Chapter 9: The Admirer
"Brother Shiro, this corrupt official surnamed Lin has collected so much black money! There are more than 100,000 taels of silver in the inventory! Li An turned over Lin Taishou's house, and pulled several large carts back to the yamen.
"So much? It seems that this Lin Taishou is really innocent, so what about his wife, did you put it back? "Xiao Yao cares about this the most.
"According to your plan, I have already sent someone to send her to the Jiangzhou Thorn Mansion in the next county! Before leaving, she also said cruel words to me to pay back the debt with blood! Bah! I didn't kill the one surnamed Lin! Li An didn't care about the consequences at all, he felt that it was right to follow Xiao Yao's words, and it was very cool!
"Okay, Brother Li has to send someone to take a good look at these stolen goods, and when this level is passed, this money will be the capital to rebuild your Xunyang County!" Xiao Yao reminded Li An.
"Hey, you mercenary, the guy who sees the money doesn't want to fight this batch of silver? Transsexualized? Xiao Wuhua on the side was a little surprised to hear that Xiao Yao didn't say that he would divide these large boxes of silver.
"Wuhua, you misunderstood me, how could I be such a person, I have always regarded money as dung, an upright and righteous hero!" In front of beautiful women, of course, Xiao Yao has to be shameless.
"Haha, today is worth celebrating! Brother Shiro, you have a great appetite for me, come to my house tonight, and we will have a good drink! Do you want to go with you? "Ang Lee is very happy today and has extended invitations to the two.
Xiao Moke arched his hand: "Lord Li is kind and agreeable, I have already drunk it yesterday, so I won't go today, just have Shiro to accompany you, and we can stay in the yamen." ”
"Then Li is not reluctant to Lord Xiao, and there are adults sitting in the yamen, we can drink more at ease, hahaha!" After speaking, Li An pulled Xiao Yao and took Zhou Chao and Gao Yuan home to drink together.
"Shiro, I'll tell you the truth, I don't like that Lord Xiao very much, he is timid in doing things, or you are in line with my temper, not only decisive, but also brave and strategic, my Li An's favorite thing is to make friends like you!" Ang Lee confessed very directly.
"Haha, then we won't get drunk later! I don't know who are the people in Brother Li's house? Xiao Yao also felt that Ang Li was a bold person, and he had affection for the people and his subordinates, which was worth befriending.
"The father is the only one left in the family, the wife died early, and there are no children under his knees. Alas, don't talk about this, come on, come on, I've ordered my subordinates to prepare a banquet, haha, I'm going to get drunk with three people tonight! Ang Lee said with a laugh.
When the four of them came to Li's house, as soon as they entered the door, they saw an old man with pale hair but bright eyes sitting in the main hall, and at a glance they knew that it was Li An's old father.
The four of them immediately went over to salute, and the old man just nodded in return, and said to Li An: "I don't usually see you invite guests home for a banquet, why is it so grand today?" ”
"Dad, today is a big day for us in Xunyang County! Yesterday we caught the two masters of the Julong Gang, the Gang's Gang, the Jianglong and the Jianglong, and today Lin Taishou, who colluded with the water thieves and the common people, is dead again, haha! Ang Lee helped his father to the table and ordered the wine to be served.
"Dad, these three are the heroes who helped us eradicate these two great disasters in Xunyang County! This is Master Zhou, these two are his apprentices, Brother Gao Yuan, Brother Shiro! "Ang Li introduced Xiao Yao and the three of them to his father.
"I've seen Mr. Li, in the next Zhou Chao, he is a merchant." Zhou Chao saluted Daddy Li first.
"In Xia Gaoyuan, he is Master's big apprentice!"
"In Xia Xiao Yao, he is the master's little apprentice!"
Zhou Chao and Gao Yuan saluted, and Daddy Li nodded in response, but when Xiao Yao finished speaking, Daddy Li suddenly looked at Xiao Yao with wide eyes, and asked in surprise, "Your surname is Xiao?" ”
Xiao Yao was a little frightened, and hurriedly replied: "In Xia Xiao Yao, everyone else calls me Shilang, and I have seen Mr. Li!" ”
"Xiao Yao? Where are you from? Daddy Li asked again.
"People from Lower Lanling." Xiao Yao replied.
"Lanling people? Lanling, yes, Lanling Xiao, I thought... Alas, no wonder. Daddy Li suddenly became very disappointed, shook his head and sighed, then picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
Li An saw that his father was a little out of shape in front of the guests, and hurriedly explained: "Don't blame the three, don't hide it, my father is an old minister of the Liang State in the previous dynasty, and he has been loyal to the country all his life, but what... Alas, I should have heard Shiro's surname Xiao, so I lost my temper just now. ”
"Oh, it turns out that Mr. Li has such an identity. Rest assured, we won't leak it out. Zhou Chao said.
"Haha, Master Zhou misunderstood, the entire Xunyang County knows that my father is not only an old minister of the former dynasty, but also angrily scolds Chen Baxian at home every day as a chaotic minister and thief, haha, but even Lin Taishou doesn't dare to be rude to my father!" Li An said Chen Baxian's name very smoothly, not caring at all that he was also an official of the Chen Dynasty now.
"This... Chen Baxian is the founding emperor of the Chen State, you just say his name casually, don't anyone think that your Li family is disrespectful to the emperor? Zhou Chao felt a little incredible, an old minister of the former dynasty, and scolded Emperor Chen Guoxian, but no one dared to care.
At this time, Father Li took another drink and said proudly: "What did he Chen Baxian get, his life was saved by me Li Yan back then!" I just didn't expect him to be an unfaithful and unrighteous person, and I knew that I should have killed him with a knife in the first place! ”
"The three of them don't know that my father is the deputy general under the famous general Wang Zengbian of the previous dynasty, and he once saved his life when he and Chen Baxian put down Hou Jing's rebellion. Later, my father was ordered to guard Jiangzhou, but Chen Baxian took the opportunity to sneak attack and defeat Wang Zengbian, and finally usurped the throne and became the emperor! Originally, my father wanted to recruit him, but Wang Lin, who had defected to Qi at that time, took the opportunity to lead his troops south and surrounded Jiangzhou, and for the sake of the people of Jiangzhou, my father had to join Chen Baxian to defeat Wang Lin together. But at that time, Chen Baxian had already consolidated his foundation, and he also rebelled against many of his father's subordinates, alas... After Li An finished speaking, he drank a few glasses of wine before calming down the anger in his heart.
"Later, because of his father's meritorious service in defending Jiangzhou, he was very prestigious in Jiangzhou, and he had a life-saving grace for Chen Baxian, he didn't dare to attack his father, so he could only let his father go back to Jiangzhou to retire, and his father could only scold Chen Baxian at home every day!" The two fathers and sons glanced at each other helplessly and toasted again.
"It turns out that Mr. Li, no, General Li is such a loyal and loving person! Admirable! We toast you! After hearing this, the three of them admired the old man very much.
"Haha, these things don't need to be mentioned again! Becoming a king and defeating a king, alas, I think how wise and martial Emperor Xiao Wu was back then, majestic and strategic, all our soldiers are willing to follow him to the north to conquer foreign races and restore our Han people! Alas, the time is also, the life is also! "Daddy Li looks back on the past with great emotion.
After listening to Daddy Li's story, Xiao Yao's master and apprentice were all hesitant in their hearts.