Chapter 1116: A Daughter is a Gift, a Banquet for the Bailiff

When Old Man Yan heard that Su Mingzhe was actually the leader of the Liangshan bandits, he was immediately shocked.

"This Cai Si is really pregnant. He said he would introduce a good son-in-law to me, but he ended up sending his own daughter to a den of thieves to be their concubine!"

With a livid face and a serious look, Old Man Yan opened his mouth, intending to refuse.

But Cai Si put on a ferocious and evil look.

Old Man Yan thought of the Liangshan bandits, whom even the officials were terrified of, and the word "refuse" was on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't say it.

After holding it in for a long time, Old Man Yan finally said aggrievedly:
"My daughter is of humble origins, and I am grateful to the village master for not abandoning her. I am naturally willing to let my daughter follow the village master. I am just afraid that my daughter does not know the rules..."

"You are too polite, old man. I am a mean person, so how can I dislike Miss Yan?"

Su Mingzhe also noticed that Old Man Yan was afraid of him and Cai Si.

However, as the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.

If he didn't take Yan Xijiao in today, Yan Xijiao would probably be killed by Song Jiang in a few months.

Thinking of this, Su Mingzhe felt at ease and asked Old Man Yan to agree to the marriage.

"But……"

Old Man Yan looked at Su Mingzhe with fear.

Although he didn't dare to say no, he was unwilling to marry his daughter to a bandit leader.

Seeing this, Su Mingzhe thought for a moment before smiling:
"Just now my father-in-law said that he had caught a cold. What a coincidence! I brought a bottle of Blood Ginseng and Snake Pills with me this time. This pill is made from precious medicinal materials such as blood ginseng, snow toad, snake gall, ganoderma lucidum, and astragalus. It was originally a tribute, and I got it by chance. It is very effective in treating colds."

As he spoke, Su Mingzhe took out a bottle of pills and poured out a round, bright red pill.

The elixir has appeared, and a fragrance is emanating from the room.

Old man Yan only smelled it for a moment, and he felt refreshed, as if his serious illness had been cured.

"Master Su, you said this is a 'tribute'? Isn't it for the saints to eat?"

Old Man Yan was in a dilemma when he saw the panacea in front of him that seemed to be able to save his life.

Are you really going to push your daughter into the fire just to save your own life?
At this moment, a girl in a red skirt suddenly rushed out from the inner room next to her and shouted:

"Dad, I am willing to go with Village Master Su!"

Su Mingzhe looked up and saw that the girl had bright eyes, white teeth, fair skin and snow-white skin. Her fresh and lively temperament also had a hint of beauty and charm.

"It really is Song Jiang's wife Yan Poxi!"

Su Mingzhe couldn't help but blink when he smelled the sudden girlish fragrance in the air.

The young girl Yan Xijiao felt shy when being stared at, but she glared back unwillingly.

You know what, it’s quite handsome!
Seeing that his daughter and Su Mingzhe were clearly in love, Old Man Yan sighed and could only grit his teeth and agree to the marriage:

"Hey, what a sin!"

Afterwards, Su Mingzhe and Old Man Yan wrote a document and took out one hundred taels of silver as a betrothal gift.

Old Man Yan didn't say anything more and let his daughter Yan Xijiao follow Su Mingzhe away.

As a prostitute, marrying off their daughters was so casual.

Return to the inn.

Su Mingzhe looked at Yan Xijiao, who was more beautiful than flowers, and began to teach her the etiquette of Zhou Gong.

Although Yan Xijiao has charming eyes and a smart look, she is actually a very slow learner.

Su Mingzhe had no choice but to teach over and over again without any complaints.

Although Yan Xijiao learns slowly, she has a very good attitude. She calls him "brother" all the time, which makes men willing to die of exhaustion.

Three days later.

Li Shou came to report that Song Jiang had returned to the county government to work.

Su Mingzhe first let Yan Xijiao rest for a day, and then sent someone to meet Song Jiang in the private room of the restaurant opposite the county government office. Not long after, Song Jiang arrived as scheduled.

Su Mingzhe stood up to greet him:
"Song Yasi!"

"Master Su?!"

The 2011 version of Song Jiang, apart from being a little shorter and darker, actually has a good-looking face. Not only do his facial features look strong, but he also walks in the steady, official gait. There is a heroic spirit between his brows, and he looks like a hero at first glance.

"It's Su!"

Su Mingzhe said this and extended his hand to invite Song Jiang to sit down and have some tea.

Song Jiang did not refuse, and after sitting down, he smiled and said:

"When Song received the invitation, he thought it was from that friend in the martial arts world, joking with him. He never thought it was the head of the Su Village who came to visit. Song was sorry for not welcoming him. I hope you will forgive me and be patient!"

"You're too polite, sir."

Su Mingzhe's expression remained gentle when facing the famous "timely rain" "Hu Baoyi".

They both drank a cup of tea.

Su Mingzhe then turned his gaze to Song Jiang's face and chuckled:
"In the two routes of Jingdong, Yasi is more famous than me. Even many leaders of my Liangshan admire Yasi. When they learned that I was coming to visit Yasi Song, they all shouted and came to pay their respects to him."

Song Jiang didn't mind Su Mingzhe's praise and just smiled and said:
"Song Jiang is just a little bit of fame, how dare I trouble you leaders to worry about me!"

"You are too modest!"

Su Mingzhe said, took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over, saying with a smile:

"This is a letter that King Chao wrote specially for Su to bring."

Song Jiang took it and sighed.

Once you enter the world, you have no choice.

At the beginning, he only rescued Chao Gai out of friendship, which meant that he could not break away from his relationship with Liangshan.

After opening the letter, Song Jiang quickly read it. The content mainly thanked him for saving Chao Gai and others, and then introduced some things about Liangshan's "doing justice on behalf of heaven".

After Song Jiang finished reading the letter, Su Mingzhe continued with a smile:

"Chao Tianwang and Song Yasi are both heroic figures of great righteousness. I am very happy that he can join Liangshan. Now I would like to invite him to serve as the leader of the Erlongshan branch in Qingzhou."

"It was a coincidence that when Su was escorting King Chao to his new post, he happened to meet Lu Da, the Lu Tixia who had killed the governor of Guanxi with three punches, and Yang Zhi, the Yang Zhishi who had once lost the birthday gift after the incident while transporting the stone."

"Lu Tingjie and Yang Zhishi are also famous heroes in the martial arts world. Su also invited them to join Liangshan. Now Su has placed them on Qingfeng Mountain."

Song Jiang, whose expression had always been gentle, finally changed when he heard the words "Qingfeng Mountain".

Su Mingzhe seemed not to notice and continued speaking:

"Speaking of Qingfeng Mountain, there used to be three old demons living there, named Jinmaohu and Dwarf Tiger. They ate people and dug out their hearts every day. When we climbed up from the back mountain, we saw thousands of skulls at the bottom of their cliff... In a rage, we flattened the entire Qingfeng Mountain!"

When Song Jiang heard about "eating people and digging out their hearts" and "thousands of skulls", he finally got angry:
"Song Jiang has not heard of any disaster in Qingzhou, so how could such a horrific thing as 'cannibalism' happen?"

"Bailiff, this is indeed true!"

Su Mingzhe recalled what he had seen that day and sighed softly:

"The people who fought against us that day also included Hua Rong and Hua Zhizhai from Qingfeng Village. If Song Yasi doesn't believe Su, he can write a letter to Hua Zhizhai to see if Su is lying!"

Song Jiang saw Su Mingzhe talking about this and that non-stop, as if everything was closely related to him.

After a moment of silence, he finally asked seriously:
"Why did the Su Clan leader come to see Song Jiang?"

Su Mingzhe smiled faintly:
"Please ask the bailiff to join Liangshan!"

"Is Village Master Su kidding?"

Song Jiang seemed to have heard something ridiculous and couldn't help laughing:

"Song Jiang had only heard of 'persuading people to be good', but this was the first time he heard of persuading people to be evil and become bandits!"

(End of this chapter)