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Chapter 57 Recruitment

Bai Sheng came out from under the official's body and found that his body was covered with blood. He couldn't help but feel dizzy and fell to his knees and vomited.

"Get up quickly, like a woman!" Lee Sung sneered, wiped Park Dao on the clothes on the deceased, pulled Bai Sheng up from the ground, walked to the counter, knocked the surface of the counter with the handle, and shouted: "Are the donkey meat and pancakes I want ready?"

Hu Erlang hid behind the counter, squatting on the ground, trembling. He was startled by Li Cheng and hurriedly replied, "Okay!" While speaking, he ran to the back, and soon wrapped a large bag of donkey meat cakes with lotus leaves and sent them over and said, "Master, please see if it's enough. If it's not enough, go and cut some."

Li Cheng weighed it in his hand and smiled and said, "Enough, the store is working hard!"

A few days later, Li and Bai arrived at Liangshanpo and finally climbed the mountain. When they saw Song Jiang and others, they were still four or five steps away. Liu Tang rushed forward and kicked him to the ground, cursing: "Okay, Bai Sheng, it would be fine if you were taken by the government for gambling, but he even called us. Seeing that I won't cut you alive today!" After that, he reached out to draw his sword. Seeing this, Li Cheng, who was standing beside him, stepped forward to separate the two and sneered: "What kind of pride is it to be beaten and killed as soon as he meets? Besides, the official law is like a furnace, even a man who is fighting may not be able to stand it."

Liu Tang pulled out his waist knife several inches and asked, "Who are you?"

Bai Sheng kowtowed repeatedly on the ground: "Brother Liu Tang, don't get angry. Brother Li Cheng rescued me and escorted me to Liangshan. I can't stand the torture and hurt all my brothers. I want to kill and cut them, and let them be dealt with!"

Song Jiang could see clearly from behind. Li Cheng just sneered and was not afraid of Liu Tang's threat. Seeing that he was a ruthless character, he took two steps forward and bowed and smiled: "Brother Li Cheng, I don't know who the family is, how did I save my brother Bai Sheng to the mountain?"

Li Cheng replied carelessly: "I am from Xiongzhou, Hebei. I was originally here to join the army to take over you, the thief party. Later, Shangguan was unfair and I had a conflict with him, so I robbed the death row, killed the official, and saved this guy to join you!"

"Take us? I will kill you first!" Liu Tang heard only halfway through, and then he angrily drew his sword and slashed at Li Cheng. Li Cheng sneered and raised Park Knife to tweak the other party's sword, and then used the handle of the knife to hit Liu Tang's ear with the handle, knocking him unconscious to the ground. Li Cheng stepped on Liu Tang's chest and sneered: "What's the hard way to deal with you?"

"Let's wait!" Song Jiang reached out and stopped the men behind him who were about to fight, bowed to Li Cheng and smiled, "My brother Liu Tang is very reckless, please forgive me. The two of you came from afar, and it must be hard work along the way. It's inconvenient to speak here, so why not go to the Fenjin Pavilion to have a drink and speak?"

"You guys are so good!" Li Cheng smiled, put down Park's knife, stretched out his legs to push Liu Tang away, bowed and saluted Song Jiang: "Please lead the way!"

At the Jin Pavilion, more than ten people sat there. Except for Li Cheng, Bai Sheng and Song Jiang, the rest were all big and small leaders in the village. There were fruits, wine and food on the table. After everyone was filled, Song Jiang stood up and raised his glass and smiled: "Mr. Song suffered misfortune and fell into the grass in this Liangshan River. He was worried that his brother Bai Sheng had suffered hardships in the Jeju prison and could not be reunited with his brothers. He didn't want to be rescued by Li Cheng and came up the mountain today. I was really grateful. Song here to pay a cup of wine to Brother Li!" After that, he drank it all.

Li Cheng stood up, drank all the wine in the glass, and replied, "Brother Song, don't thank me. A family joined the government to find a family, but they didn't want to have a conflict with the brother Xue Jianwei who came with him. So he saved the Bai Sheng brother, came to the village to join the gang, and asked Brother Song to take care of him!" At this point, Li Cheng bowed and bowed.

"Hmph, who knows if it was a detailed work sent by the government to deceive my brother." Liu Tang, who was standing beside him, sneered: "You said you were going to join the village, why didn't you bring your parents alone, and you're not afraid of hindering your family?"

"My parents died early and had never married, where did they come from?" Li Cheng sneered: "As for whether the government has done a detailed job, I have killed several officials along the way. Brother Bai Sheng has seen them with his own eyes, and you will know it once you ask."

"Yes, Brother Liu Tang, Brother Li killed many officials along the way in order to save me. This matter is absolutely true, so don't be suspicious!" Bai Sheng hurriedly persuaded.

"Bai Sheng, shut up. If you hadn't confessed to us, Brother Song might have been pardoned and returned to his hometown. Why should he be a bandit on Liangshan? Who knows if you have surrendered to the government and come with Li Cheng to deceive me!"

"You, you--" Bai Sheng was speechless. He was unable to bear torture in the government, but confessing his confession was his biggest heart disease. At this time, Liu Tang was exposed to his scars. He was immediately scared and angry, and could not speak.

"Haha!" Li Cheng sneered: "You speak lightly. Even if the punishment in the yamen is a man who is beaten, you may not be able to withstand it. You just say that I am a spy in the government. Okay, I am a spy. Now I am a spy. How can you take me with you?" At this point, Li Cheng picked up the Park Knife beside him and stood up. As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Tang pulled out his waist knife, and the rest of the people on the table also pulled out the knife. For a moment, the table was covered with cold light, and it was obvious that there was a situation of blood splattering everywhere.

"Wait a minute, put the knife down!" Song Jiang shouted sternly. He looked at Li Cheng and said, "Brother Li Cheng, don't believe Liu Tang's nonsense, put down the weapons quickly."

Li Cheng sneered: "Captain Song, I am just alone, how can I let me put down my knife first?"

At this time, a person on the table said in a deep voice: "Everyone should take five steps back and put down the weapons!" Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on the man, but it was Yang Wu. After a while, they all got the knife in the sheath. Seeing this, Li Cheng sneered and put down Park's knife.

"Okay, okay, go all the misunderstandings, everyone is good brother!" Song Jiang smiled and smoothed out the situation, persuaded him to drink. After a few rounds of wine, Li Cheng also talked about some guns and sticks, and the atmosphere in the pavilion gradually became warmer. Suddenly, Song Jiang slapped the wine glass on the table, sighing, his face was full of depression. Liu Tang, who was beside him, hurriedly asked, "The brothers are gathered here, and Brother Bai Sheng is back, which is satisfying. Why is Brother Song like this?"

"Brother Liu Tang, you don't know anything!" Song Jiang sighed, "I, Song Jiang, was in charge of my court at a young age, and I boasted of loyalty and filial piety. I wanted to learn some civil and military skills and serve the court, but I didn't want to be harmed by traitors. I became a bandit and humiliated my ancestors. How could I see my ancestors when I am underground in the future?" At this point, I covered my face and sobbed. Everyone wanted to persuade me, but I didn't know where to start, let alone Yang Wu and others were also told by Song Jiang that the central matter was not intent on persuading him.

The golden pavilion was filled with sorrow. After a while, Song Jiang sighed and sang in a wild voice: "I'm happy to meet my brothers, and the better wine is now ripe. Seeing the clear water, Danshan, yellow reeds and bitter bamboos, I'm teaching the white hair on my head, and I must not be without my beard. I wish to talk in front of the bottle, brothers' love is like gold and jade. I will govern the jackals and tigers, and I will control the border; I will be in a clear voice, and the army will be powerful. I hope that the enemy will be pacified and safe. The sun and the moon will always hang loyalty and brave, but the wind and dust will be blocked but the evil eyes will be evil. I hope the Heavenly King will issue an edict to bring peace early and my heart will be enough."

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the poems like Liu Yong, Su Shi and others were widely circulated, and there was a saying that "there are Liu Ci where there is a well water". Therefore, although most people in the pavilion did not read much, they could still listen to it. Li Cheng was thinking about the deep meaning of the poem, and when he heard someone shouting, "I will be invited to be happy today and I will be welcome tomorrow, but it has cooled the hearts of my brothers!" When he looked up, he saw a black-faced man with an angry face, overturning the table, and the wine and food were splashed all over the ground. Even Li Cheng was quick and he had a lot of touch with his body.

"Xiao Qi, what are you doing!" Song Jiang was furious: "There are laws in the village, why are you so rude?"

The black-faced man sneered, but did not answer. The other two stood behind him, saying that they were quite similar to him, and they should be brothers of the same-sized compatriots. The oldest one answered: "Brother Song, it's not that my little seven is rude, but this troubles really make the brothers' hearts cold?"

Song Jiang said angrily: "Brother Xiaoer, you are also a person who knows things. I advocate revenge and return to justice and become a minister of the country. How can I feel that everyone's hearts are cold?"

"The ministers in the court are mostly evil. Besides, we have intercepted Tai Shi Cai's birthday gift. His minions are everywhere in the world. How can we spare us? Even if we are invited, we will be harmed by them. It is better to eat wine and fish in this Liangshan Pond!"

Song Jiang said: "Today, the most saint and wise, I am only blocked by treacherous ministers and temporarily ignorant. One day, the clouds will open and see the sun. I know that we will do the way for heaven, do not disturb the good people, forgive sins and bring peace, serve the country together, and leave a name in history. What's the beauty of it? If you stay on this Liangshan Pond, if the heavenly soldiers arrive, all thunder and all jades are burned, then you will regret it too late!"

The three of them didn't answer, but listened coldly, and the others looked a little strange, but they didn't say anything, and the atmosphere in the Fenjin Pavilion was quite strange. Song Jiang smiled awkwardly, bowed and sang a fat look at Li Cheng, and said with a smile: "Song is a vulgar person, and he just made Brother Li Cheng laugh. You came from afar, probably already a little tired, so you can drink here today. Come!" He ordered the two minions who came in from outside: "You two take Brother Li Cheng to the guest room to rest!"
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