"Oh, it turns out that my sister-in-law is here too. Chengye has met her." Ding Chengye stepped forward carelessly and gave Lu Xiangwu a long bow.
"You're welcome, uncle,"
Lu Xiangwu's small, white forehead frowned inadvertently, she took a step back, turned around and said: "Lian'er, please send the Lotus Sutra to my room..." He nodded slightly to Ding Chengye.
, with a flick of his green sleeves, a faint scent of fragrance was raised, and he walked away lightly.
Miss Lian quickly agreed, glanced at Ding Hao worriedly, turned back and went into the room to get Buddhist scriptures, and chased after the young lady.
Ding Chengye glanced at the graceful figure of his elder sister-in-law, then turned to Ding Hao, and said with a nonchalant smile: "Ah-Dai, you are really capable. You can make my sister happy, and you can also make the old man happy. This looks like a joke."
Like a monkey in the sky, you are about to climb on Xiao Jiu'er's head. Xiao Jiu'er...compared to others, you are so useless. Look at the slaves trained by my sister, how promising they are..."
Yan Jiu flattered and said with a smile: "Second Young Master, how can you say that the eldest lady has trained you well? This dumb guy... wasn't he just a driver for you..."
"Hahahaha..." Ding Chengye laughed wildly.
When Ding Hao saw the ugly behavior of the master and servant, he just smiled slightly and was not angry at all. He didn't want to stay in the Ding family, so he had a normal heart. Let you humiliate me and criticize me, just like the breeze blowing the lotus root, which is clean at the root.
Water is immune to dust. When the two of them had laughed enough, Ding Hao asked seriously: "I wonder if the second young master has asked me to stay here. Do you have any instructions?"
"Huh?" Ding Chengye wanted to humiliate him, but when he saw his plain expression, he was at a loss. Ding Hao smiled again: "Today's afternoon is the time to plant grain seeds for the tenants. If it's the second time,
The young master doesn’t have any instructions, so... I’ll take my leave.”
After Ding Hao finished speaking, he slightly cupped his hands and retreated gracefully without waiting for a reply.
Ding Chengye said in a panic: "Hey... you..." Seeing Ding Hao walking away, he slapped the folding fan hard on his palm and said bitterly: "This villain has succeeded, and now he dares to be so arrogant in front of this young master.
Damn, he is not just a slave of my Ding family. Xiao Jiuer, please think of a way for me to deal with him properly."
Yan Jiu said: "Young master, I rely heavily on him now. If the young master intends to embarrass him, I'm afraid he will be scolded..."
"Why, are you even afraid of him now?"
Yan Jiuyin smiled and said: "How could it be possible? The old slave said that the best way to punish him is to make him do a lot of bad things. Only in this way can he lose the favor of the master. At that time
Isn’t it so easy to tell him to get out?”
"Oh? What can you do?"
Just as Yan Jiu was about to speak, a cry of an eagle suddenly came from the sky. Yan Jiu squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky, only to see an eagle with its wings spread out, gliding gracefully in the blue and jade-like sky. His eyes
He couldn't help but a cold light flashed in his heart. He immediately leaned over and said: "Master, you have to let me think about this matter carefully, and you can always come up with a two-pronged solution to deal with that dumb guy. The master has assigned me something to do.
You have to go and take care of things now. When the things are done, I will come back to serve the young master."
"Go ahead, go ahead." Ding Chengye waved his hand angrily, feeling extremely depressed. After thinking about it carefully, he finally felt resentful: "Without your help, Xiao Jiu'er, couldn't I have punished that slave? Uh-huh! Hmm...
What you ask him to do will cause a lot of trouble, what you ask him to do will cause a lot of trouble...well..."
Ding Chengye flapped the folding fan in his palm for a while, then suddenly frowned, and a plan came to his mind. He stopped a passing servant and ordered: "Go, call Liu Shiyi and Yang Ye to this young master immediately."
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There are boundless fields at the west end of the village. Spring has just begun and the frozen soil has just begun to thaw. It is not the planting season yet, so the west end of the village is deserted, and not a single pedestrian is seen. However, under the Earth Temple at the west end of the village, there is an old beggar.
Holding a broken bowl in his arms and dragging a dog-beating stick, he nestled under the low wall behind him and lay lazily on the straw to bask in the sun.
Yanjiu walked slowly to the end of the village and stood there with his hands behind his back, looking at the endless black land as if taking a leisurely stroll without even looking at him.
The old beggar catching lice slowly raised his head, his razor-sharp gaze peeking out from under his ragged felt hat. Then he lowered his head again and called out in a low voice: "Brother..."
"You still have the nerve to come see me!"
Yan Jiu still looked into the distance and scolded lightly. His waist that usually always slightly bowed slowly straightened up, and his voice suddenly became stern. If you don't look at his old clown-like face and just look at his back,
, almost makes people think that Master Ding is scolding his slaves.
"Brother, I messed up."
"Not only did it fail, you almost destroyed all my twenty years of hard work!"
The old beggar said excitedly: "Brother, I underestimated that little beast. I was accidentally shot in one eye by him and almost fainted from the pain. My brother saw that I was injured, so he ignored my orders and
Setting fire to burning food means..."
"Shut up! Failure is failure. Why are you looking for excuses? What does it mean to be blind in one eye? Are you complaining to me? Do I, as a brother, have to pay less than you in this life?"
The old beggar lowered his head again and stopped talking.
Yan Jiu's hands behind his back suddenly clenched tightly, and he said excitedly: "When I heard the news, I was almost scared out of my mind. I thought that all the hardships I had suffered in the past twenty years were in vain. I have worked hard to run the business in the Ding family for twenty years.
All our efforts were in vain. What a pity, that usually stupid little bitch suddenly became smarter and actually solved the Ding family's disaster and helped us a lot. Otherwise... you will never atone for your sins.
!”
"Brother, I know I was wrong..."
Yan Jiu snorted coldly and said, "You knew you were wrong, why were you so careless that you dressed up as a beggar and ran to such a deserted place? Wouldn't that make you even more suspicious?"
The old beggar said reluctantly: "Brother, I don't want to either. Originally, I thought that being blind in one eye would attract too much attention, so I dyed my hair and beard white and dressed up as a smelly old beggar. There should be no one."
Pay attention. Who knows what's going on in the nearby villages? They are very enthusiastic about the old beggar. There are always people walking around me, so I don't dare to show my face, so I have to hide here to see you..."
Yan Jiu remembered what Ding Hao had said about an old beggar who taught him how to make a snow sledge, and how he stumped famous people in mainland China by reciting poems. His cheeks twitched a few times, thinking about it... all those villagers were delusional about who their brothers were.
Stranger in the world, this can be regarded as an accident.
He breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Second brother, the 'Successor Hall' was first established by our ancestors of the Lu family, and the seven sects and five surnames of the Tang Dynasty were preserved because of this. However, our Lu family ended up with seven sects and five surnames."
The result of being expelled. If my father hadn't sent us brothers out of Taiyuan in advance, the Lu family lineage would have been extinct. If we are alive now, even if the Lu family is still there? No, the only one alive is just an old slave lingering on.
He's just a bandit. Only if we live a glorious and dignified life can the Lu family survive. For this purpose, my plan must be completed."
It was a custom in the Song Dynasty that brothers did not refer to each other as brother or brother, but called each other brother, and those who ranked higher were called brothers. Yanjiu called the old beggar his second brother. Could it be that he actually had a biological brother?
After hearing Yan Jiu's incomprehensible words of indignation, the old beggar raised his head: "Brother, does your method really work? How many years will it take to achieve our goal? I have hundreds of heroes working for me now, and how long will it take to achieve our goal?"
To know many heroes from three mountains and five mountains, it is better to use force..."
"Wishful thinking!" Yan Jiu interrupted him.
He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and sneered: "Back then, you took advantage of the famine, gathered tens of thousands of victims, and proclaimed yourself General Shuntian. What was the result? The mob was no match for the officers and soldiers. And the seven sects and five surnames jointly built the
"Jisitang", do you know how much potential power they have? When you fled Taiyuan, you were only five years old and still young. You don't know... You can never imagine how much potential power they have in the entire world. Datang
The seven sects and five surnames had a huge power back then that was enough to establish a country and destroy it. Although it is now weak, it is still a centipede insect that can die without becoming stiff..."
A gust of wind came, and he couldn't help but shiver: "Actually... I have never imagined that we can eradicate them with the help of you and me. Now even the emperor of the Song Dynasty does not have the ability to dig them out, let alone us. I want to
It's just to let our Lu family stand up again. Our brothers have been anonymous for so many years for this purpose. Don't worry, hurry up, hurry up, although this time we did not fully achieve our goal, but... Ding Chengzong is dead,
I have come up with another appropriate solution. After twenty years of waiting, I finally look forward to dawn..."
The old beggar said: "Brother, what do you need us to do?"
Yan Jiu looked solemn and said: "Second brother, you don't have to rush back to the village. I have something difficult that I need you to do."
"you say……"
"After that little bitch Ding Hao came back from Guangyuan, he was favored by that old guy Ding Tingxun. That old fox never told anyone what his plans were. I really can't figure out his thoughts now. I don't know if he wants to
We need to make Ding Hao recognize his ancestor and leave the Ding family to him. We must move quickly, lest we lose everything. You can help me get some medicine back..."
Yan Jiu whispered the name of a strange medicine, and then said: "I heard that this medicine is only available to wizards in the Northern Dynasties. You happen to be familiar with it there. You go get the medicine first. During this time, I will explore the old fox again."
If he really intends to help Ding Hao rise to power, hum! Then lend him your sharp knife and give him to me..."
Yan Jiu raised his palm like a knife and slashed it down gently. The old beggar understood, nodded slightly, and showed a cruel smile at the corner of his mouth...
