Archery of Gongshou Rivers and Mountains

Yang Kang, the little beggar, and Yang Kang's ten guards were seated at three tables in the lobby.

Although the Xiao Er didn't like beggars, but there were more than a dozen military men sitting there, and they had paid money, so he had the right to pretend that he didn't see them.In a short time, the food was ready, and each table contained a roast chicken, a braised carp, a leg of lamb, a large pot of steamed buns, and two jugs of wine.

When the last wine was placed on the table, Qi'er immediately wrinkled his nose.

"But you don't like it?" Yang Kang asked with a smile.

"What do poor beggars know?" Naturally, it wasn't the little beggar who answered, let alone Yang Kang's guards. Except for the one from Allegan, the rest of the guards were silent. Follow Yang Kang's actions.Even when they were seated and the food was served, Yang Kang didn't move his chopsticks, but none of them did.This was the waiter who hadn't walked away after serving the food. Seeing the beggar's movements and listening to Yang Kang's question, he couldn't help but sneer.

"Do you think I'm poor, and I don't deserve to eat the food in your restaurant? I'm afraid that if you bring the best wine and food, it won't suit my appetite." The beggar frowned, and raised his head to the little boy.

"Really? Your old man can figure it out, we can always do it, just afraid that no one will get back the money after eating." The little girl sneered.

The beggar didn't look at the mistress, but turned to look at Yang Kang: "Will you be my host if I eat as much as I want?"

"Since I said I would like to invite you, then of course you can eat as much as you want, and I will take care of it." Yang Kang nodded.

Someone paid for it, so the beggar's food is naturally simple, four dried fruits, four fresh fruits, two salty and sour, four candied fruit, eight wine dishes, twelve kinds of meals, and two jugs of good wine.Yang Kang also simply asked Xiao Er to re-serve the same dishes for the other two tables.

At the beginning, the sophomore thought that the little beggar was just pretending to understand, but later on, he also accepted the underestimation, and most likely regarded the young man as a child of some poor family.After the beggar finished ordering, Xiao Er sang the name of the dish again, confirmed that it was correct, and went to the kitchen.

"Slave, except for the fish, put away the rest of the food and make it dry food for us on the road." Yang Kang said to the guard on the left as soon as Xiaoer left.The guard was not very old, and his face was a little fairer than Yang Kang's. He obeyed the order and immediately stood up, took out clean oil paper from his bag, and packed it neatly.

"You are really stingy." Obviously Yang Kang took out his pocket, but the beggar tilted his head and said he was stingy.

"I originally thought it was too stingy to act like this." Unexpectedly, Yang Kang nodded with a look of approval.

"You know you are stingy but you are still stingy, then you are no longer stingy, you are stingy."

"Even if I am stingy, there is nothing I can do. Originally, when I was at home, I would spend my clothes and food, and if I didn't have enough money, I would ask my parents to help me. At that time, I was naturally generous. However, since I left home, my basic necessities have changed. I have to worry about it, not only about myself, but also about others. Parents are no longer by my side, and they were still generous at the beginning, but they didn't know they were being plotted against, so they had to be stingy."

"... How old were you when you left home?" Qi'er's tone suddenly softened, and his expression was no longer as guarded as before.

"14 is old."

"Why did you let you leave home at such a young age?"

"One of my favorite falcons was injured by someone. I went to find that person to argue with him, but he was unreasonable. He was unreasonable, so why should I reason with him? Naturally, I taught him a lesson. After my father found out, he scolded me and beat me with family law. I felt sad for a while, so I asked the elders in the family for help and ran out."

"Since you asked the elders in your family for help, then your father knows where you have gone. Why didn't he come to you?"

"Not only didn't he come to see me, the first letter I received from home was that he scolded me head and face. Every time he sent a letter after that, he also used severe words."

"How could your father be like this? Could it be that he doesn't want you?" This question made the vocal cords aggrieved.

"It's not."

"He doesn't care about you, why do you still speak for him?"

"When you see me now, you know that I am in the military. My father is strict with me just to tell me not to act recklessly. After all, on the battlefield, a sloppy will kill my life."

"That's what you thought."

"There was a big battle the year before last, and there was an error in the military newspaper. My father thought I was dead. At that time, I was so frightened that I vomited blood, and my mother was so frightened that she became seriously ill. This is not what I thought."

"They are really worried about you... so now, are you finally going home?"

"It's true that I'm going home. I feel like returning home for a while, but I'm also worried."

"Why do you have to worry about it?"

"I'm afraid my father will beat me up again."

The little beggar burst out laughing: "That's great." But he didn't know if it meant that it was good for Yang Kang to be beaten after returning home, or something else.

Xiao Er started to serve the dishes at this moment, but the little beggar only tasted a few of the various dishes that were served, and it was all for the chopsticks, but everyone in Yang Kang was obviously hungry.After Yang Kang moved his chopsticks, the others started to eat as well, as if the wind was blowing away, but in a short while, except for the dried fruit and candied fruit, all the other dishes on the three tables had bottomed out.The other steamed buns and stewed pork on each table were also cleared, and only then were the bowls and chopsticks left.

"Having been on the road for several days, I'm really hungry, so much so that my little brother saw a joke."

"Just now I said you were stingy, and what did you say to make up for it with generosity next time? Now I see that you are really stingy. You obviously invited others to dinner, but you ate the most yourself."

"This is really a crime. If that's the case, can I ask you to make amends?"

"What atonement?"

"Tell you to go home."

"what?"

"Did you sneak out from home? Your family must be worried about you. The world is not peaceful now, so go home quickly."

"I'm different from you. My dad really doesn't want me anymore."

"When I first left home, I thought my father didn't want me anymore, but didn't I know later that he was hard-hearted and soft-hearted?"

"Your father even sent you a letter..."

"That's because my father knows where I am, but your father doesn't even know where you are, so how can he send you a letter if he is still looking for you?"

"That's true." Beggar laughed again immediately, but after a while, he grinned mischievously again, "I understand what you said just now, I'm afraid of being beaten, I miss my father very much, but I'm afraid of seeing him again He would scold me, and then think he'd better find me later."

"However, if I find you later, I'm afraid I will scold you more fiercely. Besides, even if you don't scold you, will you make your father feel anxious all the time?"

"Oh, that's true!" Beggar nodded, but turned his eyes and said to Yang Kang, "You are a good person, but how do you know that I ran away from home?"

"Because you fed the meat buns to the dogs."

"Just because I fed the meat buns to the dog?"

"If you would do this, you must not be a real beggar. Besides, you are alone at a young age, and you pretend to be a beggar. There are only a few reasons: you do evil things to hide your eyes and ears, you escape from your enemies, you escape from your family, you are eccentric, and you are too stingy. Follow me into the store, I see that you have no hatred in your eyes, and if it is the first two, you will naturally not do the kind of eye-catching things just now. Judging from your words and deeds, it is not like the latter two, it is naturally to escape from your family gone."

"It's really easy to guess..." Qi'er murmured in a low voice, but the tone was more disconvinced.

"Little brother, it's time for me to go on the road now." Yang Kang stood up and sent his own guards to settle accounts with the shopkeeper. "I hope you will return home early to reunite with your parents, and I hope you and I will meet again someday." After speaking, With one hand, he led the crowd out of the shop.

Since leaving the store, Yang Kang has no twists and turns along the way, and he arrived in Zhongdu on this day.A general like him who returned in response to the edict cannot go home first, but must first go to the Ministry of War to give the order. Otherwise, if someone else finds out and joins him for neglecting the holy order, he will be unable to eat and walk around up.

Yang Kang is no exception. At the beginning, the guards at the gate wanted to be respectful, but when they heard that Yang Kang's guards had declared their names, they immediately changed from majestic to obsequious. Lead the way until he has delivered the decree, and lead him out again.

After all, Yang Kang is not an ordinary frontier general. The Dutong of the Shaanxi Dutong Mansion is a feudal official, and he is the son of King Zhao.Zhao Wang is also an unusually old clan. Now he is the Minister of the Household Department in charge of the country's money and food, and he is trusted by the emperor. He is also a person in power in Beijing.No matter which identity Yang Kang took out, it was enough to make the soldier tense up in awe.

Yang Kang is not a person who is not ignorant, before leaving, he personally stuffed a ten-liang silver key into his hand, and said: "Have a drink with the brothers."

Farewell to the overjoyed soldiers, but Yang Kang hesitated whether to go home right away, or go quietly to the Ministry of Households, Wanyan Honglie should be in the yamen of the Ministry of Households today, right?

Just because of the deep thoughts in his heart, Yang Kang lost his mind for a while, and before he recovered, he heard someone shouting: "Kang'er!" He was tall and straight, with a white face and a beard, and he was also a handsome man.

But who is Wanyan Honglie? When Yang Kang was born, this Lord Zhao was only 16 years old, now 18 years have passed in a flash, and now he is only less than 35 years old. They have been facing each other day and night for 14 years, even though they haven't seen each other for four years, Yang Kang naturally won't miss him.

"Father."

"Why are you calling my father again?"

"father……"

"Kang'er has grown up." Wanyan Honglie said, and patted Yang Kang on the shoulder. He was still a teenager when he left. Although he had exercised his body all the year round, due to his age, his shoulders were immature and his body was thin.But even though he is not considered a real adult at this age, his shoulders and chest have grown thicker.

The distance between the two was very close, and Yang Kang saw Wanyan Honglie's eyes were wet and tears were in his eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Wanyan Honglie is really good to Yang Kang as a father...

The author has something to say: ① Zhang Zong, the father assigned to Wanyan Honglie in the original work, was born in 1168 in Gongyuan.Wanyan Honglie's age in the original book is not too old to see Bao Xiruo's age, so please ignore Wanyan Honglie's father's age here.