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Wu Yong, this fake fortune teller, calculated a divination for Lu Junyi, saying that he would have a disaster within a hundred days. Lu Junyi was scared when he heard this and asked Wu Yong, how can we avoid this disaster? Wu Yong pretended to say, “Unless we go a thousand miles southeast, we can avoid this great difficulty
This was clearly a little trick played by Wu Yong, but Lu Junyi took it seriously. After the fake fortune teller left, he called all the butlers of the Lu family and made the following arrangements for the family affairs. Yanqing stayed to watch the house. He went to Tai’an Prefecture in the southeast with Li Gu. Going to Tai’an Prefecture, on one hand, burning incense and praying for blessings, and on the other hand, doing business, it’s really killing two birds with one stone.
After Lu Junyi finished speaking, he ordered someone to prepare the goods for the trip. As soon as Lu Junyi and his group arrived at the edge of Liangshan, they were surrounded by Liangshan people. This time, the leaders of Liangshan almost poured out, with Hua Rong, Lin Chong, Li Kui, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng, Hu Yanzhuo, Xu Ning, Liu Tang, Zhang Shun… all waiting on the roadside to capture Lu Junyi. Even if Lu Junyi is a top-notch expert, he cannot handle so many people.
It took the leader of Liangshan nine oxen and two tigers to bring Lu Junyi up to Liangshan. After Lu Junyi and his servants arrived at Liangshan, Song Jiang neither killed nor released Lu Junyi himself, and kept urging him to become a bandit. Song Jiang released Li Gu, the butler of Lu Junyi.
The real purpose of Song Jiang, Wu Yong, and others releasing Li Gu back to the Daming Mansion was to have Li Gu occupy the property of Lu Junyi’s family, so that Lu Junyi would not be distracted and would live peacefully in Liangshan. Li Gu truly lived up to his mission. Upon returning to Lu Junyi’s home, he immediately took over his assets and wife. Everything in the Lu Mansion now belongs to Li Gu.
After Li Gu obtained the property of Lu Junyi’s family, he couldn’t wait to do another thing, which was not only to drive Yan Qing out of the Lu mansion, but also not to allow the relatives and friends of the Lu family to take Yan Qing in. Yan Qing could only leave Daming Mansion and settle down in a temple outside the city.
Li Gu’s refusal to let Yan Qing stay at the Lu family is actually a way of excluding dissidents. Everyone in the Lu family knows that Yan Qing is a confidant of Lu Junyi. If one day Lu Junyi comes back and cooperates with Yan Qing, what Li Gu finally obtained will instantly disappear. Yanqing is like a sharp sword, it’s better not to use it. So Li Gu fabricated a random reason and let Yan Qing leave the house completely.
This is one of the many reasons why Li Gu drove away Yan Qing. There are two unknown reasons why Li Gu has been ruthless towards Yan Qing. Let’s take a look one by one.
1、 Li Gu drove away Yan Qing to prevent Jia from meeting Yan Qing.
There was once a sincere relationship presented to Yan Qing, but Yan Qing did not cherish it, which is the story of Yan Qing and Master Li that readers all know. Yan Qing was not moved by the charming Li Shishi. Would he make a mistake for a woman who was not as good as Li Shishi? Yanqing regards Jia as the mistress of the master.
Yan Qing has absolutely no thoughts towards Jia Shi. Does Jia Shi have any ulterior motives towards Yan Qing? Yanqing is a heartthrob among the men of the Water Margin. There is no mention in “Water Margin” of Jia expressing her love to Yan Qing, but this does not mean that Jia does not like Yan Qing. Perhaps Jia confessed her feelings to Yan Qing and only got along with Li Gu after being rejected. From the book, it appears that Yan Qing is more talented and handsome than Li Gu. Due to the face saving of Lu Junyi, Jia had to settle for Li Gu instead.
Even if Jia’s goal is Li Gu. Li Gu also needs to guard against Yan Qing, after all, be careful when sailing a thousand year old ship. We say that even Lu Junyi doesn’t trust Yan Qing, let alone Li Gu. Lu Junyi returned from Liangshan and saw Yan Qing on the way. Yan Qing told Lu Junyi about her family’s affairs. Lu Junyi not only did not believe this, but also rebuked Yan Qing, saying, “It’s because you did something wrong, come today and speak up
After Lu Junyi finished speaking, he walked home with great strides, ignoring Yan Qing’s repeated pleas. Lu Junyi arrived at his home, followed by Li Gu and the other butlers. At this moment, Jia was about to cry. When Lu Junyi saw Jia’s tears, he said, “Madam, stop crying. Let’s talk about how Yan Xiaoyi came?” Lu Junyi implied that Yan Qing had taken something from the family or what had happened to her? It seems that Lu Junyi’s first suspicion was Yan Qing. Lu Junyi didn’t expect his wife Jia to have such poor taste and followed Li Gu.
Pan Qiaoyun from Water Margin is still talking crazy to Shi Xiu. Shi Xiu ignored her, and it was only then that Pan Qiaoyun fell in love with her senior brother. The fact proves that Lu Junyi was overthinking and thinking in the wrong direction, but it does not mean that Lu Junyi did not have petty thoughts about the relationship between Jia and Yanqing. Lu Junyi can think like this about Yan Qing and Jia Shi, let alone Li Gu. Yanqing is not at home, it’s safer.
2、 Li Gu asked Yan Qing to stop Lu Junyi from returning to the Lu family. 、
Li Gu’s initial plan was to only want Lu Junyi’s wife and gold and silver, not Lu Junyi’s life. Later, Lu Junyi suddenly returned home, leaving Li Gu with no choice but to have the Daming Mansion send someone to capture him. If Lu Junyi doesn’t die, Li Gu must die, because Li Gu and Jia Shi are no longer sneaking around, they are playing for real.
Li Gu wants Lu Junyi to be a bandit forever, as he occupies the property of the Lu family. How can Lu Junyi not return to Daming Mansion? Someone needs to inform him that coming back is dangerous. This person is Yan Qing. Li Gu knew that Yan Qing was loyal to Lu Junyi. For the safety of Lu Junyi, we will do our best to persuade him to stay in Liangshan.
Li Gu hoped that Yan Qing would do what Yan Qing did, but Lu Junyi still came back. This was unexpected by Li Gu. Li Gu was caught off guard. If Li Gu had calculated that Lu Junyi would return home, he wouldn’t have panicked. The chess piece of Yanqing has failed. A Lu Mansion can only have one master. If Lu Junyi doesn’t come back, Li Gu has no intention of killing him, let alone making a move to send Lu Junyi to death row.
In short, there are two real reasons why Li Gu drove Yan Qing out of the Lu family: for the Jia family and for the death of Lu Junyi.
