Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

"Mother! My child will avenge you today!"

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People from each village rushed forward in turn, punching and kicking the "Sangmen God" Bao Xu with sticks.Some villagers didn't bring sticks, and felt that their fists and feet were weak, so they grabbed the stones on the ground and smashed them indiscriminately.

1Chapter 16 Pig teammate live a long life

During the two years that this "sorrowful door god" Bao Xu has been entrenched in the Dead Tree Mountain, he has killed countless people.Villagers now vent their pain and fear of losing a loved one on him.If Bao Xu's body was not covered with feces and scales, someone would have rushed to bite him a few pieces of flesh.

More and more villagers participated in the beating of Bao Xu, and Bao Xu's iron-like body couldn't stand it any longer.The psychopath finally felt scared too, and began to howl and beg for mercy.

However, the villagers at this time were already raging, who would pay attention to Bao Xu's pleading for mercy? A meal of sticks and stones fell on Bao Xu like raindrops, beating Bao Xu unconscious, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead.

The villagers behind were still taking turns to fight, and continued to beat Bao Xu's immobile body.Ximen Qing knew that Bao Xu, a famous murderer in Shandong and Hebei, would not survive tonight.This guy was cruel and ruthless, and he took pleasure in killing people, and finally got the retribution he deserved.

It didn't take long for the enraged villagers to beat the "Morning Gate God" Bao Xu until his bones were broken, his whole body without a single bone, like a puddle of mud on the ground.

The villagers who hadn't participated in the beating of Bao Xu saw that Bao Xu was dead, and the grief and anger in their chests had nowhere to vent, so they turned their attention to the thieves from Dead Tree Mountain who were tied aside.I don't know who made a cry, and the villagers rushed forward and knocked down the thieves one by one.

This scene was too bloody, so Ximen Qing dragged Hu Sanniang away, preventing her from watching the next scene.Although Hu Sanniang is outstanding in martial arts and unruly and willful, she is a girl after all, and it is really not suitable for her to stay here.

The commotion outside the village entrance lasted for half an hour, and the hundreds of captured thieves were all beaten to death by the angry villagers.The wailing of hundreds of people came to the ears of Yu Baosi and his dozens of subordinates who were hiding in the village, frightening them both trembling with inexplicable horror.

Shi Wengong and Jiao Ting saw that the villagers had had enough trouble and avenged themselves, so they stepped forward to restore order at the entrance of the village.

The villagers had to avenge their grievances, so they dispersed one after another.Before leaving, Shi Wengong made an agreement with several old ladies that tomorrow, after Liu Jiazhuang reported to the government and verified the identities of the thieves, each village would send people to help Liu Jiazhuang collect the corpses of these thieves.

After the crowd dispersed, the night was dark, and the Liu Family Village gradually fell into silence.However, that night, in Liujiazhuang and many villages under Kushu Mountain, there were many people who were so excited that they could not sleep at night.

After what happened tonight, many villagers at the foot of Dry Tree Mountain had blood of thieves on their hands, and the folk customs here gradually became tough without knowing it.Although Dry Tree Mountain is still so precipitous, there will be no thieves who will be able to settle here smoothly in the future.And this is something that Ximen Qing did not expect now.

That night, the official Ximen Qing couldn't sleep all night.This is not because the senior official is still worried about the suppression of bandits and anti-thieves in Kushushan, but because Hu Sanniang is still very excited at night after a hearty battle today, dragging Ximen Qing to compete a few more times Fan Wu Yi.

At dawn the next day, Ximenqing, Shi Wengong and others left Liujiazhuang, led the horse team over the Dry Tree Mountain, and headed for Dongchang Mansion.The matter of the thieves in Dry Tree Mountain was handed over to Liu Jiazhuang to report to the official.The money and grain left by Ximenqing for Liujiazhuang is enough for them to deal with the corrupt officials of the government.

In the current team, there are not only the original team of Ximen Qing and Shi Wengong, but also more than twenty young people from three villages who volunteered to follow Hu Sanniang.In addition, the "God of Dangerous Dao" Yu Baosi and his dozens of subordinates did not get Ximen Qing's antidote, so they obediently followed Ximen Qing's team, leading horses and doing chores for them all the way.

On the way, Jiao Ting once quietly asked Ximen Qing if he wanted to "get rid of evil" for the Qingzhou thieves like Yu Baosi, the "God of the Dangerous Way"?

Ximen Qing shook his head, dispelling Jiao Ting's desire to do something.Seeing that Jiao Ting still had doubts, Ximen Qing and him deliberately stayed behind in the team and had a secret exchange.

Jiao Ting didn't understand why Ximenqing had exterminated Zhang Qing, Sun Erniang and the gang of thieves when he was in Shizipo, Mengzhou, and followed the tenet of "elimination of evil must be done".But now they want to let this Qingzhou bandit Yu Baosi go?

This Qingzhou bandit "God of Dangerous Dao" Yu Baosi is not a good person. Although he is not as perverted as "God of Sangmen" Bao Xu, he is also a bandit leader who kills and robs goods and commits all kinds of crimes.

The last time in Qizhou, if it wasn't for Ximen Qing and others, I'm afraid that Xin Zan and his wife, Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng would have been killed by him.If he hadn't met Ximen Qing again this time, how many people in Liujiazhuang would have been killed by him.

Jiao Ting doesn't understand, like this kind of thieves, Brother Ximen wants to get rid of them quickly, why he let Yu Baosi alone.

Ximen Qing listened to Jiao Ting's complaint, smiled lightly, and said to Jiao Ting: "Brother Jiao Ting, my brother taught you a new word today, called 'pig teammate'."

Jiao Ting asked: "Brother Ximen, what is a 'pig teammate'?"

Ximen Qing said to Jiao Ting: "Brother Jiao Ting, in a team, members who are as stupid as pigs are 'pig teammates'. Such people always drag the team back, and often do things that betray the team and entrap friends. Thing. Yu Baosi, the 'God of the Dangerous Way', is such a 'pig teammate'. If he hadn't been greedy for life and afraid of death to betray the 'God of Sorrow' Bao Xu, we wouldn't have been able to attack the robbers in Kushu Mountain so easily. Copycat."

After hearing Ximen Qing's words, Jiao Ting said to Ximen Qing: "Brother Ximen, I understand that the Qingzhou bandit Yu Baosi is indeed what you call a 'pig teammate'. However, brother is a straight man. Sexual person, I still don’t understand. Bao Xu and his gang from Kushushan have all been executed, so what’s the use of keeping Yu Baosi and his subordinates? Could it be that my brother can safely accept this ‘pig teammate’ as For your own use? Brother, I think that Yu Baosi will be a disaster sooner or later. It’s better to kill them. Anyway, it’s you brother who promised to save their lives, not me’faceless’ Jiao Ting. I killed them, no It will ruin my brother's reputation!"

Ximen Qing heard the words, Jiao Ting said: "Good brother! My brother knows what you mean. Brother, listen to me, that 'danger god' Yu Baosi has other uses. They have to turn into bandits. In the area of ​​Hebei and Shandong, the most powerful one is Shuibo Liangshan. Now Guanzhou can’t stay, and Qingzhou can’t go back. I guess this Yu Baosi will vote for Liangshan one day. Those Liangshan bandits are Our future enemy in Yanggu County, brother, I want to give them a big gift of 'pig teammate' first."

After hearing Ximen Qing's words, Jiao Ting sighed while riding on the horse: "Brother Ximen is really a good planner! In this way, don't you have to hope that Yu Baosi will live a long life?"

1Chapter 17 Enter Dongchang Mansion

After having a secret talk with Ximen Qing, Jiao Ting finally puts aside his murderous intentions towards Yu Bao and the others.When he looked at this group of Qingzhou bandits who were working as coolies, he felt that they were no longer so hateful.

Everyone climbed over the dry tree mountain, rode southeast along the avenue, and saw Dongchang Mansion in Bozhou from a distance before the sun went down.

Dongchang Mansion in Bozhou is a tall earthen city surrounded by water on all sides. The city wall was first built in the third year of Song Xining (1070), so what Ximen Qing and others saw was a new city that had only been built for more than 40 years.

Outside the city of Dongchang Mansion, the beautiful Dongchang Lake surrounds the city for a week. There are only four dams extending from the city gate to the land outside the lake. It is really a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Dongchang Lake, which surrounds Dongchang Fucheng in Bozhou, is not a natural lake, but was built in the third year of Song Xining (1070 A.D.) like Dongchang Fucheng.The lake was formed at that time due to the construction of the city wall and the excavation of the moat, forming a natural barrier for Dongchangfu City.

Bozhou Dongchang Mansion is adjacent to Dong'e and Chiping in the east, Yanggu in the south, Guanzhou and Shen County in the northwest, Linqing in the north, and Daming Mansion in Hebei in the southwest. It is also a traffic hub.

The reason why the imperial court built the city here is because Bozhou has water transportation extending in all directions.

Dongchang Fucheng was born by the water and prospered because of the water.The Yellow River meanders for more than [-] miles in Bozhou, and many rivers such as Tuhai River and Majia River criss-cross, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which was dug in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, runs through the territory.Through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it can connect to Dongping Mansion in Yunzhou to the southeast.

Therefore, at this time, Dongchangfu in Bozhou was a new city with developed water transportation, numerous merchants and prosperous markets.

Seeing that he was about to enter the city, Yu Baosi, the "God of Dangerous Way", came to Ximen Qing's horse and begged for the antidote agreed with Ximen Qing.

After all, Yu Baosi used to be the head of the second village on Kushu Mountain, and he was the leader of the bandits who was wanted by Guanzhou, Bozhou and other places around Kushu Mountain.

Ximen Qing also had no intention of bringing Yu Bao into the city to cause trouble for himself.What he agreed with Yu Baosi was that Yu Baosi and others would go away after Yu Baosi brought them to the outside of Dongchang Mansion with coolies.

Now that he was about to enter the city, Ximen Qing generously gave the antidote to Yu Baosi and his men.Yu Bao and the others took the pills and swallowed them impatiently.

This time, I don't know what unique "medicinal material" Ximen Qing added to the pill. After taking this antidote, he felt more sick and uncomfortable than last time. Finally, Yu Bao and the others couldn't hold it back anymore and ran to the side of the road to vomit.It wasn't until they spit out all the gall water that Yu Bao and the others stopped vomiting, turned around and looked at Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing told Yu Baosi that after taking the antidote and spitting out all the toxins and dirt in his body, the poison would be cured.Ximen Qing told Yu Baosi again that now the agreement between the two parties has been completed, and Yu Baosi and his subordinates can leave.

After listening to Ximen Qing's words, Yu Baosi led his subordinates to salute Ximen Qing and Shi Wengong and left in a desperate way.

Jiao Ting looked at the backs of Yu Baosi and the others, and said, "It's cheap!"

Ximen Qing smiled and said, "Hehehe~ Brother Jiao Ting, why should you care, I always feel that I will meet him again in the future..."

The two looked at each other and laughed, beat their horses and galloped forward.Dongchang Mansion, I, the official Ximen, are here.

This Dongchang Mansion is adjacent to Yanggu County, and the influence of Ximen Qing officials has already developed here.Therefore, coming here is almost equivalent to returning to Yanggu County.

Because there were more than 200 good horses accompanying her, and it was inconvenient to bring them all into Dongchang City, Ximenqing discussed with Hu Sanniang and asked Hu Sanniang to take the servants and more than 20 men who defected to her to drive these horses and share them with the dead trees on the mountain. The money obtained was returned to Ximen Fort in Yanggu County.

Hu Sanniang took the opportunity to make a request to temporarily keep all these good horses for herself, and to train a cavalry team under her command in Ximenbao.

There are many beauties around Ximen Qing, and he is worrying about how to get rid of Hu Sanniang in the future and go out to have a good time alone.At this time, Hu Sanniang became interested in training the cavalry, and it hit Ximenqing's heart.He immediately encouraged Hu Sanniang to let go and train a cavalry team capable of conscripting and fighting.I must give priority to ensuring the needs of the lady in terms of horses and weapons and armor.

With Ximen Qing's promise, Hu Sanniang took her master with great interest, and drove the more than 200 good horses straight to Yanggu County, without any plan to rest overnight in Dongchang Mansion.

Seeing the back of Hu Sanniang leaving in a hurry, Ximen Qing was suddenly moved. My lady also has a cute side!In order to satisfy her desire to train troops, I will equip her with some good horses in the future and let her train five hundred elite cavalry first!

"Yizhangqing" Hu Sanniang, after all, is not a weak woman who has been in the boudoir for a long time!

After the horse team led by Hu Sanniang disappeared into the distance, Ximen Qing entered Dongchang Mansion together with Shi Wengong and Jiao Ting.It was getting late, and Ximen Qing didn't look for a hotel to stay at. Instead, after looking for someone to inquire about, he took everyone to the famous "Zhao's Printing Bookstore" in the city.

The owner of the "Zhao Family Printing Shop" was overjoyed when he saw the official Ximen Qing, and hurriedly welcomed Ximen Qing and his party into the backyard of the shop, and set up a banquet to entertain them hospitablely.