The wine banquet in the evening is very lively, under the big tree that is as high as more than 30 meters like a canopy on the edge of the deep pool, two rows of tables are placed on the bent high and low, there are no less than ten tables at a rough glance, each table is full of dishes, although the utensils are rough and uneven, but it looks steaming, smells fragrant, is very attractive.

With a loud laugh from the bearded man, Wu Ming came belatedly under the guidance of two young men, and the dozen or so children who were driven to the side to play looked at Wu Ming stupidly, no longer noisy or afraid, and the seven or eight women who served the food secretly stopped, looking at this tall and handsome young man very surprised.

Wu Ming stepped forward quickly and saluted the bearded man and several leaders around him, and the bearded man smiled again, took Wu Ming's hand affectionately, and introduced the brothers around him.

With the introduction of the bearded man, Wu Ming finally learned that the bearded man's surname was Lu, and the master who was over forty years old standing on his left was also surnamed Lu, who was his cousin and used to be a private school gentleman; On the right, the dark-skinned, short, sturdy second boss surnamed Lin in his early thirties, he was half apologetic and half proudly confessed to Wu Ming, and he was the one who knocked Wu Ming unconscious and got him to the cottage that day.

The short and thin man who had been standing behind the master was inconspicuous, and when the big master introduced him as the third master, Wu Ming noticed him and hurriedly bowed his hand to him. This person raised his hand to return the salute, and Wu Ming found that this person's arms and fingers were very long, and he had a fairly white baby face, and he looked a little funny when he smiled.

After introducing the three masters, the bearded man grabbed the burly young man behind him, and proudly introduced him to Wu Ming:

"Brother Wu, this kid who doesn't grow up is my eldest son, called Kui Yuan, and his name is still given by the master, Ha Luha! You two look almost tall, my kid can't compare with you except for his physical strength, and if you have a chance in the future, you can mention him a little more, haluha! ”

Wu Ming saw this young man named Lu Kuiyuan and suddenly had a good impression, this guy looked much more pleasing to the eye than his father with a meaty face and a scruffy beard, about twenty years old, his square face was tanned into a healthy wheat color, his eyebrows were thick and black, the bridge of his nose was straight, his lips were closed and a slightly yellow beard began to grow, his thin clothes could not hide the bulging strong muscles, his facial lines were clear and resolute, but he looked very well-proportioned, especially a pair of beautiful eyes that seemed to not grow on his face, clear and bright and full of aura, not only did he not have the slightest cunning and barbaric atmosphere, Instead, he exuded a little shyness and curiosity.

Lu Kuiyuan seemed to feel Wu Ming's good impression of him from Wu Ming's polite smile, and he also grinned at Wu Ming with neat white teeth, and then retreated behind his father, but he couldn't match the "lone wolf" that was rumoring on the green forest road in Jiangxi and Zhejiang today, with the polite Wu Ming in front of him, so that his eyes showed irrepressible doubt.

The bearded man enthusiastically pulled Wu Ming to the main table, and no matter how polite Wu Ming was, he pressed Wu Ming to the stool without saying anything, and then beckoned all his brothers to sit down, picked up a large bowl of wine, and shouted in his voice:

"Brothers have worked hard, I haven't called everyone together for a few days, big brother, I have been thinking about it in my heart, and I have been looking for an opportunity to have a drink with my brothers, but today's wine is specially for the old brother Wu next to me to wash the dust and apologize, halu ha! Presumably everyone knows the feat of Brother Wu, but before the flood washed the Dragon King Temple, he invited Brother Wu in a daze, ashamed! I'm afraid no one will believe this if it gets out, and I'm still in a dream. ”

Everyone laughed loudly, and they all knew that Wu Ming's amazing deeds and the reputation of the "lone wolf" on the rivers and lakes were now the hottest, but who would have thought that such a ruthless person with such a reputation would be caught up the mountain by his own people? So fifty or sixty pairs of eyes looked at Wu Ming, where was the slightest bit of shame? Some are all proud and proud, and at most they have a little bit of a liking for Wu Ming's good temper.

The women who stood aside and waited for the table also laughed, the women's laughter was very different from the men's laughter, from the beginning of seeing Wu Ming, most women had a good impression of this handsome and generous young man like a scholar, women were almost born, and then heard Wu Ming's gentle and elegant answer, and saw Wu Ming's good demeanor of treating people calmly, and the women's favorability increased exponentially.

After laughing, Lu Da raised the wine bowl and toasted Wu Ming politely, but everyone held the wine but did not move, and they all wanted to see how Wu Ming behaved.

Wu Ming saw everyone's reactions in his eyes, where did he know that he already had a great reputation as a "lone wolf" in the rivers and lakes, and he was not polite at the moment, he stood up and said "Xie Lu Xie" and took the wine bowl, greeted the master Lu and the master politely, and then took the wine and saluted around, and poured a large bowl of eight taels of wine into his stomach unhurriedly.

Seeing this, everyone applauded, the amount of wine was shallow and secretly staggered, this wine is the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the big boss according to the exclusive recipe, take the best rice, glutinous rice and sorghum, with the best spring water and herbs in the cottage, after two fermentations and three steaming to make a high degree of wine, usually everyone wants to drink a small cup is not blessed, most people can't drink half a catty to get drunk, at this moment Wu Ming poured down eight taels in one breath, showed the bottom of the bowl when his face was not red and his hands were not shaking, and he personally picked up the wine jar on the side, poured a bowl full, and politely returned to Lu Da's master, The smile on his face was sincere and kind, which made people can't bear to refuse, it is really rare to see such a large amount of such a bearing, and he immediately won a round of applause.

"Good! Good man! Good brother! ”

Lu Da was overjoyed, happily took the wine bowl and shouted loudly, raised his huge head and poured the wine into his big mouth, and all the men also shouted and cheered.

Suddenly there was an exclamation from the west, followed by crackling gunfire and screams.

Everyone was taken aback, and the audience was suddenly in chaos, the overturned table and the tables, chopsticks, and ping-pong rang non-stop, the guns were hurriedly picked up, and the people without guns were scurrying around to the guys, without the order of the big boss, the fierce second boss had already pulled out the box cannon and rushed to the screaming place, and more than a dozen men who reacted hurriedly followed.

"Bang - bang......"

Master Lu kicked the table in front of him, and loudly ordered the women to hurry up and take the old man and children to the east, and drew the box cannon on his waist to beckon the remaining brothers to rush to reinforcements.

Lu Kuiyuan, the eldest son of Lu Da's family, rushed out of the next room, holding a rifle and chasing after him.

Wu Ming looked around worriedly, and walked quickly to the master who urged the women and children to go quickly: "Sir, what is going on?" ”

The master shook his head bitterly: "The sound of gunfire came from the west, it should be Duan Lao Wu of Da Geling who came with people and horses, our two families have a long history of grievances, and I can't say it clearly for a while, but I didn't expect them to suddenly attack at this time, it is estimated that we have learned the news that we have received a large amount of ransom, it seems that today is dangerous, they are outnumbered, there are more than forty long and short guns, I am afraid that I will not be able to resist for long." Little brother, you also have to be mentally prepared, if you can't do it, you can run away, I have to take care of the old and the young first. ”

"Wait!"

Wu Ming grabbed the master: "It's getting dark, where are the old and young going?" When I came down, I saw clearly that there was a steep deep ravine in the east, and it was a problem to walk on that mountain road during the day, and if I fell down, I would die, so how could I walk for the old and the young? There are steep mountains in the north and south, and the only way to go up is to go up to the cave first, first go to the cave and settle down, and then talk about taking 10,000 steps back, you can retreat back and guard the high ground at the entrance of the cave, at least you can hold on for a while. ”

"That's exactly what I mean, don't talk nonsense, if you have the strength to help me, a group of mothers-in-law are afraid to be stupid, Boss Lu's father-in-law is sick in bed at this time, and the mother-in-law has a big belly, plus more than a dozen children from other families, I'm afraid I can't take care of it alone."

After the master finished speaking, he picked up the hem of his robe and ran to the two rows of houses, Wu Ming also immediately followed, and ran to the door of Lu Dadang's house under the guidance of the master, followed the panicked big-bellied mother-in-law into the house, and couldn't help but pick up the old man on the bed and turn around and go out. The pot-bellied woman followed behind with two and a half children in her hand, ran out to join a group of frightened and crying women and children, and ran towards the cave in terror at the roar of the master.

Finally led a group of old and young to the entrance of the cave, two foreign monks who had already been frightened hurriedly caught up, one picked up the child who fell and walked inside, and the other helped the big-bellied woman to hurry into the cave. The master was so tired that he sat down on the stone slab, his body rising and falling violently, and he coughed vigorously.