The sergeants under the command of Commander Zhao were ordered by the general to gather the people and want to enter the ancestral hall of the owner. The owner's surname is Liu, and half of the people of Sanhe Zhuangtai are all surnamed Liu's own family, and the ancestral hall is built with high bricks, and the eight tile houses are particularly strong and wide.

Unexpectedly, before they got close to the gate, two old men in brocade robes and sixty years old came in a hurry with crutches, stopped in front of the door, and shouted: "Presumptuous! Licentious! The ancestral ancestral hall also dares to trespass! It's the other way around! ”

Commander Zhao frowned slightly, and Liu Zhuangtou said in a low voice: "These two are the elders of the clan, the slightly chubby one is Uncle Liu, and the tall one is Uncle Liu.......

At this time, the sound of the Yulin Army fighting and scolding was heard from far away from the end of the village, thinking that General Lu and Commander Bai had already exchanged hands with the enemy. Since he didn't know the depth of the enemy, Commander Zhao naturally wanted to properly settle the people as soon as possible, and it was inevitable that he would be dissatisfied with the people who stood in the way, so he stepped forward and said: "Two elders, you are in a hurry to follow the power, for the sake of the lives of the people in your village, and I hope that the net will be open and convenient." ”

The tall Liu Erbo slammed the dragon head cane in his hand and scolded: "No matter how much movement, you will disturb the ancestral hall!" My Liu's ancestral hall was established by the former Han Dynasty, and it has been 300 years now, and the blessings have been extended, and the descendants of Ze have been allowed to enter. ”

When Liu Zhuang heard this, he interjected and persuaded: "What the second elder said is very true, Commander Zhao, if the foreign surname and the woman enter my Liu ancestral hall, I am afraid that I will attract the wrath of the ancestors and cause trouble...... There are three vacant warehouses next door, why not house them inside? ”

Commander Zhao sneered: "How can my Yulin Army behave, and I still have to ask Liu Zhuangtou for advice?" Now that manpower is limited, how can we hold on to the two scattered places? ”

Liu Zhuang's head was dripping with cold sweat, and he confessed again and again, and he didn't dare to say more. On the contrary, the two elders became more and more self-conscious, and put on a posture of swearing to defend the ancestral hall and being generous and righteous, and said tremblingly: "Whoever wants to enter, step on the old bones to enter!" ”

The old hoarse voice was particularly harsh in the midst of the noisy cries of children and the whispers of the crowd.

Commander Zhao saw that the two of them were relying on the old and selling the old, and they didn't know the current affairs, so they were frowning and wanted to simply tie them up, even if they bumped into this old bone and were in a hurry, they couldn't blame him.

In the middle of the stalemate, suddenly a young man's voice interjected with a smile, "What the two elders said is very true, in this way, this palace and Xie Dujun are both foreign surnames, Xie Dujun, I have to wronged you and this palace to avoid in the treasury." ”

Another man said disgustedly: "It's not proper, the warehouse is old and rotten, and it will fall down as soon as it hits, how to defend it?" If I am injured, my father will not pursue it, and my mother will also pursue it, so I have to ask the prince for an explanation. ”

This conversation seemed to be an understatement, but it was like a sharp needle poking at the belly of the bulging puffer fish, and the two old men were immediately deflated and couldn't help but look at each other.

The person who came was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Xie Xiao, the precious son of Prime Minister Xie's family, who came forward with a hug of the ground, and Commander Zhao understood it, and did not talk nonsense, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. For a while, the surrounding people knelt on the ground.

Sima Yu didn't care at all, only looked at the gate of the ancestral hall with a smile, and said, "Commander Zhao, without further ado, transfer the people over together." ”

Uncle Liu hurriedly glanced at his younger brother, took two steps on his knees, and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Overseer stays!" It's old and confused...... At the moment of the great enemy, it is natural that the rights and interests will change, and the two nobles are invited to move to the ancestral hall to rest for a while. ”

Sima Yu smiled: "How can this make it, don't break the rules of the ancestral hall." ”

He smiled in the spring breeze, and the gentleman was square, but there was more and more a terrifying and profound sense of coercion, which made the old man kneeling at his feet tremble, and his throat was also tightened, only to feel like falling into the ice, Liu Erbo saw that his brother was struggling to support, and hurriedly stepped forward on his knees, kowtowed: "His Royal Highness the Prince, in the end, is also a fellow villager of Sanhezhuang, even if it is a foreign surname, presumably the ancestors also protect their knees equally, and they are in a hurry to obey power, but they are old...... It's the grass people and the brother who have thought differently, delaying the military master's actions, and sinning and sinning, so please enter quickly. ”

Commander Zhao was silent on the side, just watching these two people change their faces very quickly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no matter what blood kinship and ancestral rules you have, in the face of power, you don't even count as a fart. I only hope that this trip to follow the three Buddhas can make contributions, return to Beijing to be promoted to an official and a half-position, and be a blessing, which is not worth this life.

Although he was thinking about it in his heart, he responded quickly on his face, Sima Yu and Xie Xiao entered the gate with the front foot, and Commander Zhao ordered his subordinates to send the old and weak women and children into the ancestral hall first.

Unexpectedly, a woman with a baby in her arms and a four or five-year-old girl in her hand arrived at the door, Uncle Liu raised his hand to stop him, his face turned red and white, and he said angrily: "It's just a foreign surname, how can a woman enter the ancestral hall!" ”

The woman was dressed in a green shirt, with only a plain silver hairpin on her head, her appearance was still quite delicate, although her body was sturdy, her expression was a little submissive, and she cringed and said, "Then, then I won't go in, let these two girls hide." ”

Liu Erbo said coldly: "Isn't this the daughter-in-law of Liu Daniu's family?" gave birth to two girls in a row, and if you don't apologize to your ancestors, you tried in vain to send the woman to the ancestral hall, you are bold! ”

The woman was so scolded that she couldn't raise her head, and she shrunk her shoulders more and more, and the little girl was also governor, timidly hugged her legs, and said softly: "Mother...... We go, we don't go in. ”

Commander Zhao frowned on the side, but since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, because of the Jin Dynasty and Wei Chan, if he preached the way of loyalty to the king, it would inevitably be embarrassing, so he only talked about filial piety, day after day, year after year, the clan in the name of honoring the ancestors, it was more and more powerful. At present, this old man must be called the ancestor, don't say that a Zhao commander, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not dare to use power to suppress him easily, otherwise it will spread out, which will fulfill the good name of this elder and tarnish the reputation of the prince.

He had to snort coldly and walked to the mother and daughter before he was about to speak, but he heard Xie Dujun's voice sound: "Yo, women can't come in?" Then I still have to get out. ”

The two nobles who didn't know when they went and returned, seeing that they were about to step out of the door, Sima Yu put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Xie Xiao, it turns out that you have been pretending to be a man for many years, and you have deceived me so hard. ”

Xie Xiao scolded a few words, then pointed to a few relatives behind him, and said, "My guards, all of them are fake daughters. Although she is a woman, her skills are far better than men, and she has been inseparable from me in the past few years, born and died, and has made great contributions. If they can't enter the ancestral hall, I'll have to go out. ”

The lights were dim before, and these eight guards were all dressed in jujube red pleats, wearing fishskin long knives at their waists, with solemn expressions and imposing momentum, so that people did not dare to look directly, but now they were reminded by Xie Xiaoyi, only to find that these eight people were either heroic or delicate and beautiful, and they were all beautiful women.

For example, Commander Zhao and other soldiers paid attention to his hands, which were also slender and powerful with five fingers, lacking the delicate and delicate beauty of ordinary women, and there were thick calluses on the fingertips, knuckles, and palm edges.

For example, the two elders of the Liu family are diametrically opposed, angrily scolding a few women in their hearts for being unruly and showing their heads into what kind of system, but they dare not have any different colors on their faces, in the end, they are nobles, even if the two of them occupy the righteousness of guarding the ancestral hall and protecting filial piety, they are blameless on the surface, if something goes wrong with the nobles because of this, a single Xie family can turn Sanhezhuang upside down in a single turn.

Seeing that Xie Xiao was about to step out of the gate of the ancestral hall, Uncle Liu hurriedly slapped his younger brother hard, and then made an old-fashioned posture, bowed down and said, "Xie Dujun, please stay." This is the confusion of the younger brother...... Naturally, the relatives in the village will come in for refuge. ”

Xie Xiao snorted and said, "You are also confused, your brother is also confused, if there are three more elders, four elders, and five elders, will you also be confused?" The enemy is currently in trouble, but you can't afford to be confused by your brothers. ”

These words were a bit heavy, Uncle Liu's face was pale, he gritted his teeth and knelt down to plead guilty, while Second Uncle Liu hurriedly bowed to the woman and said in a low voice: "Da Niu daughter-in-law, is it the second uncle's, the second uncle pleads for you, come in quickly, don't delay the next person." ”

The woman had ever been on such an occasion, and she trembled for a while, and she didn't even dare to speak, but she was also clever, hurriedly walked into the door, pulled her daughter again, knelt down in front of Sima Yu and Xie Xiao from a distance, kowtowed, and then went to the depths of the ancestral hall.

Then, without hindrance, Commander Zhao hurriedly moved hundreds of Sanhezhuang villagers to the ancestral hall.

Sima Yu and Xie Xiao avoided the crowd and stood by a pomegranate tree in the front yard of the ancestral hall to watch, many villagers naturally saw the previous dispute in their eyes, and now they entered the ancestral hall to be sheltered, and one after another, villagers, women, and women with foreign surnames knelt down and bowed to the two nobles from afar, with pure gratitude on their faces.

Sima Yu looked at it, and suddenly sighed: "Whether these people are dead or alive has nothing to do with the overall situation. I originally thought that this order was given by Lu Sheng, and I had done it for him, so that I could please him. However, now I feel that it is also interesting to do a good deed every day. ”

Xie Xiao crossed his arms, stroked his chin and snorted, "I also have credit." ”

Sima Yue smiled, squinting at the noble son's handsome appearance, although he was older, he was still handsome and moving, and he had a unique charm. He was a little moved for a while, so he got closer and laughed in a low voice: "Ah Xiao, I can't help the two of us, so it's better to go to the wing room to rest and make less trouble for the guards." ”

Xie Xiao glanced at him with a smile, "Why should the prince bother in vain, my Xie Xiao has a heart, I don't change it for twenty years, and I can't change it in another twenty years." Then he turned his head and ordered: "Peony, send four people to assist the Yulin Army, and leave four people with you." ”

One of the eight guards responded briefly, and then ordered the four to leave, while Xie Xiao turned around and said with a smile: "It's just that the house is tight, and I want to wronged His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to spend a night with me." ”

Sima Yu touched a soft nail that was not big or small, and his face was a little sneered for a while, but he had to follow Xie Xiao, and while walking into the wing, he muttered: "Twenty years? How old were you twenty years ago? How do you belong? Could it be that you have taken a fancy to Xie Ying? ”

Xie Xiao smiled silently, and refused to reveal a word.

In the distance, there was a noisy sound of birds flapping their wings and squeaking indiscriminately, and the flock of birds was approaching like a dark cloud in the blink of an eye, as if a cloud was destroying the city, and it was gloomy and attacking.

The black pressed feathers covered the entire gossip mirror, and not even a trace of the gap could be seen, "Xie Ying" raised his hand and stroked it, and the scenery disappeared, and the gossip mirror returned to a smooth mirror.

He turned around and sighed: "The Devil Mother God and Lu Sheng have an old grudge, and now they are naturally enemies who see each other and are very angry. Xie Ying, I'm only worried that Lu Sheng will not succeed in his division and will die in Sanhezhuang. ”

He raised his head, looked at the wall of the vast hall, and said softly, "Are you serious...... Not worried? ”

Monolithic black iron chains crisscrossed by cobwebs on walls made of pitch-black basalt that seem to have stood forever entangle a young man, imprisoning him.

The man's long black hair was scattered all the way to his feet, and he was dressed in a dark coat as black as night, black hair and black clothes, black black iron, and only one face was white, like a glacier that was gradually engulfed by darkness, completely lost, and only a glimmer of light remained on the summit of the white ice and snow.

Under the man's soft questioning, he slowly opened his cold eyes and looked at the man who looked exactly like him.

This person is the real Xie Ying.