Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

"Dear mother, I'm only worth two tea bricks and a piece of linen cloth. What kind of judgment do you think..."

The tall and thin man sat on the wooden chair angrily. Deng Fei handed him a cup of hot soup and smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, they don't want much. We don't have much wealth anymore. If we raise the price a little more, I’m afraid you’ll have to be a slave here, brother.”

Hu Cheng sat on the kang, looked at the people in front of him and said: "Brother Gao, why on earth did he appear in this Jurchen tribe? Why did he faint on the roadside?"

Only then did the tall and thin man react. He quickly stood up and bowed, "Young man Meng Kang, because he is fair and is a shipwright by trade, he is nicknamed Yubangan."

He sighed and straightened up: "I was ordered to supervise the construction of the Huashi Gang ship. After the ship was ready, it was shipped to Suzhou. However, the promotion officer was ignorant and kept pushing me. He threatened to kill me if I didn't meet the deadline. Send him to the official for punishment."

Deng Fei walked to the other side of the Tukang and sat on it. He and Hu Cheng listened attentively: "Two benefactors, it takes at least more than a month for the ship to travel from the place where the ship was built to Suzhou. He forced me to arrive in half a month. How can this be done? To? The villain couldn't be pushed by this person, so he simply..." The look on his face was a bit unnatural: "He simply ran away."

Deng Fei and Hu Cheng looked at each other, and heard Meng Kang continue: "I have been a shipwright for many years, and I know a few shipowners who go to sea. At that time, I thought that I could just run outside and hide so that no one can find me. Is that right? I made an appointment with an acquaintance to go to Nakakyo Road, but I didn't expect that person to come to Tokyo Road. After buying and selling goods, I had to turn around. The villain had no choice but to get off the boat, and he got lost and had nowhere to get food. He fainted on the roadside due to hunger, and the two of you knew what happened next."

Deng Fei squinted his eyes and looked at the jade flag pole, looking straight at people: "Brother, what you said is a bit untrue. We saved you from fire and water, but you still can't trust us. You treat us like three-year-old children." fool."

Meng Kang's expression changed slightly, but he still managed to calm down and said, "What do you mean by these two benefactors? How come you don't understand?"

Hu Cheng also sighed: "Actually, it's not that big of a deal. It's just that the brother committed a murder and ran for his life, right?"

Meng Kang's expression suddenly changed, he took a step back, forced himself to smile and said: "The two benefactors were joking, how dare you, a villain?"

"Don't be afraid." Deng Fei supported the table with one arm: "We have been together in the world for many years, and observing people's emotions is our strong point."

Hu Cheng responded: "Although some of the regulations in this dynasty are strict, it is not a big sin to just evade one's responsibilities. If you spend some money on it, you can alleviate a lot or even get away with it." He looked up and down at the fair-skinned jade banner pole. Fan, shook his head: "The only way is to kill... But you need to escape."

The man opposite fell silent and raised his head like a bachelor: "So what, that guy is forcing me to die. I can't let him control me."

He looked at the two people opposite him and said, "We are not in the Song Dynasty now. You two can't control me even if you report to the official."

Deng Fei and Hu Cheng looked at each other and laughed at the same time. Meng Kang suddenly looked angry: "Are you two laughing? Even if I broke the law, don't think that you can look down on others like this because you helped me."

Deng Fei shook his hand: "It's not that I'm looking down on you, brother. I'm just killing a few people. Who cares about it? Which one of our copycats doesn't have a life on his hands?"

Hu Cheng turned to look at him. He wanted to speak but stopped, stopped talking but wanted to, wanted to say but stopped, and finally calmly turned his head to look at the opposite side.

"Copycat?" Meng Kang's expression changed, and he looked at the two of them with some surprise. He blinked and thought about the words and said: "I don't know where the two benefactors are... Which fairy mountain is which... um..."

The words were slightly stuck, and I didn't know how to say them.

Deng Fei smiled when he saw this and said bluntly: "We are both from Liangshan, brother, have you ever heard of it?"

Meng Kang nodded sharply: "How do you not know? Liangshan is so powerful in Jingdong now. He can even talk about it when eating wine."

He looked at Deng Fei and Hu Cheng with some confusion: "I don't know why the two benefactors are here?"

"Buy a horse." Hu Cheng interrupted, looked at him and said: "Otherwise, how can you treat us as honored guests as a tribe here?"

"It turns out that Xidi..." Meng Kang suddenly realized.

Deng Fei straightened up and got out of bed, walked up to him and said, "Brothers who commit crimes are not allowed to be punished by the court. It just so happens that he is returning to the mountain with us. Now the village is short of various craftsmen. If Brother Meng comes, he will definitely be able to show off his talents."

Meng Kang was overjoyed: "Is this true?" "Why did I lie to you?" Deng Fei spread his hands and pointed at his eyes: "I have been on the wanted list for a long time, but brother Meng Kang hasn't seen you?"

Meng Kang's face turned red: "My little brother is not a street patrol officer. He only focuses on building ships and has not paid attention to the official documents of sea fishing."

Hu Cheng joked: "Then you have missed a lot of money. Brother Deng Fei's head is worth a lot of money."

Deng Fei rolled his eyes, looked at Meng Kang who was a little weak and said, "Brother looks like this, can he still ride a horse?"

Meng Kang was much smarter at this time. Knowing that the group was preparing to leave, he gritted his teeth and said: "When you can lie on the horse's back, as long as it's not too fast, you won't fall off."

Deng Fei smiled: "Then I'll tie you to the horse. We have a few days to go, but don't make any mistakes."

Meng Kang thought for a while, then secretly clenched his fist: "Okay, everything will be done according to the wishes of my two benefactors."

The fiery-eyed Suani waved his arm: "Let's go -"

"Wait a minute." Hu Cheng called from the side: "This Jurchen tribe doesn't care about fodder. It's better to go to the store where we bought the fodder last time. It's better than collecting it ourselves."

Deng Fei nodded: "That's the truth."

At that moment, Deng Fei and the others left the house, called for their companions to bring out the horses, and picked a docile horse for Meng Kang to ride. Amidst the smiling farewell of the tribal Jurchen, the group of people beat the horses and ran towards the southeast coast.

……

It's still the same market with livestock excrement floating around, but now in the cold winter, there are far fewer people coming to trade, and even the clerks have taken leave to go home to visit relatives.

The shopkeeper sat behind the table boredly, holding his head with one hand and looking at the saddle on the wall. He had been doing this for half an hour, and he didn't know what a good-looking saddle was.

Dang clang——

The door opened, the bell tied to the door was pulled, and the cold air entered the room and blew the burning brazier a little red. The shopkeeper lazily turned his head and immediately became energetic when he saw the visitor: "Guest, what do you want to buy? "

"Bring more fodder, fine or mixed with coarse grains." Deng Fei said in a loud voice: "There are more than 200 horses this time, and they have to run for more than a month on the road. The shopkeeper is working hard."

"Okay!" The man smiled and turned to leave, but suddenly turned his head again: "The guest looks familiar to me. I wonder if he has been here before?"

"Good eyesight!" Deng Fei gave a thumbs up: "I came here more than three months ago and bought some fodder."

"Oh..." the shopkeeper blinked: "What do you mean, customers often come here to buy horses? If so, you might as well tell us the time, and I can prepare fodder and wait for you."

Deng Fei did not doubt that he was there. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "The shopkeeper does know how to do business. I will always come here every three or four months. Just be prepared when the time comes."

"Great -" the businessman turned around, and a voice came back: "I will definitely prepare it."

Not long after, the fodder was ready. Hu Cheng and others drove the rented car to load it, and then walked on the road to the seaside.

The shopkeeper stood there and squinted, then turned around and quickly took care of the shop, found a horse, got on top, whipped his whip and drove away. (End of chapter)