Chapter 8 chapter eight

After resting for more than half a month, the wound on his leg gradually healed, and the hot flashes on his body also subsided, Ruan Dacheng made up his mind to leave the Lu residence.Accompanied by Lu Niupi, he first lived in Ruan's Jizhuang for a few days, meeting his uncles and brothers in the family one by one, and then entrusted Yang Laosi to rent a house next to the Escort Bureau and Street Escort Bureau on the west side of Qingpu Town. A courtyard facing the street, and then he packed his luggage and prepared to move out. Through observation during this period of time, Master Xiaolian already knew that Ruan Dacheng's mind was not on fame, but an uncarved rotten wood, and he didn't want to keep it anymore, but on the surface he kept it as usual, and admonished him as usual, as if he didn't want to In this way, it seems that you can't do your best.Ruan Dacheng saw this, but pretended not to see it, and kept saying yes and thanking him again and again.

Leaving the formidable and prominent gate of the Lu Mansion, Ruan Dacheng was as relaxed as a bird out of the cage. Yang Laosi, Lu Niupi and a group of familiar brothers hugged him and greeted him with extraordinary style. Walking forward made him feel a sense of dignity, but this kind of dignity does not exist in the Lu residence.In Lu's residence, in front of the respected and respected Lord Xiaolian, his dignity was stuck under his armpits, he didn't dare to breathe, he didn't dare to speak big words, he had to follow etiquette everywhere, it was really boring!Now, he is free, he can practice boxing and dancing as he likes!He can let go of his big work!

Mr. Yang has good eyesight, and the rented courtyard is very suitable for Ruan Dacheng.The courtyard is small, but very elegant. Across the gate to the east is the south cabinet of the "Longwei" escort agency in the capital, and to the west is a charcoal factory.Entering the gate of the courtyard, you can see three large temple-like houses towering impressively.The big house has not been built for many years, the vermilion lacquer on the doors and windows is still bright, the beams and the roof of the house are also painted with vermilion lacquer, and the household items are complete.According to Yang Laosi, this courtyard is a little widow called "Zhang Ersao".After the widow lost her husband, she guarded the three empty houses alone, she was very scared, and she returned to her mother's house with her small and soft items in the beginning of the year.Her natal family is also in Qingpu Town, has a lot of money, and runs a silk shop on Beida Street!

After moving the luggage into the house and tidying up one by one, Lu Niupi first proposed: "Ever since Brother Ruan lived in Lu's mansion, you brothers haven't seen each other for a long time. Today, Brother Ruan is relocating, and he must be without wine!" A brother responded immediately: "Very good! Very good! I'll go to 'Sijixiang' and call it a table!" He talked and shouted, but his body, legs and feet didn't move, he just stared at Ruan Dacheng with fixed eyes. Ruan Dacheng immediately understood, grabbed Mr. Yang and said, "How can I ask you brothers to spend money? Today you all help me Ruan, and I am the host. We brothers have a good drink!"

After finishing speaking, he took out some broken silver and handed it to Mr. Yang.Fourth Yang declined, took the money and went with the brother. Near noon, two guys from "Sijixiang" came with a few boxes.Ruan Dacheng called Yang Laosi, Lu Niupi and others to take the box.I randomly gave the two guys a few rewards, and then put the dishes in the box on the table in the main room one by one.Ever since, a group of brothers gathered around the table and started drinking immediately. After drinking for three rounds, Old Fourth Yang stood up proudly, and said to Ruan Dacheng who was sitting on the chief seat:

"Brother Ruan, I have known each other since we were in trouble at sea. Lao Lu, Sangou and I deeply admire the brother's loyalty and courage. We are very sorry to meet you! We got together again today, and there is a saying that I don't know. Should it be said or not?" Ruan Dacheng had figured out what Yang Laosi was going to say, so he said, "Say it, my brother, you don't need to see outsiders!" Yang Lao Si drank the wine in the glass again: "Okay! Then I will say it!" Lu Niupi, who was sitting on the side, jumped up and said, "Brother, I want to make a golden orchid friendship with elder brother!"

Old Four Yang said: "That's exactly what it means!" Ruan Dacheng nodded, took a sip of his wine, but did not speak.In fact, if Mr. Yang and the others didn't come to him, he would go to them too.Now, when they came to him, he hesitated a little, he didn't know if it was too early to invite them into the Hongmen?Will it leak the secret and break the big event. Seeing that Ruan Dacheng didn't speak, Yang Laosi was a little embarrassed, and asked again: "What do you think, Brother Ruan?" Ruan Dacheng smiled and said: "It's a wonderful thing to be married to Jinlan! I just don't know if you brothers know how the word Jinlan came from?"

Neither Yang Lao Si nor the brothers knew about it. "Brother, tell us!" Ruan Dacheng said: "Once upon a time there was a wise man named Dai Hongzheng. Whenever Dai Hongzheng got a close friend, he would write a letter to Jian and burn incense to tell his ancestors, saying that he had one more brother. Make the Jinlan book. From this we can see that the person who has made a golden orchid must be a close friend. Although he cannot be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but he is willing to die in the same year, the same month and the same day, his love is naturally better than that of fellow brothers..."

Lu Niupi said: "It can be done! If you can't do this, then you can't be regarded as sworn brothers! If you are not afraid of offending Tian Yan, your elder brother Ruan rebelled against the court, and we brothers dare to follow suit!" "Yes! Old Lu is right!" "If you oppose the imperial court, our brothers will also oppose it together!" These words are very pleasing to the ear!This is exactly what Ruan Dacheng wanted! However, Ruan Dacheng still didn't dare to make mistakes, and went further: "The friendship between Jinlan and Jinlan focuses on a word of righteousness, and this word of righteousness must be righteousness. What is righteousness? The righteousness formed by Liu Guan and Zhang Taoyuan is an ancient one. Dayi, you know this, so I won’t go into details. Today I want to talk to all the brothers about an earth-shattering sworn brotherhood event in this dynasty!”

"Excellent! Excellent! Tell me, brother!" Dacheng solemnly said: "This kind of righteousness cannot be passed on to outsiders. If you pass it on to outsiders, your life will be in danger!" Lu Niupi said: "Brother, just say, none of us brothers are afraid of death!" Dacheng drank the wine in the glass, and shouted: "Okay! Then I'll talk slowly!" "However, during the Kangxi period of this dynasty, the Xilufan people rebelled, and the imperial court ordered tens of thousands of imperial soldiers, who repeatedly suppressed and killed them, but failed to conquer them. Those people fought more and more bravely, and beat the officers and soldiers to the ground. Emperor Kangxi was helpless, Zhang Xia The emperor's list recruits powerful generals to command Pingxi. The text on the list says: Regardless of the military or the civilians, regardless of whether the monks or women are female, any capable person can pull the list, and if he is flattened in Xilu, he will be enshrined as a marquis of ten thousand households. Unexpectedly, the emperor's list has been published for a long time, but no one dares to talk about it..."

Lu Niupi immediately shouted: "If it is today, I, Lu Er Er, will go and pull him!" Old Si Yang was engrossed in listening, pushed Lu Niupi and said: "Don't interrupt, listen to what Big Brother has to say!" Dacheng took a sip of wine to moisten his throat, and continued: "Later, the monks in Shaolin Temple heard about it, and the Pegasus came to pull the list. The sergeant saw it and took it to the capital to meet the emperor. Long Yan was very happy. The emperor opened his golden mouth: Ask everyone How many troops does the monk need? All the monks said in unison: "There is no need for a single soldier, as long as Du Long relieves the food and Su Hong is the vanguard. Du Long and Su Hong are the benefactors who started Shaolin, and the monks took the opportunity to repay their kindness." The emperor immediately asked: When will all the masters sacrifice the flag to revive the teacher? All the monks said in unison: "To revive the master immediately! The emperor gave each monk three cups of royal wine, and the monks drank and left happily." When Ruan Dacheng said this, he stopped to drink again. While drinking, he looked carefully at the faces of the brothers. Seeing that the reactions were acceptable, he continued: "These one hundred and eight Shaolin monks are all heroes and have excellent martial arts skills. People, when they came to Dexilu, killed the Fan people, convinced them, and returned to the court after victory. Longyan Dayue rescued the monks and sealed them ten thousand households, gave them ten thousand taels of gold, and gave them a feast. However, he was not allowed to receive gold, silver, or official positions, so he voluntarily returned to the temple to practice. Emperor Kangxi felt sorry, so he bestowed cassocks and sent them to the ten-mile long pavilion. After all the monks returned to the temple, a treacherous minister named Zhang Lianqiu served as a governor , Entering the court secretly played Emperor Kangxi and said: "Shaolin monks are very powerful. One hundred and eight outsiders can defeat Xilu without soldiers. Now they are not in official positions. If there is a different heart, my lord's country will be difficult to save." The emperor was shocked, and asked: "What's the plan, why don't you tell me!" Lian Qiu offered a plan: "According to my minister's plan, the Holy One can give the imperial banquet again, and the monks will eat and drink, and drink deeper. Burn it with nitrates to ignite the fire, so as to avoid future troubles!" The emperor ordered the imperial forest army to send a banquet to at least Lin Temple. As expected, the monks drank happily and fell asleep, and they slept deeper. There were three thousand imperial forest soldiers each with nitrate sulfur gunpowder and set fire to it. Shaolin Temple was burned, and the monk was about to be burned to death ninety people, leaving only eighteen people. Eighteen people held the vanguard seal sword, walked to the back hall, and knelt down to worship the gods of heaven and earth, the emperor and Buddha. The brothers rushed out of the sea of ​​fire and went to Dapu County, Muyang City, Changshawan, Chaozhou Prefecture. The officers and soldiers came from behind and killed thirteen more, and the remaining five were Wu Zuotian, Fang Huicheng, Zhang Jingzhao, Yang Wenzuo, and Du Dagang." Having said this, Ruan Dacheng stopped again. Brother Yang Laosi and Lu Niupi's gang were like dumb monkeys, staring at Ruan Dacheng with their eyes blankly, as if they were listening to a wonderful story.They were completely attracted by Ruan Dacheng, and they all believed that Brother Ruan was a great person. Brother Ruan is not only courageous, but also knowledgeable! "Tell me! Brother Ruan! Let's go on, what happened to these five people?" Ruan Dacheng smiled and asked, "If I continue, do you have the guts to listen?" Lu Niupi pulled out a rascal face, patted his chest and shouted: "Brother dares to speak, we dare to listen! A living dick, a dead dick, why don't you dare to listen!" "Brother, tell me!" However, Ruan Dacheng held up the wine glass and let everyone drink. While drinking, he looked at the faces in front of him again, seeing that they were all submissive without the slightest disrespect, so he said again: "Five The people continued on their way and arrived at Gaoxi Temple in Huizhou, Guangdong. There was a big river under the temple. On the day the five people arrived, something floated in the river. The five people picked it up and saw that it was a white ingot incense burner with the word "reverse" printed on the bottom of the temple. The four characters of Qing Fu Ming are printed with the word "Hong Ying" in the center. The five people looked at it and were very surprised. When they were discussing with each other, a little boy suddenly came. Mo Zhu, ears hanging shoulders, hands over knees, with the appearance of an emperor, the little boy said: "I am not someone else, but the son of the prince sent by Li Shenfei, the grandson of Emperor Chongzhen and the empress of the two palaces. Think of my great ancestor, However, it is occupied by Qing dogs, and the Central Plains cannot be restored. How can I go to see my ancestors? I hope that all the lords will help me to restore Daming. Firstly, I will eliminate my hatred, secondly, I will avenge the dead, and thirdly, I will fulfill the wishes of all the people. The five people knew that the Qing Dynasty dog ​​should be destroyed and the Ming Dynasty should be restored, so they planted grass for incense, married the golden orchid, and worshiped the boy Zhu Hongying as the leader. When they parted, the five people bit their fingers, combined blood, and wrote five copies. Each of them holds a copy, and they go to the provinces to recruit loyalty and righteousness, hide the three points of revolution, vow to destroy the Qing Dynasty, and help the Ming Dynasty return." After Ruan Dacheng finished speaking, Lu Niupi yelled again: "What's so scary? Isn't it that the Ming Lord is still alive? If I find the Ming Lord, I will help restore the country, and then I will be a hero for the founding of the country!" Old Fourth Yang also asked with great interest: "It has been 140 to 50 years since Kangxi, so is the Ming Lord still alive? Are the five sworn brothers still there?" Dacheng said: "Your eyes and ears are too closed! The Ming Lord has been passed down from generation to generation, how could he not be here? Those five brothers are the Fifth Patriarchs. Although they have passed away long ago, the great righteousness they forged has not passed away. Now, their brothers have already passed away. Spreading all over the world, it is not certain that one day they will take action together and take back the Great Ming Dynasty!" Ruan Dacheng's tone was very positive, and his face was 120% sacred, so Lu Niupi and Yang Lao Si couldn't help but not believe it.Lu Niupi and Yang Laosi suddenly realized: they had been obedient citizens of the Qing Dynasty for half their lives, and they also had the opportunity to honor their ancestors and establish achievements!Maybe the restoration of the Han Dynasty, the sacred responsibility of rebuilding the Ming Dynasty will be on their shoulders!Maybe after Mingzhu re-enthrones, they can become admirals and Daotai Dangdang! This kind of opportunity is not easy to let go. Lu Niupi took the lead and said: "Brother, then you will take my brothers to gather with them. In the future, we will conquer the world, the Ming Lord will ascend the throne, and we will share the glory and wealth!" San Gou and the others also yelled: "Very good! Very good! We've long since gotten tired of living this life of birds!" "Yes, as long as there is trouble, let's show the old dog Chen Rongjun, the magistrate of Jinkou County, to the public! This old dog is not carrying something!" Ruan Dacheng had a plan in mind, but he kept silent, and Lu Niupi and others talked nonsense. Unexpectedly, when Lu Niupi was talking nonsense, the fourth brother Yang interjected: "Brother, I believe everything you said! But there is still one thing that I don't understand. Since the Qing Dynasty will be destroyed and the Ming Dynasty will be restored, why five Zu Juyi has fought against the Qing Dynasty for more than 150 years, but he has not made a name for himself?" Ruan Dacheng said unhurriedly: "That's because the Qing Dynasty's vitality was not exhausted and the fate was not good. It's not the case now, the Manchus in the Qing Dynasty are extorting money, oppressing our Han people, and arousing the wrath of heaven and people. The young master Zhu Yongmei has ordered his subordinates to calculate that the Daoguang dynasty will bring chaos to the world, and if Daoguang collapses, the Great Ming Dynasty will prosper." Old Si Yang said again: "Elder brother also said that now the Fifth Patriarch's brothers and sisters are all over the world, why haven't I seen them before?" Dacheng smiled wryly, shook his head and sighed, "Even if you saw them, you wouldn't recognize them! They have too many brothers, and they have their own set of cut-offs and rules for getting to know each other!" Lu Niupi rushed forward and said, "Then tell us about it!" Dacheng blinked his two protruding eyes, and said meaningfully: "I don't know their incisions and rules. When I mentioned their gathering of righteousness, I just wanted to set an example to explain what righteousness is. If you want to be righteous, you might as well imitate it, and you must help each other and work together for a great cause!" "Then, brother and they are not in the same group?" Dacheng shook his head and said, "No! I also heard about these things from a business friend. After listening to them, I deeply admired them and remembered them in my heart!" Lu Niupi all of a sudden looked like a deflated ball, a little bit unmotivated.After talking for a long time, Big Brother Ruan himself was not someone close to the Young Lord of the Ming Dynasty. From this point of view, it is beyond their part to restore the Han Dynasty and rebuild the Ming Dynasty. They have no hope of making troubles such as admirals and Daotai. However, Brother Ruan is extraordinary!Even if Big Brother Ruan is not a loyal minister beside Young Master Ming, he will definitely be a great husband in the future!It is still very cost-effective to marry Jinlan with Brother Ruan! Lu Niupi brought up the topic of sworn brotherhood again. Ruan Dacheng was unambiguous this time, and agreed without hesitation. Lu Niupi, Yang Laosi, Na Sangou and the others were very happy. They set up an incense table in the upper room, prepared pens, ink and paper, wrote down their birthdays, and worshiped once according to the golden orchid ceremony.Ruan Dacheng is the oldest, so of course he is the elder brother, Yang Lao is the second in age, the second elder brother, Lu Niupi is the third eldest, San Gou and the other two brothers are next in line, there are six brothers in total. After paying his respects, Ruan Dacheng said again: "Today we become brothers, what we rely on is the righteousness of today. In the future, we brothers will pursue a great cause and share the glory and wealth. Therefore, today we have to establish some new rules!" Lu Niupi said: "You are the eldest brother, if there are any rules, you just stand by them!" Yang Laosi and others also responded to Lu Niupi's words. Ruan Dacheng saw that the time was right, so he went into the inner room, opened his big camphor wood box, took out two long sword handles, crossed them on the ground in front of the incense table, took a stick of incense himself, and recited aloud: Proof, today, the six brothers and I made blood oaths to form an alliance, and became brothers, helping each other, aiming for a great cause together, righteousness overcoming compatriots sharing the same breasts, there were personal hatreds in the past, and they were all poured into the river and sea. According to the rules, we share blessings and difficulties together, never betray friends for glory, never reveal the secret business affairs between brothers, if there is any violation, there will be thunder and thunder, and you will be killed by the sword!" After finishing the recitation, Ruan Dacheng bent down and got under the crossed swords. Lu Niupi, Yang Laosi and others also imitated Ruan Dacheng, recited the oath one by one in a very sacred way, and crawled under the sword one by one. Ruan Dacheng was very happy, he did not expect that he would set up the incense hall so easily, he thought that he was extremely smooth and brilliant, he not only clarified the righteousness of the Hongmen, but also did not explain the secrets of the heaven in the end, this cannot but be said to be a Great success.What they think in the future is their business. Right now, they have been bound by this sacred oath, and they can't move even if they want to. Afterwards, Dacheng said: "If we want to do something, we need a lot of people! If we have a lot of people and occupy a piece of land, the government can't do anything to us. Today we only have six brothers, which is very Not enough, we have to make obeisance to Jinlan with more chivalrous brothers. In the future, there will be many brothers, and it will be difficult to get to know each other. We also have to learn from the fifth patriarch of Kangxi, setting up a secret signal to meet and contact! I wonder what the brothers think? " "Very good! Very good!" "Brother is very knowledgeable, how about you!" "Listen to brother!" Ruan Dacheng pondered for a moment and said: "My brothers, when meeting each other, you must press your right hand and three fingers on your chest." Fourth Yang asked, "What do you mean by that?" Dacheng didn't dare to say that this was the meaning of Hongmen's three points, but said: "This is the three characters of Liu Guan Zhang Taoyuan's three sworn brothers!" "it is good!" "Excellent!" "Significant!" "When you meet, you must also recite an oath poem: There is loyalty and righteousness, and there is no ruthlessness and no intention to die under the sword; on that day, I made an oath to achieve a great cause, and I will rejuvenate our country with a little loyalty!" The brothers also agreed, and secretly kept these four lines of oath poems in their hearts. Next, Ruan Dacheng and his brothers drank freely again, and they drank until the sun went down, and the sky gradually darkened, before the banquet ended.During the dinner, Lu Niupi intentionally or unintentionally talked about how embarrassing he was at the moment, and when they broke up, Ruan Dacheng gave him ten taels of silver. Lu Niupi insisted on not accepting it. Dacheng became angry, and said coquettishly, "I told you to take it, so you took it. You and my brothers are not outsiders, so what is a mere ten taels of silver?" Old Si Yang looked down on Lu Niupi's move, but persuaded him: "Brother told you to take it, so you just take it! Blind politeness hurts the harmony!" Lu Niupi made a very embarrassed look, accepted the money, and couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, thinking to himself, from now on, he will be lucky!Even if you can't be the admiral of the Ming court, Daotai, etc., it's not a problem to go around in the name of sworn brothers to spend some money when you are in trouble. From this point of view, it would be better if such brothers swore a few more!