Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

The wind was blowing the treetops in the dark night, and there was a constant rustling sound in the courtyard. It was unknown how many leaves had fallen.

When Shi Wengong and Su Ding stepped into the house, they were tied with hemp ropes as thick as their thumbs. Their buns were messy, with a few yellow leaves stuck in their hair. Their bodies were covered with dust, and Su Ding had wounds on his shoulders. Still bleeding.

"Your Majesty!"

The village soldier pushing people through the door kicked their legs and bent them. Su Ding's legs moved and then straightened up, but Shi Wengong didn't move at all.

"It doesn't have to be like this." Lu Bu waved his hand and waved the person away. He looked at the two of them and looked at Shi Wengong: "Are you willing to surrender?"

Su Ding's eyes flickered slightly, Shi Wengong lowered his head and was silent in thought. Lu Bu slowly stood up and walked down: "You two have courage." Looking at the silent man who lowered his head, he said: "Martial arts are also good." Walking up to this man In front of him, he said in a calm tone: "It would be a pity to die like this. It would be better to come and work under someone's command than to sit here in Zengtou City and work for the foreigners."

The man in front of him looked slightly moved, and Lu Bu stretched out his hand to untie Shi Wengong: "If you want fame and status, follow what I do. Nowadays, this world is controlled by scholar-bureaucrats. You will not be able to get into it even if you waste a hundred years here. Have you heard that there are country teachers?" Successful people? But it is different somewhere. There is always a day to stand out. If you like money, it is even easier. There is a reward and punishment system on the mountain, and you always get a lot of money. You and I are both warriors, why don't we go hand in hand? "

Shi Wengong pinched his wrist and moved his somewhat stiff arms. Then he watched Lu Bu untying Su Ding's rope and looked at the two of them: "How?"

Shi Wengong's eyelids blinked rapidly, and Su Ding covered his shoulders and thought for a while, then came over and said, "Brother Shi, what Master Lu said is right. Brothers have been wandering around the world for many years, and it is rare to hear that ordinary coaches are so successful. The best thing is to just be a sergeant and catcher, and then abandon the official position, has Brother Shi heard anything about it?"

Shi Wengong was thoughtful, but he replied: "Wei." He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then murmured softly: "For fame and fortune, that's what the world wants." He looked up at Lu Bu, with a glint in his eyes: "Who wants to Death? If successful, follow!"

Seeing that Lu Bu was confused, Su Ding explained: "Brother Shi means that we are both ordinary people, and everything we do cannot escape the word fame and fortune. Besides, we don't want to die. If the leader of the village is confident that we can make him The two of us got what we wanted, and we are willing to follow Xun through fire and water."

"What a wonderful man." Lu Bu laughed dumbly, and walked towards the seat without looking back: "The two of you will follow me. If you don't get what you want in the future, you can leave without me, and I will never stop you."

The two of them bowed down quickly: "I am willing to serve my brother!"

"Get up, I've suffered." The scarlet cloak swayed, and the majestic figure fell on the seat.

Everyone in the hall was overjoyed. Someone pulled out a seat and asked the two of them to come over and sit down. They also asked the minions to get the medicine and reapply Su Ding's medicine.

Shunshi made the two people who had just fell into the grass a little uncomfortable. Only Shi Wengong had no expression and could not see it. Su Ding waved his hand again and again: "Can't you, how can the two new people in me be able to sit? I’ll toast you all again and apologize.”

Xiao Haili touched his bald head and laughed loudly: "There are no seats. There are only commanders of the various armies and the commander-in-chief of the army on Liangshan Mountain. The leader does not like the tricks of the Jianghu."

Shi Wengong's eyes lit up, and he looked at Su Ding who was a little surprised. The latter couldn't help but said: "It turns out that Liangshan is different from other villages."

"When you go up the mountain in the future, you two will make it clear to you." He also smiled at the side and looked at Shi Wengong: "Brother, I have good skills. Let's learn from him someday."

Shi Wengong nodded and did not refuse.

……

The candlelight flickered, and in the wing room on one side, the five sons of the Zeng family finally saw their mother. Seeing that she only had a little panic on her face but no injuries, they couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

"Mom is fine, she is better than anything else." Zeng Sheng, the youngest and the closest to his mother, said this and stood aside, feeling grateful in his heart.

Zeng was already in her forties, counting toward her fifties. Her black hair had lost its luster, and a few strands of white hair were mixed with it. She grabbed Zeng Nong and tried to untie the rope and said, "Master, what's going on? Why are there so many strong people here?"

"Madam, there is no need to untie it now. It will be useless if you don't untie it at this time." Zeng Nong stopped his mother-in-law's movements, lowered his head, hummed, and sighed: "It's all my fault." Looking at Mrs. Zeng, he said : "This group is a strong man from Liangshan. They took a fancy to my ability to raise horses, so they came to kill me and wanted me to raise horses for them."

"How can this be your fault?" Mrs. Zeng wrung her hands together after hearing this: "Is it okay to give them the family property in exchange for them leaving?"

"I'm afraid it won't work." Zeng Tu shook his head: "These gangsters want to ask dad to raise horses for them. If they don't agree, I'm afraid they will send our whole family away. It will take a little money to spend."

Zeng's face changed when she heard this: "This... what should we do?"

"The worst I can do is raise horses for them." Zeng Nong comforted his mother-in-law and sighed: "We can't let people chop down the whole family." The Zeng family were speechless and looked at each other. Zeng Kui was thoughtful. He said: "I wonder if we can spread the news that Zhuangzi was defeated. Then let the government drive this Liangshan bandit out of Hebei, and we will be safe."

Mrs. Zeng nodded happily after hearing this: "Yes, that's it." Pulling Zeng's clothes: "The head of the family pretended to agree to them first, and when the army arrived and drove Liangshan out, maybe we could have a chance to escape. "

Zeng Nong hesitated for a moment, looked at his sons, and saw that they all nodded before nodding: "Ji Hui said, that's it."

After a while, someone came to take the Zeng family and his son out.

……

It was dark at night, and several detectives who went to fetch people opened the city gate with the warrant given by the county magistrate. A group of ten people ran through the deserted streets with torches. In the silent night, the sound of horse hooves on the ground was clear and audible. Hearing this, people with lights on all around curiously opened their windows to take a look, but they saw that it was the policeman who locked them up again.

Not long after, the horses galloped to the yamen gate. The sergeant on duty saw the person coming back and responded. The leader threw the horse reins to each other and asked quickly: "Where are my parents?"

"Rest in the back hall."

The night wind whistled, and the strong wind made several people cover their mouths and noses. They didn't dare to neglect, and ran towards the back hall against the wind, walked through the courtyard and passed the rooms, and reached the door of the back hall and knocked: "Old parents, old parents, I have something important to report."

"Why are you so panicked?" The county magistrate opened the door with a creak and looked at the captain who was sent out in the afternoon in his regular clothes: "But you are holding someone captive?"

"No." Dutou took a deep breath and cupped his hands and said, "I didn't see Erlang Zeng, but I saw something more fatal."

"What's the matter?"

Dutou put down his hand, held the handle of the knife at his waist with one hand and said quickly: "When I arrived at Zengtou City, it was getting late, and I saw the flag of Liangshan hanging in Zengtou City from a distance."

"Wait!" The county magistrate stretched out his hand to stop his words and frowned at him: "What are you looking at again?"

Everyone took a breath and said a little louder: "Liangshan, Liangshan's flag."

The county magistrate rolled his eyes and reached out to touch his beard. He was silent for a long time. He didn't dare to speak. He just looked at him and listened: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Liangshan?"

"I have never seen him, I just saw him hanging the Liangshan flag outside."

The county magistrate twirled the tip of his beard, pointed at the heads with his hand and said, "Go find the two regiment trainers and come over. Don't disturb others."

"Yes." Nadu turned around to leave.

"return!"

The voice that came from the scene made the man stop and turn around to listen: "Tell the two of them to strengthen the city defense first."

"Yes."

"Also, send more people to protect this county."

"Yes."

The county magistrate looked at Du, who bowed his head respectfully: "Huh? Why don't you leave?"

They were all helpless, thinking to themselves how I would know if you had finished speaking, so they just clasped their fists and respectfully responded: "Young man, go right now, parents, please wait a moment."

The night is like ink, and the wind blows the trees. (End of chapter)