Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 126 Runaway ([-])

The sky was dull, and the air smelled of moisture and mud after a day of rain.

After Du Po left, the atmosphere in the barracks became more relaxed. It was the day of training, but there were not many people on the school field.Some sergeants were called away in teams to build houses or other labor tasks for those dignitaries, and some sergeants slept in their rooms. After all, they were really tired from the previous "war" and urgently needed to recover their strength. .

Snapped--

Feng Tai ruthlessly threw the document in his hand to the ground: "I'm going to steal food, grass and soldiers' pay? Did the judge make a mistake?"

"You have read the document." The person in his 30s, with a gentle smile on his face, pointed his finger at the ground: "Master Tongju also thought there was something strange in it, so I asked you to ask, what is the matter with the commanding officer?" You can tell the judge in person."

"Right on my mind."

Feng Tai picked up the coir raincoat and walked out of his tent, but he saw Wei He also came out from the other side, followed by several gentlemen.

"How can you, fat guy, be found?"

"They said that the amount of food and grass that I escorted was wrong, and the sergeant accused me of embezzling the soldiers' pay, ugly guy, what about you?"

"Just like you."

"Straight mother thief, don't let me know who is framing, or he will have to be killed."

"Don't talk about this, let's deal with this level first."

"Where's the governor?"

"I haven't come back after going out, I'm sure I'll be annoyed when I come back."

"Who said it wasn't."

In the drizzle, the two were chattering, the officials behind them didn't say a word, just followed behind the two of them, and then, at night, the arresting department's masters pressed Wei He who was caught in the net with a bruised nose and a swollen face , and Feng Tai, who was double bound by fishing nets and ropes, left the state government office and was taken to prison.

……

The lights were brightly lit, and in the backyard of Zhu Nan's mansion, the once-spring house was once again filled with wine and food. The low-alcohol sweetened rice wine was heated up and poured into a bowl, showing a cloudy color.

"Good man, how can I sieve wine for my slave today?" Mrs. Du held up the wine bowl with a smile on her face, feeling hot and sweet in her heart, as if the life that had been sneaking for so many days was about to usher in a change.

"I said in the daytime that I want to have a glass of wine with you when I come back today." Zhu Nan smiled, his elegant face was full of tenderness: "It's been hard for you these days, just do me a favor and you'll be fine." Freed."

There was a smile on the flowery face, and he drank most of the rice wine, then parted his red lips and said, "What's the matter?"

Zhu Nan shook his head, held the wine in his hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry, let's have some drinks with me first."

The woman nodded with a smile, and ate the wine in the bowl. She sifted a bowl and poured another jug ​​of wine for Zhu Nan. She knew that the magistrate liked to drink stronger drinks, so she prepared some wine for him. Two altars of wine are commonplace.

"Hissing—" the spicy wine flowed down the esophagus, Zhu Nan bared his teeth and took a breath, picked up a piece of white meat dipped in sauce, chewed it in his mouth, and said after a while, "You and I have known each other for a year or two."

"Yes." Mrs. Du also ate something and drank some rice wine, her face blushing: "It's been almost two years."

"Yeah, it's been almost two years, and I'm almost at the end of my state." Zhu Nan held the wine glass with some emotion.

Madam Du's complexion changed: "This..."

"Don't get me wrong." Zhu Nan couldn't help smiling when she saw her face change: "It's just that I received a letter from Shangguan a few days ago, saying that she might be transferred to another place, but the official voice must be maintained."

He drank the wine in his hand, took a few mouthfuls of food in his breath, looked at her and said: "Eat wine, eat wine, don't just listen to me."

"Oh." Mrs. Du smiled and drank the wine: "My good man, you have a very good official reputation now. People in the market say that you are good at governing."

"That's right, this should have been the case." Zhu Nan poured the wine on his own, looked at the woman's face with some pain, and said to himself, "It's just that Du Po's incident is a bit troublesome."

"Well... haven't you already... been locked up in a cell...?" Mrs. Du covered her stomach with her hands, the blood on her beautiful face faded, cold sweat broke out on her forehead, her lips trembled twice, thinking that it might be possible It was because he ate badly that he didn't interrupt his lover's speech by telling him about his abdominal pain.

"Yeah! That's why it's troublesome." The man's eyes lingered on the woman's face for a few moments: "The officialdom is a place where there are no secrets. Everyone will know exactly how he got in and how he died. Chu, in this way my reputation will be tainted in the eyes of some people, and this official career will come to an end."

Mrs. Du leaned on the table with one arm, and she already felt that something was wrong: "You... What do you mean by that? Also, are you..."

"Poisoned?" Zhu Nan finished the sentence for her, and drank the wine in a sip, the hot feeling hit him again, making his cheeks flush a little: "Yes, I was poisoned, this is me. One last thing you do."

"Why? Why did you do this? Uh..." Mrs. Du grabbed the chopsticks and threw them over, and then a burst of abdominal pain made her lie down on the table.

Zhu Nan didn't hide either. He let the chopsticks hit his body, and said flatly, "You are dead. Du Po is the sinner who embezzled soldiers' salaries, resold military rations, and killed his wives. And I just endured the pain and condemned Shangguan who loves generals." , people in the world will often say that I am stern and selfless, but no one mentions the matter between you and me."

"No one...would...believe it. Some people in your house...have seen it, ha...ha..." Mrs. Du felt the abdominal cramps becoming more and more severe, and her speech was a bit intermittent.

"Some people believe it, some people believe it." Zhu Nan said a few words in a row, nodded lightly, put down the wine glass, leaned forward and said: "Your maid has already written a confession and signed it, proving that you are Those poisoned by Du Po, you see, it's very simple."

With black blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, Mrs. Du stared at Zhu Nan viciously: "You...you..."

"Of course, she died too. The body should be in a dry well somewhere now. Oh, it is said that she has returned to her hometown." Zhu Nan seemed to be talking insignificantly, and reached out to pick up the jug and pour it into the spout. : "Hiss...you know, my favorite verse is actually not the romance I told you before, but a line from Li Bai's "Jie Ke Juvenile Field Tour", "Laughing a glass of wine, killing people in the city", How wonderful, how proud."

Putting down the jug, looking at Mrs. Du's unrepentant eyes, Zhu Nan showed a strange smile: "You can know a person's life between a glass of wine, it seems that it is not difficult to do, I am also a knight, right? Hahaha."

Laughing, he stood up, opened his arms and shook his sleeves: "Come on!"

The door opened, and the butler walked in with two black-clothed servants: "Mr.

"Clean up here." With both hands thrown back, the large sleeves of the toga brought the wind, and Zhu Nan walked out with hands behind his back shaking slightly: "Take this woman back to Du Po's house and put it away."

"Yes."

The butler bowed to accept the order, and then signaled two black-clothed servants to drag him away, put him in a sack, and then a carriage wobbled out of Zhu's mansion.

The sky was dim, and there were dark clouds covering the sky, as if he couldn't bear to look at this world.

……

The prison was dark, with the crackling sound of the torches, and a few gangsters came in holding the water and fire sticks, pressing Feng Tai and Wei He who were in shackles.

But seeing the two men with disheveled hair and plain white underwear, which were criss-crossed and covered with whip marks and bloodstains, the two tall or fat men stumbled as they walked, and their legs were full of blood, but they were killed by someone. The beating was not light, and the face was covered with sweat stains and dirt formed after the dust dried up, all of which looked like they lacked strength.

"Where are these two prisoners thrown?"

"Isn't there still a big room inside?"

"Someone sent it in yesterday."

"Anyway, they are all pieces of meat waiting to die, so it's not wrong to lock up two more."

"makes sense."

Several people whispered, and then led the person inside. Amid the sound of fetters dragging the floor, the person was already brought into the depths of the prison, and someone opened the cell door.

"Go in!"

Immediately, a strong attack came, and the two battlefield warriors were violently pushed into the room.

"what!"

The shackles were heavy, and the two of them were newly wounded by clubs. They couldn't stand upright, they couldn't help but fell to the ground together, and they couldn't help screaming in pain as the torture tools rubbed against each other.

bang——

The sound of the door closing made people tremble in fright, Feng Tai Weihe looked up and saw an old man and a young man huddled aside with wooden shackles leaning on the prison cage with their eyes closed to rest, looking at the blood on their clothes, It was obvious that they had been concocted badly. On the other side of the two of them, there were two men sleeping against the cage. Seeing that they were back to back, they were obviously the same group.

"The pickled big turban, this is killing me and you!" Feng Tai spat viciously, turned over and sat up with difficulty, but touched the wound again, his face changed, and he quickly turned around and lay down on the ground again.

Wei He chuckled, accidentally pulled the wound and hissed, "Fortunately, the prisoner left early, and when he returns to see that you and I are not there, he will definitely find you."

"I hope so." Feng Tai sighed, he couldn't find a comfortable posture after adjusting his posture for a long time, and he couldn't help but become more angry: "When I go out, I must avenge this humiliation!"

"Don't worry about it, ugly ghost." Wei He turned his body slightly and said, "You and I also know the tricks in prison, so let's think about how to eat less."

Feng Tai also remained silent when he heard this, and at this moment he heard a familiar voice from the prison beside him: "But Brother Feng Tai and Brother Wei He are here?"

Feng Tai and Wei He suddenly raised their heads, looked at each other, got up from the ground, looked at the place where the sound was made, and saw a familiar face leaning against the wall with shackles and shackles, and hurried over, startled Called: "Captain, how could you be here?"

Du Po showed a wry smile: "But I came in earlier than the two of you."

"But it was also brought in by that Liao Tong?" The two knelt on the straw, and the damp smell penetrated their noses, making people frown: "Is that guy crazy? Are you afraid of being known by the benefactor?"

"I'm afraid it was Zhu Nan's picky thief." Du Po gritted his teeth and spit out these words from his mouth.

Feng Tai and Wei He looked at each other, they both knew that there was something wrong with these words, and quickly asked: "Captain, why do you say that? But is there anything unusual about the benefactor?"

"Officer Benevolent? It's because I'm blind that I recognize him as En." There was sarcasm on Du's face. He had encountered so many things today, and he wanted to talk to someone for a long time. Thinking that the three of them usually had the best relationship, seeing the two of them How can I not know that I have implicated these two brothers in this encounter?At the moment, he couldn't bear the foolishness of the two of them, and said: "Zaimo's dirty fellow is accusing you and me, saying that you should know about it, but speaking of it, you two are still implicated by me."

He lowered his voice immediately, and told the two about Ding Qi in the morning and meeting Tweet later. These two middle and senior officers in the army are not stupid, and they immediately understood that Du Po's guess was reasonable. He gritted his teeth and said, "The adulterer and whore! You are so vicious!"

Du Po's face was depressed: "If I had found this guy during the day, I would have killed him with a sword, but now you two will suffer because of me."

"What are you talking about!" Wei He shook his head and said, "The two of us were accused of selling military rations privately and embezzling salaries. What does it have to do with you?"

"I made you two suffer." Du Po knew that Wei He's words were to excuse him: "Based on what I know about that fellow, I will also be charged with this crime in the future."

Feng Tai smiled wryly: "Then it's really convenient for me to earn money, but it's a pity that I haven't really done this before."

"Next time I'm interrogated, I'll confront that scumbag face to face, so this case may enter..."

"No, they won't interrogate you and me except this time." Du Po showed a sneering look in his eyes: "He Zhu Nan is not a brave person, how could he let you be wronged? "

"It's really frustrating!"

Wei He murmured viciously, Du Po and Feng Tai both nodded in agreement, but for a moment they didn't know what to say.

As the night darkened, several people leaned against the railing, you whispered each other, and the words were full of anger.

……

Rooster crows and five drums, the morning light shines through the gaps in the clouds, illuminating the mountains and forests, dispelling the darkness, gradually spreading, and a cloud of mist emerges from the mountains.

"Quick! Quick! Get on board in an orderly manner."

Liu Min stood on the boat and kept directing the Yushanzhai soldiers to board the boat. The sprained leg from yesterday seemed to be healed, and there was not much inconvenience.

"Brother Liu Min." Lu Bu walked out of the cabin, looked at the soldiers who were queuing up to board the boat, and asked, "Is there anything to light the fire?"

Liu Min knew what he meant, so he pointed at Kou Yan who was leading a group of soldiers down the mountain and said, "Brother, please look, the people behind Kou Yan are all carrying fire starters, I have tried it before, and it is not easy to extinguish it."

"Okay!" Lu Bu nodded, looked at the sun and said, "Don't worry everyone, there is still time, don't let anyone get hurt or squeeze the boat, that would be unbeautiful."

"Don't worry about that." Liu Min said with a smile, "I'll take care of it, little brother."

Lu Bu didn't say anything, just stood at the bow of the boat blowing the morning wind.

However, Liu Min had something to say: "Brother, I don't have many people in this mountain, so I have to discount my combat power. Brother Kou Yan and I are not good at training soldiers."

"It doesn't matter at this point, those officers and soldiers are not very capable of fighting." Lu Bu pulled a grim smile from the corner of his mouth and said, "As long as they obey the command then it will be fine."

"Of course I will listen." Liu Min nodded, and laughed at himself: "If you don't listen, my little brother's cottage will be gone long ago."

The two of them were chatting here, and a big man boarded their boat and said: "Master Lu, how come there are so many more boats, but what benefits have they gained?"

The two looked quickly and saw that Liu Ti was coming up on the deck. Liu Min sighed and said, "There are indeed some advantages, but there are more disadvantages."

Liu Ti was shocked: "What do you mean?"

　According to the data in the Song Dynasty, distilled wine already existed, but the degree is unknown.

　　The prototype of poisonous killing comes from Yang Zi, who is a ruthless person.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)