After communicating the names with Lu Da and others in the house, Sun Tu looked at Zhang Shun and said, "Brother Zhang has been recognizing his name for a long time. I wonder why you are here today?"

Zhang Shun only took this as a polite word, but just smiled and said, "The next fishmonger can't join Sun Tuan Lianzun." Then he looked somber: "It's because Sun Tuan Lianzun that he has great reputation among the rural soldiers during this period, which makes people admire him. That's why I came to the night."

"Oh?" Does the other party want to join the village soldiers? This is really a great thing. But before Sun Tu could ask, Zhang Shun continued: "Earlier today, there were rumors in the city that the regiment general led the army to Fenglin Superintendent to attack the gang of bandits of the ferocious dragon who had been entrenched in Xunyang River for many days. Is this true?"

"Yes, is it possible that Brother Zhang intends to join the army to serve the court?"

Zhang Shun shook his head: "I'm here to remind Sun Tuanlian that there is something to do. The evil dragon has an internal response in the government. The government has defeated the troops several times before. I hope that the troops will prepare early, otherwise..."

"What did you say?" Sun Tu changed his face at that time, and suddenly straightened his chest and looked at the other party: "You're serious about this?"

"I dare not talk nonsense about such a big thing. Although I have never found the conclusive identity of the person who colluded with the evil dragon thieves, this matter is absolutely true." Zhang Shun said, and added as if he was afraid that Sun Tu would not accept it: "Otherwise, the regiment trainees would feel that the government would be defeated by them after repeated attacks? Because they had known the deployment of the official army for a long time, they could deal with it calmly. In addition, the reason why this evil dragon thieves could cut off the waters of the Xunyang River and repeatedly rob passing ships was because some officials in the government informed them."

Sun Tu immediately fell into deep thought. In fact, he had always considered these two doubts, but had never had any satisfactory answers. Now it seems that if there were really people in the government colluding with them, these two questions could be explained.

But then a new question arose - if there are really important people in the government who are raising the bandits and respecting themselves, what is his purpose? Is it just to share some of the benefits of looting from the bandits? Another question is why did Zhang Shun come to warn and what is his purpose?

The previous question cannot be answered for the time being, but the latter one happened to ask Zhang Shun in person. After hearing Sun Tu’s question, Zhang Shun just smiled: “Although there is only a small fish dealer, he is also a commoner in Jiangzhou. Seeing that Xunyang River is occupied by thieves, he naturally cannot sit idly by. Moreover, the fish dealer is also living on Xunyang River. We also hope that the government can catch them all as soon as possible.”

"No, as far as I know, these bandits have always been tolerant to the fishermen on the river. Even if they are occasionally invaded, they will not really hurt your lives. You will not have a deep hatred with them. You must have another intention." Sun Tu narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother Zhang, I heard that you have another brother Zhang Heng who is trying to make a living on the river. I wonder if this has anything to do with him?"

This time it was Zhang Shun's turn to look surprised, and subconsciously exclaimed: "How could you know about this?" As soon as he said that something was wrong, his body bounced from his seat, as if he was about to take the way. Only then did he move, Lu Da and Yang Zhi, who were sitting on both sides, had already stood up first, and their hands were pressed on his shoulder at the same time, making him unable to move: "Brother Zhang would rather finish the words first and then leave."

Zhang Shun felt as if he was under a heavy burden. No matter how hard he struggled, it would be useless. He could only accept his fate and smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that Sun Tuanlian would have set his sights on our brothers. Today I am considered to be a trap? Even those brothers I have known that Zhang has a brother who is rampant on the river."

Sun Tu didn't expect his reaction to be so fierce, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood. Zhang Heng, who was nicknamed "Ship Huoer", was actually no different from those fierce dragons. He also did a lack of capital business on the Xunyang River. He was also a man who had been killing for many years. He was a man in the government and said he had broken his identity. This would naturally have a great impact on Zhang Shun.

In fact, this is a matter of position and attitude, because according to common sense, as a person in the government, Sun Tu naturally had to strictly deal with thieves like Zhang Heng. But because he had always had a good impression of the heroes of Liangshan, he really didn't treat Zhang Heng and the others as thieves, so he spoke a little casually.

After understanding this, Sun Tu smiled bitterly in his heart, then waved his hand to let Lu Da and the others let Zhang Shun go, and said sincerely: "Brother Zhang, don't be nervous. I have no intention of being unfavorable to you. It's just that this matter is so important that I need to understand the matter. Otherwise, I can't believe your true intention to come tonight. After all, it's hard to say whether your brother will collude with the evil dragon. You are here to disrupt our morale."

"I, Zhang Shun and the evil dragon, have long been irreconcilable. How could I do something to collude with them?" Zhang Shun immediately changed his face and said loudly, completely looking like he was greatly wronged.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be fake, Sun Tu became interested: "What do you say? In this way, you have long been in a grudge with the evil dragon, not only because of their invasion of the water business?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Shun had nothing to hide: "Yes, my Zhang brothers had already formed a deep hatred with them. Tuanlian knew that my Zhang family was actually three brothers, and my youngest brother Zhang Lian was killed by a group of murderous dragons. My brother Zhang Heng was originally just a decent fishmonger. Because the government colluded with the water bandits, my youngest brother was killed. He was furious and started this capitalless business on the river!"

This is what Sun Tucong didn't know, and asked at the time: "There is such a change? How did Zhang Lian be killed?"

"Maybe I don't know that when the group trained, the first one of the water bandits came to my Xunyang River last year, we were the fishermen on the water. They didn't want to steal our little money, but wanted to pull us into the gang. But even my Zhang brothers were unfilial, and they didn't want to join such a bandit, so they naturally refused them. Unexpectedly, these thieves held a grudge and took advantage of our unpreparedness to launch a sneak attack. Although we were not afraid of them in terms of water skills, they were many and had ambushed, so many brothers were injured by them, and even my brother Zhang Heng was seriously injured. If Zhang Lian hadn't fought with all his life at that time, he would have probably been sinking to the bottom of the river." Speaking of this, Zhang Shun also showed a sad expression on his face: "But because of this, my brother Zhang Lian was killed by a group of ferocious dragons, and the body has not been found yet..."

"There is such a thing? Haven't you reported to the official?" Sun Tu asked immediately.

"It was because we reported the officials later that we found out that there was another problem." The resentment in Zhang Shun's eyes became increasingly strong: "At that time, we reported this to the state government, but after a few days, they said that if there was no such incident, we would sue the officials again, and they would add a crime that disturbed people's hearts to us. Obviously, it was because someone in the government had already colluded with those thieves, so they would drag such a big case again and again, until they plundered merchant ships on the Xunyang River and killed countless people, so the government would take care of it.

"But by this time, everything was too late. I don't know what methods they used, but they gathered hundreds of water bandits. Not only were they cruel, but they were also cunning and erratic. The government troops failed to find their traces when they sent troops several times. Instead, they were harassed by them when they returned to the city and suffered minor damage.

"When the state yamen started a large army into the water and launched an anti-suppression in March this year, I thought I could wipe out the bandits in one fell swoop, but in the end... they escaped again and defeated the official army. As far as my brother found, the official army was defeated because there was a fierce dragon in it, and it caught the most relaxed time of the official army and attacked it back and forth. Therefore, if you want to defeat the thief this time, you must be careful, especially those colleagues in the state yamen."

After saying this, Sun Tu and his friends were stunned and it took a long time to come back to their senses. Yang Zhi looked suspicious: "This evil dragon and his group really had an insider in the government as you said, so what are they trying to do? Is it just for the little money that robbed?"

Zhang Shun shook his head: "I don't know this. But my brother is incompatible with them, so it is impossible for me to pass on fake news. And the several defeats of the government army are not enough to prove this?"

Sun Tu nodded: "Actually, I have many doubts about this. It seems that there is indeed some hidden secret in it. If there were so many people who had colluded with the evil dragon, I am afraid that they would use the same trick again this time and let us lose again."

"Sanlang, what should I do?" In terms of martial arts, Luda is naturally the first among these people, but in terms of leading troops, he is much worse than Sun Tu and Yang Zhi. At this time, he was completely out of his mind.

After some thought, Sun Tu suddenly looked up at Zhang Shun: "Since they can collude with officials and bandits, we can do it naturally. The success or failure of this matter may still fall on your brother Zhang Heng."

Zhang Shun was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood: "Do you want my brother to take someone to find their hiding place?"

"This is only one aspect, and the more important thing is..." Speaking of this, Sun Tu lowered his voice and whispered to Zhang Shun. The latter hesitated for a moment and finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "I can do this. As long as I can avenge Zhang Lian, I will sacrifice my life!"

After Zhang Shun left, Yang Zhi and the others looked at Sun Tu with some doubts: "Sanlang, do you really believe what he said?"

"I believe that their character should not deceive me in this matter." Sun Tu nodded seriously: "Being prepared is not a bad thing, at least you will not repeat the same mistakes and lose to those water bandits!"
Chapter completed!