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Chapter 136 The Lord of a Village

When Shouzhang inspected the village, there were only more than 80 native soldiers. Although the former Zhizhai suffered relatively few soldiers, these native soldiers were also old and weak and difficult to drive.

Zhang Zhengdao frowned and was a little worried. According to this situation, when can we train an elite soldier who is good at fighting!

Fortunately, the Shouzhang magistrate waved his hand and released a batch of food, wages and equipment, which allowed him to build a well-equipped team of hundreds of soldiers.

That night, Zhang Zhengdao slept in Shouzhang's patrol village, tossing and turning.

The next morning, after Zhang Zhengdao had breakfast, he called Wu Kai into the room. After giving him a few instructions, he changed into casual clothes, mounted a rogue horse in the village, and headed southeast alone.
After riding horses and galloping all the way, it only took an hour to arrive at the shore of the eight-hundred-mile water moor.

It was noon and the scorching sun was shining brightly, but the water was rippling and the edge was invisible.

Zhang Zhengdao thought: "I just asked the Ruan clan's three heroes to build a Dongshan Hotel at the entrance of Lijia Road to inquire about news, but I forgot to tell them to build a Xishan Hotel in Shouzhang County for use as a hotel.

It is a mistake to attract the heroes of the world."

In desperation, I had no choice but to hit the horse and continue southward, along the road around the water park, all the way south, preparing to go to a nearby small fishing village, find a boat, cross the water park, and go up to Liangshan Mountain.

I hurried forward in a hurry and kept urging my horses. After only five or seven miles, I found a village with thirty or forty farmers living in it.

After entering the village, Zhang Zhengdao asked around and finally found a small boat. However, this family did not want to go to Liangshan. They just excused themselves by saying that there were bad people on the mountain and they could not go.

In desperation, Zhang Zhengdao had no choice but to leave his horses at this family's house, hold a small boat alone, and row toward the depths of Liangshan Mountain.

Fortunately, there are relatively few harbor branches here. After groping for a while, I was able to maneuver this boat skillfully and sail slowly towards Liangshan.

After rowing for only half an hour, he saw the huge island. Zhang Zhengdao put the bronze mask he had carefully prepared on his face.

This mask is engraved with gluttonous patterns and covers half of the cheek, leaving only one pair of eyes for looking at people's "slits" and a mouth for easy eating and drinking.

At this moment, Zhang Zhengdao does not want to reveal his identity too early. Although the three men of the Ruan family are reliable, the minions at No. 5700 in Liangshan are talkative, so it is inevitable that the news will not be leaked.

If there is a rumor that Qinghe County Inspection Department Zhizhai is having an affair with the Liangshan bandits, I am afraid that in the end he will have no other choice but to go up the mountain and leave the grass.

The boat got closer, and two speedboats came to attack them. They were obviously Liangshan's patrol boats.

Zhang Zhengdao was overjoyed and stood on the boat with his hands behind his back.

As the ships approached, they saw three dark-skinned men standing in each of the two patrol ships, holding swords and guns with fierce looks.

These six men, all with bare backs and tendons, are obviously people who are proficient in water skills and spend all day patrolling the water.

"Who are you, you bastard, who dare to come to Liangshan to spy on us?" A big man on one of the speedboats shouted loudly.

Zhang Zhengdao said calmly: "Take me up the mountain to meet the three heroes of the Ruan family, and then you will know who I am!"

When the six men on patrol saw the man in front of them, wearing a strange bronze mask on his face, he looked quite majestic and showed no fear at all. He might have some background. For a moment, they looked at each other, not knowing what to do.<

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"Brother He, what should I do?" A minion who was following the man asked the man who just spoke in a low voice.

The big man surnamed He didn't know the details of Zhang Zhengdao. He recalled that the three heroes of the Ruan family had issued strict orders not to kill people easily. However, if anyone surrendered to the mountain, they would be brought back to the mountain stronghold and handed over to the three leaders to deal with them personally.
"Get on my fast boat and take you up the mountain." The big man surnamed He shouted.

The two boats met, and Zhang Zhengdao jumped into his patrol boat. There was another boy who jumped into the small boat brought by Zhang Zhengdao.

Three small boats, carrying seven people, cut through the water and rowed towards Liao'erwa.

After turning to the west, they met two other patrol boats, also with three people in each boat. After meeting each other, they rowed towards the place where they were just now.

Zhang Zhengdao nodded in approval, but he didn't expect that the three heroes of the Ruan family were also careful and steady. They knew that many ships were posted in this water moor to patrol the village to prevent the army from sneaking into the stronghold.

After paddling for another half an hour, we arrived at the shore of Golden Beach. The man surnamed He got off the boat and landed with Zhang Zhengdao, and led him into Liangshan Dazhai.

It was the first time for Zhang Zhengdao to set foot on this world-famous giant island. However, he saw large trees hugging each other on both sides. Looking up, he could vaguely see a thatched pavilion in the middle of the mountain. When he got closer, he could clearly see the hanging hangings on it.

There is a plaque with three big characters: Broken Gold Pavilion.

Follow the man surnamed He and go up, you will see the first checkpoint, which is majestic and magnificent, with tight barriers, swords and guns like a forest, flags like rain, and many gatekeepers standing there.

Zhang Zhengdao secretly sighed in his heart: "It has only been a few days since such a checkpoint was built. The Ruan brothers are quite capable."

Arriving at the checkpoint, a man surnamed He put the clothes tied around his waist on his body and shouted to the men guarding the village gate: "I am He Cheng, the leader of the navy's sentry hunter. I want to see three leaders."

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The men guarding the checkpoint naturally knew what He Cheng was, and immediately responded: "Brother He, wait a moment, open the door now."

Only a moment later, the door was opened, and He Cheng led Zhang Zhengdao into the first level.

Zhang Zhengdao entered the checkpoint and glanced around. He saw that there were rolling logs and stones, swords, guns, swords and halberds placed on the checkpoint. There were also dozens of minions, holding long spears, standing guard at the checkpoint.

Looking up again, I saw that the second checkpoint was under construction, and people numbering 100 were carrying stones, and they were coming and going.

After passing the second checkpoint under construction, the third checkpoint disappeared as we went up. We walked straight ahead along the road and finally arrived at the entrance of Dazhai.

Looking around, I saw mountains surrounded on all sides, surrounded by city gates, and a mirror-like flat land in the middle, which was three to five hundred feet wide.

At the mountain pass is the village gate, with rows of wing rooms built on both sides. Among them, a Juyi Hall rises from the ground and is built on a stone platform. If you enter and sit at the main seat, you can enjoy the view of Liangshan Mountain.
The men guarding the stockade saw He Cheng and went inside to report. After a while, they came back and asked the two of them to come in.

Stepping up the stone steps and entering the Juyi Hall, I saw three leaders sitting on the chairs on the side one after another. It was Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi.

Having not seen each other for many days, these three men seemed to have lost some weight, but their arrogance was not reduced by half. They all looked at Zhang Zhengdao who was following He Cheng.

"What kind of face do you have, a man like you? You are so secretive that you can't see anyone?" Ruan Xiaowu shouted loudly.

He Cheng stepped aside, with a bad look on his face, and was wary, staring intently at the man standing in the center of the Juyi Hall.

Zhang Zhengdao looked around at the three heroes of the Ruan family and laughed and said, "Don't you even recognize the leader of your village?"

At that moment, regardless of the surprise of the three men of the Ruan family, he strode forward, came to the high chair on the central high platform, and sat down on it.

Just as He Cheng was about to scold him, he heard Ruan Xiaoqi shouting: "Really Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Zhengdao laughed loudly and said his pseudonym: "Yes, I am none other than the 'Nine Heavens Divine Dragon' Zhang Tiandao!"

Ruan Xiaoer is the most meticulous person. When he heard Zhang Zhengdao using a nickname, he said to He Cheng: "You go down first. Our brothers want to talk to the village leader."

He Cheng was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. He had never imagined that this man wearing a strange mask was actually the leader of a village in Shuibo Liangshan.

When the three heroes of the Ruan family occupied the mountain and fell grass, they vacated the position of the leader of the village and gave orders to the minions who came up the mountain. There was another leader of Liangshan Village, but he was not in the village now, and their three brothers were also

Just a copycat leader.

Therefore, these five to seven hundred minions all know that the leader of the village is someone else, but he is quite mysterious, and they do not know his name or see him.

He Cheng never imagined that he was the one who led the leader of the village to Liangshan today. He Cheng was worried about gains and losses and walked out of the Juyi Hall in a daze.