When she heard Chen Xizhen agree to save Uncle Zhang in the hall, Sanniang was overjoyed, and asked Chen Xizhen to sit down first, so she sent someone to call all the leaders to discuss. When I was young, I went to the hall, and Sanniang told me everything about the past.

Gongsun Sheng glanced at Chen Xizhen and said, "Chen Tong, when Zhang Taishou is rescued, where will you two go?" ”

Chen Xizhen sighed and said: "Those who wear sins can only live in seclusion, and they will live for the rest of their lives." Hearing this, Gongsun Sheng persuaded: "Although Chen Tongzhi and Zhang Taishou have been enemies of Liangshan for many years, they are their own masters, and the two are loyal and upright, wise and brave, and we all admire them." It would be a pity to escape from the world. Originally, after the attack on Jeju, Mrs. Zhang's family was small, and I Yangsan did not touch a single penny, and I still settled in Jeju Mansion and took good care of it. After rescuing Zhang Taishou, the two of you might as well entrust me to live in Dazhai and show your skills. ”

Chen Xizhen shook his head and was silent, and Lin Chong persuaded again: "I think you and I were originally the leaders of the forbidden army, but because we were framed by traitors in the court, we were forced to this situation. Now that I Liangshan has played the banner of Qingjun's side, punishing traitorous ministers, and acting for Tianxingdao, the two of them might as well rest in the cottage for the time being, and wait for the court to punish those traitorous ministers, and then it is not too late to return to the court. ”

Hua Rong, Suo Chao and other original generals of the imperial court came to persuade each other, and after a while, Chen Xizhen sighed and said: "Okay, let's settle in Liangshan for the time being, and I swear to fight the traitor to the end." After that, he got up and worshiped Sanniang.

Sanniang was overjoyed, and after helping her to sit down, she said: "Now the imperial court is mobilizing troops and horses, arranging shipbuilding, and is coming to attack my Liangshan." He had to mobilize 100,000 elites of the Western Army to come east, build ships, prepare grain, grass and equipment, etc., and it was expected that it would take three or five months to prepare them. And ten months later, Zhang Taishou will be beheaded, I intend to lead a group of brothers to go to Tokyo first, make trouble in Beijing, rob the law field, and rescue Zhang Taishou. By the way, if you can find an opportunity to burn down his shipyard or burn him a batch of grain and grass, and teach him to mess with himself, it would be good. ”

Gongsun Sheng said: "The lord should not be moved lightly, and the poor road will lead people to handle it." Sanniang shook her head and smiled: "I have to go there in person this time, the old place of Tokyo, I also want to go back to see it." Gongsun Sheng was shocked: "The lord's body is in danger, and many officers and soldiers have seen the lord's face, so please think twice about going to go in such a dangerous way." ”

Sanniang said with a smile: "Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, every Mid-Autumn Festival Tokyo has to be lit up, happy with the people, celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, to July, the lanterns will be built, so far it is over, I and a few brothers pretended to be lamp sellers to go to Tokyo, only to dress up as women's clothes, do not show up, what's the matter?" Everyone couldn't stop admonishing her, but Sanniang insisted on doing it.

Li Kui shouted: "I'm afraid of a bird, if I have an iron cow and my sister-in-law, who dares to come?" Sanniang smiled: "This trip will take you with me, but if you go, you will want Brother Yanqing to be your companion." Gongsun Sheng and the others saw it, so they had to rely on her.

At that moment, Sanniang allocated the number of people who went to see the lights on the Zhongyi Hall: "I went all the way with Chen Tongzhi, Tie Niu, and Yan Qing, Chen Tong pretended to be a returning businessman, I pretended to be Chen Tong's family and hid in the car, Yan Qing pretended to be a steward, and Tie Niu pretended to be a companion." Hua Rong, Xu Ning, Ma Lin, and Ou Peng all pretended to be lamp sellers. Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Xiang Chong, and Li Yan all the way, pretending to be hunters and fishermen, went into the city to sell game. Li Ying, Mu Hong, Liu Tang, and Sun Li all the way, pretending to be lantern merchants. Only these four passers-by went, and the rest were all at home. ”

On that day, they all packed up and stopped, first called Hua Rong, Xu Ning, Ma Lin, and Ou Peng all the way, all pretending to be lamp sellers, and then they made Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Xiang Chong, and Li Yan all the way, pretending to be hunters and fishermen to enter the city to sell game, and then Li Ying, Mu Hong, Liu Tang, and Sun Li all the way, pretending to be lantern merchants. Everyone's cross-waist knife and Tipu knife all hide hidden weapons, so there is no need to say it.

In the end, Sanniang and Chen Xizhen, Li Kui, and Yan Qing all the way, Chen Xizhen pretended to be a returning merchant and set up a carriage and horses, Sanniang changed into women's clothes and hid in the car, Yan Qing pretended to be a steward, Li Kui Qingyi and a small hat, pretended to be a companion, and drove the horse in front of the car.

Put all the luggage in the car, the four came down the mountain, and all the leaders were sent to the Golden Beach for a trip. Lu Junyi, Gongsun Sheng and others repeatedly instructed Li Kui: "You often go down the mountain in your spare time, so you can cause trouble, this time you and your lord go to Tokyo to see the lights, when you are not free, don't eat and drink on the road, be very careful and care, so that you can't have your usual character." If there is a conflict, it will be difficult for the brothers to see each other, and it will be difficult for them to get together. Li Kui said: "Don't ask your brothers to worry, I won't cause trouble this time." ”

Farewell, take the road to the journey, go to Jeju first, and tell Uncle Zhang's night affair and Uncle Zhang's family novel, teach him to wait with peace of mind, and he will be rescued and reunited. Uncle Zhang's family thanked him again and again, and Sanniang explained to Huang Wenbing and others, who were guarding Jeju, to govern Jeju Mansion.

Out of Jeju, passing through Tengzhou, taking Shan Zhou, going to Caozhou, looking outside the Tokyo Wanshou Gate, looking for an inn to rest. After settling down, Sanniang sent Yanqing and Li Kui to investigate, and the two came back later and said: "There are bills everywhere, saying that Zhang Taishou and Chen are guilty of the system, and they say that after the autumn, they will ask Zhang Taishou to be beheaded in the city." There is a picture of Chen Tongzhi in the list, that is, if Chen Tongzhi can come back from my Liangshan, he will also be poisoned by traitors. ”

Chen Xizhen was furious when he heard this: "There are many traitors, they really want to put people to death." Sanniang muttered: "I have some means here to teach Chen Tong to change his face, but I have to prepare something." At that moment, he ordered Yan Qing and Li Kui to buy some medicinal materials, Sanniang boiled some medicinal materials and smeared them on Chen Xizhen's face, and after a while, Chen Xizhen's fair face became dark, and he ordered a black mole, and pasted a beard on his face, but he also changed his appearance.

After all the clothes were dressed, Sanniang took the carriage, and the three of them followed the carriage and horses, and went straight to the city. When they arrived at the gate of the city, the soldiers guarding the gate looked at three of them, and saw nothing suspicious, and then asked, "Who is in the carriage?" Yan Qing stepped forward and stuffed the ingot silver in his hand and said: "It's the little lady of my family's boudoir, who has not yet married, so it is inconvenient to see people." "The sergeant put on a piece of silver, about five taels, and let him go.

When you get to the city, you will find an inn to stay in. The next day, Sanniang, Chen Xizhen, and Li Kui said: "I have been in the carriage for more than 20 days, and I am so depressed, today I went out with Yan Qing to inquire about the news, and I first had to ask where Mrs. Zhang was detained. Please two guards in the inn to guard the luggage, then mark the code at the door, if there are other three brothers to see, then come to meet, two of them catch first, are waiting for me in the inn. ”

Li Kui didn't do it, so he was going to follow, Sanniang said angrily: "If you mess around again, I won't take you out next time." Li Kui saw that Sanniang was angry, so he had to respond sullenly.

At that moment, Sanniang changed into men's clothes, pretending to be a rich official, neatly dressed, with a fresh scarf on her head and clean shoes and socks under her feet; Yan Qing's dress is even more good. When the two left the store and looked at the people outside the city, every house was lively, and every household was noisy, and they all arranged to celebrate the Lantern Festival, and each congratulated the Taiping scenery. When I came to the city gate, no one stopped me, and it was really a good place to go in Tokyo. How to see: the state name is Bianshui, and the house name is Kaifeng. According to the state of Wu and Chu, the realm of Qilu is extended. Mountains and rivers are victorious, and water and land must be rushed. Yu painted for Yuzhou, Zhou Feng for Zheng Di. cascading lying bulls, according to the upper boundary, in the center; Cui Wei's shape of the tiger is like the twenty-eight nights of Zhou Tian. There are three spring willows on Jinming Pond, and the four seasons of flowers on the edge of the city of Xiaoyuan. The land of 100,000 miles of fish and dragon changes, and the land of 400 military states. The haze auspicious clouds are enveloped in the purple pavilion, and the melting rui qi shines on the tower.

At the moment, Sanniang and Yanqing came out of the store, walked to the royal street, went back and forth, turned around the Donghua Gate, and saw the people who came and went with brocade ceiling hats, all of them had their own clothes, and they all sat on the ground in the tea shop.

Walked for a long time, hungry and thirsty in the belly, Sanniang and Yan Qing two, on the side of a small restaurant, occupy a pavilion on the street, look at the railing, see the class straight people and so on from the inside in and out, each hairpin on the side of the head of the green leaf flower.

When Sanniang saw it, she called Yan Qing and whispered in her ear, you and I are like this. Yan Qing was a person who nodded knowingly, so she didn't need to ask carefully, so she hurriedly went downstairs. When I got out of the store, I happened to greet an old class official, Yan Qing sang.

The man said: "I don't know each other. Yan Qing said: "The villain's Dongren and the observation are old friends, and the envoy villain came to invite him." The man wondered, "Who is the master?" Friends with me? Yan Qing deceived according to Sanniang's instructions: "Could it be that the foot is not Zhang Observation?" ”

It turned out that the class was surnamed Wang, and the man said: "My surname is Wang." Yan Qing responded casually: "It was to teach the villain to ask the king to observe, and he forgot about it in a panic." The king followed Yan Qing to the upper floor, Yan Qing lifted the curtain and said to Sanniang: "Please come to Wang Observation." ”

Yan Qing took the color in her hand, Sanniang invited her into the pavilion to meet, and each gave a salute, Wang Ban looked at Sanniang for a long time, although she saw Sanniang dressed richly, but she didn't recognize it. Said: "In the lower eye, forgetting the foot, suitable for the call, willing to ask for a great name." ”

Sanniang said with a smile: "The little brother and the childish friends under the feet, the matter of the general horn, and there is nothing to say, the elder brother thinks about it." "One wall called for wine and meat, and drank with observation. The bartender arranged to eat and drink, Yan Qing poured wine, and persuaded him diligently.

When the wine was half-drunk, Sanniang asked, "What does it mean to observe this emerald flower on your head?" The Wang Ban said straightly: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, today the Son of Heaven celebrates the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, we have a total of 24 classes inside and outside, there are 5,7800 people in the general category, each of them is given a collar, a branch of green leaves and golden flowers, a small gold medal on it, chiseled with the people to enjoy the four words, so every day here to listen to the look. If you have a palace flower brocade jacket, you can hook it inside. Sanniang said: "I don't save it." After drinking a few more glasses, Sanniang called Yan Qing: "You go and spin a cup of hot wine with me to eat." Handing over a small packet of medicinal powder to Yan Qing, Yan Qing was well-behaved and went down to do it.

Sanniang invited Wang Banzhi to drink again, and suddenly asked: "Recently, I saw the list of articles, and said that I wanted to kill Uncle Zhang in Jeju, and it was a pity to hear that Uncle Zhang had a clean and honest official reputation." Wang Ban said straightly: "Everyone in Tokyo knows that he is wronged, and in the past few days, there have been many people who have been handed over to the old officials to intercede, but Dali Temple has asked an iron case, and there is nothing to be done." ”

Sanniang sighed and said: "Respect Zhang Taishou as a person, I can't do anything here, I just want to prepare some wine and food, send him to the prison, and chat with him to show respect, but I don't know where Zhang Taishou is imprisoned?" ”

Wang Ban said straightly: "There are also many Zhang Taishou in the city who have been handed over to visit him, and they are locked up in the prison of Dali Temple. While speaking, Yan Qing came with two bowls of hot wine and invited the two to eat. (To be continued.) )