Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 158 Unpredictable People
The sun was gradually fading, and the golden glow of the big sun was stained with redness, burning the clouds all over the sky red, and from a distance, it looked like a red streamer trimmed with gold rims covering the sky.There was a wind blowing, and the chilly air flow was like a knife across the cheek, but it didn't bring out any blood.

puff--

puff--

The sharp wrist-removing knife stabbed into the human body fiercely, pulled out, stabbed in, and the warm blood rushed out of the wound, and the thick clothes were quickly soaked and dyed, and then the saturated fabric could not contain the blood , the pooled blood formed a straight line, dripping to the ground like poured water.

"You... how did you... escape..."

Difficult words, the rich man with a big belly covered his wound with his hands, and looked at the man in the crimson military uniform in disbelief, but saw that the man's hair was messed up, and his face gave off a sense of righteousness.

"Thanks to you." The soldier didn't answer his question, but drew out his knife again: "You killed someone and asked me to pay with my life, how could such a good thing be done."

"Hoho...no...shouldn't...uh..." The well-dressed official wanted to say something, but was pinched by the military general, and a mouthful of blood rushed up his throat immediately, gushing out of the corner of his mouth , the soldier let go of his hand, and the dead body, which lost its strength, slowly slid to the ground.

"Unlucky!" The soldier kicked the person on the ground, then opened the window, looked around, turned over, stood up, and quickly ran out over the wall.

"what--"

There was a scream, and the running soldier looked back, but he snorted, and dodged into the alley next to the tavern, and when he came out from the other end, the scarlet military uniform on his body was gone, and the figure in the inner shirt attracted attention. A few idlers came to watch, and then the cold wind blew, and shyly put their hands in their hands and walked away.

The soldier man seemed to be very familiar with the county town, he walked through the streets without any hesitation, and when he saw someone drying clothes, he tore off one and put it on his body, and when he reached the city gate, he had already changed into another attire. Then he left the city before the gate closed.

The distant figure walked on the official road, hesitated for a moment beside the fork, and headed towards the northwest, gradually drifting away, the city gate behind him was slowly closed in the afterglow of the red sun, and then opened again, riding a tall horse, The red-faced bearded man with the Qinglong Yanyue knife ran out of the city with his men and horses, looked at the fork in the road but chose to go straight west, the horse's hooves stomped on the ground, and the rumbling hoofs took the knights on the horse away.

……

When the soldier killed someone, someone raised a knife near Jiexiu thousands of miles away.

"Grab it there!"

A drunken voice sounded, and a group of strong men in leather jackets with dusty faces laughed loudly, and rushed towards the village down the mountain, waving their sharp knives.

There is smoke rising from the old or refurbished thatched cottages. This is a village with a population of more than a hundred. In the setting sun, the figure carrying a hoe has already returned home, and is sighing and putting the farm tools in the house. , patted the dust on his body, shook his head and walked in. The cold winter air froze the water and the soil at the same time. The ground plowed in a day today is not as much as the usual two hours. Maybe we should wait, at least until When thawing.

Children probably don't understand the worries of adults. A few good friends laughed and ran to the house to ask when to eat, and then the little people who got the answer ran out of the house and ran towards the open space outside the village, racing against time. Want to play for a while.

"Why are you little monkeys running out again?" The village elder came over with his hands behind his back, a string of wild vegetables hanging from his hooked fingers.

Among the group of children, a girl made a grimace and said with a smile: "My mother said there will be a while before dinner, so I don't want to disturb her."

"Hahaha, that's because I'm afraid you'll be fired... huh? What's the sound?" The old man turned his head and looked at the forest behind him on the left, his dim eyes narrowed in the dim light.

"People I don't know." A boy pointed to the figure in the forest: "They all seem to be carrying knives."

"Knife?" The old man shrank his pupils while repeating, turned his head and shouted: "Run, bandit!"

whoosh-

An arrow crossed an arc, fell from the air, penetrated into the human body, and brought out a handful of hot blood.

"Run... ah..." the old man said hoarsely, and then fell on his back, watching a group of children running away in panic, gasping for breath twice, his eyes gradually lost their luster.

"Hahaha, that's how it feels to kill people." Wu Li put away the bow in her hand, grabbed the wind-splashing saber, and walked towards the village with a face full of excitement.

"Lang Jun's shot." Tang Xian was also full of excitement, watching the group of minions brought down from Tian Huzhai beside him rushing towards the village bravely: "Lang Jun, if we don't, we should hurry up. If it’s too late, there might be no one left.”

"That's right." Wu Li breathed out the smell of alcohol, and pointed forward with a big knife in her hand: "Boss Tian is right, killing people is more interesting than hunting, go, go forward."

Seeing the child running away, he suddenly handed the big knife to Tang Xian, grabbed the bow and said, "Oh, let me shoot another one."

Someone in the opposite village heard the child's shout and poked his head out. Before he could ask, a black shadow descended from the sky and nailed to the girl's back. The impact brought her petite body to her knees. With fear on his face, he let out a cry of "Wow", and then squirmed a few times without making a sound.

"There's a thief! Run away—"

There was a terrified cry, and then the man ran out of the house. Amidst the sound of stumbling behind him, the thick-handed and thick-footed woman ran out. Seeing this scene, she couldn't help but reached out and picked up the hoe, and ran towards her child. .

The young and old people in the village who heard the sound ran out one after another, took hoes and pitchforks, and some took slingshots and flocked to the children who came running.

The next moment, the bandit who was chasing after him was already running close, brandishing his weapon, and blood flowed up. The village woman with a hoe was chopped down to the ground, and then several pairs of big feet stepped on her body and entered the village.

A young hero held up a pitchfork, yelled "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh The front end of the pitchfork tried to push it out of the body, but it failed.

The young and strong man was about to pull out the fork, but the bandit who rushed over was also fast, he got higher and higher, and slashed his arm with a knife. Amidst the screams, blood and severed limbs splashed ten feet high, and then the bandit who landed again He straightened up and slashed at the neck with a knife. The sharp blade cut through the flesh, but he failed to cut it off due to improper force. His head drooped on his shoulders and he fell to the ground and died.

In the chaos, some bandits broke into the house and knocked over the tables and chairs, smashed the dishes, and someone took out the burning firewood under the stove and threw it on the hut. The moment the smoke rose, the dry thatched roof burned. When he got up, the flame instantly changed from small to large, spreading across the entire roof and heading towards the wooden house below.

"court death!"

Tang Xian killed the man to the ground with a single knife, and excitedly looked at Wu Li who was beheading the man with a big saber: "Mr. Lang, it really is so happy."

Wu Li's fleshy face was splattered with blood. Hearing this, she looked over and put the knife on her shoulder: "You are the one who is refreshing yourself."

Glancing at the burning village, he laughed: "But this feeling is good, there is a sense of relief from taking off the shackles, and I will help him wait for a sum of money when I go home."

"Lang Jun, the marriage that Tian Hu mentioned..."

"Well... wait a little longer, if he really makes trouble, we can talk about it."

Under the darkened sky, the crackling sound of burning villages, the rampant laughter of thieves, the screams and cries of dying gathered together, the strong man wielding his weapon crazily was covered with blood, and some strong men saw their companions being killed Pointing at the corpse and laughing, he stepped on the blood and walked out of here with bloody footprints.

"Go back to the mountain!"

Wu Li waved her hand, turned around and walked with her stomach full. There was a strong man who knew the way leading the way with a torch, and a group of people who had just done all their bad things walked back noisyly. Gesticating, he almost slashed his companion in front of him with a knife, but he was turned around and beat him up.

"There's a fat sheep!" The bandit who was walking ahead suddenly ran back, and said to Wu Li excitedly, "It's a carriage, and it's pulling a lot of things."

"Oh?" Wu Li's eyes lit up, and her heart that had just killed someone became agitated again: "I haven't robbed the aisle yet, come and force that car to stop and rob him."

The thieves behind him laughed and scattered to both sides. After a while, they heard the sound of horseshoes, accompanied by the sound of wheels crushing the road. The carriage turned around the curve ahead and met Wu Li who was blocking the middle of the road.

The carriage turned around and didn't expect anyone to be in the middle of the road. The driver pulled the reins quickly, stopped the carriage with a "wow", and said repeatedly: "That man, are you hurt? Didn't you see Ye was here?" In the middle of the road, Shangqi Haihan."

"This...cough cough..." Wu Li smiled strangely, opened her mouth without saying anything, then quickly cleared her throat and said again: "I planted this tree, and I opened this road. Pass by, leave the carriage!"

The driver of the carriage frowned when he heard this: "It's the king of the mountain, and the young master is in the carriage. We don't have any money. If you see the carriage and offer it with both hands, I hope you can let me go."

"He's quite courageous." Wu Li looked the coachman up and down, and saw that he was well-proportioned, with bright eyes, and he was neither humble nor overbearing when he spoke angry, so he had a good impression: "Okay, I've killed enough today. It’s not bad for you, leave the carriage, take your little master and get out.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The coachman cupped his hands, turned around and said, "Little master, take me away."

Speaking of that, the curtain of the carriage was opened, revealing a pink and lovely girl, who was looking timidly at Wu Li in front of her, the ferocious man felt soft when he saw it, stepped forward two steps and pulled the driver aside, carefully Looking at the girl, he turned to the coachman and said, "I like this girl, let me see..."

The coachman was startled, and interrupted quickly: "Your Majesty, you said you would let me go."

Wu Li chuckled and waved her hand: "I've changed my mind."

On both sides, a group of thieves who had been hiding just now paced out and looked at the crowd with strange smiles. The coachman was silent, and Fang wanted to stop him. Tang Xian's knife from behind was on his back, and he stopped in place for an instant. .

Wu Li's big face moved closer to the girl, showing a self-conscious smile: "Girl, what's your name?"

"Qiong... Qiongying." The girl's voice was like pearls on a plate, and Wu Li's smile on the other side became more and more kind: "Good name, and follow me back to meet my wife."

She straightened up, hugged Qiongying into her arms, and did not let go: "From now on, you will be my daughter, Wu Li, and you will go home with Daddy."

The coachman's expression changed: "Mr. Lang, I'm from the rivers and lakes. I was taken in by the young master's family as the manager. I'm grateful for the days when I'm away from the wind, food and sleep. I also hope that Lang Jun will allow me to continue to follow and take care of the young master."

That Qiongying is also smart, she nodded to Wu Li quickly, seeing this, her rich figure turned her head: "You are loyal, but you have a name."

"Little Ye Qing." The man cupped his hands and saluted.

"Sure." Qiongying in her arms showed a slight smile, and the rough rich man laughed out loud when he saw it: "As long as my son is happy, I can do whatever I want."

The torch was flickering, and the light of the fire flickered on Qiongying's face, making her look even smaller among the rough men.

……

In the dark, there are towns that do not sleep. Bianliang, the center of the Song Dynasty, is still brightly lit. People keep running into restaurants to buy some cooked food and put them in boxes for supper. There are also shop assistants who bring packed boxes. Send it to regular customers and get a lot of rewards.

Restaurants and teahouses are brightly lit, and there is an endless stream of people in brocade robes coming in and out. Under such bright lights, there is never a shortage of men who hang around in dark corners.

"Punch! Hurry up...Are you stupid!"

"Quick, trip him, yes, trip his left leg, good!"

"Straight mother thief, I lost again!"

Shouts and frustration rang out in the abandoned small courtyard. This is the famous underground gate in Bianliang, which attracted many gamblers. Bai Sheng with a mouse mustache threw the voucher in his hand On the ground, the whole person simply squatted down, clapping his hands and sighing there.

"Bad luck." Wang Dashou also shook his head, looked at the sky with his hips crossed, and sighed.

"Just go back to Jingdong." Bai Sheng squatted for a long time and stood up: "You won't get any money all day long, and you can earn a few bucks just by carrying bags on the pier."

Wang Dashou hesitated: "Where do you have money to go back?"

"...No." Bai Sheng shook his sleeves: "I've been messing around here for the past few days, and I have nothing left."

"Then how can we go back?" Wang Dashou glanced at him.

"Carrying bags at the pier!"

"You said you didn't make money."

"Yes." Bai Sheng nodded: "But we brothers can only do this to earn some hard money. Hurry up and work for two days, buy some dry food and go to Yuncheng County to find my brother Tianwang, and then we will have money."

Wang Dashou looked at Bai Sheng and murmured for a long time, then grabbed his collar and said, "Last month, you also said the same thing, and in the end all the coins you got were given here."

"Not this time, not this time." Bai Sheng licked his face and smiled, "Trust me again."

"Last time." The thick finger pointed at him.

……

On the other side of Cai Jing's mansion, a man named Jing Chao walked in holding a scroll.

……

Even farther away in the Liao Kingdom, E Quanzhong, the elder with a horse face, stayed in an inn with Fei Zhen and Xue Can, looking at the stars all over the sky, thinking that he would go to Wuqing County the next day to find the blacksmith.

(End of this chapter)