Chapter 146: The House of Good Deeds
'Is a small piece of wine shop worth making a big deal about?' Li Gu, whose face was a little soothed, glanced at the hall master. "It is said that there are more than 200 liquor shops in this Qingfeng Forest, and the business is very hot on weekdays; 'A little petty profit, but it's worth losing so many lives?' As he spoke, a look of pity appeared on Li Gu's face.
'This Li Gu looks like a decent head with some kindness,' Hong Qi secretly thought. After thinking about it, he saw that the Hu Hall Master took a step closer and comforted, "The sect master doesn't need to be sad!" Although the two sects have suffered a lot of damage in this battle of Qingfeng Forest, they are far less tragic than the results caused by the Qinghai Yushu Sect and the White Tiger Sect fighting for a piece of salt lake half a month ago......'' How could this person talk like this? Just as he was about to leave, he heard the head of Cangxi Dao ask the master of the Hu Hall, 'This Yushu Sect and the White Tiger Sect are both my martial arts righteous path, but what kind of place is it, and it is worth the two factions to fight each other, what is the result?'
"Don't report it soon!" Seeing that the hall master was quite hesitant, Li Gu said. Seeing this, the master of the Hu Hall went to the middle and began to preach: The place where the two factions were fighting was called the Saltwater Lake, which could produce more than 3,000 catties of lake salt every year! At that time, the two factions that were determined to win both invited good hands to help them; it is said that the Penglai and Lingsnake factions, which were far away in Shandong, also sent a large number of good hands to Qinghai to help, and the two sides fought for three days and three nights! Finally, after the two sides paid nearly 2,500 casualties and agreed not to set foot here, the battle came to an end.
"For the victims of this battle, have you sent the hearts of our Tang Sect?" Li Gu asked in a raised voice. "Back to the door master, not yet!" Seeing that Li Gu seemed to be stunned, the Hu hall master replied and said, "But I have already withdrawn 300,000 taels of silver from the account room, only after the confession is clear, and after the door master has withdrawn, I think it would be more appropriate for you to send it personally!"
'Okay, I'll just go and go, you did a great job in this matter, go down and rest' took the silver ticket, and after only a few words of comfort, Li Gu withdrew the Hu Tang master. "This Li Gu is indeed righteous! It's just that these hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are not a small amount! I just don't know if he is sincere in giving it away?" Seeing Li Gu's understatement, Hong Qi couldn't help but doubt in his heart. Just as he was thinking about it, he saw that Mrs. Yuhua had already stepped forward and asked, "As the master of a family, the eldest brother can be said to be in charge of everything, but he cares about the idle affairs of these Laoshizi rivers and lakes?"
"The head of Yuhua is wrong in this statement!" Li Gu glanced at Mrs. Yuhua and walked to the middle and said, "Although Li lives far away from the rivers and lakes, his life is at stake, how can he be regarded as a mustard?" The two of them were between asking and answering, and after seeing that Hong Qi, Master Kongwen, and Daoist Cangxi had walked out of the hall, Li Gu hurriedly chased out the door, stepped forward and said, "I don't intend to bother the seniors to listen to these trivial matters, please forgive the juniors for the sins of carelessness!" Seeing Hong Qi's expressionless face, Li Gu paused, and then hurriedly inquired, "Presumably, the seniors must be tired after a long journey, right?"
'Guests are as you please, Master Li doesn't need to be polite,' Hong Qi said lightly. Hearing this, Li Gudang led the way in front of him, and hurriedly led the group to his own mansion located outside the city. On the way, when passing a stone arch bridge, because he saw that this bridge was extremely strong and exquisitely workmanlike, and there were three big characters of 'Li's Bridge' written at the head of the bridge, Hong Qi asked about the origin of this bridge.
After asking, I learned that this place is called Hanjiaji, and there are about 500 households living in it; although the former Hanzhuang and the latter Hanzhuang are close to each other on weekdays, but because the cold water river in the middle is separated, it is not only a string of relatives, but also a detour of nearly 10 miles! At that time, the ancestors of the Li family were running around because of pity for the township, so they specially found a group of craftsmen to build this bridge. Later, in order to express their gratitude, the people called this bridge the Li Bridge, and inscribed a commemorative letter. After finding people all the way and learning that the ancestor of the Li family was Li Guzu, Hong Qi couldn't help but have a good impression of this head of the Tang Sect.
While speaking, the group had already arrived in front of the Li Mansion. Although the face of this Li Mansion is extremely solemn and elegant, it is unassuming, especially the couplets on both sides have attracted everyone's attention. I saw that it was written: Generous people accumulate virtue and kindness, and protect their children and grandchildren to step into the moon and go to the moon!'It turns out that this Li Gu's generosity and kindness are actually the wind of the family!' Hong Qi secretly thought. After entering, "What a simple and solemn ancestral mansion!" Hong Qi blurted out. I saw that although the layout of the four-in-four and four-out halls and the two courtyards across the courtyard were rigorous and staggered, they did not have the extravagance and extravagance of the private houses of ordinary Jianghu characters; 'This Tang Sect Li Clan must be an ordinary family!' Hong Qi secretly thought.
After thinking about it, Li Gu had already introduced the group into the cross-courtyard guest room that had already been renovated. After standing still, I saw that not only the furniture here is made of precious trees, but also everything needed, even the exquisite embroidered gold soft couch also declares the host's sincere hospitality. When he was young, after Li Gu had arranged their respective rooms for everyone one by one, he was gossiping to himself, when he heard someone report from his subordinates: 'Host: The banquet in the front hall has been arranged, and the old master asks the young master to lead the distinguished guests to take their seats!'
After retiring from the subordinates, "My father must not be able to wait, so that people came to urge" Li Gu smiled bitterly. Hearing this, since Li Gu's father, Li Ying, was also a well-known person in the martial arts righteous path, Hong Qi did not dare to slack off, and hurried to the front hall with the head of Cangxi Dao and others. After entering the hall, I saw that not only the decoration of the carved beams and paintings rendered the hall extremely magnificent, but also a large table inlaid with gold and jade nanmu filled with all kinds of delicacies in the center, and also showed the extraordinaryness of this place!
Seeing that Li was already waiting at the table, the group hurriedly stepped forward to salute them one by one. After another greeting, everyone sat down and ate. During the banquet, although Li Gu and his son were diligent in preparing dishes, they did not like this kind of social occasion in the first place, so as soon as they had drunk and passed three rounds, Hong Qidang even said that he was tired, and got up and returned to his residence first.
But when I got back to my room, I heard a knock on the door shortly after I lay down. When I opened the door, I saw that it was Master Kongwen and Daoist Cangxi!
After asking the two of them the reason for their visit, after the 'Amitabha Buddha' Master Kongwen pronounced the Buddha's name, he asked rhetorically, "I don't know how the Hong Gang Master felt about the tragedy in the rivers and lakes that I heard about today?"
"What I heard today is indeed painful in my heart!" Hong Qi blurted out and said, "But the disputes between the rivers and lakes have been going on for a long time, how can we control them?" Master Kongwen said after shouting the Buddha's horn again. If you can rectify the rivers and lakes on his behalf, you will naturally avoid the criticism of others!"
After speaking, the two of them carefully analyzed the cause of today's chaos in the rivers and lakes and Zhao Weiming's relationship with Hong Qi. Although he had the intention to defend his master, he felt that the analysis of the two was quite reasonable; when he was secretly thinking about it, he heard the two of them say in an aggravated tone, "And the matter of rectifying the rivers and lakes must not be hesitated, we must start as soon as possible!" Otherwise, it is very likely that we will miss next year's major event!' Seeing the solemn faces of the two, Hong Qi's heart was shocked and he clasped his fists and said, "Since today's rebellion is caused by my master, the two of you have a plan to rectify it;
"Amitabha, such a martial arts is very fortunate, the rivers and lakes are very fortunate, and the Hong gang leader can be said to be a meritorious person!" Seeing Hong Qi's perseverance, after the master praised it, he immediately discussed it with the head of Cangxi and Hong Qi to write and paint. After some deliberation stopped, it was already the next morning.
didn't dare to stop for a while, Hong Qidang even sent someone to find Li Fuchao and the others to come over. But after the messenger came back the next day, he brought back a surprise news: due to a major incident in Dali, not only did the Duan brothers rush back to China overnight, but Lin Ziyan and Li Fuchao went to help each other, and even the father and son of the Qingcheng faction rushed to Dali!
Although Hong Qi and the others were quite surprised, they thought of the next step, and after a little discussion, they hurried to Dali together. Two days later, as soon as the group of three people stepped on the ground of Dali Kingdom, they clearly felt that a great disaster had indeed happened in Dali!
Along the way, there were not only many soldiers who set up card checks, but also groups of Dali soldiers who were assembled on the side of Dali bordering the Great Song Dynasty.
After questioning, I learned that there was a rebellion in Dali at present! The rebels not only murdered Duan Sushun, the king of Zhennan, and arrested all the civil and military forces, but also the prince of Zhennan and the two princes were all arrested and put in prison!
Ahh After coming to the Chongning Temple at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, it didn't take much effort for Hong Qi and the others to deal with a group of detainees, find the Duan brothers who were imprisoned here, and at the same time rescue the people who were imprisoned together