Chapter 353: The Water Kirin in the River

"Good boy, I haven't seen you for two months, how dare you make fun of me!

No big deal, right? It’s all instigated by colleagues, right?

Say it again and try it! This one will let you know about the superiority of elders and younger ones! "

In the backyard of the martial arts hall, the shade of lush trees envelopes the entire yard, and the fragrance of osmanthus flowers is as thick as honey in the air.

Xiang Changsong put his arms around Liang Qu's neck and hugged him down hard.

Liang Qu grabbed Xiang Changsong's arm and bent down to laugh, unknowingly getting a few orange-gold osmanthus flowers on his hair.

"Senior brother is so angry, so will we come to the banquet another day or not?"

"Come! Of course I'm going to come!" Xiang Changsong gritted his teeth, "I'm going to eat it hard, make you poor, make you cry, and make you regret it!"

"Then be careful because you have diarrhea, junior brother, I'm hosting a crab feast!"

"Warriors are afraid of diarrhea. At worst, eat a few more pieces of old ginger! Drink a few more sips of rice wine! I'm going to eat 200 of your big crabs!"

Seeing that the two were busy, Hu Qi interrupted and shouted to stop.

"Junior Brother, please don't play around. Let Junior Brother Liang tell you first, what is the complete oral message of His Majesty the Holy Emperor?"

Slowly open your arms towards Nagamatsu.

Liang Qu grabbed the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers on his head and stood up to answer: "'Build bridges and build canals, please encourage them.' No more, no less, exactly ten words.

On that day, an envoy from the imperial court came and read the imperial edict, and then orally dictated it to me in front of everyone. "

"Build bridges and canals, please encourage them..."

Hu Qi recited it several times, with a look of regret on his face, "Junior brother Liang has only been here for a year, and the scene when I taught you how to stand is still vivid in my mind. In a blink of an eye, I can already bring face to my master and brothers!"

Liang Qu clasped his fists: "It's probably Senior Brother Hu who taught me well."

Hu Qi shook his head: "Junior brother Jiang Zhongshui Qilin, how can I teach someone who can be encouraged by the Holy Emperor's words.

Thirty-seven disciples have left the academy so far this month, and none of them has the ability of the junior disciples. It is good enough not to go to the countryside to cause mischief by relying on their abilities. "

"Our school is going to have a great person!" Xiang Changsong patted Liang Qu on the arm, "His Majesty the Holy Emperor personally issued a decree that junior brother should not find an opportunity to turn it into a calligraphy treasure and mount it in the hall?"

"That makes sense! I'll go see Master later and ask Master to write a copy for me, then frame it and hang it in the nave!"

After finishing speaking, a flash of orange appeared in the backyard.

Liang Qu looked through the blue-gray shade of the trees into the distant sky.

The sun is setting in the west, and the halo is yellow.

If I stay any longer, I might not be able to catch up with the old monk for dinner.

"It's getting late, I still need to go find Master. Today I will mainly inform the two senior brothers. As for the invitation, I will allow junior brother to be lazy and let Xing come and pick you up another day."

Hu Qi nodded: "I don't care about the red tape."

"A disciple is as close as a brother. Just give me a shout if you want me to have a meal. There is no need to offend me."

Everyone often gets together for dinner during holidays and festivals.

Even if it's not a festival, just because the plums in Master's yard are ripe and the dates are bearing fruit, it's still worth a visit to have a meal and a meal, but it would be unreasonable and troublesome to return the invitation.

After bidding farewell to his two senior brothers, he declined the apprentice's request for guidance, and agreed to do it next time. Liang Qu rushed along Qingshi Street to Yang Mansion.

Yang Dongxiong and Xu were notified by their servants, and while Liang Qu was strolling through the corridor, they sat in the hall and waited.

After two months of separation, Liang Qu and his master and wife had more to say.

He took the tea brewed by Nan Di and rushed to Huazhu County day and night without stopping all the way, where he discovered that the Shui Ze Monument was strangely broken.

Then he encountered the county magistrate's fleet, killed the strange fish, and personally went to the Shahe Gang to borrow a boat. The gang leader Cheng Chong blew himself up and exposed what he had done, and the gang members turned against each other.

And the local grain merchants in Ganquan Town were attacked by a group of outsiders. The locals who had made an agreement defected and joined in the robbery, and then encountered the Red Arowana... Let me tell you all in bits and pieces, no matter the details.

Mrs. Xu was happy to hear this: "The two months I went to Huazhu County were quite fulfilling. I borrowed boats and arrested people, and made great achievements.

This made your master worried day and night. He felt that it was the first time for you to run such a big errand, and he was afraid that you would be away from home, so he sent the porter to the inn every day to check whether there were any letters. "

Yang Dongxiong looked indifferently and picked up the tea bowl to drink tea.

Liang Qu sat down and listened awkwardly.

In two months, he did not send a letter, mainly because he felt that Huazhu County and Pingyang County were too close to each other and there was no need.

Coupled with the flooding, the post stations in Huazhu County were also flooded. Except for the smooth flow of official letters, it was difficult to send letters from home, so it took a lot of effort to have someone deliver them.

Liang Qu changed the subject: "Master and Madam, you might as well guess, what reward will the court give me when I go to Huazhu County to control floods?"

The past cannot be forgotten, and the two of them really no longer care about letters.

Yang Dongxiong pondered: "According to what you said, you have made great contributions in controlling the water. Could it be that you were promoted to the envoy of Hengshui?"

Liang Qu shook his head: "Master guessed wrong, the disciple has not been promoted."

"Since Xiaojiu said that the breach of the embankment was an act of revenge by the leader of the Shahe Gang on the Hebo Institute, no one in the Hebo Institute would be promoted because of this.

Otherwise, how can the court stabilize the people's hearts if it commits a crime and rewards itself? I guess it's mostly material rewards, elixirs, exercises, etc.? "

"Master's wife is half right, but apart from the material reward, there is another very important thing."

besides?

Yang Dongxiong and Xu were thinking together.

The emperor has three weapons to govern the country: orders, axes, and rewards.

Among them, there are only a few ways to reward people: promotion, title, reward...

There will be no promotion, let alone a knighthood.

What else could there be?

Yang Dongxiong couldn't think of it.

Mrs. Xu suddenly realized: "His Majesty gave you a marriage?"

"Ahem... cough..." Liang Qu choked on his saliva, "Master's wife is thinking too far, how could it be a marriage of arbitrariness."

Xu closed the lid of her tea and glared.

"You know it, but you're still keeping us two old men in suspense? Hurry up and tell us!"

Seeing that Master and Master's wife couldn't guess at all, Liang Qu straightened his back.

"I got a verbal order. His Majesty said that I was 'building bridges and canals' and asked me to 'work hard'!"

Yang Dongxiong was shocked. He put the teacup on the table and sat up straight.

"Are you serious? Is there really a verbal order?"

Liang Qu clasped his fists: "Disciple dare not make such a joke. This cross was passed to the disciple by the envoy after he read the imperial edict. All the people in Hebo are witnesses.

I came here today, first, to report my safety to Master and Master's wife, and second, to ask Master to write a calligraphy for me to hang in the hall."

Yang Dongxiong and Xu looked at each other.

The Holy Emperor personally gave encouragement!

Build bridges, build canals...

The land is the source of all things and the root of all life.

Water is the blood of the land, like the flow of meridians.

Since ancient times, water conservancy has been the focus of all dynasties.

Of course, there is a reason why Liangqu is named like this, but it is very important to encourage others with this matter!

After a while.

Yang Dongxiong calmed down and shook his head in joy to refuse.

"It's not that I don't want to, but if you want me to write it, why not go to Zhao Shanzhang of Shanghu Academy, he is a famous calligrapher and painter.

Your pinyin method has progressed so fast, and you can't do without Zhao Shanzhang's help. He will not be unhappy to ask for help."