Chapter Seventy-Four: Night Attack on Erlong Mountain
"Who is your man?" Lin Chong hurriedly stepped forward and said, he had never confiscated an apprentice, only a named apprentice, who had not been seen for many years, and seeing that this woman's name was abnormal, it made him think of Cao Zheng's head.
"It's the apprentice Cao Zheng, we originally opened a hotel on the boundary of Qingzhou, and heard the guests mention the name of the master, and the master of Zhilu Dao saw that he was now in Liangshan, and we discussed that we wanted to come to the master, but I knew that the thieves of Erlongshan met on the road, and caught us on the mountain, and the eldest brother he told the king to tell me to come down and raise money to redeem him, and the king believed it, and finally said that the price of three hundred yuan was set, and we were limited to pay it within three days, and now it's a day and a half, please save my eldest brother!" The woman deserved to open a hotel, and she was not stage frightened when she saw so many people, and she told everything that had happened.
When Lin Chong heard this, his face was still calm, but he unconsciously clenched his hands into fists, and said to Wang Lun: "Brother! I took people down the mountain overnight to level the Erlong Mountain! ”
"Brother and slow!" Wang Lun replied, and asked the woman, "Sister-in-law, tell us about the terrain of Erlong Mountain!" ”
When the woman saw Lin Chong calling this person's brother, she was very interested, and bowed to Wang Lun and said, "Leader Wang, please save my man!" I have only been to the mountain once, only know that the danger is abnormal, my family man usually said at home, the two dragon mountains are born steep, only the middle road is uphill, and there are three passes under the mountain, if the door is closed, even if there are 10,000 people who don't want to attack it! ”
Wang Lun hurriedly asked Mrs. Lin to help the woman up, and thought for a while: "I think this mountain can only be outwitted, not forced!" ”
Lin Chong hurriedly said: "Brother, how can you outwit it?" ”
"Ask two armed brothers to accompany me, and we'll pretend to deliver a ransom! The three hundred guan are all exchanged for copper coins, I'm afraid it won't weigh one or two thousand catties? Just ask me to be carried by fifty of my own soldiers! I heard that Deng Long is usually mean and unkind, if he dies, what will others dare to do? We'll take another 500 horses to make sure nothing goes wrong! Wang Lun said with a smile, he remembered that Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi were the thieves who captured the king first, killed Deng Long and a few little minions, and then the whole mountain surrendered without a fight.
"I'll go!" "Sprinkle the family to accompany my brother and my virtuous brother!" Xu Ning and Lu Zhishen both shouted. When the woman heard this, she wept with joy and fainted.
Lin Chong hurriedly squatted down to investigate, and said after a while: "It's out of strength, just rest and rest!" Lady, take her to our house to rest! I'll go back as soon as I go! ”
Lin Niangzi nodded hurriedly in agreement, but said, "Big brother be careful, go early and return early!" ”
At this time, Wang Lun ordered: "Brother Du Qian, go to the treasury and get three hundred copper coins, another thousand taels of gold, and fifty or sixty sets of forbidden army armor!" ”
Du Qianqi said: "My brother fights Erlong Mountain, what do you want to do with the armor of the forbidden army?" ”
Wang Lun said with a smile: "Many officials of Chai have been kind to us, and after this time I laid Erlong Mountain, I will go directly to Hebei and thank him in person!" This trip is not only to thank Chai Jin, Wang Lun is also going to see Wu Song, and then go to the Daimyo Mansion to inquire about the news of the birth gang.
"Brother is going down the mountain again, this ......" Everyone looked at each other when they heard this.
"Chai Daguan is as kind to me as a mountain, and he recommended Lin Jiaotou to join my cottage, otherwise how can I meet my brother? With such a great grace, how can you not thank you in person? Wang Lun arched his hand towards the north.
Everyone present was a righteous person, and when they heard the big leader say this, they all felt that they should really Xie Lu and Xie Chai Jin, and seeing that Wang Lun had made up his mind, they all said: "Then let's go north with my brother!" ”
Wang Lun said with a smile: "As long as I take Jiao Ting and his own soldiers with me, you brothers are born in the cottage to watch the family, so that I can go with confidence!" If you can catch up, you can come back and drink Xu Sheng's full moon wine! ”
Everyone laughed when they heard this, Xu Ning stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Brother, ask the little brother to accompany you!" ”
Wang Lun stepped forward and held his hand, shook his head and said, "My brother is a father for the first time, how can I tell you to leave your sister-in-law and sister-in-law to accompany me on a long journey, no, no!" ”
At this time, Lin Chong said: "So everyone don't fight, if there is no recommendation from the big officials, Lin Chong still doesn't know where to bump in, and now he will ask the villain to accompany his brother!" ”
As soon as everyone heard that there was an escort from the head of the Lin sect, they thought that their brother would have no worries on this journey, so they gave up. Xu Ning was going to go to Erlong Mountain to ask for a battle again, and Wang Lun smiled and said: "I can't force my virtuous sister-in-law to scold me!" Let's ask Master Lu to accompany us! Brothers, you are so good at home! Du Qian stepped forward and wanted to say something, but was persuaded by Wang Lun.
After the most Lu everyone responded, Wang Lun, Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Jiao Ting took five hundred horses down to the naval army, Sanruan caught it, saw that Wang Lun was going down the mountain again, it was inevitable that it would be dissuaded, Wang Lun said that he persuaded them to stop, helpless, Sanruan had to personally drive the boat and send Wang Lun to the north of Liangshanbo and then to the Beiqing River that flows directly into the sea.
Seeing the boundary of Qingzhou, Wang Lun and the others held hands with Sanruan and said goodbye, only to listen to Xiao Qidao: "Brother Lin Chong, I must protect my brother all the way!" ”
When Lin Chong heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "If Lin Chong is here, there is my brother!" ”
"Little Seventh Brother, you are in the water village, and I don't know that in the past two months, my brother has practiced swords every night until Zi, and he is now an ordinary three or five people who can't get close to him!" Jiao Ting said at this time that he followed Wang Lun every day and knew the situation best.
"If my brother can't get close to three or five hundred people, I can put my mind at ease!" Ruan Xiaoqi shouted.
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and at this time the two sides said goodbye, and San Ruan was waiting for the return of the horse army by the river.
I saw this team of people and horses all the way to the north, by the light of the fire, Wang Lun saw that the melancholy on Lin Chong's face was even worse, and he didn't know how to comfort him, just now in Xu Ning's room, how could Lin Chong not see the child's eyes? He and his wife have been married for many years without a queen, which can be regarded as the most important stone in his heart.
You must invite An Daoquan up the mountain, and when the time comes, he and his wife will do a systematic diagnosis, and they can't be called heroes! Wang Lun thought secretly in his heart.
In less than two hours, everyone reined in their horses, and only listened to the person leading the way in front of them to urge the horse to turn back: "Brother, less than a mile ahead is the Erlong Mountain Baozhu Temple, and the team of people will be detected by the thieves if they go further!" ”
Wang Lun responded, nodded at Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen, and ordered everyone to come to answer after half an hour, everyone dismounted and walked away, on the way Lin Chong asked: "Is there any discomfort in my brother's legs?" ”
"It's okay, I ride a horse for an afternoon every day, and I turn it upside down!" Wang Lun said with a smile, he has endured hardships in the past two months, dealing with cottage affairs in the morning, riding horses in the afternoon, and practicing swords in the evening.
Everyone said a conversation, then saw a Xiongguan appear in everyone's sight, Wang Lun looked at the two dragon mountains by the moonlight, only to see that the pass is very dangerous, two mountains around the future, wrapping this temple. The peaks are majestic. There is only one road in the middle. On the triple pass, there are wooden cannon stones, hard crossbows and strong bows, and bitter bamboo guns are densely accumulated.
Wang Lun shouted in front of the aisle: "King! I wait for the people to come to redeem people, and I hope that the king will be convenient! ”
After shouting for a long time, I saw a person who looked like a small leader poking his head out and shouting, "Where are you waiting?" What are you doing here? ”
Wang Lun replied: "I am waiting for the people from Jeju, recently a relative accidentally collided with the king's team and was arrested on the mountain. ”
The leader looked at the crowd below and shouted, "Why are there so many people waiting for you, don't you have evil intentions?" ”
Wang Lun smiled bitterly and said: "King, I'm afraid that these three hundred yuan will not weigh one or two thousand catties, and there are no thirty or fifty people who can carry it!" ”
The little leader laughed and scolded, "You stupid bird, why didn't you bring money?" ”
"It's all made up by the villagers in a few nearby villages, who has the silver? This is not only like this, but also ask the king to make it convenient! Wang Lun said helplessly.
The little leader laughed and scolded when he heard this, and ordered to open the door, Wang Lun took these thirty or fifty people up the mountain, passed three gates, and came to the front of the Baozhu Temple, only to see three palace gates, a section of the mirror is also like flat ground, and the surrounding is a wooden fence for the city. That Deng Long had already been reported, and he sat on the chair with sleepy eyes, waking up from a good dream, and when he saw Wang Lun and others coming in, he shouted: "The children have collected the money!" ”
Wang Lun stepped forward and said, "Wang, where are my relatives?" ”
Deng Long glared at Wang Lun, feeling that this person was bold, and he didn't kneel when he saw him, so he didn't say angrily: "You man is so bold and bold, and he doesn't salute when he sees this king, this money is the ransom that the woman was released before, you guys go back and make up 300 yuan, and I will release her!" ”
Wang Lun saw that there were only thirty or fifty minions around him, all of them listless, and he didn't wake up yet, so he smiled and said, "If I salute you, I'm afraid you won't be able to stand it!" ”
Seeing this, Deng Long was furious, and said: "You ......" Before he finished speaking, he saw Lin Chong get Wang Lun's code, pulled out the iron rod carrying the copper coin, and threw it hard, only to see that the iron rod was penetrating Deng Long's chest, stabbing through the chair, and straight into the wall for three points, the king was immediately nailed to the top of the chair, only to see that he looked frightened, and he still had a breath left, and gasped: "You...... You...... Where...... Come...... Villains ......"
Wang Lun shouted: "Liangshan Wang Lun, Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, and Jiao Ting are here, who dares to be presumptuous!" ”
Here, Lu Zhishen had already taken the iron rod and flipped over three or five minions, and the rest of the minions were already frightened, and when they heard Wang Lun report to his home, they all knelt down and said: "I don't know if it's the king of Liangshan, please forgive me!" We are willing to surrender, and we are willing to surrender! "How can they not know the prestige of this Liangshan, the two cottages are less than a few hundred miles apart, I heard that Liangshan is now very prosperous, the number of people has exceeded 10,000, where is the small village of three or four hundred people enough for people to see.
That Deng Long was not dead at this time, seeing that his subordinates were so useless, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he was extremely unwilling to open his eyes and die.
When those minions saw that Deng Long was dead, they had no scruples in their hearts, they all shouted that they wanted to take refuge in Liangshan, Wang Lun's heart was a little unrighteous, and it was a burden to take away the cottage, and he was about to reprimand, when suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, seeing that this mountain was in danger, these people still had some use, and they had a plan in their hearts, and said straightly: "So follow me up the mountain!" Then he said, "Go and open the gate, and let me in!" ”
Those little minions were overjoyed when they saw that the big leader of Liangshan was willing to accept him, and where were they still having two hearts, so they rushed to open the gate, and some people stepped forward to flatter him: "Leader Wang, we still have five or seventy thousand yuan of money in the mountain, twenty or thirty good horses, seven or eight hundred stones of grain, and we will dedicate it to the king!" ”
Wang Lun nodded, and asked them to release Cao Zheng, these people scrambled and walked cleanly, and in an instant, only Wang Lun and other Liangshan people were left in this temple, at this time Lu Zhishen said: "These people are so boneless, my brother accepts them very much, and there is no shortage of people in our cottage!" After Wang Lun returned to the mountain, there were more and more people competing to vote, and there was a leader who went down the mountain every three or five times, and now the cottage counts family members and captives, and the number of people has properly exceeded 10,000.
Wang Lun said with a smile: "I have my own usefulness, and after a while, the master will know the Tao!" ”
Lu Zhishen didn't ask anymore when he saw it, and said in his heart that this brother was always a little unexpected. At this time, Wang Lun called Jiang Zhipeng and said: "All these people are under your control, don't mess up the establishment, I will give you two months, and they will all be familiar to me!" This Jiang Zhipeng is shrewd and capable, and he asked him to hand over to Huang An's family last time, not only successfully brought back more than 200 good horses, but also spread the news that other forbidden army families learned that these people raised money to send more than 100 horses to the mountain to replace people, and then Wang Lun and Huang An got on the line, and wanted to buy all the good horses in the horse market in the three states, and Jiang Zhipeng was appointed, this person did not disgrace his mission, and brought back four or five hundred good horses, so that there were some vegetable horses left on the market.
Jiang Zhipeng stepped forward and said: "One month is enough, brother just look at it!" ”
Wang Lun smiled and nodded, and encouraged him a few more words, at this time, Cao happened to be brought out with good hands and feet, and when he saw Lin Chong, he was overjoyed and said, "Master!" ”
Lin Chong hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and introduced: "This is Wang Lun, the leader of my cottage, come and see him!" ”
Cao Zheng hurriedly bowed down and said: "The villain lives in this Qingzhou, and I heard that the passing travelers talked about the prestige of the king's leader!" I also heard that the villain's master is on the mountain, and he is very important to the king's leader, so he wants to come to the same place, but I met this villain on the road and swept me up the mountain! ”
Wang Lun stepped forward to help him up and said, "I'm also very familiar with the name of the ghost!" ”
Cao Zhengxi said: "I don't want my brother to know my bandit!" His name was only given after he left Tokyo, even Lin Chong didn't know what to say, it was Wang Lun who said this, which made him surprised and delighted.
"Brother Cao Zheng, don't talk about it, since you have the heart to throw yourself into the mountain, I have an extremely important matter to entrust to you here!"
"Brother, please speak! This time, my brother and Master came to save me overnight, and this life is my brother's! Cao Zheng was busy talking, seeing that Wang Lun didn't see anything about him, and he entrusted the important task at the beginning of the meeting, he was very happy in his heart.
"It's not that serious, brother, don't go up the mountain first, just listen to me, you go overnight ......"