At noon that day, Qi Yuan was teaching about the combination of dishes when he suddenly heard a commotion outside.
He turned around and saw a group of soldiers coming to the door. Among them, a short-bearded man with extraordinary temperament walked in accompanied by the postmaster.
When he came closer, the postmaster introduced to Qi Yuan: "Sir, this is General Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of Chentangguan. I heard that sir is here, so I came here to pay a visit."
"oh?"
Qi Yuan's face remained calm: "I've seen General Li."
"Don't dare."
Li Jing was a modest and prudent person, and he bowed his hands and said: "Li Jing has been busy with official duties. He didn't even know that your husband came to Chentangguan, and he never came to visit. It's really rude, so please don't blame me."
Qi Yuan quickly became polite: "General Li, you are so polite. I am just a commoner. How can I be worthy of General Li's visit? I should go and pay him a visit."
"Sir, I don't know, but I, Chen Tangguan, received a document from His Majesty last year, saying that he intends to teach his skills to the people of the world so that they can benefit. Mr. Li really admires your great kindness."
Li Jing's face was full of admiration and said: "I heard that Mr. Chao Ge was not there before. Why did he suddenly come to Chentangguan without anyone notifying him? Otherwise, Li Jing could just sweep the bed and wait for him. How could he not come to Chentangguan until today?"
Come visit.”
I have to say that Li Jing has a very good way of dealing with people. He is humble and polite in his speech, which makes it easy for people to like him.
"Haha, general, don't worry about it."
Qi Yuan waved his hand: "I just want to travel to a few more places while I can still walk in my lifetime, so that more people can improve their lives. In this way, I am satisfied."
"I'm just here to teach the people skills in Chentangguan. There is no need for the general to come here specially to avoid missing the general's official duties. That would be bad."
When Li Jing heard this, he couldn't help but praise him greatly.
He is indeed a sage of a generation who only wants to let the people of the world live a good life, but he lives in this simple post house, which is really admirable.
Thinking of this, I feel more and more that I should do something for the sage. Otherwise, the sage came all the way to Chentangguan, but Li Jing, as the chief military officer, ignored him. If this spread, wouldn't it be
Bad reputation?
So Li Jing hurriedly said: "Sir, what are you talking about? Now that you have come to Chentangguan, Li Jing has not fulfilled his friendship as a landlord. Isn't it a joke? In any case, I still have to invite you to the house to talk to me, so as not to worry about it."
Let people say that Li Jing does not know etiquette."
In this way, under Li Jing's warm invitation, Qi Yuan had no choice but to follow him to Fuzhong as a guest.
As for whether he is truly helpless, only he himself knows.
Li Jing saw Qi Yuan with a child beside him, so he asked curiously: "Who is this child?"
"This is my disciple."
Qi Yuan touched Qi Yi's little head and said: "This child's parents are dead and he lives alone. I saw that he was pitiful, so I took him with me."
"Sir, great kindness!"
Li Jing greatly appreciated these kind deeds.
"hehe."
Qi Yuan chuckled: "The so-called cause of tomorrow and the effect of today, if it weren't for the benevolence of one thought at the beginning, I'm afraid the general might not be able to see me."
"oh?"
Li Jing was puzzled and asked: "How do you say this, sir?"
"Oh, it's hard to put it into words."
Qi Yuan sighed and recounted what happened at the foot of Skull Mountain where he first met the evil Ma Yuan and was attacked by a pack of wolves. He emphatically praised Qi Yi's bravery, which made Qi's little face turn red.
.
"What a good boy."
Li Jing heard this and also praised him greatly.
He and his wife had three sons. The eldest son, Jin Zha, worshiped Manjusri Guangfa Tianzun in Yunxiao Cave in Wulong Mountain as his teacher. The second son Mu Zha worshiped Samantabhadra in Baihe Cave in Jiugong Mountain as his teacher. Now the two sons practice with their master and are no longer around.
Only the third son Nezha, because of his young age, has not yet been taken back to the Golden Light Cave of Qianyuan Mountain by his master Taiyi Zhenren to practice. However, because he is busy with military affairs and usually neglects discipline, Nezha is very naughty.
Now that I see Qi Yi being so well-behaved and sensible, I feel a little envious. I think that although I have three sons, I have never been able to enjoy the happiness of a family due to various reasons, and I feel quite helpless.
"Therefore, I would also like to trouble the general to send someone to report this matter to King Wu Cheng when he is exchanging official documents with Chao Ge. Please ask King Wu Cheng to take more care of the families of the dead guards."
Qi Yuan bowed to the ground and asked Li Jing to help him pass the news of the death of the guards back to Chaoge. With his relationship with Huang Feihu, he thought he would be able to better arrange the families of the guards.
Li Jing hurriedly helped him up and agreed: "This is the way it should be. Sir, there is no need to be polite."
When they arrived at the house, Li Jing ordered a banquet to be held to entertain Qi Yuan.
Faced with Li Jing's warm reception, Qi Yuan also responded cheerfully.
Besides, he was also willing to get closer to Li Jing.
Not to mention that he still needs Li Jing's help to complete his current plan. Even in the future, this guy will also be an important minister in heaven, and the status of King Tota is much higher than that of the Kitchen God that Qi Yuan is seeking.
After all, the Kitchen God is just a small god who is in charge of the kitchens in the lower world. Compared with Li Jing, he is like a local official and a minister of the court. There is a big gap.
Moreover, Li Jing is also related to many powerful people.
He first worshiped Master Du'e of Xikunlun as his teacher, and then worshiped Taoist Ran Deng as his teacher. He was given such powerful magic weapons as the thirty-three-story Exquisite Pagoda by Ran Deng Taoist.
After Rendeng Taoist entered Buddhism, he was known as the existence of the past Buddha. He was one of the three great Buddhas in Buddhism along with Tathagata, and his status was extremely high.
And the masters of his three sons are all high-ranking enlightened masters, Jin Zha’s master, the current Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun, and the future Manjushri Bodhisattva of Buddhism.
The second son Muzha became a disciple of Guanyin Bodhisattva after the Battle of the Gods. Not to mention this one, his reputation is even greater.
It can be said that Li Jing's network of connections is really very strong. He can establish connections with both the Golden Immortal and the Buddha and Bodhisattva of Buddhism.
Just relying on his network of connections is enough for him to occupy a high position in heaven.
So Qi Yuan is very willing to have a good relationship with Li Jing before he becomes prosperous. Maybe he will be able to ask for things from him in the future?
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, both of them were determined to get to know each other, so they chatted very harmoniously.
Just when the two were chatting happily, a child walked in from outside. He was very cute and pink.
Qi Yuan's sharp eyes saw at a glance that he was covered with a long red silk ribbon and had a gold bracelet on his right arm. No need to ask, this child must be Nezha.
Otherwise, other people's children would not dare to break into the General Military Mansion.
Sure enough, Li Jing asked: "Nezha, if you're not playing in the backyard, why are you here?"
"Daddy, the kid is very bored in the backyard. I heard that daddy is entertaining guests, so I came over to have a look."
After saying that, Nezha looked at Qi Yuan and asked curiously: "Is this old man the guest invited by dad?"
"Bold."
Li Jing angrily rebuked: "This is my great business sage, Nezha, please don't be rude."
"oh."
Nezha agreed casually, he didn't care about the sage or not.
Taiyi Zhenren had already told him that he would go to Xiqi to be the vanguard general to conquer the Yin Shang Dynasty, so he was full of hostility towards the Great Shang Dynasty, and he was even thinking secretly, since the old guy in front of him was the Great Shang Dynasty.
A sage, why don't you find an opportunity to beat him to death, which can be regarded as a meritorious service to Xiqi.