119, the leader of the Eastern Beggars
In the first year of Kaiping, that is, in 907 A.D., on the 13th day of May, it was a bright and fresh morning.
At this time, the "Six Heroes of Shudong" came to the south gate of Bianliang City, only to see two rows of soldiers standing on both sides of the city gate, and a group of onlookers standing on the west side of the gate. Seeing this, the six people were curious, and dismounted and approached the group of onlookers. When the six of them looked at it, they knew that a new notice was posted on the city wall, and there was also the seal of Xu Guantian of Bianliang City.
At this time, I only heard a middle-aged man in the crowd shaking his head and reading aloud in a slow voice: "There is an order in the city today, and there is already Ruan Shanhu, the second son of Taihang Mountain thief Ruan Nanshan, who has entered the city. All city gates and checkpoints are strictly guarded to prevent bandits from escaping. And when the people of the city saw him who came to tell him, he was to be rewarded with a hundred gold. Too shou Xu Guan apocalypse! ”
"Huh! Reward 100 gold! This is a great opportunity to make a fortune! A man who looked like a merchant said, "Look who is so blessed!" ”
"I don't want to be blessed!" I saw a farmer shaking his head and sighing.
At this time, I saw a businessman-like figure and said: "I have long heard that this Ruan Shanhu of Taihang Mountain is so powerful!" It's just that we don't know what he looks like! Even if you see it, you don't know it! The fly in the ointment of this general order is the lack of a portrait of Ruan Shanhu's head. ”
"Whoa! Why do you need a portrait of a human head? I saw a blue robe boy holding a folding fan and said: "This second young village master of Taihang Mountain, who doesn't know, who doesn't know?" Not to mention him Ruan Shanhu and Ruan Shanbao, it is Ruan Nanshan, the owner of the old village, as well as 'Jiangnan Seven Elements Monsters', 'Dongting Seven Bronze Women', 'Shudong Six Heroes', 'Yangzhou Eight Tigers', etc., I have seen these martial arts characters. Especially the second-in-command of the 'Shudong Six Heroes', the 'Chasing Knife' Wu Tianba, I still have an old relationship with him! ”
"Oops! In the end, a well-informed reader like you! The businessman next to the blue-clothed man couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect you to say so many martial arts celebrities in one go!" ”
Besides, Ye Jinfeng, Wu Tianba and other brothers behind the crowd almost didn't laugh out loud when they heard the praise of these two. I thought to myself, they just arrived here, but someone climbed into a relative with the second Wu Tianba, it is really a great thing in the world! However, these days of trouble, anger and fatigue greatly suppressed them, and they only laughed and wanted to leave.
And at this moment, I only heard the half-tone boy in the blue robe say triumphantly: "Hmm! Of course! Of course! I can't say, I promise someone to entrust Lord Xu's great blessings, and I can get a reward of 100 gold! ”
"This wealth can't be made!" An old man shook his head and left.
Then, the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed and walked towards the city gate.
At this time, Zhang Yunhai said to the brothers: "Let's hurry up and enter the city!" ”
"That's right! Let's go, I'm going to go into town and buy a good horse!" Sun Kexing said, and walked towards the city gate.
"What a coincidence, friend! We're all in this together! I saw the "Iron Fan Boy" holding the five-flowered horse, catching up with Sun Kexing, very comfortable, and said: "I'm going to visit an old friend who lives at the side of the market!" You can ask him to buy a horse. ”
Hearing what Ouyang Qingfeng said, Sun Kexing was puzzled, but saw that his second brother Wu Tianba was also leading the horse to follow, and pretended to ask Ouyang Qingfeng, "Is it?" Brother! Where are you from? ”
"I'm from Qinghe County!" Ouyang Qingfeng improvised and blurted out, "May I ask who you are?" Name? ”
"The bad surname is money, and the name is thick!" Wu Tianba was also adaptable, and casually changed his name and surname, and replied: "It's a local!" ”
All of a sudden, they talked and walked like this, and they entered the city gate smoothly. However, at this time, the "Flying Dragon" Ye Jinfeng did not follow everyone into the city together, but led his horse to a person who looked like an officer by the city gate, and asked in a skilled local accent: "May I ask the sir, did a horse brocade guard enter last night?" ”
The gatekeeper looked at the light, well-dressed young man in front of him, and replied with a slight smile, "You're asking the right question!" Last night's third watch, I personally opened the city gate for him. ”
When Ye Jinfeng heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and then asked, "You didn't see him leave here again?" ”
"Nope!" The gatekeeper shook his hand again and again, and said, "As long as he passes through this, he must also give me a letter." It's early in the morning, I don't think he'll be gone! ”
"Are you sure he's a brocade guard from the capital?"
"This is the capital, he is from the capital, not from the capital. He has a brocade token, can there be a fake? ”
"That's good!" Ye Jinfeng hurriedly covered up: "Excuse me! In the next farewell. ”
"Hey-" The gatekeeper hurriedly asked Ye Jinfeng again: "I don't know why the prince asked about this?" ”
After hearing this, Ye Jinfeng replied with a smile: "It's nothing! I met this man on the road yesterday, so I was sure he would be here. Out of curiosity, I casually asked about it to prove my inference. Leave! ”
After saying that, the "Flying Dragon" jumped into the saddle and hit the horse to catch up with the five brothers in front.
At this time, the gatekeeper looked at the white-clothed and white-horse boy who galloped towards the city, shook his head and smiled, then turned around and began to check the pedestrians coming in and out.
Let's say that after Ye Jinfeng caught up with his five brothers, he whispered the information he had just received to the brothers. When the brothers heard what the eldest brother said, they were secretly happy in their hearts: first, their guess was indeed correct - the eldest brother was behind to ask about the whereabouts of the knight in brocade; The second is that the brocade guard has really entered Bianliang, and finally found some traces, a bit of a door!
After a while, the six brothers had come to a crossroads. So, Ye Jinfeng glanced at Wu Tianba, Ouyang Qingfeng, and Huang Shiying, and said, "The three of you go first, and the three of us will come later." ”
Hearing the command of the eldest brother Ye Jinfeng, everyone understood in their hearts. It is impossible to say that Wu Tianba led the two brothers and led their horses to the east along the street.
At this time, the "Flying Divine Dragon" turned back to Zhang Yunhai and Sun Kexing and asked, "Let's go to dinner, are we in the middle or not?" ”
"Medium! Middle! The two smiled in response.
So, Ye Jinfeng, Zhang Yunhai, and Sun Kexing worked in groups of three and walked along North Street.
The morning sun in the east shone obliquely on the east and west streets, dragging a long figure. Gradually, the streets began to be bustling with pedestrians. Wu Tianba and the other three brothers led their horses and walked in the crowd, like a group of chivalrous people from other places. Although they each pretended to be sons wandering the streets, they still couldn't stop the eyes of mortals. The arrival of the three of them had already attracted the attention of an old beggar wearing a broken straw hat on the side of the street. Although the old beggar sat curled up in the street, his sparkling eyes were looking through the brim of his straw hat to see the people and objects in the street. No one knew that this inconspicuous old beggar was actually Dong Guoqing, the leader of the Eastern Beggar Gang (beggars), who was listed as the "Four Great Gang Leaders" and the "Four Great Beggar Masters"!
Coincidentally! On the "Jingxiang Restaurant" along the north side of the street, three double-gunners who looked around the street scene while tasting wine also noticed the arrival of Wu Tianba and other three brothers. However, these three people did not escape the eyes of Dong Guoqing, the leader of the Eastern Beggars Gang. He knew in his heart that these three were the "three brothers with two guns" in Huaiyin, who had a unique position on the rivers and lakes - it was Ye Zhenhuai, who was "invincible with two guns", Ye Zhenhai, who was "undefeated with two guns", and Ye Zhenjiang, who was "soul-grabbing with two guns".
is not only the "two guns and three brothers" above the restaurant opposite, but also the "two heroes of wind and rain" above the "Tokyo restaurant" behind Dong Guoqing, he is already well aware! He knew in his heart that these two "two heroes of wind and rain" from Youzhou and Yunzhou had been in Bianliang City for eight days, and they would secretly taste wine and appreciate the "Tokyo Restaurant" on the south side of this street almost every day. This "two heroes of wind and rain", a surname is Gan and goes up the mountain; A person surnamed Chi is named Shanghai, and they are all first-class masters in the martial arts world. Now that they are patronizing Bianliang City, it is nothing more than a catastrophe set off by the martial arts world!
However, Wu Tianba and the other three brothers walked in the crowd, and they had already seen the six roads and heard all directions. For the nameless knights who silently watched the three of them up and down, front and back, left and right on the street, they were not unaware of them, and only regarded them as passing clouds.
At this time, I saw the "Wind" Huang Shiying smiled mysteriously, and said to Wu Tianba and Ouyang Qingfeng: "I see that everything here is very Mosheng. The third brother is so familiar with this place, you also have a friend from the market to visit! ”
"Sixth brother! Don't talk nonsense! "Iron Fan Boy" softly stopped.
However, "Wind" did not listen to the dissuasion, and still said casually: "What's even more ridiculous is that as soon as the second brother arrived at the city gate, he was climbed into a cousin, which is the celebrity effect." I think that in a while, the second brother's old watch will be one hundred and eighty. ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" "Chasing Knife" shouted in a low voice.
But it was a coincidence that these words of the three brothers happened to be heard clearly by the half-tone boy holding a folding fan. He hurriedly tapped his palm with a folding fan and said in surprise: "Could it be that he is Wu Tianba?!" ……”
So, this half-tone boy hurriedly pushed aside the crowd, rushed to Wu Tianba, looked up and down, and said: "This is Wu Tianba, who is known as the 'life-chasing knife' in the rivers and lakes?" ”
Such a question immediately attracted many pedestrians to watch, blocking the way of Wu Tianba and the other three brothers. All of a sudden, Wu Tianba was asked and didn't know what to do, and he thought that he was bad, he met an unlucky guy and a broom star, and he saw through it, how could he expose his identity under the public of this avenue? It was still Ouyang Qingfeng who reacted quickly, and immediately insisted that Wu Tianba was Qian Zihou, and said, "You recognized the wrong person." His surname is Qian, and his name is thick. ”
"That's right! He's rich! What is no (Wu) Tianba! Will the lawless bully still stand here talking to you? I've killed you a long time ago and fed the dogs! Huang Shiying also helped.
"Yes! Brother! You've misidentified the wrong person. How can I compare with the famous 'Chasing Knife' Wu Tianba? Wu Tianba also responded by pushing the boat down the river.
However, the half-tone boy who stood in front of the three brothers was still skeptical, and continued: "Looking at your outfit, it looks very much like him. ”
"What am I like him? What does he look like? Have you seen him? I'd love to know! "Death Chasing Knife" pretended to be surprised.
"Oh! That's right! The half-tone boy suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Didn't your old man just now say that he was treated as a cousin at the city gate?" In this way, you are still the 'life-chasing knife' Wu Tianba! ”