Early the next morning, after the master and servant called the carriage, they went to the Shen family, and after visiting the Shen family's aunt, they picked up the two brothers Mao Wenlong and Mao Zhonglong. And Xiao Yunlong, who was still crying before www.biquge.info saw the puppy, she had long forgotten about not being able to go to Wucheng County, and pestered her mother to buy a dog cage for the puppy.

Before leaving, while others were not paying attention, Ding Shouming secretly stuffed a few silver tickets to the Shen family's aunt, saying that it was left for Yunlong to buy a dog cage, and the rest was his own little heart. Although the Shen family is from a large family, he has lived with his younger brother Shen Guangzuo all these years, and he has three children, and his life is not easy, so he accepted it with a smile, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Ziren was quite decent. Then he enthusiastically sent everyone into the carriage, and kept telling Wenlong and Zhonglong to listen to their brother on the road.

From Hangzhou to Wucheng County in today's words to be a hundred miles smaller, in ancient times, the carriage can go more than 20 miles in an hour, and Wucheng County is located in the north of Zhejiang, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, the lakes are dense, and the road is indispensable to detour a little long, so it takes at least half a day on the road.

At the beginning, Mao Wenlong and Mao Zhonglong, the two little guys, looked at the scenery along the way with great interest, and there were still talking and laughing between them. But in the afternoon, I don't know if it was because I was too excited last night and didn't sleep well, or because I was tired from the bumps on the road, I snuggled up and fell asleep. Ding Shouming was busy with exams these days, and he was quite tired from taking care of the two little ones on the road, so he also closed his eyes and began to close his eyes to recuperate.

Only the servants have money, and they have been watching the luggage at the inn for the past two days, except for eating and sleeping, the young master is in the tribute courtyard, and there is not even a person to talk to, and he is panicking. Along the way, I happily chatted with a few young masters, and after a few young masters fell asleep, they pulled the coachman to chat. At first, the coachman still took a few words from time to time, but after a long time, he was annoyed and ignored him.

Youcai himself has been talking for a long time and feels bored, and suddenly thought of the little song he heard when he passed by the Qinglou a few days ago, so he sang alone: "The song is the red sun rolling down the west slope, and the little couple touched the eighteen on the kang..."

Youcai seemed to have woken up a few young masters, so he hurriedly turned back. As soon as the head was halfway back, the voice of his young master came from the carriage: "Ding Youcai!" Where did you learn this little song, next time I want to let Young Master Ben hear it, I will seal you with salt and make it into bacon and keep it for the New Year. ”

Youcai heard that his young master was joking by himself, but he didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly replied: "Young master, don't be angry, you have a lot of money to read, and I really don't know the meaning of this little song, I just think it's funny, I sang such a sentence casually, and I promise not to dare next time." ”

At this time, Mao Wenlong also accosted: "Brother Ziren, this journey is really boring, it's nothing to sing a couple of sentences if you have money, and besides, this little song sounds very interesting, so you can spare him." ”

Shouming saw that Wenlong was pleading for wealth, and it was inconvenient to say more, so he thought for a while and said: "Wenlong, Zhonglong, this journey is boring, but listening to this little song is really immoral, I am now singing a military song to you, which is sung by Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty "Hongwu Emperor", when the Red Turban Army raised troops to resist the Yuan, and then one person sang it:

"The clouds are from the dragon, the wind is from the tiger, and the dust and earth are fame. Looking at Shenzhou, the people are bitter, and thousands of miles of fertile land are barren. Look at the world, as much as you want, and make up for the defects of heaven. Good boy, don't be a parent, just for the common people, not for the lord. Holding a steel knife of ninety-nine, kill all Hu Erfang and stop. I am a dignified man, what is a Tartar as a horse and a cow. The strong man drank the wine in the bowl and did not look back on the journey of a thousand miles. The golden drums roared in unison, and the yellow dragon swore endlessly! ”

This song accompanied the Red Turban Army led by Han Shantong, Liu Futong and others to fight against the Meng Yuan, and was mainly sung north of the Yangtze River. Therefore, there are not many people south of the Yangtze River who know this song, let alone the two little guys Wenlong and Zhonglong, who are from a scholarly family. The first time the two heard the military song, they felt very novel, and after listening to it once, they kept pestering Ziren to teach the two to sing.

Ziren was also happy to see that the two little ones were so studious, teaching them pronunciation word by word, and explaining their meanings, all as if they were teaching them, and they both learned it in less than half an hour. has been in the Ding family for many years, and this song has long been familiar to him, so the four of them sang it together. In the singing, unconsciously the group was not far from the gate of Wucheng County.

At this time, it was still early, looking at the city gate from afar, I saw that there were dozens of soldiers guarding the city at the city gate holding weapons, under the leadership of a general, carefully guarded, and constantly checking the passers-by, and there were soldiers on the city gate constantly patrolling back and forth. It stands to reason that the area south of the Yangtze River has been peaceful for a long time, although there was a disturbance during the Jiajing period. However, under the purging of the two marshals Yu Long, Qi Hu, the Japanese have long disappeared. Therefore, Wucheng County has been peaceful for many years, and seeing so many soldiers today, something must be a big deal.

Seeing this scene, Ding Shouming immediately asked the coachman to stop the car, instructed Youcai to take care of Wenlong and Zhonglong, and took out his saber and road guide from his luggage to get out of the car to check. After getting out of the car, he walked a few steps, and recognized that it was his uncle who led the troops at the city gate, Ding Kegong, the garrison of Wucheng County. Hurriedly stepped forward and asked respectfully: "Nephew Shouming, I am here to meet the uncle, I don't know what the so-called matter, I actually want the uncle to personally lead the troops to guard here?" ”

recognized that the person who came was his nephew, and the general hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said: "Ziren, it turned out that your kid is back, how did you do in the township test this time, our old Ding family has a lot of generals, and you are the first to be admitted to Xiucai, if you are admitted to the lifting of people this time, the uncle will definitely reward you, and the firearms in the uncle's military camp will be used by you in the future." ”

Ding Shouming saw that his uncle was so polite, and replied with a smile: "The questions in this township exam are not difficult, Ziren can be in high school with a certainty of seven or eight points, and I thank my uncle in advance." By the way, uncle, what is it bothering you to lead the troops here? ”

Only then did Ding Kegong remember that he had forgotten to answer his nephew's question, and hurriedly replied: "I was happy to see you, and I forgot all the business, do you know the Qiu family who opened the dart game?" Last year, a group of dart masters were invited from the north, and it is said that they were from the border army. As a result, he accidentally lost his dart today, and the Qiu family insisted that it was the collusion between the dart master from the north and the bandits on the mountain, and he commanded his own dart master at that time to arrest them and report them to the official. Of course, the dart master from the north refused to be captured, and as a result, he cut down the Qiu family dart master and the Qiu family master with a few blows, searched the Qiu family, and rushed out of the city gate to flee to the northwest. As soon as I ordered all the men and horses to go out of the city to chase and suppress, I was stopped by the county commander and asked me to strictly inspect the four gates to prevent them from killing them. Our Wucheng County has been peaceful for a long time, and we finally had a chance to go into battle to kill the thief, but I actually watched the thief run away like this, which is really annoying old man. ”

After listening to this, Shouren said: "This civil official does not know soldiers, this group of thieves must want to flee to the mountains and fall into the grass to become a thief, how can they have the courage to come back." If they really dare to come, they don't need to be uncle, let my nephew and I take the family to destroy them. By the way, uncle, I know that you love tea, this time I came back from Hangzhou to prepare a good Longjing tea for you, I will go to get it for you, you go back and drink Shun Qi. ”

After listening to this, Ding Kegong laughed loudly: "It's still my son's son who speaks well." By the way, Blacksmith Ding said that the things were done for you, so you can go to him to get them when you are free. It's strange to say, there are people who love to write poems, there are people who love Qinglou women, and I heard that there are people who like rabbits, but you kid like firearms. It's getting late, hurry up and go into the city, your father and mother are still looking forward to your coming home. ”

After greeting his uncle for a while, Ding Shouming and his entourage entered the county seat and went all the way home.