Zhu Biao's opinion is very normal, but is Zhu Long a normal person? Can a normal person rebel?

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Biao also understands the old brother.

Besides, Mrs. Li, oh no, now she is the sister-in-law soon, and she is so beautiful, it is reasonable for the eldest brother to be confused by a mature woman like her.

It's not easy for him to say anything as a younger brother, so he put aside this topic and talked about Zhu Long's distress in Yuncheng County, Zhu Biao was shocked.

"It seems that Sun Xin and Sister-in-law Gu still haven't done enough, they are in charge of the secret guard camp in Yuncheng County, and they don't know anything, and they can't be counted on at all in a critical situation." Zhu Biao said with some disappointment.

"It happened suddenly, and no one could have predicted it." Zhu Long explained two sentences for them, he went to the lakeside inn just now and observed their reactions, they should not be involved in this matter, it was really a villain who temporarily betrayed the old master.

However, Sun Xin and Gu Sister-in-law really can't open a shop by the lake, it's too remote here, they should go to Yuncheng County, of course they have to go deep into the heart of the enemy to be a spy, what's the use of nesting at their own doorstep?

In the evening, Zhang Shun, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zou Yuan, Shan Tinggui, Han Bolong and others all returned to Liangshan, and they were all cruising on the water during the day.

Compared with the other armies, Zhu Biao has always been under the command of the water division, and Zhu Long rarely intervenes in it, and he does not have many dismissals with these generals, which is not in line with the wishes of both parties.

Zhu Long naturally wanted to know his subordinates better, establish his prestige, and make them loyal to him. And Ruan Xiaoer, why don't they want to have more contact with the leader, let the leader know his ability, character and achievements, and when the leader wants to promote and employ people in the future, his name will also appear in his mind.

So the atmosphere at the banquet in the evening was very warm, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zou Yuan, Shan Tinggui, Meng Kang, Tao Zongwang, and Han Bolong all took turns to drink, Zhu Long and Wu Song looked at each other and smiled, Wu Song didn't dare to call himself the first in the fight, but when he drank, he called the second, and no one dared to call the first.

With Wu Song escorting, these people were all drunk and staggered, but Zhu Long still sat firmly and did not change his face.

After drinking down so many people, Wu Song himself was drunk, Zhu Biao sent someone to help him go to sleep, he shook his head, stared at his eyes, and said with a big tongue: "I must guard the lord." ”

"Brother Wu Song is really loyal and brave!" Zhu Biao praised.

He is also very familiar with Wu Song, when he went to Erlong Mountain in Qingzhou together, he fell in love along the way, and later he wanted to keep him in the water division, but he failed.

Fortunately, his brother still felt sorry for himself and sent Hua Rong to help.

Of course, Hua Rong is also very strong, not only has outstanding marksmanship and archery skills, but he is also a good hand at training the army, and he is his right-hand man, it would be better if Li Jun was there!

Zhu Long patted Wu Song's shoulder and said with a smile: "This is in Liangshan, you can rest assured to go to sleep, you have drunk so much wine for me, your task has been completed!" ”

"Yes, Wu Song has retired!" He then gave up, stood up, and two soldiers came to help him, but he pushed him away, staggered two steps, and said, "I don't need help!" You don't know, the more drunk I Wu Song is, the more strength I have, and if I drink one drunk, I only have one strength, and I have a lot of strength when I get very drunk. When I killed the tiger in Jingyanggang, I was very drunk, and when I beat Jiang Menshen, I also drank all the way and drank forty or fifty bowls of wine! ”

"Indeed it is! General Wu doesn't need your help, just lead the way! Seeing that Zhu Long completely believed what he said, Wu Song was very satisfied, feeling that only the lord in this world knew himself best and trusted himself, and the thought of dying as a confidant was born in his heart, and he staggered down with the soldiers.

Zhu Biao also waved his hand, and asked the soldiers to help the drunk Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zou Yuan, Shan Tinggui, Meng Kang, Tao Zongwang, and Han Bolong back to their rooms, and only Zhu Long, Zhu Biao, and Hua Rong were left in the hall who were still sober.

Zhu Long watched the drunk man being helped out, frowned slightly, turned his head to Zhu Biao and said, "Do you remember how we took Liangshan?" ”

Zhu Biao didn't know why the old brother suddenly asked this, nodded, and recalled: "I know! That night, eldest brother, you personally led the troops to attack the pass in front of the mountain, and I led the troops to climb the mountain from the path, attacked back and forth, and captured Liangshan! ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the leaders of Liangshan were drunk that night, with the precipitousness of Liangshan, how could we take advantage of it! Chao Gai Song Jiang's lesson can't be forgotten! Zhu Long said earnestly.

Only then did Zhu Biao understand what Zhu Long meant, and said, "Big brother is right, I also sent someone on duty." ”

"Oh, who is it?"

"Zhang Shun—"

Zhu Long stared at Zhu Biao intently, without saying a word.

"Big brother, this Zhang Shun is still trustworthy......" Zhu Biao said weakly.

"If someone kills me, will you still die for him?"

Zhu Biao said categorically: "I must take a look at his head!" ”

"Zhang Shun is also a good man, how could he forget the revenge of killing his brother?"

Zhang Shun's brother Zhang Heng was killed by Zhu Long himself, but coincidentally, Zhu Biao saved Zhang Shun again, so Zhang Shun is loyal to Zhu Biao, and I am afraid he has hatred for Zhu Long.

Zhu Long came to Liangshan today, but he avoided it, maybe he was afraid that he couldn't hide the hatred in his heart!

Let such a person be in charge of the vigil, how can he sleep?

"Lord, third master, I'll be on duty tonight!" Hua Rong took the initiative to ask Yingdao.

"That's great!" Zhu Biao glanced at his brother's face, swallowed his stomach if he refused, and agreed to Hua Rong's request.

Zhu Long Zhengse admonished: "Third brother, you remember, Zhang Shun is a person who can be reused, but he can't be trusted, understand?" ”

Hua Rong got up and went out to watch the night, but was stopped by Zhu Long, "I came here mainly because there are some things to discuss with you - we want to cut off Caoyun!" ”

"When?" Zhu Biao showed excitement, compared with the records of other armies, the sailor has not been given a chance to perform, and he is very unconvinced.

"On the twentieth day of the first month next year, can you do it?"

"No problem!" Zhu Biao smiled confidently, after half a year of hard work, the sailor has firmly controlled Liangshanbo, and he is extremely familiar with the hydrogeography and port of the other party's 800-mile radius.

Just if it was to block Caoyun, Zhu Long believed that for them, there was indeed nothing to do, and it was a real test of the imperial court sailor's large-scale attack. Water warfare is more reliant on equipment than land warfare. With the power of the Great Song Dynasty, what big ships can't be built, even if they can't be built, they can be forced to ship.

Zhu Long thought of a person - Ye An, the boatman who helped Gao Yu build the loach boat. The loach boat is long and narrow, and the sides are equipped with water wheels, and the people in the cabin use their feet to drive the water wheels and push the boat forward like bicycles, ignoring the direction of the wind.

According to the records in the book, Congren was robbed by a leader of Yangsan, penniless, trapped in Jeju, and could not go home, so he hated Yangsan very much and took the initiative to present a picture of a loach boat to Gao Yu.

In fact, Zhu Long had already sent someone to Jeju City to look for this person, but he never found him, and he was very sorry in his heart. This time he went to Jeju City, he must find this Ye An in person!

Putting down this matter, he said to Zhu Biao and Hua Rong: "After cutting off Caoyun, we will usher in the crazy counterattack of the imperial court, and on land it is the matter of the Guards and the four major armies, but on the water, we can't help you, can you bear it?" ”

After Zhu Biao and Hua Rong glanced at each other, they said with a smile: "We have been waiting for this day for a long time, how can we not be prepared!" ”

"Someone!" He shouted loudly, and a personal soldier captain came in outside, and Zhu Biao instructed him: "Go to the study of my mansion and take down the map hanging on the wall." ”

"Yes!" The captain of the pro-soldier turned to leave, and not long after, he took the map and hung it on the wall according to Zhu Biao's instructions.

Zhu Long walked in front of the map, he also had this map, and he had carefully studied it - this is the map of Liangshanbo drawn by Zhu Biao after personal exploration and mapping, the surrounding prefectures and counties, the villages and hills by the lake, the rivers that flow into and out, and the small islands in the lake...... The drawing is very detailed.

"Big brother, Song Ting has no sailors around Liangshanbo, only some big ships transporting goods, and they are not our opponents at all! Therefore, if they want to destroy us, they can only send troops from other places to help.

And the troops that can be sent are nothing more than from two places - the Sailor on the Great River and the Yongji Army.

If the official army sailor came from the Great River, it must have entered the canal from Yangzhou, then entered the Nansi Lake, passed through the Henggong Canal, and entered Liangshanbo.

Considering the uprising in the south of the Yangtze River, it is unlikely that the Jiangnan Navy Division will come to Shandong to quell the turmoil, and the biggest threat still comes from the Yongji Army, because the responsibility of the Yongji Army is to protect the transportation of the Yongji River. At that time, they will definitely go down the river and enter Liangshanbo to find us in a decisive battle. ”

Zhu Long nodded, "You analyzed it well, so how should we deal with it?" ”

"As for our potential main opponent, I've already sent someone in to inquire about the situation. Shandong Caoyun has never had an accident, the Great Song Dynasty has been peaceful for a long time, has been singing and dancing to promote peace, military discipline is relaxed, everyone has no intention of doing things, only thinking about how to make money, support the family, surprisingly, the Yongji army even the war ships are leased to merchants to use. ”

Zhu Long laughed when he heard this.

That night, Hua Rong led the troops on duty at night, patrolling around Zhu Long's house, but Zhu Long still slept unsteadily, and woke up at the slightest disturbance, but Wu Song next door slept quite soundly.

Zhu Long felt that it was not easy to come to Yangsan once, so he stayed for three more days, took a boat to investigate around every day, learned first-hand information about Yangsanbo, and then early on the morning of the fourth day, he quietly left by boat and came to Jeju.

According to the address left by Lin Chuman, they came to Guanyin Hutong in Dongcheng, there were four families in the alley, and I don't know which one was surnamed Lin.

There is a restaurant opposite the entrance of the alley, Zhu Long and Wu Song went in, found a place by the window, and asked for a table of wine and food, Zhu Long stared at the alley, expecting to see Lin Chuman, but she did not appear.

After glancing at Xiao Er, who was running errands diligently, Zhu Long beckoned, and Xiao Er hurriedly came over and asked, "What else does the guest officer want?" ”

Zhu Long took out a few pieces of broken silver and said, "I want to ask you one thing, how do you go to the Lin family in Guanyin Hutong?" ”

Xiao Er stared greedily at the silver, licked his tongue, and said, "Guanyin Hutong enters the second gate on the right hand side!" ”

After getting a satisfactory answer, Zhu Long rewarded Xiao Er with the broken silver, settled the wine money, and entered the alley with Wu Song.

When I passed through the first gate, I saw a plaque at the door, which said "Dai Fu".

Zhu Long felt that he might have done something stupid, and then he passed through the "He Mansion" and "Xu Mansion", and finally came to the "Lin Mansion", only to see that the door was closed.

He smiled bitterly and touched his chin, but Wu Song wondered: "Lord, the doors of the other three families are all open, why is the door of the Lin family closed tightly?" ”

After Wu Song's reminder, Zhu Long also felt strange.

Wu Song strode up the steps, came to the door, and tapped the knocker lightly.

After a long time, a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper opened the door, and there were a few small servants behind him, and when they saw the two majestic men outside the door, they both looked nervous, and asked inwardly, "Who are you?" ”

Zhu Long stepped forward and said: "We are from Dongping Mansion, and we are entrusted by others to send a letter to the lady of the Lin family." ”

Hearing that it was a messenger, they breathed a sigh of relief, and the housekeeper was surprised: "From Dongping Mansion? Could it be that you are looking for four girls? ”

"Not bad!" Zhu Long knew that Lin Chuman was the fourth among his siblings.

"Please give me the letter, and I will give it to the fourth girl." The butler held out his hand.

Zhu Long frowned, and said unhappily: "You don't know anything, this cold and snowy, I ran hundreds of miles to deliver letters, don't you even invite tea in to take a sip?" ”

His face changed, and a momentum rose on his body, making the housekeeper a little breathless, and Wu Song glared at him with a pair of sharp eyes, which made him even more frightened.

The housekeeper saw that the two of them were lofty and extraordinary, and hurriedly asked, "May I ask the names of the two honorable people?" ”

Zhu Long casually made up: "Under the surname Lu, Lu Xiaofeng!" This is my companion! ”

The housekeeper said: "Please forgive Lu Gongzi, it's not that the villain is deliberately neglecting, it's really that the mansion has encountered some trouble, and my master is upset and has no intention of entertaining guests." ”

"Oh, what's the trouble?" Zhu Long asked curiously.

"This ......," the butler hesitated.

"Hmph, didn't you fool me?" Zhu Long's face turned cold again.

"Don't dare, don't dare, okay, I'll just say it!" The housekeeper sighed and said helplessly: "This matter is still because of the fourth girl, after she came back from Dongping Mansion, once she went to the street, Huang Daxian and Huang Daguan took a fancy to her and wanted to force her as a concubine." The four girls don't want to be killed, if they are others, they won't agree if they don't agree, but what is Huang Daxian? In Jeju City, he said that he was no, and he had hundreds of scoundrels under him, offending him, and the Lin family's business didn't have to be done, dozens of them sat at the door of the store every day, how could any guests dare to come in? No, the master persuaded the fourth girl at home to agree, anyway, she is not a yellow flower girl, who is not married, and she can still hope to marry a good family! ”

"Smack!" Zhu Long raised his hand and slapped the housekeeper for a moment: "Bold slave, dare to say this about the four girls behind your back, there is no distinction between respect and inferiority!" ”

"You—You dare to hit me?"

"Wrong, I don't beat you, I'm teaching you! Go and tell your master, I know this Huang Daxian, he will give me face! ”