Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Soon, news spread that Dengzhou had wiped out the bandits. The people did not pay much attention to it except that it was an additional topic of conversation after drinking. They were soon distracted by the worry of how to survive the winter. The weather was getting colder, and this year's winter seemed to be getting colder than last year.

In such weather, a team of less than a hundred people left Dengzhou and entered Laizhou, preparing to take the water route to the west of Beijing. The captain who took the business was determined not to do the business as almost everyone in the group was injured. However, the man who called himself Song San said that they were robbed by bandits and had escaped at the risk of their lives, and directly gave them two large ingots of silver. Immediately, all his worries flew away, and he enthusiastically invited the guests on board and set sail before the river froze.

The group of people on the boat were none other than the heroes of Dengyun Mountain. After their defeat, they gathered some followers who were still willing to follow them, and they fled Dengzhou in a hurry, fearing that Zong Ze would miss their lives and keep them there. As they were strong and numerous, they could support each other and walk a long way. Li Kui, Mu Hong and others were in better health, so they went out and robbed a few cars, giving the injured leader a place to rest, and finally they arrived at the port safely.

But after getting on the boat, Mu Chun felt sorry for the silver ingots Song Jiang gave him. He complained in the cabin, "Brother, why do you need silver to take the boat? The captain of the boat is also a greedy guy who doesn't know how to take less. We are in need of money right now."

Mu Hong was upset because of the defeat. Hearing this, he rubbed his cold face and said, "Wait until Jingxi is massacred. Then they will know what money they should take and what money they should not take."

Mu Chun did not object and slapped his thigh, "This is great. Li Jun and his men are all good at sailing. We don't have to worry about people dying and not being able to sail away. We can also get a big ship for free."

The two brothers had made up their minds, and immediately went to discuss with Song Jiang. Ji Shiyu, who had been forced to live in the green forest, did not object when he heard about it, but just said, "Do it cleanly." And then there was no further news. The arrow wound on his shoulder had not healed yet, and he did not have the energy to deal with these things for the time being.

So the boat continued to move towards the west of Beijing, carrying a group of man-eating tigers.

……

Let’s not talk about Song Jiang and his gang traveling west to find Chao Gai, let’s just talk about Jizhou on the Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom.

It snowed earlier in the north this year. Not long after the beginning of winter, the first snow covered the entire city. The blue bricks and stone tiles were covered with layers of snow particles, and the Cuiping Mountain, which was left with only wooden branches at the beginning of winter, was now dressed in silver.

Looking down from the sky, there were two men and two women standing in the mountains, and discordant sounds were coming from this pure white.

"Bitch, I forgive you for the sake of our former husband and wife, but have you ever forgiven me for the sake of our former husband and wife?"

The sharp knife stabbed into the woman's chest and abdomen with hatred, and then slashed downwards. A pool of hot blood splashed on the body and the snow. The red spots instantly eroded the ice and snow and seeped downwards, and a set of internal organs fell to the side with heat.

Yang Xiong was panting heavily and wiping the blood off his face. The smell of rust filled his nostrils. His originally sallow face turned scarlet and he walked to the side with a ferocious expression.

Over there, the maid who was tied up with ropes shed tears as she tossed her legs backwards: "My dear...my dear, please spare me... please spare me..."

Yang Xiong stabbed the maid's throat with a knife, pulled it out, and let the hot blood spurt onto his body. He sneered: "You, a bitch, deceived your master, and you deserve to die."

He turned to look at the young man standing behind him, strode over, and bowed deeply to the ground: "Thank you, Brother Shi Xiu, for telling Yang Xiong the truth, otherwise I would have let this bitch hide it."

Shi Xiu hurried over and helped him up: "Brother, what are you talking about? We are brothers, your business is my business, how can I ignore it?"

Yang Xiong thanked him again, stood up, and looked at the snow that was dyed red: "I can't stay in Liao anymore..."

"Brother, why worry?" Shi Xiu smiled. "With our abilities, we can go anywhere. At worst, we can go back to Song and find a job to do."

Yang Xiong shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly: "Although I am a lowly official, I have also tasted the power. It is really too much for me to be an ordinary citizen..." Shi Xiu was silent for a while. Even though he thought he was capable and could survive anywhere, he was an unknown in the officialdom. After thinking for a long time, he said: "I heard that the army of Qi State in the east values ​​military merit the most. As long as the rank is up to the fifth grade, you are a superior person. Why don't we brothers join the army and make a name for ourselves with our martial arts?"

"It seems that we have no choice but to..." Yang Xiong nodded, then suddenly remembered something and looked up: "Wait, you mean Qi? I know a brother there, we can go and join him."

"Brother, do you have this idea?" Shi Xiu was a little surprised, then he said excitedly: "That's great, this way I have a place to stay."

Yang Xiong was also happy, and immediately packed up with Shi Xiu and set off. However, the blood on his body was really scary, so Shi Xiu could only think of a way to buy some clean clothes from a villager. After Yang Xiong found water to wash his face and put on the clothes, the two of them were very brave, and took advantage of the fact that no one knew about the crime, entered the city, took the gold and silver and other valuables, and left the city overnight.

Within two days, the neighbors saw that Yang Xiong's wife and maid had not been seen in public, so they sent people to look for him. They discovered that he had quit his job, so they felt something was wrong and reported it to the government. However, the Jizhou government had relatives of Yang Xiong and were unwilling to handle the matter, so they just shirked their responsibilities.

Unfortunately, someone happened to go to Cuiping Mountain to collect firewood and discovered the broken bodies of Pan Qiaoyun and her maid. They had no choice but to issue a warrant to arrest them, but it was already too late. Shi Xiu and Yang Lin had already run a long distance, allowing the two to escape.

……

Mid-winter.

Song Jiang and his companions traveled a long distance from east of Beijing to west of Beijing. On the boat, they took Ji Shiyu, who had recovered a little, and went to Fangshan with a group of brothers. Chao Gai was very happy to see them all and quickly set up a banquet to welcome them. During the banquet, after some concessions, Song Jiang became the second in command. Liu Tang and others had no objections because they were saved by him. This went on for more than ten days, and the leaders on the mountain were just immersed in eating, drinking and having fun.

As winter was about to begin, the leader of the banquet came to Chao Gai and cried, "There is not much food and wine left on the mountain. It is not enough for another banquet. I hope my brother can buy some for us."

"Buying shit!" Liu Tang slammed the table and said, "Damn it, when have we ever spent money on food and drink?"

"That's it." Chao Gai laughed and looked at Song Jiang who was sitting next to him: "My dear brother, please wait here for a while. I will take someone to borrow some food."

Song Jiang stood up quickly, holding one hand and said, "It's wrong to let you spend money, how can you go down the mountain to borrow food? It's better for you to wait at home and let me go."

"Alas." Chao Gai waved his hand: "Brother is still injured, just recuperate in the mountains..."

"Brother, you look down on me!" Song Jiang interrupted him and patted his chest. "Song Jiang has been through a lot, so a few injuries are nothing. Going down the mountain to borrow food is not complicated, so I can do it." He stared at Chao Gai seriously and said, "Besides, Brother is the master of the mountain. How can you move easily and leave us brothers here to eat for free?"

"Brother, you misunderstood!"

Chao Gai shook his head again and again, trying to persuade him again, but Wu Yong came over and said softly, "Brother, Brother Song Jiang may be uncomfortable because he didn't submit his surrender certificate. Why don't you help him?"

Song Jiang bowed to Chao Gai in front and said, "Brother, let Song Jiang go."

"Hey, thank you for your hard work, brother."

Chao Gai nodded in agreement. (End of this chapter)