Infinite Brilliant Scroll

Chapter 222 The strong wind blows, Ander warrior

"Speak well, what's the big gift like this?"

Guan Luoyang stretched out his hand and lifted Li Ying up with a burst of vitality, "My boat is moving slowly, and it will take a long time to reach Liangshan. Don't worry, explain the whole story clearly, and you will be fine." So that I can make a judgment."

"You said that there will be a big battle in Liangshan in the near future. It seems that you know the place very well. Could it be that you two are now settling there?"

Li Jun couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up with his sword in his arms and said, "In fact, this matter has to start with me first, brother Li Ying can also be said to have been implicated by me."

Since Li Jun was named by the court's recruitment list to join the army, he first followed the army to fight water bandits, and later was arranged to fight Xixia with the army, and moved to the Song Liao Jiehe River to confront the Liao navy.

More than half a year ago, Li Jun was severely injured on the Jiehe River, and was granted by Han Shizhong, the general guarding the Jiehe River, to return to his hometown to recuperate.

He joined the army in the southern and northern wars and won many battles. He only thought that after the emperor who was appointed today was wise and returned to his hometown in fine clothes, what he would see must be the peaceful scene of the wind not blowing and the fields green.

Who knew that all the way back to his hometown, what he saw on the road was even more miserable than that of the Daojun emperor. There were not a single person in his hometown, who was either dragged to the mine or fled. The harbor pier is also deserted, and the boards are all worm-eaten.

After inquiring carefully, Li Jun finally found out that although the Huashi Gang and so on of Emperor Daojun at that time were cancelled, miners were required to work in the newly opened mines in various places.

Every month and every season, ship by ship, car by car, minerals have to be transported through land and water all over the world, sent to the army, and sent to Bianliang to supply the training of the frontier army and the needs of the emperor and the imperial army. How many people suffer.

Li Jun is a knowledgeable person. He roughly knows the number of mines in the world, and he also knows how much minerals an elite army guarding the frontier like Han Shizhong needs to spend. The output far exceeds the needs of the military.

He went to the city to find the prefect of Luzhou, and found that the wealthy families in the city, even the servants had learned magic skills, and the minerals in the warehouses of each house were piled up like mountains. Very happy.

The ore mined desperately by the mines in various places was exploited layer by layer, and most of them flowed into the pockets of local officials and gentry. They were asked to support the children of the clan, recruit guards and slaves, and wait until there were more relatives and children. The government ordered the miners to reduce rest and mine day and night.

Li Jun thought to himself that he had made some contributions in the army and had an official position. He didn't want to turn his back on him at first, but he tried to persuade the prefect, saying that he was fishing out of the river, and hoped that he could restrain the rich and gentry and restrain himself.

The prefect fully agreed, but after Li Jun returned to his hometown, he didn't see any changes.Li Jun looked for him three times, but in vain, he thought of Bianliang to appeal in a fit of anger, and when he arrived in Bianliang City, he found that the situation there was worse than that in Luzhou.

In Bianliang City, anyone who is related to officials, big or small, doesn't have to do anything. As long as they sit at home, they will be rewarded with ore, and they can practice magic skills.

Li Jun even saw with his own eyes that in the brothels on both sides of the Bian River, many people showed off their talents in order to compete for those Huakui women. The people below added a few more procedures, and asked people to start the furnace to purify the ore before it was transported away.

After staying in Bianliang City for more than half a month, Li Jun couldn't find a chance to appeal. Not as good as paper.

After he returned to Luzhou, the eunuch actually invited him to a party. At the banquet, he was ridiculed and ridiculed in every possible way.

Li Jun finally couldn't bear it anymore, he drew his sword and cut off the prefect's dog's head, surrounded by many guards in the prefect's mansion, he fled and went to the vicinity of Li Yingzhuangzi.

Li Ying had a very close personal relationship with him, seeing that he was being pursued too quickly and was almost about to be killed, he threw his knife and killed a group of officers and soldiers.

From then on, both of them were wanted and exiled to Liangshanshuibo.

At this point, Li Jun took a sip of wine, frowned, cleared his throat, and continued: "But not long after we arrived in Liangshan, Brother Li Ying discovered something was wrong."

Guan Luoyang asked, "What's wrong?"

"There are too many people there!"

Li Ying took up the conversation and said, "Liangshan and the rivers are full of bad waves. There are countless Shenzhen-Hong Kong forks in the reeds. It is easy to get lost. The population is not dense. After a group of bandits on Liangshan were killed, the corpses were all hanged." Drying on the mountain, the surrounding people are afraid, and they all avoid it further."

"But when we passed this time, there were 6 or [-] people gathered in the peaks of Liangshan in the center of the eight-hundred-mile water pool, most of them were young and strong, and a small number of them were able to take their families and parents with them far away. move there."

How could there be something wrong with too many people?
As soon as Guan Luoyang turned his head, he understood the reason for this.

The mines all over the country recruited peasants, leaving many rural villages deserted. It should have been extremely difficult for those young and strong to escape.

However, in just a few years at Liangshanshuibo, tens of thousands of people managed to escape there. Obviously, someone deliberately opened the road to Liangshan to induce people to flee there.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, the land was divided into fifteen roads, and Shuibo Liangshan was under the jurisdiction of Jeju on Jingdong East Road. However, tens of thousands of young and strong fled here. It is definitely not a matter of a state. Officials secretly have this consensus.

"The officials and lords who let them escape there will naturally not be out of kindness. They will just encircle and deceive the people, and when those people think it is appropriate, they will catch them all in one go."

Guan Luoyang said lightly, "You said there will be a big battle in Liangshan, which means that it's time for those people to fight."

Li Ying's eyes brightened slightly, and he cupped his hands and said, "The Taoist priest has extraordinary insight, and Li admires it."

Guan Luoyang said: "Then if the people in my boat don't go to Liangshan, where can we settle them?"

"Go to Qingzhou."

With a plan in mind, Li Ying flicked his fingers and pierced a small hole in the side of the jug with his fingertips. As he moved, the wine poured into the cabin, drawing a topographical map.

"Qingzhou is mountainous, with Mount Lao in the southeast, Wulian Mountain in the southwest, Linglong Mountain, Tuo Mountain, and Yunmen Mountain in the north, and Qingyun Mountain in the center. In fact, that place is the best choice.”

"It's a pity that the people in the states and counties on Jingdong East Road are afraid of the deep mountains and ancient forests. Those people in the government deliberately relaxed the guards on the waterways leading to Liangshan, which made these people unable to enter or exit."

When Dai Zong heard this, he exchanged glances with Gongsun Sheng, raised his hand to interrupt Li Ying, and said, "I'm afraid I can't go to Qingzhou."

"Mr. Gongsun and I have passed through Qingzhou before. Because of the steep terrain, many dangerous roads can be guarded tightly with only a small group of officers and soldiers."

"Of course Daoist Guan himself is not afraid, but after all, the thousands of people on board are weak, and if they want to enter Qingzhou, there will definitely be many twists and turns."

Before Dai Zong finished speaking, Gongsun Sheng added: "When Pindao passed by Qingzhou before, he looked at the mountains and clouds, and felt that there was a hidden danger. In Qingzhou, many people have gone up the mountains and fallen grass, dragging their families with them. There are many bandit villages. Brother Guan Dao Even if we can bring these people into Qingzhou, we still have to compete with the local gangsters for territory."

"This..." Li Ying was at a loss for words, and smiled wryly, "It's better than Liangshan."

Guan Luoyang took a sip of the wine and asked, "According to what you two say, Liangshan will never be able to stop the officers and soldiers?"

Li Ying shook his head uncontrollably, and said, "We have heard some news that there are signs of mobilization of soldiers and horses in several nearby states. There are more than [-] people. In the reign of Emperor Daojun, [-] to [-] young and strong will fight against more than [-] places. Soldiers and horses, there is still a great hope to rush out, and it is not impossible to win the battle, but now..."

He sighed, "Those government soldiers, at least they have a few years of magic skills, against these unarmed young and strong peasants, they are like tigers in a herd of sheep, and they can easily defeat a hundred by one. Those people in Liangshan have no possibility of escape. out."

Guan Luoyang said: "Then you two, are you planning to bring only a small group of people and settle down in another place?"

The two were silent for a long time, Li Ying said: "Don't be afraid that the Taoist priest will laugh at you, our brothers were indeed planning to flee with some close followers, but halfway, brother Li Jun said that he smelled a dragon's breath in the water, so I moved a little bit. Thoughts. I want to capture and tame this dragon, pretend to be the auspiciousness of Liangshan, send people out to publicize it, and then get in touch with the government."

"As long as the matter of Xiangrui is confirmed, I can mediate from it. It is inevitable that those people in Liangshan will be taken away, but maybe we can look at Xiangrui's face and let them die less when they are arrested. Do some things that kill the good and take the credit. Even if you are finally dragged to the mine, you will live an extra year or two."

After Li Ying finished speaking, he raised the jug and wanted to take a sip, but suddenly stopped and said, "Forget it, I don't have the face to drink the wine of the Taoist..."

Guan Luoyang stood up and said with a smile: "The bottle of wine is already broken, I'll give you a whole bottle instead."

Li Ying's eyes were a little complicated: "The Taoist priest..."

"You've done your best, so what's the shame in drinking a few bottles of wine?"

Guan Luoyang passed the wine jar and said with a smile, "Come, come, let's get drunk."

Wine is good wine, but for those who have practiced heresy spells and magic skills, if you want to get them drunk, you must purify the mineral vitality and blend it into the fairy wine.

Guan Luoyang drank and chatted with them, asked about things in the world, and what they had seen in the army, when he was an official in the court, and asked about the old things about breaking Xixia.

Er Li was aroused to talk, the more he drank, the more energetic he became, and before he knew it, it was already late at night.

When the night wind blew and the moonlight shone in from outside the cabin, Li Ying suddenly woke up, got up in a hurry, and walked out of the cabin.

Lin Lingsu sat on the bow of the boat, her hair and robe were blown by the cold night wind, she didn't know what she was looking at.

Li Ying stopped behind him and stood there without saying a word for a long time.

Li Jun didn't know why, so he came out and took a look, and was also stunned.

The bright moon in the sky is clear, and the stars are shining in the sky.

The reeds in front are so vast that you can't see the edge at a glance, the waves are rough, the tide is ups and downs, the sound of the water is in your ears, and in the distance, there are more than a dozen mountain shadows standing in the depths of the lake.

"Liangshan!"

Li Ying looked back and said helplessly, "Master Taoist, what a mysterious supernatural power."

Let the whole fleet speed up steadily, and came to Liangshan without knowing it. At the same time, they were still chatting, so that Li Ying and Li Jun forgot to remind them not to go to Liangshan.

Lin Lingsu is like a stone carving, and the ancient well has no waves. These two things were obviously done by Guan Luoyang.

Li Ying didn't realize it until now, it was too late.

Guan Luoyang walked to the deck, smelling of alcohol by his side, and said: "The dragon under the boat looks tame, but it is actually quite patient. I dragged it for so long, and finally wore off its viciousness. Both of you To take it away, just wait until tomorrow morning."

"However, if you can trust me, you might as well stay for two more days, maybe you can see me bring some changes to Liangshan."

What else could Li Ying do, he could only nod his head.

The speed of the fleet slowed down a bit, and slowly sailed into Liangshanshuipo.

After crossing the surrounding reed marshes, the water surface in front of him suddenly became much wider and flatter.

There are only dense duckweed and aquatic plants left on the water surface, and some lotus leaves are scattered, swaying in the wind and waves.

The peaks of Liangshan in the center of the lake became clearer and clearer.

Just when Guan Luoyang and their fleet were less than ten miles away from the shoal at the foot of the mountain, there was another fleet on the water in the other direction, regardless of the night, cutting through the waves.

Li Jun watched carefully, and said: "It's not a warship, it's strange, the draft is so deep, it looks like a ship transporting minerals, how could such a fleet come to Liangshan?"

The convoy was moving fast and landed first.

Guan Luoyang thought for a while, and with a wave of his arm, the blue gust of wind swirled between the fleet, pushing the boat to turn, drawing an arc-shaped trajectory on the lake, and rushing towards the direction where the fleet was docking.

There were already many people on the shore talking to those who had disembarked.

Although these people in Liangshan were just ordinary peasants and young men, but they were able to escape here. In order to protect themselves, they also made some spears and bows by themselves.

They may have never been trained before, and they may not have learned magic methods, but in order to survive, the vigilance at night has never been relaxed. Some of them came into contact with the fleet, while others drove the small boat to Guan Luoyang. They approached.

When the people on the small boat came close, they saw Li Ying standing at the bow, and immediately exclaimed in surprise, "It's Zhuang Zhu! Li Zhuang has also returned and got the boat."

The people from Liangshan originally gathered from all over the world, and they were strangers to each other, so there was inevitably some friction. After Li Ying and the others came, he used his skills to mediate and judge for them, and gained a lot of prestige in a short period of time.

Hearing the joy in their words, Li Ying felt even more ashamed, reluctantly agreed, and asked, "What is the origin of that fleet in front?"

The people on the boat shouted: "It's Coach Lu and Coach Wu!"

Li Ying was taken aback, and before he could speak, someone in the front fleet jumped several tens of feet onto Guan Luoyang's boat.

Although Guan Luoyang's boat was floating on the water, it was as stable as a rock. At this moment, it swayed slightly, causing the water waves to sway.

The next person will have a round face and big ears, a straight nose and a square mouth, thick beard and hair, bare upper body, revealing muscular muscles, more than eighty wounds on his chest and arms, dripping with blood, heavy and turbid, and ready to bleed.

"Hahahaha, the two Li brothers are back too."

Li Ying couldn't help but took a step forward, and asked, "Lu Da, why did you suffer so many injuries? Didn't you and Wu Song already leave, why are you back?"

Lu Da laughed and said, "Didn't you say that the officers and soldiers might attack Liangshan at any time, and that they would kill at least 800 people to repay their merits, and arrest the others and send them to the mine to be whipped every day to do coolies?"

Li Ying said: "That's right, I just advise you to leave early, it's too late for you to teach them martial arts, it's useless..."

Lu Da clapped Li Ying's shoulder with his big hand: "Sajia and Xiandi understood what you meant when they heard it. Indeed, there is no gold, stone and cinnabar to chew and eat, and Kung Fu practice is not smooth. We have found some notorious people nearby these days. The wealthy family looted their warehouses, went to the city to kill them, and robbed the fleet before transporting these good things back."

He touched his chest, and his hands were covered with blood, and hissed, "I fought with those generals guarding Mizhou for half a night, a group of thieves and birds, it was really a pleasure."

Li Ying's eyes showed astonishment, and he said blankly: "But what I mean is, we can't save them at all. Even if we rob these things, what's the use? How can we catch up with the skills of those officers and soldiers?"

"It's a day to be able to practice. When the time comes, the Sajia will take the lead and lead them to rush out and find a way out."

Lu Da waved his hand, and before Li Ying could say anything else, he suddenly sniffed his nose hard, his eyes widened immediately, walked up to Guan Luoyang, and rubbed his palms awkwardly.

"Oh, the smell of wine is so fragrant. I don't know where the Taoist priest is. This wine smells so pure, but is there any more? Can you distribute some of it to the family?"

Guan Luoyang looked at the man in front of him with a smile on his lips, and looked over his shoulder to look at the people on the shore. There was a man with two knives on his back, also covered in blood, holding a few iron chains with each hand. Pull those boats abruptly to shore.

For some reason, Guan Luoyang couldn't help laughing out loud.

Among the mountains and rivers, the sound of the wind and waves could not suppress the laughter. In the jungle in the mountains, the fallen leaves rustled, and the people on the shore looked up, and the laughter startled many birds in the mountains.

Over there, Guan Luoyang flicked his robe sleeves, took out all the wine in Xiao Qiankun's technique, and piled it up on the bow like a hill.

"Please!!"

(End of this chapter)