Chapter 162: The Battle of Life and Death

The poem says: Flowers bloom without choosing poor land, and the moon shines on the mountains and rivers everywhere. There are only evil hearts in the world, and everything must be nurtured by God. Blind and deaf are rich in family friendship, wise and intelligent but poor. The year, month and day should be determined, and it is not up to people to calculate the fate. As the old saying goes, this Qingfeng Mountain is not far from Qingzhou, only a hundred miles away. This Qingfeng Village is at the three-way intersection of Qingzhou, and the place name is Qingfeng Town. Because of these three forks in the road, there are three evil mountains, so this Qingfeng Village is specially set up in this Qingfeng Town. There are also three or five thousand families there, but they are only a little more than a road away from this Qingfeng Mountain. On that day the three princes went up the mountain.

It was only said that Song Gongming was alone, carrying some packages on his back, and came to Qingfeng Town, so he asked where Hua Zhizhai lived. The townsman replied, "This Qingfeng Village Yamen is in the middle of the town. There is a small village in the south, which is the residence of the civil official Liu Zhizhai. The little village in the north. It is the residence of the military attache Hua Zhizhai. Song Jiang listened, thanked the man, and went to Beizhai. When I arrived at the head of the gate, I saw a few men who guarded the door. I asked for the name and went in to report. I saw the young officer coming out of the village and dragging Song Jiang to worship. What was that life?

The teeth are white, the lips are red, the eyes are handsome, the eyebrows are often clear, the waist is thin and the shoulders are like an ape. can ride a bad horse and love to let go of Haidongqing. A hundred steps through Yang Shen's arms, the bow is open and the autumn moon is distinct, and the carved arrows are sent into the cold star. Known as Xiao Li Guang, he will be planted with flowers. The young general who came out of the Lord was none other than Li Guanghuarong, Xiaoli Guanghuarong of Qingfeng Zhai Wuzhi Village.

Song Jiang saw it. Look at that flower Rong, how can you dress up?

The robe on his body is golden and embroidered, and the jade belt around his waist is embedded with mountain rhinos.

The double ring of the infiltrated green scarf is small, and the civil and military flower boots are low in green.

When Hua Rong saw Song Jiang, he bowed down, and shouted to the military man to take the package, the Pu knife, and the waist knife, and held Song Jiang until the main hall. invited Song Jiang to sit on the cool bed, and Hua Rong bowed his head four times. got up and said, "Since I said goodbye to my brother, I have been five or six years earlier. I think about it often. Hearing that the brother killed a fireworks, the lawsuit was pursued everywhere. The little brother smelled it, like sitting on pins and needles. I wrote more than a dozen letters to ask for letters in Guizhuang, but I don't know if I have been there? "Say goodbye, and say goodbye. Song Jiang held on and said, "Virtuous brother Hugh only cares about etiquette. Please sit down and listen to what you are told. ”

Hua Rong sat reclining. Song Jiang told him about the killing of Yan Po, and the defection to the Chai officials, and the Confucius Taigong Village, meeting Wu Song, being arrested on Qingfeng Mountain, and meeting Yanshun, etc., all of which were told in detail. After hearing this, Hua Rong replied: "Brother has suffered so much! Today, I am fortunate that Brother Ren is here and has lived for several years, but he cares about it. ”

Song Jiang said: "If it weren't for the fact that when Brother Song Qing sent a book to Kong Taigong Village, he would have specially come to Brother Xian to take a trip here." ”

Hua Rong said: "The last time I went to ask my brother again and again, I didn't hear back. Later, I heard that Brother Ling said that my brother was on the White Tiger Mountain, and he specially sent someone to invite my brother to live here for a while. Today, Brother Mengjia does not abandon here, but hates to treat nothing but rare things. He asked Song Jiang to sit in the back hall and summoned the Cui family of the Hun family to come to worship his uncle. After saying goodbye, Hua Rong called her sister out again and worshiped her brother. asked Song Jiang to change his clothes, bathe in fragrant soup, and arrange a banquet in the back hall to wash the dust.

At the banquet that day, Song Jiang told Hua Rong about saving Liu Zhizhai Gongren. After hearing this, Hua Rong frowned and said, "Brother didn't come to save that woman for any reason! I have to say that it is a respectful person of Qingfeng Zhai, so he put his fellow disciples as virtuous brothers, and especially ignored Wang Xiaohu's strangeness, and tried his best to save him from the mountain. But how do you say that?"

Hua Rong said: "Brother doesn't know. It's not the little brother who said it, this Qingfeng Village is still an important place in Qingzhou.

If the younger brother is still guarding here alone, how dare strong people from near and far dare to smash Qingzhou to pieces. Recently, in addition to making this poor and hungry vinegar a righteous village, this guy is a civil official and has no ability. Since he took office, he has defrauded some of the few households in this countryside, and has done everything he can. The younger brother is a military attache and deputy governor, and every time he is angry with this fight, he can't wait to kill this indiscriminate thief and beast. But how did the elder brother save this woman? It is very unvirtuous to beat this woman, but to send her husband to do unkind things, to harm good people, and to take bribes. Just to put the slut to some reproach. My brother mistakenly saved such an untalented person!"

When Song Jiang heard this, he persuaded: "Virtuous brother is bad! Since ancient times, it has been said: 'Grievances can be resolved, but cannot be settled.'" 'He and you are a colleague, and he is not in the world, and he is a man of letters, how can you not admonish him?' Though he has made some mistakes, you can hide evil and promote good. Virtuous brother Hugh is so shallow. ”

Hua Rong said: "Brother can see it very clearly. When he came to see Liu Zhizhai in Japan, he told him about saving his old and young. Song Jiang said: "If the virtuous brother is like this, it will also show your benefits when you see it." "Hua Rong and his wife have a few mouthfuls, morning and dusk, offering tea, wine and food, and serving Song Jiang. It was late at that time, and arranged the bed tent under the back hall to invite Song Jiang to rest. The next day, they prepared wine, food, and feasts.

The words are boring. Song Jiang went to Huarong Village and ate wine for four or five days. Hua Rong has a few ladder people, one a day, set aside some broken silver, by his side, every day to accompany Song Jiang to the streets of Qingfeng Town, watch the noise of the market, the village palace and temple, and walk around.

Since that day, this ladder has been walking with each other and inviting Song Jiang to go to the market to play. In that Qingfeng Town, there are also a few small bars and tea houses and wine shops, needless to say. On that day, Song Jiang and this ladder had a look in the small column, and then went to the Taoist Palace in the temple near the village to watch and enjoy it, and please go to the town to drink in the wine shop. And when he got up, he took two taels of silver and returned the money for the wine. Song Jiang was willing to ask him to pay back the money, but he took the broken silver and returned it. Song Jiang returned, and he didn't say it to Hua Rong. And he who went with him rejoiced, and got money, and was idle. Since then, he has been accompanied by one every day and walked slowly with Song Jiang. It's just Song Jiang making money. Since he came to the village, no one has disrespected him.

At the moment, Song Jiang was drinking with Huarong in the village, and he didn't realize that it was already the Lantern Festival. Xiao Li Guanghua is glorious to the sun, and the sun is shining well. Before and after Hua Rong arrived at the card, he got on his horse and went to the public house, ordered hundreds of sergeants, and taught him to go to the town at night to play the press. He also sent a lot of soldiers to guard the gate in four directions. When he was not licensed, he returned to the village and invited Song Jiang to eat snacks.

Song Jiang said to Hua Rong: "I heard that in the town here, lanterns will be lit tonight, and I want to watch it." ”

Hua Rong replied: "The younger brother wanted to accompany the elder brother to see the lights, which is right. It's just that I am in service, and I can't walk together freely. Tonight, my brother went to see the lights with two or three people from his family, and returned early. The younger brother stays at home and has three family feasts to celebrate the festival. ”

Song Jiang said: "The best." ”

But it was early and late, and the bright moon came up from the east. Exactly: the ancient jade leaks the copper kettle and does not urge, and the fire tree of the star bridge is fully opened. Ao Mountain is towering above the clouds, where visitors do not see. On the night of Zhai, Song Jiang and Hua Rong's family followed their own people, two or three followed Song Jiang slowly, and when they went to this Qingfeng town to see the lights, they saw that in front of the house, they set up a lantern shed and hung lanterns, countless of them. There are many stories painted on the lamp, and there are also white peony lanterns and lotus flowers.

Four or five people held hands and came to the front of the Dawang Temple of the Land, and when they looked at the Xiaoao Mountain, how could they see the good lights? Golden lotus lamp, jade plum lamp, shaking a piece of glass. Lotus lanterns, hibiscus lanterns, scattered thousands of splendid surroundings. Silver moth bucket color, both with embroidery with incense balls. The snow willows compete for brilliance, and the wisps are whisked with the emerald flags. The village song club, the lantern shadow is noisy. Weaver women and silkworm slaves, painting candlelight and playing together.

Although there is no beautiful romantic song, I congratulate the harvest of the great year. At the moment of Zhai, Song Jiang and the other four people took a look in front of Ao Mountain, and went south to see the lights. Walking only five or seven hundred steps, I saw the lights and candles in front of me, and a group of people gathered around a big walled courtyard The door was lively, and the gong sounded, and everyone cheered. When Song Jiang watched it, he was dancing Bao Lao in a group. Song Jiang is dwarf, and he can't see behind people. The ladder people who accompanied him, but recognized the social fire team, taught everyone to separate and let Song Jiang see. The one who jumped Bao Lao, the body of the village of Newd. Song Jiang saw it and laughed.

I saw that in this walled courtyard, it was Liu Zhizhai and his wife, and a few mothers-in-law watching inside. Hearing Song Jiang's laughter, Liu Zhizhai's wife, Song Jiang, who recognized him under the lamp, pointed to her husband and said: "That black dwarf man is the thief who snatched me from Qingfeng Mountain the day before yesterday." Liu Zhizhai was taken aback when he heard this. Then he called six or seven people to catch the smiling black man.

Song Jiang heard this, turned around and left. After more than ten houses, the soldiers caught up, caught Song Jiang, and brought it, just like a soap carving chasing Ziyan, just like a tiger eating a lamb. He was brought to the village, tied with four hemp ropes, and escorted to the front of the hall. The three ladder people, seeing that Song Jiang had been arrested, ran back to report to Hua Rong that they knew. Let's say that Liu Zhizhai sat in the hall and called for the solution. Everyone hugged the Song Jiang clan and knelt down in front of the hall.

Liu Zhizhai shouted: "You are a robber in Qingfeng Mountain, how dare you come to see the lantern without authorization!

Song Jiang said: "The Venerable Master is Zhang San, a guest of Yunxian County, and he is an old friend of Huazhizhai, and he has been here for many days. That is, they will not rob in Qingfeng Mountain. ”

Liu Zhizhai's wife turned around from behind the screen and shouted: "This guy is self-defeating! Do you remember when I taught you to be the king?"

Liu Zhizhai said: "Since you are a guest and have been kidnapped there, how can you hook down the mountain today? But come to me to see the lantern?" The woman said: "When you are on the mountain, you sit on the middle chair in the middle, and I will call the king, and you will collect people there." ”

Song Jiang said: "Gong Ren doesn't remember that I tried my best to save you from the mountain, how can you force me to be a thief today?"

The woman was furious when she heard this, and pointed at Song Jiang and scolded: "Such a naughty bone, how can you be willing to do it if you don't fight!"

Liu Zhizhai said: "That's right. "Drink and shout, take the batch, and hit that guy. After beating two ingredients in a row, Song Jiang's skin opened and his blood burst out. He shouted: "Lock the iron locks, put a prisoner car tomorrow, and release Yuncheng Hu Zhang San to the state." ”

went to talk about the ladder people who accompanied Song Jiang, and hurriedly rushed back to report Hua Rong. Hua Rong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly wrote a letter, and sent two capable relatives to go to Liu Zhizhai to pick it up. Personally followed the book and hurried to the door of Zhizhai.

The sergeant of the gate entered and replied: "Hua Zhizhai sent someone to write in front of the door. Liu Gao called to the hall. The attendant presented the book. Liu Gao opened the cover and read: "In front of Hua Rong's worship of the minister's office, all the thin relatives Liu Zhang, who recently came from Jeju, because he looked at the lights and mistakenly violated the dignity of the prestige, he was forgiven and excused, and he should make thanks." The cursive words are disrespectful, and the annoying begging is not declared. ”

Liu Gao was furious when he saw it, tore the book to smithereens, and scolded: "Hua Rong is rude! You are an official of the imperial court, how can you be in the same league with the robbers, and you will also hide it from me." This thief has recruited Zhang San of Yuncheng County, but how do you write that it is Liu Zhang? I must not be insulted by you! You wrote that his surname is Liu, and he has the same surname as me, so I let him go?"

The relatives were driven out of the village, and they returned in a hurry to cover Huarong to know. When Hua Rong heard this, he only shouted: "Sorry brother, hurry up and prepare my horse." Hua Rong put on a drape, tied his bow and arrows, dropped his gun and got on his horse, and brought thirty or fifty soldiers, all of whom dragged their guns and sticks, and went straight to Gaozhai. When the soldiers saw it, they dared to stop it. Seeing that Hua Rong's head was not good, everyone was surprised and scattered. Hua Rong rushed to the front of the hall and dismounted, with a gun in his hand. The thirty or fifty men were placed in front of the hall.

Hua Rong shouted: "Please Liu Zhizhai speak." Liu Gao heard it, and when he saw that Hua Rong's head was not good, he was frightened, and he was afraid that Hua Rong was an official, and he dared to come out to meet him. Hua Rong saw that Liu Gao didn't come out, so he stood on the ground, shouted left and right, and went to search for people in the ear rooms on both sides. When the thirty or fifty soldiers went to search together, they had already found Song Jiang from the ear room under the corridor, and he was hoisted on the beam by the hemp rope, and the iron rope was locked, and his legs were beaten. A few soldiers cut the rope, opened the iron lock, and rescued Song Jiang.

Hua Rong asked the sergeant to send him home first. Hua Rong got on the horse, put his hand in his hand, and said in his mouth: "Liu Zhizhai! You are a righteous Zhizhai, what can you do with Hua Rong? Who has no relatives, but what do you mean? A cousin of mine, straight at home, twisted into a thief? Good at bullying people! Talking to you tomorrow, but ignoring it again. ”

Hua Rong took everyone and returned to the village to see Song Jiang. But Liu Zhizhai saw that Hua Rong had saved people, so he hurriedly ordered one or two hundred people, and also called Hua Rong Zhai to take people.

Of those 200 there were two new leaders. The head of the sect, although he has some guns and knives, is not as good as Huarong martial arts. Don't dare not obey Liu Gao. I had to lead everyone and come to the flower village. The sergeant of the gate went to report to Hua Rong. At this time, the sky was not very bright, and the two hundred or so people crowded at the door, and whoever dared to enter first was afraid of Hua Rong. Look at the sky, but see that the two doors are not closed.

I saw Hua Zhizhai sitting in the main hall, holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand. The crowd crowded in front of the door. And all the people gathered at the door. Hua Rong raised his bow and shouted, "You sergeants don't know! Liu Gao sent you, Hugh wants to do well for him. Your two new Gong sect leaders have not yet seen the martial arts of Huazhizhai. Today, I will teach you to see the bow and arrow of Huazhizhai, and then your guys will come for Liu Gao, who is not afraid of it. Look at me first shoot the bone head of the door god on the left side of the gate. ”

Stopped the arrow, pulled the bow full, only one arrow, and shouted: "Go!" is shooting at the head of the door god's bone. When everyone saw it, they were all surprised. Hua Rong took the second arrow and shouted, "You all look at my second arrow again, and you will shoot the Zhu Ying on the helmet of the door god on the right." "Another arrow, not biased or oblique, is right on the tassel. But the two arrows were fixed on the two doors. Hua Rong took the third arrow and shouted: "You all look at my third arrow, and you want to shoot the heart of the white-clothed sect leader in your team." ”

The man cried out, but he turned and went first, and all the people shouted, and they all went away. Hua Rong and the sect closed the door of the village, but came to the back hall to see Song Jiang. Hua Rong said: "The younger brother mistook the elder brother and suffered from this!"

Song Jiang replied: "I might as well be afraid of Liu Gao's house, and I won't rest with you." We also have to be careful. ”

Hua Rong said: "The younger brother gave up this official edict and dealt with that guy. Song Jiang said: "I don't want that woman to be a grudge and teach her husband to beat me." I was going to tell my real name and surname, but I was afraid that Yan Po would regret the incident, so I only said Zhang San, a guest in Yuncheng.

Nai Liu Gao is rude, he wants to make me Yuncheng Tiger Zhang San, go to Shangzhou, and share a prisoner car to hold me. When you want to be the head of the Qingfeng Mountain Bandit, you will be slashed with a knife in an instant. If you can't save your virtuous brother, you have copper lips and iron tongue, and you can't tell him apart. Hua Rong said: "The younger brother thinks about it, and he just thinks that he is a reader, and he must read the relatives with the same surname, so he wrote Liu Zhang." It's the sentence that forgets the taboo of the pool. Now that he has saved his family, he has ignored it. ”

Song Jiang said: "The virtuous brother is bad. Since you have eaten your pride, you have saved people. Think twice before you act, and then think again. As the ancient saying goes: 'Eat to prevent choking, and walk to prevent falling.' He was openly robbed by you, and he was anxious to rob them, and he was frightened by you, and they were all scattered. I wonder how he willed. I have to move papers with you. Tonight, I'll go up to Qingfeng Mountain to take shelter. But you will be free with him tomorrow. For a long time, it was just a lawsuit of civil and military discord and fighting. If I am taken out by him again, you will not be able to share it with him. ”

Hua Rong said: "The younger brother is just a brave husband, but he doesn't have the wisdom and foresight of the elder brother. I'm afraid that my brother is seriously injured and can't walk. Song Jiang said: "It's okay, it's hard to take care of the cabinet in a hurry, so I'll go to the bottom of the mountain." "On that day, I applied a plaster, ate some wine and meat, and sent all the packages to Hua Rong. At dusk, the two soldiers were sent out of the gate. Song Jiang went overnight and didn't talk about it.

Besides, Liu Zhizhai saw that the sergeants were scattered back to the village one by one, and said: "Hua Zhizhai is heroic, who dares to go to the front to be his bow and arrow." The two sect leaders said: "When you shoot him with an arrow, you can shoot a transparent cave pet, but you can't go." ”

Liu Gao is a civil official after all, and he still has some scheming. Although Hua Rong is brave and heroic, he is not as wise as Liu Gao. Exactly: "Will be planning but not brave." At that moment, Liu Gao thought about it: "If you want him to take it away, you must let him go to Qingfeng Mountain overnight." but tomorrow he will come and me in vain. competed with the boss, and it was just a matter of civil and military discord and brawl. But I can't help him. I will send twenty or thirty soldiers tonight to wait at the head of the five-mile road. If God is lucky enough to catch it, he will be quietly locked up at home in the future. But he secretly sent people to the state overnight to report that the officer came down to get it, and he took it with Hua Rong, which killed him. At that time, I dominated this Qingfeng Village alone, saving the anger of this guy. ”

That night, more than 20 people were ordered, each with a gun and a stick, and went out at night. About the second watch, the military man who went to the back scissors tied up Song Jiang arrived. When Zhizhai saw it, he was overjoyed and said, "It's not my plan." And he was imprisoned in the backyard with me, and he learned about it alone. "I wrote a real seal overnight, and sent two confidants to come to Qingzhou Mansion to report in the starry night.

The next day, Hua Rong only went to Qingfeng Mountain on the Song River, sat back and watched at home, and said to himself in Xinchen: "I'll see what happens to him." "I didn't come to pick it. Liu Gao only didn't know. Neither of them spoke. Let's say that the prefect of Qingzhou Mansion is sitting in the public seat in His Majesty's Hall. The prefect's surname is Murong, and his double name is Yanda, who is the brother of Murong Guifei, the son of Emperor Huizong today, relying on his sister's power, rampant in Qingzhou, brutalizing good people, bullying his colleagues, and doing everything. was about to go back to the back hall to eat, only to see the left and right public people, pick up Liu Zhizhai's petition, and fly to report the thief's business. The prefect took it, read Gao's paperwork, and was taken aback. Then he said: "Hua Rong is a meritorious man, how can he connect with the Qingfeng Mountain robber? Uncompromised. ”

So he summoned the state soldier and horse superintendent to come to the hall and distribute him. Three officers of Qingzhou: Hua Rong, Qin Ming, and Huang Xin were originally good eunuchs, surnamed Huang Mingxin, because of his own martial arts and strong martial arts, and he was in Qingzhou, so he was called Zhen Sanshan. On the ground of Qingzhou, there are three evil mountains under its jurisdiction: the first is Qingfeng Mountain, the second is Erlong Mountain, and the third is Peach Blossom Mountain. All three of these places are haunted by strongmen and grass robbers. Huang Xin boasted that he wanted to catch all the people of the three mountains, so he called the town of three mountains. What is that life? But see: I know that my appearance is like a tiger and a leopard, and my body is like a dragon. In his life, he is accustomed to making a death blade, and the three mountains of Weizhen have made great contributions. Huang Xin, the ancient soldier and horse eunuch, came to the hall, received the words of the prefect, came out and lit up fifty strong soldiers, put on his clothes and armor, and immediately held the mourning blade, and went down to Qingfeng Village overnight, and rushed to Liu Gaoyou to dismount. Liu Zhizhai came out and then invited him to the back hall to salute, arranging wine and food to be treated, and rewarding the sergeant.

Later, he took out Song Jianglai and taught Huang Xin to read it. Huang Xin said: "You don't have to ask about this. Overnight, he put this prisoner in a prisoner's car, smeared a red silk on his head, and planted a paper flag with the words 'Qingfeng Mountain Bandit Shouyuncheng Tiger Zhang San'. ”

Song Jiang dared to argue, so he had to arrange it by them. Huang Xin asked Liu Gao again: "When you can get Zhang San, Hua Rongzhi doesn't know?"

Liu Gao said: "The little official came to the second watch at night and took him, quietly brought it, and hid it at home." Hua Rong only knew that Zhang San had gone, and he was at home. ”

Huang Xin said: "It's easy, but it's easy. Tomorrow morning, arrange a payment of sheep wine, go to the Dazhai public hall to place, but ambush thirty or fifty people to prepare. But I went to Hua Rong's house to invite him. I only pushed the prefect of Murong to hear that you were not in harmony with your civil and military, so he sent me to ask for wine and advice. When I got to the public hall, I just saw that I threw the lamp as a number, so I took it and went to the state together. How's that going to work?"

Liu Gao applauded: "It's still a good idea, this plan is wonderful! But it's like catching a turtle in an urn, and you can bring it with your hand." "I made up my mind that night.

At dawn the next day, I first went to the tents on the left and right sides of Dazhai and ambushed the sergeants in advance. There was a feast of wine and food in the hall. Before and after breakfast, Huang Xin got on the horse, and only brought three or two servants to Huarong Village. Soldiers went in to pass the news. Hua Rong said: "What are you here to do?" The military man replied: "I only heard the report of the teaching: Huang Dujian came to investigate." ”

Hua Rong heard this, and came out to greet him. Huang Xin dismounted, Hua Rong invited him to the hall to pay a salute, and asked, "Why does the prime minister of the capital eunuch do this?"

Huang Xindao: "Xiaguan was called by the prefect to send a fall: Because of the discord between the civil and military bureaucrats in your Qingfeng Village, I don't know why. The prefect is afraid that the second official will mislead his official affairs because of personal enmity, so he specially sent Huang Mou to get sheep wine and come to make peace with your second official. It has been arranged in the Dazhai public hall. Then please get on the horse and go with you. ”

Hua Rong smiled: "How dare Hua Rong bully Liu Gao. He is also a righteous village, but he is tired of the fault of looking for Huarong. I don't want to alarm the prefect, there is a labor prison under the grass village. How will Hua Rong repay. ”

Huang Xin whispered in his ear: "The prefect is only for one person. If some swords are moving, he is a civil official, what is the use of doing it. You only walk by me. ”

Hua Rong said: "Thank you for your love." Huang Xin invited Hua Rongtong to go out and get on the horse. Hua Rong said: "And please go to the prison Shaoxu for three cups." Huang Xin said: "When it is said, why not drink freely." Hua Rong had to call Beima. At that time, the two of them walked side by side and came to Dazhai and dismounted.

Huang Xin took Hua Rong's hand and came to the same office. I saw that Liu Gao was already in the public hall first. All three of them met. Huang Xin called for wine, and the congregation had already led Hua Rong's horse out and closed the door of the village. Hua Rong didn't know what the plan was, he just wanted Huang Xin to be an ordinary military attachΓ©, and he would have no bad intentions.

Huang Xinqing came with a glass of wine and first persuaded Liu Gaodao: "The prefect is worried because he heard that you are a civil and military official, and your colleagues are not in harmony. Today, Special Commissioner Huang Xin arrived to talk to your second father-in-law. Hope is only to repay the court. Then if there is something to do, consult with the same people. ”

Liu Gao replied: "Liu Gao is not talented, and he knows some principles. What a way, the direct prefect is so concerned. Nor did we have any verbal disputes. This is a rumor from outsiders. ”

Huang Xin laughed and said, "Wonderful!" Liu Gao drank wine, Huang Xin poured a second glass of wine, and persuaded Hua Rong: "Although Liu Zhizhai said so, it must be an idler's rumor, so it is so." And please have a first drink".

Hua Rong took the wine and ate it. Liu Gao took the deputy table, poured a glass of wine, and persuaded Huang Xindao: "The prime minister of the capital has come to the disadvantaged land, and he will drink this cup full." Huang Xin took the wine, held it in his hand, and looked around, there were more than a dozen military and Han people coming to the hall.

Huang Xin threw the wine cup on the ground, only to hear a shout in the back hall, and thirty or fifty strong soldiers walked out of the tent on both sides, and took Hua Rong down in front of the hall. Huang Xin shouted: "Tie up." Hua Rong shouted: "What is my sin!" Huang Xin laughed and shouted: "You dare to scream." You have joined up with the thieves of Qingfeng Mountain and rebelled against the imperial court, what kind of crime should you deserve! I will remember your old face and not alarm your family. ”

Hua Rong said: "Xianggong also has a testimony. Huang Xin said: "Give you back a testimony." Teach you to see the real thief. I will not yield to you. Left and right, with me to push. "When there was no movement, a prisoner cart, a paper flag, and a red forehead pushed people from outside. Hua Rong looked at it, and saw that it was Song Jiang trapped, dumbfounded, staring at each other, and couldn't make a sound.

Huang Xin shouted: "I have to do my business, I see that Liu Gao is here." ”

Hua Rong said: "Okay, okay." This is my relative, he is from Yuncheng County. Thou shalt force him to be a thief. to the boss has his own defense. ”

Huang Xin said: "Since you say so, I only explain you to go to the state, and you can argue by yourself." He asked Liu Zhizhai to raise a hundred soldiers to prevent it. I want you to go with me. He was released and surrendered to Qingzhou. This is an official matter that the prefect and the public will return to the public, and it should not be delayed. ”

Hua Rong said to Huang Xin: "The eunuch has brought me here, although he has arrested me, he will go to the court and have a dispute with him." But seeing me face to face with the general military officials of the capital prison, Hugh removed my clothes and allowed me to sit in the prison car. ”

Huang Xin said: "These things are easy, and they are all up to you." asked Liu Zhizhai to go to the state together to argue and understand that Hugh was going to harm people's lives in vain. ”

Let's say that Song Jiang and Hua Rong are riding horses in front, and the vehicles behind them are carrying the old and the young, and they are only about 20 miles away from the people behind. In front of a place, the place name is called Shadow Mountain, two high mountains on both sides, the general situation, but in the middle is a large post road. Between the two of them on horseback, they could only hear the sound of gongs and drums in the mountains in front of them. Hua Rong said: "There must be a strong man in front." "Hold the gun, take the bow and arrows,[3] and put it in the flying fish bag, and call the sergeant on horseback to urge the two horses behind him to come up, and tie the chariot and the horsemen. Song Jiang and Hua Rong led more than 20 military horses to explore the way.

More than half a mile ahead, I saw a cluster of people and horses, about a hundred people, and a young strong man in front of him. How do you dress up?

The head is crowned with three prongs, a gold ring and jade, and the body is covered with a hundred flowers and brocade flowers. The armor is covered with thousands of fire dragon scales, and a red agate is tied. Riding a rouge smeared like a dragon horse, making a vermilion painting pole square halberd. The small school behind is full of red clothes and red armor.

The strong man, the halberd, immediately shouted in front of the hillside: "Today I will compete with you, win and lose, and see whether you win or lose." I saw a group of people behind the opposite hill, and there were more than 100 people, and there was also a young man in white in front of him. But see:

The head is crowned with three prongs, the top is a ball of snow, and the body is covered with iron armor and a thousand points of frost. Su Luo's robe shines on the sun, and the silver flowers deceive the bright moon. Sit down and ride a Zhengwan jade beast, with a cold halberd silver twist in his hand. The small colonel behind is all in white clothes and white armor.

This strong man also made a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand. This side is all plain white flags, and the other wall is all red flags. I saw the red and white flags waving on both sides, shaking the ground and drumming. The two strong men did not speak, each drew a halberd in his hand, sat down and dismounted, and the two clashed on the middle of the wide road, competing to win or lose. Hua Rong and Song Jiang saw each other, and when they stopped the horse to watch, it was really a good fight. But see:

Flags circled and battle suits fluttered. In the shadows of the clouds, a few clouds were rolled up, and in the white snow, several clusters of fires rolled up. In the winter twilight of the old garden, the camellia and the plum are vying for glory; the spring of the upper garden, the plum powder is a peach fat bucket color. This one is according to the fire of the south of the propylene, like a flame on the sky to walk the Dan furnace, and the other according to the west Gengxin Jin, such as the Taihua peak to turn over the jade well. Song Wuji was angry and rode a fire mule through the frost forest, while Feng Yi was angry and crossed the flower world. To the second general of the shadow mountain - Lu Fang Guo Sheng

The two strong men each made Fang Tian draw halberds, and fought to more than 30 times, regardless of victory or defeat. Hua Rong and Song Jiang watched and cheered on the horse. When Hua Rong looked forward step by step, he saw the two strong men fighting into the deep stream. On these two halberds, one is the tail of the leopard and the other is the five-colored banner of the money, but they are mixed together, and the velvet on the top is knotted, and they can be separated there. Hua Rong saw it on the horse, so he took the horse, went to the flying fish bag with his left hand to take the bow, and with his right hand pulled the arrow into the beast pot, put on the arrow, dragged the bow, and looked at the leopard's tail velvet silk, and the arrow happened to break the velvet silk. I saw that the two halberds were separated and made twice, and the more than 200 people cheered together.

Song Jiang told everything about the previous matter, and said: "Since we are fortunate to meet, how about persuading the two to make peace?" The two strong men were overjoyed and agreed. The poem says:

It is still easy to persuade the knife with a copper chain, and it is even more surprising to persuade the halberd with an arrow.

It is necessary to know that Haojie is concentric, and there is no doubt about the strength of the gold.

Qin Ming and Hua Rong praised Song Gongming's many benefits at the banquet, and the leaders of Qingfeng Mountain were overjoyed when they heard the murder.

Later, it was said that Lu Fang and Guo Sheng tested the halberd method, and Hua Rong shot the velvet silk with an arrow and drew the halberd separately. Chao Gai listened, didn't believe it, and replied vaguely: "Shoot so kindly, but look at the arrow another day." On that day, when the wine was half-drunk and the food was offered, all the leaders said: "Let's go to the front of the mountain to idle once, and then come to the banquet." At the moment, all the leaders humbled each other, walked down the stairs and enjoyed themselves, watching the mountain scenery.

Walking to the third pass in front of the village, I only heard a few lines of Binhong loud in the air. Hua Rong pondered: "Chao Gai is just the meaning, I don't believe that I shot the velvet silk, why don't you use some means today, teach them to see, and respect me in the future." When he looked at it, there were some people with bows and arrows in his companions, so Hua Rong asked him for a bow.

When you look at it in your hand, it is a thin bow painted by a golden magpie, and the flower is in the middle of the glory. Hurriedly took a good arrow, and said to Chao Gai: "Brother just happened to see that Hua Rong shot off the velvet silk, and the leaders seemed to have unbelief, and there was a line of geese coming from afar, Hua Rong did not dare to boast, this arrow was going to shoot the head of the third goose in the goose line." When the shot missed, the leaders laughed. Hua Rong took the arrow, pulled the bow full, looked at it kindly, and looked at it with only one arrow in the air.

But see: magpie draws a bow to bend the full moon, and carved arrows burst into the stars. The arm is strong, but the string is very sick. The geese are empty like hooves, and the human hair is like a rubber rod.

The shadow falls in the clouds, and the sound is in the grass. The Tianhan geese are frightened and broken, and the heroes and geese are happy. At that moment, Hua Rong shot an arrow, and sure enough, the third goose in the middle of the row fell straight down the hillside.

When the sergeant was called to take a look, the arrow was piercing the head goose. When Chao Gai and the leaders saw it, they were all shocked, and they all called Hua Rong the general of the divine arm.

Wu Xuexue praised: "General Hugh Yan is better than 'Little Li Guang', even Yang Youji is not as good as God's hand, it is really a cottage luck!" Since then, no one in Liangshanbo has not admired Hua Rong.

It is said that when Song Jiang was watching on the horse, there were ambushes and horses in all directions, and he taught the little minions to only go to the main road to kill the generals, only to hear that the five armies were blocked, and everyone shouted bitterly.

Song Jiang asked, "Why do you complain?" All the troops said: "The front is Pantuo Road, and after walking for a while, I turned here again." Song Jiang said: "Teach the army and horses to look at the torches, there are houses, take the road out." When he had not walked for a long time, he saw the front army shouting again, shouting: "I can look at the torches to find the way, and there are bitter bamboo sticks and thistles terrestris, which are scattered all over the place with antlers, and they all block the intersection." Song Jiang said: "Could it be that the sky will mourn me?" When he was in a hurry, he only heard a commotion in Mu Hong's team in the middle of the left army, and reported: "Shi Xiu is here." Hua Rong saw it on the horse, and pointed to Song Jiang and said, "Brother, do you see this bowl of candles in the shadow of the tree? That's all, it's an order. Song Jiang said: "How can I help his bowl of lamp?" Hua Rong said: "What's so difficult!" he twisted his bow and arrows, rode forward, and looked at the only arrow in the shadow, which was not behaving, and happened to shoot down the bowl of red lights.

The ambush soldiers disappeared from the bowl of red lights, and they all messed up.