Chapter 156: Greedy and Accepting a Disciple
Seeing that the two sides were at a stalemate, Hong Qigong said that he believed that Brother Yulin would act impartially and asked him to follow his lead.
Damn, this old beggar leads 300,000 Beggars' Sect disciples in the Central Plains. In the future, the Shenwei Army will definitely rely on him to lead the way when they march into the Central Plains. We have to give him some face.
Zhao Yulin nodded and asked Hong Qigong not to worry, and went to the dock to eat some beef.
Everyone was hungry after a whole night of hard work. The old beggar heard that there was something delicious to eat, so he immediately called for help. Let’s go.
A group of people walked towards the pier.
It was not yet noon , but the shopkeeper saw a large group of people entering the store early in the morning. Seeing Zhao Yulin behind them, he immediately started to get ready.
Li Chuan quickly put the Wu Gu Feng on the table.
Chen Chen knew that the old beggar in front of him was the famous Hong Qigong, who was very skilled in martial arts. She did not mind that he was dirty, so she immediately sat over and took Qigong's arm and asked him to accept her as his disciple. She also used Ouyang Feng's attack just now as an example, saying that she must practice martial arts to strengthen her body and protect herself.
Hong Qigong smelled the aroma of grains and started staring at the wine jar. He didn't listen to her at all and sniffed the aroma of the wine greedily.
Chen Chen saw clearly what was going on, and told Li Chuan to quickly get our high-end glass. He took the glass and poured it for Hong Qigong, then handed it to him with both hands and said affectionately, "Thank you, Master, for accepting me as your disciple."
Qigong was already dizzy from the smell of the wine. He took the glass with a smile, took a sip to moisten his throat, then drank it all in one gulp with an intoxicated look on his face.
Chen Chen immediately filled Qigong’s glass again.
Turn around, kneel down and kowtow.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that he thanked Qigong for accepting his wife as his disciple. He felt more at ease because Chen Chen had unique skills.
The head lady refused to accept this and shook Hong Qigong's left arm, saying that they were all of similar age , so how should they address each other in the future?
Hong Qigong finally came to his senses, pulled up Chen Chen from the ground and took a closer look. It turned out that he had accepted Chen Chen as his disciple while he was in a daze.
Chen Chen took advantage of the situation and shook Hong Qigong's right arm, saying proudly, "That's easy. Of course I have to call him Junior Master Uncle." Several women began to stare at each other.
When Zhao Yulin saw that all the dishes were served, he called on the old man to taste them and have some wine.
He didn't care whether Hong Qigong agreed or not, and raised his glass to thank him repeatedly.
In this era, one still has to rely on martial arts to get things done. Zhao Yulin knows how powerful this is. He is able to make Chen Chen a disciple of Qigong. It doesn't matter whether he learns martial arts or not. The power of the Beggars' Sect is a huge backing.
For example, if someone wants to take advantage of Chen Chen, there will definitely be someone nearby who will remind him: Brother, you can’t touch this girl, she is Hong Qigong’s last disciple.
Haha, Zhao Yulin got such a great bargain with a jar of Wu Gu Feng.
Looking back, Hong Qigong came to the mansion to accept Chen Chen's apprenticeship gift. The old man said that his Zhao family's Tai Chi was already superb and unrivaled in the world, so what else did he need to learn?
Just teach Chen Chen three moves of the Dog Beating Stick Technique.
Oh, even though there are only three moves, the variations are endless.
The most important thing is that if there is no outstanding and great merit among the disciples of the Beggar Gang, he will not teach the Dog Beating Stick Technique, which is a symbol of status.
Chen Chen quietly asked him how to give Ouyang Feng a grand burial?
Zhao Yulin said that Qigong meant that he didn't want his body to be left exposed in the wilderness, so he should buy a coffin for him and bury him, then erect a tombstone for him and clearly state the cause of death.
Chen Chen was so angry that the guy scared her that he was unwilling to pay for the coffin.
He said this was your master's intention. Are you not recognizing me as your disciple just after you became his disciple?
The woman raised her lips high and said with a depressed look, "It's okay, it's a good deal for him."
The female leader of Emei has been feeling depressed these days. Her status and position instantly dropped below that of Zhao Yulin and his wife because of Chen Chen's apprenticeship. She feels very embarrassed.
However, Chen Chen did not treat her, a junior, badly. He ordered Xiao Shen from Shunfeng to take care of the prisoners from the Bai family, not to abuse private punishment, and to separate the stolen money and goods. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, these prisoners were punished by exile to Baoning Prefecture, and they did not have to tattoo their faces.
Zhao Yulin thought that tattooing on the face of a criminal was too humiliating and called for the practice to be cancelled. He would rather execute the criminal according to the law than tattoo him.
In order to show that I, as an elder, care about you, I went to find Miss Bai and told her that it was arranged by her. Although it is cold in Partridge Mountain, your grandfather Yulin said that the air there is fresh and suitable for retirement. The chief steward of Baoning Prefecture will take care of them.
After dealing with the corruption in the Jiading Salt Administration, Zhao Yulin planned to go to Hanzhong. The water level of the river was getting smaller and smaller, and the danger of sailing would become greater and greater as he went further.
The two of them were still talking in the room. The head of the Emei Sect sent his eldest disciple, Bai Ling, to bring him a bag of tea. When he opened it, he found that it was the rare Emei Snow Bud. Zhao Yulin was very happy and said that it was rare that the head of the Emei Sect cared about him. He thanked her and asked Miss Bai to tell her his gratitude.
Chen Chen smiled and said that being able to become Qigong's apprentice was a great achievement for the headmaster's niece. She wanted to ask Bai Ling to take the 10,000 taels of silver confiscated this time back to the mountain, and the mountain would have the final say on whether to build houses or temples.
Bai Ling was pleasantly surprised and immediately thanked her as the great master.
Chen Chen was boasting, feeling so happy that he felt sad.
Then, Bai Ling hesitantly said to Zhao Yulin that the master wanted to invite the commander to the mountain to taste tea and learn from him about Tai Chi.
Zhao Yulin was in a dilemma about this. He told her that military affairs were urgent and they had to go north to the border. He would never let the leader down if he had the chance in the future.
At night, Chen Chen looked at the man next to her with infinite charm and said that her little nephew must like me and has grown heirlooms in his heart.
Zhao Yulin hugged her tightly and said, stop thinking about nonsense and just focus on our work.
The couple quickly took care of their own responsibility field, and after being exhausted, Zhao Yulin fell into a deep sleep.
When it was daybreak , Chen Chen waited on her to take a bath and change clothes.
Zhao Yulin told her that she should make good use of her identity as a disciple of Qigong Zhengzong to contact the Beggar Gang for the Shenwei Army and guide them onto the right path.
Chen Chen carefully combed his hair while nodding in agreement. No matter what Zhao Yulin said, she would just keep saying "yeah, yeah".
Finally, I made a request to move to another mansion because the hateful Ouyang Feng died in her yard and his face was too horrible. After Zhao Yulin left, she was scared and alone and must have been unable to sleep.
He felt a pang of guilt and pulled the woman into his arms and hugged her tightly, saying that moving houses was a big deal and she could make the decision herself and move when she found a good place.
The woman happily nestled in her arms and asked him to go to Yibin to see her father.
Zhao Yulin agreed, of course, and the couple walked out of the mansion and said goodbye to each other at the dock. He had been tortured enough by Chen Chen, and when the boat turned a corner and could no longer see the dock, he immediately went into the cabin to sleep.
In the Lin'an Palace, the emperor was drinking tea in the back garden after issuing an edict of repentance. The early winter sun made him feel drowsy.
After the emperor took two sips of Longjing tea, the maid told him that there was not much Xianglin tea from Lingyin Xiatianzhu left. She heard that Qingcheng tea from Shu was made by Taoists and had a fairy charm, which was really unique.
The emperor praised the maid for her erudition and knowledge, and for knowing about Qingcheng tea from the remote western wilds. He casually said, "That's not a difficult task. I will ask them to pay tribute to me next year."
He turned around and asked the eunuch beside him to fetch Luo Mingqiu, the sword-bearing guard from the palace.
These days, the emperor stayed in the palace looking at his children around him, always feeling that he owed his daughter Zhao Feiyan, who was born with great difficulty after he and Kuang Sisi worked together carefully by the West Lake.
The little girl is almost thirteen years old. She has grown up to be as graceful as an adult girl, but she still doesn't know that her uncle is her biological father.
Luo Mingqiu arrived, and the emperor asked him to come forward to talk, handed the brocade box beside him to the guard, and asked him to erase his identity and go to the West Lake to protect his daughter Zhao Feiyan. Feiyan was afraid that she would never be able to enter the palace again, but she must make his daughter happy and happy.
Luo Mingqiu never expected that the emperor would tell him this so early in the morning. He was stunned for a moment after receiving such a strange task from the official.
The emperor had a dog-like face and asked sternly: What's the matter?
Don't want to?
Luo Mingqiu didn't dare to say anything.
As the saying goes, if the king wants his subjects to die, the subjects have to die. The king has not yet asked him to sacrifice his head to be loyal.
He was exposed to these sacred rituals every day in the imperial city. He immediately fell to the ground, kowtowed three times, and assured the emperor that he had completed the task.
The emperor was satisfied. He twirled his beard comfortably, waved his hand and told him to go.
On that day, Luo Mingqiu brought his little follower to the West Lake, transformed himself into a knight and became the secret guard of the emperor's illegitimate daughter Zhao Feiyan.
The little follower said reluctantly that I am a fifth-rank sword-bearing guard and I will be promoted in the future with a bright future. But now I am like gold sand that has fallen into the ground. I can't even see it above. What chance do I have?
Luo Mingqiu was furious. He glared at him and yelled, "I have been a third-rank swordsman for five years. Who can I go to for justice?"
Then, he opened the brocade box given to him by the emperor with a smile, took out a gold medal and said: We are freer and happier than other brothers. Look, with this gold medal, we can go to the prefecture and county government to get silver to spend. Even the poorest county magistrate must take out a hundred taels of silver to serve us when he sees this gold medal. Do you understand? Humph.
The emperor told his daughter that he was worried about the war in the north again. The northern barbarians were still looting from east to west. The counties and cities seized during the Northern Expedition had long been taken back by them, but the northern barbarians were still not satisfied and kept going south to harass the Song territory.
The damnable imperial censors actually proposed to send a princess to the north to marry. Princess? Each of them is his beloved one. Damn it, these people really deserve to die.
But his ancestors had set a rule for him not to kill scholars and officials, so Mag forced himself into doing this and he was really tying himself up in knots.
The emperor cursed Ma in his heart.
He proposed to transfer Zhao Qi'er's Shenwei Army to the east to Huaibei to defend against the enemy, but was opposed by the ministers in the court, and he was very depressed.
In particular, the Shi family gang headed by Shi's son were afraid that Zhao Yulin would lose his power in the court after gaining a foothold in Lin'an. They tried their best to state the importance of the northwestern border and insisted that Zhao Qi'er guard the northwestern border, and turned a deaf ear to his words .
The emperor felt uncomfortable watching them quarreling in the court. He couldn't and was too lazy to do anything about it, so he simply called the eunuch and went to hang out with Kuang Sisi by the West Lake.
