Chapter 67: Ruthless may not be a true hero
Only then did Yang Hao understand Meng Bochang's true intentions, and he was so shocked that he didn't say anything for a while.
Meng Bochang sneered: "What, can't bear it? Then let me tell you, Xiao Qijin is not a mediocre person with great ambitions, he is now just desperate to come to the door, and when he recovers, he will not hesitate to wave his army south, like his father, to attack the city, burn and plunder. When he is in his infancy, God gives you and me a good opportunity, if you don't grasp it well, who can you and I be worthy of? ”
Yang Hao took a deep breath and nodded silently.
Meng Bochang smiled: "This is my good brother." I'm leaving. ”
Yang Hao got up and said, "I'll send you." ”
Meng Bochang smiled: "Let's go home and coax your warblers and swallows." ”
Qing'er and Lu Rui were escorted into the city by Meng Bochang's brother Meng Di during Yang Hao and Meng Bochang's secret talks, and the two of them brought all the belongings of Yongfeng over, and used seven carriages for luggage alone. When Yang Hao sent Meng Bochang away and rushed back to the inner hall, Qing'er and Xiaoyu were holding hands to say goodbye to each other and wipe their tears together, and Lu Rui was also crying with her eyes red.
There are dozens of cages in the yard, and Master Guan is directing a few pawns to set up furniture, and there is no place to put his feet down. Yang Hao opened the two cages and looked at them, clothes, utensils, books, and atlases were neatly stacked, and there were several boxes with wooden bones and skins locked with copper locks, it was difficult to see what was inside, Yang Hao lifted it with his hand, and the box was extremely heavy.
As soon as she chatted with Master Guan for a few words, Lu Rui found Yang Hao, she didn't alarm Qing'er and Xiaoyu, who were bowing their heads and whispering in the room, and quietly wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes and greeted her. At the end of March, when Dong Bacheng surrounded Feng'an, Yang Hao led the army to help, and before leaving, he once wanted to send someone to return Lu Rui to Lu Benzhong, but Lu Rui seemed to be aware of his thoughts, and I don't know what means this little girl used, so that Qing'er changed her original intention and stood up for her.
Yang Hao didn't want to disobey Qing'er's wishes, and secondly, Feng'an's war situation was tense that day, so he really didn't care about it, so he had to put aside the idea of sending her back.
"Brother Yang gives it to you." Lu Rui was holding a string of yellow and clear keys in his hand.
Yang Hao was slightly stunned: When did Qing'er hand over the housekeeper key to her? This little woman now knows that she is blessed to be the shopkeeper. Yang Hao didn't reach out to pick up the key. Lu Rui smiled slightly, took a step forward, and saw that Yang Hao still didn't mean to stretch out her hand, so she bent down and skillfully opened the copper lock on the box.
Chests full of jewelry, gold and silver utensils, piled up in a haphazard manner, as if they had been robbed from somewhere. Yang Hao was stunned and asked, "This is all - yours?" ”
Lu Rui smiled: "It's all yours." ”
Yang Hao was puzzled, he couldn't remember whether he had received it in Feng'an for a few months, and even if he had received it, there would never be so many.
"These are given to you by Brother Meng. In the past two months, he has subdued dozens of ghost towns in Hexi and Hebei, and those ghost towns look dilapidated and rotten from the outside, but they are all fat and oily. Brother Meng heard that you were starving in Feng'an, so he couldn't bear to give some to you. Qing'er and Xiaoyu heard Yang Hao's voice in the courtyard, so they greeted them together.
I haven't seen her for two months, Qing'er's face is white and red, and her figure is plump, and she looks as delicate and lovely as a fairy beauty under the lamp. Yang Hao's heart itched when he saw it, and he took her hand and quipped: "I haven't seen you for so long, you don't seem to care about Lang Jun at all, but you raised yourself for nothing." ”
Qing'er withdrew her hand and sneered: "What you said is good, I am comfortable not seeing you for the past two months, and I have to wait for one less person in the morning and evening, I don't know if it will be useful." Yang Hao's face was red and his ears were red.
Lu Rui hurriedly said: "Brother Yang, don't misunderstand Sister Qing'er, Yongfeng is not peaceful these days, first the Shuofang army pressed the people in the city, and then General Meng conquered the ghost city, and the scoundrels in the city set fire to the city. After you set out on the expedition, Sister Qing'er worried about you every day, she didn't think about tea and food, and she didn't go out for several days. Later, when she heard that the Hedong Army had retreated, she felt better. ”
When Yang Hao heard these words, he felt guilty, and bowed to Qing'er in front of everyone and said, "Yang Lang's words are reckless, please forgive me." This scene frightened everyone, and Qing'er was even more anxious, and lowered her voice and said, "Are you crazy?" In front of so many people, who do you do it for? I have to let everyone in Quan Feng'an know that I am the evil lady in the family. ”
Yang Hao didn't think of this layer, and after hearing Qing'er's words, he asked the pawn who carried the cage with a tiger face: "Did you hear anything just now?" The pawns replied, "We didn't hear anything, only saw Lord Thorn Shi bow to his wife." After saying that, they all laughed. Yang Hao couldn't get off the stage, and his face turned red for a while.
Master Guan replied with a smile: "Husband and wife should respect and love each other, the wife should apologize to her husband if she is wrong, and the husband should also apologize to his wife if she is wrong." The adults apologized in public, and they were more open-minded. As for these little rabbit cubs, they dare to laugh with adults, not because they are disrespectful to adults in their hearts, but because adults are kind and loving to soldiers on weekdays, so they dare to be presumptuous. ”
Speaking of this, Master Guan asked the pawns: "Adults and madams don't like people to go outside and chew the root of their tongues, what should you do?" The crowd replied, "If the adults don't like it, we don't like it either, and in the future, if someone chews the root of the tongue, we will beat him up first and cry his mother." ”
When Qing'er heard this, she turned her worries into joy, and said to Master Guan: "The brothers have worked hard, go and order the cook, and leave the brothers to eat some wine and rice after finishing these tasks." The crowd thanked him with joy. Qing'er glanced at it, turned to Xiaoyu and said, "After taking the car all the way, my back hurts." You're going to help me pinch it tonight. As he spoke, he secretly lost a glance at Xiaoyu. Xiao Yu glanced at Lu Rui, took over the conversation and said, "I also have a lot to say to you." ”
Yang Hao saw through Qing'er's intentions and knew that she was matching herself and Lu Rui, so he was a little unhappy in his heart, so he said: "That's it, you want to be together, and I won't stop you." But if you come from afar, you have to eat a bite of rice. We'll talk about the rest after eating. ”
Qing'er said: "Let's let Xiao Rui accompany you to eat, I'm so dizzy now that I can't eat anything, I'll rest first." Seeing that she was leaving, Yang Hao's heart was on fire, he rushed over and grabbed her hand and pulled it aside, and said in a low voice: "What benefits did she give you, and it is worth you to help her so much?" Qing'er smiled: "Accompany her to have a meal, can she eat you?" Breaking free of Yang Hao's hand and about to leave, Yang Hao hurriedly grabbed her hand again. Qing'er's face suddenly turned cold, Yang Hao panicked, and said hesitantly: "Recently...... The state is tight, can I borrow these things from you for a while. ”
Qing'er sneered: "You heard clearly, these things were given to you by Brother Meng, you can dispose of them as you want, you don't have to ask me." Xiao Yu saw that the two were about to stiffen, so he hurriedly said loudly: "Did my sister say yes?" Don't delay their meal. When Qing'er heard this, she snorted and shouted in a low voice: "Get out of the way, don't get in my way." "Push Yang Hao away.
The little scene of the three of them, Lu Rui, who was watching coldly, saw it clearly, after Qing'er and Xiaoyu left, she sighed slightly, and felt that the corners of her eyes were a little astringent, she secretly took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes, and took a deep breath. said to Yang Hao: "Brother Yang, I'll go prepare the meal first." After speaking, he hurriedly left, and as soon as he turned around, tears of anger burst out of his eyes.
Yang Hao glanced at her back and didn't speak, he called Guan Suo and pointed to the six boxes of gold and silver objects: "Send them to the warehouse, and write a list for me after checking them clearly." Guan Suo said secretly: "My lord, this is your private property, ...... from Madame" Yang Hao shouted: "Where is so much nonsense!" If you are told to go, you will go! Guan Suo was reprimanded for no reason, his heart was on fire, and when he saw a few soldiers who couldn't help laughing, he shouted: "I'm deaf, don't do it yet!" ”
Lu Rui prepared two dishes, scalded a pot of wine and brought it over personally. Yang Hao had to quickly clean up the table and put down the tray, looking at each other a little embarrassed. Lu Rui suddenly took out the key and said, "I forgot to give the key to Brother Guan." After speaking, she was about to leave, but was stopped by Yang Hao, Yang Hao took the key from her hand and said, "You are also tired, eat, rest early." As he spoke, he went out.
Before his feet stepped out of the door, there was a sobbing sound behind him, Yang Hao chuckled in his heart, his feet were fixed, and he couldn't move anymore. Lu Rui rushed forward and hugged Yang Hao, and the slight sobbing voice turned into a complaint: "Am I just annoying you like this?" Why, then, did you promise my father in the first place? ”
Yang Hao wanted to tell her that it was just an expedient measure to promise Lu Benzhong, and the purpose was just to stabilize Lu Benzhong, and if Lu Benzhong stabilized the situation in Yongfeng, there would be fewer deaths, and he would not let the first battle of the eunuch plan fail. But can I tell her these words? It's a bloodless knife that kills people.
Seeing that Yang Hao was frozen there without saying a word, Lu Rui wiped a handful of tears and said, "You just need to say a word, and I will leave immediately." I will never haunt you again in this life and this life......"
Yang Hao's heart suddenly softened, and he was stunned, both angry at the meanness in his heart, and laughing at his own naivety, weakness, and ridiculousness. Yang Hao admitted that he didn't dislike Lu Rui, but if he wanted to treat Lu Rui like Qing'er and Xiaoyu, he didn't seem to be able to do it.
"I know you only have Sister Qing and Xiaoyu in your heart, I don't want anything, I just want to stay...... I can see you every day......" Lu Rui's voice gradually went down, she took a sharp breath, calmed down her heart, and there was already a trace of despair in her eyes. She shook her head and forcibly swallowed the words that came to her mouth: "The dish is cold...... I'm going to heat it up. ”
Yang Hao grabbed her hand, "Just say a few words, the dish won't be cold." ”
Lu Rui's tears poured out, she threw herself into Yang Hao's arms, grabbed Yang Hao's hand and refused to let go.
Yang Hao admits that sometimes it is easier for a woman's tears to conquer a man than a thousand troops. What Dong Bacheng and the Eight Thousand Hedong Army failed to do, Lu Rui did it.
Originally, he had drunk a lot of wine at the birthday banquet, but now he had drunk with Lu Rui for half an hour, and Yang Hao finally got drunk, the kind of drunk who was unconscious. The only good thing about Yang Hao when he is drunk is that he is not noisy or noisy, and he sleeps heavily. As for where to sleep and who to be with, it is really not up to him to decide.