Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

In the middle of summer, the sun shines high on the rolling mountains, and lush woods stand on both sides of the official road. The quiet space is broken by the sound of wheels turning, and dust flies up and down with the wheels.

Pedestrians and businessmen passing by were squatting in the shade, fanning themselves with whatever objects they could use, and looking at the procession under the scorching sun with strange eyes.

In the field of vision, the man on the road was naked to the waist, his dark and strong body was only wearing short clothes, and his sweaty figure was stained with dust, and was being washed away by the sweat rolling down. In my ears, the sound of wheels, horses neighing, and people talking were noisy together, buzzing constantly on the road.

“It’s such a crazy weather and I’m still on the road, so I don’t have to worry about getting sunburned…”

"Looking at the size of this fleet, it's a big business. There are dozens or hundreds of vehicles. Gee, how much tax do you have to pay?"

"Say some sarcastic words... don't be jealous, save more money, we will form a team in two years, at least we can buy and sell more things."

Jealousy and envious words sounded in the shade of the trees, and then they watched those people walking past, closed their eyes and sat under the shade of the trees to continue enjoying the cool air.

Among the snake-like queue, Zhao Li wiped his sweat. After several days of traveling, this man as strong as an ox also felt tired. However, the people around Liangshan were still urging him to move forward, so he did not raise any objection. Request for a break. After all, it seems that these former colleagues under his command still have some strength left, so it’s time to make this group suffer some hardships.

Lu Bu was riding on a good horse, his majestic body upright. He could hear and see what was going on around him. He occasionally exchanged a few words with the people around him, but he felt at ease.

"Brother." Ma Lin, who was going forward, ran back with the spies who were following him, wiped the sweat on his face and said: "There are two forks in this road, one goes to Feng County, and the other goes to Pei County. Let's go Which one?"

"Pei County?" Lu Bu was startled for a moment, looked up at the sun in the sky, his heart was a little stirred, turned to look at the convoy behind, looked at Ma Lin and said: "Let's go to Peixian County, take a rest there then, and then Go straight back to the village."

Ma Lin responded, and Jiang Jing looked at his brother's hard work and took the water bag and handed it over. The iron flute fairy felt like he had received a magical brew. He held up the water bag and drank continuously, drinking most of the bag in one breath. "Ha—— " He exhaled, wiped his mouth and said, "It's so enjoyable! I feel alive again."

"Just come back alive." Lu Bu smiled, turned around and ordered: "It's almost noon, let everyone take a rest and eat something, and continue walking when it gets cooler in the afternoon." He paused and said: "Tell the front Brother Ou Peng, turn to Pei County in a moment, I'll go that way."

"I'll go tell you."

Ma Lin shouted loudly and ran non-stop towards Ou Peng's troops who were acting as the front army.

"Hey..." Jiang Jing stretched out his hand to let the third brother take a break, but when he saw him running away like a rabbit, he smiled, shook his head and gave up the idea.

"Brother, it's not a bad idea to go to Peixian County." Li helped the horse get down, tied it under the shade of a tree, and let it lower its head to eat the grass. He walked to Lu Bu and said, "Pei County has crisscrossing water veins. It's an excellent place." The location of the return mountain should be able to shorten my waiting time a lot."

"That's fine. I've been out for a few months, so it's time to go back early." Lu Bu sat down on a piece of bluestone, unbuttoned his clothes, and let some air flow. On his back, sweat stains like a map appeared there. It was obvious that the sweat had already reached the end. His clothes were soaked, and he glanced at Li Zhu, who was also sweating profusely: "If you, the military advisor, sit down and rest for a while. It's hot around here, so let the people below also take a rest to refresh themselves."

Li Zhu nodded and didn't care about the ground. He sat on the ground under the shade of a tree, with a few drops of sweat dripping from his squinted eyelids: "Brother came out this time and found many good men to go back to the village. I think the strength of the village will be strong soon after I come here." Take it to the next level.”

Lu Bu just smiled and didn't answer: "I don't know what happened to Deng Fei, Wei Zhaode and others. It's been such a long time and I can't go back earlier than you and me."

"It's very possible." Li Zhu also smiled: "He will go to sell some belongings. It won't be long before he may have returned to the mountain."

While the two were talking, Hu Sanniang walked over with her long legs and carried a water bag: "Master, please drink some water."

"Why are you leaving the carriage?" The man sitting there joked and reached out to take it.

"The sun is too harsh, and I don't want to get too tanned. By then, the husband will dislike me." A look of irritation appeared on his slightly sweaty face. Opposite him, Lu Bu smiled and shook his head, just drinking the water from the water bag: " How are the wounded soldiers doing? In such hot weather, Zhemo is not good at healing wounds."

Hu Sanniang nodded: "That's true. Some of the brothers' wounds were a little red and swollen, and the most serious one had pus flowing out." However, Zhang Qing felt that there was not much to do in the past two days, so he took the responsibility of taking care of the wounded. There are tasks and fun every day.

Lu Bu glanced at Li Zhu with a questioning look in his eyes. Mr. Jin Jian over there suddenly understood, shook his head and said, "I don't have much choice. I can only wait to go to the next place to see if I can invite a doctor to take a look." ."

"That's all we have to do." With a sigh, the sitting leader said: "If we order people to send more gold sore medicine, it won't work. It's better to let the wound be exposed in the air."

"I'll go right now." The woman who stood up said, and then walked towards the back in a hurry.

"Sister Sanniang is still so straightforward." Assistant Li stroked his beard: "She also immediately completes the errands she is told to do."

Lu Bu glanced at the woman's back and sighed: "She has such a temper. Every time I look at her, I sometimes wonder if Sanniang should be allowed to do more things."

Li Zhu thought for a while and said: "There are many women active in the rivers and lakes, and some people have said that you should pay attention to the elderly, women, and children when walking in the rivers and lakes. This is because the three are not good at strength, and most of them have heretical means. The beauty of Sanniangzi is The cotton lasso is a steal.”

Lu Bu pondered for a long time and shook his head: "It's still not the same... There are so many differences between the methods of rivers and lakes and the way of fighting." After a long pause, he just said: "Let's take a look again."

The two chatted casually, and some followers brought dry food and meat. The two ate like this while chatting casually. The sunlight gradually weakened, the hot air began to refresh, and the order to set off was given again, and everyone took a rest. The man who came over cheered up and started on the road again with his vehicle.

The sun rises and the moon sets again and again. The sky has been thick with clouds in recent days, blocking the sun's venomous gaze, but it has added a bit of sultry and oppressive feeling out of thin air.

In the sight, the mountains in the distance are undulating. The mountains are stacked on top of each other. The lush forests are lightly shrouded in clouds and mist. The woods spread along the mountains and stop in front of the cliffs, revealing large gray and black rocks.

"Damn it, this mountain is obviously not high, but it looks really dangerous."

"That's right, it looks a bit more dangerous than our Huangmen Mountain."

"It doesn't matter if it's sinister or not, as long as you have a fellow woman."

The whispers reached the ears of Ma Lin in front of him. The man immediately turned his head and glared at the person behind him: "Crow mouth, what nonsense are you talking about? I don't know that there are some things that you don't need to talk about?"

When the people behind heard this, they immediately shouted: "The third master of the family, this is what the foolish men and women in the village say. It's so easy to meet a comrade."

"It's no big deal if we run into each other. We are all heroes of Liangshan now. Aren't those comrades going to provide us with delicious food and drinks?"

Several people in the back laughed, Ma Lin curled his lips, walked over and slapped each person on the head with his hands, and with a crackling sound, he said: "You are the only one who talks more, you are the one who talks more, you are the only one who talks more, right?" I think you are going crazy because you have gained and lost. We haven’t reached Liangshan yet. If we really go up the mountain, are you going to fly up and bite people?"

Seeing a few people laughing and joking, the Iron Flute Immortal glared at everyone and said, "Please be careful and pay attention on the road."

When we turned around and walked, after noon, the woods on both sides were a little quiet. Even the chirping of cicadas only sounded from time to time. The mountain wind blew the green leaves, and the rustling sound was heard as the branches swayed. “Where does the evil wind come from? It doesn’t matter where you walk… stop!”

The person walking forward murmured. He was also upset after being scolded by Ma Lin. He walked forward with his head sullenly. Suddenly, dozens of black figures jumped out from the forest, holding long spears in their hands. Pu Dao stood in a semicircle and blocked the road ahead. The man was suddenly shocked and his voice was distorted for a moment: "Someone--"

Ma Lin and the others behind him were also watching, and their faces suddenly tightened. They saw two more people walking out of the forest, both of them were ugly people. Both of them held round tiles in their hands, and one of them had two rows of flying knives tied up and down. There are twenty-four in total, and he is carrying a simple sword in his hand; one person is carrying seven throwing spears in a fan shape on his back, and the other hand is holding a short spear of the same shape.

"Everyone..." The man with the flying knife tied to his body took a step forward and looked at Ma Lin and the others: "If you have anything valuable, please hand it over. It will save us men trouble for a while."

"Bah! The robbery is on your ancestors!" Someone took a step forward and said, "I'm really shocked to hear that. We are all from Liangshan. Get out of the way now and save us the trouble of helping you collect the corpses."

"From Liangshan?"

The two people on the opposite side looked at each other with a strange expression. The man with the gun on his back looked over and looked at a few people: "Haha, are you really from Liangshan?"

"How can it be false? If you know it, why don't you get out?"

"Get out of here, get out of here, our brothers will come over in a while, don't get in the way!"

Amidst the shouts of several people, Ma Lin felt that something was wrong. The expression on the other side looked full of malice. When he heard the shouts about his brother coming over, the malice in his eyes almost made people move, and his hands moved involuntarily. Hold the double knife by the handle.

"The one I'm looking for is you from Liangshan!"

Amidst the loud shouts, the person who threw the gun suddenly stepped forward and waved his arm fiercely. A slender black shadow whizzed past and was nailed into one person's legs with a thud. The frightened person immediately froze there. A few breaths later, he shouted "Ah——" and fell to the ground, the soil under him being visibly wet.

"You dare, little thief!"

Ma Lin was furious and drew out his two knives to kill him. The man with the flying knives on the opposite side suddenly jumped out. Before he could get closer, he saw the other side wave his arm and shoot three flying knives in front of his eyes.

"Aha!"

Ma Lin exhaled and waved his swords. He separated the flying knives with three clanging sounds, but he was startled and sweating. He raised his head and looked forward. In his sight, the man who threw the gun waved his arms again and quickly threw himself on the ground. Rolled twice.

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The spear plunged into the ground where he was just now, and the exposed handle of the spear kept shaking.

The Iron Flute Fairy over there flipped over and bounced off the ground, turned around and ran away: "Let's go back and tell brother."

Those few people just woke up and turned around to run away. However, someone was a few beats slower and was immediately stabbed in the leg by a flying knife and fell to the ground. The person who was slumped on the ground was also caught intact.

The man with the throwing knife here wanted to chase Ma Lin, but the man who threw the gun suddenly shouted: "Stop chasing."

"Why?" The ugly man with the throwing knife turned his head.

Pulling up the throwing spear on the ground, the ugly man here said: "Listen to what he said, the people from Liangshan are walking this way. We should call down all the men on the mountain at this time."

"Indeed, as long as this wave eats up all the people in Liangshan, we will be the most visible people in the northern green forest."

"It's time to tell my brother to come down."

"Then let me ask who he is waiting for from Liangshan."

The two said in their mouths, and then asked the minions to go back and call for people. The few people who were holding the throwing knives and groaning laughed, stepped forward and pulled out the throwing knives fiercely.

"what--"

"Don't shout! How much hurt do you need to shout? You're still not a man." The bloody flying knife slapped the painful and sweaty man's face: "I ask you, who are you waiting for to lead the team? Come here? I'll stop your bleeding if you promise, but if you don't..." He looked at the man up and down and just sneered silently.

"Don't kill me. I'm from Huangmenshan. I just defected to Liangshan with the leader of the village. I really have nothing to do with Liangshan!" The sweaty bandit revealed all the truth like pouring beans through a bamboo tube: "Lead the team It’s Lu Bu, the village leader of Liangshan, who is surrounded by only us people from Huangmenshan and a group of surrendered Xuzhou officers and soldiers, and not many people from Liangshan.”

The ugly man flying the knife across from him had a confused expression on his face. He weighed the knife twice in his hand and looked at him up and down: "Seriously?"

"Really!" Covering the wound on his thigh, the man forced a smile: "What I said is really true."

Amidst the rustling footsteps, someone was approaching.

"Brother Li..." The knife-flying man looked back and saw that it was the ugly man who was throwing the gun walking over: "He said..."

"I heard it!" The man nodded and stabbed the man in the throat with a gun.

"Uh……"

With disbelief in his eyes, the minion who told the truth fell backwards, his legs and feet twitched twice and then stopped moving.

"I hate traitors the most." He murmured softly with his curved lips, "This is our chance!"

……

The wind blew through the forest.

Amidst the sound of wheels turning, the long convoy was still marching in an orderly manner. Lu Bu was riding on the horse, looking left and right with interest. When he saw the mountains in the distance, his eyes lit up. He stretched out his hand and said to Hu Sanniang beside him: " That's Mangdang Mountain right over there, it's said that Emperor Gaozu killed the White Snake here and started an uprising, and then the Han family conquered the world."

The raised eyes had an inexplicable look: "I wonder if so-and-so has a chance..." (End of Chapter)