Yang Tianwang sighed and said regretfully, "Someone in the capital city offered a reward of 500 taels of silver for the life of a man named Wang Dong. My brother was short of money recently, and because he was greedy for the reward, he took this dirty job. I didn't expect that after the fight, I found out that Wang Dong was Zhang Tianshi's cousin."
"Brother, you need to be careful when robbing people. You hit someone with a club without even asking who it was. How foolish of you to do that."
"That's right. I was indeed a bit reckless in doing this. Now I regret it so much." Yang Tianwang had a look of regret on his face.
"You've provoked this disaster. It's not appropriate for you to stay in Weishi any longer." Toushouhua could no longer sit still. He stood up and said, "I'll tell my brothers to get ready and set off when it gets dark."
Yang Tianwang nodded and said, "The five thousand Tianwu soldiers led by Zhang Tianshi were all trained by him personally. They are very different from other imperial guards and are extremely brave. If I didn't want to leave my brothers, I would have patted my butt and fled long ago. Since you have made up your mind, then leave quickly and go as far as you can..."
"Yes! I'll ask the brothers to get ready right away." Tou said this and walked out.
At this moment, a minion ran in from outside, "Heavenly King, Diao Wu has been released by Zhang Tianshi."
Yang Tianwang thought he had misheard, "What?"
"Diao Wu was released by Zhang Tianshi."
Yang Tianwang shuddered and suddenly became nervous, "Where are the five Diao people?"
"He didn't dare come back directly, so he took his sister to Shilipu."
"Ah...!" Yang Tianwang sat down on the stool, "He's not stupid. If he dares to come back directly, I will chop off his head."
Diao Wu had been tied to a prison van by the Tianwu Army for demonstrations these days, and was released in the blink of an eye. Even a fool could guess that something was fishy.
Could it be that Zhang Tianshi wanted to recruit him through Diao Wu?
Just as he was thinking about it, another henchman ran in from outside and reported: "Heavenly King, there's a man outside who calls himself Li Moulue and says he's an old friend of yours."
"Li Moulue, he's not staying in Wuyou Cave, what is he doing here?"
King Yang felt strange.
Although he had met Li Moulue several times, they were not close friends and had no contact with each other on a daily basis. Could it be that Li Moulue chose to come at this time because of Zhang Tianshi?
Yang Tianwang pondered for a while, then said to the little follower, "Let him in."
Not long after, Li Moulue walked in from outside and said with a bow, "Yang Tianwang, it's been a long time since we last met. I miss you very much."
Yang Tianwang smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Li, you are coming at the wrong time. I am being surrounded by government troops and there is no way to escape."
"Yes, with the enemy approaching, the situation for the Heavenly King is indeed not optimistic." Li Moulue found a stool and sat down. "I came here today to show the Heavenly King a clear path forward."
"What clear path?"
Li Moulue glanced at the other people in the room and asked cautiously, "Can we talk alone?"
Yang Tianwang frowned, "They are not outsiders, they are all my brothers."
"What I'm talking about is too serious. The fewer people who know about it, the better."
"this……"
Li Moulue moved closer to him and said in a low voice, "Master Zhang asked me to come."
When Yang Tianwang heard this, he was like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw and hurriedly said, "Let's go to the inner room to talk."
The two of them walked into the inner room and whispered for a long time before coming out.
As soon as Yang Tianwang came out, he ordered a small leader: "Go and call Diao Wu over."
The chief hesitated for a moment and said, "Heavenly King, I'm not being paranoid. Diao Wu's release is very strange. Perhaps it was a plot by Zhang Tianshi. If we call him here, Zhang Tianshi will probably be able to follow the clues and find our whereabouts."
Before he could finish, Heavenly King Yang interrupted him and said, "I have my own plans. Stop nagging me and call him over."
Just after a meal, Diao Wu arrived.
As soon as he saw Heavenly King Yang, he prostrated himself on the ground and burst into tears, "Heavenly King, I thought I would never see you again, wuwu...!"
Yang Tianwang kicked him and said, "Stop crying like a fool. Get out of here and tell me what's been going on for you these days."
Diao Wu got up from the ground, wiped his tears, and told Yang Tianwang in detail what he had experienced in the past few days.
After hearing this, Heavenly King Yang stroked his chin and asked, "So, after you were captured, they didn't torture you except by hanging you up and parading you around the village?"
"No, and I didn't starve. I had meat in at least one of my three meals a day."
"Three meals a day? And meat?" Yang Tianwang's eyes widened, thinking he had heard wrongly, "Are you fucking talking nonsense?"
"I swear to heaven, if I tell a lie, I will be struck by lightning."
"I only eat two meals a day, and I still have meat every day... You bastard! Is the government army's food really that good?"
Diao Wu shook his head and said, "I heard from the soldiers that only Zhang Tianshi's First Army eats so well... Heavenly King, we have worked so hard to rebel, but now we have no food to eat. We might as well join Zhang Tianshi. He treats his subordinates well."
Yang Tianwang kicked Diao Wu, sending him sprawling. "You bastard! After a few full meals, your bones have become soft... Tell me! Did Zhang Tianshi send you to persuade him to surrender?"
"No!" Diao Wu fell to his knees. "Although I am a loser, I am still a tough guy. I will never betray you and my brothers."
Li Moulue smiled and said, "This brother is right. I often hear people in the city say that Zhang Tianshi treats his soldiers kindly and never withholds their pay. The First Army's food is better than that of the other armies."
Yang Tianwang said: "Diao Wu is not a soldier under his command, and he almost smashed his cousin's head with a stick. There is no reason for him to be so kind to him."
"Need I say that? I don't want to kill everyone... Heavenly King, time waits for no one, don't forget to get down to business."
After Li Moulue's reminder, Yang Tianwang hurriedly said, "Right! It's more important to get down to business... Diao Wu, you guys should quickly gather all the leaders, we're going on a long journey this time."
Diao Wu was startled and asked hurriedly, "Heavenly King, where are we going?"
Yang Tianwang waved his hand and said, "Don't ask so many questions, gather the people here first."
Diao Wu and others did not dare to delay and left in a hurry.
After he left, Yang Tianwang looked outside the house and murmured, "I hope Zhang Tianshi won't harm me."
Li Moulue grinned, "Heavenly King, the path pointed out by Zhang Tianshi is the only way you can take. Besides, you have no other way to go now."
"The problem is, if we leave tomorrow, it will be too hasty and we won't have enough time to prepare food and supplies."
"Don't worry, with me here, these won't be a problem."
Yang Tianwang stared at Li Moulue for a long moment before saying, "If you harm my brothers, I will tear you into pieces."
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