The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 99 Ya Nei hangs herself

A hundred miles away from Zhuozhou, there is Suolong Mountain.

Suolong Mountain, winding from west to east, looks like a dragon in the distance.Looking closer, the bottom of the mountain is full of strange pines and cypresses, and the mountain is full of strange rocks.The majestic beauty of this mountain reveals the gloom, and the precipitousness hides murderous intentions.

In the dense jungle at the foot of the mountain, there is a path with ups and downs, which leads to the mountain with twists and turns.The dazzling sunlight slanted down through the gaps between the branches, most of the light was covered by the shade of the trees, and the only ray of skylight left dappled the path in the forest.

At this moment, a man and a woman appeared on this small road where few people come and go, and behind them was a majestic donkey.The two talked and laughed loudly as they walked, as if they didn't care about the scenery in front of them, and they didn't care about the dangerous scene in the mountain at all.

The young man walked for a while, and complained to the purple-clothed girl next to him: "Little witch, it took me a lot of effort to snatch this little lady from Member Lu, but you didn't let me talk to you all day long." It's close, do you want to tire this young hero to death, or are you jealous?"

The girl in purple snorted coquettishly, and said: "Smelly beggar, you're so kind! Before the girl said to ride up and have a rest, a big man has been clamoring to get on the donkey from morning to night. Unless you find a donkey for this girl too Desirable mount, otherwise you will never want to ride it in your life!"

The young man sighed, spread his hands, and said: "Last time, the officials said that they would reward this young man with a golden gourd, and that he could go to various prefectures and counties in the Song Dynasty to withdraw money at will, but so many days have passed in the blink of an eye. I haven't even seen a gourd seedling, how noble you forget about things! We are too tight now, and the golden gourd is not here, where do you ask this young hero to get you a mount?"

The girl in purple said disapprovingly: "I don't care, if you can't find it, then don't even think about riding a donkey!"

The young man smiled wryly, and wanted to explain a few more words, but suddenly heard a man crying in sorrow from the forest in front of him.The thoughts of the young man and the purple-clothed girl were drawn by the crying.

The purple-clothed girl pointed to the front and asked: "This man is crying so miserably, there must be a serious accident, should we help each other when we see injustice?"

The young man shook his head, and said, "Little witch, how much have you been meddling along the way? Obviously Zhuozhou is only two or three days away from here, but I forced you to go out for more than ten days. If you keep meddling, I'm afraid you will be in trouble for the rest of your life." I can’t reach Yongzhou anymore!”

The girl in purple snorted coldly, "Smelly beggar, you still keep calling yourself a young hero, but you don't even have the slightest bit of chivalry. Besides drinking and roasting chicken every day, what else do you do?"

The young man smiled slightly and said, "This young man can also grill fish."

"You!" The girl in purple pointed at the young man beside her, she was so angry that she couldn't speak.After a long while, she finally said: "You don't care, anyway, this girl is determined!" Said and quickly ran towards the direction of the crying sound.

The young man sighed helplessly, took the reins of the donkey, and chased after the girl in purple with swift steps.While chasing after him quickly, he shouted loudly: "Hey, little witch, run slowly! If you run so fast again, this young hero will be on a donkey!"

The girl in purple didn't pay any attention to him, her pace became faster, she turned into the dense forest in an instant, and ran towards the direction where the crying sound came from.Soon, in an open space in the forest, she found a young scribe who was dressed luxuriously and looked ugly.

I saw that this person was about thirty years old, with a flat, flat face, and a huge Adam's apple bulging outward. At first glance, he thought he had a tumor between his neck.At this moment, with a sad face on his face, he squatted beside a dirt pit, filled the pit with his hands, and lamented: "Brothers, you have been similar to Wang Dan for several years, and you have been loyal to our father and son. But because of my incompetence, you are buried here! I will never have the face to meet your family, I will never have the face to see my father, and I will never have the face to see the people under my father’s rule. I would rather die today. But I hope that after my death, the crimes I committed can be offset, and my father must not be implicated!"

With his voice, the pit has been gradually filled.Then he stood up slowly, took off the belt around his waist, and hung it on a crooked neck tree in front of him.

Seeing this, the purple-clothed girl dashed over, and immediately came to the man's side.The man had just hung the belt on the tree when he suddenly saw a girl in front of him, screamed in fright, backed up again and again, and hit a tree behind him.

The young scribe only knew that there were strong people behind him, so he said in a deep voice: "Thief, you have taken away the prisoner I was escorting, and you still refuse to let me go! I advise you, you have to forgive others, and if you dare to Kill me, my father will not let you go!"

Seeing this, the girl in purple thought it was a bit funny, but seeing his terrified look, she had no choice but to hold back her smile, and said softly as much as possible: "Master, you are also from a wealthy family, why are you hiding here alone looking for life? You don't have to." I'm afraid, I'm not on the same side as the king you're talking about, just tell me if you have anything to say."

Seeing that the purple-clothed girl was not a villain, the young scribe breathed a sigh of relief, "Young lady, I am the son of Wang Hu, the supervisory censor. My name is Wang Dan, and my style name is Ziming. My father was demoted because he offended Lu Duoxun, a powerful official in the court. When I went to the local prefect, my father loved the people like a son, and couldn't bear to see the bandits rampant here, so he often sent out the police from the government office to wipe out the bandits nearby. I just caught a group of bandits two days ago, and my father wanted me to experience them. Let me lead people to escort them outside the city and behead them. Unexpectedly, within three miles of leaving the city, a group of villains appeared from nowhere and took away these death row prisoners. They also left a sentence saying that if we If you have the guts, go to Suolongshan to be an important person. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, losing a death row prisoner is a capital crime. Even if my father is a magistrate, he can’t save me. So in desperation, I had to take people to Suolongshan to be an important person. In the end, my men arrested If they are not their opponents, if they die, if they run away, I see that there is no way out, so I plan to die."

The girl in purple nodded and asked, "What's the name of the owner of Suolong Village? Who are the prisoners they took away? Don't worry, as long as this girl comes out, she will definitely be able to catch the lost criminals, even the criminals on the mountain. , this girl also sent it away!"

Wang Dan looked at the girl in front of him in disbelief, and said after a while: "The prisoners they took away are all bandits from Lishan. Ninth, the rest are their subordinate soldiers, a total of 23 people. The Dazhai Lord on Suolong Mountain is even more famous, his name is Jin Baozi Zhang Shi, these people are all extraordinary in martial arts, girls must be careful!"

Before the girl in purple could answer, the young man had already walked over quickly, leading the donkey, "Hahaha, what a great person I am. It turned out to be a group of bobcats and beasts. I'm hungry, so I happened to serve them wine!"

Wang Dan saw that the two of them ignored bandits at all, and asked curiously: "May I ask you two, who are you? Can you tell me your names so that I can rest assured."

The young man patted his chest and said: "This young hero is called Wan Jianfeng, the son of Wan Mengsheng, the owner of Yinfeng Villa. This little witch is called Murong Yunyao, the daughter of Murong Yanzhao, the founding father of the Song Dynasty. It is said that we are both wise and brave, and have extraordinary courage and insight, just reporting the names of our ancestors is enough to scare these grasshoppers out of their wits!"

Wang Dan is a literati, he has never heard of Wan Mengsheng's name, but he has heard of Murong Yanzhao a little bit, he said suspiciously: "You are serious? If you two can really help me arrest Liu Qi and Shen Jiu When I come back, I will definitely repay the two benefactors."

The two nodded, turned around and were about to go up the mountain. At this time, a slightly scruffy man walked out of the forest, blocking their way with an arrogant expression.All three of them looked at the person vigilantly, but they saw that this person had a long sword on his waist, a hard bow and a pot of sharp arrows on his back. arrogance.The fly in the ointment is that he is wearing a royal blue robe loosely, and it is full of wine stains, giving people the feeling of being a little rough.

This person came closer, smiled coldly, and said: "Who said that he is the son of Wan Mengsheng just now? Why have I never heard from Master that he also has a son?"

Wan Jianfeng was startled when he heard the words, and his expression was very excited, "You...what are you talking about? My father is really still alive, and he has accepted you as an apprentice? Then where is he now? Tell me quickly!"

This person said with disdain: "Who do you think you are, why should I tell you? You are just a bit similar to my master, and you came here to pretend to be his son. You are really shameless!"

Wan Jianfeng has always been free and easy, he doesn't care about anything, but when he heard the news about his father, his expression was so excited that even his body trembled slightly.He grabbed the person's hand and said urgently: "Good brother! Tell me quickly, where is my father?"

The man pointed to the wine gourd on Wan Jianfeng's waist, and said, "You didn't even buy me a sip of wine, why should I tell the truth to you, a person I met by chance? If you are all officials of the imperial court, if I say So, wouldn't Master be in danger?"

Wan Jianfeng hurriedly untied the wine gourd, handed it to him and said, "Brother, just drink it, it just so happens that there is good wine today, and it contains..."

Before Wan Jianfeng could finish speaking, he grabbed the wine gourd, opened the seal and sniffed it.Immediately, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he laughed loudly: "This brother has a good taste, and it contains the best Dukang!" As he spoke, he raised his neck impatiently, and drank the wine in the gourd down to the last drop.

Wan Jianfeng couldn't help admiring when he saw that he could tell the type of wine just by sniffing it casually.He smiled and said: "You drank my wine, we are friends. I don't know how to call this brother, are you really my father's disciple?"

The man smiled slightly, and handed the wine gourd back to Wan Jianfeng, "Whether you are Wan Mengsheng's son remains to be verified, but I am Wan Mengsheng's apprentice, but it's true. My name is Zhang Yong. I had the honor to worship Wan Mengsheng as my teacher, and learned art from my master for several years. One day, a Taoist priest came to my home, who seemed to be an old friend of my master. I was abducted by this Taoist priest, saying that he was wandering somewhere. It has been three to five years since I left, and I have never seen my teacher again."

Wan Jianfeng was a little discouraged when he heard the words, and sighed: "I thought I could find out his whereabouts with the news of my father, but who would have thought that his father is as unreliable as his son, but the one who kidnapped me is also Miss, he is a good old man, and he went to play with the old Niubi! It seems that I was happy for nothing, but it is a pity that my pot of good Dukang wine!"

Zhang Yong smiled and said: "Brother, are you really the son of a benefactor? My master is not as stingy as you, and will never be upset because a friend drank a pot of wine from him! I have heard my master say that he has A wife named Menghan, but never heard him mention that he has a son? Could it be that when the master and his wife separated for some reason, the master didn't know that the teacher was pregnant, so he didn't know that there was still a son in this world? have you?"

Wan Jianfeng said: "Brother, you are quite accurate! It's a pity that you are not an official."

Zhang Yong looked at Wan Jianfeng sympathetically, and patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, don't be discouraged, the mountain will never change. You father and son, our master and apprentice will meet each other!" He pointed at Wang Dan after finishing speaking. , said: "I have learned swordsmanship with my master for several years, but I have never tried the sharp edge. Why don't we go up the mountain together and help this brother Wang settle this matter."

Murong Yunyao smiled, and said to Zhang Yong: "My girl hasn't fought with anyone for a long time. Seeing brother Zhang's posture, he wants to kill all the bandits by himself. Isn't that girl very boring?"

Zhang Yong smiled and said, "Miss, don't worry! Zhang Shi, Liu Qi, and Shen Jiu are three people, and we are also three people here, just one for each person, everyone has to be beaten!"

Murong Yunyao nodded, looked at Wan Jianfeng and Zhang Yong, and said: "Then it's settled, you don't want to eat too much, otherwise, this girl's hands are itchy, and I will use you to practice!"

Wang Dan, who had been silent for a long time, had a complex expression on his face at the moment. He looked at the three people in front of him as if he was looking at a monster. He had dealt with bandits along with his father over the years, and he had personally seen the ferocious policemen in the yamen. , how to fear the bandits like a tiger, occasionally there are a few heroes who are not afraid of death, but also risk their lives to fight against the bandits. I have never seen bandits treated like kittens and puppies. Surprised.

He was about to go forward and give some more instructions, telling them how terrifying the bandits are.But before he could open his mouth, the three of them tapped their toes and disappeared like three gusts of wind.Looking at the position where the three of them had just stood, Wang Dan was no longer surprised, and felt a sense of reverence spontaneously.

(End of this chapter)