General Lu joined Lao Cao, and the two sides turned hostility into friendship.
The four heroes of Taihu also put on smiles and urged to kill cattle and sheep, and then held a banquet in the village to entertain Lao Cao and Wu Song.
Lao Cao pointed to the lake: "There is another brother on my boat, called 'Black Wind Tiger' Niugao, who escaped from your island during the day."
The four heroes nodded repeatedly: "Remember, he is a strange person. He can cross water as if he were walking on flat ground, which is extraordinary!" They hurriedly sent people to invite him to the island, and they walked to his village surrounded by people, including the few rowing oars. The sergeant also gave him good wine and meat, and the smart little leader accompanied him to entertain him.
His island is famously called Xishan Island. It is the largest island in Taihu Lake. It is twenty miles from north to south and thirty miles from east to west. It has acres of mountains, forests, fields, streams and ponds. There are one or two thousand families living on the island, and all are affected by it. Blessed by the Four Heroes of Taihu Lake.
After walking for three to five miles, they arrived at a place surrounded by humpbacked willow trees. A village was built in the middle. Although it was just built of wood and bamboo with a roof of sun-dried grass, it was spacious and spacious, and had a different kind of scenery. In the mountains and forests, there is an open-minded and refined atmosphere.
Inside and outside Zhuangzi, lanterns, torches, and oil candlesticks were lit, and the warm light shone brightly. There were three men standing in front of the door. They were not the others, but the three heroes of the Ruan family. They sent the quick-legged Zhuang Ding to run back. They put it away in advance, took some warm water to wash away the dust, and gave each of them a brand new coat to put on.
When San Ruan saw Cao Cao approaching, he quickly stepped forward to greet him and knelt on the ground: "Brother, how can you take risks for the three of me alone? If something goes wrong, my brother will be a ghost and it will be difficult to feel at ease."
The three of them were all good men with a burning heart. When they saw Cao Cao taking such a risk for them, they all shed tears. The excitement in their hearts was indescribable. They wished they could die for Cao Cao right away.
Cao Cao stretched out his hand to wipe away three of his tears, pulled him up and said with a smile: "A man who is upright and upright, why are you acting like a child? If I were in trouble, wouldn't you come to save me?"
Ruan Xiaoqi shouted: "If my brother is in trouble, even in the Lingxiao Palace of the Jade Emperor, Xiaoqi will also punch hundreds of holes in him."
The Four Taihu Heroes couldn't help but feel hot in their eyes when they saw how daring the brothers were. They looked at each other in disbelief: Aren't these gangsters all using sweet talk to trick hot-blooded men into giving up their lives? Why is this "Wu Mengde" really involved when something happens?
General Lu stepped forward and made a bow, and said respectfully: "Three heroes, General Lu, a young man, have offended Fang La and are not allowed to be tolerated by the court, so they are hiding on this island. Because you have three faces and a strong momentum, Fei Fei The four of them are just here to find my whereabouts, so I have offended a lot of people, so please forgive me for all the heroes."
Wu Song said with a smile: "Mr. Lu is a wise man. Seeing that my eldest brother is extravagant, he has become our brother now, but we don't know each other even if we don't fight each other."
Ruan Xiaoer said with a smile: "Second brother is right. If we don't make a scene today, how can we have many heroes under my command? The four of them are also great. I don't hate him for catching me, I just hate fishing." For half a lifetime, I was beaten like a fish by him today."
Ruan Xiaowu looked fiercely at the Four Heroes of Taihu: "Since we are all brothers, the past grievances can be wiped out. It's just that my three brothers are not convinced that they lost today. After a while, we will compete in drinking capacity. We three brothers will fight against you." Four, do you dare?"
Those four knew that this was a step up, so why not go down? Fei Bao immediately said with a smile on his face: "I have heard for a long time that the heroes of Shandong are good at drinking. I am a man from the south of the Yangtze River and I am not inferior to others. It's just that we don't want to take advantage, so I asked Brother Wu to join you and we will fight for wine four to four." "
Niu Gao laughed and said, "You are so courageous. Don't you know that my second brother drank eighteen bowls of wine and even killed a big insect? The big bowls in the north are all weighed down by pounds. If you fight with him, the four of you will win." You may not be able to win against him, let alone spare the Ruan brothers?"
Fei Bao and the other four were shocked and said: "If you say so, doesn't it mean that you drank eighteen kilograms of wine? Back then, the great hero Xiao Feng drank dozens of kilograms at a time, and Brother Wu was no less generous than him."
Niu Gao was dissatisfied and said: "When my brother Black Tornado got married, how many heroes came to him? Brother Wu helped him hold back the wine and drank thirty or forty bowls before he got drunk. This is what I saw with my own eyes, Master Xiao He was a character from decades ago. He is said to be able to drink, but who has actually seen him?"
Di Cheng, the fourth among the four heroes, "Slim-faced Bear" heard this and said in a broken voice: "This is not Brother Fei's lie. You don't know, but there is an old Green Lin living on our island. He died of illness the year before last. His name is Bao Qianlin, nicknamed "No Capital". He was a famous thief in the world back then. Twenty years ago, he personally participated in the battle at Juxian Village. Xiao Feng and a group of heroes drank a lot of severance wine and drank fifty times in a row. Bowl, and then fought alone against the crowd, one person and hundreds of martial arts masters in the Central Plains, and he saw it with his own eyes. How often does he not brag about it while drinking? "
Niu Gao was a man who was used to messing around. He wanted to say more, but Wu Song grabbed him and said seriously: "Senior heroes are not suitable for younger generations like us to talk about. Besides, I have also heard of the reputation of Daxia Xiao. In order to prevent the Liao soldiers from going south, he committed suicide. Death is a first-class hero in the world. If Wu Er is not as good as him, Wu Er will only feel happy in his heart."
When General Lu heard this, he took a deep look at Wu Song and said to Cao Cao: "The second general is worthy of being my lord's brother. He is truly an upright and upright man!"
In this reincarnation, Cao Cao was most proud of having such an extravagant brother like Wu Song. After hearing this, he was more happy to praise himself than to praise himself. He said with a smile: "Sir, your vision is really extraordinary. My second brother is really the best in the world." A rare and wonderful man.”
"Taihu Jiao" Bu Qing said: "That's right! The four of us are really confused. We lost to the second brother Wu in a fight. If we lose again after drinking, wouldn't we be defeated again and again and be defeated? That's all, let this brother Niu join us. The three brothers of the Ruan family are in a group, and it is best for me to compete with four against four."
Niu Gao puffed up his chest and folded his belly, and said with an air of dignity: "This is when you meet an opponent in chess and you will meet a good talent. Come to the table quickly, and let General Niu first perform a tiger-swallowing for you, and then show you the best whale-swallowing!"
Everyone laughed, pushing and shoving, and the guests and hosts took their seats in the middle of the hall. Fei Bao straightened up, clapped his hands, and the wine and food were served like water.
Cao Cao waited and saw that although it was a banquet that had been prepared urgently, it was extremely sumptuous: the ones roasted were calves, the ones steamed with honey were lambs, the ones with wings were tender chickens, fat ducks and large white geese, and the ones without wings were hares, hedgehogs and small frogs. There are also steamed white fish, white shrimp choked with wine, and fresh whitebait cooked with leeks. Especially the last two fish and one shrimp are the famous Taihu Three Whites.
In addition to meat, there are also various vegetables and fruits, red and green, which can whet your appetite.
During the banquet, the Four Heroes, San Ruan and Niu Gao drank wine, and they drank the famous local Qing Ruokong. Li Taibai's poem at that time said: "The piano plays the green paulownia of Longmen, and the jade pot of fine wine is as clear as empty." That's it. Wine too.
As expected, the eight of them met their opponents. They got drunk and dragged each other to compete with each other in the lake. Niu Gao's wave shoes were still on Wu Song's feet, and he took a selfie and wanted to compete. Wu Song stood up, one in each hand, armpit I picked up two more, made two trips back and forth, and took them all to the house to rest.
The next day, Cao Cao ordered Niu Gao to go back first and inform Han Shizhong of the plan. He stayed on the island while the four heroes of Taihu sent more than ten clippers to inquire about the whereabouts of Fang La's fleet.
Cao Cao, accompanied by Wu Song and General Lu, climbed to Piaomiao Peak to observe the scenery. There was no wind that day, and the 800-mile lake was as flat as a mirror, reflecting the shadows of clouds and sky. After looking at it for a long time, how could one tell the difference between heaven and water? There are also traces of clouds and mist wrapping around the peak, as if they are at hand, and I feel free to write a poem.
The poem says:
“The clear light is like a jade reflecting the clear sky, and the clouds are in the middle of the lake but also at the waist.
If Fan Li can meet me, why should Xi Shi hide from the waves? "
General Lu listened to his poem and was shaking his head to appreciate it. Suddenly he heard the last two sentences and understood in his heart: This is me. He knew that this was Lao Cao's statement that he was not a man who could only be as good as a bird.
With a smile in his eyes, he nodded and said: "My lord, this poem can comfort the hearts of ministers throughout the ages. When I go back, I will record it and hang it on the wall as a family heirloom."
Lao Cao also understood what he meant: Hey, I've written down what you said. Keep your word! He couldn't help but laugh: "Whether Wu trusts people or not, future generations can learn from it."
The two were chatting and joking when they suddenly heard the sound of footsteps. "Curly Tiger" Ni Yunfei walked up to the peak and reported: "Brother Wu, Second Brother Wu, Mr. Lu, the brothers below have heard the news. There are more than ten people in Pingwang Town." Only delivery ships docked, and there were only five or seven people on each ship. There were yellow flags on the sterns of the ships, with the words "undertaken to build the royal palace's clothes and armor". What I saw was delivered from Hangzhou. After hearing about the war in Suzhou, I didn't dare to ask for help. forward."
Cao Cao was overjoyed: "How wonderful! Mr. Lu's calculation of time was indeed correct. The only way to defeat his city was on these boats."
There is a branch of teaching: if you look across the eight hundred miles of lake, you will see thousands of years of history; if you hide a bird with a bow and do ordinary things, how many people can be good at it all the time?
(End of chapter)
