Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

On this night in May of the sixth year of Zhenghe in the Song Dynasty, people in Happy Forest outside Mengzhoufu City, Northwest Beijing Road, witnessed the alternation of power in this land.

The fight between the local snake "Golden Eye Biao" Shi En in Mengzhou City and the new strong dragon Jiang Menshen didn't last long, and the winner was soon decided.

Although that "golden-eyed buffalo" Shi En had learned some spear and stick skills from Jianghu's master since he was a child, he hadn't walked out ten rounds in front of Ximen Qing before Ximen Qing broke his arm with one blow and swept him over with another blow. land.

The big man surnamed Zhou brought by Shi En was not Jiao Ting's opponent either, he had already been stepped on the ground by Jiao Ting, unable to move.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, the two men besieging Jiang Menshen wanted to escape, but they showed their flaws in their panic, and were knocked down by Jiang Menshen's stick one by one and twice.Jiang Menshen yelled violently, chasing and beating the prisoners around him.

The other prisoners were also blocked by Tang Long, knocking over a dozen of them. In addition, the two apprentices of Jiang Menshen also jumped out to join the battle group at this time, Shi En's remaining men were quickly wiped out.

"Thank you three brothers for your help!" Jiang Menshen clasped his fists to thank Ximen Qing, Jiao Ting and Tang Long after knocking down the last person beside him.Although the three of them were masked, Jiang Menshen recognized the three of them at a glance.

"Brother Jiang, you're being polite!" Ximen Qing stepped forward and clasped his fists in return, but his eyesight was dim, he didn't see Shi En under his feet, and stepped on his face directly.

The streets of Happy Forest are uneven!Why is it so awkward? Ximen Qing was very dissatisfied with the construction of the city wells in Mengzhou City, completely ignoring the screams of Shi En on the ground.

Ximen Qing stepped forward to talk to Jiang Menshen, completely unafraid that Shi En's group behind him would run away.With Jiao Ting and Tang Long guarding there, which one who doesn't have eyesight dares to stand up from the ground now?

One of Shi En's arms was broken, and Ximen Qing stepped on his face severely, rolling on the ground in pain, but he didn't dare to get up and run away.It's just that his eyes were still looking at Jiang Menshen and Ximen Qing viciously, and said in his heart: "I want you to die! You can't survive tonight! Father, why haven't you shown yourself?"

As if he felt Shi En's inner calling, Shi En's father, the old guard of the Mengzhou Prison Camp, was riding a horse, leading dozens of soldiers ambushing outside the happy forest, lighting torches, holding a sharp knife Swords and guns rushed into Happy Forest.

"Catch the fugitive!"

"Catch the escaped bandit army!"

The soldiers shouted and rushed straight to the T-junction, surrounded Jiang Menshen's master and apprentice, Ximen Qing, Jiao Ting, and Tang Long.

Jiao Ting and Tang Long saw that the army was coming and it was difficult to make a move, so they retreated to Ximen Qing's side and protected Ximen Qing from both sides.

"Father! Father! You want to avenge the child!" Shi En struggled to get up from the ground, stumbled and ran to the head of Shi Lao's camp.

Seeing that Shi En's arm was injured, and his face was smudged like a dyeing room, Shi's old manager felt very distressed.But he reprimanded Shi En calmly and said: "Da Lang! Why are you so ignorant? My father taught you to be kind to others and benefit the village. Why are you so stubborn and fight with others here again?" For the show? It’s about making progress! For the father who came here today to do business, how can you care about your children’s idle play? Left and right, pull Da Lang away, don’t ruin my business!”

Ximen Qing listened to what the old supervisor Shi said, and thought that this old dog is very good at acting, much better than his son Shi En.He clearly had been lying in ambush outside the Happy Forest to meet Shi En, but he still pretended that he came here to act impartially, and he pretended to be there.

The two soldiers next to Mr. Shi Guanying heard Guan Ying's order, and hurriedly supported Shi En and retreated to the side.But Shi En didn't leave, but stood proudly on the side of the street, staring fiercely at Jiang Menshen and the others like a wolf.The evil prisoners on the ground also got up, stood behind Shi En cursing, and gathered together.

The old supervisor Shi made a verbal hypothesis to let Shi En leave, but he turned a blind eye to Shi En and others standing beside him.I saw him riding on the horse, pointing his halberd at Jiang Menshen and cursing: "Good job, you thief! You were assigned to my prison camp. Before you got a hundred killing sticks, you escaped from the prison camp. Come to this market place to play wild! You, a thief, joined the army to get this place? Why don’t you obediently get caught and go back to the prison camp with me to receive punishment?”

"I am a good citizen from Yanzhou, how dare you falsely accuse me of being a member of the army? Aren't you a member of Shi En's group, and came to help him and harm others under the guise of public benefit?" Jiang Menshen shouted.

"Shut up! You gangster gangster still dares to quibble! Jiang Zhong, because of manslaughter, he was dispatched to Mengzhou. I have all the official documents here. How can you, gangster gangster, deny it? Take it with me, but don't hesitate to shoot him if you resist. "Director Shi waved a forged official document in his hand, grandiosely wanting to arrest Jiang Menshen.

Shi En's eyes lit up with excitement, as long as his father captured Jiang Menshen and his accomplices into Anping Village and imprisoned them, these people were just a few pieces of meat on his chopping board, and he could cook them up as he wanted.First torture them for a good life, and then kill them all in the cell!

"What an old warden, he really knows how to turn black and white and disregard people's lives." Ximen Qing sneered a few times, raised his stick in a posture, and pointed at the horse's head of old warden Shi.

oh!Some people dared to resist arrest, so they killed them on the spot. They killed chickens for monkeys to scare these dishonest merchants in Happy Forest.

Shi Lao raised his hand and pointed forward, dozens of soldiers raised their swords and guns at the same time, and approached Ximen Qing and Jiang Menshen.

"My lord is a good citizen. Who would dare to come forward to you evil officials and miscellaneous troops?" Jiang Menshen yelled violently, resounding throughout the Happy Forest.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horseshoes outside the happy forest, and there was a lot of people.There was only a burst of shouts of "Don't let the troublemaker go!" from far to near, and they arrived beside me in a short while.

Hundreds of soldiers rushed out, half on horseback and half on foot, holding spears and surrounding everyone at the T-junction.

The leader was wearing a helmet and armor, holding a long spear, and the more people came out, he shouted: "Don't move! This officer is here to catch the thief, and anyone who moves will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing that he was surrounded by the army that appeared suddenly, Mr. Shi, in charge of the camp, knew that things were not going well tonight, and that something happened that he hadn't expected.He took a closer look at the general by the light of the fire, and asked quickly, "Is it Zhang Tuanlian?"

The general on horseback is Zhang Tuanlian, a newcomer from Mengzhou City.Jiang Menshen made friends with him in Shandong, and followed him to Mengzhou from Shandong.

Today, Jiang Menshen beat Shi En out of righteous indignation, saved Liu Sanli and Liu Yuer's father and daughter, and after driving Shi En out of Happy Forest, he was reminded by Ximen Qing that he was on guard against Shi En and his son.Therefore, he sent his disciples to find Zhang Tuan Lian, and asked Zhang Tuan Lian to come and take care of him, in case the old Shi, who was in charge of the business, made a secret move.

After Zhang Tuanlian got the news, he took a team of sergeants to hide outside the happy forest and waited, which really came in handy.Block this old steward camp.

Seeing old Guan Ying Shi asking, Zhang Tuanlian pretended not to see clearly, urged him to take two steps forward, looked carefully at old Guan Ying Shi, and then said: "This official is Zhang Tuanlian, but the person here is Guan Ying Shi? Shi Guanying is not in Anpingzhai, looking after the exile prisoners, but what is he doing here in Happy Forest?"

Chapter 82 Spectacular Mengzhou Weather

Seeing that Zhang Tuanlian recognized him, Senior Manager Shi hurriedly replied, "It's the lower official. The lower official has seen Tuanlian."

At this time, Mr. Shi was in charge of the camp, which was really embarrassing.The official rank of Zhang Tuan Lian is higher than his own, meeting him at this time already faintly oppresses him.And what he is doing now is something that cannot be seen, but it is really unfortunate that he bumps into him.

The management of the prison camp is equivalent to the warden of the prison. What they should do is to manage the prisoners in their own prison camp and prevent them from causing trouble.

But Lao Shi, the warden of the camp, not only did not restrain the prisoners under his supervision, but released them to fight and kill in this market place, fighting for his son's territory.This kind of behavior can't get on the stage.

The civilian merchants in Happy Forest naturally dare not confront the Shi family and his son, who have the status and strength of the white way, but also engage in underworld business. In the past, they dared not speak out and shunned Shi En.

Because he is used to the tolerance of the crowd, Shi En has no scruples when leading the criminals from the prison camp to bully men and women, taking it for granted.

But this regiment trainer is from the officialdom of Mengzhou, training the Xiang army and catching thieves is exactly what he should be in charge of.

Now Shi En brought dozens of prison camp prisoners to make trouble in Happy Forest, and was caught straight, but Zhang Tuanlian couldn't deceive him no matter what.Now that these troublesome prisoners have fallen into the hands of Zhang Tuanlianzhengjun, a lot of trouble is inevitable.

Today's training session happened so coincidentally, I'm afraid it was well prepared.Shi Guanying only felt that his vest was sweating, and he wondered how this group practice would handle his father and son, and whether today's affairs would go well.

Without waiting for Zhang Tuanlian to ask questions, the old Shi Guanying bit the bullet and said: "Report to Tuanlian, the subordinate officials will be reported tonight, saying that there are dozens of thieves who should be killed in the prison camp. Come to this happy forest to make trouble. The subordinate official's duty is to rush to arrest and suppress with the army and health in the battalion.

Fortunately, the officials came in time, and they have already restrained these tricky prisoners, and they are about to take them back to the prison city to punish them painfully!Unexpectedly, the movement of Happy Forest actually alarmed Tuan Lian.It is really a crime for me to be an official if I have the leader of the labor regiment to help me! "

Ximen Qing watched coldly from the sidelines, thinking that this old man was quick to see when he saw an opportunity. When he saw Zhang Tuanlian leading the troops, he immediately disregarded his relationship with the prisoners in the prison camp, saying that he was loyal to his duty, and led the troops to hunt down the prisoners man of.At the same time, he also said that Zhang Tuanlian was here to help him arrest people, thus avoiding confrontation with Zhang Tuanlian on the surface.The old man is indeed a slippery official who has been in the officialdom, his face is thick enough, and he is much better than his son "Golden Eye Biao" Shi Enke.

"Tuan Lian, please be the master of the villain. The villain's wine and meat shop is running well. I don't know how to offend the small management camp. He brought many villains to smash the villain's wine and meat shop. The villain's business Let Xiao Shi manage the camp." Jiang Menshen didn't want to make Shi's father and son feel better, he pointed to the broken tables all over the street and said with an aggrieved face.

"Golden-eyed Biao" Shi En's nose was almost crooked.Well, you Jiang Menshen, you obviously threw out these tables yourself, and even injured many of my brothers.Now you are the wicked first to sue, saying that I smashed it? I smashed the store and broke my hand? Is there any justice in this world? Is there any law of the king?

Shi En was about to speak, but saw his father throw a warning look over him, so he had to shut his mouth tightly and hold the resentment in his stomach.

After hearing Jiang Menshen's words, Zhang Tuanlian looked at old Shi Guanying meaningfully and said, "Shi Guanying, when I first came to this Mengzhou, I heard that your Dalang is very famous in this Mengzhou city. The nickname 'Golden Eye Biao'?

I also heard that although your Dalang is a white-clothed man with no reputation, everyone in the prison camp respectfully calls him Xiao Guanying, and all the prisoners only obey him?

I heard that your Dalang has created a big family business in Happy Forest, everyone gave him a little bit, and it was a hero who gave birth to a young man, which made me very envious.

Shi Guanying, is your boss here? Call me over and let me see, what kind of hero is he?"

Old Shi Guanying blushed, and said to Zhang Tuanlian: "Tuanlian, my ignorant and stupid boy, Meng Lang, liked to behave like that hero since he was a child. There were a few tricky prisoners in my camp who liked him and encouraged him Come and mess around in this market place.

My foolish man used to do some business in this happy forest, not for greed for money and profit, but for the grandeur of Mengzhou and to add some heroic atmosphere.

It's just that my foolish boy was young and aggressive, and couldn't stand the noise from the people around him, so he did some reckless things here today, which made Tuan Lian laugh at him.

The lower official came here today to bring the foolish man and these tricky prisoners back to the camp. In the future, the lower official will definitely discipline him strictly, and never let him out to cause trouble again.