Zhu Biao respected his master Luan Tingyu very much. He never dared to treat Luan Tingyu like other ordinary instructors. This was not only because of Luan Tingyu's abilities, but also because Luan Tingyu passed on all his abilities to them. The three brothers have the virtue of reinvention. As the saying goes, "Once a teacher, always a father", this is the best expression in the hearts of the three brothers of the Zhu family.
Therefore, Zhu Biao, the person he usually respects the most, frowned when he talked about Luan Tingyu. When he said that there was something hidden in Zhu Biao's heart, Zhu Chaofeng was a little surprised, thinking that this matter must have something to do with Luan Tingyu. Already.
"Luan Tingyu, there is a ghost," Zhu Biao said straight to the point. Zhu Chaofeng's heart became more and more anxious. At this time, Zhu Hu, who had always been calm, stared at his three places with wide eyes and called Luan Tingyu. name, this is obviously not a good start.
Zhu Biao continued: "Today, my eldest brother intercepted and killed Li Ying's pursuers. Unexpectedly, his opponent was captured by that man. Zhu Chaofeng chased him out first. I heard about it later and led his troops to chase him out. Wait for me When I arrived, I saw him standing on the road with his gun drawn. He didn’t chase him, and just watched the guys ride away in a hurry."
Zhu Chaofeng and Zhu Hu looked at each other with some doubts in their hearts.
"My eldest brother was captured alive by that guy. I urged him to chase and kill me together. Even if I couldn't save my eldest brother, I would still kill the guy. Who would have thought that instead of pursuing me, he would not allow me to go. He said that there were a large number of Song Jiang's troops ahead. He was lying in ambush there, fearing that something might happen, so he ordered all the troops to come back with all their troops in silence." Zhu Biao said, "That journey made me anxious. I suspected that Luan Tingyu knew that guy, and he ran away alone. I didn't believe it. Luan Tingyu's ability allowed him to escape alive. I became suspicious at that time and asked him who he was."
"What did he say?" Zhu Chaofeng suddenly remembered Luan Tingyu holding his son's bloody head with a ferocious smile in his dream. At this time, he became a little anxious and asked.
Zhu Biao replied: "How can I say that he said that person is a person who has gone astray?"
"Hmph, who in this Fangyuan Prefecture doesn't know that we are fighting with Liangshan now, and why we took the wrong way to capture my brother alive," Zhu Biao said, becoming even more angry. At that moment, he gritted his teeth and felt the pain on the side of his head. The veins are clearly exposed one by one.
Zhu Hu frowned slightly when he heard this and did not speak. Zhu Chaofeng also lowered his head, feeling confused.
Seeing that the two of them were silent, Zhu Biao just thought that they didn't believe his words, and then said angrily: "After I come back, I secretly called Zhuang Ding, who had accompanied Luan Tingyu, into the room, and asked, guess what?"
"How?" Zhu Chaofeng was eager to uncover the answer to the mystery.
Zhu Biao saw that his father was listening to what he heard, and now he became more and more enthusiastic about it, and the expression on his face became a little more flapping, saying: "You don't know, that Zhuang Ding told me that Luan Tingyu chased that guy all the way, He never caught up, but later he saw Song Jiangda's banner from a distance, so he rode back. Unexpectedly, the young man who captured his elder brother came after him quickly. The villagers thought that he was single and helpless, so they shot him to death with arrows. However, Luan Tingyu stopped everyone and led the young man to run away for another seven or eight miles. Later, the two of them fought. It was said that they had fought for a hundred and ten rounds and still had not decided the winner. Luan Tingyu stopped the young man and talked about it. We had a heart-to-heart talk, but later when I saw that I brought my troops over, I actually let the guy get away on purpose. Are you angry or not? I saw clearly that there was something evil inside."
After Zhu Chaofeng and Zhu Hu heard this, their expressions became even more ugly, and they remained calm and silent.
Zhu Biao said: "Dad, second brother, although this person has contributed a lot to our Zhu family, he is an outsider after all. In this storm, you can't be careless at all. You have to be on guard against this person."
Zhu Hu nodded and said: "What the third brother said makes sense, but Luan Tingyu has worked hard for my Zhu family these past few years, and I have never seen him have anything to do with Liangshan. All three of our brothers' kung fu came from him. If he wanted to harm us, he would have done it long ago, and there is no need to go to such trouble."
Zhu Hu made this clear and said that the word "harm" came out of his mouth. Zhu Chaofeng immediately raised a finger to his mouth alertly and asked his two brothers to keep their voices down.
"It's because the three brothers and I are the children he brought out, so he couldn't bear to do it, so he borrowed Liangshan's hand so that he could dominate the village by himself," Zhu Biao looked at his father's frightened face and lowered his voice, but on the contrary It seemed that the matter was becoming more and more serious. Zhu Biao couldn't bear it and spoke out his immature thoughts in one breath, which shocked both Zhu Hu and Zhu Chaofeng.
"It can't be... that's it," Zhu Hu thought about the ordinary master's teachings, but he really couldn't relate them to the person he was talking about. However, Zhu Biao had no reason to frame him, and he felt conflicted for a while. .
Zhu Chaofeng thought for a moment and said, "You ask the village man to come to see me. I want to ask him personally."
After Zhu Biao heard this, he was quite unhappy and said: "Dad, I have already quietly interrogated him once. If you call him again and leak the news, won't you force him to do something?"
Zhu Biao's words are not unreasonable. Now that the bandits in Liangshan are approaching, Luan Tingyu, as the Zhu family's gun and stick instructor, has a unique place in the Zhu family, both in terms of his ability and prestige. And because he is the master of the three sons of the Zhu family, his status Another level higher. In this way, the responsibility of arranging troops in Zhujiazhuang naturally fell into the hands of Luan Tingyu. It turned out that Zhu Chaofeng took Luan Tingyu as his confidant and treated him as a family, and he did not pay attention to some of them. Question, now that I think about it, I feel quite scared. Is it possible that Luan Tingyu cultivated his confidants and developed party members... Thinking of this, Zhu Chaofeng felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. They are all smoothed out together.
"In that case, what should we do?" Zhu Hu asked the most important thing.
"Be careful and send people to watch his every move," Zhu Biao blurted out without thinking, "If you find anything wrong at all, kill him immediately."
"Don't act recklessly," Zhu Chaofeng scolded in a low voice.
Zhu Biao knew that his father did not disapprove of his actions, but was worried that he would not be able to kill Luan Tingyu and would instead tell the truth and lead to death. Zhu Biao said: "The inheritance saved by our ancestors cannot be destroyed in the hands of others, even if it is a wrongful death." One hundred, don’t let one go, poison or assassinate, or in the worst case, we will both die.”
When Zhu Chaofeng heard what Zhu Biao said, he became more and more outrageous. He glared at him fiercely. Those two sharp eyes seemed to pierce Zhu Biao's internal organs. Zhu Biao's whole body trembled, although he didn't feel that he was at fault. , but I dare not continue to lie.
Zhu Chaofeng changed his tone and said to Zhu Hu: "Go and burn some incense. Let me think about this. You all go and have a rest first."
Zhu Hu lit a note of incense and put it in the silver incense burner. When he saw his father sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed and meditating, he and his third brother Zhu Biao left the room. At this time, the two brothers realized that the sky was already getting brighter.
At this moment, although Zhu Chaofeng's ears were clear, his heart was still messy. In his mind, fragments of the dream appeared repeatedly, intermittently, making it increasingly difficult for him to calm down. I thought hard for a long time to no avail, and finally turned into a sigh.
After another half an hour, the sky was completely bright. Zhu Biao and Zhu Hu had no intention of sleeping anymore since they came out of their father Zhu Chaofeng's room. The two brothers patrolled the defense of the manor. Just this early in the morning, the two brothers had just walked up to the village gate tower to inspect, when they saw a troop of soldiers and horses wrapped in billowing smoke and dust coming from a distance. Zhu Biao thought it was Liangshan coming to call for formation again, and he felt itchy in his heart, so he called out immediately He took weapons from the left and right, and was about to rush down when he was stopped by the steady Zhu Hu. Zhu Biao didn't know what he meant. When he looked in the direction pointed by Zhu Hu, he saw that among the people and horses, he was fighting. It is the flag of Dengzhou.
Zhu Biao took one look and stopped. When the group came closer, he took another look and saw that they were all uniformly dressed as officers and soldiers. The two brothers looked at each other and suddenly felt happy.
Zhu Hu thought: I scolded these grandsons this morning, but I didn't want to be too late, so I came at this time. This time, not only can we solve the urgent problem of banditry in Liangshan, but more importantly, we will have the government's soldiers and horses. Come to garrison, even if the master has the slightest evil intention, he will not dare to do anything wrong. In this way, internal and external troubles can be calmed down, which is very good.
Thinking of this, Zhu Hu's face showed a smile and said: "Come on, let's go out of the city to greet you and see which adult is coming with the troops."
Zhu Biao couldn't help it for a long time. Just as Zhu Hu was talking, he walked down the Zhuang Tower in three steps and two steps at a time. Unexpectedly, he met Luan Tingyu and hurriedly arrived at the Zhuang Tower with a few followers. Come to the door.
Zhu Biao saw that Luan Tingyu was well informed, and he couldn't help but think that someone on the city must have tipped him off. It seemed that this guy had secretly developed a lot of wings, making it difficult to guard against domestic thieves. This was probably what he was talking about.
"Disciple pays homage to master," Zhu Hu came up and bowed. Seeing Zhu Biao standing dumbly, he deliberately raised his voice.
After he reminded him, Zhu Biao suddenly realized his mistake and quickly made up for it, fearing that Luan Tingyu would notice something strange in his heart, so he specifically said: "Master, we are saved. The imperial court has sent troops. Who is it that came quietly when we went out?" grown ups,"
After hearing this, Luan Tingyu didn't notice anything strange in Zhu Biao's heart, but flatly refused, saying: "When the two armies are fighting, you need to be cautious in everything. How can you act rashly at the slightest sign of trouble?" After saying that, he called the man who was about to open the village door. The owner of the village closed the door firmly again, turned around and said, "Follow me up here. Let's be strict with ourselves first. If the thief pretends to be a thief and takes the opportunity to deceive the door of the village, wouldn't he be in vain?"
The two brothers agreed verbally, but they felt in their hearts that although what they said was good, under the circumstances, it was clear that Luan Tingyu was causing trouble for nothing, and was afraid that the government troops would come in and ruin his affairs.