The selfishness of a gentleman

Ren Tianqi was restless for a few days, and he was in a trance, and the figure of Dongfang Bai always appeared in front of him. Sitting in the hall alone, sullen, thinking that Sister He's mother and daughter can't come back from Suzhou, this Ximen sister is pregnant, and she can't talk about it on both sides, how can she resist Ximen Sister is the daughter of the three-eyed Guanyin, like a thunderclap on the ground, how to deal with it later; But in the future, how should we face this fireworks alliance murderous like hemp, repeatedly made bloody cases, since ancient times, good and evil are not separated, officials and bandits are different, there is still the old man Yin fell into the hands of the fireworks alliance, his whereabouts are unknown, how to ask the three-eyed Guanyin.

Everyone thought that the general's handling of the Fireworks Alliance would not progress, and they were irritated, so they didn't come to disturb.

The county lord and Dong Xue persuaded in every possible way, but their hearts were in a hurry, and they couldn't do it, so the county lord went to Juxianzhuang to invite the eldest brother Lu Qian, the second brother Wen Tingyu and others. After everyone dragged Ren Tianqi to dress up with smart makeup, more than a dozen people went out of the house and went out in civilian clothes. In addition to the four righteous brothers, the four Hu Yong, the three envoys of Ma Tiangong, plus the two daughters of Tianbao Tianci Xia He Qiuyue, together with Ren Tianqi, a group of sixteen people, traveled north in the direction of Xinghua Gaoyou.

Along the way, I walked to the farmhouse, visited the market, watched the water conservancy, climbed the hill and crossed the river, and traveled all over the landscape, and temporarily left behind many troubles in my chest. This said, came to the territory of Gaoyou, it was the middle of summer, the fierce said that when the sky, everyone walked slowly on the village road, wanting to go to Zhenguo Temple to visit Shangxiang.

Not far ahead, there is a gazebo on the side of the road, the trees around the pavilion are towering like umbrellas, and there are many rural civilians gathered inside and outside the pavilion, talking about the world's major events while drinking tea, laughing and laughing.

And they came forward and got their horses down.

Although the villagers were curious about the passers-by who were gorgeously dressed and sweating profusely, some people also gave up a piece of land to let everyone enjoy the cool and stop their feet. Xia He bought about one or two silver watermelons, and shared them with the people and everyone in the pavilion to quench their thirst, and the two sides became more and more familiar.

Ren Tianqi ate a few mouthfuls of watermelon, looked up at an elder, and said with a smile: "Uncle, how can people here be so polite and humble? Xiaosheng has walked through many places, and he only hears the suffering of the people's livelihood, but it is rare to see such an ancient world!"

The old man raised his head, looked at Ren Tianqi, and said with a smile: "The little brother has the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix, but he is also a noble person;

Ren Tianqi arched his hand and said with a smile: "Thank you for the praise of the old man, I really dare not take it seriously." ”

The old man swept his beard and said with a smile: "I am eighty and four this year, looking back, only last year and this year have been relatively comfortable, not only have I lost the heavy taxes I used to have, but even my two grandchildren who have been in the army for many years have returned from disarming not long ago, and the four generations are happy to be in the same house." Looking around for hundreds of miles, it is also a piece of tranquility. Hospitality and humility, people's original surname, ancient relics, is really thanks to the wisdom of today's parents, officials, and generals. It's just that the old man doesn't know how long this happiness can last?"

Ren Tianqi saw that his father-in-law had something to say, and seemed to have a lack of feelings, so he hurriedly smiled and asked: "My father-in-law still has regrets in his heart, I don't know if I can say a thing or two for the little ones to listen to?"

The old man took a sip of tea and said: "The old man is a person who is content and happy, if it is peaceful today, the family is reunited, and the people who are clothed should be content." Besides, this folk gang has formed a faction, and there are no dynasties and generations of people who steal chickens and dogs? It's just that I've heard a lot of people talk about who and who's like this recently, and I'm thinking, wouldn't it be better if there were not even these filthy things in this world!"

Some villagers smiled and said: "Second old lady, you are content! Now men are not soldiers, women do not plough the fields, taxes are only one out of ten, and there are no natural disasters [***] It is a great luck!"

Seeing that the paper fan was shaking a little red, the old man wanted to stop talking, and he had some scruples, so he hurriedly closed the fan and interjected: "Didn't the imperial court send troops to sweep away the robbers and bullies in various places last year, could it be that someone came out to bully men and women in such a short period of time?"

The old man smiled and said, "We haven't seen bullying men and women here for a while, it's just that it's just ......."

Ren Tianqi saw that the old man was hesitant, he hurriedly pointed a little red, and said with a smile: "The old man doesn't have to scruple, this is the general Zhennan who led the troops to suppress the bandits last year, and this time he came out to pay a private visit to Weifu to check whether the people are peaceful and investigate whether there is a resurgence of evildoers!"

The villagers were shocked, and hurriedly got up and knelt down to see, panicked, hung their heads and kept silent, sincere and afraid.

A little red hurriedly helped the old man up and said: "Under the order of the general, I will revisit the place to protect the territory and the people." No matter what you want, or if you don't want to, you can tell me about it, so that you can tell the general here. The general will give you a thoughtful reply. ”

No one dared to speak out.

A little red knew that the people were afraid of the government's settlement of accounts after the autumn, and said with a smile: "I just paid a private visit to Weifu, and I didn't bring local officials with me, because I was worried that the officials below would falsely report the people's feelings and do evil on one side." If you feel that there is something unclear and inappropriate, you can make it clear to the official. ”

The people shouted: "Someone has occupied the fish market!"

"Someone has seized the Land Temple!"

"Someone brazenly gathered a crowd to fight!"

Ren Tianqi, please talk about them one by one.

It turned out that this year, a group of strongmen came out of nowhere, occupying the local wharf, land temple, fish market, and meat market, and clashed with the original group of strongmen, and there have been three bloody fights between the two sides, with many dead and injured. Now, later these people want to occupy Zhenguo Temple, and they are going to make trouble every once in a while, affecting the livelihood of the people, and the people are very disgusted. When the county commander Sun Ran heard the news, Sun Ran also sent people down to reconcile and expel him. Unexpectedly, people are wandering, coming and going without a trace, and they can't be eradicated for a while. And this Master Sun is also a good official, clear and honest, and everyone does not suffer from this.

Ren Tianqi said: "Is there anything special about these people later?"

The villagers looked at each other and shook their heads.

Suddenly, a person said: "The little ones seem to be still in a group, maybe it's just a discord taking the lead, and their own family is just coaxing!"

Ren Tianqi saw that it was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, fifteen or sixteen years old, so he smiled and said, "This little brother, how can you see it?"

The young man said: "They all have a pattern of holding a knife in one hand on their chests, aren't they a gang?" Someone next to him pulled the young man's shirt, and the young man glanced at Ren Tianqi, shrunk his head and stopped gnawing.

Ren Tianqi knew in his heart that there were indeed two groups of fireworks alliance subordinates fighting among themselves, just as Mr. Big said that the two northern and southern fireworks alliances were fighting for territory and money, and he was quite happy in his heart. He also talked with the people about the harvest in the fields and the taxes of the government, rested for a while, thanked everyone, and rewarded the young man with a silver ingot of ten taels, and then rushed to Zhenguo Temple.

When the horse team was far away, the old man looked at the horse team in the distance, swept his beard, and said: "What a young and good candidate, I am afraid that the heavens will not favor the talents!"

A group of people came to the gate of the temple of Zhenguo Temple, but saw that the front of the temple was cold and quiet; when they looked around, they did not see any pilgrims and tourists, except for the leaves on the trees, they kept screaming, and they were very peaceful. Everyone got off the horse, tied the horse to the tree, and left Siyong to watch, while the others followed Tianqi into the temple gate.

As soon as I stepped into the temple gate, I saw a group of people called Huazi rushing out of the temple, about 40 people, each holding sticks, and a few of them were also wielding knives and guns, blocking the way. When Tianbao and the others saw it, they hurriedly drew their swords and sticks to protect Ren Tianqi and the two girls.

Gong Ming lifted his sword and flew forward, and a whirlwind chain leg kicked back a few people in front of him, and shouted: "Presumptuous, Buddhism is pure, and those who make guns and sticks in broad daylight are what kind of systems they become." Who are you waiting for, what are you doing here?"

Tianci also flew to Gong Ming's side and scolded: "Blind thing, who is the leader, don't you get out and see Young Master Ben?

One of them is called Huazi or the leader, and the crowd laughed and said: "A few masters, if we have something to say, our altar master is here, whether it is a friend or an enemy, and we will immediately see the difference! Hehe, don't want to play a big role in front of our brothers, our beggars are not easy to fool!"

Tianci was angry when he saw that no one came out to greet him, and he saw that this person was farting, chewing his head, angry, and rising to the ground, flying forward, his hands out, kicking his feet wildly, pushing away the first few screamers, flying in front of the person, probing his claws and grabbing the man's chest, and his left hand gestured a few times, and kicked the person away.

The man made a few heels in mid-air, and accidentally slipped down his pants and faded to the crook of his thighs, revealing his snow-white buttocks.

Everyone burst into laughter, and the second daughter of Xia He Qiuyue was so angry that she didn't turn her head and scolded the third master for his lack of virtue in her heart, her face turned red, and she stared at Ren Tianqi with her eyes.

Tianci scolded on the ground: "Keep your eyes open, the master is Lin Xuefei, the young gang leader of your family." Why don't you get out of here?"

At this time, a few people rushed out of the temple, and one shouted: "Brothers, retreat, don't be reckless, that's Ren Shaoxia and the little gang leader driving!"

Ren Tianqi looked up and recognized that the person who came was Lu Shixing, the rolling dragon, and there were several monks behind him, one of whom was called Huazi. Lu Shixing hurriedly stepped forward to see everyone, drank back and helped the people disperse, and introduced several masters in the temple to everyone: Yujing, the presiding officer of Zhenguo Temple, the second master Yuchen, and the third master Yuyuan;

Ren Tianqi recognized Yuantong Yuanhui, these two were the two brothers who presided over Fengxue Temple, and they hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said with a smile, "The junior Guangling Ren Tianqi has seen the two masters, and in the past, he said that he was presumptuous, and he also hoped that the two masters would dry in the sea. ”

Brother Yuantong was inexplicable, Lu Shixing stepped forward and whispered a few words in Yuantong's ear.

Yuantong's eyes widened in shock, laughed, and smiled at his brother: "The year before last, I was allowed to wait for a way out in Fengxue Temple, but I didn't want to be the nephew of Song Yigong!"

Yuan Hui was stunned for a moment, stepped forward and grabbed Ren Tianqi's hands, and said hurriedly: "Is it okay to praise Yigong?"

Ren Tianqi said with a smile: "Everything is fine with the uncle, the current official worships the queen general and sits in Guangling;

Ren Tianqi called Tianci again and introduced it to Yuantong. Heaven sent himself to come forward and bow down.

The group entered the temple hall, and Ren Tianqi first went to incense and worshiped the Buddha, and then came to the abbot's room with Yujing and others to sit down.

It turned out that a group of people from the fireworks alliance who came to the town wanted to join the Zhenguo Temple to share the incense money in the temple and take the temple as a foothold. Several times he was rejected for talks, and he was unwilling, so he frequently called people to come and make trouble. For fear of arousing the vigilance of the government, he did not dare to come blatantly. The monks in the temple had no power to protect themselves, so they hurriedly invited their best friends to the Yuantong brothers, and invited beggars to help everyone. The fireworks league saw the precautions in the temple and did not come back for a while.

Ren Tianqi turned his head to Lu Shixing and said, "Brother Lu, how many people are in the Fireworks Alliance here?

Lu Shixing turned up and replied: "General Hui, there are two factions of people in the Fireworks Alliance here, one is a group of locals, about fifty people, and the other is from Hebei, Shandong, about one hundred and forty people. However, a few days ago, there were a few masters in the local fireworks alliance, and they were leading everyone to negotiate with the people of the fireworks alliance who came later. The people of the two factions have no fixed place, and every five, fifteenth, and twenty-fifth three days, both sides will go here to assemble at a city god temple seven miles to the west. ”

"Why?" asked Ren Tianqi in surprise.

Lu Shixing was puzzled for a while, and said: "Don't the general know that the fifth, fifteenth, and twenty-fifth three days of the first lunar month are the orders set by the Fireworks Alliance to kill people? No, these two factions are going to grab orders and collect deposits. ”

Ren Tianqi lowered his head slightly, thought for a moment, and raised his head, "How many fireworks alliance members are there in Gaoyou's territory, and what about Xinghua Baoying's territory?"

Lu Shixing said: "According to small estimates, there should be fireworks alliance members in all counties along the river, this is certain, but the actual situation has not been checked!"