Ten miles southeast of Dongxi Village, near the side of the road at the foot of the mountain, more than a dozen newly built thatched houses stand tall. The largest house, with a wine flag swaying in the wind on a bamboo pole outside the door, and a meandering stream flowing more than 100 meters away......

The terrain is steep, but quiet and elegant!

A man wearing a soft scarf and a kudzu robe carried a simple knife. Hurriedly came to the outside of the village store and looked at the big fireball in the sky, strode into the pergola, found a table, sat down and called the store, and immediately a little second ran over and wiped the table and asked, "Hey, this master, what are you going to eat?" ”

"Well, let's quench our thirst with two horns of wine first." The man wiped the sweat from his head.

"How's your appetite?"

"It's too hot, just eat and hurry."

"Okay, wait a minute, it'll be right away." Xiao Er dragged on and turned around to prepare.

After a while, a jar of wine, a few dishes of side dishes, and a few steamed buns were served.

The big man looked at the dishes on the table with meat pieces mixed with meat and steamed buns, which was completely different from the big fish and meat in other village stores, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Hey, Xiao Er, your dishes here are very peculiar!" ”

"Hehehe, the guest officer doesn't know, our village store is different from other places. The menu is adjusted according to the season, and it is suitable for a light meal on a hot day. In the harsh winter months, there will be spirits, and then there will be hot pot......"

Xiao Er poured wine from the wine jar while explaining in detail. I am afraid that customers will not understand some new words, so I will take the initiative to explain them clearly without asking.

"Tsk, whimsy." The big man obviously knew how to do it, and when he heard it, his eyebrows fluttered, and then his brows furrowed: "But in this way, you will make less money." ”

"Hey, hey, you don't know again." Xiao Er shook his head with a smile, puffing out his chest with some pride: "Our big boss said that it is not easy to pass by. Make less money, help more, and get them a hot meal. ”

"Well, what's going on?" The big man was taken aback and wanted to meet the big boss very much. I just thought about my identity and didn't ask too much. Picked up the wine bowl and drank a few big sips, the mouth was sweet, and he praised the good wine.

"Guest officer, our wine is a secret product, not a sift out." Xiao Er smiled, seeing that this man had grown up, at least more than eight feet. With a burly appearance, two fists and a bony face, and a three-pronged yellow beard, he feels extraordinary at first glance. After saying that, the guest official was unaccompanied, and he trotted open the curtain and entered the village store.

After a while, a burly man in a bare-edged green robe walked out. Seeing the big man who was eating and drinking, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked over.

Who else could this twenty-five or sixteen-year-old man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes be if he wasn't Shi Xiu? happened to patrol here, and got a report from Xiao Er and hurriedly came to check.

The man sensed that someone was coming, and when he looked up, he saw that it was a big man. A look of nervousness flashed on his face, and he subconsciously clenched the Pu knife beside him.

"Guest, this is our host." Xiao Er explained next to him.

Shi Xiu took half a step forward, hugged his fists and smiled: "This good man, don't worry. I heard that you have an extraordinary bearing, and I specially came to invite you, can you enter the store for a while? ”

"Okay!" Dahan hesitated for a moment, then took the package and followed him into the village store.

When you enter this hotel, which doesn't look special from the outside, you find it different. The inside is clean and tidy, spacious and bright, with more than a dozen tables and chairs, and it is strange that the outside is extremely hot but very cool inside.

Instead of stopping in the front hall, I walked through and went straight to the backyard. When I arrived here, I was even more surprised by the big man, and secretly sighed that the hotel has a doorway!

Similar to the courtyard set in the market. In the middle was an open space, with several weapon racks with knives, guns, and clubs. Dozens of men dressed as men stood in a military posture, motionless as if they hadn't seen anyone coming.

Shi Xiu took the big man to the pavilion in the backyard, and ordered someone to set up tables and chairs to serve wine and meat.

The two sat opposite each other, Shi Xiu poured a full wine for the big man, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "In Xia Shixiu, seeing that the brothers have extraordinary temperaments, they specially invited, please forgive me." ”

"Shi Xiu? Your Excellency is not the desperate San Lang rumored in the rivers and lakes, Shi Xiu? Dahan also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it was good if he was not an official, and hurriedly picked up his wine glass.

"It's the little brother who got this nickname because of his love and injustice." Shi Xiu drank a glass of wine with this man, and looked at him again: "Brother Taigao's surname? ”

A wry smile appeared on the big man's face, and after a moment of silence, he sighed: "Hey, Xiao Ke is a native of Yishui County, surnamed Zhu Minggui, who fled to ...... because of accidentally injuring people's lives."

Before he finished speaking, Shi Xiu muttered to Zhu Gui suddenly, stared at the man and asked in surprise: "Your Excellency, isn't it Zhu Gui on dry land?" ”

"Well, my brother actually knows about a little person like me?" Zhu Gui was also taken aback, and looked at the man opposite with some surprise and some confusion. I don't know my name in my hometown Yishui County, how can others know?

Shi Xiu naturally didn't know who Zhu Gui was, but he couldn't stand it, and Chao Gai often talked about Zhu Gui in the dry land, who was sensitive and cautious. The ancestor opened a restaurant, and he was the best at finding out news and making good friends.

Of course, he wouldn't say that, and after sitting down, his attitude became more enthusiastic: "Brother, my younger brother often listens to my brother talk about it, and his ears are almost calloused. ”

"Huh?" Zhu Gui was a little surprised, why did he come out with another brother?

"Oh, I'm not going to hide it, my brother is none other than the Tota Heavenly King Chaogai."

"What? Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai? Zhu Gui was taken aback again. Chao Gai is generous and righteous, loves to make friends with good men, who doesn't know in the rivers and lakes and green forests? Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him turned out to be the brother of Chao Tianwang?

Then he remembered the difference between what the shopkeeper said and the hotel. It happened to be in line with Chao Gai's style, and he couldn't help but raise his wine glass, and sighed with shame: "Hey, I said who opened a hotel not to make money but for the sake of past merchants, it turned out to be Chao Tianwang." The little brother admired it in his heart. ”

"Hahaha, brother, since we met, you need to follow me to meet my brother."

"That's natural, no one knows the name of Chao Tianwang, and the younger brother has admired it for a long time!"

"Brother, coming here is coming home, don't worry about whatever happens."

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Shi Xiu and Zhu Gui pushed the cups and changed the lamps, talking and laughing, and chatting energetically. Suddenly, I heard a noise outside, shouting, and then a loud voice: "San Lang......, where is the hero?" ”

"Oh, brother, it's fate. It's my brother who is here. Shi Xiu was overjoyed when he heard the familiar shout, grabbed Zhu Gui's arm and smiled. I secretly praised my brother for coming in time, this man couldn't run.

The person who came from outside was Chao Gai, Wu Yong, rode to a few village stores and didn't find anyone who wanted to go to the city, but I heard Xiao Er say that he came here quickly. I heard Shi Xiu personally entertain a man with an extraordinary temperament.

Naturally, he became interested and rushed inside. Stepping through the arch of the backyard, I saw Shi Xiu and a man with a grown figure in the pavilion getting up and walking. More than eight feet, a wide forehead and a square face, a turmeric complexion, and a small black beard. The pace is steady, and the road is vigorous and vigorous.

This must be a good man!

Chao Gai once again quickened his pace and shook Wu Yong behind him away, and smiled heartily. Before anyone arrived: "San Lang, is this a good man?" ”

"Brother, guess who this is?" Shi Xiu pulled the big man forward quickly, and happily pushed forward: "It is the dry land hulu Zhu Gui that you often mention." ”

"What? It turned out to be Brother Zhu Gui? Chao Gai's face was full of astonishment, and he looked the man up and down. Not long ago, when I was going to meet Zhu Gui at the entrance of Lijia Road, no one knew, but he hadn't gone to Liangshan yet.

He was going to send someone to Yishui County to find a gang, but he planned to take action after robbing the Birthday Gang, but he didn't expect to meet him in his hotel.

"Okay, okay, brothers, it's really fate for you and me to meet!" Chao Gai looked this dry land law up and down, and saw that he looked like a good person, and praised him again and again.

Zhu Gui is also looking at the strong man like an iron tower, even if he has not seen it before, he has never heard of it. Looking at the other party's appearance and temperament, it was really true, and he hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Little brother Zhu Gui, I have admired the king of heaven for a long time, and I have seen the king of heaven!" ”

"Brother, please get up." Chao Gai stepped forward and supported Zhu Gui with both hands: "I wanted to visit a long time ago, but I couldn't get out of it." ”

Zhu Gui, this is a seriously underestimated Liangshan hero, or a hero in intelligence, who is not taken seriously, and the courier brother Dean Dai is not counted.

Think about this one of the founding fathers of Liangshan Caochuang, I don't know how many heroes he introduced, he found out the information in time, and made a lot of contributions. However, his status continued to decline during the reign of Chao Gai and Song Jiang. When Liangshan gathered righteously, he fell to the bottom, ranking 92nd in a row, which is really not angry.

"Brother Zhu Gui, drink a few more drinks today." Chao Gai patted Zhu Gui's shoulder affectionately. He also introduced Wu Yong, who came behind him.

The two sides met the salute and sat down in the pavilion hand in hand.

has his own little two to add dishes and chopsticks, and a few good dishes are served, and a few people push cups and change lamps.

Zhu Gui fled because he accidentally injured people in his hometown of Yishui County. Along the way, he was incognito, worried for fear of being recognized by the government, but now he was being remembered by the green forest boss Chao Gai, and he was both moved and a little puzzled.

He toasted another glass of wine and drank it all, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother, the younger brother is unknown, I don't know how my brother knows me?" ”

"Brother, Chao has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for nearly 20 years, and the heroes of the world are all in my heart." Chao Gai grabbed a duck leg and ate it, laughing: "A few years ago, I sold pig iron in Yishui County, and I heard of my brother's name. He is cautious and careful, and sometimes helps the poor people around him. is a good man, and he has long wanted to visit and make friends, and drink and talk. ”

Wu Yong listened to it secretly funny, these days to help deal with private business really haven't heard of any business in Yishui County, as soon as his brain turned, he understood that his brother was trying to win people's hearts, laughing and not saying a word, just eating vegetables.

The person concerned, Zhu Gui, is another feeling! I just inherited some of my ancestors' skills and opened a restaurant to live. It is true that he is righteous, he thought that no one knew about it in the small town, but he never thought that he was valued by the famous Chao Gai.

In the Song Dynasty, the status of business was the lowest, and even if he was rich, he was often looked down upon by others. It was Zhu Gui who was surprised, delighted and moved.

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