Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

The wind blew through the courtyard, and the night became darker. In the Liangshan Assembly Hall, several fire pots radiated heat. The flames from the bonfires shone on people, casting their shadows on the tables and chairs behind. Occasionally, there was the sound of scratching the scalp. , someone is talking.

The warm old wine is in your mouth.

"Brother, you don't know. We talked so much about Tongzhou Island and Tongzhai but we didn't get anyone. Today the man wants gold and silver, tomorrow he wants jewelry, and the day after tomorrow he wants a treasure horse. It's really annoying. Dead man, at least we brought a lot of money and wasted a lot of time before we bought these pieces of materials." He pointed at a few men standing aside.

Lu Bu glanced at this group of people. Perhaps Wei Zhaode was afraid that he would freeze to death, so he gave him some winter clothes. However, this sea-covering dragon also had the mentality of immortality, so he gave them randomly, and the clothes were not very suitable. It looked a little strange.

He glanced around and saw nothing but a bad look and ill-fitting clothes. He looked at the man at sea and asked, "Who are they?"

The man with a sallow face and thin muscles lowered his head awkwardly, and his toes curled up hard in his shoes with holes in them.

"It's also unlucky. It's all because of the people sent there by Hua Shigang from the south. They are soldiers from Guangde, and they are blacksmiths. They were interested in a strange stone near the ancestral grave at home, and they tried their best to prevent others from touching the grave. As a result, they were killed. I've been assigned." Pointing to the man in the middle who was obviously much burlier, the two looked miserable, and then pointed to the two on the left: "These two are businessmen in the family, and the result was that the family was ruined, and I was also killed. When we were sent to Tongzhou Island, if we hadn’t gone there by chance, we would have been feeding sea fish by now.”

There was a wooden bow on the other side, and the fingers moved to the last person: "This guy is a strange one. He is Kong Mu from Mingzhou City Shipping Department. His name is Yang Minwei. Unlike the other four, he is a man who can write and calculate. , the crime of distributing is to give and receive money, but I think this crime is not very reliable."

"Deng Fei will definitely be happy to have someone who can help." Lu Bu smiled. In his sight, the corner of Kongmu's mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

"That's all. Let's take these people down first and let them have a good rest. We can distribute them to various ministries later." Turning his head to indicate, someone came up and took these five people down. The five people hurriedly kowtowed and followed them down.

Lu Bu turned to Wei Zhaode and asked curiously: "I heard that you brought back a lot of valuables. What's going on?"

Wei Zhaode cheered up: "Brother, I don't know, we were all feeling sorry for the loss of money and complained a few words at sea, but Yang Minwei actually encouraged his younger brother to rob the cargo ship entering the port. Our hands were itchy for a moment, so we I was robbed, and this was a good time, so I got a lot of things."

"Oh? What are the cargo ships on the sea?" Lu Bu smiled and waved. Yu Cheng, wearing thick leather gloves and holding an iron pot, gave Wei Zhaodeman a glass of wine: "I heard that the Municipal Shipping Department established by the Song Dynasty , has trade relations with many overseas countries, and has gained a lot of money, which ship are you waiting to rob?"

"Of course there are a lot of goods, including copper coins, jewelry, Korean ginseng, Japanese knives, and spices. If the wood hadn't been too cumbersome to carry, my brother would still have seen a lot of wood. As for this ship, it can be found anywhere..." Jiang Jiu Holding the bowl in his hands, feeling the warmth, Wei Zhaode chuckled: "Japan, Korea, and what else... Yes, Boni, if I hadn't seen that the year was approaching and there was no place to put goods on the ship, I would have I have to fuck him a few more times."

"The loss is not small, right?" Putting down the wine bowl he was holding, Yu Cheng came over to pour the wine, but was stopped by a big hand.

The man at sea below patted his chest: "Brother, people who go to sea always disregard life and death. What's more, the brothers who follow my younger brother in this business without capital have already thought that they are dead and can earn a day by living one more day."

"Having said that, if you have family members, be kind to them."

"Don't worry, brother, it won't be disappointing."

"Brother, what a great harvest!" The two of them were talking, and footsteps and shouts sounded outside. Fang Xuedu walked into the hall with a rosy face, bowed and said, "I've seen you, brother Wei. I haven't seen you for a long time."

Fuhai Jiao waved his hand and took a sip of wine.

"What's the matter?" A deep voice sounded, and there was a glass of wine poured on the ground: "Drink some first to warm yourself up."

The elegant young man did not refuse. He took a sip of the hot wine and wiped his mouth: "The goods brought back by Brother Wei are worth a lot of money. If they are sold, they will make a lot of money."

Wei Zhaode's eyes lit up: "I'm going to find a place to melt the frost right now."

"Change...what?"

Lu Bu glanced at the opposite side, and Fang Xuedu also turned to look at the man next to him in confusion. Wei Zhaode smiled sheepishly, cupped his hands and said, "I just want to find someone to sell these stolen goods. I know a few people in this business in the south. I can give you a good price.”

"It doesn't have to be so troublesome." Fang Xuedu rubbed his nose and saw Wei Zhaode and Lu Bu looking over in confusion. He smiled and said, "My brother wanted Brother Wei to take the people from the village to Liaodong by sea. Little brother I thought that these goods would be the same wherever they were sold, so why not just pretend to be a merchant and sell them in the Liao Kingdom, so that except for the medicinal materials and money, the rest of the goods would not need to be unloaded from the ship."

Lu Bu's eyes lit up and he looked at Wei Zhaode: "This is a good idea. Brother, can you still go to sea?"

"It's no problem, although I can travel." The man who stood up patted his chest and said he was sure, with a slightly hesitant look on his face: "It's just that when I came back, I heard Qilang Ruan of the family saying that there was going to be a war. I thought, if Let’s talk after we finish.”

"It's not necessary." The tall figure stood up, raised his right hand, and walked a few steps with his left hand behind his back. He turned his head and nodded his fingers: "You just need to prepare for the voyage. The officers and soldiers will take care of it, and the navy will take care of it." Not everyone will follow you, so there is no need to worry about the safety of the village."

He looked at the fire with narrowed eyes and thought for a moment: "Have those ships been brought back?"

Wei Zhaode raised his eyes and shook his head: "I did capture two merchant ships, but they were too eye-catching, so I parked them near the desert island."

"He is a man who knows how to live." Lu Bu smiled and nodded at Wei Zhaode: "The shipwrights on the mountain are also rushing to work. When the time comes, you will take people to test the new ship. If it is suitable, train it as soon as possible to use it at sea. Navy."

"Little brother, it's safe. Brother, don't worry."

"Okay!" Lu Bu laughed, turned and sat back: "The same is true for the island matter. When you come back from Liao Kingdom, we will start this matter. By then, the navy will be divided into two parts, one inside and one outside. It will be much more convenient."

"Yes!"

With a blushing face, Yu Cheng responded and poured wine for the three of them with great discernment. He then raised his glass to signal and returned with a full drink.

In the hazy night, there were fire lights on Liangshan Mountain, and the stars were dotted like stars. The men who had returned from the sea walked up the mountain road in twos and threes and walked towards the barracks where they had been away for a long time. There was faint talk and laughter, and some people were singing loudly.

He looked calmly at the figures on the mountain path, sitting on the rocks. Occasionally he raised his hand to the gourd and took a sip of wine. The cold wine burned his stomach. The man's face was a little sloppy, and his beard had not been trimmed for a long time. , some messy and willful growth.

Someone came from behind holding a lantern. The night wind blew on the lantern, making a whistling sound, but it could not extinguish the fire inside. The light was moving, dispersing the darkness on the man's body, revealing Hu Yanzhuo's face that was a bit decadent. face.

"Officer..." He called softly, and the wine gourd he handed to his mouth paused for a moment, and then he slammed it into his mouth. He drank a few big sips, and the clear wine flowed out from the corners of his mouth and dripped from his beard. It fell and got wet.

"Master, stop drinking!" Hu Yanshi frowned, walked over and snatched the wine gourd, and looked at the middle-aged man smelling of alcohol angrily: "How can you let children see you like this? Life is good.”

"Haha, didn't I drink in the house?" Grinning a self-deprecating smile, the former double-whip general stood up unsteadily: "Besides, what else can be compared to being defeated and captured, and suffering all the consequences? It would be worse if the three of you, mother and son, were brought into the den of thieves. The face of this founding hero..." He raised his hand and patted his face, and the sound of snapping echoed in the night sky: "You have been lost long ago!"

The night wind blew, and a smell of alcohol drifted down the man in front of her. The woman seemed not to have noticed it. She stepped forward, took out a clean white cloth and gently wiped the alcohol liquid on her husband: "What the official said is true." If you say that, what will happen to you if you are not the father of Yu'er and Ying'er?" He sighed: "I know that you are feeling bitter, but the more you are at this time, the more heroic you must be. I believe that you are a blessed man. This person will definitely be in good health."

Hu Yanzhuo swayed for a moment, took a deep breath, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Madam believes in me, but I can't believe in myself..."

Hu Yanshi was furious and pinched the man hard: "Don't say frustrating words! I'm marrying Hu Yanzhuo, not a wimp!"

"I don't..."

The words he was about to blurt out were swallowed under the cannibalistic gaze of the woman opposite him. The lantern swayed in the wind, and the silhouettes of the two of them were cut out and reflected on the snow beside them. As they looked at each other silently, their expressions gradually changed. It's calming down.

There was silence for a long time, and just when the woman couldn't help but want to turn around and leave, the man over there exhaled: "Let the madam worry, because the husband knows about it, you go back first, I...I will go back early tomorrow morning."

The middle-aged woman opened her mouth, and finally all her emotions turned into one sentence: "Master, please be more careful. Our three mothers need to be protected by officials in this den of thieves. Don't forget it."

Hu Yanzhuo said nothing and just nodded. The woman took two steps and looked back at him: "Come back soon."

"it is good."

He gave a brief agreement and watched the light go further and further away from his sight, turning around a fork in the road and disappearing.

"call--"

He raised his head and exhaled a breath of turbid air, watching the white mist-like gas quickly dissipate in the night sky. Hu Yanzhuo calmly stared at the dark night sky. His face and neck stained by wine were blown by the wind from time to time, and the strong man shivered. Looking back at the mountain road full of bonfires, he narrowed his drunken eyes: "Speaking of which, I have never seen this Liangshan Mountain in such a long time..."

The sound was blown away in the night sky, and the burly body took swaying steps. The sound of crunching snow kept ringing under his feet. A group of mountain patrol soldiers walked past him with their guns held out, and the smell of alcohol subsided slightly. Hu Yanzhuo squinted his eyes and wiped his beard. The smell of the residual wine became stronger. He looked towards the water village in front. Soldiers of the navy army moved the wooden box on the ground to the hawker. There was a bang sound on the wooden box. There was a crashing sound, and someone laughed and cursed to be careful.

"...Where did you get it from?" He muttered, and the man who was good at using double whip curled his lips, and then fell silent.

Quietly watching the sailors carrying the wooden boxes one by one to the car, Hu Yanzhuo turned around and walked towards the mountain road. Since the surrender, Liangshan had never restricted his movements. It was he who restricted himself to a small world, except for At first, he had never been in contact with Ling Zhen, Han Tao and Peng Qi. Later, even those three people came less and less. He heard that Ling Zhen stayed in the Liangshan Firearms Camp all day long and even moved his family there. Han Tao seemed to have gone to the infantry. Peng Qi was still recovering from his injuries at that time, and I don't know how he is doing now.

He stopped for a moment as he walked up the mountain, as if he still didn't know where he and the other three people lived. After hesitating for a while, the footsteps of the soldiers patrolling the mountain behind him approached, and the man with his head lowered his eyes brightened.

After a while, Hu Yanzhuo stopped in front of a house and happened to bump into Han Tao, who was walking over. He was also carrying a wine jar in his hand.

"General Hu Yan..." A surprised voice sounded: "I haven't seen Xie for a long time. I heard that my wife, nephew and niece have all been taken to the mountains?"

"Ah... I came here a few days ago." He smiled bitterly, and for a moment he didn't know how to look at this acquaintance, and simply asked: "Are you here?"

"Haha, let's have a drink with that guy Peng Qi."

He patted the wine jar, and amid laughter, the door creaked open, and Peng Qi's fair face appeared on the side: "What's so lively? Han Tao, you didn't come in even though you were here, why are you calling outside?" "Seeing the people outside the door clearly: "Hey, General Huyan, Xie is here too, please come in quickly, please come in quickly."

"I won't go in..."

Some hesitantly wanted to refuse, the Tianmu general at the door stepped forward, grabbed Hu Yanzhuo's hand, and pulled it in: "You're already here, how can you let Xie go back? Come on, I just cooked some vegetables, try them. My craft. Tell me, I was recovering from my injuries a few days ago. I had no place to go so I just wandered around in the kitchen and learned a lot. Oh? By the way, there is nothing that Xie can't eat, right? But it doesn't matter, little brother, chicken and duck We’ve prepared all the fish and meat, I’m sure you’ll have something you like to eat.”

Hu Yanzhuo couldn't shake his hand away, and was pulled into the room by him while he was chattering. Han Tao closed the door behind him with a smile. Peng Qi let go and walked towards the back: "Wait a minute, I don't know if General Hu Yan is coming, I'll go Now I want a pair of bowls and chopsticks, what kind of wood do you want? Forget it, I don’t know what these chopsticks are made of, so I’ll just make do with them.”

"..."

Hu Yanzhuo opened his mouth, looked at Han Tao behind him, pointed at Peng Qi's back and whispered: "This... I remember that General Peng didn't talk much in the past."

Han Tao gave a wry smile and lowered his voice: "It's not much. If I hadn't had my jaw broken by that guy named Sui, I wouldn't be able to speak for two or three months. Once I recover, I'll be like this."

Hu Yanzhuo's expression was very exciting for a while. That night, the three people gathered together again. They cried and laughed in the room, crying like ghosts and howling like wolves, which attracted attention.

At dawn the next day, Hu Yanzhuo got up early and walked all the way back home. When he opened the door, the woman who was setting out breakfast turned her head and looked at the man at the door with a sudden smile: "Master, come and have breakfast. Let’s eat.”

"it is good."

The Double Whip General who walked into the house was still wearing yesterday's clothes, but his face had been cleaned up, leaving only a short beard on his chin. The man sat down and took the dishes and chopsticks: "I'll go find my brother later."

"Guanren...have you figured it out?"

"There are always things to do...I can't let you three be helpless here."

He said. (End of chapter)