The two of them were in a panic when they suddenly heard a report from a little minion, saying that someone had come to worship the mountain, and it was from Liangshan.

The two were taken aback, and Zhou Tong stood up and said, "Brother, I don't think this guy is coming with good intentions, can we see each other?" ”

Li Zhong was also difficult to make a decision for a while, and at this time, the little minion said: "There is one more thing to enlighten the two village masters, and the people who come call themselves Shi Jin, as if they are nicknamed the nine-patterned dragon or something, and they say that they are the old people of the big village master." ”

Li Zhong let out a sigh of relief and said, "I see, you bastard, how can you not say such an important thing earlier!" Hurry up and let people prepare, and Erzhai and I will personally go down the mountain to greet them. ”

The little minion hurriedly retreated, and then Li Zhong turned his head to Zhou Tong and smiled: "I told you about this nine-pattern dragon Shi Jin before, this person is extremely loyal and kind, and he has some master-apprentice status between me and him, so he will definitely not harm me, I didn't expect him to go to Liangshan, let's go, let's go to meet him together." ”

Zhou Tong also smiled: "This is very good, the younger brother has heard the eldest brother talk about this person, and I happened to meet the real person today, haha." ”

The two went down the mountain hand in hand with dozens of little minions, and from a distance, they saw Shi Jin standing outside the mountain gate with a few little minions carrying gifts, Li Zhong laughed and walked over to greet Shi Jin, and introduced Zhou Tong to him, and several people went up to Peach Blossom Mountain together after being polite.

After the three of them sat down, a little minion came up with tea, and Li Zhong asked: "Brother Xian hasn't seen you for a long time, last time we met with that Lu Daluti in Weizhou, I didn't expect you to go to Liangshan in just a few years, I think it's really like a world away, it's really embarrassing, this time Brother Xian came and didn't know what to see?" ”

Shi Jin smiled and simply told his past experience, and then took out the letter from his arms and said: "My Jiashao is very respectful to the two village owners, this time there is a matter to discuss, specially asked the younger brother to send a letter over, the two of them will know at a glance." ”

Li Zhong and Zhou Tong took the letter from the little minion and couldn't help but be taken aback, Li Zhong didn't speak Zhou Tong was already angry, slapped the table and said to Shi Jin: "Shi Dalang, I respect you for being a good man, and Brother Li is tall enough, but your Liangshan is too much, and even let us let this Peach Blossom Mountain come out, this cottage I and Brother Li have been running for several years, just rely on your words and a letter to give each other, how will the two of us fight in the rivers and lakes in the future?" If we agree to your request, won't the two of us be ridiculed by the whole Jianghu heroes in the future, no, this matter will definitely not work! ”

There are still some old feelings for Li Zhong Shijin, but he will not be so polite to Zhou Tongke, especially after hearing what he did from Lu Zhishen, he took a sip of the teacup unhurriedly before he said slowly: "There are a few things that may not be clear, this strength of Guishan is not worth mentioning in the eyes of our Liangshan soldiers, we just value your geographical advantages, otherwise with Brother Zhou's ability, even if you want to go to our Liangshan, you may not be able to do it, Not to mention that you can continue to be a leader, in my opinion, this is our Jia Shao's care for you, and it is also a great opportunity for you, Brother Zhou, don't toast and don't eat and drink. ”

Zhou Tong's face changed greatly, he stood up and said gloomily: "Shi Jin, are you threatening us?" You people in Liangshan ate the bear-hearted leopard and dared to come here to fight Mengzhou City, we in Taohuashan ignored it in the face of everyone's martial arts, and now you and the people of the government are in a stalemate, if we give you a blow in the back, hum, have you ever thought about the consequences? ”

With his words, the nearly 100 minions of all the surrounding Peach Blossom Mountains had already shown their weapons, glared at Shi Jin viciously, and were about to make a move just waiting for an order, Shi Jin has now experienced a lot of battlefields with thousands of troops, where would he be afraid of this, he didn't even look at Zhou Tong, and still slowly said while drinking tea: "Stalemate? I don't know where Brother Zhou got the news, don't talk about Mengzhou now, even the two prefectures of Dezhou and Ping'an have already surrendered to Jia Shao, where is there any stalemate? To tell the truth, if it weren't for my brother and I to persuade the soldiers of Liangshan, maybe they would have already hit Peach Blossom Mountain, if Brother Zhou took the initiative to go down the mountain, then we would be more welcome, do you think your Peach Blossom Mountain will be stronger than those three important towns? Hehe, hehe, hehehe. ”

Hearing Shi Jin's words, Zhou Tong was so shocked that he sat back in the chair again, his face turned pale for a while, Li Zhong also knew that Shi Jin had never lied, so although he was surprised, he didn't question it, but hurriedly came to the round and said: "My second brother is in a hurry, and he speaks a little straighter, don't blame the virtuous brother, Guishan's strength is naturally awe-inspiring, but we stay well in this Peach Blossom Mountain, you just let us go with a word, this, this seems a little unreasonable, right?" Can you make you think about it again? ”

Shi Jin's tone softened slightly, and said slowly: "Master, to be honest, this is already what I have tried to fight for you, among which Jia Shao is more to give me face, my brothers don't put your Peach Blossom Mountain in their eyes at all, everyone is from the rivers and lakes, the rules are very clear, we don't have to hide it, you just haven't touched the core interests of the imperial court before they can tolerate you until now, if you really want to fight against soldiers, Mengzhou, Ping'an, Dezhou, Which of these three cities can you choose to beat?

And our Liangshan took down all three of them in one fell swoop, the strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all, and the negotiation depends on strength, now I think this situation is very good for you, don't realize yourself, master. ”

Li Zhong's mouth was open for a long time, but in the end he couldn't say a word, the rivers and lakes originally relied on righteousness and courage to act, and the more the bottom, the more they value the latter, what kind of reason do you say, if you don't agree with each other, whoever wins will be justified, it's so simple and rude, this truth Li Zhong naturally understands, Shi Jin's words have actually given them enough face, if they change to individual forces, they will sneak attack and attack without saying hello, to be honest, this little bit of ability of the two of them is to bluff the officials, soldiers and people, If Liang Shan really didn't need anyone else to fight, just Shi Jin and the two of them together might not have done it, they really didn't have the slightest negotiating capital, and Li Zhong also understood this truth.

It's just that reason is reasonable, but emotionally it's not so simple, although Peach Blossom Mountain is not big, and there are not many minions, but after all, they are still very open in several nearby counties and dozens of villages, not to mention calling for wind and rain, but at least they are rampant, and now they are going to become someone else's subordinates, this, this feeling is really unpleasant.

Your dreams may not come true, but you can't do without the will and determination to dream and work tirelessly for them.

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