Shi Yong Hou Jian managed the Zhugui Hotel, and he also helped collect the money and food for the purchase of the past guests every day, and he was very busy. Hearing that Ximen Qing returned to the mountain, the two hurriedly greeted him, Shi Yong was fine, but Hou Jian had a deep deal with Ximen Qing in Jiangzhou, and they were really affectionate when they met.

After introducing Yang Lin, Deng Fei, Hou Jian, and Shi Yong to each other, Ximenqing couldn't wait to ask: "What is the situation on the mountain and down the mountain recently?" ”

Shi Yong was a reckless man, he just touched his head and smirked: "Brother Ximenqing, don't worry, it's all good, it's all good!" ”

Hou Jian is a careful person, although he has not been in Liangshan for a long time, he can understand everything in and out of the mountain, and then he said: "Brother Siquan, these days, it is a good time to catch up with August 15, and there are more guests passing on the road below the mountain, so King Chao ordered that single guests do not need to be disturbed, let him go, and the brigade of merchants will reduce grain and taxes. ”

Ximenqing nodded and smiled: "This is the beauty of the long stream." ”

Hou Jian said happily again: "There is also the plan set by my brother to Tuntian, which has also achieved results. The first harvest of this year made everyone crooked! In the fields up and down the mountain, melons, fruits, vegetables and grains, the growth is a gratifying! Yang Dakang said that with the support of the cottage, he has never been so hard as a farmer! There was no government to come to exploit the fields, and the displaced people he recruited from all walks of life sacrificed their lives to cultivate, and caught up with this year's good weather and rain, and this good harvest was a natural thing. If it is also a good year next year, the amount of grain handed over to the mountains can be doubled! ”

Hou Jian thought that Ximenqing was happy to hear this kind of words, but who knew that although Ximenqing was smiling in front, but when he heard the words of doubling the grain in the back, he said with a straight face: "This kind of thing can't be used!" If it is a good year, if it is a bad harvest year, for the sake of the face of the corrupt officials, they will all scavenge the people to the skin - our cottage can't develop this problem at the beginning! When I see Brother Tianwang, I have to talk about it well, but I can't set the amount of grain to be paid next year because of Yang Dakang's happy words, we Liangshan people are not used to this kind of problem! ”

Yang Lin, Deng Fei, Shi Yong, and Hou Jian listened, they were all convinced, and said in unison: "Brother Siquan is right!" ”

Ximenqing asked again: "In addition to trade and persuasion of agriculture, what else is there to do?" ”

At this time, I had already entered the hotel. Shi Yong went to the water pavilion behind to cast arrows, leaving only Hou Jian alone by Ximenqing's side. Looking at Yang Lin and Deng Fei, Hou Jian hesitated and said: "If you talk about important things, there is another thing that makes me feel uneasy. Brother Song Jiang, with the support of Wu Yong's military division, proposed to dominate Shandong's private salt road, and Brother Tianwang also complied. Therefore, the green forest arrows were passed down, and the heroes and heroes from all walks of life were convened to hold a 'private salt conference', and in the past few days, Zhujiazhuang has set up camp not far from the front, and the heroes who treat the Quartet. But what disturbs me is that Chen Xiaofei's leader has frequently descended the mountain in the past few days, and the movement of the Tanma manpower has become more and more tight, this matter is ......"

As he spoke, Hou Jian's gaze kept wandering over Ximenqing's face.

Ximenqing nodded and said, "Brother Hou Jian, you are a hard-hearted person. I won't hide it from you, today I turned back from the middle of the road to Erlong Mountain, just for this private salt and salt road! Do you know that now the heroes of all walks of life on Shandong Road have been chilled by such a fierce and domineering act of my Liang Shanbo? Do you know that all kinds of smuggling salt dealers have secretly assembled and are ready to compete with my Liangshan? ”

Hou Jian listened, stayed for a long time, and muttered: "Strange Dao These days, I can hear the sound of the golden drum of our Liangshan Martial Arts Hall drill here sounding densely, it turns out that it is not only a drill, but also a secret preparation......

Yang Lin and Deng Fei glanced at each other, and they both nodded secretly. Liangshan people are really not idle people.

Ximen Qing nodded and said: "Fortunately, Chen Xiaofei's brother is very close, and those smuggler salt dealers are secretly ganging up, and it is not something that can hide people's affairs, so the cottage has made sufficient preparations, which can be regarded as our luck!" ”

Hou Jian asked, "What does my brother think about this situation?" ”

Ximen Qing said categorically: "When I return to the mountain this time, I must persuade Brother Tianwang to withdraw his fate, otherwise it will be a fire on the rivers and lakes, who wins and who loses, and don't care, first the instructor's mansion laughed off his big teeth!" At that time, the two tigers will fight, there will be an injury, three thousand killings, eight hundred self-damage, if the government takes advantage of the situation to attack, our Liangshan soldiers and horses are tired in front, the good man on the road is cold in the back, there is no resistance inside, there is no rescue outside, it is a disintegration trend - only because of the small profit of greedy salt, but the luck of the cottage is bad, is it a hero and a hero? ”

When Hou Jian heard this, he shrugged and said, "The little brother is confused, but he didn't think so far!" Even so, the younger brother also went back to the cottage with his brother, and when he saw Chao Tianwang in the Juyi Hall, he couldn't make a lot of effort, and his fart also added to the wind! ”

At this time, Shi Yong had already returned, and Hou Jian grabbed him and relayed Ximenqing's words. Shi Yong's eyes widened and he muttered, "I only said that Brother Song Jiang's idea must be haode!" Who would have thought that there would be such a big detachment in it? Even so, it can be regarded as my Shi Yong, such a good day to sleep with white buns, I Shi Yong haven't had enough miles! ”

At that moment, the ship that was waiting for Liangshanbo to meet the shore was brought ashore, and Ximenqing, Yang Lin, Deng Fei, Hou Jian, and Shi Yong got on the boat together and came to the golden beach. On the golden beach, there was no need for a little minions to report, Ximenqing took the four brothers and took a big stride, and went straight to the mountaintop Juyi Hall in one breath.

When I went to the front of the Gathering Hall, I saw that there was no one in it. It turned out that in the past few days, Song Jiang pulled his confidants and brothers to discuss the annexation of the private salt and salt road in his own village. Before the salt profit arrived, it had already been divided equally, and you had set a budget. Under the abundance of money and widowhood, where can I still take care of painting in the righteous hall?

Chao Gai is even more of a hands-off shopkeeper, his wife doesn't know how to marry, but he is dedicated to studying martial arts, entrusting everything to the shoulders of others, and he is happy to be idle. Every day, he pulls a group of old brothers, either drinking or tricking, and he is also at ease.

The group of brothers who were closer to Ximenqing went to the Juyi Hall every day to discuss matters at the beginning. It was all because Chen Xiaofei found out that the smuggling salt dealers under the mountain were moving, so he reported to the mountain and asked Chao Gai, Song Jiang, and Wu Yong to decide.

Wu Yong has always looked at Chen Xiaofei not very eye-catching, Song Jiang even thought that Chen Xiaofei was the person on Ximen Qing'er, smiled at him, and stumbled under his feet, both of them were in front of Chao Gai, and kept saying that Chen Xiaofei was suspicious and suspicious, although Lin Chong said a few words for Chen Xiaofei, but Song Jiangwu used those two four-piece fluttering mouths to let these two people fool Chao Gai.

At that moment, Chao Gai spoke, and a group of smuggler salt dealers got together, so they couldn't help but hook their shoulders. A rabble, let's not care about it. Song Jiang and Wu Yong looked at each other and laughed when they heard this, and Lin Chong, Chen Xiaofei and others could only reluctantly retreat, return to their own village, secretly arrange people and horses, and prepare for contingencies.

The rest of the people waited until they saw this, okay! Everyone's mixed up! King Chao doesn't care, Brother Gongming doesn't care, so why should we care? Therefore, for several days, there was no one in the righteous hall.

Ximen Qing listened to the minions of the Gongwei Gathering Hall talk about the situation these days, his face was silent, but the evil fire in his heart burned more and more. So he shouted: "Brothers! Drumming! Ring the bell! ”

Since Chao covered Liangshan, there is a big drum in front of the Juyi Hall, a huge bell, if there is an emergency, when the bell and drum sound, the leaders in the cottage even if they are godmother-in-law, they have to urgently lift their pants and report to the Juyi Hall. Since the bell was set, it hasn't sounded a few times, and everyone has forgotten about it. Today, Ximenqing just wants everyone to know that this thing is not an ornament!

At that moment, Shi Yong went to beat the drum, and Hou Jian went to hit the bell, and the sound of the bell and drum continued to rise, the drum was urgent, and the bell was melodious, echoing endlessly over the Liangshan Shuibo.

After a short time, the seer Chao Gai was dressed all over, carrying the nine-ring wind knife, and came with Liu Tang, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, and Bai Sheng in a hurry.

Ximen Qing smiled and saluted: "Isn't Brother Mo of the Heavenly King competing with his brothers in martial arts?" ”

Chao Gai smiled: "Sure enough, there is no brother's clever plan!" ”

Ximen Qingxin said: "Although Brother Chao Gai is a man who has lost his appearance and is not a leader, he is still above board and dedicated to the public. Soon after the bell and drum rang today, he led people here, and the speed of response was really commendable. Compared with him, those corpse vegetarians in later generations should have filled the ditch! ”

In the middle of the cold and noise, I saw Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Huang Xin, and Ou Peng wearing armor and coming proudly.

Ximen Qing was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly grabbed the salute, and said with relief in his heart: "It seems that although Liangshan is slack on the surface, there is still no shortage of vigilant people in the dark!" ”

When Lu Fang and Guo Sheng saw Ximen Qing, they were overjoyed, and they rushed up and said, "Little brother see elder brother." The younger brother is in armor, and he can't pay full courtesy, and he hopes that his brother will forgive his sins! ”

When Ximen Qingzheng was comforting them, he heard another shout: "Third brother, why did you come back?" But I hope that the little brother is so bitter! When I looked back, I was scorched.

Jiao Ting and Jiang Jing joined hands to support one person, but it was Huang Wenbing, who was panting and sweating. This is exactly what it is:

The front row of the righteous hall is arrayed, and Liangshan Boli debates winning and losing. But I don't know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown.