Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Yan Qing also said in a low voice: "Brother, Li Gui and his wife are really a couple of damn villains! After being separated from the two elder brothers, the brother went to Li Gui's house alone to test his wife. When his wife saw brother, I wrapped the package. After revealing the gold and silver in the food, he really secretly put anesthetics in the food, trying to kill his brother. The brother broke through the scene where the woman was drugged on the spot, and took her down. The woman couldn't bear the scare, and after a few interrogations, she explained exactly what she said. Why did her husband and wife move from Qiancun to live in Yiling alone. It turned out that the couple was lazy and didn’t do farming. They lived on this mountain just for the convenience of robbing and killing passing merchants. The woman explained, There are also dozens of people who were killed by feeding anesthesia in her home."

When Shi Jin heard this, he said angrily: "What a pair of thieves who should be hacked into pieces! Brother, when I fell into grass in Shaohua Mountain in a moment of confusion, although I condoned my brothers to go down the mountain to borrow food and collect road money, I also forbid them to harm human life. .I don’t want this bird couple to be so vicious and kill so many people!”

Ximen Qing sighed in his heart, everything in this world is never perfect!I know that the Liangshan bandit "Black Whirlwind" Li Kui is a murderous devil, and he got rid of him before he started killing the people.Although it saved many people in Jiangzhou, Wuwei Army, and other states who were indiscriminately killed by Li Kui in the future, it is true that the history of Li Kui returning to Yizhou to pick up his wife was changed, and the inconspicuous Li Gui and his wife The little guy lived two years longer.After a long period of time, these two low-level villains actually killed dozens of people!

Hey~ This is the butterfly effect that is difficult to control when changing history!Although killing the murderous pervert Li Kui saved hundreds of civilians, dozens of innocent people have been added to Yiling.Now I can only say that the merits of what I have done are far greater than the faults, so I have a little regret!

However, Li Gui and his wife can't even think about escaping today!

Ximen Qing asked Yan Qing: "Brother worked hard, did you find any evidence in that Li Gui's house? How did the thief woman deal with it?"

Yan Qing replied: "The thieves mother-in-law told me where the corpses of her husband and wife were buried after being punched by the younger brother. The younger brother led people to dig up more than a dozen corpses behind her house. After confirming that they were correct, he stabbed the dead woman The thief wife wrote the confession of the thief wife on the wall with her blood. In a few days, passers-by will report to the officials in Yishui County after they find out, so that the criminal activities of this dog couple will be revealed to the world."

"Brother killed well! That Li Gui is still being held on the mountain by us, and today we have to play this villain according to our plan!" Ximen Qing said to Yan Qing.

"Hmph! Let me send the thief's dog's head, so that he can live for half a day longer." Shi Jin suppressed his anger.

"It's not too late, I will cooperate with my brother to finish the matter in one day, and rush to Jiankang Mansion earlier." Yan Qing said to Shi Jin.

After the three of Ximenqing finished their conversation, they went up to the mountain and walked up to Li Gui.Ximenqing said to him: "Li Gui, you claim to be familiar with every plant and tree in this Yiling. Let me ask you, do you know which mountain the Sizhou Great Sage Ancestral Hall is on? Take me there quickly!"

Hearing this, Li Gui was frightened out of his wits, and persuaded Ximen Qing, "A man! Don't dare to go to the Sizhou Great Sage Ancestral Hall! He doesn't know that there are fierce tigers haunting those mountains, and they like to eat people! No one goes there now." I salute the Great Sage of Sizhou."

"You thief, do you want to eat the master's stick again? If the master tells you to go, go! How dare you talk nonsense here?" Shi Jin wanted to fight.

Li Gui was so frightened that he got up and shouted: "Grandpa, don't hit! Grandpa, don't hit! The villain is leading the way. The villain really didn't dare to deceive the grandfathers, there are really tigers on the mountain!"

"You birdman is so cowardly, how dare you rob your way on this mountain? What are a few big worms? My lord, I came here specially to shoot those big worms! Don't you see how many bows and crossbows I have under my command? Quickly lead the way If you lead the way well, you will be rewarded. If you lead the way carelessly, the master will chop you to death on this mountain to feed the wolves!" Ximen Qing threatened Li Gui with his waist knife.

Hearing Ximen Qing's words so firmly, Li Gui felt less panic when he saw the dozens of heavily armed men behind him.While he was looking for the way to lead the way, he secretly wondered who these people are, who even came to this Yiling Mountain to shoot tigers on purpose!

Chapter 499 Li Ghost Lures the Tiger

Seeing that the group of unknown tiger fighters around him knew nothing about Yiling, even the Sizhou Great Sage Ancestral Hall, which had been abandoned for a long time, how dare Li Gui fool Ximen Qing and others.If one of the group of people already knows the way and leads the way carelessly, I'm afraid that the eating head on the neck will be lost.

Li Gui didn't dare to cheat, he discerned the direction, and led Ximen Qing and his party straight to the Great Sage's Ancestral Hall in Nasi Prefecture.He thought to himself, when he got to the ridge, he would hide in a tree, and let these ignorant outsiders fight the big worm on the ridge to the death, and both sides would suffer.

All the way over the mountains and ridges, until noon, Ximenqing and others saw an ancient temple appearing on the top of the mountain in front of them.

Li Gui said: "Grandpas, the Sizhou Dasheng Ancestral Hall is here! These mountains are infested with giant insects, causing countless injuries. Grandpas, be careful!"

"Master, why don't you save yourself? Don't be a bluff, you thief, take me to the temple to rest." Shi Jin had already changed his hand to a sharp knife at this time, and said to Li Gui in a nonchalant tone.

Li Gui didn't know how powerful Ximen Qing and Yan Qing were, and the person he was most afraid of right now was Shi Jin.Hearing Shi Jin's words, he didn't dare to say any more, and led the crowd along a deserted mountain road, climbing vines and vines, up to the front of the temple, and when he opened the door, it was the Sizhou Dasheng Ancestral Hall.There has been no incense in this ancient temple for many years, and the courtyard is empty, except for a stone incense burner attached to a stone seat that cannot be moved.

Ximen Qing asked his attendants to take out a few sticks of incense, distributed them to Shi Jin and Yan Qing, lit them and inserted them into the stone incense burner.After paying homage to the Great Sage of Sizhou, Ximen Qing clasped his hands together and said, "The Bodhisattva has a spirit, bless me to hunt down the three tigers today and eliminate harm for the people!"

Shi Jin, Yan Qing and a group of strong men under him all paid homage to the Great Sage of Sizhou one after another, sat in a circle in the temple, ate the dry food they carried with them, and recharged their energy to prepare to kill the tiger on the mountain.

Under Ximen Qing's distribution, someone also threw two pieces of bread to satisfy Li Gui's hunger.Li Gui was so hungry that he picked up the bread in a hurry and ate it with relish.

Shi Jin and Yan Qing looked at Li Gui coldly.In the minds of the two of them, this ghost Li deserved to be killed more than those three worms.It is only the nature of animals that big worms cannibalize humans. This Li ghost was born as a human, but he harms his own kind. He is really worse than animals.Shi Jin and the two thought to themselves: Brother Ximen has good intentions, and he made this bird man a full-fledged ghost!

After Ximen Qing finished eating the dry food, he stood up, stood on the peak and looked around at the two or three surrounding mountains.Ximenqing remembers that the two tiger cubs that ate Li Kui's mother hid in a large cave on these mountains in history.After two years now, those two tiger cubs should have grown up and can gradually hunt on their own.

According to the mouth of the hunters, these tigers are still gathering in the nearby mountains and activities, and they have not separated.If I come a year later, I am afraid that several tigers will be scattered on various hills in Yiling.If you want to hunt and kill again, it will not be done in a day.

After competing with the Jurchens in the Dajin Kingdom and seeing them hunting tigers in the mountains, Ximenqing is very confident in his archery skills. He believes that as long as a tiger appears, he will be unable to escape his magic arrow.

After eating and drinking, he had to think of a way to lure out the three tigers who didn't know where they were hiding.

Ximenqing observed the surrounding terrain of the Sizhou Dasheng Temple, walked up to Li Gui who was squatting under the stone steps and eating bread, and asked him: "Li Gui, are you full? The big bugs are hiding in the grass, and it is really hard to find them. Do you have any tricks to lure the big bugs here?"

Li Gui patted his belly and replied obsequiously: "The villain is full, thank you grandpa for the food! Since the grandpa asked the villain, the villain will boldly offer advice. Grandpa, it is late autumn at this time, after the big worms are in heat and mating , It is the time of crazy predation. Grandpa only needs to slaughter a pig and sheep, and put it in the nearby forest. Humans all like to eat human flesh. When you come to this mountain and smell the smell of grandpas, those big worms will definitely come and bite you, grandpas must be careful."

"You have a good plan, but I didn't bring any live animals when I went up the mountain. Now that the sun is moving westward, the time does not wait for me. I can only fulfill your deeds and let you replace that pig and sheep as bait." Ximen Qing smiled and looked Li Gui up and down.

Hearing this, Li Gui's beard and hair exploded, and he was so frightened that his soul flew out of his wits.He wanted to escape, but his feet were weak, and he fell to the ground, trembling uncontrollably, and howled, "Grandpa spared the villain, grandpa spared the villain! The villain doesn't want to be eaten by that big worm! "

"Li Gui, shut your beak! If you ruin the master's big event of shooting tigers, the master will chop you to pieces!" Shi Jin rushed to Li Gui with a stride, and put the machete in his hand on him. on the shoulders.Li Gui was so frightened that he trembled again, he clenched his teeth and didn't dare to say anything, but he still looked at Ximen Qing and Shi Jin sadly, begging for mercy silently.

Seeing this, the official Ximen Qing patiently told Li Gui, a villager, the allusions in the Buddhist scriptures of the Buddha cutting his flesh to feed an eagle and giving his life to feed a tiger. It is a kind of great merit for Ximenqing and others to eliminate harm for the people.With this Sizhou Great Sage Bodhisattva watching, he will surely be able to offset Li Gui's past sins with this merit, so as to prevent him from going to hell after death.

Li Gui was afraid and angry when he heard it, but he didn't dare to attack.He thought to himself: What bird merit?I, Li Gui, don't believe in Buddhism!I don't want to cut meat to feed eagles, and I don't want to sacrifice my life to feed tigers, I just want this little life!Whoever cares about that merit will take it!

"Grandpas, the villain just robbed passers-by to frighten passers-by, he deserves to die! I beg the two grandpas to let the villain go..." Li Gui finally couldn't help it, and begged for mercy in a fluke.

Before Li Gui could finish his words, he was kicked to the ground by Yan Qing who came over.Yan Qing stepped on his chest and cursed: "You bastard, I have tolerated you for a long time! Today I will let you die to understand that you have colluded with your mother-in-law to harm people and rob money on Yiling. The mother-in-law and the mother-in-law have all recruited. If Brother Ximen didn't want to use you as a bait, I would have stabbed you to death on the road with one knife and two holes!"

Hearing this, Li Gui broke out in a cold sweat from fright, soaking his clothes.Fortunately, black ink was painted on his face, so that people could not see that his face was already pale at this time.Li Gui limp on the ground helplessly, his heart was in a mess, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his whole body was shaking non-stop.

Seeing that Yan Qing had made his words clear, Ximen Qing stopped playing tricks on Li Gui.He assigned his subordinates to drag Li Gui out of the Sizhou Dasheng Temple, and tied him with hemp rope under a big pine tree on the edge of the cliff in front of him.

Chapter 500 Tiger skin is a pity

Ximen Qing and Yan Qing took their bows and crossbows, climbed up to a big tree in the nearby woods with more than [-] men who were good at climbing, and waited quietly for the arrival of the tiger.

Shi Jin, carrying a broadsword, walked up to Li Gui, who was firmly tied to the tree, with a mysterious smile, carefully sizing Li Gui's body up and down with his big bright eyes.

"Good man, what are you going to do?" Li Gui asked feebly.

"Li Gui, didn't you just say that there must be a bloody smell, so that the big worm will come quickly? The master borrowed some blood from you!" Before Shi Jin could finish his sentence, the sword in his hand was like the wind, and amidst Li Gui's screams , quickly cut a few cuts on Li Gui's arms and thighs, and let Li Gui get some dirty blood out.As soon as the mountain wind blew, the bloody smell here quickly spread.

Because Shi Jin's saber technique is good, he handled it just right, and he didn't hurt Li Gui's vitals, so Li Gui's fellow won't die for a while.Shi Jin ignored Li Gui's wailing and wolf howling, and after wiping his sword on the dry grass, he took the remaining [-] or so people and hid in the Sizhou Dasheng Ancestral Hall.

Li Gui was tied to the big pine tree alone, his voice was hoarse from crying, and no one came to talk to him.Seeing the sun go down, Li Gui's throat seemed to burst into flames, and he didn't dare to howl indiscriminately.At this time, he began to silently pray for the blessings of the gods and Buddhas, hoping that those few big worms would have gone away and were no longer on Yiling Mountain, and he must not provoke them because of the bloody smell on his body.

It's a pity that Li Gui has done a lot of evil in his life, and he has never had a god or Buddha in his heart. At this time, the Sizhou Great Sage Bodhisattva who is close at hand does not bless him anymore.Before the sun set, the sound of tigers roaring in the nearby woods could be heard, which frightened the beasts.

Li Gui stared with wide and frightened eyes, only to see a gust of wind blowing up beside the tree, blowing away the leaves and trees, and knocking them down like rain.Since ancient times: "The cloud is born from the dragon, and the wind is born from the tiger." Where the gust of wind rose, under the reflection of the setting sun, there was a loud roar from the golden yellow grass, and suddenly a full-grown white-fronted tiger with eye-catching eyes jumped out.

The tiger's round copper-bell-like eyes fixedly stared at Li Gui under the pine tree, a cold light flashed in the tiger's eyes, and after a loud cry of "Wow", it rushed towards Li Gui.

Seeing the big worm approaching, Li Gui shouted in fright: "My good man! Shoot the arrow! Shoot the arrow!" His crotch was wet, and he was already incontinent in urinating from fright.

However, Ximen Qing, Yan Qing, Shi Jin and the others seemed to be asleep, and none of them came to the rescue and shot arrows at the tiger.It seems that the official Ximenqing has made up his mind to ask good people to do it to the end, and to fulfill Li Gui's merit of sacrificing his life to feed the tiger.

Amidst Li Gui's desperate screams, the big worm looked at Li Gui and pounced on Li Gui's body. It opened its bloody mouth and bit Li Gui's neck.With a flick of its eye-catching, white-fronted tiger head, the tiger bit off Li Gui's neck, killing him.

After the big worm killed Li Gui, it grabbed his body and wanted to drag him away. However, Li Gui was tied to the pine tree with a thick hemp rope. Ghost corpse.

The big worm was probably hungry, and after yelling "Awoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" into the woods, it buried its head in eating Li Gui's thigh.

There was another gust of wind at the edge of the woods, and the two smaller tigers seemed to have heard the call of the eye-catching white-fronted tiger, and they also jumped out of the woods and rushed towards the big pine tree.

After making a table of wine and food for guests, the guests are finally here!Ximen Qing bent his bow and set an arrow, aiming at the eye-catching white-fronted tiger under the big pine tree. When two smaller tigers also rushed to the pine tree, he let go of his right hand and yelled loudly: "Shoot the arrow!" !"

Li Gui's ghostly crying and howling were useless, but Ximen Qing's words made everyone attack.When Ximen Qing's arrow shot deep into the tiger's neck, Yan Qing, who was lying in ambush near the pine tree, also shot the eye-catching white-fronted tiger blind with a hand crossbow.