Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

When you have time in the future, go and pay attention to that big account!Ximenqing decided to go to Zengtou City in Lingzhou via Dongchang Mansion and Gaotang Prefecture this time.

Ximen Qing and others rode on horseback, and they arrived at Jingyanggang within half a day.

The Jingjinggang mountain road is rugged and the forest is lush. Even though it is cold winter, the branches with fallen leaves are still intertwined in layers, covering the sky and the sun.

On the mountain road, from time to time, you can see traveling merchants in twos and threes or one or two hunters carrying hares and pheasants.

In order to save horsepower and prevent injuries, Ximen Qing and the others dismounted from their horses, led the horses along the road, and went up to the Jingyang Ridge for a while.

On this Jingyanggang, along the way, there are traces of dilapidated notices such as "Big insects hurt people, pedestrians be careful" posted a few months ago on the dilapidated mountain temples and big trees on the roadside.These traces seem to remind Ximen Qing how the tiger-fighting hero Wu Song was such a hero that he became famous on this post.

hateful!Wu Er, even if you beat the worm on the mountain, you will not be able to beat me this time when you come back!

Ximen Qing held his breath and came down to the hill with resentment, and saw a hotel under the hill from a distance.A wine flag hung high outside the hotel, and on the wine flag was written "Three bowls but no post".

Hehe, this is the hotel where Wu Song had a drink before fighting the tiger.I remember that the village wine sold in this store is called "Toupingxiang", also known as "Going out and pouring".It is said that wine has great stamina, and after eating wine, you will be drunk when you go out.

On that day, Wu Song didn't believe in evil, he drank eighteen bowls of wine, but he went up to Jingyang Hill with the strength of wine, and killed the tiger on the hill.

Most of the wines brewed and produced in the Song Dynasty were low-alcohol wines. Ximen Qing believed that even if the alcohol content of this "bottle-penetrating fragrance" was higher than other wines, it was not much higher.Maybe I, a senior official from Ximen, can cook eighteen bowls in a row? Ximen Qing decided to go into the hotel to see what happened.

Ximen Qing and Jiao Ting handed over the horses to the servants, and they were about to walk into the hotel.

Just at this moment, a drunken man with a short stick in his hand rammed straight out of the door, hitting the unsuspecting Ximen Qing, knocking Ximen Qing back two steps.

Jiao Ting, who was at the side, was furious when he saw it. He grabbed the drunk man and asked, "You are so bold! Why don't you have eyes? How dare you hit my brother?"

The man looked at the sky with both eyes, and did not look directly at Jiao Ting. He shouted: "Master walks by himself, where are the birds and men blocking the way? Let the master avoid him? In this world, the master only allows two people, and the rest Use it to make mud under your feet! If you don’t let go, you will have to suffer from the master’s big neck punch!"

"Whose master are you?" Jiao Ting was furious, and pushed the man to the ground with a fork.The short stick and bundle in the man's hand also fell to the ground.

Why is the drunk man's words familiar? It seems to be the mantra of a guy who likes to brag in Liangshan? Ximen Qing picked out his ears and looked at the drunk man with interest.

The restaurant in the hotel heard the movement and ran to the door to persuade him.But when he saw that Ximen Qing was well-groomed and had a servant, obviously someone with a background, the restaurant temporarily stopped talking and stood by the door to watch.

The man stumbled, and he would not give up.I saw him jumping up from the ground and shouting: "Bird man and woman, give me a punch!" He swung his bowl-sized fist and punched Jiao Ting's chest.

This man was born to be about eight feet long, with strong Kong Wu.At this time, he punched vigorously, and there was wind in the fist, which seemed a bit bluffing.

But Jiao Ting was not afraid of such reckless men, he turned sideways to punch, wrapped his hands around, and slammed his feet again, the man fell to the ground like a gourd rolling on the ground.

The servants behind Ximen Qing let out a burst of laughter.

The man ate twice in public, his face was not good-looking, and he was very angry.He grabbed the short stick on the ground, half sat up and stared fiercely at Jiao Ting, trying to hit him.

Seeing that Jiao Ting was unarmed, the man hesitated for a moment, then dropped the short stick in his hand, got up and said: "Man Wuna, you are quite capable. I was careless just now, how dare you fight with me again?" Do you want to compete?"

This guy suffered a loss and knew that Jiao Ting was a tough guy, so he no longer asked him to call himself the master, and he no longer called Jiao Ting a bird and a man.

Seeing that the man dropped his club, Ximen Qing nodded inwardly.Although this guy is arrogant and bragging, he also has some self-respect, knows how to obey the rules, and knows how to fight fairly with his opponents.

Jiao Ting strode a few feet away, and said to the man, "This place is spacious, so it won't surprise the shopkeeper. Man, if you want to fight, come forward."

This time the man was not restless, he opened his posture and moved forward steadily, not giving Jiao Ting a chance to throw him.

However, Jiao Ting's three-generation sumo wrestling technique is so easy to guard against? The two of them exchanged fists and kicks for a few moves, and Jiao Ting knocked the man down with another punch.

Standing aside, Ximen Qing saw that the man's arrogance had been knocked down by Jiao Ting, and the fire was almost ready, so he stepped forward and grabbed Jiao Ting, and asked the man, "You man, what is your name, where is your family name?"

Chapter 24 A Drunken Stick

At this time, Jiao Ting and the man stopped fighting, Ximen Qing was able to take a closer look at the man who fell on the ground.

I saw that the man's head was wrapped with a pig's mouth turban, and there were two copper bars with twisted silk from the Taiyuan Mansion on the back of his head. He had a pale yellow face with bright eyes under his eyebrows and no mustache on his cheeks.He wears a shirt with soap sleeves on his upper body, a white shoulder strap around his waist, cloth knee pads on his lower legs, and hemp shoes on his feet.

The man sitting on the ground was a stubborn man. Hearing Ximen Qing's question, he snorted and said, "You didn't defeat me, why did I tell you?"

When Ximen Qing heard this, he snickered in his heart, this guy is a bit stubborn and cute.

Jiao Ting listened on the side, stepped forward and said: "You man is so clueless! This is my brother, how can I not ask you? Tell me the truth, who is the name and where is the name?"

The man slowly got up from the ground, stood in front of Ximen Qing and Jiao Ting, and said bravely in his mouth: "You fat man is a good man! Since I lost to you, I should talk to you, but It’s not about listening to him.”

Hearing this, Jiao Ting became agitated and was about to explode, but was held back by Ximen Qing.

Hehehe, this guy is really a cheap bone, if he doesn't fight, he will be dishonest.That being the case, let me beat him to his heart's content!

Ximen Qing was watching the battle just now, and he already saw the man's way.That man is full of strength, but his martial arts are not outstanding, he is definitely not his opponent.Therefore, Ximen Qing decided to go out in person and defeat this man so that he would not dare to underestimate himself.

The man was about to tell Jiao Ting about his background, but Ximen Qing suddenly said, "Hold on, man. Do you have to beat you before you are willing to tell me the truth? If that's the case, why don't you fight with me? If so If I lose, I will give you 50 taels of silver. If you lose, I am recruiting good men in the world, but you have to swear to follow me from now on. Man, do you dare to bet?"

Seeing that Ximen Qing's face was fair and he was dressed as a wealthy official, the man thought to himself: I don't know where is this rich man?He must have learned some embroidered boxing sticks and thought he was invincible, but he didn't know the dangers of the world.Although his companion is powerful, I don't believe he can defeat me!I was worried that I didn't have much entanglement on me, but it turned out to be on him!

The man made up his mind to compete with Ximen Qing, but he said slyly: "Why don't I dare to gamble with you? It's just that I just had a few bowls of wine in the shop, and now I'm a little drunk. At this time, you and I Gambling, although I am not afraid of you, I am not very convinced. How about I wait here to rest for the night, and tomorrow I will fight with you again."

This guy is not stupid!Ximen Qing sighed in his heart.

"Why bother?" Ximen Qing turned to the restaurant in front of the hotel and asked, "Master, how many bowls of wine did this guy eat just now?"

Seeing Ximenqing asking him, the restaurant stepped forward and replied, "I want to report to you, sir, just now, this guest officer didn't listen to the villain's persuasion, and even drank six bowls of wine. Although the wine from the villain's house is Village wine tastes better than old wine. Whenever a customer comes to our shop, he will be drunk after eating three bowls, and cannot pass the hill in front. Therefore, it is called "three bowls but no hill". This guest officer is full After eating six bowls, I'm afraid I'm really a little drunk."

Ximen Qing said with a smile: "Master, let me sieve six bowls of wine as well, there must be a point!"

Seeing the current scene, the restaurant knew that there was no way to persuade him, so he had to go back to the shop and sift six bowls of wine and bring them to Ximen Qing.Long ago, Ximen Qing's servants brought tables and chairs out of the store, placed them on the open space, and asked Ximen Qing to sit down.The restaurant cut up some beef to drink with Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing ate some beef indiscriminately, picked up the bowl and drank three bowls of wine, and praised: "Good wine!"

In fact, Ximen Qing was just pretending at this time. After he took the first sip of wine, he knew that the so-called "three bowls but no hills" was still a low-alcohol wine, but it was slightly higher than the average village wine. , is far inferior to the high-grade liquor that I often drank before crossing.

It can only be said that the drinking capacity of people in the Song Dynasty matched their wine-making skills, and a few bowls of low-alcohol wine can get drunk.Such bland wine is not enjoyable at all for the modern traveler who comes from a highly rich material life!

Ximen Qing ate the beef and drank three more bowls of wine, without feeling drunk at all.He shouted to the restaurant: "Master, quickly sieve six more bowls of wine with me!"

The restaurant smacked its tongue and wondered why there are so many guest officials who are desperate to drink these days.The restaurant didn't dare to neglect, and sifted six more bowls of wine for Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing glanced at the drunk man who was dumbfounded, and ate all six bowls of wine.

It's almost there, you can't pretend too much.The man on the opposite side is not a tiger on the mountain, so he doesn't need me to eat eighteen bowls of wine.

After eating twelve bowls of wine before and after Ximen Qing, he was slightly drunk just now.He stood up, walked to the open space, and said to the man: "Man, I see that you are carrying a short stick, so you must know how to use a stick. Are you fighting me with fists or sticks?"

Seeing that Ximen Qing had eaten twelve bowls of wine in a row, the man thought to himself: This guy is trying to die!I'm afraid I won't be able to punch the master when I'm drunk!It's just that if I hurt him, his companion will definitely fight me desperately, but it is difficult to deal with.If not, let's play a few sticks with him, look for an opportunity to knock out the stick in his hand, and let him know how powerful the master is.

After making up his mind, the man grabbed his short stick from the ground and said to Ximen Qing, "In that case, I will compete with you in stick skills."

Ximen Qing stretched his hand back and said, "Bring the stick!"

A servant brought up the stick he brought, Jiao Ting took the stick from him, walked to Ximen Qing, and said to Ximen Qing: "Brother, be careful!"