Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 196 Entering Erlong Mountain (please subscribe!)

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The old friends Chao Gai and Song Jiang will say goodbye without further details.

Let's say that a young man went back to the mountain in advance to inform Wu Yong to welcome Song Jiang and others.

Wu Yong didn't dare to be negligent, so he brought all the chief guards down to Erlong Mountain to greet him.

Drums and flutes were played, and all the heroes rode horses and sedan chairs, passed three passes, and came to the village.

When they arrived at Deguan, Wu Yong and others offered the Fengfeng Wine to Song Jiang and others. After drinking, everyone went to the Juyi Hall to burn a good incense.

Chao Gai asked Song Jiang to be the owner of the cottage and take the first place.

Song Jiang is not willing, said: "It's hard for me to leave when I have a family, and it's hard to surrender if I have a country. I can only rely on my brother to take me in. My brother is the owner of the cottage, so why can't I let him go? If he insists on giving in like this, Song Jiang is willing to die."

Chao Gai said: "My dear brother, why do you say that! If you hadn't been responsible for the sea of ​​blood and saved the lives of seven people including me going up the mountain, how would there be today's crowd? You are the benefactor of the village. If you don't sit , who sits?"

Song Jiangdao: "My dear brother, in terms of age, my elder brother is also ten years older. If Song Jiang sat down, he would not be ashamed of himself."

After repeated refusals, Chao Gai took the first place, Song Jiang took the second place, Wu Yong took the third place, Qin Ming took the fourth place, Liu Tang took the fifth place, and Yan Shun took the sixth place. Huang Xin took the seventh place, and Wang Ying took the eighth place.

A total of eight leaders sat down, bragging, and eating a feast of whole meat.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of meat, Chao Gai asked, "I haven't asked my virtuous brother just now, what happened to you brothers, why are you covered with injuries?"

Hearing Chao Gai ask about their injuries, Yan wanted to be straightforward by the way.

But Yan Shun just opened his mouth, and Song Jiang, who knew how Erlong Mountain was obtained, gave Yan Shun a kick from under the table, and then wrote lightly: "There is a little misunderstanding between us and Village Master Li."

Chao Gai reacted for a moment before asking, "Which Village Master Li?"

Song Jiangdao: "Master Li of Liangshanbo."

Chao Gai was startled, and then said: "Brother Li Yan?"

Song Jiang said: "It's him."

Chao Gai frowned and said, "How did you offend Brother Li Yan?"

As if the injury on his lame leg didn't exist, Song Jiang smiled and said, "It's just a misunderstanding."

Chao Gai said doubtfully, "My dear brother, please don't lie to me."

Qin Ming stood up suddenly and said, "If brother is afraid of getting burned, we will leave!"

After finishing speaking, Qin Ming made a leave form.

Song Jiang rushed to Qin Ming and said, "Sit down! Chao Tianwang is not afraid of everything all his life, how could he be afraid of Village Master Li?"

Hearing Song Jiang's words, Chao Gai said: "It's not that I'm afraid. It's true that I owe Brother Li Yan a lot. Brother Gongming knows that this cottage was given to me by Brother Li Yan. We wait for it." You must not be an enemy of him."

Song Jiang took retreat as a way of advancing: "My dear brother, if you are worried about offending Zhaizhu Li, I will go to find another place to avoid disaster later, and my brother's loyalty will never be broken."

After speaking, Song Jiang also stood up.

Chao Gai quickly pushed Song Jiang back and said, "Brother Wei just wants to be a peacemaker to resolve the conflict between you and Brother Li Yan, not to drive you down the mountain."

Wu Yong, who observed Song Jiang for a long time, suddenly said: "Brother always says that there are not many heroes in the village and it is not lively enough, why don't you welcome heroes? Ya Simo must misunderstand."

When he went up the mountain, Song Jiang had already seen it. Erlong Mountain was indeed a treasure land that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Two thousand minions, and looking at the food and clothing costs on the mountain, there must be no shortage of money. Therefore, this is definitely a good foundation for retreating and living in peace, while advancing and making a difference. For them who have nowhere to go , there is no better place than Erlong Mountain, so why would they really leave?

After Song Jiang sat down again, he said: "It's really a little misunderstanding between us and Li Zhaizhu. Li Zhaizhu and Li Zhaizhu didn't hurt a single hair. Having turned hostility into friendship, Master Li let me go to Erlong Mountain to join my dear brother, and even returned the salute and horses to me."

Hearing Song Jiang mention that Li Yan even returned the salute and horse to them, Chao Gai believed what Song Jiang said, and said: "Even if it doesn't resolve it, it doesn't matter. Brother Li Yan and I are as close as brothers. I will definitely resolve the relationship between you two. Let's put this matter aside for the time being, come, come, let's eat and drink, welcome brother Gongmingxian, brother Qinming, brother Yanshun, brother Huang Xin, brother Wangying to join me in Erlongshan..."

What Chao Gai didn't know was that the enmity between Song Jiang and Li Yan, no matter from Li Yan or from Song Jiang, could not be resolved at all.

Besides, Chao Gai allocated houses in front of the mountain and behind the mountain to live in, just like Song Jiang and others.

On the seventh day, a young man suddenly came to report: "A man named Shi Yong said that he has something important to see the second king."

Song Jiang was different, let Shi Yong come to see him.

Shi Yong came up the mountain and said: "The villain's surname is Shi, and his name is Yong. He was originally from the Daming Mansion. He only makes a living by playing gambling. The Jianghu called the villain to be General Shi. He beat a man to death because of his gambling. , Fleeing to Chai Daguan's village, I heard a lot of people in the rivers and lakes talking about my brother's name, so I went to Yuncheng County to join my brother. When I arrived at my brother's village, I didn't see my brother, only saw Shiro, and heard the villain say The official who picked up Chai came, but said that my brother was at Kongtaigong Village in Baihu Mountain. Because my younger brother wanted to meet my brother, Shiro wrote this letter from home and sent it to Kongtaigong Village with the villain. The villain went to Kongtaigong Village first. I found Qingfeng Town again, and chased here all the way, and heard that my brother joined the gang here, so I came to ask to see him."

Song Jiang took the letter with some doubts and opened it:
My father passed away due to illness in the first month of this year, and now the funeral is at home, waiting for my brother to come to the house for burial.Never, never, never go wrong!Song Qing wept blood and served the book.

After Song Jiang read it, he burst into tears and cursed himself: "I am not filial and rebellious, I do wrong, my father is dead, I can't do the way of a son of man, what a beast!"

After crying, Song Jiang got up and went to Chao Gai to bid farewell and go home for the funeral.

Chao Gai and others tried to persuade him to no avail, so they had to let Song Jiang go home.

After returning home, Song Jiang found out that his father hadn't passed away, it was just because he missed him so much that he resorted to tricks, and because the court granted amnesty, he wanted to return Song Jiang's innocence.

Unexpected but self-defeating, Song Jiang was captured by Zhao Neng and Zhao De, the new capitals of Yuncheng County.

Fortunately, Song Jia was willing to bleed heavily, and Song Jiang used to have a lot of contacts in Yuncheng. Everyone loved him and interceded for him, and because there was no sufferer, in the end Song Jiang only got a "twenty spine rod, stabbed with Jiangzhou prison city" .” Judgment.

The executioner also knew Song Jiang, and the Song family spent a lot of money, so that Song Jiang was only beaten a few times symbolically, and then escorted to Jiangzhou by two guards...

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(End of this chapter)