"Ranger?"

Xie Dingguo was taken aback: "Why are there rangers in our house?" ”

Speaking of which, the Xie family has been a military family since their ancestors, and they have always taken it as their duty to protect their families and defend the country.

The Xie family looked down on those rangers for their profligate appearance, and the rangers also felt that the Xie family was too high-minded and had never had any contacts.

Therefore, as soon as Xie Dingguo heard that the ranger had come to the door, his first reaction was to be surprised, and the second should be to be vigilant: "Tell people to be on guard." ”

The housekeeper bowed his head and answered, and asked Xie Dingguo: "Those rangers kept saying that they wanted to see the master, and they also said that there were important things, and they didn't know ......."

Xie Dingguo waved his hand: "Go and call them in, remember to be careful." ”

The housekeeper agreed to go out, Xie Dingguo looked at Mrs. Xie and Qi Tongsuo, Qi Tongsuo smiled: "You go out, I'll accompany grandma to dinner." ”

Xie Dingguo smiled and went out with his hands, not long after he left, Old Madam Xie pointed to the copper lock and said, "I don't know if these rangers are good or bad when they come to the door, why don't we go over and take a look." ”

Qi Tongsuo hurriedly got up and helped Mrs. Xie to the front hall.

But when Xie Dingguo arrived in the front hall, there were several prominent rangers sitting in the room with swords, Xie Dingguo hurriedly smiled and said: "Tell a few people to wait for a long time." ”

When those rangers saw Xie Dingguo, they all got up and hugged their fists in salute: "I've seen Little Grandpa Xie." ”

Xie Dingguo smiled: "What little grandfather is not a little grandfather, our Xie family's title is gone, and what little grandfather, no one makes fun of it." ”

A ranger in green said with a straight face: "Whether you have a title or not, we all recognize you as a little grandfather, with the merits of General Xie, we only have to respect you, and no one dares to make fun of you." ”

Xie Dingguo shook his head with a wry smile, asked everyone to sit down, and thought that it was the Dragon Boat Festival, so he asked: "You came in a hurry, I'm afraid you haven't eaten, even if you come, at least you have to eat a few brown seeds." ”

Without waiting for others to answer, Xie Dingguo asked the housekeeper to arrange a guest meal, and asked the housekeeper to bring some brown seeds wrapped at home.

Several rangers saw that Xie Dingguo was courteous everywhere, and they were very careful and considerate in arranging for them, so they all got up and thanked each other.

Xie Dingguo waited for him to sit down before asking, "I don't know what happened when you came to see me?" ”

"This ......"

A few rangers, you look at me, I look at you, and finally the green-clothed ranger got up and said, "We came here to say something to Grandpa Xie...... This...... Grandpa Xie, please don't be angry, here's the thing, last winter, the army of Beiliang stationed in Yanzhou saw that the people's hearts were scattered, and when they saw that many people in Yanzhou were dragging their families and wanting to run, they killed a lot of people to serve the public. ”

As soon as Xie Dingguo heard about the matter in Yanzhou, he immediately became serious.

The ranger coughed and continued: "In addition to killing people, a general surnamed Jin in Northern Liang also picked up the grave of the old general Xie in a fit of anger, and when he picked up the grave, he also pressed the people of Yanzhou to go over and see, how many people cried when they saw that the old general could not be at peace after his death, and several old elders also quarreled with the people of Northern Liang for this reason, and also gave their lives. ”

"What?" Xie Dingguo stood up violently, his eyes widened, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and it was obvious that he was already angry: "Grandpa's grave was picked up, who picked it up?" ”

The green-clothed ranger shook his head: "I only know that it was an order from a general surnamed Jin, and the rest of us don't know, at that time, several of us were playing in Yanzhou, and we also saw those people in Beiliang digging graves, we respected the old general, and couldn't bear to call him the only little bones in the wilderness, so we rushed to the night and injured the soldiers guarding the tomb in Beiliang, robbed the old general's clothes, and some bones ran away." ”

When he said this, another ranger said: "We are making this fuss, Beiliang is everywhere, and we have been hiding for a long time, waiting for the wind to die down before leaving Yanzhou, and it is only now that we have come to send the bones of the old general to the little grandfather." ”

Xie Dingguo took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, lifted his shirt, knelt down heavily towards several rangers, and snorted three times: "A few people have great kindness to my Xie family, please accept my Xie Dingguo's worship, and in the future, if I Xie Dingguo has two words, I will not be able to die if the sky thunders and splits." ”

The green-clothed ranger was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly went over to help Xie Dingguo: "What is this little grandfather, we also respect the old general as a person, but we are just doing our part, we are not here to ask for rewards, you, you hurry up, otherwise we will not give you the bones of the old general." ”

The other rangers also nodded yes, Xie Dingguo got up, and asked the rangers for the old general's clothes and bones, and when he said what he wanted, he heard an exclamation outside: "Grandma, grandma......"

Xie Dingguo was in a hurry, and when he went out a few steps, he saw that Mrs. Xie had passed out under the corridor, and Qi Tongsuo was hugging her and shouting.

"What's wrong with Grandma?" Seeing this, Xie Dingguo was also worried.

Qi Tongsuo hugged Mrs. Xie tightly, and tears flashed in his eyes: "Grandma heard those words just now, probably because she was too sad, and she passed out for a while." ”

Xie Dingguo hurriedly pointed to the backyard and said, "You take grandma back, hurry up and invite the doctor to come, I have to thank a few benefactors." ”

Qi Tongsuo nodded heavily: "Don't worry, I will definitely settle grandma, Xianggong, you hurry back and settle grandpa's bones." ”

"It's better for the little grandfather to take care of the old lady first." While he was talking, several rangers also came out of the house, and they all asked Xie Dingguo to take care of Mrs. Xie first, Xie Dingguo was also worried about the old lady, so he and Qi Tongsuo sent the old lady back to the house, and they were busy inviting the doctor.

After the doctor diagnosed the pulse and prescribed medicine, Xie Dingguo asked Qi Tongsuo to take care of the old lady, he went back and respectfully took the bones and clothes of the old general Xie sent by the rangers, and took these things to the ancestral hall of the Xie family to place them behind the tablet of the old general Xie, and burned incense and prayed, knelt on the ground and recited a few Buddhist scriptures, and then came out to entertain the rangers.

Because these rangers sent the bones of the old general back, it can be said that it is a great kindness to the Xie family, Xie Dingguo asked the housekeeper to set out a few guest rooms, asked a few rangers to rest first, and asked the sewing room to make clothes according to the body shape of a few people, and also picked some small servants to serve in the past.

Xie Dingguo settled down very properly and thoughtfully, and when it was dark after settling down, he hurried over to see the old lady.

At this time, Mrs. Xie had already woken up, and when she saw Xie Dingguo coming, she took Xie Dingguo's hand and cried: "I don't accept it, grandson, grandma is not convinced, grandma is uncomfortable, I think my Xie family has been loyal and good generals for generations, for the Great Zhou Southern Expedition and Northern War, your grandfather, your father, your uncle and uncle all died on the battlefield, how many good men in my Xie family are horse leather shrouds, and now only you are the only seedling left, but even so, my Xie family has a heart for the country undiminished, and is still loyal to the Great Zhou, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that faint gentleman unloading the mill and killing the donkey, seeing that my Xie family was useless, he threw it aside, and let outsiders trample on it, your grandfather didn't look at him. ”

Old Madam Xie was really heartbroken, and she almost couldn't breathe when she pulled Xie Dingguo to cry.

Qi Tongsuo patted the old lady's back with a worried face, in case she cried out of breath.

Xie Dingguo made the old lady cry uncomfortably, buried his head in the palm of the old lady's hand and cried loudly.

Qi Tongsuo saw the two ancestors and grandchildren crying like this, and his heart was sour, and he couldn't help but shed tears.

A few girls who rushed over to serve saw the Xie family crying together, thinking that the Xie family had ended up like this for the country and the people, their hearts were sour, and they hated Emperor Chengping.

Old Mrs. Xie took a breath, wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief, and after sitting down, she pulled up Xie Dingguo and said to him very strictly: "I want to come and go, Your Majesty can't tolerate our Xie family, your grandfather's bones were dug out of such a big thing, Your Majesty must know, but even if he knows, he doesn't have a trace of action, even if he is afraid that Beiliang will not dare to ask for it, but he has to sue our family, he has no words, you think, he is afraid that he has already hated our family." ”

Speaking of this, Old Madam Xie let out a long sigh: "Chang'an can't stay anymore, if you stay any longer, my little grandson is afraid that he will die." ”

Xie Dingguo nodded, and then said in a rough voice: "It's better for me to leave Chang'an with my grandmother and the copper lock and our baby, after all, Chang'an is a mess now, and I can't stay anymore." ”

"Nope." Old Madam Xie hurriedly waved her hand: "Your Majesty doesn't ask our Xie family to leave the house, if we leave without saying a word, won't we become fugitives, our Xie family has been bright and honest all their lives, and in the end, we can't be deserters." ”

Mrs. Xie sat on the bed and pondered for a long time, and patted Xie Dingguo's hand: "You are so good to settle your grandfather's bones, and then sort out the ancestral tablet, I asked to see His Majesty on the table, and I didn't ask for anything else, just begged him to read it for the sake of our Xie family's loyal martyrs, and told our family to leave Chang'an, no matter where to go, Chang'an will not be able to stay." ”

Qi Tongsuo heard this and said: "I think about grandma's words very much, grandma is on the table, let's go to Suzhou, go to Shuzhou, there are relatives there, and we can't be hungry for our family." ”

Xie Dingguo also nodded heavily in agreement.

Subsequently, Mrs. Xie drank the medicine and asked Xie Dingguo to write an excerpt and hand it over.

After she slept for a while, she personally met a few rangers, thanked them, and asked a few rangers to settle down at Xie's house, and in the future, if there is a bite of food for her, there will be no shortage of these people.

Originally, those rangers wanted to leave after sending the bones, but when they saw Mrs. Xie fainting in grief, they were not at ease, so they wanted to stay at the Xie family to see if they could help, so they agreed.

The fold was handed over, and the next day, Mrs. Xie entered the palace to see the driver.

At this moment, the Qi family encountered two more happy events.

Originally, Zhou Hongwen and Zhao Wu were admitted to Xiucai last year, but in the autumn township examination, the court delayed the time of the township examination due to the cession of Yanzhou and other things, and it was not until winter that the autumn examination was reopened.

Zhou Hongwen and Zhao Wu are both on the list, Zhou Hongwen took the fifth place in the exam, and Zhao Wu took the eighth place.

After that, it was the palace test, because Zhou Hongwen and Zhao Wu were young and talented, and the two of them were extremely handsome, Emperor Chengping liked it very much when he saw it, and with a stroke of the pen, the two of them were one for the list and one for the flowers, which can be described as infinite scenery.

As for the champion, it is quite depressing to say, the champion is Yun Yao's brother Yun Lang. (To be continued.) )