Chapter Twenty-Six: The Daughter Disperses and Returns

Liu Yu stood with his arms crossed, smiling as he watched Sun En command his subordinates to lift Xu Daofu and leave hatefully, while Sun En finally turned around and glared at Liu Yu fiercely, and walked away.

Lu Xun shook his head, saluted Liu Yuji, and turned to leave, and the Heavenly Master Dao disciples who were originally all around this small village suddenly disappeared without a trace.

He Wuji took a cloth bag, the slightly exposed bag mouth looks like at least four or five strings of money, there was no silver two in the Jin Dynasty, and it was not popular to use silk silk as a medium and high-end equivalent in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the general transaction still used copper coins, and every thousand coins were strung together and became consistent.

Travelers who go out often wrap a few pieces of money around their waists, which is not only a trouser belt but also convenient to know whether the money has been stolen, and this is how the waist is wrapped. Today, from a rough look at this cloth bag, Liu Yu won at least four or five thousand dollars.

He Wuji handed the cloth bag to Liu Yu and said, "Liu Lizheng, you won four thousand seven hundred and twenty-three dollars today, please count them." ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly, looked at the money in the bag, his one hundred and twenty coins were bundled into a string, in those strings of money, it was particularly obvious, and in addition to the one hundred and twenty coins, more than six hundred loose coins were sunk at the bottom of the bag, obviously, this capital and the money won were calculated separately.

Liu Yu retrieved his one hundred and twenty coins, counted out sixty coins from the loose money, put them in his chain, and then handed the entire cloth bag to Tan Pingzhi on the side, and said with a smile: "This money, let's share it with everyone." ”

Tan Pingzhi's face changed, and he waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, no, this is Brother Liu, you won the money, how can we be embarrassed to ask for it." ”

Liu Yu smiled and shook his head: "If it were those junior brothers of your Heavenly Master Dao, Daoist friends would give it to you, would you ask for it?" As he spoke, he pointed to the clothes on Tan Yizhi's body: "This dress should be given to you by them, isn't it okay for you to accept it?" ”

Tan Pingzhi touched his head embarrassedly: "This, this is different, this is, this is a Taoist friend, we donated five buckets of rice to enter the Tao, we are fellow Taoists, and we should help each other." ”

Liu Yu shook his head: "But I'm not your fellow Daoist, don't I also act righteously, your Taoist friends are brothers, aren't they with me?" ”

Tan Pingzhi laughed: "Brother Liu's lesson is true, this is the younger brother's outstanding." Okay, then I'll represent the four hundred and seventy-three Taoist friends in Pingyu Village, thank you, Brother Liu! ”

As he spoke, he bowed his hand and went straight to his waist, which in this day and age was already the most solemn etiquette except for kneeling.

Liu Yu also returned the salute and said: "No, this money, you can give it to the more than 200 new homeless brothers who came with you yesterday or came together in the past two days, you have just gone south, you lack money to buy farm tools and cattle, you need this money, and the local residents who have already settled, they have a family background, and they don't need it." Put down roots here and live a good life. ”

"Although you should help each other, I still have to remind you that you are the people of the Great Jin Dynasty, you must be loyal to the country and the court, even if it is a big sacrificial wine or even what the sect leader says, you have to keep an eye on it, think about it first and then listen."

Liu Yu said these words very seriously, Tan Pingzhi also nodded with a straight face, he also heard about Lu Wei's matter, and knew what Liu Yu wanted.

"Don't worry, Brother Liu, I know what you mean. We'll keep an eye out. ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly, and said to He Wuji: "He Cheng, in your opinion, how are these displaced people who were introduced to Jingkou by your hand settled?" ”

He Wuji laughed and waved his hand: "Very good, very good, to be honest, I was just afraid that they would not be properly settled here in Jingkou, so I wanted to come over to take a look, after all, I opened the way for them, although it is no longer within the scope of my responsibility, but if something really happens, I will not be at peace in my heart." ”

"And then Hu Lu may invade the south at any time, we also need these displaced people who are familiar with the situation in the north to join the army to help us resist Hu Lu, Brother Tan, if the country is in trouble and needs you to join the army, will you come?"

Tan Pingyi straightened his chest and said in a deep voice: "We have been prepared for this a long time ago, with Hu Gou, we don't share the sky, and at the same time to protect the family, at the same time, revenge, no matter when, as long as the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty says a word, we don't say a word, the old and young masters will all go to the battlefield!" ”

He Wuji nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, what I want is this momentum." He turned his head to look at Liu Yu and hooked the corners of his mouth, "Liu Lizheng, you are a hero, now that the country is in trouble, why not serve the country in the army and make contributions on the battlefield?" ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "There are still some family matters to deal with, once I settle down, I will consider what he proposed." ”

He Wuji smiled: "Okay, everyone has their own ambitions, and I don't force it." Liu, we can go back. ”

Liu Yi nodded and said to Liu Yu: "Liu Lizheng, tomorrow is the fifth day of the fifth month of May, you know." ”

Liu Yu smiled knowingly: "See you tomorrow." ”

He Wuji and Liu Yi beckoned their subordinates to leave the open space at the edge of the village, the crowd gradually dispersed, and Tan Yizhi opened his eyes widen on the side: "The fifth day of the fifth month of May, what do you mean?" ”

Liu Yu smiled slightly: "This is the custom of our land south of the Yangtze River, since ancient times, every fifth day of the fifth month, it is the evil moon and evil day, and the legend says that all kinds of evil qi will rise, and snakes and insects will infest." In order to suppress these evil tendencies, the people of all parts of the Jiangnan will spontaneously organize martial arts fighting meetings to suppress the evil spirits who want to harm people. ”

"We are here in Jingkou, every year, and when it comes to tomorrow, the elders from all over the country will announce the start of the fighting competition, and all the adult Ding men in the Jingkou area will start the fighting competition, picking people who are about the same size as themselves to fight."

Those who begged for mercy were eliminated, and the rest continued to fight until a winner was determined in one village. In the afternoon, the winners of the ten miles and eight towns will gather together, and continue to play like this for another round, and the final winner will get the title of Jingkou really good man for one year. ”

Tan Pingzhi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "It's so fun, this kind of fighting competition, is there no limit?" What if you hurt someone, or if you have a grudge? ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "They are all villagers, how can they hurt people with heavy hands, one is not allowed to insert eyes, the second is not allowed to pinch eggs, and the third is not allowed to copy guys, until they are served." ”

Tan Pingzhi smiled "hehe": "Then can we participate?" ”

Liu Yu smiled and shook his head: "You are new here, ask your village chief or Li Zheng when the time comes." He has the final say. I remember that the head of your Pinglu Village, surnamed Gao Mingheng, moved here more than 30 years ago. ”

Tan Pingzhi smiled and said, "Exactly, ask him to go later." But ............"

He glanced around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he whispered: "There is a wonderful performance in the evening, do you want to see it?" ”