Chapter 10: Eating Well with the Sixth Brother (1)
As soon as they heard Zhang Rui's words, the villagers were boiling all of a sudden, and it was not easy to have a porridge with wild vegetables to drink enough, let alone a full meal of big fish, big meat and wine.
Li Chao heard that Zhang Rui announced that he would invite the whole village to dinner without consulting him, and he was very depressed. Thinking that he would have to be hacked for more than ten taels of silver, but he didn't expect Zhang Rui to throw over an ingot of twenty taels of silver and say that he was buying the ingredients of his Li Mansion. Li Mixed took the silver ingot and said a few polite words to Zhang Rui, and then asked a thug next to him to prepare for the house.
Zhang Rui took out another five taels of silver and asked another thug to invite the chef group who made wine and food in the town not far away to come over to cook. and gave him more than half a penny and a reward for running errands, and the thugs, who were still a little unhappy, immediately ran out after confessing their crimes to the two.
Li Chao looked at the chaotic scene and chatted politely with Zhang Rui, and then said that he went back and watched those subordinates prepare materials. Zhang Rui was not reluctant, and asked Li Chao to find someone to clean up the body, and then gave Li Mian twenty taels of silver for his hard work, and Li Chao accepted it and left without much excuse.
After Zhang Rui watched the three of them leave one after another, he persuaded the excited villagers to go back to rest first, and asked them to inform each other of the people they didn't know. And let them pay attention to their bodies not to break, because there is still rice to take in the back, each family has five catties of good rice, if there are children under the age of 16, each plus two catties.
After listening to Zhang Rui's words, the villagers were even more boiling. If everyone knows Zhang Rui, they can't help but kneel down and thank him. Even so, many children asked their parents to kneel down to thank the sixth brother for his generosity.
When Zhang Rui asked the villagers to rest again, the villagers felt that they should not sit back and wait to eat white food. Some of them went to inform people to go, and most of them said that they would go to the Li Mansion to see if there was anything they could do to help, otherwise they would be too upset. In this regard, Zhang Rui had no choice but to let it go.
Li Dagou, who was injured on the ground, Zhang Rui found someone to help clean the wound, and asked Li Mix to ask for some gold sore medicine to temporarily stop the wound. Then he gave 10 taels of silver, Li Niushi, the son of Li Dagou, and asked him to go to the county to ask a doctor to help him look at the wound.
Holding the silver given by Zhang Rui, Li Niushi's hands trembled. He wanted to say something, but he had no way to express it, so he could only kneel deeply in front of Zhang Rui and bow three times. When Zhang Rui found out, he immediately pulled him up, and hurriedly comforted him to ask the doctor not to think about it.
Li Niushi's biggest money since he was a child was ten cents. Seeing that he had never even seen silver, it was because of this that he understood that the value of this money might not be able to be repaid in his life, but Zhang Rui did not have the slightest intention of asking his family to pay it back. Li Niushi felt that this life should be sold to Zhang Rui in this life, whether he wanted to continue to kill bandits or kill people, he would follow him.
By the time Zhang Rui came back to his senses and came to Li Si, Li Si and the others had already stopped throwing up. The corpses of the bandits on the ground also let Li Chao and the people be placed well, after all, these are all silver.
The injured Li Si had also recovered at this time, and stayed here to watch Zhang Rui. Aunt Li comforted the dog who had woken up and the little sister who was crying, and took them with the people in the village to help Li Mansion do things, maybe the children were more forgetful, and soon they were playing happily with other children in the village.
"Who are you?" Li Si looked at Zhang Ruidao, who had no one around him at this time
"Who else can I be, I'm not Zhang Liu, dog! Fourth uncle! Zhang Rui looked directly into Li Si's eyes and said
"No, you're not the sixth son, although you are exactly like the dog, but I have known the dog for more than ten years. Dog, he doesn't have what you can do. Can you tell me what's wrong with the dog? Li Si's voice trembled a little
"Sure enough, I still can't hide it from you, Fourth Uncle, strictly speaking, I'm not a dog, but I'm a dog. The me you see now was taught by my Taoist master in the Huaguang Emperor Temple, and my name is Zhang Rui now. In order not to misunderstand, Zhang Rui decided to make up a Taoist master to come out.
Anyway, the Huaguang Emperor Temple in the village began to decline with the decline of the former Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty believed in shamans and Buddhism, and they were not very interested in Taoists who wanted to have long hair, and even suppressed them. So that there are fewer and fewer Taoist temples, and Taoist priests are relatively rare!
Li Si didn't understand much, only understood the Huaguang Emperor Temple, the Taoist, and his current name is Zhang Rui.
"You say a lot, and I don't understand who you are. But I know you're really nice to the people of our village. May I ask you again, how is the dog? ”
"Dog went to a very nice place before. It was a place where you could eat a lot of meat and drink wine every day, and you could wear silk and satin every day. I can live in a solid and bright house, and live a life where I can go out with a car. ”
Zhang Rui was very moved when he heard Li Si's words. He knew that there was no way to explain to Li Si what crossing was, and he didn't even understand it himself, so he came over. can only be described to Li Si according to modern life.
"Is there really such a good place?" Li Si asked in disbelief, where is this earth, it is clearly the heaven that others say
"There must be, Fourth Uncle, I swear. He just went there. Zhang Rui said with a swear
"I don't know too much about my old man, since Zhang ...... Young Master Zhang said that there is, there will be it! I hope the dog can enjoy it there for the rest of his life. Li Si said with some sadness and some yearning and blessings
"Fourth uncle, I'm still a dog, don't call me Young Master Zhang."
"No, you're not the dog you used to be, you're a person who does great things, I knew it from the moment you killed the bandits and chatted with Steward Li. So the rules can't be broken. Li Si rejected Zhang Rui's proposal
"That can't be called Young Master Zhang, no matter what, I'm still a dog, if my father and mother know it, you can't scold me to death?"
"No, no, if it were you, it wouldn't!"
"That's not good, Fourth Uncle, if you want to call Young Master Zhang again, I will ignore you, dog." Zhang Rui pretended to be angry
"Okay, let's call you Sixth Brother! (A local name: The brother here is not a brother similar to the big brother of the underworld, but a name that agrees with your ranking and respects you.) Li Si looked at the angry Zhang Rui and could only take a step back and say.
Zhang Rui originally intended to let Li Si call back to his previous title, but Li Si insisted on refusing, even if Zhang Rui didn't recognize him as the fourth uncle. In the end, Zhang Rui had no choice but to give up.
Seeing that there was still some time for dinner, Zhang Rui decided to go back and rest first. After all, he killed so many people at once, and he didn't eat anything at noon, and his physical energy consumption was too great.
In fact, after committing suicide, Zhang Rui also doubted himself, didn't he say that he would vomit after killing someone? Why don't I feel this way at all, but can still do things like chopping off people's heads?
Zhang Rui felt that he had no way to explain it, and the only reasonable explanation was that strange dream, and what he dreamed was too real. In particular, the scenes of battlefield slashing and massacre are too realistic, just like the real experience. Especially the peace at the end, that feeling was firmly in his heart.
Zhang Rui, who returned home, didn't think much about it. Just fell asleep like that! Even in such a hot summer, the days without air conditioning fans seem to have learned to get used to it.
Li Si, whose body had completely recovered, did not return home, but went to the Li Mansion to find Aunt Li. Although this woman is not pretty, she also loves to nag sometimes. But even when he was in the most difficult time, he never thought of abandoning him, having children with him, and working hard to live. Li Si felt that he had identified this woman in his life, as long as he could make her life better, he would be willing to pay this life.
The villagers in the Li Mansion saw Li Si's arrival and chatted around Li Si one after another. There are too many words in their hearts that they don't ask about unhappiness, usually they don't have a lot of contact with Zhang Liu, but Li Si's family is like a family with Zhang Liu.
"Fourth brother, was he so powerful before? Look at him and kill those bandits in a few clicks. A young man who was watching asked anxiously
"Dare to call a dog, do you Zhou Niu Dan have a long life, you should be called the sixth brother." A middle-aged man next to him reminded Zhou Niudan, who was about eighteen years old, and said
"That's it, that's it, cow egg, you can have a snack!"
"Niu Dan, it seems that you want your father to beat you again..."
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The villagers next to him coaxed. Listening to the words of the onlookers, Zhou Goudan silently shrank aside.
"Sixth Brother didn't have such a powerful one before. Isn't there a dilapidated Huaguang Temple on the edge of our village? Later, a Taoist priest came and taught the sixth brother some martial arts, so the sixth brother is so powerful. Li Si explained?
"Daoist, have any Taoist priests been here on our side?" Some asked the people around them
"I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it in so many years." A negative answer
"Fourth brother, have you seen it?"
Hearing this, many people quietly waited for Li Si's answer
Well, Li Si is also a person who has passed through many places and experienced a lot of things, and knows what to say and what not to say. Although this dog may not be the same dog, he still treats him like a fourth uncle, so he decided to protect him.
"I've seen two faces, people are very kind, I even gave him a rice ball, I heard him say that he was the sixth brother master, I thought it was a cheat to eat."
"And how is he dressed and what does he look like?" Someone else questioned
"Hmm... Dressed in that and what kind of clothes. Well? It's just darker than Steward Li's clothes. What a person! It's a bit strong, a bit like the appearance of Emperor Huaguang. Li Si pretended to think about it.
Where has Li Si seen any Taoist priests, thinking about it, he can say according to the image of Emperor Huaguang, anyway, he is the head of Taoist priests!
After speaking, Li Si ignored the villagers who still wanted to ask, and broke away from the crowd of onlookers to find Aunt Li. He didn't know if it would cause trouble for Liuzi if he continued to talk like this, so it was better not to say it.
By the time the onlookers came back to their senses, Li Si had already walked away. Since they couldn't get an answer from Li Si's mouth, they began their own fantasy association.
Maybe it wasn't a real Taoist priest, but Emperor Huaguang saw that the bandits in the world had done too much evil, so he went down to teach Zhang Liu. Only in this way can it be explained why Zhang Liu is so powerful. As for why only Zhang Liu was taught? That's fate. You don't have this life, but Zhang Liu does.
Thinking of this, someone suddenly remembered that when he used to chat with Zhang Liu's father, Zhang Liu's father once said that when Zhang Liu's birth was born, there was thunder during the day. Some women suddenly remembered that they chatted with Zhang Liu's mother and said that when Zhang Liu was born, there was light around his body. In this way, Zhang Liu was originally destined to become a big man.
The people who thought of it all looked like they were honored, and the people around them all asked them for advice. They all talked happily, but the more they talked, the more they became more and more divine. The last point, which is roughly agreed, came out.
Zhang Rui is the son of a wealthy family, which explains why his mother can write, otherwise which poor family can write. Because of Zhang Liu's miracles, he took refuge in the countryside. Now there is a rampant number of bandits, so God asked Emperor Huaguang to turn into a Taoist priest to teach the current Zhang Liu. Teach him to save the poor and make decisions for the people. When he killed the bandits, he was chanting a spell mantra.
The people of the village thought that this matter could only be known to the people of the village, and could not be spread to the outside world, nor could it be known to the bandits, let alone the imperial court. Otherwise, Zhang Liu, who had no soldiers and no guards to guard, would definitely be killed by them, he was the hope of the poor.