Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

The dense forest rustled in the dark night. In the camp, bonfires were lit, and the rising fireworks reflected the tired but excited faces of the soldiers. Even though the rest time was short, the gains from last night and today were enough to support him standing here. What's more, there are companions who take a break during the relaxation period in order to rotate in the second half of the night.

In the surrounded center, several independent tents had their lights turned off, leaving only a guarded tent in the center with lights on, and a human figure was cut on the tent by the firelight.

"Brother, this is all the borrowed money and food. I have recorded it clearly. Please take a look at it." With a hint of joy on his face, Jiang Jing respectfully placed the account book in his hand on Lu Bu's table and stepped aside.

"Thank you for your hard work, brother." The majestic figure wiped his face, opened the booklet and flipped through a few pages, raising his eyebrows in surprise: "Did the Su family donate all the food to the village?"

"Yes." Jiang Jing nodded and wiped his well-trimmed beard: "Su Daguan said that it would be useless for him to keep this batch of food and grass. It is better to give it all to the village. I only hope that my brother can protect the Su family."

Lu Bu laughed loudly and leaned back in his chair: "The three brothers and sisters from the Su family have already joined the gang. How could a certain person not take care of his family? Senior officials are so polite."

He paused and then said: "Well, brother, please note this down. There are many fields around the village. When the time comes, let Su Daguan choose a piece of land. Someone will open up the land for him, and the output will be at his disposal."

Jiang Jing nodded, quickly took out the pen he carried with him, put it in his mouth and moistened it with saliva, then took out a palm-sized book and wrote it down.

Lu Bu was flipping through the account book, and after a while he closed the last page. He looked up and saw Jiang Jing still standing there looking at him, and asked curiously: "But what else is going on?"

Jiang Jinggong raised his hand and said, "After I finished counting the goods, I passed by the prisoner camp. There was a man named Zhao Li who wanted to see Xie."

"Zhao Li? The one who was captured by a certain person before?" Lu Bu muttered and looked at the scholar opposite: "What's the matter with him?"

"I don't know, little brother." Jiang Jing shook his head: "I didn't tell him when I asked him. I just saw that he looked ugly. There must be some problem."

"That's all, just call him over." He turned to look at the young guard: "Yu Cheng, go and bring him up."

"Yes."

Yu Cheng bowed from behind and responded, then strode out of the camp. Amidst the accompaniment of the chirping of insects at night, he walked towards the direction of the prisoner's camp. Not long after, a staggering figure was pushed over.

The flickering firelight dispelled the darkness on the man's body, and the captive with a bruised nose and swollen face appeared in front of Lu Bu again.

"Kneel down!" Yu Cheng pushed him, and the man twisted his upper body. Seeing that Zhao Li refused to kneel, the young guard raised his foot and wanted to kick him in the leg socket.

"That's all, don't rush yet."

Lu Bu waved his hand and looked at the stubborn face over there with some curiosity: "I heard from Brother Jiang Jing that you want to find someone, why?"

At this time, the man's lower body was free, but his upper body was still tied behind his back. He was silent for a moment after hearing Lu Bu's question, and then said stiffly: "What does the unknown leader plan to do with the officers and soldiers who were captured today?"

Snapped--

The wick on the side made a soft sound, and the majestic figure sitting above said lightly: "How to deal with it..." The tiger's eyes looked forward: "What does it have to do with you?"

Zhao Li looked a little excited for a moment, but he suppressed it and lowered his head and said: "I know that the leader of the village has few soldiers, and he may do unbearable things. However, the captured sergeants are also living lives, and they are all human beings." If the person raised by his parents dies, who will support his family on his behalf..."

He peeked at the indifferent expression in front of him, gritted his teeth and said: "If the leader of the village can spare their lives, Zhao Li is willing to swear allegiance to the leader of the village."

"There seems to be no shortage of manpower at this time." Humu looked at the young man opposite with a smile, his expression changed greatly, he raised his hands, put his elbows on the table, and looked at him with his left hand holding his right fist: "Besides, , your life is probably not as valuable as you think."

Zhao Li's face became more and more embarrassed. He was silent for a while and said: "Although the village leader is not lacking in stupid people like me, Xie got a lot of food and money from Fengyun Village and the Su family..." After hesitating, he continued: "It is obviously not an easy task to transport so many things back to Liangshan with only Xie's subordinates."

He raised his head and looked directly at the figure in front of him: "If Xie lets them go, I can advise everyone to take on the responsibility of transportation. I think I am very skilled in martial arts. Even if he joins the army, he will be specially recruited. I will follow Xie in the south and north in the future." Absolutely nothing."

"So... you still have some value, but..." He stretched out a finger and pointed to the opposite side: "How do I know if everything you said can be done."

"Zhao Li is confident that he still has some reputation in the army. He will do his best to persuade him to wait." He breathed a sigh of relief and the tied man said: "The leader of the village will give me half a day, and I will be able to convince him all."

"Hmm..." Lu Bu muttered through his nose, and the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "I will give you time... until the end of the day. If you do it, all these people can live, and you can go up the mountain to work for me." After a moment: "If you can't do it, if you pass five times and kill him, you can find a place to end it yourself."

There is still time!

Zhao Li took a deep breath: "I will obey the command of the village master."

"Untie him." He reached out and tapped the tied figure, and Yu Cheng immediately stepped forward and walked behind him. The leader sitting over there watched him remove the rope and moved his wrists, and said: "Get out, remember , the time of peace.”

Zhao Li nodded, turned around and left the tent. Jiang Jing squinted his eyes and stroked his beard. After the person had gone far away, he said to Lu Bu: "Brother, why does this man sound so sure that he wants to kill the prisoner? He has no idea. If brother If you want to kill all those thieves and prisoners, you won’t bring them back.”

"Before, the military advisor told a certain person that he wanted to spread rumors among the captured generals. That person is being held with him and others. I'm afraid the military advisor has also been kept in the dark." Lu Bu smiled and stretched out his hand to hold the man aside. He picked up the warm water, moistened his throat, and then said: "As long as the leaders of this group of officers and soldiers don't have any alien intentions, we can control this group of people, which will be very helpful to me when I return."

"It turns out that..."

Jiang Jing over there showed a look of surprise. After a while, the magician said goodbye and left the tent and went back. Yu Cheng lay down in the big tent with his clothes on, while Lu Bu went behind and lay down on the bed, having worked hard for a long time. , it’s time to rest.

The night wind blew, causing slight ripples where the captives were, and then quickly calmed down. A slight cheer spread, and under the light of the fire, the person who was trying to persuade them looked helpless.

The night passed like this.

……

The sky was getting brighter, and the camp, which had been dormant for the night, became active again. The soldiers carrying water and lighting fires started their day's work early. The smoke rose under the blue sky, winding up into the air, and soon the smell of rice spread in the camp. drift.

Lu Bu's breakfast was very simple, consisting of a large bowl of porridge, a plate of pickles, and two pancakes. The cook even grilled a fresh fish and served it to him. He and Hu Sanniang had it together with the second lady from the Su family who came to keep Hu Sanniang as her companion. meal.

In the middle of the corner, a group of minions began to dismantle the camp. Zhao Li walked out of the tent and shouted to the officers and soldiers to carefully harness the vehicles. He looked at these people with complicated expressions who were originally dragging their work and complaining constantly. After finishing the work, he did not forget to show a smile to the village soldiers holding knives and guns. Several generals from the original army even kicked and hit those who moved slowly.

The man, who was over seven feet tall, couldn't help but turn his face away, looking to the side in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

"You guys come with me!"

Ma Lin shouted to the side, and a group of about ten people ran out, quickly catching up with the Iron Flute Immortal. “Third-in-charge, where are we going?”

"Stupid!" Ma Lin glared at the person who spoke: "You have been working as a spy for the past two days, why did you ask this stupid question? My brother ordered me to lead people to explore the road, so you and others should cheer up for me. "

"Third Master, why don't we go back to Liangshan? Why don't we go north?"

Ma Lin rolled his eyes and said, "We are passing through Pengcheng on our way from the north with so much wealth. Are you rushing to tell the city officials that the things we stole were stolen by us?"

He ran quickly and said, "Don't think blindly. If we go west, we will turn north and go up. All we need to do is check the road conditions ahead."

As they spoke, the group of ten people hurried forward, and soon they were far away from the camp.

The temperature gradually warmed up. When everything was ready, following Lu Bu's order to set off, the team set off and walked slowly.

……

The sun gradually disappeared, and after noon, under the same sun, the man who was exposed to the sun also had sweat on his face. From time to time, he turned his head and looked into the lobby.

"What are you looking at?"

The classmates next to him saw him turning around several times, and turned around with some curiosity. They saw that the few people who had just entered were nothing special. They were just a store owner with a few dealers and an ugly man with a blue birthmark on his face. , what is more eye-catching is the fat monk who is tied up by them. He is white, tall, and has a sinister face. He does not look like a kind person.

"It's not that monk yet." The person who turned around said: "Last time this guy wanted to join the gang, but the village leader didn't allow it. The two of them started fighting, and the monk was knocked to the ground by his kick. He's still not recovered today."

"Ha!" The people next to him also became interested after hearing this: "So it's this guy. I said that the leader of the village has a bad temper recently. He often beats and scolds people when he doesn't like him. It turns out he suffered a lot." The voice continued: "Then don't go out naked today, this monk, or you will be slaughtered and drunk."

"It's also his bad fate..." the person from before said something, then quickly turned around and said: "The leader of the village is here."

"I'm so scared." The accomplice on the side became bolder and simply turned around and looked in through the door frame: "It's rare to see a scene like this."

"The bloody thorns are so beautiful."

While the two were talking, they saw the leader of the village being supported sitting on the main seat, pointing at the monk and cursing, when they suddenly heard: "Don't leave the bird!"

The monk suddenly took off the binding ropes and reached out to take the Zen staff. Fang Zi, named Deng Long, screamed strangely. The monk jumped up in a big step, and with just one click, the Zen staff with the sound of whistling wind hit his head, and a bullet hit his head. The head cracked open like a watermelon, the seat beneath him shattered with a "click", and the corpse sat on the ground with a bang.

"What a disaster!" The peeping people screamed: "The leader of the village has been killed by them!"

"Huh? What?"

The other person quickly turned his head and saw the man with the green birthmark on his face pulling out the knife from one person's chest. Hearing their voices, he suddenly turned his face and shouted, "Death!" The footsteps moved continuously, and the whole person rushed over quickly. His knees weakened and he sat down on the ground.

"Straight bitch, do you really think that we, Erlongshan, are all cowards?"

The bold man stood with his sword straight out. The companions on the side looked in disbelief and saw that the ugly man was about to run to the door. He suddenly knelt on the ground and raised the sword above his head with both hands: "Hero, spare your life, I am willing to surrender to you!" "

The eyes of the man who fell to the ground suddenly widened, as if he had been stimulated. He exerted force on his legs and knelt down: "Hero, spare your life! Me too!"

Yang Zhi, who was approaching, raised his knife and suddenly felt it was boring. He turned around to see that the monk and Cao Zheng behind him had stopped, and banged the knife on the ground: "Go and call all the people here. If there is one missing, Watch your two heads carefully."

The two looked at each other and quickly responded: "Yes."

Yang Zhi watched the two of them help each other stand up and walk towards the back, and heard several complaints in his ears——

"You are so useless, I thought you were going to fight with them."

"Bah! The leader of the village is dead, so why don't I try my best to go up and bury him with him?"

"At least the village master treats you well."

"Not bad? Every day he likes to drink spicy food, and I just grab a pot of the leftover meat and bones from him, which is so rare."

"..."

As the voice faded away, the green-faced beast shook his head, turned around and said, "Senior brother, the Sa family has asked him to summon all the minions from the mountain. We need to subdue them after a while."

"Oh, this Deng Long is dead. Who dares not to surrender? Let him come and eat the Sajia Zen Staff." The fat monk walked down and gently opened the skirt of the monk's robe, revealing a bulging chest: "Finally, There’s a place to stay.”

A smile appeared on Yang Zhi's lips: "It's also thanks to Brother Cao Zheng."

The young man dressed as a shop owner over there quickly waved his hand and said, "I just came up with two ideas. Without Yang Zhishi and Master Lu's extravagant display of martial arts, they wouldn't have been able to kill this golden-eyed tiger so quickly."

While several people were talking, three to five hundred minions came over under the leadership of the little boss. Lu Zhishen didn't mind being dirty, so he pulled the corpse's legs and walked out. When he got to the door, he threw it out. Cao Zheng shouted: "Everyone is dead." Come and surrender! If you don’t obey, so will you!”

All the minions were shocked and looked at each other in silence for a while.

Seeing this, Lu Zhishen glanced at the two stone lions in front of the door. He immediately walked over with a Zen staff, exhaled "Hey-", and the rotating Zen staff hit the lion's head with a bang, and the flying stones hit the lion. It hurt, but no one dared to shout out. Two unlucky ones touched the blood on their foreheads and swallowed back the screams of pain.

In sight, the great monk yelled: "You won't surrender if you wait for it!"

"Surrender, of course! Master's power!"

"Master is mighty, I have surrendered a long time ago."

The two people who were guarding the door were the first to run out and kneel down. Seeing this, everyone behind them also knelt down and surrendered. For a while, several people in the hall were very satisfied. (End of chapter)