Water Margin people

Chapter 678 Gathering in Tokyo
"Brother, everyone is a scholar, why do you act like a savage?"

A few young people came down from the second floor, each holding a folding fan, wearing the standard white clothes for scholars, and wearing a drooping headgear, but the white clothes they were wearing were obviously top-notch brocades.

"It finally came out. I thought it was a coward who didn't dare to come out!"

Sun Lei looked at the few people who came down and sneered.

"Brother, foul language is not what we gentlemen should have."

A young man frowned at Sun Lei as soon as he collected the paper fan.

"I like to move my fists, why don't you come down and teach me two moves?"

Sun Lei hooked his fingers at those people and made a provocative gesture.

"you!"

Those few people obviously didn't expect Sun Lei to be so rude, and they would strike at the slightest disagreement, without any thoughtfulness of a scholar.

"What are you, whistling, are you a man?"

Sun Lei is too lazy to talk too much with these dudes, pedantic and acid scholars, he just wants to see the truth under his fist.

Those people were so excited by Sun Lei that they wanted to humiliate Sun Lei by reciting poems, but after Sun Lei made a fuss, they were about to make a move, so they couldn't get down.

"Where did the rough and barbarian come from, spitting dirty words, only knowing how to punch!"

Those people said with livid faces.

"You don't fight? Then I will fight!"

Sun Lei took a chair and threw it directly towards the stairs where several people were standing. He moved so quickly that those people were so frightened that they rolled down the stairs.

"Everything plays tricks on me!"

Sun Lei spat and led the people to the backyard.

This rude scene silenced the front hall of the Zhuangyuan Building. This is a place where scholars from all over the world gather. The fight has always been limited to dancing and writing. This is the first time that someone has fought violently.

"Where did this person come from? Is he really still participating in the Wenju? I think it looks like he is participating in the martial arts!"

Everyone whispered.

In the hall, the faces of the few scholars who fell on their backs turned red, and they ran out of the Zhuangyuan building in shame and indignation.

"Which one of these guys made a mistake, insisting on robbing Tianzi No. [-] Courtyard?"

Sun Lei looked at Shi Qian and asked, the yard was decided by Shi Qian, so Shi Qian must know something.

"Brother, the champion of the last subject is He Wenzhen. He is from Xianjing in the middle of Shu. He was the champion of the Yiwei Division in the fifth year of Zhenghe. Before the examination, he lived in No. [-] Tianzi Courtyard of the Zhuangyuan Building."

Shi Qian said with a smile.

"Why did you arrange this yard for me, brother?"

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"Brother, isn't this in line with my brother's identity? My younger brother thinks those champions are not worth mentioning in front of my elder brother. What's more, the No. [-] courtyard of Tianzizi is the courtyard with the best scenery in this champion building."

Shi Qian said with a hey smile.

"Only you are clever!"

Sun Lei laughed out loud.

"My lord, this is Tianzi No. [-] Courtyard!"

The boy leading the way held the wooden sign in both hands and said.

"Go down, you don't need to serve here!"

Shi Qian took the wooden sign and threw a small piece of silver at him, and told the boy to leave.

"Yes, it is indeed a secluded courtyard."

As soon as Sun Lei entered the courtyard, he was attracted by the scenery. This literati would enjoy it. This garden is not inferior to Jiangnan at all.

"Brother, it's not just these scenes. Look at the attic. It happened to be able to overlook the Taixue and Guozijian opposite Caihe last year."

Shi Qian pointed to an attic on the south side of the small courtyard and said.

"What's the point of that! Can you see Dongjiaofangsi, Xijiaofangsi, Xinmenwazi on it?"

Sun Lei is not interested in Taixue and Guozijian. If he went to the imperial examination, he could only teach the papers for nothing, and it would be useless to read them.

"Brother, you can't see it, but after leaving the Zhuangyuan Building, walk along the Cai River and you will be there, right by the Longjin Bridge!"

Shi Qian chuckled.

Everyone settled down in Tianzi No. [-] courtyard. In the middle of the night, Ma Lin, Lehe, Cao Zheng, Mrs. Gu, Sun Xin, Shi Xiu, Wang Dingliu, Zhang San, and Li Si all arrived in the small courtyard.

"See you brother!"

Everyone bowed to Sun Lei.

"Get up! Have you ever found Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing?"

Sun Lei looked at the crowd with a smile and said.

"Brother, the eyeliner has been scattered in the city, and I haven't found it at all."

Zhang San and Li Si said, they already have a lot of rogues under their command, but Tokyo City is too big, and now it is almost Chinese New Year, people are flocking to Tokyo City, it is really hard to find people.

"Don't just look at the inner city. If my guess is correct, those people should find a place to hide in the outer city."

Sun Lei looked at Zhang San and Li Sidao.

"Yes, brother!"

Zhang San and Li Si hurriedly saluted.

"Don't be so nervous. It doesn't matter if you can find it or not. This time, I mainly came to get information about Tokyo."

Sun Lei looked at Ma Lin, Le He, and Cao Zheng.

"Brother, there is now a disagreement in the imperial court. Tong Guan advocates uniting Jurchen to destroy the Liao Dynasty. Gao Qi and Yang Jian pester the emperor to send troops to Liang Shanbo. Cai Jing is now ambiguous and has not expressed his position yet."

Ma Lin looked at Sun Lei and clasped his fists.

Tong Guan wanted to use the rise of the Jurchens to destroy the Liao Kingdom and recover Yanyun, and complete the unworldly feat.Gao Qiu is for revenge, and Yang Jian is because Liang Shanbo obstructs the expansion of Xicheng.Cai Jing was waiting for the exchange of interests. An old thief like him would not easily express his opinion without enough interests.

"Where are the civil servants?"

Sun Lei asked, the most civil servants above the imperial court, they also hold the most right to speak.

"The civil servants are even more divided. They can talk about everything. Those in Zhao'an, those who united with the Jin to destroy the Liao, those who united with the Liao to destroy the Jin, and those who watched the fire from the other side. Some even said that Xixia should be attacked first."

Le He said, compared with military officers fighting for their own interests, the civil servant group is more torn apart, thinking about everything.

"I heard that Cai Jing transferred Song Jiang and the others back to Tokyo. When will they arrive?"

Sun Lei asked again.

"Brother, this is what I know. It should be in the past few days that the Cai Mansion ordered a lot of beef, sheep, fresh fish and vegetables the day after tomorrow."

Cao Zheng said, now he not only opened a small hotel, but also started his own business, opened a butcher shop, because of his good knife skills and good meat, he is very popular with dignitaries.

"In the last battle of Gaotang Prefecture, the army of the Daming Mansion directly withdrew, causing the city of Gaotang Prefecture to be destroyed, and Gao Lian was killed. This time Cai Jing must have some conspiracy to recall Song Jiang and others to Tokyo. Please pay attention."

Sun Lei looked at Ma Lin and Le He and said.

"Yes, brother!"

The two clasped their fists together.

To the west of Tokyo City, outside the outer city, outside Shuntian Gate (Xinzheng Gate), Jinming Pond.

"Tokyo is better! I, Wang Qing, are back!"

Wang Qing laughed and looked at the flower boats on Jinming Pond with colorful lanterns and singing songs. He used to be a master of eating, drinking and having fun in Tokyo, and he used to come to Jinming Pond often.

In the outer city, outside Anyuan Gate (Fengqiu Gate), Kaibao Temple.

Fang La looked at the temple lined with pagodas and walked in with a smile.

"Welcome to the Holy Duke!"

Kaibao Temple was closed today, but all the monks in the temple lined up to welcome Fang La in the courtyard. The monks in Kaibao Temple had surrendered to Mingjiao and accepted the teachings of Mingjiao.

Tokyo Outer City, northeast direction, Town God's Temple.

"This Tokyo is interesting, it will be ours from now on!"

Tian Hu pointed to the brightly lit inner city in the distance and said with a smile, Hebei is very barren, and it is not as prosperous as Tokyo.

(End of this chapter)