Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Immediately afterwards, the bows and crossbows of more than 20 men under Ximen Qing who were hiding in the tree all shot at the three tigers under the pine tree.

The biggest eye-catching white-fronted tiger had been seriously injured by Ximen Qing and Yan Qi, and was rolling on the ground. At this time, it was hit by several arrows in the abdomen. After a strange cry, it rolled down the cliff.

Among the two smaller tigers, one was hit by several crossbow arrows in the head and back, and was fatally wounded. After taking a few steps backwards, he fell to the ground, convulsing continuously.

The other tiger fled even faster after being frightened. It was hit by several arrows in its thigh and rear buttocks, but it didn't hurt its vital parts. It was jumping from the cliff to the woods.

Ximen Qing drew his bow fully and was about to shoot the tiger when he saw "Jiuwenlong" Shi Jin had already taken off his upper body clothes at some point, bare-chested, revealing the dragon pattern embroidery all over his body, screaming wildly from Sizhou Jumped out of the Dasheng Temple, blocking the way of the tiger.

But seeing the flash of the golden knife, the big knife in the hand of "Jiuzhilong" Shi Jin had already slashed the fierce tiger that was flying towards him.Shi Jin, who was in a berserk state, chopped off the tiger's head with just one blow, causing the tiger to fall from mid-air to the ground and crawl in front of Shi Jin.

The ten or twenty strong men who came out from behind Shi Jin poked at the tiger on the ground with guns, causing the tiger to die.

"Don't stab again! Brothers stop!" Seeing that Shi Jin was not in danger, Ximen Qing put away the bow and arrow in his hand, jumped down from the tree, walked quickly to Shi Jin, and stopped Shi Jin and his group of barbarians. The continued destruction of dead tigers.

"Hey~ It's such a pity to have such a good tiger skin!" Ximen Qing looked at the dead tiger whose brains were split apart by Shi Jin, the "king" pattern on his forehead was divided into two, and his back was riddled with holes. Not without regret sighed.

"Oh! Brother Ximen, why didn't brother remind me earlier? Otherwise, brother, I will switch to an iron rod that hurts the bone but not the skin!" Shi Jin said on the side.

"Brother Shi Jin, you are too violent! Brother, I shot the eyes of the tigers, and did not hurt the fur of the two tigers at all!" Yan Qing also jumped off the tree and came to the crowd, boasting proudly.

"Brother Yanqing's sharp shot, brother, I am willing to bow down, but brother Yanqing has to submit to my ability to smash a tiger's head with a single knife, right?" Shi Jin fiddled with the big knife in his hand, looking forward to his pride.

"Hahaha~ The two brothers are rare heroes in the world. It is my brother's blessing to get to know you! Brother Shi Jin, why don't you peel off the skin of this tiger and leave it to you. You can hang it on the wall of your home and let others I know how powerful you are to kill a tiger with one blow." Ximen Qing put his arms around Yan Qing and Shi Jin's shoulders, and said to them.

"Brother Ximen's idea!" After hearing this, Shi Jin no longer disliked the dead tiger under his feet, which was riddled with holes. He immediately ordered the subordinates behind him to cut down branches, and wanted to carry the dead tiger down the mountain to claim credit.

Ximen Qing and Yan Qing arranged for someone to carry away the other dead tiger under the pine tree.Before the sun goes down, I have to rush to the bottom of the cliff to find that eye-catching white-fronted tiger!

Chapter 5 and One: Tiger Fighting Hero Ximen Qing

Ximenqing and his entourage cut off branches, lifted two tigers and left the Sizhou Dasheng Temple. Under the brilliance of the setting sun, they found their way and walked down the cliff.As for Li Gui's corpse, of course no one will restrain him.After Ximen Qing's two subordinates untied the rope from his body and took it away, they abandoned his body in this wilderness.Before tonight, the wild beasts on the mountain, attracted by the bloody smell, would eat up the bird man without leaving any traces.

After finding the eye-catching white-fronted tiger under the cliff that was shot in the vital point and broke its bones and tendons, they carried three tigers and walked down the mountain slowly.

Walking halfway up the mountain, I saw five or seven hunters holding steel forks and arrows below, hiding behind the big trees on the side of the mountain road, poking their heads, waiting carefully.

Seeing Ximen Qing's group of more than fifty people majesticly carrying several wild beasts down the mountain, all the hunters were startled and turned out from behind the tree one after another. People? Did you really beat that worm on the mountain?"

Ximenqing replied: "Here is Ximenqing! You have been waiting for a long time. I waited for half a day on the mountain outside the Dasheng Temple in Sizhou, and only then did I catch and kill three big insects. Don't be afraid, come forward and recognize them." Once you recognize it, these are the three big worms doing evil in Yiling?"

When all the hunters heard the words, they crowded up together and stared at the three dead tigers with wide eyes.After looking carefully, all the hunters threw away the steel forks in their hands, bowed to the leader Ximen Qing and three people, and said in their mouths: "Bodhisattva bless you! These three man-eating worms were finally beaten to death by you heroes! These three beasts have eaten a few times with sticks. Ever since this nest of tigers lived on this Yiling, it has killed countless people in the past two years! Even the hunters at the foot of the mountain were killed by this The three beasts bit and killed several people. Senior officials of Ximen, you are really the life-saving benefactor of our Yiling mountain people!"

Senior official Ximen Qing has always believed in the belief in leaving a name for doing good deeds, so he readily accepted the gratitude of the hunters.Ximen Qing said to the hunters who helped them up: "Brothers, please stand up, small things, why worry about them? As the saying goes, 'When the road is injustice, draw your sword to help'. My brothers and I have always been eager for justice. Now that we know that this mountain is harmful to people How can you just stand by and watch? Just killing three long-haired beasts, how can you be thanked by all the villagers?"

All the hunters said in unison: "The officials of Ximen are too humble. I think that I have lost several lives in the hunters these days, and I just killed a sick big bug by chance. If you heroes are not descended from the gods, how can you kill them in a day? Beat these three beasts?"

Official Ximen Qing thought: Hehehe~ I already knew that the tiger dens of the big and small tigers were in the caves in the mountains next to the Sizhou Dasheng Ancestral Hall. Will I tell you?Fortunately, I came in time, the mother and child of that brood of tigers had not yet separated, so I was able to catch them all in one go so easily.However, these hunters at the foot of Yiling Mountain don't know the secrets of it, so they just pretend to be aggressive in front of them, and let these hunters spread the name of the tiger-fighting hero for me, Ximenqing, in Yizhou.

"Although these beasts have sharp teeth and claws, the knives, guns and crossbows in our hands are even better. Animals are beasts, and they will die in front of us! It's getting late, let's go down the mountain quickly!" Ximen Qing said to the hunters.

"The Ximen officials are right. It's just that all the benefactors have worked hard for half a day to get rid of this serious trouble for me. How can I let all the benefactors carry the tiger again?" After a while, another 20 people rushed up from the bottom of the mountain.

All the hunters were delighted to see the three tigers killed.Then he took the dead tiger from Ximenqing's men, and happily carried it down the ridge, and at the same time let people report that Li was going up to the house, and they all came to welcome him.While beating gongs and drums, they were carried straight to Cao Taigong's mansion according to Ximen Qing's instructions.

Ever since Cao Taigong learned that Ximen Qing and the others were going up the mountain to fight tigers, he also waited at home restlessly for a day.Seeing the sun set and night falling, when they were wildly suspicious, they heard the sound of gongs and drums outside the village, and a farmer rushed in to announce the good news, saying that Ximen Qing, the guest who stayed the day before yesterday, had killed the tiger and returned in triumph.

Cao Taigong was overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted them out of the village, and invited Ximen Qing and his party to sit down in the thatched cottage. While ordering to arrange wine and food, he looked at the three tigers carried into the yard, and admired Ximen Qing and the others.

Only now did Mr. Cao feel deeply how famous and powerful the official Ximen Qing of Yanggu County in Shandong was, and he admired him from the bottom of his heart.Cao Taigong took his family and toasted and praised Ximen Qing and others frequently, his attachment to Ximen Qing was undoubtedly revealed.

Although the local manor owners who were born as small officials can't do anything big, they are extremely useful for controlling a county.Ximenqing started his career in Yanggu County by colluding with the county magistrate and county officials, and he is best at winning over people like Cao Taigong, and of course he had a good chat with Cao Taigong.If Mr. Cao hadn't had no daughter, he might have asked his daughter to recommend herself to Ximen Qing as a pillow mat at night.

That night when the village learned that Yiling had killed three man-eating worms and carried them to Cao Taigong's house, they immediately alarmed the village, the village, the back village, and the secluded families. Come to see the tiger.Overnight, the heroic feat of Ximen Qing, a hero from Yanggu County, who fought a tiger spread throughout the ten miles and eight villages at the foot of Yiling Mountain. Who would not praise Ximen Qing, who had heard about it for a long time, as the number one hero in Shandong?

After dinner and washing up that night, although Grandpa Cao had no biological daughters, he arranged for a few young maidservants to serve Ximen Qing, Shi Jin, and Yan Qi to bed, warming the beds of the three tiger-fighting heroes, and letting them sleep. Can take a good rest and recover from fatigue.

When they woke up the next day, the three of Ximen Qing were really refreshed and refreshed.

When sharing breakfast, Cao Taigong asked Ximen Qing if he wanted to carry the tiger to Yishui County for reward.Ximenqing replied that he was in a hurry to go to the south of the Yangtze River, and he had been delayed here for two days, so he would not return to Yishui County.Ximenqing asked Cao Taigong to carry the three tigers to the county for rewards, but there was one request, that is, after the county magistrate inspected it, he asked Cao Taigong to peel off the skins of the three tigers and nitrate them before sending them back to Yunzhou Go to Ximen Fort, Yanggu County, as a commemoration of this trip to Yiling to fight tigers.

To be able to do things for the high officials of Ximen Qing was exactly what Cao Taigong wished for, and he immediately promised Ximen Qing that he would definitely handle this matter well for the high officials.Not only would he send someone to send the tiger skin to Yanggu County, but the rewards from Yiling County would also be sent to the Ximen high official's family with a lot of money.

Ximenqing and his party ate too much breakfast, said goodbye to Mr. Cao, left Zhuangzi, and set off for the south.In order to thank Ximen Qing for killing tigers and living people on behalf of all the villagers, Cao Taigong gave 20 taels of gold to Ximen Qing as money.

After Ximenqing accepted Cao Taigong's wishes, he left Cao Taigong's village on horseback with Shi Jin, Yan Qing and his brothers, and walked south along Yishui River.

The evil Li Gui and his wife in Yizhou and the tiger in Yiling have all been dealt with, and Ximen Qing can go to Jiankang mansion without any worries.

Chapter 5 Heroes please stay

Ximenqing and his entourage left Cao Taigong Village, went south along the Yishui River, left Yishui County, and arrived at Linyi City, the state capital of Yizhou.

Linyi was named after the Linyi River, and was called "Langya" in ancient times. It has a long history and many celebrities.During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius' teacher Tanzi and his famous disciples Zhongzi, Zengzi and Tantai Mieming were all from Linyi.

At the end of the Warring States Period, Meng Ao, a famous general of the Qin State, also came from the Mengshan area of ​​Linyi in the Qi State at that time.Successively captured more than ten cities in South Korea, more than [-] cities in Zhao State, and more than fifty cities in Wei State, enabling Qin State to establish Sanchuan County and Dong County, and let Qin State connect with Qi State, forming three sides to South Korea and Wei State The encirclement laid a solid foundation for Qin Shihuang to unify the six kingdoms in the future.

Meng Ao's son Meng Wu, grandsons Meng Tian and Meng Yi are also famous generals of Qin.

Meng Wu assisted Qin's famous general Wang Jian to lead his army to attack Chu, beheaded Chu general Xiang Yan, and destroyed Chu.

Meng Tian led his troops to attack the Xiongnu in the north, regained Henan, built the Great Wall and straight roads, and stationed in nine counties for more than ten years. He shocked the Xiongnu and was known as "the first warrior in China".It is said that Meng Tian once improved the brush, so he is also known as the "ancestor of the brush".

It can be said that the Meng family from Linyi made great contributions to Qin Shihuang's unification of the six countries, attacking the Huns in the north, and establishing the unified country of China.

What's more interesting about history is that the Meng family's ancestral home is Linyi in Qi State, but it became famous all over the world in Qin State.However, the descendants of the famous generals Wang Jian and Wang Ben of the Qin Dynasty who were at the same time as them moved to Linyi and created the Langya Wang family, the top aristocratic family in ancient China known as "the first look of China".

Wang Jian, Wang Ben and his son were also key figures in Qin's destruction of the Six Kingdoms, and Wang Jian was listed as the four famous generals of the Warring States Period along with Bai Qi, Li Mu, and Lian Po.Except for Han, the other five countries Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, and Wei were all destroyed by this father and son. Therefore, "Historical Records? Many, the name will be given to future generations."

The Wang family and the Meng family, who made the most military exploits for Qin Shihuang's unification of China, have a magical connection with the land of Linyi.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Zhuge family in Langya, which came from the land of Linyi, also produced a large number of talents. The most famous of them was Zhuge Liang, who was later called the "Sage of Wisdom". Zhuge birthday and so on.In the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Dan were sent to serve in Shu, Wu and Wei respectively.

Although Linyi has outstanding people and many famous historical sites, Ximenqing didn't intend to stay here for long. After resting in Linyi city for one night, he asked the shopkeepers in the city that business travelers like to travel by water, so he rented a few passenger boats on the pier and traveled along the road. Swimming down the Yi River, they arrived at Xiapi City, the headquarters of the Huaiyang Army.

The city of Xiapi is close to Sishui in the south, and Yishui and Wushui flows from the north to circle the city and meet with Sishui. It not only takes advantage of water transportation, but also facilitates irrigation, fishing and hunting. The soil is fertile and the products are rich. The city is full of traffic and merchants. .

Ximenqing and his party did not stop much, but continued to travel southeast along Surabaya, passing through Suqian and Huaiyin and entering the Huaihe River.After arriving in Huaiyin City, Ximenqing took a boat and headed for the upper reaches of the Huaihe River in the southwest, intending to go to Sizhou City, the seat of Sizhou on Huainan East Road.

Linhuai County, Sizhou is located by the Hongze Lake in the Huaihe River Basin. On this day, Liu Shiquan, a wealthy family member in the city, got up early and had breakfast with his family. After ordering his two sons to take a bath and change clothes like him, he asked them to carry a The box was loaded into the carriage, and the father and son drove to the pier by the lake and parked under a row of willow trees on the shore.

"Father, will the person you mentioned really come to Linhuai City today?" Liu Shiquan's Erlang asked his father Liu Shiquan, looking at the boats on the dock that shuttled back and forth on Hongze Lake.

"Guangzong, don't be restless, don't be restless, you are so impetuous, how can you inherit the mantle of your father in the future and make my Liu family great?" Liu Shiquan said to his second son Liu Guangzong.

"Father, isn't there an elder brother who will inherit your mantle? Why worry about my Liu family's unhappiness?" Liu Guangzong replied with a playful smile.

"Why is the second brother making fun of you again? Your father has high hopes for you, so don't let your father be angry with you again." Liu Guangzu, Liu Guangzong's eldest brother, said beside him.