Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 192: The stench of excrement cannot hide the true heart

After Dian Lun led the mule around a small hill, he did not dare to enter the village in front of him. Instead, he walked along a mountain stream, taking one step deep and one step shallow, and made a long circle from the west side.

This is a small path. Several years ago, when Dian Luncai and his tribe migrated to Shandong, food was scarce, and they had to pick up their old ways of fishing and hunting, hunting birds and rabbits in the mountains. As a result, Dian Luncai was extremely familiar with the surrounding terrain.

After all, this path is not an official road. On weekdays, only people like private salt dealers come and go. As the situation deteriorates, even the private salt dealers can no longer move, and this path has been completely abandoned. Thorns grow on the road, so much so that when Dian Lun walked out of this path, his trouser legs were cut several times, which made him very distressed.

After leaving the path, Dian Lun first looked around vigilantly. After seeing that there were no yamen runners around, he led the mule out.

As he expected, this hilly area covers a vast area, and even if the county government has a large number of people, it is impossible to block every path.

But where to start is really a problem at this time.

It was already evening. Dian Lun stood beside the ridge of the field. After hesitating for a moment, he walked towards the county town.

In just one day, the atmosphere in Yishui County has become somewhat different.

A few days ago, there were still people picking up ears of grain and catching field mice in the fields, but today they are all gone.

It was not because they were all conscripted as laborers, nor because there was no shortage of food at that time, but because the situation was so frightening that ordinary people would rather starve at home than go out.

Dian Lun was not going to the county town to walk into a trap. The world had reached the point where the upper and lower classes were completely at odds with each other. He was courting death by leading this mule. If he met those yamen runners who could not distinguish between officials and bandits, he might be beaten to death immediately and the mule would be boiled in a pot.

As the saying goes, snakes have their ways, and rats have their ways. Dian Lun followed the path along the country road and soon arrived at a large shantytown outside the county town.

After twisting and turning several times, Dian Lun finally arrived at an inconspicuous courtyard and knocked on the door.

"Uncle Zhang, is Uncle Zhang here? I'm Adian, I'm back!"

There was originally some whispering among them, but when they heard the door open, the talking stopped instantly.

After a moment, the door opened a crack, and half a face stretched out from it, looking outside.

"Adian? It's really Adian!"

"Keep your voice down...let him in!"

Someone gave orders impatiently in a low voice.

The door opened, and the person who opened the door was recognized by A Dian. It was Zhao Huaian, the brother-in-law of the leader of the Wu Gang, Song.

"Come in quickly..." Zhao Huaian grabbed Dian Lun's arm, then pulled the mule's reins and walked him into the yard.

The door was closed tightly again.

When Dian Lun walked into the small courtyard, he found that there were already seven or eight people sitting there, including Gang Leader Song, several high-ranking members of the Wu Gang, and Uncle Zhang was also there, but he was sitting in the corner.

Dian Lun had just dropped the mule's reins when Gang Leader Song impatiently asked, "A Dian, Lao Zhang said you should seek a stable future for our Dirty Gang. What do you think? What did the noble man promise?"

Dian Lun shook his head. "Boss, how could there be a promise? What do we have that a nobleman would value? We are just a rotten life. Shouldn't a nobleman have as many as he wants?"

Gang leader Song Tiezhang was extremely disappointed, but he had nothing to say.

Indeed, why would a nobleman pay special attention to a bunch of you dung collectors? Even if he took you as ordinary slaves, he would still find you smelly!

Uncle Zhang was still a little bit unwilling to give up: "Doesn't that noble family need horse manure? We have collected two carts and sent them there. It would be a good thing if we could establish a relationship with them. At least we can send all of us from the Dirty Gang there. Even if we become slaves, there will always be a way out."

Dian Lun shook his head again: "Uncle Zhang, that was a lie from the noble man."

Uncle Zhang was stunned: "Lie... lie to me?"

Several people around were also stunned at the same time.

Dian Lun continued, "Those nobles came from Yanzhou to take up their posts as military commanders in Yidu Prefecture. They came to Yishui County to serve as a vanguard for their families. Although the noble leading them looked young, he was a veteran of many battles.

When he saw so much horse manure, he knew there were a large number of cavalry troops stationed there, and that a war was about to break out. So after he tricked us into believing the truth, he took a detour.”

Uncle Zhang trembled as he spoke, "So... so no nobleman wants horse manure to fertilize his fields?"

Dian Lun looked at Zhang Bo and said, "No, those nobles have been deceiving us from the beginning to the end."

The courtyard was quiet for a moment, but someone asked, "Ma Jun, what Ma Jun?"

Dian Lun looked in that direction and said, "Don't ask. Just pretend you know nothing. Even if we report this to the Prime Minister, it won't work. After all, the news came from us. It's hard for the nobles to say anything, but how can we, the lowly and lowly people, have a good end? The official just killed them."

The person asking the question immediately covered his mouth with his hands.

Even Song Tiezhang shuddered, waved his hand, and said, "No one should ever mention this again. If anyone does, I'll throw him into the dung heap and let him ferment!"

After a few heavy breaths, Gang Leader Song looked at Dian Lun again: "From what you said, you should have followed that noble man all the way. Why did you come back?"

Dian Lun was silent for a moment, then finally spoke honestly, "Boss Song, I won't hide it from you. Those nobles did want to take me in as a riding slave, but I didn't go. I just asked my family and neighbors to follow me from a distance as we passed by the village on our way to Yidu Prefecture."

Song Tiezhang wanted to say something, you don’t want to go but I do, why don’t you come and let me know.

But the next moment he thought, those nobles simply left after finding out the situation clearly, so why would they wait for the Dirty Gang?
Thinking of this, Gang Leader Song immediately became discouraged and just looked at Dian Lun with tired eyes.

Dian Lun ignored all this and continued, "The reason I came back is simple. Uncle Zhang gave me the mule and took on a huge responsibility. If I just leave, wouldn't that mean Uncle Zhang will end up in vain?"

Zhang Bo's face was complicated, because he had really intended to test Dian Lun's power. It was important to know that the nobles of the Jin Dynasty were not easy to deal with. Dian Lun might have been beheaded the moment he spoke to him.

Dian Lun paused and continued, "Besides, I have relatives and friends trapped in the county town. I absolutely cannot abandon them!"

After all this was said, if it happened on a normal day, there would always be someone who would praise him and say that A Dian was a loyal and righteous man and a good man.

But at this moment of panic, several low-level gangsters lost the desire to express themselves.

After a moment, Gang Leader Song sighed and said, "Adian, your relatives and friends trapped in the county town... just treat them as dead. If they're conscripted as laborers now, they're in grave danger. I'm not kidding. Those who were conscripted a few days ago are almost dead now. Several corpses were dug out of the cesspool yesterday. If not, how could we be sitting here, panicked and at a loss as to what to do?"

Dian Lunfu was silent for a long time again, his eyes sweeping over the faces of the people in the Wu Gang.

"Boss, may I ask, is it impossible for anyone to escape Yishui County now?"

Song Tiezhang shook his head. "If we only pack some valuables and escape through a small path under cover of night with the young men in our family, that would be easy. Even if we include Mr. Zhu Sanye's farmers, the county government can't block this small path through the mountains and rivers."

But if there are old and young people in the family and you want to take some money and food with you to escape, it will be extremely difficult.

In this world, even if a poor family with their entire family wiped out can escape alone, how can they survive the winter without food? Isn't it still death?"

"Brother, if you ask me, we should just find a mountaintop, set up our flag, and become bandits! If you feel unsafe..." A short and strong man stood up from the bench and said, "I once met the Piercing Sky from Lotus Mountain to the west. Brother, we have more than 40 men in the Dirty Gang. Can't we make a living there?"

It seemed like this topic had been discussed several times before, so someone immediately objected: "More than forty men? Our Dirty Gang has the skills to fight in the streets, but how does that compare to those murderous bandits? Do you believe that seven or eight bandits can wipe out our Dirty Gang? I won't say anything else, but let me ask you this: if a leader said he wanted to marry your daughter-in-law on Lotus Mountain and forced four or five knives towards you, would you agree?"

"Your mother..."

Some people simply shouted and cursed.

It seems that Lianhuashan Popotian is not a good person and has a very bad reputation, so no one has refuted that they will not encounter such things after going up the mountain.

"All right!"

Song Tiezhang waved his hand impatiently.

Dian Lun took advantage of the opportunity and said, "What does the leader think?"

Song Tiezhang gave a bitter smile, "What can I think? I have family and friends in Yishui County, and my legacy as well... Even though it's just carrying manure, this job was earned with a pair of bloody fists. How can I give up so easily?
But is this the time for me to do whatever I want? We can't even enter the city today, so how can we do anything?"

Dian Lun frowned and asked directly: "It's not that you can't enter, but you don't dare to enter?"

As if provoked by Dian Lun's tone, someone immediately sneered, "You were nowhere to be seen yesterday. Do you know how the yamen runners arrest people? Not to mention the young and strong like us, even the elderly and weak can't be completely safe. Isn't that how your relatives and friends were arrested?"

Dian Lun thought for a moment and said, "No, that's not the case."

"Boss, I followed that noble man all the way, and the sentence that impressed me the most was: What use do I have for you?"

"In the eyes of these nobles, only useful people can be pitied. Useless people are like weeds in the fields. No one will care about them no matter how many of them die."

"For example, my relative is a herbalist. To the government, he is useless. Now it is the autumn harvest, and farmers are no longer needed to tend the crops and harvest the grain, so farmers are also useless."

Gang Leader Song listened intently: "Then we are the ones who dig out the manure..."

Dian Lun nodded. "The dung collectors are really useful right now. Take the horse manure in the city, for example. If we weren't there to carry it away, it would be in a mess in a few days. The more people there are in the city, the more useful we dung collectors will be."

After these words were spoken, several people in the courtyard were moved, but did not dare to speak out.

What they are afraid of now is that if they show up in front of the government, they will be conscripted as laborers, so even if someone says that the government may not take action against them, they dare not try.

Dian Lun took a deep breath and said, "Boss, if none of you are willing to step forward, I can give it a try first."

Gang Leader Song was a little tempted, but then frowned again: "What's your relationship with your captured relatives and friends?"

Dian Lun shook his head: "Boss, it has nothing to do with these things. It's because we are going to fight. We need to clean up the surrounding areas. By then, it will be a hundred times more dangerous outside the city than inside. Let alone a fight between the two sides, even a bandit with a torch can burn us all to death here!

Gang leader! We must find a way to enter the city no matter what! "

Everyone immediately understood.

Yes, the Jin cavalry is secretly stationed in the city, and there are bandits all around. This means a war is about to break out!

If a real fight breaks out, even if the city is filled with dangers, it will still be safer than outside the city!
Song Tiezhang nodded heavily: "Adian, you are right! Go explore the way tomorrow. If you can really succeed, you will be the deputy gang leader in the future!
Don't be so rude! This is what Adian gave his life for. If you want to go, go ahead! I'll give you the position of deputy gang leader too!"

The crowd who had reacted to the first half of the sentence immediately fell silent after hearing the second half.

"As long as everyone has no objections," Song Tiezhang said, pulling out a handful of silver from his pocket. "Adian, your whole family has already left, so I won't bother asking for money to settle down. Tomorrow, whether or not it works out, you must find a way to go to Mr. Zhu's mansion and find Steward Fan. If anyone wants to take your signature, ask for his protection. If all goes well, thank him for his kindness over the years on my behalf, and I hope he'll remember me, too."

It seemed that there was some deep friendship between Fan Daguan and Song Tiezhang, but Dianlun just took the silver and put it in his arms without asking any questions.

Early the next morning, Dian Lun took a dung fork and drove a mule cart towards the county town. Before he reached the city gate, he met the inspector who was rushing out of the city gate with a dozen local soldiers.

The inspector was slightly startled when he saw Dian Lun, then he whipped him all over the face: "You good slaves, did you eat all the shit you dirty gangs dug? Why did Yeye choose you to be in charge of this? Didn't he ask you to be more cautious? Where were you yesterday?"

Dian Lun held his head and face, not daring to resist. He simply argued, "Yesterday was so frightening. We really didn't dare go into the city, fearing we'd be caught. Sir, if we were all caught, wouldn't there be no one left to collect the night incense in the whole city?"

The inspector lashed him out a few more times before angrily saying, "Now hurry up and get all of you filthy bastards. Go to Zhu's house first, then to the county government office, and then quickly to my house!"

It seemed that there was something important. The inspector pointed at Dianlun's nose with his whip, then jumped on his horse and headed north with a dozen people.

Dian Lun squatted on the ground for a while, finally stood up, rubbed the whip marks on the back of his hand, his face changed from panic to anger, and then he regained his composure. He drove the mule cart and entered Yishui County safely.

　My fellow disciples, I went to fight that big-headed kid yesterday. I died hundreds of times and even plucked out all the hair on my body, but I still couldn't defeat him.

　　As a last resort, they had to ask the eldest senior brother of Feng Ling Yue Ying Sect to come for help. However, who knew that the eldest senior brother of Feng Ling Yue Ying Sect had been possessed by an extraterritorial demon called '2345 Family Bucket'.

　　After I summoned it to the lower world, it not only did not help me to exorcise demons, but it rushed into my magic weapon, almost squeezing out my C drive. The magic weapon also stopped working and it was temporarily difficult to boot up.

　　I thought, "What's the big deal? My fellow disciples are still waiting for news from me, how can I dare to delay?" Unfortunately, the golden scroll and documents are all stored in my magic weapon, making it difficult to retrieve them.

　　I could only borrow my colleague's tools and typed 4,000 words on the keyboard overnight, so there is only one chapter today. I hope my brothers and sisters will forgive me.

　　I will go find Monk Duobao today to repair the ritual instruments, and I will surely reward you handsomely in the future.

　　(Which kind person would bind the 2345 family bucket to Fengling Yueying? The C drive is so popular that it can't be turned on. There is only one chapter today〒▽〒)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)