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

Jingxi East Road, Dongpingfu, Qinghe County.

A tall man dressed in black, with an arrogant figure and extraordinary temperament, was galloping on the official road.

If anyone with knowledge looks at him at this moment, he will recognize that it is none other than Wu Song Wu Erlang.

After the war in Fangla ended, Wu Erlang said goodbye to Zhao Tong and returned to Shandong to serve his brother for many years.

At first, he still lived in Yanggu, but later he moved back to his hometown in Qinghe and lived in his ancestral home in a village on the outskirts. He rose at sunrise and rested at sunset. With the gold and silver gifts given by Zhao Yu, he felt at ease.

But unfortunately, Dalang was kicked in the chest by Ximen Qing that day, and he often suffered from chest problems. Although he invited many famous doctors for diagnosis and treatment, his internal organs were really damaged, and he could only survive with all his strength.

In the end, even though medicinal stones were used and valuable old wild ginseng was used for nourishment, the pain became unbearable every once in a while. Later, he started to cough up blood. Just a few nights ago, he suddenly passed away and returned to the west.

Wu Erlang was naturally devastated, but he also knew that the cycle of nature and human affairs went back and forth, and his revenge had long been avenged, so he had no other regrets, so he took care of the funeral arrangements, entrusted the house to his neighbors, and then kept his promise. He wanted to defect to Zhao Tong.

When Zhao Tong left Tokyo, he sent him a letter detailing the future separation of religions. Wu Erlang naturally had an idea and knew where to look.

He drove his horse all the way to the west. He was hungry and thirsty for food and drink, and stayed overnight at dawn. For more than one day, he left Dongping, passed Puzhou, and came to Caozhou in Xingren Prefecture.

This Caozhou is on the east side of Shandong. Going west, it enters the north of Gyeonggi Road.

It was getting dark in the afternoon, so Wu Erlang hurried in while the city gate was open. He saw that Caozhou was quite big. He walked on the street and looked at the shops, which had all kinds of general merchandise, cloth, and pastries. They also had wine shops, vegetable markets, gambling houses, fish shops, and butcher shops. lack.

Erlang withdrew his eyes and had no intention of looking at the city scene. He just wanted to find an inn to stay and eat and drink so that he could leave early tomorrow, so he kept walking forward.

When he walked to the door of a gambling house, he saw a dozen gangsters grabbing one person and fighting.

The rogue yelled while beating him: "Damn it, you just want to leave after you win money. How can there be such a good Holly City in the world? Don't even think about it! I won't even think about leaving until I peel off your skin!"

The person who was beaten was of middle age, dressed in Jianghu clothing, and was trapped by a dozen gangsters. He could not use his hands and feet, and his face was scratched and stained with blood.

He was holding a bag of silver in his hand, and he was scolding as he earned it: "You pigs and scoundrels are so unreasonable! You have lost all your money, and yet you dare to hit someone!" Upon hearing this, a scoundrel immediately kicked up and threw The money was kicked all over the floor, and all the scoundrels went underground to grab the money.

Wu Erlang could see clearly from the sidelines and was furious at Bullfighting for a moment. Is there such an unreasonable thing in the world? It's so distasteful.

He hurriedly took a few steps forward and shouted: "You are so insulting!"

After that, he didn't draw the knife, he just used the whistle stick on the ground like "autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves". When the stick arrived, he knocked over seven or eight of them. They all fell to the ground and screamed in a ball, then turned around. He came and used a "dragon pan head" to chop down two or three more.

It turned out that the rogue leader was the boss of the gambling house behind him, nicknamed Mountain Wolf Cheng Er, and he had some skills. At this moment, watching the brothers being knocked down by a passing man, an unknown karma burned in his heart, "Cha" The ground screamed, and a fierce tiger jumped over the stream, opened its palm and slashed diagonally.

Seeing this, Wu Erlang retreated back and smiled coldly. The wild wolf Cheng Er rushed over and made an overhead hook. "Crack!", half of his shirt was suddenly torn off, exposing his chest. It turned out that Wu Erlang had dropped the stick. , made a "immortal guide" to move forward, and grabbed him by the front of his clothes.

The mountain wolf Cheng Er actually had some skills, but there was no way he could be Wu Song's opponent. Wu Song just pretended that he hadn't fought with anyone for a long time, so he practiced with him and started playing tricks.

Cheng Er locked the door with a "door god guard", stepped back and poked Wu Erlang with his palm. Wu Erlang dodged with a "kiter turn", flew up with his right foot, and kicked the wild wolf Cheng Er out with a "pheasant kick". Zhang Zhang away, the wild wolf Cheng Er fell dizzy.

After a while, the wild wolf Cheng Er stood up after another carp fight. After three or five rounds of fighting, Wu Song unexpectedly used his "hook" hand. The wild wolf Cheng Er's feet became unstable and he couldn't help but hit Wu Song's head. He flew out and took a mouthful of mud, nearly knocking off his front teeth and bleeding from his belly.

The wild wolf Cheng Er suffered such a big loss, so he gave up and got up from the ground. He was so angry that he screamed and cursed: "You useless dogs, you usually talk about yourself and pretend to be heroes when you have nothing to do. It’s a tight day today, everyone’s head is shrinking..."

The scoundrels were scolded so hard that they had no choice but to take advantage of each other and swarm around them, screaming wildly.

Wu Song secretly laughed in his heart, thinking that this group of scoundrels usually only bullied the weak and had no real ability, so he calmly used the thirty-six-way grappling technique, and "Zhang Fei carried the spear" threw one of the scoundrels on his back. Lying on the ground, one of the "wild horses galloping" kicked two of them down and rolled on the ground. In just a few rounds, the group of scoundrels were beaten and scurrying away.

Seeing that everyone was useless, Cheng Er, the mountain wolf, regained his authority and shouted, and a "Swallow Through the Clouds" flew over and made a move with one hand, like a mantis stalking a cicada.

Wu Song made a "monkey picking peach" gesture, squatted down, took the sheep with him, and threw the wild wolf Cheng Er about ten paces away, with his head down and his feet up, and he fell heavily to the ground.

The mountain wolf Cheng Er was about to get up when Wu Song Qingshu grabbed his hair by the horns, lifted him up, and kicked him. The wild wolf Cheng Er spun in the air, flipped over, and landed on his back on the ground with his eyes open. Scarlet eyes were angry: "You hungry thief! If you dare to interfere in other people's business, what grudge do I have against you?"

When Wu Song heard his rude words, he was furious: "Wild dog, don't try to show off, I have a tendency to trample on rough roads!" After that, he stepped forward and stamped his feet in a chain, using only one or two points of strength.

"Oh, my mother..." The wild wolf grinned in pain, sucked cold air into his stomach, and did not dare to say a word.

At this time, people on the street were standing far away, watching and laughing. They usually hated this gang of scoundrels, but this time they took a deep breath. Some of them were worried about the strong men who saw injustice on the road. The middle-aged man who was beaten before was like this. Only then did he take out his hands and feet and use his martial arts. He also beat a few scoundrels who had no place to hide and ran away in all directions.

The mountain wolf Cheng Er was not stunned, but was a bit cunning. He knew that if he continued to show off his strength, he would suffer losses, so he begged for mercy: "Good man, please show mercy."

Wu Song shouted: "From now on, you are not allowed to bully others or do evil!"

The wild wolf Cheng Er kept chattering: "Good man, how dare a wild dog? From now on, I will change my ways and never dare to break the rules again. Please spare my life!"

Wu Song then let go of his feet: "If you bump into me in the future, you will never be merciful." The wild wolf Cheng Er got up from the ground, covered his head with his hands, and limped away, about half an arrow away. He turned around and looked at Wu Song and the middle-aged man fiercely, wrinkles appeared on his dark face, and he threatened for a while: "Outsiders, etc., and thieves passing by to meddle in other people's business, if you have the guts, don't run away. Wait and see, if I don't take revenge, I will be called a wild wolf in vain!" After saying that, he limped and walked to the south end of the street.

The middle-aged man picked up the scattered silver coins on the ground, then held them in his hands and presented them forward. He bowed to Wu Song and said, "May I ask what your name is, brother? Where is your home? Why are you here?"

When Wu Song asked, he looked him up and down. He was a true man and never changed his name when he was walking or sitting down, so he said loudly: "This person is from Qinghe County, Dongping Prefecture, and his surname is Wu and Song!"

The middle-aged man was stunned when he heard this, then looked at Wu Song carefully, with a face full of surprise, and whispered: "But... Wu Erlang who once won the silver medal in Liao Dynasty?"

Wu Song glanced at the middle-aged man: "How did you know it was so and so?"

The middle-aged man's expression became joyful and he slapped his thigh suddenly: "It turns out that he is really the Erlang of the Wu family. He can't find anything like this even if he wears iron shoes. It takes no effort at all to get it!"

Wu Song frowned and said, "Who are you? Listening to your words, you actually want to find someone?"

The middle-aged man's round eyes spread all over the place, and then he whispered: "Erlang, come with me, find a place and I will tell you, Erlang will understand!"

Wu Songyi was a brave man, but he was hungry at the same time, so he said, "Just find a restaurant."

The middle-aged man hurriedly reached out and picked up the whistle stick that Wu Song had discarded before. With one hand, he went behind to hold the horse for Wu Song. Then he walked towards the distance. After passing a few streets, he saw a restaurant, then went inside and chose a red seat. After wiping his head clean, Wu Song was asked to sit down first, and then he sat down at home.

Then the middle-aged man asked the bartender to get a pot of fine wine, cut two kilograms of cooked beef, a plate of smoked fish, braised chicken and roasted goose, and set it on the table.

The middle-aged man personally sifted the wine to persuade him, and Wu Song drank as much as he could. After three glasses of wine, the middle-aged man whispered: "Erlang, I come from the north. I am Doctor Wude, the vanguard of the Northern Conquest of the Bandit Capital, and General Song. Men!"

"Doctor Wu De, General Song, the vanguard of the northern expedition to the bandit capital?" Wu Song was stunned, thinking who this was, he didn't recognize him.

"Erlang!" The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "Actually, it's brother Hu Baoyi and Jiyu Song Gongming!"

"It turns out to be Song Gongming!" Wu Song suddenly realized that he naturally knew Song Jiang. Song Jiang was so famous in Shandong that no one on the Green Forest Road knew him. Later, he occupied Liangshanbo and started an uprising, which was vigorous and shocking. Finally, he ordered An to join the imperial court and hold an official position, as if Now fighting against Tian Hu in the north.

"Exactly!" The middle-aged man took a sip of wine and said, "I came to Shandong to look for Erlang on the order of my brother Gongming. I really have something to ask for!"

Wu Song expressed his confusion. Although he heard Song Jiang's name, the two of them had no relationship. He didn't know why Song Jiang sent people to come to him.

"General Song, why are you looking for me?"

The middle-aged man whispered: "Erlang, I heard that you have a good relationship with His Highness the King of Qin. Are you your direct relatives and confidants?"

Wu Song raised his eyebrows: "Young Master has treated me with great kindness. I am willing to go to your own troubles even to the death!"

The middle-aged man said: "That's it! Brother Gongming also visited His Highness when he came to Beijing that day. He received His Highness's advice. He was grateful and wanted to surrender. Now that His Highness is leaving Tongguan in the west, Brother Gongming misses him so much in the north and wants to defect to him. But it was difficult to find a way, and I was afraid of being rude to His Highness, so I wanted to find someone to introduce me. After thinking about it and asking around, I learned that Erlang was close to His Highness. Brother Gongming and Erlang were fellow villagers, so he sent me to invite him. I thought I would contact His Highness, send a letter to His Highness, and show my heart to serve you!"

Wu Song was silent for a long time after hearing this. Although he knew Song Jiang and his reputation, Song Jiang had recruited the imperial court and was now an official of the imperial court. If he went to seek refuge with the young master, wouldn't it be tantamount to betraying and rebelling again?

The middle-aged man saw that he was silent and said: "In fact, after brother Gongming was recruited, his heart was loyal and loyal to the country. He just went north to fight against Tian Hu. However, he was plotted by the traitorous officials in the court. He was short of food and grass, and he couldn't even provide him with weapons and armor. Even though Tian Hu was beaten to half a disability, if he continues, all the Liangshan brothers will be killed and injured!"

"Lack of food and grass?" Wu Song asked doubtfully, "How could this be?"

The middle-aged man sighed: "Not only that, some of the brothers who were separated when they left Beijing, who were in the army, have been transferred to the front one after another. Depending on the situation, as long as they have stayed in Liangshan, they will all die." Beside the Taihang Mountains..."

"It's so dangerous?" Wu Song took a breath, but he still couldn't understand the reason. It was obvious that the imperial court wanted to send all the heroes in Liangshan to Tian Hu, so that both of them would suffer losses and die completely.

"It's so sinister!" The middle-aged man sighed: "Brother Gongming saw the evil plan of the court. He didn't want his brother to die in vain. He couldn't raise the rebel flag again and occupy the mountain as king. He only had to find other ways out. Knowing that King Qin After leaving the Tokyo Court, I thought about going to seek refuge!"

"That's it!" Wu Song nodded at this moment, thinking in his heart that this matter should not be false. After all, there was lack of food and grass, and the number of deaths could not be false. If this was really the case, he might as well tell the young master.

The middle-aged man added: "Actually, I have an acquaintance with His Highness, but I can't find His Highness's whereabouts, and I can't go there rashly. Even if I have an acquaintance, it's useless."

Wu Song asked curiously: "I haven't heard my brother's name yet, who is he familiar with?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "I don't have a great reputation. I am a general who is given a nickname by Jianghu people to fight tigers. My surname is Li Mingzhong. His Highness has a subordinate named Shi Jin who once learned the gun and club from me!"

"It turns out to be Brother Li." Wu Song had indeed never heard of this man's reputation, but he knew Shi Jin well. During the conquest of Fangla, he killed a large number of Jiangnan nobles in Jiangning, and after obtaining their gold and silver, they were sent to Longyou. He was one of them, I met Shi Jin in Xining Prefecture, and they drank together and talked about fistfights, but they had the same temperament.

"It turns out that he is the master of Brother Shi. I'm so rude!" Wu Song had just seen the courtesy. He was originally a proud man. He looked down upon Li Zhong for his poor martial arts, but he didn't expect that this man had taught Shi Jin. , no matter how much it is passed down, the name of master and disciple must be true, otherwise if he goes to meet the young master with him, the secret will be exposed immediately when he meets Shi Jin, which will ruin the business.

Li Zhong hurriedly returned the courtesy, and Wu Song said: "In that case, brother Li, please go with me. I am about to go west to join the young master. I will ask the young master to decide what I want to say and write when I arrive."

Li Zhong poured out the wine and thanked him. The two of them had one drink and one drink. They drank two or three jars before giving up.

Then I found an inn to stay at. The next day it was bright and I went to the market first. Li Zhong's horse fell ill after arriving in Caozhou and was sold by him. Now he bought another mount and then left the city and ran west... ( End of this chapter)