Chapter 114: Xu Yuan quietly returned to his hometown
Meng Jia smiled: "I didn't know that the master still had such a side." "Of course, Master is amazing, and he also said that when I grow up, he will leave me alone. It makes me want to go anywhere, unlike you, senior brother, who are so wide in charge of everything. "That's what Master said?" Meng Jia was a little skeptical.
"Senior brother, it's true. Senior sister, how can I bluff you with this? Yue Han patted her chest and said, but Meng Jia could still see that she was a little weak-hearted. When Master brought you back, you weren't as tall as my legs, so I couldn't remember where my room was. You can remember what you say, if you are so powerful, how can you be fooled to the north? ”
"Who says I'm being fooled?" The little girl was in a hurry. "That's because I want to come out and have a look, that's why I came here for a walk, the world is so big, I always have to appreciate it." Meng Jia said with a smile: "Since you started practicing Gu, you have to die a lot of Gu worms every winter, and you don't know about the severe cold in the north." Your Gu worm shouldn't be unresponsive either. ”
Yue Han held his cheeks and ignored him, thinking in his heart that it was indeed since he came to the northern realm, the detoxification Gu had been sleeping all day, and he rarely had time to wake up. "The snow on the mountain can sometimes fall to my waist, and under such conditions, I can't help it when the Gu worm dies. Besides, it's not winter, my Gu worms are not as easy to bully as you think. ”
The weather was a little cold, and the inn was lit with charcoal fires, and Meng Jia bought a jar of wine and was taken over by Yue Han as soon as he poured a bowl. "What are you doing? Little girls don't drink. Meng Jia reached out to take it, but she raised her head and drank it. Who says it can't? I want to try it, it's what it tastes like, and will it go around people's hearts and minds. ”
Drinking it in one gulp, it was too spicy, Yue Han pursed his lips and frowned and forced himself to sit down. "You drink so much? Have you drunk it before? "No, where am I going to find wine in the mountains?" Meng Jia smiled, it seems that the little girl is going to have some foreign appearance. "I've never drunk alcohol before, do you really miss that kid."
"What do you want him to do? Senior brother, don't laugh at me. Yue Han was a little dizzy, and his mouth was a little slurred. He doesn't know where to be happy now, and he leaves me alone in this place, I'm afraid that his heart will be happy. "What does it feel like to drink?" "It's so spicy, it's not so happy at all, it's so unpleasant, why do so many people love to drink it?"
"Because they don't have everything going their way." Meng Jia poured a full glass of wine and drank it slowly. "What about you, senior brother, are you satisfied, don't you have a favorite girl?" In the middle of the matter, Meng Jia drank it in one gulp. "Yes, the last time I went back to see her, the child could walk."
"Then why didn't she wait for you?" "In a few years, there is no need for people to wait, the youth of the little girl is not like a man, and she can't afford it." "Senior brother, it has been very chaotic here in the past few years, and we have encountered a few bandits on the way here. You say you're not with her, you say you don't see her man either, in case something happens. ”
Meng Jia woke up, and he suddenly remembered that there was no man last time. "You little girl is really smart, how do you know that there is no man. If her man died. Then I can go back to her. "Senior brother!" Yue Han patted Meng Jia's shoulder with great strength. "We can't do murder and illegal things!"
The sound was so loud that it attracted the attention of the diners around him. Meng Jia had to explain embarrassedly: "I'm sorry everyone, my junior sister drank too much. Everybody, go on, go on. Finally put the dead Yue Han back into the room, Meng Jia was a little irritable. Master has so many skills, why did he only teach me so little?
"My lord, where are we going? All the way north, you will reach Mongolia. The guard said with some concern. You don't know, my hometown is in the north, and now that Qingming is approaching, I just want to go home and see. After being away from home for so many years, I am a wanderer everywhere. He sighed, put on his coat, braved the light rain, and tightened his horse.
The road was unimpeded, and when he arrived at the post station, Haizhou Taishou came to visit. "I have heard the prestige of the Lord for a long time, and when I see it today, I am really magnificent." Xu Yuan didn't talk much about the past with him, and asked directly: "How long have you been here as an official?" "Taishou thinks about it, don't you want to transfer me back to Kyoto?
"Back to my lord, Xiaguan Haiqing has been guarding Haizhou Town for three years. During his tenure, no Mongol cavalry came to harass him. Taishou replied word by word. Three years, then do you know, where is the ancestral grave of my Xu family? Xu Yuan wondered. Taishou was even more puzzled, didn't he come to inspect the work?
"Xia Guan doesn't know, it's just that there was a martial temple in the city many years ago, which was dedicated to General Xu Shu of Lingtang, if the adults want to pay tribute, then you might as well go there to pay homage to the statue of General Xu." Taishou said as he watched Xu Yuan's expression. He was a little puzzled and asked, "Why do you want to use my father to make a martial temple?" His martial arts are not particularly top-notch. ”
"The reason for this, Xia Guan thinks that the people miss and admire General Xu's prestige and benevolence, and want to worship him to bring peace to Haizhou City." As soon as Tai Shou said this, he himself felt a little flattering, Xu Yuan nodded, his father did hold Haizhou in office, and was not trampled on by Mongolia. "Who built it?" "After the death of General Xu, the general soldier built it, and the people raised the money."
Xu Yuan nodded and said to Taishou: "You have worked hard to guard the northern border of the Great Zhou in this Haizhou for so long. Taishou was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "I hope that the Lord will say a few more kind words in front of His Majesty, Hai is grateful!" Xu Yuan bowed his head, and then sent the Taishou away, before he said to the guards: "Let's go to the Martial God Temple for a walk." ”
A small temple, sitting in the middle of the city, the incense is very strong. Xu Yuan walked over, and a tree was planted in the small temple, and the tree was full of wishes, tied with red silk strips, and swayed gently with the wind. Pushing open the door, there were no monks or Taoists inside, but it was clean and there were no fallen leaves. A clay statue of the god stood there, looking deeply at the north, his sword clutched tightly in his hand.
Xu Yuan's tears almost burst out of his eyes, when he left home, his father told him to be loyal to Da Zhou. Now he has done it, he is so old, but his father is still as radiant as he was back then. It's just that he can only stand there and watch him, and he can't say a word anymore.