After some greetings, Zheng San also came over to greet Zhao Lin, and Zhao Lin sighed again.

Zhao Ziliang asked Bai Xiaode to take his servants to prepare forage for the horses, and said to Zheng San: "San'er, you go home first to see Uncle Zheng and Sister-in-law, and come over with Uncle Zheng and Sister-in-law Zheng tomorrow to eat and drink."

Zheng San promised: "That's okay!" ”

After agreeing, Zheng San said goodbye to Zhao Lin's again: "Sister-in-law, then I'll go back first, you're busy!" ”

Zhao Lin hurriedly said: "Then you go slowly, you must come with your father and mother tomorrow!" ”

"Eh, got it!"

Seeing Zheng San away, Zhao Ziliang asked Zhao Lin: "Sister-in-law, why didn't you see your eldest brother?" ”

Zhao Lin said with a smile: "It's the busy season for spring ploughing and farming, how can he stay at home all day?" I went out to work in the morning, oh, I told Xiaohu to call him back! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud voice came from outside: "No need to call, I'm back, just now the village chief sent someone to call me in the field, and I knew that the second brother was back."

As soon as the words fell, I saw a strong man in his thirties with his calves full of muddy water appearing at the door with a hoe, Zhao Ziliang immediately stood up and shouted happily: "Big brother! ”

Zhao Zishan put the hoe on the wall, looked at Zhao Ziliang stunned for a few seconds, and after coming back to his senses, he exclaimed in surprise: "Stinky boy, you look so tall, no wonder you can become a general, with your body, I am afraid that twenty or thirty people will not be able to get close to you!" ”

That's an ordinary general, is it good, we are a super general, how can those people compare with us? Zhao Ziliang muttered in his heart, greeted him and smiled: "Big brother, is everything okay?" ”

Zhao Zishan nodded again and again: "Good, good, everything is fine!" This house was built with the money you brought back, what do you think? ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "As long as the eldest brother, sister-in-law and Huzi like it."

Zhao Zishan patted Zhao Ziliang's arm and said, "Have you incensed your father?" ”

Zhao Lin hurriedly said: "Oh, it's not there yet." You see that I am not good, I only care about talking to my second brother, and I forget to ask him to incense my father and mother."

Zhao Zishan said: "Then go now, just in the next room, first put a few sticks of incense on my father and mother at home, and then go to my father's grave after lunch, kowtow to my father and mother, and burn some paper."

Under the leadership of Zhao Zishan, Zhao Ziliang brought the next room, and there was a desk next to the south-facing wall. There is a tablet of the brothers' father and mother on the table, there is a small incense burner in front of the tablet, Zhao Ziliang picked up three pillars of incense from the table and lit it on the oil lamp, and after the incense, he kowtowed respectfully a few times.

After returning to the hall, Zhao Lin came over with a baby in his arms and smiled and said, "Second brother, look at it, this is Zhao Bao, the younger brother of Huzi, who will be two months and one year old."

"Oh, it's Huzi's younger brother? Okay, good," Zhao Ziliang was very happy. took the baby from the hands of the sister-in-law, but he complained in his heart, the eldest brother named the child is really speechless, if there are more children. Could it be that they are still named Zhao Zhu and Zhao Dog?

Zhao Zishan was also very happy to see that Zhao Ziliang liked his two children very much, and remembered that it was almost noon now, and he had to prepare a meal. So he instructed his daughter-in-law: "It's almost noon, go and prepare a meal, prepare more." So many people are afraid that they will not have enough to eat".

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly asked a servant to bring a bag of silver and handed it to Zhao Lin's, and said: "Sister-in-law, there are so many of us in our group who have to live at home for more than 20 days, and the amount of food and drink is not a small amount, and from tomorrow, I want to invite the fathers and elders of the whole village to come over to eat and drink, and find someone to invite a troupe to come over and sing. Take the flowers first, and if it's not enough, you'll come to me for it."

Although silver was not the main currency in circulation in the Tang Dynasty, it could be exchanged for copper coins, but it was not very convenient when buying things, and it was necessary to go to a special money bank to exchange for copper coins, which required a handling fee.

When Zhao Zishan saw it, he immediately stretched out his hand to stop his daughter-in-law from taking the money, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "No, no, no, there is still a lot of money you brought back last time that has not been spent, how can you let you spend money again?" Take it back, take it back".

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Big brother, don't say that, it's all a family, so everyone eats and drinks, and you have to invite people to sing and juggle or something, the cost of three consecutive days is not small, take it!" ”

Zhao Zishan saw that his younger brother insisted, so he had to say to his daughter-in-law: "That's okay, since the second brother said so, you can take it from your daughter-in-law." Second brother, you have been away from home for so many years, and thanks to the help of the old folks in the village, you can live a good life, when your father passed away, the villagers were still busy, you are back now, and you should also invite your father and elders to have a drink, this matter can not be sloppy, or I will personally handle this matter, in the afternoon to the grave to worship my father, I will go to find someone."

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then please big brother!" ”

"Hi, say this and do what, this is as it should be".

In the afternoon, Zhao Ziliang went to his parents' grave under the leadership of his brother Zhao Zishan to pay respects, Zhao Zishan left to prepare for the hospitality of the village elders in the past few days, and Zhao Ziliang stayed to let Bai Xiaode and others build a grass house next to the grave of his parents, ready to live in a house and do his filial piety for his father.

Although Zhao Ziliang doesn't like this very much, but there is no way, this is the custom of this era, ordinary people can not pay attention to these etiquette, but he is no longer an ordinary person, every word and deed must be polite and courteous, otherwise it is easy to be criticized and even impeached.

After dinner, Zhao Ziliang and Bai Xiaode and a few others came to the grass house with lanterns, and the beds and mosquito nets had already been made in the grass house, Zhao Ziliang hung the lantern outside the grass house, sat at the table, held a banana leaf fan in one hand, and read a book in the other, while Bai Xiaode and the others went back to rest.

Early the next morning, Zhao Ziliang got up and kowtowed in front of his father's grave, and then began to practice martial arts.

After breakfast, Zhao Ziliang asked Bai Xiaode: "How are you preparing for the family banquet for the parents in the village?" ”

Bai Xiaode said: "Yesterday evening, the old man invited a chef from the town, and the wine and food materials were all bought, and he also killed a big fat pig in the family.

Zhao Ziliang nodded, picked up the horizontal knife on the table and said, "Come, Xiaode will accompany me through a few moves."

Bai Xiaode was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed: "Nuo, please give the general advice!" ”

Bai Xiaode's guidance, this is Zhao Ziliang taking the opportunity to instruct his martial arts, he knows that if he wants to get the guidance of a military general of Zhao Ziliang's level, this kind of opportunity is unavoidable, if he can get Zhao Ziliang's guidance, he will benefit for life.

The two of them each drew their horizontal knives, Zhao Ziliang signaled Bai Xiaode to attack him, Bai Xiaode was not polite, and immediately held the horizontal knife with both hands to slash at Zhao Ziliang, and Zhao Ziliang waved the knife away・・・・・・

Zhao Ziliang does not have any fixed moves in the martial arts of foot combat, nor has he learned any knife techniques, his fighting skills are honed in actual combat, many times are dangerous, seriously injured, if it weren't for the white jade wrench in his hand to help him quickly recover from his injuries, he was afraid that he would have hung up a long time ago, so his combat skills are honed with his life, this is a very important valuable combat experience, in the experience of death, other people simply cannot have this kind of combat skills to experience life and death.

The two discussed for an hour, Bai Xiaode was so tired that he was panting and his face was pale, while Zhao Ziliang was always relaxed and did not look tired.

Bai Xiaode was only twenty years old at this time, and there was still a lot of room for improvement in strength and martial arts, compared with Zhao Ziliang, it was still too far and too far, Zhao Ziliang could easily deal with his attacks with one hand, and counterattacked from time to time to make him busy.

After three poles in the sun, Zhao Ziliang and Bai Xiaode and others returned home, at this time, many villagers and villagers came to sit in the courtyard, and these people saw Zhao Ziliang come back and greeted them with smiles.

Zhao Ziliang smiled and kept arching his hand, "Uncles and aunts, you can come, Ziliang is very happy, you must eat more later."

All the fathers and villagers nodded and smiled: "Certainly, definitely."

At this time, on the side of the threshing floor in front of the house, the troupe has set up a stage, the singers have begun to sing, the parents and villagers who have arrived have come out with benches to watch the singing, and the jugglers on the other side are also nervously preparing, and after the singing and singing here, they will continue to juggle, just like a relay race.

After two consecutive performances of the troupe and juggling, the time came to noon, and when the play was about to start, the village chief and the old man hurriedly came to Zhao Ziliang and said, "Parents, Lord Deng is here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment when he heard this, and said: "Although the grade of the county order is lower than mine, it is also the parent of the county, and we will have to take care of our parents in the future, so I will go out to greet it."

When they came to the door, the sedan chair carried by the two fell to the ground, the curtain was lifted, and a middle-aged man with a seventh-grade official hat walked out of the sedan chair, and a small servant next to him muttered a few words in Deng Xianling's ear.

Deng Xian Ling looked up at Zhao Ziliang, was stunned, and hurriedly took a few steps forward to bow down and said, "Xiaguan Deng Yucheng greets General Zhao!" The general returned to his hometown with honor, and the subordinate officials were disappointed, forgive their sins."

Zhao Ziliang stepped forward to help Deng Xianling up, and said with a smile: "Lord Deng is polite, please get up, please get up!" I am grateful for the care of my parents and adults at home, so please serve tea inside."

"Thank you, General!"

The arrival of the county magistrate and the officials below made the atmosphere even more high, and the village chief and clan elders were so excited that they gathered around one after another.

According to the rank of the officials, Zhao Ziliang is undoubtedly much higher than Deng County, Zhao Ziliang is the Dingyuan general of the fifth grade, and the Deng County order is only the county order of the seventh grade, which is two grades higher, and in the Tang Dynasty, the status of the military is not lower than that of the civilian official. Therefore, it is normal for Deng County to come to visit Zhao Ziliang. (To be continued.) )