After the early morning of July 18, the official ship of the emperor sailed to Baimadu, and Qin Qiong ordered the ship to stop and dock.

After a busy time, Qin Qiong summoned the deputy general's assistants to come to the cabin and give instructions. Luo Yi was afraid that Qin Qiong would not be able to take care of him alone, so he sent four partial generals from Zhuojun to accompany him, all of whom were in the cabin at this time.

The four are Shang Qingshan, Xia Yushan, Wei Chi Nan, and Wei Chi North (Note 1), and Yu Chi is his own brother. Qin Qiong looked at them and said, "I know that you are all puzzled by me stopping the boat here, so I will also tell you what I think." He looked at the soldier at the door and said, "Ask the boatman to prepare a small boat for me, I will use it later." ”

Only then did he turn his face and say: "This is Baimadu, and the opposite side is Wagangzhai, you must also know what kind of place it is." That's right, it is the largest group of green forest people in Henan County who occupy the mountain here. He looked at the faces of several people and smiled: "And they often confront the officers and soldiers." ”

"General, then why are you still parking here? We should get through quickly! Yu Chinan asked.

"Because if we go like this, we probably won't be able to go." Qin Qiong looked at him and said: "The green forest has the rules of the green forest, every mountain to worship, to visit the village, I don't know if they have the idea of beating the emperor, but we swaggered over like this, they feel that they didn't take them into account, and maybe they will really come to rob when the time comes, so I want to meet the people on the mountain." ”

"General, we are an official army, are you afraid that he will not succeed?" Xia Qingshan said with some disdain.

Qin Qiong said with a smile: "Although you and I are officers and soldiers, but like these people, we are also in the land of the Great Sui, maybe we will meet one day, as the saying goes, many friends have many roads, not to mention that there are also some heroes on this mountain, although they are against the officials and soldiers, they have never bullied the people, and it doesn't hurt to meet each other." ”

"No wonder General Qin's reputation in Shandong is so good, I have been taught!" Shang Qingshan smiled.

Qin Qiong suddenly said: "But after I go up the mountain, you must be careful to take care of the ship, if someone raids, you must keep the imperial bar, if I don't come back for an hour, you hurry, don't wait for me, go straight to Luoyang, remember?" ”

"General!" Several people exclaimed at the same time.

"Don't say anything else, just remember what I said, it's not too early, I'll go up the mountain now." Qin Qiong didn't say anything else to them, got up and walked out of the cabin.

"General, I'll go with you!" Yu Chibei chased after him and said.

"No, one person is enough!" Qin Qiong smiled slightly, took the tiger head chisel golden gun from his subordinates, turned around and walked towards the prepared boat, and several generals behind him silently watched him go.

"The owner of the village, the official ships have arrived, what are you hesitating about? Let's beat it, the fat meat that comes to your mouth! Bing Yuan was really anxious to walk around the hall.

"The owner of the village, you can't fight, something big will happen!" Jia Xiong was also there to persuade bitterly.

"You bull-nosed, I have to teach you a good lesson today!" Seeing that Zhai Rang was still wavering, Bing Yuanzhen threw all his anger on Jia Xiong, and wanted to use force again.

Shan Xiongxin shouted: "When is it, you still have to make noise, listen to the owner of the village." ”

The two glared at each other and looked at Zhai Rang together. Zhai Rang began to have a headache again, he was always restless in the past few days, and he felt that this matter must be at fault, so when he heard that the official ship was about to pass by, he was even more hesitant today.

Xu Maogong still didn't speak, just closed his eyes slightly, and stood there, like an old monk in a fixed place.

At this moment, a minion outside the door ran in in a panic and reported: "The owner of the village, the official ship has arrived, but it stopped at Baimadu and can't leave!" ”

"What?" Zhai Rang stood up suddenly, a little surprised. Look at the minion and ask: "Can you see clearly, it is indeed the official ship escorting the emperor?" ”

"Yes, you can't be wrong!" The minion nodded in response.

"Probe, report!" Zhai Rang waved his hand and called his minions down, and said, "Brothers, what's going on?" Why did the official ship stop here, don't you know what kind of place our Wagangzhai is? ”

"Oh, my big brother who is the owner of the village, now that the meat has been delivered to the door by itself, what are we hesitating about, let's do it!" Bing Yuanzhen was in a hurry again, and a group of little minions below also began to make noise, wanting to order the ship.

Zhai Rang thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and was about to give an order, Xu Maogong opened his eyes and said, "The owner of the village has inquired about who is escorting the boat?" ”

Zhai Rang was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, he didn't ask this question, and quickly called the minions to investigate, and reported after a while that the big flag on the ship was marked with the word "Luo", but the surname of the person who escorted the ship was Qin.

Zhai Rang asked Xu Maogong: "Can Maogong recognize this person?" ”

Xu Maogong nodded and said: "If the guess is right, this person should be the general of the Lai Hu'er Army, Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao of Shandong Licheng." ”

"Is that him?" After Xu Maogong finished speaking, everyone in the hall was surprised, Qin Qiong's reputation was really well-known in Shandong and Henan.

Those who have never seen him know that he is righteous, and he can stick a knife in both sides for his friends, and everyone who has seen him knows that he has a good temper, is easy to get along with, and his mother is filial, this is a hero. And he has a wide range of friends, from the court to the mountains, he can be regarded as a black and white character, and now he is an all-round powerful artist and a national idol.

Such a person escorted the emperor, and even Bing Yuanzhen didn't call anymore, they all looked at Zhai Rang, waiting for him to decide.

Zhai Rang actually knew Qin Qiong better than ordinary people, because he had met him once. When he was Fa Cao (Note 2) in Dongjun, he was just in time to pursue a bandit, and when he arrived on the ground in Shandong, he happened to encounter Qin Qiong's school competition. At that time, he knew that this person must have great achievements in the future.

I didn't expect to meet him today to escort the emperor, and it seems that this time it will not be a robbery. After thinking about it, he didn't feel entangled in his heart, and said with a smile: "Since it's him who comes, then we'll give him a face, don't rob him, if any of you are willing to go for me, he will go." ”

"I'll go!" When Shan Xiongxin heard that he would not rob him, his heart was relieved and he directly asked for his life.

"Okay, second brother Shan, let's go, bring some gifts, and say that we have made him a friend in Wagang!" Zhai Rang also has his own plans, maybe they will meet on the battlefield in the future, and with today's events, there is still room for tactfulness.

Shan Xiongxin nodded and was about to go down, when the minions outside the door reported urgently: "The owner of the village, the official and military general who escorted the imperial bar is here!" ”

"Who? You said Qin Qiong went up the mountain? Zhai Rang was taken aback again, and hurriedly asked, "How many people did you bring?" Isn't he an escort? Why Attack Mountain? ”

Xu Maogong frowned, he didn't expect such a thing.

"It's not attacking the mountain, he came up by himself!" Minions quickly explained.

"He's alone?" Zhai Rang was surprised again, he was so daring, the officers and soldiers who dared to go to Wagangzhai by themselves were estimated to be Qin Qiong.

"Yes, it's one person, still waiting at the bottom of the mountain!" Minions are finally done this time.

"Quick, which brother will go down and greet you!" Zhai Rang was a little confused, and he was also in a hurry when such a situation occurred.

Shan Xiongxin asked for his life again, Xu Maogong also said that he wanted to go down to have a look, and Zhai Rang asked the two to go together to greet him.

Out of the hall, Shan Xiongxin said with a smile: "Mao Gong, I really admire you this time, you can even guess this, I'm still worried that today's matter will not be over." ”

"Second brother has won the award, in fact, it is very simple, according to Brother Qin's personality, how can I not see you and my brother here, we haven't seen each other for more than two years, right?"

"Yes, in the end, it was in Shanjiazhuang, Brother Qin caught the thief passing by, and we were forced to stay for a few days, haha, think about the days at that time!" Shan Xiongxin seems to recall what happened two years ago.

The two laughed and walked down the mountain, and at the gate of the village, they saw Qin Qiong standing there alone, still heroic. Shan Xiongxin laughed loudly from afar: "Brother Qin, I want to kill my brother, don't come to harm!" ”

Qin Qiong also shouted from afar: "It turns out that Second Brother Shan is really here, haha, it seems that I have come to the right place." In a blink of an eye, he saw Xu Mao Gong behind him and said, "Mao Gong is also here?" No wonder you can repeatedly defeat the official army, it turns out that there is a little Zhuge like you. ”

The three of them came together, patted each other on the shoulders, beat their chests, and laughed.

Shan Xiongxin said: "I learned that it was you who escorted the emperor, but I couldn't sleep for several days, just worried that our brothers would meet each other, now it's okay, or Mao Gong is powerful, I guessed that you would go up the mountain early in the morning, and the owner of the village also said, let you go." Let's go, let's go to the mountain and meet the owner of the village. As he spoke, he led the way.

Qin Qiong said with a smile: "The younger brother has never been worried, with the second brother here, no matter what, he will not embarrass the brother." ”

Xu Maogong said with a smile: "Second brother, as soon as Brother Qin comes, you will be the general, fortunately, this is not a robbery, if it is a real robbery, it will be difficult for you to do, hahaha!" ”

Shan Xiongxin said: "What's so difficult about this, I naturally want to help Brother Qin, let's go, the owner of the village has long wanted to see you." As they spoke, the three of them went up the hill and into the hall.

At this time, the hall was cleaned up again, the table was set, and Zhai Rang temporarily asked the back to prepare some food, and put it in the hall, waiting for Qin Qiong to go up the mountain.

Seeing the three of them coming in, Zhai Rang smiled and said: "Making friends is better than Meng Wei, Shandong Uncle Baoneng, who specializes in filial piety, is coming to Wagangzhai, it is really full of brilliance, come and take a seat." ”

Qin Qiong saw that the speaker was not tall, his face was full of smiles, and he looked smiling, but he said in his heart: "Whoever said that those who occupy the mountain as kings must be strong men and fierce people, looking at Zhai Rang gives people the feeling of a spring breeze, who can guess that he is the leader of the bandits who no one dares to provoke within a radius of one hundred and eighty miles." ”

So he hugged his fists and smiled: "Thanks to the love of the owner of the village, Qin Moutian came to worship the mountain on his face, and asked the owner of the village not to be strange." ”

Shan Xiongxin said: "Oh, they are all their own brothers, how can there be so many kind words, quickly, sit down and talk!" ”

A few people sat down, Xu Maogong introduced the rest to Qin Qiong, and everyone began to eat and drink.

Bing Yuanzhen was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, if it weren't for Qin Qiong escorting the imperial bar, he would definitely be robbed this time, and now the bamboo basket was empty, which made him very depressed, and after a few sips of wine, he asked: "General Qin is really the main general of this escort imperial bar?" ”

Qin Qiong said with a smile: "Yes, I was also temporarily transferred to Zhuo County by General Lai to obey orders, and it just so happened that General Luo sent Qin." ”

"Hey!" Bing Yuanzhen sighed and said: "If it weren't for General Qin's escort, we would have done it a long time ago, and it's really fucking uncomfortable to see the white flowers and silver run away like this." "Bing Yuan really didn't know if he drank too much, or on purpose, he got involved.

"You've drunk too much, go down and rest!" Zhai Rang was originally going to be good friends with Qin Qiong, but when Bing Yuanzhen said this, he didn't know what Qin Qiong thought, so he hurriedly called him out.

"Okay, okay, I've drunk too much, so you guys can eat it!" Bing Yuan was really angry, and hurriedly hugged his fists and walked out. As soon as he arrived at the door, he met the minion running up in a hurry, he was angry, grabbed the minion and asked, "What's the matter, what are you doing in a panic?" ”

The minions knew what kind of temper Bing Yuan really had, and they didn't dare to struggle and said directly: "Go and report to the owner of the village, Boss Zhai has taken the men and horses to rob the emperor!" ”

"What did you say?" Bing Yuan was really taken aback.

"Boss Zhai Hong has gone to rob the emperor!" The minions said again. Bing Yuan really knew that this must be his own opinion, let go of his hand and said, "You go down, I'll go and talk to the owner of the village." The minion hurriedly finished saluting and ran down.

Bing Yuan really thought about it for a long time, everyone's attitude towards Qin Qiong just now was really good, even he, the old man on the mountain, didn't give face, he couldn't swallow this breath, just Zhai Hong went to rob the emperor, I want to see what you can do, thought for a while and smiled to himself, then turned around and walked towards the wall of the walled gate.

(Note 1): Shang Qingshan, Xia Yushan, Wei Chi Nan, and Wei Chi North are all from the 46 friends of Jiajialou.

Facao (Note 2): The title of an ancient judicial authority or judicial official. The New Tang Dynasty Book? Baiguan Zhi": "Fa Cao, judicial participation in the military, palm of the prison law, supervision of thieves, know that bribes are not entered." ”