After walking out of He Yuan, Qiuyue got married, married a vegetable farmer, and was bedridden and passed away within half a year. Taigong went to Qingcheng Mountain to invite people from Zhongnan Province. After the Zhongnan Daoist walked into He Yuan, the first step was to step into Mrs. Wang's room, and then called Taigong and said, "Immeasurable Tianzun, old layman, quickly ask someone to bring a bowl of water." ”

Taigong called a subordinate to bring a bowl of water, and the Zhongnan Taoist took out a piece of apricot yellow paper, wrote the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest with a pen, and spread it in the clear water. The apricot paper floats above the clear water, and then throws an embroidery needle in the four directions of the apricot paper, with the tip of the needle pointing due south. The breeze blew the apricot yellow paper spinning on the clear water, and the Taoist stared at the embroidery needle, and said angrily: "Where did you come from, you have to disturb the world, otherwise the poor Dao invited the Sanqing Patriarch to beat your soul and scattered, and you will never be able to live forever," after speaking, he took a deep breath.

After that, Taigong asked, "Dao Chief, what do you think is going on?" ”

This was originally a trip to Zhongtang, and then his brother and Lin died of illness in the banditry, and then He Zhongtang was raided for corruption, and blood was washed here. The servants and the maids collectively hanged themselves in this room, so the resentment in this room was very heavy. The old layman can scatter glutinous rice and burn some paper money to comfort these homeless souls, and it will be fine. ”

"The old man just does it, thank you."

"This is a matter within the poor road, the old man doesn't need to thank him, okay, the poor road is about to leave."

"The old man sent the Taoist chief."

"The old layman's mind is poor, so he stays and leaves," and then the governor of Zhongnan turned around and left, his pace was very brisk, as if he was fluttering and drifting away.

Taigong's birthday is approaching, and He Yuan's subordinates and maids are all looking for this matter, and the subordinates are going in and out. In front of He Yuan's gate, a middle-aged man stood with a little girl next to him. The little girl looked at the middle-aged man next to her and said, "Father." ”

"Qian'er, stand here and don't move, go and knock on the door for your father," after saying that, he walked up the stone steps, stood in front of the door, grabbed the knocker and knocked on the door. The servant opened the door, poked his head out, and said, "Who are you?" ”

"Has my uncle been at home in the past few days, my birthday is approaching, Yu Meng is here to celebrate my uncle's birthday, please let me know."

"Okay, you guys wait here."

Yu Meng is a distant nephew of Taigong, and he has rarely had contact since he moved out of his hometown to Chengdu. I have also heard about Yu Meng, and I heard that this person is famous for his bravery in his hometown, and he can kill a strong cow with his bare hands. When I was a child, in the mountains behind my house, there were often big white tigers infested, hurting people's lives, and people called it a harm. People gathered together to talk about the tiger's color change, listen to the old people in the hometown, in our village there is a strong man, the strength is infinite, this person will go up the mountain to beat the big white tiger to death, peel off the skin in the village to show off the elegance, the people in the village called the tiger hero, amazing. Now that this person has a family, and he has a very well-behaved daughter, his previous reputation has long faded, so he has never heard of this person. Now that he is going to He Yuan to celebrate the birthday of his father, many people who are doing things in He Yuan do not know him, which is normal.

When he was young, the prince and his wife, Mrs. Chen, He Jiehao and others went out to greet him.

"Meng'er, you're here."

"Uncle, aunt," Yu Meng stepped forward very excitedly, stood in front of the prince and Mrs. Tai, looked at the prince and Mrs. Tai, and said, "Uncle and aunt, you are all old." ”

"There is always a time when people are old, and they are now in the age of sixties."

"Qian'er, come over and call Grandpa, Grandma," Yu Meng said as he looked back at the little girl behind him. The little girl stepped forward to look at the princess and Mrs. Tai, Yu Meng stood aside and said, "Hurry up." ”

"Grandpa, grandma."

Taigong agreed happily and said, "Well, this is Ling Qianjin." ”

"This is my cousin's little daughter, Yu Shuqian."

"Shuqian," Taigong squatted down and stroked Yu Shuqian's head, then stood up and said: "You and my uncle and nephew haven't spoken for many years, it is estimated that it has been more than ten years, go, enter the house, you and my uncle and nephew have a good talk." ”

Yu Meng and his little daughter entered the hall with the prince, Mrs. Tai and others, and talked about the past and the changes in his hometown, especially the prince who talked about his thoughts. Yu Meng looked at Jie Hao, his wife Chen and the other aunts sitting next to him, and said, "Cousin, cousin-in-law." ”

Jie Hao and his wife Chen just nodded and responded, "Hmm." ”

Jie Hao looked at Yu Meng and faced everyone in the hall, and said: "This cousin of mine has played with me since he was a child, and I remember that he was especially cared for a lot when he was a child, and it was also at this time that he was always bullied by some older children, and my cousin always stood up for me, with a chivalrous demeanor." ”

"My cousin is a Sven man, and he is not good at using force," Yu Meng paused for a while and said: "Cousin, at present, the rebellion of Zhang Ge in the northwest territory is tight, and the Qing Dynasty is the time to employ people, and the foolish brother wants to go to the northwest battlefield and make meritorious contributions to the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Yes, you are right, the court is the time to employ people, recommend to the court for the brotherhood, and with the ability of the cousin, he will definitely soar in the future."

"I'm a martial artist, I can't be an official, I just do a small part for our country."

"The stability of the country depends on the bloody battles of you so-called warriors on the front line."

There is a small opera garden on the South Street of Chengdu Academy, and when you wake up in the morning, you will hear the crisp sound of birdsong, as well as the sound of their voices. The door opened and entered, a group of monkey cubs were very active, turning their heels, practicing singing, and stepping on horses, and the master sat on the Taishi chair holding a long whip, not smiling and very stern, these monkey cubs were respectful and afraid of him. Today, if they didn't practice well, they would be whipped with long whips, so they practiced very hard, for fear that if they did a wrong move, they would be beaten. But these children always have their naïve habits, and they are playful. Every morning, he would be forced by the master to practice morning exercises, and the master would sit on the Taishi's chair and watch these children, with a serious face and not good at smiling.

"Monkey cubs, you have all trained as teachers, if any of you are lazy, then all of you are not allowed to eat, you will be punished, remember?"

The monkey cubs stood in rows and said in unison, "We've all written it down." ”

"Just write it down, and you all go down and practice."

In He Yuan, everyone was busy building the stage, hanging red cards, and the housekeeper stood aside to direct the furnishings around the stage. The princess, Mrs. Tai, his Jiehao, Mrs. Chen and others walked out and stood in front of the stage to watch. The housekeeper Gou Cai stepped forward and bowed his head and smiled: "Master, Mrs. Tai." ”

"Gou Cai, how is this stage built?" Taigong asked.

"Back to the old man, it's basically finished, and I ask the old man and the old man to guide the minions."

Gou Cai led Taigong and Jiehao and their wives to step onto the stage, and Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Chen and other ladies stood aside and looked at the lake and mountains, and now this stage is built here. Taigong looked at the decorations on the stage, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Very good, we don't have any opinion on this." ”

"Master, the slave is going down to get busy."

"Okay, you go get busy."

After Gou Cai retreated, the ladies looked around, Taigong and Jie Hao and others walked out of the stage, sat in the pavilion, and served tea. Taigong looked at the teacup in front of him, then looked at Jie Hao, and said, "Hao'er, you see that among the many theaters in Chengdu, which one do you say we should invite?" ”

"Qiu Hongru, when he made a big fuss in the sky, everyone in the capital knew about it, and when he congratulated the Queen Mother on her birthday, the Queen Mother also praised it, and for some reason moved to Chengdu and started an apprenticeship on the side of Academy Street," Jie Hao mentioned this person without thinking, presumably this person is also about to declare.

"Okay, that's this Qiu Hongru, so who is the most suitable person to send to invite him?"

"As far as the child follows Erbao, this person is careful, and the child is more at ease."

"Grandpa, I'm going too," Shuqian stood next to her father at this time, and after hearing this, she clamored to go.

"They're there to run errands, what are you going to do?" Father Yu Meng sat aside and said.

"No, I'm going to go," Yu Meng also said helplessly at this time: "Look at this kid." ”

"If the child wants to go, let her go," the princess faced Shuqian very kindly, and said, "Child, tell grandpa, what are you going to do?" ”

"Shuqian has been in Chengdu for so long, she hasn't gone out to play, and the two brothers don't play with Shuqian, one is locked in the study all day and no one is seen, and the other doesn't know where to go, Shuqian can't find anything to play, Shuqian just wants to go out and see."

"Okay, grandpa agreed, this Guozhi is too disagreeable, and when Guozhi comes back, grandpa will punish him for you, okay?"

"Grandpa, don't punish my brother for governing the country."

"Okay, grandpa listens to you, don't punish Zhi'er, if Zhi'er bullies you in the future, you have to tell grandpa."

"Okay, Shuqian will tell grandpa."