Chapter 12 The Eleventh Heroes' Melee

Shubao and Jianbu got on their horses for a long journey, left Shandong and Henan, passed Tongguan, and came to Shaohua Mountain in Huayin County.I saw that the mountain was steep on all sides and steep on all sides.Shubao then ordered the two Jianbu said: "You come later, wait for me to go first."Those two people knew that the mountain road was dangerous and there might be strong people inside, so they let Shubao go first. When they came to the front mountain, they only heard a cry in the woods, and three or four hundred minions flashed out, surrounded by a hero, who looked like a spiritual official, with a curly beard, two eyes with copper bells, and a sword straddling a horse, blocking the way. Shouted: "If you want to die, leave the money to buy the road!"The two Jianbu were so frightened that they pissed their farts and shouted: "Master Qin, there is indeed a strongman coming, what should we do?"Shubao said: "It's okay, you stand farther away."Then he galloped his horse forward, waved his double handles, and the man parried the golden back sword.The two fought for seven or eight rounds, and Shu Bao pushed the scorpion away, turning like a windmill. The man only had the ability to parry, but not the strength to fight back, and gradually he was unable to resist the enemy.

When those minions saw it, they hurriedly reported it up the mountain.There are also two heroes on the mountain: one is Wang Bodang of Shubao's Tong family. Because he said goodbye to Xie Yingdeng, he was asked to pay for the road when he passed by the mountain. Enter the village.The one who blocked the uncle's treasure was called Qi Guoyuan, and the one who accompanied Uncle Wang to drink on the mountain was called Li Rugui. While they were drinking, they suddenly saw a minion coming to report: "Master Qi went down the mountain to watch, and when he met a general in the yamen, he asked him to ask for help." Unexpectedly, the man refused to accept and killed him. In less than seven or eight rounds, Master Qi's sword skills were scattered and he was no match for him. Please rescue him early.When the two heard the words, they each took their weapons, jumped on their horses, and left Wanzi City together to the middle of the mountain.Wang Bodang saw the confrontation below, like Qin Shubao, who might have hurt Qi Guoyuan, so he shouted in the middle of the mountain: "Brother Qin, Brother Qi, don't do anything!"This mountain is more than twenty miles high, only halfway down, there are still more than ten miles to go, although they shout loudly, but at this moment the two are fighting, and they are focused on parrying, where can they hear the shouts?After a while, two horses came to the front, and Uncle Wang shouted: "It really is brother Shubao, brother Qi, stop now, we are all good friends."Seeing that it was Bodang, Shubao stopped.

At that moment, Bodang invited Shubao to enter the cottage. When Shubao arrived, Jianbu and the two were terrified. Shubao said, "Don't be afraid, you two. This is not an outsider, but a good friend."The two were relieved.Uncle Wang said, "Is it your follower?"Qin Shubao said: "It's two strides."Li Rugui ordered his subordinates to carry Lord Qin's luggage to the mountain, and everyone went up Shaohua Mountain together, entered Wanzi City, entered the Juyi Hall, and served wine to welcome Shubao.Wang Bodang said: "Since the first day of October in the first year of Renshou, we parted ways in Luzhou, and the next day we went to Wang Xiaoer's corner with Shan's second brother to pay homage. My elder brother has already left."The second brother Shan has another brother change, so he is not allowed to chase him, Xie Yingdeng and I are separated.Later, Brother Wen was involved in a lawsuit. Due to the long distance, he could not visit each other. Today, we are lucky to meet each other.Shubao told the whole story about what happened before and after, and pointed out that he was sent by Tang Jiedu to give gifts, and went to the mansion of Yang Yuegong in Chang'an on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to celebrate his birthday.Asking Bodang why he was here, Bodang said: "My younger brother is here because he passed this mountain and Mengqi and Li's second brother recruited each other."Today I met my elder brother on business in Chang'an, and my younger brother wants to accompany my elder brother, how about taking advantage of the situation to watch the lights?Shubao said: "It's wonderful to go together!"Qi Guoyuan and Li Rugui said together: "Brother Wang is going with me, and my younger brother is also willing to follow the whip and stirrup."

When Shubao heard the words, he dared not agree, and thought to himself: Uncle Wang is a gentleman who walks in the green forest occasionally, so he can enter Chang'an, but these two are reckless husbands. For me, how to deal with it?He was silent for a moment.Li Rugui laughed and said: "Brother Qin is silent, because he suspects that we are here to plunder the house, develop a wild nature, and go to Chang'an to watch the lights. I am afraid that we will not obey the rules, cause trouble, and harm my brother. He refuses to take the two of us with us."But if we learn martial arts since we were young, why should we become bandits?Just because the treacherous ministers are in power, we have no choice but to gather in the mountains and forests and wait for the time to move.Do you really want to use the green forest as a lifelong matter?We know the situation and reason, and we will go to Chang'an together, so we won't be tired of my brother. I hope my brother will not be suspicious.After hearing this, Shubao had to say: "You two virtuous brothers, since you know the truth, why not go together."Qi Guoyuan ordered the minions to pack their bags and horses, bring more silver, and choose 20 strong minions to go with them. The rest of the minions are not allowed to go down the mountain without authorization, and guard the cottage carefully.Shubao also ordered the two walkers not to leak.At the second watch, everyone left Shaohua Mountain and took the road to Shaanxi.

One day, it was getting late, and only sixty miles away from Chang'an, I saw an old temple in the distance, which was newly built very neatly.Shubao thought to himself: Qi and Li will only stay for three or four days when they come to Beijing. In this temple, I asked the elders to borrow a monk's room to live for a few days and enter the city at the Lantern Festival.Take these three to five days to arrest them.The calculation has been made, but it is not easy to say clearly, so I had to plan to align with the two of Li and said: "My dear brothers, I think that in Chang'an City, there are many people and few houses, and there are also businessmen and tourists. There is a lot of traffic. There is a spacious place there, enough for you." I live with more than twenty people?There are many restraints in Kuangcheng, which is not refreshing.I mean, I want to borrow a monk's room to live in the newly built temple in front of me.Look at the wilderness, there is no restraint, let us shoot arrows, dance with swords and guns, wouldn't it be happy?After living this year, when the Lantern Festival is near, I will go to the city to give gifts, and everyone will go to see the lanterns.

Wang Bodang tried his best to persuade the two of them because they were a bit of an eyesore. While talking, he got off his horse at the head of the mountain gate early.He ordered his subordinates to look at the luggage and horses, and the four of them entered the temple together.After entering the Ershan Gate and passing through the Weituo Hall, there is another Buddha Hall. Looking up, the four sides have not yet been repaired.An elevated shelf was built under the platform, and craftsmen trimmed the cornice. A public seat was set up beside the wooden frame. Stand by.There are two tiger head cards erected under the platform, punctuated with red pens, and torture instruments are arranged in front of them.I don't know who this official is.Shubao looked at it and said to the three of them, "My dear brother, don't go up. The one who sits under the yellow umbrella for a young year must be the current official."The four of us go up, should we greet him or not?If you are strong, you will get disaster, if you are weak, you will get humiliation, it is better to avoid him.Bodang said, "That's right!"We have nothing to do with his honor or disgrace, we just go to the back and stay with the elders.

The four brothers walked through the small corridor together to the front of the Daxiong Hall, where they saw many plasterers scraping tiles and grinding bricks.Shubao said to the craftsman, "Let me ask you, who repaired this temple?"The craftsman said: It was built by Tang Guogong, Taiyuan Prefecture, Bingzhou.Shubao said: "I heard that he returned home after being sick, and now I hear that he stayed in Taiyuan. Why did he do this meritorious deed here?"The craftsman said: Tang Guogong was ordered to return to his hometown in the past, and he lived in this temple on the way. Mrs. Dou gave birth to her second son here.Tang Guogong was afraid that the Buddha statue would be defiled, so he decided to donate ten thousand gold to rebuild the hall.The purple-clothed young man sitting on the top is his county horse. His surname is Chai, his name is Shao, and his style name is Sichang.

After Shubao heard this, the four of them entered the east corner gate, and saw the new Hutou gate building in the east, with a large vermilion plaque hanging on it, and three gold characters in the big book Baode Temple.When the four of them walked inside, there were three small halls, with a shrine in the middle, and a statue of a god stood inside the shrine.He wears a blue fanyang felt hat, a soap cloth sea green arrow jacket, a yellow overcoat, and yellow deerskin boots.There is a tablet in front of you, with six gold characters written on it, which is the fifth birth of En Gongqiong.There are a few fine words beside it: it is the trustworthy official Li Yuanmu who enshrines it with his hands.When Shubao saw it, he nodded secretly.Why do you think?Just because Shubao defeated a group of thieves in Lintong Mountain that year and rescued Li Yuan. Tang Gong wanted to ask Shubao's name, but Shubao was afraid that there would be right and wrong, so he let the horse run away.Tang Gong drove for more than ten miles, but Shubao was only known by the word Qin Qiong. He waved his hand and told him not to chase him.

Qi Guoyuan looked at it, but couldn't even recognize these six characters, and asked, "Brother Bodang, is this statue Wei Tuo?"Bodang laughed and said, "It's not Wei Tuo, but a living statue. This man is still here."Everyone was amazed. Looking at the portrait, it was no different from Qin Shubao.On the left and right sides of the shrine, there are two servants, one leading a yellow puma, and the other holding two golden irons.Bodang approached Shubao and asked in a low voice, "Did you dress up like this when you went out of Luzhou in previous years?"Shubao said: This is my image.Bodang asked why, and Shubao told the story of saving Tang Gong.I don't want Chai Shao to see the four people coming in with a stately appearance, so he will follow them to see what they are doing.What Shubao said was heard by the family, and he quickly reported it to Chai Shao.Hearing this, Chai Shao walked into the ancestral hall, touched the ground and said: "Who is the life-saving benefactor of his wife and father?"The four replied, and Bodang pointed to Uncle Bao and said, "This brother is an old friend of the old Qiansui. His surname is Qin and his name is Qiong."Back then, when Qiantui was in a hurry, he misremembered Qiong Wu.If you don't believe me, the two horses are now outside the mountain gate.Sichang said: "Four outstanding scholars, there is no reason to deceive each other. Please come to the abbot to offer tea."After everyone's name was known, Chai Shao sent someone to Taiyuan to report to Tang Gong, and then the four of them stayed in the temple to live in the temple, and the daily supply was very rich.

Look at the end of the year. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Shubao will go to Chang'an for business, and Chai Shao will also go to see the lanterns.So he took four servants, a total of thirty-one people, and left the temple, went outside Chang'an Gate, and stayed in Tao's shop.Everyone ate some wine, but went to sleep.Shubao didn't wait for the dawn, so he asked the owner of the shop: "You have an envoy who knows the way here, borrow one, and take advantage of the dawn to guide me into Mingde Gate and give gifts to Yang Yuegong's mansion. I should thank you very much."The owner of the shop called Tao Rong and Tao Hua to lead the way, and Shubao rewarded them with two strings of money.Immediately take the gift, divide it into four paper bags, take it with two vigorous steps, take Tao Rong and Tao Hua, and go into Mingde gate without telling the people.If you want to know what happened next, let's listen to the next chapter.