Chapter 5 Falsehood and Violence
"Brother Liang, I'm going to open the door." After seeing everyone around me ready, Song Yi shouted to Yang Xiao, and then ordered the people around him to open the city gate.
The city gate opened and nothing that Song Yi imagined happened, which made him feel relieved. In addition to his arrangements, the more than a hundred cavalrymen led by Yang Xiao also played a great deterrent effect.
"I've met Brother Song."
After entering the city gate, Yang Xiao dismounted and clasped his fists to Song Yi intimately.
"Brother Liangchen, I'm polite." Song Yi's fat face forced a smirk, and squeezed his eyes into a gap.
"Brother Song is a parent and official in a county, and he is the eldest brother's senior brother. The etiquette cannot be abolished, and he should bow to you." Yang Xiao insisted.
"What parents, I'm in trouble!" Song Yi sighed intentionally: "I guess my brothers have also seen that the hungry people outside the city are like ants, and they eat each other. It's not because my foolish brother refused to let them enter the city, but there was no food in the city. Even the basic survival of the residents in the city cannot be guaranteed, let alone food in it. Every time I see the tragic situation of the hungry people outside the city, my foolish brother's heart is like a knife. I really want to cut off the meat on my body for them to eat."
"Brother Song Gao Yi, indeed, is worthy of the word Yi, and he can definitely be called loving the people as if he were his sons. Like Brother Song, thousands of soldiers and horses under my command have been out of food for several days. Everyone is so hungry that they can't even walk. Although they are only fifty miles away from Qi County, they have no strength to climb."
As soon as Yang Xiao and Song Yigang met, they started acting. Both sides were smiling and looked like brothers. But the meaning expressed inside and outside was so hard that they could stab the back immediately.
After hearing what Yang Xiao said, Song Yi finally changed his qualities. He knew that Yang Xiao was in Zhang Xian's force and clearly told him that if he did not give food today, he would bring those big-headed soldiers to ask for food.
"Everyone of these big-headed soldiers is a master who eats people and does not spit out bones. Once they get rid of them, the consequences will be unimaginable." Song Yi thought for a moment, and had a certain plan, rubbing his hands hard and said, "It's really cold this day. Brother Liang is a guest from afar. Please come to the county hall to sit in. Let Song welcome you and comfort you with fatigue."
"Then beg for mercy." Seeing Song Yi's regression, Yang Xiao and Song Yi walked with their arms and walked towards the county government.
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There were more than a dozen banquets in the small hall of the county yamen’s back hall. In the huge charcoal basin at the corners, the charcoal was burning vigorously, making the house roast like spring.
In the hall, a group of soldiers had already taken off their fur coats outside, wearing only underwear, and were shouting.
There is a huge copper stove hot pot on each table, the hot soup is rolling, the white cabbage and the red meat slices are filled with a mouth-watering aroma.
Every soldier was sweating profusely. After running for a few days, it was undoubtedly the supreme enjoyment for them to have such a hearty hot pot.
However, Yang Xiao was not with the soldiers in the hall, and he and Song Yi were in another luxuriously decorated small restaurant.
The copper pot in front of the two was much more delicate, and the plates of meat on the table were also cut very carefully. In addition to the cabbage and robu visible in winter, you could even see a plate of garlic sprouts in the side dishes.
The two of them were not the bitter-faced old families in the county, but two pretty girls with beautiful appearances. Both of them were wearing only a bright bellyband, revealing most of their soft breasts and their jade arms as frost as snow.
The two stood beside Yang Xiao and Song Yi respectively, smiling.
"Brother Liangchen, come and try this garlic seedling. This was planted by my wife myself. I only planted two plates. Just when it was harvested, Liangchen came to visit. Isn't it God's will?" Song Yidian pointed to the green paths that were floating up and down in the pot with the boiling water.
Before Yang Xiao could reach out, the maid beside him had already bent down and gently carried out a few garlic seedlings with chopsticks. After dipping them in the seasonings prepared in advance, she gently placed them on the white porcelain blue and white plate in front of Yang Xiao.
When the maid lowered her body, she seemed to move her body toward Yang Xiao with vague expression. Her heavy chest brushed over Yang Xiao's shoulders, making Yang Xiao feel the softness and smoothness.
"It's really good!" Yang Xiao seemed to have not noticed the woman's movements, and he still looked straight. After the maid stood up, he picked up the garlic sprouts with chopsticks, put them in his mouth, chewed them lightly, and exclaimed.
"The good minister is indeed familiar with poetry and books. Although he is young, he is still calm in his arms. I admire him." Seeing Yang Xiao's actions, a hint of surprise appeared on Song Yi's face. He gently picked up the wine glass and toasted Yang Xiao.
"I dare not!" Yang Xiao showed indifference, and also picked up the wine glass and drank it with Song Yi.
"I wonder when and where did Brother Song meet my eldest brother?" Yang Xiao asked with a smile after drinking a few more drinks.
"Seven years ago, I met my brother Kunshan at the birthday party of my master." Song Yi made a memory look: "At that time, I had not yet entered the official position, but was just a white-robed man. And my brother Kunshan had just returned from the Liaodong area."
"Master Ling is Lord Hou Xun!" Yang Xiao felt a stern in his heart, but he didn't expect to see the legendary Donglin Party so soon, but on the surface he looked extremely happy and asked.
"That's right!" Song Yi nodded reservedly, obviously very satisfied with Yang Xiao's performance.
"The sound of wind and rain sounds, and the sound of reading is heard! The country and family affairs are in the world, and everything is concerned!" Yang Xiao left his seat solemnly, tidy up his clothes, and then said leisurely, "Donglin is for the country and the people, sacrifices his life for righteousness, and kills his life to achieve good deeds. The whole world knows his sincere heart. Just this couplet can be thought of. Brother Song is above, so please accept a bow from me."
After saying that, Yang Xiao respectfully bowed deeply.
"My brother and I are the same brothers, and I have even come to my good ministers as soon as we see each other. Why should we be so polite to me?"
The couplet that Yang Xiao just read was a couplet hanging in front of Donglin Academy. It was written by Gu Xiancheng, the founder of Donglin Party. It is the motto of the Donglin Party. Many Donglin Party members even regarded this couplet as an amulet to attack opponents and show their character, providing solid and powerful force for their party to fight against differences.
Seeing that Yang Xiao admired Donglin's theory so much, he was extremely respectful to himself. Song Yi smiled and his senses to Yang Xiao were greatly changed.
"Mr. Song, Donglin's party serves the country and the people, has always admired him very much. I didn't know that Lord Song was so noble, but he led his troops to ask for food. Today, I heard what my brother said, and then I realized that I was extremely ashamed." At this point, Yang Xiao's face showed a hint of uneasiness.
"I don't know it, it's not a surprise." Song Yi didn't expect that the door signs of Donglin's party were so good. Seeing Yang Xiao's arrogant first and respectful appearance, he felt extremely happy in his heart.
"Since the Lord is a scholar from the Donglin Party, I dare not make any requests. I will not ask for this grain anymore. I would like to ask Lord Song to forgive the young general's recklessness." Yang Xiao then looked in fear and fear.
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Chapter completed!