"You call me Erlang? Do you recognize me?"
"You said your name is Zou Run. Could it be that you are the Little Qin King of Dengzhou??"
Two questions popped out of Wu Song's mouth in succession, and the tone of the rhetorical questions became stronger than the last.
It can be said that Zou Run's hardships this year have really paid off. Today, his reputation has finally spread, not to mention Jingdong East Road, but also around Hebei East Road. Of course, Yang Lin and others also contributed to this. Several hotels under Dengyun Mountain vigorously promoted Zou Run's various heroic deeds to guests.
Especially for traveling merchants who travel around the world and court prostitutes who travel across the country to visit houses, they spend a lot of money on them and give them free food and wine. This is the propaganda feature of their own loudspeakers. Under Zou Run's instruction Next, Yang Lin also specifically listed a "publicity fee" in the accounts.
So when Wu Song knew that the person facing him was the Little Qin King Zou Run, he was shocked. At the same time, he secretly thought that the rumors in the world were true. The Little Qin King was indeed not an ordinary green forest figure, and Deng Yunshan was not an ordinary strongman who only knew how to rob houses. Looking back, Hearing Zou Run's powerful words just now, Wu Song couldn't help but feel admiration and shame, and hurriedly bowed down.
Zou Run was caught off guard and subconsciously reached out to help.
"Why does Erlang worship me? Isn't it a wrong love?"
"The little man Wu Song has eyesight but cannot see Mount Tai, but he didn't realize that it was Brother Xiao Qin who was in front of him. I offended you so much. Please forgive me."
Wu Song is only twenty-five years old this year, and is indeed younger than Zou Run. The call of brother makes Zou Run feel as comfortable as drinking a glass of iced sour plum water in the dog days of summer. He is overjoyed in his heart, but can barely maintain his expression. With a calm look on her face, she stepped forward and helped her up.
He still said modestly: "How dare you be a good brother and fall in love with someone wrong? I have always heard that Wu Erlang of Qinghe County has unparalleled filial piety and righteousness. He has a clear understanding of love and hate. He is a real hero. His martial arts can coil a dragon and subdue a tiger. To meet him today is a lifetime achievement." fortunate."
Song Jiang has many nicknames, one of which is Xiaoyi Heisaburo. In Zou Run's opinion, this nickname is simply useless for him. Song Jiang's actions are not only unrelated to Xiaoyi, but are contrary to Xiaoyi. The word "righteousness" is only suitable for Wu Song.
Wu Song was very free and easy, and also very stubborn. He was very happy to hear Zou Run's words of praise for him, and thought that Zou Run was really good at judging people. But the more Zou Run behaved like this, the more he felt sorry for his rude behavior just now, and insisted on doing it. Complete the etiquette.
Zou Run had no choice but to follow him, and after the formal salute was completed, the two parties sat on the ground in the willow forest.
After exchanging polite words, each learned the purpose of their visit from the other's mouth. It turned out that their destination was Xiaoxuan Fengchai's home. Needless to say, Zou Run was doing this to facilitate a big deal, while Wu Song came out to seek refuge with the famous Chai Jin because he thought he had killed someone and was desperate.
At this point, Zou Run's heart moved. Being familiar with the original story, he naturally knew that Wu Song did not really beat the person to death, but only beat the person into a severe coma. Later, the person woke up again. He meant to remind him, but the words It reached my mouth but I swallowed it again.
The reason is very simple. It's not that Zou Run wants to use this to get Wu Song to join his gang and go up the mountain. It's that after Wu Song beat the person with his front foot and fled, he told him with his back foot that the person was not dead. This cannot explain the rationality. After all, the person Wu Song beat was not a hero, and Qinghe County was far away on Hebei East Road, both from Dengzhou and Liangshan. It was impossible to say that Zou Run happened to know about this matter, so Zou Run had to put it aside for the time being. Don't mention it, just wait for a suitable opportunity to talk about it.
Everyone rested in the forest for a while, ate some dry food and water, and then got up together and headed towards Chaijin Manor. Zou Runjiao came out with an empty horse and rode with Wu Song. The two of them rode side by side, talking about interesting things about the world and martial arts with guns and sticks along the way, and they were very happy.
During this period, it was not that Zou Run had never thought of recruiting Wu Song. This person was known as the "Heavenly Man" in later generations. Zou Run had actually drooled all over the floor for a long time. But after thinking about it for a moment, Zou Run gave up this unrealistic idea.
In the original work, the reason why Wu Song entered the green forest and went to Liangshan was because he experienced being scorned by others at Chaijin Village, fighting a tiger with his life in Jingyanggang, risking everything to avenge his brother, and drunkenly beating Chiang Kai-shek to repay his kindness. A series of events such as the door god and revenge, blood splattered in Yuanyang Tower.
Wu Song who has experienced these things and Wu Song who has not experienced these things are actually two completely different people. The former lost his closest relatives and was continuously abandoned and framed by two superior officials whom he regarded as his benefactors. He suffered countless pains and his innocent heart had long since turned cold, and he had completely transformed into a cold-faced evil god.
At this time, Wu Song could not be said to be innocent, but he could still be called a young man. He caused trouble in his hometown all day long, causing his brother Wu Dalang to get countless lawsuits. At present, he has not yet understood the harshness of the world, nor has he seen through the darkness of officialdom. , and still has an unrealistic and beautiful vision of life.
As written in the original work, when Wu Song was appointed as the head of the infantry by the magistrate of Yanggu County, Wu Song burst into tears of gratitude and said, "If you are praised by someone with kindness, a villain will be blessed for life." Without knowing it, I thought I had met another noble person of my destiny, so I knelt down and thanked him, saying, "I am a prisoner in a prison camp. If I am promoted by a favored minister, I should hold a whip and drop a stirrup to serve the favored minister."
There are various signs that Wu Song is a man who is beyond reproach and a good man. However, at this stage, he still yearns for Song Ting and despises bandits. Although they are very happy with each other at the moment, if he really opens his mouth to solicit, it will be tantamount to asking for trouble, or even It's counterproductive.
So Zou Run, who had thought about everything clearly, returned to his free and friendly, calm and gentle appearance. He and Wu Song only talked about the romance and the moon, never mentioning anything else.
This made Wu Song secretly relieved on horseback.
He was a smart man. He had already guessed that this person was trying to recruit and win over him when he saw the glint in Zou Run's eyes after he reported his name. Therefore, he had been very nervous, fearing that Zou Run would suddenly say it. , I'm afraid the skin will be torn by then.
Wu Song had his own calculations in his mind. Even if Zou Run was not an ordinary strongman, Dengyun Mountain was not an ordinary cottage. But a thief is a thief, and Wu Song still despises him in his heart. He still has a brother waiting for him to support him back home, and he has a great future in his heart. Naturally, he cannot join the green forest while there is still room for choice.
But after being on tenterhooks all the way, until the group of people arrived near Chai Jin Manor, Zou Run still looked calm, as if nothing in the world could attract his attention. From the beginning to the end, he did not say solicitation, even if he even contained something like Not even a single word of the cryptic meaning was revealed.
For a moment, Wu Song was both happy and a little disappointed, feeling empty in his heart.
This indescribable complex emotion was only interrupted when the person behind Zou Run suddenly made a voice.
"Master of the Village, the Chai Family Manor has arrived."
I saw a manor not far away surrounded by a broad river on three sides. There were big weeping poplar trees on both sides. There was a whitewashed wall in the shade of the trees, and a corner of painted pillars and carved beams with red and green tiles could be vaguely seen in the canopy.
In front of the village gate, there is a very grand wide plank bridge.
Now is the season of spring, when everything is growing and the weather is getting hotter, there happen to be a few villagers on the bridge enjoying the cool breeze.
