"Brother Qin, you also asked Brother Yu about his origin back then, and I told you that he was just a hunter in the mountains...... It's not that the foolish brother deliberately deceives you, it's just that my background is really disgraceful. Ding Sanshi did a lot of acting, and said with a wry smile: "Since Sect Leader Tan is your diehard, then I have nothing to hide...... The foolish brother joined the army at the age of thirteen, and within five years he became the commander of the border fortress protector army from a small foot soldier, and was transferred back to Beijing at the age of twenty, serving in the loyal and brave army as a city patrol garrison. ”

"Loyalty?" Qin Baichuan didn't know much about this army and that army of Da Song, but Tan Jiaotou's voice was a little changed: "But when the king of Chaowu is under the command of 100,000 loyal soldiers? ”

"Exactly." Ding Sanshi nodded proudly and said: "Ding was originally a northerner, a generation of Qingmeng, born at the time of war, the previous dynasty was defeated and retreated, some people were lucky to move south with the emperor, Ding's father was trampled by the iron horse and died, and his mother had no choice but to stay in Qingmeng. Ding witnessed the tragic death of his father, and after obtaining his mother's consent at the age of thirteen, he infiltrated the Song Realm and joined the National Protector Army. I think Tan Jiaotou is also a person with great skills, and what Ding said is true or false, you can find out when you check it. ”

After Ding Sanshi finished talking about these causes and effects, Qin Baichuan was a little surprised by his ability to adapt to changes, and his first reaction was that Ding Sanshi was like himself and was good at talking nonsense. But if you think about it carefully, but you can't, he must have seen Tan Jiaotou's background, so naturally it is impossible to cheat...... In that case, this Ding Sanshi may really have been a subordinate of King Wu!

"Since you were born in the Loyal Warriors, why did you know my husband, and why did you come here?" The doubts in Tan Jiaotou's heart were half solved, and he asked again.

"Can Sect Leader Tan know that the people of Lin'an changed back then?" Ding Sanshi seemed to know that he must have this question.

"Know a little." Tan Jiaotou nodded and said: "Marshal Yue Xiang was killed by Qin Hui back then, and Marshal Yue's subordinates hated Qin Hui to the extreme, but because of the marshal's last order, no one dared to make a transgression. Qin Hui was still not at ease, and within a few years, he wantonly killed Marshal Yue's generals, which made the people angry. ”

Ding Sanshi nodded, and said: "Marshal Yue's tiger general Niu Gao has a son, who was secretly adopted by the marshal's personal guards, but I don't know who leaked the news, Qin Hui will be killed soon." The guards fought back in a hurry and were accused of rebellion. After the people of Lin'an knew about this, they picked up the hoe and rushed into Lin'an City to ask for their lives, which was the Lin'an Min's Change. ”

Hearing them talk about these old events, Qin Baichuan's eyes widened: "What happened later?" The guards are ...... Coming to Gangneung? He made a bold assumption.

Ding Sanshi glanced at him, nodded and said: "Probably yes, the name of the guard is Liu Huasheng, and the son of General Niu Gao is called Niu Yuan. Originally, the imperial court was going to send troops to exterminate it, but when the court's first-class officials, Lord Lu Shigao and Lu stabbed blood in the court, which left them a glimmer of life. ”

"Sure enough!" Qin Baichuan secretly clenched his fists, Liu Yuanyuan's master was Liu Huasheng, and Niu Yuan was actually Niu Gao's descendant, which really surprised him. Of course, in a sense, Qin Baichuan unconsciously equated the Niu Gao of Da Song with the Niu Gao of the Southern Song Dynasty, so he was a little shocked. In fact, they are not all the way at all, and their names are similar.

"It's far away." Ding Sanshi smiled, pulled the topic back, and said: "At the time of the Lin'an Civil Revolution, as a loyal army, we undertook the task of defending the main city, and it happened to be my errand that day. Watching the people cry bitterly one by one, they worshiped Marshal Yue on the spot, and begged us to let Yue's army live. I couldn't bear to ask the chief general Zhu Wanan for his life, but he beat him with 50 boards for violating military law...... I was young and vigorous at that time, and I also had the intention of protecting the country and the people when I joined the army, and since the Lord did not distinguish between right and wrong, I did not want to help the abuse, and after the injury was healed, I escaped from the loyal army with some people. ”

Speaking of this, Ding Sanshi sighed and said, "I secretly returned to Qingmeng and served my mother until she died. Speaking of which, I am a deserter from the current dynasty, and if my identity is known, it will be a great crime for the nine clans...... So I have been hiding my identity all these years and I don't dare to say anything. ”

Ding Sanshi smiled reluctantly and said: "Tan Jiaotou, these are my past, if you suspect Ding, you don't need to do it yourself, you only need to go to the state and the government to write a letter, and when you hear the information of the loyal deserter, those state capitals will all pour out of the nest and catch Ding to ask for merit from King Wu." ”

Ding Sanshi's ability to explain these things clearly, and the coherence without any omissions, is enough to prove the truth of his words. Tan Jiaotou shook his head: "I just asked this more because I was worried that Brother Ding would be unfavorable to Mr. Qin, as for whether you are a deserter from the Loyal Army, Tan has no interest." ”

"Brother Ding, don't worry, Sect Leader Tan is also a person who does what he says." Qin Baichuan spoke appropriately.

"I have one last question." Tan Jiaotou still had a few doubts in his heart, so he simply asked them all: "Since you are a loyal and brave deserter, how can Mr. meet you?" What did you make with each other? How could Mr. let you come to the Gangneung Hundred Flowers Workshop to find him? And I don't think you seem to be tired of traveling. ”

"Sect Leader Tan, are you a hundred thousand why?" Qin Baichuan had a calm face, if he was asked by Tan Jiaotou like this, Ding Sanshi would inevitably have to be a gangster, he answered: "If you want to check the household registration, Lao Tzu can tell you!" In the early years, I was born in Kaifeng Scholar's Family, my parents died in the war, I mixed with some ruffians and hooligans, and I only knew how to prostitute some clay kilns all day long, and I also learned a lot of jokes in my mouth! Damn, I don't want to mention this disgraceful experience, but you have to ask! ”

Qin Baichuan pretended to be angry and said: "My encounter with Brother Ding was purely accidental, to put it simply, Lao Tzu went to prostitute once, and was chased and killed all over the world, I fled in all directions, and was finally rescued by Brother Ding." Brother Ding repelled those thieves and settled me down, and those days were all thanks to his care. Brother Ding, do you remember what you said to me? ”

Qin Baichuan asked, and Ding Sanshi subconsciously said, "What did you say?" ”

"You tell me, men are not terrible to be poor, they must straighten their waists and be human beings at all times, and people don't have to care about other people's eyes when they live, as long as they are worthy of themselves." Qin Baichuan gritted his teeth hatefully and said: "That's it, just this sentence, a word to wake up the person in the dream, I began to think about my future life." Brother Ding, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid there would be no Qin Baichuan today. ”

"That's it." Ding Sanshi echoed: "I remember that at that time, although you were full of swearing, you were a well-read person, and I persuaded you to take the exam to get a fame, but you said that you were not born to be an official. After a few days, you told me that if you want to go into business, you will learn from Tao Zhu Gong and become a businessman on the rich side. I advise you not to stay, especially since you know that Gangneung is the most prosperous place in Dasong, so you insist on coming here to make a living. ”

Ding Sanshi's nonsense basically answered the two questions raised by Tan Jiaotou, he seemed to be quite emotional, and continued: "When you were leaving, you told me that you decided to change your mind, and that you must make a career when you go to Jiangling this time, and you also asked me to come to Jiangling to find you." It's only been a short year, I can't imagine that Brother Qin, you have broken into such a family business, and Brother Fool really didn't look at the wrong person back then. ”

Ding Sanshi nodded with satisfaction: "As for what Sect Leader Tan asked, why I didn't have a tired journey, it is because I arrived in Jiangling five days ago, rested for three days and began to inquire about Brother Qin's news, and then I heard many rumors about you. The foolish brother was happy in his heart, and he thought about it yesterday, but he thought that your identity today is not the same, and the foolish brother did not dare to take the liberty of bathing and crowning today, so he came to meet his brother. ”

"Brother Ding, if you say that, Qin will really be ashamed." Qin Baichuan stood up and bowed to Ding Sanshi, raised his eyebrows at him, and said to Tan Jiaotou: "Brother Tan, do you have any questions?" ”

"Tan Mou, I beg Mr. and Brother Ding to forgive." After a few temptations, he didn't notice anything unusual, and after a casual investigation, he could know whether what Ding Sanshi said was true or false, Tan Jiaotou put away his guard and hugged his fists to apologize.

"Sect leader Tan is serious." Ding Sanshi shook his head, and said to Qin Baichuan again: "Brother Qin, you can have such a loyal friend by your side, Brother Fool can rest assured." Today, since the foolish brother has fulfilled the promise of the day, he has lived up to the trust of his brother, and he has left. ”

"Brother Ding, you and I haven't had a good drink yet, how can we just leave?" Qin Baichuan grabbed Ding Sanshi's hand and said sincerely: "Besides, my aunt has passed away, and Brother Ding has nowhere to go, so why don't you stay in the Hundred Flowers Workshop to help according to what my brother said before?" ”

"Brother Qin, I appreciate your kindness." Ding Sanshi's face was embarrassed, and he clenched his fists and wanted to leave: "You know that foolish brother, he is naturally lazy and casual, and he is a deserter, if he gets too close to you, I am afraid that it will bring you unnecessary disasters." ”

"With your friendship with me, what are you talking about?" Qin Baichuan waved his hand generously, he knew in his heart that Ding Sanshi was eating imperial grain, and it was impossible for him to promise himself anything without Lu Shigao's explicit order, and he was just trying to go back and report the situation to Lu Shigao as soon as possible.

But when his friends for many years saw each other and walked, Qin Baichuan was worried that it would arouse Tan Jiaotou's suspicions, so he pulled his arm: "Brother Ding, whether to stay in the Hundred Flowers Workshop, you go back and think about it, since you are here today, if you don't get drunk, you don't want to leave!" ”

Qin Baichuan did not give up, and at the same time asked people to prepare wine and food, worried that the monkey and others would suddenly come in and break Ding Sanshi's identity, Qin Baichuan and others drove everyone out of the backyard after the wine and food came up, leaving only two family members in the spring breeze to serve, and after ordering no one to disturb, he sat opposite Ding Sanshi and Tan Jiaotou, and raised his glass to drink.

The purpose of this banquet is to completely dispel Tan Jiaotou's doubts, so the main topic revolves around the experience of parting, Ding Sanshi has nothing to say under the pretext of filial piety to his mother, but Qin Baichuan is gushing, how he came to Jiangling, how to make a career in Wangjiang Tower, everything is big and small, but everything that can be thought of, he happily said it over and over again, Ding Sanshi praised it again and again, of course Tan Jiaotou couldn't get any valuable news.

This wine was drunk until ten o'clock at noon, seeing that Qin Bai's eyes were straight, and he was already a little incoherent, Ding Sanshi got up to say goodbye, Qin Baichuan still didn't allow it, Tan Jiaotou ordered him to help him go back to his room to rest in the spring breeze, and he repeatedly instructed that Ding Sanshi must be left behind. When Qin Baichuan went back to the room to lie down, Ding Sanshi saw him squint his eyes, and raised his eyebrows at himself, he realized that even though Qin Baichuan was a little drunk, he was clearly pretending to be drunk, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, life is like a play, relying on acting skills.