The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 418
In a blink of an eye, it was mid-April.

Because of the alliance with Tian Hu, Mu Xu simply left early and went to Tunliu first.He stayed there for five or six days, and on April [-], he was escorted by Zhang Qing himself with [-] troops and headed west.

In order to suppress Xia Tianhu's arrogance, Mu Xu deliberately controlled the time all the way, so that the journey that originally only took one and a half days took more than three days, and they did not rush when the agreed morning came. Appeared thirty miles east of Hengling Fort.

Tian Hu claimed to be the lord of half of Jinzhou, so of course he didn't want to be rude to others, so he sent his uncle Wu Li De'an to meet Mu Xu very early, and Zhu Wu and his party who had not returned from the envoy came with him. .

With Zhu Wu by his side, Wu Li De'an connected with Mu Xu very smoothly. After meeting Mu Xu, Wu Li De'an said in a substandard Chinese,

"My king is already waiting in the camp not far ahead, and I ask the village master to condescend to go."

Mu Xu glanced at Zhu Wu from the corner of his eyes, and after seeing him nodding slightly, he responded with a smile, "So there is General Lao Wu, please lead the way."

Unexpectedly, when Wu Lidean heard Mu Xu's address, he couldn't help being stunned, and explained with a wry smile, "The village master misunderstood, my surname is Wu Lide, and my single name is An, and Wu Lide is the surname of Khitan."

Mu Xu's face suddenly became embarrassed, and amidst the funny expressions of Zhu Wu and the others, he laughed a little embarrassedly, "Look at me, I'm so ignorant, please don't be offended by General Wulid'an!"

Wu Li De'an didn't care about it, and instead comforted Mu Xu, "Where is Mu Zhaizhu, you don't know that I am a Khitan, so there may be mistakes."

While speaking, he made a gesture of invitation, and then got on his horse to lead the way for Mu Xu and his party.

On the way, under Mu Xu's intentional or unintentional guidance, Wu Lidian explained his origin clearly.

It is said that Wu Li Dean was originally a well-known general in Khitan, also known as Wu Li.He can lift a thousand kilograms of weight with both arms, and can draw a strong bow with both hands. He is used to wielding a fifty-jin wind-piercing broadsword, and his martial arts skills are very strong.

But later, he offended the nobles in the middle school, and had to flee with his family to the Han area in Hedong, met Tian Hu by a coincidence, and finally even betrothed his younger sister to Tian Hu as a concubine.

Therefore, although Wu Lidean was born in a different race, he is Tian Hu's confidant, and his trust level is second only to Tian Hu's brothers.

In the eyes of Zhu Wu and others, Mu Xu seemed to be very interested in this Wu Lide'an, asking all the way.

In fact, what they didn't know was that Mu Xu knew about Wu Li De'an and that he was from Khitan, and the reason why he paid so much attention to Wu Li De'an was because of his adopted daughter Qiongying. The original text described the origin of this woman too mysteriously.

The original Water Margin said that Qiongying, alias Qiu Qiongying, nicknamed Qiong Shijian, was born in Fenyang, Hedong.When he was ten years old, his father was killed by Tian Hu, and his mother, Song, was taken into captivity to be Mrs. Yazhai. She refused and threw herself to death from a cliff, turning into a strange stone.Soon after, she was taken captive by Ulidan from the Tianhu tribe, and she was considered a righteous daughter.

After learning about his mother, he often has the ambition of revenge.Suddenly one day, Yemeng, a god-man in golden armor, attracted a general to teach him the magic of flying stones. This general was Zhang Qing, who had no feathers and arrows.

When Tian Hu was conquered in Liangshan, Qiongying married Zhang Qing and surrendered to Song Jiang. He led the army to break through the gate of Weisheng City, and captured Tian Hu's brothers Tian Bao and Tian Biao alive.

Judging from these records, Mu Xu knew that this matter was likely to be false, and there was no such thing as a golden-armored god who imparted skills in his dreams.The original text also said that Song Jiang had dreamed of the Nine Heavens Xuannv to teach him the art of war and guide his future, but what was the result?

From the beginning to the end of a piece of Water Margin, apart from seeing Song Jiang playing tricks and tricks that are not on the table, he has never seen any military art or martial arts.

When Mu Xu saw this passage in his previous life, he was extremely curious about it.Since I met Ulydian, one of the parties involved, today I wanted to satisfy his curiosity.

Under his insinuation, words were quickly drawn out from Wu Lidian's mouth, that there was indeed a woman named Qiongying, but the origin was not as stated in the original book.

According to Ulid'an himself, Qiongying was indeed his adopted daughter, and both belonged to the same tribe of Khitan.Qiongying's biological father died in the early years to save Wulid'an, so Qiongying was adopted by Wulid'an since she was a child, and the girl was only five years old at that time.

Seeing that Mu Xu seemed to be quite interested in his own daughter, Wu Li Dean, a Khitan, reacted very differently. Not only was he not angry, but he even joked with a smile,
"My daughter has been a famous teacher since she was a child, and she has learned martial arts well when she grows up. She loves the heroes of the world the most. She also came here with my king the day before yesterday, and she may be introduced to the village master later. Maybe the two of you have something different fate."

Hearing these words, Mu Xu immediately realized that his behavior today was a bit unreasonable, so he quickly explained,

"Don't misunderstand, general. I just mentioned my daughter because I heard someone say that she is good at flying stones, and she can hit a hundred shots. It just so happens that my brother Zhang Qing also knows this flying stone skill. It's inevitable for a while." A little curious."

Unexpectedly, Wu Lidean said, "Hey, what should I do? Let the two of them compete later."

Having said this, he changed his voice and continued to promote his own daughter, "My daughter is eighteen years old, and she was as beautiful as a flower, but unfortunately she always has her eyes high above her head and looks down on ordinary men, even to this day. Du Yunying is not married.

To see such a hero as the village master today, isn't it a predestined fate!Does the village master really not think about it? "

"This..." Mu Xu was tongue-tied and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Seeing Mu Xu's expression, Wu Lide'an thought that Mu Xu was thin-skinned, so he continued, "We Khitan people don't have as many rules as you Han people. As long as you two see each other correctly, let her go with the village master." That's it."

Zhu Wu, who was following the two, heard their conversation, rolled his eyes slightly, and interjected at the right time, "Village Master, it's rare that General Wulid has such kind intentions, why do you refuse people thousands of miles away?"

Hearing the words, Wu Lidean echoed loudly, "Yes, yes, as the saying goes, a beautiful woman deserves a hero, and the village master is a first-class hero, so don't refuse any more."

It turns out that Wu Lide'an has quite a good understanding of people. When he saw Mu Xu today, he felt that he was a dragon and a phoenix, a heroic figure, and his bearing was even higher than that of Tian Hu, which immediately made him want to make friends.

Later, when Mu Xu asked about his adopted daughter Qiongying, Wu Lide'an was like a pillow when he fell asleep, and immediately beat the snake with a stick, proposing to betroth his daughter to Mu Xu.

As a foreigner, Wu Lide'an didn't have the word loyalty at all. He just wanted to let his family gain a better foothold in the Central Plains, and get ahead by the way.

To achieve this, of course, we should form good karma and dora relationships.As for the way to build a relationship, what else can compare to marriage?

It was with this idea that he married his younger sister Yu Tianhu first, and today he wanted to repeat the same trick, and then promised his adopted daughter to Mu Xu.

In this way, not only can he get involved with Mu Xu, the leader of the power, but also find a way out for his family, so that Tian Hu will not be defeated in the future, and his family will be followed forever.

As for why Zhu Wu followed Ulid'an to persuade Mu Xu, the reason was more realistic.In Zhu Wu's opinion, there are at least two benefits for Mu Xu to agree to this matter.

First, they can build up a relationship with Tian Hu by turning around the bush, which will be of great help to their current covenant.

Second, it doesn't matter whether Tian Hu is put down by the court or defeated by Mu Xu in the future.With the relationship of Wu Lide'an, it is convenient for Ji to annex Tian Hu's forces better.

It was based on the above two considerations that Zhu Wu seemed to be more enthusiastic than Wu Li De'an, the client. Even though Wu Li De'an had already shut up, he still kept talking and kept giving Mu Xu secret winks.

Mu Xu is not blind, how could he not see Zhu Wu's little moves?And he guessed Zhu Wu's plan after thinking about it for a while, but he didn't easily agree.

For him, it is nothing to accept another woman, but everything should be done in moderation, if it is too much, it is not beautiful, even if Qiongying is really to be accepted, it should be Uridan's plea, not his own family to facilitate the matter.

Wanting to understand the joints, Mu Xu immediately gave Zhu Wu a calm look, signaling him to stop talking, and then said to Wu Lide,
"This matter is related to Ling'ai's life. General Wulid should consider it carefully. It is best to ask Ling'ai again, so as not to regret it in the future."

Hearing Mu Xu's intention to let go, Wu Lide'an couldn't help being overjoyed, and wanted to work harder to finalize the matter, but he saw that the camp was already in sight, and Tian Hu had already brought people to wait at the door, so he had no choice but to say the words that came to his lips. Swallowed it back.

A group of people approached, and when there were still a dozen steps away from the gate, Mu Xu saw the leading man in Chinese clothes coming forward, and immediately understood the identity of this person, presumably it must be Tian Hu.

Seeing that Tian Hu greeted him first, Mu Xu naturally didn't want to be rude. He raised his hand slightly, ordered the whole army to stop, then got off his horse, put on a smiling face, and raised his legs to meet him.

In the blink of an eye, the two came to each other and sized each other up. They saw that Tian Hu was about forty years old, with big ears on one side and a beard on his lower jaw, a seven-foot man with a very majestic body.

In Tian Hu's eyes, Mu Xu is more like a handsome son, more like a green forest leader.Even though he had heard that his life was very young, he still felt shocked when he saw him.

The two people just looked at each other like this, neither of them was willing to lower their heads to speak first, and in the end an old man accompanied by Tian Hu couldn't see it, so he had to cough lightly, bowed to Mu Xu, and said,

"I think this is the world-famous Mu Zhaizhu, the old man Fan Quan is polite."

On the way here, Mu Xu found out from Wu Li De'an that Tian Hu also had a concubine named Fan, whose father was Fan Quan.He smiled lightly and saluted with his fists cupped, and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Fan in person, I'm so disrespectful!"

Fan Quan didn't dare to dare, and then said to Tian Hu pointedly, "I have prepared a grand rice dumpling banquet under the orders of the king, and I ask the king to show it."

Tian Hu borrowed the slope to go down the donkey road, "There is a father-in-law, brother Mu Xian, please hurry up, let's have a drink first and then talk about it."

Mu Xu replied with a smile on his face, "Then it's better to be respectful than obedient, but before drinking, you have to settle down with your brothers first."

Tian Hu seemed to have just seen the army led by Mu Xu, patted his forehead, and said angrily, "Is it for my brother, I forgot such an important event!"

As he said that, he ordered a young general behind him, "Shi'er, why are you standing there in a daze, hurry up and take Brother Mu's army to settle!"

This young general is Tian Shi, Tian Hu's nephew. After hearing his uncle's words, he rushed out, saluted Mu Xu hastily, and then came to Zhang Qing, pointing to the Daying Road not far from the camp.

"General, please come here. My uncle has already arranged a camp for the army to rest."

Zhang Qing looked at Mu Xu when he heard the words, and after seeing that Mu Xu had no objection, he whispered a few words to Yang Chun and Chen Da, and asked them to lead the army to follow Tian Shi.He himself and Shi Jin stood on the left and the right, like two big protectors, standing behind Mu Xu, obviously worried about Mu Xu's safety.

Tian Hu didn't say much when he saw this, he smiled and took Mu Xu's left arm, and walked towards the camp together.

After coming to the big tent in the camp to sit down, Tian Hu first introduced the generals he had brought, besides Fan Quan and Wu Li Desun, Tian Hu's brother Tian Bao, and a female general, Na Qiongying .

Mu Xu's eyes naturally fell on Qiongying, but he saw what she looked like: the golden hairpin is inserted into the phoenix, hiding the dark clouds.The armor is covered with silver, and the light bullies Ruixue.Treading treasure stirrup shoes with red tips, and Shu Nenyu with painted halberd hands.The waist of the willow is crossed, and the folded victories are swaying with purple.The jade body is light and light, and the embroidered robe is shrouded in red clouds.The face is piled with peach blossoms in March, and the eyebrows are covered with spring willow leaves.

Even Mu Xu, who was used to seeing beauties, couldn't help but praise in his heart, "What a heroic and beautiful female general!" He couldn't help comparing her with Hu Sanniang for a while.

How should I put it, the two girls are about equal in appearance, but Hu Sanniang is more feminine. This girl may be due to her foreign blood, and the lines on her face appear more contoured and more exotic.

Qiongying noticed that someone was looking at her, and a red cloud appeared on her face, and she stared back fiercely, but Mu Xu returned her a nice smile as if she didn't realize it.

After all, it was a woman, Qiongying couldn't hold on immediately, and hurriedly moved her eyes away, but it could be seen from her clenched fists that she was not at peace.

Tian Hu, who sat at the top, didn't pay attention to the eyebrow-eye lawsuit between the two, and talked to Mu Xu from time to time, and asked his subordinates to persuade him to drink frequently, trying to move back from the wine table.

Mu Xu withdrew his eyes from Qiongying, faced with Tian Hu and others' persuasion, he poured his glass dry, that's called a never-refusing one, and he drank a pot of wine in a short time.

Tian Hu was also slow-witted, and when he found out that something was wrong, it was too late.Seeing that Mu Xu was still in good spirits and his face was as usual, but his brother Tian Bao and father-in-law Fan Quan were drunk and hazy, and they sat down and began to stagger.

"What a disgraceful thing!" Tian Hu cursed secretly, and had no choice but to come out to smooth things over, "Brother is really a good drinker, I admire him very much. And I'm trying the dishes on the table to see how they differ from the Ludi flavor."

Mu Xu insisted on his status, so he couldn't care less about such a small trick, so he immediately followed suit, used a few mouthfuls of dishes, and boasted a few words against his will.

(End of this chapter)