The ruined temple suddenly fell silent, Huo Bao put away the book, and put his hand on the copper mace.

Aunt Huo Liujiao held the two children in her arms, with horror on her face.

Everyone else looked at the door warily.

The footsteps of "Da Da" came from far and near, stopping at the gate of the broken temple.

The temple gate is dilapidated, half-covered and half-hidden, and the people inside and outside the temple are eye-to-eye.

Huo Bao put down his hand and let go.

The people who came were one big and two small, and their appearances were somewhat similar.

The eldest one is twenty-seven or eight, tall and tall, the younger one is twelve or thirteen years old, and the other is in his teens, and he is dressed decently, but he is gray and dirty, and he looks a little embarrassed.

This time, the vigilance was replaced by an unexpected visitor at the door.

There were several young men in the room, not to mention, but also many weapons, knives, axes, bows and arrows.

The man wanted to leave but didn't dare to go, his eyes swept to Aunt Huo and the two children, and Fang said loudly: "The children are small, the spring is cold and windy, can you bother a little bit, bake a fire and rest." ”

Everyone looked at Huo Wu, Huo Wu strode over, pulled the door and said, "Come in, don't freeze the child, the Buddha's land, we are also passing by to rest." ”

The man hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you, this old brother!" ”

The two little ones came in with them, and they looked very well-behaved and sensible.

Huo Wu turned around and said to Niu Da, Shi and the others: "Don't be idle, continue to practice!" ”

And they were told to go.

Chopping wood, chopping wood, archery, the two teenagers couldn't take their eyes off it.

"Brother, what are you ......?" the man wondered.

"My hometown is not peaceful, take my family to Jinling." Huo Wu put two sticks of firewood and said casually.

"Jinling? Does my brother have relatives in Jinling? Which one? The man hurriedly asked.

"There are cousins here, living on Xianhe Street, and the maritime merchant Xue's family." Huo Wudao.

"The Xue family, a maritime merchant who settled in Jinling a few years ago?! Speaking of outsiders, it is my eldest brother's in-laws, and my eldest nephew is the daughter of the Xue family! When the man said this, he remembered to introduce himself: "The boy Jinling Jia Yuan, the second line at home, took a son and a nephew to the north to congratulate the elder on his birthday a few days ago, and walked to Lingshui, just in time for the rebellion of the White Shirt Army, and occupied Lingshui; I wanted to go south to Benquyang again, and catch up with the white-shirted army to attack the city, catch Ding everywhere, and dare not take the avenue again, so I took the trail and avoided the forest, but I didn't expect to be fortunate enough to meet the elder brother and his party, I don't know the elder brother's surname? ”

"My surname is Huo, and I am the fifth, and I am the local ...... Quyang" Speaking of this, Huo Wu frowned: "Yongyang is also occupied?" ”

Yongyang is the capital of Chuzhou, and Quyang and Lingshui are counties under the jurisdiction of Chuzhou.

"There is a garrison of the imperial court in Yongyang, and it is still peaceful at the moment, but I heard that there are several commanders in Bozhou, combined with tens of thousands of horses, to occupy the state capital."

Bozhou is adjacent to Chuzhou, just north of Chuzhou.

Huo Wu's heart sank.

Bozhou was occupied, Chuzhou was also full of war, from north to south, the entire Huainan Province was not peaceful.

It was right to decide to go south before, but I heard Jia Yuan's accent and casually said Jinling, so I casually said Jinling, but now I can't say that I really have to go to Jinling.

Jinling is an important place in the south of the Yangtze River, so there can't be chaos there.

Jia Yuan hesitated for a while, and said: "It's all kissed, and the fifth brother happened to go to Jinling, so the younger brother asked cheekily, can you take a few of our lords along the way." But it's not good to let Fifth Brother Huo work hard in vain, Fifth Brother Huo is dragging his family with his mouth, and Jinling Anju is also a big expense......" Speaking of this, he took out a purse and pushed it forward: "There are twenty taels of silver here, only counting the expenses on the road, and when you wait in Jinling, there is another He Yi to warm the house for the fifth brother!" ”

"What is this for? Do you look down on me Huo Lao Wu? Huo Wu suddenly changed color, stood up suddenly, and shouted angrily.

"Fifth brother, don't worry, little brother doesn't mean this......" Jia Yuan couldn't help but be at a loss, and hurriedly explained.

"If you can afford me Huo Lao Wu, don't get these bullshit, Lao Tzu is not a dart, collect a fart silver, he is not Biaozi's in-laws, nor an outsider, can he leave you alone? If you appreciate it, when you arrive in Jinling, you can invite your fifth brother to eat a meal of ninety-nine seats in Wangjiang Tower! Huo Wu said with a little impatience.

Seeing this, Jia Yuan didn't dare to be verbose, and hurriedly accepted his purse.

Since the two families are related, they must introduce other people.

"This is the generation of the little brother and nephew, and this is the substitution of the dog for the good."

Huo Wu also introduced his own line.

The Huo family didn't need to say anything, according to the respect and inferiority, but they didn't mention any cousins, it sounded like a big family; The three members of the Niu family are said to be "cousins".

This is not wrong, Huo and Niu have lived in Nanshan Village for several lifetimes, marrying daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law, and treating each other as cousins.

Jia Yuan's attitude was a little more polite.

I only think that Huo Jiading is not an ordinary farmer, such a big family, dressed like an ordinary farmer, probably because he was afraid that the road would not be smooth, so he changed his clothes.

Twenty taels of silver is not a decimal number, and an ordinary peasant family can make a year, and he does not look at it; There is also the Wangjiang Tower, one of the best restaurants in Jinling, with nine taels of silver on the table, ordinary people have never heard of it, let alone worry about eating.

This Huo Wu has just recovered from his illness, but he has not reduced his fierce spirit, and his conversation is also rough, but his son is here, he is generous and well-behaved, and ordinary farmers can't raise such a son.

No one knows, Huo Bao Siwen can't get up, and he is greeting God's elders in his heart.

The Jia family in Jinling, Jia Yuan, Jia Daihua, and Jia Daishan, and the founding princes in "A Dream of Red Mansions" - the first Rongguo Gong, the second Ning Guogong, and the second Rongguo Gong, have the same origin, the same name, and the same character relationship.

There is also the Xue family, a maritime merchant who is in-law with the Jia family, and the maritime business of the Xue Baoqin family.

Who believes that this is a coincidence?

In the peaceful and prosperous era, Huo Baoxu can be regarded as a coincidence.

But now that the white-shirted army is rebelling and believing in Maitreya Buddha, does it sound familiar? Isn't this similar to the Yellow Turban Army and the Red Turban Army?

This is a sign of troubled times.

There is a future founding prince in front of us, does it mean that this world is about to change the dynasty.

Uncle Huo's body trembled, and he endured it so that he didn't lose his temper, and asked: "Second Brother Jia, the white-shirted army occupies Lingshui, what about the people in the city?" ”

"The white-shirted army only kills officers and soldiers, and does not hurt the civilians, and the people put on white-shirted shirts and worship Maitreya Buddha, which is a family ......" Jia Yuan saw Uncle Huo's abnormality, and had this question, swallowing the next sentence that the white-shirts have the habit of coercing the people to serve as soldiers.

Uncle Huo breathed a sigh of relief and sat firmly.

Huo Bao is still thinking about the four major families of Jinling in "Dream of Red Mansions".

The four major families of Jinling in the world of Red Mansions mentioned when Jia Yucun judged the gourd case, Huo Bao was a red mystery back then, and he was still puzzled when he read this introduction.

These four families, the Jia family is after the Duke of Ning Guo and the Duke of Rong Guo, with a total of 20 rooms, and the relatives sent eight rooms outside the capital, and the original hometown lives in 12 rooms; The Shi family is the Hou Baoling Hou Shangshu Ling Shi Gong, the house is divided into eighteen, the middle of the ten rooms, the original home is now eight rooms; The Wang family is after the prince of the county ruled by Du Taiwei, with a total of twelve rooms, two rooms in the capital, and the rest are registered; The Xue family is the Ziwei Sheren Xue Gong, and now he is the crossbow banker in the inner government, with a total of eight rooms.

The first three families are all super-grade lords, and there are such important positions as Shang Shuling and Du Taiwei rule, and the weight of the Xue family is too different.

Ziwei Sheren is another name for the Zhongshu Sheren, and it is the seven-grade official, and the Xue family is how virtuous and can, with a seven-grade official eunuch family, and the three lords are called the "four major families".

Different statuses, how to be a partner?

However, I heard Jia Yuan say that Xue Biao was a maritime businessman, and the two families were in-laws, so it was somewhat reasonable.

The status is not enough to make up the money, and the relationship is not iron.

The maritime merchants are rich, and a lot of silver is smashed down, and the first three are attached to the tail, which is also your will.

There is another place, that is, the population of the four major families is too unbalanced, the Jia Shi family has many houses, and the Wang Xue family is slightly thin.

According to Huo Bao's guess when he watched "Dream of Red Mansions" in his previous life, although these four families were all from Jinling, the Jia Shi family should have a long foundation and flourishing descendants; The Wang and Xue families are upstarts, with few clansmen, and the house is only half less.

"Second Uncle Jia, can there be a big family with the surname Shi among the gentry in Jinling?" Huo Bao thought about the world of Red Mansions for a long time, but he refused to give up, and asked tentatively.

"Huh? Xiaobao still knows the historian? A good brother of mine is a child of the Shi family, and the children of his family all practice martial arts and serve in the army, and my brother is now in charge of the palm seal of Jinling Qianhu! ”

"I heard that the master mentioned the Jinling historian before his birth, saying that he was related to his family." Huo Bao's expression was gloomy.

There is really a historian, that's right, the end of the dynasty before the beginning of the Red Mansion is in front of you!

Rural farming has changed the text of survival in troubled times!

Why is it so hard to farm?

Huo Wu saw that his son was sad, and patted him on the shoulder, not how to comfort him.

The old boy who enlightened Huo Bao has been alive and dead for two years, grass has grown in front of the grave, and he has not seen his son talk about it before, and now he is using it as a cover to cover the surname Jia, but this sadness is not fake, what is the reason.

It's really distressing to be a father.

Huo Bao turned his head to see his father, but his eyes were shining.

Suddenly?

Fire?!

Suddenly!

In his previous life, there were many red fans and many capable people, relying on the politeness of King Beijing Shui Rong to Rongguo Mansion, it was inferred that the King of Beijing County was a palace with a different surname, and the prince of the county was only a man with a tail in his tail, and he was polite and close to the eighth son, and he did not have the prestige of the dragon son and grandson.

According to the surname Shui, the surnames of the other three kings and one emperor were deduced.

Southeast, northwest, northwest, corresponding to the five elements.

Dongfang wood, Dongping County Wang Mu surname.

Southern fire, Nan'an County Wang Huo's surname.

Western Jin, Xining County Wang Jin surname.

Northern water, the surname of Wang Shui of Beijing County.

Central soil, the surname of the royal family.

There is nothing wrong with this inference, and it is also in line with Cao Xueqin's writing habit of liking "metaphors", no problem!

Daddy's surname is Huo!

Mother's surname is apprentice!

My mother is gone, but my uncle is still alive!