Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 379: Guilty and suspicion

dong dong——

The room was a little dark, and a servant knocked on the door. The instructor who was about to open his mouth to speak closed his mouth. Many people in Qingfeng Village have a good impression of Hua Rong. Who knows if any of these servants have a good impression of Hua Rong.

"Come in." Liu Gao frowned, but he didn't mean to denigrate what he said and said to let people in.

Watching the servants lighting up and taking down the candles, under the flickering firelight, the details of the five auspicious pictures on the screen, whose hand was unknown, were revealed. The faces of the two men standing were uncertain. The new instructor had taken refuge. He spoke loudly: "Zhizhai, there is no real evidence, but as the villain said, who would close the door tightly just because a rich man comes to visit?"

After hearing this, Liu Gao's face lost interest: "You have no proof and no evidence. What can I do for Benzhizhai?"

The instructor was very anxious: "But as soon as Shopkeeper Lu came from Yunzhou, he made the young lady of the Hua Rong family run back cheering. This is somewhat..."

"Okay, okay." Liu Gao was a little bored: "That's it for now. You go down first. When you catch Hua Rong, I know that the stronghold will recommend you."

"...Thank you Zhizhai, I will take my leave." The man looked a little depressed. Hearing this, he knew it was time to leave, so he had no choice but to salute and turned around and walked out of the door.

Liu Gao walked aside and sat down before he started to pick up the tea. He wore a jingle in his ear and a scent of powder came from his nose. The man turned his head and looked at the slim figure walking out from behind the screen with a happy expression: "Madam, sit down quickly. Even though I was wasting some time with that guy, it’s a good time to drink this tea.”

The woman is very beautiful, with a pair of peach blossom eyes that have a charming look in her eyes, her lips are slightly thin, and she is wearing bright red lipstick. She is wearing silk and satin, gold, silver, and jade, inlaid with emerald-colored gemstones. The golden steps swayed one step at a time, looking very noble. At this time, he walked to the table and sat down. He took a sip from the tea cup with his jade hands painted with khaodan, and looked at his man with a pair of charming eyes: "But it's Yes, it tastes better than when it’s hot.”

Hearing this, Liu Gao narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Hehehe, as long as Madam likes it."

With a smile on her lips, Ms. Liu gently put down the tea cup, looked at him thoughtfully and said, "My lord, have you ever thought that this might be a good opportunity to get rid of Hua?"

Liu Gao's face twitched, knowing that she could hear clearly behind the screen, but he was not optimistic about this matter, and sighed: "It's easier said than done without evidence."

"The officials are so short of breath." Liu's green hand waved: "The prime ministers of this dynasty regard these warriors as pigs and dogs. In the past, people like Mr. Di also suppressed them as soon as they said they were suppressed. How come they are so troublesome here? ?”

Liu Gao looked confused and was speechless for a moment.

The woman continued: "Officer, I have something to say. Your hands and feet were not clean when it came to reselling grain and grass before. If Hua Rong hears a few words, it is impossible to collect the officer's hands and feet. If the news gets out, even if nothing happens, it will bring shame on you, why not take action to drive this person away first?"

The man's pupils suddenly shrank, and he looked a little hesitant: "These...are all sold in our own store, so it's nothing to do, right?"

"Everything should be done just in case."

Seeing his move, the beautiful woman immediately continued to encourage: "Guardian, Mr. Hua Rong is also trying to scare the officials with bandits. Today he says Qingfeng Mountain is dangerous, and tomorrow he says Erlong Mountain is difficult to mess with. Xie is the official of the herdsmen." Son, how can you bear the dictation of a warrior like him? Besides, although you are the Zhengzhi Village and the man named Hua is the Fuzhi Village, after all, the power is divided into two. How can you feel comfortable with the power? Besides, those red guys Being in the hands of officials can eliminate some useless people. Isn't this extra money and food arranged by you and me?"

"What Madam said makes sense..." Liu Gao nodded slowly: "It's just that my husband still hasn't thought of how to serve this person."

"Officials are confused." Mrs. Liu hated the fact that iron cannot be made into steel. She pointed her jade finger towards the northeast and said, "But haven't you forgotten that Magistrate Murong is also a wonderful man? He is famous for doing things with money. Now he wants to deal with that Hua, why don't you send someone to bring some gold and silver to Yidu and ask the magistrate to come forward?"

"That's a good idea." Liu Gao nodded fiercely: "I'll arrange for people to go to Yidu right now." After thinking for a while, he said, "There are also those traders from Yunzhou who need to be taken."

As he stood up, the beautiful lady hurriedly pulled him over and said, "Please wait, sir." She rolled her eyes at him angrily and said, "How many people do you have now? How many people does that man named Hua have under you? How many people do you have to go and get it in broad daylight?" , he can use the topic to his advantage, and if the time comes, if he doesn't want his subordinates to be beaten, Zhemo will still be humiliated by him."

"What does Madam mean..."

"If we don't leave everything to Magistrate Murong, he will always be more powerful than the officials. Why should you and I do it ourselves?"

"But I'm not afraid of long nights and many dreams." Liu Gao said with a smile on his face.

Ms. Liu blinked her eyes: "Then we can't take action at this time, but there are people lying in wait outside, and we can just capture them when we find them."

"This is a good idea."

Liu Gao clapped his hands, and the woman over there smiled: "It's all the officials who taught me well. By the way, I have my eye on a shop..."

"Madam, it seems that this is a profitable business. Someone will come to your husband's house tomorrow. If you dare not to listen, huh..." Liu Gao sneered and said, "Put him in jail."

Mrs. Liu was overjoyed, with a bright smile on her face: "I already know that officials are the best, tonight..." She pushed him with her hand and said, "Go to bed early."

Liu Gao's face suddenly straightened: "Madam, I know there are important business matters in the village at night..."

Ms. Liu slapped the table with her hand, making a loud banging sound with her peach blossom eyes widening: "If you have any official business, tell me now."

"... After thinking about it for my husband, it's not that important." Liu Gaoxu squinted his eyes with a dull look on his face: "I'll just finish my meal and take a rest later."

Mrs. Liu then put on a smile: "I asked someone to prepare a lot of oysters. Each one is as big as a duck egg. I will eat more at night."

"..."

……

As night fell, a crescent moon hung high in the sky, illuminating the surrounding stars dimly. Occasionally, dogs barked in the night sky, and then became quiet again.

In Huarong Mansion, the house that had been noisy for most of the day was quiet. Most of the rooms had their lights turned off. In the main room, a solitary lamp was lit on the table. The large firelight swayed slightly, and a figure was reflected on the ground through the window sash.

Mrs. Cui came into the back room with hot soup. She saw Hua Rong who was drunk from drinking at night. She put the basin on the ground and squatted down to remove his shoes and socks. When her hands touched his legs and feet, the man woke up with a start: " lady……"

Ms. Cui kept moving her hands and said, "I haven't seen an official so happy for a long time. But even if you are happy that your brother is coming today, don't drink too much. It will hurt your health."

"I know what I know." Hua Rong tried his best to open his eyes and spoke a little vaguely: "I didn't expect that so much time has passed. There are more than 10,000 people wearing armor in my brother's stronghold, but Hua Rong is still walking in the same place... No... ..." He rubbed his face with his hands and said with a breath of alcohol: "It's a little worse than before. When I first came here, I was the only one who knew the village, but now it's divided into two."

Mrs. Cui put her man's feet into the basin. Hearing this, she looked up at him, frowned slightly and said, "If an official is unhappy with his work, he might as well resign."

"No way..." Hua Rong leaned his head on the back of the chair and looked up at the beams: "I spent almost all my savings to get this job, but I have to grit my teeth and keep doing it." He paused and looked down. Looking at Mrs. Cui: "Besides... I can't let you and my little sister accompany me around the world."

"Young Master actually thought about it." Mrs. Cui smiled softly. After seeing that the washing was almost done, she dried Hua Rong's feet and helped him stand up and walk to the bed: "Let's rest tonight first, and what will happen in the future... in the future talk later."

... Under the same night, everyone has different worries. In a private house in Anqiu County, Mizhou, light shot out from the cracks in the door. Several dark-skinned men were sitting in a circle, sighing and drinking wine. .

"Brother Wen, we can't keep this up. We've been backlogging that stuff for a while. If this keeps up, our brothers will all be drinking the sea breeze."

"Yes, Brother Wen, I used to have a few customers here, but now they all say they have cheaper products and no longer want to buy what I have."

"Me too."

A lot of chatter echoed in the ears. The man sitting in the main seat was a bit young. He frowned when he heard the words. He had a well-proportioned figure and was wearing a short shirt with two arms exposed. He looked strong and strong. After hearing this, When everyone spoke, they stretched out their hands and waved, looking around, with angry expressions on their faces: "What's going on? In the past, when you followed my father, you didn't wait like this. If it were me who was in charge when I came back, you would come and complain... But you have to give me, Xu Wen, a slap in the face." Can’t do it?”

Several men looked a little frightened when they heard this, and they quickly waved their hands and said, "No, Brother Wen, Xie is overthinking."

"It's really hard to do."

"Yes, the world is really difficult now."

Xu Wen looked at a few people and touched his chin, which had not yet grown a beard: "Honestly, is it really hard to do business?"

"That's right." Someone nodded fiercely and said, "It's been like this since last year. All the guests have been snatched away."

Xu Wen was a little confused and said: "It's just that I was robbed and beaten. How long have you waited to be so easy to talk to?"

Several men looked at each other and said helplessly: "If we could fight, we would have done it long ago."

"Brother Wen doesn't know, but the person standing behind him is Liang Shan."

"It's very good, it's very good. I'm afraid it will provoke the giant thing behind, but it won't be pretty."

"It's better to let the matter rest. It's better to lose your life if you can't sell it."

Xu Wen frowned more and more as he listened to each person's words, and looked at several people with a rather unkind expression: "Don't make any noise!" He pointed at a man next to him: "Tell me, what happened to Duan, how did it get involved in Liangshan again? On the body."

The man swallowed his saliva: "That group of people came to Jingdong Road early last year and claimed to be from the Chai family in Cangzhou. At first, we didn't take it seriously. We thought, what could we do if they were the Chai family? Who knows what's behind it? People standing in Liangshan, your father didn't want to cause this trouble, so he gave in everywhere. It's just that Jingdong Road is so big, we gave way to the west road, originally we thought we would just stick to the east road, but who knew he was waiting Still not satisfied, he presses harder and harder, and now he has stretched out his hand, forcing us to the point where there is nothing we can do."

pong——

"Straight bitch!"

Xu Wen slammed the wine bowl in his hand to the ground, and the porcelain pieces flew out. Several people quickly raised their feet to get out of the way. The young man said angrily: "I said that my father has done a good job and he must let me come back to take charge of this salt road business." , feelings are like a big insect waiting for me."

"Brother Wen..."

Someone opened his mouth to speak, Xu Wen glared at him and said sternly: "Don't say anything."

The people in the circle immediately shrank their heads like quails, and secretly watched the young man with his eyes closed, pointing his right index finger on the table without knowing where he was. They did not dare to make a sound, and they all waited with bated breath for him to speak.

After a while, Xu Wen opened his eyes: "Since there are people on the other side supporting us, we will sell this private salt to them that they can't take care of on a daily basis..." He suddenly stopped talking, pursed his lips, looked at the others and said, "Can they and Do you have business dealings with other Greenwood people?"

"No." Someone said: "They are all sold to big businessmen such as hotels and inns or to ordinary people and other retail investors. Except for Liangshan, I have never heard of being related to other green forest figures."

"It's so good. Then I can take action on this guy."

Several men exhaled and heard him say: "Go to Qingzhou. I met some good guys there in the past and gave them this batch of goods."

"Xie Di is good, just listen to Brother Wen."

"What Brother Wen said is what it is."

Xu Wen listened, glanced at everyone, and curled his lips secretly.

……

The dark night gradually faded away, and the piercing green and white sunlight shed its golden light. In the open space of Erlong Mountain, a wisp of smoke floated from the bonfire with sparks remaining.

There were people's voices gradually in the village. Bian Xiang reached out and touched the ax handle beside him. Then he opened his eyes and sat up. He wiped the sweat from his body, put on his coat and walked out of the room. There were many Erlongshan and Liangshan outside. The minions were talking, and as the figures moved around, Du Bo walked over, dressed neatly: "Brother Bian got up early."

Bian Xiang looked at the light group on the horizon and shook his head: "It's such an hour..." Then he looked at Du Bo who was dressed neatly and said: "Brother Du is the one who got up early."

"I drank less last night, so I woke up earlier."

Du Bo smiled, and Bian Xiang walked down the steps and looked at the rising smoke: "Go and get some rice porridge to drink first. It will soothe your stomach a little bit."

The two of them walked side by side and looked around, but they saw green forests and steep mountains in the distance. From time to time, they could see birds flying out of the forest and circling. After a while, Du Bu said: "This village is good, it would be a pity to abandon it. "

He raised his head and looked at the sky: "Besides, Erlong Mountain is facing the Wei and Mi states. If you set your eyes here, you can overlook the three states."

"Brother Du, do you want to suggest that I stay in this cottage for a while?" Bian Xiang and the people beside him stopped, let the man carrying the bucket pass, and continued walking: "We will wait for Wei Zhaode and the others to come back soon, and we won't move. Many people go to the island, so it might be appropriate to make a nail here.”

"Let's report it to my brother first. We have to wait for him to make a decision." Du Bo said, then turned around and said, "By the way, how did the people in the Military and Political Department record the time of our attack on the mountain?"

"I get angry when I talk about this." Bian Xiang rolled his big eyes and looked a little disgusted: "I said just remember that Brother Lu and that Yang Zhi came out to join the gang. He has to wait until we enter the village. , Damn it, there’s a difference of more than half an hour. If I lose, it’s up to me to talk to that person named Pei.”

"Count me in then. It's too much to bully others." Du Bo next to him opened his eyes wide and looked angry.

　Xu Wen, courtesy name Yanwu, was born in Ye County, Laizhou, and moved to Jiaoshui. When he was young, he made a living selling salt, traveling to and from several states near the sea. His bravery and spirit were feared by his peers. In the Song Dynasty, they stole and recruited soldiers, becoming the ten generals on the left of Banqiao, Mizhou. He has extraordinary bravery and wields a huge sword weighing fifty kilograms. He is indomitable and is known as "Xu Dadao". Later, he served under Wang Longtu, fought with the Xia people, captured a general alive, and supplemented the military force. Returning to the east, Yang Jin and others broke through the group and transferred to Xinlang.

　　

　

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