Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 185 Harvest of Mulberry Elm (also two in one)

The fine spring rain hit the awning, making dense noises, and the old man making tea walked in tremblingly, and brought hot tea to the tables of several people.

The middle-aged man over there said slowly: "It's nothing special, I was originally Kongmu of Jingzhao Prefecture, and I was sent to Salmonella Island for committing crimes."

Ruan Xiaoqi and the others frowned, saying it was the same as not saying it, obviously this person didn't want to tell the truth, the Taoist over there smiled lightly: "This Kong Mu should tell the truth, it seems that you have been framed by someone."

The man and the two officials heard the sound and looked, but saw that this person was in his 40s, with a fairy-like appearance, his hair was simply tied up, he was wearing a gossip dress, his hem was a little wet, and there was a Chunyang sword by his feet, holding a teacup in one hand while looking at the three of them.

"Why did the Daoist make such a statement?"

The Taoist blew on the tea, took a sip of it, smacked his lips and said: "Official escorts generally don't treat prisoners as human beings. Even if money is given, it's just to give some good looks, not to use methods to punish people. When you meet a bad person, spending money is useless."

He took another sip and glanced at the two officers: "Now there is a donkey cart outside this tea shed. These two officers are wet and their faces are not very good, but your complexion is rosy and there is not much rain on your body. Tell me, who drives the cart?"

Put the teacup in your hand on the table: "The three of you are sitting at this table, but you, the prisoner, are in the main seat. Either you are famous and have a strong background, and they must respect you, otherwise someone will come after them. If you really have a background, how can you be assigned to Salmonella Island? Therefore, it is you who are admired by them. Seeing you in prison, they also want to respect you. I don’t know what this Kongmu said, is it right?"

The middle-aged man was silent for a long while without saying a word, while Deng Fei stared at him with fiery red eyes and said anxiously: "You are so unhappy, please tell me."

"So what if it is? So what if it's not?" The man was helpless.

The eyes on the other side were even redder, and before he opened his mouth, the escort officer Cheng Si'er suddenly said: "Why don't you guys take Kong Mu away."

It was drizzling, people on both sides were stunned at the same time, the sound of the pattering rain suddenly became clear, and the Taoist over there looked at the three of them with an amused expression.

Cheng Si'er went on to say: "Our Kong Mu's name is Pei Xuan, and he is a well-known stern-faced and selfless person in Jingzhao Mansion. The officials in the Manchu Mansion called him a stern-faced man, but because he was unwilling to cooperate with the Shangguan to frame others, he also leapfrogged to expose what the governor did. As a result, he was sentenced by the same raccoon as a thorn in Shamen Island."

bang——

Deng Fei slapped the table with one hand, squeezed out four words between his teeth: "Corrupt officials deserve to be killed!"

Over there Pei Xuan showed a wry smile, another messenger wanted to say something, but Cheng Si'er held him down under the table, with puzzled eyes, Cheng Si'er continued: "So the villain dared to entrust Kong Mu to all the heroes, but I don't know if you dare to accept it?"

"Why don't you dare!" Deng Fei stood up and shouted: "How can such an upright person let him go to the place where people cannibalize on Salmon Island."

Pei Xuan frowned and said: "Don't do that, I'm a serious criminal. If I leave with you, the imperial court will have to issue an arrest document. It's not worthwhile to implicate others because of my guilt." Then he turned to Cheng Si'er and the two of them: "If you release me privately, you will inevitably be severely punished by the governor. It's not a joke."

Yang Lin chuckled, "You're an interesting person, and you're still thinking about us in this situation."

Deng Fei grinned, and nodded himself with his thumb: "Grandpa has been carrying the document for a long time."

Pei Xuan was startled when he heard the words, looked at the laughing wanton men and asked hesitantly: "Who are you waiting for?"

Over there, Ma Ling couldn't sit still after listening for a long time, and interjected: "You haven't heard anything since you came to the east-west road in Beijing?"

"Are you from Liang Shanbo?" Cheng Si'er asked tentatively, remembering the rumors he heard a few days ago.

Deng Fei nodded: "That's right, we are all heroes of Liangshan, you are loyal, how about going up the mountain with us to be happy together?"

Cheng Si'er blushed and was speechless, Ruan Xiaoqi looked irritable: "It's not a cool one either."

Cheng Si'er smiled awkwardly, looked at his companion and Pei Xuan who were in a daze, rolled his eyes, got up and unloaded Pei Xuan's shackle, and said to the other side: "In fact, the two of us don't want to send Kong Mu to Salmonella Island, but we have to do so because of our responsibilities. Now that we meet all good guys, it's just time to let Kong Mu go. I just ask for forgiveness, all good guys. The villain will definitely report when he goes back."

Ma Ling said happily: "It's okay, let's say that Liangshan was robbed, let's see what he can do."

Then Cheng Si'er cupped his hands and pulled another messenger to sit beside him. Pei Xuan generally didn't want to die. After talking to Deng Fei, Ma Ling and others, he felt that although their words were vulgar, they were honest and upright men. Surprisingly, he didn't feel any rejection in his heart, and even looked at Deng Fei with some kindness.

Looking at the Taoist who spoke before, smiling, he couldn't help being curious, and cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what the Taoist priest is called, but he is also from Liangshan?"

The Taoist bowed his head and said with a smile: "The poor Taoist is not from Liangshan, but from Langhao Mountain in Yanzhou Prefecture. The layman can call me Wu Jiao or Wu Daoren."

Yan Guang next to him said carelessly: "My master is also a well-known figure in Jianghu. He is called Sai Dongbin, also known as Zhongtian Yiqi Huanglong Taoist."

Wu Jiao stretched out his hand and slapped Yan Guang on the head: "Don't talk about some names all day long."

The big man shrank his neck from the beating, and didn't resist, but just rubbed his head with his hands and laughed silly.

Pei Xuan blinked, how did he, a member of the Jingzhao Mansion, know this hero from Yanzhou? It's just that it's not easy to leave him there, so he had to bow his hands and say aloud.

Wu Jiao chuckled and pointed at Pei Xuan: "Laymen sometimes tell the truth, but I've clearly never heard of it."

"Ashamed." Pei Xuan blushed and cupped his hands: "It's true that I have never heard of it."

Everyone laughed together, ate and drank two cups of tea, seeing that the rain had subsided a lot, everyone just got up to pay the bill, Pei Xuan bid farewell to the two escort officials, took a ride with Deng Fei, and the group rode their horses towards Liangshan.

The hooves of the horse stomped on the ground, and the dull sound of hooves gradually faded away. Cheng Si'er breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and the companion next to him drank his tea and complained a little: "That's all right, you and I have lost the escort, and we will have to be skinned by the Shangguan when we go back."

Cheng Si'er snorted coldly, and cast a sidelong glance at his companion: "If you don't lose Pei Kongmu, you and I should lose our lives."

"What do you mean?" A puzzled voice came, and Cheng Si'er rolled his eyes: "You just didn't see that this group of people is very interested in Pei Kongmu? Instead of waiting for others to interrogate us, we will be killed and robbed with a single knife, why not take the initiative, you and I can go home alive."

The companion asked in a daze: "How can you be sure that he is going to rob people? Maybe a passer-by asked casually?"

"You are still young, listen more and watch more, the important thing is, remember the person on the official document of Haizhuo."

Cheng Si'er was too lazy to talk, patted his companion on the shoulder, got up and headed for the donkey cart, and still had to go back to Jingzhao Mansion.Stepping out of the tea shed, looking in the direction that Liangshan people were going away just now, he silently blessed, and then drove away with his companions who were still thinking about it.

……

The slender branches were blown by the wind, brushing the thatched sheds by the roadside, and the pier by the river outside Qinyuan County was very lively. Since Tian Hu and his gang of thieves died and fled, there have been more and more merchants coming and going.

The well-developed water transportation has also led to a number of wild tea shops. From time to time, travelers and traders who want to take a boat come into the shop to rest, drink a bowl of hot tea and eat some cakes. The wild shops with good conditions also provide pickles and cooked meat, which makes a lot of money.

There are also Jianghumen who come in occasionally with simple knives and whistle sticks, expressionless, and stare at the diners. The guests resting at the table in front of them quickly stuffed the cakes into their mouths, swallowed them in three mouthfuls, and felt choked when they were in a hurry.

The shopkeeper in the store pouted at the clerk, and the "single seedling" store clerk had no choice but to bow his head and slander a few words. When he turned around and raised his head, he showed a professional flattering smile on his face, and pulled off the rag from his shoulders to meet him.

"Master, here you come, this way please."

He stretched out his hand to guide him, brought him to the table and sat down, wiped the table vigorously with a rag, and asked, "What would you like to eat?"

This man was Shan Jinglong, he put the simple knife on the side of the table to lean on, and stroked the short beard on his chin with the other hand, making a rustling sound, and said lazily: "I want to eat honey bear's paw, do you have it here?"

The little second hand froze, and Shan Jinglong asked again: "Is there any roast lamb?"

Shake your head slowly.

"Steamed sheep with wine, thousands of miles of sheep, sheep's head yuan fish, steamed goose and duck steaks, lotus duck sticks, chicken sticks, boiled duck, steamed goose with bamboo shoots?"

Xiao Er couldn't hold back and said: "Look at what you said, there are not many small books in the shop, so how can there be such things, we only have freshly baked cakes and pickles here."

"That's it, tell me what's the matter next time, if you ask me if I want you, doesn't it seem that you are lying to me?" She said lazily, and glanced at Xiao Er's ugly face, pretending not to notice: "Give me a cup of hot tea and two cakes."

"Hey, okay." Xiaoer turned around quickly as if he had been pardoned, cursing inwardly, not even a plate of pickles, it's something that can't be put on the table.

Shan Jinglong didn't care what this man was thinking, after serving the cakes and hot tea, he gorged himself on the tea. When Chi Fang came to visit a year ago, he asked him to go to Liangshan, but he didn't go. With the travel expenses funded by others, he played a few big games in the casino. In the end, he was able to win two games at the beginning, and the more he lost, the worse he lost, until he lost all the money Chi Fang gave him.

At first, he wanted to leave, but he was blocked by gamblers again. He finally asked his grandpa to sue his grandma to borrow money to repay the debt. He heard that Liangshan broke the big green forest brother in his eyes——Tian Hu.

It was also at this time that Shan Jinglong took seriously what Chi Fang said about joining the gang, and thought of a way to go to Qinshui to catch some fish and sell them, and saved some travel expenses, and then he was about to leave for Jingdong Road, secretly thinking that with his water skills, he could be a leader, and then he would take people out to borrow food twice, which would make him rich again.

He was thinking about how to develop in Liangshan in the future, when another tall boy walked in from the road outside, he was fifteen or sixteen years old, his face had not yet opened, he looked immature, but his figure was so majestic that even an adult would look sideways, his arms were thick and strong, and his bulging chest muscles held up his clothes, as if an adult was wearing children's clothes.

Now he is carrying a bag as tall as a person, and walking with heavy steps, obviously the weight is not light. When he entered the tea shed, he took a look at the people inside and saw that there were quite a lot of people. He hesitated for a while and went to the table where only Shan Jinglong was sitting, put down the bag, and sat beside him.

bang——

The dull sound came with a sense of shock, Shan Jinglong just turned his back to the door and didn't look at his figure. The beauty he was thinking about was interrupted by the sound and vibration, and he immediately rolled his eyes and looked to the side: "Where is the smell of milk coming from, it's so unappetizing."

That young man was also very tempered, he stood up immediately, stretched out his palm as big as a cattail fan and lifted Shan Jinglong up: "Who are you talking about?"

Seeing the dispute between the two, the people at the table next to them couldn't help but put the pickles in the cake, threw the money and ran away, and some bold ones stayed in this small shop, but they just ran to other tables with their dishes and huddled together to ensure that they would not hurt themselves in the fight.

Only now did Shan Jinglong see the full appearance of the young man. He was a bit taller than himself, and it was as easy as a chicken when he was held in his hands. After struggling twice, he couldn't get rid of it. He said with a bit of sternness, "Why? Did you mention your name? Let me down and tell you, I'm not easy to mess with, don't get yourself into trouble."

The young man was at the height of his blood. Hearing this, his eyebrows were erected, and he raised his fist and was about to hit him. Shan Jinglong shivered when he saw the sandbag-sized fist.

call--

The thick joints stopped in front of his eyes, and the rough hair on his forehead swayed by the wind from his fists, Shan Jinglong swallowed, if he hit his face...

"Are you really from Liangshan?" The young man had a look of surprise on his face, and his voice couldn't help but get louder.

Shan Jinglong straightened his neck: "Of course." He muttered in his heart: It's just that he hasn't gone yet.

The boy put Shan Jinglong down, looked at the man arranging his clothes and muttered, "Why do people from Liangshan look like this?"

"Hey~ I don't like to hear your words." Shan Jinglong already regarded himself as a hero of Liangshan, he felt a little unhappy when he heard him muttering, he slapped his chest and said: "I don't have to change my appearance like this, our brother is a hero in the world, otherwise how could that fellow Tian Hu be beaten so badly that he even lost his family."

As soon as he said this, the boy on the opposite side seemed to have found a bosom friend, and said excitedly: "Yes, Liang Shan's brother must be a hero. I came out this time to find Liang Shan to join my gang."

Shan Jinglong rolled his eyes, looked at the young man and suddenly laughed: "I think you are in good shape, my brother will be happy to see you, if you go back to the mountain with me, then I will recommend you to my brother, I don't know what your name is."

The young man was overjoyed when he heard the words: "My name is Yu Cheng."

Under the light of day, the ruffian-like man took the young man aboard the boat, bragging and beating all the way to coax the people who hadn't experienced much into exclaiming.

……

In the farther Liao Kingdom, four cavalry left the town and headed south.

　Let me introduce the hero of Wolf Howling Mountain, from the ancient version of Water Margin, that is, Mei's Tibetan version of Water Margin:

　　Wu Jiao, known as Zhongtian Yiqi Huanglong Taoist, also known as Sheng Dongbin.

　　The four apprentices, the first Yan Guang, nicknamed the Qinglong God; the second Tian Ba, nicknamed the White Tiger God; the third Dong Kai, the Suzaku God; the fourth Yu Zhiwang, the Xuanwu God.

　　In the book, he occupied Langhao Mountain, called himself Sailiang Mountain, gathered thousands of soldiers and horses, and the government could not rule him. Later, he respected Liangshan and obeyed orders.

　　Shan Jinglong: The characters in Chapter 113 are from the simplified version of Water Margin.

　　Yu Cheng: A character in the simplified version who once fought with Lu Zhishen for more than [-] rounds regardless of the outcome.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)