Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Even Ximen Qing was so gifted, like a divine help, that he was exhausted by the endless pleadings of the two young ladies, and the spring dried up.

As the sun was sinking, Ximenqing was able to get away, and staggered back to Gaoyang Zhengdian in No. [-] Tianshui Lane with a large bag of gold beads and antiques that Li Shishi gave him.

Back in the house, Ximenqing asked Yulan to pack the bag of gold, jewelry and shells for him.Yulan opened the package, her eyes were dazzled, she was so excited that she grabbed Ximen Qing's arm and couldn't speak.

Ximen Qing inspected it carefully, and only then did he realize that Li Shishi was really generous, and the gift he gave him was worth thousands of gold.This little girl is so rich!

Yulan excitedly tidied up the treasures on the table, boasting that the senior official Ximen Qing had a good life, and she really did not follow the wrong person.

However, Ximen Qing fell down on the head of the bed tiredly, and his heart was galloping.

Damn, as the chief oiran of Bianjing City, this little lady Li Shishi didn't charge me a penny, but instead gave me so much money, this, this, this, isn't this equivalent to giving me a high official whore?

Shame!Ximen Qing felt that he was an imposing man of seven feet, how could he be soft?

However, after resting on the bed for a while, Ximen Qing calmed down and thought about it again. In the future, he would recruit heroes, train troops, and build weapons. Which one would not require a mountain of money?

Why!In order to have more strength to deal with the chaos in the world in the future and keep one side safe, I can only sacrifice myself to swallow this bowl of soft rice.

Yes, I, a high official in Ximen, must stand at the height of history and shout with a clear conscience: "I will eat soft food for the common people in the world!"

wrong!This money was earned based on my strengths as an official. I, a senior official of Ximen, eat hard food!

Chapter 1 Twelve

In a pavilion on the third floor of the north building of Fanlou, Ximenqing is the host and is hosting a banquet for two brothers, Xu Ning and Ling Zhen.Tang Long also sat by the side to accompany the three of Ximen Qing.

Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun didn't come to Fanlou today, but together with Yulan, took the servants to do the final packing and loading, just waiting for Ximen Qing and Tang Long to return.

Knowing that Ximen Qing and his party were leaving, Xu Ning and Ling Zhen raised their glasses to practice for Ximen Qing and Tang Long.

After drinking for three rounds, Xu Ning and Ling Zhen both brought out gifts prepared for the brothers, and gave them to Ximen Qing and Tang Long.Ximenqing and Ximenqing accepted the two brothers' wishes after thanking them.

Ling Zhen offered another glass of wine to Ximen Qing, and said to Ximen Qing: "Brother, brother knows that you want to build weapons, and wants Brother Tang Long to buy materials for making firearms in Bianliang, Tokyo. Brother thinks that Bianliang, Tokyo is far from Yanggu, Shandong is too far away, so transporting so many materials will take time and effort, and a lot of money and food will be wasted, which is really uneconomical."

Ximen Qing already knew from Tang Long that Brother Ling Zhen said he had other ways, so he asked, "Brother Ling Zhen, Brother Tang Long also told me when he came back, that brother, you don't approve of buying these materials in Bianliang, Tokyo." .Brother has any advice, but it’s okay to say.”

Ling Zhen took out a letter from his body, handed it to Ximen Qing, and said to Ximen Qing: "Brother, brother has already written a letter for brother, please take it away. After brother returns to Shandong, he can take this Send the letter to Lingzhou, Hebei Province, and give the letter to Wei Dingguo, the training envoy of the regiment. Wei Dingguo is known as "General Shenhuo" and has five hundred crimson-clothed fire soldiers under him. He bought it nearby. Wei Dingguo and my brother and I are also old friends, and with this letter, he will definitely help my brother get everything he needs."

Ximen Qing was overjoyed when he heard this, Brother Ling Zhen's idea is a great one.Through his road, I can go to Lingzhou to meet two heroes.One is "General Shenhuo" Wei Dingguo, and the other is "General Holy Water" Shan Yangui.

These two were both training envoys of the Lingzhou Regiment. Historically, when they were ordered to conquer Liangshan, they were defeated by Guan Sheng and demoted to Liangshan. They were also two of the so-called [-] generals.

With the line of "Shenhuo General" Wei Dingguo, when developing firearms in the future, it will be difficult to buy materials.Brother Ling Zhen is really a timely help, and relieved my worries!

Ximen Qing was overjoyed, and after collecting the letter, he exchanged glasses with Ling Zhen and drank three glasses of wine in a row.

Xu Ning and Ling Zhen knew that Ximen Qing was about to leave after the banquet, so they didn't persuade Ximen Qing and Tang Long to drink.The four of them ate for a while, then left Fanlou and returned to Gaoyang Zhengdian together.

Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun have finished cleaning up, and the craftsmen recruited by Tang Long have also arrived.Everything is ready, just waiting for Ximen Qing and Tang Long.

After the people met, they set off to go west.Because Jiao Ting was going back to Zhangjiazhuang, Centipede Ridge, Mengzhou to pick up his wife, Ximenqing and his party had to go back to Mengzhou first, and then go east from Mengzhou to Yanggu, Shandong.

Ximenqing and his entourage walked along Bianhe Street to West Street, and then left Bianliang Inner City through Zhengmen from West Street.Continue westward along the street, and after passing through the Xinzheng Gate, Ximenqing's team left the outer city of Bianliang, Tokyo, and left the capital.

Xu Ning and Ling Zhen rode their horses all the way to send Ximen Qing and the others out of the outer city of Bianliang, only to bid farewell to their brothers.

Ximenqing didn't know that Li Shishi and Yue'er were also hiding in a street restaurant next to Zhengmen today, watching him go out of the city.

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Ximenqing and his party stayed overnight on a dawn trip, and arrived in Mengzhou more than ten days later.

Ximenqing asked Jiao Ting and Tang Long to take a large group of people to Zhangjiazhuang at the foot of Centipede Ridge first, and he took Brother Qiao Yun, wrapped some gifts, and rode two fast horses westward, intending to sneak to the village. Then Happy Lin went to see Brother Jiang Zhong again.

Not a day later, Ximen Qing and Brother Qiao Yun arrived at Happy Forest outside the east gate of Mengzhou City.The two got off their horses, led the horses and walked slowly into Happy Forest, heading towards the Jiang Menshen Hotel at the T-junction.

Before reaching the Jiang Menshen Hotel, the sharp-eyed Qiao Yun grabbed Ximen Qing and said in a low voice, "Your official, be careful, something is wrong ahead."

Ximen Qing stood still, looked up, and saw Jiang Menshen's hotel in the distance.

The wine flag outside the hotel was still waving in the wind, but the door was closed tightly, with the official seal and reward notice on the door.

Because of the distance, Ximen Qing couldn't see clearly who was offering a reward for arrest on the notice.But Ximen Qing is not stupid, after thinking about it, nine out of ten people wanted are my elder brother Jiang Zhong.

Could it be that "Golden Eye Biao" committed a crime of kindness? Ximen Qing didn't dare to go any further, for fear of being recognized by the people in Happy Forest.He and Brother Qiao Yun turned around and left.

After leaving the Happy Forest, Ximenqing found a small forest to hide, and asked Qiao Yun to disguise himself before going to the Happy Forest to inquire about news.

After waiting for about half an hour, Brother Qiao Yun returned to the woods and reported the news to Ximen Qing.

According to the insider of Happy Forest: A month ago, because of the mysterious disappearance of dozens of military and military prisoners under the prison camp Shi Guanying and its management, the Mengzhou City government launched a thorough investigation.

According to the investigation, the father and son of the prison camp Shi Guanying were greedy and violent, and ran amok.They disregarded human life in prison camps, abused and exploited prisoners in order to amass money."Golden Eye Biao" Shi En, the son of the old Shi Guanying, relied on his father's power to mobilize the rivers and lakes to flee for his life, oppressing the good people in the market, and causing the whole Mengzhou city to be angry and resentful.

Because prisoners in the prison camp reported the wrongdoings of the Shi family and his son, many civilians inside and outside Mengzhou City also appealed to the government for grievances. Zhang Dujian of Mengzhou City arranged for his men to investigate.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Dujian's subordinates were not secretive, and Na Shi's father and son noticed.Shi Guanying's father and son led dozens of confidantes to escape, and at the same time swept away the ill-gotten wealth accumulated by Ku Yinping in the prison camp.

The Mengzhou government hunted around, but failed to capture Shi's father and son, so they had to set up a list to hunt them down and report them to the court.

Brother Qiao Yun told Ximen Qing that because the government handled the case in this way, neither Ximen Qing nor Jiang Menshen were involved.

After Jiang Menshen returned to Happy Forest, he continued to run his restaurant, and the business was booming.Unexpectedly, more than ten days later, disasters will come.

It turned out that during the battle with Jiang Menshen that day, several prisoners who rode on horses and trampled to death Shi En in panic, fled to Hedong and became robbers.Unexpectedly, the lives of these few people were at stake, and they were captured by the government the first time they went out to rob.

The two couldn't stand the fight, not only confessed to the manslaughter of "Golden Eye Biao" Shi En, but also revealed that it was because of Shi En's private fight with Jiang Menshen of Happy Forest that day that Shi En fell from his horse and was trampled to death by a random horse.

In this way, Jiang Menshen was involved in the case of Shi and his son.After receiving the official document, the Mengzhou government immediately sent people to Happy Forest to arrest Jiang Menshen.

Jiang Menshen got the news and led his men to leave without knowing where they were going.

Zhang Tuanlian, who was in charge of the arrest, searched for several days, but failed to catch Jiang Menshen, so he had to offer a reward to Jiang Menshen for the crime of private fighting and wounding.

After hearing this, Ximen Qing knew that Brother Jiang Zhong would be fine, so he was relieved and quietly left Mengzhou City with Brother Qiao Yun.

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Chapter 1 Thirteen Returning East to Hu's Village

Jiang Menshen disappeared and was nowhere to be found.Now that it was in the limelight, it was inconvenient for Ximenqing to go into the city to find Zhang Tuanlian and the capital supervisor Zhang Mengfang, so he had to leave Mengzhou and head east to Centipede Ridge.

When Ximenqing and his wife rode by Shizipo, they saw that the black shop of Sun Erniang and Zhang Qing had been demolished by the local government.

According to the distribution of the county, Lizheng built a new hotel here, which was run by Lizheng himself.

Shizipo is a traffic hub, and the newly built hotel provides a resting place for merchants and pedestrians, and also brings a good income for Lizheng and county officials.