Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

The mountain breeze blew across the field, and the green branches and leaves swayed in the gentle wind. Occasionally, restless leaves fluttered with the wind, slowly falling to the ground. On the official road to Wuweijun, several men and women were braving the warmth of early summer. The wind moves in a hurry.

Dry dust stirred up as he walked. The middle-aged man carrying a golden sword on his back wiped his sweat: "Brother Yang, I remember that you are from Jiangnan West Road. Why do you have a clan brother who came to this Wuweijunzhou?" ?”

Yang Minwei raised his face, his eyes were a little hollow, and he said dryly: "For learning."

"What kind of learned people are there in Wuwei Army?" Zhang Heng frowned: "I often take some scholars across the river, but I have never heard of anyone there who is knowledgeable."

Yang Minwei glanced at him, lowered his head and said, "It's different. My brother was willing to study at home, but..." There was an indescribable complex expression on his face: "There are many people in my family, and there are many connections. It's also more complicated. That's why I left my hometown and went to another place. He has always been a straight-minded person and doesn't like other people making fun of him. In addition, he is a master who can't get rid of the dirt in his eyes, so he simply left Jizhou. There is a friend who is the grand-nephew of Yang Cigong, and we are friends with him because of the same surname, so he simply brought his family here. The last time I saw him, he said he was preparing to take the Jinshi exam, but I don’t know if he has already gone to take the exam."

Lu Bu, who was walking beside him, turned his head and said, "He sounds like a person who is serious about observing etiquette."

Yang Min glanced at Lu Bu after hearing this, nodded and said, "What the village leader said is right, but it's about keeping etiquette, but..." After a pause, he sighed: "It's a little too polite."

He and others were talking and walking. Except for Yang Minwei, who was not very fast, the others were all martial arts practitioners. For these people, traveling was just a matter of eating too much or eating too little. The problem.

Even so, his waiting speed was not too slow, but the sky finally began to tilt to the west, and the green in the fields dimmed, becoming less green and more ink-stained.There is also the smell of people in the field of vision. A lonely pedestrian emerges from the corner of the road. He is often startled by so many people carrying swords. After seeing that they have no intention of showing off, they lower their heads and walk away in a hurry. Far away, there are also people who turn into this official road from the side road and head in the same direction.

"There are more people. Are there villages and towns ahead?"

Lu Bu's tall figure raised his sleeves to wipe away the sweat, and Zhang Heng took a breath from behind: "Brother is right, the front is Xiang'an Town, and Wuwei Town is not far away."

Lu Bu looked at the sky: "Then it seems that we have to make do in Xiang'an Town tonight. The sun goes so fast. Don't miss the dormitory. It won't be nice to sleep in the wild by then."

Everyone who listened to the words turned their heads and looked at Yang Minwei, who was lowering his head and panting and trying to keep up. This man was also stubborn. He gritted his teeth and kept up even though he was tired and panting. The sound of his breathing was like a broken bellows, and he was listening to it. Some people were so tired for him, and the others saw that he was tired and suggested that he take a rest, but they were rejected by this stubborn person, who said they had to go to the village to find a place to stay before resting.

"Don't... don't... worry, Xiao Ke... Xiao Ke can keep up."

Panting, the former official clutched his stomach and spoke intermittently in vain. Lu Bu glanced at this man and nodded silently: "It doesn't matter, it's hard for you to have such a heart. Yu Cheng, take him for a ride."

"Small possibility..."

While gasping for breath, Yu Cheng came over with a smile and picked him up: "My brother told me to stay here for a while, but I didn't dare to disobey."

"..." The stubborn donkey was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Many... many thanks."

The fields in the distance moved behind him from the sight. A farmer carrying a hoe walked onto the hard dirt road and wiped his clothes twice with a sweat towel, which stirred up a piece of yellow soil. Looking at Lu Bu and others, he felt a little embarrassed, hehe. Yixiao lowered his head and waited for others to pass by first, but it didn't matter, he just followed the others behind him.

"I didn't expect that this road is well built. With so many fields on both sides, he can still pass through it." Hu Sanniang's clear voice echoed in her ears: "Looking at the width, it seems that horses can pass."

"Of course it is well repaired." A deep voice sounded from behind everyone: "This is the road that Huang Fozi paid for last year. It is new."

"Huang Fozi?" Hu Sanniang was quite curious when she heard this. She turned around and saw an old farmer with a wrinkled face, wearing a straw hat and a khaki sweat scarf around his neck. He was following not far behind the crowd. He was about one foot away. Qing blinked and asked him: "Did the monk pay for the repair?"

"Monk, who cares about this?" The old farmer was not timid when he saw everyone looking at him. He grinned with yellow teeth as he walked and said: "He is a great good man from our Wuwei Army City. His surname is Huang Wen Ye. He is the most capable person in his life." Do good deeds, build bridges and roads, build Buddhas and worship monks. If any of the tenants in the family has a headache or fever, they will ask a doctor to treat the disease for free. If you are short of money, you can borrow money from him. You will not be charged for less than a hundred dollars. The money and even the rent collected are half less than others, so a person like this who is a Buddha in thousands of families can naturally be called Huang Fozi."

"His family has some property in Xiang'an Town, so he also contributed money to build roads here to benefit the community. We all remember his kindness."

Hu Sanniang was a little stunned when she heard this. She turned her face and blinked before saying: "There are still people like this? But they are not arranged by Xe?"

"Isn't that true? How could I, an honest and honest person like you, lie to you about a girl!" The old farmer looked like he was offended. He said something but then relaxed: "But it's no wonder that you, girl, are like this. Think about it, don’t tell me that you are just listening to this kind of person, even if I saw it with my own eyes, it would be like a dream."

Lu Bu and others listened quietly to the conversation between Hu Sanniang and the old farmer. At this time, several men looked at each other in confusion. Zhang Shun opened his mouth and muttered: "If it is true, I really want to go and see what kind of person he is. Brother, right?" If you have nothing to do, why don’t you go and have a look?”

"Um……"

Before Lu Bu could answer, the old farmer over there looked a little hesitant, then shook his head: "I advise you not to go looking for him."

Zhang Hengjiang's eyes squinted and his eyebrows raised: "Why are you afraid that we will expose your lie?"

"I'm not lying, I'm afraid you'll do something serious!" The old farmer glared, and then said with some embarrassment: "It's just that there is a brother in Huang Fozi's family who is not a kind person, and I'm afraid you might look bad at him."

"Tell me, old man." Hu Sanniang said curiously.

"Alas..." the old farmer sighed, as if he truly felt sorry for him: "This Huang Buddha son, Huang Dashan, has a direct brother, born from the same mother, named Huang Wenbing. Now he is the general judge of our Wuwei Army. This man But he is of the same temperament as Huang Dashan. It is common to bully men and dominate women. He also loves money most. For a little money, I don’t know how many merchants have been ruined by him. Therefore, we call this guy Wasp Sting. , and some people call him Feitian Branding Platform."

"Feitian Branding Platform?" Hu Sanniang repeated, with some confusion on her face.

The old man opposite curled his lips and said in a very unlucky way: "It's the branding platform. Think about it, when it's red-hot, it will leave a big scar on anyone's body. Then Huang Wenbing is like this red-hot branding platform, flying all over the sky. Whoever gets branded will be unlucky."

"These are really nine sons born from a dragon, each of them different."

Perhaps because it was new to him, Lu Bu turned around and added something. The old farmer had never heard this sentence before, but he could understand the meaning of his words, so he nodded repeatedly.

They just kept talking to the talkative farmer and walked forward. After a while, the old farmer walked into a side road and went home, but they walked all the way into the county town. At this time, the sky was already dark. Good morning, it's not a big place here, so I have to make do with a half-old hotel.

Along the way, there wasn't much to see here, so everyone who was too lazy to go to the lobby to eat ordered food and drinks and settled down together in the room.It was also Lu Bu's habit recently to go to bed late, light a lamp and boil some wax, order some hot tea, and read the books he had brought with him in the room.

Hu Sanniang glanced at Lu Bu who was studying at the table. She couldn't restrain her curiosity. Thinking of the old farmer she met in the evening, she couldn't help but say, "Lang Jun, do you want to go and see the Huang brothers I mentioned today?" "Look at them." What are you doing?" Lu Bu moved the book away from his eyes and looked at the curious Yi Zhangqing with a smile: "There are just two unrelated people on the left and right, so what if we have seen it?"

"Isn't Lang Jun like what the storybook said, and went to the city to do a heroic job and get rid of Huang Wenbing?" Yi Zhangqing had a trace of longing on his face, waving his arms and raising his hands, as if to kill someone.

"Ha... your temperament seems to have changed a lot this time." Lu Bu looked at the woman opposite who was much more lively than when he was on the mountain. He chuckled and put the book in his hand on the table and closed it.

"...What has changed? The slave is not like that." The tall woman straightened her neck, but her eyes were a little wandering. Ever since Lu Bu allowed her to go into battle to kill the enemy in Jiangzhou, she found that her man seemed to be very tolerant of her. It's not like she thought that she wouldn't allow this or that, so she was much bolder in speaking and doing things than before, but she was born to be stubborn and unwilling to admit it.

"I am neither a knight-errant nor a man of justice, so why should I meddle in such nosy business?" Shaking his head slightly, Lu Bu leaned on the back of the chair and patted the armrest with one hand: "This Wuwei Army is nothing. It’s someone’s territory, and the two are not related to someone, so why should someone bother with such trivial matters?”

Hu Sanniang frowned: "Didn't Mr. Lang send two girls to Qingzhou to find relatives before? But isn't it just like this time?"

Lu Bu was startled, thinking of Madam Hua Rong and Little Sister Hua, and smiled bitterly: "Then how can they be the same?"

"What's the difference?"

The man sitting there was a little speechless. He couldn't say that he thought of his wife and daughter in his previous life, so he was willing to give her a ride. His thoughts turned and he slowly shook his head: "Our trip to Wuweijun this time is to buy something." Ma, the clan brother who wants to meet Brother Yang at most is not allowed to cause trouble, otherwise it may bring trouble to Brother Yang."

"... Got it." Hu Sanniang sat on the edge of the bed a little frustrated, her long legs lifted up in the air unconsciously and kicked, and she pouted and said, "I just don't want to look at it."

"One more thing is worse than one less thing." The man's eyes followed the two long legs up and down. After thinking for a moment, he stood up and blew out the oil lamp in front of the table: "It's getting late, it's time to rest."

Hu Sanniang stopped her legs and tilted her head to look at her man. Before she could say anything, she saw a tall figure walking closer and casting a shadow. Amidst the sweet laughter like silver bells, the lights beside the bed also changed. It was blown out in one breath, and there seemed to be the sound of a cat meowing in the dark room.

Silent all night.

The next day, everyone got up early, washed up, had breakfast in the hall, and then paid their bills and started on their way again.

……

Look high and far away, Daming Mansion.

In the refreshing morning, everyone had something to do. The housekeeper served Liang Zhongshu after breakfast and went out. Just then he went to the kitchen to get some food to fill his stomach. He was also very hungry today and couldn't wait to go back to the house to eat. Take a bowl and stir in the back kitchen.

"Chef Li, Chef Li, where is the person?"

A crisp voice sounded outside the kitchen, and the next moment, the two wooden doors opened with a bang, and a middle-aged maid walked in. She looked at the butler holding a bowl and was startled: "Ah, the butler is here."

The housekeeper swallowed the food in his mouth and wiped his mouth: "It's Mrs. Cui, why did you come to the kitchen in person?"

"The woman wants to make some buttered abalone, but she doesn't have any at home, so she asked the cook to buy some."

"Okay, I understand. I'll take care of this. You go back first and let Madam wait."

While the two were talking, the middle-aged maid nodded and left. The housekeeper took a few mouthfuls of rice to relieve her hunger, wiped the grease nozzle with a white towel, and went out to call her brother-in-law: "Madam is going to make buttered abalone, go and buy some ingredients." return."

When the boy heard this, he cried out: "Huh? Brother-in-law, wouldn't it be better to just buy ready-made ones? You have to go to several places to buy those things."

"Just go if you are told, what nonsense is that!"

The butler glared and the man said, "Then I need to find someone to help me get the things."

"You decide these for yourself, as long as you come back soon." The steward said, taking out his wallet and handing it over: "Take these, and keep the rest for yourself."

"Hey, good!"

The man heard that he was looking for someone to take things and he had money to take them. He smiled and agreed and went. He came to the servant and ordered a young man who had just joined the house, and the two left the house.

Even though there were a lot of things, there were times when they finished shopping. The two of them were covered in sweat while carrying the things. Looking at a tea stall, the brother-in-law clapped his hands and said, "Let's go and have some herbal tea before going back. This is a run. I almost broke my leg."

"Is that possible? What should I do if my wife is in a hurry?" The newcomer was a little uneasy and hesitated.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Just listen to me and just take a rest, how can you still be so exhausted?" The brother-in-law curled his lips, pulled the man in and sat down, ordered two bowls of tea, and looked at the man while waiting. He looked uneasy and slapped him on the arm: "Don't panic, I'm sure you'll be fine. I've been in Zhongshu Mansion for a long time and I haven't seen any battles before."

"Yes, Xie opened the restaurant in the mansion. It's not like I just came here." The newcomer was not stupid. He immediately joked and said, "Can you tell me what's going on in the mansion recently?" It's nothing serious. I've seen people busy in and out of the house these past two days, and I didn't even know if I asked anyone."

"Don't ask about this." The brother-in-law glanced at him sideways. He was only convinced. He couldn't help but leaned over and said, "I told you not to spread the word to anyone."

He looked up and looked around, no one was looking at him, and said softly: "Our master is the son-in-law of the prime minister. The prime minister is celebrating his birthday and is preparing birthday gifts." He looked up and looked around, then leaned forward: "Listen to my brother-in-law, I want to One hundred thousand guans!" He stretched out his index fingers and made a "ten" sign.

The newcomer lowered his voice and marveled again and again.

Neither of them looked. There was a man with red hair and beard sitting behind them, his back turned to them, and his ears moved a few times. (End of chapter)