Four of the eight Songjiang students who studied in Hangzhou were willing to go to Songjiang with the three Zhang Yuan brothers, these four people were Jin Langzhi, Hong Daotai, Weng Yuansheng and Jiang Shiqiao, they themselves or their relatives and friends had been bullied by the Dong family more or less, and they were happy to see the Zhang brothers in Shanyin want to fight the Dong family in Songjiang, and they were willing to help - at the end of the morning of the tenth day of the first month of May, it was drizzling, Liu Jingyan brought simple luggage and a small servant to the canal port, and saw the umbrella cover pavilion and the shirt fluttering, There were about 100 students who came up to see Zhang Yuan off on the dock, and Jiao Runsheng had some friendship with Liu Jingting, holding an umbrella and arching his hand: "Brother Jingting, I'm tired." ”

Liu Jingting hurriedly returned the salute and said in his heart: "The Zhang brothers have a wide exchange, even Jiao Zhuangyuan's son supports the Zhang brothers to fight Dong Qichang!" ”

Zhang Yuan yesterday afternoon to the eunuch Zhong borrowed a post delivery of the small survey card, but also borrowed a weaving bureau official ship for Jin Langzhi, Liu Jingting and others to ride, Chenshi, Zhang Yuan and others and saw off the life of the cherished farewell, two white canopy boats and a weaving bureau official ship left the Hangzhou Canal Wharf to the north.

Zhang Yuan brothers three went to the official ship of the Weaving Department and Songjiang Sisheng and Liu Jingting to talk together, Lu Chun, Lu Jie heard that Liu Jingting was good at telling stories, and also followed Zhang Yuan and Wu Ling to the official ship of the Weaving Department, the little brothers at first saw Liu Jingting who was full of pockmarks and scars was very afraid, did not dare to approach, Liu Jingting told a story of Sun Wukong making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, unconsciously, the two little brothers sat next to Liu Jingting, listening to the story fascinated, I don't think this hemp face is vicious.

Liu Jingting's storytelling skills are naturally the topic of all beings, Zhang Cao is straightforward and said: "Brother Jingting looks ugly, but he doesn't feel ugly after looking at it for a long time. ”

Liu Jingting smiled slightly, disagreed, and said in his heart: "Seven years ago, I was much more handsome than you Zhang Yanke. ”

Zhang Dai said: "Brother Jingting has a beautiful mouth and fluent eyes, and he is a wonderful person. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "There are ugly and observable people, there are not ugly but not enough to watch, just like those who are cute and incomprehensible, and there are those who are extremely disgusting although they are passable-"

Zhang Cao said: "Although the text is passable and extremely disgusting, the eight-strand text is also, although the text is incomprehensible and cute, Zhang Cao is also." ”

The crowd laughed.

Zhang Cao also talked about the girl in the cloth robe and bamboo cane that he met on the moonlit night of the West Lake, Jin Langzhi and others were amazed, and they guessed the identity of the girl, saying that there are demons and ghosts and immortals, Zhang Dai said: "Last year, there was a strange thing in the Lantern Festival Shanyin Longshan Lantern Festival, when the lamp was silent, the people in the wine shop under the mountain were packing up the cups and plates and preparing to go home, and suddenly six beautiful women came, bought a large urn of wine, vegetables and fruits in the sleeves, and in an instant six people drank up an urn of wine, and went up the mountain together, it was already three watches in the middle of the night, and the tourists who watched the lights on the mountain had gone down the mountain to return home, The lights were also extinguished, and I didn't know what the six beautiful women were doing when they went up the mountain! ”

Zhang Cao said with a smile: "I also said a strange thing, but also the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, there is a scoundrel to borrow the empty building on the left side of the City God Temple, with a few cunning children to welcome guests, there is a beautiful boy to a certain child, kiss the tongue, everything, to take off the clothes, this prostitute is about to pout his buttocks to greet him, and he suddenly saw the beautiful young man ** Qiaoran, it was a woman, and the prostitute was indecent, and the prostitute left before dawn - you say this is not strange? ”

Liu Jingting said: "The troubled times are coming, and there are many demons, which is not unusual. ”

In addition to Zhang Yuan, the other beings did not think that Liu Jingting said that the troubled times were coming, the students were considered vested interests, especially the students in Jiangnan, most of the students said that they were doing well, they all felt that the four seas were now peaceful, although the government had drawbacks, but it was not a troubled time, by the way, a bully like Dong Qichang was hateful, so when it came to the evil of the Dong family in Songjiang, everyone was indignant, Jin Langzhi and others were young and vigorous, and a group of people got together and became bold, saying that they would try their best to promote the evil of the Dong family when they returned to Songjiang, and united other beings to sue the Dong family, If Huang Guoding, the prefect of Songjiang, shielded the Dong family again, they would go to Nanzhili - Zhang Yuan had a long talk with Liu Jingting, and found that this storyteller was well-informed and had a unique view of the world, and Liu Jingting was even more amazed by Zhang Yuan, he thought that a young scholar like Zhang Yuan was not familiar with world affairs except for the Four Books and Five Classics, but Zhang Yuan knew the current affairs well, and had deep insights into the various evils and diseases of the catastrophs, customs, government and gentry. The camp is driven by selfish interests, but it is rare to see such a keen insight as Zhang Yuan - Zhang Cao came over and said: "Brother Jingting, I heard that you can do martial arts, how many enemies can you have?" ”

Liu Jingting said with a smile: "Zhang Sangongzi Mo believes in rumors, in the next storyteller, how can he know what martial arts." ”

Zhang Cao said: "Don't hide it, the one move you said about Wu Song fighting the tiger is much more detailed than in the Water Margin book, you must have martial arts." ”

Liu Jingting smiled and did not deny it.

Zhang Cao said: "My disciple has a servant who is very brave, and you will compete when the boat is docked at night?" ”

Liu Jingting hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I can't help it, I will only play a few five-bird dramas and exercise in the next place." ”

Zhang Cao said: "Then when you go to Qingpu and Huating to tell the story, you have to send a few people to protect you, otherwise Dong Zuchang will definitely send someone to call." ”

Liu Jingting said: "You Xian Kunzhong are in a foreign land, and you can send a few people to protect me, I went to Huating to tell the story, just to arouse the resentment and anger of the people of Huating against the Dong family, if there are hundreds of people around me to listen to me, how dare the Dong family send someone to beat me?" ”

Zhang Yuan praised: "Well said, this is the purpose of my invitation to Brother Liu to Huating to tell stories." ”

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is soupy, the words of all living beings are gushing, and the three ships sail all the way north.

Zhang Rulin originally told Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao to go to Nanjing Guozijian, but the two were unwilling to miss the grand occasion of Dong Yuan, so they naturally wanted to help Zhang Yuan.

There is a weaving department's post delivery small survey card, Zhang Yuan their three boats through the tariff station card unimpeded, the 10th of May from Hangzhou, 12 to Jiaxing, Shezhou hired a car to Zhujiajiao Town, and then hired a boat to go through Xuedian Lake under the Huangpu River, before the afternoon of May 15 in Qingpu Chengnan Wharf ashore, Zhang Yuan asked Wuling to rush to Lufu first to report the news, except for Hong Daotai is a Qingpu native to return home first, everyone else went to Lufu.

Zhang Ruoxi pulled the two children standing on the shore and waiting for the cages on the boat to be moved ashore, looking at the tall tower in Qingpu City, Zhang Ruoxi had mixed feelings for a while, there were Qingpu people on the dock who knew Zhang Ruoxi's mother and son, and their expressions were rather strange, obviously talking about how unlucky the Lu family has been recently-Zhang Dai asked Zhang Yuan in a low voice: "Jiezi, I heard that Lu Xiaolian, the father of your brother-in-law, does not welcome you to Qingpu?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "At that time, it was because I had some conflicts with Lu Yangfang, time has passed, and now we are here to help the Qingpu Lu family, how can it be unwelcome, the eldest brother doesn't have to worry about being treated coldly." ”

Zhang Cao said: "Old man Lu is paralyzed, Lu Yangfang is in prison, and now the Lu Mansion is the husband of Sister Ruoxi, how can Brother-in-law Lu not welcome us!" ”

Zhang Ruoxi moved more than a dozen cages of all sizes ashore, and just settled the money for the shipwright, but saw Wuling hurriedly running back, and shouted: "Young master, there is a large group of people around the door of the Lu Mansion, making endless noise, all of them are forcing debts, and some are still smashing the door and throwing stones into the courtyard wall, and I can't go in to report the news." ”

When Zhang Ruoxi heard this, her face turned pale, and the two children of Luchun and Lujie also knew that they were afraid, so they held their mother's hand tightly and shouted: "Mother, mother-"

Zhang Yuan sneered: "It was sent by the Dong family to force gambling debts, it is really arrogant." ”

Zhang Cao said angrily: "Beat them, beat them, Nengzhu, Feng Hu, come with me." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Third brother, wait a minute, let's go together." He asked his sister Zhang Ruoxi to stay on the boat, Zhang Ruoxi refused, and wanted to go with him, Zhang Yuan hired a sedan chair for his sister and two little nephews to sit, and ordered Mu Zhenzhen to carefully protect his sister and Zhou's mother and others to go slowly, and he and his eldest brother Zhang Dai, third brother Zhang Cao, as well as Jin Langzhi, Weng Yuansheng, Jiang Shiqiao, and Liu Jingting rushed to the Lu mansion first.

The four healthy servants who went out with Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao this time were all quite brave, Neng Zhu and Feng Hu were particularly brave, and the four of them were holding jujube wood short sticks in their hands, and at this time, they inserted the short sticks in their sleeves and followed behind the three Zhang brothers.

Mu Jingyan carried a whistle stick and walked with several servants of Jin Langzhi, Jiang Shiqiao, and Weng Shiyuan, and these servants were instructed by their masters, and each took out the flat pole for carrying luggage, and followed, counting that there were more than ten people who could do it on their side.

Zhang Cao said excitedly: "I don't know if Dong Zu often comes, if he comes, it will be just right, this time he must be beaten half to death." ”

When a group of people walked through the streets in the city, everyone on both sides of the street looked sideways, recently Qingpu often had people who played the line, Qingpu people saw Zhang Yuan and his party and thought it was the person who played the line, when the person who played the line also wore a headscarf, what kind of world is this!

Before coming to the mansion of the Lu Mansion, I saw more than a dozen scoundrels gathered in front of the gate to scold, and the gate of the Lu Mansion was closed, allowing these people to smash the door and throw stones, and endure the humiliation and burden, it is said that the Lu family has hundreds of servants and tenants, why not be afraid of these dozen bachelors, presumably because Lu Yangfang is still in prison, Lu Tao did not dare to order the house slaves to fight with the people sent by the Dong family, only to close the door - before he got close, Zhang Cao shouted: "Call me." ”

Nengzhu and Feng Hu's four servants took the lead in rushing over, took out the five short sticks in their sleeves, and hit the people around the door of the Lu Mansion, among these dozen people, there were Dong family servants and Qing hands, but I didn't expect to suddenly rush to these people without saying a word, swinging the stick and beating, before I came to my senses, my head, shoulders and back had already been hit several times, and I screamed in pain, and someone said angrily: "I am the family of Dong Hanlin of Huating, who are you?" ”

There are five or six beating green hands also with meteor sleeve sticks, weighing hammers and sharp knives, at this time they all showed up to fight with the four of Nengzhu, and suddenly saw a yellow-bearded man rushing over, the whistle stick in his hand is like a poisonous snake spitting letters, the speed is extremely fast, all of them poke a stroke in the throat of a green hand, and then slash a stick obliquely, knocked over to the ground, a moment of work, four bachelors fell to the ground, and the rest of the people were also knocked over by Nengzhu, Feng Hu and others - Zhang Cao shouted: "So without beating, continue to fight, and fall to the ground to beat." ”

Nengzhu and Feng Hu waved short sticks, "pop papa" and slammed those Dong family slaves who rolled to the ground and beat the green hands, making them cry wolves, and a few of them got up and wanted to escape, but were poked down by Mu Jingyan with a stick.

(To be continued)