Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

"Liu Zhizhai, long time no see."

Hua Rong held a plum-blossom bright silver gun in one hand, and the silver tip was dripping with blood. Little Li Guang raised his hand to wipe his face, and a blood line appeared as his fingertips crossed his cheek. That was the blood that was splashed on at some point: "You are looking for Hua Rong, Hua Rong is here!"

Liu Gao felt that his mouth had lost water for a moment, and his throat twitched, but no sound came out. On the other hand, Mrs. Liu took a deep breath, forced himself to smile, and said steadily: "Huazhi Village Come on, please take a seat while I go get some refreshments."

Lowering her head and clasping her hands in front of her belly, the woman stepped forward with her embroidered shoes and walked cautiously out. Before she could reach Hua Rong, she raised her arm and pointed a bright silver gun with bloodshot eyes at the beautiful woman: "Where are you going?" He moved his arm, and a few drops of blood fell down: "Go back and sit down."

"Hey, yes!" Mrs. Liu dared to show off. She walked back to the table and sat down in a well-behaved manner. She twisted her hands together hard, and the blood on her fingers lost color.

Outside, the screams gradually stopped, and the sound of footsteps came. Liu Gao and his wife only felt that the light in the room dimmed, and a tall and majestic figure stepped in, followed by a sturdy young man with a long hand in his hand. The sword was unsheathed and guarded behind him.

"elder brother."

Hua Rong's respectful voice came to her ears, which made Liu's heart freeze. Looking at the two people who came in, she had some guesses in her heart, and the strength in her hands was a little stronger.

"My dear brother, can you help me?" It was Lu Bu who came in. Seeing Hua Rong just standing there without doing anything, he couldn't help but tilted his head.

Hua Rong took a breath and turned towards Liu Gao with a cold face: "I just want to ask my brother to be a witness."

Lu Bu shook his head, looked at him and said, "You and I have known each other for many years, why do you need such a witness?" He looked at the frozen man and woman over there, turned around and walked out: "I am waiting for you outside." He paused and said slightly He tilted his head and said, "I still like the title of brother."

Hua Rong raised his head, looked at the figure walking out, and finally smiled: "Thank you, brother."

Lu Bu didn't move his steps, but waved his hand back. Hua Rong turned his head and looked at Liu Gao's face, and suddenly became angry: "Liu Gao! Hua Rong is usually respectful and polite to you, why do you want to hurt me!"

Liu Gao took a few breaths with his mouth open, desperately squeezing the saliva from his mouth, and said with a hoarse throat: "Hua... Huazhizhai, I didn't want to harm you. There must be a misunderstanding here, yes, there is a misunderstanding."

Madam Liu nodded repeatedly and looked nervously at the familiar figure in front of her.

"Misunderstand?"

Hua Rong looked at Liu Gao's panicked face, but in his mind was the arrogant face of this man in the past. Thinking that no matter what he did, Wenzhizhai would always hinder him, and suddenly the evil fire burned in his heart. When he got up, the expression on his face became a little more relaxed.

The couple opposite looked at his expressions and immediately looked at each other, feeling that there was hope, Mrs. Liu winked, and Liu Gao boldly said: "I didn't really do anything. It's just random speculations by the people below. Hua Zhizhai has a grudge against me. He really deserves to be killed. Don’t worry Hua Zhizhai. I will punish him severely later. However, I can’t cover up things like this today. If Zhizhai wants to leave, I will never Even if you try to stop me, you will never..."

Hua Rong looked at him and suddenly walked over. Liu Gao's hair suddenly stood up. He leaned back desperately and screamed like a pig: "Hua Zhizhai, General Hua, what are you going to do? Wait... No!" Mo..."

The plum-blossom bright silver gun poked out and plunged into his chest with a pop. Liu Gao held the barrel of the gun with both hands. As he said, "Don't kill...me...", blood kept pouring out of his mouth.

Hua Rong shook his arm, and the short and fat Wen Zhizhai was suddenly lifted up into the air. He fell to the ground with a bang, and blood quickly poured out from under his body: "It's making a lot of noise!"

Turning her eyes towards Ms. Liu, the woman was startled, but she suppressed her fear and said tremblingly: "Huazhizhai, spare my life, I'm just a Taoist woman, I don't know anything."

Seeing that Hua Rong was just looking at him, he quickly showed a smile, reached out and pulled down the skirt of his clothes slightly, revealing a white skin: "If Huazhi Village spares the slave, the slave can do anything, uh..."

The arm was stretched out, the spear penetrated the body, and an incredible look appeared on the woman's face. Hua Rong retracted his arm, and a wisp of thick blood adhered to the tip of the gun and slowly flowed down. The corpse covering his chest fell softly to the ground with eyes wide open, blood The blood flowed out gurglingly, and together with Liu Gao's blood on the side, it slowly gathered into a pool of blood.

Hua Rong swung the spear hard, and blood spattered on the tiles of the window sash. Little Li Guang muttered: "I'm so stupid. I listened to you two talking for a long time."

Turning around and going out of the gate, he looked at Lu Bu, who was standing under the shade of the trees in the courtyard, talking to Yu Cheng. He quickly stepped forward, inserted the silver spear on the ground, and clasped his hands to the ground: "Brother, I've been waiting for a long time. It's my fault. .”

The figure opposite came over, patted him, and walked outside without saying anything. Hua Rong straightened up, picked up his spear and followed the figure in front of him, turned his head and looked at Liu Gao's house behind him, humming in his nose. Make a sound.

Soon, the people of Nanzhai stared blankly at Hua Rong, who was covered in blood and holding a spear, followed by a man walking out of Liu Gao's residence. Twenty or thirty strong men filed out behind him, and they all got on their horses and ran away with a rumble. .

"What's going on? Who is that person in front of Huazhi Village?"

"I don't know? It's just that after Huazhi Village came, there were screams in Liu Zhi Village. Could it be..."

"Someone go take a look."

"That's right, just take a look and you'll know."

There was a buzz of discussion in front of the Liu Mansion. Everyone just stretched their heads and looked inside the Liu Mansion, urging others to go in and have a look, but no one moved.

After a long while, a few curious men finally gathered their courage and cautiously entered Liu Gao's residence.

"Everyone is dead, everyone is dead! Everyone in the Liu family is dead...ah!"

Someone ran out rolling and crawling, accidentally tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground. He quickly got up and shouted loudly with a look of fear: "Hua Rong killed someone——"

……

Horse hooves formed in formation, and the people who ran out of Nanzhai ran non-stop towards the southeast. In the distance, they saw Hua Baoyan and Cui riding on horses, surrounded by a circle of guards on horses guarding the surroundings. .

Hua Baoyan looked at the approaching horses and her eyes lit up: "Sister-in-law, eldest brother and elder brother are back."

The woman behind him glanced over and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, everything is fine."

"How can something happen?"

Although the fiery red horse was not running at full speed, it was still slightly faster. When it came closer, people around him clasped their fists and saluted. Hua Baoyan followed suit and said, "I've seen my brother..."

Red Rabbit walked over stompingly, feeling the pull of the reins. He stepped on the ground with all four legs, swung his pony tail, and stopped. Lu Bu looked amused, and stretched out his big hand to pat his cupped fist: "Young master. , who did you learn all this from?"

"I'm wearing men's clothes after all." Hua Baoyan pouted.

Later, Hua Rong came over on horseback. He was listening to his sister's words and looked at her angrily: "Which man behaves like you, wouldn't he be laughed to death?"

"I want you to take care of it!"

Seeing that Hua Rong was fine, the girl was in a good mood, so she actually made a face. Xiao Li Guang was so angry that he wanted to come over and teach her a lesson. Lu Bu waved his hand over there: "Okay, let's stop making trouble. It's time for us to set off now that the matter is over."

He kicked the horse in the belly, looked behind him and walked slowly. A group of guards quickly reined in their horses to follow, followed by their colleagues who slowed down later to catch up with their village master.

Hua Baoyan smiled proudly at her brother. Hua Rong glared at her. Cui behind her poked the sister-in-law in front of her on the waist and said, "Let me down."

"Going to find big brother?"

"I have something to say to your brother."

While the two women were whispering, Hua Baoyan helped Cui get off the horse. Hua Rong came over to pick him up. The brother and sister reined in the reins and chased the team in front.

Amidst the sound of the wind, Mrs. Cui hugged her man, and a soft voice came: "It's been a long time since the official smiled like this."

Hua Rong wiped his face while the mount was jolting: "Did I laugh?"

"You're laughing." Mrs. Cui leaned her face against the man's back: "Ever since you became Zizhai not long ago, you have always frowned. Although you never showed it to your slaves and little girls at home, you sit alone It’s always like that.”

Hua Rong looked forward and said nothing. He just reached out and patted the hand holding his chest: "Now that I am no longer an official, will Madam blame me?"

There was silence for a long time, and when Hua Rong was a little worried, a voice came from behind: "If the officialdom is like that, it doesn't matter if I don't become an official, I still like Hua Rong who was high-spirited when he was not an official."

The sound of horse hooves gradually became denser, covering up the surrounding sounds. Someone was laughing.

……

The sky clouds in the east darkened, and the orange light dyed half of the sky. On the bank of Wenshui River in Qingzhou, a medium-sized sand boat was docked on the shore. The sailors on the deck were scrubbing the deck and drying clothes. Some people fishing on the side of the boat occasionally raised their eyes. Seeing the figure coming towards the boat, he turned around and shouted: "Young Master is back."

A man raised his head, walked aside to take a look, and quickly walked along the gangplank to the shore. He greeted the approaching figure: "Brother Wen, have you found a buyer?"

"Buyer?" Xu Wen, who was approaching, had a strange expression on his face. Hearing this, he glanced at the man and curled his lips and said, "The buyer is not there."

The man was stunned: "Brother Wen, didn't you say that there is a strong man in Peach Blossom Mountain who is your friend?"

Xu Wen glanced at him: "I can't speak, so I pinched the bird's beak." He put his hands on his hips and spat on the ground: "I just met him twice. The guy wanted to rob me, but I beat him up and wanted to be my brother. , How can this kind of relationship be considered friends?"

"Then..." The man blinked: "Where is that strongman? We just sell salt, who cares?"

"Eighty percent dead." Xu Wen frowned, and what he said made the man even more surprised. He looked at Xu Wen blankly: "Brother Wen, did you beat someone to death?"

"Damn it, you really don't understand. You pretend you don't understand." Xu Wen glared and couldn't help but slap him on the head with his hand: "His village was burned down. I saw a lot of blood and splotches on the ground. The scattered copper coins may mean that the stronghold was broken down and everyone died."

"What should we do?" The man suddenly shouted: "This man eats horse chews. He spent three or four days sailing and spent so much food to get to Qingzhou. If he can't make a move, wouldn't it be in vain?"

"You're yelling." Xu Wen glared at him and rubbed his slightly immature face: "I have dealt with Deng Long from Erlong Mountain among the three bandit villages in Qingzhou. Just go find him."

"Oh..." The man was a little relieved to hear what he said, but he suddenly became curious: "Have you beaten that one too?"

Xu Wen curled his lips and said, "It's so new. If you don't beat someone, how can you get to know him? You can't force someone to come over and pay homage to you."

After saying that, he started to walk towards the boat.

"... That's right." The man thought about it, tilted his head and nodded. Seeing that he was about to get on the boat, he quickly said: "Hey, Brother Wen, if there is no Erlong Mountain, we still have to go to Qingfeng Mountain?"

"If you don't have it, go to Liangshan and sell it." An impatient voice came from the front: "I don't know those many strong men."

The man behind stretched his head and said to himself: "It's okay to sell Liangshan, at least it's safe..." Then he looked up: "Brother Wen..."

"you are annoying!"

Probably because he was annoyed by the question, the young man kicked the man behind him in the chest. The man yelled "Ah--" and fell into the river with a thud. The sailors who were lying on the side of the boat to watch suddenly burst into laughter.

"Why are you laughing? Let's go do something. A few people will come and go to Erlong Mountain with me tomorrow."

The boy's voice echoed along the river.

……

As the sky dimmed, Pan Shanyu, who was dressed in military uniform, took two companions into the woods at the foot of Erlong Mountain. There was really no one available in Qingzhou now. The two companions were both from Murong Yanda's house, and were ordered by their husband to follow this young man. When Marquis Yu came out, he waited for Murong Yanda's warrant. He didn't dare to neglect the journey. When he was hungry, he ate the dry food he brought with him. He stayed in a village for the night. In a few days, he was almost there.

"Pan...Pan Yuhou, when...when will you arrive?"

The breathless words reached the ears of the person in front of him. The young man stopped and looked back. He saw the two people behind him supporting each other. When he stopped, they held their knees and gasped for breath.

"It's probably almost here. This is the boundary of Erlong Mountain." Pan Shanyu looked around and pointed: "Follow this mountain road, Qin Tongzhi must have set up camp there."

The two touched their sweat and looked up. Under the dim light, it was dark in the depths of the mountains. From time to time, they heard rustling sounds in their ears. The two swallowed: "Pan Yuhou, why not find a place?" Take a rest and come back tomorrow?"

"Yeah, what if we run into a wild wolf or something?"

Young Marquis Yu frowned: "We have reached the end of the field, but where are you two going to rest? Just hurry up while the sky is getting dark. You will be fine when you get to Qin Tongzhi's camp."

The two had no choice but to agree. Three pairs of feet walked on the earth and stone road, with cicadas chirping in their ears. Pan Shanyu still strode forward silently, and the two gasps behind him became heavier. The sky changed and turned dark. At that moment, the two companions lost the energy to complain, and just mechanically dragged their legs to follow the lead.

Suddenly, the young man in front stopped, and the two behind him bumped into him, looking up at the young man in confusion.

Pan Shanyu wiped the sweat from his neck, pointed to the brightly lit camp in the distance and said, "We are here." (End of Chapter)