Chapter 1093: The strength of the official, the temptation of the beauty

Lu Junyi was originally a wealthy businessman in Daming Prefecture.

He became a disciple of the "Shaanxi hero" Zhou Tong since he was young. After practicing martial arts for more than ten years, at the age of eighteen, he began to organize a local militia, followed the imperial army, fought against the Liao soldiers, and served the court.

Unfortunately, Lu Junyi was too young at that time and didn't understand the ways of the world at all.

He was so stubborn that he believed that the military achievement of killing the Liao soldiers should be credited to him.

Isn't this brain-dead?
You know, he came from a merchant family.

Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants are the lowest class.

Moreover, he led his local militia to fight.

What are rural militias?

That is an army spontaneously organized by ordinary people without military status.

It can be said that compared with the generals in Tong Guan's army, Lu Junyi and his local soldiers are like orphans without a father to love them and a mother to raise them.

When his local soldiers died, the government refused to acknowledge the death and Lu Junyi even had to pay for their compensation out of his own pocket.

Even if the Liao soldiers were killed, the military merit would be taken away by Tong Guan and his generals.

Lu Junyi's military achievements were robbed and he had no place to seek justice.

Because he is an orphan without a father or a mother.

Most of the generals in Tong Guan's army came from noble families.

These generals only needed to shout a few times and their parents would go find Tong Guan.

Then, there is no need for any shady operations.

Tong Guan would directly transfer the credit of orphans like Lu Junyi to these generals.

After all, Tong Guan was a eunuch, and if he wanted to become a military marshal, he had to gain the support of these generals' families.

In order to gain the support of these generals' families, if Tong Guan didn't take credit from Lu Junyi, an "orphan" who had no father to love him and no mother to raise him, whose credit could he take from?
At first, Lu Junyi, who had the credit taken away from him, was unwilling to accept it and wanted to complain.

As a result, Tong Guan and those generals joined forces to slander Lu Junyi for not understanding the ways of the world and not knowing how to cooperate with other generals, thus delaying important military matters, and then directly drove him out of the military camp.

After returning to his hometown, Lu Junyi no longer had the idea of ​​serving the court and began to focus all his attention on his own business.

Facing such a Lu Junyi, Su Mingzhe did not hesitate and immediately told him the purpose of his visit, asking Lu Junyi to help investigate the person who could steal the 100,000 birthday gift in Daming Prefecture or even in Hebei East Road.

After hearing this, Lu Junyi immediately agreed and asked Yan Qing to investigate the suspicious person.

"Thank you Mr. Lu for your generosity!"

Seeing that Lu Junyi was giving him such a favor, Su Mingzhe felt it was not right to order someone around for nothing, so he immediately took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and placed it on the table:
"I was in a hurry to go out this time, and I have nothing with me. I only have a healing elixir that can heal the wounds of martial artists. I'll take this as a reward, and I hope Mr. Lu won't refuse it!"

If it were Song Jiang, he would definitely not accept this kind of thank-you gift. After all, he likes to win people's hearts and wants favors.

However, Lu Junyi was born into a wealthy merchant family, and he bought his official title of "Yuanwailang" with money.

Therefore, he appreciated Su Mingzhe's words very much and immediately put the pills away, thinking that he was doing a good job with Su Mingzhe and did not let Su Mingzhe owe him a favor.

Su Mingzhe was a little surprised to see Lu Junyi being so generous and unrestrained:
"Lu Junyi in the 2011 version seems a bit like a dumb, stupid, and rough guy. I saw it and realized the plot is wrong!"

Afterwards, I had nothing to do.

Lu Junyi suggested that they make friends through martial arts and invited Su Mingzhe to the martial arts arena to practice.

Su Mingzhe naturally would not refuse.

Just now, Yan Qing had told Lu Junyi that he had not been able to withstand two moves from Su Mingzhe.

Lu Junyi knew that even though he was known as one of the 'Three Wonders of Hebei', he was unable to suppress Yan Qing within two moves.

So, when they arrived at the martial arts arena, the two of them clasped their fists, and Lu Junyi took up his stance, ready to fight back with all his strength.

"please!"

"please!"

Su Mingzhe was able to predict Lu Junyi's moves, so he could respond with exceptional ease.

Lu Junyi became more and more cautious when punching. In a blink of an eye, the two sides had already gone through more than ten rounds.

Yan Qing and Lu Jinzhi, who were watching the battle nearby, were concentrating intently and didn't even bother to blink.

Suddenly, on the martial arts field, Lu Junyi stumbled, and Lu Jinzhi couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Brother Xiaoyi, it looks to me like my foster father is going to lose."

"Master, this is a feint, luring the enemy into a trap!"

Yan Qing's expression was calm, but his words were somewhat regretful:
"Unfortunately, this Mr. Su has profound and solid skills, and he is not fooled at all!"

Lu Junyi also found that he could not win with fists and feet, so he could only jump ten feet away, come to the weapons, and shout:
"Brother Su, how about we have another stick fight?"

"Okay!"

Su Mingzhe casually took the white wax stick thrown by Lu Junyi, shook it, and took the lead in attacking.

Lu Junyi was known as the 'Three Wonders of Hebei' for his skills of spear, stick and fist.

He has been immersed in stick fighting for thirty years and has already mastered it.

If Su Mingzhe was able to easily suppress Lu Junyi with his fists and feet just now, he now needs to be more serious in his stick fighting.

Yan Qing looked at it for a while and said with emotion:
"It turns out that the master is so powerful. When he taught us before, I'm afraid he didn't even use one tenth of his skills!"

Lu Jinzhi ignored Yan Qing, but a trace of fear rose in the depths of her eyes:

"It turns out that my foster father's kung fu is so advanced. No wonder the leader asked me to lurk in the Lu Mansion as an insider to prepare for any emergency!"

The two men kept fighting in the martial arts arena, and after hitting each other with sticks, they just felt slightly warmed up.

Lu Junyi felt quite happy. He slammed the wax stick on the stone slab and laughed:

"Brother Su, how about we play with the spear again?"

"Mr. Lu, I am a guest who follows the host's wishes!"

At Su Mingzhe's level, even if his physical fitness was reduced to the level of an ordinary person, he could still hurt people by picking flowers and leaves.

Therefore, no matter what Lu Junyi wants to compete in, Su Mingzhe can handle it easily.

In the blink of an eye, an hour passed.

Lu Junyi's breathing gradually became heavier, and his hands and feet became a little weak. In contrast, Su Mingzhe remained calm and composed. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. From the beginning to the end, this guest must have been giving in to him.

Thinking of this, the blood and courage in Lu Junyi's heart dissipated.

Seeing this, Su Mingzhe also restrained himself.

"No more fighting, no more fighting! Brother Su is a master of martial arts, I am willing to admit defeat!"

Lu Junyi was already over 40 years old, and he had experienced being suppressed by the eunuch Tong Guan, so he did not have a strong desire to win. Seeing that he was no match for his opponent, he admitted it openly and instructed the housekeeper:

"Li Gu, go and prepare a banquet. I want to discuss victory or defeat with Brother Su at the banquet!"

"Here!"

Butler Li Gu responded respectfully, then looked at Yan Qing and Lu Jinzhi enviously, and accompanied Lu Junyi and Su Mingzhe to the living room.

Su Mingzhe came to the living room, and Lu Junyi's adopted daughter Lu Jinzhi wanted to help him wash his hands and face, and Su Mingzhe did not refuse.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Su Mingzhe felt that the fierce Lu Jinzhi, intentionally or unintentionally, rubbed her warm little hands against his own hands several times.

In this era, the so-called "adopted sons and daughters" and "foster sons and daughters" are actually not much different from slaves.

For example, Yan Qing and Lu Junyi's relationship was publicly announced as "adoptive father and son", but Yan Qing always called Lu Junyi "master" in front of others and behind their backs.

In places like Yanggu County, the servants of Ximen Qing's family simply called Ximen Qing "Dad", while Ximen Qing and his wife Yue Niang called the servants of Ximen Qing's family "my son".

Logically speaking, as an adopted daughter, Lu Jinzhi should not have such intimate behavior with outsiders.

And now, Lu Jinzhi actually dared to tease him, and Su Mingzhe instantly became interested.

It seems that I won’t be lonely tonight.

(End of this chapter)