Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

Li Kui was wondering, when some big men broke into the door earlier, they rushed towards him with swords in their hands, and shouted: "You nigger, how dare you pretend to be the Prime Minister, what are you capable of?" Li Kui said angrily: "You sycophants and bullshits are really bitches--Hulle! Su Qin gave me the sedan chair. This is just the courtesy of the 'sage'. What's your business with the mouse?" , breaking the table legs and rushing forward. Relying on the large number of people, those big men besieged Li Kui at the core. Li Kui couldn't get away with wearing a skirt, so he simply tore off the skirt and rushed out of the house while beating.

At this time, more and more people surrounded the alley, including Hong Bo and Su Qin. Hong Bo wanted to block Li Kui but couldn't squeeze in, so he had to stare at him. Li Kui has a fiery temper. When he saw the crowd getting more and more crowded, his strength had already risen, and he slammed left and right. The table leg was quite strong. At this time, someone in the crowd praised: "Good man!" The big men turned around and saw the man and couldn't help but said happily: "Coach Liu, come and help me!" The man was majestic, full of beards, seven feet tall, big shoulders and round waist, wearing a yellow robe and military uniform.

When he saw Li Kui, he was startled and said, "Hei Xuanfeng, it's you! How did you get here?" It turned out that the man was Liu Tang, the hero of Liangshan, the "red-haired ghost". At that moment, the two recounted their lives. It turned out that after Liangshan recruited security, Liu Tang had been wandering in the rivers and lakes. After arriving in this heaven, he had nowhere to go. He came to the kingdom of fame and fortune to make a living, and only sought a martial arts instructor.At that moment, Liu Tang said to the man: "Hurry up and worship, this is Li Kui, the 'Black Whirlwind' I often tell you, called Grandpa Li!" Regardless of his age, the group of big men called Li Kui a few times together, "Li Kui!" Grandpa", Li Kui just smiled foolishly.

Seeing that Su Qinzheng was blushing with embarrassment, Liu Tang said to him, "This is one of my brothers. It is really a misunderstanding to offend my elder brother today." Su Qin saw that there were steps to go down, so he also said vaguely: "A gentleman knows his mistakes and forgives them, it's nothing." Seeing that Hong Bo was also in the crowd, Li Kui immediately got acquainted with Liu Tang.Liu Tang was very happy when he saw it, so he said: "Since this is the case, I will invite Mr. Chen and Brother Li to have a drink." Then he took their hands and walked out.

After a while, I came to a restaurant called Ganyulou.Liu Tang treated the guests and set up a banquet, and the three drank together.Liu Tangdao: "I always knew that brother Li's drinking too much would cause trouble. Although we are happy to meet today, we should drink less, so as not to cause trouble after drinking." Li Kui shook his head and said with a smile: "Let's drink less than a thousand cups when we meet our bosom friends, and we don't talk speculatively. It's really a pleasure to meet today. Is there any trouble for this famous and wealthy country?"

Liu Tangdao: "The fame and fortune of the country are all for their own benefit, so it's better to pay attention. The people in this country are not comparable to us foreigners. The people here are only interested in the country, and they are so selfish that even their hair is a good thing. The businessman wants to make more money. The examiner What the bartender thinks is to make more money, what the bartender thinks is to cheat more money, what the worker thinks is to make more money, what the bitch thinks is more money, one word is money! money! money!” Chen Hongbo said: "Is there no one in this country who donates money with righteousness?"

Liu Tangdao: "When foreigners come here, within two or three years, they will become money strings. You are a scholar, and I think you are as knowledgeable as Wu Xuexue. Don't you even understand this?" Hong Bo asked, "What about the king?" Liu Tangdao: "There is no king in this country, only Xiangguo. Xiangguo takes the exam every three years, and the ranking was just announced yesterday. This time, the Xiangguo is Su Qin, but although the exam is held every three years, it doesn't rely on real talents and learning. Anyone who has money can become an official." , Whoever has the most money can be the prime minister."

Hong Bo asked again: "Didn't Su Qin once hang himself on a beam? He must be learned!" Liu Tang said with a smile: "What is hanging on the beam and stabbing the ass? It's not just trying to cover up. The drunkard's intention is not to drink. What he learned is nothing more than fame and fortune. He stole a lot of gold from Guiguzi and gave it to the examiner this time. So Xiangguo It's printed." Hong Bo thought, "This Su Qin is also a hypocrite in the first place. It seems that all the alliances and knowledge are fake." Li Kui said: "Don't talk about anything else, Brother Liu, do you know the news about Xiaoliang Mountain now?"

Liu Tangdao: "If you don't tell me, I would have forgotten. I met Mr. Gongsun when I was in the alchemist country. He gave me a poem 'Nian Nujiao'." He took out a purse from his underwear pocket and opened it. A scrap of paper was exposed, on which was written a poem, and I saw: In the second volume of the Water Margin, Huo Moti, it was another miserable wind and torrential rain.Flowers, smoke and willows are thin, humane, chivalrous and courageous!The Shandong hero, all the talents, take their own way of life!The government forced the people to rebel, not to mention the knife!

Moan heartbroken human wall.Laughing and flying away, doing justice for the sky, dripping with sorrow and joy, each life is full of swords and soldiers.It should not be summoned, and the east bank of the Jiangfan River, it is too shameful to recruit security!It's too late to sigh, the West Wind Monument is broken slowly. Hong Bo and Li Kui burst into tears after hearing this, and Hong Bo was moved, so he also said: As soon as he finished singing, he heard two people quarreling downstairs. Liu Tang was also surprised and hurried to the window to watch. Li Kui and Hong Bo also came to the window.

I saw two nerds arguing, surrounded by a group of spectators. The tall nerd said: "I got better grades in the exam than you, but you got a lane leader, but I got nothing. You must have bought it with money and gave the examiner money." The short nerd said: "You are talking nonsense! You can do it yourself, so why be jealous of others." Liu Tang pointed to the tall man and said, "His name is Zhang Qiansong, and the short one is Kao Bushan. They are classmates. Mr. Zhang is much better educated than Mr. Kao, but Mr. Zhang is too poor. The husband has money in his family, so he must have given the money to the examiner, alas!" Li Kui said: "How about calling them up? I want to test them." Liu Tang said: "That's easy. I know them both, so I just call them up." Liu Tang leaned on the window and called out: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Kao, please come up, I have something to see you!" Zhang Qiansong and Kao Bushang came upstairs when they saw that it was Liu Tang. Li Kui asked them to sit down and said, "Is that Zhang Qiansong?" Zhang Qiansong said: "I am." Li Kui pointed to Kao Bushang and said, "Then you are Kao Bushang." Kao Bushan said: "Yes, it is the alley leader Kao Bushan." Li Kui said: "We have heard your arguments. I will test you to see how well you are knowledgeable. You can each write a poem of Qilu and I will listen to it." That Zhang Qiansong was very happy when he heard it, and thought: "This is clearly flattering me. I recite poems like eating. This can't trouble me. Then Kao Bushan must be planted this time." Then he rolled his eyes and chanted road: Li Kui said to Kao Bushan again, "What about you?" Kao Bushan was beating drums in his heart, he had no choice but to make up a nonsense poem: "Bastard!" Li Kui slapped Kao Bushan across the face.The beating made Kao Bushang's eyes full of gold stars, the stick Qian Song was secretly happy, he didn't expect Chen Hongbo to come over and gave him a slap, and the beating made him take a few steps back and hit the wall. Hong Bo scolded: "They're all fucking famers, bastards, get the hell out of here!" Zhang Qiansong and Kao Bushan had no choice but to go downstairs holding their heads. Liu Tang and Li Kui burst out laughing, Liu Tang invited them and said, "You two will live in my house tonight." He dragged them down the stairs, and Hong Bo and Li Kui followed Liu Tang through the market. A government office.There were sticks, knives, forks and crossbows standing in the courtyard. Liu Tang led the two of them to the East Chamber, and the guests brought hot tea, and the three drank it.Suddenly hearing the sound of "whimpering and sobbing" from behind, Liu Tang said: "It's Xue Yanniang in Xuanliang Lane who is crying again, why don't you go and have a look." So he led the two of them out the back door and came to Xuanliang Lane.The three of them found it inside, and saw a beautiful woman in rags lying half-lying on an afterimage seat, sobbing. Liu Tang said: "This woman is Xue Yanniang, the wife of Mo Huaigu, and Mo Huaigu was originally an official." Because of being persecuted by Yan Shifan, he came to live in this famous and beneficial country, and because of Mo Huaigu's relationship with Su Qin, his family went bankrupt, and now he and his wife have to live in this dilapidated alley." Liu Tang said to Xueyanniang: "Why are you crying? What about Mr. Mo?" Seeing that it was Teacher Liu, Xueyanniang stopped crying and said, "We are so messed up that we can't even eat, but he forced me to go I refused to sell myself in the Autumn Fan brothel. He was not happy, but went to the brothel by himself, and took the heirloom 'a handful of snow' early this morning and went to the brothel." When Li Kui heard this, he said angrily: "This guy is so rude, he doesn't even want his wife. When my old Li sees him, he must beat him." As he spoke, he took off his female official uniform and gave it to Xue Yanniang, Hong Bo He also took out a few ingots of silver dollars from his bosom to give to her, Liu Tang said a few more words of relief, and the three of them returned to the mansion. At night, Hong Bo and Li Kui slept in Liu Tang's room, and Liu Tang went to sleep in the west chamber.The next day, at dawn, Hong Bo and Li Kui were sleeping soundly, when Liu Tang rushed into the east chamber in a panic and shouted, "It's not good!" Hong Bo got up from the bed and asked, "Why?" Liu Tang said: "Xue Yanniang committed suicide by hanging herself!" There is a poem by ancient sages that says: When Hong Bo heard this, he was shocked.Then Li Kui jumped down from the bed and asked anxiously, "Why?" Then Liu Tang said: "After we left, Mr. Mo came back at night and found the dress you gave her, and Mr. Chen's silver taels. He became suspicious and insisted that Xue Yanniang had an affair with someone and received the silver taels; He sued him and hanged himself. When Mr. Mo saw something wrong, he immediately hid the silver and fled to nowhere.” Hong Bo said, "Let's go and have a look." When the three of them came to the temple, they saw Xue Yanniang hanging on the old pine tree, surrounded by a group of people, but they were just discussing, no one was willing to come forward. Liu Tang scolded secretly: "These bastards! None of them are willing to step forward, for fear of costing me two taels of money." When Li Kui saw it, he stepped forward and broke the sling, and hugged Xue Yanniang down.Hong Bo asked: "If people die here, how can they be buried?" Liu Tang said: "The etiquette is to use the coffin. I will pay the silver. I will negotiate with the coffin shop first." After the three of them buried Xue Yanniang, it was already late at night when they returned to the mansion.Li Kui fell asleep and lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, he thought: This name Liguo is really hateful, everyone is so stingy, this Mr. Huang is really distracted, Xue Yanniang is a good woman.Suddenly remembered that Mo Huaigu's family heirloom. "A handful of snow", the jade cup should be in the "Autumn Fan Brothel", why not get this treasure and use it as a fare for me and Mr. Chen on the way.So he stood up and walked towards the market. When I got to the street, I saw it was deserted.Seeing a beggar dozing off on the street, Li Kui asked him about "Autumn Fan Brothel". After the beggar told him, Li Kui turned a few streets and came to the door of the brothel. Li Kui walked in and stepped on a woman without warning. The woman woke up and saw a big man coming in. She said happily: "This big man must be rich. This famous and wealthy man is very careful. Even this brothel is deserted now. It seems that the business has come. .” The mother-in-law stepped forward and said with an apologetic smile: "Which house is this big brother going to?" Li Kui ignored her knowing that she was a bustard, and walked straight in, and the woman chased after her.Li Kui ran up to the second floor and pushed open the door of a house, only to see a young lady washing her feet, and she pursed her lips and smiled when she saw him come in. The old bustard is the manager of this "Autumn Fan Prostitute House", a famous and wealthy countryman "a knife autumn woman". When Qiu Po ​​saw Li Kui entering this room, she thought Li Kui had taken a fancy to that jade girl, so she smiled and said, "Lianxiang, Accompany guests!" After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave, but Li Kui grabbed him by the chest and said, "I don't want her to accompany me, I want you to accompany me!" When Qiu Po ​​heard this, she laughed and said, "You are so ignorant. I'm over half a hundred years old. What kind of guest will I be with?" Li Kui grabbed her hair and said: "I asked you to accompany the guest, so you can accompany the guest, stop talking nonsense, and watch your grandpa Li beat you!" As she spoke, she waved her fist, and the woman went limp, but said stubbornly, "I'm a bustard, don't make fun of me!" Li Kui said angrily: "What joke? I think you dare to say something." As he spoke, he grabbed Qiupo's hair with one hand and dipped it into Lianxiang's foot basin. . Unexpectedly, the woman couldn't help soaking, she couldn't breathe out, she was suffocated to death.Li Kui poked her head with his hand, and saw that her eyelids rolled, and she was dead. The governor Li Kui got into trouble, turned around and ran downstairs, rushed back to the mansion, pushed Hong Bo to wake him up, and told the story.When Liu Tang heard about it, he pondered for a while and said: "It's not good to go away now, the officials will definitely hunt him down, why don't you find a place to hide." Hong Bo wondered: "This Mingli country has no relatives and no reason, where can we escape?" Liu Tang said: "There is a Liujiazhuang more than 20 miles to the east. There lives a scholar named Liu Mengmei, who is close to me. It is usually very quiet there, and it is surrounded by mountains and rivers. You might as well go there for a while." Hong Bo and Li Kui couldn't care less at this time, so they had to hastily changed their clothes, followed Liu Tang before dawn, and sneaked eastward to Tianliang before arriving at Liujiazhuang.Liu Tang stopped outside a villa and knocked gently on the door.The guest of Liu's family opened the door, saw that it was Teacher Liu, and hurriedly reported to the owner of the villa.When Liu Mengmei heard that Liu Tang brought two people to visit, she was overjoyed and hurriedly welcomed the three into the house. Liu Mengmei let everyone into the room and talked about it. He was very happy to know that Chen Hongbo was a famous traveler. He let Li Kui and Hong Bo live in the south room, and lived in the east room by himself.Liu Tang saw that the arrangement was in place, and left in a hurry.After a while, Liu Mengmei went to the market to buy wine, and Hong Bo waited and waited but he never came back. He was worried, so he took Li Kui to the village to look for him. As soon as he came to the middle of the street, he saw a bunch of children in front of him, and a crazy old man sat among the children. The old man was thin and short, crying and laughing for a while, holding a broken bowl in his hand, and shouting: Hong Bosi said: "Isn't this the old Mr. Wu Xunwu who ran the school? How did he come here now?" So he stepped forward and asked, "You must be Wu Xun, right?" The old man replied: "I am Mr. Wu who runs the free school." Hong Bo said: "Didn't you make a fortune by running voluntary schools? I heard that you have become a landlord." When Li Kui heard this, he rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the old man and said, "Okay, so you are a fugitive landlord! Now you are pretending to be poor!" As he spoke, he was about to beat him. Hong Bo hurriedly stopped, and said to Li Kui: "Don't hit him, first ask him what's the matter? Hey, old man Wu, why are you here?" That Wu Xun said: "That's right. Later I became a landlord and made a fortune. I belonged to the five categories of black people. As the saying goes, there are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have good and bad fortunes. Later, when I went to the Pingguo, they said I was a The parasites who exploited people confiscated my property and made me accept reformation honestly, so I came here begging all the way." Hong Bo said: "Sure enough, this old man still wants to start a charity school in the kingdom of fame and fortune. Look at his pitiful portrait, he pretends to be quite good." Li Kui said: "Mr. Chen, this old man is clearly pretending to be crazy. If he was on Liangshan in the early years, I would have killed him." I, I don’t run free schools anymore, I don’t do it anymore!” Li Kui and Hong Bo laughed when they heard this. Suddenly seeing Liu Mengmei coming in a hurry, he grabbed Hong Bo and Li Kui and said: "Oh, it's not good! That Mingli Middle School offered rewards everywhere for the capture of Brother Li, and the citizens were all red-eyed. Su Xiangguo ordered Liu Jiaotou to go out and arrest you quickly, to arrest you and bring you to justice, just now I went to the street and met Liu Jiaotou, Liu Jiaotou asked me to report to you, you run for your lives!" Hong Bo asked anxiously, "Where are you fleeing now?" Liu Mengmei said: "There is a country ahead, it is called the Reversed Country, go there first and take refuge." Hong Bo and Li Kui had to bid farewell to Liu Mengmei in tears and came to the country of Reversal.It was not until the evening of the second day that they came to a country. The two came to the market, but saw: Chaifei stalls, people in the market.The hustle and bustle is full of upside-down people; the chaos is full of boys and girls playing in groups.The fortune teller is a female customer, and all the singers and sellers in the restaurant are men's.The woman bowed and waved a curved sickle, covered the moon and returned home covered in mud.The husband weaves, rides a spinning wheel, and even hangs an apron around his waist.The daughter is ugly, three points uglier than Dong Shi, and the silly Dahei is bold and well-developed, with muscles comparable to Heita.The handsome man is ten times more handsome than Pan An, gentle, virtuous, and elegant.The patrolling soldiers are all female, wearing swords and riding horses.The sons and daughters are all men, holding the baby in their arms shyly.This Upside Down Street is more beautiful than the Riverside Scene during the Qingming Festival; the Upside Down Country is even more beautiful than the World of America. Hong Bo and Li Kui wanted to find a hotel, but there was no inn, so they knocked on the door of a house.The housewife opened the door, and when she saw the two strangers, she quickly shouted: "Get out! Get out!" Li Kui was about to get angry when he saw an old woman walking by.