Chapter 3 third chapter

Although the three companies "Chunsheng", "Zhilong" and "Nanbao" all suffered heavy losses in this catastrophe, most of the people on board more than ten boats survived, which is really unfortunate Great luck!Just for the lives of the hundreds of people who survived and returned home, the three companies had to reward Uncle Ruan well. That night, Mr. Yang Mengtu of the "Chunsheng" took the lead in hosting a banquet for Uncle Ruan, " The bell of the Zhilong ship is also bright, the second master of Zhong, Zhao Ziyun and Mr. Zhao of the "Nanbao" ship were invited to go.

Sitting at the wine table, after drinking for three rounds, he slowly began to narrate, and only then did everyone know Uncle Ruan's life experience.It turns out that Uncle Ruan was originally from Qingpu Shibatan, who lived in Ruanjiaji, east of Qingpu.Uncle Ruan's real name is Ruan Dacheng, style name is Longji, he was born in a scholarly family, and he has read poetry and books since he was a child. In the 14th year of Jiaqing, his father suffered a disaster in poetry and was sent to prison. Forced to live alone in Nanyang to do business.Now, Uncle Ruan has been on the ground in Nanyang for more than ten years, and he has made a fortune in business. After becoming rich, he naturally suffered from homesickness. Naturally, he wanted to return to his homeland and honor his ancestors. Go out and return to the north with money...

This is what Uncle Ruan himself said. "Oh, in this way, Uncle Ruan still has a solid foundation on the ground in Qingpu! How is the situation in the house now? Is there anyone else in the family?" Uncle Zhao asked with great concern after hearing what Uncle Ruan said. Uncle Ruan took a sip of his wine, shook his head and said, "But there is no one else. My mother passed away before my father died, and I don't have any brothers and sisters. Therefore, after wandering in Nanyang alone, even the old house was sold to the clan. Uncle Zhong!" At this time, Second Master Zhong was using two chopsticks to deal with a piece of slippery preserved egg on the plate. After several failures, he also stopped the chopsticks, and continued the conversation: "Then, Mr. Ruan, there is no need to rush back to Ruan's collection! You may as well Stay in the town for a few days and go for a walk!"

Ruan Dacheng said: "That's exactly what it means! Master Xiaolian from the Lu Mansion in Qingpu Town has a very close relationship with his late father, he must visit, and other friends will also visit! In the future, I still want to open a shop in Qingpu Town, I hope you will take care of me a lot!" These words aroused the great attention of Zhong Erye: You must have money to open a shop, but where did this Uncle Ruan get the money?Wasn't the silver he brought from the south stolen? Second Master Zhong raised the question in a concerned tone: "Didn't Uncle Ruan be robbed together with the fleet? The silver and property brought along with the ship..."

Ruan Dacheng smiled and said: "The gang of pirates respected my righteousness and feared my bravery, so they didn't dare to act rashly, so the money and property they brought are safe and sound!" "Yeah! Yah!..." There was a sound of admiration on the table. While admiring, Second Master Zhong and Uncle Zhao had many doubts in their hearts: This is too unfair!Why were they all on the same boat, but this Uncle Ruan was able to survive without a single hair?Could it be that Uncle Ruan colluded with the pirates to commit this heinous case? "Excuse me, Uncle Ruan, how did this bandit let you go so easily?"

Master Zhong can't help but ask! Ruan Dacheng sipped his wine politely, smiled but did not answer. Uncle Zhao couldn't help but said: "Uncle Ruan, tell me! Tell us, let us see and see!" Ruan Dacheng shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about it. You guys are shocked by saying it, and I won't be guilty of it! Come on, let's have a drink!" This looks even more suspicious! Second master Zhong decided that there was a fraud in it!I thought to myself: If we talk about benevolence and righteousness, the pirates have absolutely no benevolence and righteousness at all, but this uncle Ruan said that the pirates respect their benevolence and righteousness, isn't this a deception?Speaking of a brave word, it is even more difficult for Uncle Ruan to be a pirate's desperate courage!These pirates are afraid of the government, but not the court. Would they be afraid of your extraordinary bravery as a commoner?suspicious!Uncle Ruan's background is not right, it's really suspicious!

While Second Master Zhong was thinking wildly, Fourth Brother Yang, the brother of Third Master Yang on the "Chunsheng" said: "Since Brother Ruan doesn't want to say anything, then, Fourth Brother, I will publicize and publicize for Brother Ruan!" Fourth Yang rolled up his sleeves, pressed his two big hands with bulging veins to the edge of the table, stood up and was about to start speaking. "Hey, hey, fourth brother, wait a little longer, let me tell the story! When Brother Ruan and the pirates faced each other, I was by Brother Ruan's side—isn't it, Brother Ruan? The situation and the scene, I But it’s very real.”

The person who said this was Lu Huatian, nicknamed Lu Niupi, the nephew of Lu Rongshan, the master of Xiaolian in Qingpu Town.This Lu Niupi is nearly thirty years old, and he usually does not do business. He gathers to gamble, play prostitutes and eat opium. Last year, after being taught a lesson by Mr. Xiaolian, he joined the "Nanbao" ship under Zhao Ziyun's family as the foreman of the boat.Lu Niupi happened to be on board the ship during this time of robbery at sea, and he happened to witness Uncle Ruan's loyal and righteous deeds, and on such an occasion, how could he not brag about it?

Mr. Yang was a bit unhappy, but it was not easy to get angry. He and the three businessmen present here knew that this Lu Niupi was someone who could not be offended!Their Lu family has deep roots in Qingpu Town. The head of the Lu family, Lu Rongshan, Lu Xiaolian, is highly respected. Whoever provokes the Lu family will have no chance of gaining a foothold in this territory!Not to mention that Lu Niupi is a rascal again!So, Old Siqiang Yang smiled and said: "Brother Lu, what you say is the same! Isn't it all for the sake of making Uncle Ruan famous? Well, let me say it first. If I didn't say it well, my brother added ,how?"

The fourth brother Yang thought it was a very honorable thing to brag about for Uncle Ruan, and he would not give up this glorious opportunity easily. Lu Niupi didn't buy into Yang Lao Si's account at all, chewing a piece of sea cucumber in his mouth, he purred authentically: "Senior Si, what are you talking about! You fucking peed on your pants a while ago, and you pretended that I didn't know ? Let me tell the story! I can see it clearly!" Fourth Yang's face was flushed red, he looked around the crowd, and murmured: "Lu...Second Lu, what are you talking about! When did my surname Yang pee his pants? Then... It was obviously wet by sea water! Really, it’s all nonsense! Good! Good! I won’t argue with you, you speak! You speak!”

Lu Niupi swallowed the sea cucumber wrapped in his mouth, wiped his shiny mouth with his sleeve, stood up with some drunkenness, danced and said, "Damn! I can see it clearly! Brother Ruan is amazing, a great hero! I, Lu Er Er, will not accept others in this life, but only one Brother Ruan! What’s wrong? Brother Ruan is... a great hero!" Second master Zhong put away his suspicions, stared at Lu Niupi with wide-eyed eyes, and urged: "Then tell us quickly, what kind of hero is Uncle Ruan!" "Of course, we need to talk about it carefully! Let's not talk about the previous things, let's talk about our big brother Ruan after we arrived on the island! Hey, fourth, we were wrapped up on the island by pirates. day?" Immediately, Mr. Yang replied courteously, "It's the first day of June!" "Yes! It's the first day of June! It was a cloudy day. It was rainy and foggy on the deserted island. You couldn't see people dozens of steps away. After the pirates forced us to unload the boat, they locked us in the In a cave in the middle of the island. The cave is very big. The lower one leads to the sea, and the upper two caves lead to the cave where pirates live. The upper and lower caves are guarded by pirates. The cave is very dark. day and night, a few lard lamps with extremely thick wicks were lit, making the hole full of oily smoke." Old Si Yang rushed up again and said, "The cave is still very damp! The straw in the cave is covered with white, green and green mildew. If the bottom straw grabs a handful of water, the hundred and ten of us will be fucked." Sleep on this straw!" "Yes, the straw is indeed very wet, let's not talk about it! The hateful thing is that on the third day, the pirate leader, the third monk, proposed that we young and strong should stay as bandits. Begging, asking the three monks to let us go back. The three monks refused at all, and said flatly, if we don’t stay as bandits, he will kill us one by one. When we left our cave, the three monks He said, give us three days to think about it, and after three days, he will kill someone. After three days passed, we were still at odds with each other. As a result, the boatman Lao Qi on the "Nanbao" was pulled out and chopped. Qi's bloody headed little pirate even carried it into the cave for us to see." "It's really scary! The face on that head is as white as paper. Thinking about it now, I still have chills down my spine!" Old Fourth Yang said again in a showy tone. In the next two days, another one was cut in one day!Now everyone in our cave panicked, and everyone was worried that they would also be stabbed the next day.Unexpectedly, on the morning of the third day, the third monk, the leader of the pirates, came again and said that he would give three more days to think about it, and after three days, he would continue to kill. For the past three days, it has been raining outside all the time, and the pirates are all gathered in the cave, and it feels strange and boring.One evening, the third monk was drunk and poured into the big cave with a dozen small bosses and minions, and said hypocritically to us: "Sir, I am by no means a cruel person. The purpose of practicing Taoism is to kill the rich and help the poor! You all follow me to kill the rich and help the poor, and it will be beneficial to you! Damn it, drink in a big bowl, eat meat in a big piece, and enjoy the blessings! Don’t be afraid of some kind of government! I have been the emperor for more than 30 years, and the government has not hurt me even a dick!" After listening to his bragging, we know that the three monks committed rebellion when they were fifteen or sixteen years old and participated in the fifty-first year of Qianlong. Lin Shuangwen from Taiwan will revolt against the bandits.He was a minion under the bandit leader Lin Shuangwen.He bragged, we just listened, neither answered nor asked questions.At the end, the third monk got tired of it, stretched his waist and said: "Stop talking! Stop talking! You should think about whether to go or stay; come, come, the old man has nothing to do today, let's play with you young and old!" At that moment, the three minions took out a color basin, a handful of gambling chips, and a pair of dice from the cave where the pirate lived.The third monk said: "You all believe that the old man is a bandit. You only know how to kill and rob! The old man changed it today. He will not kill or rob! The old man who wrote to you today will bet with each of you for a lifetime." Come back, whoever wins will keep all the people and goods; whoever wins the **** wins me, I will return all the people and goods to him, this... this one will give him a hundred taels of silver, and let him take the winning money How about going?" We were silent at first, for fear that the three monks would take the opportunity to kill people and earn his dream of a hundred taels of silver, let alone do it.At that time, everyone's life was in his hands, so how could he have the heart to gamble? ! Seeing that everyone didn't respond, the third monk became angry, stared with blood red eyes, stood up "teng", and cursed: "Fuck your ancestors, why don't you even fart? Do you have to force the old man to get angry? Is it?" At this moment, Qian Sanwaizi on board the "Chunsheng" boldly stepped forward, and said to the arrogant third monk, "I...I'll try!" "Well, that's about the same!" The two met head to head and guarded the coloring basin and threw the dice.The third monk asked Qian Sanwaizi to throw first, but Qian Sanwaizi's hands were shaking, his face was pale, and he tried to throw it several times but failed.Finally, under the urging of the third monk, he closed his eyes and threw the dice into the color basin, but it turned out to be "flat head fourteen points", and no one bet on it.Poor Qian Sanwaizi immediately collapsed on the ground.Then the two young men tossed, one of them threw a "fork", and each paid three chips. At the end of the bet, the three monks won all three of them. The third monk was overjoyed, patted his thigh and called, "Who will try again!" When Lu Niupi was talking about something exciting, Old Fourth Yang couldn't help but interjected again. This time, he was quite confident, because the next bet with the old bastard of the Third Monk was none other than him, Old Fourth Yang, who was Yang There is no need to ask Lu Niupi to speak about the matter of the fourth child. "When the third monk called out like that, I came up! At that time, I couldn't say I was afraid, I just wanted to try my luck, beat that old guy once, and save my life..." "Stop talking, fourth! After you fucking came up, I didn't even fart, and you lost the battle, and at that moment, I looked at your pants and it was dripping water! " Lu Niupi went on to say: After the fourth brother was defeated, I went up to try again, not afraid of you laughing, I also lost the fuck, this third monk is an excellent gambler!However, after I lost, I didn't scare my grandson like the fourth child.I thought to myself that I should use a strategic strategy and temporarily live in the bandit's den to find an opportunity to escape.Don't talk!Don't talk!Let's get to the point. The fourth person who came to gamble was a casino veteran. This man was Li Erye, the boat escort on the "Nanbao". Li Erye was very proficient in all the tricks of the casino. The chips in front of him and the two little minions all won, and at the last throw, a "Landman's Blossom" came out!Is it okay now?The third monk's face suddenly changed, and he winked at a minion beside him, who pulled out a sharp knife from behind "swish", and chopped off Second Master Li with one blow!Poor Second Master Li is still dreaming of winning money until his neck is wiped with a knife! In this way, who would dare to bet?Who dares to win?All of them shrank back in fright.At this moment, Brother Ruan stepped forward, standing in front of the old bastard like a steel tower, and said carelessly: "Third Master, I'm just playing with you all the time!" The third monk ordered Xiao Luo to drag Erye Li's body out, and then squatted down in front of the color basin.Brother Ruan said: "One thing must be said clearly, since the younger one dares to bet with you all the time, he has nothing to fear. The worst thing is that he dies, it's nothing serious! It's just that I'm penniless now, and I have nothing to lose I’m so sorry that I’m getting old for you! I think I’ll just bet with you on this good body!” After finishing speaking, Brother Ruan lifted his coat and trouser legs, revealing a pair of white clothes. Healthy thighs.Brother Ruan stilted his thighs on a raised rock, and said to a minion next to the third monk in a playful manner: "Brother, come on, find a piece of good meat and cut off two taels for the third master, so that the third master will win the prize." Stew and drink to relieve boredom!" The third monk was startled, and didn't dare to speak for a while.The third monk never expected that Brother Ruan would be so heroic!The minion next to the third monk was also stunned, holding the knife but not daring to come over, as if he was not asked to cut Brother Ruan's flesh, but Brother Ruan wanted to cut his flesh.During this time, all the people in the cave were shocked by Brother Ruan. The third monk is not a guy who is easy to give in. He thought for a while with his chin up, and smiled with big black and yellow teeth, and praised repeatedly: "Good! Good! Well said! Just for your filial piety, I have to fulfill you too! Boys, give it to me, cut off two taels, I want to have a good time with this friend!" The two minions rushed over immediately with the knife in their hands, one grabbed Brother Ruan, and the other wanted to use the knife.Brother Ruan gently pushed the guy who grabbed him, pushed him far away, and said with a smile: "It's a trivial matter, why make such a big commotion, come on, buddy, do it quickly!" Damn it, but he didn't cut off a piece of meat quickly. He held the knife and slowly spun it on Big Brother Ruan's thigh. Like water, it flowed down the calf and wet the stone that brother Ruan stepped on.Good brother Ruan!His expression didn't change, his heart didn't beat, and he didn't even frown.He knew that the kid who cut the knife was trying to torment him, and he would never cut off this piece of meat quickly, so he said to the third monk: "Master, it's boring to wait like this, let's wait while we play." !" The third monk said: "That's right! Let's play first!" After playing for three rounds, Brother Ruan lost all his chips. At this time, the dog breeder hadn't cut off the meat from brother Ruan's leg, so brother Ruan patted the guy on the back and said, "Excuse me, one guest won't bother the two masters, let's take it off together." Four or two, I am in high spirits, I have to have a good time with the third master no matter what I say!" Turning his face away, Uncle Ruan said to the third monk again: "Third Master, please! Please first!" The third monk was really overwhelmed by our elder brother Ruan.He stopped the minion who was under the sword and told him to stop, then he clasped his hands together and made a bow to Brother Ruan, and said with some admiration: "May I ask the name of the good man?" "Brother Ruan reported his family name. The third monk immediately took Brother Ruan's hand and asked Brother Ruan to go to a hall of bravery and righteousness where the pirates lived. After that, Brother Ruan separated from us. After that, Hai The thieves were afraid of Brother Ruan's courage, and they stopped torturing us so much. Later, I heard that the third monk wanted to let Brother Ruan go back alone, but Brother Ruan refused and insisted that the pirates release us together. Monk Xiao persuaded the three monks and the pirates with great righteousness, and finally persuaded the three monks and the pirates, saving the lives of a hundred of us!" Lu Niupi spoke up to this point in one breath, and just stopped the live head, picked up a cup of wine in front of him and drank it with his face up, moistened his throat and said: "The lives of the hundred and ten people in our fleet, including the old people here Four, brother, my life was picked up by brother Ruan! Today, I will not say any polite words! How about this, brother Ruan, brother, I borrowed this glass of thin wine to escape the death of three companies Brother, I would like to offer a toast to you!" Lu Niupi filled the glass with wine and respectfully raised it in front of Uncle Ruan Dacheng. Old Si Yang also raised his wine glass: "Brother Ruan, I also offer a toast! Brother Lu just said that he will not obey others in this life, only you, Brother Ruan! Respect to you, Brother Ruan, in the future, even if you go into the sea to capture a dragon, the four brothers will go with you!" Dacheng hurriedly stood up, and boldly said: "Our brother survived the catastrophe, thanks to God, it is a matter of destiny, it was not due to me, Ruan, so I don't need to respect this wine, let the three of us Let's have a drink together!" After finishing speaking, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. Lu Niupi and Yang Lao Si also drank the wine in their glasses thoroughly. At this time, Second Master Zhong and Uncle Zhao also raised their cups one after another, wanting to have a drink with Uncle Ruan.After listening to Lu Niupi's bloody narration, they couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion!But it turned out that Uncle Ruan had fought so hard to save his own property and the lives of the hundred and ten people!What's so unfair about that?On their No. 3 ship, there wasn't a single hero of this kind, and they deserved it if they were robbed and killed by the thieves!Second Master Zhong and Uncle Yang were quite ashamed - they suspected that Uncle Ruan was a gangster with a villain's heart at the beginning of drinking, it's shameful! Second Master Zhong and Uncle Zhao had a drink with Uncle Ruan with blushing faces, and then Third Master Yang and the others drank three or five glasses with Uncle Ruan until midnight, when the banquet ended. Ruan Dacheng lived in the house of Mr. Yang that night. When he followed Mr. Yang to the gate to see off the guests, Ruan Dacheng tripped over something soft under the courtyard wall. He held up a lantern and saw that it was an old man who had just passed away. Ruan Dacheng hugged his knees and curled up into a ball, probably squatting against the wall of Yang's courtyard. Ruan Dacheng was overwhelmed with alcohol, staggered and tripped him. This is by no means a pleasant thing. As the host, Mr. Yang saw the flat ground on the wall under the old man, and immediately lost his temper, and said to the man guarding the gate: "What's going on? It's not for the old man. Have you confessed it? Every night before the lamp is lit, water is poured on the bottom of this wall, why didn’t it be poured today? Look, another one died at the door, isn’t it bad luck?” Dacheng asked puzzledly: "Why do you need to splash water?" Just as Mr. Yang was about to answer, Mr. Zhong jumped up and said, "Uncle Ruan just arrived in Qingpu. I don't know something. In May this year, locusts flew together and ate up all the rice in the fields. The famine was severe. The villagers fled everywhere. Many people died of starvation in the streets and alleys. Therefore, every evening, water should be poured on the walls in front of the courtyards of rich families to keep the hungry people away, so as not to cause an unlucky omen in front of the gates!" "Yes, everyone is splashing water!" Mr. Yang added. Ruan Dacheng couldn't help shivering, his dizzy mind cleared up a lot.He suddenly caught a real disaster message, he didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing for him to return to Qingpu at this time?He didn't know what he would bring to this troubled land. The moonlight is very good on this day.