Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Ximen Qing didn't know at this time that the fat baby in the swaddle in front of him was the father of the famous "Dragon of Words" Xin Qiji in the future.

By accepting Xin Wenyu as his adoptive son, Ximen Qing became Xin Qiji's ancestor, and he doesn't know whether today's events will change Xin Qiji's future destiny.

After drinking the full moon wine, Ximen Qing and the others stayed in Licheng for another two days, waiting for Xin Zan to finish handling the family affairs, and then set off for Qingzhou together.

After learning from Xin Zan that Zhao Mingcheng liked to study epigraphy, Ximenqing and Luan Tingyu took a trip to Qianfo Mountain. While visiting places of interest, they rubbed many inscriptions and prepared to give these rubbings to Zhao Mingcheng as gifts.

Two days later, when Xin Zan finished his preparations, he left Licheng with Ximen Qing and the others, heading towards Qingzhou.

From Qizhou to Qingzhou, you have to go east through Zizhou.Zhang Tuanlian from Mengzhou was transferred to Mengzhou from here.

Everyone went all the way without incident, and soon passed through the border of Zizhou and entered the territory of Qingzhou.

On this day, near noon, Ximen Qing and his party came to the foot of a big mountain.The crowd was a little hungry and thirsty, and when they saw a village hotel by the road, they dismounted and entered the hotel together, occupied a few cypress tables, and had a rest here.

"Shopkeeper! Xiao Er! Take this silver and quickly cut up the best beef and mutton. I have to hurry after eating." Shi Yong slapped a piece of silver on the table.

Seeing a group of generous guests coming, the shop waiter smiled and sang "Fat Ye", collected the money, and went to the back kitchen to cut meat for everyone.

The waiter in the shop entered the back kitchen and said to the couple in the kitchen: "Sister, brother-in-law, a group of rich and wealthy customers came to the shop, and they gave me a piece of silver first when they met! I see these People are not ordinary people, do you want to go up the mountain and tell the two village owners?"

After hearing Xiao Er's words, the man in the kitchen asked, "How many people have come outside, how do you know that they are not ordinary people?"

The waiter replied: "Brother-in-law, there are more than a dozen people coming in, and the leader is five people. Among the five people, two have extraordinary appearance, with thin skin and tender flesh, obviously from rich and noble families; the other three are strong and strong, With sharp eyes, he looks like a hero in the Jianghu. The rest of the dozen or so people are their followers, all with swords. This group of people seems to have a lot of history, not like ordinary merchants."

The man in the kitchen said: "In this case, let me go out and check on him, and then decide whether to report to the village owner."

Hearing this, the woman swiftly cut several plates of beef and mutton, told her husband and brother to be careful, and let them take the meat out.

The waiter walked in front, opened the curtain and went out first.The man in the kitchen was holding the wooden tray with one hand, and opened a corner of the curtain with the other to look out. He saw Ximen Qing and the five of them.

It's him!And him!It turned out to be these two people!The man shook his body and recognized two of Ximen Qing and the others.

The man stabilized his mind, and pretending to be nonchalant, he took out the beef and mutton and placed them on the table of Ximen Qing and the five of them. After singing a song to the five of them, he turned and went back to the kitchen.After the shop waiter arranged the dishes, he also followed in.

"The enemy of the village master is here! Unexpectedly, he ran into my hand today! You are here to serve those people well, just serve good wine and good food, and try to hold them back as much as possible. I will go up the mountain and report to the village master." The man lowered his voice and said to his wife and uncle.

The two nodded and went about preparing the food and drinks separately.The man slipped out the back door and hurried up the hill along a path.

In the hotel, the waiter took out a jug of fine wine, put it on the table of Ximen Qing and the others, and smiled at them: "Guest officers, the shop also has some fine wine, do you want to try it?"

Shi Yong smelled the aroma of wine and aroused the wine worm in his stomach.He asked Ximen Qing: "Brother, everyone is hungry and thirsty after leaving, maybe let the brothers have a few bowls of wine to quench their thirst before leaving?"

Ximen Qing said with a smile: "Brother, you can eat a few bowls of 'three bowls but not the post', so what's the matter if you eat a few bowls of this village wine? Brother eat it yourself!"

Hearing this, Shi Yong poured a big bowl of wine first, then ate it with his head raised.

Chapter 164 Monk Hua Appears

Ximen Qing and the others waited for a while, seeing that Shi Yong was not overwhelmed after drinking the wine, they all drank a few bowls of wine in peace.

When he was away from home, the rivers and lakes were dangerous, and there were a few people like Sun Erniang hiding somewhere, so Ximen Qing had to be extra careful.

The waiter at the Ximenqing sub-payment store also opened a jar of wine for the accompanying followers, so that everyone could eat and drink before leaving.This matter was exactly what the waiter in the shop wanted, so he specially brought a large jar of wine, lest everyone would not enjoy themselves enough.

When Ximen Qing and others were eating meat and drinking in the village hotel, the man who slipped out of the hotel to report the news had already passed through a dense forest and came to a pass at the bottom of the mountain.

There are strong crossbows and hard bows on the gate, gray bottles of cannon stones, the gate is closed, and there is no way to enter.A group of young men were guarding the gate. They saw the man approaching from a distance. They hurriedly opened the gate and came out to greet him, shouting, "Is it Chief Cao? Why did you come back to the mountain today?"

The man surnamed Cao said: "I have something important to report to the village master today. Is the village master on the mountain?"

The little guy replied: "The village master is in the temple on the mountain. Since Chief Cao has something important to do, he can go see the village master quickly. Brothers will invite the chief to have a drink some other day."

The man surnamed Cao hurried into the pass, without looking back, he said: "Why do you need to spend money, brothers, I will invite you brothers to go down the mountain to have a drink some other day!" Before he finished speaking, the man surnamed Cao had disappeared on the stone steps.

The man climbed up the steps, passed through two passes after a while, and came to the top of the mountain.I saw a big temple on the top of the mountain with three gates.There is a plaque hanging on the gate of the hall, and the three characters of "Baozhu Temple" are written on the plaque.

There were more than a dozen young men standing outside the temple. When they saw the man surnamed Cao coming, they all scattered to both sides, and let him go directly into the Buddhist hall.

After the man surnamed Cao walked into the Buddhist hall, he saw two tiger-skin chairs on the hall, and two big men were sitting on the chairs.

Sitting on a top chair was a fat monk with a round face, big ears, a straight nose and a square mouth, and a beard around his cheeks.The big man sitting on the other chair has a green mark on his face, and a little red beard is slightly exposed on his cheeks.

It was noon at this time, and the two big men were sitting together eating a large piece of meat and drinking in a large bowl, talking about something.

The man surnamed Cao shouted: "The two elder brothers are so happy, but they don't know that the enemy's family is here!"

After hearing this, the fat monk threw away the meat in his hand, stared wide-eyed, and asked the man, "Brother Cao Zheng, which straight-mother thief is here? The Sa family chopped him off with a Zen stick!"

When the monk stood up, he was eight feet long and ten girth wide, looking very majestic.

The big man with a blue face also stood up and asked: "Brother Cao Zheng, tell us which enemy is here?" .

It turned out that the owners of these two cottages were none other than the "Flower Monk" Lu Zhishen and the "Green-faced Beast" Yang Zhi who occupied Baozhu Temple in Erlong Mountain, Qingzhou.The person who came to report the letter was Cao Zheng, the "wielding swordsman".

Lu Zhishen's original surname was Lu and his name was Da. After he became a monk, he was named Zhishen.Because of a large tattoo on his back, people in the Jianghu gave him the nickname "Hua Monk".

This Lu Daben was in Weizhou, Shaanxi Province, as the master of Xiaozhong Jinglue. He was a servant of the famous Zhongzhong teacher, and he was under the jurisdiction of the Jinglue Mansion.When he was in Weizhou, in order to save the weak woman Jin Cuilian, he beat the bully Zhen Guanxi to death with three punches, and was hunted down by the government.

On the way to escape, Lu Da lived in Yanmen County, Daizhou. After being introduced by Jin Cuilian's husband Zhao Yuanwai, Lu Da became a monk at the Wenshu Monastery in Mount Wutai.

When he was ordained, Elder Zhizhen said in verse that he gave the name: "A little bit of spiritual light is worth a thousand gold. The Buddha Dharma is vast, so give it the name Zhishen." From then on, he changed his name to Lu Zhishen.

From then on, Lu Zhishen had a place to live and lived incognito in Mount Wutai.

But Lu Zhishen could not abide by the rules and regulations in the temple, so he got drunk and made a fuss on Mount Wutai.Elder Zhizhen had no choice but to let him go to the Daxiangguo Temple in Bianliang, Tokyo to settle down.

When Lu Zhishen arrived at Daxiangguo Temple in Bianliang, Tokyo, he was assigned to manage the vegetable garden outside Suanzao Gate, but he met Lin Chong, the "Leopard Head".

Because the "leopard head" Lin Chong was framed by Gao Taiwei, Lu Zhishen fought against the injustice and escorted Lin Chong to Cangzhou, but he was implicated again.

Gao Qiu sent someone to arrest Lu Zhishen. After receiving the notification from the hooligans, Lu Zhishen set fire to the vegetable garden of Daxiangguo Temple and flew away, only making the abbot of Daxiangguo Temple vomit blood in anger.

Lu Zhishen roamed the rivers and lakes, without finding a place to go.More than a year ago, he drifted to the border of Qingzhou, and wanted to vote for the "golden-eyed tiger" Deng Long, the original master of Erlong Mountain.

"Golden-eyed Tiger" Deng Long was afraid of Lu Zhishen's ability and dared not take him in.When Lu Zhishen was at his wit's end, he met Yang Zhi, the "green-faced beast" who had lost his birth certificate at the foot of the mountain and was also on the run.

Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi, two Kansai natives, did not know each other, and they became brothers after seeing each other.With the help of "Swordsman" Cao Zheng, the two sneaked into Erlong Mountain Village, killed "Golden-Eyed Tiger" Deng Long, and took this village as a place to live and work.

The "wielding ghost" Cao Zheng was originally a native of Kaifeng Prefecture, and he was an apprentice of Lin Chong, the head of the 80 forbidden army.His ancestors were butchers, good at killing pigs and cows, that's why he was called a knife-wielding ghost.

Some unlucky rich man in Kaifeng Mansion gave [-] guan to Cao Zheng who came to Shandong to do business for him.Unexpectedly, Cao Zheng lost his money and could not return to his hometown, so he entered a farmer's family in Zhuzhuang and opened a small hotel.Later, Cao Zheng met Yang Zhi and Lu Zhishen, and sent them up the mountain with a trick, killed Deng Long, the owner of the mountain, and occupied the cottage.

After Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi, and Cao Zheng occupied Erlong Mountain, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi stayed in the cottage, while Cao Zheng opened a hotel at the foot of the mountain and was in charge of inquiring about news from all directions.

Therefore, when Cao Zheng came to report the news, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi were not surprised. They were just wondering who the enemy Cao Zheng was talking about.

Seeing the two elder brothers asking questions, Cao Zheng said to them: "The two elder brothers still remember that they asked me to go to Mengzhou a few months ago to invite two heroes, 'Caiyuanzi' Zhang Qing and 'Muyasha' Sun Erniang, to come to Erlong Mountain for a gathering. What? When the brothers rushed to the cross slope of Dashu at the foot of Mengzhou Mountain, they happened to see Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang couple killed. Now, two of the people who killed Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang couple are at the foot of Erlong Mountain!"