Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

From the skills of these teenagers, it can be seen that they have many years of skills.This Yuejiazhuang has been able to teach for so many years, there must be some masters among them!

Kong Yanzhou watched the sumo wrestling between Jiangmen God and all the youths for a while, and secretly thought that this big man alone was enough to rival Liu He, the head of the village on Mount Mou.

After Yue Fei and the others practiced sumo for a while, they practiced archery again.The precise archery skills of this group of teenagers once again shocked Kong Yanzhou and made him more confident.

Kong Yanzhou decided to go deep into Yuejiazhuang, and after a thorough investigation, he would pay a visit and conspire with the owner of Yuejiazhuang.

Walking into the village, Kong Yanzhou sold some needles and thread to the old women in the village cheaply, chatted with them while asking for water, and inquired from them about the robbers attacking the village a few days ago.

The ladies happily told Kong Yanzhou that a nobleman named Ximen Daguan came to Yuejiazhuang, and it was he who led people to defeat the Moushan bandits.

Chapter 295 Do you want to be a traitor?

"Ma'am, it's because of the good feng shui in your Yuejiazhuang that you can turn bad luck into good fortune. You have a nobleman to help you! I wonder if that nobleman is still in your village?" Kong Yanzhou asked pretending to be nonchalant.

"Shopkeeper, ask the senior official Ximen, he has been busy in the back of our village for the past few days, oh, yes, he is busy training the young people in our village! Go now, and you will definitely see him." The boss Mother smiled and replied to Kong Yanzhou.

After hearing this, Kong Yanzhou said goodbye to the old lady, and walked through the small alleys with his burden again, heading towards the back of Yuejiazhuang.Before he got out of the tunnel, Kong Yanzhou heard a rush of horseshoes.

This Yuejiazhuang doesn't look very big, why are there so many horseshoes?Kong Yanzhou ran out of the alley, took another look, and this time he was really stunned.

In the field where the crops were harvested, hundreds of cavalrymen with long spears and short knives were galloping back and forth in circles, practicing stabbing and chopping with straw figures tied in the field.On the edge of the field, a group of villagers with knives and guns was watching the cavalry charge with great interest, bursting out bursts of applause from time to time.In the distance, a group of peasant women were chattering and laughing, but their skillful hands did not stop, and they made a new straw man soon.

Kong Yanzhou looked around again, and saw that on a small mound, there was a handsome gentleman with gorgeous clothes and extraordinary appearance riding on the horse, pointing his finger at the cavalry troop galloping below the mound, saying something.Beside Na Langjun, there are several sturdy knights surrounding him.

Kong Yanzhou is also a person who has traveled through the rivers and lakes and has some knowledge.When he saw the appearance of these cavalrymen, he knew that they were real soldiers, and they were definitely not comparable to the Taiping Forbidden Army raised by the prefectures of Shandong and Hebei.Although the robbers in Mushan could ride horses, there were not many well-trained cavalrymen. It was okay to bully the local forbidden army and ordinary villagers.

Kong Yanzhou was really excited now, he knew that the fighting strength of the team in front of him was much stronger than what Tao Jun and Jia Jin said.I finally found a team that can help me avenge myself.

"Brother, may I ask that the person on the hill is a senior official from Ximen?" Kong Yanzhou recovered from his excitement, and he approached the villagers watching the excitement with his burden, and asked one of the villagers who seemed stable and honest.

"That's right, that's the official Ximen, the benefactor of our whole village. Shopkeeper, what are you doing?" The villager looked at the strange face in front of him and asked suspiciously.

"Brother, don't be suspicious, I'm not a bad person. Someone asked me to bring a message to the Ximen official in Yuejiazhuang, so I came to ask you. Brother, may you take me to meet the Ximen official? "Kong Yanzhou sincerely asked the villager.

"You're a peddler, don't you think you're an outsider? Let me tell you, the high official Ximen is the descendant of the leopard god Ximen Leopard. He has a pair of divine eyes. You can tell if you are loyal or treacherous. Don't you have to lie in front of the high officials!" The villagers looked at Ximen Qing with admiration, and turned their heads and said to Kong Yanzhou, half reminding and half threatening.

This bird man looks honest and honest, but he also has so many tricks and tricks, he really can't be judged by appearances!Kong Yanzhou sighed in his heart.

"Brother, I really have something important to meet with the officials of Ximen, I hope it will be convenient for you." Kong Yanzhou put down his burden, and made another big gift to the villager.

The villager saw that there was nothing else on Kong Yanzhou's body, and he was not afraid that he was cheating, so he led Kong Yanzhou through the crowd and walked towards the hill where the official Ximen Qing lived.

"Who are you? What message did you bring me?" Ximen Qing asked, looking at the man dressed as a shopkeeper in front of him.

"Your Majesty, I'm coming from the west, and I have something to tell you. Can you speak for me?" Kong Yanzhou stared at Ximen Qing and said.

After hearing Kong Yanzhou's words, the sturdy knights around Ximen Qing held their saber handles and stared at Kong Yanzhou vigilantly.

Ximen Qing didn't care, he jumped off the horse, pointed to a big stone ten feet away and said, "Shopkeeper, I'll go there to talk with you."

Kong Yanzhou clasped his fists at Ximen Qing, and walked towards the big stone.Ximen Qing followed behind Kong Yanzhou unhurriedly.

At this moment and here, Ximen Qing was not afraid that the other party was a bandit from Mou Shan, who would wait for an opportunity to assassinate him.Ximen Qing was quite confident in his martial arts, and when he was on guard, he didn't believe that the man in front of him was better than Wu Song in boxing and kicking, and could beat him unexpectedly with three or two moves.In addition, the terrain here is wide, and his own cavalry is ten feet away. If there is any trouble, they will be there in a short time. Forgive this man for not daring to act rashly.

After the two came to the side of the big stone one after the other, Kong Yanzhou turned around and looked at Ximen Qing and said: "Your official is really courageous, you are not afraid that I will have malicious intentions and make trouble?"

Ximen Qing smiled confidently: "There are many heroes who want to kill me, but unfortunately grass has grown on their graves, and I still live freely. Tell me, who are you and why are you here?"

Kong Yanzhou clasped his fists and praised: "As expected of the Ximen official who defeated Tao Jun and Jia Jin with a few people, I admire you! Kong Yanzhou, nicknamed 'Chuan Linhu' in the Jianghu, is now a leader on Namu Mountain , take the fifth seat temporarily."

If Ximenqing was familiar with the history of the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, he should think of someone when he heard this name.It's a pity that Ximenqing has only studied Water Margin, and he doesn't read many history books of the Song Dynasty. He only knows about some major events, so he doesn't have any special reaction to this name.

What Ximenqing was interested in was, how dare this man, who claimed to be the leader of the five bandits in Moushan, come to see him alone?Apart from other abilities, this person is indeed a bit courageous.Ximen Qing stared into Kong Yanzhou's eyes and asked: "Captain Kong, don't you know that Mou Shan and my Yuejiazhuang are in the same situation and cannot coexist? You are so bold and came to see me alone. Don't you be afraid that I will chop off your body with one knife?" Head, take it to the county town to receive the reward?"

Kong Yanzhou showed the smiling face of his village ruffian, and said with a dry laugh: "I, Kong San, have already seen that the high official is not an ordinary person, so I just showed up to meet the high official. The high official is here to raise troops, Kong San does not One needs to guess to know that it must be for the affairs of Mount Mou. With the intelligence of high-ranking officials, one can naturally understand, a living Kong Yanzhou or a dead five-headed leader, who is more useful for high-ranking officials to eliminate the people on Mount Mou. Kong San is not worried that high officials will cut off his head."

Ximen Qing listened, snorted heavily, and scolded Kong Yanzhou contemptuously: "So you want to be a traitor?"

Chapter 296 Contributing to Kong San

When Kong Yanzhou heard Ximen Qing calling him a traitor, he laughed and said nonchalantly: "Your official is wrong this time. I, Kong Yanzhou, had a sworn feud with the villains on Namu Mountain. This time It's just that I want to take revenge for me with the help of the high officials, so I came to discuss with the high officials."

Ximen Qing raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said to Kong Yanzhou: "Oh? I can't see that you are a scoundrel. As the fifth leader of the Mushan Village, you actually say that you are not a traitor! Well, I will give it to you. An opportunity, you tell me about your origin."

Kong Yanzhou responded, and led Mou Shan's bandit Ma Fanghe to Huanxia Village, Linli County to rob and slaughter the whole village.Tell Ximen Qing one by one about how he killed four straggling bandits, how he mixed up with Mou Shan, pretended to join them, and became the leader of the five bandits of Mu Shan.

Of course, Kong Yanzhou deliberately went to the county town to kill two rogues in order to win the trust of the Mushan bandits, but he didn't tell Ximen Qing.Kong Yanzhou still had some scruples about this senior official from Ximen, and he didn't dare to say anything to him.

Kong Yanzhou told Ximen Qing that his original plan was to sneak into Mou Shanzhai, hang out with those leaders, and after he had completely gained their trust, he would use the opportunity of going down the mountain to rob them and plot against them one by one. , and finally wiped out the entire Moushan village with the help of the government.

But when Tao Jun and Jia Jin were defeated in Yuejiazhuang and fled back to Mushan, Kong Yanzhou knew that there was a team in Yuejiazhuang that was stronger than the army, so he made up his mind to unite with Yuejiazhuang to destroy the Mushan bandits.

This time, Kong Yanzhou took the initiative to ask Ying to come down the mountain to spy on the military situation of Yuejiazhuang, just to get in touch with the principal of Yuejiazhuang and discuss big plans together.

After listening to Kong Yanzhou's words, Ximen Qing couldn't help but glance at the somewhat ruffian-looking man in front of him.This fellow is really gloomy and cunning!Even if there was no conflict between Yuejiazhuang and the Mou Mountain bandits, maybe this Kong Yanzhou in front of him could really kill several leaders of Mou Mountain in time.It's just that at that time, this guy is used to the life of a robber, and it's hard to say whether he will destroy Mou Shanzhai when he has all the power.

Ximen Qing sighed in his heart, but asked calmly on his face: "Kong Yanzhou, what you said just now is empty and without evidence. How do I know that you were not sent by the Mou Mountain bandit to lure me up the mountain? You Is there any way to prove your sincerity to me?"

Kong Yanzhou replied: "Senior officials, I have seen that your subordinates are indeed elite, far superior to those of the Forbidden Army in the Xiangzhou Mansion. However, the terrain of Mount Mu is dangerous. If the officials have no internal response and want to take down Mount Mu You have to shed the blood of a lot of subordinates. As long as the senior officials and I, Kong Yanzhou, join hands, I can help you easily enter the Mushan stronghold, and save your brothers a lot of damage. Of course, I know that it is so empty talk It is really hard to win the trust of the high officials. Kong Yanzhou has a plan, he can help the high officials destroy half of the robbers first, so the high officials can no longer have any doubts, and follow the attack on Mount Mou, right?"

Hehe, Kong Yanzhou is really good at giving favors!If he really used half of the Moushan bandit's life to present me with a certificate of honor, what's the point of me, a high official in Ximen, trusting him just once?

"Kong Yanzhou, tell me about your plan!" Ximen Qing said.

"Senior officer, this time I will go down the mountain to spy on Yuejiazhuang's military situation. After returning to the mountain, I will encourage the village owner to send troops to attack Yuejiazhuang. I will let the village owner divide the army into half, and I will lead them to go straight to Yuejiazhuang. One only needs to set up an ambush and wipe out all the robbers coming down the mountain. As long as the officials can not let a robber go, I, Kong Yanzhou, can lead your team and pretend to be the robbers who have returned to the mountain in one fell swoop. Mou Shan village, help you to wipe out those Mou Shan thieves." Kong Yanzhou revealed the strategy in his heart.

After hearing this, Ximenqing thought that Kong Yanzhou's plan was feasible.He secretly thought that there was such a traitor of the bandit Mou Shan, which indeed saved a lot of trouble.As long as he can take advantage of the cavalry he brought in this plain area, after killing half of the Mou Mountain bandits, it will not be a problem to capture Mou Mountain with the power he has in his hands.

Ximen Qing asked Kong Yanzhou again: "Kong Yanzhou, although the strategy you offered is feasible, but the timing of my ambush is not easy to grasp. How do I know when you Mushan bandits will come down to my Yuejiazhuang?"

After hearing this, Kong Yanzhou fell into deep thought.He bowed his head and thought carefully for a while, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and he had a countermeasure in his mind.He raised his head and said to Ximen Qing: "Master, this matter is easy to handle! Let me see that the cavalry under your command are skilled in riding, far better than the bandits on Namu Mountain. Sir, you can send a few cavalry to Namu At the foot of the mountain as a spy. When I first went to Mount Mu, the village owner asked me to choose armor in the warehouse. I once chose a red armor. As long as your spy sees that you are wearing a red armor and leading someone down the mountain, that is to come This is Yuejiazhuang. I believe that with the speed of your cavalry, you can return to Yuejiazhuang a day or two earlier than the Moushan bandits. In this way, the officials will be able to deal with it calmly."

After hearing this, Ximenqing was silent for a moment, and said to Kong Yanzhou: "Kong Yanzhou, after you go back to the mountain, the bandits will definitely ask you about the details of Yuejiazhuang's archer. The archers here are a group of ten-year-old teenagers. I believe you have met them in Qiancun and know how to say them. The master who taught these teenagers was Zhou Tong from Hedong Village, east of Yuejiazhuang. He also defeated Tao Jun and Jia Jin that night. An excellent archer. Old man Zhou Tong is over 70 years old this year, and his physical strength is exhausted. After the hard fight that night, he has already recovered from illness. Now this Yuejiazhuang is at a time when its defenses are weak."

Kong Yanzhou heard this, and thanked Ximen Qing: "Your Excellency, I will remember it. Please find a pen and paper for me, and I will describe the situation before and after the Namou Mountain Village."

After hearing this, Ximenqing took Kong Yanzhou down the hill and returned to Yuejiazhuang.After Kong Yanzhou finished drawing the topographic map of Mount Mou, he discussed with Ximen Qing in secret for a while, and then bid farewell to Ximen Qing, leaving Yuejiazhuang and returning to Mount Mou.

Seeing that Kong Yanzhou was about to leave, Ximen Qing suddenly asked him, "Kong Yanzhou, what do you want from helping me defeat the Mou Shan bandits?"

Kong Yanzhou replied: "I hope that the high officials will kill the Mou Shan bandits. In addition, please leave the head of the second leader, Ma Fang, for me to pick it up. Also, the treasures saved in the Mu Shan bandits' stronghold There are so many, I want to take a copy and go far away.”

Seeing that Kong Yanzhou's request was reasonable, Ximen Qing nodded and sent Kong Yanzhou out of Yuejiazhuang.

After Kong Yanzhou left, Ximenqing immediately dispatched people to invite Zhou Tong and Yao Daweng from Hedong Village and Yaojiazhuang...

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