Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

The candlelight was swaying, and several wooden boxes were placed in the study. A figure dressed in silk came over, reached out and opened the lid. There was an ingot of silver collar inside, and he took out one and shined it against the firelight. It was cold and bright.

After putting it to his nose and smelling it, Murong Yanda laughed and murmured: "It still smells good..." He threw it away and heard a crisp tinkling sound, then added: "The smell of money."

The sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the room, and the housekeeper of the mansion gently knocked on the door: "Mr. Lang, Duyu Hou Pan Shanyu has arrived."

"Let him wait in the living room." Murong Yanda said, looked at the box full of silver collars, reluctantly closed it, straightened his clothes, picked up the sealed envelope on the table, and then walked out of the study. .

When the Qingzhou magistrate arrived, there was already a young man waiting in the living room, but he saw that this young man had a good appearance, with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows, big eyes and a high nose. At first glance, he looked like a righteous person. When he saw Murong Yanda come in , quickly bowed and said: "Young general, I have met the magistrate."

"No need to be polite." Murong Yanda didn't raise his eyes and walked straight past the man. When he got to the main seat, he threw down the letter, lifted up his robe and sat down: "I called you here to ask you to do something."

Pan Shanyu clasped his fists and lowered his head: "Your Majesty's orders."

"Tonight you take this magistrate's warrant and go to Erlong Mountain to find Qin Ming." Murong Yanda took out a token from his arms and threw it on the table: "Take this and leave the city, remember, no matter where Erlong Mountain is What's going on here? When he sees Qin Ming, he should immediately do what the warrant says."

"Yes." The young man stepped forward to pick up the things, clasped his fists and left.

……

In the early morning, the dew trembled slightly on the leaves, slowly gathering into a drop of water. The leaf tilted down, and the crystal drop ran over the veins of the green leaves and hit the water drop in front. The overwhelmed leaf sank, and then bounced up slightly. It's like the burden is gone.

Snapped--

He patted his face with his palms, and his opened eyes were full of bloodshot eyes. He looked at the water stains on his palms and exhaled helplessly. He wiped his hands on his trousers, smelled them and felt that they were tasteless, and then he stuck his head out. Look towards Huafu.

The door of Hua's house is open, and Hua Rong and his wife, neatly dressed, are walking out accompanied by others.

"Going hunting again..."

The man turned back helplessly and leaned against the wall, wanting to sleep for a while. He closed his eyes and was silent for a few breaths. Then he suddenly opened them again, turned over and took a closer look, with an excited look on his face. He turned around and wanted to wake him up. The companion who was sleeping behind heard the sound of footsteps and looked up to see an old woman walking by.

"How pitiful..." A few copper coins fell from the old woman's hand, rolled twice on the ground with a jingling sound, and stopped in front of him. The expression on the man's face froze, and he unconsciously reached out to pick up one and looked at it in a daze. In my ears I heard the old woman's words gradually disappearing: "It's better to use this money to cushion your stomach and have the hands and feet to find something to do than to beg for food..."

"Which one is a beggar?" The man stood up angrily and wanted to reason. He thought about going to Zhizhai to report the news. He looked at the copper coins, wiped them on his body and put them in his arms. He cursed bitterly: "It's nothing." You have to make sure you look good, you old bitch! Don't waste your money, you bitch." The man quickly picked up the copper coins and then kicked his companion: "Get up, there's something going on."

With a worried look in his eyes, the man said: "Let's go to Zhizhai, the caravan is leaving!"

"Oh." My companion said and quickly followed.

At the same time, Hua Rongzheng and Cui took Hua Baoyan and walked out behind Lu Bu.

"Listen to your brother more often on the road, don't be willful, and don't miss your brother's big things."

The girl's face was full of helplessness: "Brother, you are so long-winded. From yesterday to today, you have been saying this. If you are not tired, I am still annoyed."

Hua Rong's face turned red and he forced himself to say: "In short, just be obedient."

"I understand, I understand." Hua Baoyan waved her hands impatiently, then took Cui's arm and whispered, "Sister-in-law, how can you tolerate my elder brother being so verbose?"

Ms. Cui glanced at her helpless husband, leaned her head over and whispered, "You just need to be more eloquent than him."

"Who can speak truth like him?" Hua Baoyan said to Cui, and then Hua Rong saw his wife say something in her ear, and the two of them burst into laughter.

Hua Rong shook his head, approached Lu Bu and said, "It's a pity that Hua Rong can't leave Qingfeng Village too far, otherwise I would have to go to Erlong Mountain with my brother to visit today."

"I can't say there will be a chance in the future."

Lu Bu glanced sideways and showed a meaningful smile. Hua Rong knew that he might be transferred to suppress bandits, so he smiled bitterly and said: "I don't think there is such a chance. Qingzhou has no fighting soldiers." "More, the magistrate is... also the kind of person who doesn't want to get into trouble. I think there won't be any more trouble in a few years."

"That's fine." Lu Bu, who was walking in front, did not look back: "But if you don't do what you want, you can come to me."

"Thank you, brother." Hua Rong looked around at the scenery: "Most of the people in this village entrust their lives to Hua Rong, so I should do my best for him."

As he spoke, the corners of his mouth raised into a smile.

……

"The merchant is leaving?" Liu Gao stood up and looked at the person who came back to report the news.

"Yes, Hua Rong and his wife are sending them off in person. Maybe they will leave the village soon."

"In such a hurry?" Liu Gao thought for a while: "Didn't you two say that he would wait for his elders to go out hunting?"

"Pretend it's not the case. The Hua family and his wife are wearing normal clothes, and only his sister is wearing men's clothing."

Liu Gao took two steps forward. The man suddenly turned around and said, "Go and notify the two instructors and ask them to take the Nanzhai sergeant immediately to the front of Shiliting. Since Hua Rong is sending him off in person, he must be there too." Those who want to go to Shiliting will not be able to walk very fast, so I hope they can catch up."

"Yes." The man turned around and was about to go out.

Liu Gao said hurriedly: "Come back."

The man turned around and saw that Wen Zhizhai frowned and said, "Tell them to try to catch as many people as possible alive, but if anyone resists, it doesn't matter, just kill them."

"Yes."

Seeing that Liu Gao had no more instructions, he ran out quickly. Not long after, the two instructors from Nanzhai headed towards the distance with a group of people.

……

In the ten-mile long pavilion to see off guests, the sadness of farewell fills people's hearts.

This was how it was supposed to be when parting... Lu Bu and his entourage who had arrived just stood ten meters away from the ten-mile pavilion, looking up and looking at each other with a strange expression on their faces.

The farewell pavilion outside Qingfeng Village may have not been renovated for a long time. The four pillars are covered with various vines. The tiles on the top of the pavilion are quite damaged. A few sharp-eyed people even looked at a few white mushrooms on the shady railing.

Hua Rong's face turned red when he looked at the pavilion. He glanced at Lu Bu awkwardly and grabbed his clothes with both hands: "I don't know how shabby this place looks. I must report it when I get back. Find someone to repair it.”

Hua Baoyan curled her lips and said, "It's strange that Liu Chaoyi can cultivate." Ms. Cui smiled, stretched out her hand and pinched the girl's wrist. The little girl Hua stuck out her tongue and looked at Ms. Cui with a smile.

Hua Rong became more and more embarrassed and glared at his sister.

"It's not your fault, why do you have this expression?" Lu Bu reached out and patted Hua Rong on the shoulder: "As long as it comes to your mind, some things are beyond your control and you are not the only one who can change it."

He waved his hand and said: "We must say goodbye after a long journey, so let's say goodbye here."

Hua Rong exhaled. He had said what needed to be said in the past two days. Now he bowed his hands and said, "Brother, be careful in everything."

Lu Bu didn't say anything, just patted him on the shoulder, and then strode away, with Yu Cheng and others behind him quickly following.

Mrs. Cui quickly let go of Hua Baoyan's arm: "Be careful here, your elder brother and I are waiting for you at home."

"Sister-in-law, don't worry." Hua Baoyan said with a smile: "With my brother here, who dares to provoke him, but he doesn't think he has a long life?"

Mrs. Cui also knew this and said nothing more. She just smiled and watched the girl run behind everyone, turned around, waved her hands, and skipped forward. When she came to Lu Bu, she tilted her head and said something to him.

"How can there be a man like this? Anyone can tell it's a girl." Hua Rong raised his hand and pointed at his sister, then turned to look at Ms. Cui and said, "I just said that the clothes were a bit redundant. It looks so weird.”

"Come on, when did you take care of her?" Mrs. Cui looked at her husband-in-law with a funny look, and then sighed: "Originally, I thought that my little sister had a crush on my brother, but now it seems that it doesn't seem like it."

"Brother seems to be just like me. He only treats his younger sister as a younger sister. Besides..." Hua Rong shrugged helplessly when he heard this, looked at his back in the distance and sighed: "If there is one, it will be difficult to cover up."

"...That's true."

Hua Rong and his wife watched here until the figure in the distance shrank, then turned and walked towards Qingfeng Village.

……

"Brother, why don't you ask my eldest brother to prepare some vehicles? How can we only have three horses on this road?"

On the road ahead, Hua Baoyan seemed to have endless things to say. Looking left and right, she saw that Yu Cheng and others were only holding three horses pulling the cart, and she couldn't help but said: "We can't walk to Erlong Mountain, right? "

"Of course not." Lu Bu looked at her, smiled, pointed ahead and said, "A certain person has asked someone to wait in the front, where we and the horses are all."

"Is Red Rabbit here too?" Hua Baoyan's eyes lit up, and then she thought of something and said, "I've wanted to ask my brother for a long time, why did I give it this name? Is it because of my brother's name?"

The tiger's eyes slightly turned away, and he rubbed the girl's little head with his big hand, and said with a smile: "My name was Chitu when I met him at Chai's house." His eyes looking into the distance were filled with indescribable emotions: "That's not the case. Current name."

"Brother is disgusted. His hair is all messed up." Hua Baoyan straightened her messed up hair and said, "It's really fate. My brother's name is Lu Bu and his name is Red Rabbit. They are a perfect match."

Lu Bu looked into the distance with a somewhat unpredictable expression, and the corner of his mouth curled up: "Who says it's not the case?" He suddenly stopped walking, frowned and said, "There seems to be something wrong ahead."

Before Hua Baoyan could react, Yu Cheng and others who had been following behind quickly stepped forward to surround the two of them. One hand was holding the scabbard and the other was resting on the handle. Lu Bu stepped forward and patted the arm of the guard in front. The man quickly stood aside.

In the field of vision, many people were coming out of the woods on the left side of the road, running towards this direction led by two sturdy figures.

"Those two are..." Hua Baoyan has been practicing archery at the Qingfengzhai school all year round. She has a good eye. She nodded her chin with her little hand and said, "I can't remember, but I always feel that there is something good about her."

Lu Bu glanced at her sideways, then looked forward with a strange expression: "If you feel familiar, he is probably from Qingfeng Village." After a pause, he continued: "I'm afraid it's someone sent by your brother's enemy. I don't know. Where are you and I coming from?"

Hua Baoyan's expression changed: "Liu Chaozi's person? Why? My brother didn't bother him."

"... I don't know." Lu Bu, who squinted his eyes, pursed his lower lip: "Scholars... scholars always have different ideas from me and other warriors. I just think... that if he appears at this time, he must be a bad person."

"Then...brother, what's the best way to survive?"

"Don't be impatient, I'll ask you questions later."

At the talking stall, the group of people ran closer. More than a hundred people were covered in sweat as they ran, but the two people at the head looked excited. When they got closer, Yu Chengfang wanted to step forward and ask, when he saw a man wearing gray coming out from the opposite side. Yi's instructor said: "I finally caught up with you."

"It's worth waiting for me to come through the forest." The other man was dressed in white, and his face was red as he ran: "Go back with me, if you dare to resist..." He stretched out his hand and pointed the spear in his hand at the ground, and there was a bang: " Kill without mercy!"

Yu Cheng's brows were furrowed, and the blade of the sword was drawn out with a flash of white light. Lu Bu pressed his big hand towards him, looked at the opposite side and said solemnly: "We are just traveling businessmen, what's the matter with you two?"

The two instructors looked at each other. The one in gray stood forward, pulled out his sword with a sigh, raised his face, looked at the person through his nostrils and said: "Shut up! Pickled birds smell like copper. I smell it." It makes me sick, and talking to you is like soaking in a cesspit." He pointed the knife forward in his hand: "Just leave if you are told, there is so much nonsense, if you say one more thing, I will give you a knife."

Lu Bu closed his eyes, slowly opened them and at the same time released the hand holding Yu Cheng: "In the past two years, I have felt that I have seldom sinned because of my words..." He looked at the other person with a look of disgust: "Yu Cheng! Cut it——"

When the word "Yu" was spoken, Yu Cheng exerted force on his feet, and dust rose up from some dry ground. His tall body rushed in front of the person like an arrow. In the horrified eyes of the other person, a bright light flashed through the air. When the word "LE" fell, a star The head flew out in a swirling motion.

The headless Qiangzi stood there for a breath, and the next moment, blood suddenly spurted out. Yu Cheng raised his blood-stained face, stuck out his tongue and licked the blood from his mouth, "Drink-" he rushed forward with a roar, With one knife, he cut down the stunned sergeant to the ground.

"Keep some alive until someone wants to question you later."

Lu Bu's words rang in the air, and the guards surrounding him simultaneously grasped the handle of the knife and drew it.

Choking——

The sound of the long sword being unsheathed continued, and he stepped forward, fearlessly charging into the Qingfengzhai sergeants who had not yet reacted. The hair on the white-clad instructor's hair stood on end as he kept shouting: "Reverse, reverse, hurry up." Catch them!"

The long knife pierced the air, and the howling sound echoed on the official road. (End of chapter)