Water Margin Survival

Under the shining of the rising sun, this ancient and prosperous city did not become withered and depressed because of the coming of this war. After learning of the goodwill released by Liang Shanjun, the confident celebrity reopened the closed door of his heart, and calmly greeted the new scenery in front of him.

Although it was only the second morning after the transfer of power, the street market was full of people and traffic, and there was no difference from usual.

Qiu Xian rode on a white horse in embarrassment, accepting a fact that he didn't want to accept in his heart: Although the government agencies in this city continued to be paralyzed, it seems that the lives of the people have not been affected much at present. Influence.

There were no riots, no routs to disturb the people, and no rampage. Although Liang Shanjun's attitude towards He Gong had already prepared him for Wang Lun's methods of appeasing the people, he was still taken aback by what he saw.

This is not at all like the scene that was only eighteen hours away from the end of the battle to seize the city, but that there was no war at all.Of course, except for groups of heavily armed knights patrolling back and forth, which seemed a bit abrupt, because the imperial guards in the former city absolutely disdained to do such things.

The journey became short while thinking, and it was not until the strange scene in front of him that Qiu Qian came back to his senses. Compared with the bustling street scene just now, the streets here are very deserted, except for the elderly and children who occasionally show up, let alone the young and middle-aged The man was nowhere to be found, not even an adult woman, and Qiu Xian felt nervous. The scenes of bandits entering the city in the history books suddenly came to mind. For the corpse, Qiu Qian jumped off the horse angrily, pointed at Suo Chao who was "escorted" by his colleagues and said:

"Thanks to the fact that you have stayed in the Daming Mansion for so many years, now that the thieves are so cruel to the residents of the city, you actually turn a blind eye to it. Even if you fall into the grass, don't you have a conscience?"

"Shut your beak!" Suo Chao shouted loudly, then turned around and asked the dozen or so followers, "Who of you know what's going on?"

"Paijun, we went to Mingzhou with you yesterday, we didn't return until midnight, we fell asleep right away, and woke up this morning, no one has eyes behind us, so how can we know what's going on!" Everyone said, They are all Suo Chao's old subordinates in Daming Mansion, so they haven't changed their words yet, and they still call Suo Chao old.

Seeing this, Qiu looked at Suo Chao and said, "Isn't it you who killed me, so I can feel at ease?"

Without saying a word, Suo Chao rode his horse to the end of the street, just at this moment a group of cavalry passed by, Suo Chao shouted: "Everyone is here! Who will tell me what's going on?"

The knight at the head of the team was stunned for a moment, then looked in the direction of Suo Chao's finger, suddenly realized, and cursed secretly: "I don't know who gave the nickname to his mother's vanguard. Tomorrow will be impatient!"

"I did all of these! In the early morning of the day before yesterday, these fellows armed with sharp knives broke into the house and robbed a young fellow, scaring this man's pregnant wife into fainting, and almost killed two people. At that time, I If you give an order, shoot to kill!" The knight looked at Suo Chao, and said in a clear voice without any haste.

Hearing this, Suo Chao pondered: "Based on one-sided words, Qiu Qian must be hard to deal with. This man is a real lover, so it's better to ask more questions!" Thinking of this, Suo Chao subconsciously replied: "The suffering lord What about the family?"

Seeing that, the knight suddenly laughed, looked at Suo Chao playfully, and said after a while, "Pioneer, vanguard, do you not believe in brothers, or in the same robe? I, Han Shizhong, was also from the imperial army. Naturally, I know that there is no joke in the army! Besides, since I went up the mountain, there are people who blame me and people who hate me, but no one doubts me! Fresh, Suo Chao, you have come out on top!"

It turned out that this person was Han Shizhong who was patrolling the city. He heard Wang Lun talk about Suo Chao when he was in Huaishupo, and he had seen him on the battlefield. Unfortunately, Suo Chao had never met Han Shizhong, so he would not meet him face to face. know.Han Shizhong saw that Suo Chao was stunned by what he said, smiled again, and said:

"The mother-in-law of the sufferer seems to have gone back to her mother's house. If the sufferer is not at home, she probably went to get food! If you are patient, just wait! As long as any neighbors other than the deceased's family say that I, Han Shizhong, killed the wrong person , you just come to me! By the way, I killed more than his group in the past two days. If you want to be Qingtian, just look for witnesses, and I, Han Shizhong, will follow!"

Han Shizhong finished his plain and arrogant words, and without waiting for Suo Chao to reply, he took the brothers from the personal guard battalion to continue his inspection. In the presence, seeing this new leader questioning Han Shizhong's character, who can give him a good face?

Suo Chao immediately cast dozens of blank eyes, feeling extremely depressed and hard to explain.He used to be bold and forthright in the Daming Mansion, and he was the only one who blamed others for being unworthy. How had he ever been blamed by others?When he was about to vent his anger on the perpetrator, he found that Qiu Qian was already squatting next to the corpse, looking for something.

Suo Chao caught up and pointed at Qiu Qian and scolded: "The rogue who took advantage of the fire, can't you kill him, it's you who broke my morale!"

Seeing that the leader was angry, Suo Chao's followers all dismounted to persuade him, at this moment a sharp-eyed man in the crowd said: "Ma San, this fellow is Ma San..."

Qiu Jianxian raised his head and asked the man, "What does Ma San do?"

This man is a native of Daming Mansion, when asked, he said: "This guy is an orphan, he grew up eating a lot of food, but when he grows up, he doesn't care about the interests of the neighbors, but runs rampant in the market, causing troubles without incident, Make no one blame him, no one fear him!"

Seeing this, Suo Chao scolded Qiu Qian and said: "It's clear that the rogue is fighting openly, and was raped by that Han... Han or something just now, such a simple truth, you as a civil servant can't see it! What's wrong with Han? I have an opinion!" After Suo Chao scolded, he turned his head to look at his followers and asked, "What did you say his name was Han? Is he famous?"

"I didn't hear clearly, it seems to be called diehard, diehard!" Someone replied.

"Deadly loyal!?" Suo Chao was taken aback, "What do you mean? Whose loyal? Brother Wang Lun's loyal? Why did this guy give himself such a nasty name? Seeing how talented he is, he is a sycophant!"

"Han Shizhong! There are so many people, what kind of ears!" Qiu Qian wiped his hands, stood up, and sighed: "It seems that I was a little impatient, Liang Shanbo has a good reputation outside, how could he put the corpses of innocent people on display?" public display?"

"Damn, it's not all because of you!" Suo Chao scolded. "I was originally a person who didn't care about anything, but when I met you, I offended my brother once in a while. Do you think you are unlucky!"

Qiu Xian didn't listen to Suo Chao's words, but just looked at the empty Guo Fang, and said to himself: "Such a big place, with thousands of people, if you say you can't see it, you will disappear?"

"They're all going to get the food!" Suo Chao got on his horse and urged, "Get on the horse and bring you to see your brother. I'll count it as a job. You don't have to say a few words when the time comes. I'll beg you again and let you live." Leaving the city, the friendship of this acquaintance will be exhausted!"

Qiu Jianxian said that he felt that Suo Chao was straightforward and cute, and the feeling of loneliness in the enemy camp was slightly reduced. He immediately got back on his horse, pondered for a while, and then said to Suo Chao: "Lin Chong who came with you looks like The status in Liangshan is not low, as long as you don't offend Wang Lun, he should be able to resolve other people's resentment for you!"

"Come on, you can't protect yourself, and you still give me advice! To tell you the truth, I was dying at the time, and they just dragged me around..." Suo Chao sighed: "This kindness, You have to pay it back!"

Qiu Jianqian said, also sighed, and said: "Suo Paijun, we have known each other for two years, and we have met no more than three times in total, why are you helping me like this?"

"Are you not seen by Wang Wancang? Are you not seen by Liang Zhongshu? Is it because the boss sees you smiling, and you are indispensable for dirty work, and he still doesn't forget to stab you in the back?" Suo Chao looked at it seriously Qiu Dao.

Qiu helplessly smiled and said, "What does this have to do with you?"

"Because they did the same to me! When I saw you become a laughing stock, I thought of my own situation for no reason!" Suo Chao sighed, "Our Daming Mansion has two laughing stocks, one literary and one military, it's you and me It belongs!"

Qiu laughed loudly, and said after a long time: "I am the county magistrate for the imperial court, and the county magistrate for the famous people, not for Liang Zhongshu, Wang Zhifu, and Mazhi county! I never think it is wrong to do so, I ask my heart No shame!"

Suo Chao laughed, shook his head and stopped talking, just kept going forward, Qiu Qian also stopped talking until they passed the next Guofang, and saw more and more people pushing carts full of food coming from the front , Qiu Xian couldn't sit still anymore, jumped off the horse, grabbed a person and asked, "Excuse me, where did you buy the grain on this cart?"

The man was surprised when he saw that he was an official, and suddenly he saw more than a dozen knights around him, so he felt relieved and cursed: "Where did the food on my cart come from, what are you doing to corrupt officials? "The man was about to leave pushing the cart after speaking, Qiu Qian wanted to stop him, but even he could feel the weakness of the outstretched hand.Although he wanted to be an official who made a difference, he couldn't stop his colleagues around him from being a money-making basket.

Seeing Qiu Xian's face full of loneliness, Suo Chao called the man to stop, saying: "Brother, if you don't call him back, he won't be able to sleep well all night!"

The man was taken aback when he saw the words, and said: "Since the kings on the mountain want me to tell you, I will tell you the truth. This food is distributed by the kings according to Guo Fang and households! Every household has it!"

"How much did each household send? Your car?" Qiu Xian asked anxiously.

"One cart? Look clearly, we have four carts here belong to one family!" The middle-aged man said excitedly, "Your Majesty Renyi, after breaking the city, he did not commit any crimes and did not destroy the good people. Instead, each family gave us ten shi of grain. , Where did our ancestors encounter such a thing? If I hadn't been dragged down by my wife and children, I would have wished to go up the mountain with him!"

When Qiu Xian heard this, a sense of powerlessness spread all over his body, Wang... Wang Lun is digging the foundation of the official family!At this time, there was only a "plop", and he was so stimulated after the whole night that he couldn't hold on and fell to the ground. (To be continued.)