Chapter 251 Confrontation
"As long as I am here, none of you can touch Liangshan Village!"
In the setting sun of dusk, on the city tower, Xu Qingshan's majestic figure fell into the eyes of countless people.
Zhou Changqing and others were deeply moved when they saw Xu Qingshan protecting them like this, and wished they could follow Xu Qingshan to fight immediately.
"Okay, very good." Liu Xuekun was extremely angry and looked at Lu Junyi, "Master Lu, let's start the war. We will help you solve Liangshan together!"
Everyone's eyes were once again focused on Lu Junyi. When it came to starting a war, Xu Qingshan was no longer afraid.
This is Hedong City, Cangyang County. He and Lu Junyi are both imperial officials. How dare he openly start a war in public?
Lu Junyi's eyes were cold, and he didn't want to start a war any more than Xu Qingshan, firstly because of Liangshan Village, and secondly because of Liu Xuekun.
Which one is more comfortable, now that one has taken revenge, or that one has yet to take revenge?
Lu Junyi's cold eyes looked past Xu Qingshan to the short and fat figure next to him, and said:
"Liangshan Village Song Jiang?"
Seeing this, Song Jiang took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "That's right."
"When I first came to Yinghui County, I heard that the leader of Song Village in Liangshan Village was famous for his benevolence, righteousness and charity, and he was deeply loved by the people. Therefore, I have not taken action against you in Liangshan Village. I originally planned to test you for a period of time. Your character As the people say, I will give you an imperial edict."
Lu Junyi's tone was cold and he described lightly.
When everyone in Liangshan Village on the city tower heard Lu Junyi's praise of their Liangshan Village, the hostility towards Lu Junyi gradually faded away in their eyes.
It turns out that the very powerful Governor Lu had maintained goodwill towards Liangshan Village before.
However, Lu Junyi's words changed and his tone became extremely angry:
"But why did you intercept the Lin family's tens of thousands of grains ten days ago!
Did you know that the Lin family planned to use it to give porridge to the victims who had escaped from Liantian Mansion!
On that day, Lin Juncheng and a group of officials complained to me, complaining about why I didn't understand Liangshan Village in the first place. I feel very sad for you Liangshan Village! "
The expressions of all the bandits in Liangshan Village were shocked, and the eyes of the people in Hedong City and the soldiers guarding Liangshan Village changed when they looked at Liangshan Village.
Even Zheng Bolun's eyes next to Xu Qingshan have changed. If Liangshan Village is really like this, then the reputation of Liangshan Village will drastically change, from a kind and charitable person to a group of sanctimonious people.
Yan Xia felt the changes in the gazes from outside and looked at his brother Gongming anxiously. He really didn't know that the Lin family's harvest of food from the common people was used to relieve refugees.
Yang Zhi saw Yan Xia's anxious eyes and snorted inwardly, "Do you believe anything the Lin family says?"
He is very aware of the urinary nature of these high-ranking family officials, and can fabricate facts indiscriminately.
Song Jiang's heart moved. He knew that Lu Junyi was helping him. If Lu Junyi didn't bring it up now, the Lin family could say whatever they wanted after returning. They didn't have this idea before, but the food had been robbed, so that was what the Lin family had in mind.
The reputation that I have worked so hard to build...
Song Jiang argued angrily: "Mr. Lu, don't be blinded by the Lin County Prime Minister and the government officials. When you first arrived, you didn't know how high-sounding these black-hearted officials were. The Lin family went to various villages and towns to steal food and food money from people's homes. It was not enough for one-tenth of the food. They were forced to buy all the way and beaten if they didn't buy, which caused many people to have their families broken up and their families to die. This caused the people there to be very resentful. When they learned about the reputation of our Liangshan Village, they informed us one after another and wanted us to Avenge them!"
"Master Lu, you are the pride of the Yu Dynasty. You are just and upright, but you are easily deceived by them. If the Lin family really knows how to give porridge and charity, and they have such kind hearts, then why are so many people in Yinghui County complaining?"
"Song Jiang, you are so slanderous!"
Behind Lu Junyi were people from various families. A general from the Lin family was furious when he saw that Song Jiang was telling the truth.
"That's right, your Liangshan Village is just a group of bandits who do all kinds of evil, and you still claim to be just?"
"Song Jiang, you are just a sanctimonious person!"
People from all the families came to help.
He Yong next to Song Jiang had a cold face and sneered loudly:
"Nowadays, who doesn't know what your big family looks like? How can you say anything about our brother Gongming? If our brother Gongming is a sanctimonious person, why would he dare to risk all the future of Liangshan village to rob your Lin family of food?"
He Yong looked at Song Jiang, and everyone could see the admiration for Song Jiang in his eyes.
"Brother Gongming just wants to let your family understand that you bully the people everywhere and think you can cover up the sky, but we in Liangshan Village will never allow it. We are willing to be the first to resist you, so you can't wait to destroy us!"
hiss!
He Yong, who was in the Xiantian realm, had a loud and resonant voice. After the soldiers inside the city gate heard it, their eyes changed again. They looked at the short and fat Song Jiang above, with a hint of admiration in their eyes and a burning heart.
Indeed, who doesn’t know the urinary nature of these big families? The children of each family live a carefree life and do not regard the common people as human beings.
They stood decisively on the side of Liangshan Village and tightened their weapons.
If they were forced to join the war before, now they have more recognition of Liangshan Village and are willing to fight together.
"Haha, that's nice to say. Your Liangshan Village has already set your sights on those 120,000 shi of grain. What a high-sounding thing!" a family general retorted.
"Yes, what about Liangshan? Your Liangshan village is not like this!"
"We are still planning to give porridge to the victims, but what about your Liangshan village? Isn't it just for yourself?"
Everyone took advantage of this and continued to complain, hoping to save some face for them.
Lu Junyi's bright eyes also moved to Song Jiang.
It seemed that he was also asking about food.
Song Jiang said with a heavy face: "Master Lu, our village in Liangshan has secretly distributed most of the stolen food back to the homes of the people who were harvested by the Lin family. We are afraid that they will be robbed again, so we have not made any special announcement."
Suddenly, the people from each family paused and looked at the generals of the Lin family. The generals of the Lin family didn't know how to reply and stammered:
"Who...who knows if you are talking nonsense or who saw it?"
"I am willing to follow Mr. Lu to confront him together!"
Song Jiang held his head high and his words echoed through the Hedong City Gate, his tone full of confidence.
You can slander my character, but you must not slander my reputation!
As soon as these words came out, Zheng Bolun and others looked at Song Jiang with deep admiration again.
Xu Qingshan also has a good impression of Song Jiang. Who doesn't like such a benevolent and righteous person.
But Liu Xuekun, who was in the sky above, heard a group of chattering people confronting each other, and he was already impatient, "Master Lu, why don't you take action?"
Liu Xuekun's voice enveloped the entire city gate with thick murderous intent, making everyone's fiery hearts in Hedong City solidify again, and everyone's eyes returned to Lu Junyi again.
Ready for war?
But there are three experts at the top of the Tianwu Realm on the opposite side, each of them can blast through the city gate with one palm.
Facing Liu Xuekun's fierce momentum, Lu Junyi remained unmoved. Instead, he looked at Song Jiang and said seriously:
"Song Jiang, can you guarantee that what you say is true!"
"I, Song Gongming, promise that if you tell any lies, Mr. Lu, you can take my head off my neck at will!" Song Jiang raised his chest and raised his head with a firm tone.
"Master Lu, you defeated the enemy's Tianjiao in the dynasty competition and raised the dynasty's prestige. I, Song Jiang, also respect you very much, but I hope you will not be deceived by the officials below."
Lu Junyi glanced at the people from each family behind him, and his sharp eyes made the generals of each family shrink in size.
"Master Lu!"
Liu Xuekun heard from above that he was extremely dissatisfied when he saw that Lu Junyi was planning to let Liangshan Village go, and he was vaguely threatening.
"It's time to deal with Liangshan Village and avenge the dead soldiers!"
"Avenge the dead brothers!" the Lin family general shouted.
"Avenge your dead brothers!"
"Avenge your dead brothers!"
Behind Lu Junyi, many family soldiers followed the general and shouted.
In an instant, Lu Junyi's face turned gloomy and he was in a dilemma.
Liu Xuekun sneered in his heart, "I don't cherish the good opportunity, but I have to force me to use this method."
Liu Xuekun swept towards Song Jiang and others with strong murderous intent.
Hongzhi, father will definitely avenge you!
On the side, Huang Jingyi, the elder of Ice and Snow Pavilion, has not spoken. She does not want to offend Lu Junyi, and she does not want to offend Xu Qingshan. Now the Ice and Snow Pavilion can no longer withstand the torment.
"Master Lu, wait a moment!"
Suddenly there was a shock from behind, and thousands of surrendered soldiers including An Ronghua came running quickly.
After An Ronghua and other thousands of soldiers were released by Song Jiang, they rushed back to the small road, hoping to meet up with the army. Unexpectedly, Lu Junyi and the others were so fast that they met the army first, and the army's route turned back and ran all the way to Liangshan. In the village, the two armies were just staggered.
After going to Liangshan Village, he learned that Liangshan Village had taken refuge with Xu Qingshan, and Lu Junyi led his army to Hedong City.
After An Ronghua learned about it, he let a group of injured soldiers rest and led thousands of soldiers to quickly pursue them. Now they finally arrived.
The soldiers in Yinghui County were shocked when they saw An Ronghua and thousands of other soldiers arriving.
After the more than 8,000 soldiers escaped, they thought that many brothers had died at the hands of Liangshan Village, but they did not expect that there were so many people alive.
"What's going on with you? Where did you escape?"
When An Ronghua and the soldiers came to the army, the Lin family general who was very angry found an outlet and cursed An Ronghua and others.
When An Ronghua and other soldiers heard the Lin family general's angry curses, their faces turned red with anger.
"Lin, what do you mean by riding a horse? You escaped alone and let us be your scapegoats. I haven't even settled the score with you yet!"
These family generals fled with their soldiers, leaving them behind, feeling very angry at these people.
Now I come back and scold them!
Fuck your mother!
"How dare you, An Ronghua, do the following!"
"I'll let your mother go, her surname is Lin!"
"I'm going to blame your ancestors for eighteen generations!"
"You guys are greedy for life and afraid of death!"
The soldiers behind An Ronghua were not used to the Lin family generals, and they all cursed angrily.
And the others stopped doing it. Didn’t they also scold them together?
"What do you mean? The situation was extremely chaotic. What's wrong with our retreat?"
"That's right, aren't we helping you get revenge now?"
"Haha, then you all go to hell and I will help you get revenge later, okay?"
Lu Junyi saw the trend of chaos in the army, his face became gloomy, and he stopped him with a cold shout:
"Bold, what do you want to do!"
The terrifying Tianwu Realm aura erupted and enveloped everyone. In an instant, everyone stopped and looked at Lu Junyi in awe.
Lu Junyi pointed at An Ronghua and said, this is the person who just asked him to wait.
"Tell me, what's going on with you?"
"Reporting to your lord, after Captain Liu died last night, we were abandoned by these families. They fled one after another, leaving us behind, and were finally captured by Liangshan Village." An Ronghua and a dozen other commanders half-knelt in front of Lu Junyi, looking at He looked at the generals of each family with hatred.
"Then why are you out now?" Lu Junyi asked again.
"The leader of Song Village in Liangshan Village is benevolent and righteous. He knew that ordinary soldiers like us were also manipulated by others, so he let us all go." A commander behind An Ronghua said, with deep gratitude in his tone.
Uh-huh!
Suddenly there was a commotion within the Yinghui County army.
The soldiers in Hedong City also looked surprised, and looked at Song Jiang and others even more eagerly.
They are also ordinary soldiers, and they are willing to meet enemy leaders like Song Jiang.
"That's it." Lu Junyi nodded, his eyes softened, and he looked at Song Jiang on the tower and said:
"Thank you, Master Song, for letting them go!"
Song Jiang wanted to say something more, but unfortunately a figure blocked his eyes.
"Humph, Governor Lu, the matter has been made clear. Your surrendered troops have also returned. Is it time to withdraw?"
Xu Qingshan looked at Lu Junyi warily. From the beginning, he could see from his words that Lu Junyi had a good impression of Song Jiang, and Song Jiang also respected Lu Junyi.
He was deeply afraid that while the two men continued talking, Song Jiang, Yang Zhi and others he had recruited would come under Lu Junyi's command.
Lu Junyi frowned slightly, showing hesitation.
But Liu Xuekun above was anxious. If Lu Junyi didn't attack Liangshan Village, he wouldn't dare to offend Xu Qingshan.
If the two peak lords of Tianlei Pavilion were still there, he wouldn't have to think too much at all!
I can fight whatever I want!
But now it’s no longer possible. King Heng, who can compete with Emperor Yao in Kyoto, can’t afford to offend him. By beating Xu Qingshan, didn’t he give him an excuse to sway people from behind? If two nobles from the royal family were sent to take action, Tianlei Pavilion How to resist!
"Master Lu, the captain of Yinghui County died at the hands of Liangshan Village. This is a slap in the face of the entire Yinghui County. We have to avenge it!"
Liu Xuekun spoke plausibly and his tone was full of exaggeration, but the reaction of the soldiers below was disgraceful.
Is Liu Hongzhi the face of Yinghui County?
hehe!
Do you want to fight for him?
It’s none of my business. When the soldiers think of what Liu Hongzhi did, they don’t want to sacrifice their lives for him!
Horse riding, why are the people in Tianlei Pavilion so crazy that they insist on making Liangshan Village unhappy?
Xu Qingshan saw Liu Xuekun encouraging Lu Junyi above and cursed in his heart.
Originally, he thought that Tianlei Pavilion had taken refuge with Lu Junyi, so he came to help, but now it seems that this is not the case.
At this time, the Hedong City guard took a step forward and whispered to Xu Qingshan:
"Sir, it is said that Captain Liu Hongzhi of Yinghui County is the son of the great elder of Tianlei Pavilion, and the one above..."
Xu Qingshan was shocked and looked at the guard in shock, then looked at Song Jiang and the others, with uncertain expressions on his face.
Is he kidding himself, recruiting Song Jiang, and directly passing Tianlei Pavilion to Lu Junyi?
Although the voice of the Hedong City guard was low, no one around him could hear him.
Song Jiang, He Yong and others also looked shocked, looking at Xu Qingshan's uncertain expression.
Song Jiang sighed slightly, took a step forward and said:
"Master Xu, I didn't expect that our Liangshan village would cause such a big trouble. I am the mastermind of this matter. Please hand me over to calm the grievances of the elders of Tianlei Pavilion. I hope that Master Xu can treat my brothers well."