Water Margin Chapter 8 The Mansion of the Daimyo of the Martial Arts
Yang Zhi took the treasure knife, inserted a straw mark, and waited for a long time on Mahang Street, but no one asked the price. When he came to Tianhanzhou Bridge, no one asked. At this time, the people on the street shouted, "The big worm is coming." "Ducking. Yang Zhi is not surprised, how can there be a tiger on the ground of Jingshi? At this time, I saw a big black man walking on the bridge drunk. The big black man's name is Niu Er, and he is a famous splasher, nicknamed the hairless worm. Niu Er came over and asked, "What are you selling?" Yang Zhi said: "Sell knives." Niu Er asked, "How much?" Yang Zhi said: "Three thousand." Niu Er said: "What bird knife costs so much money?" I bought a knife for thirty dollars, and I could cut meat. Yang Zhi said: "My knife is a treasure knife, first, it can cut iron and chop copper without rolling the blade, second, it can be broken by blowing, and third, killing people without blood." Niu Er went to the pepper shop at the head of the bridge to ask for twenty copper coins and stacked them on the railing of the bridge. Yang Zhi saw it, chopped it down with a knife, and chopped twenty copper coins into forty and a half. Niu Er pulled a handful of hair again, and Yang Zhi blew on the edge of the knife, and the hair was broken into two. Niu Er asked Yang Zhi to kill people again, Yang Zhi said: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can you kill people at will? Find a dog and kill it. Niu Er said: "What you just said was killing people, not killing dogs." If you have the guts, kill me. Yang Zhi said: "I have no grievances with you, why did I kill you?" Niu Er said: "If you don't kill me, you have to give me the knife." Yang Zhi turned around to leave, Niu Er pounced, kicked and hit, annoyed Yang Zhi, and killed Niu Er with a click.
Yang Zhi came to Kaifeng Mansion and surrendered. The government sent someone to examine the body, took the testimony of people nearby, sealed the knife and put it in storage, and put Yang Zhi in prison.
The businesses and residents near the state bridge read Yang Zhi for them to remove a harm, and pooled money to help him up and down. The government also remembered that Yang Zhi was a good man, and deliberately exonerated him, broke twenty spines, and stabbed the Beijing Daimyo Mansion. Yang Zhi had a gold seal on his face, and Zhang Long and Zhao Hu escorted him out of the yamen. The two big families near the Zhou Bridge took the lead in pooling money, half of which was sent to Yang Zhi as a plate, and half was sent to the second duke, asking them to take good care of Yang Zhi on the road.
The three of them came to the Daimyo Mansion in Beijing and threw themselves into the Yamen of the Left-behind Division. The left-behind guard is named Liang Zhongshu, who is the son-in-law of Cai Jing, the imperial master of the dynasty, who is in charge of the army on the horse and the people on the horse, and is extremely powerful. When he was in Tokyo, he had met Yang Zhi, and when he saw that Yang Zhi was assigned here, he asked for the reason, and Yang Zhi explained the causes and consequences one by one. Liang Zhongshu wrote a palindrome, sent Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, and left Yang Zhi by his side. Liang Zhongshu saw that Yang Zhi was very diligent, and he had the intention to promote him to be a deputy army, and he could receive a salary every month, but he was afraid that the generals would not be satisfied, so he ordered him to go to Dongguo Gate to compete in the future.
Early the next morning, flags were unfurled on the field, swords and guns were lined up, the ranks of soldiers were purged, and the general was majestic. On the stage, there are two prisoners, one is called Li Tianwang Li Cheng, and the other is Wen Dadao Wenda, both of whom have the courage of ten thousand people. Liang Zhongshu sat in the martial arts hall, the generals saw the ceremony, Liang Zhongshu ordered the drill soldiers, and suddenly the golden drums sounded in unison, and the sound shook the world. Five teams of people and horses performed for a while according to the colors of their armor and flags. Liang Zhongshu also ordered: "Call the deputy army Zhou Jin." ”
Zhou Jin came out of the battle, showing off his spirit, prancing horses and dancing guns, and made a while. Liang Zhongshu also sent an order: "Call Yang Zhi, a military member from Tokyo." Yang Zhi came out in response. Liang Zhongshu asked: "Do you dare to compete with Zhou Jin?" Yang Zhi said: "Kindness is sent and dare to disobey orders." Yang Zhi stopped at the moment and picked up his gun and got on the horse. The two were about to compete, and Wenda said, "Stop!" Swords and guns have no eyes, and it is not good in case there are dead or wounded. Each of you wears a black shirt, and the head of the gun is removed, and the piece of war is wrapped in a piece of lime, and whoever has less white spots on his body wins. Liang Zhongshu said: "This is the best." ”
The two received the order, each changed into a black shirt, removed the head of the gun, wrapped it in a war piece, dipped it in lime, got on the horse, and killed a mess. After fighting for about fifty rounds, when looking at Zhou Jin, he was like a sika deer, with spots on his body, and Yang Zhi only had a white spot under his left eyebrow. Liang Zhongshu wanted to get rid of Zhou Jin's envoy and let Yang Zhi replace him. Li Cheng was not angry in his heart, and said: "Zhou Jin's marksmanship is unfamiliar, and he is skilled in archery and horses, and then let him compete with Yang Zhi for arrows." Liang Zhongshu gave the order, and let the two compete with arrows.
Yang Zhi took a bow and arrow, got on the horse, and came to the front of the martial arts hall, Li Cheng issued a shield to each of them, each with a twist on his left arm. Yang Zhi said: "You shoot me three arrows first, and then I will shoot you three arrows." When Zhou Jin heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and he couldn't wait to shoot Yang Zhi into a transparent hole with one arrow. Liang Zhongshu gave an order, the green flag waved, and the war drums shook the sky. Yang Zhi patted Ma Wangnan and ran away, and Zhou Jin then rushed and shot an arrow towards Yang Zhihou's heart. Yang Zhi flicked the tip of his bow and knocked the arrow to the ground. Zhou Jin's second arrow came, and Yang Zhizhi hid in the stirrup to dodge. Zhou Jin's third arrow came, and Yang Zhiyi stretched out his hand and grabbed the arrow in his hand. It's time for Yang Zhi to be cautious. Zhou Jin threw his bow and arrows, held his shield, drew his sword and left. Yang Zhi caught up and tugged at the bowstring. Zhou Jin hurriedly blocked it with his shield, but he blocked it. Zhou Jin secretly thought, this kid can only use guns, not shoot arrows. Yang Zhi caught up again, aimed the arrow at Zhou Jin's heart, and thought again, why should I hurt his life? So he raised the arrow a little higher and shot it out. Zhou Jin was not on guard, hit the left shoulder, and planted the horse.
Liang Zhongshu immediately asked the Military Administration Department to remove Zhou Jin's name and change it to Yang Zhi. Yang Zhi ran to the front of the hall and thanked Liang Zhongshu. But I heard a person shouting: "Hugh wants to be relieved, I will compare with you." When Yang Zhi looked at it, this person was born with a seven-foot tall figure, a round face and big ears, thick lips and a square mouth, and a beard under his chin. This person saluted Liang Zhongshu and said, "Zhou Jin is sick and has not recovered, so he lost to Yang Zhi." If Yang Zhi can defeat the junior general, not to mention the deputy army that replaced Zhou Jin, the junior general will also give him the genuine army. "When Liang Zhongshu read it, it was a genuine military Suo Chao. Suo Chao is like a fire, whenever he goes to war, he is used to taking the lead, and he is known as the pioneer. Li Cheng also came over and said, "Enxiang, Yang Zhiyuan was an envoy in Tokyo, how can Zhou Jin be an opponent?" Just compete with the real card of Suo Chao. Liang Zhongshu thought, just let Yang Zhi win over you, let you die without complaint, so he ordered the two to compete.
Li Cheng called Suo Chao aside and said, "Zhou Jin is your apprentice, he has lost for a while, if you lose again, he will look down on the officers of our Daimyo Mansion." I lend you my armor and my horses, be careful, Hugh will break his sharpness. Suo Chao thanked him and went to the end.
Liang Zhongshu gave an order, and the golden drum shook the sky. The generals were silent, standing quietly and watching the battle.
Suo Chao wore armor on top of his armor, held a golden axe, and Li Cheng's snow-white horse under his crotch rushed out of the formation from the left. Yang Zhi was wearing iron armor, holding a steel gun with muddy iron points, and the charcoal red thousand miles of the fire in the book in the middle of the crotch rushed out of the formation from the right. The two fought for 50 rounds, and there was no winner or loser. Liang Zhongshu stared at him dumbfounded; The generals applauded; The soldiers looked at each other, even those who had been on the battlefield had never seen this kind of fighting; Even Wen Da and Li Cheng, who have been in battle for a long time, even claimed to be good. Wen Da was afraid that the two tigers would fight each other and there would be an injury, so he hurriedly asked the flag officer to hold the order flag and stepped forward to separate the two. The two are fighting to the good, and each wants to be a hero, how can they stop? It wasn't until Liang Zhongshu gave the order that the two of them turned their horses and ran back to their main formation.
Li Cheng and Wen Da reported to Liang Zhongshu: "The two of them are strong in martial arts, and they can be reused." Liang Zhongshu was overjoyed, let the two come to the front of the martial arts hall, one person rewarded a big ingot, a set of clothing, and ordered the military secretary to promote both of them to the management of the army, so that the soldiers returned to the camp first, and then, set up a banquet in the martial arts hall, and invited the officers and adults to sit at the table.
Time flies, spring goes to summer, and it is the Dragon Boat Festival. Liang Zhongshu set up a family banquet in the back hall, and after eating wine for a while, his wife asked: "As the commander of the first army, where does the fame and wealth come from?" Liang Zhongshu said: "I'm not a wooden man, how can I not know the grace of Old Taishan?" The lady said, "Since you have not forgotten my father's kindness, how can you forget my father's birthday?" Liang Zhongshu said: "June 15 is Taishan's birthday, how can I forget? I have sent someone to buy 100,000 pieces of gold, silver and jewelry to celebrate Taishan's birthday. It's just a little bit of a dilemma for me. Many of the treasures I bought for Mount Tai last year were robbed by thieves on the way, and they have not been found so far, so who will escort them this year?" The lady said, "Let him go." ”