Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 9 Someone, come and take over the prison!

When Su Wu returned home, although his house was not completely penniless, it was still a bit shabby. If he had not had a meal at Wu Song's house, he would have had to cook for himself when he returned.

After washing up, I fell into bed and waited for tomorrow.

At this moment, Ximen Qing's herbal medicine shop was already crowded with people. Eight of the nine brothers came, because one of them had just died of illness. His name was Bu Zhidao, but it didn't matter.

In fact, most of Ximen Qing's ten sworn brothers were not important people. Most of them were poor people on the street and scoundrels.

Several people gathered together to discuss today's affairs.

"If you ask me, I'd just teach that captain a lesson. Does he think that he is a big shot in Yanggu County just because he killed a tiger?"

These words were said by Yun Lishou. He was certainly special among the ten sworn brothers. As the brother of the lieutenant general, he had seen the world and understood how to handle things.

Someone named Ying Bojue said, "We still need to think carefully. After all, he is the head of the government office..."

Ying Bojue is a poor man who inherited some small assets, but lost them quickly. Now he follows Ximen Qing and makes a living by talking.

Why is Ximen Qing the boss? Nothing, he has some money, is willing to spend it, is able to handle all kinds of affairs, and is quite famous on the street.

Yun Lishou looked at Ying Bojue, then at Ximen Qing, and said, "Brother, do you think we can be bullied in Yanggu County? Who is Su Wu? In the past, when we entered and left the government office, we never even looked at him. He is not worthy of being our messenger. We can beat him up if we want, but what can we do? Just don't kill anyone!"

Everyone was just waiting for Ximen Qing to make a decision. Ximen Qing was a shrewd man. He thought again and again: "He has just done a great service to the county magistrate, and he has become very popular in Yanggu County. We really can't attack him easily at this moment, lest the county magistrate lose face and give us a cold shoulder..."

Ying Bojue immediately responded: "Is that so...we should take a long-term view."

Ximen Qing continued, "If we don't fight him, it will be hard to calm down. He is showing off his power. Isn't he going to cause trouble for us? Let's see what kind of trouble he is going to cause. If he starts fighting first, won't we be in the right? When the time comes, we can also have a say with the magistrate. If he is just talking, then after a few days, we can teach him a lesson and he will behave himself."

"Yes, yes, yes, brother is right!" Yun Lishou immediately praised.

Ying Bojue was not slow either: "Of course, my brother is extremely wise!"

"Well, since we are all gathered here today, let's have a drink!" Ximen Qing acted like a big brother.

Just wait until dawn.

Su Wu got up, washed, and went out. After he took a few steps on the street, he ran into Wu Dalang, who had already walked several streets.

Wu Dalang was carrying a load on his shoulder. When he saw Su Wu, he went up to him and said, "Captain, have you had breakfast yet?"

As soon as Wu Dalang put down his shoulder pole, he started choosing the hot pancakes on the stove.

"Good morning to you too..." Su Wu was actually very touched. He could guess why he ran into Wu Dalang every time he went out. This brother was really good to his younger brother and had good intentions.

"As a pancake seller, I have to get up earlier than others. I didn't expect to meet the captain. Please serve me while it's hot, captain." Wu Da said as he handed the pancake to Su Wu.

Su Wu did not refuse, he took it and took a bite: "It's delicious, has Erlang gone to the government office?"

"I went, I went. I went very early." Wu Dalang nodded repeatedly without saying much. In fact, he didn't know how to say anything. He just did it secretly.

"Don't worry. I like your brother from the bottom of my heart and I won't treat him unfairly." Su Wu understood the meaning of the pancake.

"Hehe... If Erlang does anything wrong, the captain will just beat him and scold him. He has learned martial arts since he was a child, and he has been wandering around the streets, being violent and aggressive. He must be disciplined."

Wu Da's face was full of silly smile and sincerity.

"Well, don't worry. Your Erlang is different now than before. He is much more sensible than you think." Su Wu said as he took something out of his arms.

Before he took it out, Wu Da put the pole on his shoulder and started walking, then he said, "Don't be polite, Captain!"

Seeing Wu Da's two short legs moving so fast, Su Wu smiled and stopped taking out the cake. He took another bite of the pancake and said, "Thank you very much!"

When they arrived at the government office, Wu Song had even changed into his official uniform, put on his sword, and put on his hat. Dong Jian was really good at his job.

"Erlang looks really good, and a bit majestic." Su Wu smiled.

Wu Song looked very proud: "Of course I can't embarrass my brother."

"Call a few brothers, let's go out for a walk!" Su Wu raised his hand and went to work.

There hasn't been much work on catching thieves and robbers recently, but there was one case of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.

Go straight to the canal dock. The canal is actually not very wide, only about ten meters, but it is wide enough for large ships of this era. However, it is often clogged with silt and needs to be dredged.

There were a lot of coolies at the docks, and they supported a lot of people.

All kinds of people gathered here, including gambling houses, brothels, and small teahouses on the street. Many ruffians worked all day and earned very little money, but still spent it all.

Ximen Qing has a big business here, lending money, especially small loans.

Once money is loaned out, it must be collected, and collecting money naturally relies on violence. Who is the most violent subordinate of Ximen Qing at this moment?
Actually it is Yun Lishou.

The relationship between these two people cannot be directly described as big brother and younger brother, but more of a cooperative relationship. In the story, Yun Lishou will even do better than Ximen Qing in the future.

Su Wu brought Wu Song, Dong Jian and seven or eight yamen runners to the dock and ordered them, "Go and look for Yun Li to see if he is here today..."

Dong Jian is an expert at this kind of work, so he naturally takes people to look for him.

A moment later, Dong Jian came back: "Someone is being beaten at the entrance of the gambling house."

Su Wu rushed over and saw Yun Lishou and a group of hooligans beating a man.

The man rolled on the ground after being beaten, begging for mercy: "Master Yun, spare my life, spare my life, I will have money tomorrow, I will have money tomorrow."

"Wait until tomorrow. If you still can't pay me back, your wife may be ugly, but she's still worth a few bucks. How about that?"

Yun Lishou still had a smile on his face.

"Tomorrow I really have, tomorrow I really have..."

"Hit, keep hitting."

Then I saw a group of hooligans beating and kicking him, making him wail in agony.

"Stop! How dare you hit people in the street in this open world!" Su Wu arrived.

Yun Lishou looked up and saw that it was Su Wu. His smile stopped and he looked ferocious: "Isn't this Su Dutou? Dutou is very powerful now. It is only natural to pay back debts. Do you want to intervene? How about you pay the money for him?"

"If you don't pay your debt, you can file a complaint with the government, but you can't lynch me. Besides, so many people just heard you forcing someone to sell his wife, which is a serious crime!"

Su Wu looked around, but saw that everyone was avoiding his gaze.

Brother Lieutenant General, you are really impressive.

"Su Wu, Su Wu, do you really want to meddle in other people's business?" Yun Lishou asked threateningly with a ferocious look on his face.

"Someone, come here, take this thief who committed murder in the street and forced people to sell their wives to jail!" Su Dutou came to make an example of him.

But it was not easy to kill the chicken. He took an iron ruler from the attendant next to him and pointed it forward: "Let's see who dares!"

A good family man like Dong Jian is really a little afraid. He kills the tiger to keep his job, and there will be no consequences if the tiger is killed. Yun Lishou is really not someone you can mess with.

(End of this chapter)