Outlaws of the Marsh Chapter 14

Wu Song came to the Lion House and asked the bartender, "Where does Simon Dalang eat wine?" The bartender said, "I'm having a drink with a rich man in a private room on the street." Wu Song went upstairs and found the room. Through the window, he saw Ximen Qing sitting at the head of the room, the other man sitting at the guest seat, and a song prostitute accompanying him to drink on each side. Wu Song unwrapped the bag and took out the head. With his right hand, he opened the curtain and threw the head at Ximen Qing's face with his left hand. Ximen Qing recognized Wu Song, gave a cry of surprise, jumped to the windowsill, saw the street below the people in a rush, could not jump off. Wu Song flew onto the table and slashed it. Ximen Qing ducked, flying a foot, the middle of Wu Song's wrist, the knife straight down the street. Ximen Qing heart secretly happy, right hand virtual finger, left hand a fist to Wu song heart pound. Wu Song ducked his head, slipped under his arm, grabbed him by the back of the neck with his left hand and his left foot with his right. "Get down!" he shouted. He threw Ximen Qing into the middle of the street and fell half dead. Wu Song picked up the head, jumped down, grabbed the sword, and saw Ximen Qing roll his eyes, cut off the head with a knife, tied the two heads together, ran home, offered them to Wu Da's spirit, took wine and poured out a drink, saying: "Brother, brother killed the adulterer and the adulterer and avenged you, I hope you will rise to heaven as soon as possible!"

Wu Song asked all his neighbors to go downstairs and said, "Because Wu Er avenged his brother, although it was reasonable, he violated the law of the king." Wu two this go, dead or alive do not know, vexed high neighbor home objects sold, let me use in prison. I'll go to the Yamen and give myself up, and ask Gao Neighbor to testify." After saying that, he burned his brother's spiritual card, put two heads on the Wangpo, went straight to the county government to surrender.

Wu Song killed Ximen Qing in the Lion Bridge head, which caused a sensation in the county and filled the streets with people watching. As early as when the square is reported with the county, the county startled, hurriedly ascended the hall. Wu Song and his party came to the hall, knelt down, put the sharp knife and the head under the steps, took out the confession, and told it again. Magistrate asked Wang, also did not change his story. Four neighbors, plus He Jiu uncle and Qiao Xu Brother, all took a confession. Subsequently, post-mortem examiner as yamen, took a trunk to purple stone Street, Lion Bridge to identify the body, filled the body box, back to the county office, magistrate ordered people to take two long pillory, pillory Wu Song, Wang Po, respectively, into the male and female cells, the witness in the gate.

When Ximen Qing died, the magistrate remembered Wu Song's many benefits and, regardless of life and death, called the prisoner and said, "My official read Wu Song as a martyr and wanted to save his life, so please revise your confession again." Oishi also had a friendship with Wu Song, so he changed the confession of Wu Song and others to: "Wu Song because of sacrifice brother, sister-in-law refused to let, overthrew the spiritual bed, Wu Song fought with his sister-in-law, accidentally killed his sister-in-law." Ximen Qing, who had committed adultery with the woman, came to the rescue, and they fought to the end of the Lion Bridge, where Wu Song killed Ximen Qing." Judge change, read to Wusong listen, magistrate write down official documents, will be a prisoner of the Dongping house. Some local rich people pooled some money and gave it to Wu Song. His soldiers also bought wine and meat to see Wu Song off.

Dongping governor Chen Wenzhao read the document, the heart guess a similar. He also wanted to excuse the hero of the tiger, and changed the official document again, changed Wu Song's charges to be lighter, and sent his confidants to the Tokyo Criminal Department. Then, he released Yao Wenqing and other six witnesses, and put Ximen Qing's wife in custody. Not many days later, the Ministry of Punishment sent back an official document: "Wang Pao coaxed the adulterer, instigated the prostitute to kill her husband, and ordered the prostitute not to allow Wu Song to sacrifice his dead brother, so that Wu Song killed two lives and planned to be executed by slings." Although Wu Song avenged his brother, he killed the adulterer and the adulterer, wished him to surrender, and spared him the death penalty. An adulterer and an adulteress, though a serious crime, is dead. The rest wait and go home." Chen Wenzhao in accordance with the official document, when the court sentenced Wu Song to marry Meng Zhou, wrote two lines of gold seals on his face, and the ridge staff was forty, but for show, the board was raised high and fell light. And from the prison put forward Wang Po, nailed on the wooden horse, pushed to the cross street, zero knife cut.

Wu Song changed the pillory, watched the death of Wang Po, and set off under the escort of two public officials. Two people read Wusong is a good man, careful service along the way. Wu Song bag has silver, every village shop, buy wine and meat, please the public to eat. Wu Song had been in prison for more than two months since the beginning of March, and had traveled several miles. It was the middle of summer in June, and the weather was hot, so the three men only traveled early in the morning and one night while they were cool. After about twenty days of traveling, the three of them came to a ridge where the two men wanted to rest. Wu Song looked around and said, "There is a hotel under the ridge. Let's buy some wine and eat." The two men went down with Wu Song, saw more than a dozen straw houses under the hillside, and picked out a wine flag. A woodcutter was walking along the road. Wu Song asked, "Excuse me, what is the name of this place?" The woodcutter said, "This is Mengzhou Road, and in front of it is the famous cross slope."

The three men came to the front of the slope and saw a big tree, which could not be hugged by four or five people and was covered with vines. Turn the tree, see a woman sitting in front of the hotel, look unusual, Wu Song has dark guard. Seeing the three men, the woman stood up and said, "Please come in." We have good wine, good meat and meat buns." Three people went into the shop and sat down, two public people said: "Anyway, no one saw here, we went to the pillory for all the head, eat a few bowls." He took off the cover and opened the pillory. The woman asked with a smile, "How much wine did the guest officer play?" Wu Song said: "Don't ask how much, just call, cut three or five jin of meat." The woman brought a large cask of wine, cut two plates of meat, and put three bowls. Three people ate a few rounds of wine, and the woman brought a few cage meat buns. Wu Song opened one and asked, "Restaurant, is this stuffed bun made of human or dog meat?" The woman smiled happily and said: "Guest officials can really tell jokes, the world is clear, Lang Lang universe, how can someone meat buns?" My family's steamed buns are traditionally beef." Wu Song said, "I heard my friends say: 'The big tree crosses the slope, who dares to cross there? Fat cut into stuffed buns, thin throw to fill the river. '" The woman said, "You made it up." Wu Song said, "I saw a few hairs in the stuffing, just like the hairs on people's urine, so I became suspicious." The woman sneers and thinks, this boy is dead, I don't go to find you, but you come to tease me, wait to see my means!

Wu Song also thought, this woman is up to no good, see how I play her! He said: "Your wine is not strong, have a good wine to change some." The woman said, "There is good wine, only it is muddier." I got the wine out of it. Wu Song said, "This wine is good, but I want to eat it hot." The woman ironed the wine, poured out three bowls, and the two men drank it all at once. Wu Song said, "Cut another plate of beef." As soon as the woman turned around, Wu Song poured the wine into the corner, smacked his mouth and said, "Good wine!" The woman turned around, clapped her hands and cried, "Fall, fall!" The two men only felt the sky spinning and fell to the ground. Wu Song also closed his eyes and fell down beside the bench. She said, "You are like a demon and have eaten my water to wash your feet." Somebody, drag them to the peeling pavilion!" A couple of guys came out and took two of the citizens first. She pinched Wu Song's burden and collected everything. Man came out to lift Wu song, how can not lift. She said: "useless things, I personally hand, you peel, as beef sell!" With that, he took off his shirt and gently carried Wu Song back. Wu Song put his hands around her, his feet around her legs, and pushed the woman to the ground. Unable to struggle, she howled like a pig. The boy was eager to move forward, but Wu Song gave a loud roar and was too scared to move.

At this time, a man came back to pick wood, hurriedly put down the wood, and said: "hero calm down, and forgive her, I have something to say." Wu Song stood up, put his left foot on the woman, and held both fists. The man asked, "What is your name?" Wu Song said, "I am Wu Song from Yanggu County." The man said: "Is it not Wu Song who fights tigers in Jingyanggang?" Wu Song said, "Exactly." The man bowed down and said, "She is my wife, and I don't know how to offend her. Please forgive her." Wu Song said: "Your husband and wife are not ordinary people, your name?" The man said, "I am Zhang Qing, a vegetable garden, and my wife's name is Sun Erniang, a hag."

Wu Song let go of Sun Erniang and let her get dressed. Two people please sit down after Wu song Tang, Zhang Qing said: "We open this hotel here, do gangland business, see the rich, fat merchants, with sweat medicine turned, figure money, the meat cut stuffing stuffed buns." I told my wife many times not to harm three kinds of people: first, monks. They didn't suffer. What did they do to him? Second, the tramp whore. It's not easy for them to make money just by being careful how much they lose. Third, the army of exile. There are a lot of heroes in there who have been wrongfully sued. Last time, came a fat monk, was my wife turned, I saw the zen stick is unusual, busy to save, but it is Lu Zhishen Lu master. I made an oath with him, he went to Erlong Mountain, with green face beast Yang Zhi took Baozhu Temple, grass in the mountain. That time, I came back a little late, and she killed me. Born as you are big, falling ring, a pair of snow - wrought iron swords and monk's robes. I don't know why she hit Wudu again today." Sun Erniang said, "Wudu's head has been playing tricks on me, so I will turn them over." Wu Song said: "Your eyes have always been attached to my baggage, I know you are running a black shop, how can you not want to find out the truth?" Sister-in-law, it was I who bumped into you." Zhang Qing laughed. Wu Song let them put understand the poor. Zhang Qing asked, "What crime have you committed? Where does it go?" Wu Song will avenge his brother, kill his sister-in-law and Ximen Qing, and say it again. Zhang Qing said: "In my opinion, it is better to turn over those two public officials, you stay here for a few days, and then go to Erlongshan to find Master Lu." Wu Song said, "I've been fighting tough guys all my life. Two people on the way to me carefully respectful, if they hurt them, conscience. I also know the names of Lu and Yang, and I will pay them a visit when I have the chance." Zhang Qing see Wu Song so righteous, let Sun Erniang with antidote irrigation woke up two solution difference.

Zhang Qing couple asked three people to sit under the grape rack in the backyard, ordered people to set up a banquet for Wu Song. Wu Song said to see Song Jiang on the Chai into Zhuang, sighed: "Even Song Gongming such a hero, now also run away."

The next day, Wu Song wanted to leave, how could Zhang Qing and his wife let him go? Kept him for three days. Wu Song thanked Zhang Qing for his kindness and worshipped Zhang Qing as his brother. Before leaving, Zhang Qing set wine for Wu Song to see him off, send Wu Song twelve silver, send two people a few pieces of silver. Wu Song gave twelve taels of silver to the public. Before noon, the two princes and Wu Song rushed to the city, went to the Yamen and submitted official documents. The governor wrote the palindrome and distributed Wu Song to the prison camp. Wu Song came to the prison camp, see the archway written "Anping village" three words, they were taken to the single cell.

The prisoners came to see Wu Song and advised him: "You must have a letter of affection and the silver coins used, and bring them out early." When the messenger comes, send him; otherwise, when you eat the killer stick, you will hit him very hard." Just then, the messenger came, and the prisoners scattered. When he saw Wu Song, he began to scold him: "You also have two eyes, and you are also a good man who fights tigers in Jingyanggang, so you should know something about current affairs!" Come to me, you can't beat the cat!" Wu Song said, "The silver master has it and keeps it to buy wine for himself." If you want a good word, I can give you some. If you insist on asking for nothing, can you send his master back again?" He was furious and turned away. Several army Han came, took Wu song to the point to see the hall, the management camp ordered for Wu Song went to the pillory, turned around to play a hundred kill Wei stick. Wu Song said, "If you want to fight something, you should fight harder. Don't fight with a stick. It won't be pleasant."

All the soldiers were about to start, I saw a young man of 24 or 15 years old came. The man's head was wrapped in a white cloth, and he hung an arm in white silk around his neck, and whispered a few words in the guan Ying's ear. Guan Ying asked, "Wu Song, did you get sick on the way?" Wu Song said, "No, I can eat, drink and walk." The guan said, "This man is suffering from a fever and is so feverish that he is talking nonsense. Put him in a solitary cell!" Several military Han Wu Song to single cell, all prisoners to ask him how not beaten. Wu Song said, "I don't know." The prisoner said, "If I don't beat this stick, I'm afraid it will hurt you at night." Then, speak of torture. Just then, a soldier came in with a box, opened the box, took out a pot of wine, a plate of meat, a plate of noodles, a big bowl of soup, and said: "Guan Ying please eat snacks." Wu Song thought, I eat and then deal with me, regardless of him. Then he ate a clean. Look at the night, the man sent another box, wine, meat, fish and rice. Wu Song dark, eat, die also fall a full ghost. Clean up again. Soon, two more men came, one carrying a big bathtub, one carrying a bucket of hot water, and said: "Please take a bath." Wu Song took a bath, and the two sent rattan beds and cool pillows, hung mosquito nets, and asked Wu Song to rest. Although Wu Song was full of doubts, no matter what, he went to sleep. At dawn, Wu Song opened the door, and the two men came again, waited on Wu Song to comb his hair and wash his face, and brought breakfast. Wu Song just put down his chopsticks and handed him a cup of fragrant tea. After tea, the man said: "It is not easy to rest here, please go next door." Wu Song thought, may have to start, see what means he used, calmly followed. The two men led Wu Song to a small courtyard and opened a door, which was clean and full of newly arranged furniture. Wu Song was even stranger. For three days in a row, there was wine and meat at every meal, and Wu Song was served until week to week, but no one cared about him, and he was allowed to stroll around the Anping Zhai. He saw that the weather was hot, and all the prisoners were doing hard work in the furnace sun, but he was free and puzzled. When he came to the Tianwang Hall, he saw a blue stone pier beside the incense burner, with an eye on it for planting a flagpole, and he sat on the stone for a while.

At noon that day, the man brought wine and rice again. Wu Song heart to ask a understand, stop the man. The man hesitated and hesitated, but only when Wu Song pressed him again and again did the man say, "It was the Xiaoguan battalion that ordered you to rest for six months and three months before you speak." Wu Song said, "What kind of people are Xiaoguan Ying?" The man said, "The one with his head wrapped and his arms hanging on the day when all the heads came." Wu Song said: "When he wanted to kill me, he also said love for me?" "Yes," said the man. Wu Song asked, "I don't know him, why does he take care of me so much?" The man said, "He is a good fighter, and he is called a golden eye." Wu Song said, "Invite him. I want to see him." The man dared not go. Wu Song said, "If he doesn't come, I won't eat his food." When the man saw Wu song, he had no choice but to go.

Shen came, saw Wu song to worship. Wu Song returned the courtesy and said, "I am a prisoner under your control. I cannot sleep or eat because I have received no favors." Shi En said: "Long heard of brother's name, brother arrived, reception is not good, dare not meet." Wu Song said: "I wonder what you have to say in half a year and three months?" Shi En wanted to falter in the past, Wu Song repeatedly asked, Shi Encai said: "Little brother something want to ask brother, only afraid brother all the way hard, no strength." Wu Song said: "Last year I suffered from malaria for three months, and the tiger on Jingyang Hill was killed by my three blows and two kicks." Shi En insisted on letting Wu song rest. Wu Song then led Shi En to the Tianwang Hall and pointed to the blue stone pier and said, "How heavy is this pier?" Shi En said: "Afraid of four or five hundred jin." Wu Song said, "See if I can't move it." The prisoners gathered round to see. Wu Song said, "Stay away." Take off your clothes, tuck them in your waist, gently pick up the stone pier, throw it to the ground, and lay it more than a foot deep. He grabbed that eye again, lifted it with one hand, threw it into the air, threw it more than ten feet high, caught it with both hands, and put it back in place, his face was not red, the atmosphere was not panting. He bowed down and said, "My brother is really a god!" The prisoners also bowed down and said, "What a man of God!"

Grace Wu Song please sit down in the hall of the private house, after Wu Song repeatedly urged, the party to say a word. Outside the east gate of the state, there is a bustling town, named Happy forest, Shen with a martial arts and a group of prisoners, opened a hotel. Every shop, casino, bank, and prostitute in rush for business would send him the usual money, at least a few hundred taels of silver every month. Recently, there was a Zhang Tuanlian, brought a big man, named Jiang Zhong, nickname Jiang door god, height of nine feet, martial arts, boasting: "in the eastern Yue Taishan beat, three years without opponents." He came to take the happy forest, Shien not let, put Shien injured, two months can not get out of bed, has not healed. Grace this want to take people back, Zhang Tuanlian is his father's boss, a cavity hate, can not be reported. He had heard for a long time that Wu Song was a hero, so Wu Song arrived, took care of Wu Song everywhere, and wanted to wait for Wu Song to rest and strengthen, and asked Wu Song to avenge him.

Wu Song laughed and said, "All my life I have only fought tough guys and people with no moral understanding." Go, I'll shoot the boy, I'll take his life!" Grace hurriedly advised Wusong not to scare the snake, let Jiang Menshen have prepared. Why would Wu Song listen? Insist on going at once. Shi Enis cant persuade, the old management camp came out, please Wu Song to the back hall to speak. In the back hall, the old guan Ying invited Wu Song to sit down. Wu Song said, "I am a sinner, how dare I sit down?" Shien father and son repeatedly persuade Wu Song to sit opposite. The old guan Ying cried out, and soon put on a table of wine, and the father and son took turns to pour wine for Wu Song. After eating a few cups, the old guan Ying spoke highly of Wu Song's martial arts and moral character, and asked Shi En to worship Wu Song as his brother. Wu Song was so happy that he got drunk and was helped back to his room by his servant to sleep.

The next day, Wu Song was going to fight the door god Jiang, but Shi said, "My younger brother has sent someone to find out that the boy is not at home today, and my brother will go tomorrow." At dinner, Shen only let Wu song eat more vegetables, wine only a few cups. Back to the guest room, two servants to serve Wu song bath, Wu Song asked, but the grace is afraid Wu song ate too much wine yesterday, today's physical discomfort, wrong business.

When the morning came, Wu Song washed himself up, put a small plaster on the gold seal on his face, cleaned up and sent Grace to invite him to dinner. After dinner, Shi En let him ride to the horse, he refused, and said: "I go to fight Jiang door god, you have to follow me 'no three look beyond'." Shi En could not understand, Wu Song said: "After leaving the city, every time I saw a hotel, I had to eat three bowls of wine." Shi En said: "There are a dozen hotels along the way, you have to eat more than 30 bowls, don't eat drunk." Wu Song laughed and said, "If I eat one point of wine, I have one point of skill, five points of wine, five points of skill." If you didn't get drunk last year, how could you have killed the tiger on Jingyanggang?" Shin Eun said, I didn t know my brother was capable of this. There was no good wine in the hotel on the way, so my younger brother sent two servants to bring wine and food and go first, and then my brother ate slowly." Shi En arranged a servant and left with Wu Song. The old guan camp selected ten or twenty big men and ordered them to secretly take over Wu Song.

Wu Song and Shi En out of the city, every time they see a hotel, there are servants waiting for Wu Song to eat three bowls of wine. Wu Song ate dozens of bowls of wine along the way. Look at the near Merry forest, Shi En can not go any further, let a servant for Wu Song to lead the way, into the town, the servant pointed to the front and said: "The hotel at the T-intersection is." Wu Song let him avoid and walked alone. He was only six or seven points drunk, but pretended to be very drunk and staggered along. Passing through a forest, I saw a King Kong like man, sitting in a chair in the forest to enjoy the cool, and I already guessed that it was Jiang Door God.

Came to the Ding road hotel, the wine flag in front of the door wrote "river Yang wind moon" four characters, both sides of the couplet is: "drunk Qiankun big, pot sun and moon long." Wu Song entered the door, see the counter behind the sitting of a young lady, guess is Jiang door God newly married concubine. Next to them stood three large wine vats, half buried in the earth, each containing half of the wine. Five or six bartenders were busy waiting for customers. Wu Song could not take his eyes off the woman, sat down, knocked on the table and said, "Master's house!" The bartender comes over and asks, "How many drinks would you like?" Wu Song said, "Let's have some to taste first." The bartender brought the wine, Wu Song took a sip and said, "It's not good. Go and change it for the good one." Barman for wine, Wu Song is not good, the barman let the woman change again, Wu Song is still not good. The bartender swallowed his pride and changed again. Wu Song took a few sips slowly and then asked, "What's your master's last name?" The bartender says, "It's Jiang." Wu Song said, "Why isn't his surname Li?" The woman said, "The boy is drunk and is looking for trouble." The bartender says, "Don't listen to his farts."

Wu Song called, "Restaurant, ask that woman to accompany me to eat wine." The bartender says: "Nonsense, this is the master's wife!" Wu Song said, "It doesn't matter if my master's wife eats wine with me." The woman shouted, "The one who gets the knife should die!" Coming out to fight Wusong. Wu Song took off the cloth shirt, tucked it in his waist, lunged for it, grabbed the woman and threw her into the wine jar. The bartender rushed to the bar, and Wu Song punched him one by one, knocking him down. Only one smart one walked out the door. Wu Song knew that he was going to Jiang door god, and then rushed to. Go not far, Jiang Menshen like flying. Seeing Wu Song stumbling, he deceived him into being drunk and rushed over. Wu Song hit both fists, made a false move, turned and walked away. Wu Song suddenly turned around and flew up with his left foot, which hit Jiang's lower abdomen, causing him to cover his stomach and bend over in pain. Wu Song turned around again, kicked with his right foot, hit Jiang on the forehead, and fell to the ground. This trick of Wu Songshi is "Yuhuan step, Yuanyang foot", easy not to apply, apply will win. Wu Song stepped on the chest of Jiang Mengshen and struck with his fist. Jiang Menshen could not move and shouted "spare your life". Wu Song said, "If you do three things for me, I will spare you." Jiang Door God said quickly: "Don't say three, three hundred I also depend on you."

Wu Song said, "First, you should return the Merry Forest to its original owner immediately." Jiang Door God said: "Depending on you." "Second, you invite prominent local figures to make amends in public." "At your discretion." "You leave Mengzhou immediately, let me run into you again, and fight you every time you see me." "At your discretion." As soon as Wu Song picked up Chiang's door God, Jiang had been beaten black and blue, his neck was bent to one side, and blood flowed from his forehead. Wu Song said, "Don't mention you, but you are the tiger on Jingyanggang, and I killed you with only three blows and two kicks." Make quick delivery!" Jiang Menshen only then know the opponent is Wu Song, only Nono Liansheng.

Shen came with strong men, see Wu song has won, surrounded Wu Song cheer. Wu Song said: "Jiang Zhong, the owner has come, you move, while asking someone to make amends." Wu Song brought people to the store, the woman had just climbed out of the wine jar, her face was broken, and the two bartenders were still struggling in the wine jar. Wu Song sat down and let the bartender help the woman out. The most important people in the Merry Forest came one after another. Wu Song please sit, let grace sit in the first place, Jiang door God sitting under grace. Eat a few bowls of wine, Jiang door God in public to pay the gift of grace. Wu Song said, "When I saw the injustice on the road, I drew my sword to help, and when I heard that Jiang Zhong had taken the happy forest from me, I came to defend the injustice, if it were not for the honor of everyone, I would have killed the boy with one meal." Today he must leave and meet me again. The tiger on Jingyanggang is his example." Jiang Menshen, who dared to make a voice, was ashamed, thanked the crowd, found a car, loaded the luggage, got up and left.

From then on, everyone admired Wusong hero, who did not visit him? The business of Happy Forest is more prosperous, and the sales of grace have increased by thirty-five percent than before. Grace out of this tone, the Wu song when father like filial piety.