Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 329
The setting sun in the west slowly disappeared, and the magnificent red clouds turned into a lead color. The scenery in the field of vision began to fade and gradually took on the appearance of night. In the house, the tall Yi Zhangqing lit the oil lamp, and the big fire dispersed in the house. Most of the darkness reveals the original appearance of the object.

Li Assistant spread his legs and sat down at the bottom in an inconspicuous manner, with a drunken blush on his face: "Brother, if you drink like this all day long, I won't be able to bear it."

After receiving the herbal tea from Hu Sanniang and watching Li Zhu drink all the tea in the cup in one breath, Lu Bu smiled and said, "It's a little inappropriate to drink alcohol every day... That's fine, let's leave tomorrow."

"How many days longer will Mr. Hu stay here?" Hu Sanniang looked at her man strangely: "Maybe there are some heroes from Jiangzhou who want to join the gang."

Lu Bu shook his head: "I told you yesterday that Li Fu didn't publicize this matter. How could anyone join? It's just a waste of time. How about leaving as soon as possible while the gratitude in the other person's heart has not dissipated. , it can also be read well by others."

Li Assistant rubbed his cheeks, as if to wake himself up: "Fortunately, the Zhang family brothers have some skills, so my trip is not in vain."

Hearing this, Hu Sanniang raised her head and said: "The military advisor forgot that we still have the Wan Guan furniture that Li Fu gave us, as well as the two years' income from the private salt and fish tooth business. There is money for everyone, even if my brother wants to earn this money." You also have to waste some effort, and even lose money when you run into bad luck.”

"Hahaha, so-and-so's third wife knows how to run a house."

"Lang Jun-"

Lu Bu laughed loudly, causing the little woman over there to stamp her feet and blush on her face. However, Li Zhu looked at Hu Sanniang, chuckled and shook his head: "Sanniang, what you said is wrong. In fact, Li Fu didn't pay anything." too much."

Looking at the empty tea cup, Hu Sanniang hurriedly came over and poured him some herbal tea, and then drank another cup before saying: "Li Fu's gift of thousands of pieces of furniture may seem like a lot, but in fact it is just a drop in the bucket for him and the village. The cottage has been broken down into several prefectures and counties, and now there is no shortage of ten thousand taels of silver. As for the income from the private salt and fish tooth business for two years..."

He paused and put down the tea cup: "He has a sharp reduction in the number of people under his command now, but these things cannot be controlled by relying on prestige. Therefore, in the past two years, his salt line and fish tooth business may shrink, so The amount of money you get will naturally decrease, and whether you give it or not, it actually makes no difference to us."

Hu Sanniang frowned, looked at Li Zhu and then at her man: "Mr. Lang, do you know?"

After a moment of silence, Lu Bu nodded, and the tall Yi Zhangqing frowned: "Then you still let him fool you like this?"

"Fooling?" Lu Bu shook his head and looked at Hu Sanniang meaningfully: "Sanniang thinks that what we want to gain is just monetary gain?"

"What do you mean?"

Hu Sanniang tilted her head and didn't understand. Next, Li Zhu just looked at the man and woman in front of him talking with a faint smile.

"Li Fu is a person who has been around all the time. This kind of person can't escape the knight-errant style." Lu Bu narrowed his eyes, as if he was remembering something: "This time, I helped him block the Manichaeism in Jiangzhou, but he did it openly and openly in full view of the public." He paid me money for what he had done, but it was not worth the kindness he showed me."

Looking at Yi Zhang's green and delicate face over there, he said: "His reputation is so great in Jiangzhou. I think people here obey him not because of his coercion, but because he is fair and just in dealing with things so that he can win people's support. And He is grateful to us and the favors he owes have not yet been repaid, so all the people in Jiangzhou can do is..."

In Hu Sanniang's eyes, the sitting figure slowly said: "Promote your reputation for us."

"I receive favors from others without repaying them. Since he, Li Fu, is not a mean and ungrateful person, he can only say good things about us when he meets people. In this way, our reputation can be spread in the south through Jiangzhou. This is very important to us." It's something worth a thousand pieces of gold." Lu Bu raised his teacup to his eyes with squinted eyes, slowly turning it around to look at it, as if admiring some rare treasure: "Is this not more valuable than a little money? You know, reputation is so valuable. Things...especially a good reputation, but no amount of money can buy it."

"Brother is right, what's more, he, a green forest strongman, can have more money than the state capital? I will accept it as soon as he is ready to make him grateful. When I leave Jiangzhou tomorrow, there will be no saviors like us for a long time. It's an eyesore." Li Zhu laughed at himself and added an accent to the four words "savior": "He will remember me even better. Maybe this green forest in Jiangzhou will come in handy in the future."

Hu Sanniang nodded slowly, as if she was digesting the words she just heard. Mr. Jin Jian over there seemed to think of something and raised his hand to stroke his beard: "Unknown brother, how are you going to go back?"

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Putting the tea cup on the table, Lu Bu tilted his head and looked at the tea soup that was swaying in the cup. He said, "I want to go back by land this time. There are some places that I have always wanted to walk and see." , Now this idea is getting stronger..." He slowly raised his head and looked at the two people: "Fortunately, the stronghold is now strong, so nothing will happen for a while, otherwise I wouldn't dare to move lightly."

Before Li Zhu could say anything, Hu Sanniang said very quickly: "I don't care, I will go wherever your husband goes."

"I'll take you naturally."

Lu Bu started laughing at the joke. Li Zhu thought for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Since you are so kind, I would like to ask you to follow me."

Looking at the tall figure above, the middle-aged man put down his hand and continued: "Since I have been ordered to accompany the military advisor this time, I must do it from beginning to end. There is no reason for me to go back first when my brother is away. "

"Well, that's fine. Let's settle the crew tonight and leave when we set off."

Lu Bu stood up and opened the window. The black night was covered with shining silver stars. It was already dead of night in the village outside. The occasional two dog barks could be heard far away in the silent night.

"We don't need too many people when we go back this time. I just asked Yu Cheng to follow me. Too many people will make me stand out." He patted the window frame, maybe feeling that something was wrong with the touch. Lu Bu turned his hands to look at the dust on his palms and wrinkled. He lowered his brows, raised his hands and rubbed them away, and continued: "By the way, there is also Yang Minwei. When I came out, I said I wanted to take him for a walk and relax, so I took him with me."

Li Zhu slowly stroked his beard and nodded: "Brother Yang is still very knowledgeable, so it is convenient to carry him."

"That's it." The figure who turned around smiled and raised his brows suddenly: "By the way, there are also the Zhang brothers who are new members of the gang. Bring them along with them. Li Fu will praise the two of them. They are rare in the world and unparalleled in the water, so we just take this opportunity to understand their minds."

"What my brother is saying is that the Navy is now our foundation and we cannot afford to be careless."

Li Assistant nodded in agreement, and the three of them talked for a while, and then Mr. Jin Jian over there left and went back to the wooden house to rest.

Time passed quietly in the interaction between people and Zhou Gong. When the sun and the moon were about to rotate again, the dawn rooster in the village woke up the sleeping people. The golden light pierced the lead-colored curtain, and the scene with the night clothes faded was revealed again. Appearance.

Lu Bu and others were not sloppy people. After breakfast, they went to Li Fu's residence to say goodbye as agreed last night.When the elderly Naohai Longju heard that everyone was leaving, he was a little reluctant to leave. He kept shouting that everyone should stay for a while longer. However, Lu Bu and others were determined to leave, so they had to take the young men from the village who had been on the battlefield to see them off in person. Everyone in Liangshan came to the riverside and watched with reluctant eyes as the canoe that Liangshan picked up people slowly rowed over.

In the midsummer of the fourth year of Zhenghe in the Song Dynasty and the fourth year of Tianqing in the Liao Dynasty, on the morning of Renyin, Liangshan's ship set up its sails amid the waves and shouts of people on the shore, and slowly left this famous section of the river. The breeze blew The maple trees and reeds on both sides of the moving river bank, and the sound of rustling, actually have two feelings of Bai Juyi's "Xunyang River sees off guests the first night, and the maple leaves and flowers rustle in autumn".

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At the beginning of Shenshi, three large ships stopped on the bank of the river. Lu Bu, dressed in black and red with brocade clothes, stepped onto the deck. Ruan Xiaoqi and other commanders of the Shui and Bu armies followed behind with a sad face. Just then, he felt that he could not leave. The leader of Liangshan, who was a short distance away, stopped the ship and wanted to go ashore, which made the commander of the navy have some opinions.

"Brother, I followed Xie to the south for business. Now Xie wants to go overland to see the Song Dynasty. I understand, but he has to take me with him. Otherwise, why would I come out here?"

Lu Bu pressed the handle of the knife with one hand, and turned his head to look at Huo Yanluo with a smile on his face: "You are serious, of course you came out to take care of your brothers in the infantry. How come this place has become your main concern?" ”

Pointing at the dark-faced man next to him: "Zi Heizi can also command the ship to go back by himself." Ruan Xiaoqi patted his chest: "I just need to follow my brother."

He immediately opened his eyes and said, "Hey! I'm telling you, you're a living hell, you can let others do everything for you in terms of love. Am I going to have to do the wedding for you tomorrow?"

Ruan Xiaoqi glared at him angrily, and the black bear-like man smiled at Lu Bu: "Brother, I don't understand the march of the navy, and it has nothing to do with me on the ship. Do you want me to follow you?"

"Okay, don't argue anymore." Lu Bu waved his hand, and the two of them immediately shut up: "It's not a big deal, there's no need for so many people to follow, and besides..." He glanced at Wei Ying: "That battalion of your infantry We haven't completed it yet. When I left the mountain, I asked the Military and Political Department to select the soldiers on your behalf. When I return to the mountain this time, I need to train well and don't create a different combat power between the old and the new."

He scratched his head and sighed: "This... well, since it is my brother's order, I will do my best."

"It's a good job. I'll have to wait for more people in the future, and I'll have to rely more on you."

Patting his shoulder, he looked at Ruan Xiaoqi again. The man immediately understood that he would not be able to go either. His face was so bitter that it felt like juice could be squeezed out. As expected, he heard his own village leader say: "We still want to go to the cottage." Some people have been transferred to the island. Your brothers are both pillars of the navy, but they cannot be ignored. How can you say words that can be replaced by others?"

He raised his hand and patted Ruan Xiaoqi heavily on the shoulder. The force made Yama in the water tremble: "Go back to the mountain and go to the Military and Political Department to ask Pei Xuan for ten sticks as punishment. Next time you say this, be careful." Legs."

"... Got it." Like a defeated rooster, Ruan Xiaoqi lowered his head: "Don't worry, brother, there will be no next time."

"It's good to know."

Xu was satisfied with the attitude of the two of them, and Lu Bu didn't say anything more. With everyone's envious eyes, the people accompanying him got off the boat along the soft rope ladder, and gently swayed to the shore and got ashore.

"Brother, where should I go now?"

Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun's faces were full of joy. They were newcomers. The ship was full of heroes in Hanzhong. The leader ordered them to accompany them. Isn't it a sign of respect?Therefore, they were all smiling at this moment.

"First find a town and buy a few horses to travel." He stamped his feet. Even though he had been riding a boat for a long time recently, Lu Bu still liked this down-to-earth feeling.

In a blink of an eye, he looked at Yang Minwei, who was silent on the side: "Brother Yang, you are familiar with this place, which city is better for me to go to?"

"...There are very few horses in the south." The silent figure raised his thin face: "It is not available in big towns, and the price is more expensive than in the north. Does the village owner really want to buy it?"

"You can't travel on two legs." Lu Bu patted his thigh and smiled: "Besides, I'm used to being on horseback. I haven't ridden a horse for a while, but I feel a little uncomfortable."

Yang Minwei rubbed his chin: "Then we might have to walk a little way back. From now on, there are no big towns in the northeast. Even Xiao Ke, who sells horses, doesn't know about it. But walking back is a place where there is no army. Xiao Ke is here There is an elder brother of the same clan there who once lived here, and he knows that there is a place where horses are sold."

"Then go back." Lu Bu waved his hand and made his decision.

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Under the same blue sky, Daming Mansion is thousands of miles away.

The Liang Mansion is still resplendent. As the first magistrate, Liang Shijie rarely has troubles. After all, he is the son-in-law of Cai Jing, the prime minister. Who would provoke him without opening his eyes?It's just that May every year is the time that Liang Zhongshu least wants to spend.

"My father, my father's birthday is coming soon. It has been two years since you sent me a birthday gift to celebrate his birthday. You can't miss it again this year."

"This... what Madam said is true." A trace of physical pain flashed in his eyes, and Liang Shijie sighed: "I just wish that some crazy thief somewhere took away the birthday gift I gave to Master Taishan. I am also afraid that something like this will happen again. .”

Madam Liang Cai's face dropped: "What's the matter? Do you think my father's birthday is not important anymore?"

"What are you talking about, Madam?" Liang Shijie said with a smile: "I'm afraid of being robbed again. I don't look good on Mount Tai, right?"

The middle-aged woman shook her head: "I don't care about this. This year I have to send a birthday gift to my father." After a pause, she continued: "Don't think I'm trying to embarrass you. I was taken away from you the year before last and didn't send it last year. Do you know What do my brothers and sisters say about you?”

Liang Shijie's face changed, and Mrs. Liang Cai sighed when she saw him: "If you think about it, you can guess it. You and I are husband and wife. How could I be so dedicated to embarrass you and insist on you taking the birthday card? There are really many brothers and sisters who are slaves. , every family is vying for favor, if you don’t fight, someone will definitely slander you in front of my father. Over time, will you be able to secure your position in this famous mansion?"

"Madam, please stop talking." Liang Zhongshu stretched out his hand, his elegant face changed color: "I already know what you said, so let me prepare a birthday gift..." He paused and touched the short hair on his chin with his hand. Xu murmured: "We still need to find someone who can do something to transport this birthday card."

(End of this chapter)