Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 21
a few days later.

In the courtyard, the breeze blew the leaves, and people dressed in yellow, red or lavender fell from the trees, spinning and throwing them to the ground.

Four guards with long knives across their waists stood at the round arch of the courtyard, with their backs to a pair of middle-aged men sitting under the gazebo in the courtyard.

Yelu Guozhen picked up the jade jug and poured Yelude a glass of wine: "Uncle, try this, this is the wine I bought from Nanman. Although it is not spicy, it has a long aftertaste. It is special. Taste."

Yelu Guozhen is nearly forty years old, although he is Yelu Dezhong's nephew, but in fact the age difference between the two is not much, and they both love martial arts in the royal family, and they have been very close since they were young. Tianjia, which talks about family affection, is a different kind.

"Oh? Then you have to try it." Yelude raised his glass with a heavy smile, took a sip, smacked his lips and tasted it again and again: "It's really good wine, but I'm used to drinking strong wine. Is this soft wine really intoxicating?"

Yelu Guozhen raised her glass and laughed loudly: "Uncle, don't underestimate it. If you don't believe me, drink two more glasses later, and you will know whether you are drunk or not in half an hour."

"I've never been afraid of anyone while drinking." Yelu Dezhong also smiled and refilled his glass. The two chatted about court gossip, and lamented that the old youth no longer existed.

While the two brothers were drinking, they saw a guard walking over quickly, lying on Yelu Guozhen's ear, said a few words, and then respectfully handed over several pieces of paper.

Yelu Guozhen took it, waved the guards back, and quickly looked at the contents of the paper with a serious face.

Yelv had to watch the guard go away, and asked, "Is there something important? If it's a business, don't worry about me, business matters."

Yelu Guozhen looked a little strange, drank the wine in the glass, grinned and said: "It's not about the mansion, but the emperor still remembers that you wrote me a letter two days ago, asking me to pay attention to the horse thieves?"

Seeing Yelude again, he sat up straight and said, "Of course I remember, my general Tian Shanyong, Zong Lei and Zong Lin were all injured by the leader of this group of thieves, and the 28th general, the tail fire tiger Gu Yongxing, was also killed by this man. Arrows kill."

"It's a bandit." Yelu Guozhen echoed, and handed the paper to Yelu Dezhong: "I just received a report from the county and township below. About ten days ago, a horse bandit appeared in Wuqing County, and the horse soldiers all had more than a hundred bandits on their heads. They went out to search and found no news. Seven days ago, someone in Xianghe County reported that a group of about [-] thieves occupied Majia Village. The inspection department and the infantry led people to arrest them. He shot an arrow through the window and died in the face of the door. All the members of the inspection department disappeared. The next day, all the culprits disappeared. Five days ago..."

Yelu Dezhong had read the information in his hand, raised his head and answered with a serious face: "Five arresting officers from the Inspection Department of Wuqing County disappeared while patrolling outside. Two days ago, General Niu Jinniu Xue Xiong was arrested on the border between me and the State of Song Killed with one arrow, the soldiers led by him were dispersed, and only a dozen or so thieves were killed, all of them wore leather armor obtained by our army, and they were paired with two horses, and fled to Song State."

Yelu Guobao looked straight at Yelu and said seriously: "Is it the group that the emperor said?"

Yelude put down the paper slowly, stroked his beard and said, "Zhi Mo, according to Tianshan Yong and Zong Lei, the horse thief leader Lu Bu is unparalleled in archery, and he is especially good at charging. I'm not afraid to make Guozhen laugh at you. He used 200 men to rush away the hundred cavalry, and the sons wanted to chase them down. After being cut off by him alone, they shot horses and people, killing and wounding nearly a hundred people, and finally he succeeded in taking away half of the thieves."

Looking at the paper on the table where the information was recorded, Yelu had to laugh at himself again: "Heh, this guy made a fool of himself under the lamp, I'm so ashamed of my old face."

Yelu Guozhen was silent for a while, looked at the paper in a daze, and said, "Today I know why Uncle Huang attaches so much importance to this group of thieves. This kind of attack method is comparable to that flying general Lu Bu. It is indeed a pity for the court to use it."

"I just hope it won't be used by Song Ting in the future." Yelude sighed heavily.

Yelu Guozhen thought about it but smiled and said: "Uncle Huang is worrying too much, don't you know how Song Ting treats warriors? How about General Nie? Didn't he end up being squeezed out by Song Ting's officials and frightened to death. "

Yelude nodded again when he heard the words, laughed loudly and said, "That said, I feel a lot better, hahaha, Song Ting has a lot of talents, it's a pity, being controlled by a group of people who don't know how to fight, it's really ridiculous."

"So this Lu... Bu." Yelu Guozhen smacked his lips: "This name is really memorable, let Song Ting take care of it."

"It's really unforgettable." Yelude laughed heavily and said, "I hope he is really Marquis Wen, then he won't be able to stand the anger of those Song court officials. Wouldn't it be wonderful to kill the Song emperor at that time."

"Hahaha, it's just you who think too much. Come on, uncle, drink and drink." Yelu Guozhen picked up the jug and began to pour the wine: "Let's not think too much, as long as he doesn't come to our Liao land, don't worry about him." What are you doing?"

Yelu had to raise his glass to respond. Fortunately, this person did not develop in Nanjing Road. Now that this strong bandit is gone, it will be more peaceful...

Right.

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The sun hid behind the clouds, and the originally warm body felt a burst of coolness instantly.By the river, fifty or sixty men were sitting scattered on the ground, letting more than a hundred horses drink water and graze by themselves.

There were a few sounds of the blade scraping the skin, and Ba Lihai's hair floated in the air with the breeze and fell to the ground.

"Hahaha, brother Bali, you look like you are going to be a monk?" Ma Ling pointed at Balihaili's bald head and laughed.

Ba Lihai rolled his eyes, and stroked his smooth scalp with his hands: "Bah! I'm afraid of attracting crowds, after all, we Khitan people are too conspicuous here."

"I'm so scared, if someone dares to look at you, I'll teach him a lesson for you." Deng Fei stared at Bali Haili with fiery red eyes, but after a while, the corners of his mouth could not be stretched upwards, with a look on his face. The look of wanting to hold back again.

"It's not that I don't have hands, so I need your help?" Ba Lihaili replied, looking helplessly at Deng Fei's strange appearance: "Laugh if you want to, don't overwhelm yourself."

After the words fell, Deng Fei's wild laughter echoed in the sky together with Ma Ling.

"They're talking nonsense, laughing like this." Lu Bu washed his face and came over to sit down: "Brother Haili shaved his head?"

Ba Lihaili nodded and said, "To avoid trouble."

Lu Bu smiled: "It's hard work for you, brother."

"What did the leader say?" Ba Lihaili shook his hand vigorously and said, "This journey is not for the leader to overcome thorns and thorns, we don't know what it is like."

"I guess I was arrested by the government a long time ago." Deng Fei answered the question from the side.

But he didn't know that if it wasn't for Lu Bu, he would have escaped this catastrophe, and even rebuilt the Yinmachuan bandit village, but now his fate has changed, and no one knows where he will go.

"That's it." Ba Li Haili shouted: "It's not the leader, we have to be suppressed by the officers and soldiers, how can we sit here and watch me get bald."

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

Bali Haili himself also laughed, and thought of something for a while and said: "By the way, don't call me Bali Haili from now on. This is actually a pseudonym. My surname is Xiao, and Bali is the tribal name of my ancestors."

"Brother Xiao Haili." When everyone saw this, they cupped their hands, it was a new salute.

Everyone knew in their hearts that from this moment on, it was time for this Khitan man to blend into them, after all, he had lived and died together.

"Brother, do you have any plans to go?" Qiao Lie kept laughing along with the crowd, and now seeing that everyone was free, he couldn't help asking.

Lu Bu shook his head and said, "I just came to Song Dynasty, I haven't decided where to go, but I will go to Xuzhou next time, brother, do you have a good idea?"

Seeing this, Qiao Lie smiled and said: "Pindao has been thinking for the past few days. Although my brother and all the brothers are registered with the government in Liao, they are not in Song. Only Brother Deng Fei has strange eyes It would be a bit troublesome to come back here after being arrested by the government, but with some money, it should not be difficult to buy a certificate, and Brother Deng Fei will appear as a Taoist at that time, as long as he doesn't intentionally go to the servant's side, there should be no problem."

Ma Ling asked in surprise: "Can you still buy this certificate?"

Deng Fei sneered at the side: "Brothers don't know, these corrupt officials in Song Dynasty, as long as they have money, there is nothing they can't buy."

Xiao Haili opened his mouth, wanted to say something and then closed it, but he looked cynical.

Qiao Lie also sneered: "Those adults in the court still rely on selling ultimatums to raise money, and the frontier army often sells ultimatums to raise military funds, but if they want to buy them, they need some connections."

Lu Bu looked at him and said, "Brother Qiao Lie said so, does Zhe have connections?"

"That's right." Qiao Lie nodded: "Pindao's cheap master introduced a friend to me before he passed away. That person is in Zhending Mansion. If he buys a certificate, he will not be able to help me."

Deng Fei frowned and said, "Why did you run so far for me? I committed the crime more than half a year ago. I don't believe that the government is looking after me all day long."

Qiao Lie shook his head and said, "That group of birdmen from the arrest department may not care about my brother."

Deng Fei said impatiently: "The big deal is that I won't go to the city."

Lu Bu glanced at Deng Fei and said, "Don't talk such nonsense, it's only a few steps away, and it doesn't take much effort to run around."

Seeing the heavy atmosphere, Xiao Haili couldn't help interrupting: "Speaking of Zhending Mansion, I think of a man. His elder brother's name is Lu Bu, and he has the same name as the first fierce general at the end of Han Dynasty. After Lu Bu, Zhending also had a strong general. It's called Zhao Yun, and it only became famous later on, so you should go here to have a look."

"I know this too. It is said that Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong are full of courage. Changbanpo enters seven times and exits seven times. He is a good man. I want to see where such outstanding people are raised." Ma Ling nodded in agreement.

Who is that?A hero who appeared after someone's death?However, it seems that I have seen this name somewhere...

That's right, that name seems to have appeared in the biography of Mr. Liu Da'er!It's a pity that all the books were lost in Liao, that's all, I'll just look for some later.

Lu Bu tilted his head, thoughts flashed through his mind, and he said with a final word: "Since all the brothers want to visit, I'll go to Zhending Mansion first."

Deng Fei was silent, only his eyes seemed redder.

(End of this chapter)