Astral Apostle - Chapter 164

[One hundred and fifty-eight people in distress]

Xiang Tianjie’s face turned solemn, and he solemnly clasped his fists and said, “It turned out that Brother Chen was in front of you. You beat Wujiazhuang to share the wealth and the people. I have heard about it recently, and I admire it very much. I didn’t expect to see my brother here, so handsome. It’s really extraordinary.”

“It’s easy to talk about it.” Zhou Jing was also polite.

Although he has just debuted in Green Forest, he is only a small person compared to the other party, but people in Green Forest will not be short of etiquette.

Moreover, people with high skills have always been admired by Lulin. For these Dazhai leaders, the destruction of Wujiazhuang was only a trivial matter, but Zhou Jing’s deeds with one enemy against a hundred showed his amazing force.

This group of leaders of Tianwangzhai was so surprised because of this… They had been dormant in this state for many days, and they accidentally discovered that such a fierce person had appeared in the southern green forest. They couldn’t help being very interested. Join.

Xiang Tianjie also has the intention of making friends with Zhou Jing, but he is not familiar with it at the moment, so he will not mention the invitation to join for the time being.

Because there was some noise, the group didn’t want to disturb the official, so they quickly changed places and talked again.

When

everyone came to the secluded place, Xiang Tianjie and other talents all took off their human skin masks, came up one after another, signed up their names, and got to know Zhou Jing.

These Tianwangzhai leaders are all highly skilled in martial arts, and are known for their prestige in the northern green forests, but they just know Zhou Jing’s name, but they don’t dare to ask for it, they all hold their fists in a serious salute.

Only then did Xiang Tianjie talk about the purpose of their group, and sighed:

“Brother Guo Haishen was imprisoned here because he offended the powerful. I have been hiding here for a long time, just looking for an opportunity to rescue me. Because I have a lot of connections, I don’t dare to Show people with your true face.”

“Brother Guo and I have an old relationship, and I came for him.” Gao Yun agreed, and then he wondered: “But if you have important things, why did Brother Shi Qing make extra efforts to steal me?”

Wen Wen Yan, the two groups turned their heads together and looked at Shi Qing.

Shi Qingxiu’s face immediately flushed red, and he hesitated:

“I was looking for news on the street, but I stumbled upon this hero with a lot of baggage, so I kept an eye on it. Later, I saw him shopping in front of the street vendor, revealing what he was doing. After I got the money, my hands were itchy, thinking that no one knew me here, and I covered my face, so I wanted to make a fortune, but I didn’t think so…”

Hearing this, Xiang Tianjie was furious and scolded: “You This thief almost ruined my major event!”

Many of the leaders of Tianwangzhai also looked unhappy.

They didn’t know the cause and effect, but only when they found Shi Qing’s distress signal, they came to save the siege. They probably guessed that Shi Qing had lost his hand on the way, but they couldn’t help but get angry at this time.

“Brothers calm down, my younger brother knows it’s wrong.” Shi Qing lowered his head in frustration.

Xiang Tianjie was helpless, and turned his head to apologize to Gao Yun:

“Brother Gao, don’t be surprised, this brother Shi Qing has not been in my cottage for a long time, but he doesn’t recognize your appearance. A thief in the rivers and lakes, although he is young, he has learned the kung fu of flying over the eaves and walls, and the skill of disguising one’s face. Many times, he always reverts to his old ways and doesn’t take it seriously. When I bump into an expert today, it can be regarded as a lesson for him.”

“I see… If it weren’t for Brother Shi Qing, we couldn’t meet each other. Brother Xiang, don’t blame him. ”

No matter what Gao Yun thought in his heart, he still gave him a step up.

In fact, in the green forest, thieves have a low status, and most people in the green forest don’t like them very much. They are occasionally called “Qianzi”, “thieves” and “Bao Tan” on the road, with a certain contempt.

Zhou Jing watched Shi Qing being scolded, and his mind changed slightly.

Most of these people in the green forest were born in poverty, and they were all rude and reckless. They might have some bad problems, such as alcoholism, greed, irritability and so on.

Even if they have important business, it is difficult to expect them to be completely safe, many of which are unstable factors.

At this time, Gao Yun asked:

“The leaders have been inquiring here for many days, but I don’t know how Brother Guo Haishen suffered?” The

voice fell, and many leaders of Tianwangzhai suddenly became angry.

Xiang Tianjie’s chest was heaving, his tone was angry, and he said solemnly:

“Brother, I don’t know, this Anlin mansion looks prosperous, but in fact, the government and businessmen colluded and looted the people’s wealth. Many big businessmen and government officials are involved, often doing some shoddy business. , not only the local people suffered, but some passing traders were also persecuted. Even if the government was reported to the government, it would be nothing. The upper and lower levels had already been dealt with by these big local merchants, and there was no way to report.

Moreover, the local merchants stockpiled grain all the year round, only caring about

To maintain high grain prices, if there is excess grain, I would rather sell it to other state borders than to supply it locally… Obviously this is the land of fish and rice in the south, but ordinary people have to spend more money to make a living. Those big grain merchants have made money. These profiteers are full of oil, and they have money to expand their industries. They are even more intertwined. There are many black-hearted businesses behind the

scenes

.

Hearing this, I was very angry.

Gao Yun was also dissatisfied, frowning and said: “In the rich and prosperous land in the south, even if you loot like this, the people can still maintain a living… If you change to the barren land in the north, if you dare to do this, the local people will change!”

Xiang Tian Jie sighed and continued:

“These are rich and unkind businessmen’s homes, and they are still sponsoring gangs locally and doing some dirty work for them. Although these gangs are also street scumbags, they have become a climate that is enough to bully the market. For example, if someone sues the government, These gangs went to trouble this person and family as revenge,

or the big family in the city took a fancy to a certain property and wanted to lower the price, but the owner of the property refused, so they let the gang harass and smash it until they gave in… …For example, several big households such as Lu, Chen, He, Huang, etc. in Chengnan, heard from the common people that they wanted to expand their houses in the early years, but their neighbors refused. They used these methods to sell the surrounding land at low prices. .”

Zhou Jing raised his eyebrows and asked, “Then Guo Hai went into prison to provoke the local businessmen?”

Xiang Tianjie nodded immediately and said solemnly,

“That’s right! Brother Guo passed by here, and happened to encounter gangs oppressing the people, so he shot. After helping each other and asking about the reasons behind it, he single-handedly turned over several local gangs that were responsible for the disaster, and destroyed many transactions of

local

businessmen. The Anlin House praised him for his righteous actions.

, then bought a few people and set up a bureau to frame Brother Guo. These people caused Brother Guo to drink a lot one day, and deliberately said some local injustice to provoke Brother Guo, and asked Brother Guo to seek justice from the government, and then said The

local prefect wouldn’t take care of him, yin and yang were strange, and they tempted Brother Guo to talk.

Unfortunately, Brother Guo was not sober for a while after drinking, and the disaster came out of his mouth. Find the governor of a province. If the governor doesn’t care, he will go to Beijing to find the emperor’s old man and sue the imperial court. I didn’t expect a large number of officials to ambush early, and they immediately took them and sent them to the government. No saint, ignorant of honor and inferiority, rebelliousness and other unwarranted crimes, they were beaten with fifty sticks in court and taken to the prison… Brother Guo has been convicted this time because of his words.”

Everyone heard it greatly .

catch fire.

“This son of a bitch, the prefect, and the big businessmen of the dog days, are the same raccoon dog!” Fang Zhen resented.

Gao Yun took a long stick and poked a hole in the ground. He also said angrily: “The officials and businessmen collude and oppress the people. It really deserves to die!”

“It really should be killed.”

Zhou Jing narrowed his eyes.

But there is one thing to say, aside from the aspect of being calculated, Guo Hai went to prison, and it was not completely wronged him.

In this feudal era, if you dare to speak rudely to the emperor, no one will listen.

The local government used this reason to punish those who spoke inappropriately, that is, “politically correct”. Whoever dares to intercede will be put on the hat of “disrespectful saints”, and those who intercede will also be unlucky.

In today’s world, people can do what you can’t say, state officials can set fires, and people don’t talk about lighting a lamp. Complaining is a sin, and it affects the good career of others.

Most of the people in the green forest harbor resentment towards the imperial court, and they are used to scolding the government.

Zhou Jing folded his arms and resolutely said,

“I can’t see such a filthy world! I’m sure to save Guo Haishen. What are the plans of the leaders, but it doesn’t matter, I’ll work together to rescue this hero!”

Fang Zhen He immediately agreed: “That’s right! What my brother said is also what I meant!”

Xiang Tianjie was overjoyed and immediately cupped his hands: “With three heroes to help you, this trip is more certain!”

Hearing this, Zhou Jing remembered Li Chunsan. The man blinked his eyes and said,

“By the way, there are three Lulin brothers on my side. They also came to visit Guo Haishen. They probably won’t stand by and watch it. It’s better to tell them about it first, gather together, and then figure out how to save them. People.”

“Brother Chen is right!” Xiang Tianjie agreed.

…

Somewhere in a luxury restaurant in the city, there are five people in the private room who are changing cups, namely Li Chun, the Lu family brothers and sisters, and two unfamiliar faces.

These two people, one is the official middleman, sitting in the main seat, and the other is the leading middleman.

The cups and dishes on the table were a mess, and it was obvious that they had almost finished eating, and things were basically settled.

Li Chun stood up and bowed his hands to the official in the main seat: “In this way, Mr. Zhang will have to work. At that time, I hope that the adults will prepare the goods.”

“Oh, this is natural, Brother Li must also prepare the money.” The

official also He smiled brightly, as if he was happy to make a fortune.

Only then did Li Chun leave and take the Lu family brothers and sisters out of the restaurant.

Walking into the street, Lu Xinniang snorted coldly and couldn’t help saying: “The corruption of the government is so bad, there are people who dare to sell weapons in the warehouse in private, and they are not afraid of losing their heads!”

Li Chun shook his head helplessly and sighed:

“This lord is nothing. A high-ranking official, there must be someone behind him, but he does not know whether he is collecting money for his superiors, or making a situation for his political opponents, or whether he has received an order to take office in another state, and make some money before he leaves. After all, the bandit chaos in the south is not as serious as in the north. Jingzhou’s borders are even more stable, these weapons are piled up and rusted in the warehouse, and they can’t bear cubs to make money… Alas, official intrigue is annoying, but in the end, it’s cheaper for me.”

Lu Yunzhao was quite excited: “If you buy this batch of weapons, you will be able to train a few elite teams.”

Hearing this, Li Chun also smiled, relieved the pressure, relaxed, and said with a smile:

“The biggest thing in this trip has been accomplished, take over. When I got down, I went back to find Brother Chen Feng, went to prison city camp to meet Guo Haishen, who is famous for the green forest, and then invited Brother Chen Feng to go to our cottage to rest and rest

. , all the way back to the inn where we settled down.

Zhang San had been waiting at the door of the inn, and when he saw Li Chun and the three of them, he hurriedly greeted them and said,

“Three heroes, Brother Chen, please go to his room for a talk, and discuss something important.”

“Oh?”

Li Chun Doubtful, without thinking too much, he brought the Lu family brothers and sisters to the door of Zhou Jing’s room and knocked on the door.

“Brother Chen, here we are.”

With a shout, he pushed open the door and was about to walk in.

However, the next moment, Li Chun saw the scene in the room, stopped suddenly, and subconsciously settled in place.

The room is full of big men!

At first glance, there are more than ten people!

Except for Zhou Jing and Fang Zhen, the others are all unfamiliar faces, almost all of them are powerful and fierce!

Li Chun was stunned on the spot, and said stunned: “Brother Chen, this, these people are…”

Zhou Jing smiled brightly, greeted Li Chun and the three of them to enter the door, and then motioned Zhang San to close the door and stay outside, then he said:

“I’ll introduce Now, these three are the leaders of Hongyun Mountain, Qingfan Li Chun, Shenmao Lu Yunzhao, embroidery knife Lu Xinniang… And these are the leaders of the Northern Green Forest Tianwang Village…”

Tianwang Village sent people to rescue Guo Haishen this time. A total of eight leaders came, among them, Xiang Tianjie, the fourth-headed “Fanjiang Great Sage”, reported themselves to their families one after another.

Hearing the other party’s background, Li Chun was shocked, and hurriedly brought the Lu family brothers and sisters to the ceremony, but he was extremely puzzled.

How could this group of northern green forest masters quietly run to this southern boundary?

Moreover, Brother Chen Feng just went out for a walk, how did they bring back so many tyrants?

Xiang Tianjie briefly explained the encounter, and then talked about Guo Haishen’s experience, and then went straight to the point:

“I am waiting for this trip to rescue Brother Guo Haishen, and Brother Chen Feng said that the three of you are also here for him. When I hope to invite the three of you to act together, I don’t know what to do?”

Hearing this, Li Chun pondered for a while, then nodded:

“Brother Guo is a person I admire very much, and I can’t stand by and watch this time!

” In the grand event, they should join hands, not only to rescue the hero, but also to increase the reputation of the green forest, and let Hongyun Mountain follow the Tianwangzhai in the limelight.

If it spreads out, Hongyun Mountain is unwilling to help Tianwangzhai to rescue Guo Haishen, the “iron-armed Canglong”, that would be a great loss of reputation.

“Okay! Brother Chen is right, you really are loyal heroes!”

Xiang Tianjie was overjoyed.

Hearing this, Li Chun felt an inexplicable sense of urgency in his heart.

He could see that Xiang Tianjie also meant to befriend Zhou Jing.

The Tianwangzhai family has a great business and is a well-known Dazhai in the world, and the small family in Hongyun Mountain cannot be compared with the other party at all.

If the other party also solicits Zhou Jing, then maybe he can really abduct people…

But this is not the time to talk about this, the business is more important.

Everyone agreed on the same goal, and all the people who came to rescue Guo Haishen gathered here.

Chen Feng, “Changing Yama”, Xiang Tianjie, “The Great Sage”, Gao Yun, “Breaking the Army Gun”, Li Chun, “Qing Fan”, Lu Yunzhao, “Sacred Mace”, Fang Zhen, “Changing the Mountain Taisui”, Lu Xinniang, “Embroidery Knife”, “Thousand-faced Swallow” Shi Qing… The

eight leaders of Tianwangzhai, the three leaders of Hongyun Mountain, plus Zhou Jing, Fang Zhen, Gao Yun… There are fourteen of the famous and famous.

After discussing for a while, everyone reached a consensus and planned to appoint a representative to go to the prison camp together, and talk to Guo Haishen first.

Even if you want to save people, you have to let the rescued people know that there is a harmony between the inside and the outside.

Soon, everyone ordered four people to go to the prison camp to meet people, namely Xiang Tianjie, Li Chun, Zhou Jing, and Gao Yun, as representatives of all parties, and the rest remained silent.

…

On the other side, a neatly dressed old man came to the prison camp and visited the camp.

This old man had white hair and beard, with a smile on his face, he looked like the housekeeper of a big family.

The local jailer and the clerk seemed to know the old man, treated him with courtesy, and allowed him to enter.

Soon, the old man saw Guan Ying, smiled and handed over his hands:

“Master Guan Ying, stay safe?”

“Yo, Butler He! Haha, I haven’t seen you for some days.”

Guan Ying’s eyes lit up, and he hurried forward to lead He takes his seat.

The two casually chatted some gossip, and this was what Butler He said.

I saw Butler He tentatively ask: “Master Guanying, I don’t know that guy named Guo, how is it now?”

Guanying stroked his beard and said,

“I’ve been watching him these days, and he’s still quite safe. But there is no reason to trouble him.”

Hearing this, Butler He took out two ingots of silver, handed them to

Guanying, and whispered, “This person has ruined my master’s good deeds, what does my master mean? , I want him to get some ‘care’ in prison, so that people don’t get killed, but let those unscrupulous people understand what the end of the mess is, look at this…”

Guan received the money, and his face became even more smiling. , Haha smiled, and said proudly:

“Go back and let Master He relax, but he is a wounded man, what kind of iron-armed dragon and dog. When he comes to my place, even if he is iron, I can kill him. Rub it into iron mud!”

Hearing this, Butler He asked, “I don’t know what Master Guanying is going to do?”

Guanying waved his hand and said casually:

“The heroes I have rectified are not three hundred but two hundred, and they all become one. The beach is muddy, and he has long been familiar with the road. Isn’t the surnamed Guo with great skills? When I picked his hands and feet, and ruined his martial arts, he was so pretentious in the past that he would become a dog-like thing, I let him If he eats shit, he has to eat shit! If I want to pee in his mouth, he has to open his mouth to me!”

“Okay, that’s it! Then I’ll go back and wait for the good news!”

Butler He beamed.

[End of this Chapter]