Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

More than 20 days later, in Ximen Fort, Yanggu County, Ximen Qing was practicing archery in a corner of the Martial Arts Field.

Now that the musket technology in Brother Tang Long's weapons workshop is still immature, Ximen Qing knows that in order to win on the battlefield, he needs to practice more bow and arrow skills.

After getting the book "Essence of Archery" from Zhou Tong, Ximen Qing returned to Yanggu to deal with everything, and practiced hard every day, hoping to become a terrifying master like Zhou Tong one day.

Now Ximenqing is proficient in Lianju Sanjian, and is honing his skills, pursuing excellence, making himself very proficient in stepping and stepping.

Brother Qiao Yun, as Zhou Tong's disciple, was rated by Zhou Tong as a person with archery talent, and now Ximen Qing values ​​him even more.Ximenqing took him to practice arrows with him every day, and wanted to train Brother Yun, his confidant, to become his future general.

In the martial arts arena, Luan Tingyu, Jiang Zhong, Hong Zhen and others were also practicing their respective teams.

"Li San, Zhao Da, you have been practicing with the master for so long, why are the cartilages in your hands still so crispy? When the master stretches out his hand, you just stick your big back and eat dirt? It's really hard to make progress! Like you wait like this, how can you eat dirt?" To be the personal bodyguard of a high official? The beef and mutton mustaches of a high official are not free!" Jiao Ting was shirtless, and was taunting at more than two dozen strong men, spraying saliva on their faces.

These twenty or so people were selected by Ximen Qing from his tenants in Ximen Fort as his personal guards.

These people, whose ancestors followed Ximen's family, were the most loyal to Ximen Qing.They also have one thing in common, that is, they are physically strong, and everyone has strength of several hundred catties.

Ximen Qing selected these people, and on the one hand, he fed them big fish and meat every day to let them grow up, and on the other hand, he asked Jiao Ting to train them strictly to hone their strength and martial arts.

"Faceless" Jiao Ting was appointed by Ximen Qing as the captain of the personal guard, responsible for commanding the guard.He knew that this was the absolute trust that officials Ximen Qing had in him.In the future on the battlefield, the people under his command will be the last barrier in front of the high officials, and there will be no room for mistakes.

Feeling the heavy responsibility, Jiao Ting put all his energy into training these wrestlers, causing them to complain endlessly despite their strong bodies.

Li San and Zhao Da were the most stubborn among the dealers. When Jiao Ting first arrived in Ximenbao, he had fought against Jiao Ting without knowing the heights of heaven and earth.

But these people are now the most obedient to Jiao Ting's discipline, no matter how insulting Jiao Ting is, they just laugh and practice hard.

Li San, Zhao Da and others are so obedient, one is that Jiao Ting is really capable, and they are convinced by the beating; the other is that among the thousands of people in Ximen Fort, only a dozen or so of them were selected by Ximen Qing as personal guards , what an honor is this?

For these twenty or so people, what does it matter if the training is more difficult? Ximen senior officials are full of fish and meat every day, and they can get a lot of money at the end of the month, which is enough for the whole family to live a good life. What's not to like?Is it not hard to grow crops? But how can there be so much meat to eat!

In the villages under the jurisdiction of Ximenbao, there are countless strong men trying to come to serve as personal bodyguards for high officials!

Li San, Zhao Da and others are not stupid, let alone Jiao Ting insulting them, even if Jiao Ting chased them away with a stick, they would not withdraw from Ximen Qing's personal guards.

What's the point of asking the captain to spit a few mouthfuls of saliva? After he sprays it, why don't you teach me how to wait?

Sure enough, after scolding and ridiculing everyone, Jiao Ting taught them the art of fighting with his own hands.

Now it is not only Ximenqing who has formed his own guard, but his wife Hu Sanniang has also formed her own guard in the same way.

The composition of Hu Sanniang's guard is even more diverse, including the cronies she brought over from Hu's Village, and those selected by Ximenbao, and some young men who gave up everything to follow Hu Sanniang when they were in Guanzhou.

These people were all extremely loyal to Hu Sanniang, and Ximen Qing was very satisfied after seeing it.

With these people's swearing-in guards, Hu Sanniang will be much safer on the battlefield in the future, which makes Ximen Qing less worried.

Although Ximen Qing didn't want Hu Sanniang to take risks on the battlefield, but he also knew that his temper, a martial arts lady, would not be able to stop her if something happened.Blocking is worse than sparse, and in the future when he really goes to the battlefield, he can only try his best to protect Hu Sanniang.

Even now that she has a big belly, Hu Sanniang would come to the Martial Arts Field every now and then to watch the crowd practice martial arts, it seemed that this would make her feel more happy.

Seeing this, Ximen Qing had no choice but to acquiesce in her unique method of raising babies.He thought to himself, I don't know if this is prenatal education?Is Sanniang going to give me a unparalleled hero?

On the sidelines of today's martial arts performance, Hu Sanniang did not come to see her cavalry practice.Ximen Qing looked at the parade platform, let out a long breath, and concentrated on practicing Lianzhu arrows again.

Not long after, the crowd of onlookers at the martial arts arena suddenly parted, and a young man stepped out, looked left and right, and ran towards Luan Tingyu, who was closer to him.

After a while, Luan Tingyu led the young man to Ximen Qing.

"Brother Ximen is really good at archery!" The young man immediately cheered when he saw that Ximen Qing's arrows hit the bull's-eye.

Ximen Qing turned his head to look, and said with a smile: "Haha~ Sanlang, you're here! Come, shoot some arrows too!"

The person who came was Zhujiasanlang Zhubiao from Zhujiazhuang in Dulonggang.He waved his hand, and said to Ximen Qing: "Brother Ximen, the little brother came here today to report something urgent. Brother Ximen, master, I wish Jiazhuang to catch a Liangshan bandit who stole chickens!"

Ximen Qing was shocked when he heard this, and wondered how he forgot about it!Chicken thief, isn't that a good thing Shi Qian did?

At this time, it seems that Song Jiang's three strikes against Zhujiazhuang should happen in history!Could it be that he killed so many villains in Liangshan, or did he not change the general trend of history?

Chapter 3: The Murder Case Caused by Eating Chicken

Ximen Qing said: "Sanlang, this is not a place to talk, you come with me! Tingyu, you go with me. Brother Yun, you go and inform the brothers that you will be in the lobby in half an hour. I have something important to say to you." Brothers, discuss with each other."

After saying this, Ximen Qing, Luan Tingyu, and Zhu Biao left the martial arts arena first, and returned to the lobby of Ximen Fort.

After Ximen Qing called Zhu Biao to sit down, he asked him, "Sanlang, what is the origin and origin of the bandits in Liangshan?"

Zhu Biao said proudly: "Brother Ximen, master, you don't know that my elder brother, my second brother, and I distributed weapons to all the farmers in Zhujiazhuang, and asked them to be careful of the thieves in Liangshanpo. Unexpectedly, there are people who are not afraid of death." Liangshan bandits came to Dulonggang to make trouble!"

Zhu Biao told Ximen Qing and Luan Tingyu that three people stayed at Zhujiadian the day before yesterday, and the store kindly entertained them to have a rest. Unexpectedly, those three people were actually thieves who stole the chicken that was announced in the hotel and killed it to eat.

I wish the store had nothing to keep track of, the rooster was very important for the store to get up early, so Xiao Er argued with the three thieves.I don't want those three thieves to be outrageous, claiming to be heroes on Liangshanbo, beating the people in the shop, and even setting fire to Zhu's shop, they are really deceiving people!

Fortunately, everyone in Zhujiazhuang had weapons. After getting the news, the villagers chased them all the way. Although more than ten people were killed and injured by the three Liangshan robbers, they also captured one robber, and the other two escaped in the night.

The dealers escorted the captured Liangshan robber to Zhujiazhuang. Zhu Biao and his two elder brothers interrogated the robber overnight.The bandit took two beatings, and then confessed that he was the Liangshan hero "Gu Shang Flea" Shi Qian, and the other two escaped bandits were "Bing Guan Suo" Yang Xiong and "Desperate Saburo" Shi Xiu.

After confirming Shi Qian's identity, the three brothers Zhu Biao imprisoned him and prepared to escort him to Yanggu County to be handed over to the government.

Unexpectedly, the next day Li Ying, the owner of Lijiazhuang, sent a deputy supervisor with a letter to ask for Shi Qian.

The three brothers of the Zhu family knew that Shi Qian was a Liangshan bandit, so how could they let Shi Qian go, so they sent the deputy director away.

Unexpectedly, after noon, Li Ying still didn't give up, and sent his supervisor "Ghostface" Du Xing to come with his own letter, asking Zhujiazhuang to release the Liangshan bandit Shi Qian.

At this time, the three brothers of the Zhu family suspected that Li Ying had colluded with Liang Shanbo. Zhu Biao directly tore up Li Ying's autograph letter. Zhu Long and Zhu Hu also uttered bad words to Du Xing and scolded him away.

In the evening, the old thief "Popping the Sky Eagle" Li Yingna personally led troops to Xingshi to question the crime, making a fuss and arguing that Shi Qian was not a thief.Zhu Biao said that Shi Qian had already confessed, and when Li Ying was asked to retreat quickly, Li Ying was furious and fought against Zhu Biao.

"Then Li Ying's reputation in Jianghu is not weak. If you fight him, how will you win or lose?" As Zhu Biao's master, Luan Tingyu couldn't help asking.

Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Master, I have learned all the skills you taught me. Then Li Ying is indeed a master of martial arts, and I have fought with him for seventeen or eight rounds. Thinking about defeating him, then pretending to be defeated and retreating, leading him to chase after him, and then shooting Li Ying off his horse with a reflexive arrow as you taught him!"

When Luan Tingyu heard this, he widened his eyes and asked, "Did you shoot Li Ying to death with the horseback arrow?"

Zhu Biao shook his head, and said to Luan Tingyu: "I didn't take his life. Although Li Ying stood up for the robbers, it's really abominable, but after all, his Li family village has been in the same spirit as my Zhu family village for many years, and Li Ying is also with me. My father is considered an old friend. My apprentice just shot an arrow in his shoulder to teach him a lesson, but he didn't intend to take his life. After Li Ying fell from his horse, Du Xing rescued him together with the two Liangshan robbers."

After hearing this, Ximenqing sighed and said, "Sanlang, you are letting the tiger go back to the mountain! Then Li Ying is a very dignified official, you refused his request to release Shi Qian and shot him in public, he He will definitely hold grudges. Even if he is weak now and cannot completely turn against you Zhujiazhuang, he must be alienated and will not join forces with you to defend Liangshan bandits. On the contrary, when you Zhujiazhuang and Zhujiazhuang When Liangshan robbers clash, Li Ying may secretly help the Liangshan robbers!"

After hearing this, Zhu Biao slapped his thigh with his hand and shouted: "Brother Ximen is right! Since Li Ying has already had a relationship with the Liangshan bandit, how can I still miss that old relationship and not kill him? Isn't this a threat to the tiger? Brother Ximen, after I returned to the village, I mobilized my troops to take down that Li family village, and took his dog's life!"

After hearing this, Ximen Qing thought that Zhu Biao was too young and impulsive, and he was not a robber on Liangshan, so how could he easily attack other manors without evidence?Although Zhujiazhuang is a local tyrant, he still has to worry about the court's laws, how could he act so recklessly!

Ximenqing said: "Sanlang, don't be impulsive, then you can't beat Lijiazhuang! Let me ask you, you defeated Li Ying yesterday evening, and today you came to my Ximen Fort, but you came here overnight? Who told you to come to me? of?"

Zhu Biao said: "Brother Ximen and master, I was quite proud after defeating Li Ying yesterday. I didn't want to go back to the village, but my father blamed me for acting recklessly and offending Li Ying. It was like cutting off my own arm. My father said that since we have captured the hero of Liangshan, the thieves on Liangshan will definitely not give up, and will definitely raise troops to fight. Now there are only two villages left in the three villages of Dulonggang. A bandit from Poliang Mountain. Therefore, my father asked me to come to Ximen brother to discuss countermeasures with my master overnight."

Ginger is still old and spicy!Although Zhu Lao Chaofeng can't go into battle to kill the enemy, he has a clear view of the situation. This is to borrow the strength of my Ximenbao.Lao Chaofeng knew in his heart that I had established an offensive and defensive alliance with him in the three villages of Dulonggang, and we were related by marriage to Hujiazhuang, so I would never refuse to support Dulonggang.