Thousands of years old

The courtyard is deep and the pedestrians are frightened, and the children are sleeping in a daze.

The cook couldn't solve her eyebrows, and Xiao Qiu's maple leaves were still red.

Willow waist, green eyebrows, not the same.

It is difficult to find the Qingming double flying swallow, but I look forward to seeing the southern return geese.

Seven or eight winters in the sun.

At the beginning, I was angry, but now I have nothing to do.

Frightened drums, secluded bells, Nanyang dreams.

When he woke up in the morning, Ren Tianqi was meditating on the bed, dizziness and nausea became more and more serious, and his body was sweating, which improved slightly after several cycles of strong luck, it would not be because he was cold when he went out yesterday, or his body was overworked and had not yet recovered, Ren Tianqi was depressed.

Outside, Ren Mingquan knocked on the door and said in a low voice: "Master, have you gotten up?" ”

Ren Tianqi casually put on a shirt and said, "Come in, the master has already risen." ”

Ren Mingquan pushed the door in, closed the door, and said: "The master said that the uncle of the general village came over before dawn, and said that the Zhu family brothers made an appointment to go to the village to apologize, and asked a few people here to sit in the field." There are many things at home, and the master can't make up his mind for a while, so he calls the master over. ”

"Okay, you go to the front yard first. However, there will be a lot of guests in the village today, so you will stay in the West Courtyard to take care of the county lord and a few uncles, and the master will take the junior to the general village to take a look. Ren Tianqi took a sip of cold tea.

Ren Mingquan bowed out and leaned in again, and said, "Master, the snow has stopped outside, and the snow is getting colder, so it's better to wear more clothes;

Ren Tianqi nodded, and sat down in the quilt again in a daze alone.

After a while, Dongxue pushed the door in and laughed softly: "Master, get up! It's cold today, Miss asked Master to wear more!"

Dong Xue stepped forward and put down the fur sweater in her hand and helped Ren Tianqi get dressed.

Ren Tianqi pretended to smile and said, "The county lord of the Ru family didn't catch a cold, didn't he go out a little too long yesterday?"

Dongxue replied with a smile: "It's okay, county lord, oh, it's time to change your name to Miss." Miss, I came back yesterday and sneezed several times in a row, and I drank a bowl of hot ginger soup, but I was fine. ”

Ren Tianqi smiled: "Why are you here alone?"

Dong Xue replied: "Chun Tao Qiu Yue called the eldest lady, Xia He was a little unwell, and he was lying in the main room." ”

Ren Tianqi hadn't dressed yet, so he was busy going out to take a look, and when he saw that there was no one in the corridor, he turned around and closed the door again.

Dongxue was puzzled, and was busy sorting out his clothes behind his master, and was about to look up to ask.

Ren Tianqi blinked, smiled slyly, stepped forward to hug Dongxue, and kissed Dongxue on the face.

Dongxue Dahe, apricot eyes widened, mouth wide, and hurriedly lowered her head and stunned there not daring to move, a heart in her chest was pounding wildly, she didn't know what to do.

Ren Tianqi put on his clothes and hat, felt very energetic, reached out to take the sword, and said with a smile while going out: "Sister Dong, go back and tell the county lord, saying that the master has gone to the front yard in advance, and may have to go to the general village, and the general village said that the Zhu family came to the village today to make amends, and asked a few people to go here." Also, tell Xia He that I will go to see her as soon as I come back. ”

Dongxue agreed in a daze, looking at the master's back in a daze.

Ren Tianqi turned around and went downstairs with a smile, and called Shang Gongming to come to the front yard hall and saw his father and eldest brother.

Ren Tianqi's father and son were combined, leaving the old village owner at home, and Tianhui Tianqi came back after going to the main village to show up.

Fang was about to get out, and Mr. Big and Master Ying just came in. When the two heard about this, they said that they would also go, so a few people, together with a few guards around Yingguiquan, went out on horses and went straight to the main village.

Everyone came to the general village meeting hall and sat down with the guests. Song Ming, the director of the second old village, and his sons Tianmin, Tianzuo, and Tianyou sat with seven or eight martial arts instructors in the village. Ren Songming was very happy to see Yingguiquan and Liu Chengmin coming, and after thanking them, he invited the two to sit down, and everyone sat down to talk about some things in the rivers and lakes.

At midnight, Zhuang Ding flew to report that the Zhu brothers had arrived in the city.

Ren Songming asked Xiao'er Tianyou to go out to greet him.

More than a dozen people from the Zhu family brothers entered the hall and saw everyone standing on one side.

Ren Songming hurriedly invited someone to sit down.

In addition to the master and servant of the Zhu family, Yu Chenghuai, the commander of Guangling County, Qingyuan, the three-eyed Guanyin, and Tian Muzuo, a young chivalrous guest, were also invited. What makes people look at it a few more times is that behind the three-eyed Guanyin stands a white-faced young man, with sword eyebrows and ink clear, handsome appearance, but his face is expressionless, white and blue, his eyes are lowered, and he is listless.

Ren Tianqi looked at the visitor carefully. The five brothers of the Zhu family have five short figures, fat heads and big ears, thick eyebrows and clam eyes, coarse skin and miscellaneous hair, several black moles on their faces, all wearing red brocade robes and gold silk belts around their waists.

Guangling County Ling is about fifty years old, with a handsome white face, a wisp of black beard, a slender figure, and a purple robe, which is also refreshing and attractive.

This three-eyed Guanyin is about fifty years old, with a ruddy face, dressed in green, sitting upright, never looking at others, drinking tea alone, very arrogant.

The man named Tian Muzuo, twenty-five or sixteen years old, with thick eyebrows and long eyes, dressed in a green cloth robe, with a long sword without a spike in his arms, his hands in front of his chest, and a short sword in his belt, half-sat on the chair, looked around from side to side, very uneasy, and looked nervous;

The two sides sat still, but no one spoke, and the hall was silent.

Yingguiquan looked at both sides, coughed, and smiled at Yu Huaicheng: "Lord Yu, what are you doing here today? Could it be that this official is hindering your official business here?"

When Yu Huaicheng heard this, he hurriedly took a step forward, respectfully bowed, and said with a smile: "Lord Hui, Xia Guan was entrusted by Zhu Jiazhuang in Xianhe Bay to come to witness the two Zhu Ren families turn hostility into jade silk, and the two families reconciled. The lower officials saw that the adults were present, and they didn't dare to speak without the adults speaking. Moreover, the reconciliation between the two families is a rare happy event, and the word 'hindering' is a polite thing for adults, and besides, the lower officials are asking for it, and you can not have an adult to supervise the axe to witness such a fortunate event together. ”

Yingguiquan smiled, waved his hand to let Yu Chenghuai sit down, glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry too much, this official often has contacts with Lord Ren Tianhui and has a slight friendship; How to say and how to do it, please take it easy, and everything is precious. Lord Yu, then you will take care of it. ”

Everyone smiled and nodded yes, and turned their heads to look at Ren Tianhui.

Only Ximen Yuanqing snorted in his nose, his body did not move, he did not look at everyone, and his elongated face did not change at all, as if everyone in the world owed him money and did not pay it back, a thousand were unhappy, ten thousand were unhappy, and they were there with a pestle, and they did not take everyone to heart. However, the white-faced young man behind him occasionally opened his eyes to look at the hall, but he was also dazzling and breathtaking.

Ren Tianqi knew that he was a master.

Yu Huaicheng got up and walked among the crowd, flicked his cuffs, coughed lightly, and said: "Lord Ying, Mr. Simon, Lord Ren, Lord Ren, Brother Tai, this official was born to speak cheerfully, and he never went around in circles at night, so the official went straight to the point." The official said today that he was entrusted by the old owner of Zhu Tianqi to bring the five young owners of the Zhu family to Songming Gongzhai to discuss the reconciliation of the two families. In order to show their sincerity, the Zhu family also specially invited the martial arts master Ximen Qingyuan and the martial arts rookie Tian Musa Shaoxia to come to witness together, and brought a thousand taels of cash to express their gratitude, which can be regarded as a misunderstanding in the past and a little compensation for the many inconveniences caused to Renjiabao. The lower official is fortunate to be here, and it is indeed a person who bears the love of both parties and has the right to return to mediation. I don't know what Song Ming Gong and your brothers think about the reconciliation between these two families?"

Everyone looked up at Ren Songming.

Ren Songming's face was embarrassed, "hehe" smiled, got up and glanced at everyone, and said embarrassedly: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, everyone can just look at it." Then he bowed his head and remained silent.

The three Ren Tianmin brothers were even more red-faced, looking at each other, and they were silent.

There was silence on the field.

Yu Huaicheng's eyes were staring at Ren Songming, his eyes gradually changed from waiting and watching to puzzled, to doubtful, to excited, to contempt, and occasionally raised his head and smiled at Yingguiquan.

The Zhu brothers all pouted and squinted, and their eyes were empty. Ximen Qingyuan shook his head and poured himself tea on the side. The man behind him woke up and fell asleep.

Only Tian Muzuo stared at the actions of everyone in the hall with a pair of eyes, his eyebrows furrowed, and he was very nervous.

Lord Ying smiled and looked up at the hall.

Yoo Seungmin looked around left and right, looking at everyone.

Ren Tianhui knew that the two brothers in Zongzhai were born wood, not good at words, and they also made many compromises in external affairs, turning big things into small things and small things, especially since the boss Ren Tianmin made a fortune in business, he was even more timid and afraid of things, he was afraid of being poor and afraid of being rich, arrogant and unfamiliar, and it was rare to communicate with his family. I have never discussed with the Zhu family here, and I always have to wait for others to take the initiative to inquire.

The Ren Tianhui brothers also saw that Yu Huaicheng had already colluded with the Zhu family brothers, and they were embarrassed. Ren Tianhui pulled Tianqi's belt and shook his head to signal not to interject.

Ren Tianqi was also anxious, and it was inconvenient to speak, thinking of the bloody fight between the Zhu and Ren families when he was a child, his grandfather was angry, and his uncle was tired and went out and never came back.

Liu Chengmin coughed, got up and said with a smile: "Everyone, do you want to interject a sentence below?"

The crowd was silent.

Yu Huaicheng smiled, shyly faced, and said with a smile: "Mr. Big is the first righteous man in the world, he has always judged things fairly, is impartial and unprotective, and has the weight to speak, please say if you have something, just say it." This official thinks that it is the best if this matter is decided by Mr. Big, who is full of words and well-informed, and it is more suitable to deal with the grievances of such people than to be errands like us. Besides, even if others have something to say in the future, they will be convinced when they hear that Mr. Nai is leading. ”

Mr. Big arched his hand and smiled: "The first righteousness in the world is to carry love for people, and I dare not be ashamed of it." But under the bottom, I am quite confident that my words and deeds are still in the middle of the rules, in line with the righteousness of heaven and earth, in line with the rational numbers of the world, and more in line with the way of Sage Confucius's benevolence. ”

Everyone believes in this, Liu Chengmin has walked the rivers and lakes for decades, no one is disrespectful, no one is not up, relying on his fair speech, doing things above board, and the beggar gang Yin Lao Gang leader, Shaolin Minghui Abbot, Longqiu Zhuang Qiu Yuantong is called the four righteousness of the rivers and lakes.

Liu Chengmin said: "If you want to praise Ming Gong today, or there is something difficult to say, it is because it is inconvenient to say it because someone or something is inconvenient to say; or Song Ming Gong is not good at words, even if he has many thoughts in his heart, he doesn't know how to say it, but he is not it; or Ren Jiabao does not want the two families to reconcile, and he must find a high and low, win or lose, and he is too lazy to say." What do you think of what the old man said?"

Everyone nodded and said yes, indeed, a few people in the Ren family were silent and embarrassed to express what they would think in their hearts, and others did not know it, but it should also be among what Liu Chengmin said.

Ren Tianhui and the brothers also felt that Mr. Da was pertinent. Everyone looked at the Ren family father and son from the side.

Ren Songming got up and bowed his hand to everyone, stuttering: "The two families are reconciled, my Ren Jiabao has no opinion, and he is also sincere, where are there many other ideas." Everything depends on a few adults, Mr. Big and all the heroes are in charge. Then he sat down and bowed his head and said no more.

The Zhu brothers were happy, sitting in the hall and talking to each other, beaming with pride, and feeling uneasy when they came in.

Yu Huaicheng pursed his lips and looked at Liu Chengmin, looking at how Liu followed, and said in his heart: As the saying goes, it is difficult for a Qing official to cut off family affairs, and I, who am a parent official, are reluctant to wade into this troubled water. You deserve it, let you come out, the Ren family's nest of pus is clearly a fish on the case, how can you deal with this matter fairly?

Ximen Qingyuan estimated that he had drunk too much tea, and one person actually got up and floated out of the hall. The big man behind him was still half-awake and half-asleep, languishing.

Ren Tianqi and the others were in a hurry, and they didn't realize that sweat appeared on their faces: How little has Ren Jiabao suffered in the past few decades, there are several adults today, Mr. Justice in the rivers and lakes is also present, even if he doesn't get a gold and half a silver back, he should say that it is good to expose the robbers of the Zhu family, and there is a chance to plead.

I saw Liu Chengmin smile slightly, and said, "Lord Yu is the official of Guangling's parents, what do you want?"

Yu Huaicheng slipped his head with a bright face, and said: "How dare Xia Guan go beyond the kitchen to take care of the bag, Zhu Ren and the two families have already said that they will make peace, and inviting everyone to come over is just a ready-made witness." Xiaguan felt that the Zhu family was also polite and cheerful, didn't this paste another thousand taels of silver, and the two families would not lack each other in the future. Brother Long Jun, why don't you bring the silver in quickly?" Yu Huaicheng turned around and shouted.

The brothers of the Zhu family responded, went out for two, and brought a few family members to carry in a few large wooden boxes.

As soon as I opened the box, it was full of strings of copper coins.

Everyone in the hall was angry, shocked, sighed, and laughed.

Liu Chengmin was not impatient, and ignored Yu Huaicheng, arched his hand at Ren Tianmin, and said with a smile: "Brother Tianmin, have the two families made peace with this?"

Ren Tianmin got up and replied, "No." A few days ago, Zhujiazhuang only came to the city with a few villagers, and sent a teacher to send a message that someone from Zhujiazhuang would come over today to make peace between the two sides, and to return the injured and arrested villagers. On the same day, we bandaged up the detained Zhuang Ding and sent them out of the village, and each of them gave one pound of wine and half a pound of meat; ”

"Is there any difference between this? The meaning of the words has already been brought, each has its own statement, and its intentions have been expressed, what is it to do? What do you expect the old man to not know, is it possible that he will settle every account in the past hundred years?" Ximen Qingyuan turned back at some point, sat on the chair and said coldly.

Liu Chengmin laughed and said loudly: "That is, how can the three-eyed Guanyin on the rivers and lakes be in vain! This grievance between the two Zhu families, Mr. Ximen is completely innocent, and it is impossible to say that you, Mr. Ximen, participated in it! It is also clear who is who is who and who is wrong." But there are twists and turns in this, it can't be that someone wants to cover the sky with one hand and not allow others to argue, right? Lord Ying, Lord Yu, Lord Ren. ”

Yingguiquan nodded yes.

Ximen Qingyuan is not dull or dry

Yu Huaicheng clenched his fists, turned his head, and did not gnaw.

Ren Tianhui stood up and said: "What Mr. Big said is true, the grievances between the Ren and Zhu families have been for more than 100 years, and they have always been in official lawsuits, and there is no big right or wrong, it is nothing more than a matter of money, grain, and land. But since 20 years ago, the Zhu family has repeatedly provoked incidents and instigated Zhuang Ding's bloody fight, which is uncontrollable, and there are no less than five or six hundred casualties on both sides. A few days ago, he actually took advantage of the darkness to besiege the two villages of the Ren family, so blatantly causing trouble, how could there be a king law in his eyes? Lord Jinying, Lord Yu is here, should the Ruzhu family have an explanation for this?"

Ren Songming's father and son also echoed.

Yingguiquan was shocked when he heard this, and turned to Yu Huaicheng and said: "Lord Yu, is there such a thing? Under your jurisdiction, there are people who openly gather people to use guns and knives! Why don't you care, and why haven't you reported it? Lord Yu. ”

Yu Huaicheng saw that Yinggui was all angry, hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, and pleaded with his hand: "Lord Ying is angry, the lower official didn't know what Lord Fang Cairen said in advance, and the lower official also knew it at this moment, and I hope that the lord will allow the lower official to investigate afterwards and then report it." I hope that your grace will allow it. ”

Yinggui Quan waved his hand and said: "Get up, this official has said a long time ago that this official will not participate in the reconciliation of you and others, but it is the responsibility of this official to maintain the stability of the jurisdiction, dispatch military horses, and quell the violence and suppress bandits, and there is no room for the slightest slackness." ”

Yu Huaicheng got up and thanked him, bowed his head and sat silently, sweating like rain.

The Zhu brothers also relented and remained silent.

Ren Tianhui said again: "Then there are still about 500 people in the army of a biao to surround my Ren family's right village, and I hope that Lord Ying will investigate it together." ”

Yingguiquan was stunned again, and said with a smile: "Brother Tianhui doesn't need to be excited, if it is an official army, he will definitely be able to find out in the future, and he will definitely give you an explanation, no one under the rule of this official should be so bold." As soon as he turned around, he ordered: "Duan Peng, remember to check the records of the military and horse movements of each department after you go back and report it." ”

"Right and wrong have their own opinions, so outsiders don't interfere indiscriminately, the Zhu family didn't provoke you, so you are invited to do such a thing? Ximen Qingyuan pursed his lips and said coldly, his words clearly scolded Yingguiquan, Yu Huaicheng, and Ren Tianhui.

Yingguiquan, Yu Huaicheng's face was dry when he heard this, and he didn't say anything.

Ren Tianhui was about to get up to refute, Liu Chengmin waved his hand to stop him, laughed, glanced at Ximen Qingyuan, and said to everyone: "Who is Mr. Ximen, but I don't know what it has to do with this Zhu family? ”

Ximen Qingyuan originally wanted to be famous in the rivers and lakes for decades, and the name of the three-eyed Guanyin had already been avoided by the rivers and lakes, and no one expected to refute it in person; this court official had never been put in the eyes of his law, and he was very disdainful, so he was not afraid of success or failure, and made sarcastic remarks; Unexpectedly, Liu Chengmin, who was a three-legged cat kung fu, made stabbing words. Ximen Qingyuan stroked his beard and said lightly: "Long Jun is an old man and apprentice, a teacher, a father for life, who is Mr. You?"

Liu Chengmin replied: "In this way, Lord Ying, isn't Lord Yu the parents of the Zhu and Ren families, how can they be put out of the way? Lord Tianhui is the descendant of the Ren family, is it far from being a master?

Ximen Qingyuan raised his head and glared at Liu Chengmin, his face turned pale, and he said coldly: "The affairs of the Zhu family are very clear, and there is no time when the strong win and the loser lose, this is the fixed number, and it is right." If you want to rely on others to stand out, you can't hold on for a while, but you can't grow a rabbit's tail. Hmph, besides, what should you do if you are not convinced, if you want to fight, you should accompany you, it is not like some people have a vain reputation, and they can play tricks, so what's the use!"

Everyone was furious, and Mr. Liu Chengmin was even more unhappy, but he took two breaths, returned to normal, and said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Simon does not approve of the reconciliation of the two families in private, but he has not been the winner, isn't this followed by reparation? ”

Ren Tianqi looked at Mr. Big, frowned, and thought: Mr. Big is good, he will not stop calming people, and he will fan the wind and ignite the fire to provoke right and wrong;

Ximen Qingyuan stretched out his hand, turned back to the Zhu family brothers and said: "The intention is clear, you don't need to stay longer, just borrow the tea and make another compensation, so as not to have many verbal accusations in the future." ”

The Zhu brothers nodded in response.

The man behind him smiled and said, "The master is sitting, and there is a villain to do such a small thing." ”