Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 67: Designing to catch a thief? How boring!

Wu Song then leaped forward and grabbed Zhu Gui by the scruff of the neck with one hand.

Zhu Gui also had martial arts skills, and he turned around and punched him.

But the fist in mid-air seemed to be clamped by a pair of pliers, and the pliers twisted again.

Zhu Gui cried out in pain, and his chest was already lying on a table, one hand was tied behind his back, and his neck was pressed tightly.

"Brother, he's caught." Wu Song turned around and said.

Su Wu first looked at the customers in the store and said, "The officials are here to do their work, please get out..."

The people in the store rushed out, and the store was empty in an instant. So Su Wu walked to the table where Zhu Gui was lying and sat down first.

Then he looked at Zhu Gui and said, "Dry Land Hulu Zhu Gui?"

Zhu Gui put his face on the table and asked, "Which hero do you want to meet?"

"Su Wu from Dongping Prefecture." Su Wu replied.

Zhu Gui's face was filled with shock, because he knew that, logically, at this time... Wu Xuejiu, Lin Chong, Dong Ping and others were kidnapping people in Dongping Prefecture.

How come this person appears here?
"Oh, it's Supervisor Su. I'm so sorry. How have I offended you? I'd like to apologize to you first!"

Zhu Gui, worthy of being the one who welcomes and sees off guests, is very smart.

Su Wu also smiled and said, "You are responsible for gathering information about Liangshan, welcoming and seeing off guests, and transporting grain in and out of the water. In fact, your position is extremely important to Liangshan..."

Zhu Gui immediately said: "What Liangshan... I really..."

Seeing Su Wu's staring eyes, Zhu Gui paused again, knowing that he could not deceive anyone, so he asked, "Why did the governor come here?"

Su Wu laughed again: "I originally planned to capture you to exchange for a reward, but seeing that you are smart, I will tell you something real."

"The chief eunuch ordered..." Zhu Gui really changed his attitude. As the saying goes, a wise man does not suffer a loss in front of him. Zhu Gui really knew how to suffer less loss at this moment.

Su Wu first raised his head and said to Wu Song, "Erlang, since we are here to discuss business, let Shopkeeper Zhu sit upright."

Wu Song nodded and loosened his hands. Zhu Gui escaped from the grasp and pressed his aching shoulder. He even turned around and smiled at Wu Song: "This brother has great martial arts skills."

Wu Song ignored him and just stood aside, like a door god.

Su Wu asked: "Why did Shopkeeper Zhu fall down?"

Zhu Gui was a little surprised that Su Wu would ask this question. After a pause, he answered, "I have never been convicted of a crime, nor have I committed any crime. I have learned some martial arts, and I am just a wandering person. Opening a hotel here is not considered... uh, I just joined a gang..."

Obviously Su Wu knew all this. Zhu Gui was different from Song Jiang, Chao Gai, Lin Chong and others. He was not a bandit at all.

Wang Lun built a stronghold in the water. Zhu Gui was a man of the world and was good at dealing with people. He thought that the stronghold should have an outpost outside the water. One purpose was to gather information, and the other was to carry supplies in and out of the stronghold.

Zhu Gui joined the gang just like that, and there was no exciting story involved.

Wang Lun was timid. After building the village, he never thought about making it bigger, stronger and famous. He just wanted to live a better life and did not dare to provoke the government.

This was the reason why Wang Lun was unwilling to accept Lin Chong in the first place. Lin Chong's affairs were a bit too big for Wang Lun, and he really couldn't afford to offend the people Lin Chong had offended.

But later, after Zhu Gui spoke in a nice way, Wang Lun reluctantly accepted Lin Chong.

If you really ask how Wang Lun felt guilty towards Lin Chong, the answer is obviously no, but there was a fundamental contradiction between Wang Lun and Lin Chong that could not be reconciled.

That is, Wang Lun wanted to live a simple life, while Lin Chong still wanted revenge, but Wang Lun would never fulfill Lin Chong's wish. Therefore, when Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others robbed the birthday gift and came up the mountain, Lin Chong saw a little hope of revenge, but Wang Lun did not dare to accept Chao Gai, a big thief in the court.

In his thought of revenge, Lin Chong felt that he was being looked down upon and was instigated by Wu Yong several times, so he killed Wang Lun and allowed Chao Gai, a big thief who dared to do great things and rebel against the court, to become the leader of the stronghold.

This is Lin Chong’s true psychology.

There is another problem with Lin Chong, that is, he is soft in character. Subconsciously, he does not believe that he can take revenge, so after Wang Lun died, when he was asked to be the leader of the mountain stronghold, he refused.

He obviously wanted to rely on others to help him take revenge. If he was really a tough person with such ability, and killed Wang Lun with his own hands, how could he not be the leader of the stronghold?

If he became the leader of the stronghold himself, what could Chao Gai and Wu Yong do to him? Even if this group of people attacked together, they would not be a match for Lin Chong's spear.

It is true that character determines destiny and even determines the way we do things.

The chosen worker, born with the superb attributes of an ox or a horse.

Wang Lun is an unlucky man, and Zhu Gui in front of him is also an unlucky man.

Including Song Wan and Du Qian, in fact, the fact that they were able to live in peace under Wang Lun meant that they agreed with Wang Lun's idea of ​​living a simple life.

As the boss, Wang Lun naturally has to maintain this kind of life. Wang Lun is the one who really knows what is going on.

So Su Wu came today and asked Zhu Gui again: "First of all, you are not a bandit, and secondly, you are not really a criminal. Now, by coincidence, you, Zhu Gui, have become one of the biggest bandit leaders in the court. He either offended the current Taiwei or robbed the birthday gift of the Grand Tutor. But you, do you regret it now?"

Su Wu asked directly, as the fight with Wang Lun had only happened recently.

Zhu Gui looked at Su Wu, not knowing what to say.

If he hadn't been a good guy and let Lin Chong stay in the mountains, how could Wang Lun have died? How could the mountain stronghold be occupied by a big thief like Chao Gai?
The key point is that after all this happened, Zhu Gui, as a younger brother, did not get any real benefits, but instead took on greater risks.

I really want to ask Zhu Gui if he regrets it or not?

Zhu Gui looked at Su Wu, then at Wu Song. He was speechless and could not answer.

Then Su Wu asked again: "Has Wang Lun ever done you any wrong?"

Zhu Gui lowered his head slightly.

In any story, people only see the great figures' carefree and cheerfulness, but never really pay attention to the thoughts of the little people.
When Wang Lun died, Zhu Gui saw it clearly. What could he do? Who could he beat? What could he decide?

"I think you know about what happened in Dongping Prefecture, but you don't know the result. I held Lin Chong in prison, and Wu Yong and others didn't save him. They just ran away. They ran very fast. I'm afraid they are on their way back now. But I rode faster and took the official road, so I got to you first."

Su Wu spoke lightly and slowly.

Zhu Gui looked up, with a hint of panic on his face, and he could no longer suppress the even greater panic in his heart.

Zhu Gui came and asked, "Does Su Dujian want me to help you catch the thief?"

Su Wu shook his head and laughed, "Planning to catch a thief? How boring..."

"Then...what is it that Supervisor Su is working so hard for?" Zhu Gui was puzzled.

Su Wu said, "Just now, someone took an official document to the Yuncheng County Office to look for the county magistrate, saying that there is a big thief here. The county magistrate will probably send Zhu Tong and Lei Heng to lead troops to join us."

"Captain, I'm just... just a small person!" Zhu Gui said this in order to survive.

He had been caught on the spot. If he had been taken to the government office, he would have been dead. Who made him become the leader of Chao Gai's gang out of nowhere?
Of course, it wasn't his choice, but he is it now.

(End of this chapter)