The Richest Man in the Heavens Starts from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 42
Du Yu and Shi Qian were resting in a restaurant at the head of a village when they accidentally bumped into a big man.

On a whim, he opened his mouth to invite the other party over for a drink.

The big man was not polite either, he sat across from him and took a drink from his glass.

Du Yu has a lot of silver on him, and he is not short of his little wine and meat. He turned around and asked the waiter to cut another five catties of good meat and serve another jar of wine.

The big man bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "Brother is even cool, can you tell me your name?"

"My name is Shi Jin, and this person's name is Shi Qian. I don't know your last name?" Du Yu said.

"The villain's name is Jiao Ting, and people in the Jianghu call me faceless." The big man said.

Du Yu was taken aback. He and Shi Qian had searched everywhere before, but they didn't come across any famous "hero" in Water Margin. He didn't expect that someone would come to drink here.

What impressed Jiao Ting the most was that he handled Song Jiang's big black Tibetan mastiff Li Kui submissively, but he didn't come out until a few years later when Song Jiang was about to fight in Zengtou City.

"I seem to have heard your name before. Are you from Zhongshan Prefecture?" Du Yu asked.

"That's right, why did Shi Jia elder brother hear about me?" Jiao Ting asked.

"Well, I've heard of it if you know how to wrestle in an ancestral hand." Du Yu said.

Jiao Ting laughed loudly, and said, "Brother, I have been living in sumo wrestling for three generations. I didn't expect me to be famous in the world without a face."

Shi Qian couldn't help snickering beside him, and said, "Yes, not only did my brother hear it, but I also heard your name like a thunder."

Jiao Ting is a reckless man, his mind is not very flexible, how can he tell that Shi Qian is trying to blame him, so he just grinned foolishly.

Du Yu saw that his mind was so pure, and he thought of Brother Gongming in the Water Margin, as long as there is a bullshit, Brother Tieniu will chop it with an axe, and he can reprimand "you black guy" while scolding the victim Those who say that this guy is reckless, forgive me for my brother's sake.

Well, such an easy-to-use 'Tibetan Mastiff', why don't I keep one myself.

"Brother Jiao Ting, you are an ancestral sumo wrestler, why did you come to the countryside instead of making money in the city?" Du Yu asked.

Jiao Ting swallowed the steamed buns in his mouth, and said: "To tell you the truth, brother, I represented a sumo gambling shop in Lingzhou before. I won the official but he didn't pay me, and even made his subordinates drive me away. I beat him in a fit of anger. There were a few of them, and they ran out to change places to make a living.”

Du Yu saw that he didn't take his eyes off the meat on the table when he was talking, and he resisted not getting his hands on it. He was an interesting person, so he said, "Brother Jiao Ting, you're welcome, come drink and eat meat."

"Brother, then I'll be rude." After Jiao Ting said, he stretched out his hand and tore off a fat goose leg and stuffed it into his mouth.

After a few mouthfuls, even the bones were chewed and swallowed, Shi Qian was dumbfounded.

"Brother, don't worry, there is plenty of wine and meat, let's call if there is not enough." Du Yu said.

Jiao Ting nodded in agreement, his eating was a little bit better, but he was still eating a forklift with whirlwind chopsticks. He killed a plate of meat in a short while and ate more than a dozen steamed buns, until this time his speed slowed down a bit.

Seeing that he was finally free, Du Yu said, "Brother Jiao Ting, is there a good place to go?"

"To tell you the truth, brother, I've been wandering outside for a long time, so where should I go? In fact, I planned to find a grass on the top of a mountain, but I was afraid that people would not accept it." Jiao Ting suddenly lowered his voice, and said.

"Since my brother has nowhere to go, how about joining my sect?" Du Yu said.

"Brother is...?" Jiao Ting asked.

Shi Qian leaned into his ear and said softly, "My elder brother is the head of Shaohua Mountain, brother, you will come here without money."

Jiao Ting stood up suddenly after hearing Teng's words, which startled both of them.

Seeing him cut his head and bowed, he said: "Jiao Ting is willing to follow brother."

Du Yu helped him up with a smile on his face, and said, "Brother is willing to vote for me, what I wish for, come and let's drink a bowl."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and poured wine for Jiao Ting, and the three of them raised their bowls to drink together.

Because the wall has ears, Du Yu didn't say anything about Shaohua Mountain.

Although Jiao Ting was a reckless man, he knew a thing or two about the laws of the Song Dynasty, so he dared to expose it easily.He picked up a topic at random and chatted about interesting things in his sumo career, which made the two of them laugh heartily.

That night, the three of them stayed in a restaurant.

The next day, Du Yu bought a mule for Jiao Ting at a high price in the village to make it easier for him to travel.

Walking on the country road, he talked about everything, so he told him about the situation of Shaohua Mountain.

Jiao Ting is a simple person, he is not easy to mix in the rivers and lakes, of course he needs to find a thigh, since Du Yu is willing to take him in, he plans to go up to the mountain to work.

When two people become three people, the road is much more interesting, especially when Shi Qian knows that he is no match for Jiao Ting, so he takes advantage of it and makes some harmless little jokes from time to time, making the atmosphere more and more harmonious.

On this day, they walked to a market town at the junction of Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion, and the three of them stayed in a shop again.

After ordering a table for a good banquet, Du Yu called the waiter to stop, and as usual asked if there was a man named Bian Xiang nearby.

"Guest officer. There is a man named Bian Xiang in Huangsha Village, ten miles northwest of the town, but I don't know if he is the person the guest officer is looking for," said the waiter.

He was stunned for a moment when he heard the news suddenly, he didn't expect to get some news here, but there are too many people with the same name in this world, he didn't know if it was that Bian Xiang.

"Xiao Er, tell me about that Bian Xiang you know. If it's the person I'm looking for, a reward is a must." Du Yu said.

"Guest officer, the Bian Xiang I know is actually a farmer, but he is very tall, nine feet tall, and also very strong. However, no one dared to provoke him within a radius of tens of miles." The waiter said.

"Oh, it looks like the person I'm looking for. Xiao Er, do you know how to get to Huangsha Village? If we go there, we will reward you ten taels of silver." Du Yu said.

The waiter was delighted, he was a child from a nearby family, and he knew the roads of the surrounding villages very well.If you lead the way, there will be a reward of ten taels, can you not do it?I can't save so much money for two years without eating or drinking.

"Guest officer, wait a moment, I have to ask the shopkeeper for instructions." The waiter said.

Du Yu nodded and followed downstairs, intending to say hello to the hotel owner to avoid unnecessary trouble.

At first, the shopkeeper didn't agree and thought it would delay the business. After he took a picture of a silver coin on the table, the shopkeeper's old face was like a chrysanthemum blooming with smiles all over his face and he agreed.

In the early morning of the next day, the shop boy led the way, and the three of them followed to Huangsha Village.

The village is not big, with about thirty families.

Moreover, all that can be seen with the naked eye is poverty and dilapidation, several grades lower than Shijia Village.

Approaching the village, the waiter in the shop looked for someone on the road to inquire, and then led the three of them to Bian Xiang's home.

There is a small courtyard surrounded by tree branches, and there are two adobe houses in it.

Du Yu raised his eyes and saw a tall and strong man chopping firewood in the yard.

Others chop wood with a chi-long small axe, but the big man uses a mountain-digging axe, which dances like the wind and splits wood everywhere.

Seeing some strangers coming to his yard, Bian Xiang stopped what he was doing and looked at them.

"Brother Bian Xiang in front?" Du Yu asked.

"I'm Bian Xiang, who is this brother?" Bian Xiang asked.

Du Yu clasped his hands and saluted, and said, "Jiuzhilong Shijin, take the liberty to come to visit."

Bian Xiang has been hanging out in the neighborhood, and he doesn't know who Shi Jin is, but he is very polite when he comes to visit, so he can't refuse people thousands of miles away.

"Brother Shi, please come in, don't laugh at the shabby home." Bian Xiang said.

Du Yu wanted to talk to Bian Xiang about things on the mountain, so he naturally asked outsiders to listen, so he took out ten taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to the waiter, telling him to go back first.

After sending away the idlers, he pushed open the firewood door and walked into Bian Xiang's home.

Compared with Xu Guanzhong, Bian Xiang's life is worse, and he even plans to borrow rough tea from his neighbors.

Du Yu could not let him do this, so he quickly pulled him to sit down and took out a pack of good tea from the package, and asked Shi Qian to boil the water, while he planned to have a detailed talk with him.

It was difficult for Xu Guanzhong to be fooled, because he had been in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, and after being excluded, he seemed to see through the world and not care about world affairs.

It was not difficult for Bian Xiang to fool around. Du Yu talked to him about the general trend of the world, and then talked about the corruption of the Song Dynasty government in combination with the actual situation.

Originally, Bian Xiang's life was not very good. He claimed to be pregnant but could not use his abilities, so that he wasted time in the wilderness and village.

When he heard that the other party planned to recruit him, he was a little moved. After asking in detail, he was even more admirable after learning about the lofty ambitions of the village owner, and immediately expressed his willingness to join the gang to work for him.

Bian Xiang agreed so readily, Du Yu couldn't believe it, and wondered in his heart, could it be that he changed his luck after meeting the mascot Jiao Ting?
(End of this chapter)