Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 332 The Yang Family
When the sky darkened, Wuweijun City was still very lively. The merchants and scholars who had fought hard during the day began to use another way to support the famous flower they had chosen. The brothel and Chu Pavilion were all full of people. It was overcrowded, and the wealthy merchants were waving their money, but strangely they were not as popular as the scholars who were good at poetry.

However, this feast did not attract all the people to participate. More people were still living their lives as usual. Smoke rose from their homes, and the smell of life was wafting in the lanes. Some people dropped by with fresh drinks. , there are also people who grill mutton, and the aroma of the meat makes people salivate.

A man who had been studying hard all day came into the house, washed his hands and sat at the table. He watched his little man run into the house, climb on the chair and sit down with a smile. The woman in simple clothes was carrying steaming dishes. He came in, glanced at his excited son and asked casually: "Wash your hands now."

"Washed." A childlike voice sounded, holding a chopstick in each hand, watching his mother put the roast lamb on the table with bright eyes.

"Eat." The elegant man picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into his son's bowl. The happy child narrowed his eyes with a smile.

"It's hard work, madam." The man picked up another piece of meat and put it into the woman's bowl. The woman also smiled and said, "Husband, it's hard to study." After a slight pause, he said, "Husband, have you made up your mind to take the exam?"

"Well, I'll leave in the middle of the year so that I can catch up with next year's spring test." The man protected his somewhat long beard with his hands, put the roast lamb soaked in dipping sauce into his mouth, chewed it, and his lips and teeth were immediately fragrant: "Well... Madam's cooking skills are getting better and better, it's delicious!"

"Yeah, yeah! Mom's craftsmanship is indeed better!" The little man's mouth was full of oil as he listened to his father's words and hurriedly agreed.

"Eat more if it's delicious." The woman smiled, looked at the man and said, "Are we going together and looking after each other on the way?"

"Of course there is. Brother Wenfu and Zijie are also together. We will enter Hezhou first. Brother Wenfu said that he has an acquaintance there and can take a boat to the capital."

The woman breathed a sigh of relief, looked at her husband and said, "It's a good place. It's safer to take a boat than to go on the road. But do you want to go home?"

The man was silent for a while and sighed: "Let's wait until the exam is over. We have to go back."

"That's right. I have been away for many years and I don't know how my family is doing? Oh, by the way..." The woman thought of something: "I heard from Sister-in-law Huang that many thieves have gathered in the mountains and forests in the past two years. I don't know what's going on in the world."

"Perhaps it's because there are too many sycophants in the court to deceive the officials." The man sighed, and while eating the dinner that his wife had worked so hard to prepare, he said thoughtfully: "I heard that there are many scoundrels among officials today. , and there is also the theory of the Six Thieves. If we can get rid of this group of people and tell the officials the truth, I am afraid that the world will be at peace immediately."

"This servant doesn't understand. Just wait until the official is promoted before doing this." He encouraged his man, and after taking two mouthfuls of porridge, he worriedly asked: "Then are the six thieves very powerful in the court?"

"That's Ken..."

pop, pop—

The sound of the door knocking interrupted the man's words. The three members of the dining family looked at each other. The woman asked strangely: "Who comes to visit at such a late hour? Don't want to drag you to a brothel."

"I'll go take a look." The man stood up and looked at his wife angrily after hearing this: "I never go to dirty places like that. It's not like you don't know."

The woman smiled sweetly and did not argue. She watched the man pick up an oil lamp and walk out of the room.

The place where they live is a three-heyuan with an independent courtyard. It is not big, but there is a small flat courtyard in the middle of the three rooms, so you can hear the door knocker here. The elegant man is protecting the light with his hand. He walked to the door in two steps and shouted: "Who is it?"

"Brother Xiji, it's me."

A tired voice came from outside. The man heard it familiarly, but he couldn't remember whose voice it was for a moment. He said "oh", put the oil lamp aside, raised the door latch and said, "Wait a moment, I'll open the door."

squeak-

The brown-painted courtyard door was opened on both sides. The man used the light to see clearly the people outside and was startled: "Minwei! Why is it you?" He saw several men and women holding horses standing next to him and couldn't help but He hesitated: "He is waiting for..."

In order to take a look at the man, Yang Min looked a little excited on Gujing Bubo's face. He lowered his head slightly so that his face could not be seen clearly: "Brother, can you go in and talk."

"Should, should, come in quickly."

As he spoke, the man put the crowd of people into the house, then stretched out his head to look around and saw that no one was outside. He just closed his arms, closed the door, bolted it and turned around: "Brother, what are you doing?" Born?"

Yang Minwei first looked at Lu Bu and others, then turned around and said, "I have some things to take care of. I happened to be passing by here and came here to see my brother."

"Didn't you say you wanted to work in the Shipbuilding Department last time? And these guys are..."

While talking, perhaps seeing that the man had not returned to the house for a long time, the woman came out. Seeing the many people, she paused and asked, "Sir, who is here?"

"We are brothers among the people." The man replied: "I also brought a few guests with me."

In order to look at his brother, Yang Min looked back at the men and women standing. He muttered in his heart that it was really troublesome and he had to explain for a long time, tsk...

He lazily said: "Brother, can you go in and talk? I haven't eaten yet..." He patted the baggage on the back of the horse that came in: "I will buy cooked food, rice wine, and two roast lambs this afternoon. Legs, why not talk while eating?"

"Invite you quickly, we happen to be eating too." The man did not refuse, smiled and extended his hand to signal. Yu Cheng, the Zhang brothers and others immediately untied the horses and held them with their hands. Lu Bu nodded and apologized: " It would disturb the noble couple’s meal.”

"What are you talking about? Let's have fun together when there are many people." The man laughed loudly and immediately stepped forward to lead everyone into the house. The woman wanted to avoid it, but when she saw Hu Sanniang also entered the house together, she hesitated for a moment and stayed. The couple's son looked curiously at the people who walked in with his eyes open.

The table for this family of three to eat was not big. The man patted his son and said, "Don't eat yet. Let's lift a table together so that the guests can eat."

The little man shook his head: "No, father is here to accompany the guests, and the child can be alone."

After speaking, he quickly ran to the next room. Before Lu Bu and others could say a few words to the couple, the child walked in with a table in his arms and put down a square table with a thud.Hu Sanniang was stunned when she heard the sound of the table falling. She stepped forward and tried it with her hands. She felt that it was quite heavy. She looked at the boy with some surprise: "Young official is so strong. One person can move such a heavy table." Gotta move.”

"This kid is really strong." The man smiled, patted his son's head with some pride, and then stretched out his hand and said: "Sit down, sit down, we are our brothers. Aren't you working as a borehole in the Shipbuilding Department? How do you do that?" Are you here now? And these guys are..."

He looked at Lu Bu's group hesitantly. There were men and women in this group, some in their prime, some with immature faces, some with rough clothes, and some with great dignity. The elegant man really couldn't figure out how these people got together. Come together.

"My little brother is no longer in the Shipping Department..." He looked up at the man opposite him. Yang Min put the sauced meat into the empty plate brought by the woman. He thought about the words and said calmly: "Because I blocked the way of people and money. The Shangguan found someone to send to Tongzhou Island with his hair." He raised his head, turned it around to let the light shine, and pointed at it: "Look, the golden seal."

The couple opposite opened their eyes wide, but the child still looked at him in confusion as if he didn't understand. The younger brother who spoke said with a self-deprecating look on his face: "My younger brother is also lucky. When he met my elder brother, he took me with him." Get out of the sea of ​​suffering, otherwise I should be making a sacrifice in the Dragon King’s palace now.”

The man frowned: "What do you mean? What kind of Dragon Palace sacrifice?" He looked at Li Zhu with a somewhat unclear look: "Which brother in the world is this?"

Li Zhu gave in with a smile, stretched out his hand and pointed to the side: "That's my brother."

The man's expression froze and he looked at the tall, smiling figure beside him. He heard the voice of his younger brother: "What else can there be? Of course he was sacrificed alive to the Dragon King."

"Wait, I'm a little confused." As if he had received too much information at the moment, the elegant man couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his forehead, and waved one hand towards his clan brother: "You mean, you were framed by Shangguan and sent to Tongzhou Island, and then Being used as a sacrifice to the Dragon King? Was it..." He glanced at Lu Bu and said, "This brother rescued you?"

"Correct."

The expression on the man's face was very exciting for a moment. He moved his lips twice and didn't know what to say. The woman saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff and quickly said: "Don't say any more. It's getting late and the guests haven't eaten yet. Eat quickly." Let’s get something, the food is almost cold, let’s talk about something while we eat.”

"Oh, yes, Madam is right. It's all my fault for being impatient. Don't take offense." With an apologetic smile, the man took another deep breath and suppressed his thoughts.

Lu Bu and the others had not eaten for most of the day and were already hungry. However, the host had not yet moved his chopsticks, so it was not easy to get started. The woman took the man back and sat down, and together with Hu Sanniang, started pouring wine for everyone. Drinking and eating vegetables together, a few glasses of wine mixed with meat and vegetables, the hunger in everyone's stomach was relieved a little.

Lu Bu looked at Yang Minwei who was busy eating and drinking: "Brother Yang, it's not the way to be a guest after coming in for such a long time without knowing the name of the host. Why don't you introduce me?"

The man who was immersed in eating and drinking hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth, glanced at his family brother and said: "This is Xiao Ke's negligence, just patronizing for pleasure, brother, this is my brother from the Yi clan, named Xiji, over there It's Xiao Ke's sister-in-law and nephew Zaixing." After a pause, he said to Yang Bangyi: "This is my brother, known as the Jade-faced Flying General in the world, and his surname is Lu Mingbu. That is Hu Sanniang, who is my brother's concubine." The tall figure's mouth twitched, and he pointed at Li Zhu: "This is the military advisor Li Zhu, over there is the guard Yu Cheng, and the heroes Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun in the water."

After introducing them one by one, they remained silent and just ate and drank. However, Yang Bangyi heard that there was nothing unusual about the clan brother's introduction. He raised his glass and said with a smile: "It's rare for heroes to come to my humble home. I would like to toast you all with a glass of water and wine. Thank you brother Lu Bu for saving me." He took the lives of my fellow citizens."

The woman also raised her glass quickly and said: "I will also drink with you. Thank you to this brother for saving my uncle's life."

After that, the couple drank it all in one gulp.

Lu Bu looked at his host, exchanged glances with Li Assistant, reached out and grabbed the wine glass: "Brother Yang, you're welcome, I just happened to meet him, no need to say thank you."

"I still have to thank you." Yang Bangyi sat up straight. At this time, he was probably recovering from the news from his brother, and his expression returned to normal: "I have many people in my clan, but not many close ones. , Min Weidi is one of the few brothers who can make it happen. If something goes wrong, it will be a pity in the world."

The clan brother who was eating and drinking over there stopped his hands, and after two breaths, he silently lowered his head and continued chewing.

"I envy the brotherhood between the two of you, but I am alone. I often think that it would be nice to have a clan member to help me, so I have doubts about other people's kindness." Putting down the empty wine glass, Lu Bu sighed and quickly added Cheer up: "But God has pity on me. Let me meet some good brothers in this life, which can make me make up for my regrets."

The people around him were a little confused, thinking that he was excited and talking about the past affairs of the Liao Kingdom. However, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, who were new members of the group, puffed up their chests and shouted: "We naturally care about our brother, even if he wants to We will also fetch the dragons from the water."

The two of them talked lively, which made Yang Bangyi, who was not used to dealing with Cao Mang, feel a little embarrassed. However, the little man sitting next to him suddenly said: "Is there really a dragon in the water?"

Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun were stunned. The woman over there patted their son on the head and said, "Speak up, adults, and children should stop interrupting."

"It's okay, it's okay." The Zhang brothers here shook their heads happily. Zhang Shun thought for a moment and looked at the child and said, "It's hard to say whether I am there or not. It's just that a few years ago, I encountered a huge creature in the water. Then It was dark, and I couldn't see clearly what it was, but it was trying to wrap itself around me, so I tried to block it with my hands, and when I touched it, it was covered in hard scales, almost..."

He made a pair of hands and made an empty space the size of a bowl. He said in his mouth: "It's so thick. I was lucky that day. I was carrying a sharp knife and cut several wounds on it. I fought with it in the water for an hour and a half." It was carved, but when it saw that it couldn't help me, it ran away."

The boy blinked after hearing this and saw that his mother didn't react when he saw her, so he spoke boldly: "Then you are not hurt?"

Zhang Shun patted the side of his left leg: "Why is it not injured? I took a bite of it here and there was a row of fine tooth marks. Fortunately, it is not poisonous, otherwise it is hard to say what happened in the end."

"That must be the dragon." The little man's eyes shone with excitement.

The father sitting next to him patted him and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's dangerous or not." He looked at Zhang Shun in surprise and said, "This brother is capable of fighting such a giant thing in the water. His water properties are really good. "

Zhang Shun wasn't too impressed, he just laughed at himself: "I'm just forced to make a living, but actually I hope I don't know how to swim."

For a moment, everyone at the table who understood what he said was a little sad. Lu Bu looked at Zhang Shun and comforted him: "In any case, it is good to have the ability. If not, I will not be able to know my brother."

"Brother is right." Zhang Shunqiang said, "Come on, come on, let me give you a drink."

　PS1: The Jade-faced Flying General hasn’t appeared for a long time (●ˇˇ●)
　　PS2: Regarding Yang Bangyi, we know where he is from and who his children are. We also know the records of Yang Bangyi and Yang Zaixing in "Hongshan Yang Family Genealogy" and "Yu Collection" and the Party's doubts about the relationship between Yang Zaixing and his father and son. and argument.

　　The purpose of saying this is to show that Xiao Ke knew this, but he still wrote it like this. As Xiao Ke said before, this book is not based on the history of the Song Dynasty but only as a supplement, so there will be some divergent thinking in it.

　　
　
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