After returning from Dongxi Village, Shi Jin practiced martial arts on the mountain with peace of mind.

It wasn't until after another heavy snowfall that I went down the mountain to Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang's hotel to wait.

On this day, when Shi Jin was eating wine in the store, a big man came into the store with a woman and five or six companions.

A bartender in the store saw someone entering the store, so he greeted him and said, "Do you want to eat or stay in the hotel?" ”

The first big man hugged his fists and said: "The villain is the apprentice of the leader of the cottage Lin Chong, and I heard that the master was here to rest his horse, and he specially came to join the gang." Please let the eldest brother know. ”

The bartender could hear that the person was Lin Chong's apprentice, and hurriedly said: "Disrespectful, it turns out to be Lin Chong's senior apprentice, please come to the back and speak." ”

Zhang Qing, who was behind the counter, saw the bartender leading people to the back hall, and also got up and walked over.

Shi Jin listened to the conversation between the two and had some guesses about the identity of the person who came.

However, there were still two tables of customers in the store, and he didn't want to be recognized by too many people, so he got up silently and followed everyone inside.

Zhang Qing saw Shi Jin coming in, hugged his fists and said, "Brother." ”

Shi Jin nodded with a smile, and clasped his fists at the group of people who were looking at him: "I am Shi Jin, dare to ask your surname." ”

The man in front heard that the handsome son in front of him was Shi Jin, the lord of Liangshan, and hurriedly arched his hand: "I've seen the head of Shi." The villain Cao Zheng, who was originally from Kaifeng Mansion, had learned guns and sticks from Lin Jiaotou for a few months. Because a rich man will spend 5,000 yuan to teach the villain to come to Shandong as a guest, he doesn't want to fold his capital, and he can't return to his hometown, so he can only enter a farmer's house in this place and open a hotel to live. When I heard that the cottage received the master a few days ago, the villain wanted to vote, but he didn't know the exact news. Recently, I happened to hear that the master was indeed resting in the cottage, so he came to join the gang. ”

It turned out that Cao Zheng was a guest that day, and was driven out of the caravan by the director of the rich man's family, and he was penniless and lived in Shandong, so he had to settle here.

Although he lives on his own craft on weekdays, the hotel is always his wife's house, and there is an uncle below, and he is not comfortable.

Hearing that Lin Chong killed three people in Cangzhou and fled, and after Liang Shan answered Lin Chong again, Cao Zheng wanted to join the gang.

The reason for opening a hotel there is to rely on his wife's house, and if he goes to Liangshan, he will rely on him to live and revive his husband.

In his mind, Lin Chong's martial arts were also difficult to match.

It is not easy for the imperial court to exterminate Liangshan, and in the end, most of them have to recruit An.

When he can't say it, he can still get a background.

It's just that I didn't know whether Liangshan followed Lin Chong before, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to reuse it when I went, and I was complained by my wife.

In addition to killing a few big families before, Liangshan did not take any major actions to attack Shankou Town and Hecai Town, and only the patrol team was responsible for arresting some splashes and scoundrels who oppressed the people in the countryside on weekdays.

Few people know about the leaders who went up the mountain in the back, and only Shi Jin, Zhu Wu, Chen Da, Yang Chun, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhang Qing, and Sun Erniang were arrested by the Jeju government.

Except for Shi Jin's reward of 10,000 yuan, the other eight people are all 1,000 yuan.

Of course, there are rewards for catching Luda, Lin Chong, and Shi Yong, but they are all arrested for their previous crimes.

Zhu Gui, Zhou Tong, and Li Zhong have not yet been investigated by the government.

Until recently, Cao Zheng happened to hear that a group of customers in the store were Liangshan minions who had returned to their hometown and wanted to return to the mountain, so he asked about Lin Chong.

The minions heard that Cao was Lin Chong's apprentice, and thought that Lin Chong was a person who was arrested by the government, and he didn't hide it, so he said that Lin Chong had become the leader of the horse army in the cottage, which was deeply valued by Shi Jin.

After getting the letter, Cao Zheng made up his mind to come to Liangshan to join the gang.

Cao Zheng also knew that they could live in the countryside, and wanted the Hun family to go to the grass, but he was afraid that it would not work, so he started from his wife's uncle.

Cao Zheng's wife and uncle were just seventeen or eighteen years old, and they were young people, and they also learned some guns and sticks from Cao Zheng, and they refused to let people encounter problems in the village.

Cao Zheng, who heard this, wanted to be a hero in Liangshan, and when he went to Liangshan, he could learn some guns and sticks from Lin Chong, the head of the 800,000 forbidden army, and he was immediately tempted.

Cao Zheng's wife and uncle were also naughty, and directly lied to his sister that he had killed someone, so frightened that Cao Zhenghun's family did not dare to hesitate, and immediately packed up the soft and came to Liangshan to join the gang together.

Shi Jin didn't know why Cao Zheng came to join the gang, but he knew that he was also in the grass in the Water Margin, and he must have been unhappy, so he smiled at the moment: "It turned out to be Brother Cao Zheng, and Sect Leader Lin must be happy to hear that you are coming." You must have come from afar, and you must be tired, so let's eat and drink here and rest, and then go up the mountain. ”

Cao Zhengdao: "It's all up to the head of Shi to arrange." ”

Then the crowd sat down in the back hall.

Zhang Qing asked people to arrange for wine and food.

Shi Jin and Cao Zheng ate a little, and then Zhang Qing and Cao Zheng and a few people came to the mountain.

When he arrived at the Golden Beach Water Village, Shi Jin asked a naval army to inform Lin Chong.

When everyone went to Dazhai, Lin Chong also happened to come from the Xishan Racecourse.

Cao Zheng saw Lin Chong and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Lin Chong returned the salute and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, how did the virtuous brother get here?" ”

Cao Zheng told his own affairs again.

Lin Chong nodded and said, "I see, no wonder there was no news of you later." It's good to be here, and you don't have to be angry with those corrupt officials. ”

Shi Jin saw that the two of them were just talking, and said with a smile: "Let a few brothers put the package first, and let's talk about it later." ”

Lin Chong smiled: "Yes, let's talk while walking." ”

Along the way, Cao Zheng and the others were a little shocked.

Although they knew that Liangshan was prosperous, they didn't expect that the construction of Liangshan Dazhai was so good, with rows of houses neatly lined up, and they were afraid that there would be hundreds of them.

In the barracks area, Shi Jin arranged three rooms for Cao Zheng and the others.

There are more people in Liangshan, and the rules of the cottage have also changed.

New climbers will be arranged to live in guest rooms, and when the team is determined, they will be divided into barracks.

There are many cottage leaders, and when the location of the leader is not determined, Shi Jin will not invite all the leaders to accompany him.

Cao Zheng and the others put the package, and then went to the back canteen with Shi Jin and Lin Chong.

The Huotou Army saw that someone had come to join the gang again, and hurriedly rectified the wine and food.

After everyone ate a few glasses of wine, Shi Jin asked, "I wonder if Brother Cao Zheng wants to go into battle and fight, or do some old business?" ”

When he came, the Hun family told Cao Zheng that they didn't want him to go into battle to fight, for fear of a mistake. I hope he can be in charge of a hotel like Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang and help the cottage sentinel find out some news.

Cao Zheng still wanted to revive his husband, and he didn't want to quarrel with the Hun family, so he agreed.

"I'm not afraid of the jokes of the head of Shi, although the villain is fortunate to worship under the master, but the time to learn guns and sticks is not long, and I am only afraid of breaking the cottage and the prestige of the master when I go into battle. However, the villain's ancestors were born as butchers, killed good livestock, and picked tendons and bones, so people called the villain to operate the ghost. If the leader can use it, the villain would rather slaughter the livestock for the cottage. ”

Lin Chong nodded and said: "You haven't been learning guns for a long time, if you haven't learned it later, it's really better not to go into battle." ”

After speaking, he said to Shi Jin: "The craftsmanship of the Cao family's butchers is also famous in Tokyo. ”

Shi Jin said with a smile: "The cottage Huotou Army still lacks a responsible person, since Brother Cao Zheng has this skill, you will be responsible for all the affairs of the Huotou Army." The stomachs of thousands of people in this cottage will be handed over to you, and the Juyi Hall also has a seat for you. ”

Cao Zheng originally thought that it would be good to be a small leader, but when he heard that he still had a chair in the Juyi Hall, he also knew that this was the leader of the cottage, so he hurriedly said: "Thank you Leader Shi for your attention." ”

Lin Chong saw Shi Jin's arrangement, and knew that it was for his face, Chong Shi Jin nodded, and said to Cao Zheng: "This job is not light, you have to use more heart." ”

Cao Zheng nodded and said, "Little brother is provincial." ”

My wife's uncle followed Cao Zheng and originally wanted to learn some guns and sticks, but seeing that Cao Zheng was asking for such a position, he couldn't help but get anxious.

But he was afraid of Lin Chong's identity as the head of the 800,000 forbidden army, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he could only quietly pull Cao Zheng's clothes.

Cao Zheng shook his head, suggesting that his uncle would say it later.

Shi Jin saw the small movements of the two, and said with a smile: "Is there anything wrong with this little brother?" ”

Cao Zheng's wife's uncle saw that he was discovered by Shi Jin, and immediately blushed, bowed his head and said, "The villain wants to learn from Lin Jiaotou." ”

Lin Chong saw that Cao Zheng's uncle was also clever, and said with a smile: "When you are willing to learn the stick, be my personal follower first." ”

Cao Zheng's wife's uncle hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you Sect Leader Lin." ”