Water Margin Survival

Xuan Zan was taken aback when he heard the words, he was very puzzled and said: "Brother, what is disloyal to be recruited by the country? What is unrighteous to conquer bandits?"

Some people haven't seen each other for ten years, but they can still be trusted; some people see each other all day long, but they have to guard against it. At this time, in front of Xuan Zan, Guan Sheng felt that there was nothing he could not say openly.He sighed, and said slowly: "Brother, don't be surprised, that Liang Shanbo has something to do with Guan..."

Seeing what he said, Xuan Zan was shocked, got up immediately, made a gesture of silence, walked out the door, and told the soldier at the door: "Please send a message to the servants who came with me, and tell them to rest separately. Come and find me!"

Seeing that he was a distinguished guest from his superior, the soldier didn't dare to neglect, so he went immediately.Xuan Zan closed the door, walked up to the hall and sat down, watching Guan Sheng without saying a word.

Guan Sheng's action of proclaiming praise fell in Guan Sheng's eyes, and he was secretly moved, but Guan Sheng is a resolute man who never shows his emotions, and he didn't do anything at the moment, just continued what he said just now:

"Guan was stationed in Pudong. Fortunately, he got to know two heroes. One was named Tang Mingbin, a former Pudong officer. The pursuit is urgent, and they were exiled in the rivers and lakes a few years ago; the two are surnamed Hao, and their names are Siwen. Brother eighteen martial arts are omnipotent, and the strategy of war is kept in mind, he is a rare general in the world, but it is a pity that he has not been appreciated, and he is inferior to others."

After Guan Sheng spoke half of his words, he fell silent.Seeing this, Xuan Zan secretly thought that he would not mention these two people for no reason, there must be some reason, straightened his body, and asked: "But these two brothers have fallen into bandits, and they are at the Liangshan Park?"

Guan Sheng nodded and said: "The two of them send letters from time to time, inviting Guan to join the gang."

Xuanzan suddenly realized that he had fully understood the whole story, and immediately sighed and said: "I thought this matter would help my brother to ride the wind, but I didn't expect him to be in a dilemma! It seems that my younger brother did it with good intentions. Wrong thing!"

After Xuan Zan finished speaking, he patted his body and stood up, cupped his hands and said: "In that case, my brother will leave!"

Guan Sheng was startled when he heard the words, stopped Xuan Zan and said, "If I don't go, brother, how can you explain to Cai Jing when you go back?"

Xuan Zan looked very relaxed, and said with a smile: "Just say that brother's serious illness has not recovered, please send another good general from the imperial court, brother, don't worry!"

How could Guan Sheng believe it? Although he had rarely met Xuan Zan these years, he still heard some rumors about this old acquaintance.At this time, although he was a noble horse, his position in the officialdom in Tokyo was awkward. On that day, because of his outstanding martial arts skills, he defeated the Fanren with arrows. Because of this, he lost the heart of the county king, and he and Shangguan Tongguan had always been at odds, so he was in an extremely difficult situation in the Privy Council.This time, if he walked away empty-handed and missed Cai Jing once, he might offend another powerful person for no reason, and he still doesn't know how to explain it when he goes back.

Xuan Zan seemed to see what was going on in Guan Sheng's mind, and said with a smile: "Brother, you don't have to worry about my younger brother. If you have too many debts, you don't have to worry about it. If you have too many lice, you don't have to raise it. This is what this younger brother will do in his life. Anyway, Tong Guan has already been hated, and if there are more Cai Jing , it’s no big deal!”

After Xuan Zan finished speaking, without waiting for Guan Sheng to open his mouth, he pushed open the door and left, suddenly saw a person standing outside the door, Xuan Zan frowned and said, "Zhang Ganban, didn't I ask you to rest for a while, why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhang Ganban had a smile on his face, and said: "My lord came too hastily, I left all of Cai Xianggong's paperwork on the villain, and I am here to deliver it!"

This person is the chief executive of Cai Jingfu. This time, Xuanzan and Xuanzan agreed to invite Guan Sheng to go to Tokyo. At this time, Xuanzan didn't like him too much. It is not suitable to go on an expedition, and these documents are no longer needed, after I return to Beijing, I will go to Cai Xianggong to explain it clearly!"

Zhang Ganban was shocked when he heard this, and he couldn't help cursing inwardly. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to get acquainted with two generals who were about to be reused, maybe they would need this relationship in the future.Unexpectedly, the ten-month relationship turned out to be a waste of time, and the benefactor still didn't know how to explain it.At the moment, I was quite annoyed, I just stared at Guan Sheng to look up and down, I saw that this big man was tall and strong, with a rosy complexion, he didn't look like he was sick?

"Xuan Junma, although the villain was not at the scene that day, I also heard that Tong Shumi didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. Instead, you recommended the Guan patrol to go to Jeju to suppress the bandits, and stood up in front of Cai Xianggong and all the adults. A military order has been issued! How can it be changed at this time? I’m afraid it’s hard to explain to the gentleman! Conquering Liangshanbo is a national event, how can it be like a child’s play? The villain has traveled thousands of miles to Pudong. Just go back!"

At this time, the smile on Zhang Ganban's face disappeared, and he directly forced Xuan Zan to talk to the palace.

If Xuan Zan was a soft-spoken person, he wouldn't be in an awkward situation in the Privy Council. Seeing Zhang Ganban's rude words and his face changing slightly, he wanted to scold him loudly. Unexpectedly, Guan Sheng, who had been silent for a long time, Suddenly he took a few steps forward and said: "It's true that the general will feel a little cold, but the emperor's order is called, so I dare not refuse! Take a break from work, and Guan will set off for Beijing with you tomorrow!"

After Guan Sheng finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Ganban. Zhang Ganban was confused for a moment, not knowing which of the two people in front of him were singing, so he laughed a few times in a hurry, and said: "It turns out that the county horse is worried. General, it’s not a big deal to rest like this for a few days, don’t be in a hurry!”

"Departure tomorrow!" Guan Sheng didn't say a word of nonsense. After finishing speaking, he turned and went into the house. Xuan Zan looked at Guan Sheng's back and sighed, and wanted to follow him into the house. He said with a smile, "why don't the county horse tell the truth? Is the villain the one who doesn't understand the truth?"

Xuan Zan snorted noncommittally, took the paperwork in Zhang Ganban's hand, and said, "Would you like to go in and sit down and listen to what I have to say?"

"Junma is joking, what kind of a villain is he, dare to sit with two generals? The villain will go down now!" Zhang Ganban is a person who is used to watching his face, so he can't hear the sarcasm in Xuan Zan's mouth at this time He just saw that things were returning to the established track, and there was no need to offend this person, so he cupped his hands with a smile, and retreated.

"Brother, why is this so?" Xuan Zan didn't sit down as soon as he entered the door, he just looked at Guan Sheng and said, "I just go back and sit on the bench again, what can Cai Jing do to me?"

Guan Sheng refilled the tea for Xuan Zan, put down the teapot, and said, "You have good intentions, don't suffer because of me anymore!"

Xuan Zan sighed, knowing that Guan Sheng was a man of his word, so he stopped persuading him immediately, and said, "Then what is your plan, brother?"

"Fight the battle better!" Guan Sheng's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, exuding a confident light.

Xuan Zan pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and said in surprise: "Brother, you want to use military merit to keep Tang Bin and Hao Siwen innocent?"

Guan Sheng nodded and said, "This is the only way I can do now!"

"Liangshan bandits broke the Daming Mansion, angered the officials, and caused Liang Zhongshu to be criticized in the court. Because of this, Cai Jing hated the Liangshan bandits deeply, and wished to eat their flesh and blood to make a quick comeback. Brother, this move, I am afraid it will be difficult!" Xuan Xuan Zan shook his head.

Guan Sheng sighed, and confided in Xuan Zan: "Life is not difficult, what is it? Just do your best and never regret it! The Liangshan army broke through the Daming Mansion, and on the road they even joined Poyi, Tan, En, Xiang, Ci, and Boshu. The state rescue army, the elite Hebei frontier army in this battle, six out of ten dead, and the rest are broken. If you want to wipe out this thief, how can it be easy? But if the country supports my generation of soldiers, if they are all afraid of difficulties, who will go to the country? Rely on those A person who suffers from carbuncle, who is greedy and perverts the law? Since he has been recommended by his virtuous brother, Guan has made up his mind. First, he will serve the emperor's kindness and be worthy of the word "loyalty". Second, the righteousness of the whole brother is also for this The two brothers have a good future!"

Xuan Zan heard the words, gave a big praise, and said with great emotion: "Brother is still so proud, it makes the blood in my little brother's chest is hot! I have been in Tokyo for these years, and I don't know how I got through it in a daze!"

After Xuan Zan finished speaking, he got up, looked at Guan Sheng and said: "There is a venue, I haven't stretched my muscles for a long time, and I want to learn my brother's Spring and Autumn Swordsmanship!"

Guan Sheng lifted his beard and smiled, and said: "Brother has such a good mood, Guan must accompany him!"

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In the early morning of the second day, Guan Sheng bid farewell to his family, and went to the prefect with Xuan Zan to deal with the situation. After all arrangements were made, he took a dozen or so big men from Guanxi and headed southward.

Everyone has the emperor's order, and they dare not neglect, and they must endure the wind and rain along the way, and live at night and walk at dawn.After driving for more than half a month like this, everyone crossed the Yellow River. Seeing that they were getting closer to the capital, they couldn't help speeding up their pace.

Speaking of this day, Guan Sheng, Xuan Zan and a group of fourteen or five people walked to a certain bustling market, and saw people coming and going, merchants gathered, everyone saw the bustling here, looked up at the plaque, and saw There are three big characters "Happy Forest" in the letter.

Zhang Ganban is a weak man, he couldn't stand it all the way here, when he saw a town, he said repeatedly: "After walking for a long time, everyone is exhausted, I invite the two generals to go in and have some food and wine!"

When everyone saw that they looked towards the hotel he was pointing to, they saw four big characters "Heyang Fengyue" written on the wine watch. On the green oil railing in front of the door, there were two golden flags, five on each. Gold characters read, "The universe is big in drunkenness, and the sun and moon in the pot are long." On one side are meat tables, anvils, and knives; There are three large wine jars, each of which contains more than half a jar of wine; in the middle is a cabinet body, and a young woman is sitting in it, but she is quite pretty.

While Zhang Ganban was staring at the little woman intently, Guan Sheng and Xuan Zan's eyes fell on a big man who was basking in the sun on a chair on the opposite side of the street outside the store. The man found the two officers looking at him. Come on, hurriedly got up and rushed over, clasped fists and said:

"Your official, please come inside, please come inside! You really have a good eye, this villa is the most experienced shop in this happy forest, and it serves good wine and good food, genuine goods at a fair price!"

The businessman didn't take it seriously when he boasted and praised himself, but this person was not surprised when he saw his face, he just felt that he was a bit of a city, so he asked casually: "What's the store's name?"

"My surname is Jiang, everyone here calls me 'Jiang Menshen'!" (To be continued.)