Water Margin official

Seeing that Ruan Xiaowu looked down upon Wu Yong, Ruan Xiaoer helplessly shook his head and said: "His two copper chains look good, but they are not very useful."

"Don't talk about him anymore, dear brother, let's have some wine." Ruan Xiaowu put the wine bowl in front of Zhang Zhengdao.

"Second brother, fifth brother, let's have a drink."

The three of them drank a bowl together.

Ruan Xiaoer put down his wine bowl and asked: "After the New Year, the three of us brothers went to Qinghe County to look for you, but we heard from the waiter in your shop that Brother Wu Song accidentally killed someone and was sentenced to prison.

Ying, are you going to see him off?"

Zhang Zhengdao nodded and replied: "Second brother Wu avenged his elder brother and killed Ximen Qing. He was sentenced to being an assassin and was sent to the army. I escorted him all the way to the prison camp in Mengzhou and then came back."

Ruan Xiaowu slapped the table and said, "Xie Di is a good man, but it's a pity that he couldn't have another drink with Brother Wu."

Ruan Xiaoer continued: "I didn't find you, so Fifth Brother and I came back first, but Seventh Brother stayed at your Lion Tower, just thinking about happiness."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "Second brother, fifth brother, why don't we stay together?"

Ruan Xiaoer said: "I still have my mother, wife and children at home, so I can't worry about it."

Ruan Xiaowu filled up the wine again and shouted: "Eat to your heart's content first, then gossip."

Ruan Xiaoer stopped him and said with a wry smile: "Fifth brother got addicted to gambling some time ago and lost all his belongings. He has not had any wine for more than a month, which made the officials laugh."

Zhang Zhengdao looked at Ruan Xiaowu and said: "Fifth brother, this gambling is not fun."

Ruan Xiaowu said nonchalantly: "I have nothing to do, I am bored and panicking."

Ruan Xiaoer shook his head and sighed: "I don't know how many times you pawned the hairpin on my head. You finally redeemed it with money, but you gambled it away and lost. I was so angry that I couldn't eat."

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Ruan Xiaowu looked a little gloomy this time, but he couldn't help shouting: "Brother Xian, I have been very unlucky recently. I only lost money when gambling, but I didn't win at all. In the end, I was so angry that I put my underwear on the table. Those

But the man was so ruthless that he carried me naked and threw me out of the house, causing me, the leopard on my chest, to suffer a lot."

As Ruan Xiaowu spoke, he pulled open his clothes, revealing the lush green tattooed leopard's head. However, the leopard's mouth seemed to have been scratched by sharp stones, and some of its shape had changed. It looked like it had been beaten half to death.

The crippled leopard.

Ruan Xiaoer and Zhang Zhengdao were both dumbfounded.

Ruan Xiaowu picked up the big bowl, drank it all in one gulp, picked up the wine barrel again, filled his bowl with wine, and shouted: "Eat wine."

Zhang Zhengdao had a bowl with him alone, and then said: "Fifth brother, I will give you some silver coins to redeem my hairpin. Don't gamble anymore."

Ruan Xiaoer asked anxiously: "How to do this?"

Ruan Xiaowu said: "If you help redeem the heirloom on my head, I will never gamble again."

Zhang Zhengdao took out ten taels of silver from his body and handed it to Ruan Xiaowu.

Ruan Xiaoer, however, held down the silver and said sternly: "Our brothers, we have received so much help from you, how can we let you spend more money?"

"Second brother doesn't regard me as a brother. A little wealth is nothing," Zhang Zhengdao replied.

Ruan Xiaowu also said: "Second brother is like my mother-in-law."

Ruan Xiaoer took back his hand and said solemnly to Ruan Xiaowu: "If you gamble again, don't blame me for denying you as my brother."

Ruan Xiaowu collected ten taels of silver and said with a smile: "I said I won't gamble, so I won't gamble anymore."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "Fifth brother is a well-known good man. If he says he won't gamble, he will definitely not gamble."

Ruan Xiaowu raised the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

Ruan Xiaoer asked: "Is it okay for Brother Wu to go to Mengzhou?"

Zhang Zhengdao recounted to the two of them what had happened in the past few months.

Ruan Xiaoer was thoughtful and thoughtful. After listening to this, he felt a little moved and said: "Brother Wu avenged his elder brother. He is indeed a good man."

Ruan Xiaowu said carelessly: "I don't know when I will be able to have a drink with him again."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "It won't be long before the current official amnesty is extended to the world, and Brother Wu will be able to return to his hometown."

Ruan Xiaowu slapped the table and said angrily: "Bullshit officials."

Ruan Xiaoer looked around and saw that the clerk in the store didn't pay attention, so he quickly shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, there are many eyes and ears here."

Ruan Xiaowu said: "They are allowed to do it, but I am not allowed to say it?"

Ruan Xiaoer lowered his voice and said: "Last year, the Kuotian Office in the West City took all the eight hundred miles of water moorings back into the palace. All boats that go down to the water moorings to fish will be charged an additional boat rental fee. For us, People who rely on this lake for food don’t catch enough fish to pay for the boat rental, so now they can only go ashore barefoot and have no way of making a living.”

Ruan Xiaowu said angrily: "The Dog Emperor only cares about increasing the rent and doesn't care about our life and death. It's so abominable."

Ruan Xiaoer looked at the waiter in the shop again and called out: "Bartender, pack me some wine and meat, let's take it back to eat."

The bartender agreed and went to the kitchen to prepare.

Zhang Zhengdao knew very well that with Cai Jing paying homage to the Prime Minister again in May, the "No. 1 Prodigal Group of the Song Dynasty" was about to form a group and debut.

Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Meng, Li Yan and others are collectively known as the "Six Thieves". They hold power and have overwhelming power.

In addition, Yang Jian and Gao Qiu, these eight people, closely surrounding Zhao Ji, slowly opened the death curtain that buried the Song Dynasty.

Seizing power for profit, suppressing dissidents, plundering people's wealth, causing anger and resentment.

"Second brother, fifth brother, when I came out of Bianliang City, I knew that your life was difficult, so I came here specially. I have something to discuss with you?" Zhang Zhengdao was thinking about this matter during this period of time.

"If you need anything, dear brother, please tell me quickly." Ruan Xiaowu was impatient and urged.

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said, "How about you and your brothers take my mother and sister-in-law with you and come back to Qinghe County with me? It will be better than suffering in this village."

Ruan Xiaoer shook his head and said: "You are really uncomfortable in Qinghe County."

Ruan Xiaowu also said: "Brother Xian, to tell you the truth, even if Xiaoqi is willing to stay there, my second brother and I can't get used to it."

When Zhang Zhengdao saw that the two of them were unwilling to go to Qinghe County, he stopped trying to persuade them and just stayed with them to have wine.

The three of them chatted some more and ate some wine and meat. The shop assistant brought over the packaged food and wine.

Ruan Xiaoer took out a bunch of copper coins he had on his body and said, "Let's tie them together."

The man took the copper coins and after counting them, he replied: "Brother Ruan, half of them are missing."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "I have it here." He took out about one or two pounds of silver and handed it to the boy.

After retrieving some copper coins, the three of them rowed the boat back to Ruan Xiaowu's home.

Ruan Xiaoer divided half of the meat and gave it to his wife, wife and son in the house.

The remaining food and wine were taken outside to the thatched pavilion, and the three of them continued to eat and chat.

At this moment, it was already dark. Ruan Xiaowu took a shabby iron basin, piled some firewood, and picked up some small dead branches, piled them into the basin, and built a fire.

At this moment, there were no outsiders, and Ruan Xiaoer said bluntly: "The life in this water pond is unsustainable now. I have discussed with your fifth brother and want to sell private salt, but there is no way to do it."

Zhang Zhengdao felt strange and asked: "Why did my second brother suddenly want to sell private salt?"