The bald man had hideous eyes, jumped onto Liu Jie's boat, and Xiao Qi and the soldiers each held hooks and crossbow arrows to kill the bald man. The big man frightened a lion roar, and the thunder shook the sky.

The soldiers were so frightened that they retreated, but the big man stepped forward, grabbed one with one hand, and threw them into the lake. Qianhu heard it well in the cabin, drew his knife and turned to greet him, and he couldn't help but be angry when he saw the bald man unscrupulous and rampage on the official ship.

He shouted at the bald man: "Bah! Where did the thieves come from, dare to spread wild on the official ship." ”

The bald man stared at the leopard and opened the golden lion's mouth angrily, and he saw that Qianhu was as thin as a monkey, holding a Yanling knife that seemed to be heavier than his body, and pointed at him and laughed loudly.

Qianhu raised his eyebrows, and he took a step forward with his left foot, bending over and bowing his waist like a civet cat. The knife in his hand was cut horizontally towards the bald man's head. The big man took eight steps to close his fists, moved sideways to avoid Qianhu's head-wrapping knife, and pushed his arms downward, making a move to support the boat on dry land. The palms flew like a dragon drawing water, the blades of thousands of households rotated, the momentum was heavy, and a strong wind whistled on the neck of the bald man.

The bald man bent down and made a move to cover the moon with a bridge, and the sword technique of thousands of households was empty. With the help of force, Dahan turned his right hand into a claw, tightly grabbed Qianhu Qingdao's wrist, and hit him with his left fist to his chest. Qianhu raised his fist to greet him, how did he know that the bald man's fist was a false move, but his feet were real.

In the blink of an eye, the bald man spirit snake turned around and flashed behind Qianhu. He raised a foot, like Mount Tai pressing on the top, like a storm crashing on the shore. Qianhu couldn't avoid it, and was also kicked into the lake by the bald man.

Suddenly, all the soldiers and soldiers on the boat were buried in the belly of the fish, Liu Jie was not a newborn calf, and he had nothing to do with Jiangmen Huzi. His face was now pale as paper, his whole body palpitated as if he had been electrified, and in his panic, he collapsed into the cabin like a puddle of mud.

The bald man burst in with a fierce look, stretched out his hand and lifted him out, laughed, and returned to the boat with triumphant steps. Liu Jie's limbs were tied firmly, and the bald man glanced at him with contempt, and ordered the minions to set fire to the boat, beat the drums and play Kai, and turned the boat around and came back to the Giant Whale Gang.

Ma Wanli was surprised by the sound of the flute and drums, and he asked the minions standing on the side to go out of the village to investigate, and the minions ran back to the hall to take a look, a row of boats broke the waves, the flags on the bow of the ship were waving, and the bald man stood on the bow of the boat to make a cross gesture to the water village.

The minion turned around and ran back to the village, and he replied to Ma Wanli: "Helper, the sound of gongs and drums is Liu Siye's boat." ”

Ma Wanli waved his hand at him, and the minions flashed to the side. When he was drinking to his heart's content, he only heard a rough laugh outside, Ma Wanli and Yu San looked at each other, but it was the bald man who broke in with Liu Jie. He took Liu Jie to the middle of the hall and pressed him the shoulder with a hand like an iron tong, Liu Jie screamed miserably and fell to his knees.

Yu San pointed to Liu Jie, who was crawling with him, and asked the bald man, "Liu Xiong, who did you catch?"

Liu Xiong replied angrily: "Third brother, this is the official army that encircled and suppressed us, when I led people to patrol the lake, I saw them wandering on the lake, probably waiting for the follow-up army to respond, I took advantage of their unstable foothold to kill them by surprise." The rest of the officers and soldiers were kicked into the lake by me to feed the fish, leaving a living mouth, third brother, if you have any questions, just ask him. ”

Yu San saw the delicate skin and tender face of the bound person, and there was no sense of vicissitudes of sleeping in the open for the army, his eyes were blank and helpless, and he did not have the perseverance and courage that a general should have. Yu Sanxin was so strange that he asked Liu Jie, "What is your name?"

Liu Jie rolled his eyes, looking up as if he had lost three souls and seven spirits, and Yu San's words became deaf ears. Liu Xiong saw that Liu Jie had no reaction, and kicked him hard. He scolded sharply: "I'm still arrogant here, see if I don't teach you a good lesson." After that, he kicked Liu Jie in the back again. Liu Jie has been pampered since he was a child, where has he suffered such humiliation, he cried his father and called his mother in the hall, and the voice of mourning was heartbreaking.

Ma Wanli saw a good person, and his body was bruised in an instant, although he was a reckless green forest, he was also affectionate and righteous. He waved his hand at Liu Xiong, signaling him to step back first, he had something to ask.

Liu Xiong hugged his fists at Ma Wanli, and went out with his minions with a displeased face. Before leaving, he glanced at his relatives beside him, and his minions understood and stood by the door to listen to the news.

Yu San took a closer look at Liu Jie again, he didn't look like a general who had experienced the battle array, and he said to Liu Jie: "You answer my question honestly, and after I confirm it in detail, I will naturally let you live." ”

Liu Jie kowtowed like pounding garlic when he heard it, and he was shocked by a glass of wine at the third end. Liu Jie took the wine glass with a trembling hand and drank it all. The alcohol temporarily calmed his nervous and flustered mind, and Liu Jie told Yu San about the incident of this expedition to Taihu Lake.

During the conversation, Yu San heard that Liu Jie's father was Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War, so he asked: "Is your father Liu Tianhe?" Liu Jie nodded. After Yu San heard this, he leaned over and bowed to Liu Jie.

His worship not only made Liu Jie stunned, but Ma Wanli was also dumbfounded, and he didn't know which one he was singing? Yu San picked up Liu Jie and walked in front of Ma Wanli. He said to Ma Wanli: "Uncle, don't you know, when my nephew traveled to Linjiang Mansion at night, the coils on his body were robbed, and it was Liu Jie's father Liu Shangshu who gave me silver to rescue me and help me get out of danger." ”

Ma Wanli listened and kept admiring: "If you receive the grace of a little water, you will be rewarded by a spring, and we can't lose our morality when we are in the green forest." ”

Yu Sanjian's uncle also agreed with his approach, he wanted to untie the rope and indulge Liu Jie, but after some thought, Yu San decided to temporarily detain Liu Jie and instructed the minions to treat them with good wine and meat, and not to abuse them. Liu Jie saw that Yu San refused to let go of himself, and he begged and cried again.

Yu Sanhao comforted him, and he told Liu Jie that after he explained the cause and effect of the incident to Liu Xiong, he would inevitably be released from the village. Liu Jie nodded and followed the minion.

Ma Wanli was puzzled by San's approach, since Liu Shangshu was kind to him, why didn't he think about repaying it, and waited for Liu Xiong to come back and explain to him. Yu San also had a difficult face, and he told Ma Wanli that although Liu Biao colluded with Cao Qincheng with the intention of harming us, he died in our hands after all. is also a righteous brother, and he feels ashamed of Liu Xiong when he thinks about it, so considering his feelings, he will let Liu Jie go after consulting him, and it is difficult to explain to them if he indulges the enemy without explaining it to the gang. ”

Ma Wanli also thinks that Yu San is thoughtful and decent. The conversation between the two was really listened to by the doorkeeper, and he immediately went to Liu Xiong and told him clearly. Liu Xiong was furious when he heard this, he clenched his fists fiercely and said: "Lao Tzu must not let them succeed, Ma Wanli and Yu San killed my eldest brother's revenge, I must revenge." ”

Cao Qincheng heard that Liu's division was unfavorable, resulting in the loss of his troops, and he informed Wei Zhongxian of the situation in a letter. After Wei Zhongxian saw this letter, his face became distorted because of the constant sneer, like a crumpled white paper. He sneered a few times, took Cao Qincheng's letter and went into the palace to face the saint.

At this time, Xizong was carving his new work in the imperial garden, the pavilion flying pavilion, looking at the vivid pavilion, his face was very proud. Compared with the imperial throne, it seems that wood art is more fascinating to him. The concubines and fathers-in-law on the side praised his masterpiece.

Just when he was in high spirits, Wei Zhongxian broke in in a panic. Xizong knew that only Wei Zhongxian could walk around at will in this imperial garden, and when he heard his footsteps, Xizong still leaned over to decorate his masterpiece.

Wei Zhongxian leaned down and bowed: "Holy Lord, you still have the leisure to fiddle with these little things, something big has happened." ”

Xizong listened to his hurried words and couldn't speak, got up and asked him what happened. Wei Zhongxian handed Cao Qincheng's letter to the side, stepped aside and fell to his knees. He knew that Xizong was illiterate, so he knelt down and explained to him.

Wei Zhongxian said to Xizong: "Shengshang, Liu Jie, the pioneer of Pingkou, did not listen to General Cao's good advice, did not wait for the follow-up reinforcements to respond, and rushed forward greedily, but he was ambushed by thieves in Taihu Lake, all the military rations were robbed, and he was also captured by thieves. The first battle was lost, and the imperial court suffered a great setback. ”

Xizong was furious when he heard Long Yan, he destroyed all the painstaking and lonely wood carvings, and ordered Gonggong Chen to summon Liu Shangshu to enter the palace immediately. Liu Shangshu waited left and right at home, and when he didn't see the house, he would send back the news, and when he was restless, Gonggong Chen sent an edict from Xizong, ordering him to enter the palace immediately.

Liu Shangshu sorted out the court clothes, got into the sedan chair, and hurriedly entered the palace. As soon as he stepped into the Imperial Garden, he saw Xizong sitting on a carved dragon chair with a gloomy face. The colorful butterflies in the garden are fluttering, and the flowers show their faces with the wind, although it is an intoxicating scenery, but it cannot resolve the anxiety in Liu Shangshu's heart at all.

After a brief silence, Xizong's anger finally burst out, and he crumpled Cao Qincheng's letter into a ball and threw it in front of Liu Shangshu. Then he shouted, "Look at the contents of the letter for yourself, and give me an explanation." ”

Liu Shangshu leaned over to pick up the paper ball, slowly unfolded the letter, and read it word by word. His frost-like sideburns were condensed with countless beads of sweat because of nervousness and fear. The hand holding the letter trembled.

Xizong snorted, and said to the pale-faced Liu Shangshu: "Liu Jie lost his troops and humiliated the prestige of the court, so he should be beheaded." ”

Liu Shangshu bowed his head to his ears and asked Xizong for forgiveness again and again. Xizong ignored him, and at this time, Wei Zhongxian flashed out of the garden, and also bowed to Xizong, begging him to calm the thunderous anger. Xizong ordered him to get up.

Then he pointed at Liu Shangshu and said, "For the sake of Wei Aiqing's intercession for you, temporarily pardon Liu Jie's capital crime." You will leave Beijing immediately and send troops to suppress Taihu Lake. If there is any more mischief, you will be punished together. ”

Liu Shangshu received the order of thanksgiving, and his solemn face was shrouded in gloomy clouds. He stood in the imperial garden, his heart infinitely sad.