"The villain Huan Qi and Jin Bigui thank their benefactors for their righteous efforts to save the lives of the old and young people in the mountains."

In the humble cottage hall, Huan Qi and Jin Bigui knelt down in front of Luan Tingyu and bowed to thank them.

Luan Tingyu was full of might, killing angrily, and the long-accumulated grievances were vented, and his mood had generally returned to his former composure.

He hurriedly stretched out his hand to hug the two giants.

"You are thieves but protect the people, which shows your virtue. Helping each other is the proper meaning of heroes in the rivers and lakes. No need to say thanks. It's fate that we met. Hurry up. ”

I didn't want to, but the two ugly men kowtowed again: "The benefactor is strong in martial arts and chivalrous." We were so impressed that we begged our benefactor to take us as a disciple. ”

Luan Tingyu was stunned for a moment, and her mood suddenly became complicated.

He remembered the three sons of the Zhu family, who had taught for many years and had high hopes. I didn't want to pay my heart and soul in exchange for three unscrupulous thugs and a heavy blow. Do you want to take in disciples again?

Huan Qi and Jin Bigui thought that Luan Tingyu didn't look down on them, and pleaded: "Benefactor, the villain knows that he is stupid and unworthy of being a benefactor's apprentice." Don't dare to force good things. I just ask the benefactor to stay in the cottage temporarily, first, so that the villain can serve and repay him, and secondly, ask the benefactor to give him a little guidance on martial arts, so that the villain can have some ability to fight the two thieves. ”

Luan Tingyu was still in a daze.

Huan Qi and Jin Bigui kowtowed like pounding garlic, and begged vigorously: "Benefactor, please help us in the life and death of the helpless and poor old and young in the mountains." ”

"There's really nothing we can do!"

In an uproar, the thieves and the families of the old and young cried and knelt on the ground.

Luan Tingyu came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Don't be like this." You don't dislike me for being low. I'll just say yes. Everyone, please get up. ”

He hurriedly went over to pick up the oldest old man with a gray beard, and sighed softly in a complicated mood: "Old man, your kneeling is breaking my life." Tingyu never dared to be. ”

The old man's eyes were full of tears. Trembling cried: "This is good, this is good." We're finally saved. ”

"Saved?"

Luan Tingyu muttered a wry smile and thought to herself: I can help you for a while. I can't help you, and I don't have the ability to save you from the sea of suffering.

Huan Qi and Jin Bigui were ecstatic, kowtowed a few more times, and got up with the help of Luan Tingyu.

Now that it has been decided, Luan Tingyu doesn't think about it anymore, and at this time, he carefully looks at the two new apprentices, and can't help but look at it more and more happy.

The two men looked ugly, with full beards and faces, looking old. He is actually not very old, but he is in his early twenties, his eyes are bright, and he is strong and flexible, which means that he is not stupid and can teach effectively. Moreover, the two of them are tall and strong, strong in muscles, and because they have been wrestling with wild beasts in the rugged mountains for many years, they are both agile.

1. General. The two ugly men are also rare good seedlings of martial arts.

Luan Tingyu thought happily: With these two people as helpers, it will also cost more to join the Western Army. I'll be a rider then. The two of them are accompanying foot soldiers, and the battlefield will definitely be...

Thinking about it, Luan Tingyu suddenly glanced at the others on the mountain. The heart is dark again.

If you take away the two apprentices, you will have intimate help, and your heart will no longer be lonely. But what about the people on the mountain (who say the bandits are too uplifting)?

People say that loyalty and filial piety are in dilemma. Fuck you, love and righteousness will be in a dilemma.

How could the two apprentices bear to abandon these miserable neighbors who were counting on them for their lives? Go to the army to seek a rich future?

How can I open this mouth to my apprentice?

Luan Tingyu sighed, temporarily suppressing his chaotic thoughts.

These days are desperately rushing. I am also tired, and I have experienced a crazy fight, which has increased my tiredness, and I have settled here, taught my disciples martial arts, protected the mountain people, and I can also take a break to think about the right way to go in the future.

After making up his mind, Luan Tingyu stayed.

If it weren't for the coincidence of poor hunters like Huan Qi and Jin Bigui, how could they have the opportunity to get a famous teacher to teach martial arts, they all cherished it very much, studied hard like crazy, and made rapid progress.

This made Luan Tingyu very satisfied.

His turbulent and troubled heart was a little calmer, and his teaching became more earnest and diligent.

Nearly ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Huan Qi and Jin Bigui, who are serving diligently, have always been depressed when they found out that their master was alone, to noticing that their master was thinking of joining the Western Army, so they paid attention.

On this day, Luan Tingyu finally decided to seize the opportunity to go to the Xihe Army.

Even if the world began to fall into chaos, as a subject of the Great Song Dynasty, he still had to maintain orthodoxy. You can't give up halfway when you join the army.

He could only comfort himself with this.

Summoned the two apprentices to tell each other the truth and decision.

"Huan Qi, it must be expensive, I guess you also know that you want to serve in the Western Army. Now the Xihe Army is undergoing an emergency rearmament, and the war with Western Xia is raging. It is an opportunity to be a teacher. ”

Seeing that the two apprentices were listening quietly, and there was no fierce entanglement, Luan Tingyu nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's what the teacher thinks." The two of you are natural infantry generals, and it is out of helplessness to fall into the grass, but it is a pity to make a living from this. I was going to take you with me to join the army. Thinking about it, the mountain people here can't leave your protection, so they will go by themselves as teachers. ”

Huan Qi opened his mouth to say something, Luan Tingyu guessed it, smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, listen to what the teacher has said." ”

"Since you and I have a friendship between master and apprentice, this kind of affection will naturally not be broken. Although it is said that I have hastily instructed you in martial arts in the past few days, I have also passed on the essence and corrected the defects in your martial arts. The rest of the moves, that take time to accumulate. For the sake of the teacher, there is a picture album here, and you can practice it on your own. ”

"If the division can gain a firm foothold in the Xihe Army. You can also arrange mountain people here, if you want, you can come to me. Our master and apprentice can fight side by side and make contributions. ”

Jin Bigui saw that Luan Tingyu had finished speaking, so he knelt down and said, "Master, please forgive the apprentice for saying something you don't want to hear." ”

Huan Qi also immediately knelt down.

Luan Tingyu and Wang Jin have different personalities and mentalities, and they will not be like Wang Jin scolding Shi Jin, and said with a smile: "Master and apprentice are like father and son, what do you want to listen to or not?" It's important to tell the truth. ”

Jin Bigui's ugly face suddenly showed a look of joy, and said, "Then the disciple said it directly." ”

"Well, say. In fact, there are doubts in the teacher's heart. Just hear what you think. ”

"The apprentice is stupid, he can't speak, he can't speak well, don't be angry, master. What the disciples say is from the heart. ”

"Hmm."

"Master, you want to join the Western Army, and the apprentice wants to say, it's better not to go, master. If you go, you will be disappointed, and if you don't talk about it, you will be humiliated. ”

It wasn't the first time Luan Tingyu had heard this argument, and Chai Jin had reminded him, so he didn't react much at this time.

"Master, you said that at this time, Western Xia was fighting fiercely with the Western Army, according to the news that the apprentice heard, this is true. But it's not a master's chance. The disciples heard from the guests who passed by that Yao Gu of the Huanqing Army was transferred to the Xihe Army as the general. The Yao family and Liu Fajia are both the backbone generals of the Western Army, but they are not all the way. At present, the two factions are fighting for those key positions of the Xihe Army, and they are in a lot of trouble. The Yao family is the advantage of the Yao family. But Lao Xihe intertwined the door, and it was not easy to fiddle with as a local snake. At this time, which powerful person has the heart to pay attention to the master's heart to serve the country? ”

Huan Qi said: "Yes, master." I heard that now the Xia Thief is fighting with several other Western armies that are going to reinforce them. The Xihe army was mainly busy forming an army, providing food and grass for friendly forces. If the master goes, even if you succeed in joining the army, who will believe you as a newcomer? The master did not have the opportunity to lead the troops into battle. If you miss this opportunity, the master will not have a bright future. In recent years, the summer thief has been stable. There are no major wars in the Western Army, and it is difficult for the master to receive awards for meritorious service on the battlefield, so with such ability, do you plan to start with a small boss and be promoted to a petty official with great difficulty? ”

The two ugly men said it upside down, but the meaning was expressed.

In short, you are a rootless newcomer, no one dares to reuse, the current big war is indeed a good opportunity, but it is not the right time for you to go, it is difficult to say that there is a chance to lead troops to the battlefield, and there is no chance to make great contributions. After that, the internal struggle of the Xihe Army was over, the position was full, there was no big war between the two countries, and those who had no roots and only had the ability had no chance to take the position.

Luan Tingyu only thought that when the country was in danger, the Western Army bureaucrats would reuse talents in an eclectic manner, so he entered a logical misunderstanding, and did not think that as long as the country did not die immediately, these outdated Western Army bureaucrats would put their own interests first and the national interests second. If you have a good seat, your own children and cronies will occupy it first, and no matter how good you are, no matter how good an outsider is, you will stand aside.

Huan Qi and Jin Bigui don't know a few words, but from the most simple and down-to-earth perspective of the grassroots themselves, they have their own clear understanding of the Western Army, or the rot of the Great Song Dynasty.

Luan Tingyu was stunned.

From his apprentice's words, he found out where his thoughts were wrong, and his heart was like a river overturning.

The princes of the world only think about their own homes, and no one is loyal to the country first. Corrupt officials and corrupt officials in various places are rampant and domineering. The people of the world are becoming more and more impoverished, and there are many people in turmoil and bandits. The anti-king crowd rose up. What does this mean? Throughout history, when a dynasty is about to fall, isn't society showing this chaotic and degenerate situation?

Maybe Da Song is really going to die.

What am I Luan Tingyu doing in the army with a humble body? What can you do?

Pity me for being diligent since I was a child, from a famous teacher, learning literature and practicing martial arts at night, practicing a skill in the court but useless, and only mixing into a bully head who is a tiger for the tiger. Now he is desperate on the right path, and he is happy for Kou and is unwilling to fool around all his life.

Why is my Luan Tingyu so miserable? Where do I struggle?

Oh, I forgot, after accepting two mountain thief apprentices, I, Luan Tingyu, settled in this mountain, and in fact, I have become a thief and an anti-king. If you go to the Xihe Army, the roots and feet here leak out, not to mention leading the troops to kill the Xia thief for meritorious service and being rewarded and promoted, and it is a great luck not to be cut off by those bureaucrats as malicious thieves and report to the court for merit.

You don't have to go to the northwest to go to the northwest to touch a nose of ashes again. Joining the army is not possible.

What to do later?

To be the anti-king here? See how the Great Song Dynasty and the arrogant and smug bureaucrats went to ruin? (To be continued.) )