The affairs of the Tang Temple were handled by Liu Tang. The later life in the store raised his hands in agreement with Lu Qian's plan to kill the Tang Temple, and fully cooperated. Not only did he draw a rough map of the Tang Temple, but he also marked three credible relatives. Then let this Liu Tang pretend to be a man who sells dates and go to the Tang Temple openly.

This Tang Temple is close to Wenshui, and now the month is the time when Shandong jujube is ripe, and the best Shandong jujube is in Tai'an Mansion at the source of Wenshui.

As for whether Liu Tang has the ability to complete this task, Lu Qian is not worried at all.

In the eyes of many later generations, this red-haired ghost Liu Tang should be like Lu Zhishen and Li Kui, doing things without going through the brain, relying only on brute force, and doing whatever he says. But in fact, Liu Tang is not that person. Liu Tang is not only not reckless, but also very meticulous in considering problems, and is a thick and fine character.

Don't say anything else, just say that after Chao covered Liangshan, he wanted to reward Song Jiang, the benefactor who rescued them, Yuncheng County was a very sensitive area at that time, especially the people who came from Liangshan, which was even more eye-catching, and if they were not careful, they would fall into a quagmire. It is true that who to send to Yuncheng to meet Song Jiang is a very cautious matter.

But according to common sense, there are many people on Liangshan who are more suitable to go than Liu Tang, because Liu Tang has exposed his identity in the official office, and his face is still very obvious, and he is not very familiar with Yuncheng, so he should not go to that kind of place. But Chao Gai and Lu Qian put the right person and didn't go to the selection, so they had to let a suspect go in person. It can be seen that in people's minds, Liu Tang is trustworthy.

Lu Qian also trusts him very much.

After making the orders, Lu Qian and Zhu Gui hurried towards Shijie Village.

Dongxi Village, where Chao Gai and Lu Qian are located, are separated from Shijie Village by hundreds of miles, but Shuibo Liangshan is located just outside Shijie Village.

If Liangshanbo is attached to Dayebi, then Shijie Village is generally attached to Liangshanbo.

All the way to the horse, just halfway through the hour (ten o'clock in the morning), Shijie Village has already fallen into the eyes. asked the village man Ruan Xiaoer's family where he was, and he saw the place with the pointing.

Ruan Xiaoer's house is close to the water's edge, and there is a wooden plank trestle bridge at the door, which leads directly to the water. There are dead stakes standing next to them, and there are several small fishing boats on the dry stakes, and there is a broken fishing net outside the sparse fence, leaning on the mountains and rivers, and there are about seven or eight grass houses.

Zhu Gui shouted, "Is Second Brother Ruan at home?" I saw a woman coming out, unkempt, wearing a wooden hairpin, wearing an old linen shirt with a collar, revealing the skirt inside, and a pair of straw sandals barefoot, coming out to see Lu Qian and Zhu Gui.

The woman hurriedly whispered, "Where did you two come from?" What do you do to find my man? ”

Lu Qian hurriedly replied: "This sister-in-law, there are some trivial matters, and I am here to meet the second brother." I wonder if Second Brother Ruan is at home now? ”

"It's unfortunate that people go out fishing in the morning and haven't returned yet. I wonder what happened to the two of them coming to him? As he spoke, he let Lu Qian and the others into the house.

Lu Qian and Zhu Gui glanced at each other and said, "It's normal to say, my master wants to hold a feast, using twenty or thirty golden carps weighing more than ten catties, so he specially came to ask." This is the rhetoric that the two of them have made up on the way here.

Lu Qian entered the grass house and saw a pair of children, the older girl was five or six years old, and the younger boy was only three or two years old. Ruan Xiaoer's family brought a pot of hot water, but there was not even a tea foam at home. Let Lu Qian and Zhu Gui rest at home for a while, and they went out to find Ruan Xiaoer.

The fisherman by the lake, the woman is also a good rower. When they reached the shore of the lake, the boat with the cable on the dry pile untied one, and went to a slide bar, and the boat rowed through the water like an arrow and headed for the center of the lake.

In the middle of the swing, I saw that the woman's hand slowed down, moved her hand forward, and shouted: "Seventh brother, have you ever seen your second brother?" And he saw a boat swinging out of the reeds.

That Ruan Xiaoqi wore a black hat to cover the sun, wore a rotten shirt cloth vest, and tied a raw cloth skirt around his waist, swinging the boat, and asked, "Sister-in-law, you are not watching at home, what are you doing here to find the second brother?" Are you afraid that he can drown in this water? ”

"Seventh brother, there are two horseback men in the house, they are very magnificent, and they will ask for twenty or thirty golden-scaled carps of more than ten catties when they open their mouths."

That's a big deal.

The so-called golden-scaled carp is the Yellow River carp, and the water was formed in the early years to have the cause and effect of the Yellow River flooding, so there is a Yellow River carp in Shijie Lake. Three or two catties of carp are not very valuable, but if they are ten catties, it is precious, and it can be compared to the price of beef.

Today's cattle price in Jingdong, a bulf is between seven and ten runs, and how much meat can a bulf produce?

Two hundred catties is low, what three hundred catties? What about four hundred pounds?

The price of beef is generally around fifty yuan, and the price of more than ten catties of Yellow River carp can be compared to beef, a tail of more than ten catties, a full thirty or twenty, this is not a small amount. For the Nguyen family.

Ruan Xiaoqi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he sighed discouragedly. His sister-in-law saw it, but she still blindly said: "Among the two officials who came, one is not our local accent, and the other is an authentic local accent." This business was wanted by the master of the stranger. It must have been recommended by the local Han that I knew about your brothers in this Shijie Village. ”

"Sister-in-law knows that it is extraordinary now, after the thief scholar who beat Wang Lun occupied Liangshanbo, our family is becoming more and more miserable these days. But the ready-made silver is right in front of you, and it's a pity to miss it. Your brothers are all very watery, and my sister-in-law thought......"

Ruan Xiaoer's family was talking to Ruan Xiaoqi here, and Ruan Xiaowu saw it from a distance: "How did sister-in-law come here, who are the nephews and nieces in the family watching?" ”

"Gorou, have you ever seen your second brother?"

"The second brother is in the back."

"Did Gorou ever hit a big carp?"

"How can you have such good luck. Today, it is unlucky, there is only a bucket of small turtle fish, and the fish and shrimp in this lake are more and more unbeaten. ”

Just as he was talking, Ruan Xiaoer had already rowed out of the reeds in a small boat, and when he saw his mother-in-law there, he was startled. Ruan Xiaoqi told the story like this. For a while, the whole was shrouded in a low-pressure aura.

"Second brother, don't talk about this deal. Let's row back first, don't slack off people. Ruan Xiaoqi said.

By the time the four boats slid to the wooden bridge, Lu Qian was already waiting for the three. Zhu Gui stood on the side, looking at the Ruan family from afar and clenching his fists.

Ruan's second brother also had an impression of Zhu Gui, knowing that this person was nicknamed Dry Land Hulu, who opened a hotel by the water and listened to things.

In the original work of Water Margin, the three heroes of the Ruan family know a lot about the leaders on Liangshanbo, and also said that Wang Lun and other four elders of Liangshan do not care, only the newly arrived Lin Chong is very good at martial arts. Come to think of it, how can you be so close, how can you not know anything.

Now, the three of them all set their eyes on Lu Qian, who was the leader. This person is a fresh face, but he can actually be the master of Zhu Gui, and the three Ruan brothers all raised their hearts.

"Which high-roller I said, it turned out to be the shopkeeper Zhu. Some haven't seen each other for a year and a half. What wind blows to get this? ”

"Haha, Second Brother Ruan smiled, the main lord is here." Zhu Gui stretched out his hand to introduce Lu Qian.

"Under the surname Lu, I took the liberty to come and disturb the three heroes. And since the three Kunzhong are here, Lu has his own good wine and meat. Then why not find a clean place and go for a few drinks. Lu Qian was also looking at the three heroes of the Ruan family carefully.

Ruan Xiaoer really couldn't think of any good man surnamed Lu, but he was not timid, and said: "Then go to the old five, in the lotus flowers in the lake, we will swing in the boat." "When the time comes, if there is any way, it will be drawn down.