"Brothers for so many years, crawling out of the pile of corpses under Taiyuan City together. It didn't stop you from making a fortune, but you won't even allow me this little favor?" Li Laosan still shouted from afar.

"That's not what I meant..." Zhang Jun sighed, then looked around the courtyard. "What are the other old brothers from Taiyuan saying?"

The people in the courtyard exchanged glances. Some glanced at the armored soldiers behind them and Tian Shizhong standing beside Zhang Jun, and swallowed the words they wanted to say. But a few, like Li Laosan, with the true colors of military ruffians, couldn't help but shout from their seats, advising Zhang Jun to give Li Laosan a way out, and even directly advising Zhang Jun to give Zhao Prefect a way out as well.

And since someone had spoken, it quickly stirred up a wave, so that the courtyard became noisy again for a while.

Amidst the clamor, Zhang Jun remained silent, but got up from his seat and directly pulled out his knife from his waist with his oil-stained hand... As the knife was drawn, all the guards, including Tian Shizhong, also drew their swords. Tian Shizhong even took the initiative to move to the side with his knife. Instantly, the courtyard became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop!

"I think I understand what you brothers mean. And since Li Laosan mentioned the Taiyuan affair, I also want to talk about the Taiyuan affair today..."

Zhang Jun raised his knife and pointed it at Zhao Qiu beside him, and said loudly. "Most of you know Old Zhao. Even if you don't know him, you should have inquired about him in private these past two days of constant contact. He was also a comrade-in-arms under Taiyuan City back then. So, honestly speaking, if it weren't for you guys who escaped from Taiyuan with me, Zhang Jun would probably be like this Old Zhao, a stray dog on the side of the road, whom anyone could order around, and whom anyone could kill with a knife if they didn't like him!"

Everyone was confused. Zhao Qiu also felt that something was wrong. He was just about to speak, when Tian Shizhong, who had somehow moved behind him, suddenly thrust his knife forcefully into the back of his neck, pinning him to the table full of wine and dishes!

Caught in this sudden change, all the officers in the courtyard were dumbfounded. Zhao Ding was also in a daze and lost his composure. Shi Wenbin was even more不堪. He had just picked up his chopsticks to eat, when the entire dish basin overturned in front of Zhao Qiu's head, splashing soup and blood everywhere, covering his chopsticks and body with blood... But Tian Shizhong, who had just killed someone, was still beside him, making him afraid to let go of his chopsticks, and even more afraid to retract them. He could only tremble and remain still.

It can only be said that a former veteran of the Western Army pitifully sent himself here in such a muddled way, not knowing why he was going to die even in death.

But Zhang Jun seemed not to have heard anything, and continued the previous topic. He pointed his knife at the officers around him, just like he had pointed at Zhao Qiu earlier, and spoke more and more vehemently, word by word. In the end, he was almost roaring with all his might:

"But conversely, if you guys didn't have me back then, you wouldn't even be stray dogs, but just a pile of dog shit on the side of the road! People would trample you into a pulp and still嫌弃 your臭味不可闻!"

All the officers in the courtyard paled, but none dared to retort!

"Just now, Li Laosan said that I didn't let him delay my fortune, using this to satirize my greed for money, and I admit it! Because all I want in this life is money!" Zhang Jun continued to raise his knife and point to the sky. "But the Taiyuan affair and Old Zhao's affair have taught me a lesson, that making money also requires道行! Snatching a few women's hairpins from the Jin people's butts on the road, what a屁啊? Can you make a fortune?! And when you get it in your hands, can you not dream of Little Zhong Xianggong leading his former brothers to find you in your dreams?! If you want to make a fortune, you have to use people as capital to搏大的! And you are my Zhang Jun's capital today!! Today, I, Zhang Jun, am going to use you in Xiacai to发十辈子用不完的财!!!"

Before these words could fall, countless armored guards carried countless gold and silver treasures from the backyard, and then directly opened the boxes and showed them to everyone... The gold and silver piled up like mountains, right in front of their eyes, and the breaths of the group of rough men almost instantly became heavy!

"Forty thousand taels of silver, fifteen hundred taels of gold! And several boxes of miscellaneous treasures, pearls and jades... The Jin people gave them to me, I secretly saved them, and kept them hidden in the cellar of this courtyard. I didn't even bear to offer them up when the Emperor was here, but today I don't want them anymore, I'm giving them all to you! Silver for the soldiers, gold and treasures for you. I only ask you this pile of臭狗屎 for one thing!" Zhang Jun looked around, threw down his knife, and said slowly, panting heavily. "Hold Xiacai for me! So that I, Grand Commandant Zhang, can use this city to翻个十倍八倍 in the future, and never be poor again in this lifetime!"

After saying that, he was weak and powerless. He actually turned around, picked up the duck on the table, and went back to the backyard. Those familiar with him clearly knew that this fellow couldn't bear to watch his wealth being瓜分殆尽 by this group of simpletons!

However, the hundreds of officers in the courtyard didn't care. Instead, they responded with a roar behind him. Zhao Ding quickly got up and chased into the backyard.

As dusk fell, the sound in the front yard gradually subsided. Tian Shizhong, who had been tired all day, came from the backyard to report.

"Have they all been distributed?" Zhang Jun, holding an empty plate, had bloodshot eyes, as if he had cried.

"They have all been distributed." Tian Shizhong said carefully. "Liu Bao's share on the city wall and the share for the guards on duty on the city wall have also been distributed... That Shi Wenbin has also been driven out! He actually didn't dare to leave, and begged me to take him in... I didn't dare to keep him! He cried for a long time at the drawbridge before being taken away by the Jin people's sentries. It was quite pitiful!"

"Don't worry about him." Zhang Jun sighed. "This time, I've offended Imperial Censor Zhao... Prefect Zhao severely. He questioned me here for a long time before, and he was also once crying and 失态."

"It doesn't matter. Now that things have come to this, the Emperor only needs to know the Grand Commandant's loyalty." Tian Shizhong comforted repeatedly. "Prefect Zhao is also a person who knows the big picture. He will fight side by side in the future."

"That's right." Zhang Jun finally braced himself and got up, and then casually instructed. "Actually, the Jin people's siege, the early stage of climbing the city is not terrible. Xiacai City also has the Huai River introduced as a moat, so we are not afraid of him climbing the city. The real厉害的 is the trebuchet... Do you know what to do?"

"Starting tomorrow, tear down all the houses in the city with good wood, clear a space, and we will also set up trebuchets to counter with trebuchets!" Tian Shizhong answered very decisively. "This is what the Grand Commandant told me before, it is the守法 of Taiyuan City!"

"Good to know!" Zhang Jun nodded and turned to go inside. "I'm really tired today, you go and do it. I'll go and rest for a while!"

Only then did Tian Shizhong quickly take his leave.

But before this Central Army General under Grand Commandant Zhang could turn around and leave the backyard, Zhang Jun suddenly remembered something, and then directly called out to him in the backyard room: "Little Tian, did you get any reward yourself?"

Tian Shizhong was caught off guard for a moment.

Zhang Jun understood, and immediately said, "Come in. Since you played the豪杰 of scattering wealth today, you have to do it to the end. Everyone should have a reward. Let me search through my family fortune... It's also just to make a show!"

Tian Shizhong had no choice but to return.

Grand Commandant Zhang rummaged through the house for a long time, but only found that bunch of grapes, a carved silver warm stove, and a few hairpins that he temporarily tore off from his concubine's head... Pitiful Grand Commandant Zhang gestured for a long time, but he was really reluctant to part with that bunch of grapes. Giving the rest of those things to a Central Army General and confidant like Tian Shizhong was more like an insult. So he was embarrassed for a moment.

Seeing this situation, how could Tian Shizhong accept it? He repeatedly declined, only saying that it could be discussed later.

Unexpectedly, Grand Commandant Zhang repeatedly shook his head, thought for a while, and simply abandoned these things, grabbed Tian Shizhong's hand and said, "No matter what, I have to give it to you, it's just that I really have no wealth now... Little Tian! My eldest son died on the way out of Taiyuan, so I have always treated you like my own son, you know that!"

"This humble general certainly knows." Hearing these words, Tian Shizhong, who still had blood and soup stains on his body, quickly knelt on the ground and responded. "This humble general has been drifting from Hebei to here, with no ties, and has always regarded the Grand Commandant as a father!"

"That's not what I meant. You know, although my eldest son is dead, my eldest daughter-in-law, Wang, has always accompanied me, and has always treated me as her own father. I have always treated her as my own daughter... I have always wanted to find a good family for her, but I feel so distressed that I can't always find a suitable person." Grand Commandant Zhang continued slowly, ignoring Tian Shizhong's stunned expression. "Today, I'm betting everything I have on this city, so there's no reason to leave any leeway. And if you don't accept my reward, then you can only become my family. How about this, today I'll make the decision, and you'll get married tonight! I ask Little Tian to defend Xiacai for me in the future as my son-in-law! In the future, our father-in-law and son-in-law will share wealth and glory!"

Tian Shizhong was stunned for a long time, but suddenly let go of his hands and kowtowed on the ground.

ps: Good night everyone.