Chapter 43: The three brothers poured out their hearts

Saying that, Li Deren cured Lu Dapeng's injury, said goodbye to his second brother Wang Zhentai, followed his master Yang Yidao, and was about to leave Lujiazhuang when a middle-aged man blocked the way.

This middle-aged man, jumping off the horse, a foot tall, wearing a soapy blue clothes, riding a red horse, wearing a heroic big open, a wide forehead and square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a recharged nose bridge, thick lips, a strand of beard floating on his chest, a big gun behind him, a horse whip with a red cloth strip in his hand, a horse's palm bow gun under his crotch is not so majestic, sitting on the horse, bowing to everyone and saying, " In addition to meeting the old man, Zhao visited Master Yang, and heard that Master Yang had accepted a new apprentice named Li Deren, I don't know if he is also here. ”

Li Deren took it out of the crowd and said to the middle-aged man, "Under Li Deren, I don't know what the strong man commands?"

The middle-aged man immediately bowed his hand to Li Deren, "Zhao, meet the eldest son." Please stay with the big company for a while, the second son will be here soon, I haven't seen you for three years, and the second son wants to get together with your brother. ”

Li Deren said to the visitor, "May I ask the name of the strong man?"

Middle-aged man, "Childe, I am Zhao Changjie, the senior brother of the second son, known as the spear general." ”

Li Deren arched his hand, "Under Li Deren, meet my senior brother here." ”

Old man Lu looked at this scene and said to Yang Yidao, "Master, since Gao has hired someone to visit, it is better to talk about it for a while, but what do you think?"

Yang Yidao said to the landing veteran, "In this way, we will cause trouble for the veteran." ”

The spear beat Zhao Changjie and left, and everyone returned to the manor.

After a moment's effort, several batches of jujube red horses came to the gate of the manor quickly, Lu Erjiang and Lu Sanjiang welcomed a few people in, and the person who came was Li Wusheng.

Li Wusheng walked in front of the old man Lu, "Junior, the silver spear will Li Wusheng meet the senior, please forgive me for the recklessness of coming." ”

Wang Zhentai hurriedly stepped forward to introduce, "Uncle Lu, this is our second son, the silver spear general Li Wusheng." ”

When Mr. Lu saw this young man standing in front of him, he liked it from the bottom of his heart, and the people who practiced martial arts cherished each other, but he could see:

Li Wusheng is a young man in his 20s, one foot two feet tall, wide forehead, high cheekbones, rectangular face, two sword eyebrows straight into the sideburns, two big eyes tightly shining, black face, high nose bridge, a big mouth, wide mouth, a hairpin with a cow heart on his head, wearing a soapy green clothes, and a hero behind him, standing there like a fiery King Kong, smoky Tai Sui, blood and energy, green muscles jumping, really a majestic heroic boy.

Old man Lu arched his hand and said, "You are Li Wusheng, who is known as the silver gun in the rivers and lakes, Yang Liulang, who is escorted by a young man, is in the company camp for 30 miles in Mengniu Town, Osaka, and picks the general of the Liao State with a gun. ”

Li Wusheng said politely, "The old-timers have become famous heroes, they once served as chief soldiers in Taiyuan, and now they are still majestic when they return to their hometowns." In front of your old man, how dare I do it?"

Lu Lao Yuanwai's young man's beard smiled and said, "Little hero, the hero doesn't mention the courage of the year, the current rivers and lakes are the world of your younger generation, Lao Jiu is really fortunate in three lives, one of your brothers is a good doctor who rejuvenates with wonderful hands, and the other is a hero of the young rivers and lakes, which really makes the old man admire, admire." ”

Li Deren led his second brother Li Wusheng again to meet his master Yang Yidao, and then the two brothers bowed their hands to everyone, "Let's do it first, our brothers have something to discuss, thank you." ”

Under the guidance of Lu Erjiang, Wang Zhentai, Li Deren, and Li Wusheng, the three brothers, came to the east wing, as soon as they entered the door of the east wing, Li Wusheng stepped forward and hugged his eldest brother Li Deren, "Big brother, since you went out to travel to the doctor, you and my brother have not seen each other for three years, and I haven't gone home for a year, I don't know that the eldest brother has always been in good health, you just came out of the house, and the two old ladies in the family are in good health?"

Li Deren let go of Li Wusheng, looked up and down at his brother, and said slowly, "Second brother, what is the matter with you chasing here? ”

Wang Zhentai stood up with a smile at this time and said to the two brothers, " After the eldest prince came here to see a doctor, I found someone to send a letter to the second son, and asked Li Wusheng to come here to meet the eldest son, not for anything else, but for the life experience of the two of you, these things are not easy to say at home, and it is not convenient to say, so I invited the two sons here to talk about your life experience with the two sons, so that you can understand that you are not ordinary children, but royal blood, but your father is now imprisoned in Bianliang City, if you go early, you can still see him, you go late, I guess I won't see him anymore. ”

The two sons were a little confused, and the two of them looked at Wang Zhentai directly, not knowing what their second brother was going to say? At this time, the door curtain opened suddenly, and two people walked in from outside the door, one was the old butler Niu He, and the other was the golden knife general Niu Xing.

I saw the old housekeeper Niu He burst into tears, and he had already cried silently, and the two sons hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man, and Li Deren said to the old man, "Grandpa, how dare you come over when your old man is so far away? Is there something going on at home?"

Lao Niuhe stopped his sadness, looked at the eldest prince Li Deren on the left, looked at Li Wusheng on the right, sighed softly and said, "Two sons, do you know your own life experience? This is a long story, please tell you slowly." Both of you are the sons of Emperor Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it was the old man who risked his life and took the two maidens to escape from the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty before the city of Jinling was broken, and came to the western part of the capital in this barren mountain and wilderness, and established Niuquan Village. ”

The poem says:

The queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty is really romantic, and the beautiful words and sentences will remain forever,

The great country went with the wind, and worshiped the righteous servant and entrusted the orphan.

There is a beautiful small mountain village called Niuquan in 50 miles west of Beijing. Niuquan Village, the whole village is surnamed Li, the legend is a descendant of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and there are some such legends.

It is said that more than 1,000 years ago, the Southern Tang Dynasty was one of the ten countries in the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, and it was the largest country in the ten countries. At its peak, it reached 36 states. The area is wide and the economy is developed, the capital is Jinling, and the name is changed to Jiangning. During the turbulent period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Southern Tang Dynasty occupied the most economically developed area in the south of the Yangtze River and actually became the economic and cultural center of the time. Nantang attaches great importance to the restoration and development of agriculture. It mainly grows rice, supplemented by a variety of operations such as mulberry, tea and fruits. This is the famous land of rice, and rice is widely cultivated in Yangzhou, Taizhou, Chuzhou and Sizhou, with high yields and improved varieties. In the Jiangnan region, wheat has been widely cultivated in the north. Mulberry trees are planted all over the Jianghuai, mulberry plants are all over the wilderness, and the country is rich and the people are strong.

In order to protect himself, the lord Li Jing proclaimed himself a minister to Zhou Chai Rong, dedicated to the north of the river, and preferred a corner of the south of the Yangtze River. The later lord Li Yu ascended the throne, restored the capital to Jinling, surrendered to the Song Dynasty in the open, and secretly stepped up preparations for war. He was the sixth prince of the first emperor, and he became the emperor because of the early death of the crown prince. He is suave, omnipotent in poetry and songs, and proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He is the first great talent in the south of the Yangtze River, and he has deep attainments in calligraphy, painting, Tongyin rhythm, and poetry, especially the highest achievement in words. Li Yu's words inherit the tradition of the Huajian School, with vivid images, sincere feelings and distinctive styles. In the history of Chinese literature, especially among the five pronouns, it is unique and has a far-reaching influence. A good person is not necessarily a good emperor, and a literary wizard is not necessarily a good leader. Li Yu is not a good emperor, it can be said that he is a faint monarch, and he is lackluster in governing the country. Militarily, it's even more of a mess. The great rivers and mountains of the Southern Tang Dynasty were buried in the hands of their father and son.

Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, swept away the north, looked around China, and the Southern Tang Dynasty became a thorn in his eye. Li Yu, the queen of the Tang Dynasty, although subservient, occupied the beautiful and rich land of fish and rice. Let Zhao Kuangyin not eat well and can't sleep. So he found the military division, set a big plan, and sent the general Cao Bin to lead 100,000 troops to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. In October of the 7th year of Song Kaibao, the army successfully crossed the Yangtze River. After the three battles of Caishi, Qinhuai River and Wankou, the Southern Tang Dynasty was defeated repeatedly. In the 8th year of Song Kaibao, the city of Jinling was broken, Li Yu surrendered, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed.

It was the night before the city of Jinling was broken. Li Yu found the eunuch Niu He, and found two palace maids who had just become pregnant and had no name. Li Yu introduced Niu He to the two palace maids. Like a cow and introduced two palace maids. The eunuch Niu He knew two palace maids, one was Liu Wanjun next to the queen, and the other was Wang Chunhua next to the emperor. Niu He is the personal eunuch of the emperor's side under the big eunuch. Li Yu pointed to the two palace maids and said: "These two palace maids, pregnant with dragons, although they have no name, they are all my concubines, you have to take good care of them, take advantage of the night, take them out of the palace, keep the descendants for me, and leave roots for the Li family!" Niu He hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed like a chicken pounding rice, and said: "Thanks to the trust of the Long Live Lord, the slave and maid will never give up, and they will definitely protect the mother and the two little highnesses, so as to repay the emperor for his kindness to the old slave for so many years" After speaking, he kowtowed three times.

Li Yu was already anxious, and said anxiously: "Father-in-law Niu don't be polite, now I will crown Mrs. Liu as Concubine De, and Mrs. Wang as Concubine Shu, and each of you will give you a pair of poems, which will one day be used as a witness to the identity of your children." Now the two of you will follow Grandpa Niu, and the three of you should run for your lives. ”

Niu He got up and hurriedly walked out of the palace gate with the two concubines. First, it went south, arrived in Yangzhou, and then bypassed Jinling in the north from Yangzhou and crossed the Yangtze River to the north. The three of them changed into civilian clothes, accompanied by father and daughter, stayed overnight, overcame thousands of difficulties and dangers, and went all the way north. In the past, women grew a pair of small feet and walked thousands of miles with three-inch golden lotus, which was really difficult for them. What's more, the two palace maids are both pregnant with Liujia, and their movements are not very convenient, and the more they walk, the bigger and more difficult their stomachs become.

Cattle and people in the north are accustomed to taking dry roads. But he was carrying two women with small feet, and they were pregnant women, who could neither walk fast nor slowly. Hurry away, for fear of arousing suspicion. Walk slowly, for fear of being caught up by the pursuers. It's a dilemma. Why didn't they avoid the Song army? Instead, they went north to meet the Song army? There were three reasons for Niu He: First, Niu He was a northerner and was familiar with the geographical environment of the north. Beneficial for long-term incubation. Second, the most dangerous place is the safest. The Song army thought that the dependents of the Southern Tang Dynasty would all go south, and they would not think that someone would flee to the north. This is the opposite, and it is also the safest and most reliable, especially since their destination is not to stop in the Great Song Dynasty, but to the Great Liao north of the Great Song Dynasty. Because Niu He's hometown is in Youzhou, Nanjing, Daliao. Third, the south has been in constant war, and has been in war for many years. The Great Liao in the north has settled down. Livable. Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty whip is beyond reach, and they can't enter Daliao to arrest people.

I wanted to go all the way, and Niu He and the three of them didn't dare to stay for a while. They crossed the Yellow River, detoured back to Shandong, entered Hebei, passed through Baodingfu, passed through Zhuozhou to Liangxiang, and settled down at Ma'anshan.

Exactly: for the prince to go out of the city, he relied on Niu He for thousands of miles.

What is the fate of the two ladies?