Poor Family 1

  Chapter 816 Ruan's Sanxiong (Part 2)

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "During the sixth year of Zhenghe, Wu Ye has been to Tangyin County, Xiangzhou?"

   "Zhenghe six years?" Ruan Xiaoer bowed his head and thought for a while, then suddenly remembered, yes, that year he went to Tangyin County with Song Gong and his party to find Hu Cheng and join Liangshan. "

  But he couldn't remember Li Yanqing in front of him. Ruan Xiaoer said apologetically, "Zhenghe went to Tangyin County in six years, but it's been too long, so I can't remember some things."

   "It was Chunshe that day, Second Master and Fifth Master set up an archery stall, but they lost to me ten taels of silver."

  Ruan Xiaoer just remembered that he met Li Yanqing when he was a boy in Tangyin County that year. When Li Yanqing reminded him, he suddenly remembered, his expression changed, and he took two steps back, "You are Li Yanqing!"

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "That's why I said that I and Brother Ruan are old acquaintances."

Ruan Xiaoer's face became gloomy. In the past, even if he didn't kill Li Yanqing, he would drive Li Yanqing out. But he remembered Li Yanqing's current status, and he couldn't offend him, so he said coldly: "Li Yanqing The Taiwei came to the humble house, how can we and other ordinary people afford it, please Li Taiwei respect yourself."

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

  Beside Zhang Shun also said: "Second brother, you won't even drive out younger brother!"

  Zhang Shun had once saved Ruan Xiaoqi's life, but Ruan Xiaoer couldn't hold back his embarrassment, so he had to sit down, but there was still no smile on his face.

  Li Yanqing asked: "I remember that the second brother Ruan was also recruited by the court, and he was appointed as a commander! What 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 Feng Yilang, but does it make sense? We were dismissed by a false post. We were promised at the time. Where is the county magistrate? Where is the promised Xiang army commander?"

  Li Yanqing pondered for a while, "This should be related to Song Jiang's rebellion again."

   "But why Song Gong rebelled, isn't it because the court didn't fulfill what it promised?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "If it's that simple, then why didn't most of the generals of the Liangshan army follow him to rebel, and didn't Brother Ruan also follow Song Jiang? The problem is not that the promise was not fulfilled, but that Song Jiang's ambition is too great , everyone saw this, so they didn't want to follow him anymore, and the court didn't deliberately deceive the generals of the Liangshan Army. When Song Jiang rebelled, everyone was still besieging and suppressing Fang La. Grant Liangshan generals the real power to lead the army."

   "What basis do you have for saying that?" Ruan Xiaoer didn't speak bluntly like before, but softened his tone a little.

Li Yanqing said slowly: "There are also several Liangshan generals in my army, like Guan Sheng and Hua Rong, who once betrayed the imperial court and surrendered to Liangshan, but now they are all generals in the Jingzhao Army, regular sixth-rank generals, And Yan Qing, he has repeatedly made great achievements, and now he is in the top five ranks, and the court has never discriminated against them because they are Liangshan generals, Brother Ruan, you should understand when I say this, right?"

   Li Yanqing actually meant a sentence, follow me, Li Yanqing, and you will be promoted and rich!

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

   "It should be said to follow me to fight against the golden 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. One day in the future, when Jin Bing is completely defeated, I may be disarmed and return to the fields, and become a rich man."

Ruan Xiaoer was silent for a long while, then sighed and said: "Let's forget about the past, whether the imperial court treats me thinly or generously, I don't want to care about it anymore, but our brothers are living very well now, and I don't want to think about serving the imperial court anymore. , Li Taiwei, please go back!"

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

  Ruan Xiaoer gave the order to drive away the guests, so Li Yanqing had no choice but to get up and leave.

  Unfavorable admission made Zhang Shun feel very heavy. When he left the Ruan Mansion, he sighed and said, "I didn't expect this to happen either. I failed Du Tong's expectations. I'm really sorry for the humble job!"

   "It doesn't matter! In fact, I don't necessarily want the navy of the three Ruan brothers. I can defeat Reid with a little strategy. It's just that I think the three of them are very skilled in martial arts, so it's not a pity to just bury them like this."

   "There is no way, they don't want to do this."

Li Yanqing nodded and was about to leave. At this time, a passenger ship on the pier at the gate approached, and several old monks walked out of the ship. The housekeeper quickly opened the door to welcome them out, "Thank you two masters, my old lady is already in Buddha Tang waited for a long time."

   "Amitabha, Abbot Zhiguang is unable to come today due to something, please tell the old lady, we are sorry!"

   "That's really a pity, please come with me!"

  Li Yanqing saw the housekeeper and several family members respectfully invite the two old monks into the yard, his eyes rolled, and he thought about it.

Li Yanqing did not return to Yangzhou immediately, but entered Baoying County and came to the county government office. , asked: "There is an abbot Zhiguang, have you heard of it?"

  Wang Zhixian immediately laughed and said: "Of course I know him. He is the abbot of Baolin Temple in this county. The temple is just west of the county seat. If the Taiwei wants to find him, the lower officials will send someone to invite him!"

  Li Yanqing smiled and waved his hands, "No need, I'm just asking casually."

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

  At night, Ruan Xiaoqi returned to the mansion from the salt field, and was called over by his two elder 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, scratched his head and asked with a smile, "Aren't the two elder brothers going to interrogate the younger brother?"

   "Sit down and tell me something!"

  Ruan Xiaoqi sat down a little nervously, Ruan Xiaoer said slowly: "Today Li Yanqing came to see me."

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

  Ruan Xiaowu glared at him fiercely, "Which Li Yanqing is there?"

   "Which one just became a captain?"

  Ruan Xiaoqi finally thought of it, he scratched his head and asked, "What is he looking for us for?"

   "He asked us to go out to follow him. I discussed with Lao Wu. It should be that he has taken a fancy to our navy."

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

  Seeing that the two elder brothers did not speak, he couldn't help asking strangely: "Does the second elder brother really believe in the government?"

Ruan Xiaoer shook his head, "Of course the government cannot be trusted, but speaking from the heart, this Li Yanqing is not too bad. I know that Guan Sheng, Hua Rong and Yan Qing all followed Li Yanqing, and they did well, but now we The issue to be discussed is the navy, I rejected Li Yanqing today, whether he will let us go, I am very worried about this."

  The three brothers were all lost in thought. At this moment, an old voice came from outside, "I am used to being a thief, and I never thought about whether I could be worthy of my ancestors!"

  The three brothers were taken aback. They saw a white-haired old woman coming in with a cane. Two maids supported her, one from the left and the other from the right. The three brothers rushed to meet her, "Mother, what are you doing here?"

  The old woman is Tao Shi, the mother of the three Ruan brothers. Since the father of the three brothers died early, it was all due to their mother's hard work to bring them up.

Dow snorted coldly and said: "I have asked Master Zhiguang to come to give a lecture three times, but Master Zhiguang never came. Today Master Zhiguang would rather go to the city to give a lecture to a poor old couple than come to our house. I just know now. My three sons are all thieves, no wonder they refused to come, I worked hard to raise you up, but I raised three thieves, what face do I have to see your father?"

Dow became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally covered his face and burst into tears. The three Ruan brothers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground. After a while, when their mother calmed down, the three bowed their heads and admitted their mistake, "Mother, the child has already quit his job and accepted the imperial court's call for peace." , is no longer a Liangshan bandit."

It’s okay if they don’t say anything, but the more they explain, the more angry Dow trembles, pointing at the three of them and scolding: “Then what is your fleet? Are those people who are holding knives and showing off their power all day are officers and soldiers? Are you really serious?” Am I a fool?"

  The three of them were suddenly speechless.

This afternoon, Abbot Zhiguang personally visited Tao and explained why he refused to come to the Nguyen Mansion to do things. sins, but at the same time, it can glorify the ancestors.

At this time, Ruan Xiaoer saw that his mother could not stand anymore, so he got up quickly to support her, helped her to sit down, then knelt down again and said: "Mother, we are now engaged in salt field business, and we have changed our ways, but we are afraid of the past. The enemy came to the door, so they raised some warriors, but it was mainly for self-protection."

Dow sighed, "Erlang, Goro, Qilang, you can deceive me, and I can pretend to believe that you are not salt lords and are doing serious business, but can you deceive Buddha and Bodhisattva? You are worthy of your dead father Do you have the face to meet the ancestors of the Ruan family?"

  Speaking of this, Dow stood up tremblingly, and said with tears in his eyes, "I raised three thieves, so let me go to Abi Hell, and let me bear all the sins!"

  The three Ruan brothers were so frightened that they hugged their mother's legs, "Mother, I know my mistake, let's correct it immediately!"

  Dao Shi nodded and said, "Are you willing to listen to my mother?"

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

   "Well, tomorrow you pack your bags and go to seek refuge with Li Taiwei. When you become a general, you can come back to worship your ancestors!"

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

  (end of this chapter)