The two of them were urging the horse to hurry, suddenly there were a few thunderbolts in the sky, and then there was a downpour, because they were in the middle of the way, there was no place to hide, the two of them only braved the rain, the face of the big rain of beans on the top of their heads hurt, the muddy water thrown by the horse's hooves was full of mud spots, the snow-white body of the snow lion was also dirty, and the body of Song Jiang's black horse was also confused. In the heavy rain, a village appeared in front, and there was an ancestral hall like a building at the head of the village, Song Jiang wiped the muddy water on his face with his sleeve on the horse, and said loudly to Luda: "General Lu, there is an ancestral hall in front, let's go in and hide from the rain!" ”

Luda said: "Good! ”

The two of them galloped over, and when they got closer, there was a big stone tablet in front of the ancestral hall, which was carved with five big characters, Cheng Gongzhi Festival Ancestral Hall, and looked forward to a stone bell tower and a stone lion in front of the ancestral hall

Cheng Gong Ancestral Hall was rebuilt during the Yonghui period of the Tang Dynasty, has a history of more than 300 years so far, the front is set up to hold the building, the big ridge stands on the mountain, the scale tile covers the roof, and there is a courtyard wall around the ancestral hall to protect it. The statue of Lu Guogong is sculpted in the ancestral hall, majestic and solemn, living in the middle, there are Hu Lei, Qin Zhang, Pei Gao, Shi Biao and so on left and right, lifelike. Painted and carved beams, reflecting each other. There is a couplet under the hug of Xia: "Uncle Baoyi, King Qin's hanging armor army destroys the peak and traps the generals; The ancestors of the Southern Second Duke only Lingyan Pavilion Tugong portrait photo Qianqiu. "The courtyard gate and the ancestral gate are on the same central axis, and the four corners are winged, which is very spectacular. This ancestral hall was built by people to remember Cheng Zhijie, that is, the legendary Cheng bite in the legend of the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Cheng Yanjin is a native of Dong'a County, Jeju, brave and good at fighting, and is good at riding horses and stabbing with a lance.

Since the sixth year of the Great Cause, thieves have swarmed, and Cheng Yanjin has organized an armed force of hundreds of people to protect the township. Later, it was attached to Li Mi of Wagangzhai and was reused, and he was one of the hussars of the inner army. Li Mi selected 8,000 brave men in the army. It belongs to the four hussars, divided into left and right, and is known as the inner army. Li Mi often said to people: "These 8,000 people are worth a million troops." "Cheng bites one of the four hussars under the leadership of the golden pipe, and the favor he receives is particularly generous. Wang Shichong and Li Mi fought a decisive battle, Cheng Yanjin led the inner cavalry to camp on the Beibi Mountain, and Shan Xiongxin led the outer cavalry to camp in Yanshi. Wang Shichong attacked Shan Xiongxin's camp, and Li Mi sent Cheng Yanjin and Pei Xingyan to rescue, but Pei Xingyan was hit by a stray arrow and fell off his horse. Cheng bit Jin Chima to rescue and killed several people in a row. Taking advantage of the retreat of Wang Shichong's army, he picked up Pei Xingyan and galloped back. The pursuers stabbed with a lance, and Cheng Biting Jin broke his lance and killed the pursuers, so that he could avoid this difficulty. Li Mi failed and was killed, Cheng Biting Jin was captured by Wang Shichong, returned to Wang Shichong, and was appointed as a general by Wang Shichong, the king of Luoyang, and treated Cheng Biting Jin very well. Because he despised Wang Shichong for being a deceitful person, he said to Qin Shubao and others: "The prince is shallow and narrow-minded, but he loves to open his mouth and swear. This is just what a folk witch can do, where is the monarch who sets things right! So, Cheng Biting Jin, Qin Shubao and others took the opportunity of Wang Shichong to fight the Tang army in Jiuqu. led dozens of close subordinates, rode a horse to the west for a hundred steps, dismounted and saluted Wang Shichong: "We are worthy of your special treatment. I always want to repay the favor and serve, but you are suspicious of your temperament and love of slander, and it is not a place for us to support you, and now I can no longer serve you, and I ask to be separated from now on. So he jumped on the horse and came to descend to Tang, but Wang Shichong did not dare to chase after him.

Li Yuan asked them to serve Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and Li Shimin had already heard of their reputation and respected them very much, and appointed Qin Shubao as the commander of the Ma army, and Cheng Zhijie as the commander of the left third army. After that, Cheng Yanjin followed Li Shimin, the king of Qin, successively defeated Song Jingang, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, and led the commander of the left horse army.

In the seventh year of Wude, the crown prince Li Jiancheng slandered Li Yuan and sent him to serve as the assassin of Kangzhou. Cheng Yanjin told Li Shimin: "The king has been removed from his right-hand man, if he wants to get long-term protection, can he do it?" Zhijie is just dead, and he doesn't dare to leave the king's side! ”

In the ninth year of Wude, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Change, and Cheng Yanjin also participated in it. After the change of Xuanwu Gate, worship the right guard rate of the prince, move the right Wuwei general, and enjoy the actual sealing of 700 households.

Later, he participated in many wars to pacify the local separatist forces, and made great contributions to the establishment and consolidation of the Tang regime. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, he painted his portrait in Lingyan Pavilion and was named one of the 24 meritorious heroes. Yonghui moved to the general of the left guard in six years, and Lin De died in three years, and was buried in Zhaoling.

Luda and Song Jiang walked into the ancestral hall and bowed deeply in front of the statue of Cheng Biting Gold to show their respect for the heroes of their ancestors. Then the two of them took off their clothes and wrung them out and put them back on. At this time, it was already dark, and the rain continued to fall, Song Jiang said: "General Lu, it seems that we have to rest here tonight, but I really can't help you." ”

Luda said: "Don't say that, there are unpredictable storms in the sky, who can predict what will happen on the way, and it is not bad to have such a place that can shelter from the wind and rain." ”

Song Jiang took out a pocket, took out a few cakes from it, and said, "Let's eat some food first." ”

Ruda took the cake and said, "I didn't expect you to be very thoughtful, with dry food!" ”

Song Jiang said with a smile: "Hehe, I'm calling it prepared!" ”

The two of them talked as they ate what was not a dinner.

After drinking a few sips of water, Song Jiang said to Lu Da: "General Lu, you rest first, I'll go to the back to see if there is a place to sleep." ”

Luda said: "Okay, let's go together!" ”

The two of them walked through the main hall of the ancestral hall and came to the back hall, and saw that there was another room here, and when they pushed the door open and went in, there were still two wooden beds inside, although they were only smooth planks, but they always seemed to be sleeping on the ground. So the two of them put down their burdens and threw them on the bed, and fell on them.

There are no stars, no moons, and you can't see your fingers.

Heaven and earth are one, and everything is submerged in boundless darkness. Only at the moment when the lightning shines, it brings instant light to the earth, and the thunder rumbles, as if to tear the earth apart.

The night was deep, and people had fallen asleep.

In the darkness, two people were running freely, the rain was hitting the leaves, and the mountain wind was blowing, the sound was very great, and it also gave people a sense of desolation.

At this time, I heard the slightly lagging man: "Junlang, can you slow down, I can't run away from the shadow." ”

The man in front slowed down and said, "Okay, Shadow Sister, let's go slowly, we're all soaked anyway." ”

Fortunately, he slowed down, otherwise he would have missed a house on the right, and when he saw the black shadow standing, his heart was overjoyed, and he secretly exclaimed, "Shadow, it seems that there is a house there." So saying, he reached out and took the shadow's hand, and ran towards the dark shadow of the room.

In the darkness, these two figures came to the ancestral hall, this is a man and a woman. Maybe the two of them were in too much of a hurry, maybe the two of them were already dazed by the heavy rain, and they didn't even see the two tall horses next to the ancestral hall, but they actually galloped into the ancestral hall.

The woman stared at each other, and after a while, she said softly: "Junlang, you must not be in a hurry, things in the world are often not achieved quickly." ”

The man let out a long breath and said, "Shadow, we have been trapped in this cabin for half a month, can I not be in a hurry, this foot on the land really feels like a world away, and at the same time there is a sense of intimacy!" ”

The woman known as the shadow said, "Junlang, I really don't know what the master and his old man are asking us to come here for?" ”

The man known as Junlang said, "I don't know, but when I was leaving, Master instructed that someone would tell us the mission of this trip when we arrived in Tai'an Prefecture." Okay, let's not think about it so much, let's raise the fire and dry the clothes first. ”

Then the man took out a fire fold from his arms, shook it vigorously twice, and then another faint light flashed out, he held the fire fold, found a few wooden planks in the corner of the ancestral hall and said: "Shadow, I didn't expect that there is really something combustible here, you wait for me to light the fire." ”

In less than a moment, a fire was lit in the ancestral hall, and the two of them gathered next to the fire, and it could be seen that it was a young man and a woman in the light of the fire.

The man has a jade face and red lips, sword eyebrows and flying sideburns, and he is really a good talent. The woman's face is as round as the full moon, her body is slender, and she has the beauty of a swallow.

Except for a baggage, there is no luggage. But the man and the woman both carried a long blade that looked like a sword but not a sword, and a knife rather than a knife, and at this time it was slanted into their backs.

At this time, Luda and Song Jiang, who were sleeping in the back hall, had already been awakened. Song Jiang jumped out of bed and picked up the iron rod, and was about to open the door to find out, but Luda grabbed him and shook his head and said softly: "Don't make a fuss, people also came here in a hurry to avoid the rain." ”

Song Jiang put down the iron rod in his hand, fell on the bed again, and said softly: "It's good now, Cheng Yanjin's ancestral hall has become an inn." ”

Luda said: "Shhh, whisper, the two people outside are both masters." ”

At this time, the handsome man in the main hall also heard the movement coming from inside, and his heart suddenly moved, and he thought: "Maybe there may be thieves hiding here, so it's better to strike first and kill them." Thinking of this, he grabbed the blade on the ground and stood up, and the shadow who was roasting the fire gently pulled the placket of his shirt and shook his head, saying, "Junlang, don't be shocked, maybe people are here to hide from the rain like us." Junlang obediently sat down again, and this time, the sleepiness that the two of them had just had disappeared without a trace, although they were roasting the fire, but their heartstrings also collapsed.

Although Luda and Song Jiang, who were in the room later, were lying on the bed, they were also secretly vigilant in their hearts.

The main hall, the back room, and the four people on both sides are all on high alert and alert in silence, because they are walking the rivers and lakes, the rivers and lakes are full of dangers, and the rivers and lakes are sinister places in people's hearts. (To be continued.) )

PS: Today is the birthday of the starting point, I wish all book friends a happy holiday, this is the happiness we all have. Confidants in the sea, if the end of the world is next to each other!