Chapter 35 Section 12

I said: "My benefactor, why not tell me how you met Zhang Hou and Chen Tang." I was really interested. Lu Zhong scratched his head again, hesitated for a while, and said loudly: "I might as well say it all. Not only do I know this Mr. Chen, but he also saved my life once, so he can be said to be my benefactor. " I cried out in surprise: "Ah, how could he save your life?" He picked up my sword again, lowered his head to play with it, and said, "It's been a long time to talk about it. To tell you the truth, Brother Wan, I killed that dead iron official who bullied me in a fit of anger. , I took a group of caring brothers to the county arsenal, snatched some weapons, and went to Taihang Mountain. Of course, in order to save a way out, I changed my name to Sun Meng, and I called myself Taihang King. The more important thing is to spread the word, that even if you die in the future, you will be regarded as a bloody prince once. Of course, our group has not had an easy life, hiding in the mountains like mice, and sometimes there is no food, so then I will inevitably go to the nearby counties to grab some. Do you hate me very much? If you hate me, I can leave now. You have been very good to me these days, and you don’t owe me anything. I am Queen Mother of the West Guarantee in name."

I hurriedly said: "No, my benefactor is overhearted. You see, my family is rich now, and I have friends in both the government and the ranger. In the world, sometimes you can’t help yourself. I understand the difficulties of the benefactor, after all, you are not the kind of person who bullies the good and flatters the superior and the inferior." He smiled and said: "Very well, it is not in vain for me, Lu Zhongping, to have made a friend like you. Let me continue talking, we will go to nearby counties and townships to rob, sometimes it will be smooth, sometimes it will be very difficult. I got into trouble too. One time I finally got into big fucking trouble, and that was when I went to Shiyi County to rob a rich man named Ma Wengyi. One of my brothers was from Shiyi County, and I He asked him to recommend any thugs in Shiyi County who are used to colluding with the government to oppress the common people. He told me that Ma Wengyi is a well-known local tyrant who is rich and ruthless. So we selected him, and after the selection, we started divination. Three times, I got auspicious hexagrams twice, and a bad hexagram once. I wanted to back down a bit, but thinking about the lack of food and drink at the time, I finally set off. I didn’t expect that the ominous hexagram came true. When we arrived at his house, he had already taken precautions. As soon as we went, we fell into a heavy siege. We were shot and killed by his domestic slaves and county magistrates hired by him from the county court. I also lost two guns in the battle. Finger." He said, he raised his palm and waved it in front of me.

Oh, it turned out that his two fingers were lost like this, I suddenly realized. He put the sword in his hand back into the scabbard, and continued: "Under the desperate protection of several brothers, I escaped from the siege, went out of the city gate smoothly, ran wildly along the path, and galloped into the narrow mountain outside the city. But there were more than a dozen of Ma Wengyi’s servants chasing after me, and I was injured, so I didn’t have the strength to fight any more. What’s worse, my horse was injured and ran to the ground. At the turning point of the mountain road, I finally fell down and refused to get up again. This broken horse! I limped up and saw that the pursuers were approaching, and I could only die, but suddenly came running from behind the mountain A man was riding a horse with a red mane. Without saying a word, he stretched out his hand and pulled me onto his horse, and he ran away. You know that a horse with a red mane has always been strong and strong, but after all I killed two people and couldn’t run too fast. Ma Wengyi’s servant was still chasing me closer and closer. I desperately asked him to leave me and go by myself. Because I didn’t know him before, how could I let him be buried for me for nothing? Woolen cloth."

I couldn't help but praised: "Okay." I was very touched in my heart. Facing death, I still knew the righteousness of life and death, and I always thought about not hurting others.Regarding the behavior of robbing wealthy households, I can't judge whether it is acceptable or not, but I can be sure that there are indeed some things in the world that are forced. Lu Zhongdao: "Although I kept telling him to leave me behind, he firmly refused, saying that he would get rid of the chase soon. I smiled bitterly in my heart, and wanted to struggle to jump off the horse, but I was injured and had no strength. His The strength was so great that I couldn’t break free at all. So I could only resign myself to fate. The horse carried the two of us to a place called Shijiu Valley. He suddenly jumped off the horse, hugged me quickly, and kicked the horse. The horse kicked. The horse was hurt by his kick and ran away. He helped me run a few steps to the hillside and saw a small waterfall. He hesitated before the waterfall, and decisively carried me on his back and passed through Falls, I found we had entered a cave."

"Oh, he is so familiar with the terrain?" I was surprised. "Yes." Lu Zhong said, "He told me afterwards that he had read a lot of books about the geography of the world since he was a child, and he also liked to ask the soldiers in his hometown about the mountains, rivers, Guanjin, checkpoints, and Shiyi County. There is a waterfall in the Shijiu Valley of Weng Mountain in the north, and there is a cave in the waterfall, which can lead to another exit, he knows it." I said in amazement: "Since he knows about this cave, the local people in Shiyi County should know about it. If they didn't catch you, wouldn't they suspect that you hid in the cave?"

"The odd thing is that he knows more secrets. As soon as he entered the cave, he stuffed me with a few dates, lowered his throat and said to me: 'Quick, there is a poisonous atmosphere in the cave, eat these dates and you will be fine.' As he spoke, he also stuffed a few dates into his mouth. I also smelled a strange smell in the hole at this time, so I quickly swallowed the dates. He took out some fine grass from the package, crumpled it up, and stuffed it into the nostrils At the same time, he handed me some and asked me to follow his actions. Because he is my benefactor, of course I have nothing to doubt, and immediately rubbed the grass and stuffed it into my nostrils. Soon I felt a spicy taste, and my head The pain is gradually gone.”

I asked strangely: "Why is there a poisonous atmosphere in the cave?" Lu Zhong scratched his scalp again in bewilderment, and said: "He later explained to me that there was a strange stone in the cave, which would emit poisonous gas when soaked in water, and he told me that the grass that plugs my nostrils has the effect of detoxification. I don’t understand more specifics, but it’s not wrong anyway. Because soon I heard the voices of the servants of the Mahon’s family outside the cave. One of them said, wait a minute, did the thief hide in a headache? The other said, the thief is not a local, so how could he know there is a headache hole behind the waterfall. Besides, the poisonous atmosphere in the hole is so strong that even if he goes in, he will never get out alive. Look, there are horseshoe marks here, it must be from the past They fled in front, and we quickly chased them. So they gradually went away."

I said: "Chen Tang is really powerful. He is not a local, but he knows the local geography like the palm of his hand. No wonder the people chasing you were deceived by him." "That's right." Lu Zhong said, "After all, he is the smartest person in the world I have ever met. I promise in the name of Queen Mother of the West." "What happened next?" I asked impatiently. Lu Zhongdao: "Later, he helped me to a nearby farm to buy two horses and gave me one. He said that he followed the chief planner to Chang'an to study for a doctor, because he wanted to get acquainted with the geography of mountains and rivers along the way. , so he often left separately from the chariots and horses of the chief planner, and only made an appointment to meet at a certain pavilion. Now he has to rush to the Anleting in front of him and cannot accompany me. I asked him why he rescued me, and he said he Since I was a child, I hated the oppression of the poor by the rich and slippery. Seeing me being hunted down, I couldn't help but try to save me. I thanked him a thousand times, and then bid farewell halfway."