Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Historically, Yue Fei led more than a hundred cavalry to fight guerrillas in the Taihang Mountain area in the early days of the Anti-Golden War, and long-distance raids and transfers were commonplace.If Yue Fei didn't have outstanding endurance, it would be difficult for him to survive the test of blood and fire.

Ximenqing figured this out, so he no longer insisted that Yue Fei stay and rest, but let him go with him.

It's not easy to be a famous general, so let's sharpen this little Yue Fei in advance!

Ximen Qing and his party galloped all day and night, changing horses twice on the way, and rushed to Zhou Tong's home in Hedong Village, Tangyin County at dawn.

At this time, Zhou Tong, a former hero, has already lost his life, and often falls into a coma.Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and other Zhou Tong's apprentices guarded Zhou Tong, and the two owners, Yue He and Yao Daweng, also brought people to Zhou Tong's house to take care of Zhou Tong and send him off for the last time.

At this moment, Brother Qiao Yun, as Zhou Tong's apprentice, should also come with Ximen Qing, but unfortunately he has already been sent by Ximen Qing to Huazhou to save Wang Yi's father and daughter, and I'm afraid he won't be able to see Zhou Tong for the last time.

"Master! Master! Wake up, apprentice, I have invited Uncle Ximen." Yue Fei threw himself on Zhou Tong's bedside, calling Zhou Tong who was unconscious with tears.

"Brother! I'm late!" Ximen Qing also burst into tears, half kneeling in front of Zhou Tong, grabbing Zhou Tong's cold and withered arm with both hands.

Perhaps he was waiting for Ximen Qing's arrival. After hearing the voices of Yue Fei and Ximen Qing, Zhou Tong who was in a coma miraculously opened his eyes slowly.

Staring blankly at Ximen Qing, Zhou Tong's muddy eyes gradually recovered a little brilliance.He recognized Ximen Qing, pointed at Yue Fei and Wang Gui with trembling hands, his throat rolled, but he couldn't speak.

Ximen Qing looked back at Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and other teenagers, grabbed Zhou Tong's hand and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will take good care of them!"

As if relieved, Zhou Tong slowly closed his eyes, and a gratified smile appeared on his bloodless face.

"Master~Master~" In Zhou Tong's room, the crying and shouting of Yue Fei and Wang Gui could be heard.

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Chapter 4 and Four

When Ximen Qing left Tangyin County, it was already more than ten days later.The old hero Zhou Tong, who was once invincible and invincible in shooting arrows, could not resist the destiny after all, and died suddenly after meeting Ximen Qing for the last time.

Together with Yue He and Yao Daweng, Ximenqing buried Zhou Tongfeng in a grand funeral and sent Zhou Daxia to his last journey.After finishing all kinds of chores and accompanying Yue Fei and others to guard Zhou Tong's coffin for a few days, Ximen Qing just said goodbye to everyone in Tangyin County and embarked on the road home.

Yue Fei told Ximen Qing that he would stay at home and visit Master's tomb every month to pay homage.Ximen Qing knew that it would take some time for this young man to get over the pain of losing his teacher.Ximenqing left some money for Yue Fei, and asked him to buy a sacrifice for himself every time he held a memorial ceremony, and told Yue Fei that after the master left, there was still the uncle. If there is any difficulty in the future, you can come to Yanggu County Discuss with your uncle.

When Zhou Tong entrusted Yue Fei and others to Ximen Qing that day, Yue Fei and other teenagers also noticed it.Of course, disciples will not object to Master's arrangement.Therefore, Yue Fei immediately agreed to Ximen Qing, and would often go to Yanggu County in the future, and would go to Ximen Qing for advice if he had any difficult decisions.

Ximen Qing instructed Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and others one by one, and after taking all these youngsters under his wing, he left Tangyin and returned to Yanggu.

A few days later, Ximen Qing and Jiao Ting returned to Ximen Fort in Yanggu County.Ximen Qing asked Hu Sanniang, and learned that Ma Kuo still didn't show up these days when he was not at home.

Ximenqing was very helpless. Could it be that Brother Ma Kuo was fascinated by the colorful world in Bianliang, Tokyo, and forgot to go back to Dengzhou?It shouldn't be!I observed that Ma Kuo was an ambitious and courageous person, and he would not indulge in the debauchery of Bianliang, Tokyo.Besides, Ximenqing vaguely remembered that Ma Kuo had participated in the envoy and negotiation of the Song-Jin Sea Alliance with his father Ma Zheng, and he probably returned home in Dengzhou after winning the martial arts.

Young people are so unreliable!Ximenqing decided to wait for Ma Kuo at home, and at the same time wait for the reply from the three brothers Luan Tingyu, Qiao Yunge and Lu Xiaoyi.After the affairs of the three of them were done, if Ma Kuo hadn't appeared yet, he would not wait for Ma Kuo and take his people to Dengzhou first.

After a few days, news came back from Qingzhou.Just as Ximenqing expected, the Liangshan army led by Song Jiang, who expected to go to Qingzhou to save people and plunder, was defeated by Luan Tingyu and Qin Ming, and had escaped from Qingzhou.Kong Ming and Kong Liang, the two bandit leaders of Baihu Mountain, were caught by the army and had their heads chopped off.A few days later, the team led by Luan Tingyu will return to Yanggu County.

Two days later, the direction of Cangzhou, Hebei also sent back a letter from Jiang Zhong, Jiang Menshen.Jiang Zhong told Ximenqing that he had established a firm foothold in Cangzhou according to Ximenqing's plan, and established close ties with Du Chong and Zhu Dian.Jiang Zhong is now managing the fields of the manor while opening restaurants in Cangzhou City to make money.At the same time, because Cangzhou is a despicable place next to the Liao Kingdom, there are many fugitives and desperadoes hiding here. Jiang Zhong has begun to secretly collect desperadoes and train them into a usable army.

Because of Youyan's real estate horses, Jiang Zhong also sent people to Jizhou, Liao Kingdom to buy horses according to Ximenqing's request, so as to strengthen the cavalry team in Cangzhou Manor.It's just that now the Liao and Jin countries are in a state of war, and the Liao Kingdom's control over good horses has become stricter, and it is no longer as easy to buy as it used to be.Jiang Zhong has now sent several of his apprentices to Jizhou, Liao Kingdom, to let them familiarize themselves with the situation there, and wait for the opportunity to secretly buy horses and go south.

After reading the letter sent back by Menshen Jiang, Ximenqing thought that brother Jiang could indeed stand alone, and Cangzhou didn't need to worry about it for the time being.It's just that it is more difficult to obtain horses than before. Maybe one day in the future, the road of buying horses directly from the sea to the Kingdom of Jin will really resume?

A few days later, Luan Tingyu finally led the troops back to Yanggu County.Ximen Qing led the brothers to welcome the triumphant hero into the castle, and held a banquet to welcome him.

At the banquet, Luan Tingyu told everyone that Song Jiang was indeed a sinister and vicious person. After he was frustrated in attacking Qingzhou City, he turned around and took the team to fight Qingfengzhai, wanting to avenge the Qingfengshan brothers back then.Fortunately, Luan Tingyu and Qin Ming were also prepared, and Huang Xin led troops to Qingfeng Village in advance, carefully guarding against Liangshan bandits.After Qingfengzhai was attacked, Qin Ming and Luan Tingyu arrived quickly, repelled Song Jiang's bandit team, and broke the siege of Qingfengzhai.

It is said that in order to fight against the official army, Song Jiang also sent a letter to Lu Zhishen of Erlong Mountain, inviting him to send troops to fight against Qingzhou City.Unexpectedly, after listening to the people around him read the letter, Lu Zhishen immediately tore up Song Jiang's letter, drove the sender off the mountain, and clearly rejected Song Jiang's joint proposal.

The strong dragon does not overwhelm the local snake, Song Jiang wants to take the opportunity to trap Erlongshan in a dangerous situation, forcing them to go to Liangshan to join the gang, and his plan fails again.I had to flee back to Liangshanpo in embarrassment.

After hearing this, Ximen Qing sneered in his heart.Song Jiang, Song Jiang, you black man, how do you know that the two leaders of Erlong Mountain, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi, have long been fooled by my Ximen officials to join the army and serve the country, and you don't want to be robbers anymore. You still want to lure them to Liangshan?I bother!Go back to Liangshan Poli to cool off by yourself!

After the banquet was over, Luan Tingyu did not go home to see his wife Ximenxin, but quietly pulled Ximenqing into the study and told him a secret.

Ximen Qing had never seen the hero Luan Tingyu act so mysteriously, he was very curious, so he looked at Luan Tingyu and listened to what he had to say.

Luan Tingyu looked around carefully, and after confirming that there was no one there, he blushed and told Ximen Qing that he had caused a catastrophe in Qingzhou.

Ximen Qing was very surprised, he didn't know how his wise and brave brother-in-law led the army out to go around alone, chopped down a few Liangshan robbers, and how did he get into a catastrophe?

Under Ximen Qing's curious gaze, Luan Tingyu's neck turned red with shame, and intermittently confessed to Ximen Qing.

It turns out that after Luan Tingyu, Qin Ming and Huang Xin defeated the Liangshan army in Qingfengzhai, they were invited into Qingfengzhai to gather and celebrate.At the banquet, Qin Ming and Huang Xin couldn't help toasting in turn, Luan Tingyu finally drank too much, and didn't know what he had done in a daze.It wasn't until Luan Tingyu woke up the next day that he realized that he was sleeping in the mansion of Liu Gao, the deceased former Zhizhai, and the little widow Mrs. Liu Gao was lying in his arms!

Luan Tingyu found out that he had slept with Zhizhai Liu Gao's widow after being drunk.Unexpectedly, when Mrs. Liu Gao woke up, she comforted Luan Tingyu and served her wholeheartedly, saying that she had always admired the hero Luan Tingyu.When Song Jiang was in danger yesterday at Qingfeng Village, and Song Jiang threatened to take down Qingfeng Village and take him back to Liangshan to pay homage to his dead brother, it was Luan Tingyu who slapped his horse and defeated the robber Song Jiang.Mrs. Liu Gao couldn't help herself, so she asked Huang Xin to help get Luan Tingyu drunk and do good things with him.

Mrs. Liu Gao also told Luan Tingyu that as long as he wiped out the Liangshan bandits and captured Song Jiang alive, she would marry Luan Tingyu and be a slave, and she would be willing to be a slave...

Chapter 4 and Five

Mrs. Liu Gao's resentment is very deep. Back then, she gave me gold and asked me to kill Song Jiang to avenge Liu Gao. This time, she even promised her body and entangled her general.Did Song Jiang's second attack on Qingfengzhai stimulate her, or did Luan Tingyu's invincible heroism attract this young widow?

That guy Huang Xin is not a good guy either!It is true that Liu Gao was his friend, and he was caught and killed because he couldn't beat the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain. He must have felt guilty towards Mrs. Liu Gao.However, you can't betray your brother like this!Even if you want to betray your brothers, you should also betray your high-ranking officials, right?

In Ximenqing's mind, the figure of Huang Xin, the "Sanshan Mountain", overlapped with the two brothers Zhu Long and Zhu Hu who encouraged him to touch the widow's house back then.These three people laughed so cheaply, they seemed to be carved out of the same mold, why didn't I find out before?

Ximenqing suddenly regretted letting Luan Tingyu lead the army to Qingzhou alone.Such a loyal and honest man, how can he deal with that beautiful and charming little widow?

If I were to be a senior official, Qin Ming and Huang Xin might not be able to get me drunk.Even if he is drunk, when the well-informed official encounters Mrs. Liu Gao taking the initiative to throw herself into her arms, of course he won't... eh~ It seems that he can't help it, right?

Ximen Qing cast a sympathetic look at Luan Tingyu, and patted him on the shoulder with his hands, meaning that I can't help you with your family affairs, Brother Luan, you have to stand up for yourself.

Luan Tingyu understood the look in Ximen Qing's eyes, and hurriedly grabbed Ximen Qing who was about to slip away, and said with a bitter face that after he came back, he didn't know how to tell Ximen Xin about it, and he was so worried that he couldn't sleep well for several days on the road. Ximen Qing must think of a way for him to avoid disasters and avoid Ximen Xin's thunderous wrath.

"Tingyu, Madam Liu Gao can remarry after finishing her filial piety. She didn't hide in the army and came to Yanggu County with you, did she?" Ximen Qing asked.

"No, no, she knows how to measure in her heart, she still stayed in Qingfeng Village in Qingzhou, and didn't come back with me." Luan Tingyu replied hastily.

"Hahaha~ Tingyu, then why are you afraid? Remember what I said, you must not mention anything about Mrs. Liu Gao in Ximenbao! Doesn't Mrs. Liu Gao want to wait for you to capture and kill Song Jiang?" Did I just marry you? This matter is under our control. I will keep Song Jiang and the others for a year or two, and I won't attack Liang Shanbo anytime soon. Therefore, you have two years to turn around. It's too hasty. Let's keep this a secret for now!" Senior officials Ximen Qing began to instigate Luan Tingyu to conceal and procrastinate, pushing him to the point of no return as a scumbag.

"What will happen after two years?" Coach Luan was really persistent.

"Tingyu don't worry, if you don't dare to accept Liu Gao's widow at that time, I just need to use a little trick to let Song Jiang die in the hands of other forces." Senior official Ximen Qing had no choice but to accept Liu Gao's widow. He exposed his insidiousness and cunning in front of him.

Can you still do this?Luan Tingyu's eyes suddenly brightened, a stone fell to the ground in his heart, and he went home with ease.

Ximen Qing didn't come back to it until after Luan Tingyu left.I'm stupid!This birdman Luan Tingyu is my brother-in-law!How could I teach him to lie to my own sister?You bitch, how dare you cheat outside without telling my sister, sir, I'll hack him to death!

Ximen Qing was about to enter a berserk state to chase after Luan Tingyu, when he suddenly thought that his brother-in-law was supposed to be brave!As if, as if, I can't beat him by myself?

Well, I'd better wait for Tang Mazi to make a pistol for me, and then I will go to Luan Tingyu to argue!

The official Ximen Qing changed his mind and decided not to care about Luan Tingyu magnanimously.With his hands behind his back, he walked out of the study slowly as if nothing happened.

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Huashan Mountain, outside the Jintian Shengdi Temple, Brother Qiao Yun was drinking tea with the painter Wang Yi, persuading him to follow him back to Yanggu County, Yunzhou.