Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Ximen Qing turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Yun, I haven't seen you for a long time! Why haven't you come looking for me for business these few days?"

Brother Qiao Yun was holding a bowl of decoction that he had begged for from nowhere, and suddenly saw that the person standing in his home was Ximen Qing, and he froze there for a while.

Brother Qiao Yun was originally a well-behaved boy, and was often taken care of by Ximen Qing, so he shouldn't be against Ximen Qing.A few days ago, he dragged Wu Dalang to catch the rape only because of a moment of fighting with Wang Po, not wanting to cause trouble instead.

In the past few days, Brother Qiao Yun is regretting this matter, hating himself for being confused for a moment, and offending Ximen Qing, who has always been friendly and generous to him.Ximen Qing was also kind to his father and son on weekdays, and he supported his father only with the money he rewarded.Isn't it ungrateful for me to bring Wu Dalang to make a fuss?After Wu Dalang was caught and beaten, he hid at home for several days, and did not go to the hotel to sell new fruits as usual, just because he was afraid that he would lose face after meeting Ximen Qing.

Unexpectedly, the official Ximen Qing came to the door in person today.Qiao Yun's face was fiery and he was at a loss. At this moment, he wanted to find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

Ximen Qing himself runs a herbal medicine shop, and knows a little bit about pharmacology.He looked at the cloudy bowl of soup in Brother Qiao Yun's hand, sniffed it again, frowned and shook his head.Immediately afterwards, with a wave of his hand, he knocked the soup in Brother Qiao Yun's hand to the ground.

"Your official! Why, why did you overturn my father's medicine?" Brother Qiao Yun asked anxiously and fearfully.

"Brother Yun, did your father just catch a cold? Where did you find the decoction? It's just some weeds, and it's useless to your father's illness. It's boiled from the leftover medicine dregs in my herb shop. Water is a hundred times stronger than it!" Ximen Qing said calmly, staring at Brother Qiao Yun.

Brother Qiao Yun's face turned red with embarrassment, and Ai Ai couldn't tell why.Father Qiao, who was lying on the bed, said at this time: "Your official, no wonder Brother Yun! My family is so poor, how can I have money to buy good medicine! Brother Yun is filial, so he went outside the south gate to find Zhao Yao My mother-in-law gave me the decoction on credit. Zhao Yaopo’s decoction is cheap, no matter whether it is useful or not, our poor family can only use a dead horse as a living horse doctor."

Ximenqing sighed, and said to Qiao Yun: "Brother Yun, I know you are a dutiful son, raising a father by yourself, and you often take care of your business in the past. Father Qiao is sick, why don't you Come to me? Is there any good medicine in my herbal medicine shop? What’s worse than your father? Come on, follow me back to the pharmacy to cook some good medicine!"

Ximen Qing's words made Brother Qiao Yun's tears flow down.Brother Qiao Yun knelt down in front of Ximen Qing with a plop, hugged Ximen Qing's legs and sobbed, "Master, I, I was wrong~"

Old Qiao listened to him, and sat up with force, and asked Qiao Yun: "Brother Yun, is this the Ximen high official who caressed us in the past? High official, the little old man is being polite here." !Brother Yun, please thank the officials for their kindness!"

Ximen Qing quickly helped Qiao Yun up, and said to him, "Brother Yun, what are you doing? Your father's illness is serious, follow me to the pharmacy!"

Then, Ximen Qing went to the bed again, grabbed Papa Qiao's hand, took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into his hand, and said to him, "Papa Qiao, you gave birth to a good son! Brother Yun beat him to death!" He is smart and clever, and I have always been very optimistic about him. I want him to come to my house in the future, work with me, earn more money and come back to honor you. I don’t know if you are willing to part with it? Keep it up!"

When Father Qiao heard that Yanggu County's leading official from Ximen was going to support his son, he was overwhelmed with surprise and said incoherently: "This, this, this~ High official, great kindness! If, if you get a big The officials praised him, good, very good!"

Brother Qiao Yun fell to the ground again, kowtowed three times to Ximen Qing, swallowed and said, "Your Majesty, I, Brother Yun, obey your orders!"

Ximen Qing pulled Brother Qiao Yun up from the ground, said a few soothing words, then took him to bid farewell to Father Qiao, and went straight to the herbal medicine shop.

After passing through several streets and alleys, Ximenqing took Brother Qiao Yun to the raw medicine shop in front of the county, and found the old supervisor in charge of the shop.The old manager was a disaster victim from Hebei Province that Ximenqing's father Ximenda took in when he was young. Later, he changed his surname to Ximen with the master's family and named him Ximenzhong.

Ximenzhong has been with Ximenda at Ximen's family for decades, and has been diligently helping Ximen's family manage the herbal medicine shop business.After Ximenda passed away, Ximenzhong continued to manage the raw medicine shop for Ximenqing, and he was a very loyal old servant.It's just that Ximen Zhong didn't have much guts. In the original history, when he was frightened by Wu Song, he told Ximen Qing that he was drinking at the Shiziqiao Restaurant, and the owner Ximen Qing was killed by Wu Song unprepared.

Ximen Qing, who has traveled through time, of course knows the weakness of Ximen Zhong's timidity, but seeing that the old supervisor has always been loyal to him, he decided to reuse him.

Ximen Qing introduced Brother Qiao Yun to Ximen Zhong, and asked Ximen Zhong to find a doctor to treat Brother Qiao Yun's father, and then grab some good medicines.Then Ximen Qing asked Brother Qiao Yun to come to his mansion the next morning to wait for orders after finishing his work, and he had other important matters to explain.

After the payment was completed, Ximen Qing left the herbal medicine shop alone and walked towards the gambling house in the north of the city.

Ximen Qing thought it through at home early in the morning, he could find a way to bribe Uncle He and the neighbors on Zishi Street, or bundle their interests together.In this way, after Wu Song came back, naturally no one would talk to Wu Song, and no key person would provide evidence for Wu Song.Without evidence, why did Wu Song come to him for revenge?This is the first countermeasure against Wu Song, deception.

Of course, there is no airtight wall in the world.There is no guarantee that Wu Song will not know about the matter between himself and Pan Jinlian.Then Wu Song is another master who likes to draw his sword to solve problems, so he has to prepare a countermeasure, which is to fight.

Ximenqing himself has a good boxing club since elementary school, and after time travel, because of the fusion of souls, his physical fitness is better than before, and he claims that his skills are not weak.But considering that Wu Song is a man like a god, he can toss a stone pier hundreds of catties like a ball.Such a monster-level boss is definitely not something that one can single out.

Therefore, Ximenqing made up his mind to use the time when Wu Song was not back to recruit troops and recruit some heroes who were left alone in the arena.There are many people and strength is great. As long as we can find a few more people with high martial arts skills, Ximen Qing can't believe that he can't beat Wu Song.

At this moment, Ximen Qing went to the northern gambling house to find someone who could help him carry out his plan.

Chapter 4 Lu Xiaoyi who dares to fight tigers

Gambling was prevalent in the Song Dynasty, from emperors to ordinary people, everyone was keen on gambling, and the people of Yanggu County were no exception.Just next to Goulan House on Tianshui Street in the north of Yanggu County, there is a gambling house, which is a place where people in the county often go to gamble.This place is also the favorite place for the rogues in Yanggu County to gather.

Ximen Qing walked all the way through the streets and alleys, and arrived outside the gambling house.The helper leaning against the door of the gambling house saw Ximen Qing from a distance, and rushed forward to greet him and sang a fat song: "The official is rich, long time no see! The villain is polite here, and the official is welcome." What is there to pay?"

Ximen Qing also recognized this young man, he waved his hand, and said to this young man: "Li Er, let me ask you, is Lu Xiaoyi in this gambling house? I have something to do for him, call him out for me." .”

"Senior official, Lu Xiaoyi is playing gambling and throwing money inside, and the villain will go to find him. The senior official will wait a moment, and the villain will return in a moment." Li Er turned around and rushed into the gambling house.

It didn't take a while to see a young man eight feet tall, wearing a black padded robe, wearing a hairpin, short beard and white face, walking out of the casino quickly behind Li Er.This big guy is Lu Xiaoyi, a well-known naughty brat in Yanggu County.

"Flower Arms" Lu Xiaoyi has bunches of peonies embroidered on his arms, so people in this county call him "Flower Arms".This Lu Xiaoyi can also use some guns and sticks, and there are more than [-] rogues under him, who often play tricks and make trouble in the county town, and do some things like killing cattle and gambling from time to time, as a way of making a living.In Yanggu County, "Flower Arm" Lu Xiaoyi can be regarded as a bully, and ordinary people would not provoke him.

But in this city, Lu Xiaoyi, who is a rascal, is only afraid of Ximen Qing.Gein Ximenqing himself has learned boxing and cudgels well, and in this Yanggu County, he is in charge of official affairs, playing tricks on others, talking about things for more than money, and harassing officials. He is a big brother who can do both black and white. The level of playing Rogue is enough to crush Lu Xiaoyi.

However, ever since Wu Song came to Yanggu County, became the head of the capital, and cleaned up the rogues on the street a few times, Lu Xiaoyi had another person who he dared not provoke.With Wu Dutou around these days, Lu Xiaoyi has become much more stable, and he doesn't go to the streets to play tricks or make troubles. He hangs out in this gambling house all day long, and his life is not as good as before.

Lu Xiaoyi was full of smiles, walked up to Ximen Qing in a few steps, sang a song, and asked with a salute: "Hi, sir! But what do you want the villain to do?"

Ximen Qing stepped forward and took Lu Xiaoyi's hand and said with a smile: "Brother Xiaoyi, my brother has something important for you to do. Let me go to the restaurant on the Lion Bridge with my brother, and I will have a drink and talk with you."

As Lu Xiaoyi is the leader of the rogue, he is naturally well-informed in this county.He also heard about the incident between Ximen Qing, Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang.Seeing Ximen Qing being so polite at this moment, I already had some guesses in my heart, I wondered if this Ximen Qing wanted me to deal with Wuhan University?Ximen Qing and Na Wusong are two big worms, they must act carelessly here.If something goes wrong, it's not playing tricks!

Lu Xiaoyi's heart was pounding, but he responded: "Your official is polite, and the villain is kind." After finishing speaking, he followed Ximen Qing and walked towards Shiziqiao Restaurant.

When they came to Shiziqiao Restaurant, Ximenqing took Lu Xiaoyi up to the second floor, took a seat in the warm pavilion, ordered a table of delicious fish, and sifted several jugs of good wine.Ximen Qing didn't say what he wanted to do with Lu Xiaoyi, he just drank and chatted with Lu Xiaoyi, and he didn't realize that an hour had passed between the cups and plates.

That Lu Xiaoyi is also a straightforward character, he and Ximen Qing got excited about drinking and eating, they had already let go of their hearts, calling each other brother and brother, forgetting all the little things in their hearts.

Ximenqing and Lu Xiaoyi had cups to and fro, and after drinking two jugs of wine, Lu Xiaoyi blushed and patted the table and said, "Brother, tell me what you have to say! Brother, I am also a cool person. As long as my brother says something, I will go for my brother." manage!"

Ximen Qing put down the wooden chopsticks in his hand, and smiled at Lu Xiaoyi: "Brother, I heard that there was another big bug on the Jingyang Ridge. It's really powerful. If I want to get rid of the big bug, I dare to help my brother." A helping hand?"

Lu Xiaoyi took off his padded robe, rolled up his sleeves, and revealed his muscular arms full of flower embroidery, and said to Ximen Qing: "Look, brother, I am also a capable person! That big worm in Jingyanggang, only his martial arts If you can beat me, you can’t beat me? My brother is really going to fight the tiger, so I need to bring my brother along with me!"

Ximen Qing said with a smile: "Good brother, drink this glass of wine first! I'm just joking with you, there are no big bugs on Jingyang Ridge. If there is a big bug, my brother must let my brother beat the big bug, and let Xian My younger brother is famous all over the world! My virtuous brother, eat wine!"

After the two had a few more glasses of wine, Ximen Qing took out 50 taels of silver, put it on the table in front of Lu Xiaoyi, and said to Lu Xiaoyi: "My dear brother, why would I ask you to do the beheading and bloodshed? Brother Wei knows that you have a group of brothers, and I want you to help Brother Wei work hard, and go to the surrounding counties to find some heroes of the rivers and lakes for Brother Wei. Is this difficult? You first take this money and divide it among the brothers. Travel expenses. After the matter is completed, I have a big thank you for my brother!"

Lu Xiaoyi pushed Yin Zi to Ximen Qing, and said: "Brother, I will take care of these small things, brother, why bother brother? I have covered this matter for brother, and brother is waiting for news from brother at home. Brother Yinzi But I can’t, brother please take it back.”

Ximen Qing lowered his face and said, "My dear brother, don't refuse! You don't want money, what do your brothers rely on for food? Since you are doing things for your brother, how can you wrong all your brothers for your brother? My dear brother, my dear brother, what do you do for me?" Brother’s family is short of this little money? If the virtuous brother doesn’t accept the money, it will be embarrassing for me, so I have to find another helper.”

For the sake of Ximen Qing's words, Lu Xiaoyi didn't dare to refuse any more, so he had to put the 50 taels of silver into his arms.With the money in hand, Lu Xiaoyi straightened up from his seat, cupped his hands and said to Ximen Qing: "Brother's business is important, brother, I will arrange it right away."

Ximen Qing also stood up, but said to Lu Xiaoyi: "My brother, don't worry! You drank a lot of wine today, and you should go home to rest first. Why don't you come to my house at this time tomorrow, and after discussing with you carefully, brother, It won't be too late for my brother to leave."

"Since brother said so, then brother will go back first. Brother will come to visit brother tomorrow!" Lu Xiaoyi saluted Ximen Qing and walked downstairs unsteadily.

Ximen Qing stood in front of the window, looking at the back of Lu Xiaoyi who was gradually walking away on the street, thinking in his heart whether this Lu Xiaoyi was available, he would see the clue tomorrow.

After sending Lu Xiaoyi away, Ximen Qing himself was already slightly drunk from drinking.So he also left the Lion Bridge Restaurant and walked slowly towards Zishi Street.

Today, Qiao Yun and Lu Xiaoyi have been preliminarily settled, and we have to confirm what tricks that old traitor Uncle He Jiu is playing!Hey, why do I work so hard as a Ximen high official!

Chapter 5 Scientific farming, fallow and crop rotation

But she said that the old lady helped Pan Jinlian at Wu Dalang's house, bought back the coffin, and arranged for several Huo families to bury Wu Dalang.After the funeral was over, two monks were called to accompany the spirit.

Pan Jinlian was wearing coarse linen clothes, her hair was tied up with raw hemp, and she was combing into a mourning bun. She stood in front of Wu Dalang's coffin, pretending to be there.

Wang Po was talking to Pan Jinlian with her, when she suddenly heard Ximen Qing's voice from outside the teahouse next door: "Wang Ganniang, what tea do you have?"

Wang Po heard that Ximen Qing was coming, she gave Pan Jinlian a wink, and hurried out of the martial arts family.Pan Jinlian also heard Ximen Qing's voice, knelt there and only looked at the door.