Without further ado, I heard Shi Xiu say that Xiao Tang planned to talk to his brother in person, and Fu Xuan and the others agreed to come down. But after all, it is still the commander of the official army and the leader of the green forest soldiers and horses will meet, when and where will the two sides meet, the number of cronies they will bring, and how far apart the commanders of the two sides need to keep between their respective soldiers and horses and the commanders of both sides of the talks... After the matters were finalized one by one, Jiao Wentong, the leader of the village, said with a smile that if it wasn't for such an urgent time, characters like Shi Xiu would be treated as good students when they arrived at the cottage.

At that time, Shi Xiu said with a very straightforward smile: "I came to visit according to my brother's instructions, I didn't want to have a misunderstanding and dispute with the heroes of Guizhai, and what was wrong with our friendship, I also wanted to ask you for a few glasses of water and wine to eat when I came this time!" ”

Fu Xuan laughed when he heard this, and ordered the gang in the village to kill chickens and sheep, and then personally invited Shi Xiu to eat more than ten bowls of wine with a few brothers, not only eating and drinking well, the two sides only talked about the length of the green forest, the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, and also talked about entering the alley, and then Fu Xuan ordered the leader to send Shi Xiu down the mountain and go back to report to Yu Xiaotang.

Shi Xiu returned to the camp and reported to Xiao Tang about the process of his negotiation with several leaders of the Tongtianxia line of Taihang Mountain, the reaction of the other party, and the reception of many ordinary people in the village. Xiao Tang heard that it was absolutely feasible to secretly communicate and cooperate with this green forest army of soldiers and horses afterwards, and immediately ordered a few henchmen and a few cronies to go with him and personally go to interview Fu Xuan and other leaders three days later.

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Tongtian Gorge, Tongtian Lake.

The scenery of Tongtian Gorge is originally beautiful and magnificent, and the mountain scenery is in the water, the show lies in the forest, under the gathering of the surrounding deep pool waterfall and the gurgling water path of the stream, the Tongtian Lake appears like jade and blue through the reflection of the sun, the blue water of the lake is sparkling, it reflects the blue sky, it is like a piece of blue sky falling into the mountains, a green mountain around the lake is straight into the sky, and also teaches the tourists who play by the lake to look up when they look up, there will also be a feeling of Mount Tai pressing the top.

And surrounded by verdant eyes and verdant mountains, but seeing the majestic green mountains here, the clear water is like a belt, and there are two small wooden bridges across the lake, the small bridge lake has a unique scenery, Xiao Tang and a group of confidants and brothers just came here to visit, and they felt that they were already intoxicated and forgot to return.

Although Xiao Tang could feel that the people of Taihang Mountain were also good men who could be won over, but unlike when he went to the camp to persuade Wei Dingguo to join the gang, firstly, Shan Tingju, a close friend of Pao Ze who had a good relationship with Wei Dingguo at that time, had promised to serve in the Erlongshan Dazhai under Xiao Tang, and secondly, Xiao Tang and Wei Dingguo fought side by side for a period of time when they fought against Zhang Di, and they could roughly understand his character. And Fu Xuan, Meng De, Liu Ze, Jiao Wentong and other leaders of the village, Xiao Tang, did not know whether they were also famous figures in history books or famous books, and they were only acquainted face-to-face for the first time, so they still had to be cautious.

What's more, when Xiao Tang was appeasing Jingnan Road, he also went to talk to the strongman leaders who gathered in Bear's Ears Mountain and Funiu Mountain as the commander of the official army, and Xi Sheng, Teng brothers and others did not plan to take the opportunity to ambush Xiao Tang, but there were also other villains who made trouble, in addition to Xiao Tang, Shi Xiu, Hua Rong, Xu Guanzhong, Xiao Jiasui, and seventy or eighty Xiao Tang's personal soldiers came together to ensure that nothing went wrong.

And the people who came to meet with Xiao Tang with the leaders of the soldiers and horses of the green forest of Taihang Mountain, of course, were all henchmen who knew what he was secretly planning.

Yao Pingzhong's side was also moved by Xiao Tang's words, and he led the six battalions of the Western Army to station outside the Tianxia Gorge to ensure that no more minions under Tian Hu's command would suddenly kill. And Xiao Tang just arrived at the shore of Tongtian Lake not long after, he saw a man on the other side of the small bridge on the lake who was looking at the price of the brain, the man saw Xiao Tang and the others and made a gesture from afar, and then turned around and whistled, and after a while, more than 100 people emerged from the dense forest and walked towards Xiao Tang.

The accompanying pro-army stopped their steps and stood at a distance of about seventy or eighty steps away from the lakeside pavilion, Xiao Tang only came to the pavilion with Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Shi Xiu, and Hua Rong, and on the side of the people in the green forest of Taihang Mountain, only Fu Xuan, Meng De, Liu Ze, and Jiao Wentong walked across the wooden bridge and walked straight in the direction of the pavilion.

"The four of my brothers only heard the name of Xiao Tang, the famous man of the Daimyo Mansion, and they couldn't meet if they wanted to kill. I don't expect to be able to visit Zunyan again today, which is enough to comfort my wish to meet Haojie in my life! ”

When Fu Xuan and the others saw Xiao Tang, they didn't look like the strongmen of the green forest negotiating with the officials and soldiers, they followed the number of rivers and lakes and said to Xiao Tang together.

Xiao Tang also bowed back to Fu Xuan and the others, and said with a smile: "A few heroes, you occupy the Tongtian Gorge here, and it is really a beautiful scenery, a good place with good mountains and rivers." ”

Jiao Wentong smiled when he heard this, and said quietly: "This is a good place for Taihang Mountain to pass through the Tianxia, but it is not only here, there are also three waterfalls, splashing pools, Tongtian waterfalls, water curtain caves, and turtle lakes around...... If Xiao Renxia is interested, I can take him to the amusement. ”

Meng De begged Jiao Wentong, he was a scheming person in the end, so he bowed to Xiao Tang again with words: "It is said that the nobles are visiting, and the small village is slightly prepared with thin wine and coarse food, and when Xiao Renxia and all the heroes go to the village to take the wind." It's just that we also know that Xiao Renxia is a senior member of the DPRK, and now he is leading the official army to recruit the people in the green forest who have done evil in Hedong. ”

Xiao Tang smiled when he heard this, and said: "The foot is called a ghost fox, and sure enough, there is a hidden edge in the words. Do you think that although I, Xiao Tang, was promoted by the heroes of the rivers and lakes and called me a hero, but I had long lived in the court and had already drawn a clear line with the rivers and lakes, and I didn't dare to go to the cottage and the rivers and lakes in the green forest to pour out my heart?

Nowadays, bandits who harm the good people are rampant in all parts of Hedong Road, but I am just doing all kinds of business, and when I have nothing to do, I really have to go to Guizhai to stir up, and I am only a vicious thief when I am an official, and I am in the rivers and lakes...... The dog officer who bullied the people was also hated. Why did you fall into the grass, I also know a rough idea, and I have nothing to scruple about being honest with you? ”

"If all the officials in the world are like Xiao Renxia, how can our brothers fall into the grass, mountains and forests?"

Hearing Xiao Tang say this in person, Fu Xuan and the others can be considered to be able to completely settle down, and at this time, Fu Xuan said to Xiao Tang again: "With Xiao Renxia's promise, how can our brothers not believe it?" When the commander of the army crusaded against Tian Hu's house, we would naturally stop fighting and strictly order the brothers under his command not to make trouble, and Fang Xuedu's house was also handed over to Xiao Renxia to wait for his fate. Wait for Xiao Renxia to Jingping Hedong, get rid of the scum of the green forest, if you can afford to look down on our brothers, you are still willing to come to our cottage for a while...... Hehe, I'll wait to sweep the couch and greet each other. ”

Xiao Tang could also hear that Fu Xuan and the others were now very content when they saw that they really had no intention of embarrassing their own people, but he was a member of the second rank in the court, and he was not a low-level official who was like Song Jiang, Dai Zong, Zhu Tong and others in the ordinary county and town yamen who were somewhat mixed with the people in the rivers and lakes, but the group of soldiers and horses led by Fu Xuan and others was a strongman who opened a mountain in the green forest, and in the final analysis, he was still a strongman who confronted the government. Even if there are any reasons for not being able to climb high, Xiao Tang, who is now representing the official, is patting his shoulders with a group of outlaws who are innocent of killing and killing meritorious people? I'm afraid that Fu Xuan, Meng De and others don't want to believe it no matter what they think.

It's just that in order to avoid suspicion and avoid tongues, ordinary officials have contempt for the people in the rivers and lakes, and almost all of them have to be clearly distinguished from the green forests and grasses, and they will not be implicated in the slightest, but since I started the "Water Margin Project", how can I do things according to the old routines of officialdom?