Lotus Tower is the second best in the world

"plum……"

Ruan Lingyu opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say the last two words.

Lu Jinnian noticed the change in Ruan Lingyu's mood and followed her line of sight. After seeing Li Lianhua again, Lu Jinnian looked dazed for a moment, then he held his hands and said:
"Who is this?"

Li Lianhua smiled slightly and said, "Li Lianhua, I have met Mr. Lu."

When Lu Jinnian heard this, he thought to himself, he is indeed Madam's savior!

"Lu Jinnian thanks Mr. Li for his life-saving grace!"

Li Lianpeng looked at Li Lianhua with a strange expression, and then at the woman standing next to Lu Jinnian. He secretly guessed in his heart that this was another woman from the world that Li Lianhua had provoked, right?

Li Lianhua looked confused, "Is Mr. Lu mistaken for the wrong person?"

He had no impression of the person in front of him, let alone the life-saving grace.

"How can you admit your mistake?"

Lu Jinnian checked his side, pointed at Ruan Lingyu next to him, and said: "This is Ruan Lingyu, Zhuo Jing. Back then, Mr. Li sacrificed his life to save the beggar gang..."

Lu Jinnian spoke sincerely and eloquently.

Li Lianhua suddenly realized that he did remember this incident.

I just don’t remember saving such a woman.

He was traveling in the imperial city at the foot of the Emperor and saw a group of little beggars with mutilated bodies begging along the street. He felt pitiful and helped a few times.

Who would have known that as a result, he would be targeted by a group of local old beggars who treated him as a fat sheep.

Li Lianhua felt that it was troublesome at the time, so he killed the beggar gang. Although he used his inner strength and lost a little of his life span, causing him to suffer the backlash of the poison of Bicha for several days, after taking action, his thoughts became clear. , and saved people, no matter how you calculate it, it is a very worthwhile thing.

There is no one he hates the most among all the three religions in the world. Snakes have their own ways, rats have their own ways. They are all just for survival in this world.

But grafting his own happiness onto the pain of others, he couldn't just sit back and watch.

Harvesting, cutting, and inhumane methods are punishable by everyone, and he is no exception.

At that time, he was rarely angry and did not use a second sword to kill people. At that time, he used dozens of swords to kill people.

The purpose is just to let those Jianghu people who have lost their humanity experience the feeling of being dominated by fear.

Anyone who kills will be killed.

There are no exceptions to the iron-clad rules of the martial arts world just because they are among the top ten.

Li Lianhua also thought about it afterwards, but after much deliberation, if he was given another chance to meet that group of people, he would still do that.

Li Lianpeng listened with interest, gaining an additional understanding of Li Lianhua's younger brother's past.

With Li Lianhua's relationship, the relationship between Li Lianpeng and his party and Lu Jinnian and his wife has become much closer.

Lu Jinnian sent out an invitation for Li Lianpeng and others to come and talk.

Li Lianpeng glanced at the sky and agreed.

"So, Brother Lu is a local official, so he should be called Master Lu."

"No, no, no, it's my first time as an official and I haven't taken office yet. Brother Li, just call me Jinnian."

Arriving at the Lu family's ancestral home, Li Lianpeng looked around and said:
"This house is bigger than my house. I think Mr. Lu's ancestors are also from a famous family, right?"

"Haha, I'm dissatisfied with Brother Li. My Lu family once lived in Yangzhou, and it was indeed a well-known family. However, my family later moved to the Central Plains, and all the family property in Yangzhou was sold. Now only this ancestral family is left. House."

"Now that Mr. Lu is back, it won't take long for the Lu family to flourish again and become a famous family in Yangzhou."

……

Li Lianhua listened to Li Lianpeng getting closer to the other party, and she was also thinking about her brother's intentions.

With his wisdom, he quickly figured it out.

It's very simple. The Lianhua Tower has always been run by Jianghu forces and has little relationship with the government in Yangzhou.The reason why no one in Yangzhou dares to look down upon him is because of his relationship with Hall Master He of Tianji Villa.

That is, the relationship between Fang Xiaobao’s father and Fang Shangshu.

It is feasible at this time. The foundation is unstable and the only way to develop is to seize all the forces that can be borrowed.

But in the long run, it still feels like a loft in the sky.

Although this Lu Jinnian is only a ninth-grade county official, he is from the imperial city after all. He is an out-and-out civil servant. If we make friends with him, he will definitely be of great use in the future.

While he was thinking, he suddenly noticed his gaze.

Li Lianhua turned around and saw Mrs. Lu, whom he had once accidentally saved, looking at him secretly.

Li Lianhua smiled warmly at her and immediately looked away.

Whether it was an illusion or not, he always felt that the way Mrs. Lu looked at him made him uneasy.

"Master Li."

At this moment, Ruan Lingyu spoke,

"After thinking about it, I still feel that I should thank you in person, Mr. Li. After the young master saved me back then, he left alone without waiting for my thanks, which made me feel very sorry. Now that I am lucky enough to meet Mr. Li, my family I am willing to use my connections in the General’s Mansion to complete one thing for the young master, so that I can repay the young master’s life-saving grace.”

"This..." Li Lianhua looked shocked,

"Mrs. Lu, there's no need for this matter..."

Li Lianhua smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't have such thoughts when I saved people, and I even forgot about it later. Mrs. Lu's repayment of kindness now makes me feel like I have a purpose in saving people..."

Lu Jinnian, who was talking to Li Lianpeng, turned around and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, since my wife has said so, then you agree to it, otherwise she will not repay the kindness, and it is not a good thing for her to miss tea and sleep at night. ."

Li Lianpeng also answered at this moment: "In that case, I will take over the job for my younger brother. You can't do good things and don't allow others to repay the favor, right?"

He looked at Ruan Lingyu, "I wonder who Mrs. Lu's family is?"

Ruan Lingyu smiled slightly, "My surname is Ruan, and my father is a victorious general, Ruan Jinghe."

Li Lianpeng's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "It turns out that it's General Ruan's daughter who is so rude to me."

Ruan Jinghe, a second-rank military general in the imperial court, commanded [-] officers and soldiers. He was an important official of the Zuo lineage, a more important force in the Daxi imperial court.

The left faction, which is the central department of the current government, is also the cabinet.

There are three main official factions in Daxi, namely the cabinet, the military aircraft department, and the six departments.

Fang Duobing's father, Fang Shangshu, was an official of the Six Ministries.

This Ruan Jinghe is from the Military Aircraft Department, but his heart is in the cabinet.

This man had outstanding military exploits. He led troops to the border fronts many times, took the lead, fought against the state of Lu, and won many military exploits. He was named a victorious general and a second-grade military general.

Now he is old and is retiring in the imperial city.

He holds power and his influence in the court is not inferior to that of Fang Shangshu. He is considered the most famous figure in the Daxi court.

Unexpectedly, today I met the daughter and son-in-law of this military commander.

What a fate!

Li Lianhua also realized what Ruan Lingyu's promise meant.

Ruan Jinghe has two sons and one daughter. Both sons are military generals and have already married.

This daughter was the apple of his eye. Now that she was married to Lu Jinnian, a county magistrate, she must have seen value in him.

"...Since Mrs. Lu said this, I understand Mrs. Lu's wishes. However, I don't have anything important to ask of you at the moment. I wonder if you can slow down for a while?"

A smile finally appeared on Ruan Lingyu's face, her eyes lit up, and she nodded: "Of course!"

(End of this chapter)