Chapter 30: The True Body of the Monkey King
"Well, good tea, good tea. This seems to be the best red robe. Master Li, the general of the East China Sea, put down the bowl of catechu in his hand, smacked his lips, and applauded loudly.
"If Master Li likes to drink, the official will ask you to wrap some later, and the general will take it back to the coastal defense camp and drink it slowly."
He Zhizhou had just heard General Li's words, and under the collapsed water curtain cave, he had indeed found no trace of his son and Miss Liu Er.
It seems that although this East China Sea general, Master Li Feilong, is just a miscellaneous general and a vulgar martial artist, but in terms of his inferences and analysis, it is really reasonable. It seems that he is a fan of the authorities, and his concern is chaotic. For a while, my heart was a lot more stable. I was in the mood to talk about this tea with General Li.
"Excuse me, excuse me, hahahaha, Lord He, this official was born in the army, a martial artist, and he is a rough man, but he can't compare to you, my lord, how can I produce any good or bad products." This tea is the same as wine, for this official, as long as it is closed, it is good. Donghai General Li Feilong smiled and waved his hand.
"Master Li is too modest, too modest. I don't know how the general ...... in the current situation" He Zhizhou looked like he wanted to speak.
"Lord He, don't you think that what happened on March 3rd this year is very similar to the situation sixteen years ago?" Li Feilong straightened his face, turned his head to look at He Zhizhou, who was sitting on the other side of the table, and said in a low voice.
"This, this ......" He Zhizhou was shocked when he heard this, withdrew his gaze from the door of the study, and turned his head to look at Li Feilong with some surprise: "Please also ask the general to speak clearly and tell Yutang, Yutang has not been in charge of Haizhou City for a long time, although some things have been heard of, but in fact, it is really not clear."
"Lord Ho, you ......"
"Brother Wyvern, don't call me an adult anymore. This is in the private house of Yutang, you and I are still, or we are called brothers. Yutang has just passed the famous year this year, and I think that the Feilong brother should be much younger than me, so I will call myself a brother here. He Zhizhou He Yutang sat up straight in the circle chair, clasped his hands into fists and bowed to Li Feilong.
"This, this, how dare a flying dragon, a flying dragon...... Since He, since Cousin Yu can see Feilong and does not dislike Feilong as a vulgar martial artist, then Feilong is better than obeying his fate respectfully. Cousin Yu, Feilong is already forty and six this year, and he is about to be in the army for thirty years. Li Feilong shook his head with emotion.
"I heard that Brother Feilong is a native of Haizhou, and I also know that Brother Feilong has always been loyal to duty, for more than ten years, he has shared weal and woe with the ordinary soldiers of the coastal defense battalion, and rarely returns to his home in the northern suburbs of Haizhou City. I don't know who else is in my brother's family, this is another day, another day, if my son Weicheng can return to this house, my brother will definitely take him to visit, this first time, I always have to prepare some gifts. β
"Cousin Jade is too polite, although Feilong has been busy with military affairs and rarely returns to his own home, but if Cousin Jade wants to come to the cold house in person, I will definitely welcome him when I arrive. There was no one in my family, and my nephew Yunsheng stayed in the army most of the time and rarely went home. There were only my widowed sister-in-law and a few rough girls and buddies in the house. β
"Oh? Brother Feilong is so heroic and extraordinary, and he is an official of the imperial court, but he is, he didn't even marry a wife? He Yutang couldn't help but feel very surprised when he heard Li Feilong's answer just now.
"Hehehe, it's hard to say, cousin Yu. When I was young, I left home at the age of sixteen to join the army, far away in the Gyeonggi area. Over the years, I have gone around and around and traveled to a lot of places, and I came back after 30 years before I arrived at the Haifeng camp in the East China Sea of Haicheng. Brother, I'm also that, I'm the one who left home at a young age, hehehe. When I first came back, I couldn't speak the Haizhou dialect well. Sometimes when I talk to this local, I talk about it, but it's full of Beijing movies mixed with some nondescript Haizhou dialect. And now, if you look at me, these two temples have long been gray. Alright, alright. Cousin Yu, don't mention these. This man's ...... This, this, cousin Yu, do you want to go and see your sister-in-law first, so that she doesn't have to worry. Come back later, and we'll get down to business. Look at this, it's been a long time, but we still haven't talked about anything we want to talk about? Li Feilong seemed to suddenly remember that he had something to say to He Zhizhou, and suddenly came back to his senses.
"Oh? No need. He Yutang's face suddenly sank, and he said coldly: "In the past few days, what has she made a fuss about me?" Brother Wyvern, you don't know. Look at my forehead. β
Li Feilong watched He Zhizhou take off the black melon skin hat he was wearing on his head, and saw that there were several blood marks and cyan marks on the top of his smooth forehead.
"This, this is? This is, is this the sister-in-law to give ......"
"That's a shrew. For so many years, I still eat fasting and chant Buddha, and every day I offer the golden statue of the Buddha, and the door does not go out of the two doors. Yes? Outsiders thought that this lady must be a virtuous person. Look at me, Brother Wyvern, look at me, huh? Look at my head, look at my clothes. This is the third outfit I've changed into today. Fortunately, in the past few days at home, I have been wearing casual clothes at home, not those official clothes. Her Buddha hall and bedroom, I don't dare to go in again for my brother. Actually, for so many years...... Okay, okay, this all says that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, let the flying dragon brother you see the smile, let's talk about business, talk about business. This has been in the officialdom for a long time, and this talk just likes to go around in circles. Of course, I'm not talking about you, Brother Wyvern. You military attachΓ©s are better, and most people still like to go straight; And we, civil officials, talk about things, things that can be understood in a few words, but we have to go around and around, and even quote scriptures and classics to talk about it, maybe we will also chant poems and lyrics together when we are interested. You talk about it, you talk about it. β
He Zhizhou spread his hands when he said this, and put his hat on again.
"Ahem, cough, cough......" Li Feilong coughed a few times as if he was a little embarrassed, and then cleared his throat before he said: "This situation is very similar to the situation that happened on the third day of March sixteen years ago, brother, I have personally experienced it. Although it was a violent storm, the East China Sea was also rolling, and the waves were higher than the sky, causing many houses to collapse, trees to overturn, and many casualties, which can be regarded as the biggest disaster since the written records of Haizhou City, but that time, the water curtain cave did not collapse. β
"This? Is it important that this water curtain cave collapses or not? β
"It's okay. It is said that in the water curtain cave, the stone monkey statue on the mountain stone platform is intact this time. As long as the order is issued in the name of the governor as soon as possible, it is said that it is to maintain the legitimacy of Huaguo Mountain, which is the real and mythical overseas immortal mountain Huaguo Mountain, and use this as a reason to vigorously recruit people and craftsmen. At the same time, Lord Zhizhou, you personally came forward to raise the silver taels needed for the rebuilding from the wealthy merchants in Haizhou City, and rebuilt the Water Curtain Cave in the original place of Huaguo Mountain. Thinking about this, ordinary people will not only not oppose it, but will rise up to support it with all their might. It's best to finish it before the Dragon Boat Festival. If you can do this, you won't have anything to do with adults. β
"What? I, I, if I don't repair the water curtain hole, I'll be fine, what will happen to me? β
"Hehehehe, cousin Yu, do you know that the stone monkey statue in the Water Curtain Cave, that is, the so-called Monkey King True Statue in "Journey to the West", who made people place it in this Haizhou Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave back then?" Li Feilong picked up the bowl of catechu on the table, looked at the study door opposite, his eyes were gloomy, and his words changed: "And sixteen years ago, on the March 3rd Festival, the real statue of the Monkey King in the Water Curtain Cave just fell on the altar for some reason, and the Haicheng Zhizhou of that term ended up ...... Lord He, do you say that the water curtain cave will collapse or not, will it be related to you in the end? β