Let us say that Chao Yong and Ruan Xiaoqi escorted Song Jiang to bid farewell to the leaders and set out on the road. After walking for half a month, they came to a place with a high mountain in front of them.
The escorting man said happily: "Well, after passing the Jieyang Ridge in front, you will reach the Xunyang River. You can reach Jiangzhou in half a day by water."
Chao Yong said: "The weather is hot. Let's cross the ridge as soon as possible and find a place to rest. Otherwise, Uncle Song will not be able to endure carrying these dozens of kilograms of wooden shackles."
Along the way, Chao Yong also chatted a lot with Song Jiang. He felt that Song Jiang was not as insidious as he thought. However, after hanging out in the arena for a long time, he treated ordinary people as trivial and acted unscrupulously. He should be considered a tyrant.
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Although I had already seen the top of the mountain, I walked for half a day before climbing over the top of the mountain. I saw a hotel at the foot of the mountain, backed by a cliff, with a strange tree at the door, and thatched cottages in front and behind, under the shade of the tree.
Pick out a wine curtain.
Song Jiang was carrying dozens of kilograms of wooden shackles, and he was sweating profusely. He said: "After walking for half a day, everyone is also hungry and thirsty. It won't be too late for us to go to the hotel to have some wine and food before leaving."
Five people entered the hotel and sat down in a windy place at the door. No one came out to say hello for a long time.
Song Jiang couldn't bear his thirst and shouted, "Why can't I see my master?"
He only heard the response from inside: "Come on, come on." As he said this, a big man walked out of the back room.
Ruan Xiaoqi smiled and said: "This man is as red-haired as Brother Liu Tang."
But this man urged Judge Li Li. He had seen the five people coming down from the ridge earlier, so he poured sweat medicine into the wine behind him and prepared to do something.
Hearing Ruan Xiaoqi talking about Liu Tang, he couldn't help but clasping his fists and saying, "Is the guest officer talking about the red-haired ghost Liu Tang?"
Ruan Xiaoqi smiled and said: "Exactly, is it possible that you and brother Liu Tang know each other?"
Li Lidao: "I have been famous for a long time, but I have never met him. I heard that brother Liu Tang followed King Chao Tian in Liangshan to fight for heaven. He was so brave that people called him the Red-haired God of Death. I ordered Judge Li Li to have red hair too.
Fa, I have practiced martial arts, but I can only make a living by selling wine here. When will I be as famous as brother Liu Tang?"
When Chao Yong heard that this person was the judge Li Li, he smiled and said: "If you are not afraid of death like him, why worry about not being as famous as Liu Tang."
Li Li shook his head and said: "Brother Liu Tang follows King Chao Tian to do justice for heaven. That is the behavior of a hero. I am just here in Jieyang Mountains. How can I do something like Liangshan? How can I compete with Liu Tang when I have lost all my power?
Brother Tang is just average. It’s okay not to mention it. I haven’t asked any of you yet, but do you know Brother Liu Tang?”
Ruan Xiaoqi spoke frankly and said: "He is the Little Overlord of Liangshan, this is Song Gongming of Timely Rain, and I am Ruan Xiaoqi, the Living Yama of Liangshan. If you want to go up the mountain, just come back and go up the mountain with us."
When Li Li heard this, he immediately said with joy: "All of you who have heard of me earlier, I don't want to see you today. If I am lucky enough to be carried by you, Li Li dares not to die in retribution."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Since my brother is interested in joining the gang, I will introduce you to him. Third Uncle Song is already hungry and thirsty. You can get some food and wine first, and we can talk while we eat."
Li Li smiled and said, "Wait a moment, everyone, I'm going to prepare some food and drinks."
Not long after Li Li left, he cut several plates of pork and mutton, took out another bucket of wine, sifted the wine for everyone, and said, "If Brother Xiao Qi hadn't mentioned Brother Liu Tang, I would have almost collided with him just now.
Everyone, I saw you coming down from the ridge before. Brother Gongming was carrying wooden shackles. He thought he was a corrupt official somewhere and was thinking of drinking some Mongolian sweat medicine to stun him. If he was really a corrupt official, he would bury him here in Jieyang Ridge. My younger brother also made some money.
Huahua, I don’t want to think it’s all your brothers.”
Ruan Xiaoqi smiled and said: "So you, the judge who urges you to order, really do this?"
Li Li said embarrassedly: "You guys are laughing, but Li Li never attacks ordinary passers-by. He only chooses this criminal to seduce him and see if there is gold or silver in his package. If there is too much gold and silver, it is the time for a corrupt official."
If it's too much, I'll take action. If it's not much gold or silver, I'll never hurt you."
Song Jiang smiled and said: "It is indeed a heroic act."
Chao Yong couldn't help but shake his head secretly after hearing this. Judging from this, there must be many good people accidentally injured.
If Song Jiang had known that he was charmed in Water Margin, and Li Li almost killed him when he saw the amount of gold and silver in his package, I wonder if he would still comment like this.
However, there seemed to be many such things in the world of martial arts, and he was unable to change people's opinions for a while. This was probably the Jianghu version of one general succeeding and destroying thousands of bones.
Li Li poured wine into the crowd and said, "I only heard from my friends in the Jianghu that my brother Gongming was working as a businessman in Yuncheng County. I don't know why he was assassinated?"
Song Gongming had no choice but to tell the story one by one about how he was falsely accused by Zhang Wenyuan and others, and how he fled for a long time and was captured again.
After hearing this, Li Li said: "Brother is so worried. If it were me, I would take my father up the mountain with me and have fun."
While he was talking, someone outside the house shouted: "Is Li Li here?"
Li Li heard the voice and said with a smile: "The person coming from outside the house is Li Jun, the Hunjiang Dragon. Please sit down and I will bring him to pay homage to your brothers."
When Chao Yong heard that he was one of his goals for this trip, he hurriedly said: "I have heard of his name many times. You and I will go out to meet him."
Needless to say, Li Jun's martial arts in water can be known from his name of Hunjianglong. What's even more rare is that Li Jun has a lot of strategy in his mind, and he is not that die-hardly loyal to Song Jiang. When attacking Tian Hu, he offered water
After Guan Taiyuan succeeded in wiping out Fang La, he realized that he would not be able to die well when he returned to the court, so he pretended to have a stroke and stayed with his brothers Tong Wei and Tong Meng, and later went to sea to become the master of a country.
Although the three men of the Ruan family were good at water skills, they were all rough men. They might be able to serve as generals, but they could never command the navy. Therefore, after Chao Yong thought of Li Jun, he took the opportunity of escorting Song Jiang to recruit Li Jun.
When Chao Yong and others came out of the hotel, they saw three people standing outside the door. The first one was more than eight feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his face was a little red.
Li Li shouted: "Brother, it's a coincidence that I have some extravagant heroes here. Please come and pay me a visit."
Li Jun also saw Chao Yong and the others, staring at Song Jiang and wondering: "Could it be brother Gongming?"
Song Jiang smiled and said: "It's Song Jiang, but my brother looks strange to me. He should be a stranger to him."
When Li Jun heard that it was Song Jiang, he quickly led Tong Wei and Tong Meng to bow to him.
Song Jiang hurriedly helped the three of them up and said, "I wonder how a good man knows Song Jiang?"
Li Jundao: "I have an acquaintance recently who came from Jeju. I heard that my brother was assassinated and sent to Jiangzhou, so I specially led people to wait here just to see my brother. I just saw that my brother's figure and appearance are similar to those in the legend, so I made a bold guess.
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Chao Yong was young after all. Seeing Li Jun only talking to Song Jiang, he couldn't help but show a trace of displeasure on his face.
Li Li was about to follow Chao Yong up the mountain. Seeing Chao Yong's expression, he hurriedly said: "Brother is only talking to brother Gongming. There is a more extravagant hero here."
When Li Jun saw Li Li talking about the young man next to him, he couldn't help but curiously raised his hands and said: "Li Jun is blind, and I haven't asked this little brother his name yet."
Before Chao Yong could answer, Li Li rushed over and said, "Brother, stand firm. These two are Chao Yong, the little overlord of Liangshan, and Ruan Xiaoqi, the Living Yama."
When Li Jun heard that it was the Little Bully, he quickly led Tong Wei and Tong Meng to worship him again.
Chao Yong helped Li Jun up and said with a smile: "Brother Li, please get up quickly. Don't upset the younger brother."
Li Li also said: "Everyone has seen it, so let's go inside and have a drink and talk."
The few of them returned to the hotel and sat down, one by one to spend time admiring each other for a long time. Song Jiang also told Li Jun about the assassination of his wife.
Li Li smiled and said: "I have decided to abandon my family business here and follow Brother Yong to go to Liangshan to start a business. Brother Li also has skills, why not go with me, it is better than you doing private business here."
After hearing this, Li Jun thought for a while and said to brother Tong Wei and Tong Meng: "The three of us are all skilled in water and land martial arts. Being caught selling smuggled salt is a death penalty. It would be better to go to Liangshan with Li Li and follow Chao Tianwang to make a grand show."
Even if your career is dead, it is better than being unknown now. I wonder what you two think?"
Tong Wei and Tong Meng looked at each other and said, "But it's up to my brother to make the decision."
Seeing that the two of them did not disappoint him, Li Jun smiled and said, "Good brothers."
Then he turned to Chao Yong and said: "In this way, the three of us can rely on the little overlord to guide us."
Chao Yong hurriedly said: "Okay, I didn't expect that Jiangzhou and his party would add a few heroes to our Liangshan. With your help, our Liangshan will definitely become more prosperous. When I send Uncle Song to Jiangzhou, we will return to Liangshan together."
(Thanks to the book friend "Diao Ren One" and "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me" for voting for the update, but 12,000 is really beyond my coding speed)
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