Zhang Jiahe's attitude suddenly changed, Xue Liangchen's face changed slightly, and he was about to refute, but Zhou Ping on the side stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a smile: "Why did Lang Jun say this, please teach me!" ”

"I heard that you are all heroes from Xiangzhou, and if you can get the trust of the Xiangzhou Xianggong, you must also have extraordinary skills. It's a pity that you don't know the situation of Liangshanbo, Song Jiang entered Liangshanbo, which is the dragon entering the abyss, and he can't take it for three years and five years! ”

Zhou Ping heard what Zhang Jiahe said, and hurriedly asked him to explain in detail, but Zhang Jiahe did not shirk, so he explained to Zhou and Xue in detail: It turns out that this Liangshanbo is not a lake that has existed since ancient times, and five generations ago, there was only one big lake where Liangshanbo was located - Juyeze. In the eighth year of the Qingli calendar of the Northern Song Dynasty (AC1048), the Yellow River was diverted to the north in Shanghu, Lanzhou. For about 40 years, there was an endless debate over whether to allow the Yellow River to flow north or to restore its old ways, from the emperor to the courtiers. During this period, three large-scale diversion projects of the Yellow River were forcibly carried out to force the Yellow River to resume its eastward flow. However, every time the Bang River flows eastward, it ends with a big breach soon after, and the rolling river water pours to the foot of Liangshan, and connects with the ancient Juyeze to form an endless large water pool, known as "Liangshan Bo for 800 miles". Because it is full of swamps and is not easy to attack, whether it is poor peasants who cannot make a living under the pressure of the government, or strong beam thieves who have committed various lawsuits, they have fled into it. The surrounding officials and soldiers pursued and suppressed it tightly, and when they relaxed, they plundered everywhere, so since the middle of the Song Dynasty, this Yangsanbo seems to be the cecum of the nearby Jeju Zhiju, and it has attacks from time to time, and the pain is unbearable. What's worse is that at that time, in order to solve the difficulty of insufficient financial use of the imperial court, the Northern Song Dynasty court set up the "Xicheng Kuotian Office", and the entire 800 miles of Liangshan water area was classified as "public ownership", stipulating that as long as the people entered the lake to fish, pick lotus roots, and cut pu, they should be taxed heavily according to the size of the boat, and if there were violators, they would be punished as thieves.

In this way, the local people naturally have many secret bandits, and Song Jiang is quite talented, and he restricts his subordinates quite strictly, and has a lot of protection for the people. Presumably, the two of you came today to borrow a boat from a certain family to exterminate Song Jiang, not because they were stingy, but judging from the current situation, I am afraid that your ship has not yet entered Liangshanbo, and Song Jiang will inquire about your details clearly! Speaking of this, Zhang Jiahe was still smiling, but at this time it was completely a sarcastic sneer.

Xue Liangchen had no choice but to bow down and say: "Please also ask Lang Jun to help for the sake of the people of Jeju!" ”

"That's it, I have a dealer named Lu Xun, who opened a small hotel on the side of Liangshan Bo, and often collects some fresh fish and dried goods, at most he can pass on some news for you, and nothing else can be done, what do you think?"

Xue Liangchen and Zhou Ping glanced at each other, and had to say in unison: "Thank you Zhang Langjun!" ”

"The two lieutenants will walk slowly, and they will be sent not far away!" Zhang Jiahe bowed to Zhou and Xue to the ground, and the etiquette was impeccable. After Zhou and Xue returned the salute, they glanced at each other and found that each other had a wry smile on their faces.

"It's all because I don't know the situation in Jeju here, so I'm going to come over to wade through this muddy water, and I also hurt Lang Jun!"

"I can't say that, if it's simple, how can you and me get such a dispatch as a state soldier and horse prison!" Xue Liangchen smiled bitterly: "I'll go and gather all the brothers later, discuss it together, and always come up with a way!" ”

Zhou Ping and Xue Liangchen returned to the residence together, and heard someone arguing loudly inside the door, Zhou Xue and Xue glanced at each other, and hurried to the courtyard. ”

Zhou Ping shouted in a deep voice: "What's wrong! That's clear! ”

"That Li Cheng, who had an eyebrow, was unreasonable, and when he quarreled with San Langjun and Shilangjun, he was about to use the knife!"

"What?" Zhou Ping was stunned when he heard this, it turned out that this time the four brothers of the Xue family except for the eldest who had never practiced martial arts, the other three came, the third Xue Liangwu and the fourth Xue Liangyu were quite disdainful of Li Cheng, and on weekdays, Xue Liangchen and Zhou Ping looked good, and they spoke coldly when they were not there, but they never had a conflict, but they didn't want the two of them to make such a big fuss when they went out in the morning. Zhou Ping was thinking about it, and the figure around him flashed, but it was Xue Liangchen who rushed in and hurriedly followed.

Zhou Ping entered the courtyard, only to see that the more than 20 people who came with him had been divided into two groups, on one side there were seventeen or eighteen people on the side of the two brothers of the Xue family, and there were only four or five people on Li Cheng's side, forming a stark contrast, among which Li Bao took the two of them back and forth to persuade them. The two brothers of the Xue family scolded me one by one, while Li Cheng sat on the side, waxing his bowstring, without saying a word, with a sneer on his face.

"Shut up the third and fourth children!" Xue Liangchen shouted, his gaze swept over the people in the courtyard, and asked in a deep voice, "Li Bao, what's going on." ”

"Second brother, Li Cheng is too deceitful!" Xue Liangyu shouted loudly, and before the next sentence could be spoken, Xue Liangchen broke off: "Shut up, I didn't ask you!" Then he walked up to Li Bao and asked, "Li Bao, you say!" ”

"That's what happened!" Li Bao said in a deep voice: "Everyone is discussing how many people the two prisoners are going to come back, and they are talking happily, this brother!" Li Bao pointed his finger at Li Cheng and continued: "I don't need many people, give me sixty people, and I can capture a group of people from Song Jiang, and wait here!" So the two Langjun quarreled with it! ”

Xue Liangchen's gaze like cold lightning swept over everyone, and the people who were swept down lowered their heads without a weak heart, and after half a ring, he suddenly snorted coldly and turned around and went into the house. The crowd stood in the middle, looking at a loss.

"Let's all disperse, let's go back to their own houses!" Zhou Ping stepped forward with a wry smile. Everyone dispersed, and he sat there thinking for a while, walked to the door of the house where Li Cheng lived, and knocked lightly on the door twice.

"Someone, come in!"

Zhou Ping pushed the door in, four or five eyes suddenly gathered on him, Zhou Ping smiled, and said to Li Cheng in the middle: "Brother Li Cheng, I don't know if you can talk to me alone!" ”

Li Cheng looked Zhou Ping up and down, nodded, and the rest of the room left one after another. When the door was brought behind him, Zhou Ping sat down with a smile and asked, "Brother Li Cheng, I want you to do one thing." ”

Two days later, at night, Jeju Prison.

The moonlight poured in through the narrow window and shone on the walls, making the cell even darker. The chains, railings, shackles, and so on were hidden in the darkness, as if the bones of some kind of giant beast, and the occasional moaning of prisoners enveloped the whole cell in an eerie atmosphere.

Bai Sheng was lying in the haystack, because he was a death row prisoner, his hands and feet were shackled, and there were heavy wooden shackles on his shoulders, which made him feel very difficult, but what made him even more difficult was the shadow of death. Speaking from the heart, Bai Sheng is not a very bold person. The reason why he participated in the robbery of Shengchengang was also because he was a local snake and was familiar with the local situation, so he happened to be picked by Song Jiang. After being put on death row by Han Xiaoxuan, as soon as he remembered the scene when he was pushed into the court and the knife fell in his hand, he felt more and more frightened, and he couldn't sleep at night.

Suddenly, Bai Sheng saw a protruding black shadow appear on the window, and all kinds of legends about unjust ghosts and ghosts came out of his mind, and he instinctively curled up, as if in this way he could avoid the attack of unjust ghosts.

"Is it Brother Bai Sheng?"

A low voice came from the air, Bai Sheng raised his head to identify whether it was a human voice or a ghost's voice, and a human head appeared in the window, apparently the sound was made by him. Bai Sheng looked at no one on the left and right, raised his head and replied, "It's me, who are you?" ”

"I'm here to get you out!" The man answered, and then Bai Sheng heard a tooth-aching sound of metal rubbing, and after a while, the moonlight was blocked - the man came in through the window and landed gently in front of Bai Sheng, Bai Sheng looked at the other party with expectant eyes - it was a burly man, his eyebrows made a deep impression - the two eyebrows were almost connected, a bloody breath rushed to his face, Bai Sheng lowered his head, the other party's hands and knife were stained with blood, he couldn't help but tremble instinctively.

"Quick!" The man pulled out his knife and cut open the wooden flail in three strokes, then the iron chains on Bai Sheng's hands and feet, and helped Bai Sheng out of the window, then himself, and soon the figures of the two disappeared into the deep night.

Early the next morning, Jeju Zhiju Yamen.

"What do you say? That Bai Sheng was robbed? In the lobby, Han Xiaoxuan's face was full of anger.

"Exactly, it was discovered this morning during the roll call, that the iron bars of the cells had been broken, and the wooden shackles and chains had been thrown on the ground, but the people were gone! The jailer on duty was killed, and he was taken away. The prison was prostrate on the ground, trembling.

"Idiot!" Han Xiaoxuan said angrily: "Song Jiang Song Jiang can't hold it, even the death row prisoners in the prison have been robbed, is it that even the head of the official will be taken by the thieves one day?" Come on, drag this waste down and hit it with a cane for thirty and hit it hard! ”

"Xianggong spares his life, Xianggong spares his life!" The warden hurriedly shouted loudly: "This is not a villain, but someone is colluding with inside and outside!" ”

"Wait!" Han Xiaoxuan asked coldly: "You made it clear, who colluded inside and outside?" ”

The prison guard looked up at Zhou Ping and Xue Liangchen who were standing beside Han Xiaoxuan, gritted his teeth and said, "Xianggong, please go to the prison and find out." ”