novelSusiti Chapter 7 A good man does not get close to women
Chapter 7 A good man does not get close to women
Wang Lun drank a lot of alcohol.
Chao Gai also drank a lot of wine.
Chao Gai got drunk and was helped to bed by Liu Tang, Wu Yong, and others.
Wang Lun, who had been dazed and rambling incoherently, regained his senses after Chao Gai and the others left.
In the 21st century, he had a kilogram-level capacity for alcohol.
The alcohol content of wine in the Song Dynasty was low, so Wang Lun felt it would be difficult to get drunk.
He vaguely remembered that his third uncle used to enjoy brewing wine using grains grown on their own land. He'd have to try it sometime.
Wang Lun stood up, feeling his steps were still a little unsteady, and Du Qian helped him up.
With this towering, muscular man supporting him, Wang Lun felt a sense of security, like a chick nestled against its mother hen.
He glanced at the mess on the table and Lin Chong, who was dozing off on it, and laughed, "Quickly help Instructor Lin to rest."
He then patted Du Qian on the shoulder: "Come on, come with me to the water dungeon. I need to interrogate He Tao."
Du Qian was so tall that his nickname "touching the sky" was no exaggeration. By modern standards, Wang Lun estimated that Du Qian was at least two meters tall.
Wang Lun is about 1.78 meters tall, which is moderate.
Zhao Si, Wang Lun's newly recruited henchman, came over to help him up and said with a smile, "Chief, it's getting late and you've had too much to drink. You should rest now."
He leaned close to Wang Lun's ear and whispered, "The top courtesan we snatched from Cuiyue Tower last month, the girl named Ruyan, is still waiting for you."
Wang Lun sobered up immediately.
You can tell what kind of place Cuiyue Tower is just by hearing its name. And with such a vulgar name, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call the girls there "public buses."
I have always kept myself pure and virtuous; how could I let such a person take advantage of me?
What if I contract some disease? My life would be over.
He suddenly felt a chill run down his spine; the original owner of this body, Wang Lun, might already be...
I wonder where the legendary doctor An Daoquan is now. I need to invite him up the mountain as soon as possible so I can have a full physical examination.
He gently patted Zhao Si's head: "A good man doesn't get close to women. From now on, no woman is allowed to enter my room without my order."
Wang Lun didn't know how old this body was now, but he estimated it to be around thirty years old.
Men in their thirties during the Song Dynasty, especially mountain bandits like Wang Lun in Water Margin, had long since abused countless respectable women.
Having been in this world for less than twelve hours, he still doesn't know how many "concubines" the original owner, Wang Lun, had.
He looked at the bewildered Zhao Si and said in a low voice, "Go and drive away all of Wang Lun's women. Give each of them fifty taels of silver if they are willing to go down the mountain, and send someone to escort them down. If they want to stay, send them to the back village and let them work."
After giving his instructions, Wang Lun walked out of the hall with Du Qian's help.
Zhao Si was left standing there, bewildered, muttering, "I'd always heard the chieftain was a womanizer, how come... he's changed his ways?"
Song Wan, who had appeared behind him at some point, also watched Wang Lun's departing figure and said, "It's not just his womanizing ways; he's changed in many ways. Didn't you hear what he said? That pension money—when brothers died in battle, he was a miser who wouldn't give a penny."
Zhao Si asked curiously, "What happened?"
Song Wan pondered for a moment: "Perhaps it's possessed by a mountain spirit. Isn't that Chief Gongsun a Taoist priest? We should ask him to perform a ritual for the chieftain another day to exorcise the evil spirit."
Zhao Si nodded: "Chief Song is absolutely right. However, the compensation is very good for everyone. Let's not let the exorcism cause the compensation to disappear as well."
Song Wanyi glared: "How is that possible? All the leaders heard it today, how could he go back on his word?"
Zhao Si quickly agreed, then thought for a moment and asked, "The chieftain just said... to drive all his women away..."
"Do as he says." Song Wan glared at Zhao Si. "Where did you learn to read the chieftain's mind? We are bandits, not officials. Bureaucratic behavior is unacceptable."
If Wang Lun were here, he would surely praise Song Wan highly, for opposing the four undesirable work styles certainly includes opposing bureaucracy.
The left stronghold of Liangshan was where the bandits were stationed and trained, and the water dungeon built by Liangshan was also located here.
It's called a water dungeon only because some parts of the dungeon are flooded; most of the ground is dry.
Du Qian led Wang Lun to Zuozhai. The group of henchmen had all received some rewards today and had won a great victory. When they saw Wang Lun, they all stepped forward to greet him, beaming with joy.
Wang Lun responded with a smile, showing no airs whatsoever.
Du Qian was amazed. In the past, Wang Lun would never have given these lackeys a second glance.
Upon entering the dungeon, he was immediately confronted by henchmen who ordered He Tao to kneel and wait.
Wang Lun sat in his chair, looking at He Tao kneeling before him. He felt rather uncomfortable. The Qing Dynasty had been gone for so many years, yet people still knelt so easily. Just as he was about to tell He Tao to get up, he suddenly remembered that he was currently in the Song Dynasty...
In feudal society, He Tao would have to kneel.
"You are He Tao, the arresting officer of Jeju?" Wang Lun took the tea offered by the henchman, took a small sip, and found the tea really unpalatable. It seemed that tea-making also needed to be accelerated.
Alas, Wang Lun, you have a long way to go.
Having failed twice, He Tao had long lost his arrogance. Seeing Du Qian, who stood like an iron tower beside Wang Lun, he had no choice but to honestly answer, "Yes, I am He Tao. You must be Chief Wang. Please be merciful and let me go down the mountain. I promise I will never come to cause trouble for Liangshan again."
Wang Lun snorted coldly: "Do you think I'm afraid of you? Even if you go down the mountain and lead troops to attack, Liangshan will kill as many as come."
He Tao shuddered. Today's defeat completely changed his opinion of Liangshan. He never expected that Liangshan would have such forbidden military items as the Divine Arm Bow and gunpowder. Just as Wang Lun said, there was nothing they could do about this band of thieves in Jizhou.
"I'll ask you a few questions. If you hesitate even for a second, I'll cut off one of your fingers. If you lie, I'll cut off one of your legs. Understand?" Wang Lun stared coldly at He Tao. Seeing him tremble again, he knew that the man dared not lie anymore.
After all, he brought a thousand men to suppress the bandits, but the entire army was wiped out. Even if he returned to Jeju, he would not escape death.
How many troops are left in Jeju Island?
"what?"
He Tao was taken aback. The number of troops was a top secret, and if the bandits found out, there would be endless trouble.
"what!"
Before He Tao could figure out what was going on, Du Qian had already swiftly drawn his knife and chopped off one of his fingers, quick and ruthless.
Wang Lun turned around and nodded to Du Qian. He hadn't expected Du Qian's knife to be so fast. Perhaps this was just a basic operation in the era of cold weapons.
"Yes, yes, yes, there are two thousand Xiang Army soldiers, five hundred local soldiers, three hundred archers, and Huang An, the militia commander. His martial arts... are superior to mine." He Tao was in so much pain that sweat beaded on his forehead as he clutched the wound where his finger had been severed, and blood was streaming down his face.
Wang Lun couldn't bear to look and looked away, thinking that he did have some impression of Huang An, as he seemed to have brought troops to capture Chao Gai in the original story.
After thinking for a moment, he asked, "So, Jeju originally only had 2,800 soldiers, and now that the 1,000 you brought have been wiped out, you only have 1,800 left. Is that correct?"
He Tao nodded quickly: "Yes, yes."
"I'll ask you again."
Wang Lun stared at He Tao. "Where are the saltpeter mines in Jeju?"