Speaking of Lai Dayong's life, I don't know whether it was good or bad. To put it bluntly, when he was young, he worked as a nurse in a wealthy family in Guanzhou. Because he accidentally broke into the scandal of incest in the family, he was wanted for the crime of molesting the beautiful concubine of the family, and was also involved in the crime. Both parents died unjustly.
To be honest, that wealthy family was several counties away from Mengshan. He was wanted in Hezhou and had no one to help him, so he actually managed to escape into Mengshan for shelter while carrying his infant sister Lai Qinniang.
Moreover, after entering the mountain, because he was in a hurry and broke into a pile of snakes, he was bitten by a venomous snake. He thought that he could only wait to die in the barren mountains, but he met Ji Gu who was collecting medicine in Mengshan Mountain. To Ji Gu, mere snake venom was completely insignificant. Lai Dayong was at the end of his rope and had no business. After being rescued, he told all his experiences, leaving Ji Gu to choose whether to surrender himself - in that case, he would regard it as repaying his lifesaver. - I just hope that Ji Gu can find a good home for Lai Qinniang to adopt her.
However, Ji Gu himself had a shady identity. After knowing what he had gone through, instead of sending him to report to the government, he followed his words of gratitude and guided him to worship him as his adoptive father.
After the adoptive father paid his respects, Ji Gu sent him to temporarily settle down in a group of private salt dealers. He inspected him for several years and thought he could be trusted. The Mengshan Gang was smashed to him with a bang... That's right, Lai Dayong didn't recognize a word of Chinese characters. He had been trained strictly by Ji Gu for more than ten years before he got a little dirty. How could the master build and manage such a gang? ? If he had really been that shrewd, he would not have been slandered by his master back then and would not have brought his parents down with him.
However, it was Ji Gu's foresight that, in order to prevent Caojia Fort from being under the control of the Shen family, he quietly recruited a group of people in neighboring counties to sell private salt as a back-up.
It was also under Ji Gu's planning that the business of this group of people grew bigger and bigger - but Ji Gu refused to give up Caojia Fort, and even promised his only daughter to the heir of the main line of Caojia Fort. . As a result, it was naturally difficult to separate himself, so Ji Gu came up with the idea of supporting someone in the Mengshan Gang to act as the leader of the gang.
But it is definitely difficult to choose such a person. He cannot be too smart or too stupid. The key is loyalty.
Ji Gu's selection was uncertain, and Lai Dayong bumped into him...
The best thing about this guy is actually not meeting Ji Gu.
Because Ji Gu just wanted to take control of the Cao Family Fort at first, lest the owner of the fort sell him out. Therefore, the purpose of sneaking into Taohua County and setting up a group of private salt dealers was for Caojiabao's independence and for himself to be able to speak in Caojiabao. But he didn't want to corrupt the state's official governance, and the emperor was tired of hearing reports from bandits. As a result, this dealer, who was selling private salt and plundering at the same time, became prosperous and became powerful by accident.
According to Lai Dayong's ability, with Ji Gu's training and command in Caojiabao, he could barely suppress a gang of dozens of private salt dealers. After the Mengshan Gang developed into a gang with more than a hundred members, Lai Dayong found it difficult.
But he can't stand it because he has a smart sister, Lai Qinniang.
When Lai Dayong became a fugitive, Lai Qinniang was not yet a full week old. Because of the sudden incident, Lai Dayong could not take his parents away, so he could only run away with her in his arms. When he was rescued by Ji Gu in Mengshan, Lai Qinniang was only one year old.
Since Ji Gu was not so confident about Lai Dayong at first, and on the pretext that he was afraid that Lai Dayong would be distracted, he brought Lai Qinniang to the Cao Family Fort to raise her daughter Mu Chunmian under her knees, so this girl from the Lai family can be said to be Ji Gu's daughter. She was taught by Ji Gu Yiyi. She was talented and intelligent, and she had the advantage of being young and like a blank slate. She and Mu Chunmian grew up together with Ji Gu Yiyi's instruction. Although he is several years younger than Mu Chunmian, in terms of the city government's scheming, he is not inferior to Mu Chunmian at all.
Because the Mengshan Gang has such a second leader, Lai Dayong's position as the leader and leader of the gang is firmly established.
Otherwise, even if he was Ji Gu's adopted son, Ji Gu would have replaced him long ago.
However, Ji Gu's identity was not visible in the past, and Lai Qinniang was just a woman. It was because of the Mengshan Gang that became famous in Guanzhou, but Lai Dayong's reputation fell on him.
Even Shen Youjia had been paying attention to Lai Dayong for many years and thought he was a rare talent. He even misled Shen Zangfeng when he reported to him.
However, although Lai Dayong is blunt, he is broad-minded and does not mind Ji Gu's humiliation. Instead, he rubs his hands and worries about his sister: "Then... if Mrs. Wei's words are true, that's fine, as long as Qin Niang is fine. But what if... foster father, tell me, will Qin Niang be okay? "
Ji Gu sneered and said, "I ask you, is Qin Niang a fool?"
Lai Dayong was startled and said: "Qin Niang is always much smarter than the children..."
"Isn't that it?" A trace of gloom flashed in Ji Gu's eyes, and he said calmly, "Mo Binwei is coming fiercely, and you and everyone who are fighting against the enemy are injured, let alone her sword alone? Who does she think she is? Yes. Does the legendary swordsman have the ability to join the army alone and take the head of an admiral?"
Before Lai Dayong could react, Mu Chunmian had already thought of something, and his expression suddenly changed. He wanted to speak, but after looking at Lai Dayong, he fell silent again.
Ji Gu glanced at his daughter and didn't say anything to her. He continued to talk to Lai Dayong calmly: "Although the girl is only six years old this year, she won't do such a stupid thing! But Qin Niang did it, you two He didn't doubt her at all and really worried about her all the way, even to the point of asking me to go to Shen Zangfeng to use his strength to deal with Mo Binwei!"
Speaking of this, Lai Dayong finally understood. He was suddenly excited and said subconsciously: "Father, Qin Niang was also raised by you, how could she betray you?"
"There's no such thing as betrayal or not." Ji Gu said indifferently, "She has been very careful in managing the Mengshan Gang over the years, and it is not in vain for me to cultivate her. Now even if I vote for Mo Binwei or Mo Binwei's back You have never betrayed the Mengshan Gang. Didn't you say that Mo Binwei was always merciful despite the defeats? Among the noble ladies in the imperial capital at that time, she was considered to be both talented and beautiful. She was also very thoughtful, so it would be a pity for anyone to be with someone in the gang or in the castle. Now she has climbed a high branch by herself. I don’t really blame her. It’s just that she doesn’t cause too much trouble for me!”
Lai Dayong was sweating coldly after hearing this. He was ashamed of his sister's "betrayal" and frightened that his adoptive father had everything under control. Ji Gu said it so clearly. I'm afraid he had heard that Lai Qinniang rushed in alone in order to avenge herself. He knew the clues when he was in the Mo family army.
But he didn't say anything. He chose to defect to Shen Zangfeng in a hurry, and even came to Xiliang in person to meet him. Ji Gu pretended not to know.
It wasn't until now that he took Wei Changying's words to ask for advice that he suddenly had an attack - although Lai Dayong had always remembered Ji Gu's grace of survival and cultivation, he had never had second thoughts. But now that I think of this adoptive father's inscrutable nature, I still feel a chill running down my back.
He said tremblingly: "Father, now Qin Niang's life and death are uncertain, and it's hard for the child to say anything. But without the adoptive father, both the child and Qin Niang would have become orphans in the mountains. How could they be today? If things were really like Mrs. Wei , As the adoptive father expected, the child will definitely not be let go... and Qin Niang will not be spared lightly!"
Although Ji Gu never blamed Lai Qinniang, Lai Dayong knew the cruelty of his adoptive father best. Even though Lai Qinniang grew up under Ji Gu's knees, if she left without telling Ji Gu this time and decided to influence the future of the Mengshan Gang without permission, Ji Gu would probably even look down upon him if he killed this junior who was both a girl and a disciple. They won't even move!
Lai Dayong knew very well that Ji Gu no longer looked down on the Mengshan Gang and Caojiabao. These two places were the result of his lifelong efforts. He himself could look down on them, but that didn't mean that others could mess with them!
Since Lai Dayong has never been to Caojiabao, he doesn't know the situation. In the Mengshan Gang, how many people in the Mengshan Gang have lost their families and even died together with their relatives and friends in the past ten years because of unwanted thoughts
Although Ji Gu adopted their brothers and sisters as adopted sons and daughters, they cannot be compared with their own flesh and blood! Moreover, I only heard Cao Ya say "old and immortal", and the relationship between Ji Gu and his direct relatives is just like that! Not to mention adopted ones!
How can Lai Dayong not worry about his sister? He originally wanted to casually say that he would not let Lai Qinniang go, but when he said this, he thought of how he had dealt with the gang members when Ji Gu ordered them not to let go. Being able to remember old feelings and let go of things lightly.
However, Ji Gu's face was very calm and he said: "I also planned to accept the recruitment, who can bear to stay in this remote country for the rest of my life? I just didn't expect that my nephew who was lucky enough to survive, Qu Bing, would become famous all over the country. It was unknown to anyone, and he also saved Rui Yutang's eldest son! Since he has this kind of relationship, the biological daughter of Mr. Wei of Rui Yutang is the Mrs. Wei you have met today, so he simply surrendered! Under Shen Zangfeng's command, the journey is close and it is easy to take care of her. After all, after asking about it these days, Mrs. Wei has a lot of influence on Shen Zangfeng! But if Qin Niang has a better way, I want to come here to save my father. If you go ahead and make some concessions, Mrs. Wei won't stop me from defecting to other families."
He glanced at Lai Dayong, "Although Qin Niang left without telling me, she still has some true feelings for you, my only brother. After all, Mrs. Wei is the wife of everyone. With just such a hand, no matter what If Qin Niang doesn’t see you, what are your plans? I’m afraid I’ll have to come to Xiliang.”
Ji Gu said meaningfully, "When we get to Xiliang, it is the territory of the Shen family! It depends on whether she is smart enough to deal with the Shen family!"
... When Lai Dayong was sent back to the front yard, Ji Gu's medicine happened to be ready.
Mu Chunmian rolled up her sleeves and personally served her father to drink the medicine.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was no third person in the inner room, she complained in a low voice: "My eldest brother is also the leader of the gang after all. You still beat and scold him like this, not to mention that he is in trouble. Just say that he will be resentful..."
"Whether he will be resentful or not, do you think I can decide whether I treat him well or not?" Ji Gu finished the medicine, picked up a candied fruit from the silver plate next to him, held it in his mouth for a while, ate it, and spit out the core. Laughing out loud, "If you are too big-hearted, no matter how nice you are to him, it will be in vain! If you are grateful, what about a few regular beatings and scoldings? Isn't it natural for me to beat and scold my son? Not to mention that his life belongs to me. !”
Mu Chunmian was startled when she heard this and said, "Qin Niang...?"
"If I don't let you go, do you really think you can fly out of my hand?" Ji Gu said lightly, "If she dares to make independent decisions, she will only have half a year to live at most!" (To be continued)