Water Margin Survival

The Qilu land in mid-winter is still chilly, especially in this unobstructed barren mountains.Just hearing the mountain wind blowing at this time, even the insects and birds have long since disappeared.Only a group of merchants slept here, and they surrounded the city with their trucks. Everyone hid in the circle and warmed up together to escape the cold.

"Brother, I think we managed to scrape together a few hundred pennies and went out to do business through untold hardships, but this Shandong raw medicine is so hard to sell and the price is so high, how can we explain to our relatives and friends when we go back!" road.

At this moment, there was a long sigh, and the man called elder brother just shook his head, obviously there was no good way to face such a predicament.

Thinking that he brought a few close friends all the way from Jingnan South Road to Jingdong East Road to sell medicinal materials, but because of the inconvenient news, these medicinal materials he brought are everywhere in Shandong. The money can't be recovered.And because it’s been a long time since I’ve been out, I don’t even have the money to stay in the hotel. At this time, I can’t find a village to stay overnight. No matter what, everyone can only sleep in the wilderness in the middle of the night.

"Sit closer, don't be so cold anymore! We are in a different place, it's not as good as when we were at home in the past! Big guys, bear with it!" The leader greeted the guys.

Seeing that, everyone moved their buttocks closer to the fire, stretched out their hands to warm the fire, and the fire light from the "cracking" fire from time to time illuminated the sorrowful faces on everyone's faces very clearly.

The person in charge just sighed, and couldn't bear to say: "It's all my uselessness, causing you and me to suffer!"

Everyone said after hearing the words: "Brother, what did you say? I was taken care of by you when I was in my hometown. It's too late for me to be grateful! Besides, you didn't force me to sell raw medicine at this time. Didn't the big guy want to come out on his own? If you can manage to be decent, won’t you be honored when you return to your hometown?”

At this time, I suddenly heard the well-dressed man say: "Brother, we are all well-known men, but what kind of medicinal materials are we selling? Why don't we just find a dangerous place and occupy the mountain as king there? Wouldn't it be fun?"

Unexpectedly, this sentence immediately excited everyone in the predicament, and some people echoed: "Brother, we are all connoisseurs, and only pooled money to sell medicinal materials because we had no way out, but we are not good enough to be merchants." Seeing that we are going to lose all our money, let everyone put their own abilities aside and not rob houses, but it is not a waste! In the future, everyone will drink in a big bowl and eat a big piece of meat, it is no better than eating here!"

"Yes, yes, a few days ago, I heard passers-by say that there are many grass bandits in Shandong. There are two cottages in Qingzhou. The first one is a Jezhou native nicknamed Tota King. Whether it is righteousness, martial arts, or strength, his stronghold is in the north of Qingzhou. The other place is not far from our resting place. There is a Qingfeng mountain here. There are three kings on the mountain who fall grass there and serve as leaders. His name is Jinmaohu Yanshun, and there are short-footed tiger Wang Ying and Baimian Langjun who are there to help him. Originally, there was a Peach Blossom Mountain here, but the officers and soldiers wiped it out. His two kings ran to Erlong Mountain I went and took five or six top positions!"

The one in charge pondered for a moment, then said: "Speaking of this Shandong hero, the leader of the road is not here. Thinking that his surname is Wang Minglun, all heroes in the Jianghu praise him for his benefits, and I heard that he is a good man with extravagance. Now he has gathered tens of thousands of people to gather at Liangshanbo in Jeju, thinking that he will not harm the people, nor will he harm the passing businessmen like me, but he is just doing justice for the sky, and he has 80 imperial guards under his command. The well-known Hua Monk Lu Zhishen and others help each other with great momentum, much stronger than the two cottages in Qingzhou!"

"That's right! I heard that the so-called Tota King was still Wang Lun's defeated general! I think the two of them strangled you to death at the beginning, but later it was Wang Lun who was the superior player and pinned down Chao Gai. Later, Chao Gai won the battle. Liang Zhongshu's birthday outline was wanted by the imperial court, and he was as panic-stricken as a bereaved dog, but he didn't expect that it was his nemesis, Wang Lun, who protected him and gave him Erlong Mountain under his command! Where can I find such a kind-hearted person? He is one of the four most famous people in the north, and he is as famous as the Cangzhou Chai official, Hebei local tyrant Tianhu, and Yuncheng Song Jiang!" one person interjected.

"I also know what you said. That day when Qingzhou's army came to attack Erlong Mountain, it was the white-clothed gentleman who rescued Chao Gai and retreated the officers and soldiers! Which state capital in Shandong dare to look at Liangshanbo? I think If you want to fall grass, you don't need to go to Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain, if you want to cast, you can also cast to Liangshan Mountain!" said the vigorously dressed man.

The leader suddenly smiled and said to the brothers: "Where is it so easy to go to the grass, otherwise why do you and I travel thousands of miles to this Shandong? This Qingzhou is the road rule of Jingdong East Road. It must be a big city. We will wait tomorrow Let’s go to Qingzhou city to inquire about the price, if we can sell these dozens of carts of crude medicine for a good price, we can go back and ask those who look down on us to stare at us!”

Everyone laughed embarrassedly when they saw what he said. It was indeed like what my brother said, if you want to fall grass, why bother to go to Shandong, thousands of miles away, or sell the crude medicine that fell on your hands in a serious way. yes.

The well-dressed man who spoke first sighed, and said, "Brother, if the price can be raised in Qingzhou City, drug dealers from other local prefectures will rush over sooner? It's your turn to make money! Now In this world, doing anything is not easy!" After he finished speaking, he looked at the dark surroundings, recalling the situation of himself and others, and just sighed.

The person in charge also sighed when he heard the words. He didn't know what the guys said, so he shook his head in distress.

Idle is also idle, just listen to the people chattering at this time: "Brother, even if you don't want to vote for Wang Lun, we can occupy a hilltop by ourselves and set up our own banner, and we will be happy!"

"Stupid? Those state officials and soldiers can't do anything to Liang Shanbo, and they can't do anything to us? A hero like Chao Gai was almost captured alive by the officers and soldiers! There are only a dozen of us, and we almost have nothing to eat. How can it be that easy? Then plant the flag!"

"Then go to Liangshan. I heard that the new leader who came up to the mountain has a family allowance of [-] yuan! If you are as good at martial arts as your elder brother, why should Wang Lun ask your elder brother to take the top spot?"

"A family allowance? Pay a thousand guan? You are dreaming! If he can take us in, it is considered good. How can there be any relocation allowance? Who of you has heard of such a good thing in Jianghu for so many years? It is so strange! Return a thousand guan , even if we sell us, we won’t be able to change the money!”

While everyone was discussing about their future, suddenly there was a rumble in the distance.The man in the head was very surprised, he quickly tilted his head, fell on the ground, and listened to the movement. After a while, he raised his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't be less than three or four hundred riders? Even a horse dealer is not as big as that." The scale is just where the officers and soldiers are passing by in the middle of the night?"

Everyone was puzzled when they heard the words, but they were not afraid in their hearts.Just because everyone has nothing to worry about, otherwise there is no need to spend the night in this wasteland?The crude medicine on the cart is worthless here, otherwise, he would lose all his money?At the moment, everyone is gathered around the fire, but they can't stop looking at the road.

Not long after, I saw a group of cavalry rushing over unhurriedly, and the densely packed torches in the queue illuminated the surroundings very brightly. Everyone saw that the leader was a general in armor, very mighty, with an upside-down hand in his hand. With a mace.The middle-aged general who was traveling with him next to him had a red face, and a dead arrow was stuck in the saddle.

Let’s say the two saw a group of people on the side of the road spending the night in the wilderness, where they lit a fire to keep out the cold. There were more than a dozen cars piled up around them. : "Look at these guys, they spend the night in the field in such cold, it seems that it is not easy to be a traveling businessman!"

The middle-aged general beside him nodded, then took off the wine bag beside him, and handed it to the soldier beside him. At this time, the mighty general also took his own wine bag, and handed it over. The fast horse galloped over and threw the wine bag over, the leader hurriedly stood up, caught one in one hand, opened the bag and smelled it, saw that it was strong wine, thanked him quickly: "Thank you, Lord Jun, for giving me the wine!"

When the dozen or so people around the fire saw this, they immediately had a good impression of this team of officers and soldiers, thinking that they had traveled thousands of miles all the way, where have they seen such an easy-going general who is close to the people?Immediately, he took the wine bag from the leader, poured the wine into his skin bag, and rushed over with his elder brother to return the wine bag. Seeing that they were very polite, the two generals ordered the team to go first. One stopped to strike up a conversation with them.

At this time, I saw that the Chinese army had already caught up. At this time, three horses walked out of the team. In the lead was a white-clothed scholar, followed closely by two very burly men. Concerned, at this moment, he saw that the two leaders of the front team were only talking to passers-by, and he felt a little surprised in his heart. He didn't want to think that there were still people on the road like him in the middle of the night?

Seeing him approaching and seeing the dozen or so carts of goods, he suddenly felt surprised, but when he looked at these people again, he felt very strange.

Women wearing red are not uncommon these days, but men wearing red are rare, but not only have I seen them at this time, but what is even more surprising is that these dozen or so people are all dressed in red, as agreed upon. The man Qin Ming talked to Huang Xin saw that he had grown up and had a handsome face, but there was a sad look between his brows, as if he was full of thoughts.When the scholar went to look at the situation by the fire, he saw a Fangtian painted halberd leaning against the truck.Today's world is not peaceful, it is very common for businessmen to drive their cars with simple swords and weapons for self-defense, but it is rare to see someone carrying Fang Tian's painting halberd to trade.

The scholar looked at the handsome man again, pondered for a moment, and urged him to come forward immediately: "Brother, it seems that you don't look like someone who has no name and surname. Dare I ask who is the real name?" (To be continued.)