Junju City

Zhao Wu is a Chunyan building pretending to be a tea merchant. This is a strong man with a mighty expression, a purple-red face and a straight nose, but between his eyebrows he is full of anger, with a short beard and a beard that is tied to Zari, and he looks even more reckless, no matter how you look at it, he doesn't have the slightest appearance of a businessman.

Xu Cun smiled and welcomed Zhao Wu into the door, bowed down and saluted, "I've seen Brother Zhao!" ”

Zhao Wu's eyes were shining, he looked Xu Cun up and down, and there was a big gap between his white and pure appearance of a scholar and his imagination, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned before bowing down and saluting: "I've seen Brother Xu!" ”

Zhao Wu was born in the green forest, in the early years of the Huangchao army, was placed under Zhu Wen to listen to the order, and later Zhu Wen surrendered to the court in Tongzhou, Zhao Wu was unwilling to follow, so he quietly broke away from the team, brought a hundred and ten brothers to Junzhou to occupy Qingfeng Ling, and became a bandit in the Wuthering Mountains and Forests, and then Qin Zongquan also sent people to surrender several times, Zhao Wu was too lazy to pay attention, and he was the king of the mountain by himself.

Zhao Wu repeatedly heard the righteous brother praise Xu Cun's brother for how good his methods were, so he intended to recruit everyone to be used by Qingfeng Ling, and he came to visit today to explore Xu Cun's style.

After the two exchanged a few words, Zhao Wu cut to the chase: "Brother Xu, now that the times are in turmoil, I don't know what Brother Xu's plans are?" Are you willing to go to Qingfeng Ridge with Zhao to be happy for Tianxingdao? ”

When Xu Cun heard this, he immediately understood Zhao Wu's intention, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart; Could it be that his brother spilled his life, but in the end he came here to be a bandit?

is so slanderous and quippy in his heart, but he wants to give the other side in his mouth; "Thank you Brother Zhao for your love, it's just that Brother Xu has other plans and I hope Brother Zhao will forgive me!"

Zhao Wu saw that he was sincere, but he was rejected by Xu Cun, and his face was inevitably a little unhappy.

Xu Cun ignored Zhao Wu's mood and talked eloquently: "Brother Zhao, please forgive me for speaking out!" The day before yesterday, I heard that Zhu Wen broke the Caizhou army under the city of Bianzhou, and the imperial court had appointed Zhu Wen as the commander of the four-way camp and led the army to attack Caizhou City, and Zhao Delu had also surrendered. Zhu Wen is narrow-minded and will take revenge, when his army arrives in Junzhou, he will definitely slaughter dissidents, Brother Zhao was his old department, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to Qingfeng Ridge in the future, and I hope that Brother Zhao will make plans as soon as possible......"

Xu Cun is unusual, insisting on going against his face and telling Zhao Wu bluntly, and even ignoring the other party's feelings, in fact, he is thinking about Fan Jiutong's righteousness, and he doesn't want to see Lao Fan's righteous brother in danger without knowing it.

Zhao Wu is a hero of the troubled times in the Wuthering Mountains and Forests, and naturally he is also a person who understands it thoroughly, and after a little thought, he also knows the benefits and disadvantages of it, and he is a little contemptuous, and after listening to Xu Cun's words, he is gone, and understands that the man in front of him is a powerful character, and it is definitely not a thing in the pool, and the original recruitment heart has long been thrown away from the clouds, and the other party's kindness, how can he not understand!

Zhao Wu got up and said, "Thank you, Brother Xu!" What my brother said is that Zhao will make arrangements as soon as possible. ”

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The first meeting between two strangers actually chatted for a whole day, not to talk about a very happy conversation, let alone an unhappy parting, the two have their own thoughts, talk about cooperation, naturally it is absolutely impossible, but put aside differences and talk about the world but see the same, inevitably a little sympathetic.

When Zhao Wu said goodbye, it was already time to hold the lamp, Meng Hu and Hu Si immediately flashed over from next door, stood next to him and listened to Lu Ben for a long time: "If the eldest brother is annoyed with him, Ben'er will go to meet him tonight?" Xu Cun smiled: "This person is different from a scoundrel, Ben'er must not act rashly!" Meng Hu looked disdainful: "I'm afraid of him!" If you don't like it, hit him! "Zhao Wu is a good man, if you want to find a way to accept it for you and my brother, what's the use of beating him?" Xu Cun smiled and shook his head.

Hu Si nodded and thought deeply: "This kind of insidious trick of pulling people into the water, I'm afraid that only the boss himself will plan it safely!" Xu Cun was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking about it for a moment, he realized that Hu Si was scolding himself, and scolded angrily: "You dead dog, the old bustard came to sue again last night, and he didn't bother to beat you, but scolded me?" ”

If you look at the cheap Hu Si again, he has long been gone!

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Early in the morning, Xiao Liu, who had fast legs, ran to Chunyan Tower in a panic, broke into the backyard and screamed breathlessly: "Master Lu...... Let's go! The government has locked Fan Ye away...... I'm coming to Chunyan Tower! ”

Lu Ben was going to the toilet, and when he heard Xiao Liu's shouting eagerly, he knew that something was wrong, so he didn't bother to rub his buttocks with the toilet chip, so he turned back into the house and pulled Xu Cun to run, and shouted in his mouth: "Brother Tiger, Fourth Brother, come with me quickly!" ……”

Meng Hu was still sleeping in the house, listening to Lu Ben's voice eagerly, knowing that the situation was urgent, he got up and ran out.

They just climbed the wall with Xiaoliu out of Chunyan Tower, and they heard that there was already a mess of chickens and dogs jumping inside, and when the three of them took a look left and right, they found that Hu Si was missing from their side!

Hu Si fought Chunmei last night, was sleeping with the woman in his arms and went back to sleep, the door had been kicked open by the officials, Hu Si was also a battle-hardened man, seeing that the situation was not right, he turned over and jumped up, naked and knocked down the first two catchers, grabbed the door and wanted to escape, just went out but saw a large group of officials holding knives, which had blocked the water around the room, Hu Si was slightly stunned, and a chain had been put on his body.

Seeing that Hu Si was arrested and escorted away, he listened to Xiao Liu's stumbling for a long time before he understood the reason for the matter.

It turned out that Meng Hu and Lu Ben led people to pick Qi Dahu's prostitution, Qi Dahu was frightened, urinary incontinence and lay at home for more than a month.

On that day, the brothers led by Meng Hu were all armed with strong crossbows, which were equipped with weapons in the army, and it was strictly forbidden for people to keep them privately.

There is a clear provision in the "Tang Law": "Private forbidden weapons, stomach armor, crossbows, spears, lances, equipment, etc., are not suitable for private use." Obviously, these forbidden weapons refer to the powerful weapons of the army. At the same time, the entry is also cloudy: "Those who are not bows, arrows, knives, swords, and short spears are heard by private families." That is to say, only weapons with less power and no standard can be used in daily production and life, and are allowed to be held by the people.

Although there are many troubled times now, except for the honest people, not many people take "Tang Law" to heart, and there are also many wealthy families who raise private soldiers to take care of their homes and homes, and they are blatantly equipped with some standard weapons, but the expensive standard crossbows are rarely privately held. Because strong crossbows are mostly used to defend cities or attack formations, the people spend so much money to hide them privately, and some of the gains outweigh the losses.

If you dare to retaliate against your opponent with the help of official forces, you will be spurned by the idlers, and after your reputation is discredited, you will not want to gain a foothold on the ground in Junzhou in the future! But if it is a rebellion, it will be different.

If he, Fan Jiutong, used the chaos to suppress his colleagues first, he couldn't blame me for Qi Dahu's preemptive revenge.

Thinking about the stakes, and also really distressed Liu Xiangyuan, Qi Dahu made up his mind and went to the government to report to the official, not daring to provoke Lu Ben and Meng Hu, the outlaws, so he sued Fan Jiutong for privately forming a rebellion to harm the good people and occupy other people's properties.

When the government heard that the rebels were holding strong crossbows, what could they do? sent someone to arrest Fan Jiutong first, and then went to Chunyan Building to get people.

Fortunately, Fan Jiutong was still righteous, and after being held by the officials, he gave Xiao Liu, the chief next to him, a look, and Xiao Liu hurriedly ran to Chunyan Tower to report the news.

Knowing the cause of the incident, Lu Ben Menghu looked at Xu Cun with a guilty face, and only tried to act recklessly for a moment that day, so he caused such a disaster, and also compensated Hu Si.

The two of them waited anxiously for reprimand, but Xu Cun at this time looked calm, but his mind turned sharply, and after thinking clearly about the countermeasures, he said slowly: "Junzhou City is not a place for you and my brother to stay for a long time, Fan Jiutong treats me well, and it is also the right thing to do for him, but the two of you are acting too ostentatiously." After the fourth child entered the city, he coveted women all day long, and he didn't change his teachings, and he deserved this catastrophe, and you two don't have to blame yourself too much. ”

Lu Ben Menghu's face softened slightly when he heard this.

"If something happens in the city, the government will definitely make every effort to search for it, and the two of you will leave the city immediately, and immediately sneak into the mountains to hide your whereabouts after meeting with the brothers, and keep secret notes along the way to be on standby."

"Big brother, aren't you going out of the city with us?" Lu Ben asked;

"Hu Si and Fan Jiutong are their own brothers, how can they be allowed to fold here and ignore them?" Xu Cun said lightly.

"Ben'er also stays!" Lu Ben heard that Xu Cun was going to stay alone in the city and hurriedly said;

"No, you and Huzi have been showing up on the streets a lot recently, and they are the key people of the government, staying in the city will only provoke the eyes and ears of the government, and it is useless, I have my own little six brothers in the city to take care of it, you two can rest assured that you can go by yourself, if the brothers outside the city have any mistakes, take you two is ask, go quickly! Take advantage of the government's time to seal the city gate and leave quickly, don't be verbose! ”

Seeing that Xu Cun's attitude was extremely firm, and thinking about things was indeed as Xu Cun said, Lu Ben Menghu knew that it was useless to stay longer, so he said goodbye to Xu Cun Xiaoliu and hurried out of the city.

As Xu Cun expected, within an hour, the gate of Junzhou was closed, and the officials in the city shouted and ran, and began to search for the whole city.

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Seven days later;

Xu Cun wore a leather apron and carried a large bucket to the backyard to pour swill. Taibai Liquor Shop is also an industry under the name of Fan Jiutong, although Lao Fan has been put in prison, but it has not been seized yet, that is, regular customers on weekdays dare not come to the door for fear of being implicated, and the business is bleak and a little sluggish.

Xu put down the bucket of swill, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and saw Xiao Liu walking along the back door and looking around.

Xiaoliu is an orphan, he has been fighting on the streets of Junzhou since he was a child, because of his sharp legs and feet, he became Fan Jiutong's long-term follower, and Lao Fan did not abandon him after his accident, and he was a man with affection and righteousness. In the past few days, Xu Cun has been arranged by him to pretend to be a miscellaneous servant in a wine shop.

Xiao Liu entered the backyard, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he came to Xu Cun's side and reported the news from the brothers;

Fortunately, so far this incident has not alarmed the officers and soldiers, and Hu Si and Fan Jiutong are now only being detained in the government prison.

It is said that the two have passed the hall, Fan Jiutong is used to being skinny, and he flatly denied Qi Dahu's accusations in the hall, and was beaten half to death. Xiao Liu's entrustment of the money to others was useless, and it seemed that Fan Jiutong couldn't survive this disaster.

"How's it going on the street these days?" Xu Cun asked;

"The search has slowed down for a few days, and I think it is certain that the brothers have run away from the city." Xiaoliu replied;

Xu Cun lowered his head and thought for a while and asked, "Are there any brothers on the street who are familiar with the government prison?" ”

Xiaoliu blurted out: "Most of them are familiar, most of them are familiar!" ”

Xu Cun was stunned when he heard this, then thought about it, and then laughed dumbly;

Naturally, most of the foolish idlers are familiar with the government prison......