At the foot of Mangdang Mountain, he got acquainted with Fan Rui and others, and after a day of Panheng, Chao Chong was ready to set off. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Before leaving, he left three hundred taels of silver.

"It's cold, and it's approaching the end of the year, so let's add some clothes and buy some meat for the brothers on the mountain."

"How does this work? We should do our best to be a landlord, how can we let your guests receive money! No, no! ”

Fan Rui hurriedly refused.

"It's okay, since I am a brother, don't refuse. It's not to show off, my Liangshan soldiers are well-fed, rich in money, and four or five thousand brothers have no worries about food and clothing. A little money is not enough to worry about, Brother Fan should not be polite. ”

Three hundred taels of silver is really nothing for Chao Chong, but for Mangdang Mountain, it is a huge amount of money, enough to buy some thick clothes for the minions on the mountain, and get some meat to spend a fat year.

Fan Rui sighed, took the silver tael, and said: "For my brother, I yearn for an unrestrained life, but robbery also depends on the sky to eat, some people often live, and rob more; No one passed by, so they could only drink the northwest wind. In addition, we have few people and a shortage of soldiers, and we dare not attack the state capital, so we are in such a predicament! Since the virtuous brother is gracious, he is cheeky to take it for his brother. ”

Xiang Chong, Li Yan and a group of minions were also happy in their hearts, they couldn't imagine that Liangshan was so rich!

"If you can go to Liangshan as a thief, eat and drink enough, and chase and fight the officers and soldiers like chasing dogs, this majesty is really, tsk......t"

Many minions thought to themselves.

After some politeness, Chao Chong continued on the road. After a few more days, I finally arrived at Yingtianfu.

Seeing that Ying Tianfu was in front of him, Chao Chong found a lesson from the Mangdangshan incident, that is, the name of the people in Liangshan has spread far and wide, and everyone is a wanted criminal.

Although no one in a big city like Ying Tianfu may recognize Chao Chonglai, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble. Chao Chong asked everyone to unify their voices and call themselves "sons" in front of outsiders.

Chao Chong also wrapped the seven-foot long knife that marked his identity in cloth, and Liu Huiniang carried it on his back and followed him around.

Nanjing in the Song Dynasty was Ying Tianfu, not Nanjing Jinling in later generations, because this place was the place where Zhao Kuangyin started, so Song Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu seven years (AD 1014) was built as Nanjing. It is not only upgraded, but also its scale system.

Fifteen miles around the city, six gates. Nanjing is the smallest of the four capitals, but it connects Tokyo to the north of the Bianhe River and enters the Huai River in the south. Under the situation of "the foundation of the country and the southeast", it has the advantage of communicating with Jianghuai. Therefore, the business here is also quite prosperous, especially when entering the wax moon, the flow of people rushing to the market is very lively.

Chao Chong and his entourage paid the entrance fee at the city gate and led the horse in.

Although he came to Yingtianfu City with his mother when he was a child, he has no impression of Chao Chong now, but he only knows that his grandfather's surname is Wang, and his single name is a Shao character. He was once a general of the Western Army, and he was idle at home because of old age.

"You ask General Wang's house, this is too easy to find. Go to Xining Street, where is the most lively at the door, it is where! ”

Chao Chong asked a passerby, and the passerby replied.

Chao Chong thanked him and found Xining Street, and saw a row of people lined up like a long queue from a distance, and the cars and horses lined up on the side of the road, which was indeed very lively.

"You people are so unreasonable, you don't know if you need to queue up if you come first and come first?"

Chao Chong finally squeezed through them, but they were blocked by the people in line.

Li Kui didn't care about him, and together with Bao Xu, he squeezed those people away with all his strength, allowing Chao Chong to pass smoothly.

"Hmph, do you know who we represent? I am the steward of the defense envoy of Heaven! ”

"Barbarian, I represent the Taiyuan royal family, and you dare to push me!"

"Bastard, how dare you squeeze in front of me, my master ......"

Chao Chong squeezed forward all the way, scolding all the way.

finally forced his head to the door of Wang's house, and the steward in charge of reception saw Chao Chong and others dressed up, so he frowned for a while, and said coldly: "Since the guests are visiting, please line up!" ”

Chao Chong arched his hand and said: "We are from Liangshan and have traveled 500 miles to celebrate General Wang's birthday......

"Hmph, they're all here to celebrate their birthdays! And some of them have traveled thousands of miles. Yangshan? Which horn is it? If you want to give a gift, go to the line! ”

The steward at the door was contemptuous, pointing at the people in line, and said condescendingly.

Li Kui was furious when he heard this, took out his axe, and snorted: "What did you say? How can you look down on us? ”

The steward who received the door snorted coldly, and with a wave of his hand, a group of strong men poured out from the door, drew their waist knives, and stared at Li Kui and them coldly.

"My master has been in the army for more than 50 years, and his reputation is well-known in the north and south of the country, plugging the east and west. At the door of his old man's house, how can you allow a hillbilly to use a knife and a gun! Don't quit yet! ”

"You!" Li Kui was furious, and Bao Xu also pulled out the six-foot mourning sword on his waist.

Seeing this, the people in line who gave gifts coaxed one after another, saying: "Dare to make trouble at the door of the king's house, you don't want to live!" ”

"It's so barbaric, I'm afraid it's not here to celebrate birthdays, but to make trouble and drive them out!"

"Which of us in line is not a person with status and status, how can you be allowed to make trouble as a hillbilly?"

Seeing that everyone was accusing one after another, these strong men at the door of the Wang family were waiting for the battle again, and the formation was strictly organized, just like the iron-blooded elite who were used to fighting on the battlefield, Chao Chong didn't want to cause trouble, raised his hand to press down Li Kui's axe, and said to the steward at the door: "We are not here for malicious purposes, but please also put away your fingers and claws, so that you can live longer!" ”

"You're threatening me?"

The steward at the door spoke in a light tone, as if he had heard something funny.

"Just a word of advice! Advice is always against the ear. ”

After Chao Chong finished speaking, he led Li Kui and the others to squeeze through the crowd and strode away.

"Childe, why don't you explain to that man that General Wang is your grandfather?"

Liu Huiniang asked with a seven-foot long knife wrapped in cloth on her back, a little puzzled.

"At that time, there were many people, even if I said it, who would believe it?"

Li Kui was straightforward and said, "Boss Chao, your grandfather is not like a good person, so many people give him gifts." ”

"Call me Son!" Chao Chong corrected.

"Okay, Gong, Gongzi, do you think what I said is right, look at the steward at the door is rude, I really want to take advantage of no one to drag him out and beat him violently!"

"Brother Li's words, I Bao Xu agreed. Look at their look down on people, it makes my mourning sword unbearable! ”

Chao Chong smiled helplessly, but he didn't think it through, people said that the king of Hades was better, the little ghost was difficult, he didn't have an invitation, and he didn't have a witness, who believed that it was a relative of General Wang's family? I won't even let you in the door!

And looking at the posture of the guards at the door, it is impossible to break in.

Since the front door can't be done, why not go to the back door.

Generally, the manors of large families have back doors for kitchens and miscellaneous workers to enter and exit.

I finally found the back door, but it turned out that the back door was closed, and there were guards with knives guarding the door.

Sure enough, it is worthy of being a family from the military, and it is indeed a seamless opportunity.

Chao Chong waited for them at the back door for an hour, but no one came out, and they were a little discouraged.

And in the middle of the day, everyone was a little hungry, so they went to a nearby restaurant to live and fill their stomachs.

Chao Chong and others have no shortage of money, so they naturally want to choose a slightly more upscale restaurant.

Ruyue Tower is such a place with a good reputation.

The rooms were arranged, the gifts were stored, and the horses were pulled into the backyard stables to feed the soybean fodder.

Everyone went to the hall to find a clean table and sat down, and the clever Xiao Er came over with a white towel and wiped the table again, and then smiled and agreed: "What do you want to eat?" ”

Everyone ordered a dish and asked for a rotten cabbage soup and a candied fruit.

After the meal was served, Liu Huiniang was the youngest, so she took the initiative to push it in front of Chao Chong with a small bowl of rotten cabbage soup and said, "Son, drink soup!" ”

Chao Chong nodded.

Liu Huiniang gave Li Kui another bowl and pushed it over and said, "Brother Li drinks soup!" ”

Li Kui smiled and said: "With Ah Xiu, I Tie Niu is blessed!" ”

Liu Huiniang added a bowl to Bao Xu and put it in front of her and said, "Uncle Bao drinks soup!" ”

Bao Xu touched his beard and said with some displeasure: "Ah Xiu, can you not call me uncle in the future!" Just call my brother! ”

Liu Huiniang smiled and gave Zhou Tong and Yu Bao four times soup, and said, "Why? ”

Bao Xu was a little embarrassed and said: "Those who know understand that you are polite, and those who don't know still think that I take advantage of you!" Courage and invincibility have always been my second greatest strength, and honesty and kindness are my first greatest strength. Once upon a time, my neighbor had a persimmon tree, and the branches and leaves stretched out to the side of my yard wall, and I never ate it, and even the leaves that fell from the tree I picked up one by one and sent them to my neighbors! ”

Liu Huiniang was curious: "Why don't the leaves on the tree drop the persimmons?" ”

Bao Xu smiled: "I'm honest!" If you don't touch it, the persimmon won't fall off! ”

Zhou Tong took a sip of cabbage soup and said slowly: "How do I remember that once you didn't say that when you bragged." It seems that your family is poor, and you and your brother picked all the persimmons from other people's trees and secretly took them out and sold them! In order to cover up your crimes, you brothers even picked up all the leaves that were shaken off when stealing persimmons and threw them into people's backyards! So that the other party can't find a little evidence! ”

Bao Xu's face was flushed, and he kept making his eyes stop Zhou Tong from saying these words, but Zhou Tong was unmoved.

Bao Xu saw Zhou Tong say it mercilessly, and glared at him fiercely with slanted eyes, as if he wanted to engrave the word "traitor" on his face with his gaze as punishment.

Zhou Tong turned a blind eye to this, took another sip of soup, and continued: "Do you think that Ah Xiu called your uncle to call you old!" ”

Bao Xu stretched out his hands and wanted to sew Zhou Tong's mouth shut.

Zhou Tong smashed it and said, "Actually, you look really old!" ”

Bao Xu finally couldn't help it, and changed his original intention of sewing Zhou Tongkou, and choked his neck instead.

Chao Chong and Li Kui didn't stop it, they looked at each other and laughed. When the two of them had enough trouble, they will naturally separate.

Bao Xu shook his head and said a little unconvinced: "I'm only four or five years older than you, but I will be a generation older than you and become an uncle, which is too unfair!" Don't forget, Brother Li is a year older than me! ”

Li Kui's eyes widened and said, "Why did you get involved with me!" Although my face is dark, I still look very young! ”

Chao Chong laughed and said, "Okay, okay, Ah Xiu is just out of respect, since you don't like it, let Ah Xiu change it!" Ah Xiu! ”

Liu Huiniang was also well-behaved, and immediately picked up a steamed bun and handed it to Bao Xu and said, "Brother Bao eats steamed buns!" ”

Bao Xu immediately smiled when he heard this, and said, "It's still a sensible Axiu!" Not like someone! After speaking, he observed Zhou Tong with his peripheral vision.

Zhou Tong was stuck in Bao Xu's neck just now, and he was still a little uncomfortable, so he used cabbage soup to clear his throat, but he forgot to drink too quickly, and it squirted out as soon as he entered his throat.

Bao Xu immediately jumped up and laughed and said: "God, earth, which immortal made a punishment, it is really retribution!" ”

Chao Chong, Li Kui, Yu Baosi, and Liu Huiniang all laughed, and the emotions of the morning were all dissipated a lot.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, are you two talking about the poor way!"

I saw a Taoist in splendid clothes standing next to Zhou Tong, and his gorgeous Taoist robe was sprayed with a piece of water stains on his chest.