While everyone was arguing, Lu Qing, the chief housekeeper of the Lu family, was sitting in his study in the courtyard, listening to the reports of several stewards on the affairs in the village, and heard a turmoil outside. In a good mood, he got up and brought people out.

"What's so noisy!" Lu Qing asked. Then Lu Sheng hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "Lord Steward, it's not good." There are thousands of people outside the village attacking the manor, and the small ones have come to ask the head of the house to decide! Lu Qing smiled, "My Lu family has thousands of Zhuang Ding, and I am still afraid of those little thieves!" Lu Sheng hurriedly lay down in front of Lu Qing and whispered, "Those thieves are really pretending to be officers and soldiers, and they seem to have moved troops!" ”

Lu Qing was shocked: "What did you say?" Lu Sheng said again, "Chief, let's ask the head of the family to decide!" Lu Qing said, "Okay! You come with me! The two of them didn't care about the others, and went straight to the back house.

Lu Tingfang, the head of the Lu family, is a dry old man who once served as the secretary of the Ministry of Officials in the court. After that, he served as the patriarch of the clan. I am tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and I am worried about what to eat when I open my eyes every day. When I woke up in the morning, I was in a daze with a painting on the wall!

Lu Tingfang, the head of the Lu family, couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the paintings on the wall, to be honest, he already hated the wine banquet, what he could eat, and what he could think of, he had already eaten, he was tired of eating, and he was tired of watching the songs and dances. There's nothing to do all day.

At this time, I was worrying about whether I would cook the table for the next meal, and suddenly felt that there seemed to be a chaotic footstep outside the door in the distance, so I asked a few girls who were standing in the study in a regular manner: "Go and ask, why is it suddenly so chaotic outside." ”

A little girl immediately walked out of the hall, directly out of the inquiry, just out of the courtyard, greeted the hurried butler with a person walking over, this girl ring hurriedly saluted: "The big housekeeper, the patriarch is trying to ask why there is a sudden chaos outside." ”

The chief housekeeper Lu Qing said: "Lead the way in front of the head!" The three of them came to the outside of the study. Yahuan went in to say goodbye, and the chief butler stood outside the door of the study, bowed down and saluted the hall: "The old slave Lu Qing asks to see the master." ”

At this time, the patriarch's voice came from the study: "Come in, don't mother-in-law." Come in and talk about it! ”

Lu Qing hurriedly bowed, "Thank you, Master!" Then bowed his head and walked into the house, Lu Sheng also hurriedly followed, came to the front of the patriarch, and the two knelt down and kowtowed.

Lu Tingfang frowned when he sat on the seat, and asked in a slow voice, "I just heard a gong outside the courtyard, what happened?" ”

Lu Qing turned to Lu Sheng and said, "Tell the eldest master about the situation outside the village!" Lu Sheng knelt and kowtowed again, and said, "There are about 2,000 chaotic people outside the village, and they are preparing to attack the manor. Although these people wore the clothes of the common people, they used the standard weapons of the officers and soldiers, and the arrows that shot the courtyard wall were also the official soldiers, so the small ones thought that these chaotic people were fake by the officials and soldiers. And when the little one came, he saw two fast horses running backwards on the wall, and the little one felt that the other party was going to move troops, so he specially ran to ask the big man to get an idea! ”

Patriarch Lu Tingfang pondered for a moment, and then asked slowly, "Is there any other news outside?" ”

Lu Sheng said, "No other news! Only the first two days someone sent a letter! ”

Lu Tingfang sighed: "It's me who was careless!" Lu Sheng, you immediately summoned the tenants in the village, dispatched the young and strong to the city to defend it, and at the same time rescued the surrounding Wang family, Cui family, and Zheng family! ”

Lu Shengshi said, "Master, it's okay for the young and strong in the village, but ask for help?" I'm afraid they won't be able to protect themselves now! ”

Lu Tingfang was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You will now arrange for all the families in the village to go to the city with arms, distribute all the most elite knives, guns and equipment to the long-term tenants, and at the same time tell those villagers that the reward for killing one enemy is ten taels, and we must let our Lu family last for half a year." This time it is related to the life and death of my Lu family, don't slack off, remember, this time the official army is definitely desperate, and we, too, must be desperate, fight him to the death! ”

Looking at Lu Sheng, Lu Tingfang said, "You are very attentive, it is my family's son!" Lu Sheng kowtowed" is the head of the family, and the youngest one was born in the Lu family. Lu Tingfang asked again: "Do you have any children in the family?" Lu Sheng hurriedly replied, "There are two sons in the family, one eighteen and one sixteen, both of whom are the team leaders in Zhuangding. ”

Lu Tingfang sighed, "You go and let them come over, I have something to order!" Go ahead! Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then his face turned pale, and he turned around and went out.

Lu Tingfang asked Lu Qing again, "You are also the son of my family, and you have been with me for many years, who else is in your family?" "Lu Qing knelt down" and there are two sons in the family. is also the captain of the Zhuang Ding team," Lu Tingfang said, "Go ahead!" Lu Qing also looked defeated.

Lu Tingfang said again: "Go down!" All the people in the house left the house. After a while, many young people in the village went out to defend in the city, there were nearly 3,000 households in the village, Lu Tingfang treated his subordinates well, and the tenants had a lighter burden. After a stick of incense, the four young men stood in front of Lu Tingfang, "Today, my Lu family has suffered a great disaster, or the clan will be wiped out!" Today I have one thing to entrust to the four of you, please be sure to fulfill it! "The four of them knelt down together" The head of the family trusts each other, and the broken bones will be completed! ”

Lu Tingfang looked at Lu Qing and said, "Go and call Qing'er and Yanqing over." Lu Qing turned around and went out. After a while, a thirteen-year-old girl and a twelve-year-old boy entered the study.

"Grandpa, grandpa!"

As soon as the girl came in, she jumped in front of Lu Tingfang to be coquettish, and Lu Tingfang touched the girl's head dotingly. The boy bowed down in a proper manner. Lu Tingfang spoke: "Today, my Lu family has suffered a great disaster, and I am afraid that the clan will be wiped out!" The two of you will immediately disguise yourself and escape through the secret passage. ”

The two were shocked, and the girl hugged Lu Tingfang and cried, "Grandpa, I won't go there!" Lu Tingfang smiled and touched the girl's little face dotingly. Silly boy, if you escape, our Lu family will have a prosperous day, you go to Bozhou, where there is a college run by King Shou. Yanqing is a miscellaneous student, so I entered the college to study, and Qing'er is the same. Then he looked at the four teenagers, "The two sons and young ladies will be handed over to the four of you, and the four of you will serve in the army of King Shou after settling the sons and young ladies well." When my Lu family is prosperous, the four of you can enter my Lu family ancestral hall! The four of them knelt down again, "We will fight to the death!" ”

The girl cried and was unwilling to live or die, Lu Tingfang was angry, "Confused! You are usually smart and clever, but why are you so confused today! Remember! Live well and don't think about revenge! Live well! As he spoke, he wanted to kneel down to the girl. The girl was scared and cried! "Grandpa! No! I promise you to live well! ”

After a while, the two changed their clothes, and Lu Sheng handed over the four packages to the four people. Tears could not help but fall. Holding the two sons, "Be careful all the way, remember to burn paper for your father!" The two brothers cried bitterly, "Dad, go with the child!" Lu Sheng smiled, "Dad is old, let's accompany the eldest master!" ”

Lu Qing hugged his two sons who were crying, "In the future, the four of you brothers will protect the young master and the young lady, remember to burn paper for your father!" The two sons cried, "Daddy! I can't bear you! Lu Qing smiled, "Silly boy, go ahead!" ”

Lu Tingfang spoke: "From today on, your four brothers will work together to revive the Lu family. Change your name to Together! Remember my last words, this sentence must be strictly observed by the children of the Lu family, and the descendants of the Lu family can do business and teach, but they must not enter the officialdom. Remember! All right! Let's go! It's too late! ”

Lu Tingfang led a few people to a hut in the backyard of the ancestral hall, Lu Qing pressed on the ground, and a one-person-wide hole was exposed. "Remember, there is my Lu family's savings for a hundred years. The revitalization of the Lu family depends on these! Let's go, let's go! Several people went down the tunnel crying, and the entrance to the cave closed from the bottom of the cave.

Lu Tingfang took Lu Qing and Lu Sheng out of the hut and nodded at Lu Qing. Lu Qing stretched out his hand and pressed it on the wall of the hut. Several large bags of soil fell on the beams of the house, and the hole was covered tightly. Lu Tingfang said to Lu Qing again: "Burn it!" "The hut will be surrounded by fire.

Lu Tingfang turned around and said, "Okay, let's wait patiently!" The three of them returned to their study. Lu Sheng knelt on the ground, "Master, the old slave will go first!" Then he stood up, turned around and left. Lu Tingfang smiled, "I'm a lot older, why bother!" Lu Sheng turned his head, "It's death, and I want to make them hurt!" "Go out of the house and snatch a steel knife from a farmer." Uptown! Hundreds of people went to Zhuang with a "hula" sound.

Lu Qingyi arched his hand, "Master, the old slave has also gone to prepare!" Lu Tingfang nodded: "Go!" Lu Qing also turned around and walked out the door.

Outside the village, these soldiers attacked once, lost nearly 100 people, and retreated, so they stopped attacking. Instead, he waited far away. The Zhuang Ding stood on the wall, staring at them nervously.

An hour later, a team of thousands of people rumbled to the front of the village, these people did not change their clothes, they were all dressed as officers and soldiers, and they were preparing in a hurry. The people on the Zhuang wall were dumbfounded, how could it be an official army, why an official army!

Lu Sheng led people to catch up with the wall and saw thousands of officers and soldiers outside the village. shouted loudly to Zhuang Ding and Qingzhuang, "The officers and soldiers plotted against my Lu family's wealth and pretended to be robbers. If this matter is leaked, the officers and soldiers will definitely kill us in order to hide their eyes and ears! Today, we and our families have no way to live. But we can't let the officers and soldiers slaughter us! Death is death, fight with them! ”

"Fight! Fight! Although Zhuang Ding and the young men were all pale with fright, they still desperately raised the swords and guns in their hands and roared.

Seeing that the army was ready, Wang Yang and the others drew their waist knives and shouted, "Attack!" "Hundreds of people rushed to the courtyard wall with ladders. Lu Sheng also raised the steel knife in his hand, "Release the arrow!" Shoot the arrows! Shoot these brutes! ”

Hundreds of arrows were shot down from the courtyard, and countless officers and soldiers were shot to the ground, but they still rushed forward desperately, and at the same time, the officers and soldiers also shot hundreds of arrows on the wall, and many people on the courtyard wall were screaming and falling to the ground.

Nearly 100 ladders were set up on the courtyard wall, and the officers and soldiers began to climb up with their hammers. Lu Sheng looked at it and shouted, "Kill them with a log!" ”