Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 157 Tian Hu
The cold wind blew through the treetops, and the bare branches that had been plucked by the winter moved up and down from time to time, as if to express their helplessness.There are birds flying across the sky, landing in the forest from time to time, perching on the branches of trees and staying there for a while, and then soaring into the sky, flapping their wings extremely fast and disappearing.

With two swords in his back, Sun An stood on the hill and looked at the noisy crowd below. For some reason, he saw that the cottage was busy just after morning practice. Teams of minions were carrying wooden boxes from outside to the warehouse. In the same way, some people ran out on horseback, not knowing what to do, he, who came to the cottage for a while, was just forgotten.

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It seemed that someone stumbled, and the sound of things falling in the box could be faintly heard. Sun An had good eyesight, and saw a bunch of swords reflecting and shining in the sun, so he couldn't help frowning. The other boxes were of the same size as this one. Zhemo is also a weapon, and there are some larger wooden boxes that are carefully carried.

Who is providing weapons to these gangsters?

Sun An stroked his chin and pondered for a while, but in the end he gave up thinking about this problem because there was too little information to gain anything.

"Brother Sun An, brother Sun An."

Liu Kerang's voice behind him woke up Sun An, who was staring down and thinking, and when he turned his head, the sallow-faced man was sweating from running, and he walked up to him and raised his hand to wipe it: "Brother asked me to come and invite you, and said that we will be together later." I'm going to be a guest, and I'll introduce you to some heroes."

Sun An has a bold personality and loves to make friends, so he agrees after hearing this: "Since that's the case, I'll wash my face first, and I've sweated a lot since I got up early to practice."

Liu Kerang laughed and said, "Brother Sun is very polite, but it's okay, brother is a lazy person, and it will take a while for him to come out, so I will wait in the Juyi Hall."

At that moment, Sun An went back to the house, tidied himself up a bit, crossed his swords behind his back, adjusted to the position suitable for the sword, and then left the room and went all the way to the Juyi hall to find Liu Kerang.

The Juyi hall is not far from where Sun An lives, and he walked there within three turns. When he entered the door, he saw Liu Kerang squatting at the brazier with his hands outstretched to keep warm.

"Huh? Brother Liu alone? Where's Village Master Li?"

Liu Kerang turned his head when he heard the words, saw that it was Sun An, moved his legs and feet, turned his body to Sun An and said, "Brother, come out soon, every time he sleeps until almost noon."

The corners of Sun An's eyes twitched, and he just said, "Being able to sleep is also a blessing."

"What a blessing, it's just that he doesn't like anything when he wakes up early, and when he sees people he beats or scolds, so he decides how many people he kills until the end of the day." Liu Kerang rubbed his nose, and continued to stretch out his hands to warm the fire: "Don't Said that getting up like this made him feel a lot better, and everyone is safe."

Sun An was a little taken aback, it was the first time someone had heard of such behavior, and when he came over, he also knelt down to warm himself by the fire, and asked curiously: "Then how did Village Master Li fall into the grass, and because of beating people like this? "

"Yes and no." Liu Kerang had a strange expression on his face: "Before my brother fell into the grass, he was a military commander, and his boss was a mean person, and he was always making trouble for my brother."

Xu Shi squatted numb, and changed his focus: "My brother was also annoyed by his harassment. One morning when he went to the barracks to provoke a quarrel, he punched and killed him. Since then, my brother has had symptoms of morning rage. "

"Villager Li is suffering enough." Sun An shook his head, somewhat unable to imagine what state Li Tianxi was in right now.

The two of them were talking, when they heard the sound of footsteps behind them, and Li Tianxi's tired face came into their eyes.

"elder brother."

"Master Li."

Sun An followed Liu Kerang and stood up to greet him, no matter what, he is currently living here as a guest, so he should also greet his master.

"Morning, both of you, how was Brother Sun An's rest yesterday?" Li Tianxi didn't go inside, but stood at the door and greeted the two of them.

Sun An looked outside and saw that the sun was no longer in the east, his expression remained unchanged: "I rested very well, and I would like to thank the village master for taking me in."

"You're welcome." Li Tianxi scratched his head and looked at Sun An: "Today, I will bring my brothers to meet the heroes of our Weisheng army. They are all bold men, and they will definitely be delighted by the arrival of Brother Sun An."

"Then I would like to thank the village master. Sun An travels the rivers and lakes, and he is most willing to make friends." Here, Sun An clasped his hands together.

"Brother, let's go. You can eat something when you go. I'm a little hungry after a busy morning."

Liu Kerang yelled, Li Tianxi also nodded in agreement, and immediately led the horse over, and the three of them rode the horse down the mountain all the way towards Shiti Mountain.

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At noon, the cold wind gradually subsided, and the sun gradually warmed up.

The cottage on Shiti Mountain was much larger. In the spacious Juyi Hall, several copper stoves were burning, and the burnt skin was red. There were more than a dozen rough-looking men sitting on the tables and chairs on both sides. The toasts were intertwined, the voice was high-pitched and vulgar, and a dirty joke broke out from time to time, which caused a roar of laughter.

In the first position, Tian Hu with a rough face is hugging the woman from the Chou family who was snatched by force, and he can't help moving his hands and feet while laughing wantonly. , although his eyes were angry, but his face was expressionless, and he couldn't shed a single tear.

When the footsteps came from outside, there were people in the hall drinking and playing with money, and there were also people who were teasing with the women in their arms. It seemed that this kind of banquet would not have been able to come if Tian Hu's relatives such as Tian Bao and Tian Biao , Fan Quan, if it weren't for the friends he made like Xu Wei, Niu Wenzhong, etc., who are all his direct descendants, there are only a few people who don't change their faces and drink in silence, it seems that they can't blend into their atmosphere.

Holding a wine bowl in his hand, Tian Biao looked out of the hall frequently, as if he was waiting for someone to come. Fan Quan beside him seemed to know his thoughts and was about to comfort him when he saw Tian Biao showing joy.

Three figures crossed the threshold, Li Tianxi cupped his hands at Tian Hu and said, "Sorry, the three of us are late."

Tian Hu laughed and got up, walked down the steps, and grabbed Li Tianxi's hand: "It's too late, we're just getting started, hurry up and get seated."

Li Tianxi thanked him, led Liu Kerang and Sun An to the side and sat down, at that moment Tian Biao came over with a drink: "You came so late, my neck is almost broken, you should drink three glasses of wine as fine. "

"Three cups are enough, three altars are enough."

Tian Biao laughed: "I won't drink with you for three jars, but three bowls first."

Li Tianxi smiled heartily, poured the wine by himself, touched Tian Biao, the wine swayed endlessly in the bowl, and was immediately drunk.

After Tian Biao and Li Tianxi finished drinking, they walked up to Sun An and shouted at the top of their voices, "Come on, brother, let me introduce you. This is brother Sun An, a famous hero in Jianghu."

Then he said to Sun An: "That is my elder brother Tian Hu, he is a first-class hero in the Weisheng Army."

Tian Hu cast his gaze over there, and Niu Wenzhong thought for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "But the one called Dragon Slayer?"

Sun An quickly stood up: "Don't dare, it's the villain."

Niu Wenzhong heard this, stood up quickly, came over with a drink and said: "In the past, I heard people say in the rivers and lakes that Brother Sun held two swords against Emperor Zhaolie. He is a first-class hero. I didn't expect to see his true face today. Little brother Niu Wenzhong, the bandit in the Jianghu, Iron Dragonfly, met Brother Sun."

Tian Hu heard Niu Wenzhong's words first, his eyes lit up, and he held Qiu Shi in his arms. The woman kept pushing him, but was forced to come over, raised the wine bowl and said, "I don't think it's Tu Long Hands face to face, a bowl of wine should be toasted."

Seeing his behavior like this, Sun An felt somewhat displeased at first, but in the end it was Li Tianxi who brought him here, and Tian Biao and Niu Wenzhong's attitudes were respectful, so they had no choice but to take up the wine bowl and pour the wine have eaten.

Liu Kerang looked at the beauty in Tian Hu's arms, his eyes lit up, and he shouted: "Brother Tian, ​​I didn't see you bring this beauty last time, where did you get it?"

Tian Hu laughed, put his arms around Qiu Shi and said, "How about the newly found Mrs. Yazhai yesterday? Is this handsome?"

Sun An frowned while looking frivolously, while Niu Wenzhong returned to his seat after finishing the drink. His brows and eyes seemed to disagree, but Liu Kerang took the opportunity to booed and said, "You are really handsome, don't throw away Brother Tian after you use it up." Yes, give it to my younger brother to enjoy for a few days."

"Yes, yes, I will never forget my brother! Hahahaha——" Tian Hu smiled wildly, and the face of the daughter of the Chou family was ashen, Sun An looked at her, then glanced at Liu Kerang, secretly thinking that he didn't look at it. It is a hurry to get out of this man.

At present, there are Li Tianxi and Tian Biao on the two sides as bridges to introduce Sun An. In addition to Xu Wei, Fan Quan, and Niu Wenzhong, the iron dragonfly who has just met, there are also Tian Ding, the son of Tian Hu, and Niu Wenzhong's subordinate Yan Wei. Brave General An Shirong, Biaowei General Chu Heng, Xiong Wei Yulin, Tongdashan Xue Shi, Lin Xin, Hu Ying, Tang Chang four strong bandits, and Wu Li dressed as a wealthy family all had the same face. Why not Tang Xian.

In the eating and drinking room, Sun An let Sun An know that this Tian Hu is really an evil spirit. Apart from having a wife and concubine at home, he also begged for Fan Quan's daughter, robbed the beautiful wife Qiu Shi, and now he is targeting Wu Li's sister. At the banquet, I hugged Qiu Shi, who was still struggling, and discussed with my elder brother about marriage.

Sun An looked on coldly, seeing Wu Li as if he didn't agree immediately, he was still hesitating, but he didn't know what Tian Hu said, and nodded slowly.

Later, when the banquet was over, Tian Hu prepared guest rooms for everyone, and everyone walked out of their respective rooms together. Sun An was also irritable, and bid farewell to Niu Wenzhong, who was traveling with him, and found a room to lie down, but he couldn't sleep. I remember that during the day, Qiu looked at the eyes of everyone and was a little upset, and thinking about the words of Liu Kerang and others during the dinner, he couldn't help but frown even more.

It seems that after all, Tianhu and Tianhu are not the same person...

Sun An thought, soon, the upper eyelid and the lower eyelid started a war, and finally both died, both fell down, and Sun An's snoring sounded in the room.

Coincidentally, Tian Hu, who was regarded as a stranger by Sun An, also encountered difficulties at this time.

"do not come--"

Amid the horrified shouts, Qiu pointed the pointed end of the hairpin at his neck: "If you want to take a step, I'll show you!"

"Why are you a beauty?" Tian Hu smiled wryly. Yesterday, this woman threatened her with scissors like this. He thought that he would take her to a banquet today and take the opportunity to take away the gold and iron artifacts in the room. In the room, she was threatened with a hairpin again, which made Tian Hu impatient, and secretly cursed Zensheng for forgetting to take away her jewelry, and was about to step forward when he saw the hairpin pierce the skin and bleed blood, the villain who was dominated by the lower body Not wanting to see his fragrance fade away, he didn't dare to rush forward, so he had to back off and say, "Okay, okay, don't go, don't go, don't seek death, then... I'll come back tomorrow morning."

As he said that, he quickly closed the door and locked it, so that people could keep an eye on the house before leaving.Only Chou was left helplessly sitting on the ground in the house, thinking about being belittled by Tian Hu just now, wiping away tears and muttering: "Husband... I probably won't be able to go home to see Qiongying... I miss you... "

Under the moonlight, this beautiful woman didn't know what to do, she just stared blankly at the lit lamp, crying silently.

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The next morning.

Sun An was awakened by a loud noise. The moment he opened his eyes, he quickly turned over and sat up. With two swords in his hands, the moment he pushed open the door, noisy voices rang in his ears.

Looking at the open ground at the door, Sun An stepped out and headed towards the noisy place in the distance. There was a cliff there. On the way, there were people from yesterday's banquet walking back and whispering there.

"It's a pity for a beauty."

"I thought I could get a share of the pie."

"Don't take it too seriously, how did you get out?"

"Don't say it, tsk, but it's really a pity."

"Huh? It's Brother Sun An, you also go to watch the fun?"

"Oh, yes...Brother Tang Chang, um, I heard some noises and went over to have a look." Sun An raised his brows, and he had a good memory. He remembered those people from yesterday, and he recognized the few in front of him after a while. He is from Tongda Mountain.

"Hey, what's there to see? The Mrs. Yazhai that Big Brother Tian was looking for yesterday jumped off the cliff for some reason." Tang Chang spoke quickly and said the matter directly.

Hu Ying also shrugged: "Brother Tian, ​​it's not good to build a house, it must be built on the edge of a cliff."

"If you want me to say, it's still the guard's problem."

While the four of them were arguing, they left Sun An aside and walked down.

Sun An watched the four of them pass by, took a breath, and walked up all the way, and saw the three Tian Hu brothers and Liu Kerang standing there looking down, and Niu Wenzhong was walking out with a few people .

"Brother Sun An." Niu Wenzhong cupped his hands and saluted, "But come to find Big Brother Tian?"

"No, just walk around." Sun An glanced at the person opposite: "Brother, where are you going?"

Niu Wenzhong smiled unnaturally: "Go down the cliff and have a look. A woman jumped off the cliff. Brother Tian asked me to help collect the corpse, so that the bones will not be exposed in the wilderness and no one will collect them. It's so pitiful."

Sun An looked ahead, somehow looked at those people and didn't want to go there, feeling a faint sense of repulsion in his heart: "I'll go with you."

"It's not necessary, I'll find a few people to go down, and I'll treat Brother Sun to drink later." While speaking, the big man in front of him had already gone down.

Seeing that he refused, Sun An didn't force it, so he stood up, turned around and walked back.

The mountain wind blew, and there was a whimper in the whistling sound. I don't know if the wronged soul is crying.

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In the distance, a team of 400 horsemen stepped into Xiangzhou and headed towards Longde Mansion.

(End of this chapter)