Chapter 081: In Luoyang (1)
The family hurried and finally arrived in Luoyang the day before Qingming.
Qi Lingtao, the current patriarch of the Qi family, immediately took his children and nephews to Luoyang City to greet him after getting the news.
"Dad, the uncle's family returned to Luoyang coldly, did something happen in the capital?"
Qi Lingtao's eldest son, Qi Xianzhi, was full of worry and whispered in his father's ear.
can't blame him for thinking too much, Qi Lingxian and Qi Lingyuan have lived in the capital for a long time and rarely return to their hometown. The last time he came back, it was more than ten years ago, Qi Lingxian's father Qi Qiang died, and Qi Lingxian, Qi Jin's father and son helped the spirit to return to their hometowns and buried Qi Qiang's coffin in Qi's ancestral grave.
Four years ago, the Qi family suffered a catastrophe, except for a few hundred acres of sacrificial fields, all the industries in Luoyang were confiscated.
Qi Lingtao was frightened, afraid of being implicated, and afraid of losing his livelihood, so after thinking about it a few times, he ran to the capital with his family to join Qi Lingxian.
As a result, after living in the capital for less than a year, major events happened in the Qi family one after another.
First of all, Qi Lingyuan was forced to divide the sect, Qi Lingtao accepted the benefits of the eldest princess, helped to say some good things, and finally contributed to the matter.
thought that it would be peaceful since then, but who would have thought that the thousands of taels of silver that the eldest princess gave to Qi Lingtao had not yet been heated, and Qi Lingyuan was questioned all over the house for participating in the rebellion.
Even the eldest princess, the royal noblewoman, was forced to commit suicide, and the general of Qi Lingyuan's dignified southwest camp was also escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market and beheaded.
In the entire Eastern Qi Dynasty, only the two brothers Qi Qinzhi and Qi Mianzhi survived in the end. That's it, it's because Qi Lingxian took out the edict of the ancestor left by the ancestor.
The successive disasters almost frightened Qi Lingtao's courage. I'm afraid that I'll be implicated too.
You know, he has received a lot of benefits from Dongqi. In case any money is stolen, Qi Lingtao can't say if he has 10,000 mouths!
I hurriedly discussed it with my grandmother. Qi Lingtao decided that it would be better to leave the capital, a place of right and wrong.
Hastily said hello to Qi Lingxian, and Qi Lingtao's family almost fled and ran all the way back to Luoyang.
In any case, the Qi family still has sacrificial fields in their hometown, and it is a dream to live a rich life like in the past, but after careful planning, it is no problem to let the clansmen be fed and clothed.
Before leaving. Qi Lingtao also gave Qi Lingtao a sum of money, and asked him to buy some more sacrificial fields and pay for the right to study the clan. lest the sons and nephews of the clan be cut off from their studies.
In addition, when Qi Lingtao was in the capital, he successively got some silver coins from the eldest princess and the county lord of Qinghe, and the total amount was quite considerable. At least their lives in this room are guaranteed.
Take the opportunity to give Qi Ling the opportunity to buy a sacrificial field first. Qi Lingtao quietly bought some land for his family.
In this way, the Qi clan in Luoyang finally settled down, and Qi Lingtao's life was especially leisurely.
It has only been three or four years since the stable days, but Qi Lingxian hurriedly returned to Beijing, and said slowly that Qi Xianzhi's juniors were uneasy, and even Qi Lingtao was a little worried.
But in front of his son, Qi Lingtao must not show his timid side, he reprimanded with a straight face: "What nonsense? Your uncle dreamed of his ancestors. Worried that the old ancestor had been wronged over there, he deliberately took his family back to his hometown to repair the ancestral tomb. What's a big deal and not a big deal. There was such a big mess in Beijing last year, didn't your uncle have nothing to do? ”
Qi Xianzhi was still a little worried, pouted and said, "Dreaming? Dad, do you believe that? Who is my uncle? The fierce general who broke out of the sea of corpses and blood, how tenacious his heart was, how could he be disturbed by a mere dream? ”
Qi Lingxian and Qi Lingyuan are big heroes in the minds of the juniors of the Qi family, they have grown up listening to their stories of fighting on the battlefield and training the Qi family army since they were children, Qi Xianzhi would not believe that such a strong uncle would be as weak as a woman.
It's clear that there is something, Qi Xianzhi is confident that his mind is still very bright.
Qi Lingtao stretched out his hand and slapped the back of his son's head, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Little rabbit, are you smart?!" Let me tell you, as long as there is a prince, your uncle and his family will be fine! ”
The relationship between the county lord of Qinghe and Queen Ma is the biggest life-saving talisman of the Qi family, at least Qi Lingtao comforts himself like this.
Qi Xianzhi pursed his lips and didn't dare to say anything more.
No sooner had the father and son finished their conversation than the sound of horses' hooves trampling and the sound of wooden wheels crushing the ground.
Not long after, the Qi family's exclusive ironclad guards took the lead in breaking into everyone's sight, and behind them were Qi Lingxian and Qi Jinzhi, who were sitting on high horses.
Qi Lingtao cheered up and greeted him with a smile.
"Brother, you're back!"
Qi Lingtao greeted Qi Lingxian affectionately.
Qi Lingxian threw off the saddle and dismounted, walked a few steps quickly to Qi Lingtao, held his arms, and said with a smile: "Well, I'm back." The spring is cold, but I am still so tired that Ah Tao came to greet him, I am really not a brother. ”
"Where is it, my brother hasn't returned to his hometown for a long time, but it's my little brother, but the clansmen are very worried, it's easy to come back today, how can there be any reason not to welcome it?"
Qi Lingtao was able to gain the favor of his grandmother and defeat other brothers to become the patriarch, and his verbal skills played a decisive role. The best thing is that he said it well, and the look on his face matched appropriately.
No matter what you think in your heart, at least when you look at it, you will feel that what he says is sincere.
Even if he knew that it was a flattering lie, after Qi Lingtao's interpretation, it was very comfortable.
"I haven't seen you for three or four years, Brother Jin has become more and more stable and sophisticated, I heard that I am now an official in Dali Temple? Oh, it's really worthy of being the son of our Qi family, it's not ambiguous to fight on horseback, and it's no problem to become a civil official! This is Brother Yan of the IKEA family, tsk, as the legend says, it is as gentle and elegant as the legend. Yo, Brother Heng has grown so tall, the last time you were in Beijing, you were only so old, and now you have become a big boy-"
Qi Lingtao greeted the three brothers of Qi Jin one by one, and called his sons and nephews, asking them to give Qi Ling a salute, "Brother Xian, Brother Yi, Brother Meng, Brother Yuan...... Why don't you hurry up and say hello to your uncle? ”
Seven or eight young people of the 'zhi' generation came up one after another to salute and greet them.
Then he greeted the three brothers of Qi Jinzhi and exchanged salutes.
With Qi Lingtao, a delicate man on both sides, the atmosphere was very warm, and they exchanged pleasantries for a long time before entering the city together.
The ancestral house of the Qi family in Luoyang was also confiscated, and when the government sold it later, the county lord of Qinghe specially ordered someone to buy it at a high price, and left a safe person to guard it.
Now that Qi Lingxian's family has returned, the descendants of the ancestral house have received the news and cleaned the house in advance, and all the furnishings and ornaments have been rearranged according to the owner's preferences.
As the only surviving ancestor of the Qi family, the Jia family rushed to the Qi family in advance with his granddaughter-in-law and great-granddaughter-in-law to 'help'.
It doesn't matter if you help or not, what matters is an attitude.
When Qi Lingxian and the county lord of Qinghe walked into the ancestral house, they saw the Jia family sitting on top of the high hall, and they were moved in their hearts......
PS: Three watches, thank you for my tears no one sees, the monthly pass of the herding fish. Thick, it's finally snowing, and a certain sa can't help but fantasize, when can the monthly pass be smashed into a certain sa's face like endless snowflakes? O(∩_∩)O~(To be continued......)