Volume 1, Concubine Xiaoxiang Chapter 22, Ruan Langgui
Since the leader and so many Mongol soldiers were killed, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time. Guo Bodhisattva and Zhao Yanfa discussed, the team of people and horses marched at night, it must be a swagger, so the 100 people of the Wumeng were divided into four teams of people and horses. The remaining three teams each have a team of free breeze, a team of Bie Zhi and a cicada, a team of magpies and midnight, and the remaining team is led by Zhao Yanfa, Guo Bodhisattva, and Mingyue, and the old man is also in a team with them, just so that Mingyue can take care of him!
The old man was reluctant to leave at first, but Mingyue coaxed him to say that there were a lot of delicious and fun things in Kaifeng, and the old man was very happy, and kowtowed a few times towards the Sanqing statue in the Sanqing Temple, and then left with a few people!
The crowd marched overnight until the east showed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and they were all right. Zhao Yanfa rode a horse, but gave it to the old man to ride early. The old man just started to sit on the horse and talk to Mingyue, but as he spoke, Mingyue heard a slight snoring, but saw the old man fall asleep with his body crooked. He sat on his horse, his body staggering, but he couldn't fall.
Mingyue was very curious, so she ran to ask Guo Bodhisattva and Zhao Yanfa. Under careful inspection, Guo Bodhisattva found that the old man's legs gushed out with an internal strength, firmly stuck to the horse's back, even if he moved hard, he couldn't fall off! Mingyue nodded in shock and said, "This old man is really powerful!"
Everyone traveled dozens of miles, and Zhao Yanfa visually estimated that there was still half a day to reach Kaifeng. At this time, they were already very tired, so Zhao Yanfa asked everyone to rest here, and instructed Mingyue to find the Huotou Army to cook in the pot. The old man also woke up and followed Mingyue's ass every step away!
Guo Bodhisattva and Zhao Yanfa sat on a dirt slope, chatting about the rivers and lakes. Suddenly, he heard the sound of horses' hooves not far away, and his heart was alert, and he followed the sound. On the back of the horse sat a young man, dressed in white, with a square scarf tied around his head and a sword hanging from his waist. The face is like a crown of jade, a handsome son!
He was followed by a carriage, and a tall coachman was carrying the horse, and I saw that his fingers were thick and his temples were bulging high, and he was obviously also a man of great martial arts. Guo Bodhisattva couldn't help but be a little surprised: even such a master can only be a coachman, who is the person in this carriage?
The young man in white in front saw this from a distance, a trace of joy flashed on his face, and he turned to the carriage behind him and shouted: "Mother, I have found my father, just in front!" The young man shouted happily, regardless of whether the carriage behind him followed, he patted the horse's leg and galloped!
When they were three feet away from Guo Bodhisattva and them, they suddenly jumped down, ran to the old man in a few steps, knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Dad, I can be considered to have found you!"
It turned out that this crazy old man was the father of this young man in white! Everyone was very surprised, looking at the old man and the young man, they only felt that one of them was as humble as jade, white as snow, and the other was crazy and ragged, and they were actually a father and son, which was really very different!
The old man glanced at him with a puzzled face: "Who are you, why do you call me Dad?"
The young man sighed, full of grievances, and said, "Dad, have you committed your madness again? You don't even know me anymore! I am Ruan Kang! Your son!"
"Ruan Kang?" the old man shook his head and said, "I don't recognize you, you can leave quickly!"
When the young man named Ruan Kang saw that his father couldn't remember him and knew that his madness had worsened, he couldn't help but burst into tears and cried: "Dad, it's all bad to blame the child, because I went to a friend's banquet a few days ago, and left you at home, and the people didn't watch you and let you escape, you must have suffered a lot outside alone these days!"
Everyone saw the sadness of crying, and their hearts were not happy, Guo Bodhisattva and Zhao Yanfa hurriedly got up and helped him up. Before the two of them could ask him, Ruan Kang had already wiped away his tears and said, "If I guessed correctly, it must be you who took in my father and saved him from hunger and cold.
As he spoke, he actually knelt down. Zhao Yanfa's eyes were quick, he grabbed his arm and saw him help him up, and said: "Brother Ruan doesn't have to make this big gift, we are all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, these are all things that are within our bounds!"
Seeing his chivalrous heart, Ruan Kang immediately admired him, and immediately asked the names of the two. The three of them exchanged their names, and Ruan Kang shouted: "It turned out to be Guo Daxia and Zhao Mengzhu, disrespectful and disrespectful!"
Guo Bodhisattva looked at the old man and asked, "Young Master Ruan, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to ask or not, Ling Zun is so crazy and stupid, what's wrong?"
Ruan Kang sighed and said, "Don't hide it from Guo Daxia, it is precisely because my father has practiced a magic skill that he failed to understand the mysteries, and even went crazy and became like this!"
Guo Bodhisattva and Zhao Yanfa were both startled, and asked in unison, "What kind of magic skill?"
Ruan Kang continued: "My father's name is Ruan Nantian, and his family is also a famous family in Jiangxi, and his father was also a personable young chivalrous warrior!" Guo Bodhisattva and Zhao Yanfa saw Ruan Kang's appearance as a young man, and they also knew that what he said was true!
"Daddy, when he was a teenager, he was chivalrous and righteous in Jiangxi, and there were groups of people who loved him, but he was not greedy for the trivial things in the world, and only wanted to practice martial arts. Later, he couldn't stand the oppression of his grandmother, so he married Sun Xiaoxing, the third lady of the Sun family, who was as famous as the Ruan family at that time. The two of them are a young chivalrous warrior and a beautiful lady, both of whom are famous families, and they raise their eyebrows, which is also very enviable!"
"A year after marriage, the third lady of the Sun family felt that she was pregnant in her womb, and gave birth to me after she became pregnant in October. Naturally, the third lady of the Sun family is my mother! My father wanted his son to become a Chan, so he named me Ruan Kang, precisely to take the name of Ruan Ji Kang, and asked me to be a humble gentleman in the future!"
"I thought that when my son was born, my father would be honest at home, inherit the family business, and be happy! But soon after I was born, my father was the same as before, practicing martial arts all day long, and my grandfather and grandmother were old, and the huge family business was no one to take care of, so it could only fall to my mother herself!"
"Grandmother has said him many times, but his father has all taken his words as a deaf ear, in order to learn advanced martial arts, he did not hesitate to sell his property, to exchange with those so-called knights in the rivers and lakes for martial arts cheats, and was deceived many times, resulting in the final family downfall, and the huge family business was lost by Daddy!
Later, my father heard that there were monks on Longhu Mountain, and there were peerless miracles hidden in the Taoist temple. Regardless of the opposition of his family, he resolutely went to Longhu Mountain to become a monk, became a Taoist priest, and recited scriptures and cultivated with the old master all day long. Later, he couldn't stand this boring life, so he took advantage of the dark night, sneaked into the Tibetan scripture pavilion on Longhu Mountain, rummaged through the cabinets, and finally the emperor lived up to his wishes, and was actually discovered by his father in a Taoist scripture book, called 'Yuqing Taixuangong', it is said to be written by Jiang Ziya, the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is a mysterious and profound martial arts! Daddy couldn't put it down, and he was afraid that he would be discovered by the old heavenly master, so he stole the scriptures and went down to Longhu Mountain and returned home!
"At that time, I was already a teenager, and I remember that my mother saw my father come back, and tears fell from my eyes with joy!" Mingyue listened on the side, and suddenly said: "Since you are happy, why do you shed tears!" Zhao Yanfa glared at her, and Mingyue was so frightened that she hurriedly shut up!
Ruan Kang smiled: "This girl doesn't know, my mother misses her father, and she cries with joy!" Everyone saw that although he was interrupted by Mingyue, they were not angry or annoyed, but made a special trip to answer her doubts, and he was really a humble gentleman, which matched his name!
Ruan Kang continued: "After Daddy came back, he locked himself in his room, and he didn't come out every day, and only asked his subordinates to deliver meals to the door every day, and no one was seen. My mother went to look for him outside the door many times, and he never pushed open the door to look at my mother!"
"After a year like this, I remember that day was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, our Ruan family put up lights early in the morning, and my mother also instructed my subordinates to make my father's favorite meals, only to stay in the evening, she took me to my father's door and asked him to come out for a reunion. My mother thought to herself that although my father was a martial arts idiot, he also knew that father and son had a deep affection, and he would definitely give face to my son! Until nightfall, my mother took me to my father's door and asked me to call him! But after a few calls, there was no answer in the house. ”
"On weekdays, when my mother came, my father would not come out to see her, but he would answer in the house. Hearing that my father didn't speak tonight, my mother and I were both panicked! Knowing that he was practicing a peerless magic skill in the house, we were afraid that he would go mad and hurt my life, so we didn't care about anything else and broke down the door! After entering, I saw my father sitting cross-legged on the bed, his eyes closed, his face glowing red, and the mist on his head was clear, like a god ascending! It turned out that my father had achieved great feats, and at the most critical moment, he could accomplish great things as long as he was one with heaven and man. This is the time when he could not be disturbed, so my father heard me calling him in the house, but he did not answer!"
"But who knew that my mother and I were worried about his safety, and broke down the door, but we disturbed my father because of this! My father's eyes opened and he shouted, and his true qi shot out from his body, destroying all four tables and chairs! I was also hit by his true qi and fell to the ground! My father raised his eyes to see me, with a hint of tenderness in his eyes, and called out "Kang'er"! Then his eyes suddenly went dark and he fainted!
My mother and I were so frightened that we searched all over the world to see my father! Although my father was still breathing, he didn't feel anything, and even if he was burned with acupuncture, it would be useless! My mother was worried about his safety, so she went up to Longhu Mountain alone, found the old master, and told him the truth! After hearing this, the old master hurriedly followed his mother down the mountain to the house, and when he saw his father like this, the old master also sighed: "Yuqing Taixuangong is a Taoist divine skill, if there is no body of a god, the muscles and veins will break and die during the practice!" You are also a genius of heaven, and you can actually cultivate this divine skill, but it is a pity that you still can't understand the subtlety of the divine skill, and you only know its appearance, but you can't see the deep reason! You and I are masters and apprentices, and it is also fate! Since you should be rescued from the sea of suffering, whether you will live or die in the future depends on your creation!"
"My mother and I heard that my father was still saved, so we knelt on the ground and begged him. The old heavenly master said that my father's miraculous skills have been accomplished, but the mystery has not been fully understood, and he cannot use them flexibly, and at his critical moment, my mother and I suddenly broke in.
Mother thought of her father in her heart, thinking that even if she was crazy, he was still a living person, and it would be good to see him alive every day! The Heavenly Master was moved by his mother's friendship, and immediately slapped him on the door of the head and shouted, "The wicked man wakes up!" After half an hour, my father opened his eyes and got out of bed.
Everyone looked at Ruan Nantian. At the moment, he was holding a stir-fry shovel and playing with the firehead army. I thought in my heart: There is such a reason in this, even if the old man is right to practice martial arts, but because of this, he neglected his wife and children, but he should not be! Seeing Ruan Kang looking for his father thousands of miles away, he became even more sympathetic to him!
Ruan Kang walked over and took the shovel in his hand, handed it to the Huotou Army, and said to Ruan Nantian: "Daddy, come home with me!"
Ruan Nantian glared at him and shouted, "I don't recognize you, I don't go with you, I want to go with the toad girl doll!"
At this time, the carriage also stopped beside it, and a woman in her fifties opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage, walked in front of Ruan Nantian in a few steps, and scolded: "You dead old man, you practice martial arts and practice your head stupidly, you don't remember your own son, you always remember me, the wife who is in love with you!"
Everyone saw that although she was in her fifties, she had a slender posture, long legs and a thin waist, but there were wrinkles at the corners of her forehead and eyes, but her eyes were shining, shining like stars in the sky, her long hair was also black and white, and she was dressed in red. Presumably she is Ruan Nantian's wife, Ruan Kang's mother-in-law, and Sun Xiaoxing, the third lady of the Sun family!
When Ruan Nantian saw her, he suddenly jumped up, jumped backwards, and shouted: "Crazy woman, crazy woman!
When everyone saw that he was crazy, they probably had some memories of this married wife, otherwise how could they jump up and call her a crazy woman when they saw her! At first, Zhao Yanfa and they were still suspicious, but when they saw this, they were convinced of it ever since!
Sun Xiaoxing raised her eyebrows and scolded: "You old thing who doesn't know life and death, the night I got married in the cave room, you called me Xing'er with clever words, but now you call me a crazy woman." I see that although you are stupid and forget everything, you remember all my bad things!"
Ruan Kang took a step forward, supported Sun Xiaoxing, and said, "Mother, Dad, he has been crazy for more than ten years, and his mind can't even compare to a three-year-old child, why should you be as knowledgeable as him, and get angry!"
Sun Xiaoxing breathed a long sigh of relief and scolded Ruan Nantian: "Dead old man, today I will not beat you in front of my son, if you dare to talk nonsense in the future, I will definitely beat your ass to blossom!"
Ruan Nantian naturally understood what this meant, covering his ass with both hands, but he was still jumping and jumping, shouting in his mouth: "Stinky woman, stinky woman, ruthless stinky woman!"
Sun Xiaoxing was about to have a seizure, but was stopped by Ruan Kang and said, "Mother, my father was taken in by this group of people, this is the great benefactor of our Ruan family, we must thank you!"
Sun Xiaoxing suddenly realized, walked in front of everyone in a few steps, gave a blessing, and said: "My grandson has been crazy for a long time, and I have caused trouble to all the heroes, Sun Xiaoxing is here to compensate you!"
Guo Bodhisattva hurriedly helped the two of them up, and said: "Senior Ruan, he has become like this because of his martial arts practice, we are all sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, how can we ignore it, it is all within our own affairs, Mrs. Sun doesn't have to care!"
"The matter of the outer son, thanks to all of you for saving me!" Sun Xiaoxing said as she glanced at Ruan Kang. Ruan Kang comprehended, turned to the carriage and took a boxy wooden box, Sun Xiaoxing opened the wooden box, but inside was slowly gold and silver jewelry, shining!
Sun Xiaoxing said: "My grandson has caused trouble for you! The slave family has nothing to give, so they can only offer these gold, silver and jewelry, I hope you don't shirk!"
Guo Bodhisattva and Zhao Yanfa naturally didn't want it, but they couldn't stand the love of Sun Xiaoxing and Ruan Kang, so they finally had to accept it and handed it to Mingyue for safekeeping. Ruan Kang walked up to Ruan Nantian, and when Ruan Nantian saw him coming, he turned away from him! Ruan Kang sighed and said, "Dad, go home with me and my mother! Let my mother cook your favorite Yangchun noodles for you herself, okay?"
Guo Bodhisattva suddenly flashed something in his mind, and he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember what it was, so he didn't think about it anymore. Ruan Nantian didn't look over, strode forward, and Ruan Kang took a few steps to catch up.
Seeing that Ruan Nantian didn't go with Ruan Kang, Zhao Yanfa rolled his eyes and said to Mingyue beside him: "Mingyue, you go and try!"
Mingyue didn't know if it would work, so she stepped forward and shouted, "Grandpa!"
As soon as Ruan Nantian heard Mingyue's voice, he smiled, turned around and ran to Mingyue's side, jumping up: "Toad girl doll, you call me!"
Mingyue said again: "Grandpa, hurry up and go home with your son, don't come out again!"
When Ruan Nantian heard this, he immediately pursed his lips and looked unhappy: "Toad girl doll, are you going to drive me away?"
Mingyue's nose was sour. Although they have only been with him for a day, the two have a deep relationship. Ruan Nantian is very old, and he is a child, and his nature is not bad, Mingyue treats him like his own grandfather. He jumped up and down along the way, and the fight did add a lot of joy to them, but at this moment he was suddenly gone, and there was one less playmate by his side, and she suddenly felt empty in her heart!
Although Ruan Nantian is a child, he is very dependent on Mingyue, and only Mingyue is willing to play with him along the way, so he is naturally reluctant to Mingyue. How can Mingyue not see his thoughts, he is full of nature, and everything in his heart is written on his face, no one can see it!
Mingyue gritted her teeth, ruthlessly, and said, "Grandpa, if you don't go back with your son, I will, I will!" She couldn't think of anything cruel for a while, she was so anxious that she stomped her feet, and tears rolled down her eyes!
Ruan Nantian saw that Mingyue was crying, and when he saw it, he was in a big mess, and he jumped and jumped in a hurry: "Toad girl doll, don't cry, I'll just go back with them!" After speaking, he spread his feet, ran into the carriage in a few steps, hid inside, and cried!
Sun Xiaoxing looked at the carriage and sighed, and said, "The grandson is crazy, so you are laughing!"
Ruan Kang also saluted everyone and said, "Thank you for your chivalrous help, Xiao Ke will definitely stay by his father's side more in the future, and not leave him half a step!"
A few more polite words were spoken, and Ruan Kang helped Sun Xiaoxing into the carriage. After Sun Xiaoxing entered, she saw Ruan Nantian hiding in the corner wiping her tears, and when she saw Sun Xiaoxing coming in, she shouted: "Crazy woman! As soon as Sun Xiaoxing gritted her teeth and stretched out her finger to hit his acupoint, Ruan Nantian immediately fell into the car and fell asleep! Ruan Kang also got on the horse, said goodbye to everyone, and left!
Sending away Ruan Nantian, a great danger, everyone was also relieved. Mingyue was still secretly wiping her tears on the side. Zhao Yanfa laughed: "Our toad girl is reluctant to give up Grandpa Toad, and she is still crying here!"
Mingyue cried: "Although the old man is like a murderer, he has become so crazy because of his martial arts practice, but his nature is not bad, I am afraid that he will be bullied by others in the future!"
Zhao Yanfa smiled: "This old man Ruan's martial arts are so strong, I'm afraid there is no second one in the whole world, who can bully him! Besides, he has already returned home, will his wife and children bully him?"
Mingyue snorted and said, "I see that the old man is so afraid of his wife, who knows if his wife bullied him, and who knows that the old man didn't escape to avoid her!"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhao Yanfa said: "Uncle Guo and I are hungry, let's go see if the food is ready?
After eating, the group moved on. Because they were delayed by Ruan Kang, they could not reach Kaifeng within half a day. After walking for most of the day, twilight was approaching. Zhao Yanfa ordered everyone to find a flat area and set up camp and make a fire for cooking.
Zhao Yanfa suddenly remembered something, turned his head to Guo Bodhisattva and said, "Uncle Guo, remember that you loved to eat braised noodles before, I asked Mingyue to make you a bowl to taste!"
The so-called speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, and in the flash of light, Guo Bodhisattva suddenly remembered one thing and asked Zhao Yanfa: "Yanfa, Ruan Kang and the people you met during the day, can you see that there is something strange?"
Zhao Yanfa didn't know what he was thinking, so he shook his head and said, "I didn't see anything strange! Uncle, do you think it's weird?"
Guo Bodhisattva nodded and said, "Before I met you, I had eaten braised noodles with the old man at a small stall, and the old man only ate the meat in the bowl at that time, and I only thought he was greedy, but later I found out that he didn't like to eat noodles at all." But just now, Ruan Kang said that he asked Mrs. Sun to make him his favorite Yangchun noodles, isn't it weird?"
Zhao Yanfa smiled: "Uncle, maybe the old man used to like noodles very much, but at that time, he didn't want to eat noodles when he saw meat in the bowl, which is understandable, when everyone has a glutton, let alone a crazy old man like him!"
Guo Bodhisattva shook his head and said, "Just now Ruan Kang was talking about the old man, I didn't doubt that it was false, but now that I think about it, I feel that there are many loopholes. Regardless of whether there is this 'Yuqing Taixuangong' or not, even if there is, it will definitely be hidden tightly, how can it be discovered by the old man? Also, if such a secret book of divine skills has been lost on Longhu Mountain, and the old man has disappeared for no reason, how can the Taoist priests on Longhu Mountain stay on the mountain for a year without coming to look for him?"
Zhao Yanfa listened to what Guo Bodhisattva said not unreasonable, frowned, and savored his words. Guo Bodhisattva said: "We all know that the old man is crazy, and it is natural that he doesn't recognize his wife and children, but does he really not recognize him, not that he can't remember? Ruan Kang and Sun Xiaoxing took advantage of this and led us to be fooled!"
Zhao Yanfa shouted: "What my uncle said is not unreasonable! If this is the case, wouldn't we have harmed the old man! Maybe that Ruan Kang is just pretending to be the old man's son! But what are they doing this for?"
The two of them were startled together, looked at each other, and shouted in unison: "The old man's peerless martial arts!"
Zhao Yanfa patted his forehead and shouted: "This is my negligence! If that Ruan Kang is a bad person, and the old man's peerless martial arts fall into his hands, I don't know how many disasters will be brought to the rivers and lakes!"
Guo Bodhisattva said: "Without further ado, Yanfa, you send two people to rush to Jiangxi on fast horses to see if there is a Ruan family in Jiangxi, and if there is a Ruan Nantian." If possible, let them go to Longhu Mountain again and ask if there are anyone who looks like the old man. The rest of the people let Mingyue take her back to Kaifeng, you and I act immediately to chase down the whereabouts of that Ruan Kang!"
Zhao Yanfa immediately arranged according to what Guo Bodhisattva said. Two disciples with strong martial arts in the martial arts league were selected, riding two fast horses, and the other two were changed on the road. He also instructed Mingyue to take the rest of the people back to Kaifeng. When Mingyue saw that he let him go back with the people of the Wumeng, she felt that something was wrong, so she asked him what had happened? Zhao Yanfa lied to her and said that she was going to Xizhou with Guo Bodhisattva to worship her father-in-law Zhao Chou!
Mingyue has known him for many days, and Bing Xue is smart, how can he not know that he is lying, and at the moment he raised his eyes and shouted: "Big brother, since you and I are married to Jinlan, we must not hide anything from my little sister, let's say it, is it grandpa's business!"
The two of them saw that she had already guessed, and they were not hiding it, and immediately Guo Bodhisattva told his doubts, and Mingyue, who only heard it, exclaimed, very anxious: "What if the old man really meets a bad person! He is so crazy, like a child, he doesn't know if he is killed!"
In order to make her feel relieved, Guo Bodhisattva persuaded: "Miss Mingyue don't have to worry, the old man has strong martial arts and deep internal strength, and there is no one who can hurt him in this world!
Although what he said was true, he was also secretly worried in his heart. It is true that the old man is strong in martial arts, but his mind is like that of a three-year-old child, if he is deceived by Ruan Kang and them, he will pass on his martial arts to him. Ruan Kang and Sun Xiaoxing deceived such a group of smart people. It's easy to deal with a crazy old man!
Mingyue had to go with the two, Zhao Yanfa couldn't resist her, so she could only agree, and the three of them rode fast horses and chased in the direction where Ruan Kang left during the day, and gradually disappeared into the night!
In the middle of the night, on a winding path, a white horse and a carriage were rushing to the night. On the white horse sat a young man in white, with a graceful demeanor, tall and handsome, but it was the Ruan Kang in the day!
After walking for a while, Ruan Kang suddenly turned his horse's head, walked slowly to the carriage, and shouted by the window, "Hasn't the old man woken up yet?"
A delicate voice came from the carriage: "Your father and his acupoint were sealed by my flower ruyi finger, and he can't wake up for a day and a night, you can put it down, son!"
Her son's cry was extremely frivolous, and she did not have the steady and loving appearance of a mother at all, and she giggled when she finished speaking. Ruan Kang smiled slightly and said, "I'll be in town in front, and I'll find an inn when the time comes, so that my mother can rest and rest!"
"What a good son!" A white jade-like hand stretched out from the curtain, lifted the curtain, and poked out a head, but it was a young and beautiful young woman with skin like congealed fat and autumn waves in her eyes!
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