Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Ximenqing secretly sent a message to Li Shishi through the court lady Yueer, telling her that she would leave Bianliang, Tokyo, and asked her to take good care of the child.And I will try to send someone to Japan to inquire about Yue'er, please don't worry about her.

Ximenqing knew that Li Shishi was a smart person, so he would definitely understand his own intentions.

After dealing with Li Shishi and Zhao Hang, Ximenqing sent a lot of gold, silver and jewelry to his sworn brother "Golden Gunner" Xu Ning, asking him to slowly infiltrate his boss in Bianliang, Tokyo, and spend money to make friends with Gao Qi, Cai Jing and others. Do your best to improve your martial arts.

For the future, Ximenqing needs a high-ranking military officer in Bianliang City, Tokyo as his internal support, so now he puts his chips on Xu Ning.Ximenqing told Xu Ning that if the money is not enough, just come to him.

Xu Ning had no choice but to accept Ximen Qing's kindness.

After Ximenqing left Xu Ning's house, he went to find Ling Zhen again.The matter of Ling Zhen's resignation has been settled, and he is secretly recruiting soldiers and recruiting talents for firearms.

Ximen Qing also gave Ling Zhen a lot of money, asking him to hire and buy more firearms craftsmen, and return to Yanggu with him.

To strengthen the army in the future, we have to rely on Tang Long and Ling Zhen!

Chapter 383 Lu Xiaoyi's new mission

Outside Suanzao Gate, on the wall of Yue Temple, the vegetable garden of Daxiangguo Temple was restored after several years of restoration after it was set on fire by Lu Zhishen, and now it is lush again.

Along with the restoration of the vegetable garden, there is also the tradition of stealing vegetables by the rogue settlers.On this day, "Street Mouse" Zhang San and "Green Grass Snake" Li Si led twenty or thirty brothers carrying baskets and jumping into the vegetable garden to steal vegetables.Pick a basket of these great green vegetables and carry them to the city to sell, and then you can gamble and hang out for another day.

Although it is stealing food, for these thirty or twenty rogues who settled down, it is also similar to stealing food.The monks in charge of the affairs in the vegetable garden and the monks growing vegetables saw the "street mouse" Zhang San and the "green grass snake" Li Si and others coming, so they dared to stand up and stop them, so they had to hide behind the big locust tree. Looking around, stomping and complaining there.

"Bah! Those bald thieves poked their heads, and they didn't know what crooked mouth scriptures they were chanting to my brothers. Now there are only a few rats left in Daxiangguo Temple, so they look disgusting! Thinking about how heroic Master Lu was back then, how could he be like these birds? Thieves and bald." Zhang San called the monks of Daxiangguo Temple a rat, and he didn't care about his nickname, so he called him a "street rat".

"Green Grass Snake" Li Si was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhang San's words, and turned his head to the place where Lu Zhishen pulled out the weeping willows, recalling the heroic posture of the great monk back then, and said in his mouth: "Isn't that true, the people in the capital today They all went to Shangqing Baolu Palace to listen to Lin Xianshi's teachings, and went to Taoism. The days of the bald thieves in Daxiangguo Temple are getting worse day by day. I don't think these bald thieves can survive for a long time. He would save his hair and become a Taoist priest! If Master Lu had been the abbot of the Daxiangguo Temple back then, how could he be bullied by the Taoist priests of the Shangqing Baolu Palace? These thieves are also asking for trouble."

Li Si was still brooding over the fact that Daxiangguo Temple did not shelter Lu Zhishen after Lu Zhishen rescued Lin Chong.Therefore, after the vegetable garden was rebuilt in Daxiangguo Temple, Zhang San and Li Si did not hesitate to return to their old business, and came to this vegetable garden every day to steal vegetables.They did this, on the one hand, relying on these vegetables to make a living, and on the other hand, they did not have the intention of taking revenge on Daxiangguo Temple.

"Hey~ I don't know where Master Lu is now?" Zhang San sighed.

"The master is full of skills, and he is a hero wherever he goes!" Li Si replied.

The two talked about Lu Zhishen without saying a word, and their hands were not idle, and they picked half a basket of vegetables in a short time.But how did Zhang San and Li Si know that what they were doing at the moment was clearly seen by a few people outside the low wall.

"Senior officer, those two rogues are the 'street rat' Zhang San and 'Grass Snake' Li Si you asked the villain to inquire about. They are the leaders of the group of rogues who have settled outside the Suanzao Gate." One of Ximen Qing's side The attendant said to Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing, Jiao Ting, Tang Long and several attendants stood at a gap in the low wall of the vegetable garden, quietly watching Zhang San and Li Si lead the rogues to grab vegetables.After looking at it for a while, Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Why are these fellows not improving at all? Let's go, let Lu Xiaoyi come to Tokyo next time to teach them how to hang out."

Jiao Ting and Tang Long laughed knowingly after hearing Ximen Qing's words.The two of them understood that Ximen Qing wanted "Fancy Arm" Lu Xiaoyi to subdue this group of rogues.

Amidst the laughter, Ximen Qing led the crowd and quietly left the vegetable garden of Daxiangguo Temple.

After Ximenqing learned that he had a son, Zhao Hang, who was adopted by Song Huizong as his own son, after some careful consideration, he revised his previous development plan for the separatist party, and decided to use the opportunity to push his illegitimate son Zhao Hang to the emperor's position in the future. throne.For this reason, he adjusted his plan to transfer Xu Ning to Yanggu County, Jingxi Road, as an official. Instead, he spent money to support Xu Ning's promotion in Bianliang, Tokyo, and obtained a higher position in the capital.

This Tokyo Bianliang has become more important to Ximenqing than before, so Ximenqing not only invests in Xu Ning, but also prepares to cultivate some eyeliners in the market.Therefore, outside the Suanzao Gate, the hooligans who had been with Lu Zhishen for a while came into Ximen Qing's eyes.

Ximen Qing knew that "Street Rat" Zhang San and "Grass Snake" Li Si were rascals, but they were also loyal people.When Lu Zhishen offended Gao Yanei in order to save Lin Chong, it was Zhang San and Li Si who were not afraid of Gao Yanei's influence and promptly informed Lu Zhishen that Lu Zhishen escaped.Therefore, Ximen Qing thought that these rogues were worth cultivating. When he wanted to recruit a group of rogues in Bianliang, Tokyo, he immediately thought of Zhang San and Li Si.

Even so, Ximen Qing didn't go directly to Zhang San and Li Si.With the expansion of power, it is no longer suitable for Ximen Qing to do things like subduing poppis and minions.Ximen Qing had to cultivate the ability of his brothers to be independent, so he left Zhang San and Li Si to his confidant Lu Xiaoyi.

In the future, all the information in the direction of Bianliang, Tokyo will need "Flower Arm" Lu Xiaoyi to be responsible, so let him come to Bianliang, Tokyo in person to accept this group of men!

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Ximen Qing returned to the city and lived for another two days. After Ling Zhen packed everything up, he said goodbye to Xu Ning, took everyone out of Bianliang, Tokyo, and returned to Yanggu on Mengzhou Road.

When they arrived at the foot of Centipede Ridge in Mengzhou, Jiao Ting also picked up the father-in-law Zhang Taigong and his wife as promised, and brought them back to Yanggu County to meet his wife.

When Ximenqing and others came out of Yanggu County this time, there were only about twenty riders.Now on the return trip, the team was much bigger.Among them, there were thirty or forty firearms craftsmen recruited by Ling Zhen alone, and dozens of family members of these craftsmen accompanied them.In addition, the materials purchased by Ling Zhen in the capital also required dozens of people to drive and carry them. The whole team consisted of more than [-] people, pulled a long convoy, and headed for Yanggu County mightily.

There were many old and weak women and children in the team, and there were precious materials in the shipment. Ximenqing naturally chose the route away from Shuibo Liangshan, returning to Yanggu County from Xiangzhou, Damingfu, and Dongchangfu.The original Moushan and Kushushan bandits along the way were wiped out by Ximenqing, and no new bandits gathered in the mountains and forests. Therefore, the people along the way did not encounter robbers blocking the road, and returned to Yanggu County safely.

Entering Ximen Fort, after everything was settled, Ximenqing immediately summoned Lu Xiaoyi and Qiao Yun, first to understand the movements of Liang Shanpo Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others after he left Yanggu, and secondly to give them a second opinion. People arranged to go to Bianliang, Tokyo to develop the task of intelligence network.

"Brother Xiaoyi, Brother Yun, during the days when I went to Bianliang, Tokyo, what important events happened in Yunzhou and Liangshanbo?" Ximen Qing greeted Lu Xiaoyi and Brother Qiao Yun to sit down, and immediately said to them asked.

Brother Qiao Yun immediately replied: "Senior official, there is a big event at the berth of Liangshan!"

Thanks to the book friends of Baishi Jinglun Zhenwo for their rewards!

Chapter 384 Dirty Tricks

Ximen Qing heard from Brother Qiao Yun that there was something important going on in Liang Shanbo, so he hurriedly asked, "Oh? Are those thieves in Liang Shanbo ready to move again?"

Brother Qiao Yun said: "Senior official, since the defeat in Zhujiazhuang, the Liangshan bandit did not dare to haunt Yunzhou anymore, but only dared to go south to Jeju, Danzhou and Xuzhou to harm the villagers. After leaving these days, he did not intend to commit crimes in the future. However, Lei Heng, the capital of Yuncheng County in Jeju, killed someone in the county, and the jailer Zhu Dong let Lei Heng go privately. Lei Heng took his mother and fled to Liangshan to join the gang. Became a leader on Mount Liang. Zhu Dian was also convicted of releasing Lei Heng and sent to Cangzhou."

"Oh! I went to Bianliang, Tokyo, and almost missed a good show!" Ximen Qing raised his eyebrows, his eyes bright.

To be precise, Ximen Qing had already missed half of the show.When Ximen Qing left Yanggu for Bianliang, Tokyo in March, in Yuncheng County, Jezhou, the capital "winged tiger" Lei Heng killed Bai Xiuying of the Goulan Academy.

That fellow Lei Heng went to the Goulan to listen to Bai Xiuying from Tokyo singing, singing and playing music. He sat in the first place on the Qinglong head, but he forgot to bring money with him.When Bai Xiuying sang a verse and came down with a plate to ask Lei Heng for a reward, Lei Heng found out that he was penniless, which was so embarrassing.

Bai Xiuying and her father Bai Yuqiao couldn't believe that Lei Heng, who had seized the top position, had no money on him, so they sneered at Lei Heng. "Winged Tiger" Lei Heng is the capital of Yuncheng County, and he is also a person who walks sideways in the county on weekdays. He couldn't stand the ridicule of Bai Yuqiao's old man, so he jumped off the stage and beat Bai Yuqiao to the point of tearing his lips apart. fall.

That Bai Xiuying is not easy to provoke, she has an affair with the magistrate of Yuncheng County, so she followed from Tokyo to this Goulan in Yuncheng County, Jezhou to perform arts.Seeing that her father had been beaten by Lei Heng, Bai Xiuying went to the county magistrate to complain, and the magistrate immediately arrested Lei Heng and put him on the street for public display.

On the street, Bai Xiuying had a quarrel with her mother who came to deliver food to Lei Heng, and insulted each other.Bai Xiuying held down Lei Heng's mother and hit her, but Lei Heng was enraged.Lei Heng hit Bai Xiuying on the head with a cannon, killing her on the spot.

Lei Heng beat someone to death in the street, so naturally he couldn't escape the punishment and was put in prison.When Ximenqing was hanging out with Dong Qiaoer and Zhao Ruyu in the Daming Mansion and convinced Yan Qing, and when he was in Bianliang, Tokyo, fooling Lin Lingsu and meeting Li Shishi secretly, Lei Heng spent two months in a prison in Yuncheng County. Prison food.

In the prison of Yuncheng County, Zhu Tie and Lei Heng, who were in prison at the prison level, were brothers for many years. They released Chao Gai and others together after the birthday gang incident happened, and they have always put loyalty first.Seeing that he couldn't save Lei Heng even if he went up and down, he let Lei Heng go privately on the way to escort Lei Heng to Jeju.This happened around the time when Ximen Qing returned from Bianliang, Tokyo.

When Ximenqing returned to Yanggu County, "Beautiful Bearded Man" Zhu Dian was also dispatched to Cangzhou, Hebei Province because of the private release of prisoners. The first half of a big drama has come to an end.

For Ximenqing, although he missed the opportunity to see the beauty of Bai Xiuying before he was alive, and let the thunder go to Liangshan, there are some small regrets, but the real big drama is in Cangzhou, Hebei!

Ximenqing remembers that in history, when Zhu Dian was dispatched to Cangzhou, Hebei, the insidious and vicious Song Jiang and Wu Yong used a series of vicious tricks, using Li Kui, a cold-blooded and perverted murderer, to drive Zhu Dian and Chai Jin to Liangshan successively. Taking this opportunity to move all the wealth of Zhu Dian's family and Chai Jin's family up the mountain, greatly expanding the financial resources on the mountain.

After Zhu Dian arrived in Cangzhou, Hebei, he was favored and treated by the magistrate. The four-year-old Xiao Ya Nei also liked Zhu Dian very much, and liked to ask him to hug him out to play.The magistrate also trusted Zhu Dian and asked him to take his child out to play every day.

It can be said that if the robbers in Liangshanbo did not kill Zhu Dian, Zhu Dian would have a good life in Cangzhou, Hebei and would have a bright future.But Song Jiang and Wu Yong did everything they could to earn money and join the gang, and they used all kinds of despicable and shameless methods.

During the Zhongyuan Festival on July [-]th, Zhu Dian hugged Xiao Ya Nei to watch the river lantern. Unexpectedly, Wu Yong had already brought Lei Heng and Li Kui into Cangzhou, hiding in the dark and preparing to kill him.

Lei Heng and Wu Yong lured Zhu Dian away, but Li Kui kidnapped the four-year-old Xiao Ya Nei to the woods outside the city, and split his head in half with an axe.The four-year-old Xiaoya Nei was brutally murdered that year, which fully exposed Li Kui's cruelty and perversion and the insidiousness of Song Jiang and Wu Yong.It can be said that these three people have committed heinous crimes against humanity, and it can be seen from this what the Liangshan heroes represented by them are.

Seeing that his favorite small yamen was brutally murdered by Li Kui, Zhu Tian wanted to fight Li Kui but couldn't, and had no choice but to go to Liangshan unwillingly.

However, for Song Jiang and Wu Yong, the family wealth of Zhu Dahu in Yuncheng County can't satisfy their greed, and Chai Jin's family in Henghai County, Cangzhou is the big fish in their hearts. "Please" Chai Jin went up to the mountain to gather together.

That guy Chai Jin is a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and he has nothing in his family except money, and the iron certificate of alchemy issued to his family by Song Taizu.With this Dan book iron certificate in hand, as long as the Chai family does not rebel and rebel, they can be exempted from other crimes.

Therefore, the Chai family was a truly privileged family in the Great Song Dynasty, and Chai Jin could therefore do whatever he wanted.

Mr. Chai Jin Chai's family background left by his ancestors is too rich, if he doesn't make a fuss about it, he will feel uncomfortable.Chai Jin took in some fugitives who had committed crimes in the Jianghu, and raised them for a year or so with good food and drink, but he was never afraid of the government coming to arrest them.After these so-called heroes became fat and strong, Chai Jin put these people on the rivers and lakes to continue to harm others.

As long as it is not a rebellion, Chai Jin thinks that no one in the government would dare to find fault with him.