Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Ximen Qing brought Brother Qiao Yun to live in Lu Junyi's mansion for a few days. During the day, he had a warm relationship with Lu Junyi, Yan Qi, Li Gu and others. At night, he went to deepen communication with Dong Qiaoer and Zhao Ruyu. He was really busy. Happy.

Several days later, Ximen Qing, who worked day and night, finally left Daming Mansion under the reluctant eyes of Dong Qiaoer and Zhao Ruyu, and headed east to Dongchang Mansion.

After hanging out with Zhang Qing, Ding Desun, and Gong Wang in Dongchang Mansion for another two days, Ximen Qing crossed Jingyang Gang and returned to Yanggu County.

After Ximenqing returned to Yanggu County from Bianliang, Tokyo, he rushed to Cangzhou, Hebei to deal with Zhu Dian and Chai Jin before he had time to rest. Now that his merits and deeds have been completed, he can finally rest at home for a few days.

Ximen Qing was at home with all the ladies, watching the three children every day, the family enjoyed themselves happily, and rarely had nothing to worry about. Before he knew it, more than a month had passed, and it was late autumn in September.

If it hadn't been for Ximenqing's going to Cangzhou to change history, Chai Jin should be captured by Gao Lian, the governor of Gaotang Prefecture, because of Yin Tianxi's incident. Liang Shan took the opportunity to attack Gaotang Prefecture and rescued Chai Jin up the mountain.Immediately afterwards, the imperial court will send Hu Yanzhuo to lead troops to conquer Liangshan bandits.

But now everything has changed, Chai Jin followed Wu Yong and Lei Heng and fled to Liangshan like a bereaved dog, and was crying poorly in the face of the mess of money and food shortage together with "Fighting Eagle" Li Ying!The Liangshan bandits now have no strength to cross Yanggu County and Dongchang Mansion to attack Gaotang Prefecture.Therefore, "Double Whip" Hu Yanzhuo will not bring a chain of horses to conquer Shuibo Liangshan.

Ximen Qing wanted to meet Hu Yanzhuo for a while, but it was impossible in the near future.Fortunately, Ling Zhen has already joined Ximen Qing's team, and through him, sooner or later he will be able to gain a relationship with Hu Yanzhuo.

Although "Double Whip" Hu Yanzhuo couldn't come, "Hua Monk" Lu Zhishen followed Lu Xiaoyi to Yanggu County and visited Ximen Qing.

Seeing the Great Monk coming, Ximen was overjoyed and hosted a banquet in Ximen Fort, and gathered Luan Tingyu and other brothers together to welcome Lu Zhishen.

Lu Zhishen was originally a heroic person, and he was quite good at drinking, so he immediately had a big bowl of wine with Luan Tingyu, Jiang Zhong, Jiao Ting and other heroes, and became friends with each other.

This time, Ximen Qing finally saw how powerful Lu Zhishen is. He drunk Luan Tingyu, Jiao Ting, and Tang Long all by himself, scaring Shi Yong, Ling Zhen, Lu Xiaoyi and the others from taking any more moves.If Ximen Qing and Jiang Zhong hadn't drunk more than ordinary people, almost no one in Ximen Fort could resist Erlongshan Master Lu Zhishen's crazy attack.

Ximen Qing finally resorted to a unique trick and asked Jiang Menshen to bring out a jar of high-quality wine brewed by himself. This was a lore, and he worked together to overthrow Lu Zhishen and let him fall into a deep sleep.

After waking up the next day, Master Lu Zhishen didn't do anything, but clamored for Ximen Qing to compete with a few jars of good wine like yesterday's.It turns out that this guy is already addicted, and the alcohol bug in his belly is making noise again!

Ximen Qing was funny, no one knew whether Master Lu had a Buddha in his heart, but he really did it!

Ximenqing told Lu Zhishen that the wine was produced by himself, and Lu Zhishen could drink as much as he wanted.However, it's not too late to drink after exchanging martial arts with the brothers during the day.

In this way, Ximen Qing took Lu Zhishen to the training ground to exchange martial arts with Luan Tingyu and others.Back then at the foot of Erlong Mountain, Lu Zhishen had already fought against Luan Tingyu, Jiao Ting and Shi Yong, and both Luan Tingyu and Luan Tingyu admired each other's martial arts.This time, Lu Zhishen saw the tricks of Jiang Zhong, Hong Zhen, Tang Long, Brother Qiao Yun and others again, which made him praise Ximen Qing's staff for their abundance of talents.

Hu Sanniang hadn't shown her skills for a long time, and this time she couldn't stand her loneliness. She rode a horse and danced a few rounds with a knife, which made Lu Zhishen admire this heroic and martial arts sister-in-law with admiration.

When Lu Zhishen demonstrated his martial arts, he danced the water-milled Zen stick in his hand like a wick, and won applause from the sidelines.

Ximen Qing thought to himself, Lu Zhishen, who can pull up weeping willows upside down, is equivalent to a human crane. The strength of his arms is really incalculable. Even Tao Zongwang, the "nine-tailed turtle" who can lift a thousand-jin gate, is also stronger than Lu Zhishen. It's far away!

Lu Zhishen shared the friendship with Ximen Qing and the others, and was reluctant to part with the good wine he brewed. He lived in Ximen Fort for half a month, and after having a good time with everyone, he decided to leave Yanggu County and return to Erlong Mountain.

This time, Ximenqing asked Lu Xiaoyi to invite Lu Zhishen to come here. One is to deepen the relationship with this fierce man, and the other is to ask him to write a letter to Zhang San and Li Si in Bianliang, Tokyo, so that Lu Xiaoyi can go to Bianliang, Tokyo. Liang subdues the gang of rogues outside Suanzao's door and settles down.

When Lu Zhishen was promoted to the governor, he was a rough man and could not read.After going to Wutai Mountain to become a monk, because the elders asked him to study Buddhist scriptures, he barely learned a few words.Later, after going to Erlong Mountain, he learned to write a few big characters from Yang Zhi and others, and finally he was able to understand the wanted notices posted at the gate of the city.

But Master Lu was still powerless to write the letter himself.Ximenqing had no choice but to act for him. Lu Zhishen dictated and wrote a letter, which was finally signed by Lu Zhishen himself.

Chapter 399 Lin Chong's Worries

Lu Zhishen is a bold and informal person, and he has always been generous to his brothers.

Zhang San, Li Si and others from Bianliang, Tokyo, had been with Lu Zhishen for a while, but he never thought of letting these people leave their hometowns and join him in Erlong Mountain, Qingzhou.Now that the Ximenqing brothers could use those rogues, and they didn't need them to leave Tokyo, Lu Zhishen thought it would be best, so he entrusted these rogues to Ximenqing.

According to Master Lu's words, his younger brother is Ximen Qing's younger brother.

After writing the letter to Zhang San and Li Si, Ximen Qing gave the letter to Lu Xiaoyi, asking him to go to Bianliang, Tokyo, to establish contact with the two brothers.

In the past two years, Lu Xiaoyi has traveled around Hebei and Shandong to place spies in various prefectures, and now he is familiar with the trick of entering the city to deploy spies, and he also understands Ximen Qing's intentions.

After receiving Lu Zhishen's recommendation letter, Lu Xiaoyi personally selected dozens of smart and capable brothers to follow him, and embarked on the journey of setting up the capital with great ambition.

Talking to Ximen Qing about Zhang San, Li Si and others in the vegetable garden in Bianliang, Tokyo, Lu Zhishen couldn't help bragging a few words about his majestic past when he pulled the weeping willows upside down.From this, it is inevitable to talk about how he met "Leopard Head" Lin Chong in Tokyo, how he rescued Lin Chong in the wild boar forest, and how he escorted him to Cangzhou thousands of miles away.

What was supposed to come finally came. I wonder how Lu Zhishen felt about Lin Chong's death?

Ximen Qing still remembered that when he met Lu Zhishen for the first time in Qingzhou, the foolish monk Mang said majestically to himself in order to avenge Sun Erniang and his wife: "You stand up and let me beat you to death!" It was really cute and ridiculous.

If Lu Zhishen knew that his brother had killed his former brother Lin Chong, would he raise his Zen stick at him again?

When Ximen Qing heard Lu Zhishen talk about Lin Chong's past, he made a point, saying that he heard that Liang Shanbo's "leopard head" Lin Chong had died at the hands of Wuwei's officers when he was robbing the Dharma Field in Jiangzhou.After finishing speaking, Ximen Qing secretly watched the change of Lu Zhishen's expression.

After Lu Zhishen heard Ximen Qing's words, he sighed lightly with his face unchanged, and said that it was a pity for a good man.

Lu Zhishen told Ximen Qing that the robbers in Liangshanbo lost their hands in Jiangzhou and lost many leaders. The story has already spread in the rivers and lakes, and the heroes of Erlongshan have long known about Lin Chongzhi's death.

After hearing the news at that time, the "sword operator" Cao Zheng, as Lin Chong's apprentice, was indeed sad for several days. The "green-faced beast" Yang Zhi and Lin Chong didn't know each other. They admired each other's abilities, but they didn't have a deep relationship, so they just sighed. "Sai Rengui" Guo Sheng simply didn't have any impression of Lin Chong, and only learned a lesson from Zhongming, that is, two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and the instructor of 80 imperial troops with high martial arts skills will also be hacked to death with random knives.

As for Lin Chong's old brother Lu Zhishen?Ximen Qing was most concerned about his attitude.

Lu Zhishen calmly told Ximen Qing that in fact, his friendship with Lin Chong had faded a lot.

When Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong made friends back then, the most important thing was to hear each other's name for a long time, and to admire each other's martial arts, rather than similar temperament.

Not long after the two met, Lin Chong had a conflict with Gao Yanei because his wife was molested by Gao Yanei.From then on, Lu Zhishen realized that Lin Chong and his temperament were too different, and they were not the same.

Lu Zhishen is a person with a fiery temper, who hates evil like a vengeful, and loves to fight against injustices in the world.Lin Chong, on the other hand, is a person who always looks forward and backward when things happen, and calculates what is best for him.

According to Lu Zhishen's temper, if Gao Yanei molested his wife, he would definitely beat her up.At worst, I don't want the official position of the bird coach, just walk away.

However, Lin Chong couldn't let go of the rich and stable life in Tokyo, so he adopted a policy of tolerance towards Gao Yanei.Lu Zhishen was very annoyed at his humiliation.It's a pity that Lin Chong's patience did not escape the fate of being framed and dispatched to Cangzhou.

After that, whether it was Lin Chong who divorced his wife to protect himself, or pleading with Lu Zhishen for Dong Chao and Xue Ba after the wild boar forest was almost killed, it was not in line with Lu Zhishen's temperament, and Lu Zhishen deeply felt that this friend was really unsatisfactory. .

Even so, Lu Zhishen is a chivalrous man who never asks for anything in return.Relying on his loyalty, he still escorted Lin Chong all the way to the outside of Cangzhou City, which can be regarded as doing his best as a friend.

Lu Zhishen knew that Lin Chong was not on the same side as him, and since the farewell in Cangzhou, his friendship with Lin Chong has gradually faded.

Later, when Lu Zhishen escaped from Bianliang, Tokyo, he was not ignorant of Lin Chong's fall of weeds on Liangshan Po when he wandered around the world.

In addition, after being enlightened by Ximen Qing in Qingzhou last time, Lu Zhishen also had a deep reflection on the act of being a robber and robbing houses.

Today's Erlong Mountain is mainly training troops and preparing for war, waiting for the opportunity to serve the country that Ximenqing said.When you have savings, you rarely rob your house.Even when there was a shortage of money and food, Lu Zhishen occasionally robbed the road, and Lu Zhishen strictly ordered the young men not to kill people.It can be said that after meeting Ximen Qing, the people in Erlong Mountain became less and less like robbers.

Under such circumstances, when Lu Zhishen heard that Lin Chong followed the Liangshan bandits to the Wuwei Army to rebel and was wiped out by the government army, he just felt a little pity for him, and he didn't have any strong emotions.Of course, let alone wanting to avenge him.

After listening to Lu Zhishen's words, Ximen Qing finally understood the relationship between Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong.No wonder when he watched Water Margin in his previous life, when the three mountains of Qingzhou united to attack Qingzhou City and went to Liangshan to join the gang, after Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong met, the greetings to each other were so plain, like nodding acquaintances, and not at all like parting for a long time Brothers.

It turns out that the friendship between the two has faded long ago!Ximen Qing, who was behind the murder of Lin Chong, can now rest easy.

Ximen Qing relaxed, and chatted with Lu Zhishen for a few more words.

Suddenly, Lu Zhishen said to Ximen Qing carelessly, he also knew that Ximen Qing was fighting with Liangshanbo bandits, and also knew that Ximen Qing defeated Song Jiang in Dulonggang and killed many Liangshan heroes.

Lu Zhishen said that he was on the side of Brother Ximenqing, and that Ximenqing had no problem killing the Liangshan bandits.If necessary, I can also help Ximen Qing.

Master Lu deserves to be called Zhishen!Sure enough, when the mind is rough, it is thick enough, and when it is thin, it is really thin. It is indeed a great wisdom!He was telling himself that no matter what, between Liangshan and himself, he was firmly standing on his side.

Lu Zhishen is truly a man of his word, Ximen Qing is relieved, no more worries!