Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 137
There is a poem that says: When you come to Gusu to see you, everyone will sleep in the river.There is little idle land in the ancient palace, but there are many small bridges in the water port.

The night market sells water chestnut lotus root, and the spring boat carries Qiluo.I know the sleepless moon in the distance, and the homesickness is in the fisherman's song.

The roads in Suzhou are different. The criss-crossing water network and various boats often amaze people who are only running on the loess road. , was amazed for a while.

"I didn't expect the scenery of Suzhou to be so different. It's really unique."

"Who says no, if it wasn't for the commander-in-chief's mansion calling you and me to come to Suzhou this time, we really wouldn't have a chance to come."

"This is thanks to Taiwei Gao. It wasn't him who ordered you and me, so why such a good job."

"Thank God he didn't punish me like he punished Wang Jin. Poor Wang Jin disappeared..."

"Shut up! Don't talk about Taiwei."

"Yes, yes, don't say too much, why not get off the boat in a while, and go to the brothel before you get an errand, and taste the difference between this Jiangnan girl."

A passenger ship arrives from Bianliang, and the ten guests on board are all dressed as generals. Everyone is tall and tall, with extraordinary looks. Therefore, he was ordered to come to Suzhou to escort "Hua Shi Gang" back to Bianliang.

At this time, when they talked about what the man was interested in, they couldn't help laughing.

These ten people were divided into two groups on this boat, but they didn't have their own cliques, but one group of nine people was in the bow, and the other group stood alone in the stern, obviously they were excluded.

But at the stern of the boat, there is a man of seven feet five or six, wearing a Fanyang felt hat, with a red tassel sprinkled on his head, dressed as a general in the palace, with a jade pendant hanging on his waist, shaking slightly with the movement of the boat. However, this person's appearance is different, with a green mark on his face and a little red beard on his cheeks.

This man is the descendant of the three generations of generals, the grandson of the Fifth Marquis Yang Linggong, surnamed Yang Mingzhi, who is called the blue-faced beast because of the birthmark on his face.Right now, the envoy Yang Zhi was standing at the back, looking coldly at the street scene on both sides, and he didn't want to meet the comrades in front. Yupei had a sarcasm on his face.

Not long after, the boat entered a water village, and Zhu Ruxian was already waiting below. Seeing ten people get off the boat, they came forward slowly: "This trip is urgent, and I have worked hard for you to come here. Zhu Ruxian in this yamen , but an idler."

He said it casually, but these people are just lower-level generals who belong to the Dianqian Division, and they came here with the emperor's envoy, so they can be called the superior envoys. How dare they take the title in front of the powerful young master of the Zhu family in Suzhou?Immediately gave a big gift and said: "Don't dare to talk about the hard work of the yamen, it is our duty as a soldier to die for the officials."

Seeing this, Zhu Ruxian smiled with satisfaction and said, "I've prepared thin wine to welcome you all, and I hope all the envoys will show you their face."

Everyone was about to agree, but they didn't want Yang Zhi to stand aside and said: "The Sa family is from the north, and I feel unwell during the boat trip. It's really inconvenient to bother me, so I won't trouble the yamen."

After finishing speaking, he gave a deep salute, turned around and walked towards the barracks beside him.

Zhu Ruxian's face froze when he saw it, his cheeks twitched twice, and he looked at the others with a smile on his face: "Do you still feel unwell?"

These men and women couldn't hear the anger in these words, and immediately said: "I am in good health and have no illness."

Only then did Zhu Ruxian hold back his anger, flicked his sleeves and said, "Let's go, there is still some distance to go to the restaurant."

The nine people quickly thanked them, and together with Zhu Ruxian's guards, a group of more than [-] people boarded a boat again, walked along the waterway and came to a painting boat, and then stepped on the boat one after another with the help of the painting boat boy plate.

The boat was booked by Zhu Ruxian alone today, not because he thinks highly of this group of generals in front of the palace, but because Zhu Ruxian likes luxury and doesn't like eating with irrelevant people, that's why he acted like this, besides This amount of silver is nothing more than a drop in the bucket to the Zhu family.

The autumn water is sparkling and the water waves are rippling. The painted boat with lanterns is parked there despite the wind blowing, and the image of the boat is reflected in the blue waves. It seems that there are boats above and below, which is very interesting.

The group of fighters in the front office of the palace had only seen Bianliang's painted boats, and when they had boarded such a luxurious place in person, they all sat in their seats cautiously.

The group of nine people didn't know how to serve their chopsticks when they were able to come to the banquet, but they saw that there were no vegetables, vegetables and meat on the plate, but instead there were mountains and rocks with different shapes. If you look carefully, they are all carved out of fruits and vegetables, and they are also like Tai Chi. The soup, which looked like a picture, was shared among the people in bowls, and so far everyone could still understand how to eat it.

Waiting to come up to a mountain, there are five brushes on it, and a black inkstone-shaped plate next to it, which is sprinkled with "gold powder", which makes the nine rough embryos dumbfounded, and they can't help but look at each other and don't know what to say.

"Why don't you eat it, but it doesn't suit your appetite?" Zhu Ruxian looked at the nine people below with a smile in his eyes, and his mood was obviously happy.

Seeing that the nine people smiled awkwardly and didn't know what to say, they picked up a writing brush, covered the tip of the brush with "gold powder", put it in their mouths and bit it, and the rest of them saw it and quickly followed suit.

The meal was not long, and the few people who only ate felt like sitting on pins and needles. After drinking a few glasses of wine, the older middle-aged among the crowd quickly stood up and said: "The yamen loves me and other fighters, and brought me to this elegant place. I don't know what to order, although we are unbearable, we are willing to solve problems for the Yamen."

Zhu Ruxian glanced at him meaningfully, and then said: "But I have something to ask you to wait for, I just don't know who is more skilled in martial arts?"

The nine people looked at each other, their eyes were a little anxious, the one who was standing rolled his eyes and said: "I am similar in martial arts, and I really want to find someone with high strength, but it is Yang Zhi who is even better."

"Oh?" Zhu Ruxian leaned forward, glanced at him and said, "Who are you waiting for, Yang Zhi?"

"Yang Zhi is not here." Someone said something.

"It's the one who left before, only he is Yang Zhi."

When the words came, Zhu Ruxian frowned: "Why? Is he better than you?"

Someone opened his mouth to say something, but others preempted him and said: "Then Yang Zhi is a descendant of the Yang family in Tianbo Mansion. His martial arts are naturally strong, especially he has won martial arts, which is even more admirable. I heard that he is planning to restore his ancestors. Glory."

"Tianbo Mansion?" Zhu Ruxian's eyes lit up and he smiled all over his face: "The descendants of Yang Linggong?"

"Exactly." The rest of the generals nodded.

"Hehehe——" Zhu Ruxian laughed, and raised his wine glass to greet everyone: "Come, let's have a drink."

The nine people toasted quickly when they heard the words, and for a moment it seemed that the host and guest were in harmony.

This meal lasted for more than half an hour, and all the envoys left the boat amid thousands of thanks, and were sent back to the barracks. Zhu Ruxian went home to look for Zhu Xi.

……

Inside the study of the Zhu Mansion.

Zhu Ruxian was writing something today, Zhu Ruxian came in and waited for his father to finish writing and said: "Father, I found out that there is a general in that group who is the descendant of Yang Linggong from the Yang family of Tianbo Mansion, and he has won the martial arts exam." , called Yang Zhi."

Zhu Xi raised his head: "Oh? This is really a surprise, call him over at night."

"Yes." Zhu Ruxian replied, and then hesitated: "It's just that Yang Zhi seems to have a bit of a temper, today I asked him to wait for a drink, but he didn't go."

Zhu Xi waved his hand nonchalantly: "In Suzhou, I am the sky, even the big worm has to lie on my stomach and let him come."

Glancing at his son, he said, "What are you doing to invite those fighters to drink, and tell them if they dare to respond?"

Zhu Ruxian laughed happily: "Father, my child likes to see such rough and ignorant appearances. You don't know how reserved these people are during the banquet. They don't even know how to eat. They only cost a little money and can buy Wouldn't it be profitable to have fun?"

Zhu Xi shook his head.

……

Coincidentally, when Zhu's father and son talked about Yang Zhi at home, the nine envoys here were also talking.

"Why do you want to praise that surname Yang during the banquet? I can take care of anything, and Brother Jingchao is also there, so they are not much stronger than Yang Zhi?" Someone said with an indignant expression.

"Oh, I really dare not take this matter." The envoy named Jingchao was mighty, with a beard and thick hands, and he shook his head after hearing what his companion said: "Who knows that the Zhu family's father and son What do you want to do, if it's a deadly deal, wouldn't you just put yourself in it?"

"The envoy of Beijing is right, let's see what happens to this man surnamed Yang."

"If he succeeds, won't he be lifted up immediately, won't it be on you and me when the time comes?" Someone had a look of indignation.

"At that time, Taiwei Gao was going to treat him, what's the business with you and me?" Someone fanned the wind with his hand, with a look of indifference.

"Well said!"

When the boat reached the shore, the group entered the barracks again, as if nothing had happened.

……

Looking up and looking away, there are clouds dotted in the sky of the water park Liangshan. Today's wind is a bit strong, and the clouds are covered by each other to block the sun, but they are blown out again. Sometimes the mountain is sunny and cloudy. Does not appear hot.

Liangshan has gradually been on the right track in recent days. Du Po and Xi Sheng led the infantry in the village to practice all day long, and Xiao Haili was not idle. Basically, at sunrise, he took the horse army to leave the mountain by boat and did not know where to go. Where did they go, and they didn't come back until after dark in the evening, but the horse soldiers were drilled hard, and many of them went back to the cottage and fell asleep after eating.

Lu Bu has not been idle for the past two days. He originally wanted to select a group of horses for wolf riding training, but in the end he only selected 23 people, and half of them could not ride horses, so he had to throw them to Xiao Haili to follow Ma Jun Let's practice together.

A few days passed like this. On this day, Liu Min, together with Qiao Lie and Bian Xiang, walked into Lu Bu's study with an account book in their arms.

"Why did the three of you come here together today?" Lu Bu looked at the three of them strangely, put down the books in his hands, pointed to the chairs and said, "You can do whatever you want."

The three of them didn't shirk, they dragged chairs over and sat down in front of the desk. Liu Min put the account book on the desk and said, "Brother, I waited for the three of us to find out that there are some problems in the cottage."

Lu Bu frowned, sat up straight and said, "What's the problem?"

"This..." Liu Min glanced at Qiao Lie and Bian Xiang, and the two signaled for him to speak, then immediately cleared his throat and said, "Since Brother Zhu Gui went up the mountain before, he has opened the hotel at the entrance of Li's house as a cottage eyes and ears."

Wei Wei paused, scratched his hair and said: "He reported the passing caravan to the Shanzhai, and then the Shanzhai sent people to rob the goods. There is nothing wrong with this, it is justified, but..."

"Don't hesitate, just say what you have to say." Lu Bu glanced at Liu Min with some displeasure.

Liu Min smiled bitterly: "Brother, I've been waiting for a while to fish. In the past two months, there were caravans and pedestrians passing by the water pond, but this month so far, there is no one. If this continues, we will bypass the water pond. Here Wouldn't it be like a ghost?"

Lu Bu was startled, looked up at Qiao Lie and asked, "Why are you robbing pedestrians near your house?"

Qiao Lie and Bian Xiang looked at each other with a wry smile and said, "I don't know, brother, the cottage was very busy some time ago and the expenses were high, so some people were a little impatient, so every pedestrian and caravan passing by was robbed."

Then the two got up and bowed down: "It's because my younger brother didn't take care of this matter, so I ask my elder brother to punish me."

Lu Bu shook his head: "You two should not be blamed for this matter, it is because a certain person didn't make a regulation in advance and got up first."

Qiao Lie and Bian Xiang got up according to the words, and sat down again. Lu Bu looked at the three of them, and pointed the table with his right hand meaninglessly: "The thing has already happened, let's think about how to remedy it first, what do you think?"

Liu Min and the two looked at each other and nodded: "My little brother thinks that I should make a rule."

The sky was slanting, and in the bright room, several people talked and wrote from time to time, and finally smiled one after another.

At the end of autumn in the first year of Zhenghe, Liangshan's bandits released their rules to the outside world:

Pedestrians or caravans have to pay tolls when passing near Liangshan. Single pedestrians pay five cents per person, and caravans charge half of the total value of the goods in taxes. Yunzhou was robbed, and Liang Shan helped recover the property.

In addition, the fields near the water park in Liangshan were allowed to be reclaimed and cultivated by the people themselves, and Liangshan only charged one and a half buckets per mu of land as rent.

For a time, the towns that heard about this incident were all in an uproar.

……

The moon sets and the sun rises, and the sky in the northwest is refreshing, and the blue color makes people feel refreshed and happy.

Shi Dalang didn't put such a beautiful view in his heart, he begged the well-proportioned man in front of him: "Master, then Yan'an Mansion is a place to live, my younger brother is willing to support your mother and son for the rest of your life, wouldn't it be good? "

That Han's face was very ordinary. No one would have guessed that this man was once the instructor of the 80 forbidden army. The Taiwei will never forgive, and it will implicate you and the Taigong. Besides, you say so, but you underestimate my martial arts and can't fight on the field?"

Shi Jin shook his head again and again: "My little brother didn't mean that, it's just that I don't know when I can see Master again."

"A good man has ambitions all over the world!" Wang Jin squeezed Shi Jin's shoulder and said, "After all, Shijia Village is too small. If Dalang has the heart, he might as well go out and have a look in the future."

Seeing that the persuasion was hopeless, Shi Jin said helplessly: "I will understand, I hope the master will have a bright future, gain fame and fame, and seal his wife and son."

At that moment, the two parted from the ten-mile long pavilion, and Wang Jiaotou took the load from the farmer and picked it up by himself. He followed the horse, and his mother, and went to Guanxi Road by himself.

Shi Jin bid farewell with tears and returned home with the farmer.

　Jingchao is also a character, um...although it is the opposite

　　
　
(End of this chapter)