In front of the Red Makan Cottage.

Ren Zhanbiao fought with Ma Longtan for more than 100 rounds, regardless of victory or defeat.

"Brother, wait a minute, and listen to me," Ma Longtan jumped out of the circle, "I have learned the kung fu of the foot, it is true, we don't have to fight anymore, you go into the hall with me to meet the master of the village, I will ask the master of the village to accept you." ”

"That's good, then you're in for it." This Ma Longtan is not aggressive, and Ren Zhanbiao is also the first time to encounter such a strong opponent, and he is indeed a little tired.

"You're welcome, we don't know each other if we don't fight, and in the future, we will be brothers in life and death," Ma Longtan said, "It's been a long time since I've fought so happily as I did today." ”

"Me too." The two of them talked, laughed, and joined hands to see Wang Shubao, the owner of the village.

After the two came to the meeting hall, they saw Ma Longtan bowing and saluting, and said: "Lord Dazhai, I have fought with Ren Zhanbiao for more than 100 rounds, and there is no winner. ”

"Oh, it's really rare that he has such kung fu." Wang Shubao praised on the surface, but he was jealous in his heart.

"Master Dazhai, you have won the award, it is Instructor Ma's mercy and let me." Ren Zhanbiao said.

"Ren Zhuangshi, you don't have to be too humble, I haven't seen anyone who can fight with Instructor Ma for a hundred rounds, you are the first." Wang Shubao said.

"The master of the village, I sincerely come to invest in your village, and I hope that the master of the village can take it in." Ren Zhanbiao said again.

"This." Wang Shubao twisted his beard in his hand, looking a little hesitant.

"The master of the village, Ren Zhanbiao is skilled in swords and horses, and his martial arts are strong, if he is accepted, then, for our cottage, it is tantamount to adding wings to the tiger, in my opinion, you can take him away, and let him be a gunner of the cottage." Ma Longtan said.

"Ma Longtan, you take him down, arrange a good room to rest, and entertain him," Wang Shubao said, "I'll talk about the gang later." ”

"Yes." Ma Longtan saw that the master of Dazhai had spoken, so it was not good to say any more.

The next day, Wang Shubao and several gunners discussed: "Although Ren Zhanbiao is outstanding in martial arts, we know very little about this person, for example, who his master is, what he used to do, why he left the previous Aozi, and why he joined us. ”

"Master of the village, are you too worried?" Ma Longtan said.

"It's not that we are too worried, but the rivers and lakes are dangerous, and the people's hearts are unpredictable, we must be cautious," Wang Shubao said, "You don't read history, you don't know, in history, due to improper employment of people led to the death of the country, there are countless examples, so let's eat and drink well first, keep him steady, don't offend, we will secretly send a few brothers out to carefully probe his details, and then make a decision when his situation is clear." ”

"Yes, the lord of the village is wise." And they said.

Ten days later, the sentinel sent out came back, found out the situation of Ren Zhanbiao clearly, and truthfully reported to Wang Shubao.

"Everyone, you all heard clearly, Ren Zhanbiao is greedy for money, lustful, ungrateful, and ruthless, he not only killed the money devil's family, but also killed the Zhu housekeeper who was kind to him, like such a ruthless person, how can we take him in? Leave him behind, and will we all be at his hands in the future? Wang Shubao thought for a while and said, "That's it, we don't need to offend this person, let him go down the mountain tomorrow, I will personally see him off, and give him fifty taels of silver, which is considered entanglement." ”

"Dazhai master, I'm afraid this person is not something that can be sent away by these money." Sun Baojin said.

"So what else does he want? Our cottage is not very rich either, so this is already polite. Wang Shubao said.

In the evening, Ma Longtan and Xiahou Zhong came to visit Ren Zhanbiao together.

The three of them drank in the room where Ren Zhanbiao lived.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Ma Longtan sighed and said: "I think back then, when I was an official in the government, I once led a battalion of men and horses to fight against the Mongolian bandits, a battalion was 500 people, and the Mongolian bandits were about 2,000 people at that time, and the number of men and horses was four times that of ours. ”

"Brother Tai, I didn't expect you to fight so well," Ren Zhanbiao couldn't help but praise, "Then the court should reward you heavily." ”

"Don't mention it, it's good if your head hasn't moved," Ma Longtan waved his hand, "Someone reported to the court that we have killed more than 400 people, and there are too many dead, and we will punish me heavily." ”

"How unreasonable!" Ren Zhanbiao said, "How can you say that, you must know that the Mongolian bandits are 2,000 people, and it is already very rare to be able not to be annihilated, not to mention that it is more to win with less, and if you win the battle, you should be rewarded heavily, how can you still punish the crime?" ”

"Later, I asked someone to work up and down to dredge up and down the relationship, and then I was released from prison, and finally saved my life, since then, I am disheartened with the court," Ma Longtan said, "Later, the Mongolian bandits came again, the officers and soldiers suffered a big loss, and the court came to invite me out of the mountain, I insisted on not reluctantly, and the court saw that I was unwilling to go out of the mountain, and there were villains who sued me for a complaint, saying that I had collusion with the Mongolian bandits, and had two hearts for the court, and they wanted to arrest me again." ”

"This can really be described as using people to face forward, not people to face backwards." Ren Zhanbiao said.

"That's not it, our horse instructor has a set of ways to deal with Mongolian bandits, if the imperial court reuses Ma instructor, how can it suffer a big loss?" The one-eyed dragon Xiahou Zhong said beside him.

This reminds me of the Warring States period of the Qin State of the famous general Bai Qi, he made great achievements for the Great Qin, only a battle of Changping, the pit killed more than 400,000 people and horses of the Zhao State, so that the Zhao State has since been in a slump, lost the ability to compete with the Qin State for the world, at that time, he advocated the pursuit of victory, and won the Zhao State in one fell swoop, but Qin Xiang Fan Ju was afraid that he would have too much merit and robbed him of the limelight, so he advised the King of Qin to withdraw in front of the army, and the King of Qin actually agreed, since then, Bai Qi was disheartened, and refused to go to war whenever there was a war, as a result, the King of Qin was angry and gave him a sword to commit suicide, so, I thought, am I going to follow in the footsteps of the white? Later, in a fit of rage, I quit my official position and came here to become a beard," Ma Longtan said, "I thought that Wang Shubao, the owner of Dazhai, was a virtuous person, but through contact, I found out that he was a virtuous corporal and aggressive on the surface, but in fact he was a jealous, narrow-minded, and short-sighted villain." ”

"Instructor Ma is right," said the one-eyed dragon, "and we brethren follow him, not only for our future, but also for our lives." ”

"Today's situation, Mongolian bandits are rampant, various cols have sprung up, one after another, this is originally a world of the jungle, like our Hongmakan is less than a hundred people now, and looking at the surrounding areas, there are more than 1,000 people in Heiyun Village, 3,000 people in your Qingfeng Village, and even the newly established Chenjiayu Security Team has more than 300 people, our Dazhai master does not want to forge ahead, and does not want to strengthen his strength, but he is greedy for wine all day long, with such a master, this will not be unlucky in the future, what are you waiting for," Ma Longtan sighed and said, " I'm afraid that in the future, we will all die without a place to be buried. ”

"What Instructor Ma said is true, and I feel the same way." The one-eyed dragon said.

"Since our brothers don't know each other and know each other at first sight, then, what's the use of getting me, just ask." Ren Zhanbiao said, "However, I want to ask, how do you know that I am originally from Qingfeng Village?" ”

When Ma Longtan heard this, he laughed and said, "You are still in the dark, then Wang Shubao has already sent someone to touch your bottom."

"Oh, I see." When Ren Zhanbiao heard this, he was very displeased, and thought to himself that it was no wonder that he had been hanging here for so long, and he had secretly gone to pick up his bottom.

The next morning, after breakfast, Wang Shubao, a black-clothed showman, led Ma Longtan, Sun Baojin, Xiahou and others to give Ren Zhan Biao a farewell.

"Ren Zhuangshi, you are excellent in martial arts and have a great future," Wang Shubao said with a smile, "It stands to reason that we should take in an outstanding talent like you and reuse it for you, but I am worried that our temple is small and cannot hold a great Bodhisattva, and I am afraid that it will delay your future, so I will give you fifty taels of silver to express my heart." ”

"In this way, the owner of the village is issuing an eviction order to drive me away." Ren Zhanbiao said.

"Ren Zhuangshi, I'm really sorry, we also have our difficulties," Wang Shubao said, taking a tray from the hand of one of the guards, and the tray was fifty taels of silver, "This is just a little bit of heart on my part with my brothers, you can accept it, and treat it as a coil on the road." ”

"I thank the lord of Dazhai," Ren Zhanbiao said, "However, I am not boasting about Haikou, don't say that it is fifty taels of silver, even if it is five thousand taels of silver, I can also take it, I came this time, not for money, but to vote with all my heart, since the lord of Dazhai is not willing to take it in, I will not bother, go down the mountain." ”

"In any case, please take this money." As Wang Shubao spoke, he handed the tray containing silver to Ren Zhanbiao.

That Ren Zhanbiao took a step forward, as if he was going to take over the silver taels, and Wang Shubao didn't have the slightest defense against him.

only heard the sound of "pop", and Ren Zhanbiao kicked the tray away.

"What do you want to do?" Wang Shubao, the black-clothed showman, was taken aback.

"You can give me here." I don't know when, Ren Zhanbiao had already taken the one-eyed dragon's big knife in his hand and slashed at Wang Shubao's head. In a hurry, how could he dodge?

The knife flashed, and Wang Shubao's head rolled down like a watermelon, fell to the ground, and rolled out of the distance.

Wang Shubao's corpse spurted a stream of blood and fell to the ground.

Everyone present was shocked, stunned for a long time, and dragged out the guy to fight with Ren Zhanbiao.