Chapter 25: Worship

"This Zhao Er loves to poison people, wasn't Li Yu poisoned by him? Where is Li Yu now? Du Dalei asked.

"Twenty-four-year-old Li Yu ascended the throne in Jinling last year, and immediately respected the Song Dynasty as the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, and sent a large amount of money to Zhao Da for peace." Cui Daoshu replied.

"Sooner or later, he will be the king of the dead country, and he can't beat Zhao Da at all."

Zhao Zizhong asked again: "What is the origin of An Dalang?" I see that he is excellent in martial arts, and he is generous and heroic, and he has become a brother with him. ”

Cui Daoshu recalled: "The year before last, I went to Hangzhou to sell wine, and invited local businessmen to a banquet in the restaurant, and saw him drinking alone, and felt that he was a person with a story, so I became interested in him, and later asked the family to follow him for a few days. The family reported that he made a living by taking care of people's homes and nursing homes, and he was very embarrassed, and he heard that he was outstanding in martial arts, and no one dared to provoke him in Hangzhou, so he started to solicit. Later, I found him, fooled him, gave him a good salary, and told him that he could drink spirits at Cui's house, and he followed. ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically, "My brother is very skilled, horse fighting, foot fighting, riding and shooting." At sea, he killed about twenty pirates by himself. If he hadn't fought to the death, we might have been all finished. ”

"According to his own words, he used to be a soldier in the north, and he experienced countless battlefield battles and killed more than 100 people, and then offended the general of the army, so he fled to the south."

Du Dalei said with a smile: "Boss, you don't know, when you were unconscious on the boat, An Dalang found me and Boris and wanted to bow to us." ”

Zhao Zi laughed heavily, "This kid has a very straight heart, and when he sees someone with a temper, he wants to bow down, it's not a big deal." He asked Cui Daoshu again: "By the way, why did you think of naming him 'An Jiguang'?" ”

"I have some expectations for him, and I hope he can become a famous general like Qi Jiguang in the future."

Du Dalei said again: "Lao Cui, you are not interesting enough, name your Cui's liquor 'Wuliangye'." My hometown is in Yibin, Sichuan, and that place is the production area of 'Wuliangye', you are simply a copycat! ”

Cui Daoshu laughed: "I didn't think about it so much at the time, I used it casually, anyway, no one knows about this era." Who would have thought that a few of you were here too. I received a letter from Cui Hong a few days ago, he wrote down the lyrics of your Mid-Autumn Festival, and when I saw 'when is the bright moon', I was stunned. What will Su Dongpo do in the future. ”

Na Zhe pouted, "Whoever cares about him, we can just be happy ourselves." In the future, I want to be a great writer and sweep the literary world in the early Song Dynasty. What Yan Shu, Liu Yong, Ouyang Xiu, all stand aside. In the future, if you go to the Qinglou to pick up girls, you can have a song at will, it is estimated that it doesn't cost money, and even the girls can post it upside down. ”

Du Dalei gave him a roll of his eyes, "You kid is so good, it's too embarrassing for the traverser." Don't say you know us when you go out in the future, we can't afford to lose that person with you. ”

Everyone was so happy that they chatted for a while, and it was time for dinner. The Cui family held a large banquet to entertain the people who crossed and the caravan. He also sent a lot of food to Jiang Wuniang and the children.

At the banquet, Cui Daoshu congratulated the meritorious personnel of the caravan led by An Dalang and promised rich rewards. He also instructed Steward Cui to give preferential compensation to the dead and disabled. Everyone was in high spirits, and experienced the ordeal of living and dying together, and the people of the crossing and the caravan recalled the vicious fight on the ship, and they were so embarrassed that some of them cried loudly.

An Dalang stood up, "Cry a lot, everyone be happy, you must get drunk today." "Then I fought with Du Dalei and Boris.

The feast lasted until late at night, and many people drank too much. Cui Daoshu arranged for servants to help everyone back to their rooms and rest in peace.

Early in the morning, Zhao Zizhong felt someone pulling his nose in his sleep, slowly opened his eyes, and saw a small person smiling on the bed looking at him, it was a puppy.

"yes, I want to eat sugar. A-Niang didn't give it food. ”

He picked up the puppy, "Your mother is right, it's not good to eat too much sugar, I'll take you out to play." ”

Putting the child down, he quickly got dressed and got out of the room with the puppy in his arms. came to the small courtyard where Jiang Wuniang and the children lived next door.

The yard was lively with children playing and playing. Jiang Wuniang sat under the eaves and mended her clothes, and when she saw Zhao Zizhong coming over, she hurriedly put down her needle and thread to meet her.

"Dog, you went to disturb Mr. Zhao again, it's really disobedient."

"It's okay, I like this kid a lot, I'll take him out for a walk and tell you."

Zhao Zizhong walked casually with the dog in his arms, and the servants and maids he met on the road saluted him, and under the guidance of the servants, he came to Cui Daoshu's study.

Cui Daoshu was discussing with a few stewards, and when he saw him come in, he asked with a smile, "Did you sleep well last night?" You sit down for a while, and I'll take care of some things. ”

Zhao Zizhong took the dog to the yard to wait, and after a while, a few stewards came out, greeted him and left. He entered the study, Cui Daoshu put down the pen, got up to wash his hands, and told a maid to get some pastries.

The maid brought the refreshments and went out. Cui Daoshu closed the door, picked up a piece of pastry for the dog to eat, and then said: "You guys rest for a while, let's think about it and make a plan for the future." In this era, you have to make a career. ”

Zhao Zizhong wiped the crumbs from the dog's mouth, "It's to plan well, but now there is a thing, I bought back more than a dozen children from Liaoguo, just now I saw that they had nothing to do, so I wanted to find someone to teach them to read and read, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Cui Daoshu thought for a while: "I'll get the 'Three Character Sutra' out, I memorized it when I was young, and I can still remember most of it, and if it's missing, you can think about it more, and everyone will complete it." I'll find another gentleman to teach those kids. ”

"Don't look for outsiders, this child's mother has read, let her teach the children. She has always taken care of them, has a deep affection, and will definitely do her best. In addition, I am afraid that outsiders will cause trouble if they see the 'Three Character Sutra'. ”

"Okay, let's do it. When they all got up, everyone memorized the 'Three Character Sutra' together. ”

In the afternoon, the five of them and Cui Daoshu gathered in the study and began to recall the 'Three Character Classic'. Cui Daoshu wrote, his calligraphy inherited the level of the original body owner, and the writing was very good, and the traditional Chinese characters were not a problem.

The beginning was very smooth, and after a while, everyone began to meditate, and Du Dalei scratched his ears and cheeks and jumped around. Everyone argued back and forth sentence by sentence, and the result was that Boris remembered the most.

"Old Bao, you can! Don't look at you as Russian, better than us real Chinese. Du Dalei praised him.

Boris was a little embarrassed, "When I was in college, the Chinese exam had the content of the 'Three Character Classic', and I memorized it for a long time at that time. ”

Wei Hongye said: "I won't memorize it later, until 'Liang destroys it, the country is changed', and the Song Dynasty will be followed by, and you can't leak the heavenly secret." ”

Everyone laughed, and after Cui Daoshu sorted it out, he copied two more copies, one for Zhao Zizhong, and the other for him to have the Cui family's craftsmen engrave and then print it into a book.

Wei Hongye asked again: "Can you ask the carpenter to make a few blackboards and get some chalk?" ”

"It should be fine, I'll arrange it."

Everyone left the study, and Zhao Zizhong found Jiang Wuniang and showed her the manuscript of the 'Three Character Classic'. Jiang Wuniang looked at it seriously and was very shocked, "Mr. Zhao, who did this?" What a genius! ”

"The head of the Cui family made it, please ask Jiang Niangzi to use this book to teach the children, is it okay?"

Jiang Wuniang agreed, and watched it several times. Zhao Zi returned to his residence and saw An Dalang coming, chatting with the four of them in the courtyard. Zhao Zizhong sat down, "What are you talking about?" ”

Boris said solemnly: "I want to learn kung fu from Da Lang, everyone is studying." ”

An Dalang took a bite of the pear, "This is my family kung fu, and I can't pass it on to outsiders." If you marry me, you are my brother, not an outsider, and I will teach you, how about it? ”

Du Dalei shouted, "Bow down, I want to learn." ”

Na Zhe asked weakly: "Count me in, okay?" ”

Wei Hongye smiled, "Everyone treats each other with all sincerity, they have long been brothers, and the worship is just a ceremony, so it doesn't matter if there is one." ”

An Dalang stared at Wei Hongye and said: "A certain family does not agree with Mr.'s opinion, it is extremely solemn and rigorous to become brothers, and to worship the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, and make a lifelong oath, if there is a violation, heaven and earth will abandon it!" ”

Zhao Zizhong pulled him, "Da Lang, the custom in our hometown is that brothers are precious to each other, and they don't pay attention to rituals, so don't be careful." Since we're going to make a bow, let's go together. In addition, I want to bring one person, that is, the head of the Cui family, who is like-minded with us and will agree. ”

Zhao Zizhong found Cui Daoshu and said about the swearing, and he had no objection. It is said that an auspicious day of the zodiac should be chosen, incense and candle offerings should be prepared, and the ceremony will be held.

Three days later, on the twelfth day of September, the seven officially bowed. A solemn ceremony was held, and everyone ordered the New Year's teeth,

Zhao Zizhong, 34 years old, the eldest

Wei Hongye, 31 years old, the second child

That Zhe, 29 years old, the third

Du Dalei, 28 years old, the fourth

An Dalang, 28 years old, the fifth

Boris, 27 years old, sixth

Cui Daoshu, 25 years old, seventh

After the ceremony, everyone went to Cui Daoshu's study to talk. An Dalang took the lead and said: "Brothers, I want to tell you about my life experience. ”

"Tell me, we're curious about you."

"Ancestor An Jingsi, a native of the Turkic Shatuo tribe, was born in Daizhou Flying Fox, when Li Keyong, the king of Jin, expanded his territory in Daibei, he met his ancestor, because he was brave and martial, and he was an orphan, so he left him under the tent, accepted him as a righteous son, and gave him the name Li Cunxiao."

"Li Cunxiao!" Du Da Lei jumped on the old Gao, "Which Li Cunxiao?" ”

"Is it Li Cunxiao who fights tigers?"

An Dalang nodded slowly, "It's the ancestor." ”

"I'm bad, the first fierce general of the fifth generation! Old Five, your ancestors are good enough! is much more powerful than Wu Song, and he can kill a tiger at the age of ten. ”