Late Tang

Fatty Zhang Kuguan looks very miserable now, so miserable that people can't bear to look at him.He was still wearing the light green round-neck official robe, but at this time the official robe symbolizing his official status was already in tatters, strips of which were strips of blue strands.His Futou has long been lost, and his bun is untied and disheveled.That chubby face was covered with bloodstains at this moment, and Li Jing could tell at a glance that it was the bloodstains from the horsewhip.And the dust and blood on his body, Li Jing estimated that he was dragged by horses along the way.

Seeing the miserable appearance of fat man Zhang Kuguan, Li Jing felt refreshed for no reason.Although he felt that he was not the kind of person who would take revenge, Li Jing still held a grudge against the fat man who used a carp to frame him in order to covet his own land.Even on the way back to his hometown, Li Jing thought more than once that the first thing after returning was to seek revenge on this fat man.

The mastermind who framed him back then was Wang Liang, but Wang Liang was already dead.Although the fat man was an accomplice, if he didn't know that the fat man didn't listen to Wang Liang and killed himself later, Li Jing probably wouldn't have waited until today, and he would have found someone to take the fat man's life.

He thought of dozens of ways to get revenge on Fatty, but he didn't expect this to happen.

"General Cui Zhen, what is the meaning of this?"

Cui Decheng is the town general, and Li Jing is also the town general.However, Cui Decheng is the general of the county town, while Li Jing is the general of the garrison town. They have the same name, but their powers are still very different.Cui Decheng is in charge of the Chishan Army Town, guarding the Chishan Harbor, and has [-] soldiers under his command. It can be said that he is the general with the most troops in Dengzhou's hands, second only to Cui Zhang, the military envoy of Daxie Village.Cui Decheng served as the general of Chishan Town and the envoy of the town, and also held the title of the Pinglu Army's Yamen.Li Jing was a veritable military envoy, but Li Jing was only a lieutenant general of the garrison army, and his men were only one-tenth of Cui Decheng's.

But when he was still in Dengzhou, Li Jing already knew from Cui Yunqing that Cui Decheng was also a member of Qinghe Cui clan, Cui Yunqing was a direct descendant of Qinghe Cui clan's Qingzhou Fang, and Cui Decheng was a collateral descendant of the main branch of Qinghe.According to seniority, Cui Yunqing is Cui Decheng's clan uncle, although the distance is a bit far, but in officialdom, Cui Decheng closely follows Cui Decheng's clan uncle.Cui Decheng is Cui Yunqing's nephew, and Li Jing is Cui Yunqing's protégé. He called Li Jing's brother earlier, but it also shows that he regards Li Jing as his own.

"You are my uncle's protégé. We are of the same generation in terms of seniority. This is not a court, so being called an official position must have some status. Brother Jiyu, I heard that my uncle has accepted an excellent student, and I am from Chishan Township. People nearby. I wanted to go to Dengzhou to meet him, but I have been on business all the time, so I couldn’t get away. Today I heard that my brother is going back to his hometown. Brother, I came here specially.” Cui Decheng’s appearance is very beastly It feels like a pie, with a thick back and a leopard head, plus a full face of beards.When he patted Li Jing's shoulder with that big thick hand, Li Jing really doubted whether he wanted to get closer or to take the opportunity to kill someone.

For Cui Zhenjiang's overtures, Li Jing was actually not very happy in his heart.General Cui Zhen is the real power faction in Dengzhou. When Dengzhou is still out of control of the Jiedushi, Chishan Town is a small feudal town, and Cui Decheng is also a small Jiedushi.Li Jing is very willing to make friends with such a powerful figure in charge of the army and a general near his hometown.

"That's it, then I will call you Big Brother Cui from now on. My little brother has just joined the army, so I will need Brother Cui to help and take care of me in the future."

"Definitely, definitely." Cui Zhenjiang laughed and shook his beard. "By the way, I just learned that this pig and dog actually framed Brother Ji Yu. Fortunately, my brother was blessed by God and was granted amnesty. Otherwise, my uncle would have lost an excellent student. Brother, I will also lose a brother who hit it off immediately. Today I brought this pig and dog specially, and let you dispose of it."

Li Jing remembered that Zhang Kuguan was the brother of Cui Zhenjiang's concubine, so the relationship should be very close.He beat Zhang Kuguan like this, and brought him to the door again, but Li Jing was a little uncomfortable dealing with the fat man.He guessed in his heart that General Cui Zhen still had some protection for the fat man, otherwise, why would Cui Zhen go to such trouble and cut the fat man with a single knife, wouldn't it be easier to bring the head?

He understood that this was Cui Zhenjiang's show of favor to him, so as to avoid the gap between the two of them due to the previous incident.Cui Zhen will be so troublesome, it is not easy for him to lose face.But he was still a little unwilling to let the fat man go so easily, and immediately said: "I wonder if I can wake up Kuguan Zhang, I have a few words for him."

"It's up to you, even if you want to kill or cut, it's all up to brother. Brother, I have no qualms. If you get out of such pigs and dogs, brother will also lose face." Cui Zhen said with a wave of his hand, but Li Jing observed Seeing that he seemed to be relieved, this further confirmed Li Jing's thoughts on Cui Zhenjiang.

"It's not convenient to ask questions here, why don't you take him to the humble house for questioning." Li Jing did this not just to protect the face of General Cui Zhen, but also because he wanted to take this opportunity to keep that bastard Wang Liang behind. Some follow-up questions below are dealt with.Although Wang Liang is dead, no one else knows what he did back then.Not to mention the Han family, they all regard Wang Liang as the benefactor who saved Li Jing, even the fourth sister Wanjing is still carrying her marriage contract with Wang Liang.When Li Jing left home, he didn't say anything about Wang Liang because he didn't want his family to bear the burden.Now that Wang Liang is dead, it is time to make this matter public.

Li Jing asked several coachmen to send out several carts of food, cloth, snacks and other gifts specially bought for the villagers in the same village, and asked Xiao Shitou and the others to temporarily resettle the hungry people who came back with them under the community tree in the village.And let them boil some porridge first to fill their stomachs.

Then they brought Cui Decheng, Lin Wei, Li Huier, and Yu Youniang into the village.

With some excitement, Li Jing walked up to the family members who were still standing in front of the village gate, knelt down with a plop, and kowtowed a few times in front of Mrs. Han.I don't know if it's because of the memory of this body, or because of the warmth that Li Jing felt for him in this home, but now he really has an unspeakable sense of family warmth for Han Shi and others.I haven't seen her for more than a month, Han's complexion is getting more rosy, but the white hair on his head has increased a little.When Li Jing kowtowed, she quickly bent over and put her arms around Li Jing, and looked up and down at Li Jing with concern, for fear that there was something wrong with Li Jing.

"Auntie, everything is fine with me, but Auntie seems to have lost some weight. Didn't I ask shopkeeper Wang to send money and food back last time?"

Han's face was full of smiles, and she was relieved to see that Li Jing's body was still intact, but she was much stronger than when she went out. Although she felt darker, she was more mature, and she looked more like Li Jing had died. father for many years.Immediately, I couldn't help but my eyes became moist: "My son travels thousands of miles, and my mother is worried. You joined the army for the sake of your family. You traveled three to five hundred miles. How can you not worry about it for more than a month? Mother has to go to the army all day long. The Bodhisattva prays, hoping that you will be safe and well."

"It seems that the Bodhisattva was also moved by my aunt to protect me. This time I went out, I got the help of noble people. Last night, I went to Fahuayuan to donate a hundred catties of sesame oil. Thank you Bodhisattva for your protection."

Han wiped his eyes, looked at his son as if he couldn't see enough, and said: "Not only Auntie prayed for you, but your wife and Wan'er also eat fast every day, and your two sisters-in-law also do it for you. Eat fast and worship the Buddha." He sighed again: "It's a pity why Wang Sanlang is so unlucky, although that child used to be messy, but he saved your life back then. The fourth sister and him just made a deal. Marriage, he left without this marriage, what will your fourth sister do in the future?"

Li Jing caressed Mrs. Han and said, "Mother, I'm about to tell you about Wang Liang. Let's go home first, this matter has to be explained in detail."

When he came to his house, Li Jing saw that his seaweed courtyard had changed from the old one to a new one. After more than a month, the old decayed ancestral house was repaired, and the old growth on the roof The white spiers of wormwood have all been replaced with seaweed.Even the stone walls had been painted with white plaster on the outside.

The fifth younger sister Wanting had been lying behind the two sisters-in-law just now, a little afraid of the friends Li Jing brought.At this time, after entering the gate of the courtyard, he immediately became much more generous. Seeing Li Jing looking at the house, he smiled and said: "Sister Yueying ordered someone to repair this house, and the seaweed on the roof has been replaced with new ones."

Li Jing nodded, smiled and reached out to touch his sister's head.Wanting is already 14 years old, and she will be married in a year, but in Li Jing's eyes, she always feels that she is just a little sister who should be in junior high school.

"Brother Cui, Brother Lin, you all sit down, and I invite you to come and be a witness together today." Li Jing invited several people into the courtyard, and then introduced them to his family.Hearing that these are Li Jing's colleagues and brothers, Han Shi was very happy to let Wan'er serve tea.Since they are all brothers whose sons were sworn brothers, she also avoided the intention of the female relatives to avoid them.When they heard that Li Huier and Yu Youniang were daughters disguised as men, and they were of such a noble background, all the female members of the Li family couldn't help being stunned.

In particular, Wang Guiniang seemed a little nervous. The pungent woman looked at Li Huier and Yu Youniang with a bit of hostility.

When everyone sat down, Li Jing went over and picked up Kuguan Zhang who had just woken up but was still pretending to be unconscious. After giving Zhang Kuguan a cold look, he said: "You imprisoned me back then, and almost killed me. My family was ruined and my family was destroyed. But I think you belong to Brother Cui, so I don’t want to pursue revenge any more. But today, in front of everyone, you must carefully tell the details of what framed me back then. Tell me, and don’t let anything go wrong.”

The fat on the fat man's face trembled a few times, he looked at Li Jing with a pale expression, and stammered: "At the beginning, I was the one who didn't know Taishan and offended the young master, and now the young master wants to kill and punish me. What happened at the beginning was not intentionally framed by me, but I mistook Wang Liang's nonsense for a while, and I was obsessed with money for a while, and I did that when I was blinded by lard..."

Fatty is very on the road, although he stutters, but still according to Li Jing's expectations, how Wang Liang framed Li Jing at the beginning, how he got ahead, how he then seized the Li family's property, and how Wang Liang did it. He wanted to kill Li Jing, so he had to say everything in detail.