The story told by Gongsun Sheng and Li Zhong was purposefully made up, in order to erase the traces of digging up the hands of Erlongshan, and to have a reason to deal with Chao Gai Wu when he went back, but he saw Liu Tang's righteousness more clearly in his heart, and preferred this brave and reckless but affectionate and righteous evil man.

It was not easy to persuade Liu Tang.

Zheng Tianshou was unsatisfactory in Erlong Mountain, and he didn't have much friendship with Zhou Tong, Du Qian, and Song Wan, and his face was white and his heart was black, and he was sad with everyone on his face, but in fact, his inner world was not really sad for the three of them.

He said: "The three masters, Brother Li Zhong, the matter has come to this, you don't blame yourself too much." The brothers suffered a loss, but they paid off. Didn't we get more than 3,000 war horses in Erlongshan?

The brethren did not die in vain. The hard work of the two brothers was not in vain. I believe that Brother Tianwang, military advisors and other brothers in the cottage will also understand. ”

This is a wonderful word of comfort.

Li Zhong nodded slowly.

Gongsun Sheng sighed, and said weakly: "Don't talk about this yet." There are still important things to do.

We have brought big trouble to the Cheongju Army this time. I am afraid that the court will blame Wen Chenghou and things will change. You can't stay here for long.

Our big money is still here. There are too many more than 200 trucks, it is inconvenient to bring them back, I let my younger brother sell most of them, leaving only 50 cars, so that I will have the opportunity to sell goods in Liaoguo in the future, you quickly use these cars to load the money, and send the silver back to the cottage first.

These horses are all injured, and they need to be treated by the relevant personnel of the inn in time, and they can't ride at this time, and they can't stand the toss of long-distance and rapid travel, so don't bring them back this time.

The two of us are sick and injured and need to be cared for. Just stay here and watch the horses. When you come back, bring the horses back. ”

Liu Tang sighed. endured his grief and accompanied Li Zhong to the inn deposit office to withdraw the silver. Sure enough, the procedures were strict, except for the deduction of the consumption of men and horses during this period and the expenses reserved for Gongsun Sheng and others, and the horses were reserved, and the eldest son paid a lot.

Seeing this, the careless Liu Tang couldn't help but praise the inn under the rule of Marquis Wencheng.

The man in charge of the inn's silver proudly replied, "That's right."

Although the small shop is simple and inevitably does not treat guests well, it cannot easily violate our rules and lose the face of the Hou Ye for what we know. If we ordinary people don't know how to cherish kindness, where can we find such good parents! ”

Without Wen Chenghou, Erlongshan would not have sold so many goods. Earn so much money, all the people in the cottage are dead, and it is impossible to get so many horses in one north. Without the brave response of the border army under Marquis Wencheng, Gongsun Sheng and Li Zhong did not come back.

Liu Tang thought of this, and also thanked the benefits of Wen Chenghou, and Zhao Yue's love for helping to settle in Erlong Mountain was in front of him, and he didn't accept hundreds of thousands of gifts, and he couldn't help but agree with the inn, Zhao Hou Ye is indeed rare. The people of the Cangzhao family are so admirable.

That day. Liu Tang and Zheng Tianshou told the two younger brothers who stayed behind to take care of the two elder brothers, and hurried back to Erlong Mountain with the truck.

Chao Gai had to report that there was no horse this time, only silver, and he knew that something big was wrong.

When I heard Liu Tang crying with my own ears, I explained to Zheng Tianshou what happened to the horse team. The military advisor Wu changed color in shock, and the feather fan that never left his hand all the year round fell to the ground, and he sighed a pity.

Chao Gai's fanatical mind and ambition are like dog days being poured with ice water. And took an ice bath, and the whole body was half cold. After staying for a long time, he came back to his senses under the anxious call of Liu Tang and other brothers, and the tiger's eyes turned red instantly. Tears welled up, and he looked up to the sky and shouted: "Zhou Tong, Du Qian, Song Wan, my three good brothers, I killed you for my brother!" ”

I didn't come up in one breath, but I fainted.

Wu Yong, Liu Tang, Zheng Tianshou, Yin Tai, Ren Sen and other leaders of Erlong Mountain were shocked, and they all rushed forward to summon and shake, pinching people in first aid, and finally woke up Chao Tianwang.

The iron-beaten man Chao covered his tears like rain, beat his chest and blamed himself sadly: "It's me who burned my head and wanted to take the opportunity to become a fat man in one bite, but I put too much pressure on Mr. Yiqing and Li Zhong brothers, forcing them to take risks under the power of the Khitan soldiers in order to complete the task."

The loss of so many brothers, the three good brothers who died in a foreign country, the bones could not be returned, and Mr. Yiqing and Li Zhong almost died outside, this is all my fault for the lord of the village! ”

The leaders of the cottage saw that Chao Tianwang had such a big loss, and did not attribute the fault to others, he took it on in public, and did not care that his prestige might be swept away because of this, and the first consideration was people, brothers, not horses, valuing people over interests and losses, showing the essence of valuing love and righteousness Bo Yuntian, and the rumored image of the big brother of the righteous green forest in the rivers and lakes is even more excessive, and the emotions of these people are strongly infected, no matter what little Jiujiu in their hearts before, they can't help but be deeply moved at this moment.

With such a generous and responsible big brother, what an honor it is to be able to follow him!

All the leaders were full of emotion in their hearts, and for a while, their hearts were unprecedented, and even Yin Chun, who was as heartless as the Evil Ghost King, sincerely supported and comforted Chao Tianwang.

Chao Gai finally suppressed his grief, waved to everyone and said that he was fine, and he needed to be quiet, so that Liu Tang, Zheng Tianshou and the brothers who delivered the money had a good rest first, and ordered to go down to the cottage to set up a funeral shed for the fallen brothers to pay tribute to their filial piety.

After everyone retreated, Wu Yong said to King Chao Tian: "Marquis Wencheng really confiscated our minds. ”

Chao Gai then remembered the payment for the goods, and sighed: "The Cangzhao family does things for people, and the atmosphere is very comparable. I had expected this beforehand. ”

"Well, in the future, they will be useful to our brothers, and we will sacrifice our lives to repay this kindness."

This blow made Chao Gai's just germinated political ambition turn into nothingness, his feverish brain was cleared, and his heart returned to the mode of a hero in the green forest taking the lead, rather than a politician's mentality, and the logic of his actions became that a hero in the green forest must have a grudge and revenge, and he didn't care much about the gains and losses.

Wu Yong nodded, but frowned: "Cangzhao is good to say, there is always a chance to repay." At the moment, I am worried about Mr. Yiqing and Brother Li Zhong. ”

Chao Gai was stunned for a moment and said, "Mr. Yiqing is overworked, and his heart is burning before he is sick."

With his physical foundation and open-mindedness and resourcefulness, there should be no major problems.

Brother Li Zhong only had a small injury to his leg, and it was fine.

Liu Tang will soon return to Cheongju to pick up the two brothers. Strategists don't have to worry. ”

Wu Yong shook his head and said, "Brother." According to what Liu Tang and Zheng Tianshou said, Mr. Gongsun's body is not very tight. My concern is that the two brothers blame themselves for the loss. I felt guilty and blamed myself, but I was afraid that I didn't have the face to come back to see my brother and the brothers in the cottage. Didn't want to come back. ”

"Will it be so?"

Chao Gai asked, thinking about it, he felt that it was possible, and he couldn't help but show an anxious look.

Gongsun Sheng and Wu Yong are the old brothers who started from the birth gang, and they are his right-hand men in the village, and their trust and dependence are extraordinary, and they have deep feelings for each other. Li Zhong is also the backbone of the old brother, a general who relies on him. Both of them are inseparable from cottages.

Wu Yong said: "In my opinion, it is true that the two brothers stayed to recuperate from their illnesses and take care of the horses by the way. Not wanting to come back is also the reason. ”

Chao Gai couldn't sit still, got up and said, "No, I'm going to pick up the two brothers in person." ”

Wu Yong hurriedly stopped and said: "The cottage troops have suffered a big loss, and the Bai Sheng brothers have infiltrated Qingzhou City to explore the Qingzhou army, which is not conducive to our Erlong Mountain, at this time, how can the cottage be separated from my brother?" ”

After some persuasion, he finally calmed down the impulsive Chao Gai.

Chao Gai followed Wu Yong's suggestion and hurriedly repaired a book, and in the letter he earnestly took responsibility for himself. The loss had nothing to do with Gongsun Sheng Li Zhong. The two brothers were born and died in the north, and they made a lot of money for the cottage goods, and even got back 3,000 horses, only merit. He was hot-headed. Unclear decision-making. I want Gongsun Sheng and Li Zhong not to think about it, and come back with great affection.

This time, because Erlongshan was threatened by the Qingzhou Army. The elite troops were greatly damaged, and although they had horses, they could not be used for a while. In order to strengthen the defense, we have the strength to defeat the encirclement and suppression. Liu Tang, a fierce infantry general, also stayed in the cottage, and Zheng Tianshou, the leader of the horse army, led the 500 people back to Qingzhou.

Zheng Tianshou has also traveled many times, the situation is familiar, and this time there are not too many horses to transport, so he can bear the burden.

In addition, to reduce the leader, Chao Gai and Wu Yong discussed that they wanted Gongsun Sheng and Li Zhong to consider the lack of strength to protect the horses, and they had to join the defense work in order to complete the last mission, so they could not easily get out and leave.

After Zheng Tianshou returned, Li Zhong's injuries were no longer a problem. But Gongsun Sheng's illness was better, but not greatly.

The two or three hundred horses have also recovered well under the professional and careful care of the inn.

Gongsun Sheng read Chao Gai's letter, moved in his heart, sighed lightly, and said in his heart: "Chao Tianwang, Chao Tianwang, you are such a good big brother. How can I bear to betray if I am a brother?

I can't bear to deceive you.

Just had to for.

I hope you can abandon the boss mentality earlier, and our brothers will work together to find a career suitable for our brothers. ”

and Li Zhong secretly swore to protect Chao Gai, and the two and Zheng Tianshou cleaned up and went south to go home.

Because the horses were not yet very good, everyone was reluctant to ride, and Li Zhong got hundreds of horses, the number was not enough to ride, so they led the horses on foot from Qingzhou to the territory of the Qianning army.

When he arrived in the north of Decangzhou, the horses were well raised, but Gongsun Sheng was not well ill and needed to continue to ride the carriage slowly, so Li Zhong accompanied him with dozens of subordinates who did not have horses.

The others got on the horse under the leadership of Zheng Tianshou and quickly passed through the government to check the unsafe Cangzhou in one breath.

After the Cangzhou Army Investigation Area, the horses need to rest and feed, and the people also need to rest, Zheng Tianshou led the team to the remote old store where the horses have stayed many times - Yongxing Inn, I don't want this old store that has been proven to be very safe and regular This time they will be pitted.

Including Zheng Tianshou, the heroes of Erlongshan, who were exhausted by the fast horse crossing Cangzhou, were defenseless when they drank and ate, and they were easily overwhelmed.

The owner's surname is Ruan, because he ranks eighth in the family, the locals are used to calling him Ruan Ba, he has martial arts, righteousness, prestige in the local area, and can keep the store in today's chaotic world, and has taken over the old inn at home for a few years, but this time it is a hardship.

Something happened to his friend Hu Liu.

This Hu Liuben is a butcher in Binzhou Mansion, has learned martial arts, strong and powerful, people have courage, brains are lively, gathered two or three hundred poor men to collect pigs and kill pigs, set up a shop in the east of Binzhou Mansion ten miles, not only to make braised food, to sell meat and braised vegetables to the city, but also to entertain passers-by, slowly forming a separate community that is not a village like a village, people dare not provoke, his real name, but outsiders have forgotten, they are used to calling him Hu Tu.

Hu Liu led this group of bitter men to earn hard money every day with their craftsmanship and hard work, but they had meat to eat and drink wine, and their lives were happy.

No, after the Chinese New Year, Binzhou has a new Governor Zhang, who is Cai Jing's protégé, and he is released from the Prime Minister's Mansion outside the promotion.

This person relied on Lao Cai's power, and was not as jealous of the border Cangzhao power as the previous prefect, and came here to be an official to make a fortune, and brought a group of brothers from the family, and after he took office, he was placed in the army and the government as the head of the army.

When he could sort out the affairs and relations of Binzhou Mansion and gain a firm foothold, his brothers began to run rampant and become domineering.

The local military ruffians did not dare to firmly support them in doing evil because the officials were afraid of Cangzhao, and they were not allowed to wreak havoc on the people, but the new officials had the courage and power to change the atmosphere, and they suddenly saw the opportunity, enthusiastically supported the Zhang family brothers, and rampantly made up for the sins that they had failed to succeed in these years.

Binzhou Mansion soon became a crowd of demons and miasma.

A younger brother named Zhang Xinhuai of the Zhang Governor's Mansion is particularly vicious and greedy, acting arrogantly, becoming the pioneer and backbone of the Zhang family's wealth and land grabbing, and his performance is eye-catching.

This guy was not addicted to the scourge in Fucheng, and suddenly set his sights on Hu Liu's property, and sent someone to threaten Hu Liu, asking Hu Liu to be honest.

Hu Liu is a fierce and reckless pig killer, and his subordinates are also fierce and wild men, so he was furious and drove away the violent beatings that came to threaten him.

Zhang Xinhuai was furious.

The grass people actually dare to make tricks on their grandfather?

Contacting the brothers, with more than 200 rogue soldiers and ruffians, with knives and guns, and chains with people, they killed violently.

Hu Liu, who has been a businessman for many years, has a lively heart, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately relented.

Zhang Xinhuai recklessly achieved the goal of hegemony, drank wine and ate braised vegetables with his brothers and subordinates, and enjoyed the hospitality, but soon fell dazzled one by one.

Hu Liu said to his subordinates: "These birdmen have forced our brothers to have no way to live, so they will fall into the grass."

Slaughtering these humanoid pigs and dogs to export bird gas can be regarded as eradicating the scourge and avenging the villagers who have suffered enough of the scourge. ”

The men under him were already resentful, the boss spoke, and immediately responded enthusiastically, they were all used to killing pigs and seeing blood, and they turned Zhang Xinhuai and others into bare pigs, and each person rewarded a sharp knife, and threw the corpse into a large pit that was specially dug for the usual handling of pig bones, closed the sealed stone slab and covered it with soil, cleaned up the property, and rolled up the harvest of the clothes and weapons and money of the officers and soldiers, and quickly fled with the cart that collected pigs.

It was Ruan Ba's inn that they fled to.

Nguyen Ba and Hu Liu also got acquainted through the trade of pork and the famous local braised vegetables made by the Hu family.

The two men are both capable of righteousness, and they are fated, although they are in two places, their friendship is very deep.

When Hu Liu came to find Ruan Ba, he wanted to make an appointment with his brothers to go to Wasp Ridge, dozens of miles away, to fall into the grass, and from then on, he would be blessed and enjoy hardships together, and be happy to be the king together. (To be continued.) )