Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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After Ximenqing and others passed through Gaotang Prefecture, they headed southwest and entered Guanzhou.This road was not the one that Ximen Qing took when he went north to Lingzhou twice.

Because Shi Wengong was worried about the safety of his BMW "Chidian", so after passing through Gaotang Prefecture, he was familiar with the geography and did not choose to take the main road to Dongchang Mansion, but chose a shortcut through Guanzhou and went straight to Dongchang Mansion.Taking this route can shorten the journey by a few days.

Ximen Qing and the others walked in Guanzhou for another day. The sun was setting and the sky was getting late. They saw a high mountain blocking their way.

Shi Wengong reined in his horse, and said to Ximen Qing and the others: "Brothers, the mountain in front of you is the Dry Tree Mountain. Although this mountain looks steep, there is a road in the valley for vehicles and horses. It is getting late today, so we will Find a place to rest in the front. Tomorrow morning, I will set off and climb over this mountain, and the road to Dongchang Mansion will be Yimapingchuan."

Ximen Qing replied: "Brother Shi arranged it, I will just follow Brother Shi this time."

During this journey, getting along day and night, the friendship between Ximen Qing and Shi Wengong has deepened a lot.Shi Wengong no longer honored Ximen Qing as an official, and Ximen Qing no longer called Shi Wengong a teacher. They both called each other brothers.

Seeing that Ximen Qing had no objections, Shi Wengong took the lead and led the crowd forward.

Suddenly, Shi Wengong heard Ximen Qing shouting from behind: "Brother Shi, please stop, I don't understand something."

Shi Wengong reined in his horse, looked back, and saw that Ximen Qing had already chased after him.Seeing this, the other people in the team knew that Ximen Qing must have something important to do, so they all stopped in place and listened to the two of them talking.

Ximen Qing came to Shi Wengong and asked Shi Wengong: "Brother Shi, what did you say this is a place to go?"

Shi Wengong said: "Brother Ximen, the place ahead is called Dry Tree Mountain."

Ximen Qing said: "Brother Shi, do you know if there are strong people haunting the Dead Tree Mountain?"

Chapter 134

It turned out that when Ximenqing heard the place name "Kurshu Mountain", he remembered that in history, the Liangshan bandit "Black Whirlwind" Li Kui had taken a bandit leader named "Sangmen God" Bao Xu as his assistant on this Kushu Mountain? Afterwards, they also went northward together for a sneak attack, captured Lingzhou City, and cheated Wei Dingguo, the "General Shenhuo" who was now his friend.

Ximen Qing remembered that the "god of mourning" Bao Xu had no other characteristics, except that he liked to kill people for pleasure.Like the murderous Li Kui, he seeks pleasure in killing and is an out-and-out pervert.

"Sangmen God" Bao Xu and "Black Whirlwind" Li Kui, two psychopaths, met each other, they were like-minded, and soon became best friends. The "God of Sorrow" Bao Xu died while attacking Fang La, and "Black Whirlwind" Li Kui cried a lot because of this.

You know, so many leaders died in battle on Liangshan, this "Black Whirlwind" Li Kui didn't shed a single tear, but wept bitterly for the "Mourning Door God" Bao Xu.Li Kui cried only twice in his life, one time when his mother was eaten by a tiger, and the other time when Bao Xu, the "door god" died in battle.The reason why Li Kui wept for Bao Xu alone was because after Bao Xu died, no one would share the joy of killing with him, and life was so lonely.

Ximen Qing recalled that Bao Xu, the "God of Sangmen" occupying Dry Tree Mountain, had five or seven hundred men and two or three hundred good horses under his command.

Just now Shi Wengong didn't mention the robbers on Dry Tree Mountain at all, Ximenqing was worried that Shi Wengong would be too big, so he stopped Shi Wengong and asked this question.

When Shi Wengong heard Ximenqing ask him if there were any strongmen on the dry tree mountain, he answered: "Brother Ximen, my brother and I have walked through this dry tree mountain in front of me several times when I went to Daming Mansion a few years ago, and there were no thieves entrenched there. However, on such a steep mountain, I am afraid that there will inevitably be a few strong men who cut the path, but I have not encountered it. As for whether there are strong men entrenched here in the past few years, I really don’t know. Why, Do the Ximen brothers know the details of the Dry Tree Mountain?"

After hearing Shi Wengong's words, Ximen Qing didn't dare to confirm whether the "Morning Door God" Bao Xu had already taken over the mountain here as king.After all, in history, Liangshan attacked Lingzhou City, and the event that "Black Whirlwind" Li Kui led "Sangmen God" Bao Xu to Liangshan happened a few years later.

Therefore, Ximenqing said to Shi Wengong: "Brother Shi, I think that the dry tree mountain is steep and densely forested. It is indeed a good place for strong men to haunt and cut trails, so I asked this question. Brother Shi, although you are brave and invincible, But this place is not a battlefield, so we must be careful of robbers' schemes. In my brother's opinion, we should be careful, find a village as soon as possible, and after inquiring about the truth, it will not be too late to cross this mountain."

Shi Wengong said: "Brother Ximen is right, I'll go to the village ahead to find out the facts."

After hearing the conversation between Ximen Qing and Shi Wengong, everyone became vigilant, holding weapons in their hands, and looked at the woods on both sides.

Hu Sanniang excitedly rode her horse forward and rode side by side with Ximen Qing, and asked him, "Officer, your brothers all say that you are a master of predicting things. Do you have a premonition that there are thieves hidden on that mountain again?" ? If there are thieves, you have to let me kill them, my sun and moon swords can't follow me for nothing."

Ximen Qing said in his heart, if there were really "Sangmen God" Bao Xu and his subordinates entrenched on the mountain, there would be hundreds of people, I'm afraid you might kill some of them.He smiled and said to Hu Sanniang: "Lady, I'm just taking precautions. Whether there are really robbers is still unknown. But if there are real robbers, you can't kill me, lady, and run away from me." It's too far!"

Hu Sanniang also laughed when she heard the words: "My good official, please put your heart in your belly. If there are really robbers coming, my lady, I will definitely stand by your side, guarding your safety, and never let those thugs The thief hurt a hair of my officer, hahaha~"

Shi Wengong, Jiao Ting and others couldn't help laughing out loud when they heard this.

Immediately, Ximen Qing pretended to be angry, and said in his mouth: "My lady, do you have two swords? I also have two swords, officer!"

Hu Sanniang, Shi Wengong, Jiao Ting and others laughed again after hearing this.

Everyone walked forward for a while, Hu Sanniang saw a figure in the woods ahead with sharp eyes.She quietly said to Ximen Qing: "Look, officer, isn't that a strong man who cuts the path?"

Hearing this, Ximen Qing turned his eyes and saw a forest in front of him. In the shade of the tree, a person poked his head, looked at his team, and then disappeared into the forest again.

Ximen Qing said to Hu Sanniang: "Young lady is right, looking at that guy's thieves, he must be a strong man who came to watch the wind and sentry. It seems that this dry tree mountain is really not peaceful! Those guys dare to provoke us, but they are not looking for death? "

Ximen Qing quietly passed the news of the suspected bandits to Jiao Ting and Shi Wengong.Everyone secretly took precautions and walked forward as if nothing had happened.

When Ximen Qing and his party walked to the edge of the forest, they heard a sound of a gong, and dozens of robbers rushed out from both sides of the road.Armed with knives, guns, sticks, steel forks and other weapons, the bandits surrounded Ximen Qing and his party in a chaotic manner.

Leading a big man with a bare chest and back, holding a machete, shouted at Ximen Qing and the others: "Stop! Don't move! The masters are here to rob! You birds and men, hit me on this dry tree mountain!" However, you must know the rules of my dry tree mountain! Throw all the weapons on the ground! Give them all to the master and I will dismount and kneel on the side of the road! Any bird, man or woman is disobedient, the master will kill him in two!"

Before the big man finished speaking, Hu Sanniang had already pulled out the sun and moon swords, looked around with the two swords in hand, stared at the dozens of robbers and sneered.

"You guys are heroes on the dead tree mountain, who is your village master?" Ximen Qing asked tentatively.

"Why are you such a naughty man and woman? Why don't you get off your horse and surrender quickly? The master got angry and cut you off first! That's right, we are the subordinates of King Bao Xubao of the Ershen Village of Kushu Mountain. My family Dawang Jianghu is known as the "Sangmen God", and he is the first hero in Hebei! Are you a bird man or woman afraid?" The big man with the appearance of a little boss waved a machete in his hand and threatened Ximen Qing and others.

After hearing this, Shi Wengong sighed and said, "It is said that Brother Ximen is well-informed and knows things like a god. Today, my brother believes it. There are indeed many thieves on this mountain!"

The big man was furious when he heard this, and cursed, "Wu, that bird man, how dare you call such a good man like the master a thief? Little ones, kill them!"

"Keep people under the knife!" Ximen Qing shouted loudly.

"I can't keep you!" The bandit leader yelled with a grim smile.However, his smile suddenly froze.

With the flash of the knife, dozens of heads flew into the air with blood spurting, like a rain of blood.

Chapter 135 No one left under the sword

At the foot of the North Mountain of Dry Tree Mountain, the bandit leader who surrounded Ximen Qing and his party with dozens of young people, who was about to rob property, wanted to hear Ximen Qing shouting "keep people under the sword" most now.

The moment the two sides fought, the bandit leader saw a girl with two knives galloping towards him.The two knives in the girl's hands slashed left and right, as fast as the wind.In an instant, the dozen or so minions standing in front of her fell down like wheat in the field.

The bandit leader had just raised the machete in his hand, when the girl on the opposite side had broken through the wall and rushed to him.

A scorching sun flashed in front of his eyes, and the bandit leader felt his arm go cold, and the hand holding the machete had been cut off by the girl.The bandit leader hadn't had time to cry out, but the girl's other knife had already slashed across his throat.

At this moment, Ximen Qing yelled "Keep people under the knife" for the second time.

The bandit leader covered his bleeding throat with his hands, stared at a pair of unwilling eyes and fell on his back, falling heavily to the ground.

Why didn't those little white-faced men and women call out "Keep people under the knife" earlier?

The bandit leader swallowed his last breath full of resentment towards Ximen Qing.

Hu Sanniang chopped melons and chopped vegetables and killed all the robbers standing in front of her horse, and immediately turned the horse's head, ready to charge back again.It's a pity that when I looked back, the twenty or thirty robbers surrounding the rear had all been stabbed by Shi Wengong and Jiao Ting with their knives, leaving no one for her.

Hu Sanniang rode her horse and circled around, but she didn't find any thieves surviving and hiding in the grass.She had no choice but to go back to Ximen Qing, and glared at Ximen Qing angrily.

Seeing Hu Sanniang's appearance, Ximen Qing shook his head helplessly, and smiled wryly at Hu Sanniang: "My lady, you can't blame me, I didn't do anything!"

It wasn't that Ximen Qing was slow to move, but that he had Shi Wengong, Hu Sanniang, and Jiao Ting around him. These dozens of low-level thieves were really vulnerable.Knowing Hu Sanniang's brutal temper, Ximen Qing would not go to fight her for the head.

Seeing that there were no thieves to kill, Hu Sanniang shook the sun and moon swords against the wind, and a few drops of blood flew out, leaving no trace of blood on the sword.She put the two knives into their sheaths, and then remembered something, raised her head and asked Ximen Qing: "Officer, when I killed the thief just now, what were you shouting?"

Ximen Qing pointed to the leader of the bandits lying on the ground, and said with a wry smile: "Lady, I tell you to keep someone under the sword, and let this guy live. I want to find out the truth about the gang of robbers on Dry Tree Mountain from this guy's mouth. How can I know my lady?" Your knife is too fast!"