Chapter 144: Descendants of Confucius
Li Gongfu's two old men in Taizhou, one is Pang Ting, who has a comradeship and serves in the Taizhou Prefecture Branch of the Heavenly Punishment Division, and the other is Gu Changfeng, a maritime tycoon who fights for righteousness and squanders money. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
He planned to go to the Taizhou Mansion Branch first, and it was inconvenient to bring his family with him, so he first settled Xu Jiaorong and the others in a certain place, and then went alone.
I heard that it was the newly promoted eighth Jindan elder coming, and all the people below the head of the Taizhou Mansion Branch Division were greeted by all the people, and Pang Ting was also among them, and he was promoted to a second-level deacon, which was one of the high-level leaders of the Taizhou Mansion Branch.
Knowing that Elder Li had come to visit his old friend Pang Ting this time, everyone couldn't help but cast envious and jealous glances at Pang Ting, and they all felt that there was such a powerful person as a backer, and Pang Ting himself had no shortage of real talents and learning, and his future was limitless.
In fact, the first branch of the Taizhou Prefecture had already turned his mind as fast as a windmill at that time, and was thinking about how to raise Pang Ting's rank to another level as soon as possible with his authority.
After a windward feast, everyone dispersed in their own way, and the two old friends, Li Gongfu and Pang Ting, had the opportunity to talk about the old days in detail.
The two of them each recounted their experiences after parting. Compared with Li Gongfu's thrilling ups and downs in the past few years, Pang Ting's life seems a little duller. Although many missions have been carried out during this period, the Heavenly Punishment Division has planned to kill demons before acting, and there are very few cases where Li Gongfu has repeatedly committed dangers. Relying on careful planning and close cooperation, Pontin has no danger in every mission.
The news of Li Gongfu's battle against the old demon of Montenegro in the underworld has not come out, but the fact that he killed the tree demon at the peak of Jindan soon after taking office has been widely circulated within the Heavenly Punishment Division, and Pang Ting has already heard about it. This time, he listened to Li Gongfu selectively say some details in the meantime, and couldn't help but be amazed, feeling that the other party's life was much more exciting than his own.
After chatting freely, Li Gongfu said that he would also visit Gu Changfeng. When Gu Changfeng heard that he was going to hunt down and kill the snake demon Haigongzi, he immediately drove him out to sea in person, and then he shared good and bad, but the friendship was not shallow.
Pang Ting has served in Taizhou all these years, but he has always had contacts with Gu Changfeng. Hearing that Li Gongfu was going to visit, he immediately took leave from the first seat and personally accompanied Li Gongfu on this trip.
The two left the Taizhou Mansion Branch, and Li Gongfu first brought Pang Ting to meet Xu Jiaorong and others. After greeting each other, the group rushed to Tiantai County, where Gu Changfeng lived.
Li Gongfu used a little trick on the road, and he arrived at the rooftop in a moment.
After entering the city, Pang Ting led the way to the door of a mansion that covered an extremely large area, first stepped forward to call a familiar doorman, and after whispering a few words, the man did not dare to slack off, turned around and rushed to report it.
After a while, the two rather magnificent doors opened inward, and the ancient long wind, which still had the same demeanor, strode out. At a glance, he saw Li Gongfu who was looking at him with a smile at the bottom of the steps, and immediately laughed and walked down the steps quickly, arching his hand and saying, "It's really a rare guest." After a long time, Brother Li has always been good?"
Li Gongfu also stepped forward to salute and said with a smile: "Brother Lao Gu is concerned, the younger brother is all right, this time I took the liberty of being an uninvited guest, and I ask Brother Gu not to be disgusted." ”
Gu Changfeng pretended to be angry and said, "Where did the elder brother say that? If you pass through the door and don't enter, the foolish brother will wonder if you no longer regard me, a copper-smelling businessman, as a friend!"
The two laughed together, and then Li Gongfu called Xu Jiaorong and others to come forward to greet them.
Gu Changfeng saw that Li Gongfu was visiting with his family, which meant not to see him, and he was more and more happy at that time, while giving guests to his family, he urgently called his family to invite his wife to entertain Xu Jiaorong.
When they arrived in the hall, Gu Changfeng's wife also greeted her, and after greeting Li Gongfu and others, she invited Xu Jiaorong and Xiaoqian to the back house to entertain herself. Gu Changfeng ordered to prepare a banquet to entertain Li Gongfu, Shi Tian and Pang Ting. As for Zhu Po Long Ah Er, because he was a subordinate, he was arranged by Gu Changfeng to be entertained by Gu Changfeng.
At the banquet, Li Gongfu and Gu Changfeng talked about all kinds of thrilling and bizarre things they experienced when they went to sea, and they were all embarrassed.
When it was said that the interest was high, Gu Cheng, a henchman of Gu Changfeng, reported recently outside the door: "Master Qiqi, today there is a Confucian Gongzi who lives in Botuo Temple to send him a hand-copied "Diamond Sutra". ”
Gu Changfeng's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "You go and invite Gongzi Kong in, and say that I can't go out to greet you because I'm accompanying the guests." ”
Gu Cheng agreed and turned around and went out.
Gu Changfeng said to Li Gongfu: "My brother came here today, but it was a coincidence, and the foolish brother introduced you to a friend. ”
Li Gongfu said with a smile: "Brother Gu should be talking about the Kong Gongzi outside, but I don't know what is special about this person that makes Brother Gu value him so much?"
Gu Changfeng said: "My brother doesn't know, but this Kong Gongzi is not an ordinary person. His name is Kong Xueli, he was originally a descendant of the Confucian saint, and he was generous and talented. Zhu Huizhu, the former county commander of this county, was a good friend of him, and because he learned that his best friend's family was in difficulty, he wrote to invite him to come to Tiantai County, intending to find a staff job for him in the county government. This Kong Gongzi is also lucky, he just came to Tiantai County, and Nazhu County Ling was sick and died. Confucius lost his support, so he had to live in the Botuo Temple in the county, and made a living by helping people copy Buddhist scriptures. The foolish brother valued this person's character and talent, and had the intention to support him, but he claimed that he was useless and insisted on not accepting it. ”
Li Gongfu nodded and said, "According to what Brother Gu said, this Kong Gongzi can be called a gentleman." ”
After the two said these words, they saw Gu Cheng leading a young man in.
Li Gongfu, Shi Tian, and Pang Ting all raised their eyes to look at the visitor, and saw that this person was in his twenties, his clothes were slightly ragged, his face was square, and his eyes were bright.
When this person arrived in the hall, he took a few steps up, and said to Gu Changfeng: "The late Kong Xueli has seen the old man. A few days ago, the "Diamond Sutra" that the ancient master asked for has been copied in his later life, and he is here to present it today. ”
At this point, he took out a cloth bag from his bosom and presented it with both hands.
Gu Changfeng took a few steps forward from his seat, and also stretched out his hands to take the cloth bag, and then handed it to Gu Cheng on the side, and smiled at that Kong Xueli: "There is Lao Kong Gongzi, today Gu Mou held a banquet to entertain an old friend." Since Childe has caught up, why don't we sit down and have a few glasses of wine together?"
Kong Xueli looked at the table full of delicacies, and he couldn't help but rebel immediately, but he immediately looked away, waved his hand and said: "Master Gu doesn't have to be polite, he still has some affairs in his later life, so he will leave." ”
Where did Gu Changfeng let him go, stepped forward and grabbed him, pretending to be annoyed and said: "Gu Mou is sincere to keep guests, but Kong Gongzi doesn't even give this little face, don't you look down on Gu?"
Kong Xueli saw that he couldn't refuse, so he had to thank Gu Changfeng and then sit down together.