Chapter 12: Brave and Faithful in Peril
Good boy! This stupid and brainy black boy is actually a heartless and brainless foodie!
Qin Su listened to Qin Liang's reply and did not answer immediately, but slowly stood up, stepped on the wooden shoes, and came to Qin Liang's side with a smile.
"You don't have to get up and be polite when you sit down, Qin just has something to ask one or two, don't worry, hehe, Qin won't miss the Chenguang of the great feast."
The military man who wanted to get up listened to Qin Gong's slightly ridiculous words, and his simple face couldn't help but show a wry smile.
"Qin Liang, let me ask you, do you know when your ancestor came to the Qin family?"
Qin Liang was stunned and lowered his head, as if he was recalling a memory from a long time ago, but soon he raised his head, and said in a helpless voice with a very soft but resolute tone: "Ah Lang, what you asked about is a hundred years ago, it is a little too far away for so-and-so, and I can't remember what it is." ”
"Oh? Can't really remember? Hehe, Qin Liang, I know that there are some things that you will never forget, just for the oath of your ancestors, for the promise you made to your grandfather personally, I don't want to say it in front of me and everyone, okay! If you don't want me to be reluctant, I can tell the cause and effect of the matter in front of the ranks, and let him judge whether it is reasonable for me to think and think. ”
"Alang! ……”
"Qin Liang! Wait until I'm done, there are some things I've hidden in my heart for too long, to the point of not vomiting and being unhappy! ”
"Qin Liang, a sudden drought and locust disaster during the reign of Emperor Zhu'an of the Northern Qi Dynasty, affecting Henan, Hedong, and Guandong, for a time it can be said that the wilderness is full of hunger, and the ancestors of your family who fled here from east to west were desperate, and for the life and livelihood of a family of three, they had to sell themselves to the Qin family to become slaves, and it has been five generations for more than a hundred years."
"Qin's hometown is not in Qingyuan, but in Nantouzhuang in Shaanxi County, Kandong, Qin's grandfather was the general of Zhonglang under the fourth product of Yingyang Mansion during the former Sui Daye."
"In the ninth year of the Great Cause of the former Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang once again launched a war against Liaodong, and Qin's grandfather was ordered to guard the granary of Liyang Cang to provide the necessary grain, grass, and heavy military supplies for the army that conquered Liaodong."
"Originally, it was a salty errand with no risk to talk about, but unexpectedly, Yang Xuangan, the chief of the marching army who was ordered to guard Liyangcang, actually took the opportunity of Emperor Yang's army to conquer the hinterland of Luoyang in Liaodong, and raised troops against the former Sui under the banner of 'the people are hard labor, and the world is chaotic'."
"In a hurry, my unprepared grandfather had no intention of participating in the rebellion, but he was threatened by the rebellious soldiers under his subordinates, and had no choice but to follow Yang Xuangan into this catastrophe."
"As my grandfather expected, Yang Xuangan did not survive two months since Liyang's hasty start of the army, and his soul died due to defeat, and the troops who participated in the rebellion were either annihilated one by one by the army of the former Sui Ming Future Hu'er, or they were scattered like a group of lost dogs, and became a rebel thief wanted by the former Sui court.
"At this time of crisis, the anxious grandfather only thinks about his own family, if he can't rush back to Nantouzhuang before the wanted document of the former Sui court is issued, dozens of people in the Qin family are in danger of being arrested and exterminated by the government at any time, so my grandfather risked being intercepted and killed by the chaotic army thieves and brave officials and soldiers, and just wanted to sneak home, take the family and go away incognito to escape this tragic catastrophe."
"At that time, the main roads and small roads leading from the west of the capital Luoyang to the Guanzhong region have been completely blocked by the officials and troops of the former Sui Ming and the future commander of Hu'er, and the villages, towns, townships, counties, and counties are all officials of the former Sui Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, and these brutal officials led the soldiers who frantically killed for the sake of the head, military merit, money, and silk, and wantonly hunted down and killed almost all the people they could find, and the innocent men, women, and children who died in two days were as many as tens of thousands."
Hearing the hall on the third floor of the Risheng Restaurant here, there was already a sigh of embarrassment, those fierce soldiers who had been fighting on horseback all the year round licking blood on the back of a horse outside the Saiwai, and who were accustomed to seeing bloody and cruel life and death parting, when they heard the miserable situation of the crazy killing described by Qin Gong, they inevitably had a look of relative on their faces and a sad voice.
"My grandfather, who had no way out, had no choice but to take the risk of crossing the river from Xin'an Yuli, passing through the royal house and taking the east road of the river, wanting to avoid the purgatory of the world where the official army was tightly sealed and crazy to kill, and crossed the river again from Zhengping County to sneak back to his hometown in Nantouzhuang, Shaanxi County."
"The winding journey of the outlaw is called a difficult one, and the personal soldiers who followed my grandfather were scattered for various reasons, and when I arrived in Zhengping County, there was only one left, called Qin Guang's son."
"Seeing this scene of imminent defeat, my grandfather was anxious and worried, and he was overworked day and night, and occasionally felt cold, and fell ill in Zhengjiazhuang, east of Zhengping County."
"The sick grandfather is completely desperate, so it is really a blessing and a disaster, not to mention rushing back to his hometown in Nantouzhuang, Shaanxi County to save a family of dozens of families, I am afraid that even my grandfather's life will be thrown away in a foreign place to be a lonely ghost."
"The grandfather who is like a dead heart doesn't want to be involved with Qin Guang, who has always been loyal to him, and he has called Qin Guang's life, he doesn't have to continue to follow his grandfather, take those soft belongings and hurry back to his hometown in Shaanxi County, it is a blessing to be able to save his wife and children, as for the life and death of the head of the family, my grandfather has already recognized the destiny of heaven, Qin Guang only needs to bring this news back, whether he can escape his life depends only on the luck of the Qin family."
"Unexpectedly, Qin Guangnai is a man who values righteousness and trustworthiness, he righteously refused his grandfather's order, bowed to his grandfather and vowed to rush back to his hometown in Shaanxi County, even if he lost his own life, he would save dozens of people from the Qin family."
"Before leaving, Qin Guang spent a lot of money to buy a decoction, and found a stable and reliable family in Zhengjiazhuang, entrusted his grandfather to a good family to take care of him, and then rushed to his hometown in Nantouzhuang, Shaanxi County."
"Grandfather spent four days and nights in Zhengjiazhuang, and on the fifth day, the righteous servant Qin Guang really lived up to his oath and mission, and rushed to Zhengjiazhuang with dozens of people from the Qin family, old and young, and carried his grandfather, who was well with his illness, packed up everything and went on the road overnight, and finally took root and multiplied and settled here at the foot of Huli Village, Qingyuan County, Hedong Province."
"Don't look at Qin Guang's silent appearance on weekdays, but in fact, he is a person with a heart who is smart and thoughtful, and when he fled with his family, he not only took away all the soft belongings, but also sold the ancestral house and a large piece of land that the Qin family could not take away, and sold them to the local wealthy families in Shaanxi County while the news was not leaked, although the price was only half of the price at the time of sale, but this unexpected property still allowed the Qin family to buy the grange in Huli Village, Qingyuan County, and lay a foundation."
"After that, Qin Guang spent a lot of money to bribe a group of officials below the county level in the former Sui Qingyuan County, and changed the pseudonym of the Liu clan to the Qin family to handle the household registration and field documents, so that the old and young of the Qin family, who were temporarily away from the disaster, finally had a home where they could settle down."
"Grateful for the righteous servant Qin Guang's life-saving kindness to the entire Qin family, the grandfather, who had not recovered from a serious illness, ignored the bitter persuasion of Qin's grandmother and grandfather, and summoned the respected Qin clan members to his bedside, and explained in detail the causes and consequences of this dangerous disaster, and the origin and process of the righteous servant Qin Guang's promise to save the lives of the entire Qin family in a desperate situation."
"After saying that, these grandfathers solemnly proposed to take off Qin Guang's family and give them a free and good background, and at the same time give Qin Guang's family a considerable amount of land and soft property, and since then they have been called brothers to each other, and they have lived together in Huli Village."
For Qin Guang's lofty actions that he knew about righteousness and never gave up, the Qin family was grateful and unanimously agreed with his grandfather's wise decision, but what the Qin clan did not expect was that when he heard that his grandfather and the entire Qin family had made a unanimous decision, Qin Guang not only did not show the joy and excitement he deserved, but knelt down and wailed in front of the people, crying and saying that since the moment when his ancestor's family was taken in by the head of the Qin family and survived, his ancestors, My grandfather's ancestors never thought that one day they would be outside the Qin family. ”
"After decades of stable life, the Qin family has never treated his family badly, and the elder family heads are even closer to him and more caring for him, as if he is treating his own family's sons and nephews, such a graceful and virtuous person is still from the Qin family at this moment, it is tantamount to a ruthless and unrighteous beast."
"For Qin Guang, as long as he can keep the oath of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, these ancestors and ancestors are enough, and today's situation is seeing that there is a chaotic situation in the world, and if you want to nest in Huli Village in peace and stability from now on, you will be a farmer in Huli Village, and the future will be unknown, and the hardships and dangers will be tight, and only by bringing the whole family together can we survive this catastrophe."
"The reason why Qin Guang is willing to take the risk of sneaking back to his hometown to rescue the old and young of the Qin family on behalf of his seriously ill grandfather is just to do his duty as a servant of a family, and he must not make a rash decision because of these duties, so that Qin Guang's grandfather ancestors will bear the infamy of breaking the contract and breaking the oath, if the Qin family is determined to act so resolutely, Qin Guang should die of hunger strike, so as to protect the oath made by his grandfather's ancestors."