Chapter 1 The Family is Broken

The morning sun is particularly dazzling, and the dew drops on each leaf reflect the light like jewels, falling to the earth and into the soil along the lines of the leaves.

Endless mountains, trees, birds and flowers, pristine natural landscapes.

As usual, Tong Laohan worked at sunrise, cultivating his own few acres of thin fields to support his family.

Looking at the barren mountains and mountains, and looking at the surrounding villages surrounded by layers of mountains, I also felt melancholy.

"Alas, for generations in this mountain village, every family in a village has relied on a few acres of thin fields cultivated by themselves to make a living, and it is hard!" Tong Laohan sat on the stone at the head of the field.

After resting for a while, Tong Laohan continued to work in the fields.

"Uncle Tong, it's getting dark, aren't you going home? Your daughter should have already cooked a meal for you at this time, let's go back to the village together." The one who spoke was Lu Yuqi from the same village, who was about the same age as Tong Laohan's daughter, and had been thinking about his daughter.

"Xiaoqi, you go back first, I'll go see the child's mother first, and I'll go back to the village in a while." Old man Tong bent down with a hoe, and looked back at Lu Yuqi in the distance.

"Uncle Tong, then I'll go back first, go to your house to eat, and take a look at Tong Ying by the way, haha. Lu Yuqi carried a hoe and whistled towards the village.

"You kid stay away from my house Tong Ying, you haven't visited the church and run to my house yet!" Tong Laohan put away his hoe and shouted to Lu Yuqi who was walking away.

Tong Laohan came to a grave, put down the hoe in his hand, sat cross-legged, and touched the tombstone with his left hand.

"Child, you have been gone for 14 years in a blink of an eye, I think it was in the front of the mountain that I met you who were pregnant, I have no desires in this life, you and Tong Ying's arrival makes the second half of my life wonderful, she is now all the motivation for me to live, but unfortunately, the medical conditions in our village are too poor, which led to the birth of Tong Ying'er and made you leave, I will take good care of Ying'er, you can rest assured, although the village chief Lu Yu's heart is black and his character is corrupt, but his son is not bad, kind-hearted, and can still work, hand over Ying'er to him, I can rest assured, the date of marriage has not yet been decided, I will take them to see you。 Alas, at the beginning, you also said that you wanted to take me to our Song Kingdom to go shopping, the outside world really wanted to go and see, I heard you say that our Song Kingdom is China, surrounded by the Jin Kingdom, and more than ten times larger than the Song Kingdom, alas, I can't get out of these mountains in this life. Okay, I'm going back, I'll see you tomorrow. ”

Tong Laohan dragged his hoe and walked home.

"Ying'er, I'm back!" Tong Laohan returned to the yard and put down his hoe and walked into the house.

"Daddy...... You're back. Pushing open the door was a girl with long hair and waist-length, white skin and beautiful appearance, willow eyebrows, high nose bridge, big eyes and double eyelids, and a cherry mouth.

Tong Laohan looked at the girl at the door, "Ying'er, you...... Why are you flustered today, what's wrong?Is that stinky boy from Lu Yuqi bullying you?" Tong Laohan walked into the house, and Tong Ying closed the door after waiting for his father to enter the house.

"Xiaoqi didn't come!" Tong Ying put the dishes and chopsticks on the table and went to the kitchen to bring food one after another.

"Hey, isn't it, this pot of rice seems to have been eaten?" Tong Laohan sat on the chair in front of the dining table, watching the rice in front of him be filled with a pit.

"Oh...... This...... I was hungry just now, so I took a bite first, come, Dad, I'll serve you food. Tong Ying held the spoon in her right hand and held a bowl in her left hand to serve rice to Tong Laohan.

"I haven't seen you eat early in so many years? Tong Laohan took the bowl handed by his daughter and ate the vegetables with chopsticks.

"Who are you, what are you doing here!" said Lu Yuqi's voice from the courtyard of Old Man Tong.

Tong Laohan put down the dishes and chopsticks, got up and walked to the courtyard, and Tong Ying followed.

Pushing open the door, I saw that in the dark night, along the candlelight emanating from the house, I vaguely saw Lu Yuqi being trampled under the feet of a young man in a brocade coat and struggling.

"Who are you? Why are you in my yard? Let go of this kid. When the old man walked up to the young man, he clearly saw that it was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, fine skin and tender meat, and at first glance he was the son of a big family.

When the man saw Tong Laohan coming over, he withdrew his feet, and Lu Yuqi supported the ground with both hands and slowly got up.

"Uncle Tong, I originally brought a pheasant over and gave it to you and Tong Ying, who knew that he was sitting on the grinding plate in the courtyard, I only asked him, and he reached out to fight with me, he knows martial arts, so I was trampled under his feet, I suspect that he wants to take advantage of Tong Ying. Lu Yuqi dusted off the dust on his body.

"Dare to ask the son, dressed in brocade clothes, he ran to our barren mountain village in the middle of the night, what is the so-called matter?"

"Hello uncle, I am Zong Zhenghan, the fifth prince of Shu Kingdom, and the five princes of Tang Kingdom came to your Song Kingdom to play, but I was robbed by bandits around here, and my attendant was killed, I was separated from the five princes, and I got lost in the mountains, and then I came to your house, I happened to be hungry, begging for food from your daughter, after eating, the night was dark, you just came back, your daughter asked me to leave quickly, I am afraid that it will not be easy to explain to you, I was going to leave, and before I thanked you and your daughter, I sat on the grinding plate in the yard, and I went to thank you after you finished eating, but I ran into this big brother。 Zong Zhenghan bowed to Old Man Tong.

"Then let's go into the house and talk again!" Tong Laohan got up and walked into the house, and glanced at Tong Ying viciously, and everyone entered the house with Tong Laohan.

"Sit down, let's talk while we eat. Tong Laohan sat on the chair, Tong Ying was a little nervous, and also sat on the wooden chair next to Tong Laohan.

"Thank you, Uncle Tong!" Zong Zhenghan and Lu Yuqi said to Old Man Tong in unison, and sat at the dinner table together.

"You've also thanked you, it's time to go, right?" Lu Yuqi looked at Zong Zhenghan beside him.

"Let's put it bluntly, you're not just saying thank you, right?" Tong Laohan held the rice bowl in his left hand and ate the vegetables with chopsticks in his right hand.

"The grace of this meal can't be forgotten, I want to marry Tong Ying as my wife, and take you out of here to share the glory and wealth. Zong Zhenghan suddenly left his seat and knelt down to Tong Laohan on both knees, shaking his hands.

Tong Laohan looked at Zong Zhenghan and continued to eat.

First of all, we have never encountered bandits in this mountain village for generations, and secondly, we belong to the Song Kingdom, and we still listen to what Tong Ying's mother said, we are isolated from the world, and at most we have heard that the Jin Kingdom surrounds our entire Song Kingdom, where did the Tang Kingdom and the Shu Kingdom come from? You are going to marry Tong Ying for a meal, what do you think Tong Ying has? If you are willing, Tong Ying will not agree!" Lu Yuqi stood up, lowered his head and reprimanded Zong Zhenghan, who knelt on the ground.

"Ying'er, what do you think?" Tong Laohan looked at Tong Ying.

"My daughter is willing to marry him, I fell in love with him at first sight, and I hope my father will be fulfilled!" Tong Ying got up and walked to Zong Zhenghan's side and knelt down.

"Tong Ying, you and I can get married through a matchmaker. How can you make a personal promise for a person of unknown origin? Uncle Tong, look at her!" Lu Yuqi stomped his foot angrily.

"Then stay, see the hearts of the people over time, the work in the crops will be done by you in the future, and I will go to your Shu country with Ying'er in a year." Tong Laohan put down the dishes and chopsticks and returned to lie on the earthen kang.

"Uncle Tong, the whole village knows that you regard Tong Ying as the pearl of your palm, and you have always been used to her and follow her, but how did you let this unknown person marry her?" Lu Yuqi squinted at Tong Ying and helped Zong Zhenghan up.

"Actually, Ma Huixing is also very good to you, we grew up together, she has always liked you, and she came to ask me to retire this family business this morning!" Tong Ying held Zong Zhenghan's left hand with her right hand and looked at Lu Yuqi.

"Uncle Tong, I'm leaving, you can tell my father about this tomorrow!" Lu Yuqi flicked his sleeves and slammed the door.

"After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, let's go to the pit and sleep, you two will sleep on both sides of me." Tong Laohan took off his shoes and lay on the kang.

"Thank you, Uncle Tong!" Zong Zhenghan and Tong Ying finished cleaning up the table and also lay on the kang.

"Daddy, I'm curious about something. Tong Ying lay on her side and looked at Tong Laohan.

"You don't belong here, Daddy can't take you out of here, I've doted on you since I was a child, and I will rely on you if you like. But I'm still not worried about him, let's stay here for a year, look at his personality, I can hand you over to him, leave here with you, and I can rest assured by your side. Old man Tong fell in love with his eyes, and his snoring sounded.

"Uncle Tong, don't worry, I will definitely treat Tong Ying well. Zong Zhenghan looked at Old Man Tong.

The next day, the rooster crows at dawn.

"Old man Tong, you come out for me!" shouted an old man in the courtyard.

Zong Zhenghan and Tong Ying put the food on the table, and the two pushed the door and walked into the courtyard.

"Good morning Uncle Lu, my dad is still sleeping, what's wrong?" Tong Ying asked the old man.

"What happened last night? Sakura! This year, Xiaoqi went to Ma Huixing's house to find a matchmaker by himself. "This person is Lu Yu, the head of this village.

"Oh, that's right, yesterday Ma Huixing came to my house and asked me to talk to Xiaoqi, she likes Xiaoqi, but I didn't expect Xiaoqi to go to propose marriage so soon. Come, sit in the house. Tong Ying pulled Lu Yu into the house, and saw that Tong Laohan had already placed three wine glasses on the table, which were already full of wine.

"Sit down and have a drink. Tong Laohan looked at Lu Yu and motioned for him to sit down.

"What the hell is going on?" Lu Yu watched Tong Ying and Zong Zhenghan sit down, and drank the wine in their glasses.

"Xiaoqi married a girl who loves him, why isn't he happy?" Tong Lao Hanmian smiled and drank it all.

Zong Zhenghan picked up the wine jug and poured wine into the wine glasses of Lu Yu and Tong Laohan respectively.

"Then what about the reputation of the two of us? Here our two families are married, and over there Xiaoqi went to the Ma family to propose marriage. Lu Yu tilted his head sideways and put his right hand on the table.

"On the same day, two couples get married, isn't it beautiful?" Tong Laohan raised his glass and motioned for Lu Yu to drink.

"Don't drink the wine, what do you say?" Lu Yu looked at Old Man Tong.

"The children are all grown up by us, Xiaoqi and Xiaoxing also belong to childhood sweethearts, the pair in front of you and the two of them will get married tomorrow, and they can also block the mouths of Youyou. Let Xiaoqi and Ying'er marry Jinlan again, why not?" Tong Laohan drank the wine in his cup.

"That's all there is to it. Alas, then I'll go first!" Lu Yu took a sip of wine, stood up, and walked out of the courtyard.

"That's too fast, Dad!" Tong Ying looked at his father.

"Ying'er, you go to your Uncle Lu's house, go to his ancestral hall to worship Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi is angry to marry Xiaoxing, so swearing can be regarded as blocking Xiaoqi's back road, and it is also for Xiaoxing's good. After speaking, Tong Laohan led the hoe and took Zong Zhenghan to the field together.

As the sun sets, a bright moon rises, and the sky is full of stars.

"Today, the two couples tied the knot again, congratulations!" a white-haired old man had just finished speaking, and the sound of firecrackers kept ringing.

In this way, Lu Yuqi, the son of the village chief Lu Yu, and his pony Huixing, Tong Ying and Zong Zhenghan entered their respective cave rooms.

Time passed in a small mountain village in a hurry, and a year passed.

"Brother Qi is here!" Zong Zhenghan was dressed in old clothes, like the people of the mountain village, washing his hands in the yard.

"That's right, I didn't expect you, a self-proclaimed fifth prince of Shu, to be no different from us now. I'm going to take a look at the sworn sister, I'm about to give birth, right?" Lu Yuqi walked into the courtyard.

"I was born last night, and your brother-in-law found out too late. Zong Zhenghan wiped his hands and walked into the house with Lu Yuqi.

Watching Tong Laohan happily teasing his grandson, Lu Yuqi looked at Tong Ying, who was still lying on the kang.

"Is your dragon and phoenix fetal milk enough?" Tong Laohan looked at Lu Yuqi.

"That's enough, what's wrong?" Lu Yuqi sat next to the child and began to play.

"Your sister has no milk, I'm afraid that my little grandson will be hungry, so you will carry it to your house and let Xiaoxing feed it. Tong Laohan looked at Lu Yuqi, who was still teasing his grandson.

"It's only been less than a day since I was born, what should I do if I get it? Lu Yuqi stood up, walked to Tong Ying's side, and looked at Tong Ying, who was pale.

"Don't be like this, Xiaoxing's child has only been born for five days, and he hasn't been confined yet, he will fall ill when he comes, I'll let Brother Han go to Xiaoxing's house to get some goat's milk in a while." Tong Ying squinted her eyes and squirmed her white lips.

"This can't be done, the child is so young, how can goat milk work, Xiaoxing is in good health, it's okay for five days, let her come over later." Lu Yuqi was about to leave after speaking.

"So my little grandson will be hungry, so let me wrap my little grandson tightly and go with you. Tong Laohan wrapped his little grandson and walked out of the yard with Lu Yuqi.

turned back to Zong Zhenghan and said, "Take care of my daughter, we will go first." ”

"Okay, Dad, cover it tightly, the child has only been born for a short time, and it is not good to see the wind. Zong Zhenghan looked at the distant figures of Tong Laohan and Lu Yuqi and returned to the house.

"When you are out of confinement, I will take you, the child, and my father back to Shu together. Zong Zhenghan kissed Tong Ying on the forehead after speaking.

"It's so happy to marry you!" Tong Ying smiled and squinted her eyes.

On the way. Lu Yuqi asked Tong Laohan, "Uncle Tong, has the child's name been chosen?"

"Not yet, the child's father said that he would wait for the confinement and take us back to Shu and let his father take it, and now call his surname 'Zongzheng', by the way, the child's uncle, this is a boy, you don't know, right?"

"Do you really believe that there is a Shu Kingdom?" Lu Yuqi looked at Old Man Tong.

"Of course, back then, Ying'er's mother left a world map, a book of the art of war, a book of martial arts secrets, and a book of cultivating immortals, which was in the child's swaddling clothes. Tong Laohan saw that he was about to arrive at Lu Yuqi's house, and quickened his pace.

"Why haven't you heard of these things before?" Lu Yuqi also quickened his pace.

"That's because ......" Tong Laohan stopped when he saw hundreds of army soldiers wantonly slaughtering in the village.

"It's over, it's not good, I'll go see Sister Ying!" Lu Yuqi turned around to leave, but was stopped by Tong Laohan.

"You first take my little grandson and your wife and children to run out of the mountains, and I'll go home and have a look. Tong Laohan hurriedly ran home.

Lu Yuqi just walked to the door of the house with the child in his arms, and watched his father being trampled under the feet of a soldier in armor and slashed indiscriminately.

There was a pat on the shoulder behind him, and when he turned around, he saw that it was his wife Ma Huixing.

"What's going on?" Lu Yuqi looked at his wife.

"Let's go, these soldiers have crossed the mountains and mountains, and they have come to our village on purpose, who should be arrested, and they will burn and loot when they enter the village. "The wife is holding her dragon and phoenix baby in her arms.

"My father has been killed, what do you run, I want revenge. Lu Yuqi was just about to rush into the courtyard when he was grabbed by someone.

"You let go!" Lu Yuqi thought that his wife was stopping him, and turned his head to see that it was Zong Zhenghan.

"Why are you cut like this?" Lu Yuqi said to Zong Zhenghan who was lying on the ground.

"Tong Ying and my father-in-law have been killed, and I won't live long, please take care of my child, these are two gold bars and a jade pendant, when the child grows up, let him take the jade pendant to Shu to find my third brother......" Before he finished speaking, Zong Zhenghan lowered his head and died.

In this way, Lu Yuqi and his wife Ma Huixing, who was still in confinement, took their three children over the mountains and mountains, hiding and hiding, until they came to Qicheng on the border of the Song Kingdom.