In the middle of the night, Li Yanqing and the three finally arrived at Lushan Town, the town was dark, but the Lushan School was brightly lit, Li Yanqing and the three secretly screamed that it was not good, they turned over and dismounted, led the horse along the path to the school, just arrived at the gate, the three of them were stunned, only to see a huge spiritual shed built on the school square, twenty or thirty people in front of the spiritual shed wearing linen and filial piety, were busy placing the table. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Yanqing's legs were weak, and he suddenly knelt down, he fell on the ground and cried bitterly, Wang Gui and Tang Huai also knelt down and cried, the Yao family in front of the spiritual shed found Li Yanqing and the three of them, Yao Ding's eldest son Yao Wannian quickly stepped forward to help Li Yanqing, and then helped Wang Gui and Tang Huai, comforting the three of them, "Don't be so sad, your master died in his sleep, and he walked very peacefully, and you can rush back is the greatest respect for the master!" ”

"When did Master go?" Li Yanqing held back his grief and asked.

"Three days ago, even Yue Fei didn't catch up."

At this time, Yue Fei ran out of the shed with tears on his face, hugged everyone tightly, and the four of them hugged and cried again.

Yao Wannian sighed, turned around and whispered to the greenhouse: "Father, they have come to see you in Yanqing, they have come from the capital to come here, may you rest in peace in the spirit of heaven!" ”

At this time, Li Yanqing wiped away his tears and said, "Let's go and worship Master!" ”

The three of them walked into the greenhouse, Li Yanqing lit three sticks of incense and came to the master's coffin spiritual position, he knelt down and muttered: "Yanqing is ashamed of the master, he didn't come back in time to send the master on his last journey, please rest assured that the master will definitely go all out to take the imperial examination next year to comfort the master's soul in the sky!" ”

Li Yanqing kowtowed three times and inserted the incense into the incense burner, at this time, Yao Wannian came over to put on filial piety for him and led him to the side to sit down.

"You came in time, and your master will be buried in a few hours."

"Where is Master buried?"

"At the foot of Lushan, it was originally a good piece of land for the Wang family, and Wang Gui's grandfather gave it to your master, and you can just see the Lushan Academy, which is also your master's greatest wish."

Li Yanqing knew that the master's family were all poor people, and he must have borrowed a lot of money to handle the master's funeral, so he took out fifty taels of gold and handed it to Yao Wannian, Yao Wannian repeatedly refused, Li Yanqing resolutely refused to take it back, and Yao Wannian had no choice but to accept it.

At this time, Wang Gui and Tang Huai also walked over with Dai Xiao, Yao Wannian patted them on the shoulder, and asked his wife to take care of them, and then got up and left.

Wang Gui said in a low voice: "Just now the fifth brother told us that the spirit of the master will be carried at dawn, and it will be handed over to the four of us." ”

Li Yanqing nodded silently, this was the only thing that made him feel a little comforted, and finally rushed back to see the master on his last journey.

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According to local customs, the burial must start when the sky is bright, and be buried in the earth before the sun rises, Li Yanqing and Yue Fei, Wang Gui, and Tang Huai carry the master's coffin slowly, and the eldest son Yao Wannian walks in the front, he holds his father's spiritual position, looks sad, walks steadily, and guides the people behind step by step.

Although the sky is just dawning, incense tables are placed in front of almost all shops in Lushan Town, and people worship in front of the incense tables to send away this old man who is respected by all the filial piety villagers.

Soon, people came to the cemetery, the tomb had been opened, Yao Ding's second son and son-in-law had already scattered the medicine into the tomb first, Li Yanqing and the four of them slowly put the coffin into the deep tomb, Li Yanqing and Yue Fei began to shovel the soil into the tomb, at this time, everyone knelt down and cried bitterly, sending Yao Ding away for the last time.

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Li Yanqing and Yue Fei sat on a big rock on the top of the mountain, silently looking at the Yao brothers who were building a shed, Yue Fei broke a piece of grass and said slowly: "My uncle has resigned from the position of Tangyin County Xuezheng and County School Teacher, and he will not serve again in the future, he really can't stand Jiang Dadao's arbitrariness." ”

"Then who will take over Xuezheng?" Li Yanqing asked.

"Someone you can't think of."

Yue Fei glanced at him, shook his head and smiled: "Everyone didn't expect that the successor would actually be your fourth uncle Li Daguang!" ”

"What!"

Li Yanqing was taken aback, "How could it be him?" ”

"It's not surprising, he is the deputy teacher of the county school, and he very thoroughly implements Jiang Dadao's order on both civil and military studies, and the county school has been turned into a martial arts training ground by him, all day long, swords, swords, swords, and miasma, such a powerful helper, how can Jiang Dadao not promote him?"

Li Yanqing was speechless, Li Daguang was able to take charge of the education of a county, it was incredible, Li Daguang didn't even get in, what qualifications did he have?

"Does the state care?"

"..... in the state"

Yue Fei shook his head, "The state just said that he was not qualified, but he still approved it, Tong Guan's people, who dares to offend!" ”

Li Yanqing couldn't speak anymore, when it came to qualifications, what qualifications did Gao Yu, Tong Guan, and Liang Shicheng have? Jiang Dadao has the qualifications to be the governor of the county, and the corruption of the officialdom of the Northern Song Dynasty has reached the bones.

Li Yanqing didn't want to ask about these troubles, so he asked again: "I heard Agui and Tang Huai talk about your entry into the army next year to practice, why did you choose Hebei?" ”

"I'm from Xiangzhou, of course I choose Hebei, it's normal!" Yue Fei smiled faintly.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said: "In August last year, I used to stay in the army for a short period of time, for a short half a day, and I was a low-level soldier......"

Yue Fei looked at Li Yanqing with a little surprise, but he didn't interrupt, but listened attentively to what he said.

"Although it was only a few hours, I deeply experienced the darkness and decay of the army, frankly speaking, the Liangshan bandits are just a group of rabble, no armor, no horses, no more than a few thousand, but such a group of bandits, actually defeated several times their own officers and soldiers, not so much that they are tough, but that the officers and soldiers have no fighting morale, and they will be defeated in a battle, and you will only feel desperate when you enter such an army.

On the contrary, only the Northwest Army has been fighting with the Western Xia Army for many years, and its combat effectiveness is not bad, especially the Seed Army is an elite of the Song Army. ”

"Yanqing is asking me to go to the Seed Master's Dao?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "I have a relationship with him, if the fifth brother is willing to go to him, I can write a letter of recommendation for the fifth brother." ”

Yue Fei pondered for a long time and said: "I understand your kindness, but I didn't choose Hebei on a whim, I thought about it for half a year, you may not know, my father had a serious illness at the beginning of the year, and his health is not as good as before, my brother is still young, and there is no one in charge of the family, so I decided to choose Xiangzhou Xiangjun next year." ”

After a pause, Yue Fei smiled again: "I have sent a letter to Zhizhou Liang Xun, hoping to join the Xiangjun of Benzhou, Liang Zhizhou has invited me to an interview, I will go to Anyang County in a few days, and I will pinch my nose to visit Jiang Dadao when I turn back, if possible, I hope to stay in Tangyin County to train township soldiers, so that I can take care of my family." ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly in his heart, he wanted to think that after entering the martial arts school, he could change the trajectory of Yue Fei's life, but he didn't expect that after walking around, Yue Fei would return to the historical trajectory.

He could no longer persuade Yue Fei, Yue Fei was extremely filial to his parents, his choice was completely reasonable, and he had already made contact with the magistrate, unless the local army refused to accept him, it was impossible to change this fact.

"Tell me about yourself! What are your plans for the future? Yue Fei asked him with a smile.

Li Yanqing smiled and said: "I will participate in the imperial examination next year, if I can pass the imperial examination, of course, it is the best, if I can't pass the examination, then I can only take the Taixue route, but I don't want to go to the state school to teach, if it is possible, I hope to enter the military department as a civil official." ”

"You have won the favor of Captain Tong, he will carry you, I think you should be able to achieve your wish."

Li Yanqing shook his head, "The world is unpredictable, and I can only do my best." ”

"Goro!"

A shout came from the bottom of the mountain, "Come and help carry the wood!" ”

This is Yue Fei's father, Yue He, at the bottom of the mountain to call his son to help, Yue Fei got up and said, "I'll go down first, let's talk about it later!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, Yue Fei hugged his fists and saluted, and then walked down the mountain quickly, Li Yanqing looked at his back and walked away, he was really a little confused in his heart, so soon they had reached the time to make a choice in life?

At this time, Wang Gui sat down next to Li Yanqing and said with a smile: "I'm right! You can't persuade him, this person has been a tendon since he was a child, and he can't pull back the eight cows that he recognizes, otherwise the master won't let him learn the gun. ”

Of course, Li Yanqing understood Yue Fei's stubbornness, he sighed and said: "It's up to me to persuade or not, whether to listen to him or not, if I don't persuade him, I will regret it in the future." ”

Wang Gui was silent for a moment and said: "Lao Tang is actually staying in the capital to ban the army, and his family has also found a very hard relationship, I just heard what my grandfather said." ”

Li Yanqing is not surprised at all, people go to high places, Tang Huai has a relationship to stay in the capital, of course he will not risk attacking Liangshan.

Li Yanqing smiled and patted Wang Gui's shoulder, "Maybe we will have a chance to be together in the future!" ”

"Really?" Wang Gui was suddenly surprised and delighted.

"It's just that it's possible, and I'll try to work in that direction."

Li Yanqing stared into the distance, everyone was thinking about their future, and it was time for him to plan his future.