Lu Chongxi continued: "After Mingdezhuang was burned, I escaped alone, there was no way to go to heaven, there was no door to enter the ground, there was no relative, I didn't know where to go, after a few days, I thought to myself, instead of doing nothing, it is better to sacrifice my life for righteousness, kill myself to become benevolent, I fought with them, even if I die, then I will die in line with benevolence and morality! So I came to them single-handedly. Originally, I thought that as long as the four big cowards could kill one, they would be earned, but I didn't expect to run into you. ”

Chu Hou nodded and said, "The lion, tiger and leopard have been killed by us, and the five-clawed dragon has also escaped injured, we have conquered this cottage, you see, these are all captives." If you don't believe me, you can take a look at the weapons and heads. ”

Lu Chongxi looked at it with disbelief, at that time the captives were already moving things, so it was not easy to identify, but after looking at the bronze hammer of the other lion, the mace of the iron tiger, and the double hook of the brocade leopard, he already believed eight or nine points, and finally opened a box for him to see the heads of the three thieves inside. Lu Chongxi was convinced, slapped his hem a few times with his hand, and knelt down for Chu Hou.

"Engong is above, be worshiped by Xiaosheng!" Lu Chongxi kowtowed to Chu Zhongli again and again. Chu Zhongli helped him up and said, "Brother Ren doesn't have to be polite. ”

Lu Chongxi burst into tears of excitement and said: "Since Engong helped me avenge the great revenge, then my life is Engong's, and I will go to the soup for Engong, and I will not give up, it just so happens that Xiaosheng has nowhere to go now, I don't know if I can be a pawn under Engong's account?"

Chu Zhongli said with a smile: "Brother Ren is too polite, if you want to join my banner, I naturally welcome it, I don't know what Brother Lu will do, I can arrange tasks for Brother Lu in the future?"

Lu Chongxi said happily: "Xiaosheng understands the method of glyph exegesis, and Shi Hai's research is essential. If you can explore what the original meaning of a word is, the specific research of a certain historical detail, and the meaning of what the sages and sages say in their scriptures, the most proficient thing is the university, and the study of the university and the adults is also the knowledge that makes the personality great! The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at the highest perfection......" The more Lu Chongxi spoke, the happier he became, and later, he even began to shake his head.

Chu Zhongli hurriedly grabbed Lu Chongxi's hand and said, "You have a good secret weapon, we need a talent like you." ”

Lu Chongxi said excitedly: "Is the lord willing to ask me?"

Chu Zhongli said: "Naturally, but there is only one thing, since you are horse manure in Luoyang...... Phew, since you used to be from the Zhou State and have been in the Wu State for so long, you should have feelings for both countries. In fact, Zhou and Wu have always been old enemies of Chu, and although they have not been at war recently, it is very likely that they will fight in the future. I don't know what you think?"

Lu Chongxi said: "The matter of eating the monarch and being loyal to the monarch, since I have decided to join the lord, I will no longer collude with Zhou and Wu, if you want me to fight them, I will not give up! ”

Chu Zhongli nodded and said: "That's natural, since Master Ling is a generation of Confucianism, we should naturally respect it." After that, from now on, we will be our own people!"

"The lord is above, and he is bowed by Lu Mou!" When he said this, he knelt down and kowtowed. Chu Zhongli hurriedly helped him up and said, "No, no, look at Wanyue, Zhang Feizi and others, how can they kowtow to me?"

Lu Chongxi shook his head, still knelt down and kowtowed three heads one after another before getting up, and said: "Monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, fathers and sons, I don't care about others, I must talk about the rules myself." ”

Chu Zhong thought that this person was a person with faith and pursuit, and he couldn't help but have some appreciation for him, and said: "Brother Lu has worked a lot hard to pacify the four Kou of Niushan, and this time he has seized a lot of funds, I can allocate you a sum of money to rebuild Mingdezhuang in Linjiang City!"

Lu Chongxi shook his head and said, "It's useless, it's better to wait for me to make money in the future, and then rebuild it myself." What's more, although Mingdezhuang has become a blank land, I believe that morality will exist forever in the world, as long as my heart to pursue morality does not die, Mingdezhuang will always exist! ”

Wanyue interrupted: "Yo, Lu Shanren, what good deeds have you done?"

Lu Chongxi said: "Don't say it's far away, just say it, just now, on the way here, I met a short man with a broken hand, he said that he met a robber and was slashed." I saw that his blood was flowing everywhere, and it was so pitiful, so I helped him to bandage his hands, and gave him dry food to eat, and water for him to drink, so that he could recover his strength, and finally gave him the horse he was riding, so that he could gallop freely and unrestrained. Hey, it's nothing, good, that's how it should be. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present scolded and scolded, and even Chu Zhongli couldn't help but want to beat him. That person is obviously a five-clawed dragon! The five-clawed dragon didn't eat or drink, and he had a broken hand that didn't get cured, and it was likely that he would die on the road.

As soon as the waning moon didn't come out, he shouted directly: "Phew, you call you good, you call you stupid!"

Lu Chongxi was puzzled and asked, "I...... How did I get stupid?

Wanyue said: "That is the five-clawed dragon! The head of the four Kou of Niushan! You didn't give him a secret weapon, but also cured him, you say, are you stupid?"

"Five-clawed dragon?" Lu Chongxi was shocked when he heard this, and his hat was about to fall off. "I've never met a pentasaurus, I've only heard of it before...... Yes, you just finished crusading against him, that's why he cut off his hand, alas, how can I be so negligent!"

"Alright, alright. Chu Zhongli came out to play a round. "I don't blame you for this, you haven't seen him. ”

While everyone was talking, he suddenly heard a few soldiers say: "Fire, look!" Chu Zhongli turned his head to look, only to see the firelight candle sky, burning the entire mountain, and the sun reflected each other, illuminating the world into a world of strong light.

Lu Chongxi was overjoyed, clapped his hands, and shouted: "The fire is raging, burn down this den of evil thieves, hurry! Hurry! Hahaha......" The sergeants also applauded. Chu Zhongxuan thought, this is indeed a happy thing, it can be said that it is the first thing worth mentioning since his debut. However, he also knows in his heart, although this means a lot to him, but in this world, it is a trivial matter, and it will not even be recorded in the cracks of the history books, and he still has to make persistent efforts.

I thought again, since it was burning up, Xu Yuan must have woken up and ordered, and now it is estimated that he is going down. Sure enough, after a while, Xu Yuan, Fang Rou and the ten soldiers who were on a mission also came down from the mountain. Fang Rou really listened to Chu Zhongli's words and helped Xu Yuan, her face was as ashamed as a nectarine. Chu Zhongli stepped forward and said, "Old Xu, how is it?"

Xu Yuan bowed his hand and said, "Thank you, lord, you have learned the earth shield now." "I gave you a demonstration.

"Earth shield!" Xu Yuan's hands poured out brown light, and the soil on the ground fluttered towards Lao Xu's hand, gathering more and more, becoming the shape of a shield. Xu Yuan has just learned, and he is not yet proficient, and the shield is the size of a watermelon at most. Then he pushed the earth shield into the ground, and it burst into a pit an inch or two deep.

Fang Rou looked at Xu Yuan from the side, and some admiration flashed in her eyes. Obviously, although Xu Yuan's talent is far inferior to Zhang Feizi and Wanyue, in this world where most people don't know how to practice, Lao Xu can learn the earth shield, which is already considered to be among a small number of people, at least for her, a country girl, it is enough to make her recognize.

Chu Zhongli nodded, chatted with Xu Yuan for a few more words, and when he saw that he was fine, he returned the same way.

Since returning the same way, the first stop must be Shixi Village, Chu Zhongli won the battle, and the villagers of Shixi were the first to know, and now they have helped the old and the young, and they have come to meet the officials and soldiers. And at the front of the crowd was Fang Laohan. After Fang Rou saw it, she shouted "Dad!" and ran over. Fang Laohan hugged Fang Rou, and the father and daughter were both crying.

Chu Zhongli led everyone to lean over, and after Fang Rou's mood stabilized, he said: "Daddy, this is Lord Chuhou, this time he led his troops to break Niutou Mountain and saved me!" After finishing speaking, he immediately knelt on the ground and was about to kowtow, and Old Man Fang also knelt on the ground to kowtow to him.

"Don't, don't...... Don't kowtow ......" Chu Zhongli didn't want them to kowtow, but they still kept kowtowing, Chu Zhongli was kowtowed a lot during this time, always helping others to stand up, and they were tired, thinking, if you kowtow to me and feel comfortable, then you can kowtow, I don't care. In fact, in this world, not to mention that Chu Hou helped them, even if Chu Hou didn't help them, wouldn't it be natural for the common people to kowtow a few times when they saw the marquis? Chu Zhongli was in this kind of social culture, so he naturally accepted it calmly.

The two men kowtowed twenty or thirty times, and finally stood up. Chu Zhongli said: "It's a pity that I couldn't kill the five-clawed dragon this time and avenge your child." ”

"Don't, don't say that. Fang Laohan shook his white-haired head and said: "You can save Xiao Rou Yan, it is more useful than revenge, I believe that Xiao Yaozi will be happy when the spirit of heaven knows." ”

Chu Zhongli held Old Man Fang's wrinkled hand and said, "Old man, don't worry, he can't run the five-clawed dragon, sooner or later, I will definitely kill the five-clawed dragon and avenge Brother Fang Yao!"

The two were even more grateful, and they had to kneel down and kowtow again. This time, Chu Zhong was quick to leave, and before they knelt down, he hurriedly helped them. He said aloud to the people: "We requisitioned a lot of your grain before, and this time we have seized a lot of it, and we will return it twice! Lao Cai, you are responsible for distributing it to them!" When the people heard this, they shouted long live, and they all went home to get the containers to get the grain.