The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

A few people found an empty table and sat down, and immediately a waiter came over to say hello: "What kind of wine and food do you guys want to eat?"

Bai Ao said: "Cut five catties of beef, lamb shanks, smoked chicken, and roast goose, four more plates of seasonal fruits and vegetables, bamboo shoots, and salted plum beans!"

Xiaoer asked again: "What kind of wine does the guest officer eat?"

Bai Ao looked at Zhao Tun, saw that Zhao Tun closed his eyes slightly, and said, "Take an altar of the best flower carvings."

Seeing that his order was expensive, Xiaoer couldn't help being happy: "Guest officer, do you want rice cakes? The rice cakes in this shop are unique. They are famous in Xianju. Residents in the city often come out of the city to eat them, and everyone praises them."

Du Po said from the side: "This is very good, the big ones will pick up ten sheets, and then two bowls of sauce."

After finishing the food and wine, the crowd waited. At this time, they saw a few horsemen rushing along the road, hesitating for a moment by the bamboo forest, as if they were trying to identify something, and then got off their horses.

These riders are all men, with strong builds and tight clothes with arrow sleeves. Except for one who is carrying a shining simple knife, the rest are tied with cloth wrapped around their waists and backs.

Bai Ao said in a low voice: "People from the Jianghu."

Bai Zhan next to him said: "Brother didn't look at it, the people sitting on those tables are all rivers, lakes and green forests."

There were more than half of the dozen or so tables under the bamboo canopy, men, women and children, but without exception, everyone's eyes were bright, the sun was high, and their faces were rosy and full of blood.

If you look carefully, these people are dressed similarly to those few riders, except for a few with loose clothes and long sleeves, the rest are dressed for walking in the rivers and lakes.

There were also things placed under the tables of these people, some were wrapped around, and some showed a cold light, which looked like weapons at a glance.

Bai Ao said in a low voice: "This is really strange. Why do so many people from Jianghu come to Xianju for no reason, but they still haven't entered the city?"

Du Po said: "As far as the things they brought, they can't even get close to the city gate, they will be arrested."

At this time, those who got off went straight to the nearby empty table, there were four in total, and the tiger-headed man with a simple knife panted and said: "But his mother is here, this fairy house is too far away, I am exhausted on the road, I don’t know why Hero Island chose such a place to go to sea, I’m afraid it’s not because of a serious illness!”

The expressions of the other three changed when they heard the words, and hurriedly waved their hands and said, "Fourth, keep quiet, keep quiet!"

The tiger-headed man threw the simple knife to the side of the table, sat down and said: "My brothers are too cautious, why not say it? Who is not a hero who is going to Hero Island if he is still drinking here at this hour ?”

The elder of the four was an old man with a goatee, and said with a frown, "Even so, don't speak rashly, no one in the Jianghu knows that this island is a taboo, and dare not say it casually, if the messenger hears about it, I'm afraid they will be punished. "

The tiger-headed man's expression changed immediately when he heard the word "messenger", but he said stiffly: "So what, if you really have such a great ability, how can you use the Mingjiao's means of spreading the word? After issuing the heroic order, the family gathers heroes and goes there!"

The old man with the goatee slammed the table and said, "Shut up!"

The big tiger-headed man shrank his head and muttered in a low voice: "It would have been better if I had known that I would not come to Xianju this way. It would be better to take the Changle side, which is closer to the sea..."

At this time, a person next to him sneered and said, "Although there are three routes to sea, how can it be your fourth choice? You take your family too seriously!"

The tiger-headed man remained silent, but his indignation was beyond words.

Zhao Tang and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, they were all surprised when they heard the conversation at the next table.

Hero Island, what is this?
Hero order, what does this mean?
What kind of envoys sent down punishments, who used the method of Mingjiao to spread the word, what three routes to the sea, one of which was on the side of Changle?

This……

Du Po and Wu Song shook their heads slightly, with puzzled expressions on their faces.

The three brothers of the Bai family frowned and thought about it. After a few breaths, Bai Ao lowered his voice and said to Zhao Tong: "This subordinate has never heard of it."

Zhao Tian took a deep breath, Hero Island, Hero Order, and what else to go to sea... Leaving aside these things, what does it mean to use Mingjiao's means of spreading messages?
He instantly thought of the symbols on the flagpole of the restaurant, as well as the sun and moonlight symbols in the hall of the Immortal Temple.

Could it be that these methods were not left by the people of the Ming Cult, but were rowed up by some people from Hero Island?

However, this level of contact information will definitely not be leaked to outsiders. Even if it is really leaked... I am afraid that no one will dare to use it. You can't turn over, but the centipede is dead but not stiff. Wouldn't it be a big trouble for the family to use this method of communication?
Could it be...Zhao Tama raised his eyebrows.

Could it be that the high-level figures in Mingjiao colluded with this hero island, allowing the other party to use and borrow Mingjiao's prestige?
Who is this high-level figure?Who has the guts and the right?
Master Lu?Fang Qifo?Or...Fang La!
Zhao Tong's face darkened, no matter who it is, this Hero Island is definitely not a good person, colluding with Mingjiao is enough to kill the family, let alone lure these rivers and lakes to the island, there is no way to do anything against it.

But where is this hero island?It seems to be going to sea, which is a bit difficult!
If he doesn't care about this matter, if Fang La is really on the island, then according to this person's ability, it is very likely that he will jump out one day and stir up trouble again.

But Zhao Tang didn't care about this. His main purpose of going to the south of the Yangtze River this time was to kill the gentry and collect gold and silver. The extermination of Fang La was just a matter of convenience.

What he cares about at the moment is the token of the Mingjiao leader on Fang La. He must get this thing, and he must not let this token stay with Fang La.

At this time, the food and wine were served, Zhao Tong nodded, and everyone began to eat and drink, only to see Du Yan dragging the mustard cake to his body first, this cake is indeed a cake, not cooking cakes, steamed buns, soup cakes and noodles.

Because it was passed down from the Western Regions, a mustache was added in front of the name of this cake. It is not the oil cake pie of later generations. It is bigger than that kind, and the biggest one is as big as a person's arms.

I saw Du Fu took one and spread it on the table, and then he didn't care about mutton, beef, chicken and goose, anyway, he took some of each and put them on the cake, then put various seasonal fruits and vegetables on it, and picked up the sauce As soon as the bowl is sprinkled, a strong aroma overflows immediately.

This aroma is mixed with all kinds of meat aromas, as well as the fresh smell of fruits and vegetables. It is strange and alluring. It makes people feel their index fingers move when they smell it, and they can't wait to eat it right away.

Just watched Du Po roll the mustard pancake, then rolled the meat and vegetables in it, enveloping all the flavors, he held the bottom of the pancake with one hand, pinched the top with the other hand, and handed it to Zhao Tun.

Zhao Tong wondered, "What kind of statement is this?"

Du Po said: "My lord, this is the way of eating passed down by the elders of the Shimen. Originally, eight kinds of meat should be boiled in a big pot, and then served with fruits and vegetables and a secret sauce. It is called eating all over the world and fighting all directions. !"

Zhao Tong said with a smile: "Eating all over the world, fighting in all directions? It's a good name!"

Du Po said: "This restaurant doesn't have enough materials, so please bear with me. I will cook for you when there is nothing else to do."

Zhao Tong nodded and took the big cake, said: "Looking at how you eat, drink and make pies as a senior in the sect, you are also a good man who weighs and divides money."

Du Yu said awkwardly: "I made you laugh. Originally, the master's school did have a hall in the green forest. It's a pity that the old enemy confronted each other. After the defeat, they fell apart after a setback."

Zhao Tun took a bite of the pancake, felt the aroma rushing towards it, and applauded repeatedly.

At this time, Wu Song followed suit, and spread a large pancake roll with meat and vegetable sauce, and began to eat and drink.

The aroma of "eating all over the world, fighting in all directions" wafted around, and everyone at the front and back tables could smell it. Later, the tiger-headed man among the four swallowed fiercely and shouted: "It's so tempting, I want to eat it too."

The old man with the goatee frowned unconsciously: "Fourth brother..."

The tiger-headed man said: "Brother, I've been gnawing on the ice-cold pancakes all the way, and the birds have faded out of my mouth. Now that I'm at the end of the field, how can I not make a good tooth-beating sacrifice."

After finishing speaking, he called Xiao Er and said, "What you ordered just now doesn't count, let's serve it on that table!"

Xiaoer glanced at the wine, meat and pancakes on Zhao Tun's table, and sang loudly: "Okay, sir, the next table has the same set of dishes and drinks."

When Du Po heard the words, he turned his head to look at the tiger-headed man. The big man clasped his fists in embarrassment, and Du Po grinned.

The old man with a goatee among the four had a calm face, and the man next to him with a refined face but not young said in a low voice: "Fourth, do you know how much their table costs?"

The tiger-headed man was stunned and said: "Second brother, how much does this cost? That table is also called to eat!"

Another man with a slightly fatter body whispered: "I saw it just now, among other things, the wine is Huadiao, an old daughter's red, and there is still wet mud on the jar. It looks like it was just dug out from the ground. , I’m afraid this jar of wine will cost 20 taels of silver!”

The tiger-headed man was stunned, scratched his head and said, "Why is it so expensive?"

The old man with the goatee snorted: "Do you think it's the coarse wine you drink on weekdays that was burned for nothing? Didn't you see that they didn't even need to sieve it!"

The tiger-headed man saw that there was no need to sieve the wine at the table, and he drank it when it was poured, so he muttered: "I am so old, I have never drank wine that was not sifted..."

The elegant man smiled wryly, and touched his bosom with one hand: "I don't know if our money is enough or not."

As soon as he said this, the four of them immediately stopped talking, the world is not so easy to mess with, the four of them are not green forests, the green forests are in the rivers and lakes, but the rivers and lakes are not all green forests.

There are many illegal activities in the green forest, and there is probably no shortage of sources of money.

Those who kill and steal goods in the green forest are called heroes, and those who fight for justice in the rivers and lakes are called heroes.

Not all people in the Jianghu have endless money, especially those who claim to be famous and upright. They can't rob their homes, but they must have other livelihoods, or their family wealth is rich, or they have the shadow of their ancestors, or they have a good reputation. Otherwise, they can live in poverty , How can I hang around outside all day long, and have endless idle money.

Except for the tiger-headed man, the other three were very distressed to see him ordering such a table. The tiger-headed man is straightforward and has no concept of money, but the three of them are different. They know that this table is probably their expenses for several months.

After a while, the food and drink were served as usual, and the tiger-headed man did not let his elder brothers learn how to roll a big pancake, and then took a bite, even his expression changed instantly, his eyes gleamed, and he didn't even care to savor the taste , gobbled it up, and in just a dozen breaths, the burrito with thick arms fell into his stomach, and then he slapped the mud seal off the wine jar, poured a bowl, and drank it all with a "gurgling" and served it heartily.

Seeing his gluttonous appearance, the other three looked a bit ugly, but they could not bear the smell of the aroma, so they also started eating and drinking.

The flower carvings enter the entrance, the big cakes enter the belly, and they don't say anything about spending anymore. There are a few big characters written on their faces, fragrant, really fucking fragrant!

As the night deepened, the full moon hung high in the sky, but the restaurant showed no signs of closing, and even hung up many red lanterns. The bamboo forest was like emerald, and the red lights were like glass. Everyone seemed to be in a fairyland.

At this moment, Zhao Tang knew that he had made a mistake. This restaurant was not innocently blamed for Mingjiao.

Even at this hour, there are still quacks on the road, some in groups of three or two, some hugging each other, some riding horses, and some actually sitting on a blood-red sedan chair.

The tables and chairs under the bamboo canopy have long been insufficient, but the restaurant seems to be able to do magic tricks. It keeps moving out tables and chairs from the blue brick and stone house. .

At this time, many people were dazzled from drinking, their mouths were like tiger-headed men, and they began to grin wildly, talking about Hero Island.

This hero island is an island in the vast East China Sea. No one knows the exact location, but only knows that the owner of the island is extremely skilled in martial arts, to what extent... It is not weaker than the land masters, and may even be stronger.

Every ten years, Hero Island will appear in the rivers and lakes and green forests, and will send messengers of sunlight and moonlight to invite people in the rivers, lakes and green forests to travel on the island.

Zhao Tang could hear it clearly at this moment, and couldn't help but secretly move in his heart, the messengers of sunlight and moonlight sounded to be related to Mingjiao, could it be that this Hero Island is not just in collusion with someone from Mingjiao, but also has some special relationship with Mingjiao at all?
But Lianaza didn't mention this matter to him, neither Hero Island nor the Sun and Moon Ershi, Lianaza did not mention it.

Zhao Tang thought for a moment, then continued to listen. Although there were noisy voices at this time, he had excellent hearing and could hear everything clearly.

A token is needed to go to Hero Island, which is the Hero Token in the mouth of the tiger-headed man. The Hero Token was brought from Hero Island by the envoys of the sun and moonlight, and was half given and half scattered in the green forests of the rivers and lakes in the Central Plains.

There are a total of 360 yuan for the hero order, which implies the number of the sun, of which 100 yuan is the sunlight hero order, and the remaining 260 yuan is the moonlight order.

The Sunshine Token is given to famous people in Jianghu and green forests. One token is for one person, and other people will not be able to go to Hero Island if they take this token.

But the Moonlight Token is different, the Moonlight Token is anonymous, and whoever gets it, or whoever grabs it, will own it, and can follow the envoy to the island with this token.

As for the benefits of traveling to Hero Island, Zhao Tang could also hear clearly.

After going to the island, I will participate in one thing, which is not dangerous, and no matter whether it is successful or not, Hero Island will send people back within three months at most, and will also present a large sum of gold and silver.

Although there is no danger in going to Hero Island, there is a taboo, that is, you must never reveal the incident you participated in on the island after you return. Once it is revealed, the end will be extremely miserable.

There was once a tycoon who went to Heroes Island, and he couldn’t bear it when he came back. He told his friend about his experience on the island, and after a short while, his family was wiped out. The friend’s family was also killed. Do not stay.

There is also a village owner of a certain cottage who didn't care about this taboo at all, and when he returned to the village, he told his brothers what happened on the island, and within a month, all the people in the entire cottage were killed.

So far, although many people have been to Hero Island, outsiders don't know what they did on it or what they participated in, and Hero Island has become more and more mysterious.

But even so, they couldn't conceal the enthusiasm of these people to go to the island, not for anything else, just for the eager curiosity and the huge gold and silver rewards.

As long as the experience is not revealed, everything is safe, Hero Island will naturally keep its promise, and if they also stick to their promise, then there is no danger at all.

The Sunshine Envoy and the Moonlight Envoy are not two people, they are just titles, and the number of envoys sent by Hero Island varies every ten years, depending on the route to sea.

This time there are three routes to the sea, Tongzhou in Huaidong, Xianju in eastern Zhejiang, and Changle in Fujian, so Hero Island sent six envoys.

Not all of the people present here have a hero token in their hands, some of them only have one token, and others are for escort.

The Moonlight Token can be obtained through looting, so those who hold the token are very cautious, for fear of being snatched away by others.

Especially in this place where the last party goes to sea, there is a possibility of being robbed every moment.

Those who dared to drink and eat under the bamboo canopy were either relying on their high martial arts skills, or they were outnumbered. The rest who held the tokens did not know where to hide.

Zhao Tong frowned, tonight's third watch was the time for the Sunshine Envoy and the Moonshine Envoy to show up, and then took the person with the token to the sea to Hero Island.

According to these people, the second emissary of the sun and the moon can only be found by using Mingjiao's contact means, and Zhao Tuo guessed that the place where the two envoys appeared should be the Great Hall of Taiyi Salvation of Suffering in the Immortal Temple. After all, the Mingjiao's contact symbol points directly there, and It also implies that they will meet in the palace at midnight.

Zhao Tang looked at the few people beside him, they all sounded a little silly, obviously only their table was Xibei goods, and the rest were heroes who were going to Hero Island.

Zhao Tang looked at them and sighed slightly, they didn't know Zhao Tong's thoughts, Bai Ao whispered: "My lord, we..."

Zhao Tong squinted his eyes, then spread his hands out, making an expression that we have nothing.

Bai Ao said again: "Young Master, what you mean is...the subordinates..."

Zhao Tong nodded. After thinking about it just now, he felt that Fang La might have gone to the Hero Island, because the island has a close relationship with the Ming Cult, no matter from the name of the envoy it sent or the way it communicated secretly. relation.

There are only a few people in the Ming Cult who are qualified to be associated with this mysterious island.

Fang Qifo is qualified, but his whereabouts are unknown, and it can even be said that his life and death are unknown, because he was seriously injured that day and was washed away by the Qinhuai River, and he never appeared again.

As Fang Qifo, if he hadn't died, he should have appeared in the Battle of Hangzhou and the Battle of Bangyuan, but in fact he didn't appear, as if he had completely disappeared.

Either he was dead, or he was so seriously injured that he couldn't even contact Mingjiao, so it was unlikely that Fang Qifo was on the island of heroes and planning the hero order with the island owner.

Chen Fan is also qualified, and his whereabouts are also unknown, but according to Tong Guan, beside Shi Sheng, the great bandit of Taihu Lake, there is a man with high martial arts skills and changeable methods.

Zhao Tong met Chen Fan, and Tong Guan described him as similar in appearance to Chen Fan, so it is likely to be Chen Fan, so it is impossible for Chen Fan to be on Hero Island.

As for Lu Shinang, he is also qualified. Although he has only held the position of a sub-altar master in the Ming Cult, he is the number one leader in the Ming Cult.

Under Mingjiao, the Bright Envoys, Dharma Kings, and Sanren have their own powers, but the sub-altar masters in various places are directly under the management of the leader, called the leader.

Although the leader's status is not as high as that of the Envoy of Light and the King of Dharma, he is not inferior to Sanren.

If it is a great leader with more than ten thousand disciples, he is almost on par with the King of Dharma.

And Lu Shinang had nearly [-] soldiers at the time, even ordinary dharma kings were not as powerful or as important as him.

Therefore, Lu Shinang is very likely to be on Hero Island.

As for Fang La, who has been taught since he was a child, and as a local tycoon, can he not know that this hero island attracts people to the island once every ten years?Don't you know that the envoys of Hero Island are called Sunshine Envoys and Moonshine Envoys?
Maybe there has been hookups for a long time, not even the leader of his generation, the previous generations of Mingjiao leaders have already hooked up with this hero island.

Then, this place is undoubtedly the best hiding place for Fang La!

As for what the Empress of Light said, Fang La looked at the four places on the map that day. It may be that Fang La played tricks on the Empress of Light and deliberately looked at those four places to mislead him, or Fang La looked at the sea at that time, and the Empress of Light thought that It is on land in the Xianju area of ​​Taizhou.

From this point of view, Fang La is more likely to be on Hero Island than Lu Shinang.

So Zhao Tun had to go to the Hero Island to have a look, find a way to find Fang La, and bring the order of the leader of Mingjiao.

He spread his hands just now to express that he could not go to the island without the hero order, so Bai Ao wanted to grab it for his own use, and after he nodded, Bai Ao was about to do it.

But at this moment, there was the sound of horseshoes in the distance, and it sounded that there were seven or eight horses, and they came to the front of the bamboo tent in an instant, and then a gloomy voice sounded: "The heroes are so easy to get together. , please take it out and lend it to me!"

Bai Ao's body froze slightly when he stood up just now, he didn't expect to be preempted by someone, so he couldn't help but look slightly cold towards the place where the voice came from.

I saw a few black horses parked outside the bamboo canopy. The riders on the horses were wearing black shorts and bamboo hats. The leader even covered his face with a black scarf, looking into the bamboo canopy with unfriendly eyes.

At this time, the good guys who were drinking stopped talking, and the noisy atmosphere just now suddenly became deserted, and many people reached out to touch the weapons they carried with them.

The man glanced around, and finally landed on a table where there were only two people sitting opposite each other.

The two sitting opposite each other were tall and thin, and the other was short and fat, with twinkling eyes, they didn't dare to look at the man on horseback.

I just heard the man laughing and said: "Isn't this the two heroes of Mount Tai? If you are sensible, hand over the token obediently, and I will spare your lives."

Hearing this, the tall and thin man suddenly said angrily: "Who are you? You know our brother? Dare you take off your veil and show your true colors to the heroes present!"

The man laughed loudly and said: "That's so nonsense, I'm wearing a veil because I'm afraid you will recognize it, come and catch the Tarzan duo and find out their hero orders!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the followers behind him jumped off their horses and went straight to the table.

Seeing this scene, Bai Ao winked at Wu Song, Du Po, and his two brothers.

Several people got up quickly and rushed to the adjacent table like lightning. The tiger-headed man hadn't finished eating a burrito, and his mouth was full of meat and vegetables, but Wu Song's knife was held on his neck. His eyes widened suddenly, and his throat couldn't help The landlord made a sound of "woo woo"... (End of this chapter)