Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 304 After the Fire
In spring, the sunshine becomes brilliant, the temperature on the banks of the Xunyang River rises, and the mountains and forests are vibrant and green. Several cruise ships pass by on the river, with literati and poets holding folding fans standing on the bow of the ship in cloaks. Looking at the river and the scenery on both sides, I recited half a poem, and then tapped my palms with my fan, meditating on the following sentences. It wasn't until I was pulled off the bow by the nervous boat boss that I remembered that this was on the river, so I couldn't just walk around...

Where the river is running fast, several fishing boats are bumping along. A man in a short shirt is standing barefoot on the boat with his strong arms and trouser legs rolled up. His muscles are bulging and veins are protruding. The fishing net being dragged is covered with calluses. He pulled it up with his hands, and the lively fish and shrimps jumped on the board of the boat.

"It's a lot of gains." An old voice sounded, and a boat was approaching. The boatman behind was shaking the oar. A man was squatting on the bow of the boat. Looking at his gray hair and rosy, smooth face, it was hard to tell whether he was a man. For a man who has passed his sixties, only the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes bear the traces of time on his face.

"Boss Li, I couldn't hold it anymore and ran into the river again. I turned around to tell my apprentice and nephew that it's time to find him in a hurry." The fishing man knew that the man on the bow of the boat was none other than Xunyang's No. 1 sea dragon, Li Fu. This man was extravagant in both water and water skills. He really earned his reputation. The men on the banks of the Xunyang River admired him, and because he was old enough, they all called him Boss Li.

"What's the rush? I have my own hands and feet. Wherever I go is my business." Li Fu laughed, his voice full of energy, louder than any young man's.

"Actually, we are also envious of him. It is a good thing for the younger generation to have filial piety." Several men on the boat said with smiles.

"You only see the good looks he's waiting for, but you don't see them making me angry." Li Fu curled his lips and complained jokingly: "Sometimes I get so angry that I wish I could kill someone to calm my ears."

"Boss Li is joking."

"That's right, who doesn't know that Xie loves your disciples the most?"

"There are also nephews. By the way, Brother Jun is already quite old. Which family has Boss Li chosen for his daughter? I have a cousin, why don't you take a look?"

The man who spoke had a smile on his face, which caused several men to laugh and scold this man for wanting to "sell his sister for glory."

Li Fu wasn't angry either. He was getting older these days and was no longer as young and energetic as he was when he heard some jokes. He would step forward and stab someone with a knife. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Let Brother Jun find what he wants. The old man is tired of me teaching him his skills. He should enjoy happiness when he gets old, but he doesn't dare to find another errand."

A group of people were laughing and joking. A fishing man picked a plump fish, scraped the scales, removed the internal organs, sliced ​​it on the deck and put it on a plate. Then he took out an earthen jar from the basket, opened it and poured out some fish. Jiang Jiang was on the edge. He leaned the boat over and handed it to Li Fu, saying, "Boss Li, try this fish. The sauce was made by my mother-in-law. It tastes good."

"Then I want to try it." The old Naohai Longju stretched out his hand to take it, but he saw that the fish meat looked crystal clear in the sun, with a touch of light red in the snow-white color. It was very attractive, and the sauce on the edge of the plate smelled a little exciting. But there was a fragrant aroma, and I couldn't help but get excited. I grabbed a piece of fish with my hands and dipped it in the sauce. I stuffed it into my mouth and chewed it. My eyes lit up: "Okay, this tastes really good. You guys are in for a treat."

The man smiled happily and quickly picked up the jar and handed it to Li Fu: "It's delicious, so take it home. My mother-in-law has made a lot of it and I still have it at home."

"Then I'll accept it."

Li Fu did not refuse, and directly reached out to take it. The man stood up with a smile, suddenly tilted his head and looked behind the Naohai Dragon Colt, pointed with his hand and said: "I told you that Disciple X should come here, look, then Who is it if it’s not Brother Zhu?”

Li Fu turned his head when he heard the words, and saw a boat on the river approaching at speed. There was a man standing on the bow who couldn't help but turn around to urge him. When he saw him turning his head, he couldn't help but stretch out his arms and wave them. There was a faint sound coming, but he couldn't hear it. What is Qing.

The squatting old man slowly stood up and looked back, murmuring: "This kid... is so impatient."

"Boss Li, I won't bother you anymore." Seeing that the other party was in trouble, the man on the bow didn't wait much, said hello, and pushed the boat away.

"Go ahead." Li Fu waved his hand and said to the man behind the boat, "Move over and see what's going on with that kid."

The ship turned around, and soon the two ships heading toward each other were much closer. Li Fu could already hear the anxious shouts of his apprentice, "Master!" "Pull across quickly!" The old man frowned. With the word "Sichuan", I can't think of anything worth being so anxious about.

The two boats were almost close, and the appearance of the people over there was clearly visible, but the man was wearing a chess piece cloth vest with a pair of chess pieces on his head, and a blue linen skirt underneath. He had bare feet and a straight face. He shouted anxiously: "Master, stand back, I'll jump over."

Li Fu took a few steps back, and saw the man on the opposite boat suddenly jumped onto the bow of the boat. The boat was rocking, and the people on the boat seemed to be standing on the ground, motionless. The boat is rocking.

"Xiaoba, why are you so impatient?" Li Fu saw his apprentice's sweaty head and impetuous eyes, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "But the second brother committed a crime?"

"I hope he committed a crime, so that Master can still use his strength." Zhu Xiaoba stood up and said with an ugly face: "Master, the hotel at the foot of Jieyang Ridge has been flooded and is full of charred corpses. I went to see it, and it was completely burned by fire, and Junior Brother...Junior Brother Zhe Mo was also inside."

As the words hit his ears, the sun from the sky was shining warmly on his body, but the old man felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his rosy face suddenly turned pale: "What are you talking about? What's wrong with the second child?"

Zhu Xiaoba looked at Li Fu, then lowered his head and said in a low voice: "My second brother, Zhemo, is gone. No one is alive, but a charred corpse was found in the hotel. I don't know if it is..." The voice became smaller and smaller. He didn't dare to say the final inference. Naohai Longju's body swayed for a moment. The apprentice on the other side wanted to help him, but he waved it away: "No, I'm fine." He turned around and ordered the rower: "Go back, go back quickly, I'm going back." I need to go to the hotel and check it out.”

The boat started to row, Zhu Xiaoba opened his mouth, and finally said: "Master, the corpses are all at the Yamen. Someone passed by and saw a piece of scorched earth and went to the Yamen to go out. Now the corpses have been taken away for autopsy."

Li Fu took a deep breath and said with a gloomy face: "Local gangster... Zhang Jia Sanlang, right?"

As his apprentice nodded, the old man said calmly: "Okay, let's go find him and see what he says."

"Master, you mean..." Zhu Xiaoba's expression changed and he looked at Li Fu: "There is something fishy about junior brother's death?"

Li Fu waved his hands with a stern face: "I don't know if your junior brother is dead yet." He paused and said calmly: "Besides, he is a careful person. The hotel has been open for many years and nothing happened. How come it suddenly flooded and burned them all to death? There are probably [-]% of them there." Questions, let’s ask them later.”

"Yes."

There was a sound of water, and the boat continued to move forward. However, the master and apprentice on the boat were not in the mood to talk for a while, and only looked anxiously at the water in the distance in silence.

……

The sky fades away and the wind and clouds change.

In a mountain forest, men carrying boxes and bags kept going in and out of the treasury, and others were happily building temporary thatched houses. From time to time, people walked in carrying game, causing a slur of saliva.

In the Juyi Hall, the temperature in the mountains is low, so it is better to light a charcoal fire to keep warm. The clay pot is placed on the red hot coals, and the steam is coming, and a smell of alcohol spreads in the room.

A big hand grasped the outstretched handle through the cloth, and poured the maroon wine liquid into the large porcelain bowl. His bold voice was filled with a smile: "Brother Yun, we can be considered strangers before we fight. Come and join us, Shan Shiqi will never disappoint you, come on, try this wine, it is an old wine from Jingdong, it has a unique taste."

The man sitting opposite was Yun Zongwu, but seeing that this man was less than thirty, with smart eyes and a slender body, he clamped his arm between two wooden boards and dropped it to his chest. He smiled bitterly after listening to Shan Shiqi's words: "Brother. , Ke had already said there was a way to Liangshan, why should I go against Ke Fang, good fellow..." One of his intact fingers pointed at the broken arm: "This injury is unjust."

Zhu Jing handed out the porcelain bowls filled with wine to everyone, and laughed loudly: "If you, a weakling like me, were to form a stronghold with us, wouldn't you be able to endure this hardship?"

"Bah -" he said in a longer tone, and there was a smile on Yun Zongwu's face: "The three of us are about the same ability, why didn't you two join my village and become one?"

"So you deserve to be injured in the arm by your brother Shihe." Wu Su also smiled without blinking an eye. The old enemies for a long time have become brothers, which is quite interesting.

"How did I know that my brother is so extravagant..." Yun Zongwu muttered with a bit of a bad look on his face. He looked at Shan Shiqi's square face and said, "Brother, when are we going to Liangshan?"

Putting down the clay pot, Shan Shiqi first picked up his chopsticks and ordered from the plate: "You are all hungry, let's talk while eating." After taking a bite of the sauced meat, he said: "I told Brother Zhu and Brother Wu before I've been told, there are too few of us, we should find more people to go to the water park together so that we won't be underestimated."

"Oh?" Yun Zongwu looked at the other two people, saw them nodding, and sighed: "It's a pity that I don't have a wide network of people named Yun, otherwise I would have found a few people to join me."

"It's the same for us, I just have a good friend." Zhu Jing also shook his head, picked up a chopstick of wild vegetables, dipped it in the sauce, and said: "My good friend in the army has replied to the letter, saying that he is in the army and is also waiting. If you are impatient, you are willing to join us."

"That's good." Wu Su chuckled: "That makes five people."

Shan Shiqi nodded: "The five of us, plus three or four hundred, are quite capable. Later we will go to Jinzhou to invite those heroes together. Only then will we be qualified enough to stand upright in Liangshan." Rod words."

He picked up the wine bowl and signaled to a few people, took a small sip, poured the hot wine into his throat, ironed it to the extreme, and let it go with a sigh: "Ha - rest for a few days, and when Zhu Jing's friends arrive, we will send troops to Jinzhou immediately. , and then go to Liangshan."

The three people opposite laughed out loud, and for a while the scene was harmonious and the conversation was lively.

(End of this chapter)