Chapter Five: Secret Passage

  "Seize the tray! There are only over a hundred tenant households left in this Zhuangzi, and there are only thirty or so village braves left inside. If we're ruthless enough, as long as we sneak in and take down a few Zhuangzi guards, we can intimidate those tenant households. At that time, the grain in the granary will all be ours!" Feng Gouzi whispered excitedly to Xiao Tianjian, pointing at the Zhuangzi in front of them.

  Xiao Tianjian cursed in his heart, you said it's simple, but how are we supposed to get in?! However, he didn't lose his temper, instead, he turned around and asked Feng Gouzi in as calm a tone as possible: "That's not bad, so how do you plan on taking us in?"

  Feng Gouzish suddenly revealed a triumphant smile on his face, shaking his head and saying to Xiao Tianjian: "I won't hide from the boss, I used to hang out in this area, and I have some friends who know something about Liujiacun!"

  This Liu Bopi is quite cunning, don't look at him building this earthwork, but he doesn't dare to put all his eggs in one basket, when he was building the earthwork, he left a way out for himself, ordinary people basically can't find out!

  It's a coincidence, actually. One of my distant relatives is also working as a guard in Liu Family Village. He used to take care of me when I was struggling to make ends meet, and I would often come here to ask him for food!

  The year before last, when they were building the fort, I came here once and heard from a distant relative who inadvertently revealed that Liu Bao Pi had spent a lot of money to let his trusted guards secretly dig a tunnel in his house's woodshed for over a month, which led directly to the outside of the village. It just so happened that this distant relative was one of them. I managed to get him drunk with wine and extracted some truth from him.

  Liu Boqi thought of a way to escape, he was afraid that if the village was not secure, the rioters would enter the village and kill his whole family. At first, he left a way out for himself, and when the time came, he took advantage of the chaos and crawled out through this tunnel to escape.

  But my relative, even if he was drunk, would never say where the real exit was. Later, after his earthwork was completed, that distant relative of mine mysteriously came down with a sudden illness and died! I have always suspected that it might be Liu Bapi, this scoundrelly old rich man, who didn't want his affair to leak out, so he harmed my relative to death, but I had no way to deal with Liu Bapi.

  Even if I was just a little thief back then, at least I knew what gratitude meant. That relative of mine had done me a favor, and I couldn't let him die in vain! For this matter, I would often sneak around this area, searching for several months, and amazingly, I actually found the tunnel he had dug. Later on, when things got chaotic, I even snuck in once, wanting to set fire to Liu Bao's estate, but after making my way into the manor, I couldn't push open the cover board above, and since I didn't dare make too much noise, I had no choice but to give up!

  Liu Bopi has brought his family to Fengxiang Prefecture, and there are only a few people in the house. This time we have more people, so we can directly enter through this passage without anyone knowing. As long as we can push open the cover board on top of the tunnel entrance... Hehe! Fengerzi didn't finish speaking, his expression was very rich, when he mentioned Liu Bopi, he had a furious face, gritted his teeth, and said to the end, then rubbed his hands with a pleased smile.

  Xiao Tianjian was overjoyed after hearing this, and it turned out that these rascals were indeed useful. In a chaotic world, people like them might be of use. Although Feng Gouzi was just a small thief or a hoodlum, he had his own strengths - he liked to gather information about wealthy families, and he also had a sense of justice. So keeping him around could be considered good luck.

  However, in his words, Feng Gouz proposed to attack Liu's village, but actually hid some private motives, that is, he wanted to avenge his distant relative who was killed by Liu Bo. Even if he couldn't kill him, he would make Liu Bo bleed. But Xiao Tianjian didn't mind this point, what he cared about was how to get a big haul from Liu's village! Otherwise, with the current strength, it is impossible to recruit more people and expand.

  "Alright! As long as we succeed this time, I'll give you, Feng Gouzzi, the credit for it! I'll reward you heavily and won't let you lose out in any way!" Xiao Tianjian showed a smile, reached out his hand and patted Feng Gouzi's shoulder several times.

  Feng Gouzzi flipped over and lay on the edge of the ditch, shaking his head and saying: "I don't want any reward! I know what kind of person I am, nobody looks up to me, only Zhang Panshan treats me like a human being. Although I'm just a small thief, I'm also a human being, and nobody wants to be looked down on for their whole life. This time Zhang Panshan whipped me, I had nothing to say, but he treated me like a human being, so I'll be content with that for the rest of my life! Otherwise, I wouldn't have told you about this today! My only hope is that Zhang Panshan will continue to treat me like a human being in the future, and there's nothing else I, Feng Gouzzi, can ask for!"

  After hearing Feng Gouzi's words, Xiao Tianjian felt a little ashamed. He treated Feng Gouzi this way not because he really considered him as a brother, but because he knew that to control these people, he had to use both kindness and severity; otherwise, relying on his status as an outsider, it would be impossible for him to secure the position of leader. If things went wrong one day, he might even be betrayed by them. So he was implementing a policy of carrot and stick. In fact, deep down, he looked down on Feng Gouzi just like everyone else did. He didn't expect that unintentionally, he would move Feng Gouzi so much, and thinking about it now, he felt a bit guilty.

  He patted Feng Gouzi on the back and nodded: "I consider you a brother! Now and in the future!"

  Feng Gouzi turned over again, nodded vigorously and said: "With the words 'have a plate', I, Feng Gouzi, am satisfied! Liu Bo's den is in the ditch on the west side of the village, we can't get through now, otherwise we will be seen by people inside the village. After dark, I'll take you over!"

  Xiao Tianjian nodded, and whispered to the people around him: "Everyone lie down and rest, don't raise your heads and let the people from Zhuangzi discover us! We'll set off after dark!"

  Everyone also heard Feng Gouzi's words, feeling more at ease in their hearts, and they all nodded in agreement. They found a shaded place with their backs to the sun and lay down on the spot, no longer speaking.

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