To this day, even the magistrate of Qinghe County knows the name Wu Dalang of Wudong, and none of the rogue gangsters dare to come to Wujiazhuang to cause trouble.
Thousands of acres of land around them are Wu Dong's family property, and there are many slaves. Wu Dong now has a big family and a big business, but he has never gotten married until now.
"Da Lang, you are not young anymore, it's time to get married." Wu Taigong always nags in front of Wu Dalang.
"There's no rush about this matter! You're in your twenties, why are you anxious? A man should have his own career first," Wu Dong said.
Wu Taigong has been with Wu Dong for a long time and has long been accustomed to the strange words in Wu Dong's mouth. He already knows what the word "career" means.
Then he stamped his feet and said, "You already have such a big career and have made such a big name, aren't you satisfied?"
Wu Dong laughed and said: "This little soap business and this mere name of 'Timely Rain' can be considered a career? Troubled times are coming, and a man should make contributions and leave a heavy mark in this magnificent era. Only then can he
Call it a career!”
Wu Dong knew that it was the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and in a dozen years there would be the famous "Jingkang Shame". First, the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Liao Kingdom, and then the Jin Kingdom inserted itself into the Song Dynasty and captured both emperors of the Song Dynasty.
After that, most of Shandong, Hebei, and Henan were occupied by the Jin people. From then on, the people were in dire straits, and the Han people lived like pigs and dogs under the iron hooves of the Jin people.
This was a troubled time, but it was also an era of heroic achievements.
As the saying goes, "Heroes emerge from troubled times" and "the times create heroes." Wu Dong must take advantage of the situation and make a great career as a real man.
After finally arriving in this era, how can we lead a mediocre life? Or even live a lifetime under the rule of foreigners?
In the modern era, people worked hard for life. In this era, they don’t have any burden and can boldly do whatever they want.
In these years, I have continuously dispersed my family wealth, made friends with heroes all over the world, and gained the title of Timely Rain, all for my future plans.
"I have made friends with many heroes, but I have never met a Liangshan hero. Some time ago, I heard from heroes passing by that Lin Chong, the leopard-headed man, was sent to Cangzhou. According to the records of Water Margin, he will be forced to go to Liangshan soon. Now is the time to meet Lin Chong.
It's time." Wu Dong secretly said.
"Da Lang, I have chosen a good girl for you. You don't want to get married for the time being, but you can always take a concubine?" Wu Taigong was still nagging in Wu Dong's ears.
"I have something important to go to Cangzhou, Hebei Province, and I will set off today." Wu Dong interrupted him and said.
That afternoon, Wu Dong packed up and headed toward Cangzhou, Hebei Province with a dozen of his servants who were highly skilled in martial arts. It was nominally to open the soap market in Cangzhou, but actually he was going there to meet the famous leopard-headed Lin Chong in Water Margin.
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Lin Chong, the leopard head, can be regarded as one of the most skilled martial arts characters in Water Margin, but he is also the character with the most miserable fate.
He was originally the chief instructor of the 800,000-strong Forbidden Army in Bianliang. He was highly skilled in martial arts. However, because of the beauty of his wife, he was spotted by Gao Yanei, the godson of Taiwei Gao Qiu. Therefore, he was framed and betrayed by his confidant Lu Qian, and was eventually exiled.
Arrive in Cangzhou.
Because he met Xiao Xuanfeng Chai Jin along the way, and based on Chai Jin's letter, he was assigned to the Tianwang Hall. This was a good job, but he was sent to the fodder yard a few days later.
The fodder farm was a poor place, and Lin Chong was very satisfied to be able to come here.
On that day, the north wind was howling, heavy snow was falling, and it was freezing cold. Lin Chong used a flower gun to pick a wine gourd and prepared to go to the surrounding wine shops to get some wine to ward off the cold.
I came to the wine shop, drank a few glasses of wine, chatted with the owner of the wine shop, weighed a pound of beef, and then prepared to return.
The snow was getting heavier and heavier, but Lin Chong was not afraid at all. Instead, he felt an indescribable sense of pride and ambition.
As long as you work hard here, you will one day return home and see your wife again.
But, I wonder if my wife will be okay after I leave?
Braving the wind and snow all the way, he rushed back to the forage yard. When he arrived at the forage yard and saw the scene in the forage yard, he couldn't help but feel miserable in his heart.
It used to be that there were two houses in the hayyard, where he usually lived, but now both houses have been collapsed by heavy snow, and now there is no place to live.
With such heavy snow, if you stay outside for a whole night, you won't freeze to death?
Lin Chong had no choice but to suddenly remember that he had passed by a mountain temple when he came back just now. Now he could go and stay in that mountain temple for one night.
At that moment, Lin Chong headed towards the mountain temple, arrived at the mountain temple, went inside, and closed the temple door. Lin Chong leaned on a big rock, preparing to rest there.
Sleeping until midnight, suddenly there was a voice outside. Lin Chong was immediately alarmed.
Only one person said: "Is this strategy good?"
Another person said: "Thank you for your help, you two can rest assured. When we get to the capital, I will definitely report it to Grand Master Gao and guarantee that both of you will become high officials."
After hearing this person's voice, Lin Chong stood up suddenly, his eyes blazing with fire. He had already recognized who this person was. This was Lu Qian, the mastermind who framed him. He was originally his confidant and a partner he had known since childhood.
, betrayed him in order to please Captain Gao, and now he has come to Cangzhou again. I heard that he meant to frame me again.
There was constant talking outside, and there were three people in total.
One person said: "After Lin Chong asks us to kill him this time, Gao Yanei's illness will definitely be cured."
Another person said: "The villain crawled over from outside the wall and lit more than a dozen torches in the haystacks. The entire hayyard burned down. No matter how good Lin Chong's martial arts skills are, he will definitely die this time."
Lu Qian laughed and said: "Even if he can escape his name and burn the army's fodder, it is still a capital crime."
The man at the beginning said: "He will definitely die. Let's go back to the city."
Lu Qian said: "Wait a little longer. After the fire is out, we will pick up two bones and present them to Gao Taiwei and Gao Yanei, and let them know that we will take care of things."
The three of them laughed in unison.
When Lin Chong in the mountain temple heard this, his chest was about to burst with anger. His grief and anger reached the extreme. He suddenly opened the temple door and rushed out.
The three of them thought that Lin Chong had been buried in the hayyard. They never dreamed that Lin Chong would appear here. They were so frightened that they wanted to run away.
Lin Chong killed one of them with one shot. The other man had just escaped about ten meters, but was also killed by Lin Chong with his backhand. Lin Chong pulled out a knife from the man's waist.
Lu Qian's hands and feet were weak, and he barely escaped. Lin Chong had already caught up, stomped on the ground hard, and put a knife on his neck.
"Traitor, you and I have known each other since childhood, and we have no grievances. Why did you frame me like this?" Lin Chong said coldly.
"Teacher, please forgive me, all of this is the instruction of Lieutenant Gao and has nothing to do with me." Lu Qian was so frightened that he peed like urine.
"You came here to harm me. How could it have nothing to do with you? Today I will take your life!" Lin Chong was filled with grief and anger and cut off Lu Qian's head with a knife.
Just as he was about to take the heads of three people to sacrifice to the mountain god, at this moment, a cheer came from the distance: "Lin Chong, the leopard head, really deserves his reputation!"
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"Who?!" Lin Chong was surprised and shouted.
"It's me, Qinghe Wudong." Wu Dong had already led more than ten people here.
There were more than ten people, each of whom was strong and powerful. Many of them were heroes that Wu Dong had made friends with over the years, and they voluntarily stayed in Wujiazhuang.
These people all had weapons in their hands, even Wu Dong had a big sword in his hand.
"Qinghe Wudong? But Qinghe Wudalang, who is known as Shandong's Timely Rain?" Lin Chong asked in surprise.
"I didn't expect Coach Lin to have heard of my humble reputation," Wu Dong said.
"Shandong's timely rain is famous all over the world. How could I not have heard of it?" Lin Chong was relieved when he heard it was Wu Dong.
It turns out that Wu Dong's reputation has been too loud in recent years. Everyone said that Wu Dong was eager for justice and righteous. Lin Chong thought that Wu Dong was definitely not the kind of person who worked hard for the government, and he did not have any sinister purpose in coming here.
This is the role of reputation, sometimes it is more important than power.
"I wonder what important business Wu Dalang has here?" Lin Chong said.
While he was talking, he looked at Wu Dong and found that Wu Dong was about twenty years old. He had an extraordinary appearance and looked like a man with strong martial arts skills. He also had an upright face, which gave him an excellent first impression.
Wu Dong was also sizing up Lin Chong at this moment. Lin Chong was about thirty years old, a little thin, and his face was a little miserable. At first glance, he looked like an upright person.
It's a pity that such an upright person was framed, his family was ruined, and he lived in Cangzhou. Once he got here, those people didn't let him go.
As far as Wu Dong knew, Lin Chong's wife committed suicide in the end. This man's fate was really too bitter.
"I heard that Lieutenant Gao was determined to frame the coach, so I came here to help. Are these three people here to frame the coach? Fortunately, they have been killed by the coach." Wu Dong said.
"The three of them are dead...but I can't escape the death penalty...all the army's fodder has been burned, what should I do?" Lin Chong said in a sad voice.
"Instructor Lin, I wonder what your plans are? Are you going to die here?" Wu Dong said.
"In this... the vast Song Dynasty, there is no place for Lin to gain a foothold... If you stay here, you will die. It is better... you might as well go to Liangshan and become a bandit." Lin Chong hesitated for a long time and said.
At this time, Liangshanbo had already gained a certain reputation. The leader of Liangshanbo was called Wang Lun, and there were two deputy leaders named Du Qian and Song Wan. They had hundreds of naval troops under their command.
Wu Dong couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. He wanted to subdue Lin Chong for his own use, but he couldn't let Lin Chong go to Liangshanbo now.
Moreover, the current Liangshanbo is really not a good place, and you will inevitably feel discouraged when you get there.
At that moment, Wu Dong said: "Instructor Lin, as far as I know, Wang Lun, the leader of Liangshanbo, is mean and jealous of talents. If Instructor Lin goes there, he will be ostracized."
Lin Chong smiled bitterly and said, "If I don't go there, where can I go?"
Wu Dong said: "If not, you come with me to Wujiazhuang. My Wujiazhuang covers an area of thousands of miles and can always give the coach a hiding place."
Lin Chong was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "This is not possible. If I go to Wujiazhuang, wouldn't I cause you a lot of trouble, Dalang? If someone finds out, Dalang will also be implicated by me."
Lin Chong was extremely kind-hearted. If he went to Liangshan, there would be grass bandits there, so he would not be implicated. But Wu Dong was innocent and there was no case against him. If he went to Wujiazhuang, he would be implicated.
Wu Dong laughed and said: "What is this? I, Wu Dalang, have entertained so many heroes over the years. Countless of them are people from the green forest. Many of them have murder cases committed by the imperial court. I can keep them. How can I keep them?"
Don’t I dare to keep Coach Lin??”
Lin Chong felt grateful and felt that "Shandong Timely Rain" was indeed well-deserved. At that time, most people were sincere, and Wu Dong invited Lin Chong so naturally that he no longer refused, and immediately decided to follow Wu Dong back to Wujiazhuang.
It was snowing heavily, and the hayyard was still burning. Wu Dong, Lin Chong and others were heading east through the snow, leaving Cangzhou Mansion.