Tang Dynasty, three years after its establishment, in the spring of March.

Outside the capital city of Chang'an, a farmhouse.

The farmhouse is not large, with a fence in the yard, and three mud houses on the left and right.

It was already the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather was exceptionally cool, and in this farmer's house, many farmers wearing cloth coats came out and went in, and some people set off firecrackers outside the courtyard of this farmer's house.

This place is called Woniu Village, which is a village outside Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

The farmer is having a happy event.

The family name of the farmer who did the happy event was Zhang, and the head of the household was named Zhang Chengde, who was 20 years old this year in Zhang's house, and his ancestral home was the family of Woniu Village outside Chang'an City.

His daughter-in-law, Liu, had just given birth to a baby boy.

These people who came to congratulate were all relatives and friends in this Woniu Village.

Zhang Chengde is in the second line of the family, and there is a brother named Zhang Chengen above him, who is also a farmer in this Woniu Village.

Speaking of this Zhang Chengde, Zhang Chengen's brothers are not named characters.

But their father is very remarkable in this village of Woniu.

Zhang Chengde, Zhang Chengen's father Zhang Gong, was a grassroots soldier commander in the Tang Dynasty's Zuo Xiao Guards in the early years.

The Tang Dynasty was stable for a long time, Zhang Chengde's father Zhang Gong did not fight, and he was already in his forties, so he retired from the army and returned to Woniu Village outside the capital Chang'an.

Because he was originally born in martial arts, there was no war, and everyone knew that Zhang Gong was the captain of the army in the past, and he respected the Zhang family very much.

Today is Zhang Gong's second son, the child of Zhang Chengde's family was born.

Zhang's family added Ding, and Zhang Gong hugged his grandson.

There was an endless stream of relatives and friends who came to congratulate him.

The birth of the child represents the adult's yearning for a better life, not to mention that the family of this Tianding is still the head of this Woniu Village.

Many people come to visit with their own eggs and their own millet.

Zhang's family was very lively for a while.

Zhang Gong is sitting in his house at the moment, holding his newborn grandson in his arms, beckoning relatives and friends in the village to join in the fun.

At this time, the courtyard door was opened, and someone walked in with a large rooster in his hand.

This person's surname is Song, his name is Song Huai, and he is known as Song Limen, he is a famous iron rooster in Woniu Village, and he is the uncle of Zhang Chengde's daughter-in-law, and the Zhang family and Song Huai are cousins. Among the relatives and friends of Daoxi, Song Huai walked into the house with a big rooster in his hand.

As soon as he entered the house, Song Huai said, "Uncle child, I heard from the villagers that my cousin's family is Tianding, and I came to congratulate the child's uncle, congratulations." ”

Zhang Gong handed the child to his second son Zhang Chengde, who was standing beside him, and got up to give in, "We are all relatives, come here, and bring something." Although he said so, he still took the rooster and handed it to his daughter-in-law Song.

Song Huai has been famous for picking the door for a long time, the reason why Song Huai is called Song Picking is a famous iron rooster in Woniu Village, that year, his father died, and he was buried in the first seven years, and many relatives and friends helped.

He didn't even have a decent reception, but the Wang family prepared a banquet and sent it to his uncle and grandfather, so he had the nickname of Iron Rooster.

Seeing that all the relatives and juniors in the house were present, he said, "My nephew has a girl, such a happy event, can I come empty-handed, isn't it chilling to say it?" I don't have anything to do in my house, so I have a few chickens in the yard, and I heard that the rooster meat is a big soup supplement, so your brother-in-law asked me to bring it to my niece to make up for her body. ”

At this time, some villagers made fun of him, and said, "This is a big rooster that crows, your brother and sister are really willing to give up, the rooster is killed, who will crow for your family in the future?" ”

Someone said, "It's hard to say, our uncle is a well-known warm-hearted person, without the rooster crowing, he won't be early, and he will sleep when he loves to sleep with his aunt in his arms." ”

Many people in the room were amused.

Someone in the room reached out to the person who spoke, "You can't spit ivory out of your mouth, and you're not afraid to make people laugh in front of so many people in the room." ”

Zhang Gong's family added Ding, there were so many relatives and friends who came to congratulate him that he was too late to be happy, and said in his mouth, "Brother-in-law is polite, sit down, sit down." ”

At this time, there were many relatives of the Zhang family in the house, and on the beds and chairs in the room, they were all people.

Song Huai looked back and looked at it, the second son of the Zhang family's house was not big, the family was not rich, almost the family was surrounded by four walls, there was not even a decent horse in the house, and there were so many congratulatory people in the house, how could there be a place to sit.

Knowing that it was his own bridge that was polite, he turned his head and teased the child in Zhang Chengde's arms, "Look at this nephew's grandson is so good-looking." ”

At this time, a neighbor let out the chair he was sitting on, Song Huai was an elder after all, and he was a relative of the Zhang family.

Song Huai sat down.

Along with him, there were a few children of his own, all in their twenties, and someone said, "Our nephew is good-looking, you see, who does this child look like?" ”

Another junior spoke, "Let's Zhang Jiatianding, who can the child look like, of course like his father." ”

Zhang Cai Song Huai spoke, someone deliberately said something ugly, Song Huai knew that someone deliberately made fun of him, and said, "Every family in our village has a rooster, and when you get up early, there are other people's roosters crowing, and the rooster is not as good as a hen can lay eggs, and you eat it." He deliberately turned his head and said to Zhang Gong, "I think this kid is tiger-headed, and he will not be our Tang Dynasty general in the future." At that time, we will have a support for the face of the two heads of the Song Dynasty, and we will also have a support, and we will glorify our ancestors. ”

Yixi's words were open and smiling.

The family was busy when a Taoist priest passed by at the entrance of the village.

But I saw that the Taoist priest was wearing a blue Taoist robe, wearing a four-lined Taoist scarf, and the Taoist scarf was inlaid with cyan nephrite jade in the middle, holding a floating and sinking in his left hand, and behind his back, he was carrying a sword, and he was holding a Taoist priest banner in his right hand.

There are six big characters written on the Taoist priest's banner - batch eight characters to break yin and yang.

This is a wandering Taoist.

Seeing that there was a lot of excitement here, and someone was setting off firecrackers, he came over to see the excitement.

I saw him take a look at the courtyard, and he was stunned for a moment, and his mouth was wide open, it turned out that he was a Taoist priest in the jade void of Chang'an City in the capital.

Because the Tang Emperor believed in Buddhism, many Taoist Taoist temples were in disrepair, and the Taoist priests in the capital Chang'an City were gone, leaving the Taoist priest and his master.

In order to fill his stomach, the Taoist priest left the Taoist temple and went to the folk to eat some fasting, and then passed by here.

Just passing by, the Taoist priest saw the excitement here, so he came to see what was going on, who knew that it was just a glance, and found that there were five-colored auspicious clouds surrounding the inside and outside of the house, and asked people about it, knowing that this family had given birth to a noble son, and couldn't help but be stunned.

But he carefully looked at the front and back of the Wang family, which were just a few inconspicuous earthen houses, and knew that this was just an ordinary peasant family, and it was not realistic to give birth to such a noble son here.

Since someone's birth is being lively, why can't I have some fasting? Then he shook the copper bell in his hand, "Count the spirit hexagram, count the spirit hexagram, Da Luo Jin Xian, the unknown prophet." ”

The Zhang family is lively at the moment, I heard that someone outside the chai door rattles the bell and said that the fortune telling, the Zhang family has a good thing The relatives of the younger generations came out to invite the Taoist priest into the house and gave the child eight characters.

When the Taoist priest entered the house, Zhang Gong hugged his fist at the Taoist priest and said this.

The Taoist priest entered the house and nodded to everyone, asked the Zhang family for the child's birthday, and then stretched out his hand and pinched his fingers to slowly calculate, and said for a long time, "This son was born on March 12, March belongs to water, 12 days A belongs to fire and soil, and he was born in the middle of the year to belong to gold. It's just that I came to Guibaodi, and there are old trees at the entrance of the village on the road, and there are crows on the trees, and the child is probably unknown when he is fifteen years old. But the birthday is complete, and I think it will be difficult to become auspicious. ”

The family was overjoyed when they heard this, Zhang Gong took a few copper coins and thanked him, and asked, "Thank you to the fairy chief for my grandson's eight characters, this copper coin for the fairy chief to buy a meal to eat, and I will thank my Zhang family." It's just that I don't know the immortal elder, and I dare to ask my grandson what happened when he was fifteen years old, and how to solve it. ”

The Taoist priest stroked his beard, pinched his hand, and then smiled, "It's just a little thing, this son is rich and noble, and naturally he will become auspicious when he is in trouble, and he will turn evil into good fortune." He took the copper coin and thanked him and left.

Zhang Gong and Song Huai went out to deliver it.

looked at the back of the Taoist priest in the distance.

Zhang Gong's face was sad, "I forgot to ask this Taoist priest, if the child has a mistake in the future, where will he find this Taoist to crack." ”

Song Huaiyan said, "In this capital Chang'an, there are only four or five Taoist temples, which are easy to find." What's more, didn't the immortal chief say that our children are rich and noble, what is there to be afraid of. ”

Zhang Gong didn't say a word.

Song Huai didn't know what to say to comfort him, so he asked instead, "By the way, in-laws, did your nephew and grandson have a name?" What is the child's name? ”

Zhang Gong replied, "The child is March 12, born at the end of the year, and I named it Hate Water." ”