"Mother? How do you know this stuff so well? Xuan Shijing still asked the question in his heart.

"Jing'er only knows that Niang is a young lady from a big family, don't you know, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, Niang's ancestral home was in Jianghuai, when Jianghuai was in the Sui Dynasty, it was considered rich, because of this, those anti-kings in order to give their army enough military funds, over and over again exploited the local people, the big family was even more bleak, later, your grandfather's business was bankrupt, the men in the family were arrested to fill the army, your uncle escaped the Yang Emperor's expedition to Goryeo, but died in this disaster, the family women and children in order to survive, I can only rent some land in other big families to farm, and it was also at that time, my mother and I followed your grandparents to work in the fields all day long, and after more than a year, your grandfather fell ill, and there was no money to treat, and he died, and then the whole Central Plains was in flames, and your grandmother and I were arrested in the army, and did some work in the army, and your grandmother was tired in the army, and died violently during the march, and I was the only one left, and I was in the army at that time, and I was dressed as a man in the army, and I didn't do logistics, so I followed to the battlefield, and it was at that time that I met your father. ”

Although my mother's words are light and cloudy now, in an environment like that back then, as a woman, it really took great courage to follow the army to the battlefield, and it also needed luck against the sky.

"That mother, how did you and my father meet?"

Hearing Xuan Shijing's question, Wang fell into memory, and the smile on his face was something Xuan Shijing had never seen before, called a happy smile.

"It was in Li Zitong's army, and Li Zitong entered Hailing after breaking with Du Fuwei. Later, he called himself the king of Chu, and then he had the idea of founding the country to stand on his own. Indeed, he did. At that time in the army, your father was just a small captain, I was in his army, the army was all vulgar soldiers, ten days and a half months without bathing is normal, but my mother is also a woman, just one night secretly ran out of the barracks to bathe in the lake near the camp, but happened to be bumped into by your father. Speaking of this, Wang was a little embarrassed. smiled and replied: "After your father knew the identity of my woman, he often took care of me, and later Li Zitong was defeated by Du Fuwei and the army was dispersed, so your father took several of his subordinates to Erxianzhuang. ”

No wonder, if there is no one to take care of it, how can it be possible for a woman to disguise herself as a man and mix in the army for so long, but she didn't expect that her parents in this life would meet and love each other in this situation. It can be regarded as a couple in distress.

"Mother, listening to my cousin's words, the Xuan family is not a small family, why is my father in Li Zitong's army?" Xuan Shijing asked. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, if it was an ordinary small family, it would be like the Wang family. In those days, it had long been a fat in the eyes of various anti-kings, but I heard that. At that time, Xuan Lindao was still in the Xuan family, living a life like a young master. Why did his father Xuan Mingde be a small captain in the anti-king army?

"It all starts with your father's background." Wang said: "In fact, your father is not surnamed Xuan, his origin, he himself has never mentioned, he is the adopted son of the Xuan family, the father-in-law is a line, is the son of the Xuan family, but the father-in-law has been married for many years, but there is no son and a daughter under the knees, I have seen many famous doctors, there is nothing to do, as the saying goes, there are three unfilial pieties, no queen is great, the Xuan family has a lot of complaints about the father-in-law, but the status of the lineage can not be shaken, in a winter, the father-in-law and mother-in-law went out to seek medical treatment, found your father who was hungry and fainted on the side of the road, so he took it back, After learning that your father has no relatives and no reason in this world, he recognized him as an adopted son, at that time your father was only eight or nine years old, and lived in the Xuan family for more than ten years, but he was never recognized by the Xuan family, and some elders in the clan had already complained about the fact that the father-in-law did not have biological heirs, so he wanted to pass on the ancestral rites to your cousin Xuan Lindao's family, although there were elders who proposed this, but more people still thought that the elders were orderly, and the descendants were different, and insisted on opposing it, and this matter was over, maybe those elders still had hope for their father-in-law, and then later, Father-in-law because of the heir's affairs, depression into illness, soon lingering sickbed, so gone, mother-in-law also followed the martyrdom, without the protection of father-in-law, your father was driven out of the Xuan family, tossed and turned into the army, and then you probably know, first in Erxianzhuang, and then came to Wagangzhai, and then followed the current His Majesty to the east and west, to the Tang Dynasty Dingding, the Xuan family has become fragmented in the war, your father welcomed the Xuan family's ancestry, four hours and eight festivals of worship, This is also the reason why Xuanlin Dao has been fighting with your father, your father is not the bloodline of the Xuan family, in fact, to put it bluntly, if Xuanlin Dao has a little bit of interest, I will not hold this ritual in my hands and not return it to him, the worship of the Xuan family has always been the wish of your grandfather and your father, so Jing'er, you must remember that no matter who your father was originally and what his surname was, but he decided in his heart that he was surnamed Xuan, and you are too, you are a child of the Xuan family. ”

Xuan Shijing nodded, it turns out that this is the case, no wonder Xuan Lindao has been tirelessly snatching the family property for so many years, robbing the ancestral rites of the Xuan family, it turned out that it was because his father was the adopted son of the Xuan family and not the blood of the Xuan family.

The current Hou Mansion does not have the qualifications to worship the Xuan family's ancestors compared to Xuan Lindao, but when Xuan Mingde went to welcome the Xuan family's ancestors, he was not opposed, which shows that those people of the Xuan family recognized Xuan Mingde, and this is the wish of Xuan Shijing's grandfather, so Xuan Shijing must keep the wishes of these two generations.

But logically speaking, Xuan Lin Dao is indeed more qualified than Xuan Shijing to worship the Xuan clan.

As the group walked, they walked out of the ridge and walked to the courtyard of the Shanghou Mansion in Zhuangzi.

The newly built yard on the fiefdom is a large courtyard with five into five wide, although it is not as grand as the Hou Mansion in Chang'an City, but it also occupies more than a dozen acres of land, rockery garden, small bridge and flowing water, all available, it can be seen that a lot of thought was indeed used when it was built, this courtyard is more cheerful than the mansion of Chang'an City, a trace of comfort, too, this courtyard is a place used to escape the heat in summer, and the construction must be more comfortable for people to be physically and mentally.

I have been depressed in Chang'an City for too long, and it is not bad to come to this courtyard to live for a while once in a while.

Zhong Zishuo walked beside Xuan Shijing and Wang, entered the courtyard, and explained to Xuan Shijing as he walked.

"Little Marquis, this courtyard was also built by His Royal Highness King Wei at the beginning, I heard that the drawings of this courtyard were studied by the best craftsmen in Chang'an City, this courtyard has been built for more than two years just by building, and now there are only a few houses in the backyard that have been picked up, and the rest are still empty, wait for the little Marquis to come back and make up your mind."

It can be seen that over the years, Li Tai has indeed been very attentive to the Hou Mansion, which makes Xuan Shijing very grateful in his heart, and it seems that he must find an opportunity to treat him well and thank Li Tai in person.

"Mother, why don't we stay here tonight." Xuan Shijing proposed. (To be continued.) )