"Stay!" Cao Cao suddenly shouted softly.

A few of them stood next to a big tree, this time the sun was sinking in the west, the shadow of the tree was shading, the big man didn't notice that there were still people who hadn't left, and at this moment he turned around, revealing a look of surprise and frowning slightly.

Cao Cao saw that this man had broad shoulders and narrow waist, long arms and broad back, a high nose bridge, two thick eyebrows flying obliquely, a round forehead, and a face like a tiger, so he couldn't help but applaud secretly, and said: "This brother, did you give all your money to others, so that you want to pick this bread to satisfy your hunger?" ”

Dahan's face turned red, and then he smiled calmly: "See it, that dealer is a poor man, and he also needs to buy noodles to make cakes, and it is not as good as my strength, chopping wood and moving boxes, where can't I make some money?" ”

Seeing that he was wearing a shabby outfit, it was not as glamorous as the beaten peddler, but he kept saying that people were pitiful, Cao Cao couldn't help but be in awe when he heard it, and hugged his fists and said: "Respect for martial arts, benevolence and righteousness, what a good man!" If you don't give up, you are willing to drink a few glasses of water and wine together, and everyone will make friends. ”

Dahan hurriedly returned the salute, and said hesitantly on his face: "If you meet strangers by chance, you want Brother Ren to break the money, which is really inappropriate." ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "When you draw your sword to help others, how refreshing are you? Why is it that my mother-in-law is up at this moment, or is it that I can't get into the eyes of my brothers? ”

Dahan waved his hand again and again: "Naturally not, then, then it will disturb Brother Ren." ”

Cao Cao said happily: "This is refreshing!" ”

Cao Cao took the hand of the big man, looked ahead, not far away, there was a "Chen Hong old shop", the house was magnificent, quite decent, the group went straight to the past, asked for a big table, Lu Fang shouted: "Xiao Erxiu asks more, good wine and good food, just take care of coming up, and count the money with you." ”

Xiao Er was overjoyed, and after a while, the dishes on the table were stacked, and two jars of good wine were opened, and the aroma was fragrant.

Cao Cao personally got up and sifted wine with everyone, looked at the big man and said, "Good man, I want to ask for a name." ”

The big man hurriedly got up and said with his hands crossed: "Brother Rongyu, the younger brother's ancestral home is Jinling Jiankang Mansion, surnamed Shi Mingxiu, he loves to learn guns and sticks since he was a child, and he is determined all his life, if the road is uneven, he must protect each other by sacrificing his life, so people call the younger brother 'Desperate Sanlang'." The younger brother came to the north, originally with his uncle to sell some sheep and horses, but the uncle fell ill halfway, and spent the capital to seek medical advice, but he still failed to save the life, and the younger brother also lived in Jizhou, selling firewood. ”

Cao Cao sighed to everyone: "On the rivers and lakes, when it comes to fighting righteousness and squandering wealth, stressing righteousness, mentioning more firewood officials, timely rain, and the name below, in fact, which of us is not worry-free about food and clothing?" Look at this Shixiu brother, he is still down, and he has to help the next one, this is the real hero, I and other brothers should respect him with a cup. ”

Hearing what he said, everyone respected Shi Xiu more and more, and they all raised their glasses to each other. Shi Xiu was extremely moved when he saw that everyone loved each other so much, and drank several glasses of wine in a row, and his tiger eyes were slightly red: "Your brothers are so loving, it really makes people's hearts hot, the younger brother is not talented, and I would like to ask for the names of my brothers." ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "I was about to introduce you, look at these three, they are the iron-faced Pei Xuan, the fiery and fierce Deng Fei, and the jade banner pole Meng Kang, who were originally innocent and heroic, but because of the persecution of the government, they fell into the grass in the Drinking Horse River; These two little brothers, Xiao Wenhou Lu Fang and Sai Rengui Guo Sheng, are also doing business and losing their capital, and they are in the rivers and lakes. ”

Shi Xiuyi met everyone one by one, and Cao Cao reported his name, and became more and more surprised: "Isn't it a martial artist who is called Wu Mengde and Broken Gate Sword?" After that, he pushed away the chair and bowed down on the spot: "How much did the little brother accumulate in his previous life, and he was lucky enough to meet his brother!" ”

Cao Cao pulled him up and said, "All the worlds are brothers, why be polite?" He sat down on a chair: "And relax your arms and have a drink." ”

Lu Fang poured a full wine for Shi Xiu, and said with a smile: "Brother Wu doesn't talk about hypocrisy, we are all honest and honest heroes, Brother Shi doesn't have to be restrained, come and come, brother respects ......."

A few people ate and drank, Shi Xiu was half drunk, and asked Cao Cao how he came to Liaojing, Cao Cao talked about helping Chai Jin find the goods, and said: "Thanks to this opportunity, I let Wu hand over a good brother, and now the Yinmachuan cottage has been burned, I will go to Jiangzhou to kill the dog official Cai Jiu who killed Brother Pei, and then go back to Yanggu County to be happy together!" ”

Shi Xiu heard this and shouted: "Brothers, how can Shi Xiu be missing such a happy thing as killing a dog officer?" If you don't think my martial arts are low, please take me with you. ”

Cao Cao said: "Brother, I have seen your skills before, but killing officials is like rebellion, and you are not like these brothers who fall into the grass, but the elder brother is afraid that he will lead you astray." ”

Shi Xiu laughed and said: "In this kind of world, the younger brother has already seen through it, if you live honestly, let you call yourself a hero, you will only struggle to survive." It's better to follow my brother, kill the dog officer, and return the party to peace. ”

Cao Cao applauded: "Good! These words are the people of my generation. ”

When everyone said that they could enter the port, they drank more and more, and when they were drunk, they asked for a few rooms in this hotel and slept peacefully.

When he woke up the next day, Lu Fang touched the package and called out to the sky: "Which thief with a thousand knives stole the master's goods?" ”

It turned out that Cao Cao went out this time, and most of the gold and silver he brought were in Lu Fang and Guo Sheng, and they were brought into the room when they were sleeping, and Lu Fang's package contained more than 600 taels of silver and 40 taels of gold, but now it is gone.

Guo Sheng was taken aback, and hurriedly went to look at his package, which contained four or five hundred taels of silver and twenty taels of gold, and there was no trace of them, so he was immediately furious, kicked and smashed the door, and shouted: "The store is here, you have a good thief in the store!" ”

The store came to take a look, and when he heard that there was so much money missing, he was immediately frightened, trembling and said: "This store has been open for more than 80 years, inherited for four generations, and has never stolen chickens and dogs. ”

Guo Sheng said angrily: "If you live in your store, how can you do nothing?" After that, he was about to be full of old fists after pulling the store, but Cao Cao stretched out his hand to stop him: "This shopkeeper's look doesn't seem to be lying." Don't be embarrassed for him. ”

He told the shopkeeper to go and told everyone to go back to their rooms to discuss.

Deng Fei shouted: "It's weird, let me be here, who is not deaf and clear-sighted?" Even if you get drunk, you won't be able to call the thief successful. ”

He and Meng Kang lived in the same room with Lu and Guo last night, and they felt more embarrassed than others.

Pei Xuan frowned and pondered for a moment, and then persuaded: "We are passing by, if we report to the official, it will inevitably be time-consuming and labor-intensive, in my opinion, it is better to admit it, fortunately, my brother also has more than 1,000 taels of silver with him, and the travel expenses are always worry-free." ”

The village has not been established for a long time, and these leaders are only willing to rob officials and businessmen, and the total amount of silver accumulated is only about 3,000 taels.

Meng Kang exclaimed when he heard this: "Brother, go and see if the silver is still there." ”

Pei Xuan was taken aback when he heard this, and when he hurried back to the room, he couldn't help but cry out in distress, it turned out that even his silver was gone.

Cao Cao said with a smile: "That's it, I wanted to calm things down, but I was cut off from food and grass, how can these hundreds of people eat, drink and lodging, and have no money?" I had to steal from this thief. ”

He was not as angry as the others, and after a moment of silence, he asked Shi Xiu: "Brother, can you steal so much gold and silver under our eyelids, shouldn't it be an ordinary thief, you have been in Jizhou for a long time, do you know what famous heroes are here?" I'll wait to pay a visit and see if this person can find the thief, make peace, and return some of the money. ”

Shi Xiu frowned and thought for a while, then slowly shook his head and said: "In this Jizhou City, although there are a few people who have a little name, if they are like the small whirlwind in Cangzhou, the timely rain in Yunxian, and the extravagant characters such as the jade unicorn in the Daimyo Mansion, there is no one. ”

While he was talking, suddenly the shopkeeper came and said: "Congratulations to the guest officials, you are blessed, a section level caught a thief and sent back the stolen money." ”

These words came out, everyone is a big surprise, the so-called public sees money like flies and blood, not to mention how to have the ability to catch people so quickly, only to say so much gold and silver, who is not moved to see it? Wouldn't it be a miracle that it could be sent back directly.

At that moment, they all got up and wanted to see the section.