"The old man summoned you to come here to let you go back to your hometown to preside over the ancestor worship and worship ceremony, it is natural for you to be the eldest son of the He family to replace your grandfather, I don't know what your opinion is?" In the face of national security, Taigong still solicited his opinion in a consultative tone.

"My grandson is willing to go."

Guozhi stood up and said, "Grandpa, my grandson is willing to accompany my brother to go, and I can protect him all the way." ”

"Okay, the old man agreed," the prince smiled very proudly: "Okay, you go back to rest, you have to hurry tomorrow." ”

Guozhi got up and bowed and saluted, "Grandson has retired," and then Guoan also got up and said, "Grandpa, grandson is also going back to the room." ”

"Go ahead," Taigong waved his hand. The two brothers, Guoan and Guoji, exited Taigong's room together. Early the next morning, they set off, Guoan sat in the carriage and bumped all the way, Guozhi rode a white horse to accompany the guard, and the coachman sat in front of the chariot and galloped on the mountain path. It wasn't until dusk that Guoan lifted the curtain, poked his head out of the window, and asked, "Where are we?" Guozhi came slowly on a white horse and said, "Brother, we have reached the realm of Fuhu. ”

Guoan stopped the carriage and got out of the car, looked at the stone monument next to the road, there was a stone tiger lying on the stone tablet, and its crouching tiger roared between a hundred miles, looked at the sky, and said: "Guozhi, it's late to see the sky, let's find an inn, settle down first, and then hurry tomorrow How about you?" ”

"Okay, I'll go and investigate, and you guys will rest in place."

"Go and get back."

Kuniji just nodded and rode forward on a white horse. Guoan sat on the rock, his eyes looking straight ahead, and the coachman stood aside. It's been a day of running all the way, Guoan swallowed his saliva and felt that his mouth was a little dry, and stretched out a hand to the coachman. The coachman untied the water bag and handed it over. Guoan took the water bag and took a few sips to moisten his throat. Guozhi rode back, stood in front of Guoan, and said, "Brother, there is an inn not far ahead, we can go and settle down and think about other things." ”

"Okay," Guoan stood up and looked at the coachman standing aside, and then the coachman stepped forward to kick Guoan's saddle horse. The back of the Guoan bicycle driver slowly got into the car, and the driver sat in front and walked slowly forward. Ahead is a small town, and there are quite a few people passing by. Guozhi rode his horse and stopped in front of the Tiger Mountain Inn and looked up. Guozhi said to Guoan in the carriage: "Brother, go forward and ask for your brother first." ”

Guoan opened the curtain, poked his head out, and said, "Brother, go forward and ask." ”

Guozhi dismounted and walked into this inn, and the owner of the store saw Guozhi walk in and greeted him and said with a smile: "Does the guest officer want to stay in the hotel?" ”

"Yes, do you have a room?"

"Yes, it's empty, may I ask the guest officer whether he will live in the upper room or the lower room."

"There are three rooms in the upper room, and there are people outside the inn, this is the silver taels of the hotel," after saying that, Guozhi took out the package and took out some silver taels from the package. The shopkeeper looked at the silver two on the counter and couldn't speak for a long time. Guozhi looked at the shopkeeper and said, "I don't know if it's enough?" ”

"Enough, enough," the shopkeeper stuffed the two ingots of silver into his arms, looked at Guozhi and said, "Guest officer, please go upstairs." ”

"There are two friends outside the door."

"We're going to pick it up, we're going to pick it up, I don't know if the food is eaten upstairs or downstairs?"

"Let's just go upstairs."

Kuniji walked upstairs and into his room. The shopkeeper and a few guys walked out of the door and introduced Guoan and the coachman into the shop and settled down. The next day, accompanied by the coachman, Guoan went to the altar to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, and the clan elders walked out of the ancestral hall to greet them. Guoan walked slowly up the stone steps, bowed, and said, "Elders, you are so polite in your late life. ”

One of the clan elders stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency is the young master of the country," in the eyes of these clan elders, only the second young master of the He family is qualified to come to worship the ancestors. Guoan is in such a stalemate, which is very uncomfortable in his heart, so he thinks that they only know that there is a country in the He family, but they don't know the eldest young master He Guoan, maybe it is the reason why he is rarely born. We all know that he has no important deeds in the He family, and it is no wonder that others. However, in their hearts, the rule of the country is different, they know that the rule of the country is chivalrous and strong in martial arts, and they were born as a jinshi, it seems that they have heard of the rule of the country for a long time.

"Under is He Guoan, the eldest young master of the He family, okay, don't talk about this, start worshipping the ancestors," He Guoan led them into the ancestral hall, kneeling in front of the ancestral shrine three times and kowtowing, the clan elders behind them all knelt down one after another, looking up at the ancestral spiritual position and praying silently, the next person took the lit incense, Guoan stood up and took the three incense sticks and inserted this into the incense burner, and then entered the Confucian Temple to begin to worship the hole.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the eldest young master He Guoan to worship his ancestors, the second young master He Guozhi couldn't stay in the inn. So I went out and took this opportunity to see the landscape of my hometown and appreciate the beauty of the landscape of my hometown. Go to see the old house of the He family, climb the mountain behind the old house, the breeze is gentle, which makes people's mood relaxed and happy. I remember that when I was a child, I often heard my grandfather talk about some things in his hometown, and there was a big mountain behind the house, called Huohong Mountain, and there was a temple at the other end of Huohong Mountain, called Chongyang Temple. This Chongyang Temple was built by the previous dynasty, and it seems that he is also quite related to this mountain. Walking at the foot of the mountain, suddenly there was a cry of someone, Guozhi stepped forward and stood on the top of the mountain bag, under the mountain bag there was an old man lying on the ground, it seemed that he was dying, next to a young man kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, and these evil slaves around him raised their whips and beat them. Guozhi was so angry that he jumped down and said, "You all stop for me," grabbing the whip that came down with one hand and blocking the front of the young man.

"Yo, who are you? How dare you take care of our affairs," the evil slaves stood in front of the ruler of the country, and they looked very arrogant.

"You just need to remember a chivalrous man, you don't need to know who I am?" After finishing speaking, Guozhi turned around and helped the old man up, and said, "Grandpa, are you okay?" ”

Behind him, an evil slave stepped forward and said proudly: "Boy, do you know who our backstage is, I'm afraid to scare you to death if I say it, our backstage is Mrs. He." Boy, kneel down and admit your mistakes to grandpa if you know each other, don't worry about this matter, you can't afford to provoke it. ”

"Dog and human power guy, I am in charge of the affairs of the He family."

The long whip in the hand of a wicked slave whipped out, and Guozhi dodged sideways, only hearing a few "ho-ho". Guozhi stretched out his hand and grabbed the long whip again, pulled the evil slave with a little force, and pounced down, and threw a hungry dog to grab food, the evil slave suddenly panicked, and retreated sharply, and then Guozhi turned to face them.

The old man in the back breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the country in front of him, and said, "Young man, you better go, we are this life, don't take your life for us, child." ”

The young man next to him helped the old man and said, "Grandpa." ”

"Grandpa, don't worry, they can't hurt me," and then turned around and said, "Are you fighting alone or together?" ”

More than a dozen evil slaves surrounded Guozhi in the middle, the wooden stick in his hand was a random beating, Guozhi dodged and dodged but could not get close to his body, one hand stretched out under the wooden stick under the down, raised and turned over, one end of the wooden stick seemed to be close to his hand, no matter how many times the other party pulled it, he couldn't pull his palm. Guozhi's outstretched palm only needs to push forward, and this person sits on the ground with a buttocks, and he doesn't know why he is here? With the other hand, he grabbed the wooden stick he hit and jumped up, kicking each other with his legs, and the evil slave's chest ate him a few times, and finally he was kicked out by Guozhi, flying out and falling heavily to the ground. Guozhi stepped forward and said, "Get out!" ”

These wicked slaves get up and run.

Guozhi turned around and stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, I'll send you home." ”

The young man helped the old man, and the old man looked at Guozhi and said in surprise: "Young man, your kung fu is amazing!" ”

"Grandpa, don't make fun of me, it's just three-legged cat kung fu, it's okay to deal with them, it's hard to really come in handy," Guozhi escorted the old man to stand at the door of their house, looking at the ruined wall and the mud wall that was about to collapse, and a layer of straw was laid on it. When he came here, he realized that our people were living such a life, and his heart was very bitter.

"Grandpa, this is your home."

"That's right, Xiaoliu, please come in and sit down."

"Hero, please," Guozhi walked into their house, which was a table for eating and a bed, very simple. The old man turned around and saw Guozhi who had walked in, and said, "Hero, please sit down," and said to the young man: "Hero, I'm hungry, go cook." ”

"Yes, grandpa."

After Guozhi sat down, he said, "Are there only two of you grandchildren in the family?" ”

"Yes, Xiaoliu, this kid, it's bitter! Since he was a child, he has been dependent on each other for his life, and his parents died early. The child died of childbirth, his father died of the famine that year, the family was poor, and there was nothing to rely on Xiaoliu to survive. ”

"I think these people are forcibly domineering, who are they?"

"The He family has a housekeeper, Gou Cai, you know."

"I've heard of that."

"Gou Cai is a powerful person, and it is reasonable for these people under him to be arrogant. The country's taxes are heavy, we poor people can't afford to pay taxes, only to do some farm work for the He family so that our life can be maintained, last year there was a locust plague, the grain in the field is not harvested, these people come to the door every day to blow us to pay rent, get up before dawn to do farm work, otherwise it will be a severe beating. Ah San next door was sick, but he still worked in the field, and he didn't let us hire a doctor, so he died in the field. ”

"Dog minion," Guozhi angrily patted the case.