Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 431 Duan Jingzhu: Stealing a horse is not considered stealing... [3 more]

Good guy!
When did Hua Yue Niang become so tall?
Liu Gao knew that they were competitive, but he didn't expect them to be so competitive. If they continue to compete, they will reach the Tiger level!

Hu Sanniang has actually passed the stage of rapid progress, and now the person who has made rapid progress has become Hua Yueniang.

So the question is, why did Hua Yue Niang make such rapid progress?

When Liu Gao was sleeping with Lu Junyi and Lin Chong at night, he learned that Hua Yueniang and Hu Sanniang had both been accepted as registered disciples by Zhou Tong.

Hu Sanniang didn't make much progress because she had already learned the "Eighteen Cuts of the Golden Sword" from Wu Song a long time ago.

Hua Yue Niang, however, made rapid progress and made rapid progress every day!
I don’t know whether it’s because Zhou Tong is good at teaching or Hua Yue Niang is just eager to learn, but she is almost catching up with Hu San Niang.

“It’s over 20,000!”

Lin Chong excitedly reported to Liu Gao:

"Brother, the number of troops in Liangshanpo has finally exceeded 20,000!"

Liu Gao: “Beautiful!”

Li Kui came to report to Liu Gao that there are now 5,000 troops in Erlong Mountain and 2,000 troops in Qingfeng Mountain.

Add to that the 20,000 troops from Liangshanpo and the 600 soldiers from Qingfengzhai, and the total number is almost 30,000!

Of course, Liu Gao's military force is nothing compared to that of Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La.

But Liu Gao was not in a hurry, as this was like a snowball.

The snowball will roll faster and bigger!

Lin Chong: "My fifth brother took a thousand men and horses to Dengzhou.

"Brother, how many troops do you want to bring to attack Zengtou City?"

Liu Gao asked back: "What do you think?"

Lin Chong has already calculated:

“Brother, Dengyun Mountain is not as good as Zengtou City!
"There are only two heroes in Dengyun Mountain, Zou Yuan, the 'Dragon Out of the Forest', and Zou Run, the 'One-horned Dragon'. They have gathered a crowd of 180 people to rob houses.

"In Zengtou City, there are the Five Tigers of the Zeng Family, and the scum Shi Wengong who betrayed his master and destroyed his ancestors, who have gathered five to seven thousand troops!

“The reason why Zengtou City is the largest underground horse market in Hebei and Shandong is because of fighting!
“There is no more domineering force in Hebei and Shandong than Zengtou City!

"Zeng Toushi came here from the north to sell horses. Not to mention the various strong men, even the government troops dare not provoke him!

"But I also heard that Zengtou City's background is the Jin Kingdom, so they can run rampant in the Song Dynasty...

"Brother, if you want to destroy Zengtou City, you can't bring too few people!

"I thought you would bring at least 5,000 men!"

Are you crazy?

Liu Gao was also drunk:

"Brother, we are in Jeju, and Zengtou City is in Lingzhou, about five or six hundred miles away!

"Is it too much of a fuss if I lead five thousand troops across the state?"

Lu Junyi suggested: "Brother, let these 5,000 troops pretend to be government troops and say they are going to suppress bandits..."

"inappropriate."

Liu Gao waved his hand:

"If we are exposed, we won't be able to take Zengtou City, and we will be surrounded and suppressed by the government troops!"

Lin Chong shook his head:

"But if we have too few troops, it will be very difficult to attack Zengtou City..."

"The mountain man has his own clever plan."

Liu Gao laughed:
"My fifth brother brought a thousand men to Dengzhou, so I will only take a thousand men with me."

"what?"

Lin Chong and Lu Junyi were both surprised!
Lu Junyi quickly advised:
"Brother, isn't it too arrogant to send a thousand men to attack Zengtou City..."

Liu Gao smiled and waved his goose feather fan:

"These 1,000 troops are not used to attack Zengtou City."

Lin Chong: “What is that?”

Liu Gao smiled faintly: "It cannot be said..."

Lin Chong: o(￣ヘ￣o＃)
……

Zengtou City.

The layout of the taverns in Zengtou City was different from that of other places. They all had a large T-shaped counter on the street. Horse dealers would spend four copper coins to buy a bowl of wine, stand outside the counter, eat hot wine and chat.

Only the foreign horse traders with red hair and yellow beard would walk into the private room of the store, order wine, meat and women, and enjoy themselves slowly.

Duan Jingzhu was the only horse dealer with red hair and yellow beard who drank while standing.

He was thin and rough, with a weather-beaten face.

Due to traveling back and forth to the north all year round, the wrinkles on Duan Jingzhu's face were as deep as carvings, and there were often scars between the wrinkles.

Although he was wearing brocade clothes, they were dirty and torn, and seemed like they had not been repaired or washed in several years.

As soon as Duan Jingzhu arrived at the restaurant, all the drinkers looked at him and smiled.

Some shouted, "Duan Jingzhu, you have a new scar on your face!"

Duan Jingzhu did not answer, but said to the counter:
"Warm two bowls of wine and order a dish of five-colored dung beans."

Then he took out nine copper coins.

Some deliberately shouted loudly:
"You must have stolen someone's horse again!"

Duan Jingzhu opened his eyes wide and said:

"Why do you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air..."

"What innocence? I saw you steal a horse from Dead Tree Hill last month and you were hung and beaten!"

Duan Jingzhu's face flushed, veins popping out on his forehead, and he argued:

"Stealing a horse can't be considered stealing... Stealing a horse... Can the work of a horse appraiser be considered stealing?"

What followed were some difficult to understand words, like "I picked it up on the road" and "It's destiny that I have".

Everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere inside and outside the store was filled with joy.

After Duan Jingzhu drank half a bowl of wine, his flushed face gradually returned to normal.

Someone else asked again: "Duan Jingzhu, do you really know how to judge horses?"

Duan Jingzhu looked at the person who asked him the question, showing an air of disdain.

They then asked, "How come you can't even catch a half-mile horse?"

Duan Jingzhu immediately looked depressed and uneasy, with a layer of gray on his face.

At this moment, a strange face suddenly asked him:
"May I ask if 'Golden Retriever' Duan Jingzhu is here in person?"

Duan Jingzhu took a closer look and saw that he was a pale-faced scholar.

Behind him followed two handsome young servants and several burly followers.

There is not much to say about the burly follower, but the handsome servant deserves a detailed description.

Both of them have bright eyes, white lips and red teeth, the difference is that one is tall and the other is short.

The tall one has a pair of long legs, and the short one is petite and very cute!
This recipe looks like a big fat sheep!

Duan Jingzhu immediately clasped his hands together towards the pale-faced scholar:

"Didn't ask for advice?"

The pale-faced scholar returned the greeting: “I am from Qingzhou, my name is Dou Erdun, and I recently got a thousand-mile horse.

“I heard that Zengtou Market is the largest horse market in Hebei and Shandong, so I came here hoping to get a good price.

"Brother Duan is a famous horse appraiser in Zengtou City. Could you please help me appraise my horse?

"See how much my steed is worth?"

Someone shouted again: "Little brother, you have been deceived!
"He's not a horse appraiser, he's a horse thief!"

Everyone burst into laughter, and the store was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Duan Jingzhu's face suddenly turned red, but he had no way to refute it.

Because he really is a horse thief!
However, the pale-faced scholar ignored the strange shouts from others and still politely invited Duan Jing to stay:

"Brother Duan, please!"

"Brother Dou, please!"

Duan Jingzhu glanced smugly at the horse dealers who were making a fuss, and went to look at horses with the pale-faced scholar.

The reaction of the pale-faced scholar made the horse dealers very unhappy!
But more importantly, he has a great horse!

And he looks like a fat sheep!
The horse dealers looked at each other, urged each other to leave the hotel and watch the fun.

(End of this chapter)