When Li Lintang left his division and went to Shandong, he originally wanted to take refuge with a senior who was a leader in the Shandong Green Camp and seek a bowl of rice in the barracks.

The senior Li Lintang is looking for is named Liu Henglu, who is his best friend of his deceased teacher, and Li Lintang wants to call him a Shibo according to his seniority. But Na Cheng thought, after arriving in Jinan, Shandong, he inquired, and the old-timers had already returned to the field to return to their hometown!

Why? During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this old man asked the little cubs who worshiped God to cut off two fingers on their left hand, leaving a disability. The head of the Green Camp is from the official position of the eighth grade, and the law of the Qing Dynasty is clearly written, saying that those with disabilities are not allowed to be officials. No, then Liu Henglu's predecessors have to go back to their hometowns to farm.

Li Lintang figured it out: If you can't find Shibo here, and if you are helpless, you really have to go to work as a coolie to make a living, and you have to find Liu Shibo! I thought of it, inquired about the old man's residence, and went straight to Gaomi in Weifang.

Li Lintang inquired again when he arrived at Gaomi, and his Liu Shibo returned to the field, and he actually returned to three and a half lands!

It turned out that Liu Henglu also assisted in the defense of the city when he was in office, and he could eat up and down the road, who wanted to do something to make a living, such as smuggling Fushou ointment, half-closed doors, black gambling houses, etc., they had to give water to others. This Liu Henglu is also patient, he doesn't smoke big cigarettes, doesn't play money, eats brown rice and drinks cold water, and he is poor and cold, and he has stepped down with a breeze on his sleeves. When he returned to the countryside, he immediately bought a house and land, became a landlord with peace of mind, opened a pawnshop, bought and sold some pigs and sheep, collected rent, and lived a happy life.

When Li Lintang arrived at someone's land, Liu Henglu was also cordially entertained. The Ghost Family Sect has never been a rich mountain, but it is just a small family with only two or three true disciples in a generation. Although he, Liu Shibo, is not a rich man, this Zhuangzi still makes Li Lintang feel generous inside and out.

After living in someone's house for some time, Li Lintang is more and more liked by the old man Liu Henglu, and after coming and going, this uncle has directly become a godfather!

It turned out that this Liu Henglu was born in a practicing family, and he joined the military camp to make a career, and he has such a cordial energy for people who practice martial arts. It's a pity that Liu Henglu has two sons and a daughter, and the daughter is going to marry after all, and it can't be passed on; The eldest son is in business to earn money to support the family; The youngest son is determined to pursue literature. This old man's ability is so that he has no heirs. Old Man Liu didn't say it, but he didn't have a taste in his heart.

This time it was good, the apprentice of the old friend came to defect and laid a solid foundation for foreign kung fu. The most rare thing is to be the same as himself, and he is also a master of making sticks! simply, he recognized this posterity and became a godson, opened the incense hall to tell the ancestors, bowed three times and bowed nine times, and offered tea and wine, and this title was achieved!

After that, Li Lintang lived in Liu Henglu's house. During the day, under the guidance of Liu Henglu, he practiced and played sticks, and had the leisure to manage the inside and outside for the old man, inspect tenants, and collect rent. But at this time, it has been a long time, Li Lintang has a bad feeling in his heart, he eats other people's and takes other people's and lives in other people's houses, how can he say that Li Lintang has a hurdle in his heart, he is a dignified seven-foot man, and he should have a career.

That night, when Li Lintang and Liu Henglu's family were drinking and eating, they couldn't bear what they were thinking, so they said to Old Man Liu: "Godfather, I've been here for a year, and I think about joining the army and creating a career." ”

Liu Henglu put down his chopsticks and wiped his hands, and said, "Do you think your godfather is not good to you?" ”

As soon as Li Lintang heard this, he quickly stood up and hugged his fists, and gave a deep salute: "Godfather has devoted his money and taken care of Lin Tang's art, Lin Tang has had no father and mother since he was a child, and now the master is driving a crane to the west, and the only people in the world who are closest to me are you and my senior brother." ”

"Sit," Liu Henglu's eldest son pulled Li Lintang to sit down, "Brother Lintang, you can see the outside world when you talk like this, they are all family." ”

"Yes," Liu Henglu said, "It's all family, don't see it like this." On the first day you came, you told me that you wanted to join the army. I've been retired for several years, but my old brothers still buy me some face. I've kept you by my side for more than a year, and you haven't figured it out, why didn't I put you in the Green Camp in the first place? ”

Li Lintang's face was a little embarrassed: "Godfather, don't you look down on my ability?" ”

Liu Henglu shook his head and chuckled, "Lin Tang...... What is a good place for you to really be a green camp? ”

"How?" Li Lintang asked.

Liu Henglu slapped his left hand, which only had three fingers, on the table and said, "The green camp is rotten, the green camp is rotten in the bones!" When I joined the army when I was young, the Green Camp was a signboard, and now the Green Camp is a piece of! Smokers, drinkers, gamblers, this kind of people abound in the green camp, and those who are officials eat empty salaries, down to twelve or thirteen, and up to sixty or seventy are all listed in the green camp, what hope do you have when you go to become a soldier? ”

Li Lintang listened to these words, and the cold sweat on his brain came down in an instant.

"Lin Tang, isn't your godfather stopping you from making meritorious contributions," Liu Henglu shook his left hand again, "Have you seen it?" Here's the lesson! Foreigners are scary now, but they are not the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of the past. The Dingyuan and Zhenyuan are scary, but no one has ever seen them fight. No matter how good your kung fu is, can you block the gun? ”

Liu Henglu took a sip of wine and continued: "My two sons, why didn't they join the army? One is that neither of them likes to dance with knives and guns, and I don't force it; The second is that the water in this green camp is too deep, and you can't sit in a high position if you don't have the ability. When I wasn't hurt, I figured it out, let's be human beings, we can't be born into the official family, and we can't go to hell when we die! ”

"If you can't enter the official gate in life, you can't go to hell when you die......" After hearing Liu Henglu's words, Li Lintang muttered.

"Lin Tang," Liu Henglu said again, "I know that it is wronged to let you live in my little Zhuangzi, and you are more or less unhappy in your heart." ”

Li Lintang hurriedly waved his hand: "Godfather, I definitely didn't mean this, I ......"

"Hey! You listen to me first," Liu Henglu interrupted Li Lintang's argument, "Young man, his heart is high, and he wants to have his own career, I understand, and I support it." Lin Tang, your ability is not low, you are afraid of being less strong, today is your best few years, you have kept you with me for a year, my stick method is considered to have a successor, and now you should be let go. ”

"Godfather, I'm ......"

"I've said it, listen to what I've done." Liu Henglu interrupted Li Lintang again, "I have an old brother who opened a dart game in Jinan Dart Bureau, called 'Tieyuan Dart', which is a bit famous on the green forest road, and several dart roads are all out of them." I'll write you a letter tomorrow morning, and you can take it to Jinan and work under him." From chopping wood to feed the horses, there are also times when you come out. ”

When Li Lintang heard this, he left his seat and knelt on the ground, kowtowing again and again. Liu Henglu didn't even look at it, and said, "Get up, sit down, and eat." ”

Early the next morning, Li Lintang took the letter, packed his luggage, took the big iron rod that had followed Liu Henglu for most of his life, led the horse, and left the village. But not long after leaving Zhuangzi, Li Lintang dismounted again and kowtowed respectfully in the direction of Zhuangzi three times! This time, there will be no nostalgia, and I will go straight to Jinan!

Li Lintang went to the "Tieyuan Dart" to hand over the post, and after waiting for a while, someone arranged his food, accommodation and work post, and even the big boss of the dart game came to see him, and he was very polite to talk to him. Li Lintang knew in his heart that this dart number master should have a lot to do with his godfather.

When I got here, I had acquaintances to take care of me, and I had a real ability, and in four years, Li Lintang went all the way from the executioner in the dart bureau to the position of the deputy general dart head of the Tieyuan Dart!

In the past four years, Li Lintang has followed a group of dart masters, executioners, and guys from the dart bureau to a new dart road from Jinan to Bozhou, and has broken into the reputation of "iron rod dart master"! Since then, all the convoys with the "Tieyuan" dart flag have been unimpeded on this road! Even if he encounters an "evil stubble", Li Lintang can get out of the way.

From this point of view, Li Lintang can be regarded as having a firm foothold in the dart bureau.

In the second half of these four years, a major event occurred - the Sino-Japanese naval battle, the Qing Kingdom was defeated, and it is said that it was a silver mountain to the little devil! In the summer, Shandong's green battalion was gone, and the training army took over Shandong's defense.

Seeing the tragic situation of the veterans of the Shandong Green Battalion, Li Lintang also had a relative, and felt that his godfather was really far-sighted. No, the musket eliminated by the Green Camp was bought from the Yamen by several big dart bureaus. Of course, the official document said that these guns were destroyed.

In this chaotic world, the business of the dart board is naturally getting better and better - no matter how chaotic the world is, someone has to do business, and the dart board escort is used to do business!

On the streets of Jinan, there are more and more foreigners. These blue-eyed foreign devils are building churches and opening hospitals, and they are making a lot of noise. Li Lintang heard that these foreigners worshiped God, and he thought that this was the Taoism of foreigners. Later, it was a long time before he heard that the god was not the Jade Emperor, but something called "Gao".

Whether it is "tall" or "short", Li Lintang feels that these things have nothing to do with him, and the foreigners are proud for a while, and the yamen has to let these uncles everywhere, which is nothing more than another ancestor in the future, and he has to be careful to provide for it. In the past, when there were few foreigners on the street, there were many living ancestors, nothing more than that, all the same.

Now what Li Lintang cares about is his lifelong event!

Speaking of which, Li Lintang looked at the person who was going to run for the third era. He used to practice martial arts in the mountains without distractions, and he had no time to be distracted when he went out of the mountain gate to run around in his career, but today, how can he be said to be a success! He doesn't smoke, he doesn't gamble, and he is also very restrained when he occasionally vents his fire in the red hall, how can such a good man not have a family?

The old man Liu Henglu made the decision and proposed to Li Lintang to a small family. Although the girl has never seen the market, she is well-behaved and lovely, has a good physique, and her two little feet are less than one hand, which makes Li Lintang like it very much.

In the winter of that year, the dart car opened the road, and the executioner put a gun and sounded the gong, and a head dart was bright and bright, which was called a scenery! Li Lintang still rode the horse that carried him from Liujiazhuang to the Tieyuan Dart back then, walking behind the dart car. There are three new satin-faced cotton jackets on the inside and outside, and a big red flower is worn on the chest, which reflects the face of the same color as the flower. The big red sedan chair was carried all the way from Gaomi to Jinan, and it was carried into the Tieyuan Dart!

Such a big pomp and circumstance can be said to be a sensation in Jinan! Who doesn't give a thumbs up when they hear Li Lintang's name?

Happy events come one after another. Just when Chinese New Year's Eve was approaching that year, Lang Zhong told Li Lintang that his daughter-in-law was pregnant!

"That was the happiest time in my life," Li Lintang held the wine bowl, looked at the bean-sized oil lamp on the table, and smiled on his face, "I set up a table on the Tieyuan Dart, and there were one hundred and thirty people up and down on the Dart, and none of them were left behind, and they all came to say hello to me!" How beautiful I was then...... Lots of scenery. ”

After Li Lintang finished speaking, he dried the bowl of wine and poured it again. Mr. Peng looked at the newly opened jar of wine and said, "Lin Tang, you are drunk." Li Lintang shook his head: "Just finished drinking a jar, feeling distressed?" Brother, you don't know, I drink a lot. ”

Huzi didn't care about whether he drank or not, he was fascinated by the story, and urged: "Uncle Shi, what happened later?" ”

Li Lintang glanced at Huzi: "Later, no one is good for a thousand days, and flowers are ......not red for a hundred days."