Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Ma Fang put the saber back into its sheath, turned to Liu He and asked, "Master Dazhai, what do you think of this man?"

Liu He's huge body stood up from the tiger-skin chair, moved his hands and feet, and said to Kong Yanzhou: "Kong Yanzhou, if you dare to kill people in public, you can be regarded as a fellow of my village. However, my Mushan Village will not accept it. A person of ability. Since you claim to be a hero in the world, you must have some ability. I don’t know what ability you have? Show it up and let the village master take a look.”

Kong Yanzhou replied: "Village Master, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I have quite a few spears and sticks. I would like to try it for the village master. I don't know what the village's idea is?"

"Okay! Kong Yanzhou, you go to the martial arts field outside and give the village master some spears and sticks. As long as you have real skills, the village master will promote you to be the leader of the village and sit on the fifth seat in the Juyi hall." Top chair." After Liu He finished speaking, he and Ma Fang walked out of the Juyi Hall.

Kong Yanzhou also followed Liu He and Ma Fang out of the Juyi Hall and came to the martial arts arena.

Although Kong Yanzhou is a village ruffian, he really learned some skills when he was learning martial arts. When he went to the martial arts arena, he used a stick to make tigers and tigers look like wind, which is really impressive.

Village owner Liu He wanted to try him, so he arranged for more than a dozen young men to compete with Kong Yanzhou.I saw that Kong Yanzhou twisted the stick in his hand up and down, swaying left and right, really like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, beating more than ten young people so hard that they couldn't get close to him.

"Okay! Brother Kong really deserves the nickname of 'Chuan Linhu'. He is indeed a capable person. The younger ones have all retired, so there is no need to compete. From now on, Brother Kong will be the five-headed leader of our cottage!" With a wave of his hand, the village owner Liu He made the young men retreat from the martial arts arena, announcing in public that Kong Yanzhou would join the gang.

"I've seen Chief Kong!" All the young people at the martial arts arena shouted at Kong Yanzhou in unison.

"Second brother, take Brother Kong to choose a good house in the cottage to settle in. Later, we will return to the Juyi Hall together. Brother, I will wait for you two to have a drink together and welcome Brother Kong." Liu and Ma said. Fang said.

"Brother Kong, follow me!" Ma Fang led Kong Yanzhou to the depths of the village.

"I haven't asked my brother's name yet, which leader is my brother in the village?" Kong Yanzhou asked Ma Fang.

Ma Fang said: "Brother Kong, brother, I am the second leader of this cottage, Ma Fang. People in the Jianghu are called 'Poisonous Bee'. Since Brother Kong has joined the cottage, we will be good brothers in the future. Eating meat, how affectionate and affectionate!"

Kong Yanzhou lowered his head, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, but he didn't act rashly, but called Ma Fang's second brother affectionately, and walked away talking and laughing with him.

"Bumping into the Mountain Bear" Liu He saw Kong Yanzhou walking away, beckoned to a confidant, and whispered to him: "Go to Linlu County to find out, see if this Kong Yanzhou is really in the gambling shop He killed someone and is being wanted by the government.”

After the confidant got the order, he went down the mountain without stopping.

A few days later, Xiao Luo returned from Linlu County, secretly reported the information he had inquired to Liu He, the owner of the Dazhai, and brought back a wanted arrest warrant from the government.As expected, Kong Yanzhou fought with some hooligans in the gambling house in the county town, killed two of them, and escaped from Linlu County.

"Bumping the Mountain Bear" Liu He and "Poisonous Bee" Ma Fang had read the arrest warrant, and only then did they really trust Kong Yanzhou, the leader of the new cottage.

"Third brother and fourth brother have been down the mountain for so long, they must have turned Tangyin County upside down and robbed a lot of money and food. Counting the days, they should return to the village in two days. See you when third brother and fourth brother return to the village After passing Leader Kong, second brother, take him to Wei County in the south for a walk, and take a look for me to see how this Leader Kong is capable of killing people and stealing goods." Liu He paid Ma Fang.

Ma Fang nodded, and said to Liu He: "Don't worry, brother, save yourself, this time down the mountain, we must ask Kong Yanzhou to give the cottage another certificate of nomination. Only in this way can our brothers truly accept him."

The two chiefs were discussing in secret, when they suddenly heard a confidant coming from outside the door to report that the third chief Tao Jun and the fourth chief Jia Jin had returned to the mountain.

After hearing this, Liu He and the other two asked their confidants to go to Houzhai to call the new leader Kong, and together they went to the front of the village to welcome Tao and Jia back.

When Liu He, Ma Fang, and Kong Yanzhou came together to welcome Tao Jun and Jia Jin, the two leaders, they couldn't help but gasped and stared dumbfounded at the dozen or so people coming down the mountain.

I saw the two leaders, Tao Jun and Jia Jin, with only a dozen young men, leading the horse up the mountain in disgrace.The four-headed leader Jia Jin was also injured, his upper body was naked, his back was tightly bandaged, and he was supported by two young men towards the village.

Judging by the situation, the two leaders may have fled back to the village after losing the battle this time!When the two of them went down the mountain, they brought more than 100 subordinates, so many of them are powerful. Now there are only a dozen of them left.Could it be that they were out of luck and bumped into a brigade of officers and soldiers?How could the loss be so great?

Ma Fang and Kong Yanzhou rushed forward to support the exhausted Tao Jun and Jia Jin.Ma Fang asked puzzledly: "Two brothers, what happened? Why did this happen?"

Jia Jin looked at Ma Fang, and said bitterly: "Second brother, my brother was hurt by that thief this time! You and eldest brother must avenge brother and me!"

Tao Jun looked at Kong Yanzhou's face, and asked Ma Fang, "Second brother, who is this?"

Ma Fang said: "Third brother, fourth brother, this is Brother Kong, the new leader of my cottage. Don't worry, two brothers, I will go back to the Juyi hall with my brother, and tell the details of the things at the foot of the mountain."

After Kong Yanzhou met with Tao Jun and Jia Jin, he helped them walk to the Juyi Hall together.

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On Yuejiazhuang, the past few days are much more lively than before.Ximen Qing is still teaching Yue Fei, Wang Gui, and Zhang Xian their spear and stick skills.Yue Fei and the others had already learned from Zhou Tong that Ximen Qing and Zhou Tong were sworn brothers, and now they also respect Ximen Qing as a master, and they have become more intimate with him during their relationship with Ximen Qing.

Fearing that the Mushan bandits would attack again, Yue He, the owner of Yuejiazhuang, mobilized all the young and middle-aged men in the village to practice fighting every day, preparing to defend their homeland.

Jiao Ting saw that these young and middle-aged men lacked masters to teach martial arts, so he took the initiative to take on the important task of training these farmers and villagers, and simply taught them some fighting skills, so that they have the ability to fight in battle.

In the past few days, Zhou Tong from Hedong Village has not shown up in Yuejiazhuang.Ximen Qing knew that Zhou Tong must be busy with his recruitment of troops and inquiring about news.

Chapter 294 Mushan Secret Agent Kong Yanzhou

Tangyin County, Hebei Province is more than 300 miles away from Yanggu County, Shandong Province, and most of them are flat. Therefore, seven days after leaving Yuejiazhuang, Brother Qiao Yun rode back to Yuejiazhuang with reinforcements from Yanggu County on horseback.

The one who led the team to help this time was the "Jiang Menshen" Jiang Zhong.According to Ximenqing's request, Jiang Zhong brought two hundred cavalry trained by Hu Sanniang and three hundred Yanzhou infantry.Of course, in order to hurry, the three hundred infantry also came on horseback.These infantry can maneuver on horseback, but in the final battle, they can dismount and fight in formation.

Ximenqing's arrangement was based on the topography of Tangyin County and Mushan.Most of Tangyin County is a plain terrain, brought [-] elite cavalry, under the command of Ximen Qing, enough to defeat the invading Moushan bandits.If it is necessary to attack the Mushan stronghold, it would be a waste to use the cavalry. At that time, Jiang Zhong's infantry can be used, and the cavalry can be used to control the periphery and wipe out the remnants of the escaped enemies on Moushan.

When the nine-foot-tall "Jiang Gate God" Jiang Zhong rode a tall horse and brought five hundred elite soldiers to Yuejiazhuang, the whole Yuejiazhuang was boiling.

When the young Yue Fei and his little friends, as well as Yue He and his wife, the villagers in the village looked at Ximen Qing with more respect when they saw these majestic soldiers.

Ximen officials are really not ordinary people, they can easily mobilize [-] elite soldiers.If there were senior officials from Ximen in our Tangyin County, where would we be plundered and mutilated by the Mushan bandits?

Yue and his wife looked at each other, and felt that it was a good choice for Yue Fei, who was naturally good at martial arts, to learn from this Ximen official.

When Zhou Tong and Yao Daweng got the news, they rushed to Yuejiazhuang.After seeing these subordinates of Ximen Qing, Zhou Tong laughed out loud, saying "I am old and have no worries".

After hosting a banquet to receive Jiang Zhong and his party, Ximen Qing discussed with Zhou Tong, Yue He and Yao Daweng, and decided to disperse the five hundred soldiers to three villages, forming the horns of each other, which was also convenient for Yue and them to arrange properly. Food and lodging for soldiers.

Ximen Qing asked Jiao Ting to follow Yao Daweng back to Yaojiazhuang with [-] infantrymen, and asked Qiao Yun to take [-] infantrymen to follow his master Zhou Tong back to Hedong Village, and left the [-] cavalry in Yuejiazhuang under his own command.Because Jiang Zhongxin came to Tangyin County and was still very unfamiliar with it, Ximenqing also kept him by his side, took him to familiarize himself with everything here, and planned the next strategy together.

Before Zhou Tong left, he also informed Ximen Qing that they had recruited 500 people, and now they only need to wait for the spies from Mushan to return, so they can work out a plan to exterminate the bandits.

When Ximen Qing, Zhou Tong and others prepared to wipe out the bandits entrenched in Mou Mountain, the bandits on Namu Mountain were also planning to attack Yuejiazhuang in Tangyin County again to avenge Tao Jun and Jia Jin.

Kong Yanzhou, who was also planning personal revenge, heard Tao Jun and Jia Jin's narration in the Juyi Hall, and after knowing that there were experts in Tangyin County who could defeat the Mushan bandits, he had a flash of inspiration and had a new plan for revenge.Kong Yanzhou decided to unite with the people of Yuejiazhuang, and use their power to cooperate internally and externally to annihilate the group of Moushan bandits and avenge the villagers in his village.

After Tao Jun and Jia Jin finished talking, Liu He heard that the people in Yuejiazhuang dared to resist borrowing food from the cottage, and even killed hundreds of his own followers. Yuejiazhuang seeks revenge.

Ma Fang hastily grabbed Liu He and persuaded him: "Brother, don't be so aggressive! The third brother and the fourth brother lost to the Yuejiazhuang this time, because they didn't find out the truth about the Yuejiazhuang. There are many archers, as well as the expert in archery. Before I go down the mountain to take revenge, I must arrange for capable people to investigate and find out the reality of Yuejiazhuang. Besides, the two brothers made a big fuss in Tangyin County In the near future, the government will definitely send officers and soldiers to wander around the foot of Mt. Mou with gongs and drums for a few days. When I go down the mountain at this time, I just bump into those officers and soldiers? The matter of revenge must be considered in the long term."

Tao Jun and Jia Jin also echoed: "Second brother is right, the magic archer in Yuejiazhuang is really powerful, if not for my two brothers wearing armor, I am afraid that I have been killed by that magic archer, and I can't do it anymore. Come back to the mountain to see the two elder brothers."

After hearing this, Liu He calmed down and asked Ma Fang, "Second brother, who do you think should be sent to Yuejiazhuang to inquire?"

Before Ma Fang could answer, Kong Yanzhou stood up and said: "Four brothers, brother, I have just invested in the mountain stronghold, but I haven't made an inch of merit. Why don't I go down the mountain to investigate this time?"

Liu He listened, nodded and said: "Brother Kong is also a suitable candidate. Brother, you are new to the village, and you have never gone down the mountain to borrow food. The people down the mountain don't know that you are from my Mou Mountain, and they will not treat you badly." Be on guard. Brother, this time I will trouble you to find out the reality of Yuejiazhuang. Hurry up and go back, my brothers are waiting for you to return in Dazhai."

Ma Fang, Tao Jun and Jia Jin also thought that Kong Yanzhou was the most suitable candidate, and they had no objection to him going down the mountain.After the five people discussed it, Kong Yanzhou tidied up, pretended to be a shopkeeper, left the Mushan village, and headed towards Tangyin County.

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A few days later, Kong Yanzhou, who was pretending to be a salesman, walked unsteadily outside Yuejiazhuang with a load of groceries.From a distance, he saw a group of teenagers practicing martial arts in the open space in front of the village.

Kong Yanzhou pretended to be tired from walking, he picked up the burden and put it under a tree beside the open space, leaned on the tree, took the water hyacinth from his waist, drank water, and watched the young men dance with spears and clubs.

In the venue at this time, "Jiang Gate God" Jiang Zhong was teaching Sumo to Yue Fei and others.When Kong Yanzhou looked at Jiang Menshen, who was nine feet long and covered in purple flesh, he couldn't help admiring in his heart: "What a majestic man!" Why did Jia Jin and the others lose the battle in Yuejiazhuang?