Astral Apostle Chapter 158: A man in distress

Xiang Tianjie's face turned serious, and he solemnly clasped his fists and said: "It turns out that Brother Chen was in person. You beat Wujiazhuang to distribute wealth to the people. I have heard about it recently, and I admire it very much. I didn't expect to see brother here. , the appearance is dignified, it is really extraordinary."

"It's easy to talk about." Zhou Jing was also polite.

Although I have just debuted in the green forest and I am just a small person compared to the other party, the people in the green forest will not be short of manners, and I must do my best.

Besides, people with high abilities have always been admired by Lvlin. To these leaders of Dazhai, destroying Wujiazhuang itself is just a trivial matter, but Zhou Jing's deeds of defeating a hundred with one enemy showed his astonishing force.

This group of leaders of Tianwangzhai was so surprised, it is precisely because of this... They have been dormant in this state capital for many days, and they accidentally found such a fierce person in the southern green forest. This person went up the mountain to join the gang.

Xiang Tianjie also intends to make friends with Zhou Jing, but he is not familiar with him yet, so he will not mention the invitation to join the gang for the time being.

Because there was some commotion, the group of people didn't want to disturb the officials, so they hurriedly changed places to talk again.

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When everyone came to the secluded place, Xiang Tianjie and the others took off their human skin masks and came up to sign up for their names and get to know Zhou Jing.

These leaders of Tianwangzhai are all highly skilled in martial arts, and are well-known in the northern green forests, but they only know Zhou Jing's name, but they don't dare to hold him accountable, and they all salute solemnly.

Xiang Tianjie then talked about the purpose of their trip, and sighed:

"Brother Guo Haishen was imprisoned here because he offended the powerful. I have been hiding here for many days, just looking for a chance to rescue him. Because of the great relationship, I dare not show my true colors."

"I have an old relationship with Brother Guo, and I came here for him." Gao Yun agreed, and then he wondered: "But since you have important matters, why did Brother Shi Qing make trouble out of the ordinary and steal from me?"

Hearing this, both groups of people turned their heads together to look at Shi Qing.

Shi Qingqing's handsome face immediately flushed red, and he hesitated:

"I was inquiring about the news on the street, and I happened to find this good man with a bag full of bags, so I kept my mind on it. Later, when I saw him buying things in front of the street vendor, and his money was exposed, my hands itched, thinking that there is nothing in this place. People know me and hide my face, so they want to make a fortune, but it doesn't work..."

Hearing this, Xiang Tianjie was furious and scolded: "You thief, you almost broke my big event!"

Many leaders of Tianwangzhai also looked unhappy.

They didn't know the cause and effect, they only came to make a rescue when they found Shi Qing's distress signal.

"Brothers calm down, I know I was wrong." Shi Qing was dejected.

Xiang Tianjie had no choice but to apologize to Gao Yun:

"Brother Gao, don't blame me. Brother Shi Qing hasn't been in my village for long, but he doesn't recognize your face. He was originally a street thief, but later he studied under a river and lake thief. He has learned the lightness of flying over walls and walls, and the skill of disguise. He is very capable, but he can't change his habit of stealing chickens and dogs. He wants to steal when his hands are itchy. I have told him many times, but he always reverts to his old ways and doesn't take it seriously. Meeting an expert today is also a lesson for him."

"I see...if it wasn't for Brother Shi Qing, we wouldn't be able to see each other. Brother Xiang shouldn't blame him."

No matter what Gao Yun thought in his heart, he still gave the other party a higher level.

In fact, in the green forest, the status of thieves is not high, and most of the green forest people don't like them very much. They are occasionally called "Qianzi", "thief boy", and "Baotan" on the road, with a certain degree of contempt.

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

These people in the green forest are mostly born in poverty, and they are all rude and reckless. They may have some bad habits, such as alcoholism, greed, irritability and so on.

Even if they have something important to do, it is difficult to expect them to be completely safe and secure, many of which are factors of instability.

At this time, Gao Yun asked:

"The leaders have been inquiring here for many days, but they don't know what happened to Brother Guo Haishen?"

As soon as the words fell, many leaders of Tianwangzhai immediately became angry.

Xiang Tianjie's chest rose and fell, his tone was angry, and he said in a deep voice:

"I don't know, this Anlin Mansion seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is a collusion between the government and businessmen to plunder the people's wealth. Many big merchants and the government often do some shoddy business. Not only the local people suffer, but also some passing merchants. Being entrapped. Even if it is reported to the government, it will be nothing. Up and down have been taken care of by these local merchants, and there is no way to report.

Moreover, the local merchants store up grain all the year round, and they only care about keeping the price of grain high. If there is surplus grain, they would rather sell it to other states than supply it to the local area... It is obvious that this is a land rich in fish and rice in the south, but ordinary people have to spend more A lot of money to make a living, even if there is some floating money, it is still earned by those big grain merchants. These profiteers are full of food, rich and wantonly expanding their industries, and they are even more complicated. There are many unscrupulous transactions behind the scenes, which is hard to explain in one word. "

"It's really hateful!"

When Fang Zhen heard this, he was very angry.

Gao Yun was also dissatisfied, and said with a frown, "In the rich southern regions, even with such raids, the people can still maintain their livelihoods...if they dare to act like this in the northern regions with poor grain production, there will be civil uprisings there! "

Xiang Tianjie sighed and continued:

"These rich and unkind merchants still fund local gangs and do some dirty work for them. Although these gangs are street thugs, they have become popular enough to bully the market. For example, if someone sues the officials, these gangs will Trouble this person's family as revenge.

Or the big family in the city has taken a fancy to a certain property and wants to lower the price, but the owner of the property refuses, so they let the gang harass and smash it until they give in... For example, Chengnan Lu, Chen, He, Huang Waiting for a few big families, I heard from the people that they wanted to expand the house in the early years, but the neighbors refused, so they used these methods to buy the surrounding land at a low price. "

Zhou Jing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then Guo Hai went to prison because he provoked local merchants?"

Xiang Tianjie nodded immediately, and said in a deep voice:

"That's right! Brother Guo passed by here and happened to encounter gangs oppressing the people, so he helped them out. Afterwards, he asked them to find out why, and single-handedly overthrew several local gangs that were causing harm to the local people. The Anlin Mansion all praised his righteous deeds.

But this was also hated by the local businessmen, who wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, so they bought a few people and set up a scheme to frame Brother Guo. One day, these people attracted Brother Guo to drink too much, deliberately said some local injustices to provoke Brother Guo, asked Brother Guo to seek justice from the government, and then said that the local magistrate would not respond, and they were eccentric, trying to lure Brother Guo into talking.

It's a pity that Brother Guo was not sober after drinking, and the misfortune came out of his mouth. He couldn't get angry and said, "If the local magistrate doesn't care, he will seek justice from the magistrate." If you don't care about the prefecture, just find a provincial governor. If the governor doesn't care anymore, he will go to Beijing to ask the emperor to sue the imperial court' and so on. Unexpectedly, a large number of officials ambushed around early, and immediately seized him and sent him to the government. The magistrate quickly sentenced him to such unnecessary crimes as madness, ignorance, ignorance of dignity, and rebellious heart. He was beaten fifty times in court. stick, and taken to prison camp... Brother Guo was convicted for his words this time. "

Everyone was furious.

"This **** magistrate, this **** businessman, is all of the same breed!" Fang Zhen resented.

Gao Yun hit the long stick hard, poked a hole in the ground, and said angrily: "The government and businessmen colluded and oppressed the people, you really deserve to die!"

"It should be killed."

Zhou Jing narrowed his eyes.

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

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

The local government uses this reason to punish those who speak bad words, which is "political correctness". Whoever dares to intercede will be labeled as "disrespecting the Holy One", and those who intercede will also be unlucky.

The current world is like this. It has always been that others can do what you can but you can't say it. State officials can set fires. People don't even talk about lighting lamps.

But most of the people in the green forest have resentment towards the imperial court, they are used to scolding the government, and they never show respect when they speak, so they may suffer if they are provoked by those who want to.

Zhou Jing crossed his arms and said decisively:

"This kind of filthy world is really hard to see! This Guo Haishen, I will save it. What are the plans of the leaders, but it's okay, we will work together to rescue this hero!"

Fang Zhen immediately echoed: "Not bad! What my brother said is also what I mean!"

Xiang Tianjie was overjoyed, and immediately cupped his hands and said: "With the help of three heroes, this trip is more assured!"

Hearing this, Zhou Jing thought of Li Chun and the others, blinked and said:

"By the way, there are three brothers from Lulin on my side. They also came to visit Guo Haishen. They probably won't stand by and watch. It's better to talk to them about this first, get together, and then think about how to save people."

"Brother Chen is right!" Xiang Tianjie agreed.

…

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

These two people, one is a member of the government, sitting in the main seat, and the other is the lead middleman.

There was a mess of cups and plates on the table, it was obvious that they had almost eaten, and things were basically settled.

Li Chun stood up, bowed his hands to the official in charge and said: "In this way, there will be Mr. Lao Zhang, and I hope you will prepare the goods at that time."

"Hehe, it's only natural, brother Li should also prepare money."

The official also smiled redly, as if happy to make a fortune.

Li Chun took his leave and left the restaurant with the brothers and sisters of the Lu family.

Walking on the street, Lu Xinniang snorted coldly, and couldn't help but said: "The government is so corrupt, there are people who dare to sell warehouse weapons in private, and they are not afraid of losing their heads!"

Li Chun helplessly shook his head and sighed:

"My lord is not a high-ranking official, and there must be someone behind him, but I don't know if he is collecting money for his superiors, or playing a game for political opponents, or he is about to be transferred to another state capital to make a fortune before he leaves. The banditry in the south is not as severe as in the north, and the border of Jingzhou is even more stable. These military weapons are piled up in the warehouse and rusted, and they can't make money... Sigh, the intrigue in the officialdom is annoying, but it is also cheap in the end I'll wait."

Lu Yunzhao was quite excited: "If you buy these weapons, you can train several teams of elites."

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

"The biggest thing of this trip has been done, and then I will go back to find Brother Chen Feng, and go to the prison camp to visit Guo Haishen, who is famous for the green forest, and then invite Brother Chen Feng to our cottage to settle down and rest. It will be complete when you go out, and you will gain a lot!"

The three of them went back to the inn where they stayed without any delay.

Zhang San has been waiting at the door of the inn. When he saw Li Chun and the three of them, he hurried up to greet him and said:

"Three heroes, brother Chen, please go to his room and discuss something important."

"Oh?"

Li Chun was puzzled and didn't think too much, so he brought the brothers and sisters of the Lu family to the door of Zhou Jing's room and knocked on the door.

"Brother Chen, we are here."

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

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

The room is full of big men!

At first glance, there were more than ten people!

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

Li Chun was stunned on the spot, and said in a daze, "Brother Chen, this, these people are..."

Zhou Jing smiled heartily, greeted Li Chun and the other three to enter the door, then signaled Zhang San to close the door and guard outside, and then said:

"Let me introduce, these three are the leaders of Hongyun Mountain, the Qing fan Li Chun, the magic mace Lu Yunzhao, the embroidered knife Lu Xinniang...and these are the leaders of the northern Lulin Tianwangzhai..."

Tianwangzhai sent people to rescue Guo Haishen this time, and a total of eight leaders came, among them, headed by Xiang Tianjie, the "Fanjiang Great Sage" of the fourth family, they reported themselves.

Hearing the origin of the other party, Li Chun was taken aback, and hurriedly brought the brothers and sisters of the Lu family to greet him, but he was extremely puzzled.

How could this group of northern green forest masters sneak into the southern border?

Besides, Brother Chen Feng just went out for a stroll, how did he bring back so many powerful people?

Xiang Tianjie met, briefly explained the process of 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. Brother Chen Feng said that the three of you are also here for him. I hope to invite the three of you to work together. How about it?"

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

"Brother Guo's character, I also admire him very much, this time we can't stand by and watch!"

They should be involved in such a grand event, not only to rescue the heroes, but also to increase the reputation of the green forest, so that Hongyun Mountain can shine together with Tianwangzhai.

If word spread that Hongyun Mountain was unwilling to help Tianwangzhai rescue "Iron-armed Canglong" Guo Haishen, it would be a big shame.

"Okay! Brother Chen is right, you are indeed heroes of loyalty!"

Xiang Tianjie was overjoyed.

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

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

The Tianwangzhai family has a great business, and it is a well-known Dazhai in the world, but the small family in Hongyun Mountain cannot be compared with the other party at all. If the other party also initiates a solicitation for Zhou Jing, maybe they can really abduct him...

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

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

"Desperation Yan Luo" Chen Feng, "Fan Jiang Da Sheng" Xiang Tianjie, "Broken Army Spear" Gao Yun, "Qing Fan" Li Chun, "Mace of God" Lu Yunzhao, "Fan Shan Tai Sui" Fang Zhen, "Embroidery Knife" "Lu Xinniang, "Thousand-faced Swallow" Shi Qing...

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

Everyone discussed for a while and reached a consensus, intending to appoint a representative each to go to the prison camp together, and meet Guo Haishen first.

Even if you want to save someone, you have to let the rescued know that there is a combination of inside and outside.

Soon, everyone arranged for four people to go to the prison camp to meet people. They were Xiang Tianjie, Li Chun, Zhou Jing and Gao Yun, as representatives of all parties, and the rest stayed put.

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On the other side, a neatly dressed old man came to the prison camp to pay a visit to the management camp.

This old man has white beard and hair, and he is smiling all over his face. He looks like the butler of a wealthy family.

The local prison chiefs and messengers all seemed to know the old man, treated him with courtesy, and allowed him to enter.

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

"Master Guanying, are you safe?"

"Hey, Butler He! Haha, I haven't seen you for a while."

Guan Ying's eyes lit up, and he hurried forward to guide him to his seat.

The two casually chatted about some gossip, which made Steward He feel comfortable talking.

I saw Steward He tentatively asking: "Master Guan Ying, I don't know what happened to that surnamed Guo?"

Guan Ying caressed his beard and said:

"These days, I've been letting people watch him. He's pretty safe, so there's no reason to trouble him."

Hearing this, Steward He took out two large ingots of silver, handed them to Guan Ying, and whispered:

"This man ruined my master's good deeds. My master's intention is to hope that he will get some 'care' in prison. Don't kill him, but let those troublesome people understand what the end is if they mess up. Look at this..."

Guan earned money~IndoMTL.com~ The smile on his face was even bigger, he laughed and said proudly:

"You go back and let Mr. He relax, he is just a wounded man, what an iron-armed dragon and a dog, when he comes to my land, even if he is made of iron, I can rub him into iron mud !”

When Steward He heard the words, he asked, "I don't know what Master Guanying intends to do?"

Guan Ying waved his hand and said casually:

"The heroes I dealt with, there were two hundred if not three hundred, all turned into a puddle of mud, and they have already been familiar with the road. Isn't the guy surnamed Guo powerful? When I picked his tendons and crippled his martial arts, No matter how pretentious he used to be, he wants to become like a dog. If I let him eat shit, he will eat shit! If I want to pee in his mouth, he has to open his mouth!"

"Okay, okay, let's do it like this! Then I'll go back and wait for the good news!"

Butler He smiled happily.

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