For three consecutive days, a feast was held, and the whole village was bustled with singing and juggling, and the farmers even put aside their spring ploughing work temporarily.

Prior to this, there had never been a family in the village that had set up a three-day flowing water mat and a three-day congregation, which made the village elders feel much more lively than the New Year, and it was never more lively than before.

On this day, Zhao Ziliang, Zheng San, Deng Xianling and others came to a thatched house in the village, and an old woman was spinning yarn in front of the thatched house.

Zhao Ziliang approached and shouted, "Aunt Ma, I'm Ziliang, do you remember me?" ”

Zheng San also shouted: "Auntie, I am the third child of the Zheng family!" ”

The old woman stopped when she heard this, looked at Zhao Ziliang and Zheng San, and then looked at the others, "You are the second eldest of the Zhao family and the third eldest of the Zheng family?" Where's my son Ma Dong? Why didn't he come back? ”

Zhao Ziliang opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak, Aunt Ma seemed to realize something, she seemed to have been drained of all her strength, and sat on the ground and sobbed and muttered in a low voice: "I knew, I knew that sooner or later there would be such a day!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with tears in his eyes: "Auntie, it's all my fault, it's me who didn't take a good look at Ma Dong and let him die at the hands of the enemy, I really deserve to die!" ”

Ma Mu looked at Zhao Ziliang, took his hand, and comforted: "I can't blame you, there is chaos on the battlefield, who can take care of whom?" It's fate! My son fought on the battlefield for his country and died well, the old woman should be happy, she should be happy! ”

As she spoke, Ma Mu couldn't help crying, and her tears were like a flood that burst the embankment.

"Plop", "Plop" Zhao Ziliang and Zheng San both knelt in front of Ma Mu.

This made the mother stop crying, "What are you ······?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Auntie, we and Ma Dong are like brothers, we and Ma Dong have said that if we are at war with the enemy, whoever unfortunately dies in battle, the living people have to regard the father and mother of the person who died in the war as their own father, and they must be filial to their brother's father and mother like serving and supporting their own father!" Mother. Please bow down to my two brothers! ”

Zheng San also said: "Mother, from now on, you are my father and mother, and the two of us are your sons, and we will be filial to you like our own father."

Ma's mother took the hands of the two and looked up to the sky and cried: "Son, I lost your son for my mother, and now I have two sons, you have a spirit in the sky and you are blind, woo woo woo ······."

The mother and son hugged each other and cried for a while, and the officials, villagers, and servants present all wept.

I cried for a while. Zhao Ziliang said: "Mother, the emperor let the son serve in the capital Chang'an, the son can't leave the mother alone here and no one to take care of it, after discussing with the third son, I want to take you to Chang'an to enjoy the happiness with us, I don't know what you think?" ”

Mother Ma wiped her tears and said: "Son, your mind is known and understood by your mother, but you have lived here for your mother for a lifetime." The homeland is difficult to leave, you are a military general, and fighting on the battlefield is commonplace, and you are waiting for your mother. It will definitely make you have scruples, since you are appreciated by the emperor, you must be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, work hard for the king, and don't think that your mother is the same. If he Rier and others have made meritorious contributions, he can also smile at Jiuquan as a mother! ”

Deng Xianling, the parent official standing next to him, stood up and shook the ground, "The old lady understands the righteousness. There is the style of the ancient Xu mother, which is really a model for my generation, but the two generals are filial, and the old lady should also let them do their filial piety! ”

Ma Mu waved her hand and said: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, the old woman ploughs the fields and weaves cloth here, eats and drinks, how happy is she?" Son, if you are loyal to the emperor and the court, it is the greatest filial piety to your mother! ”

Zhao Ziliang and Zheng San looked at each other when they heard this, and they didn't know what to do.

At this time, Zhao Zishan came over and knelt down and said: "Mother, since you are the mother of the second brother, that is my mother, Zishan is here to kowtow to you!" ”

Mother Ma: "This ······"

Zhao Zishan respectfully kowtowed to Ma's mother, turned his head to Zhao Ziliang and Zheng San: "Second brother and third son, you can rest assured to do things, I will take my mother to live at home, support me like my own mother, always fulfill my filial piety, and never let my mother suffer the slightest grievance!" ”

Zhao Zishan's daughter-in-law, Zhao Linshi, also came out and said: "Yes, as the saying goes, there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, my mother will go to our house, and the slave family will definitely honor you like a mother-in-law!" ”

Deng Xianling, the parent official, sighed: "This official has been an official for more than 20 years, and I have never seen such a good deed today. ”

Mulberry Village has returned to its former tranquility, and the villagers have stepped up their time for spring ploughing, while Zhao Ziliang has practiced martial arts, familiarized himself with military books, and also found time to visit and serve Ma's mother, and Zheng San also went to help with farm work from time to time.

It wasn't until twenty days later that Zhao Ziliang, Zheng San and others had to leave for Chang'an because of time, so they had to prepare to leave.

On this day, Zhao Zishan took his eleven-year-old son to the grass house to find Zhao Ziliang, and Zhao Ziliang greeted him after seeing it: "Big brother, you are here!" ”

Zhao Zishan nodded and said, "Well, second brother, you are going to leave for Chang'an tomorrow, and I came here today to discuss something with you."

Zhao Ziliang: "Oh? What's the matter, big brother, you say! ”

"That's the case, you see that Huzi is not young anymore, he is a strong man, he has a tiger spirit, he follows me as a mud leg and has nothing to do at home to farm, I want him to follow you to learn some skills, if he can mix up an official and a half-position in the future, it can be regarded as his own creation, if he unfortunately dies on the battlefield, it is also his life, I can't blame others, you see ······"

After Zhao Ziliang heard this, he turned his head to look at Zhao Hu, squatted down and touched Zhao Hu's head, and asked, "Huzi, what do you think yourself?" Are you willing to stay at home and help your father work, or are you willing to follow your second uncle and learn skills to be loyal to the country? ”

Zhao Hu shouted: "I am willing to follow the second uncle to learn the ability to kill the enemy, please let the second uncle take Huzi with him, Huzi must listen to the second uncle."

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Do you know that the second uncle is a military general, and he often has to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, you follow the second uncle, you must first learn the ability to kill the enemy, learning the ability is very hard and tiring, you can't complain, in addition, you may be killed by the enemy on the battlefield, aren't you afraid?" ”

Zhao Hu shook his head: "Don't be afraid, I want to be called a majestic general like the second uncle, commanding thousands of troops and horses."

Zhao Ziliang nodded, touched Zhao Hu's head again, got up and said to Zhao Zishan: "Okay, big brother, since Huzi has this determination and ambition, I, the second uncle, also want to help him, let him follow me to Chang'an!" ”

Zhao Zishan touched his son's head, "Then please ask the second brother!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to Bai Xiaode: "Xiaode, you teach my nephew to learn to ride a horse!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang said to Zhao Hu again: "Huzi, the second uncle gave you the first task, learn to ride a horse first, tomorrow I will leave home and march to Chang'an, before this you don't want to learn how to fight on a war horse, you won't fall down when the war horse runs, you see, this uncle will teach you, do you have the confidence to learn?" ”

Zhao Hu looked at Bai Xiaode, nodded and said, "Second uncle, I must study hard."

"Well done!"

On the second day, Zhao Ziliang took his nephews Zhao Hu, Zheng San and Bai Xiaode and a group of more than 20 people to bid farewell to Ma's mother, brother and sister-in-law and the village elders and returned home to the capital Chang'an.

Due to the urgency of time, the holiday period promised by the emperor is not far away, Zhao Ziliang and others cannot delay on the road, and can only try to hurry as fast as possible.

On this day, everyone stayed in an inn, and during dinner, Zhao Ziliang said to Zheng San: "San'er, I have thought about it, I am now just a city gate guard, a job that an ordinary captain can do, but let me, the general of Dingyuan, do it, I can't arrange any good position for you now, you go back to Broken Leaf City first to continue to serve as the judge of the Logistics Division, Lord Lai Yao and other officials should not embarrass you in the old feelings, and even help you, even if others turn their faces and don't recognize people, at least Li Siye, Wei Meng, Huo Kan, Liang Qi and Lei Wu are reliable, you can have a lot of dealings with them, and send me news in time if there is anything. If one day I can be released, and the conditions are right, I will transfer you over, what do you think? ”

Zheng San said: "Brother Liang, whatever you say, I will do it, don't worry, after I return to Broken Leaf City, I will gather the general's former subordinates together to form a force, and one day Brother Liang will be willing to serve at any time if necessary."

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "San'er, you know my mind very well, so do it!" In addition, Feng Changqing is a very talented person, I believe you have also experienced it, he is not only very good at overall planning, but also has a good military talent, you must take care of him."

At this time, Gai Jiayun lived a happy life in the capital Chang'an, and the long-term bitter cold life on the frontier made him a little reluctant to leave once he returned to Chang'an, so he went to Hexi Jiedu to make the trip to Liangzhou to be stationed in Liangzhou was delayed by him, and it was delayed for more than a month.

During this period of time, Gai Jiayun often wandered in the major fireworks places in Chang'an, and even had intimate contacts with many female Taoist priests of Taoist temples.

No, Gai Jiayun was targeted by Pei Yaoqing, the political enemy of Li Linfu, the right prime minister, Pei Yaoqing wrote to impeach him, and Emperor Xuanzong immediately sent a lieutenant to announce the decree to him after seeing Pei Yaoqing's recital, so that he could immediately enter the palace to face the saint.

After Gai Jiayun entered the palace to see the emperor, the emperor urged him to leave for Hexi immediately, and asked him if he had any suggestions for the arrangement of Anxi's affairs.

The emperor asked why, Gai Jiayun was about to be summed up with Zhao Ziliang, Fu Meng Lingcha and others that day, which made Emperor Xuanzong look at Zhao Ziliang with admiration, the emperor did not adopt Gai Jiayun's proposal on the spot, only said that it needed to be considered, and Gai Jiayun immediately packed up and went to Hexi to take up his post after leaving the palace, which happened to be missed by Zhao Ziliang, who was about to return to Chang'an. (To be continued.) )