It's time for the martyrs to be laid to rest.

Mujiazhai, outside the ancestral hall, eleven coffins are neatly arranged, and the bereaved families of the martyrs are kneeling in front of the coffins. Yu Xiang distributed the pension silver one by one, and came to the front of the last coffin, Yu Xiang reverently kowtowed to the deceased four heads, and then personally distributed one hundred taels of silver to the hands of the martyr's widow Zhang, this martyr is in front of Yu Xiang, Mu Huozhuang, who was cut off by Gu Batian, Zhang was crying silently, four-year-old Mu Xiaohui knelt beside his mother, looking at Yu Xiang with a pair of innocent eyes.

Yu Xiang held back his tears and touched Mu Xiaohui's head, the little guy was ignorant, he didn't know that he had lost his father's love since then.

Yu Xiang distributed the last pension silver, respectfully to all the martyrs, solemnly kowtowed and swore an oath: "I, Yu Xiang, swear to the dead, I will do my best to let the bereaved families eat well, wear warm clothes, children go to school and read, and the elderly can die well, I will abide by integrity, adhere to justice and justice, and seek the well-being of the people of my village. ”

The bereaved family members who knelt down saw the owner of the village swear so badly, everyone was immediately moved to cry, Jiugong was next to him, although he was deaf and dazzled, but he heard the oath of the owner of the village really well. stepped forward, helped Yu Xiang up and said: "The owner of the village, you saved the lives of all of us, they are sacrificed for the village, you don't have to be so yourself!" ”

Yu Xiang hugged Jiugong and said to the standing crowd: "Everyone's life is precious, it is the martyrs who have defended the happiness and well-being of Mujiazhai with their precious lives. To live up to the spirits of the dead in heaven! ”

The listeners immediately boiled with enthusiasm, and they all swore to express their determination, and everyone was in a commotion.

Yu Xiang helped Jiugong and looked around, and everyone fell silent under Yu Xiang's gaze.

Seeing that the time had come, Yu Xiang sang loudly: "Rise from the coffin!" Congratulations to the martyrs to the earth for peace! ”

The mourning music sounded, the firecrackers rang out, the mournful music of the suona fluttered with the spirit flag, and the group carried the coffin to the cemetery, where the martyr's cemetery will be built. A few years later, this martyr's cemetery became a burial place for people who had made a significant contribution to the country, and ordinary people were not eligible to be buried there.

After the burial of the martyrs, everyone returned to the ancestral hall, and the bereaved families of the martyrs received bereavement pensions and went home. This time it's the rewards that will be handed out.

The list of rewards is formulated by Jiugong and can convince the public. Yu Xiang, Red Lady, Mu Xiaoqing, Shengying, Li Gang, Zhang Erhu, A Niu, Goudan, Mu Jia and other brothers, each of whom received fifty taels of silver, and the rest were divided into silver according to each household, and each household was given twenty taels of silver. Several soldiers who followed Zhang Erhu to surrender also received twenty taels of silver.

Most people in Mujiazhai have never seen so many silver, at that time, ordinary people's homes, there are one or two taels of silver is amazing, this time every household has a few dozen taels of silver, everyone is elated. Walking on the road, it feels light, like a dream.

Mu Xiaoer was wearing tattered clothes and was rushing to Aunt Zhang's house, and along the way, everyone asked with a smile: "Bald, are you looking for someone to tell you about your daughter-in-law?" "He had leprosy on his head when he was a child, and there was no hair on the top of his head, because his family was poor, he was in his thirties, and he couldn't get a daughter-in-law, and even the old ** who was old didn't want to marry him.

However, he is very diligent, so as long as he is free, he is not idle, picking up and eggs everywhere to make fertilizer, so the villagers nicknamed him bald. It doesn't matter if he's used to it, he happily answers. He is in the village, but he is a well-known manure expert, and his crops grow better than others.

The bald egg came to Aunt Zhang's house happily. Aunt Zhang married from another village, her mother's house is not far from Mujiazhai, and she arrived over two mountains, there are many girls there, she has matched several pairs in the village, and she is a famous matchmaker in the village.

Aunt Zhang saw that Mu Xiaoer was coming, of course she knew his intention, today, her threshold was about to be broken, and she had already come several times. Aunt Zhang pretended not to know and asked, "Bald, do you have something to do with coming to Auntie's house?" ”

Mu Xiaoer shyly touched the top of his head, his face flushed, and said, "Auntie, I want to ask you for help to ask for a mother-in-law!" ”

Aunt Zhang: "This year, if you want to ask for your mother-in-law, bride price, and dowry money, you have to pay a lot of money, your family?" —" She deliberately dragged out her voice.

Mu Xiaoer hurriedly said: "I have money, I have money, I don't believe you!" With that, he took out a few large silver ingots from his pocket, "This is a deposit, not enough!" ”

Aunt Zhang pretended to be unhappy and said, "Your daughter-in-law is married, then I will be busy in vain, and I won't do this." ”

Mu Xiaoer hurriedly took out a piece of silver, put it in Aunt Zhang's hand and said, "This is to honor you." "Laugh silly.

Aunt Zhang was happy, returned the silver to Mu Xiaoer's hands, and said: "I said bald, you underestimate Aunt Zhang and me, how can I accept your silver, besides, I also got a lot of silver, I am not short of money, you are diligent and responsible, whoever follows you will live a prosperous life in the future, you put your heart in your stomach, Aunt will ensure that you marry a yellow flower girl who is like a flower and jade!" Don't forget to invite my aunt to drink a glass of sugar water when the time comes,"

Mu Xiaoer was so happy that he was excited, he was still reluctant to leave, chatting about his daily life at Aunt Zhang's place, until he saw that someone came to Aunt Zhang's house to protect the media, so he went out of Aunt Zhang's house and hummed a little song all the way home.

Let go of Mujiazhai, how everyone is festive, for the time being, I will not show it. The news of Gu Batian's annihilation spread far and wide, not only the entire Dongshuanghe Town was boiling, but even the nearby county towns and state capitals were greatly shaken, after all, Gu Batian dominated one side, was a local hegemon, and his name was too big.

However, what is even more shocking is the martial arts world, and the martial arts world is even more evil that Yu Xiang killed the three brothers of the Gu family, and the death of the three brothers of the Gu family has been deduced into dozens of versions, which have gone viral on the rivers and lakes, but the core of each version is that the three brothers of the Gu family were killed by a move. For example, one version says that Gu Badao was opened by a young man with a finger of his hand, ten steps away. Everyone speculated that Gu Batian was killed by this young man with a long-lost one-finger sword on the rivers and lakes, and the other version was even more evil, the three brothers of the Gu family, the three of them stood in line ten steps away, and were pierced by three people at the same time, and the three of them died together.

Jianghu people use flying pigeons to pass the book, if at that time if anyone can catch the carrier pigeon in the air, the pigeon's leg must be tied to the note that Gu Batian was destroyed, this is not all because of Gu Batian's fame, but to kill the three brothers of the Gu family This person only used one move to solve the martial arts master, this person's martial arts are too high. Even the Jinyi Guard in the capital also spread the matter to the gods, and finally this matter reached Wang Chengen's ears.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen was idle and in a rare good mood, sitting in the imperial garden, chatting with his henchman eunuch Wang Chengen: "Si Lijian, what are the interesting things in the outside world recently?" ”

Of course, Wang Chengen knew that the emperor had been worried about the uprising of the displaced people in Shaanxi and the invasion of the Tatars recently, and he also wanted to make the emperor happy, so he wanted to tell some wild history, so that the emperor could stay away from those things that led troops to fight. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes lit up and said, "What's new, let's talk to me." ”

Wang Chengen saw that the emperor was interested, so he added fuel and vinegar and said: "The slave heard Jinyiwei say that there is a place called Dongshuanghe Town in Xinyang Mansion, Henan, where there are three martial arts masters with extremely high martial arts. ”

Emperor Chongzhen laughed: "This young man from Yu Xiang is really powerful, but it's too evil." ”

Wang Chengen couldn't help but be happy when he saw the emperor, he hadn't seen the emperor have a smiling face for a long time, and when he saw the emperor so happy, he continued: "Your Majesty, the things in the green forest are new, and this thing has a name, a surname and a place, but it's not like Miao's biography, your people are so numerous, and it is not an exaggeration to have one or two top-notch strange people." ”

At this time, a little girl came accompanied by several palace maids, this little girl is Changping Princess Zhu Yujiao, she just came, heard Wang Chengen say strange people, very interested, and asked: "What strange people are strange people, come and listen!" ”

Wang Chengen added fuel to what he had just said to the emperor. Princess Changping also listened extremely seriously, her little eyes blinked, and she was very interested in it.

Chongzhen, who was on the side, looked at this daughter with kind eyes, he was such a daughter, he usually doted on her, and everything was up to her, as long as it was not too out of line, Chongzhen basically didn't care. After taking charge. Queen Zhou of the palace loves Princess Changping very much and regards it as her own. It is because the princess can usually walk around the palace.

After listening to Wang Chengen's introduction, Princess Changping became interested and said to him: "Princess, since there are such capable people, wouldn't it be better to ask you to be a guard in the palace and keep your father's safety forever?" ”

"This-" Wang Chengen didn't dare to make decisions on his own, the palace was not something that ordinary people could enter casually.

Chongzhen said: "Princess, this kind of rumors can only be heard as stories, and it is exaggerated. ”

Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen: "Si Celebrant Supervisor, you pass on my edict and let Jinyiwei command the envoy to secretly investigate the identity of Yu Xiang in Dongshuanghe Town. ”

Wang Chengen took the order and left.

Princess Changping surrounded the emperor and asked herself endlessly. In the Imperial Garden, among the purple and red flowers, there is a rare scene of a father and daughter talking and laughing, wandering around the garden.

A little later, several Pumas galloped out of the Forbidden City and flew like arrows to the town of Dongshuanghe in Henan.

Speaking of the Songzhu Temple of Emei Mountain, Sichuan, Ai Lianchi just received a letter from the flying pigeon, this letter was passed on by Shengying to his teacher, and it was written: "Disciples Shengying and Li Gang helped Yu Daxia to exterminate the scum Gu Batian, unharmed, please don't worry!" ”

Ai Lianchi handed the letter to Xiahou Shangyuan and Zhuge Shanzhen.

Zhuge Shanzhen said: "Master, this is the notes of the junior brother, it seems that the rumors in the rivers and lakes are true, and there is really a young man in the rivers and lakes!" ”

Xiahou Shangyuan patted his tattered oil sermon robe and said: "This letter is clear, to kill Gu Batian, the two junior disciples are helpers, and if it is spread, I am afraid that there will be no peace forever." ”

Ai Lianchi said: "As long as it is for the martial arts, what if there is no peace?" ”

Xiahou Shangyuan hurriedly said yes and said: "The apprentice is not afraid that people will come to Songzhuguan to make trouble, but he is worried about the safety of the two junior brothers, after all, they have just debuted, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and the secret arrows are difficult to prevent." ”

Ai Lianchi nodded thoughtfully and said: "As a teacher, I am also worried, Shengying and Li Gang are young and vigorous, and they are not thoughtful, I am afraid that he will be ambushed by thieves." ”

The ancient sage Ailianchi paused and said, "The teacher decided to go to Dongshuanghe Town and go to help them. Xiahou Shangyuan, you stay at Songzhu Temple, Zhuge Shanzhen will go with me, go to prepare quickly, and set off early tomorrow morning. ”

After the ancient sage finished speaking, Xiahou Shangyuan and Zhuge Shanzhen got busy and packed some good bags for the master. Early in the morning of the second day, an old man in a white robe and a silver-bearded man and a middle-aged man who were gentle and elegant, one after the other, rushed on the road and headed straight in the direction of Dongshuanghe Town.