Water Margin official

In March of the fourth year of Zhenghe, in the early spring, Zhang Zhengdao once again came to the center of the Song Dynasty, Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Today is different from the past. He is a giant thief from Jingdong. Although his alias is Zhang Tiandao, in the eyes of the imperial court, he is afraid that his true identity has long been revealed.

Therefore, before entering the city, Zhang Zhengdao found a remote place, modified his appearance, and smeared a layer of smoke dust on his face, and also smeared a layer of black on his neck.

"Officials, don't be so cautious. There are no official announcements in Bianliang City." Lu Xiaoyi said with a smile.

Zhang Zhengdao shook his head and said: "Be careful when sailing a thousand-year-old ship. There are many eyes and ears in this city. It is not a trivial matter for someone to find out your identity."

This Bianliang City in Tokyo is not an ordinary small city in the state capital, which can be easily broken. If you are caught in the city, you will only be cut to pieces with a thousand knives, without a burial place, and no chance of survival.

Seeing this, Lu Xiaoyi became serious and imitated Zhang Zhengdao, taking a handful of dust and smearing it on his face.

The two men disguised themselves for a while until they were completely unrecognizable, and they changed into simple clothes. Then they led the horses and waited until the city gate was about to close before following the crowd into the city.

But I saw the three cities and six streets, the verdant greenery, the pavilions and pavilions, the Guanfei singing platform, the flower streets and the willow streets, many beautiful and famous ladies, waving the brocade in their hands, greeting the princes, princes and grandsons to buy and laugh, and even the Chu Pavilion and Qin Tower, which is infinitely romantic.

The singers played and sang, which attracted the guests to applaud and cheer.

"Hmm..." Zhang Zhengdao took a breath of the lavish atmosphere of Bianliang City, opened his eyes, and then said with a smile: "Let's go to the jujube door."

Lu Xiaoyi said: "What are you going to do there? It's better to go find brother Wei Gui and help the high officials wash away their dust."

Zhang Zhengdao saw that it was getting late and it was very inconvenient to lead the horse, so he stopped thinking and said, "Okay, let's lead the way."

Lu Xiaoyi walked in front of him, making many twists and turns, and arrived at a house in the northwest corner of Bianliang City.

This place was remote and there were no pedestrians. Lu Xiaoyi pushed open the courtyard door and entered the house.

After tying the horses to the manger in the courtyard, Lu Xiaoyi invited Zhang Zhengdao to enter the main hall.

Under the dim lights, two men sat on chairs and dozed off.

Seeing someone coming in, I suddenly woke up.

"Who?" a man asked in a low voice.

Lu Xiaoyi replied: "It's me, Xiaoyi!"

Hearing this, the man raised the lamp on the table, came close, took a shine, then frowned and said, "It doesn't look like that!"

Lu Xiaoyi remembered that his face was smeared black, and said: "Guisan, you can't even hear my voice. Where is brother Wei Gui?"

When the man saw this, he replied: "Brother Wei Gui, he went to Guifan Tower and has not come back yet."

Lu Xiaoyi ordered: "Go and clean up a house, rest with my brother, and prepare some food."

One of the men said: "Brother Yi, wait a moment, I'll go right away."

The man went into the inner hall to clean up the room.

Zhang Zhengdao looked around. The lights in the room were dim and he couldn't see clearly.

Asking Zhang Zhengdao to sit on that side, Lu Xiaoyi said: "Official, please take a drink of water first."

Zhang Zhengdao took a sip of water and said, "Where is this place?"

Lu Xiaoyi said: "This is the residence of a ghost."

Lu Xiaoyi glanced at the other man and said in a low voice: "We did some favors for that ghost before, so we can rest here."

Zhang Zhengdao nodded and said no more.

After waiting for a while, the man named Gui San returned and said, "Follow me."

Zhang Zhengdao and the others followed him to the back hall.

After crossing a corridor, we arrived at a quiet house. Entering the courtyard, Gui San said: "This is it, don't break in."

Lu Xiaoyi smiled and said: "Of course I know the rules and prepare some food."

After saying that, Lu Xiaoyi took out some scattered silver coins from his arms and gave them to Gui San.

"It will be delivered in a moment!" Gui San collected the money and turned to leave.

Lu Xiaoyi opened the door and asked Zhang Zhengdao to come in.

There are lights in the room, and there are toiletries, which Gui San must have prepared just now.

The two washed the dust off their bodies and sat down.

There were no outsiders in the room, so Lu Xiaoyi introduced: "Master, I heard that there are three ghost kings in the ghost Fanlou, but no one knows their true faces, and they don't know where they are hidden."

"Ghost King?" Zhang Zhengdao said with a smile: "Ghost Fan Tower, Ghost Fan Tower, I didn't expect that there really are ghosts."

Lu Xiaoyi continued: "Three ghost kings divided up the entire Ghost Fan Tower. I heard that under each ghost king's throne, there are dozens of ghost generals, and under the ghost generals, there are hundreds or even thousands of ghost soldiers to maintain the ghost tower.

order."

"Who is this ghost?" Zhang Zhengdao asked.

Lu Xiaoyi replied: "Ghost messengers are people who wander between Bianliang City and Ghost Fan Tower. They work for the ghost generals and guide people on the ground into Ghost Fan Tower."

"There is a saying that 'it is better to provoke ghost soldiers than ghost warriors'. These ghost warriors have some energy in Bianliang City and Guifan Tower." Lu Xiaoyi said.

Zhang Zhengdao nodded, understanding.

It seems that the ghost king is the controller of the underground order. He has ghost generals, ghost soldiers, and ghost servants under his command, and he travels between the black and white worlds to make profits.

Lu Xiaoyi said again: "Master, Brother Wei Gui and I have only been to Guifan Tower once, and we didn't dare to go deep inside. We just stayed on the outside for a while and then came out."

"The Ghost Tower is an underground city. It is huge and criss-crossed. If you lead the way for an acquaintance, you may not be able to get out," Lu Xiaoyi said.

"Bianliang City was the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, with underground cities stacked on top of the city, which is why this underground city appeared." Zhang Zhengdao said.

Lu Xiaoyi doesn't understand this, but he just thinks that Guifan Tower is quite mysterious, and its prosperity is not inferior to that on the ground.

At this time, Gui San came in with some wine and food, put it on the table, and said: "That's all."

Lu Xiaoyi said: "It will be good if you have wine and meat. Thank you, the three ghost brothers."

The ghost waved his hands three times and left immediately.

Zhang Zhengdao and Lu Xiaoyi had a brief meal, fetched some water, washed themselves, and then took a break.

This place was quite quiet, and Zhang Zhengdao slept until dawn.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw that Lu Xiaoyi had already gotten up and was practicing boxing and kicking in the courtyard.

"Official, are you awake?" Lu Xiaoyi stopped his posture and came over to greet him.

Zhang Zhengdao couldn't help but look at him with admiration, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he thought of his long-lost skills with spears and sticks.

"I'm going to prepare some food." Lu Xiaoyi entered the room, wiped the sweat from his body, and went to the front to prepare breakfast.

Zhang Zhengdao saw that there was a well in the courtyard, so he drew some well water, washed himself, and sat in the room to wait.

When Lu Xiaoyi came back, there was a strong man following behind him. It was Wei Gui, Mrs. Wei's general.

The man smiled and said politely: "Officer, how is my wife?"

Zhang Zhengdao saw that Wei Gui had a few scars on his face. He must have suffered a lot, so he nodded and said, "Madam is very good."