Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 151
On a warm winter day, a wild duck swam across the reeds and thrust its head into the water. When it lifted up, a fresh fish flicked its tail in the air, flew out of the water, and landed on the lake with fine ripples. Then the duck's head stretched and retracted to swallow the fish.

"Hurry up—a group of tired idiots, they have been dawdling like this for more than ten days, if you still can't finish the practice today, each of you will give you twenty lashes to give you a long memory! Hurry up—"

The roar trembled in the air, the startled wild duck shook its head and swayed its hips and hurried away, but it was Liangshan's daily practice, and this newcomer was being trained by Liangshan veterans, but a group of surrendered soldiers were already lazy, and few of them could persevere. The man who exercises.

"I have never seen such a loose soldier before."

On the heights of Liangshan, a figure in a cloak rubbed his forehead. The original idea of ​​taking in the surrendered soldiers and annexing the Sifang Green Forest was ruthlessly dissipated by the reality. There are only a hundred people who can use this group of surrendered soldiers. If they want to be useful, at least It will take several months of practice time.

"It's God's will to let my brother rest." Qiao Lie was wearing a Taoist robe and a fur coat with gossip patterns on it. At this time, he looked at the veteran waving rattan at the foot of the mountain with his hands in his hands and smiled: "In the coming year, my brother will have more With more than a thousand available soldiers, it will be like picking something out of a pocket by then."

"It's just...that's all." Lu Bu was anxious in his heart, and wanted to say something, but suddenly he came to his senses and stopped.

"The little brother is also anxious, but this group of people is useless, and waiting for a while is helpless." On the other side, Liu Min was dressed thickly as a scholar, with a jade pendant around his waist and a folding fan in his hand, Because it was getting colder, the fans didn't open, they just huddled together and tapped their palms lightly.

Lu Bu's heart warmed up slightly, knowing that someone saw that he was trying to comfort him, he turned his head and sighed: "It's someone who is in a hurry."

"Brother, don't blame yourself." These two people are also good people, and they shook their hands after seeing this: "Anyone will be impatient about this matter."

Just as he was talking, he heard footsteps coming from behind, and turned his head to look, but it was Bian Xiang, together with Li Jiao and Niu Gao, walking quickly.

"Brother, we have brought the family members of the soldiers who descended from Yunzhou." The body of the tall and tall man was full of heat, and the white smoke above his head could be seen clearly in this winter day. It was obvious that he walked up the mountain in a hurry.

"Oh?" Lu Bu smiled, "Is it all arranged?"

"They all built houses around them, and talked to them about the tax fight. Most of the people did it voluntarily, and only a few had doubts." The root of the duckweed, as long as the government does not come to provoke, the people around here can even live a lot easier than before.

Qiao Lie laughed when he heard the words: "It's rare for people not to want to take a bucket of grain from an mu of land. If the poor are facing the loess, they are also willing to settle here."

Lu Bu also heaved a sigh of relief. Although there are few people, it is always a beginning. He just frowned and looked at Bian Xiang: "Then why are you suspicious? But you are not willing?"

"We don't collect exorbitant taxes, how can this group of people refuse?" Bian Xiang smiled bitterly: "It's not because I'm afraid that I will be suppressed by the government, and I will go back to the days when I didn't have enough to eat and was bullied by others."

Qiao Lie and Liu Min on the side were also wryly smiling and speechless when they heard this, but Lu Bu laughed grimly: "If the Song army is as large as Yun and Jizhou, even if there are [-] troops, it will be useless."

"Just waiting like that will hurt my vitality." Niu Gao scratched his head and said.

Lu Bu took a meaningful look at Niu Gao, waved his hand and said, "Then you are going to help a certain person with the matter of hoarding food and hoarding people."

"I would like to help my brother."

None of them were stupid, they knew what Lü Bu meant, and there was a strange brilliance in one or two of their eyes.

"Let's go." Lu Bu didn't want to say too much at this moment, he put on his cloak, turned around and walked towards the back: "Go and see what's going on with Deng Fei."

"Zhe Mozheng is in dire straits." Liu Min chuckled, "Brother Deng Fei came to me yesterday to ask for help, probably because there were too many confiscated and there were too many new recruits, so the accounts were unclear for a while."

Lu Bu shook his head: "It seems that some are difficult for others."

Turning to look at the two black men, the two black men were smiling like flowers, and when they saw Lu Bu, their eyes jumped together, and the smiles on their faces faded: "Brother, we two think about it." I promised Brother Xiao Haili to help train Ma Jun, so I'm leaving now."

After all, without waiting for Lu Bu to speak, he ran away without a trace.

Lu Bu stared at the backs of the two of them in astonishment: "I didn't say that I want them to help Deng Fei, why are you running so fast?"

Bian Xiang didn't wait for Lu Bu to look away, he cupped his hands and said, "I accepted brother Du Po's request, and I agreed to come back to discuss with him, so I'm leaving first."

Turn around and walk away.

Lu Bu was quite amused, he shook his head and looked at Qiao Lie and the two: "Is there something wrong with you two?"

"Pindao is fine here."

"Let's stay with brother, younger brother. I accepted Brother Deng Fei's invitation yesterday."

"I still think everyone is busy today."

"Brother was joking."

The three of them chatted and headed to the cottage in the back. The cloudy clouds covered the sun at some point, and the warm day suddenly turned cold. After a while, it began to rain.

……

When the cloud was rolling, Yang Lin just came out of the woods, looked up at the heavy rain cloud and frowned, took a look around, and saw a sign with the word "wine" in front of him, so he quickly trotted forward, before the rain fell shop.

"Hey, guest, you're here, what do you want to eat?"

Seeing this, the bartender hurried over, smiled, picked up a rag and wiped the table, and asked him to sit down.

Yang Lin took a look at the hotel, it was very clean, there was a tall shopkeeper wearing a deep-brimmed warm hat and a mink fur jacket at the counter, writing something there.

"First come Erjiao Shaojiu, what kind of meat do you have?" Yang Lin was not polite, sat down with a big horse with a golden knife, untied the burden and put it on the ground, and leaned the simple knife on the table.

"Yes." The bartender put the rag on his shoulders, bent down and smiled at Yang Lin, "There is a leg of lamb that I just bought, it's fresh."

"Can it be grilled?"

"Of course, how many guests do you want?"

Yang Lin nodded when he saw the words: "Bring the leg of lamb roasted whole, and then some bread. Hurry up."

"Okay, wait a minute, ye."

The bartender responded with a cry and went down to grill the leg of lamb. Yang Lin was bored sitting alone, just looking at the shopkeeper and thinking to himself, until the bartender brought all the things ready, Yang Lin said: "The shopkeeper Yes, if you have free time, you might as well have a drink together."

The shopkeeper raised his head and revealed a face with a three-pronged yellow beard. It was Zhu Gui, the new leader of Liangshan: "The guest is joking, how can a villain sit with you and eat wine? If you are not enough for the small shop, add more." .”

Yang Lin shook his head, and ate and drank a few sips to relieve his hunger: "Little brother Jin Baozi Yang Lin, I came here this time to find my friend Huoyan Suanni Deng Fei, I don't know if he is on the mountain?"

Over there, the pen in Zhu Gui's hand had already stopped. Looking around, he saw Yang Lin saluting him with a wine glass, and then he put down the pen and came over: "The customer is joking, the shop is a serious business, how do you know about the king of the mountain?" .”

Yang Lin clapped his hands: "Brother, don't be joking. Liangshan defeated the two army groups. At this time, everyone knows that your shop is located near Liangshan. If it didn't matter, wouldn't it be gone by now?"

Zhu Gui smiled and said: "Can't it be that the kings on the mountain are kind enough not to destroy my small business?"

Yang Linzi took a sip of wine: "Of course I can, but if it's an ordinary businessman, he would have left by himself, why would he dare to stay here?"

Zhu Gui laughed, cupped his hands and said: "Brother, you can see clearly, after I get the special wine, let's have a drink and send you up the mountain."

Yang Lin smiled embarrassedly: "Don't be in a hurry, I'm running fast all the way, my stomach is so hungry, it's not too late for my little brother to relieve his stomach before going up the mountain."

"It's my fault." Zhu Gui smiled, and looked at the rainwater outside: "We should wait for the rain to stop."

The two were chatting at the moment, when Yang Lin had almost eaten, the rain outside also stopped, Zhu Gui took a portion of wine, the two of them drank, Zhu Gui then opened the window, facing the water on the water pavilion Park fired a ringing arrow.

In the depths of the reeds facing the port, some young men came across the boat. Yang Lin bid farewell to Zhu Gui, and swayed on the boat towards Liangshan.

Since someone led him up the mountain, Yang Lin saw the majestic and majestic checkpoints all the way, the soldiers in the village were full of energy, and the sound of the sky-shattering drill resounded through the mountains. extraordinary.

At the place where people were received by the leader, Yang Lin waited there for a while, then heard the sound of running, and then the door opened, and Deng Fei looked over with fiery red eyes: "Oh, brother Yang is really you!"

Yang Lin hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Deng, long time no see."

Deng Fei took three steps and took two steps, came over and took him by the hand: "I haven't seen you for a long time, how have you been these few days?"

Yang Lin smiled wryly: "It's a good thing, it's just a fight in the rivers and lakes."

"It's really hard for you, brother. If I didn't get angry for a while and committed a crime, we should be able to fight again in the rivers and lakes together."

The two were chatting, when the light behind them dimmed, Yang Lin looked up and saw a tall and strong man, his hair tied with a purple gold crown, standing there in a cloak, his demeanor looked very extraordinary.

Feeling Yang Lin's gaze, Deng Fei hurriedly looked back and saw that Lu Bu was there, and hurriedly pulled Yang Lin over: "Brother, this is my best friend, Jin Baozi Yang Lin, who values ​​loyalty the most and loves to make friends with heroes." , Friends are all over the world."

You said to Yang Lin: "This is the head of our Liangshan..."

Yang Lin took over the words with a nod, bowed down and said: "Master Lv Bu's reputation is widely heard in Jianghu, and they all say that he is a first-class hero in Shandong and Hebei. I admire heroes the most in my life. I don't know if I have that honor. Follow the village master and see the majestic appearance of the village master."

Lu Bu hurriedly supported Yang Lin: "Brother is Deng Fei's friend, just like a friend of a certain person, and a certain person agreed to join the group."

Yang Lin was overjoyed at the moment: "Little brother pays homage to elder brother, and is willing to burn and burn for the cottage."

"Congratulations, brother, for gaining another talent."

At the back, Qiao Lie and Liu Min congratulated, and Yang Lin realized that there were two other people here. He was attracted by Lu Bu just now, but he didn't notice it, and hurriedly bowed his hands to apologize.

The two didn't take it seriously, they just introduced each other to Yang Lin with a smile, and they seemed to be having a good time.

"Brother, my younger brother passed through the Wolf Howling Mountain in Yanzhou. There are also good men who occupy the mountain and live there. I envy the village and want to seek refuge."

"Oh?" Everyone's eyes lit up, and the corner of Lu Bu's mouth curled up, "Who is occupying that place?"

"It is said that my brother's old acquaintance in the Guangji Army, surnamed Tian Mingba, can't come because of the teacher's order, I hope Dazhai can invite him personally."

"It's him?" Lv Bu was stunned, he patted Yang Lin and said, "It's really good news, I just let my younger brother meet the wind today, and we will go find it together in the future."

Why should Yang Lin not respond? Lu Bu immediately summoned someone, ordered the kitchen to make a banquet to welcome the golden leopard into the group, and ordered people to notify the commanders. At that moment, there were only figures running like flying. Liangshan, which had been quiet for a few days, became lively again. .

……

Different people have different fates.

When the clouds were overcast, Yang Zhi was galloping in the wilderness, thinking he could find a place to shelter from the rain, but unexpectedly, until the rain fell, there was still no place to hide, so he had to endure the winter all the way. Rain ahead.

I don't know if his luck is different from ordinary people. When he can see the woods, the wind and rain above his head gradually subsided. When he rode his horse all the way to the dense forest, the wind and rain stopped.

Yang Zhi had no choice but to urge his horse to walk along the road, and he saw the two big characters "Gao Tang" not long after.

He hurried into the city, found a clean inn, and hurried in.

"Guest, stay at the top or stay in the shop?" A waiter from the shop had already come up to greet him, bending over with a smile while letting Yang Zhi in.

"Stay in the hotel, come to the room." The green-faced beast wiped the sweat from his face, and the wet and cold feeling made him feel bad: "Burn some hot soup, and the family will take a bath in a while, and I'm making some hot ginger soup. Come on, after the service is done, the reward will be indispensable to you."

"Okay." The waiter agreed, and hurriedly took Yang Zhi to the room.

Yang Zhi followed all the way, saw that the room was clean and tidy, and the quilts were fully starched, so he had a good impression of himself, and before he could speak, he shuddered, secretly feeling bad, and hurriedly asked the waiter to go out to prepare things for a bath.

When the waiter brought the hot soup, Yang Zhi had already taken off his wet clothes, dried his body, shivered in the quilt, and when the tub was filled with hot water, the green-faced beast jumped out After entering, the hot water wrapped his wet and cold body, and he felt a bit scalding.

"Guest, ye's ginger soup."

Seeing Yang Zhi like this, the waiter in the shop was also worried that he would fall ill. After going out, the cook asked the cook to bring hot ginger soup. Yang Zhi quickly took it and drank it. The second day can be better.

It's just that good spirits don't work bad spirits, so take all precautions. Yang Zhi woke up the next day with a top-heavy fever all over his body, and all the symptoms told him that he had suffered from a cold.

At the moment he was holding on to his sick body, went out to find the waiter in the shop and asked him to find a doctor, and after the prescription was prescribed, he spent a sum of money to ask the waiter to grab the medicine, decoct it, and take care of himself.

When Yang Zhi was able to walk on the ground, it was already a few days later. Fortunately, Yang Lin Xinshan gave him two pieces of silver and jewelry before, so he survived on the money. It was more than a month until his body was fully healed.

……

In Hebei in the distance, Liu Yuan and Fu Xiang handed over the money, and a group of more than [-] people drove back with a hundred and fifty horses.

(End of this chapter)