Chapter 12: Return to Qinglong Mountain (I)
After walking for several miles, Pang Yuan casually found an excuse and sent the jailer away from him. Zhang Pang and the two exchanged words happily, and after greeting for a while, Zhang Wei said: "How did Brother Pang know that the younger brother was locked up in prison?" ”
Pang Yuan said with an embarrassed face: "I was supposed to save those two brothers, but Brother Zhang should have been deeply blessed, and let me meet them!" ”
Zhang Wei turned his head to look for the inmates, only to see that the two of them were already exhausted, and their external injuries were serious, and they were leaning under the tree to breathe. The girl who traveled with her took good care of the two, and there were tears on her beautiful face. Zhang Wei said: "Are these two really the brothers of Qinglong Mountain?" ”
Pang Yuan said: "It's true, since you left, we have re-recruited troops, and the momentum is better than in the past, and many brothers who used to work together have also returned to the cottage, and now the cottage has five owners." To tell the truth, now that the governor of Jingzhou is deceased, the major forces are fighting for personal gain, and it is a good time for us to seek things. Pang Yuan suddenly lowered his voice and said: "The Kuai clan in Xiangyang has long intended to seek the position of state pastor, but now the situation in the north is chaotic, and the heroes are working together to crusade against Dong Zhuo, so the Kuai clan will forcibly recruit soldiers and smuggle weapons everywhere. He had a large amount of silver in Panshi Town, and wanted to exchange weapons and horses with the soldiers of Jiaozhi, and these two people were sent by us to explore the enemy's reality, and they never thought that they would be found through and imprisoned. ”
Zhang Wei said: "Then where did you get this dress?" ”
Pang Yuan said with a smile: "This is really Qincha's costume, there is a disguise master in the cottage, not only can you imitate all kinds of clothing and armor, but also make you become two people outside." Luckily, I'm not well-known, otherwise I'd have to have him smear my face if I wanted to go into town, and it was so uncomfortable! There is a chance to take Brother Zhang to get to know him, huh? Brother Zhang, how did you get arrested and still tied up with our brother? ”
Zhang Wei scratched his head and said, "This question really stumped me, I just went to Fu Ji to have a drink, maybe I drank a little more, and that's it when I woke up." By the way, does Brother Pang know if Zhang Sheng and Yun'er are okay? ”
Pang Yuan sighed and said: "Alas, the house you live in was hit by villains, many people died, and even the courtyard was burned down. However, I heard that a few people ran away, I thought that you and Zhang Sheng were killed with their strong martial arts, but I never thought that I would see you in prison. Don't worry, with Zhang Sheng here, Yun'er will be fine. ”
When Zhang Wei heard the news, he was like five thunderbolts, and his mind kept rolling a happy picture with Zhang Sheng and Yun'er, and suddenly a figure appeared in his mind: Kuai Shao! It must be this thing! The girl in the dream and his father and brother have already appeared, so the conspiracy between Kuai Shao and Liu Ting in the dream may also be real, alas, all you can do now is to pray that Zhang Sheng and Yun'er are safe and out of danger...
Pang Yuan saw Zhang Wei's depressed appearance, knowing that he was worried about his old man, and interrupted: "It's getting late, let's hurry back to Qinglong Mountain, if the brothers in the mountain know that the tiger hero is coming, I don't know how happy they will be." Seeing that Zhang Wei didn't react, he sighed lightly and urged him to set off. Zhang Wei was worried, and followed the team to Qinglong Mountain in a daze along the way.
Qinglong Mountain has really undergone earth-shaking changes, on the way up the mountain, you can often see the patrol team, see Pang Yuandu hurriedly give way to salute, and there are several guard towers set up halfway up the mountain. The gate of the cottage is even more new, not only strong and tall, but also on both sides of the addition of arrow towers, yellow flags fluttering, like an impregnable castle.
When the minions on the walled wall saw that Pang Yuan was back, they hurriedly opened the gate of the wall and welcomed the group in. The village is even more lively, the sound of training, iron, horse taming, iron fighting, horse neighing are intertwined. When all the minions saw Pang Yuan, they all bowed and saluted, with a respectful attitude, and there were even more martial arts competitors, and they also stopped fighting and fought far away, which shows the high prestige of Pang Yuan in the cottage.
"Hahaha, Master Pang is really a success, you see, let me say it, there is nothing in the world that Master Pang can't do!" A loud laugh forced Zhang Weizhen back to reality. I saw Gan Ba laughing and greeted him, and a bear hugged Pang Yuan, and slapped Pang Yuan's back with the big hand that easily picked up the giant axe while laughing.
I saw that Pang Yuan's facial expression was distorted, and his thin body was squeezed by the huge Ganba, and he felt that he would go out in one breath at any time and never come back. Zhang Wei hurriedly relieved the siege and said, "Brother Gan, do you still remember me?" ”
Gan Ba looked at Zhang Wei, was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "My good brother, you are here too, this is really good!" As he spoke, he walked towards Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei saw that the situation was not good, and was about to retreat, only to feel a gust of wind in front of him, and then he was hugged tightly by Gan Ba. Zhang Wei's figure is much taller than Pang Yuan, but it is still a little insufficient compared to this iron tower, only the joints of his body are crackling, and what is even more painful is to smell the smell of sweat on Ganba's body, which is unavoidable.
Zhang Wei blushed and looked at Pang Yuan for help, only to see that the latter was gasping for breath on the side, afraid that he would choke enough, Zhang Wei glanced at the side again, and said, "Peer... And a few more... Brother, Gan... Brothers, don't... To play favorites... The last "ah" was Zhang Wei's last breath in his lungs, and it sounded like he had lost his breath.
Gan Ba really let go of Zhang Wei and said, "What Brother Zhang said is very true! Come a few brothers~" The other people who were traveling with them dared to step forward, and they all stepped aside. Gan Ba was bored, and looked at the two injured brothers - this one naturally can't be hugged, and when he turned his eyes, he saw another person in tattered clothes, and hugged him: "Good brother, thank you for your hard work." ”
Zhang Wei's breathing has not yet recovered, and it is still too late to stop it, only to hear the sound of "bang", it turns out that Gan Ba hugged the girl! Gan Ba was also taken aback, and hurriedly let go of his hand, the girl didn't know whether she was shy or frightened, and squatted on the ground, the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing.
Pang Yuan eased up and said, "See if you dare to come nonsense in the future, if you scare other girls' families out of illness, you will be able to raise them for the rest of your life." Gan Ba's old face flushed and said: "Raise it, I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet!" It made everyone laugh.
Back in the council hall, everyone sat down as guests and hosts. The main seat is free, Pang Yuan stands next to him, and the first person on the right is a man with gray hair and a white beard, with bright eyes, called Yu Jianfeng, who is the new second master of Qinglong Mountain; The first place on the left is Gan Ba, the current owner of Sanzhai; The second place on the right is a middle-aged man wearing a Taoist uniform and a fairy wind bone, called Yu Fu, the current master of Sizhai; The second person on the left who is sitting cross-legged and drinking is Wang Wu, the master of the five villages of Qinglong Mountain; Zhang Wei was next to Wang Wu, and opposite him was a yellow-faced man with a pockmarked face, with a fierce and vicious look, called Lan Ling, no one knew what his surname was, including himself, he was a master of disguise, the master of the six villages of Qinglong Mountain.
Pang Yuan said: "This time we have two things to discuss, one is to elect the commander of our Qinglong Yellow Turban Army, and the other is to discuss how to attack Panshi Town and seize money and grain. Before we begin, I would like to introduce you to a hero, Zhang Wei! Zhang Wei faced everyone's gaze, got up and waved, completely forgetting that there was no such way of greeting in ancient times. Gan Ba also waved to Zhang Wei warmly, Lan Ling sneered, but there was no expression on his face, and everyone else looked at Zhang Wei and Gan Ba blankly, probably thinking in their hearts: These two people are basically hopeless.
Zhang Wei sat down embarrassedly, Pang Yuan cleared his throat and said: "This hero, as everyone has seen, does things unexpectedly, the big insect in Qinglong Mountain is killed by this person, and our sworn enemy Cai Ran also died in front of this brother." Pang Yuan deliberately said that he died in front of Zhang Wei because he knew that Cai Ran was killed by a mysterious woman, so he said in a detour. Others thought that if they died in front of Zhang Wei, it was naturally killed by Zhang Wei, and they immediately had more respect for this strange-acting person.
Pang Yuan continued: "Now is the time for us to employ people in Qinglong Mountain, I want to recommend Brother Zhang Wei to become the master of our Qinglong Mountain's seven villages, I don't know what you think?" When Zhang Wei heard this, he immediately politely refused, and said: "The junior brother is still young, and he relies on Brother Pang to rescue him every time, how can he be qualified to serve as the burden of the master of Qizhai!" But he thought in his heart: "If you want to take refuge, you have to take refuge in Liu Bei or Cao Cao, no matter how bad it is, it's good to take refuge in Sun Ce, if I join this unknown small force, I may be destroyed at some point." ”
Pang Yuan thought that Zhang Wei was politely refusing, and just about to say something to stay, Wang Wu interjected: "Yo, how can a big hero succumb to a small place like ours, and be with the thieves, presumably people want to be loyal to the imperial court, and they will follow He Jin to do something in the future!" "He Jin was a general when he suppressed the Yellow Turban Army, and after quelling the Yellow Turban Army, he was killed by the Ten Standing Attendants.
Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Brother Wang said that I was just rescued from prison by Brother Pang, how can I give my life to the enemy?" It's just..."
Before Zhang Wei finished speaking, Pang Yuan hurriedly replied: "It's just that the Kuai family and Liu Ting are still harming the township, if we don't unite as one, how can we defeat the strong enemy?" When Zhang Wei heard Kuai's words, his heart moved. Pang Yuan said again: "I know that Brother Zhang is a person, not greedy for fame and fortune, he helped us recapture the cottage that day, and left after just eating a meal, if I hadn't sent someone to visit on the second day, I still didn't know that Brother Zhang's house was surrounded by four walls, it was really noble!" Zhang Wei was ashamed: "If I knew that the reward for fighting the tiger would make people happy, and I wouldn't be able to eat a drink and leave, this is really a wrong move." ”
Pang Yuan saw Zhang Wei bowing his head and was silent, as if he was talking about the central matter, and continued: "Now if we want our poor people to live and work in peace and contentment, we can only rely on ourselves to fight for it, and if others don't give it, we have to take it." Now that the Kuai clan does not care about the lives of the people, raises the tax rate, forcibly conscripts soldiers, and is angry and resentful, when will it not be taken at this time? Brother Zhang is mighty, I still need to borrow your strength to participate in the grand event, don't shirk! After saying that, he made a gesture. Zhang Wei saw Pang Yuan's vigorous fist, so he agreed, and everyone was happy, but Wang Wu scoffed.