Water Margin Survival

After surviving the ravages of the cold winter, after withering and dying, the reeds on the surface of the lake emerged from the reeds, and fresh and tender bamboo shoots emerged strongly, symbolizing the arrival of new life.

The surface of the lake, which was rowed by a boat not long ago, was about to return to calm. Two wet heads emerged from the reeds quietly. Zhang Rong and Jia Hu who became sworn brothers in the hut.

"My mother, it's really cold!"

Jia Hu, whose face was purple from the cold, spat out a mouthful of muddy water with difficulty, looked at Zhang Rong whose face became more and more resolute, and wondered: "Boss, why are you not afraid of the cold?"

"There is no one in this world who is not afraid of the cold!" Zhang Rong sucked in his already clogged nasal cavity, "Only those who can carry it!"

So far, the two brothers have followed the fishing boat in front of them for at least three to five miles.In fact, for the children who grew up in the fishing village, this distance is nothing.The point is that the icy lake water had a great side effect. At this moment, Jia Hu felt that the blood in his whole body was almost freezing.

"Brother, you said wait a minute. When you meet these two weirdos who are committing murder, we should step forward to fight them, and we should go to Jeju Mansion to inform Mr. Huang..."

Zhang Rong noticed that Jia Hu had froze and stuttered, with a concerned expression on his face: "Tiger, why don't you go back the same way first, and let the second child come and replace you?"

"Brother, you, you, you look down on me? Even if I, I, and I are not comparable to the three heroes of the Ruan family, they are still better than those fishermen who go up the mountain in our village! Don't stop talking about whether to change people or not! I, I, I tell you Let’s talk about business!” After Jia Hu finished speaking, he sank into the bottom of the lake without any warning, and just when Zhang Rong was helpless, he jumped out again after a while, bringing out a large splash of water, and then he seemed angry again. Raised his arms in front of the sworn brother.

"Okay, okay, stop tossing around! Save some energy, maybe it will be useful later!" Zhang Rong hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold Jia Hu, fearing that he would make trouble again and attract the attention of the follower.

"Is there really a problem with these two things?" Jia Hu became excited when he heard that he might do something later, "We really did it ourselves? Didn't we inform the Liangshan army stationed in Jeju?"

The fishing village where the four brothers live is located near the southwest corner of Babaili Shuibo, which belongs to Juye County. At this time, the distance from Jeju City is much closer than Liangshan Island, so Jia Hu asked this question.

"Huang Xianggong is a general from the imperial court. He is not a copycat old man. I dare not say whether he is reliable or not. Even if Huang Xianggong is really one-hearted with Brother Wang Lun, now that the imperial army is approaching every step of the way, does he have the spare power to control us? It’s not easy to talk about it!” If Zheng Yao is the most conservative among the four brothers, Zhang Rong is undoubtedly the most cautious.Zheng Yao's conservatism is to passively defend the situation, while Zhang Rong's prudence is to be cautious while advancing.

"I, I, I have only killed fish, but I haven't killed people yet!" The young man showed an embarrassed expression on his face. Although his strong body gave him the strength to kill people, he couldn't find a trace of it all over his body. Kill heart.

"Who told you to kill someone? Captured, tied up, knocked out, all done!" Zhang Rong glanced at the brother who quickly entered the state, already a little speechless.

"Hey, I thought..." Jia Hu bumped into Zhang Rong's waistband in embarrassment, and smiled foolishly.

"Don't talk, there is movement on the deserted island!" Zhang Rong's eyes were sharp, and he pulled Jia Hu into the reeds.

The two quietly hid in the reeds, and after a short while, the fishing boat they were following turned back, and a man on the boat cursed: "Zhimother thief, which dead eight stole the master's knife again!?"

The other said panickedly: "Could it be that I have never seen a ghost? Today I put it on the boat early on purpose, how can I not find it again? Mo... Isn't it that the ghosts of these guys have come to the door?"

"What the hell is there? Now that the wicked are in power in the world, I haven't seen anyone get retribution! I'll sleep on the boat with a hatchet in my arms tonight, let's see who dares to steal it!"

"Brother, do you think those monkeys in the village came to touch it?"

"It's probably them! Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence to meet these fellows at Shuikou as soon as we got out of the boat?"

"Ah! What if they go to Jeju to sue?"

"What are you reporting on us! Secretly hiding a sharp knife? A joke, even the imperial court has never been so strict! Besides, the imperial court's soldiers are coming soon, and the rebel generals in Jeju Prefecture still have time to take care of our trivial matters." ? I don’t know how long I can carry my head on my shoulders!”

"That's true! Brother has insight! I think it's better to take advantage of the free time today and find a few more bullies. Even if we don't expect rewards from the court, the gold and silver we searched from the corpses are enough to make us happy." year!"

"Forget it, let that scholar leave his body for another day!"

The two brothers walked and paddled, and couldn't help but walk far away. Zhang Rong and Jia Hu showed their heads, and Jia Hu said in horror: "We usually just look at these two as unpleasant, but we didn't expect them to commit such a heinous crime." ! Brother, how did you know that they have shit on them?"

At this time, Zhang Rong was not at all proud of guessing the reason. Instead, his face was full of self-blame and frustration. After he relaxed for a while, he said in a tone of regret:

"When these two people came to seek refuge in Qizhou, it was our village who saw them as pitiful and took them in to live here. As a result, these two brothers secretly left early and returned late every day, and they didn't associate with us. I just felt that It's a little strange. Until not long ago, one day I smelled a pungent bloody smell on their boat. You think I was born in a fish pile when I was born in the womb. I can still distinguish the smell of fish blood. At that time, I paid attention to it. Unfortunately, I never caught them with sore feet. I don’t want this negligence to delay the lives of several heroes. It’s all my fault, Zhang Rong!”

It is said that men do not flick their tears lightly, Zhang Rong's eyes were already red at this time, thinking that he failed to save the lives of several heroes because of his carelessness, for this young man who was determined to go to the mountains to gather righteousness, this feeling is really true. It's hard to put into words.

"Brother, don't you! Let's go back and kill these two thieves and avenge the hero who went up the mountain!" Seeing Zhang Rong's remorseful expression, Jia Hu couldn't help being infected, and immediately said angrily.

"and many more!"

Zhang Rong grabbed Jia Hu who was filled with righteous indignation, touched his face indiscriminately, and told him: "Let's not mess with ourselves. Since these two dare to do such evil things, they must have some means. Go back and tell the second and fourth children first." , we have to prepare for the worst. I will go to this deserted island first to collect the corpses of the heroes, and when the time comes, our four brothers will meet here, and then we will settle accounts with Jia Zhong and Jia Yi!"

Jia Hu listened to Zhang Rong's words very much, he didn't say a word when he heard the words, he immediately nodded in agreement, and immediately plunged into the water, Zhang Rong gritted his teeth, and swam towards the deserted island with all his might.

……

On the majestic Jinluan Hall, the majestic Emperor Daojun sat on the dragon chair, and all the civil and military officials lined up on both sides. He only heard the sound of ascending to court, and all the officials worshiped. Only one person stood in front of the hall in a daze. Long Yan said displeasedly, "Why don't you worship Wu that scholar?"

Only then did the scholar come back to his senses, and when he really saw that it was the official family, he was so sad for a while that he couldn't help crying bitterly. Seeing this, the Emperor Daojun said: "Stop crying, I'm here to ask you, are you Who is it and what is your job now?"

When the scholar heard the imperial edict, he didn't bother to wipe away the tears on his face, and mournfully said: "Your Majesty, I am the director of Guichi County, Chizhou, Jiangnan East Road..."

Before the scholar could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Emperor Daojun, who saw Longyan furious, "You are the traitor Wang Lun's thief named to save!? For this reason, he did not hesitate to meet the Ming Pope's thief. I am deaf or blind in Tokyo!?"

Long Yan was furious, the scholar was dripping with cold sweat, and loudly argued: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged! Although I was born in Shandong since I was a child, how did I know Wang Lun, the leader of the thief? I think I went to Guichi County In less than a month, the city was broken by Fang La's bandit soldiers, and then Wang Lun spread the news that "you want to see people when you live, and you want to see corpses when you die", but I didn't know Wang Lun before! I also thought about it in every possible way, why did Wang Lun's thief want to harm me like this!?"

"Tell me, since Wang Lun's thief doesn't know you, why does he look for you all over the world?" The emperor is always kind, at least he can tolerate criminals talking.

"The guilty minister dare not criticize his colleagues, but there is one thing that he has to tell His Majesty. Wang Lun's thief is looking for the Guichi County Registrar, and the Guichi County Registrar a month ago is not the guilty minister!" Hard way.

"Forget it, since Wang Lun is not looking for you, why are you a thief in Liangshan now! How can you explain this!" The Daojun emperor on the dragon chair suddenly sneered.

"The criminal minister risked his life to break into the thief's den, not only to wash away his innocent injustice, but also to spy on the secrets of the thief for the court! If your majesty does not believe the criminal minister's words, please ask Huazhou Zhizhou Wang Qing to replace the humble minister. Testify!" The scholar begged on his knees.

"Where is Wang Qing?" Daojun Emperor said majesticly.

The scholar was also looking around, trying to find Wang Qing among the civil servants in the hall to testify, but it was still difficult to find him.It can be said that it's not that enemies don't get together, those who should come don't come, and those who shouldn't come come.At this time, two fishermen entered the hall with grinning smiles, both of them knelt in front of the throne and said:

"Your Majesty, this man is undoubtedly a Liangshan thief. He admitted himself when he boarded the ship, and then claimed to be Wang Lun's confidant! When I was fooled by him, I almost couldn't ask Your Majesty!"

"If, as you said, you care about the imperial court, why don't you reveal your identity to Jia Zhong and Jia Yi!?" The emperor's tone was cold enough to chill the hearts of loyal people.

"Although the guilty minister had no choice but to pretend to be dead, it was because he did not know that the fisherman was sent by His Majesty. I am wronged! I am not a thief! I did not surrender a thief!" The scholar argued heartbreakingly. The officer burst into laughter, but no one was willing to speak for him.The scholar's heart was so cold that he didn't understand why he fell into this situation.

At this moment, the majestic voice of Emperor Daojun sounded again: "The facts are all there, how dare you argue!? Where is the guard in golden armor? Send this traitor to Dali Temple for execution!"

The further back, the more blurred the face of the Daojun Emperor, Xiucai felt that his body was falling into the infinite abyss, he tried hard to open his eyes, but felt that all the strength in his body was not enough to open up the thin layer eyelids.

Maybe, he will just sleep like this in this nightmare from which he will never wake up. (to be continued~^~)