Chapter 1093: Strength outside the membership, flirtation with beauty
Lu Junyi was originally a wealthy local businessman in Daming Prefecture.
He studied under Zhou Tong, the "Shaanxi Hero" since he was a child. After practicing martial arts for more than ten years, at the age of eighteen, he began to organize a township regiment to follow the imperial army, fight against the Liao soldiers, and serve the imperial court.
It's a pity that Lu Junyi was too young at that time and didn't understand the world at all.
He actually stubbornly believed that the Liao soldiers he killed should be credited with military merit.
Isn't this crazy?
You know, he was born a businessman.
Among the four “Scholar, Farmer, Industry, and Merchant” status, the merchant status is the humble one.
Moreover, he still led the rural regiment and soldiers to fight.
What are rural regiments and rural soldiers?
That is an army organized voluntarily by ordinary people without military status.
It can be said that compared with General Tong Guan's army, Lu Junyi and his soldiers are just orphans without a father to love them and no mother to support them.
When one of his soldiers died, the government refused to acknowledge the death and even had to pay for the compensation out of Lu Junyi's own pocket.
Even if the Liao soldiers were killed, the military merit would still be taken away by Tong Guan and his generals.
Lu Junyi was deprived of military honors and had no place to reason.
Because he is just an orphan who has no father to love him and no mother to look after him.
Most of the generals in Tong Guan's army came from noble families.
All these generals need to do is shout a few words, and their parents will go find Tong Guan.
Then, there is no need for any behind-the-scenes operations.
Tong Guan would directly transfer the achievements of orphans like Lu Junyi to these generals.
After all, Tong Guan, an eunuch, wanted to be the marshal of the army, so he had to obtain the support of these generals' families.
In order to gain the support of these general families, if Tong Guan doesn't take the credit from an "orphan" like Lu Junyi who has no father or mother, who else can he take credit for?
At the beginning, Lu Junyi was unwilling to accept his credit and wanted to complain.
As a result, Tong Guan joined forces with those generals and first accused Lu Junyi of not knowing the ways of the world and not knowing how to cooperate with other generals, thus delaying military affairs, and then drove him directly out of the military camp.
After returning to his hometown, Lu Junyi no longer had the idea of serving the imperial court, and began to focus all his attention on his own business.
Su Mingzhe didn't hesitate when facing Lu Junyi like this. He immediately explained his purpose and asked Lu Junyi to help find out who could steal a hundred thousand birth certificates in Daming Mansion and even Hebei East Road.
After hearing this, Lu Junyi immediately agreed and asked Yan Qing to investigate the suspicious person.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Lu, Gaoyi!"
Seeing that Lu Junyi was giving face like this, Su Mingzhe couldn't help but call others in vain. He immediately took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and put it on the table:
"I'm a little anxious to go out this time. I don't have much to offer. I only have a healing elixir that can repair the open sores and hidden wounds of martial arts practitioners. As a reward, I hope that Mr. Lu won't refuse!"
If it were Song Jiang, he would definitely not accept such a gift of thanks. After all, he likes to win people's hearts and wants favors.
However, Lu Junyi was born as a wealthy businessman, and his official title of "Yuanwai Lang" was bought with money.
Therefore, he appreciated Su Mingzhe's words very much and immediately put away the elixir. It was considered that he had been in contact with Su Mingzhe and did not let Su Mingzhe owe him any favors.
Su Mingzhe was a little surprised when he saw Lu Junyi being so bold and free and easy:
"Lu Junyi in the 2011 version is a bit like a naive and stupid gangster. After reading it, the plot is wrong!"
Afterwards, nothing happened.
Lu Junyi proposed to use martial arts to make friends and invited Su Mingzhe to come to the martial arts arena to show off.
Su Mingzhe naturally would not refuse.
Just now, Yan Qing had told Lu Junyi that he failed to survive two moves under Su Mingzhe.
And Lu Junyi knew that although he was called the "Three Wonders of Hebei", he could not suppress Yan Qing within two moves.
Therefore, when they arrived at the martial arts arena, as soon as the two of them clasped their fists, Lu Junyi opened his stance and prepared to respond with all his strength.
"please!"
"please!"
Su Mingzhe was able to predict Lu Junyi's moves, and he was particularly light when dealing with them.
Lu Junyi became more and more cautious when punching.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten rounds have passed between the two sides.
Yan Qing and Lu Jinzhi, who were watching the battle from the side, were so focused that they didn't even want to blink.
Suddenly, on the martial arts field, Lu Junyi staggered, and Lu Jinzhi couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Brother Xiao Yi, how can I see that my adoptive father is going to lose?"
"Master, this is a false move to lure the enemy into the trap!"
Yan Qing's expression was calm, but her words were a bit regretful:
"It's a pity that this Mr. Su has profound and solid skills and will not be fooled at all!"
Lu Junyi also found that he could not win with fists and kicks, so he could only jump out a foot away, came to the weapon, and shouted:
"Brother Su, how about we compete with sticks again?"
"OK!"
Su Mingzhe casually took the white wax pole thrown by Lu Junyi, shook it, and took the lead in making the move.
Lu Junyi is known as the "Three Wonders of Hebei" in terms of spear, stick and boxing.
He has been immersed in stick skills for thirty years and has long since become proficient.
If Su Mingzhe was able to easily suppress Lu Junyi with his fists and kicks just now, now he needs to be more careful with his stick skills.
Yan Qing looked at it for a while and said with emotion:
"It turns out that Master is so powerful. When he taught us before, he probably didn't even use one-tenth of his skills!"
Lu Jinzhi ignored Yan Qing, but a trace of fear rose deep in her eyes:
"It turns out that my adoptive father's martial arts are so high. No wonder the leader wants me to lurk in the Lu Mansion as an internal response to prepare for emergencies!"
In the martial arts arena, the two of them kept fighting each other, hitting each other with sticks, and then they felt a little warmed up.
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Lu Junyi felt quite happy, he put the pewter pole on the stone slab, laughed and said:
"Brother Su, how about we play with guns and spears again?"
"Except for Mr. Lu, Mr. Su is just a guest doing as he pleases!"
Su Mingzhe's state, even if his physical fitness is reduced to the level of ordinary people, he can already pick flowers and leaves without hurting others.
Therefore, no matter what Lu Junyi wants to do, Su Mingzhe can easily handle it.
In the blink of an eye, an hour passed.
Lu Junyi gradually began to feel heavy breathing and his hands and feet became a little weak. On the other hand, Su Mingzhe was still calm and calm. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. From the beginning to the end, this guest was probably not giving in to him.
Thinking of this, Lu Junyi's bloody courage disappeared.
Seeing this, Su Mingzhe also calmed down.
"No fight, no fight! Brother Su is superb in martial arts, Lu is willing to be defeated!"
Lu Junyi was already in his forties, and had experienced the experience of being suppressed by the eunuch Tong Guan. He himself did not have a strong desire to win. Seeing that he was no match, he openly admitted it, and then told the housekeeper:
"Li Gu, go arrange a banquet. I want to discuss the outcome with Brother Su at the banquet table!"
"Here!"
Butler Li Gu responded respectfully, then looked at Yan Qing and Lu Jinzhi with envy, and accompanied Lu Junyi and Su Mingzhe to the living room.
Su Mingzhe came to the living room, and Lu Jinzhi, Lu Junyi's adopted daughter, wanted to wash her hands and face, but Su Mingzhe did not refuse.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Su Mingzhe felt that the fierce Lu Jinzhi, as if intentionally or unintentionally, rubbed her warm hands back and forth with his own a few times.
In this era, the so-called "adopted son and adopted daughter" and "adopted son and adopted daughter" are actually not much different from slaves.
For example, Yan Qing's relationship with Lu Junyi is that they claim to be 'adopted father and son', but Yan Qing calls Lu Junyi 'master' in front of and behind everyone.
In Yanggu County, the slaves of Ximen Qing's family who were born at home directly called Ximen Qing 'father', while Ximen Qing and his wife Yueniang called the slaves who were born at home as 'my son'.
Logically speaking, as an adopted daughter, Lu Jinzhi should not have such intimate behavior with outsiders.
But now, Lu Jinzhi dared to tease him, and Su Mingzhe became interested instantly.