After a day of visiting the temple fair, Sun Lei returned to the inn at night and asked the waiter to prepare a table of good wine and food.
"Brother, is this a reward for my Tieniu today?"
Li Kui's mouth was already watering when he looked at the table full of good wine and delicious food.
"Why are you in a hurry? There are still guests who haven't arrived yet."
Sun Lei stopped Li Kui who was about to catch beef and said.
"Guest? Brother invited someone?"
Li Kui looked at the people present puzzledly, he had already arrived.
"I'm late, please forgive me, brother!"
Pang Wanchun came back with his sister at this time, and quickly apologized. There were too many people burning incense in Dongyue Temple, and they didn't wait until the evening, so it was too late to come back.
"Hey, why is this guy!"
Li Kui became angry when he saw Pang Wanchun. He had not yet avenged himself for being thrown!
"Let me introduce you. This is Yang Youji Pang Wanchun, a young man from Jiangnan. His archery skills are invincible. Compared with Brother Hua Rong, you might as well give in. This time, we are here to compete."
Sun Lei smiled and introduced Pang Wanchun to everyone. As for Pang Qiuxia, who was still dressed as a man, she probably didn't want to be recognized, so she didn't introduce him. He introduced the people on his side again.
"Everyone, I offended so many people the day before yesterday!"
Pang Wanchun clasped his fists and said to everyone.
"You're welcome, we don't know each other without fighting! Brothers are also very skilled."
Jiao Ting said with a smile, since Sun Lei introduced him, a little friction would be nothing.
"I'm also in the ring, let's see if I knock you off the ring!"
Seeing that it was difficult to take action, Li Kui suppressed all his anger and prepared to take revenge on the ring.
"Since Brother Li Kui is interested, let's discuss it in the ring."
Pang Wanchun saw that Li Kui was a barbarian, so he didn't care about him and said with a smile.
Everyone sat down and Sun Lei persuaded them to drink with a smile. He was very interested in Jiangnan's Jiangnan. Jiangnan was Fang La's territory. There were many heroes there, and they were very capable. Most of the original Liangshan heroes were found in Jiangnan.
"Brother Jiangnan's matter is hard to explain in words!"
Pang Wanchun shook his head helplessly.
Since Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he has asked for exotic flowers and stones from Jiangnan every year. Under the instigation of treacherous ministers, Zhao Ji set up agencies such as the Yingfeng Bureau to collect and transport folk rare treasures for him. These departments loaded the collected rare treasures on large ships and transported them to Bianjing. With 10 boats as one outline, it is called "Huashi Gang".
"Hua Shi Gang, I have seen a huge formation along the Bianhe River!"
Sun Lei said with a smile that he had seen the scene of flowers and stones arriving in Tokyo. There were hundreds of ships of exotic flowers and stones at one time, which was dazzling.
"My brother doesn't know. If we just collect some exotic flowers and stones, the Jiangnan can easily fill a garden. But Zhao Ji's temperament is changeable. This year he likes this, and next year he likes that. What time does it happen every year? Is it a head?"
"Those officials relied on the emperor's orders and were arrogant and domineering. If they liked someone's flowers, stones, or antiques, they would just seal them with yellow paper, and they would be regarded as the emperor's things."
"Not only that, those officials also took the opportunity to extort money. If their demands were not met, they would convict them of any crime, such as disobeying the emperor's order, and they would be sent to jail, or even their lives could not be saved. Many families were ruined by them. , miserable."
Pang Wanchun gritted his teeth and said, "Because of Hua Shi Gang, countless families in Jiangnan have been killed. People in Jiangnan are now boiling with resentment. Many heroes from all walks of life have gathered in the mountains and grass to fight against the imperial court."
"Is there such a thing?"
Jiao Ting's face turned pale after hearing this. He had been traveling around Hebei and Shandong and didn't know the situation in Jiangnan.
"Brother, this is not surprising! That Zhao Ji is greedy, and his subordinates are all corrupt officials, and they tax and expropriate excessively!"
Lu Fang and Guo Sheng opened their mouths and said that one of them was from Tanzhou and the other was from Jialing, and they also suffered greatly from Huashi Gang.
"Then the bird emperor is really nothing. Brother, we went to Tokyo to fight. My brother is the emperor and we are high officials. Isn't this just doing justice for heaven, acting chivalrously, hoeing the strong and supporting the weak!"
Li Kui immediately started shouting. He couldn't bear to see corrupt officials harming people.
"Tieniu, can I talk about this casually?"
Ruan Xiaoqi, Jiao Ting, Shi Qian, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng quickly held down Li Kui, who was about to get up, and told him to stop talking nonsense. This matter was not something that could be said casually. Fortunately, the inn was noisy and they were having a banquet in the backyard, so no one could hear Li Kui's shouts clearly.
"Did I say something wrong?"
Although Li Kui was naive, he was not heartless. He knew that his yelling just now was too much and his voice was a bit softer, but he still didn't let go.
"Drink, drink!"
Sun Lei said with a smile, he did not stop Li Kui, who wouldn't like a younger brother who is so considerate of his elder brother? No wonder Li Kui gets into trouble every day and Song Jiang still lets him go.
Everyone laughed and drank, and stopped talking about such unhappy things.
"Brother, I just heard that you know Xiao Li Guanghuarong from Shandong?"
Pang Wanchun was half drunk when he suddenly looked at Sun Lei and asked.
"I know him, he is my little sister's brother!"
Sun Lei smiled and pointed at Hua Chan next to him and said to Pang Wanchun.
"It turns out she is Hua Rong's sister. I have heard about that little Li Guang Shenjian for a long time. My little Yang Youji is very dissatisfied and has always wanted to challenge him!"
Pang Wanchun said, he is also a martial arts fanatic, his favorite is boxing, kicking and archery. This time I came to Tai'an Prefecture for the sumo wrestling ring in front of Dongyue Temple. It would be better if I could compete with Xiao Li Guanghuarong.
"There's a chance!"
Sun Lei said with a smile, Hua Rong is in Tai'an Prefecture, and it is not difficult to meet him.
"Thank you so much, brother!"
Pang Wanchun was overjoyed and quickly stood up to toast Sun Lei.
"a piece of cake!"
Sun Lei picked up the wine bowl and said with a smile.
The banquet lasted until midnight, and everyone dispersed after they were full.
"It seems that Fang La's actions are confidential enough. Pang Wanchun still doesn't know about Fang La's existence."
Sun Lei sat in the yard and looked at the crescent moon in the sky and murmured, Fang La was a powerful figure in the Water Margin. Among the four major rebels, he was the smarter, but it was a pity that he was destroyed before he got up. The Northern Song Dynasty was external Weak and powerless, but still very capable internally.
"Brother, drink tea!"
Hua Chan came over with a tea tray and poured Sun Lei a cup of tea.
"Why don't you rest? Are you tired from shopping all day today?"
Sun Lei took the tea cup and took a sip with a smile.
"You're not tired, this temple fair is so lively!"
Hua Chan shook her head.
"Let Shi Qian look for your brother tomorrow. Why haven't there been any news in the past few days?"
Sun Lei saw Hua Chan's worries, and Hua Rong should have come to the city long ago.
"Brother, I'm afraid I'm busy with official duties!"
Hua Chan shook her head. Things in the government are not simple. Hua Rong has been like this before.
"Then you are worried that Pang Wanchun will cause trouble for your brother?"
Sun Lei asked again.
"Um!"
Hua Chan nodded. Although Hua Rong is known as Xiao Li Guang for his unparalleled archery skills, his sword has no eyes.
"It's okay. Although Pang Wanchun is a martial arts fanatic, he is not Hua Rong's opponent."
Sun Lei said with a smile, Hua Rong's archery skills are still better than Pang Wanchun.
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