Yue Fei saw that it was Lu Junyi who had also arrived in front of the monument of his mentor. He immediately stood up with Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and Tang Huai to greet him. Yue Fei secretly felt ashamed and said immediately: "Senior brother is right. I am in a hurry. You should never do it." Making noise in front of my mentor’s tomb.”
"My mentor treats you as if he were my own son, and I know why. Besides, Junior Brother Yue is here to fulfill his filial piety for my mentor, so what can I blame you for?"
Lu Junyi let out a long sigh and bowed to Zhou Dong's monument. He kowtowed respectfully and then asked Xiao Tang: "My dear brother, you are a minister of the official family. In the past, people were noble and things were complicated. I also I heard that you went through the war with Xia Kingdom and made great achievements. Although your mentor has passed away... you finally have a chance to come back. You and I never had a chance to meet each other in the past. Can you stay in Daming Mansion for a longer time this time? What time?"
In order to rescue Liu Jinglue, Erlongshan was about to mobilize all their troops to pull out the prison city of Salmon Island. Zhujiazhuang in Dulonggang also became more and more rampant. In Hebei and Shandong, the border has been going on for a while, but I'm afraid there won't be much time to catch up with Yuan Lu...
Xiao Tang thought deeply and replied to Lu Junyi: "We haven't seen each other for a long time. Now that we have returned to our hometown, we are naturally looking forward to getting together and talking with my brother. Just Jingdong Road, Mizhou City Bosi, Dezhou Horse Ranch, and Shandong There are some businesses where the escorts go and I need to take care of them myself. It’s just a side matter. I also look forward to visiting Daming Mansion again and having a long talk with my brother."
Lu Junyi nodded when he heard this. He was from a wealthy family who worked in the Daming Prefecture and managed shops. He also knew that he, the Xiaotang brother, was now doing various businesses in Hebei and Shandong, and his financial resources were far beyond the The property he had accumulated in his family for five generations meant that he was a busy man, and Lu Junyi was very understanding. He said that it would be enough for Xiao Tang to spend a few days with him in his spare time.
When Lu Junyi, Xiao Tang, Yue Fei and others who had all been taught martial arts by Zhou Tong gathered in front of the reed shed, Yue Fei thought about Xiao Tang's question to him before being interrupted by Wang Gui. He only thought about it briefly, and Yue Fei responded. Xiao Tang said: "Brother Xiao, since I am determined to be a soldier who is loyal to the country, as the saying goes, we will fight each other with bloodshed, and we will never care about our honors. Although my lord's official career, wealth and life are important, we are not determined to join the army. The original intention. I also know that many loyal ministers and generals in the past dynasties have been wronged and framed. However, although the emperor failed them, those loyal ministers and generals never failed the country. Ning Gao died with his full name, otherwise how could he dare to say Are you serving your country wholeheartedly?
Although I suffered injustice when I was alive, I cannot live up to my reputation after my death. Although I don’t know why Brother Xiao asked this question, I know that I am loyal to the emperor. I should dedicate myself to the emperor until I die. Even if I am a treacherous party who manipulates power and slanders, I will be lucky. Those who are jealous of talents and talents are like Liu Jinglue, who suffered injustice and was buried in vain. Even though he suffered a long time later, Liu Jinglue not only taught his elder brother and younger brother Xiao to remember their respect, but also left his name in history. But if he feels rebellious because of a moment of dissatisfaction, , is this not an act of betrayal that God will not forgive? So the eldest brother asked the younger brother what he should do if he was framed by a traitor within the court and the officials were not aware of it for a while, so that the younger brother was about to be wronged and framed and his life was in danger. Naturally, the younger brother I must be like Liu Jinglue, even though you failed me, I will not fail the country!"
At this time, Lu Junyi also showed his face from the side. Tang Huai learned from Tang Huai's mouth what Xiao Tang and Yue Fei were discussing. He smiled bitterly, shook his head slightly, and said to himself that Junior Brother Yue still had a pure heart, but after all, he was still young, and
How do you know that people in the officialdom are sinister? If Xiao Tangxiandi was not the young master of the Xiao family, Liang Zhongshu of the famous mansion was willing to promote him because he was useful. Then because Xiaotangxiandi had his own tricks, the music played by Jinfeng Yulu Tower spread to the official family.
How could he be as good as he is today if he was put to extraordinary use in his ears?
Even if I have the skills, I still have to look at the eyes of powerful officials, and if I don't give gifts and infiltrate them, and manage them with filial piety, I'm afraid I will be buried and humiliated... That's why I am happy to inherit the ancestral business in Daming Mansion and be a big family, with skills like a gun and a stick.
I only strive to be famous in the world, and I don’t want to swallow my humiliation and be manipulated by powerful officials. But it is indeed the case that my mentor attaches special importance to Xiao Tang and Junior Brother Yue...
After Xiao Tang heard Yue Fei's righteous words, he nodded slightly and said to Yue Fei: "But dear brother, have you ever thought that you have worked hard to serve the country and are obviously of great use to the country and the country, but you have been unjustly killed at the neck?
Even if loyalty and courage can leave a name in the history, if veteran generals like Liu Jinglue who are good at conquering and fighting do not put up a fight, they will be raped by the powerful. The people of Li will still be exploited and bullied, but the country will be weak.
We have a lot of available generals, so is it a blessing or a curse for this country?"
Yue Fei frowned slightly when he heard this, and then said: "Then according to Brother Xiao's intention, what should we do if we are framed by a powerful traitor in the court?"
Xiao Tang smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "I can only say that if you want to be useful and build great achievements, you must also strive to leave a name in history. Besides being unjustly killed when the court is temporarily ignorant, I would rather die unjustly."
, or simply betray the imperial court and become the enemy of the entire Song Dynasty. There may not be a third way to choose... With the changes of time, there is no need to stick to the rules. If you call me, I am willing to lead the neck to be killed, or see it with my own eyes.
The generals of the country are indignant at being wronged, but are powerless to do anything about it... Even if they are in a high and powerful position, it’s fine for officials like this not to do anything.”
Although Yue Fei was young and mature, he could vaguely hear the profound meaning in Xiao Tang's words, but after all, he had no experience in officialdom, so he did not think about it further; and Lu Junyi, listening to Xiao Tang's tone, seemed to have seen a lot of people in the court.
He only said some angry words for a while because he was born in a wealthy family, so he would not think that his brother, who had been with him for a long time, had turned against him. As for Xiao Tang, he also knew that he could only say so much.
For Yue Fei, the concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is engraved in his bones. It seems that Yue Fei's thoughts in his heart are that the emperor wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die. No matter how much Xiao Tang respects Yue Fei, he also knows how to treat the orthodox royal inheritance and the emperor.
In terms of their attitudes as king and minister, father and son, it is difficult for them to seek common ground while reserving differences...
You want me to die, but I want you to die badly.
After some conversation under the reed shed, it was getting late, and Yue Fei still had to stay here to observe filial piety for Zhou Tong. Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, and Tang Huai also said goodbye to Xiao Tang and returned home. Xiao Tang, who had not seen him for a long time, said goodbye to Xiao Tang.
Tang and Lu Junyi returned to the Xiao family's mansion in the market town. Their mentor Zhou Tong had already performed the gongguo dojo and was buried. Although it was inconvenient to hold a banquet, Xiao Tang and Lu Junyi did not have to fulfill their filial piety like Yue Fei.
The two of them had not seen each other for a long time, so Xiao Tang ordered the guests in the house to prepare a few jars of rice wine, lay out a few plates of wine and side dishes, reminisce about the past, and left Lu Junyi to rest in the Xiao Mansion.
....
But at the same time, in the mansion of Lu Junyi in Daming Mansion.
There was a cooing cry from the mistress's boudoir, and another man gasped and said, "I only ask my mistress to help you, and I will die without any regrets!"
After a short silence, another woman said in a quiet voice: "How can I not know your thoughts? My husband doesn't understand the style, and he is far less knowledgeable than you... But he is well-known in Daming Mansion, you
I can only enjoy this moment of love and happiness, but if he breaks it, what will happen?"
The man said impatiently: "My mistress also cares about me, so don't panic. I will be the steward of the mansion and buy some confidants and teach them to serve in the mansion." Mr. Lu went to the Xiao family to look for Xiao Renxia to reminisce about the past.
Since I have been away from the house for the past few days, I have my own ideas about what to do in the future, and I will never be like Yuan Wai, who neglected such a wonderful woman as my mistress."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of squealing, followed by the whispering of ears and temples rubbing against each other, the soft rustle of clothes peeling off, and the messy muffled sound of bed sheets being bumped. As the night grew darker, the sounds intertwined.