Ask people to take Xu Datong down and place him there, and then bring in the people who want to see him.
The person who came was a lame Confucian scholar, dressed in simple Confucian uniform, with a medium build, and a temperament that I couldn’t put my finger on, but seemed a bit gangster... Why didn’t he feel like a serious Confucian scholar?
The more he looked, the more familiar he looked. Xiao Rui stood up in surprise, "Are you the fourth child? A tiger from the mountain?"
The fourth child seemed to have returned to the days when he was a dog licker in the Tanzhou Bandit Village. He said flatteringly: "Hmm, Mr. Hou has good eyesight. I thought you wouldn't recognize me when I changed my clothes. Unexpectedly, I was still caught by you." I recognized him, it seems that the Marquis still remembers the student."
puff……
What the hell is this mess? student? Whose student are you? You, a bandit leader, don't you feel awkward wearing Confucian clothes? Can I not recognize you if you change your vest? We had been together for several days at first.
After being surprised, Xiao Rui became very curious, "I didn't expect that you were lucky enough to survive. Okay, I will fulfill my original promise and give you some wealth."
The tiger who went down the mountain hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you Lord Marquis for your great kindness. The students will definitely live up to your expectations, study hard here, and strive to achieve success in their studies as soon as possible and return to benefit the countryside."
oh?
When Xiao Rui heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "Benefiting the village? So you have already guessed the arrangements I am going to give you? No way, you are a mountain bandit who has such a brain?"
Although Xiao Rui's words were full of contempt, Xiashanhu was not annoyed. Instead, he nodded in agreement and said: "How could the student guess it? I thought you were going to give me some money and let me become a rich man. It's an old man in the village. His advice. Oh, by the way, he also changed my name."
Old man? change name?
Xiao Rui asked: "I have always called you Xiashanhu, but I forgot to ask you your nickname. What is your name? Why do you want to change your name if you are so good?"
Xia Shanhu explained: "The student's original name was Xia Yuanren, and it was the name given by his grandfather. But later I met the old man, and only after his guidance did I know the arrangement of the Marquis. Then he said, "Buyuan people, my name is not good, How can we be far away from benevolence? A gentleman should always be benevolent, so he changed it to Huairen for me. He also kindly reminded me that I should straighten my chest in the future, call myself a student, and stop acting like a servant. "
Huairen? Bad guy? Scary?
Xiao Rui laughed so hard that his stomach ached, "What the hell is this name? Your original name, Xia Yuanren, was quite nice, but it was changed to scary. It sounds so weird. What old man in Murakami, why are you so obedient?"
Xiashanhu shook his head and said, "I don't know him either. He is the one who fishes at the village entrance lake every day. It is said that people in the village call him Third Master. I think he is an elder, so I will change his name. In fact, I also think it is strange to change it. weird……"
who? Third Master?
Xiao Rui couldn't help but cover his eyes. No wonder, there were two people in the village who could guess his follow-up arrangements at a glance, one was the Third Master and the other was Du Xiang who was a guest teacher.
"What about that? You haven't offended his old man these days, have you?"
offend?
Xia Shanhu shook his head and said: "The student has been studying hard and rarely goes to the lake to be lazy. He has never offended me. Mr. Hou, is that third master from the village? Does he have some other identity?"
Xiao Rui thought for a while and decided to tell him so as not to offend anyone one day.
"You are really lucky to be favored by Third Master. You can no longer call him old man. That is the elder I call grandpa. His identity... I am afraid of scaring you if I tell you."
Xiashanhu didn't believe it, and calmly patted his chest and said, "It's impossible. In the eyes of students, you, Lord Marquis, are the most important. When I first found out that my teacher was Du Xiang, I wasn't even afraid."
Xiao Rui: "The third master, whose name is Li Yuan, is the current emperor. He doesn't like the loneliness in the palace, so he always lives in Xiaojiazhuang to cultivate."
thump……
The tiger who went down the mountain knelt down directly, the Supreme Emperor? Then, then... I actually called him an old man? It's over. After all these days, will he accidentally hear about it?
Seeing that the other person's face turned pale with fright, Xiao Rui smiled and pulled him up, comforting him and saying, "Okay, look at your potential, you just said that you can deal with changes without being surprised. Xiaojiazhuang does not care about status, only about family ties. Everyone in the village calls him Third Master, and you should call him that too. Just remember to be respectful. Since you can be given guidance by him, that’s your blessing. Just don’t rush into him rashly."
Xia Shanhu nodded repeatedly, "Yes, students, please remember."
Xiao Rui nodded and pulled him to sit down, "Tell me how you did it in the first place? How did you come to Chang'an?"
Thinking of his narrow escape, Xia Shanhu remembered it deeply, organized his words, and then recounted his bitter experience.
After listening to his tragic story for a full hour, Xiao Rui couldn't help but sigh, was he too cruel back then?
Then he shook his head, no, this guy was a damn bandit, and he had a lot of lives on his hands, so killing him would be cheap. Now that he can go through a hellish catastrophe, let him shed a layer of his skin, completely reborn, and live a new life, he should be regarded as doing good deeds.
"Study well here. The people of Tanzhou are still waiting for you to go back and save them." Xiao Rui patted Shan Hu on the shoulder.
With tears in his eyes, Xiashanhu nodded heavily. I never thought that I, a bandit, would one day become an official and serve the common people.
At night, when the lights went out, Xiao Rui was in the room of Princess Xiangcheng, the eldest lady. The two of them were not anxious to say goodbye more than to get married. Instead, they were a little absent-minded. It seemed that both of them had something on their mind that they couldn't talk about.
"that……"
"Husband, I want to..."
The two said in unison. Although there were no candles, it seemed that both sides could see each other's embarrassed expressions. Xiao Rui couldn't help but laugh.
He reached out and covered Xiangcheng's mouth, "I know what you're going to say. It's Li Tai's business, right? Don't worry, for your sake, I won't be serious with him."
Xiangcheng breathed a sigh of relief, "Actually, the fourth brother doesn't dare to hurt my husband. Xu Datong wants to kill you, but he doesn't know about it. But he is so cruel that he wants to kill Prime Minister Wei. In the past few days, I have not dared to face sister Yan'er... …I would also like to thank my husband. If something happens to Prime Minister Wei, then our family may never be able to live in harmony again."
Xiao Rui nodded and said with some resentment: "Yes, everyone is trying to persuade me not to argue with Li Tai, but no one has thought about it for me. If Qingque really comes to me and sends someone to kill me, I will Not afraid at all, but he should not touch Prime Minister Wei. Therefore, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living penalty cannot be escaped. I saved Xu Datong, the scapegoat."
"From now on, everyone knows that this death row prisoner is in my hands. Since Qingque has gone to the fiefdom, he should be his King of Wei. If he wants to return to Chang'an, he has to ask me if I agree!"
ah? It turns out, husband, you don’t want to kill Xu Datong... but...
Princess Xiangcheng wanted to persuade, but Xiao Rui covered her mouth, "I have already saved face by not killing him. Don't persuade me not to care at all. I know he is a child. Because of this, he should be disciplined more strictly." , as a prince, if he grows crooked, it will cause endless harm. Since he has made a mistake, he should bear the corresponding consequences and responsibilities, and stand still when he is beaten. "
"It seems that I will retaliate for my cruelty, but this is what truly treats him well, rather than blindly conniving and protecting him."
Princess Xiangcheng opened her mouth and sighed: "Thank you husband, I will obey you. I just wronged you. If this happens, my father and mother will misunderstand you."
Xiao Rui laughed loudly and said: "It's just right. If I don't let them annoy me, I really don't know what I will do about Changle."
Changle? What happened to Changle? Princess Xiangcheng asked in confusion.
Xiao Rui smiled bitterly and said: "This is exactly what I want to tell you. Alas, the injustice...it's hard to explain in words! This girl, I suspect she just came to me for revenge."
