Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "In the sixth year of Zhenghe, the fifth master has been to Tangyin County, Xiangzhou?" ”

"Six years of political peace?" Ruan Xiaoer lowered his head and thought about it, and suddenly remembered, yes, that year he went to Tangyin County with Song Gong and his party to find Hu Cheng to join Liangshan. ”

But he couldn't remember Li Yanqing in front of him, Ruan Xiaoer said apologetically: "Zhenghe has been to Tangyin County for six years, but the time is too long, and some things can't be remembered. ”

"That day was the Spring Society, and the second and fifth masters set up an archery stall, but they lost me ten taels of silver."

Ruan Xiaoer just remembered that he met Li Yanqing when he was a teenager in Tangyin County that year, and as soon as Li Yanqing reminded him at this time, he suddenly thought about it, and his face suddenly changed, and he took two steps back, "You..... You are Li Yanqing! ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "That's why I said that I am an old acquaintance with Second Brother Ruan." ”

Ruan Xiaoer's face was gloomy, if it was in the past, even if he didn't kill Li Yanqing, he would have driven Li Yanqing out of the mess, but he remembered Li Yanqing's current identity, not that he could afford to provoke him, so he said coldly: "Taiwei Li came to the cold house, how can I and other small people afford it, please Taiwei Li respect himself." ”

Li Yanqing was not angry, and still smiled and said: "I just came to catch up with old friends, and Second Brother Ruan is serious." ”

Zhang Shun next to him also said: "Second brother, you won't even drive out the younger brother!" ”

Zhang Shun had a life-saving grace for Ruan Xiaoqi, but Ruan Xiaoer couldn't pull down this face, so he had to sit down, but there was still no smile on his face, and he said for a while: "Is there anything wrong with Captain Li looking for me?" ”

Li Yanqing asked: "I remember that Second Brother Ruan was also recruited by the imperial court and made a commander!" How do you ...... now?"

Ruan Xiaoer sneered, "That's because we are too stupid to believe the words of the imperial court, yes, we were appointed as commanders at the beginning, and now I am still Fengyilang, but does it make sense?" A false post sent us away, where is the county order that was promised at the beginning? Where is the promised commander of the Xiang Army? ”

Li Yanqing pondered, "This should have something to do with Song Jiang's rebellion again." ”

"But why did Duke Song rebel, isn't it because the promised things and the imperial court have not fulfilled them?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "If it's so simple, then why didn't most of the generals of the Liangshan Army follow him to rebel, and Second Brother Ruan didn't follow Song Jiang either?" The problem is not that the promise has not been fulfilled, but that Song Jiang's ambition is too big, everyone sees this, so they are unwilling to follow him anymore, and the imperial court did not deliberately deceive the generals of the Liangshan army. ”

"What is the basis for that?" Ruan Xiaoer didn't have a stiff tone like just now, and his tone softened a little.

Li Yanqing said slowly: "There are also several Liangshan generals in my army, like Guan Sheng and Hua Rong, both of whom betrayed the imperial court and surrendered to Liangshan, but now they are all lieutenant generals of the Jingzhao Army, Zhengliupin generals, and Yan Qing, he has made great contributions, and now he is the Zhengwupin system, and the imperial court has never discriminated against them because they are Liangshan generals, Second Brother Ruan, I said this, you should understand, right?" ”

Li Yanqing's meaning is actually a sentence, follow me Li Yanqing, and you will be promoted and make a fortune!

Ruan Xiaoer snorted coldly, "Do you want me to follow you like them?" ”

"It should be said that follow me to fight against the Jin soldiers and defend our homeland!"

Zhang Shun also persuaded him: "Second brother, I also followed Li Dutong to defend the capital because of the siege of the Jin soldiers, you also know that I have never had a good impression of the imperial court, I just want to protect the family and defend the country and fight against the Jin soldiers, if one day in the future, the Jin soldiers are completely defeated, I may be disarmed and return to the field and become a rich man." ”

Ruan Xiaoer was silent for a long time, sighed and said: "Forget about the previous things, the court treats me thin or thick, I don't want to care about it anymore, but our brother is doing well now, and I don't want to think about serving the court anymore, Taiwei Li, please go back!" ”

After speaking, he shouted loudly: "Serve the soup!" ”

Ruan Xiaoer gave the order to expel the guests, and Li Yanqing could only get up and say goodbye.

..........

The disadvantage of being a teacher made Zhang Shun feel very heavy, and when he left Ruan's mansion, he sighed and said: "I didn't expect this to happen, I disappointed the expectations of the capital, I'm really sorry for my humble position!" ”

"It's okay! Actually, I don't have to be the water army of the three Ruan brothers, I can defeat Red with a little strategy, but I think the three of them are strong in martial arts, so it's not a pity to bury them like this. ”

"There's no way around that, they're not here."

Li Yanqing nodded, ready to leave, at this time, a passenger boat on the dock at the door approached, and a few old monks walked out of the boat, only to see the housekeeper hurriedly open the door to welcome out, "The two masters have worked hard, and my old lady has been waiting in the Buddhist hall for a long time." ”

"Amitabha, Abbot Zhiguang can't come today because of something, please tell the old lady, we're sorry!"

"That's a pity, please ask a few masters to come with me!"

Li Yanqing saw that the housekeeper and several family members respectfully invited the two old monks into the courtyard, his eyes rolled, and he had a plan in his heart.

Li Yanqing did not return to Yangzhou immediately, but entered Baoying County, came to the county office, the county magistrate and the county Cheng hurriedly greeted him, Li Yanqing was respectfully invited into the county government by the county officials, he sat down and drank a few sips of tea, and asked: "There is an abbot of Zhiguang, have you heard of it?" ”

Wang Zhixian immediately laughed and said: "Of course I know, he is the abbot of Baolin Temple in this county, and the temple is in the west of the county, if the Taiwei wants to find him, the lower official will send someone to invite him!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and waved his hand, "No need, I just asked casually." ”

Li Yanqing immediately wrote a letter with pen and ink, asking Zhang Bao to go to Baolin Temple and hand over the letter to Master Zhiguang, and he returned to Yangzhou City with his men.

.........

At night, Ruan Xiaoqi returned to Fuzhong from the salt farm, and was called by his two brothers as soon as he came back.

Walking into the study, Ruan Xiaoqi saw the two elder brothers sitting at the table with serious faces, and couldn't help scratching his head and asking with a smile: "The two elder brothers don't want to interrogate the younger brother, right?" ”

"Sit down and talk to you about something!"

Ruan Xiaoqi sat down a little apprehensively, and Ruan Xiaoer said slowly: "Li Yanqing came to me today." ”

"Which Li Yanqing?" Ruan Xiaoqi didn't react for a while.

Ruan Xiaowu next to him glared at him fiercely, "Which other Li Yanqing is there?" ”

"Which one just became a captain?"

Ruan Xiaoqi finally thought of it, he scratched his head again and asked, "What did he come to us for?" ”

"He wants us to go out of the mountain to follow him, and I discussed with Lao Wu, it should be that he has taken a fancy to our water army."

Ruan Xiaoqi snorted, "How badly did the government deceive us, and still want us to believe him?" ”

Seeing that the two elder brothers didn't speak, he couldn't help but ask strangely, "Could it be that the second brother really believes in the government?" ”

Ruan Xiaoer shook his head, "Of course the government is not credible, but in my heart, this Li Yanqing is not too bad, I know that Guan Sheng, Hua Rong and Yan Qing all follow Li Yanqing, and they are really good together, but now the issue we have to discuss is the water army, I rejected Li Yanqing today, will he let us go, I am very worried about this." ”

The three brothers were all in deep thought, and at this time, an old voice came from outside, "When the thief is used to it, he has never thought about whether he is worthy of his ancestors!" ”

The three brothers were startled, only to see a white-haired old woman coming in with a cane, two maids supporting her left and right, and the three brothers hurriedly greeted her, "Mother, what are you doing?" ”

The old woman is the mother of the three Ruan brothers, Tao, because the father of the three brothers died early, it was all up to their mother to pull the three of them up, and the three of them were also filial to their mothers, and they never dared to disobey their mother's words.

Tao snorted coldly and said: "I asked Master Zhiguang to come to the door three times to explain, but Master Zhiguang never came, today Master Zhiguang would rather go to the city to explain the law to a poor old couple than come to our house, I now know that my three sons are thieves, no wonder people refuse to come, I have worked hard to raise you to grow up, but raised three thieves, what face do I have to see your father........"

The more Tao spoke, the more excited he became, and finally hid his face and cried, the three Ruan brothers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and for a long time, when their mother's emotions calmed down slightly, the three of them bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes, "Mother, the child has already washed his hands, and he has accepted the imperial court's recruitment, and he is no longer a thief in Liangshan." ”

It's okay if they don't say it, but the more they explain, the more angry Tao shiveres, pointing at the three of them and scolding: "Then what is your fleet?" Are those who hold knives and flaunt their might all day long are officers and soldiers? Do you really think I'm stupid? ”

The three of them were immediately speechless.

This afternoon, Abbot Zhiguang personally came to the door to explain to Tao why he refused to come to Ruan's mansion to do things, and also suggested that Tao understand the righteousness and persuade his three sons to serve the country, fight against the Jin soldiers, atone for the sins committed in the past, and at the same time be able to glorify the ancestors.

At this time, Ruan Xiaoer saw that his mother couldn't stand anymore, so he quickly got up and helped her to sit down, and then knelt down again and said: "Mother, we are now in the salt field business, and we have changed our ways, but we are afraid that the enemy in the past will come to the door, so we have raised some samurai, but it is mainly for self-protection." ”

Tao sighed, "Erlang, Goro, Shichiro, you can deceive me, I can also pretend to believe that you are not salt lords, you are doing serious business, but can you deceive the Buddha and the Bodhisattva?" Are you worthy of your dead father, do you have the face to meet the ancestors of the Nguyen clan? ”

Speaking of this, Tao stood up tremblingly and said with tears in his eyes: "I raised three thieves, let me go to hell, and let me bear all the sins!" ”

The three Ruan brothers were so frightened that they hugged their mother's legs, "Mother, the child knows that he is wrong, we will correct it immediately!" ”

Dow nodded and said, "Are you willing to listen to your mother's words?" ”

The three brothers nodded together, "Mother's words, the child will never dare to disobey!" ”

"Okay, you pack your bags tomorrow and go to Captain Li, when you become a general, you will come back to worship your ancestors!"

The three Ruan brothers looked at each other and froze at the same time.

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