Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

The next day, Ximenqing bid farewell to everyone in Dulonggang and embarked on the road back to Yanggu County.

Chapter 21 The villain has no face

During the trip to Dulonggang, Ximenqing's goal of finding a friend with Luan Tingyu did not come true. The "iron stick" Luan Tingyu is not in Zhujiazhuang, and he doesn't know where he is wandering in the rivers and lakes.

Although this trip accidentally overwhelmed Hu Sanniang, Ximen Qing had no intention of taking her back to Yanggu County.Unless it was a last resort, Ximen Qing was still unwilling to let a woman work hard for himself and Wu Song.

It seems that after returning to Yanggu County, they have to think carefully about where there are still good men to recruit.

As for Dulonggang, what will happen to the relationship between Hu Sanniang and Zhu Biao, and what will happen to the relationship between Hu's family village and Zhu's family village because of him, Ximen Qing doesn't have any more thoughts on it now.

Speaking of which, I, the official Ximen Qing, is the victim, okay?The one hundred taels of gold that the three Zhu brothers gave me in private can't make up for the damage to my pure heart and body, okay?

Ximen Qing kept talking about the three heroes of the Zhu family as poor ghosts, leaving Dulonggang and entering Xianglinwa...

There were no twists and turns on the road. Ximen Qing took a dozen or so dealers, pulled several carts of gifts from the three dealers, and hurried back to Ximen Fort two days later.

As soon as he arrived outside the gate of the fort, the supervisor Ximen Fu greeted him and sang to Ximen Qing.

After the servants on both sides helped Ximen Qing off his horse, Ximen Fu saw that Ximen Qing was the only one returning on horseback, so he hurriedly asked Ximen Qing, "Can the officials find that hero Luan?"

Ximen Qing shook his head, sighed softly and said, "This time I took a trip in vain, but I haven't seen that good man Luan Tingyu."

"Officials don't need to be too anxious. The villain has good news to relieve the official's worries! Then Lu Xiaoyi came back today and brought back a good man. He heard that the official went to Zhujiazhuang, so he brought the good man to this fort. I'm waiting for the officials, and I'm in the castle right now." Ximen Fu reported to Ximen Qing.

"Oh! Lu Xiaoyi is so neat! I really didn't misread him! Where are they now?" Ximen Qing cheered up and hurriedly asked.

"Officer, the two of them and Instructor Hong are on the training ground now. Do you want the villain to send someone to call them back?" Simon Fu said.

"No need, lead the way, I'll go see them myself!" After Ximen Qing finished speaking, he took the lead and walked straight to the martial arts training ground in the fort.

"Okay! Beat him!"

"Li San, your mother-in-law didn't nurse you last night? Why are your feet so weak?"

"Zhao Da, you're a rascal, but you don't know how to move his right leg?"

"Hahaha~ This guy usually boasts about his strength, how can he eat dirt while sticking out his big ass?"

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Before arriving at the martial arts arena, Ximen Qing heard the noise of crowds watching from the sidelines.Looking from a distance, the martial arts arena is full of dust.

Ximen Qing walked to the sidelines, looked intently, and saw Coach Hong and Lu Xiaoyi standing on the sidelines to watch the battle. In the field, there was a fat, shirtless man who was fighting with several strong players.

Ximen Qing also knew Li San and Zhao Da's several villagers.Those few people are all physically strong among the tenants, who can pick and carry.Seeing their strength, Ximen Qing specially recruited them into the castle and became the farmers of the nursing home.

Now on the field, Li San and others, who usually ruled the roost among the dealers, were being teased by the fat man like children, throwing themselves back and forth.

The man was also having fun, walking around in circles on the field, twisting his waist and swinging his arms, a dealer fell to the ground and ate dirt, causing constant laughter from the sidelines.

What a man!Ximen Qing admired secretly in his heart, but kept silent, standing behind others just watching the show.

The crowd on the sidelines only focused on the fight on the field, but they didn't notice Ximen Qing's arrival.

Ximenfu hurriedly followed and shouted: "Everyone stop! Everyone stop! The high officials are back! I haven't seen any high officials yet!"

"It's true that brother is back!" Lu Xiaoyi was the first to see Ximen Qing, and hurriedly pulled Jiao Hong's head with his hands crossed to salute.

The onlookers from the sidelines also stopped making noise, and they all saluted and greeted the senior officials of Ximen.

The big fat man in the field heard the commotion on the sidelines, and jumped out of the circle, heading straight for Ximen Qing.In two or three steps, the man leaped up to Ximen Qing, bowed and wanted to make a big salute.

Ximen Qing hurriedly supported the big fat man, and said: "Hero, don't be too polite! The man has good fists and feet! May I ask who the man is?"

"How dare a villain ask a senior official to ask! Senior official, the villain was originally from Zhongshan Prefecture, Hebei. He has been handed down for three generations and made a living in sumo wrestling. But he is only handed down, passed down from father to son, and does not teach apprentices. The villain is the most faceless in his life. , I can’t attract people everywhere. Shandong and Hebei call me “Faceless” Jiao Ting. The villain recently met Brother Xiaoyi in Dongchang Mansion. Vote for high officials!" The fat man said to Ximen Qing respectfully.

Haha~ It's actually him! "Faceless" Jiao Ting!

Jiao Ting is also one of the one hundred and eight generals of Liangshan, a low-key master of close hand-to-hand combat.Jiao Ting is good at sumo wrestling. When he met Li Kui, the "Black Whirlwind" in history, he knocked Li Kui to the ground with one punch, and then kicked Li Kui until he couldn't stand up.From this, he just met Li Kui, and later followed Li Kui to Liangshan.

Of course, that was years away.Now Jiao Ting is just like what he said, the most faceless in his life (that is, he can't make friends, he has no human face), seeking refuge everywhere but no one takes him in, and living in the rivers and lakes is the worst time.

Hehehe~ What is bargain hunting? This is bargain hunting!Jiao Ting, others don't keep you, but I, a high official in Ximen, want to reuse you, making you look good with me!I, a high official in Ximen, is short of a personal bodyguard. You are an upright and unkind hand-to-hand fighter, but you are not the most suitable candidate?

"Brother Jiao Ting, don't call me a senior official again in the future. You are just like Brother Xiaoyi. How about calling me Big Brother? Brother Jiao Ting, brother wants you to stay, and I am wronged brother to be my personal guard. I don't know brother What do you think?" Ximen Qing asked warmly, holding his anxious hands.

At this time, Jiao Ting was running around in Hebei and Shandong, but no one appreciated him, and he had nowhere to go.Now there are wealthy and powerful officials from Ximen who take him in, why don't they want to? In addition, the officials from Ximen who have never met want to let me be his personal bodyguard, this is to see him as his confidant brother, not an outsider!How can you not convince people by doing things for such a brother?

"Since the official and elder brother value Jiao Ting so much, how dare you refuse to obey? Brother, Jiao Ting is willing to do his best!" Jiao Ting agreed with clasped fists.

Seeing that Jiao Ting agreed to stay, Ximenqing happily dragged him back to the mansion with Lu Xiaoyi and Hong Jiaotou, and set up a banquet to enjoy themselves.

During the dinner, Lu Xiaoyi told Ximen Qing how he met Jiao Ting.

On the way to Dongchang Mansion, Lu Xiaoyi saw Jiao Ting in a town who had no money, and was betting with some rascals.

Those rogues lost, but refused to pay the money, and started fighting with Jiao Ting.The rogues couldn't fight Jiao Ting, so they summoned helpers with sharp knives to besiege him.Seeing that Jiao Ting is a good man, Lu Xiaoyi brought his subordinates to help Jiao Ting drive away the group of rascals.

Jiao Ting has a straight personality and is determined to become brothers with Lu Xiaoyi.Lu Xiaoyi took the opportunity to tell him that Brother Ximen was willing to be a hero in the world, and brought him back to Yanggu County.

Ximen Qing was overjoyed when he heard the words, one was that he got a new hero, and the more joy was that this brother Lu Xiaoyi was quite capable of doing things.

"Flower Arm" Lu Xiaoyi has many chances, and in just a short period of time, he found two heroes. He is really my Ximen Qing's lucky general!

Chapter 22 The Romance of Climbing the Ladder

Ximenqing and Lu Xiaoyi chatted over wine, and suddenly heard Jiao Ting's words mention that in the northeast of Dongchang Mansion and southwest of Lingzhou, there is a good place called Zengtou City.

There are more than 7000 households in Zengtou City, and the leader is called Zeng Elder Zeng Nong. His family is rich and powerful, and he has [-] people under his command.Zeng Nong had five sons named Zeng Tu, Zeng Mi, Zeng Suo, Zeng Kui, and Zeng Sheng. They were known as the Five Tigers of the Zeng family, and they were all heroes skilled in martial arts.

Zengtou City dominates in the southwest of Lingzhou, and the thieves in the surrounding area dare not attack them.Jiao Ting heard about their reputation in the Jianghu, and decided to vote, but unexpectedly met Lu Xiaoyi halfway, and then changed his way to Yanggu County to join Ximen Qing.

Ximenqing suddenly heard Jiao Ting mentioning Zengtou City, and suddenly remembered that there was Shi Wengong, the head coach there, who was also a hero with superb martial arts skills and undeserved courage.

In history, when Liangshan attacked Zengtou City, Chao Gai, the owner of the village, died under the arrow engraved with Shi Wengong.Later, after Liang Shanla "Jade Qilin" Lu Junyi joined the gang, Shi Wengong was besieged by many masters, and he was barely taken down.The strength of Shi Wengong can be seen from this.

If he could get help from Shi Wengong, it would be enough to make up for the regret of not finding Luan Tingyu, and naturally he would not have to be afraid of Wu Song anymore.

However, because of Luan Tingyu's lesson, Ximenqing is not sure whether there is Shi Wengong in Zengtou City.You have to understand clearly before planning the next step.

Ximenqing asked Jiao Ting if he had ever heard of Shi Wengong as a coach in Zengtou City?

Jiao Ting replied immediately. He said that he had heard that there were two instructors in Zengtou City. One instructor was indeed called Shi Wengong, and the other assistant instructor was called Su Ding. I heard that both of them were outstanding in martial arts. .

Ximenqing was overjoyed when he heard the news, God finally opened his eyes this time and gave me the exact whereabouts of a first-class general.Oops~ The dawn of victory is just around the corner!The most important thing for the remaining month is to go north to find Shi Wengong.

Ximenqing asked Jiao Ting if he could go back and forth from Yanggu County to Zengtou City in Lingzhou within a month.