Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 306 The future overlord of Jieyang

The bright sunshine shines through the thin clouds on the surging river surface, reflecting sparkling light waves. Five sand boats are heading north against the wind. Amidst the sound of the water, an ugly big man with black eyes can be seen. Mao's chest, carrying the food box, walked towards the Taoist.

"Master, it's almost noon. Let's eat something."

"Well, okay, I happen to be a little hungry." The Taoist smiled, and walked directly to the bow of the ship without returning to the cabin, and sat down cross-legged: "Let's eat here, the cabin is very stuffy."

"Listen to Master." The ugly man knew the Taoist very well, otherwise he would not have put the lunch in the lunch box in advance. Then he opened the round boxes one by one and placed them on the deck. The aroma of the food rushed into his nose. It makes people move their index fingers.

The Taoist poured himself a glass of rice wine first, and while drinking, he looked at his apprentice and said, "If you have anything to ask, just ask."

Just like a disciple understands his master, this Taoist also understands the ugly man's temperament very well. Seeing how attentive he is, he already knows that he has something to ask.

"Master still understands me." The man smiled, scratched his hair and made a rustling sound: "I just want to know why master wants to take such a hard job and go to Jiangzhou."

After drinking the rice wine from the cup in one gulp, the Taoist put down the porcelain cup and glanced at his apprentice: "Do you think this is a hard job?" He stretched out his hand, took the chicken leg and tore it off, dipped it in the sauce, took a bite and chewed it. .

"This...isn't it hard work?" The apprentice looked at the master in confusion: "You are thousands of miles away from our sect, and there are no followers at your disposal, so the master still has to go out in the wind and the sun. Traveling is not just a chore.”

"It sounds like this when you say it." The Taoist smiled, stretched out his chicken leg and nodded at his apprentice: "You are just lazy. If you were more diligent, your martial arts might not be able to enter the palace. Why do you rely on strength like this now?" To suppress people.”

The ugly man's face turned red, and he said helplessly: "Master, why did you fall in love with me?"

The master leaned his back on the guardrail, and the apprentice poured the wine and took it. He looked up at the water birds passing by from high in the sky and said, "What you said is not wrong. It is indeed harder to travel outside, but in teaching Thousands of things are good, but there is only one bad thing, do you know what it is?"

The disciple shook his head, and the Taoist over there sneered: "Who taught you the day before yesterday but you forgot about it?"

"...The leader?" The ugly man spoke slowly, and then looked at the Taoist thoughtfully: "That's right, I just met two female believers frankly, and the leader got so angry... "

"If the Taoist master knew first, I would definitely beat you up." The Taoist priest stared at him fiercely. The apprentice opposite scratched his head in embarrassment. The Taoist priest was so angry that he threw the finished chicken legs on the deck. He took a sip of wine and said: "The leader is not wrong in this matter. If you want to find female believers, you should also find those who have no families. Keep an eye on those who have husbands and children! You will cause trouble for nothing!"

"They know how to love people..."

The ugly man scratched his face in embarrassment, "Come on!" The Taoist opposite was so angry that he leaned over and hit him hard. The man kept rubbing his head in pain.

"Tell me back to your question." Xu Shi hit someone, and the Taoist's anger subsided a little. He held the cup and looked at it in circles, saying: "The leader is the biggest in the religion, and he is nosy. Don't do this all day long. If you don't allow it, it will be boring for me to stay there. Besides..." He looked at the meat in front of him and pinched the rim of the cup: "In the religion, we are not allowed to eat meat and drink at will. We have to give the believers the impression that we are willing to be poor... Isn’t this just like those demonic cults that eat food and become demons?”

He raised his head and looked at the apprentice across from him: "You, master, and I also know that we like the thing in the cup the most, and we also like the union of yin and yang. Since we won't let it be taught, we might as well go out and do it alone."

The ugly man nodded: "Master is right. I can't bear to eat those vegetable leaves all day long. They are so tasteless that I can feel like a bird in my mouth." He picked up the wine bottle and leaned over to give it to the other side. Master pours wine.

The Taoist priest took the cup, watched the turbid wine pour into the cup, and said calmly: "This time when we go to Jiangzhou, try to muddy the water there, so that you and my master and disciple can have an excuse to stay there, and wait until the whole Jiangzhou is subdued. State Green Forest..."

The man who poured the wine saw that the cup was full and sat back. He smiled and said, "Master, I understand. When the time comes, Xie will be the military governor in the late Tang Dynasty. He will listen to the orders but not the propaganda."

"You are smart." The Taoist laughed and looked up at the floating clouds in the sky: "So how can this trip to Jiangzhou be a chore? It is obviously a good job."

He drank the wine with a slurp and said, "It depends on whether that person named Zhang understands current affairs."

"Master, he knows what's going on..." The ugly man smiled ferociously, clenched his fists and shook his head: "If he doesn't know what's going on, I'll have a hard time talking to him."

The sitting Taoist had a smile on his face and immediately called his apprentice to join him for a meal. After a while, the two of them had eaten and drank enough. The Taoist relied on the guard plate of the ship's bow and blew the river breeze while the apprentice packed up the dishes and turned around in the cabin.

The clouds began to increase, and after noon, the thick clouds were dyed gray and black, rolling in the sky as if they were pressing down on the city.

……

In the early morning, the sky is gray, and the white vapor obscures the field of vision and permeates the mountains and towns. The woman who got up early to buy fresh vegetables is not affected at all. Although the field of vision is not good, she can still accurately find familiar faces. The street vendor was casually chatting about the damn weather while picking and choosing, and asked the vendor to shake off some of the soil on the dishes.

Sitting in the spacious courtyard, a fair-skinned young man was wielding a wooden stick. He saw the long stick dancing with black shadows, opening and closing, and the wind whistling around the stick stirred up the mist to gather and disperse.

"Big brother, big brother."

There was a call outside the door, and a figure ran in. Judging from his appearance, he looked very similar to the stick-dancing young man.

The elder brother ignored him and continued to move around, minding his own business in dancing the long stick. The young man did not dare to disturb him anymore and just waited and watched his eldest brother practice, which lasted about a stick of incense. After a while, the young man stopped, his chest heaving violently, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Why are you so impatient?"

"Brother, I heard in the market that outsiders will come to Jieyang to set up sticks in the near future. This group of people are responsible for Boss Li's hotel at the foot of Jieyang Mountains. The next step is for us to go to town."

boom--

The long stick stabbed the ground hard, with one hand on his hips, his fair face instantly turned red: "Damn it, whoever is so impatient dares to come, think that I, Mu Hong, can't pinch my face! Second brother, do you know that I am? who?"

The younger brother Mu Chun across from him shook his head and spread his hands, indicating that he didn't know.

"Hmph, then you should watch more these two days. Forget it, Boss Li. If anyone else dares to come to this town..." He turned to look at the bamboo pole standing on the side, interrupted it with a stick, and said with a ferocious look. : "I broke all the bones in his body."

Mu Chun nodded repeatedly and looked at his brother with admiring eyes. He held his hand hanging at the side and said, "I won't let him go! I will take people to the market to watch. I want to see who dares to come."

As he was talking, this man ran out in a hurry, and then five or six servants of the Mu family followed their second son out of the house and walked around Jieyang County. In the bustling market, people fell on their backs, and some angry ones started arguing with the second son of the Mu family. , was immediately knocked to the ground, and almost lost his life after a heavy beating. There were also people with strong martial arts skills who taught the second son of the Mu family a lesson, but he called his brother from home, and then he was beaten well and thrown out of the city gate. .After seven or eight days of this, the external provocateur was not found, but the two brothers Mu Hong and Mu Chun had a reputation for being domineering. People in the city called them "No Block" and "Little Block", but the two brothers felt that It's a good name, so I accept it happily.

It was at this time that Li Li approached Zhang Kui in the village of Xiaogushan and said, "It's time to prepare."

Zhang Kui raised his head and grinned.

……

The sunset was sinking, and in the red light, a small boat parked on the shore. A young man in gray cloth jumped onto the river bank with a package on his back. He saw that this person had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a red face, and a mustache. It hadn't been taken care of for many days, and it was messy and curled.

"Brother, do you have enough money for your sister-in-law?" The man who was punting the boat shouted with a playful smile. This man had an ordinary appearance, and only two mustaches on his lips were impressive.

"That's my brother." Another head poked out of the cloak. He looked exactly like the man who was punting the boat. Even his beard had the same handlebar mustache. "I only go there a few days a month. Be careful that my sister-in-law is taken away by someone."

"Bah! A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory!" The young man on the shore had a loud voice. He laughed and scolded after hearing what they said: "You two are too lenient. Get out of the boat and come back to pick me up in three days."

The man punting the boat was not upset when he heard this, but still smiled playfully: "Three days? Brother, are you in poor health or is your sister-in-law in ill health?"

"Tong Wei, you are a bitch, you are full of dirty things." The man who was called Jun Geer turned purple in face and picked up a stone from the ground as if to throw it away. Tong Wei hurriedly jumped into the canopy of the boat.

"Brother, don't worry about your brother. He is not upright." Tong Meng helped, and then his face straightened: "It's just that Uncle Li told me to be more careful a few days ago, so he must be on guard."

"I know, don't worry, no one knows I'm here." Li Jun threw the stone aside and nodded: "When you come back in three days, we will go home together."

The Tong brothers over there looked at each other, turned around and said, "Now that we are dead, we will leave first and pick up my brother in three days."

As Li Jun nodded, the brothers opened the boat and rowed towards the center of the river. Li Jun also turned back and walked towards the fishing village not far away. When he was approaching the entrance of the village, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have said this while drinking with someone, and thought for a while. Second, he finally wanted to see his own woman more seriously. He tilted his head and muttered: "Just pretend it's okay. Those who drank that day were all my brothers... Well, it's okay!"

Seemingly letting go of his worries, Li Jun walked into the village.

It was dinner time at this time, and several fishermen had dinner at home. Some were eating with their wives and children at home, and some were single, squatting in the courtyard with the door open, pulling their big rice bowls. When they saw Li Jun walked in and said hello: "Hey, isn't this Mr. Lin, here to see Qiao Niang again?"

"Yeah, I've made some money here, come and take a look." Li Jun turned around and smiled. He didn't use his real name in this village. He only said that he was a businessman from other places, and his surname was Lin, so he was from here. They all call him Lin Daguanren. As for when he will reveal his identity...

Li Jun hasn't thought about it yet. He is always afraid that the gentle girl will look down on him, a man who is wandering in the world, and is also afraid that he will bring trouble in the world.

He was also generous in the past, and many people came to the village to greet him. It wasn't until he reached a thatched house that he put away his perfunctory smile and showed some sincerity. He looked at the clean yard and straightened his clothes. , shouted loudly: "Qiao Niang, Qiao Niang!"

The door opened with a creaking sound, and a pretty woman walked out. She had a wheat complexion and a skin as smooth as satin. She looked at Li Jun and grinned. She took two steps to open the courtyard door and said without hesitation. : "You're here? Why are you so late?"

"I came here after discussing business." Li Jun looked at the woman and felt calm in his heart. He looked at the room and said, "Are you eating?"

"Yes, come in quickly." Qiao Niang stretched out her hand to take the man's package. She felt it was heavy in her hand. She was not surprised. She just complained: "I have brought so many things with me again."

Li Jun chuckled and watched her walk into the room with her bag. He bolted the courtyard door and followed in. Qiao Niang put the package aside, walked to the back and took out a bowl: "You haven't eaten, have you? In the past, you We only came at night, so I didn’t cook much, so I just made do with some food.”

"It's just that I didn't eat. You did everything well."

This Hun Jianglong has always had a smile on his face since he saw her. He is not a young brother who has never seen the world. He followed the Tong family brothers to the brothel and Chu Palace. It’s just that those women are beautiful, but they don’t have such a coincidence. His mother gave him a sense of security, so even though the fisherman's skin was a little dark and her speech was not elegant, Li Jun was still willing to stay here for a few days.

Qiao Niang served him the soup quickly and asked him to sit down. She handed him a cooking cake and then sat down: "These are the fish caught today. They are fresh. Eat them quickly."

"Hey." He responded. He had just taken a bite of the cooking cake before he remembered that he was missing someone: "By the way, where is your father? Do you still want to gamble?"

Qiao Niang was eating and looked at Li Jun: "After being beaten by you, how can I dare to gamble again." She smiled and then said: "It's just that he doesn't want to look at you, so he finds an excuse to go to someone else's house to spend the night. ”

"It's not mine." Li Jun then started to eat: "I'll treat your father to a drink some other time. You can't treat him like an enemy."

"You still said that!" She rolled her eyes at the man, and Qiao Niang's face burned a little: "I can't beat you like you. What should I do if I break it?"

"Then you can't watch your father export all the money you earned from fishing." Li Jun said softly. Seeing that the woman opposite felt like she was nagging her mother-in-law, he couldn't help but smile even more gently.

"That's right, otherwise he would still bet now."

Qiao Niang also sighed. Very few people understand how it feels to have a gambling father. Even the matchmaker doesn't dare to introduce people when she knows about his family's situation. Fortunately...

He glanced at Li Jun.

have him!

　PS:

　　It seems that the Northern Song Dynasty officially defined the seven Jiangnan uprising armies as "devil thieves", but did not define Fang La's uprising team as "devil thieves".The food-eating demon is actually a general term for all the messy beliefs along the southeast coast. . . . . .

　　I mean, I'm so tired. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)