Chapter 9 The Monk
"Are you telling the truth?" Shen Heng's face was already blue at this time, and he asked Yue Fei in a deep voice.
Yue Fei replied proudly: "Every sentence is true, Xiaomin is willing to confront Master Zhu, and there are many archers who go with him to do certification!" ”
"Hmph, Zhu Heng is really damned, not only did he escape from the battle, but he also dared to openly coax a certain family!" Zhixian Shen Heng slapped the handrail, stood up, and paced back and forth in the house, Xue Liangchen and the others looked at Zhixian in disbelief. Suddenly, Shen Heng stopped and asked Xue Liangchen, "Xue She'er (the Song Dynasty often called young men She'er), so those thieves have been defeated by you?" ”
Xue Liangchen was stunned when he heard this, he didn't know why Zhixian suddenly turned to this stubble again, and thought that the other party suspected that what he had just said was untrue, so he hurriedly replied carefully: "Yangxian respects Weifu, the villain luckily scared that gang of thieves back." ”
"Good, good!" Seeing Xue Liangchen retreating so humbly, Shen Zhixian remembered that Zhu Zhi had blatantly deceived himself and the Han family's urging, and his heart became more and more determined: "Xue Langjun, the county lieutenant Zhu was wounded by an arrow and could not continue to lead the archers to fight the thieves, but the arrest of the thieves should not be delayed, so you will temporarily lead the county archers to arrest this group of thieves on behalf of the county lieutenant!" ”
"County Honor!" Xue Liangchen was suddenly stunned by this sudden good news, but Xue Liangyu on the side was the first to react and shouted, "Second brother! "There was anticipation on my face.
"County Zun, the villain is just a grass people, just afraid, only afraid-" Xue Liangchen reacted at this time, instinctively wanted to excuse himself, but heard Shen Zhixian laugh and said: "You don't have to excuse yourself, go back and prepare quickly, if you need anything, just put it forward." You also know who asked for this gang of thieves, and if you finish this errand, it is not impossible that you will take those two words for the time being. Speaking of this, Shen Zhixian gently patted Xue Liangchen's shoulder twice, this rare intimate act made Xue Liangchen hurriedly lower his head.
"The county is so elevated, the villain can only do his best!"
"Good, good! Then you should step back and do it! At this time, Shen Zhixian's face was already full of smiles, and he was not annoyed at all, watching Xue Liangchen and his party retreat, and then walked towards the backyard.
Xue Liangchen and his entourage left the county government and wanted to go home. Zhou Ping pulled at the back, looking at Yue Fei with a complicated mood, now he finally knew why this king of Yue E ended up with a dead Fengbo Pavilion, a considerable part of it was due to his almost impersonal surname, first when he was injured, he reprimanded the Xue family brothers who had just saved their lives why they didn't pursue the thieves; Just now, in front of the county honor, he pointed out that the county lieutenant Zhu Zhi escaped from the battle, resulting in a complete defeat. If these things seem to be a later generation of historians, they will naturally think that this is Yue Wumu's heroic nature, but the contemporaries who get along with him will not think so, maybe these people could not retaliate against him at that time, but when he was in trouble, there was no shortage of villains who fell into the ground.
"Brother Yue, is your injury important? Shall I send you back to Han's house? Zhou Ping looked at the bloodstained bandages on Yue Fei's body and asked.
"No need!" Yue Fei raised the spear used as a crutch and said, "It's just some flesh wounds, this place is not far from Dayjin Hall, thank you Brother Zhou!" ”
Zhou Ping looked behind him, the Xue family brothers and others had already gone far, and then whispered: "Brother Yue, although the younger brother and you are new acquaintances, they are very close to each other, just like friends for many years, so if the next words are too much, please bear with Brother Yue!" ”
Yue Fei was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly smiled: "The little brother is also very knowledgeable, but Brother Zhou doesn't hurt to talk about it!" ”
"Brother Yue, some things in this world are still good with the light, if you say it too clearly, sometimes you will harm yourself!" When Zhou Ping said this, he arched his hand to Yue Fei, turned around and chased after the Xue family brothers, leaving Yue Fei alone to reminisce.
"Ah Ping, what did you say to that kid surnamed Yue mysteriously!" Xue Liangyu asked Zhou Ping.
"Tell Xiao Langjun!" Zhou Ping said with a smile: "The villain just saw that guy was too arrogant, so he taught Yue Fei a few words, lest he not know that the sky is high and the earth is thick!" “
"Well said!" Xue Liangyu clapped his hands and smiled: "That kid surnamed Yue is indeed too arrogant, and his mouth is unobstructed. If it weren't for the injuries on his body, I would have given him a few hard lessons yesterday, and he wouldn't be able to get up. Speaking of this, he turned his head to Zhou Ping and asked, "Ah Ping, how did that guy react, did he want to be rough with you?" ”
"That's not true, after I taught him a few words, he understood and came to apologize to me." Zhou Ping smiled, deep down in his heart, he still didn't want Yue Fei to have a conflict with the Xue family, after all, one was a famous hero in later generations and the other was where he was now supported by himself, and any one of the two sides was unlucky, which one of them was unlucky, and it was not what he wanted to see.
"Oh?" Xue Liangyu frowned in surprise: "Since that's the case, then I don't bother to trouble this guy anymore!" ”
"Ah Ping!" Suddenly, a voice interrupted Zhou Ping and Xue Liangyu's conversation, Zhou Ping looked up, but it was Xue Liangchen, only to see that his face was gloomy, obviously there was something difficult to decide.
"Do you think it's good or bad for the county to let me temporarily act as the county lieutenant?"
"Good, bad?" Zhou Ping frowned, thought for a moment and replied: "Erlang, as far as the villain knows, this county lieutenant is an official of the imperial court, not a county magistrate who can be appointed. ”
Xue Liangchen nodded silently, he is also a fine person, Zhou Ping understood it after mentioning it a little. Although this county lieutenant is just a petty official from the top of the ninth grade, but in any case, he is also an official of the king's order selected by the officials, with the situation of the Xue family, if you want to become a county lieutenant, you must either rely on Nasu to get an official, or an official by the imperial examination, or accumulate qualifications, and the possible surname of a county lieutenant who wants to ascend to the sky in one step is very small. What the magistrate just said was just a blank check.
"Second brother, is the county zun deceiving me and others?" Xue Liangyu asked anxiously.
Xue Liangchen ignored his younger brother and asked Zhou Ping by himself: "Then what do you think?" ”
Zhou Ping secretly thought that if he remembered correctly, but a few years later, the Jin soldiers would go south, this Xiangzhou Hanoi is located in the key place, and there is no way to escape the disaster of the war, if it weren't for the fact that he hadn't saved enough money to go south, he would have run away a long time ago, where would he stay here to accompany you in this few years later, so Zhou Ping casually prevaricated: "The villain is just a field guest, shallow knowledge, how dare to say more!" ”
Xue Liangchen glanced at Zhou Ping and didn't ask again. As soon as the group arrived at the entrance of Xuejia Village, they saw Xu Wu, a Tianke in the village, hurriedly walking out, holding two gourds in his hands. Xue Liangyu's eyes were sharp, and he shouted from afar: "Ah Wu, what are you going to do?" ”
Xu Wu hurriedly raised the gourd in his hand and replied: "Tell Lang Jun, there is a great monk named Zhishan who is visiting, and the old man thinks that the local wine at home is thin, so let me go to the market to buy some good wine and come back to entertain guests!" ”
"Ahh What kind of good wine does a monk buy! Xue Liangyu exclaimed, he still wanted to say something, but Xue Liangchen pulled it, blocked the conversation, and said to Xu Wu: "You go and come back quickly, don't delay!" When Xu Wu walked away, he whispered to his younger brother: "Don't underestimate it, this supreme Zen master is a famous monk in the north, wise and brave, and you can't look at ordinary monks!" "It turns out that since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, there have been two strong enemies in the north, Western Xia and Liao, especially Western Xia, and the war with Song has hardly been interrupted in the more than 100 years of history since Song Taizong. Due to the Western Xia's occupation of Hengshan and its alliance with the Liao State, the Northern Song Dynasty was unable to eliminate it, although it had an absolute advantage in manpower and material resources. Because most of the soldiers and civilians of the Western Xia believed in Buddhism at that time, many wise and brave monks actively participated in this war as spies, guides or secret diplomatic envoys, and played a considerable role.
Zhou Ping entered the house and was about to go to pack up the livestock, but he heard Xue Liangchen say: "You are now my Lang Party, go in with me to see my father first!" ”
Zhou Ping was stunned, hurriedly answered, followed, he passed through a courtyard, and heard a hearty laughter from inside, Zhou Ping entered the door, only to see that Xue Laozhang was talking and laughing with a gray-robed monk in the hall, and there were two young men standing behind him, it was Xue Liangyun, the eldest son of Xue Laozhang, and Xue Liangwu, the third son.
"Zen Master, you are nearly forty years old, but you don't see a trace of old age, you are really the reincarnation of an Arhat!" Old Uncle Xue stroked his beard and smiled.
"Xue Gong said with a smile, you are over fifty years old and still so healthy is the real Arhat!"
At this time, Mr. Xue saw Xue Liangchen and Xue Liangyu coming in from the outside, so he pointed to the two of them and introduced them to Zhishan: "These are my two dogs." Liangchen, Liangyu, you two haven't come to meet the Zen master yet! ”
"Boy, meet the Zen master!" Xue Liangchen and Xue Liangyu hurriedly bowed down to the Zhishan Zen Master, and looked the Xue brothers up and down for a while with an insider's eye, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is a good tiger, the poor monk has been training in the Northwest Military Town for more than ten years, and it is rare to see a good man like the two Xiaolangjun!" ”
"Zen master, don't boast about the child!" Uncle Xue smiled slightly: "But now it is the Taiping period, I can read the Six Classics, and I am a good man outside the East Gate, but unfortunately my children only know how to pull bows and spears, and they can keep this family business!" ”
After listening to Mr. Xue's words, the Supreme Zen Master's face changed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that it may not be!" ”
Old Master Xue heard that there was another deep meaning in the other party's words, and asked rhetorically: "Zen master, what do you mean by this?" Didn't I hear that after Tong Shumi's troops recovered the Qingtang Dynasty, my Great Song Dynasty had broken the arm of the Western Thief and occupied a place of victory, could it be that the battle situation in the northwest was repeated again? ”
"Not really!" Zhishan shook his head lightly and sighed: "I'm only afraid that my Great Song worries are not in the northwest but in the northeast!" ”
"Northeast? Could it be that Zen Master is talking about Liao? It's unlikely, then the Liao State and my Great Song Dynasty have been brothers' states for nearly a hundred years, and the people on both sides enjoy peace, so why don't they have to use swords again? Why is there no news about the business trips coming and going? "The collection is very sad, now it's only more than two hundred, hit the street and knock down the end of the street, all kinds of requests, if possible, the list of book friends to help Weber advertise, thank you here in advance!
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