Chapter 232: One for each table, two cottage owners who haven't seen it for a long time
In Bazhou, the Song and Liao Dynasties were twenty miles away.
Duan Jingzhu, the golden retriever under Xiao Tang's command who was left behind in Hebei Muma Prison, had just delivered the goods at the foraging field, but he led the town villagers to a remote mountain ridge, as if he was quietly waiting for something. people.
Although the Song and Liao countries had a trading market and customs clearance at the border, the private smuggling trade between the two countries was already very active. The golden retriever Duan Jingzhu was originally from Zhuozhou in the Liao Dynasty. At that time, he often went to and from the Song and Liao border areas to steal horses. Horse trading, so Duan Jingzhu was naturally familiar with the stretches of border between Song and Liao where bilateral official and military inspections were lax, and where private horse traders from the two countries frequently traded.
However, walking with him today was General Shi Yong, who was originally a gambler in Damingfu City and is now the leader of the brave infantry in Xiaojiaji Township. Shi Yong looked to the north and saw rugged hills spreading for several miles. It is not a mountain range with dangerous peaks, but it is also a place with dangerous mountains and rivers, and a place where humans and animals are extinct. Although the location he is standing is on the border of the Song Dynasty, the vast mountains and forests that he can see to the north are already the boundaries of the Liao Kingdom.
Shi Yong waited anxiously and couldn't help but said to Duan Jingzhu: "This place is not far from the market. Although we in the Song Dynasty encourage private purchases of horses in the north, I have also heard that the officers and soldiers in the Liao Kingdom are strictly inspecting them. I don’t know if my brother can be noticed by the Liao army."
After hearing this, Duan Jingzhu laughed and said: "The various ethnic groups in the Liao Kingdom are mixed. Except for the five capitals, the inspections are very strict. However, there has been no war between Song and Liao for a hundred years. Most of the Liao generals at the border are just greedy for money and water. How can they be patrolling?" Are you thinking too much about the border? I have done a lot of business here in the past. Private merchants from the Khitan, Han family, Bohai, Xiren and other tribes in Liao often come and go without any trouble. Brother Shi Yong, just don't worry."
Before Duan Jingzhu finished speaking, he saw a group of men and horses galloping out of the hills and mountains to the north. The man they were looking for turned out to be the man Wu Song helped Su Jinniang with his sword when he escorted Su Jinniang to Qingzhou in the Xiaotang Dynasty. Later, he came to Jizhou in the Liao border to avoid being arrested by the government. Deng Fei, the fire-eyed Suan Ni, drank the fallen grass in the horse river.
It is said that Deng Fei has not lost contact with Xiao Tang since he died in Yinma River. In the past, Shi Xiu, Yang Lin and even now Duan Jing, when they were living in the north and buying war horses privately, met Deng Fei from time to time.
Deng Fei was old acquaintances with Yang Lin, Shi Yong, and the uncle and nephew of the Zou family in Dengyunshan, so when he saw Shi Yong, he was immediately delighted. When Deng Fei rode his horse to Shi Yong, turned over and dismounted, and said happily: " Hahaha! Brother Shi Yong, we haven’t seen each other for a while!”
Shi Yong grinned and said: "If I had known that you would occupy a place with beautiful mountains and water surrounding the peaks, you would be the king of the mountain and have fun, so I didn't forget to come, brother!"
After saying that, Shi Yong looked towards Deng Fei and saw a leader with fair skin and slender figure next to him, and said: "Brother Deng Fei, I heard that when you were in Yinma River, you got a man convicted of killing Hua Shi Gang. The brother who was promoted to an official position but abandoned his family and fled, known as Yubanganmeng Kang in the world, could he be this hero?"
At this time, Meng Kang also hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said: "I have often heard Brother Deng mention Brother Shi, and I don't want to pay homage to him here today!"
At this time, Deng Fei asked Shi Yong again: "Brother Shi Yong, in the past, most of the people who went to Song and Liao Dynasties in Daming Mansion were brothers Yang Lin and this brother Duan Jingzhu. I heard that you were gathering at Xiao's house to do things. As a leader, why do you have time to visit me today?"
Shi Yong smiled and said: "Firstly, I haven't seen my brother for a long time, and I miss him so much. Secondly, there is a verbal message from the young master of the capital, so that I can let my brothers know."
Deng Fei frowned after hearing this. He was also a fierce and loyal man. Although Deng Fei and Xiao Tang had known each other since childhood, Deng Fei had also heard that Xiao Tang was first favored by Liang Shijie, the left-behind prime minister of Daming Mansion, and later conquered the Jinan Army.
Zhang Di has made many military exploits, and now he has been ordered to visit Zhao Guan's family and serve as the pacifier of South Jingxi Road, and the commander of the palace in front of the palace, Sidu Yuhou, and other important positions.
Although Deng Fei and Xiao Jiaji still had contact with the border between Song and Liao, he also knew that as Xiao and Tang became more entrenched in the officialdom, their relationship could only gradually drift apart. Now Deng Fei is in the Liao Kingdom in Yinmachuan.
Although Xiao Ju is unlikely to have a conflict with Xiao Tang, after all, officials and bandits are on different paths. In this case, Deng Fei is just thinking about his past friendship with Xiao Tang to maintain the current cooperative relationship. Other than that,
, what else can happen?
But listening to Shi Yong relaying Xiao Tang's oral message, Deng Fei was first surprised, then pleasantly surprised, and then he laughed loudly and said: "I just said that my brother Xiao Tang, that famous Xiao Renxia should not be the one with the abuse of office.
A gangster who works with dirty officials! Hahaha, if he is still the good man who dared to kill powerful people, I, Deng Fei, will still say the same thing: come in water, go in fire, I will never be ambiguous!"
After that, Deng Fei said hurriedly: "Since Brother Xiaotang has conquered Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain in Qingzhou, do you want me to join the gang? This is easy. I will go back to the village to pack up my belongings and lead my children.
Go and join the camp!"
"I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are still so impatient!" Shi Yong rolled his eyes strangely and shouted: "The young master did not let you go to the stronghold. At present, the green forest strongmen in the Liao Kingdom are only familiar with you, Yinmachuan.
, if you leave, how will you behave in the Northland?"
Deng Fei was puzzled when he heard this, and asked: "It's a strange thing! There are countless strong men in the eight hundred military states of the Song Dynasty. What kind of calculations did the Xiao and Tang brothers have? Do you want to create a counterattack against the emperor of the Liao Kingdom first?"
Shi Yong also had a short temper. He was just entrusted by Yang Linna to convey Xiao Tang's message to Deng Fei. He did not want to explain in detail, so he said impatiently: "I didn't know there were so many!" The young master only said
He asked you to find out the situation of the green forest strongmen and various tribes in Jizhou, Pingzhou and Zhuozhou in the southern capital of Liao Dynasty. He also knows that Brother Mengkang is good at building large and small ships, which has great uses. He will talk about this next time
I will also let you know how to communicate with the young master when meeting each other."...
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At the same time, Hebei East Road, Kushushan.
Bao Xu, the mourning door god, sat hunched over on a big tiger-skin chair, leaning on his left shoulder with a long-handled black sword. His pair of jackal eyes stared coldly at the fat man with light eyebrows and no beard below.
, but the rude man showed no signs of weakness and stared back with round eyes.
Bao Xu smiled conspiratorially and said, "Are you the faceless Jiao Ting under Xiao Renxia?"
Jiao Ting nodded and said in a naive voice: "That's right! Our young master asked me to come here to look for you before I go to Qingfeng Mountain. Now if you want to go with me or not, please give me a message!"
A strange smile slowly appeared at the corner of Bao Xu's mouth, and he said lightly: "Although I was trusted by Xiao Renxia for not killing him, I, Bao Xu, know about such a big thing... but at least I am also the master of a copycat village.
, to send a man like you to tell me to join the gang is to underestimate me."
"The owner of a cottage?" Jiao Ting looked around and said in a naive voice: "You are the only leader of this cottage, and it is so deserted. How can you have a great career?"
Bao Xu's pupils shrank sharply, and his hand like a dead branch had already grasped the handle of the sword! The people on both sides listened to Jiao Ting's taunting words, and all of them felt a little bit in their hearts. As the leader of the king's village, he has always been a murderous person.
This reckless man who wanted to draw his sword and kill someone when he was not in harmony dared to talk to Bao Xu like this. Didn't he think that his life was too long?
When Jiao Ting saw this, he puffed up his chest and shouted: "What! You want to fight but you can't! I'll accompany you!"
Bao Xu stared at Jiao Ting with his frosty eyes for a long time, but suddenly he felt that the unabashed man in front of him was a bit lovable. He slowly loosened his grip on the sword and snorted coldly: "Xiao
How could Ren Xia, such an outstanding person, send a rough guy like you to make money from me?"
"I'm a rough guy, but you're handsome?" Jiao Ting glanced at Bao Xu, who had a ferocious face, and muttered in a low voice. Then he remembered something and said to Bao Xu again: "By the way, young master, you are still
Please let me bring you something: Don’t you, the sworn keeper, want to kill all the people in the world who deserve to be killed? When the time comes, I will ask you to kill them to your heart’s content!”
After hearing this, Bao Xu was slightly startled. After a while, his unique sad and strange laughter burst out from his throat again...
