The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 38 Cultivation
Zhao Yao walked around for a while, then went back with Liang Run.After they went back, the little beggar rescued by Liang Run had already woken up.

Seeing the little beggar staring at them vigilantly and in an attacking state, Zhao Yao suddenly thought of wolves.However, the little beggar in front of him can only be a thin and weak wolf cub who was seriously injured.

Liang Run asked gently, "What's your name?"

The little beggar didn't speak.

"no name?"

The little beggar still didn't speak.

Uncle Zhang on the side said: "This child doesn't seem to be able to speak." Uncle Zhang has been guarding the little beggar's bedside, and when he woke up, he told him about his current situation.After talking to him for most of the day, he didn't say a word.

"Can't talk?" Liang Run frowned, "This is a bit difficult."

"Second uncle, let me tell him."

Liang Run stood up and asked Zhao Yao to sit by the bed.He stood by Zhao Yao's side, if the little beggar suddenly attacked Zhao Yao, he could protect Zhao Yao immediately.

When the little beggar saw Zhao Yao, a delicate and lovely child, the guard on his face instantly decreased a lot.

Zhao Yao carefully noticed that the little beggar stared at Lai Man from time to time, and he waved to Lai Man.

Laiman walked to Zhao Yao's feet, and rubbed his calf coquettishly.

Zhao Yao reached out and touched Laiman's head.The little beggar looked at this scene with less vigilance in his eyes, Zhao Yao naturally noticed this.

"It's called Laiman, and it's my good friend."

Laiman happily wagged his tail and nodded his head.

"Do you have a friend like Laiman?"

The little beggar looked at Zhao Yao, then looked at Man, and nodded slightly.

"Dogs are our best friends. They will protect us, and they will never dislike us. They will always be loyal to us." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Is your good friend like this too?"

The little beggar nodded again, but still didn't speak.

"Then where is your good friend now, can it be friends with Laiman?"

Laiman barked softly at the little beggar, as if to say, "I would like to be friends with your dog."

The little beggar's face suddenly became sad, he bit his lips tightly and said nothing.

"Your good friend died?" Zhao Yao asked, "Did you get killed by those who beat you today?"

The little beggar nodded with his eyes red.

"Then do you want to avenge your good friend?"

When the little beggar heard this, his eyes lit up at first, but soon dimmed.

Zhao Yao asked again patiently: "Do you want revenge? If you want revenge, I can help you."

The little beggar's eyes lit up again.This time he didn't nod again, and said, "Think." His voice was very hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

Uncle Zhang and Liang Run said in unison: "You are not dumb."

The little beggar ignored Liang Run and the others, and stared straight at Zhao Yao.

"Do you want to avenge your good friend with your own hands?"

The little beggar said without any hesitation: "I want to." In order to protect him, Rhubarb was beaten to death by those bastards, and he always remembered this hatred.He once swore that sooner or later he would avenge Rhubarb.

"If you want to beat those people, you have to make yourself stronger first. I can make you stronger, but I have conditions."

"What conditions?"

"I can take you in, so that you can have enough food every day, and you can eat meat, and you don't have to beg for food, and I can find someone to teach you kung fu, but you have to be obedient and loyal, can you do it?" Zhao Yao said again, "By the way, I will find someone to teach you how to read and write."

When the little beggar heard what Zhao Yao said, his eyes were as wide as copper bells, and shock was written on his dirty little face.

"I don't want useless people. If you promise to be my person, you have to learn martial arts and read well..."

Before Zhao Yao finished speaking, he was interrupted by the little beggar eagerly: "I am willing!" The little beggar usually envies those who can read and write.He often went to beg at the door of the bookstore and heard those scholars talking.He has always fantasized that one day he will be able to read and write.Now the opportunity of reading and literacy is in front of him, and he is willing to do so. "I am willing to do anything. I will be obedient and will always be loyal to you."

Zhao Yao noticed that when he taught reading and literacy just now, the eyes of the little beggar became very bright in an instant. "Do you want to read and write?"

"I think!" the little beggar said very loudly.

Zhao Yao and Liang Run were a little surprised. They didn't expect a little beggar to want to read and write.For beggars, what they want most is to have a full stomach, not to study.

"What's your name?"

The little beggar shook his head and said, "I don't have a name."

Zhao Yao was not surprised at the little beggar's answer.He thought for a while and said, "Then you will be called Dingyuan from today on."

"Dingyuan?"

"Definitely means to have a plan. Far means to have a vision." Zhao Yaoyan said with a smile, "I hope you will be a person with a plan and a vision in the future."

Liang Run on the side said: "A person with a plan and a vision is a smart person."

"I hope you will become a wise person after reading the book, can you do it?"

"Yes!" The little beggar's expression became agitated. He wanted to sit up and kowtow to Zhao Yao, but as soon as he moved, he was involved in the injury on his body, and he frowned in pain immediately.

"You sit down well. When you are well, it's not too late to thank me." Zhao Yao said, pointing to Liang Run beside him, "You will follow my second uncle from now on, and my second uncle will arrange for you to learn martial arts, read and write .”

At this time, Dingyuan looked at Liang Run no longer guarded, but respectful.

"Yes."

"You need to heal your injuries first, and only when you recover from your injuries can you learn something."

"Yes, son."

"From today onwards, you are no longer a beggar, but Dingyuan."

When Dingyuan heard this, his eyes turned red again.He hurriedly lowered his head, with a deep crying voice: "I'm Dingyuan..." Before he finished speaking, his stomach suddenly rang.He was taken aback for a moment, then his face flushed red.

"There's still some food in the kitchen, I'll get it."

Soon, Liang Run brought a bowl of steamed buns.

Dingyuan took the steamed bun, and didn't gobble it up, but ate it bite by bite.Although he is a beggar, his eating is surprisingly gentle.

When Dingyuan was full, Zhao Yao asked him a few more questions, such as how old is he this year, and is there anyone else at home?When did he start begging, has he been begging in the capital?
Dingyuan told Zhao Yao that he didn't know how old he was.All the while he was alone and no one else.He also said that he doesn't remember the past, he only remembers the past two years.He doesn't even remember what his own name used to be.

Zhao Yao guessed that Dingyuan should have had a fever and burned his brain, or he had injured his head, causing him to lose all his previous memories.

Dingyuan's body was very weak, he couldn't hold on after talking to Zhao Yao for a while, and fell into a coma.

Zhao Yao went to the study with Liang Run, and Uncle Zhang stayed behind to guard Dingyuan.

"Second Uncle, Dingyuan will be trained by you."

"Don't worry, I will train Dingyuan well. However, before teaching him martial arts and reading and writing, he must first teach him some etiquette and rules."

"Second Uncle, don't tell them my identity for now."

Liang Run understood Zhao Yao's scruples, "Okay."

"Second Uncle, it takes a lot of money to adopt and train some people, and the money you earn in the capital may not be enough."

"Then I make the business bigger?"

"Second uncle, you can't expand your business, or you will cause trouble."

"That's right. If the money is not enough, I'll ask my parents to send some to me."

Zhao Yao pondered for a while, and said, "Second Uncle, you have connections and influence in Yangzhou, so after Yangzhou suppresses the rebellion, let grandfather and the others expand their business."

"That's fine."

"Let my grandfather and the others also do the business I told my uncle." The business he told my uncle was very profitable.

"Okay, I'll write to your grandfather tomorrow."

"Second uncle, let my grandfather and the others adopt some orphans or beggars." After the uncle is stable in Qingzhou, he will also ask the uncle to train some people.

"it is good."

"There are a lot of scholars in Yangzhou, so my grandfather can help some poor students."

"Yaoyao, it's useless to subsidize those poor students. They can't be officials without recommendation." Just like him.

"They can become doormen or counselors. I will go to the fief in the future, and I can let them help manage the fief." Zhao Yao thought far ahead. "In addition to scholars, we can also subsidize some people, let them learn martial arts and the art of war, and then send them to the barracks."

Upon hearing this, Liang Run was surprised and said, "Yaoyao, do you want to have your own people in the barracks?"

(End of this chapter)