Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

The sun rises, clouds drift by from time to time, and the light and shadow on the ground alternate from time to time. It is much more comfortable than the scorching sun in the sky in the past two days.

Today, the rice field affairs office was extremely busy early in the morning. They were liquidating farm properties, fixing charges, and collecting land deeds. All the clerks and officials were extremely busy. Several officials responsible for coordinating this place were sitting in front of the table with their legs crossed and sipping. Drinking tea while watching the people below are busy.

"It's time to let me know about the Feng family's affairs."

"Brother Zhang has made good friends with the man surnamed Yun, and promised that official Feng has nothing to do with us."

"Don't say it doesn't matter. Didn't you also take money from Mr. Feng?"

In a soft voice, the official who brought up the subject put the tea cup on the table, looked at a few people and said: "It doesn't matter if you accept money and don't do things for others, but it's a bit unscrupulous to trick your own people."

"The man surnamed Zheng is now planning to participate in one of my books. At this time..."

"Don't come here." He waved his hand to interrupt his colleagues. The official who spoke first pointed at the busy person: "Isn't it a little inappropriate for you to say this at this time?" After a pause, he changed his tone and said: "I'm talking, I'll wait. They are all people who work for Chamberlain Yang, and working for Chamberlain is working for the official family, so even if the person named Zheng gets a discount, what's the use?"

"You have taken full advantage of both the inner and outer meanings of the words..." The colleague hesitated slightly, and his tone was a little helpless. He originally wanted to delay it for two more days to get some benefits, but now there is no reason to say it like this: "Forget it, he has been very filial these days... For your sake, I agree."

"I have no objection either."

The man was overjoyed and couldn't help but slap the table: "The land is good. The land in the west of the city is fertile. Why not take advantage of the opportunity and ask for it all to save yourself from having to go through all the trouble in the future."

"That's the reason."

"As it is."

All the officials nodded one after another, but the office was currently short of manpower. He didn't want to wait too long, so he simply asked a few capable officials to put down what they were doing, go and deal with the matter first, and then used his power to force the garrison to go out. A battalion of soldiers tried to encircle the ground, and this was considered satisfactory.

……

In the military camp, groups of sergeants were called over. They took their swords and guns and stood in crimson uniforms on the school grounds. This time it was not a battle to suppress bandits, so these red guys were not wearing armor. It was just the look on their faces. None of them look good, and they all look reluctant.

"What Shangguan thought was that he wanted to help his grandson from the rice field affairs department."

"Perhaps I can't refuse. The rice field officials are very greedy and powerful."

"Tsk, why don't you report your illness? It would be better than being stabbed in the spine by relatives and friends in the future."

The buzzing whispers hovered over the school grounds. Everyone who heard it turned their heads and looked back, but in the end they did not yell out loud. Instead, they all had frowns on their faces. Looking around, someone with a long body was seen. As he stood up, the burly man with a fair face lit up: "Brother Li, why didn't you take leave and go home?"

The man waved his hands helplessly: "I was about to go to ask for leave, but I was blocked by military orders. The commander said that leave would not be granted until today."

"Then you are unlucky enough." Nadu shook his head: "There is no need for a good person like you to waste time on such a simple matter."

"They are all serving in the army, so what's the waste?" The man smiled and said, "I'll go to the back first."

After that, he walked towards the team with a long gun, and everyone else was standing beside him. He looked at the man walking over and bumped the next man with his shoulder: "Is he the one who was recruited?"

"Yes, it's him."

"He looks very majestic. He was promoted to the top ten generals as soon as he joined the army. This man is quite capable."

The man from before gave a wry smile: "I have seen his horse-riding and bow display before joining the army. His riding and shooting were so extravagant! It's a pity that this person must be a general, otherwise a military leader like Yuhou would not be able to escape."

"So powerful?"

Amid the exclamations, the departure horn sounded, and those who were still gossiping quickly stopped and trotted back. After a while, the gate of the military camp opened, and the soldiers of the battalion slowly walked out of the camp. They just looked listless, giving people a feeling. A sense of sloppiness and sloppiness.

……

The actions of the rice fields now affect the hearts of Xuzhou people. I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at this place. The news of today’s actions spread, and countless people were restless and started to inquire.

Some people were happy and some were worried when they got the accurate news. Fenghui, who had been waiting for the news for the past two days, was overjoyed when he received the report from his servants. He quickly ordered people to prepare horses. He couldn't wait to hitch up the carriage and rode with him. Several companions rushed out of Zhuangzi and ran toward the fields west of the city like lightning.

In other words, not long after the smoke and dust kicked up by Feng Hui and others on horseback fell to the ground, a rouge horse ran over carrying Su Jinniang, who was masked in a black scarf.

After waiting in hiding for a long time outside Fengyun Manor without seeing anyone, she couldn't help but wonder secretly. She also saw the beaming faces of the people coming in and out of the manor, and couldn't help but feel itchy with hatred. But she was also a bit quick-witted, and immediately felt something was wrong. I understood that something had happened, and I thought that the other party had always gone to the rice fields in the past two days. The man's expression didn't change much. I thought to myself that something was wrong, so I quickly returned to where the horse was tied, took off the reins, turned over on the horse, and made a sweet sound, and the horse's hooves flew. , heading straight towards the west of the city.

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Pengcheng West.

The midday sun was a bit harsh. The farmers facing the loess endured the burning sensation on their backs and bent over to clear weeds. This year's crops are growing well. As long as the fields they serve are diligent and the rent is paid, there will still be some leftovers. Quite a bit, we generally don’t have to suffer the cold this winter.

Raising his head and wiping his sweat, the farmer looked strangely at the men and women riding horses on the road in the distance. He didn't know what to see in this place full of farmland. Then he shook his head. It was probably the children of rich families who came out to see something new.

A gentle breeze blew by as the clouds covered the sun, and there was a rustling sound all around. Lu Bu, who was sitting on his horse, stared blankly at the road in the distance.

This place was not farmland back then, I remember it was a wilderness... right?

Like Xiapi, there is no trace of the past now.

He tilted his head, and the man who couldn't remember looked around, but there was no familiar feeling at all. One hand unconsciously tapped his leg with a riding crop. There seemed to be someone standing in front of him, stroking his short beard with his hand, and his ears There is a saying: "Cao's thieves are coming from far away. It's better to attack them counterattack. Use your freedom to attack Lao. They can't defeat them." ’

"It's better to wait for him to attack, frowning at Surabaya..." The words he blurted out suddenly stopped, and Lu Bu, who had come back to his senses, looked around as if he had woken up from a dream.

Hu Sanniang and others who heard him speak behind him looked at each other. His voice was soft just now and they didn't really listen. Yu Cheng urged his horse to take a step forward and said, "Brother, what are you talking about? Where are you in Surabaya?" "Oh... nothing happened. ." Lu Bu shook his head, his mind was racing, and he turned around and said, "Someone said that it would be better to walk up the Surabaya River when we go back." After a pause, he said, "Maybe it can save a lot of energy, and we can also go up as soon as possible." Go back to the cottage.”

The clouds moved away and the sun shone. Li Zhu squinted his eyes and raised his hand to cover his eyebrows: "Brother, if you don't say anything, I also want to make a suggestion. It's been a long time since I've been away, so it's time for me to make plans to go back."

Lu Bu nodded, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt something and turned his head back. Hu Sanniang stood up slightly on her horse and looked into the distance, wondering: "What are you looking at, Mr. Lang?"

"It seems like an army is coming."

Lu Bu looked straight over and said lightly. Everyone craned their necks to look and saw crops everywhere. The branches on the hills in the distance were swaying with the breeze, but no one was there. Hu Sanniang wanted to make fun of her man, I saw a group of people passing by the hills, and then sergeants in crimson military uniforms filed out and headed towards the farmland.

"Lang Jun." Hu Sanniang held the horse's reins and stroked the horse's mane with one hand to comfort her: "The officers and soldiers suddenly arrived and I don't know why. Why don't we avoid them first?"

"No need." Lu Bu shook his head, scanning the approaching team with his tiger eyes, and pointed his horsewhip: "This group of people are not well-armed, so they must not be here for fighting. Judging from their unkempt appearance and sloppy walking..." The horsewhip went to He smacked his palms and said, "Even if they come here for us, they are just a team that breaks up in a hurry."

While talking, the group of sergeants kept dividing their hands, walked into the farmland, and yelled: "Get out, the local officials here are interested." "There are orders for the rice fields, and the fields here should belong to the royal family." "Get out of here! Can’t find a fight?”

Looking from a distance, several sergeants were holding their spears high, as if they were about to strike, but they did not drop them after a while.

"Master Jun, you can't let me go. The work in the fields is not over yet..."

"This is my family's food ration for this year. How will we live if we leave now?"

"I haven't watered them yet. If I don't water them, these seedlings will be dead."

When several old farmers saw that this group of officers and soldiers did not actually start beating anyone, they cried and screamed and refused to leave the field. Some of the hunched-over men knelt down and kowtowed, making the sergeants' faces even more ugly.

Several officials wearing cross-hats frowned when they saw this. At that moment, a pale man with thin lips came out and pointed at a few sergeants and yelled: "A bunch of incompetent idiots, if you don't wait today Drive them out and wait for them to die."

Seeing the silence of those people, the man rolled his eyes again and pointed at the commander of the team: "They are all the thieves led by you, a bitch. If you can't complete your explanation today, so will you." Once you wear it to the end, even if you kneel down and kowtow, do you think your gentlemen will spare you?"

The commander was immediately excited and quickly raised his hands and said: "I don't dare, young general, let him wait and do things quickly."

After he finished speaking, he came out and shouted: "Don't ask for ink marks. Anyone who disobeys the rice field affairs order will be beaten with a stick."

The sergeants in the field looked at each other. At this time, the commander gave the order. He could not continue to obey and disobey, so he had to push the people out. Some of them had a stubborn temper and refused to move, so they could only lift the spear upside down and beat it with the barrel of the gun. Suddenly, there was a cry. , many people were beaten until they rolled all over the ground, and then ran out of the farmland rolling and crawling.

"Dirty bones! Unclean mud legs." The pale-faced official curled his lips and cursed, then turned over the official documents in his hand, read the field deeds left on file, and said to the other people: "Everyone, it's time. I'm going to finish the work soon so I can go back and hand in the work."

"This work is too tedious, and I don't know when it will be finished."

"Just be content with the reward. I heard that the first batch of people in Ruzhou were all doing it for free, and they were still working hard for the same three melons and two dates."

"Hite said... that's true."

In whispers, several people took out the tools they carried and began to measure the fields. Some were counting, while others were recording something.

During the commotion, Lu Bu and the others looked at the fields in wonder. The figure wearing a golden crown turned sideways and said, "Paddy field officer? I think I have seen someone in Ruzhou."

"A bunch of people who are breaking bones and sucking marrow are just doing something that harms moral integrity. They legislate to ask for people's land deeds, huh! Isn't it just to seize people's property and turn it into the private property of the officials? This group of officials can get their hands on it, and what they get is incredible. That person named Du Gongcai was the first to advocate it, but now I don’t know how many people want to eat his flesh raw.”

Hu Sanniang and others are all from Wanshan. Although they don't know what Lu Bu went through in Ruzhou, they all know something about this special yamen. Especially Li Zhujiu, who travels around various places, is most aware of the consequences of this matter. as a result of.

"When the military advisor said this, I remembered that in the past, the brother-in-law of the brothers was forced to die for rice fields." He looked into the distance with some emotion: "If it weren't for this group of people, in the west of Beijing, I would have met Not as good as you brothers." He raised his hand and pointed with his riding crop and said, "Maybe I want to thank him and others for their help."

"But I want to thank you." Li Zhu sneered and stared at the busy officials in the distance: "You have really helped us and others a lot. If you have the opportunity in the future, you may be able to find Mr. Du to express your gratitude in person."

Hearing this, Yu Cheng looked at Li Zhu and said, "I can't believe that Mr. Military Advisor hates evil so much."

Mr. Jin Jian smiled, narrowed his eyes out of habit, and said calmly: "It's not that I hate evil, it's just that some pieces of land from my brother's family were also taken away. Naturally, I want to avenge this kind of revenge."

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The sun was shining brightly, and there were cries of farmers on the road. There was the sound of wheels in the distance, and several carriages were approaching. They were stopped by the sergeants guarding the fields. Several middle-aged men with fat bodies and protruding bellies stepped forward to stop them. The young man quickly got out of the car, wiping the sweat from his forehead and running towards the officials measuring the land.

"Everyone, everyone, is there any misunderstanding?"

"Please be merciful, I know Mr. Tongfang personally."

"My field...damn it, the county magistrate is my brother-in-law, let's see who dares!"

Amidst the noise, several men panted and ran forward. Several officials who were busy straightened up. The pale man came out, rolled his eyes and said: "Whoever you are, I'll take over the land here." Now, if you have anything to say, go to the rice fields and talk to the superiors. We are just working people, but we can’t say anything.”

"you you……"

The broad and fat man from a wealthy family ran away in such a hurry that he was breathless and speechless for a moment. The big man next to him took a step forward: "Everyone in charge, I have also read the official documents of the office. They are all traceable, and they are definitely not mined or purchased from public land. I hope you..."

"Stop it!" The official looked at Su Daguan and said, "You have done a lot of homework. Who are you?"

"The villain's surname is Su, but..."

"Hotel?" The official raised his hand to signal him to stop talking, and said with a slight smile on his lips: "There are many violations in your place. The husband in the office has said that he should take them up first and discuss them after they are found out." ( End of this chapter)