Chapter Ninety-Three: Visiting Friends in the Calf Mountain
Guan Sheng is righteous, and keeps his promises, since he agreed to go, he is naturally resolute, and he can go home and say goodbye to his family a little, and he can make the trip, as for Hao Siwen, it is even simpler, his mother has already passed away, and he belongs to the kind of single person who is full of food and the whole family is not hungry, when Guan Sheng wants to leave, he will leave, without the slightest hesitation.
The four of them set off overnight, slept in the open air, and arrived at the Songshan boundary in a few days. When I arrived at Songshan, I saw Hao Siwen slapping his thigh and shouting: "It's bad, brother, you and I have forgotten an important matter!"
Hearing this, it was not Guan Sheng who was the most nervous, but Fan Tianxi, the Marquis of Yu, "God, it's not like there's going to be a moth, this Taishi has to go back for a limited time, if you want to go back to Pudong again, it's too late for this day, don't say it's a reward to go back, it's good to be able to save your life!" ”
It's just that no one will care about his thoughts, Guan Sheng thought about it for a while, and felt that he hadn't missed anything, so he couldn't help but look at Hao Siwen strangely, and said, "Brother Foolish, I thought about it carefully, and I didn't find anything missing!"
Hao Siwen showed a regretful expression on his face, and said generally: "Brother, didn't you forget the Tang Bin brothers who hugged the calf mountain, if there were four of them to help, wouldn't this expedition to Liangshan be like a tiger with wings?"
Guan Sheng slapped his forehead, suddenly realized, and shouted: "If it weren't for what my brother said, I would have almost forgotten, and I would have turned to Baoqi Mountain, invited Brother Tang Bin down the mountain, and helped me wait!" As he spoke, he waited to turn the horse's head.
Guan Sheng's move, not only frightened Fan Tianxi's face like earth, almost fell off the horse, even Xuanzan was also scared, although he didn't know where the calf mountain was, but he knew that this time would definitely not be able to catch up with the time, hurriedly hit the horse A few steps forward, grabbed Guan Sheng's horse reins, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, this move can never be done, the Taishi has set a return date, if it is overdue, it is a trivial matter for the brother to eat and hang, and it is a big deal to delay the future of the elder brother, and then explain this matter in detail, I believe that the Taishi will give my brother time to go to Baocalf Mountain, I don't know what my brother thinks! ”
Guan Sheng was also anxious for a while, listening to Xuanzan at this moment, where could he not know the key, "In this case, according to Brother Xuanzan, you and I will hurry as soon as possible and rush to the capital as soon as possible to resume our lives!" ”
Fan Tianxi listened to it really in the back, so he put his heart in his stomach, and thought while following his breath: "I won't come out to do this thing in this life, this is shocking, don't reward the money and don't catch it, but scare your life away, it's not worth it!"
Guan Sheng, who had something in his heart, quickly whipped his horse and whipped up, without stopping, much faster than before, and soon came to Bianjing, where Xuanzan and Fan Tianxi, who were familiar with the path, led the way and led the two to the door of the Taishi Mansion.
Xu is already taken care of by the house, Xiaomenzi did not dare to make things difficult for a few people, and hurriedly entered the house to report, and after a while, the word came out, and the Taishi summoned four people to the festival hall to see.
If you enter the Taishi Mansion, you have to follow the set of things in the Taishi Mansion, although Guan Sheng and the others are not interested in these red tapes, how can the other party be Cai Taishi, who is in power and the opposition, so he has to be patient.
Cai Jing has a bad problem, maybe he followed the emperor of Song Huizong, in the words of later generations, he just likes to look at the "appearance", this look at Guan Sheng, he was immediately overjoyed, eight feet six, three wisps of beard, Danfeng eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, face like a heavy jujube, if the lips are painted with Zhu, live off a Guan Yu alive.
Seeing that Guan Sheng was so imaged, Cai Jing was a talent, and asked very rarely: "How young is the general?" Who's the people? ”
Guan Sheng hurriedly replied: "The young general is the Hedong Xie Liangren clan, after Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms, and he is now twenty and eight."
Cai Jing was even more satisfied, looking at Qiu Xuan, Qiu Xuan understood, and asked, "I don't know what the general's strategy is for this expedition to Liangshan?" ”
Guan Sheng thought for a while, and replied: "There is a way that "soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent". ”
After Qiu Xuan heard this, he bowed his head slightly to Cai Jing, indicating that this method was feasible, and Cai Jing got Qiu Xuan's hint that he immediately called someone to call the officials of the Privy Council, and transferred 15,000 elite people from Hebei and Shandong, and the day the soldiers and horses arrived, they could start the army.
Guan Sheng heard that he was going to transfer troops from Hebei and Shandong, and thought that if he didn't say it at this time, he might not have time to say it, so he simply turned his heart sideways, bowed down and saluted: "Qi Qi Xiang, the villain has something important to do, please give him permission!"
Cai Jing had a very good impression of Guan Sheng, and raised his hand directly, "Get up and speak!" ”
"The young general has four friends, just because the old mother at home was oppressed, and had to take action to get rid of it, so he was outcast, and now when he was conscripting Liangshan to employ people, the young general dared to ask for grace and mercy outside the law, and allowed the four of them to make meritorious contributions and serve the country!" After that, he fell directly to the ground and knocked his forehead to the ground.
Cai Jing listened, his heart was displeased, and when he was about to say no, he suddenly saw Qiu Xuan staring at him, and when his mind turned, he knew what he meant, so he said in a deep voice: "In this case, you can go quickly, recruit these four people, and contribute to the country, it will take time for Hebei and Shandong soldiers and horses to be deployed, you should go back quickly, and you must not miss the time to send troops!" Thou shalt stand aside. ”
Guan Sheng heard Cai Jing's reply, he was overjoyed, and knocked down his head, "The young general is grateful to the four of them, and this time to conquer Liangshan, we must do our best to repay the kindness!" ”
Seeing Guan Sheng out of the hall, Cai Jing said to Qiu Xuan: "Mr. is only able to look at his true appearance, but do you want to say that these four people who let Guan Sheng recruit sell him a favor, will he swear to repay his true appearance?"
Qiu Xuanyin laughed twice, "One of them, now that bandits are rampant, they can't be killed, and they can't be killed, it's better to recruit some of them for my use, so that they can kill each other and exterminate themselves!" ”
Suddenly, Cai You flashed out from behind the screen, and said respectfully: "Father, as the saying goes, knowing people and knowing faces does not know their hearts, this Guan Sheng is a foreign general, and he was ordered to conquer Liangshan, but I don't know what he thinks in his heart.
Cai Jing turned his head and glanced at Cai You, frowned and said: "This Chaoliang general is either in the west, or under the hands of Tong Guan and Gao Yu, although my Cai clan is said to be in power to the government and the opposition, but there is a lack of martial arts, now this Guan Sheng, it seems that he has some ability, and this is convenient for him, let him act cheaply, if it is done, then this minister will add an arm to help, if it doesn't work, hehe, he still has a small family to stay in Pudong......"
Guan Sheng thanked Cai Jing, said goodbye and left the hall, and told Hao Siwen and Xuanzan about the matter, and the three of them discussed it, and decided to leave Hao Siwen and Xuanzan in Bianjing to receive troops from Hebei and Shandong, while Guan Sheng hurried to Baoqian Mountain to recruit Tang Bin and the four of them.
In order to recruit Tang Bin and the four of them before sending troops, Guan Sheng rushed day and night, hundreds of miles away, and he was forced to arrive in two days.
When he arrived at the foot of the calf mountain, he didn't wait for himself to take a breath, and immediately shouted at the little minions under the mountain, "Go and report to the four leaders of your family, just say that Pudong Guansheng is visiting!" ”
A few little minions saw that Guan Sheng's appearance was extraordinary, and they were afraid that there was some trouble, so they hurriedly went up the mountain to report.
Guan Sheng had time to turn over and dismount, and took a few breaths. Maybe it's because of Tang Bin, or maybe his reputation is really loud in this area, and he didn't have much effort, so he heard a burst of hearty laughter, and the door of the cottage was opened, and Tang Bin and the four of them came down together, happily welcoming Guan Sheng up the mountain.
Guan Sheng's visit, it is inevitable to have a large feast, and the cups on the table come and go, and everyone is happy.
When the wine was full, the outspoken Tang Bin asked, "Say, what's the matter with coming to look for us?"
Although Guan Sheng also knew Tang Bin's temperament, he was also a little stunned when he asked him like this, "What's the matter, can't I come to see my old friend here to beg for a bowl of wine?" ”
Tang Bin laughed out loud, pointed at Guan Sheng and said to Wen Zhongrong and the others: "This Guan Dadao has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and now he comes to us to beg for wine, who listens to this, who will believe it!"
Wen Zhongrong and the three of them are also masters who are not afraid of heaven and earth, and then coaxed: "That's it, Brother Guan has something to say, they are all his own brothers, what can't be said, hide it and do it!"
Guan Sheng was a few people, you said a word, a little unbearable, simply threw the bowl on the table, Cai Jing called himself into Beijing, sent troops to Liangshan, came here by himself, invited four people to help and said it in detail, only to hear the death of four people You look at me, I look at you, and suddenly there was silence.
Tang Bin came to his senses first, and threw the wine bowl to the ground, "If you want me to say, it's not interesting for you to close the big knife in this matter, think about that Liangshan, what are you doing, fighting Yunzhou, making trouble in Jiangzhou, it is a very happy thing, that "Xiao Meng" Li Junchen, the wild boar forest saves his brother, Qingfeng Mountain rides thousands of miles alone to save his wife, it is affectionate and righteous, and then look at what your Taishi Cai does, Shengchengang, Huashigang, scourge the people everywhere, the people have no way to live, you actually asked us to help him, what is this called! ”
Wen Zhongrong also complained on the side: "Brother Guan, how can you ask your brothers to help you in this matter, but if you don't help you, it's not enough for brothers, I helped you, how will the brothers behave in the future on the road!"
Cui Yu and Qi Gong also echoed: "Brother Guan, I really don't want my brothers to work hard for Cai Jing!"
Guan Sheng was silent, silently drank all the wine in the bowl, got up and said: "What the brothers mean, Guan already knows, this time to conquer Liangshan, Guan is afraid that it will be more auspicious, I just hope that the brothers can take more care of Guan's wife and children in the future, even if Guan is in Jiuquan, he is also blind, so he will leave!" With that, he got up and walked out.
"Stop!" Guan Sheng's words annoyed Tang Bin, and he saw him roar angrily, smashed the wine bowl on the ground, kicked over the bench, rushed to Guan Sheng, grabbed Guan Sheng's shirt, and roared viciously: "The surname Guan, who tnd to take care of your family, to take care of you tnd to keep your life and come back to take care of it, how can the four brothers save your life, even if you carry it back!"