Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Bai Sheng took a closer look, and it was Xue Yong and Hou Jian who were bound and dragged up.

"Cut!" With a loud shout, two heads rolled to the ground again.

Chapter 254 Give You the Credit, Give Me the Money

The two headless corpses of "Sick Worm" Xue Yong and "Bibbon" Hou Jian fell together with Li Li's corpse. Bai Sheng's heart was terrified and his face was ashen-colored.

Bai Sheng's legs trembled, and a bad premonition surged in his heart. He bowed his waist and pricked up his ears to listen to Ximen Qing's next conversation with Wang Ting.

Ximen Qing asked again: "Brother Wang, if you kill these two Liangshan bandit leaders who came to be spies, will the number of heads be enough?"

But I heard that Wang Dujian replied: "My dear brother, there are only eight heads now. Nine is the extreme number, ninety-nine is one, and the merits and virtues are complete. If you can kill another Liangshan bandit leader and get enough nine heads, then Even if you're done!"

After hearing this, Bai Sheng cursed in his heart: "Ninety-nine return to one, the merits and virtues are complete. Wang Dujian, as an imperial court official, how can you believe these nonsense?"

After hearing what Wang Ting said, Ximen Qing turned around and looked at the uneasy Bai Sheng, and asked with a smile, "Bai Sheng, the governor is still short of the head of a bandit leader. Do you have any good ideas?"

Breaking out in cold sweat, Bai Sheng prostrated himself on the ground and said, "The villain has a countermeasure! The villain has a countermeasure! Although Chao Gai, Song Jiang and other bandit chiefs escaped by chance, they will send a fast boat to pursue them shortly after leaving this place! The villain knows that they will Where to flee to, I am willing to lead the way for all the generals, go straight to the lair of the thieves, and kill them without leaving a piece of armor!"

"Bai Sheng, isn't the thief's lair you're talking about Jieyang Town? Both Xue Yong and Hou Jian have confessed. Last night, Wang Dujian and I sent people to chase down the thief! It's a pity that we can't quench our thirst! Bai Sheng, How about borrowing your head?" Ximen Qingci asked Bai Sheng kindly.

"No! No! The villain was the first to surrender and confess. General, you said spare my life! The villain really surrendered! Spare the villain! Spare the villain..." Bai Sheng lay on his stomach On the ground, kowtow like pounding garlic, weeping and begging for life.

Seeing this, Ximen Qing walked away with a flick of his sleeves, and said helplessly: "It's not because I don't want to save you, but the Prime Minister has a high position!"

Without further ado, Wang Ting drew out his knife and hacked Bai Sheng to death with one blow. He said with a sneer, "You bastard, you became a robber, and you still want to live?"

Bai Sheng's head rolled around on the grass covered with blood, and happened to roll in front of Xue Yong's head, staring at the "sick bug".

Seeing Bai Sheng's ugly face before he died, Ximen Qing and Wang Ting met each other and smiled.This kind of cartilage scum, after using it, what's the use of keeping him?Is he still allowed to expose Ximen Qing's secret?

After taking care of Bai Sheng, Xue Yong and others, Ximen Qing said to Wang Ting: "Brother Wang, this is a matter of doing nothing to help the army. I will hand it over to you, Zhijun, and the general judge. I will take someone away again." Let’s go to Jieyang Town.”

Wang Ting clasped his fists to Ximen Qing and said, "I'm sorry, dear brother! After the matter is over, when will my dear brother come to Wuweijun again? Brother, I will never stop getting drunk with you!"

Ximen Qing also bowed to Wang Zhi, and took Jiao Ting, Jiang Zhong, Hong Zhen and dozens of his men to the riverside to take a fast boat to Jieyang Town.

With Ximenqing's departure, he gave all the credit for the great victory of the Wuwei Army to Wang Tien, Huang Wenbing and others.Holding the heads of the nine Liangshan bandit leaders in his hands, it is difficult for Wang Zhi, the capital supervisor of the Wuwei Army, to gain a great reputation this time.

Ximenqing didn't know that the military exploits he gave to Wang Zhi made him go to Wuzhou to observe the envoy soon after, and the infantry capital Yuhou.

Wang Ting was also from the army, so he didn't know how to attack the thief's lair in Mujiazhuang, Jieyang Town, and he would surely take the opportunity to plunder them.However, the official Ximen Qing had given him such a great achievement in breaking the thief, and he was expected to be promoted in the future, so of course he had to return the favor to the official Ximen Qing.

Therefore, Wang Ting handed over the beautiful job of going to Jieyang Town to search and destroy the family to Ximenqing, in return for his kindness in saving the Wuwei army and helping him destroy the thieves.

Wang Ting, Huang Wenbing, and Zhijun Xianggong were busy cleaning up the battlefield, appeasing the people in the city, and discussing how to report the victory of defeating more than a thousand Liangshan bandits to the imperial court, so there was no time for them.Ximenqing took a group of his men up the river to Jieyang Zhenjiang.

Before disembarking from the boat, Ximen Qing and the others saw flames rising into the sky in the direction of Mujiazhuang and thick smoke billowing in front of them. They knew that it was Lu Xiaoyi and Shi Yong who attacked Mujiazhuang.I don't know if these two brothers waited for work with leisure, did they kill a few thieves?

Ximen Qing and the others hurried to the shore and ran towards the Mujiazhuang.The Mu Family Village was originally built not far from the river, and it didn't take long for Ximen Qing and others to arrive outside the Mu Family Village.

Seeing Ximen Qing and others in official military attire rushed over, Lu Xiaoyi and Shi Yong, who were also in official military attire, hurried forward to greet them.

The two groups of people met and each described the situation on their side.

Lu Xiaoyi told Ximen Qing that according to Ximen Qing's payment, he and Shi Yong attacked the undefended Mujiazhuang overnight after Song Jiang and others left, and killed Zhu Gui, the leader of Liangshan who was guarding the village, and his subordinates. You guys, captured old Mrs. Mu and the farmer in the village alive.

Afterwards, Lu Xiaoyi and Shi Yong stayed in ambush outside Mujiazhuang, waiting for the fish that slipped through the net from the Wuwei Army to escape back to Mujiazhuang.

Sure enough, after dawn, several boats escaped from the lower reaches, and more than 20 thieves in a panic got off the boats.Lu Xiaoyi and the others were not too polite, and shot a flurry of arrows.At that time, more than ten people were shot and killed.

But Song Jiang was destined, and there was always a shrewd man by his side protecting him.Seeing that the situation was not good, the man tried his best to protect the dog thief Song Jiang and fled into the reeds, where he disappeared.Another tall and strong man was shot by an arrow, but he was fine, and followed Song Jiang and the others and fled.

Lu Xiaoyi and Shi Yong led their men to surround the remaining ten or so people, and they fought together, killing the leader of the thief with a pimple face and light yellow beard, and captured the rest of the little ones.

After interrogating Xiao Luo, I found out that among the thieves who fled back, Mu Hong, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng were all shot to death by random arrows, and the leader of the thieves who finally resisted and was killed was the leader of the water army on Liangshan "Living Yan Luo" Ruan Xiaoqi.

The three who escaped by chance were Song Jiang, Li Jun and Chao Gai.The big man who was hit by the arrow and escaped was Chao Gai, and I don't know if he can save his life.

Lu Xiaoyi and Shi Yong sent people to chase and kill Song Jiang and the three, but the "Jiangjiang Dragon" Li Jun was a local, familiar with geography and water skills, and he escaped with Song Jiang and Chao Gai.

Lu Xiaoyi and the two had no choice but to follow Ximenqing's plan to remove all the belongings gathered by the thieves in Mu's village, and then set a big fire to burn the village to nothing.

Ximen Qing heard that all the belongings of the Jiangzhou gang had been taken, and smiled at the two of Lu Xiaoyi: "Xiaoyi, Shi Yong, you two have done a great job! I thought my brother and I made a mistake on the side of the Wuwei Army. Letting many thieves escape will affect your actions here, I never thought that the two of you would have eliminated most of the remaining thieves in one battle! Although three thieves are gone this time, the trip to Jiangzhou is considered complete."

Shi Yong sighed: "It's a pity that Chao Gai and Song Jiang are gone! I hope that Chao Gai can suffer from an arrow wound and die!"

Upon hearing this, Ximen Qing asked, "Brothers, is there any poison on your arrows?"

Chapter 255 Go Home

"Poison the arrows? Brother, I have several packs of sweat medicine and lime powder on me, but I don't have any poison!" Lu Xiaoyi replied to Ximen Qing.

"It seems that Chao Gai won't die!" Ximen Qing sighed, and told Lu Xiaoyi and Shi Yong that they had miscalculated the strength of the "Tuota Heavenly King" Chao Gai, the master of the Liangshanbo village. .

In the battle of the Wuwei Army last night, there was already a trend of closing doors and beating dogs in the city. It stands to reason that the Liangshan thieves were trapped in the city gates and had no way to escape.But that Chao Gai was able to cut through the heavy city gate and escaped from the Wuwei Army with his men.

Ximen Qing and Jiang Zhong inspected the city gate carefully after the battle. Even with Jiang Zhong's power, they couldn't easily hack down the specially made city gate. It can be seen that Chao Gai is really strong and powerful.

Only then did everyone remember how Chao Gai got the nickname "Tuota Heavenly King".

Before Chao Gai went to Liangshan to fall grass, he lived in Dongxi Village, Yuncheng County.Xixi Village, a village next to Dongxi Village, was haunted by ghosts. Under the guidance of a monk, a bluestone pagoda was dug beside the stream, and the ghosts were driven to Dongxi Village.

Chao Gai was furious, and took the bluestone pagoda by himself, carried the pagoda across the stream, and lowered it by the Dongxi River.Because of his amazing feat, he is called "Tota King".How much strength does a person need to be able to carry away a stone tower by himself?

For a person with such a strong body, as long as he is not hit by an arrow, one or two arrows may not kill him.

Ximen Qing thought to himself, no wonder Chao Gai was shot to death by a poisonous arrow in history. If it wasn't for the poisonous arrow, Chao Gai's strong body might recover in a few days.

Just like Li Kui, the murderer, who was often injured in battle, but because of his strong body, he recovered quickly.

This time the battle of the Wuwei Army was not well planned, because Chao Gai's supernatural power exceeded everyone's expectations, so he failed to wipe out Chao Gai and others in the end.

However, the Liangshanbo and Jiangzhou bandit gangs were almost wiped out this time.The bandit leaders who were killed successively included Lin Chong, Liu Tang, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhu Gui, Bai Sheng, Li Li, Mu Hong, Mu Chun, Xue Yong, Tong Wei, Tong Meng, Hou Of the 14 people including Jian, only five leaders, Chao Gai, Song Jiang, Li Jun, Du Qian, and Song Wan, escaped.Among them, Du Qian and Song Wan were deliberately let go by Ximenqing in order to disturb Liangshan in the future.

Everyone sighed and got back to business. Lu Xiaoyi and Shi Yong told Ximen Qing that they ransacked the house in Mujiazhuang this time and ransacked all the money accumulated by the robbers. According to a rough estimate, there should be [-] to [-] guan.It's a pity that the property of Mujiazhuang cannot be realized, so it can only be left to the government who came to clean up the mess later.

After hearing this, Ximenqing decided to give this last favor to the prefect Cai Jiu and the judge Huang Wenbing, and he might be able to use this favor in the future.

Ximen Qing asked Jiang Zhong, Lu Xiaoyi, and Shi Yong to take people to load the assets of Mujiazhuang and take them to a nearby village to station. After finishing the affairs in Jiangzhou, they returned to Yanggu County, Shandong together.

After Jiang Zhong and the others left, Ximenqing sent his confidants down to the Wuwei Army to ask Huang Wenbing to come to Jieyang Town for a while tomorrow.Afterwards, Ximenqing asked Hong Zhen and Jiao Ting to pack the heads of Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhu Gui, Mu Hong, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng into boxes, and escorted the rest of the bandits to Jieyang Town. Up and down.

When the people in Jieyang Town heard that the Mu brothers who ruled the town had colluded with the bandits in Liangshanbo, Shandong Province, and had been wiped out by the government army, they all cheered and rushed to tell each other.

In the early morning of the second day, Huang Wenbing, who got the news, rushed to Jieyang Town by boat, and met Ximen Qingjian in the hotel.

Ximenqing told Huang Wenbing that he had chased and killed five Liangshan bandit leaders in Jieyang Town, but it was a pity that Chao Gai, Song Jiang and Li Jun were gone.He was about to leave Jiangzhou and return to Shandong, and wanted to give the heads of the five bandit leaders to Huang Wenbing, and let him take them to the prefect of Cai Jiu in Jiangzhou City to claim credit.