambiguous.

"If it were me, I would definitely strike at the heart of the enemy and wipe out the elite troops of Tangshan first."

"After all, the labor camp has no fighting power. We can recruit them with just a little intimidation." "As long as I stay in the labor camp, I won't be implicated." Chen Mu thought with satisfaction.

"Da Wang is really capable!" The cooks each displayed their skills, setting out small bottles of wine and peanuts, and even two cold side dishes. They ate and drank while praising him.

"Wang, you and your father are both dishonest," Sun Enqi said, rubbing his large belly with a sigh.

"Fifth Brother didn't tell me you were this bold." Sun Enqi took a bite of duck leg meat, his face complicated.

"They disregard military discipline, sneaking out to hunt wild game every day, tsk tsk..."

Chen Mu glanced at this cheap seventh uncle: "There are many things he didn't tell you, such as the fact that you gave Old Man Xing two taels of silver. He knew about it, but he didn't say anything."

"Cough cough... Eat vegetables, eat vegetables!"

Sun Enqi's face immediately turned red. Had his secret of accepting ten taels of silver and keeping eight taels for himself been exposed?

This father and son are both incredibly shrewd!

Chen Mu lay down on the floor with a smile on his face. He casually tossed two small paper figures outside to keep watch.

"I wonder what Jinghong will do."

"Should we concentrate our elite forces for a fierce attack, or use the terrain to our advantage and ambush them?"

"Or perhaps they'll deploy some mysterious magical artifact?!"

Thinking of this, Chen Mu couldn't help but become solemn.

It's still because I'm not strong enough. Otherwise, I wouldn't be waiting here anxiously.

"At this moment, the upper echelons of the Jinghong Gang have probably obtained the garrison map."

"Right now, they must be gathering at the highest levels to work together and discuss offensive strategies."

Although he felt uneasy, he couldn't help but feel a little smug when he thought that he had only made a small move with his pen and yet it had attracted the attention of the experts in the Jinghong Gang.

"My junior brother might have to lend a hand for me."

……

Chen Mu's junior brother was dressed in black and standing in a dense forest near the north gate of Qingshan County.

"Young Master Zuo, you're just handing over the Jinghong Gang's garrison map to me like this?" Cheng Yi's face was full of sarcasm: "Blatantly betraying your sect and selling out the Jinghong Gang's interests, is this all Jin Wuduan has taught you these past few years?"

“No, that’s not it.” Zuo Sheng shook his head: “It was taught to me by my senior brother.”

Cheng Yi was taken aback. How come I didn't know you had such an unreliable senior brother?

He immediately gave a self-deprecating laugh.

However, the pot calling the kettle black; I'm not a good person myself.

He wasn't concerned about whether the other party had betrayed their sect.

"How can I trust you? What if this picture is fake?" Cheng Yi said expressionlessly, "If we fall into the Jinghong Gang's ambush, wouldn't I suffer a great loss?"

"Whatever you say. We'll make our move in five days."

"Whether you can persuade King Chao to perform this great service when the Jinghong Gang's base is empty is none of my business," Zuo Sheng said with a shrug.

"Using someone else to do your dirty work?" Cheng Yi frowned slightly, then a smile appeared on his face: "You want to deal with that young lady from a prominent family. To weaken her power."

"Don't you want to?" Zuo Sheng glanced at Cheng Yi and said indifferently.

"Heh..." A chilling smile appeared on Cheng Yi's lips.

"It seems she wants to monopolize all the Thousand Machine Tokens."

"The greed of powerful families."

Zuo Sheng glanced at Cheng Yi: "Doesn't Chao Fang want to monopolize it?"

"I don't think he'll give you the Thousand Machine Token."

"Let Chao Fang attack Sikou Qing; a mutually destructive outcome would benefit everyone."

"That's the gist of the matter. How you handle it is up to you." Zuo Sheng turned and left. "This is my chance, and perhaps it's your chance too—a chance to take revenge on Si Kouqing."

Cheng Yi stood there expressionless.

“It’s a good opportunity indeed!”

As night fell, a leaf drifted down, and Cheng Yi's figure vanished, leaving only the swaying shadows of the tree.

(End of this chapter)