Hebei East Road, Cangzhou, Qingchi County, the state capital.

Not long after Xiao Tang and Wu Jue, Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Hua Rong and others led the soldiers of the Song army in Linxia City to repel the Xia army who came to sneak attack, it happened to be the day of the seventh month of the Chinese calendar, when every family worshiped their ancestors and deceased their relatives and put lamps on the riverside to overtake the lonely souls and wild ghosts.

It was the time of the first shift, and many people had gathered from the palace in the city to the Jizo Temple and the release pond of the water and land hall. The villagers in the city not only put the large and small paper boats into the water or light the river lanterns, or light the fire and incinerate, the incense smoke curls between the surrounding ancestral halls and nunnery, and there are also folk artists on the stage next to the Washe, and the novice monks build a good dojo, but see: the bell is hazy, and the shadow of the banner is swaggering. Burn Baihe incense in the furnace, and store all kinds of vegetarian food in the plate. The monk holds a golden pestle and recites the mantra to recommend the ghost; People are listed with silver money, and filial piety clothes are super rising and stagnant. Merit in the hall, painting the eight difficulties and three paintings of the Yin Division; Surrounding the temple solemnly, the four lives and six paths of hell are listed. The willow branches are divided into clean water, and bright lights are placed in the lotus pond.

"Bearded, come on! I'm going to the bridge to see the river lanterns. ”

In the crowd, there was a child dressed in a green gauze shirt with two small buns tied to the horns of his head, about four or five years old, running happily in the flow of people, he turned back from time to time to summon, and after a while, a man with a face like a heavy jujube and eyes like a star ran after Xiao Yanei. Although the man had a gold seal tattooed on his forehead, he was very neatly dressed, and the tiger beard under his chin fluttered in the wind as he ran, and he looked very mighty and handsome.

This bearded army is of course Zhu Tong, who was sent to Cangzhou because of his old friend Lei Heng. This former head of the Ma Army in Yuncheng County is more like a casual and kind steward at this time, Zhu Tong stepped forward and gently hugged Xiao Yanei, and coaxed: "Xiao Yanei, don't run around, go with me, and go buy candy to eat with you later,"

Xiao Yanei nodded hurriedly, and immediately gave birth to a chubby little hand to grab Zhu Tong's beard, since the first time I saw Zhu Tong in the Cangzhou Mansion Ya Hall, Xiao Yanei was very curious about his beard, and Zhu Tong was also very kind and careful to children, so that Xiao Yanei liked to stick to Zhu Tong all day long, teaching him to play with him.

Seeing that Xiao Yanei sometimes stroked and sometimes pulled his carefully cultivated beautiful beard, Zhu Tong shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Xiao Yanei is doing this way, I'm afraid that it won't be long before my long hair will become a goatee, how can this be good?" ”

Xiao Yanei immediately laughed when he heard this, and just as Zhu Tong rode the pink-carved child on his neck, a big man with a purple begonia skin and a fan-shaped beard suddenly came out, and tugged Zhu Tong's sleeve, and whispered: "Brother, take a step to speak." ”

Zhu Tong looked back and was shocked, it turned out that the man who called him was his old friend and the fugitive Lei Heng who had been released by him privately: "Brother, you!" How could it be here? ”

Lei Heng immediately bowed to Zhu Tong and said, "Since my brother saved his life, he and his mother have nowhere to go, so they have to go to Liangshan to ......."

"Brother, silence! This is not the place to speak. ”

Zhu Tong hurriedly interrupted Lei Heng's words, and Xiao Yanei's childish nature, he looked at the fan-circled beard under Lei Heng's chin, and then clapped his hands and smiled: "Your beard is also interesting, but it is not as good-looking as a beard!" ”

When Lei Heng heard this, he deliberately tilted his head, as if he didn't dare to look at the innocent child, and at this time he secretly said in his heart: I just hope that Brother Zhu Tong, you don't have to be persistent, and you are willing to go with your brother to Liangshan to join the gang. Otherwise, Wu Xuezhi and the black guy came prepared according to the instructions of Brother Gongming, if you don't follow, you will cut off your brother's way back, and you have to go up the mountain and sit on the top of the chair... But as long as there is room for maneuver, except for the easy to kill people, who is willing to do such a deed that damages yin morality? But now the brother of Gongming on Liangshanbo is no longer Song Sanlang, who was the director of Yuncheng County back then......

Thinking in his heart, Lei Heng bowed his hand to Zhu Tong again, and said: "Not only the younger brother remembers the kindness of his brother, but also the old people also think of the kindness of the old people, so he specially taught Wu Junshi to come to explore with his brother and have something else to say to his brother. ”

"This ......" Zhu Tong hesitated for a while, he didn't dare to take Xiao Yanei to talk to Wu Yong and Lei Heng in private, although today is the day of Obon Lent, but the Cangzhou prefect is busy with official business, and the prefect's wife feels a little sick, so he ordered the maid to summon Zhu Tong to hold Xiao Yanei to see the river lantern lively, but the child is unscrupulous, in case Xiao Yanei hears Song Jiang and Chao Gai, these people in the green forest send someone to have a secret meeting with him, and then tell his father who is the prefect of Cangzhou, Zhu Tongxin, who has just been reused, said that he would not be able to argue at that time?

Zhu Tong, who was helpless, was just about to persuade Xiao Yanei to wait here, but when he temporarily left to talk to Wu Yong, Lei Heng and others, he suddenly heard someone next to him say: "Isn't this Zhu Dutou?" This doll is so cute, isn't it the Yanai of the Cangzhou prefect's house? ”

Zhu Tong immediately showed joy when he followed the prestige, and he hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Brother Xiaoyi and Le Steward, and the two of them have not yet returned to Tokyo Bianliang?" ”

Yan Qing, who was quick-witted, nodded, and glanced at Lei Hengqi, who had a gloomy face, and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time the name of the beautiful bearded prince and the winged tiger in Yuncheng County, since Zhu Dutou has an old acquaintance to visit, it is better for me to take care of Xiao Yanei for the time being, Zhu Dutou, can you rest assured?" ”

It turned out that when Zhu Tong arrived in Cangzhou, Yan Qing and Le He, who also arrived in Henghai County, used the name of their brother and Chai Jin to mention to Chai Jin, who had the best friendship in his life, that he was a rich family in Yuncheng County, and he was also a beautiful bearded man who had learned a good martial arts and also confiscated his army to the border of Cangzhou. According to Chai Jin's temperament, of course, he immediately opened up the relationship and met Zhu Tong in advance, Zhu Tong also knew very well that the world-famous Ren Xia Xiao Tang had a capable general called the prodigal son Yan Qing, and he was naturally willing to get acquainted with him sincerely, so in less than half a month, Zhu Tong became more and more familiar with Yan Qing, Le He, and Chai Jin.

Now that Yan Qing and Le He are willing to take care of Xiao Yanei for him temporarily, how can Zhu Tong not be relieved? He immediately said: "Brother Xiao Yi can see the outside!" But it's going to be hard to worry and be in charge. ”

Just as Xiao Yanei blinked his big black eyes and looked at the two good-looking big brothers in front of him curiously, Le He stepped forward with a smile and said, "Xiao Yanei, I will play tricks, and when I come back with you, let's go to see the river lantern with the bearded man, okay?" ”

Xiao Yanei was favored by his parents like gold and jade, coupled with the fact that the governors, Yu Hou, Cheng Bureau, and stewards in the mansion treated him like stars holding the moon, and he had long developed a temperament that was not afraid of life, not to mention that Yan Qing and Le He were all exquisite and splendid characters, and Xiao Yanei felt very close to them when he saw them, so he immediately clapped his palms and cheered.

Zhu Tong thanked Yan Qing and Le He again, then turned around and asked Lei Heng, "Brother, where is Mr. Wu now?" ”

And in a small alley opposite Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, Yan Qing and others, suddenly a dignified evil man burst out, he picked up the hidden plate axe next to him and was about to rush towards Yan Qing and others! But at this moment, a scholar dressed as a talent immediately stood in front of the black man and said: "Tie Niu must not be reckless, making a move here will inevitably alarm the officials and soldiers in the city!" ”

The black man glared at him when he heard this, and shouted: "Military advisor, Yan Xiaoyi's house made it clear that he wanted to oppose us in the Chai Daguanren Mansion some time ago, and Chai Daguan didn't know anything, and now he doesn't look at us Liang Shanbo in his eyes, and I have already been angry in my heart!" Straight sissy thief! Although the handful of birds surnamed Zhu are very good, Brother Song Jiang is looking forward to him going to the cottage? But let's pull people into the gang and do him Yan Xiaoyi's bird thing? That sumo wrestling is extravagant, and I can't beat him with my fists and feet, but with these two plate axes in my hands, I cut his mother with a boss axe like an iron bull! ”