Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 7 Nguyen's Three Heroes
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When I came to the door of Ruan Xiaoer's house, I saw a few small fishing boats moored to dry piles, and a broken fishing net was drying outside the fence.

Zhu Gui called out, "Is Second Brother at home?"

Not long after, Ruan Xiaoer came out of a thatched hut, saw a few unfamiliar faces outside the door, cupped his hands and said, "Why are you looking for a villain?"

Zhu Gui returned the courtesy and said: "My brother wants to discuss a deal with your three brothers..."

Li Yan stopped Zhu Gui, who was very wary, and said, "Second brother, there's no need to hide it!" Then he cupped his hands at Ruan Xiaoer, and said, "I'm Li Yan, I'm here this time to invite you The brothers went up the mountain to join the gang."

To recruit heroes, you must prescribe the right medicine. The three heroes of the Ruan family are all loyal heroes, and they all aspire to live a life without fear of heaven, earth, and lawsuits. I don't want to be a hero of Yuba anymore in life, and it's easy to do bad things by hiding with them!
really!

Ruan Xiaoer was taken aback when he heard the name Li Yan reported, but after he realized it, his tone immediately became respectful, and he said, "Excuse me, is the hero the supreme treasure who can do justice for the heavens?"

That's right!

This nickname was given by Li Yan himself.

Li Yan didn't want a nickname at all. As a person in the 21st century, he thought it was silly to have a bluffing nickname, but Du Qian and Song Wan insisted: How can someone who is in the rivers and lakes not have a nickname? Doesn't this detract from the prestige of our Liangshanpo? !
In fact, as the village owner of Shuibo Liangshan, if Li Yan didn't have a better nickname, it would indeed be detrimental to publicity, and thus not conducive to the development of Shuibo Liangshan. After all, they belonged to the forest community. Do Qing and Tian Hu also have the nicknames "Iron-armed King Kong", "Two-headed Tai Sui", and "Little Chen Ping Chasing the Wind on the Land" respectively?
After thinking about this, Li Yan's mind instantly flashed the master played by Zhou Xingchi, so he said casually: "Then call it "Supreme Treasure".

In this way, "Supreme Treasure" became Li Yan's nickname after it was spread by Du Qian, Song Wan and others.

Li Yandao: "It is brother."

Hearing that Li Yan admitted that he was the Lord of Water Po Liangshan, Ruan Xiaoer bowed his head and said: "My brother's ears are getting callused from hearing my brother's name. I have been thinking about going to vote for my brother these days, but I have been looking for it. If you don't take the people who lead us, how can you think that your brother will come to find us in person, it's really frustrating for us!"

This is why Li Yan began to recruit heroes after half a year of development.

The so-called heroes are actually more realistic than ordinary people. If they have strength and fame, they will bow down to them, just like they did to Song Jiang.

Li Yan hurriedly stepped forward to help Ruan Xiaoer up, and said: "They are all my brothers, why are you so polite?"

Ruan Xiaoer excitedly said: "Hey, I listen to my brother!"

Li Yan asked: "Are Fifth Brother and Seventh Brother at home?"

Ruan Xiaoer said: "I'm going to look for them now, if they know that brother is coming, they will come here in a hurry!"

Li Yan said: "Let's go together, I will pay my respects to my old lady too."

Ruan Xiaoer hurriedly led Li Yan and Zhu Gui to the shore!

One of the boats on the dry pile was untied, and they helped Li Yan and Zhu Gui to get off the boat.

The root of the tree took a handful of birch, pushed it towards the shore, and the boat shot into the lake!

After paddling in the lake for a while, Ruan Xiaoer made a move and called out, "Brother Seven, have you seen Wulang?"

Li Yan looked and saw a boat rolling out of the reeds.

Ruan Xiaoqi wore a black hat to cover the sun, a chess piece cloth vest on his body, and a raw sarong around his waist. While punting the boat, he asked, "Second Brother, why are you looking for Fifth Brother?"

Ruan Xiaoer said: "Brother Li Yan came to invite us to go to Liangshan to have fun, and I came here to find you two!"

Ruan Xiaoqi looked at Li Yan and Zhu Gui, and finally stopped his eyes on Li Yan, who was more like the boss, and asked: "Brother, is the Supreme Treasure who acts on behalf of the heavens?"

Li Yan cupped his hands and said, "Seventh Brother invites you!"

Seeing Li Yan's admission, Ruan Xiaoqi dropped Huajiu and bowed: "A few days ago, I told my two elder brothers that we can't fish and make a living for the rest of our lives. Come recruit us!"

From Ruan Xiaoqi's words, it's not difficult to hear that the three brothers hope that someone will know them. It can be said that they are looking forward to the stars and the moon. Gai and Wu used to rob the birthday card!
pity!

The lives of the three brothers are not very good!

Chao Gai, the loyal eldest brother of the three brothers, died too early.

After it was Song Jiang's turn to be in charge, Song Jiang brought Li Jun, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Tong Wei and Tong Meng to Liangshan. Li Jun and others were Song Jiang's direct descendants. The most important thing is that Li Jun, Zhang Shun and others are also very capable.

Therefore, although the three brothers led the navy to show off and make great achievements when Gao Yu and others attacked Liangshanpo several times, it was still difficult to avoid being squeezed out by Song Jiang.

In fact, think about it, this is normal.

The three brothers went to Liangshan with Chao Gai, and their strength on the water can be said to be comparable to few people. Therefore, after going to Liangshan, the Liangshanshui army has been controlled by their three brothers!

But these three brothers belong to Chao Gai, Song Jiang is of course worried about them, after all, Song Jiang's replacement of Chao Gai can be said to be a conspiracy!
Moreover, the entry and exit defense of Liangshanbo must rely on the navy!
Song Jiang naturally didn't dare to hand over such a heavy responsibility to the three of them!

In the end, Ruan Xiaoer killed himself because he didn't want to be a captive. Ruan Xiaowu also died in Jiangnan. Ruan Xiaoqi was framed by a villain and took his old mother to spend his old age. one!
sad!

Can be strong!

In the end, the three brothers never betrayed Shuibo Liangshan, nor their vows, even if they were treated unfairly!

Li Yan returned the courtesy and said: "I heard the names of the three brothers a long time ago, but it's a pity that I haven't been able to get out to meet each other. Now that I want to develop the navy, the first thing I think of is the three brothers, so I came to visit!"

Ruan Xiaoqi was overjoyed and said: "Our brothers will definitely live up to my elder brother!"

The two boats came together and rowed to a certain place.

The land was full of water, and there were seven or eight thatched cottages on Gaobu, Ruan Xiaoer called out, "Ma'am, is Fifth Brother there?"

A wrinkled mother-in-law walked out of one of the thatched cottages.

The mother-in-law said angrily: "I can't tell, and I can't fish. I went to gamble for a few days, and I lost a penny. In the morning, I asked for the hairpin on my head and went to the town to gamble."

Ruan Xiaoer laughed and wanted to row the boat away.

Li Yan suddenly said: "Wait a minute!"

Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaoqi looked at Li Yan in complete confusion!
Li Yan said: "Let me pay my respects to my old lady."

After speaking, Li Yan stretched out his hand to Zhu Gui.

Zhu Gui very conspicuously handed over a heavy package that he had been carrying to Li Yan.

Li Yan got off the boat with the package and came to her mother-in-law, then put the package on the wooden shelf beside her, and said, "Ma'am, take it and get some jewelry."

Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaoqi hurriedly disembarked to stop Li Yan, and said in unison: "Brother, this can't be done!"

Li Yan asked with a smile: "Why can't it be done?"

Ruan Xiaoer said: "Our brother and elder brother are loyal, don't call gold and silver to destroy our brother's loyalty!"

Li Yandao: "This is not specially for your brothers. All the good men who come to Liangshanbo will have a settling allowance. The ordinary soldiers will have [-] guan, the leader will have a hundred guan, and the leader will have a thousand guan. You three brothers are selected by me from countless heroes. Why can't the leader of the navy take the three thousand guan gold?"

Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaoqi were overjoyed when they heard that Li Yan invited them to be leaders, and that they were selected from among countless good men—how could they not know that Li Yan only had Wang Lun, The four leaders Du Qian, Song Wan, and Zhu Gui, among them, Zhu Gui was promoted to be the leader only a few days ago, and as soon as their brothers went up the mountain, Li Yan asked them all to be the leaders. What's important?

At this time, a man with a tattered turban slanted with a pomegranate flower on his temples, an old cloth shirt with a collar showing his green tattoo on his chest, a leopard inside, his trousers tied up, and a man with a cloth handkerchief wrapped around it come rowing!
Ruan Xiaoqi waved his hand and shouted at the people: "Fifth Brother, Brother Li Yan has invited us to Liangshan to be the leader, and he will give us three thousand guan gold as a family allowance!"

Ruan Xiaowu was taken aback for a moment, then quickly rowed a few times to the shore, and then went ashore!
After looking at Li Yan and Zhu Gui for a while, Ruan Xiaowu scratched his head, he couldn't tell who is Li Yan, Li Yan or Zhu Gui?

In fact, it's not Ruan Xiaowu's fault, it's because Li Yan is too young - judging from his appearance, Li Yan is at most 26 or 24 years old, in fact, Li Yan is only [-] this year.

Seeing Ruan Xiaowu's embarrassment, Li Yan cupped his hands and said, "Fifth Brother invites you."

Ruan Xiaowu hurriedly saluted, and said, "We are willing to give up the mountain with brother, and don't mention the family expenses!"

Ruan Xiaoer also said: "We are willing to go up the mountain with my brother, and we don't want my brother's family expenses!"

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "It's enough to give a three-two-two to drink, this three thousand is too much."

Ever since she found out that there were three thousand pieces of gold in the package, Ruan's mother kept looking at the ordinary-looking package——Yujian, you can't afford the price if you hit it as much as you want. Being poor, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi are addicted to gambling, the family is even poorer. It is no exaggeration to say that Ruan's mother has never even seen gold, so how can she not be jealous of the three thousand pieces of gold?By the way, this is one of the reasons why the three brothers of the Ruan family sharpened their heads and changed careers.

Suddenly hearing from the three brothers that they don't want the three thousand pieces of gold, Ruan's mother is in a hurry!
Glancing at the anxious Mother Ruan, Zhu Gui said with a smile: "Xiu Daoduo, there was a sale in the village a few days ago, and each leader was given a thousand guan, and the bosses all had one or two hundred guan. The brothers who didn't go down the mountain , including the elders and children of the brothers, everyone has money and silver, I just became the leader that day, and I was also allocated a thousand guan, and I also received a thousand guan as a settling allowance, so the three brothers do not need to refuse."

Hearing from Zhu Gui that each leader will get a thousand guan in one deal, the three brothers are all yearning for it!

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "It's rare that my brother loves us, no matter what, we will accept this settling fee, and we will work hard for my brother in the future!"

Ruan Xiaoer also said: "That's the truth!"

Seeing that Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaoqi both agreed to ask for the money, the old lady smiled again, Ruan Xiaowu said: "Then take it, from now on the lives of the three of us will be sold to my brother!"

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After drinking for half a night with the three Ruan family brothers, and making an appointment with the three Ruan family brothers that they would go to Liangshan in three days, Li Yan and Zhu Gui returned to Liangshanbo.

After Li Yan and Zhu Gui left, the three brothers continued to drink.

Ruan Xiaoer said: "Although there are many heroes in Shandong and Hebei, none of them is doing great things for Tian Xingdao like brother Li Yan. We brothers finally have a turn of events!"

Ruan Xiaowu said: "Our brothers have a lot of abilities, but they have been unknown all the time. We have been fishing for a long time, and today we finally come out." Ruan Xiaowu patted his neck and said: "This accent Hot-blooded, you should sell it to brother, who knows the goods!"

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "Go into the water, go into the fire, go into the fire, if we don't want to give up our lives to help him, we will swear by the remaining wine: let us all suffer from misfortune, sickness, and death!"

Ruan Xiaoer said again: "I have a calculation here."

Ruan Xiaoqi asked: "What's the fuss?"

Ruan Xiaoer said: "Our brothers have not accomplished an inch, and we all served as leaders as soon as we went up the mountain. We are afraid that people will not accept us, saying that we all became the leaders because of my brother's love."

Ruan Xiaowu frowned and said, "It's true."

Ruan Xiaoqi said urgently: "Second brother, if you have something to say, just say it, you're so unhappy!"

Ruan Xiaoer said: "I heard from my brother that Liangshanbo's water army is weak, and it is difficult to expand it in a hurry. Why don't we invite some friends to go up to the mountain to gather together? At that time, we can drink fine wine together, wear brocade clothes together, and share gold and silver together. Isn't it beautiful?"

Ruan Xiaoqi laughed and said, "What do I think is so difficult? With our brothers' loyalty, why is it so difficult to bring hundreds of 80 people up the mountain together!"

Ruan Xiaowu also said: "It's not difficult! It just takes some time, three days may not be enough."

Ruan Xiaoer said: "It's okay, count how much you can gather in three days, and calculate the rest later."

Ruan Xiaoqi looked forward to it, and said, "Big brother will be surprised by then!"

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(End of this chapter)