Chapter 68: Gathering in Liangshan

Chao Gai was righteous and squandered money in his life, was righteous and thin, loved to make friends with heroes all over the world, and was famous in the rivers and lakes. He likes to use a spear and a stick, is strong, does not marry a wife, and works hard all day long, and is a good man who really dares to ask for his life for the people. Legend has it that the neighboring village of Xixi Village was haunted, and the villagers dug a bluestone pagoda town by the stream, and the ghost was driven to Dongxi Village. Chao Gai was furious, so he went to Xixi Village to take the bluestone pagoda alone and put it down in Dongxi Village, so he was called the King of Tota.

Later, he was chased and killed by the government after conspiring with Liu Tang, Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng, and Ruan Shi to outwit the Shengchengang, and defected to Liangshan Boluocao. Because Wang Lun, the first owner of Liangshanbo, was jealous of talent and could not be compatible, Wu used wisdom to excite Lin to rush into the fire and Wang Lun, and everyone pushed Chao Gai as the owner of the village. When Song Jiang met because of the anti-poem inscription in Xunyang Tower, Chao Gai and other Liangshan heroes robbed the Jiangzhou Law Field and rescued Song Jiang and Dai Zong.

During the first campaign against Zengtou City, he was shot in the cheek by a poisoned arrow and died. After his death, the yin ghost appeared twice, and when he appeared for the first time, he informed Song Jiang of his back pain, and recommended An Daoquan, the "Earth Spirit Star" miracle doctor in Jiangnan. The second manifestation was to entangle Shi Wengong in the second campaign against Zengtou City, making him unable to advance or retreat, and was captured alive by Lu Junyi.

And Liu Tang first found Chao Gai, Liang Zhongshu, the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion, in order to congratulate his father-in-law Cai Jing on his birthday, looted 100,000 gold jewelry shells, and ordered Yang Zhi to be sent to Tokyo, known as the Birth Gang. Liu Tang got the news and thought that the birth gang was ill-gotten gains, so he deliberately robbed it. He had heard the reputation of Chao Gai, the king of Tota, for a long time, so he went to Dongxi Village in Yuncheng to defect to Chao Gai, and wanted to ask Chao Gai to rob the Birthday Gang together, but because he was drunk and slept in the Lingguan Temple, he was arrested by the patrol Du Tou Lei Heng as a thief.

After Lei Heng's night patrol was over, he went to Chaogai Village to rest for a while, and hung Liu Tang in the gatehouse. Chao Gai arranged for wine and food to be treated, and when he heard that he had caught a thief, he secretly went to the concierge to see it, but learned that Liu Tang had come to join him. He asked Liu Tang to call himself his uncle in front of Lei Heng, pretending that Liu Tang was his nephew who he hadn't seen for many years. Lei Heng did not suspect it, so he released Liu Tang. Chao Gai also gave ten taels of silver.

After Lei Heng left, Liu Tang revealed his identity to Chao Gai and explained his intentions. Chao Gai arranged for him to rest in the guest room. Liu Tang secretly went out of the village, caught up with Lei Heng, and wanted to ask for back the silver given by Chao Gai. Lei Heng refused. The two had a verbal disagreement, so they fought fiercely, and the vicious fight was 50 rounds without winning or losing. Wu Yong happened to bump into it, and when he saw that Lei Heng was slightly downwind, he separated the two with a copper chain. Chao Gai also arrived in time to finally resolve the matter.

Later, he found the three Ruan brothers and Bai Sheng, a seven-person team, and took medicine on Huang Nigang to overturn Yang Zhi, and then robbed the birth gang. Youdao is a righteous slaughterer of dogs since ancient times, and he is the most ruthless reader. Wu Yong participated in this battle in order to seek fame, and if he has a reputation, he should assist the Ming Lord to discuss major matters. It's a pity that Chao Gai is too righteous and can't compare to Song Jiang's sleekness.

This allowed Wu Yong to follow Song Jiang and Yang Zhi

Jiang Anyang stood on the horse and looked at him condescendingly, "Hei Saburo, where are you going?" Song Jiang was so shocked that he almost fell off the horse, "Hua Zixu, it's you." Wu Song pulled Li Kui and said, "Brother Song Jiang, they should go away, let's go quickly." "I haven't finished killing yet. "Don't kill it, let's go." ”

When I returned to Erlong Mountain, before I entered the village, I heard Li Kui shouting: "Brother Song Jiang, we are back." After entering, what I saw was Chao Gai and others, Li Kui said: "What about Brother Song Jiang?" Chao Gai said: "Didn't you go to pick up Gongming? What about the others?" Wu Song said: "After we stayed and broke off, let Brother Gongming and the military advisor come back on horseback first, accompanied by Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu brothers, and they didn't come back?"

Liu Tang said: "It stands to reason that I should come back, but I didn't get lost halfway." Chao Gai patted the handrail and said angrily to Li Kui and Wu Song: "I asked you to go and pick up Gongming back, that's how you do things?" Li Kui said: "What are you yelling at, maybe Brother Gongming is eating and drinking, I'm looking for him now." Everyone hurriedly pulled him down, "It's getting dark soon, where are you going to find someone now?"

Li Kui played with his temper again, "I don't care, it's wrong for me not to save Brother Gongming, I'll go to find Brother Gongming now." Hearing this, Chao Gai was even more angry in his heart, "Someone came and tied Li Kui to me." Li Kui said angrily: "Why are you tying me up?" "Just rely on the military order like a mountain, and explain that your task has not been completed, and you should be beheaded by law." Come on, don't you do it yet?"

"The king of heaven is angry, and Tie Niu is also an unintentional mistake, please give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. Listening to everyone's pleas, Li Kui didn't pay attention to it at all, and said to himself: "What crime do I have, if it weren't for Brother Gongming's words, I would have cut down your Bird Heavenly King with an axe." "If you commit the following offenses, come on, take it down for me." Li Kui pulled out the two axes on his waist, "Who dare to me?"

Then he pointed at Chao Gai with an axe and said: "Let the big guy tell me, what credit do you have to be the master of this Liangshan, and if you want to do it, Brother Song Jiang will do it." Chao Gai was angry when he heard this, "It's the opposite, it's the opposite, what are you waiting for, take him down for me." Li Kui waved his axe to scare everyone away, "Who dare?" "I dare." The red-haired ghost Liu Tang was already behind him, and at this time, he found an opportunity and stabbed it in from behind.

Li Kui didn't expect someone to really make a move, so he turned around and forced Liu Tang back with a roar. I saw Li Kui like a madman, wielding a double axe to kill anyone he saw. The three male brothers of the Ruan clan each picked up a water and fire stick, one hit the head, and the other beat the legs, trying to capture him. Li Kui didn't seem to feel the pain, the power of the Heavenly Killing Star was displayed here, and no one could stop it for a while.

The minions found a noose, put a noose around his neck first, and roared in unison to strangle him to the ground. After Li Kui was dragged for a distance, he swung an axe to cut the lasso, and just as the three heroes of the Ruan family were about to step forward, Hua Rong held a knife on Chao Gai's neck, "Chao Tianwang, let everyone stop." Chao Gai glanced back at Hua Rong, "Brother Hua, you want to oppose me too?"

Hua Rong's face showed sadness, "I don't want my brothers to kill each other, but Brother Song Jiang has a great favor to me, how can I not save it? Chao Gai sighed helplessly and tore off a section of his robe. "From today onwards, Song Jiang and others will be removed from Liangshan and are willing to follow my stay. If you don't want to, I won't force it, and I'll see you in the future, it's friend or foe. ”。

As soon as the words fell, Liang Shanjun fell apart, Hua Rong put down his knife, knelt in front of Chao Gai and kowtowed three times, "Brother is benevolent and righteous, if you have the opportunity to repay your brother's great kindness in the future." Chao Gai turned his head away, not even looking at him. When he came, there were more than 20 generals, and the only ones left were the red-haired ghost Liu Tang, the three Ruan brothers, and Wu Song. Looking at the slightly spacious hall, Chao Gai said to everyone: "How happy and chic our Huangnigang was to rob the birthday gang that day, I didn't expect that a few years of hard work would fall into such a field, and the time was also fateful." ”

Liu Tang said: "Brother, that Song Gongming was originally a small official of the Yamen, and he was the best at telling right and wrong, and now that there is no one to sow discord, the brothers have long been unable to get used to him." Let's hurry back to Liangshanbo, with you to stabilize the situation, this Liangshanbo is still ours. "Okay, let's go. At this moment, Cao Zheng helped Yang Zhi in, "Chao Tianwang, if you want to leave, you have to give us an explanation." ”