Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Yixianglou Qiang Redeems Crescent Eyebrows and Kaibao Temple Play Zhan Furui

Zhou Taizu Guo Wei got rid of Liu Yun and got rid of a heart disease, so he rewarded the old and meritorious soldiers.Gao Xingzhou Jinwei Shangshu Ling still granted the title of king of Qi, Fu Yanqing was given the title of king of Huaiyang, Wang Jun was given the title of secret envoy and general of You Shenwu, Wang Yin stayed behind in Yezhou, and other officials also received awards.Zhao Kuangyin was appointed as the head of the east and west squadrons, responsible for the security affairs of the imperial palace. Han Lingkun was granted the title of Marquis of Duyu, a scattered member of the cavalry, and served as the leader of the cavalry of the Imperial Forest Army. Murong Yanzhao was promoted to the leader of the infantry of the Imperial Forest Army. , Han Lingkun's deputy, Li Liang was promoted to deputy general, and still served as Guo Wei's bodyguard with Zhao Kuangyin.

Guo Rong learned that Wang Yin was staying in Yezhou, and requested to return to the capital, but Guo Wei ordered him not to return to Beijing, and appointed him as Chanzhou Jiedu envoy and school inspector Taibao, and was granted the title of Marquis of Taiyuan.Guo Wei had his own unspeakable concerns in doing this. Although Guo Rong was unwilling, he didn't know another layer of mystery, so he had to take his wife Fu Shi to Chanzhou to take up the post. In order to win over a group of young generals such as Zhao Kuangyin, Han Lingkun, Li Liang, Shi Shouxin, etc., Guo Wei deliberately took out a batch of gold and silver treasures and rewarded them.When he learned about Luzhu, he specially rewarded Li Liang with another thousand taels of silver.

Li Liang took the one thousand taels of silver and was as happy as something, thinking, now he can finally redeem the green pearl from the land of right and wrong.During this period of time, although he has been fighting with Zhao Kuangyin, Li Liang is always thinking about Luzhu in his heart, and he doesn't know how she is doing in Yixianglou. Li Liang didn't even care about taking a rest, so he hurried to Yixianglou.As soon as I walked to the door, I heard the old bustard yelling: "What a lowly girl who doesn't know what to do! Mr. Du thinks highly of you and is willing to redeem you as a side room. You wear silk and satin, eat delicacies from mountains and seas, and there are a lot of people The servant girl is serving you, what's wrong? Do you really think of yourself as Miss Qianjin?" Then there was the sobbing of Luzhu.

Li Liang pushed open the door and walked in.I saw Lu Zhu crying on the table, and next to him was a richly dressed nobleman, with a playful smile, reaching out to touch Lu Zhu's face.He grabbed the man's hand and swung it aside.The young master staggered and fell to the ground, rubbing his hands and screaming. Seeing that it was Li Liang, Lu Zhu called out, "Brother!" and threw herself into Li Liang's arms and burst into tears. "Don't cry, don't cry..." Li Liang softly comforted Luzhu, while staring at the bustard next to him. "Who are you? Dare to meddle in my Du's business, are you not afraid that I will sue the government?" The son was ashamed and angry, cursing at Li Liang.

"Don't ask your uncle who I am, get out of here quickly! Get out of here, if you don't get out, I'll break your dog legs!" Li Liang roared viciously. The old bustard didn't do it when he heard that, "Why do you drive my guest away?" Without saying a word, Li Liang untied the burden on his arm and threw it on the table, "One thousand taels of silver, you count it! From now on, Luzhu is no longer your person who leans on Xianglou. Hurry up and take Luzhu away." Bring out Zhu's deed of sale!" The old bustard was stunned for a moment, and then came back to his senses: "Oh, I want to redeem my girl in Yixianglou with this little money. It's a good idea! If you want to make it, take five thousand taels of silver!"

"Didn't you agree on one thousand taels last year? Why did you go back on your word?" "Last year was last year, and now is now. You messed up my business, and I haven't settled with you yet!" Li Liang was so angry that his lips trembled, he grabbed the old bustard by the chest, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "I tell you, I will take you away for just one thousand taels. You just promise, that's all. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!" "Come on, I'm going to kill someone!" "You think I dare not? Today I must take the green pearl away. If you stop me again, my brothers will not let you go!"

Lu Zhu thumped and knelt in front of the old bustard, "Mom, I know you love me all the time, please raise your hand and let me out! Lu Zhu will never forget my mother's great kindness! If you insist on forcing me , I’ll jump right away!” After speaking, she rushed to the window and was about to jump down. Li Liang was shocked and rushed over to hold Luzhu.The bustard looked at the posture of the two of them, and knew that Lvzhu had a strong temper. If she got into trouble, she would really die, and the money she got would fly away, so she quickly laughed and said, "Lvzhu, it's not that mother won't let you go. Uncle Li A soldier who fights and kills all day long, if you follow him, where will you settle down?"

Seeing that the bustard had let go, Luzhu kowtowed to her three times, "As long as I can get out of Yixianglou, I'm willing to suffer no matter how hard it is!" Li Liang walked out of Yixiang Building with Luzhu, and then he began to worry.I don't even have a home, how can I place the green beads?After much deliberation, there was really no other way, so I had to go to Zhao Kuangyin. "Brother Zhao, Lu Zhu has moved out, but where can I find a house? And I'm penniless now. I'm so worried!" Zhao Kuangyin patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "What's so embarrassing! I still have some money here. You can find a house first and let Luzhu settle down. Let's talk about other things later."

Shi Shouxin, who was next to him, slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, why did I forget! I happen to have a distant relative named Ding, who is just behind the Kaifeng government office in the west of the city, and only mother and daughter depend on each other. It's better to let Miss Luzhu live first." go there." "Thank you, Brother Shi!" Li Liang was overjoyed. "Thank you, Brother Shi!" Lu Zhu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to Shi Shouxin. The next day, Shi Shouxin brought Li Liang and Luzhu to Aunt Ding's house.Aunt Na Ding was originally a warm-hearted person. Seeing that Lvzhu was beautiful, pure, cute and well-behaved, not to mention how much she liked her, she kept holding Lvzhu's hand and asked non-stop.

"Mother, don't keep holding Miss Luzhu's hand! You see, Miss Luzhu is embarrassed by you!" said a little girl next to her, pouted. "Suyun, look at you, it's a girl's house, it doesn't look like a girl's house, it's hot and busy. Look at her green pearl..." Aunt Ding smiled and cursed at her daughter with love and compassion. "Mom, I know, you've been nagging again. I'll ignore you. I'm going to talk to Sister Luzhu." After speaking, she smiled at her mother, showing a pair of white canine teeth. is cute. Seeing that Luzhu, Aunt Ding and Suyun hit it off, Li Liang was relieved.Since then, as long as I have time, I often go to send some firewood, rice, oil, salt and the like.

One day, Li Liang passed by the street market, and suddenly saw a guzheng, which was ancient and fragrant.Although Li Liang didn't understand music, he thought that Luzhu would definitely like it, so he paid for it and quietly sent it to Aunt Ding's house. "What a beautiful guzheng!" Seeing the guzheng on the table, Luzhu shouted with joy on her face, stretched out her slender hand, and plucked lightly on the strings, and immediately a string of beautiful notes sounded in the room. Li Liang had never seen Luzhu smile so happily, and he was also happy for a while: "Do you like it?" "Well," Luzhu pursed her lips and nodded slightly.She looked at Li Liang, but tears flowed down her face: "Brother, if it wasn't for you, I might have died long ago! It's just that Big Brother's kindness, I'm afraid Luzhu can't repay it..." Li Liang wiped away her tears and said, "Didn't you say you won't cry in the future? Why do you still cry so much, like a little girl who can't grow up? Don't cry anymore, okay?" "En!" Luzhu nodded, walked to the front of the piano and said, "Brother, let me play a piece for you!" Saying this, she sat down, adjusted the strings, and sang while playing: "What I'm thinking about is in Mount Tai!" , It is difficult to go from Xi Liang's father, looking sideways to the east and looking at Han. The beauty gave me a golden wrong knife, how can I repay Ying Qiongyao. Don't rely on Xiaoyao when you are far away, why worry and worry. ... While playing and singing, Luzhu raised her head and tilted her head to look at Li Liang, her beautiful eyes were flowing and shining brightly.Accompanied by the singing, sometimes it is like a gurgling stream in a deep valley, sometimes it is like weeping like an autumn insect at night, and sometimes it looks like a girl full of thoughts, full of tenderness and sweetness.Li Liang looked at Luzhu's reddish cheeks, and her slender, white and tender fingers that were flying lightly, and couldn't help but feel his heart fluttering, as if intoxicated. "Brother, do I sing well?" Luzhu asked softly with a blushing face. Li Liang came back to his senses in an instant, blushed, and hurriedly said: "It sounds good, it sounds good!" Standing up quickly, "It's too late, I should go back." Lvzhu leaned against the door, watching Li Liang's back, with infinite relief in her eyes. The days passed quickly without knowing it, and it was Li Liang's birthday in two days. Zhao Kuangyin had long wanted to help him celebrate and make him happy.Early this morning, he went to the guard camp to look for Li Liang, planning to have a good drink with the brothers at noon.On the way back, the two bought some food and wine, talked and laughed all the way, and walked to Aunt Ding's yard. As soon as the two of them passed through the yard, Luzhu greeted him with a smile. When she saw Zhao Kuangyin, she bowed her body and said, "Brother Zhao, my younger sister is polite!" good. Zhao Kuangyin saw that Luzhu was wearing a lake-green long dress, which was simple yet elegant, with a more graceful figure and a peach blossom face, so he joked with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few months, and Luzhu looks even more beautiful! Li Liang, you are so lucky to have picked up such a beautiful girl for nothing!" Li Liangzai just smiled shyly.When Lu Zhu heard this, her face became red, she glanced sideways at Li Liang and said, "Brother Zhao, stop making fun of my little sister!" Then she turned and went into the room. Zhao Kuangyin and Li Liang had just sat down in the living room when Su Yun came in with two cups of tea. With a straight face on purpose, he placed them in front of them solemnly, and said, "Brother Zhao, Li Shouxing, please use tea!" He couldn't help giggling. On his round face, a pair of big eyes were bent into crescent moons, and two small white jade-like canine teeth were exposed, which looked extraordinarily playful and cute. Li Liang pretended to be fierce and said: "You brave little girl, how dare you talk nonsense in front of your elders, why don't you kneel down and admit your mistake!" He said and got up to catch her.Suyun twisted her body and ran out laughing all the way. "Oops," Suyun just ran out, and bumped his head against a person, so hard that his head hurt, and he couldn't help but yelled out.Looking up, it turned out to be Han Lingkun, who called "Brother Han" and went out the door blushing. "Girl Suyun is always crazy." Han Lingkun strode into the living room and said to Li Liang, "Congratulations, birthday star!" He put a few big red envelopes in his hand on the table. "Third Brother," Han Lingkun sat down on a chair and said to Zhao Kuangyin: "Big brother, Shitou and Wang Shenqi can't come here, they are busy practicing! Damn, you are so annoying to practice all day long." It's gone. Oh, the old days of carefree life are gone!" "Brother Han, you are all generals who lead troops to fight, so you are so majestic, so naturally you have to work harder!" Li Liang joked. "Prestige? That's comparable to you emperor's guards! Whoever sees you has to give up three points, that's called prestige! Third brother, why are you so tight in the military drills recently?" It will be involved in leading troops to fight. "Isn't it because Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty, in order to avenge his son, colluded with the Liao army and repeatedly harassed our Dazhou border! Now he is dispatching troops and preparing for a large-scale invasion. The emperor is having a lot of troubles about this matter and is preparing to personally conquer What! From this point of view, we may have to send troops to fight at any time." Zhao Kuangyin said with a thoughtful face. Just as Suyun came over with the dishes, when he heard that troops were going to be dispatched to fight, he couldn't help but get nervous. "Sister Luzhu, Brother Li Liang and the others seem to be sending troops to fight again!" Back in the kitchen, Suyun hurriedly informed Luzhu. "Really?" Luzhu hummed, and went to cook again without saying a word, but an unspeakable melancholy welled up in her heart. The annual Spring Festival is here. In Kaifeng, every household cuts window grilles, sets off firecrackers, makes dumplings, and eats reunion dinner.In order to express joy with the people, Zhou Lord Guo Wei specially ordered Kaifeng Mansion to set up a stage in front of Xiangguo Temple, and invited several opera troupes to sing big operas from the first day of the lunar new year until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. On the second day of the first lunar month, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was cloudless, which is a rare good weather during the Spring Festival.In the living room of the Zhao family, Zhao Kuangyin held his son Dezhao in his arms, and taught her parents how to call grandparents.Dezhao puffed out his chubby cheeks, and mumbled a few sounds that seemed to be wrong.Zhao Kuangyin scratched his face and said disappointedly, "Dezhao is so stupid that he can't even call his parents. Could it be that he is an idiot?" "He's only a little over a year old, so it's not strange to call him!" Mother Du said with a smile, "You didn't call your parents until you were two years old. If you say dumb, you're even dumber than Dezhao!" "Really? Am I that useless?" Zhao Kuangyin looked at her with disappointment after hearing what his mother said. Du Shi's face was much rosier than before, showing a graceful and noble demeanor.She stood up from the chair and said: "Kuang Yin, you were really stupid when you were young, I was really worried that you would be useless! Among you brothers and sisters, Kuang Yi is the smartest, everyone loves you!" Du Shi looked at Kuang Yi with a smile, his eyes full of love and anticipation.Zhao Kuangyin looked at his mother looking at his younger brother, feeling sore for no reason, and thought, "My mother has never looked at me like this before, and always looks at me like iron and steel." Looking back at his younger brother Kuangyi , with handsome eyebrows and bright eyes, elegant and calm, even though he is only a teenager, he already looks like an adult in his demeanor, maybe this is the reason why his mother likes him.Zhao Kuangyin felt lonely and jealous in his heart. Kuang Yi buried himself in his studies and seldom talked to himself. Every time he saw him, he had a humble and polite expression, but there was a hint of stubborn resistance.He used to practice martial arts, but since he competed with himself a few times, he no longer practiced martial arts in front of himself, but studied harder. Zhao Kuangyin's heart was changing rapidly.Naturally, Mrs. Du couldn't detect the mystery, so she lowered her head and kissed Dezhao's face, and then said to Zhao Kuangyin: "The year Kuangyi was born, Luoyang suffered a tragic military disaster. Your father was not at home. I carried two bamboo baskets and put them on Follow Kuang Yi, while storing sundries and food, you follow behind and go to the countryside to take refuge. On the way, I met a crazy old monk, saluted me with palms together, said 'one mother, two dragons', and left. Mother doesn't expect you to become dragons and tigers, as long as you can follow the etiquette and benefit the country and the family, I will be satisfied." While the family was talking, Qi Yun staggered over with a big belly. She was five months pregnant.Zhao Kuangyin hurried up to greet her, caught a glimpse of a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl behind her, and asked, "Who is she?" "Cousin, you don't know me, but I know you! When I was a child, you even hugged me!" The little girl kept talking like a cannonball with sharp teeth. Zhao Kuangyin took a closer look, and saw that she had natural curly hair, a straight nose bridge, slightly sunken eye sockets, like two pools of clear autumn water, and milky white skin, she was a bit of a beauty from the Western Regions. Zhao Kuangyin was thinking desperately in his head, and suddenly remembered that many years ago, Zhao Kuangyin met a girl at the house of Aunt Qi Yunniang in Luoyang, whose nickname was Xijun, and blurted out: "Oh, you are Xijun?" "Ha, you finally remembered! I thought my cousin would forget everything after he became a general!" Xijun refused to let him go, with a bit of mischievousness and cunning in his eyes. "At that time, you were still a yellow-haired girl with a slug, and her face was always dirty all day long. I didn't expect to see you in a few years, and you turned into a charming little beauty!" Zhao Kuangyin joked with a smile . Qiyun stepped forward and said to Mrs. Du: "Grandmother, my aunt has gone back to her hometown in Fenzhou. I'll bring Xijun back to stay for a few days, so I can have a companion!" Du embraced Dezhao with one hand, and pulled Xijun with the other, his eyes were full of love and affection: "Xijun, if you want to live here, don't you call me aunt?" "Auntie, Xijun wishes you a happy new year, wishing you good fortune and longevity!" Xijun bowed exaggeratedly, with a mischievous smile on his cheek. Mrs. Du bent down to help Xijun: "Such a sweet little mouth, it's really painful! Child, get up, you can't help it! With such a big gift, is it to be a daughter-in-law for our family? In my opinion, You and our family, Kuangyi, are really a match made in heaven!" When Xijun heard this, a cloud of clouds flew across his face, and he held Du Shi's hand and acted like a baby. When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, his heart sank suddenly.Looking at Xijun, then at Kuang Yi, there was a slight shyness on his face, and a feeling of sadness in his heart. Zhao Kuangyi is young and mature, and his thoughts are deeply buried. He has a good impression of the lively and cheerful Xijun, but on the surface he is calm and serious, as before.Xijun was a little shy because of Du Shi's joke, but chatted without saying a word. After playing with Dezhao for a while, when he heard the sound of gongs and drums outside, Xijun became very playful, and took Zhao Kuangyin's hand to go out to play.Zhao Kuangyin knew that she was difficult to deal with, so he refused to go no matter what.Xijun ran up to Mrs. Du and acted like a baby: "Auntie, your old man's words are the most effective. Why don't you let my cousin accompany me to play!" Du said with a smile: "Kuangyin, Xi Jun just came to Kaifeng, it's so lively outside, you can take her around. Just remember to come back for dinner!" When the mother opened her mouth, Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to take Xijun to the street.Once in the market, Xijun is like a little monkey, jumping here and there, picking up crowded places, and crawling around.One moment I wanted to buy a rattle, another moment I wanted to buy a mask, and then I went to Kaibao Temple in the north of the city to buy candied haws.Zhao Kuangyin is a big man, and he has never bought anything with a little girl before. He coaxed him from side to side, said all the good things, and made his head burnt out. Xijun still clamored to buy candied haws. The two walked north along the street.Not long after walking, Xijun suddenly squatted on the ground, Zhao Kuangyin stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter, what happened?" Xijun frowned, and said, "Cousin, I really can't walk anymore!" After finishing speaking, a pair of big watery eyes stared at Zhao Kuangyin.Zhao Kuangyin knew that the little girl was playing tricks again, but he had no choice but to squat down, carry her on his back, and continue walking forward. The two walked for half an hour before arriving at Kaibao Temple.There is a very lively market in front of Kaibao Temple, with all kinds of small things, plus it is the first month, it is crowded with people, and it is very lively. Zhao Kuangyin bought a few bunches of big, red, crystal-clear candied haws for Xijun. He had just paid the money, but when he turned around, he couldn't see Xijun's shadow. He searched everywhere, but there was still no one. A crisp cry: "Cousin, come quickly, I'm here!" Zhao Kuangyin followed the sound and saw that Xi Jun was running lightly to Kaibao Temple.Zhao Kuangyin chased after him. Entering the main hall, I saw the majestic and solemn hall, surrounded by cigarettes, several monks in cassocks, knocking wooden fish with their hands, and chanting scriptures with closed eyes.Looking back, Xijun was kneeling on the futon behind him, playing with a hexagram in his hand.He walked over, bent down and asked, "What are you doing!" "Diagram!" Xijun said solemnly: "Cousin, try it, it is said to be very effective!" A pair of hexagrams has two parts, one side is protruding and the other side is flat.The hexagram maker puts the two hexagrams on the flat side and throws them upwards. When the hexagrams fall to the ground, the hexagrams are Yang if they are both flat on the ground, and the Yin hexagrams if they are both convex. the meaning of.Most folks regard the holy hexagram as a good hexagram. Seeing what Xi Jun said, Zhao Kuangyin found it interesting, so he knelt down and said, "If I can become a dental general in the future, I will be a holy hexagram!" As he said that, he threw the hexagram away, and it was Yang hexagram!Zhao Kuangyin smiled, and said again: "If I can become the prefect, I will be a holy hexagram!" Having fun, he went up in order according to the rank of military rank until he was a defensive envoy, an observation envoy, and a Jiedu envoy. Yang hexagrams are Yin hexagrams. Zhao Kuangyin was a little bit melancholy, and said casually: "If you go up, isn't it the emperor?" Then he threw it up casually, looked down, and this time it turned out to be the holy hexagram!He was dumbfounded.Xijun clapped his hands repeatedly and said: "Great, my cousin will be the son of heaven in the future, the emperor!" Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly covered her mouth, and yelled softly: "Don't talk nonsense, you're going to beheaded!" As soon as he let go, Xi Jun said: "I don't mind if you want, but...you have to carry me back!" "Okay! But, you have to promise me that you can't talk about this secret in the future!" "Cousin, don't worry! I'm already an adult, I won't talk nonsense!" Zhao Kuangyin ran wildly with Xijun on his back, and Xijun's silver bell-like laughter filled the streets and alleys.