Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Dong dong, ding, woo woo——

The music was playing, and the actors in costumes were walking on the stage. The three corners beside them were watching. When Ma Du poked his head in, he was listening to the people on the stage singing.

"The prefect is over there." The boy who led the way pointed and warned the two of them: "The people sitting here are all high-ranking officials. Don't be rude."

"Of course not."

Ma Dutou and the official looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces. They both said nothing and hurriedly moved toward their seats.

"Why did someone come in wearing a short shirt?"

"You're still carrying a knife, so you can't be an opera singer, right?"

"That guy looks like Ma Dutou?"

"How come Dutou comes here dressed like this?"

Whispers sounded nearby. The two of them walked quietly behind Murong Yanda with their heads lowered. Looking at the magistrate who was shaking his head and beating time, Ma Dou gritted his teeth and leaned over and whispered in his ear: "I'd like to inform you, old master, I have you." Report something important..."

"Let's talk tomorrow." Murong Yanda closed his eyes and tapped his fingers on Erlang's raised legs: "It's already night, and this prefect is on duty."

"But my husband..."

"Shut up and get lost -" Murong Yanda waved his hand and opened his eyes with a look of impatient expression: "Don't disturb this magistrate's interest."

Glancing at the troupe leader who was looking at him strangely, Ma Dutou's face suddenly became a little confused. He had the urge to throw away his hands and leave for a moment, but the official on one side immediately bowed to the other side and whispered: "The Liangshan thieves have entered the city. ”

"!!"

Murong Yanda's eyes widened in an instant, and he suddenly turned around with an ugly look on his face: "Seriously?"

The two of them nodded slowly and leaned forward to whisper. Some of them looked even more ugly.

……

In the state government office.

The lights were turned on, and candles as thick as wrists were lit, illuminating the hall like daylight. Lu Bu reached out and picked up the documents on the table and flipped through them casually. There was a clatter of paper, and he threw it on the table again with a snap: "Half a month ago, Official documents...the state officials here are really diligent."

Hua Rong walked in with a spear in one hand: "Brother, Murong has a good reputation. If he doesn't harm others, it is considered a virtue. How can he care about the life and death of this Qingzhou person?"

He stopped and said, "Brother Tang Bin has sent someone back outside."

"Let him come in." Lu Bu said, walking to the side of the bookshelf and flipping through it, then shook his head, obviously not finding anything valuable.

"The young one has met the village master."

Someone walked in and knelt on one knee. Lu Bu looked sideways slightly and said, "We, Tang Bin, commanded Shi Cai and Leader Lu to go to Murong Mansion. They did not find the prefect Murong Yanda, but we learned that this man was in Washe. He led the troops to capture him."

Looking at Lu Bu's nod, he continued: "In addition, more than ten boxes of gold and silver jewelry were taken from Murong Yanda's house, as well as countless antique calligraphy and paintings of various colors, and a warehouse of copper coins worth unknown amounts."

"There are so many?" Lu Bu turned around and said with some interest: "They will all be transported to the prefecture here first, and then they will be transported out together with other materials."

The village soldier hurriedly withdrew, and when he came to the door, he saw a few figures walking over. He saw them saying hello to each other and walking over. He quickly stepped aside respectfully and saluted, and heard the angry voices of several people saying: "It took less than two hours for the brothers to fight Peach Blossom Mountain this time. I have to wait for a few people to toast me, Lao Wei and Yuan Lang brothers later."

"How many people are there on your side?" the bald-headed Ma Jun commander shouted, looking at Qinghui's figure walking beside him: "If we hadn't been facing two thousand Qingfeng bandits on this road, we would never have let you go. Wait and fight first."

"That counts as us coming out on top."

"Our journey to Erlong Mountain was very hard. We fought against the officers and soldiers and the two new brothers who joined the gang. Otherwise, we would have been faster than you and the other two all the way. However, brother Du Bo and I have made a contribution this time. I turned back to my brother and said, no matter what, you will give us a toast."

"It's up to you to say it, anyway, we are the first to do it."

"I'll go back and compete with your first skill."

"I'm afraid you won't succeed!"

After the noisy words faded away, the village soldier was speechless and ran out quickly. He didn't know who was the first to do it. This was decided by the village master above, but he knew that the reward this time was indispensable.

……

"Who else knows?"

During the babbling singing, Murong Yanda had cold sweat flowing out of his forehead. He grabbed the official who was talking in his ear. The blood on his face had faded away, and he was as pale as paper.

"I didn't tell anyone, Ma Dutou..." The young official who spoke looked at Dutou next to him, which attracted the attention of Magistrate Murong.

"The villain didn't say much. It's just that when he entered the city, many people must have known about it."

When Murong Yanda heard this, the expression on his face changed. He looked at the class leader next to him and whispered: "Is there another place to go out here?"

The class leader was also frightened when he heard this. He just covered his mouth to prevent himself from making a sound. After hearing his question, he quickly took his hand away and said tremblingly: "There may be a place behind..."

"Quick! Lead the way and don't say anything."

Not daring to shout loudly, in a small voice, the concubine's brother stood up with a calm expression. The troupe owner was also a person who had been hanging out in the market for a long time. He understood it and led the way with a smile, but there seemed to be wind under his feet. generally.

Those who were watching just looked over there strangely and didn't take it seriously. They just thought that the old man over there had something important to do and turned around to continue watching the drama on the stage with interest.

The faces of the people walking around were stiff. The leader who entered the backstage instantly lost his face and looked behind him with trembling lips, but he couldn't say a word.

The three people behind them didn't care what the man was thinking. They pushed aside the people blocking the way and walked out quickly along the backstage. The man stretched out his hand to stop him, but didn't know how to speak. He stretched out his hand twice and finally put it down.

"This... class leader... what's going on?" Someone in half-dressed costume looked at Murong Yanda who was walking away, not knowing why.

"Yes, my husband left in such a hurry...but you are not satisfied with the drama we are waiting for?"

"On the stage just now, I saw that my husband looked very good, and I was very satisfied..."

In the midst of the discussion, the people who gathered around kept staring at that person. It was a matter of future, and these people from the market were concerned about it. How could they not think too much about it?

The squad leader looked left and right, and said with trembling lips: "Liangshan invaders are coming..."

"……What??"

"I don't say this carelessly." "Just don't scare us..."

The band leader said with a sad face: "What a nonsense, my old man, who was informed just now, left here in a hurry, otherwise he would have left if he was singing so well."

The low-pitched words made everyone in the backstage fall into silence, and the next moment was like a frying pan: "Then we can't stay here anymore, let's go quickly..." "Don't push, don't push..." "Let me pass!" "Don't mess around! No one can get out like this!”

There were a lot of people talking, and the noisy scene was in chaos. The class leader looked at a group of people crowded at the back door with a dead look on his face, and when he was smartly preparing to escape from the front desk, he suddenly heard a noise coming from the front, "Wait a minute, do you know?" Who am I? Ouch!" "Don't hit, don't hit-" "Ah!"

Bangpong——

The sound of shouting mixed with screams and the sound of broken tables and chairs reached the backstage, and several people performing in the front ran in: "What's wrong, someone is coming in with a knife...he's coming, um..."

The voice of the conversation gradually became quieter. In sight, the people crowded at the back door stopped pushing and shoving. There were people who kept moving back with their hands raised on their chests. Bright gun heads were thrust into the background, and then they were wearing red tassels. The gun barrel moved in, and slowly, the man in black armor stepped in step by step with his gun in both hands. Not long after, more than ten big men entered the back door.

"Gudu——"

Everyone present swallowed their saliva and looked back and forward in panic. At the back door, a figure holding a long gun separated for a moment, and a fat bald man walked in: "Sajia is here." The hero from Liangshan came here to look for Murong the dog thief, but is that guy here?"

Looking around the crowd with widened eyes, this group of people were panicking. After hearing this, they all shook their heads and waved their hands: "No, no!" "There is no such person."

The one who was in a panic accidentally knocked over the candle and screamed strangely. He pointed at the fire that lit the table cloth and said, "Fire...fire...fire..."

"Go away!"

"It's almost destroyed!"

The rest of the people caught a glimpse of it, and some people instinctively threw the things in their hands in panic. The bang burned even louder, and a burning smell floated up, but they forgot that what they were holding was the beard and hair used to dress up the old man.

"They're all here!"

The thunder-like roar made all the poor people stop their hands and feet, and looked back at the fat man. They heard the man pointing to the Liangshan village soldiers aside and said: "You guys go put out the fire." His thick fingers again Pointing back to Lianren: "You bunch of birds, just stand there obediently for the Sa family. If anyone dares to move around, I'll chop you down."

Everyone nodded one after another, squeezed two steps back and stood still. They watched a few village soldiers come forward to pour water and spread wet soil. After a while, they extinguished the fire that had not yet started, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

dong dong dong-

The sound of rushing footsteps came from behind, and a figure walked from the front desk to the back. The figure holding a snake spear was Tang Bin. He glanced at the quail with trembling eyes as if he was pitiful, and then looked at Lu Zhishen standing over there, shaking his head. He shook his head and said: "There is no Murong Yanda in front."

"Straight bitch." Lu Zhishen touched his bare head with his hand. His fat figure took a few steps forward, stared at the group of opera singers and asked, "Where is the one named Murong?"

Everyone looked at each other, and it was still the leader who boldly hugged Lu Zhishen and Tang Bin and said, "Dear heroes, Murong Yan... the prefect had already gotten the news and ran away before Zhen waited."

"Run away?" Lu Zhishen frowned and glared, and slapped his thigh with his big hand of cattail leaf fan: "This birdie... is very lucky. He didn't take it several times."

Tang Bin's face was as dark as water: "Go back and report to brother first."

"I can only lie down."

The two of them were talking, but they didn't bother the poor people who made a living by singing operas. They just detained all the high-ranking officials and officials at the guest banquet in front of them, strung them together with hemp ropes, and pushed them towards the state government office.

……

Snapped--

The candlelight exploded with sparks, and in the hall filled with candles, a figure sat behind the table and listened to the report of the person in front of him.

"Brother, all four gates are under control, and one and a half battalions of troops are left on each side to guard the city wall." Du Bo, full of blood, stepped forward and cupped his hands to Lu Bu: "The craftsmen in the city have ordered people to go and find them according to the roster. , I think I can find them all by tomorrow at the latest.”

"Ah."

Lu Bu nodded and reached out to point at the drawings on the table: "Well done, I found some ordnance drawings. There should be craftsmen here who specialize in making equipment for the army. Find them all. These people are treasures."

"Don't worry, little brother, just go ahead and give the order." Du Bo nodded, turned around, and walked out full of blood.

Outside, the figure walking inside looked at him and said hello, "Brother Du Bo, long time no see. What is my master doing?"

"Brother Ma Ling." Du Bo stopped and used the light to see who was coming. He smiled and said, "Brother is free at this time, so just go straight over."

"Thank you."

Shenjuzi chuckled, and then entered the door as if there was wind under his feet: "Master, master, I'm here."

"Still so frivolous." Lu Bu looked at the visitor and shook his head in amusement, looking up and down: "Have you captured the water village?"

"We've got it. Except for a few birds, it's basically effortless." After rubbing his nose, Ma Ling ran to the table with a smile: "There are not many people in the Qingzhou Navy. Brother Xiaoqi and I We interrogated a bird man together. He said that since the last time the navy army was wiped out in Jishui, no one in the state has paid out any money to provide pensions, nor has anyone mentioned anything about replenishing the troops. The entire navy army is as empty as spending a night in a brothel. The last man."

Lu Bu looked up at him and said angrily: "How did you learn these wisecracks?" Then he pointed his finger on the table and said: "So... you go to the water village again and ask Xiao Qi to send some water troops into the city to help. "As he spoke, he took out the seal he was carrying, wrote a warrant with a swipe of his pen, used the seal again, handed it to Ma Ling and said, "Take a few brothers with you and be careful when walking at night."

"Don't worry, Master." Ma Ling took the order, patted his chest and said, "This is not the first day I have walked at night, you know."

After saying this, he bowed and ran out. Then he saw Tang Bin and Lu Zhishen escorting a group of rich men.

The two men left a group of officials, big and small, in the courtyard under the watch of the soldiers, and walked into the hall. The figure behind the desk was writing something, picked up the seal and covered it, and raised his head when he heard the footsteps: "How? "

"The guy from Murong Yanda ran away." Lu Zhishen said in a loud voice, spreading his hands: "I don't know who told him, but he was not there when I went there."

Lu Bu sat back, hummed, thought for a moment and said: "There is an incompetent person on the left and right, and he ran away. Yidu has a large population. It takes time to find apprentices one by one, and hurry up and finish moving the things in the treasury."

Tang Bin was listening and took a step forward: "Brother, we also brought some rich people here, right..."

"Follow the rules on the mountain." Lu Bu waved his hand nonchalantly: "Those who are angry and resentful will confiscate their homes and destroy their clans. Don't touch those who do good deeds and accumulate virtue."

Tang Bin was right. Lu Zhishen was very excited when he heard this. He suddenly remembered something and said, "Brother, that silly brother Lin Chong from the Sa family has entered the city?"

The majestic figure looked at him and smiled: "We have entered the city. It is over there in the treasury. Just go and find it yourself."

"Thank you, brother. I'll go to the Sa family right now."

Lu Zhishen was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly bowed and retreated. Upon seeing this, Tang Bin also said goodbye: "Then I will go and interrogate those rich households."

When Lu Bu nodded, the two of them had already retreated.

The night is still not over yet. (End of chapter)