At this time, the magistrate had not slept all night, and immediately waited for the return, and heard the words: "The thieves are gone, and only a few neighbors have been taken." "The magistrate took the neighbors who took them to the hall to investigate. The neighbors said: "Although the villains live in Chaobaozheng's neighborhood, the distant ones are three or two miles of fields, and the nearest ones are also separated by some villages. He has always had people with guns and sticks in his village, how do you know that he is doing such a thing? When the magistrate asked them one by one, he had to ask them about their whereabouts.

One of the neighbors said, "If you want to know what he wants, you must ask him as a guest." Zhixian said: "Said that his family was a guest, and they also followed." The neighbor said, "There are those who do not want to go, and they are still here." When the magistrate heard this, he sent people quickly, so he brought this neighbor to make eyes and came to Dongxi Village to arrest people.

There are no two hours, and you can get two bankers early. When the hall investigated, the Zhuang Ke denied it at first, but he couldn't eat it, so he had to beckon: "First, seven people discussed, and the villain only recognized one, which was the gentleman who taught in the village, called Wu Xuexue; One is called Gongsun Sheng, who is Mr. Quanzhen; There is another big black man, surnamed Liu, and there is one of the most proficient, who says that his surname is Hu, and he calls Hu officials to come. There are also those three, the villain doesn't recognize them, but they are Wu Xue's future. He said, 'His surname is Ruan, and he lives in Shijie Village. He was a fisherman, and three brothers. That's all it is. The magistrate took a piece of paper, handed over the two Zhuangke to He Observation, and returned a detailed official document to submit to the government. Song Jiang was a neighbor from Zhouquan and let him go home to wait.

Let's say that these people and He Tao escorted two Zhuang guests and returned to Jeju overnight, which was in the Yin Sheng Hall of the Mansion. He Tao led everyone to the front of the hall, said that Chao Gai burned Zhuang on the run, and then said the words of Zhuang Ke. Fu Yin said: "When you say it, take out Bai Sheng!" He asked, "Where do the three surnamed Ruan live?" Bai Sheng denied it, so he had to confess: "There are three surnamed Ruan, one is called Lidi Tai Sui Ruan Xiaoer, one is called the short-lived Erlang Ruan Xiaowu, and the other is the living Yan Luo Ruan Xiaoqi. They all live in Shijiehu Village. ”

The prefect said: "What are the other four surnames?" Bai Sheng said: "One is Zhiduoxing Wu Yong, the other is Sun Sheng, the dragon of Zhuyun, one is called the red-haired ghost Liu Tang, and the other is called Yizhang Qinghu official, whose name is unknown." When the prefect heard this, he said: "Since you have your whereabouts, you have put Bai Sheng in prison and put him in prison." Then he called He to observe and sent him to Shijie Village to arrest these thieves. It's not that He Tao went to Shijie Village, there is a division of teaching: the sky is evil, come to find the opportunity to meet the situation; Shuihu Mountain City, go to gather people.

At that moment, He Guan received the prefect's decree to the hall, and then went to the secret room to discuss with everyone. Many people who do the public said: "If you say that this Shijie Village lake swings, close to Liangshanbo, it is all vast and reedy. If there is no brigade of officers and soldiers, boats and horses, who would dare to go there to catch thieves? He Tao listened to it and said, "This theory is also true. Then he went to the hall to restore the mansion Yin Dao: "It turns out that this Shijie Village lake is next to the Liangshan water, surrounded by Shenzhen-Hong Kong water, reeds and grass. In his spare time, he also robbed people, and now he has added that group of strongmen to it. If you can't afford a large number of people, how dare you go there to catch people? Fu Yin said: "Since that's the case, I will send another person who is good at catching and inspecting thieves, and I will go with you to arrest you." ”

He Guan received the order, and then returned to the secret room, summoned these many public officials, selected more than 500 people, and each went to prepare various equipment. The next day, the thief inspector received a post from the Jeju government, and he and Tong He observed two, ordered 500 soldiers, and went to Shijie Village together with many public officials.

Let's say that Chao Gai, Hu Sanniang, and Gongsun Sheng, since they burned down the village, brought more than a dozen villagers, came to Shijie Village, and bumped into Brother Sanruan on the way, each holding a weapon, but came to pick up the family, and eight people were on Ruan Xiaowuzhuang. At that time, Ruan Xiaoer had already moved the old child into the lake, and the eight of them discussed going to Liangshanbo.

Sanniang said: "I and the leader of Liangshan Lin Chong are brothers, and if we go to join the gang, we will definitely accept it, but I don't know the path." Wu Yong said: "I know the path, now there is a dry land at the entrance of Lijia Road, where Zhu Gui opened a hotel to recruit heroes from all over the world." But those who want to join the gang must first go to him. We have now arranged for a boat, loaded all the belongings in the boat, and we will go to him first to bring them in. ”

Everyone was discussing there to go to Liangshanbo, only to see a few fishermen come to report: "Officers, soldiers, and horses, galloping to the village!" Chao Gai got up and shouted, "This guy is coming, I'll wait for Hugh to leave!" Ruan Xiaoer said: "Okay!" I'll deal with him. told most of the guy to go into the water and die, and the little half killed him. Gongsun Sheng said: "Don't panic! Let's look at the ability of the poor road! ”

Sanniang said: "Everyone panic, listen to Baozheng's words first." Chao Gai said: "Brother Liu Tang, you and Mr. Pedant, and give the wealth to the old and young, load it into the boat, and go straight to the left side of the Li family crossing; We'll look at the head, and then we'll be there. Sanniang continued: "Brother Baozheng, you can't get out this time, or listen to my plan?" Chao Gai bowed his head and said: "They all listen to the plans of the officials." At that moment, Sanniang gathered everyone together, pulled out one by one, and finally said: "Just do it according to this plan, only one fire, and the discipline officer army will not return!" Everyone roared yes.

At the moment, according to the three mothers, Ruan Xiaoer chose two boats, and loaded the mother, the old and the young, and the family's wealth into the boat. Wu Yong and Liu Tang each held one, and asked seven or eight Zhuang guest companions to rock the boat and wait at the Li family crossing first; Hu Sanniang led Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi to drive the boat, and Chao Gai led Gongsun Sheng and Ruan Xiaoer, and carefully ordered to meet the enemy. Several fishermen each led more than a dozen fishermen and fell off the boat.

Let's say that He Tao also arrested and inspected the thieves, led the officers and soldiers, and gradually approached Shijie Village, but when he saw that there were boats in the river port, he seized them all; Then he sent the officers and men who knew the water, and disembarked from the boat; People and horses on the shore, boats and horses greet each other, and water and land go hand in hand. When they arrived at Ruan Xiaoer's house, they shouted together, and the soldiers rose together, rushing in, it was already an empty house, and there were only some heavy family fires in it. He Tao said: "Let's go get a few nearby fishermen." When asked, he said: "His two brothers, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi, both live in the lake and can't go unless they are boats. ”

He Tao discussed with the inspector: "There are many harbors in this lake, the paths are very complicated, and the water swings the slope pond, I don't know the depth. If you fall out of four and go to catch it, you are afraid that you will fall into the tricks of this thief. Leaving more than 100 people, we taught the horses to be guarded in this village, and all of them got off the boat. "At that time, the thieves were inspected and observed, and the people who were working together got off the boat. At that time, there were not only 100 boats, but also some supported and some rocked, and they all looked forward to Ruan Xiaowu Fishing Village.

Walking less than five or six miles on the water, I could only hear someone laughing in the middle of the reeds. When everyone stayed in the boat and listened, the song said: Fishing is a world of tweed, and there are no seedlings or hemp. The cool officials and stolen officials were all killed, and they faithfully repaid the Zhao official family. He observed and the people listened, and they were all surprised. I saw a person in the distance, singing the future in a small boat. Someone who recognized it said: "This is Ruan Xiaowu." ”

He Tao made a move, and everyone moved forward, each holding a weapon, and standing up to meet the general. I saw Ruan Xiaowu laughing and scolding: "You are such a thief who abuses the people, you are so bold!" Dare to lead the master to do something! But it's not here to brush the tiger's whiskers! "He Tao has a bow and arrow behind him, put on the arrow, drag the bow, and release the arrow together. When Ruan Xiaowu saw the arrows coming, he took the birch and somersaulted into the water. The crowd rushed to take a blank spot.

There were no more than two harbors, but they could only hear the whistle in the reeds, and everyone put the boat away, and saw two people in front of them coming with a boat. On the bow of the ship stood a man, wearing a green hat, wearing a green robe, holding a pair of knives in his hand, his body was like catkins swinging in the wind, but he stood firmly on the bow of the boat. The man behind the boat, dressed in a short shirt, also sang: The old man grew up in Shijie Village, and he was born to kill. First beheaded He Tao to inspect the head, and Jingshi dedicated to Zhao Wangjun.

He observed and the people listened, and they were amazed. When they looked together, the person in front was holding a double knife, and the one behind him was shaking an oar and singing. Someone recognized it and said: "It is Ruan Xiaoqi who is supporting the boat behind, and the person at the bow of the boat is the official who makes the double sword!" ”

When He Tao looked at it carefully, he shouted loudly: "Isn't the person at the bow of the boat Chen Yuhou?" The person at the bow of the boat was Hu Sanniang, who heard He Tao's words, and said loudly with a smile: "Why don't you come to the harm?" Thank you for the news from the tea house, we can get out of trouble so far. ”

He Tao was furious, seeing that there were doubtful eyes on the left and right, he couldn't argue, so he could only shout: "Everyone is suspicious, this guy is pretending to deceive me, and now he is moving forward with me, take this thief first!" Hugh is gone! ”

Hu Sanniang and Ruan Xiaoqi both laughed when they heard it, and Sanniang said: "Baozheng Zhuangshang, thanks to the convenience of He Observation, I got away." He Tao was furious, and when everyone was even more suspicious of him, He Tao secretly thought: "Only now can we get rid of the stigma by taking this guy." "At the moment, I don't care where I am, I just urge to come closer.

Ruan Xiaoqi put the gun at a point, and the boat turned around, looking at the small harbor and walking around. Under He Tao's urging, everyone shouted and hurried away. This Ruan Xiaoqi and Hu Sanniang are also flying like shaking the oar, whistling in their mouths, and walking in the middle of the small port.

The officers and soldiers rushed to and fro, and saw that the water port was getting narrower and narrower, He Tao only woke up at this time, and hurriedly said: "Stop!" And they anchored their boats, and they were all by the shore. "When I went ashore to look, I saw a vast expanse of reeds, and there were no dry roads to be seen. He Tao had doubts in his heart, but he couldn't make a decision, so he asked the person who lived in the village, and said: "Although the little people live here, they don't know that there are many places to go here. He Tao taught him to row two small boats, each with three or two male servants, to explore the way ahead. I went for more than two hours, but I didn't see a return.

He Tao said: "This guy is fine!" "Five more men were sent to the males, and two more boats were rowed to explore the way. These few men rowed two boats and went for more than an hour, but there was no return. He Tao said: "These people are all people who have been used to doing business for a long time, but they don't know anything, how can they not return with a boat?" I don't want these officers and soldiers to bring, and everyone doesn't know how to turn it upside down! It was too late to see the sky again, and He Tao thought: "There is no margin here, how can I be helpless?" I'll have to walk on my own. "Pick a fast boat, choose a few old men to be the male, each took the equipment, paddled five or six birch trees, He Tao sat on the bow of the boat, looking at the reed harbor to swing.

At that time, it was already sunk in the west, rowing the boat, about five or six miles of water, and saw a person on the side of the shore, carrying a hoe to walk forward, He Tao asked: "Wu Na man, who are you?" What is this place? The man replied, "I am the dealer in this village." It's called a guillotine ditch, and there's no way. He Tao said: "Have you ever seen two boats coming?" The man said, "Didn't you come to catch Ruan Xiaowu?" He Tao said: "How do you know that you are here to catch Ruan Xiaowu?" The man said, "They only fight in the front of the Ulin." He Tao said: "How many roads are there from here?" The man said, "You can only see it from the front." ”

When He Tao heard this, he called the boat and went to pick it up, so he sent two men to take a steel fork ashore. I saw that the man lifted the hoe, and when his hand came, he took the two men and put them one with a hoe, and threw them into the water with somersaults. He Tao was taken aback, and when he jumped up, he was about to run ashore, only to see that the boat suddenly drove away, and a person got up under the water, pulled He Tao's legs, and knocked him into the water.

But the ones in the boat were about to leave, and the hoe-bearer came into the boat, and a man came out of the reeds, armed with two knives, and also came into the boat. Two came fiercely, one slashed with two knives, the other with a hoe, one with a knife, one with a hoe, and the first was beaten down, and they were all overturned on the ship. He Tao was dragged ashore by the man under the water, so he untied his arms and tied them. Look at the person under the water, but it is Ruan Xiaoqi; The man who lifted the hoe on the shore was Ruan Xiaoer; It was Hu Sanniang who made the double knife.

He Tao fell into the water, was stunned by Ruan Xiaoqi, and took it ashore to tie it up there, at this time, I saw Hu Sanniang, holding a double knife, jumped off the boat, came forward, and said with a smile: "He observes, it is really hard to send here." ”