As a natural person living in human society, Song Qing naturally has relatives, even if he was often described by Song Li as a lone seedling of the Song family in the past, it was because they separated a long time ago, and the last two generations of the branch they left in Xuzhou were all single, and the connection with the branch that stayed in Henan was not close, and the branch that is said to have gone to the northwest has long been cut off, and I don't know whether the other party is dead or alive, so in this sense, Song Qing is indeed a lone seedling of the Song family in Xuzhou.

Even so, he still has relatives, this Song Ying in front of him is really his relative, according to the generation, it should be his cousin, even if the person is obviously older than him, but in terms of seniority, he is really a cousin, Song Ying's father Song Yi and Song Qing are the same generation, and Song Hu should be regarded as Song Ying's cousin, there are still more people in the Song family in Henan, there are more than 50 Dingkou in the family, and there are many people in Henan, and many people are in the army.

Song Hu actually knows a little about these things, but because there has been no contact between the two sides, he didn't talk much to Song Qing, and now he listens to Song Ying's tactful commentary, which can be regarded as barely having some understanding, four generations ago, when Song Qing's great-grandfather felt that there was no future in Henan, and felt that Xuzhou was a good place, so he left Henan with his family and went to Xuzhou, at that time Xuzhou was still a canal route, and it was a first-class prosperous place in Jiangbei, so he settled his home here and never returned to Henan, The remaining Song family disciples on the Henan side naturally did not contact them again, and the two sides lived their own lives in the presence of the other party.

In addition, it is said that there is another one that went to the northwest, and it is also said that it is in Sichuan, and it has no contact with the other two, which is a very rare thing in this idea, after all, the rules of the Ming Dynasty are very strict, and they can run around without scruples here. It's not a family that keeps to itself.

It is said that the Song family was a bandit in the Mengyuan period, and later the great son of the emperor Dingding Jiangshan, only to turn from a bandit to a soldier, but the former Jianghu spirit is still difficult to change, and generations are considered good talents in the army, although there have been no big officials, but there is some fame in the recklessness, such as Song Qing's grandfather Song Dadao, and his father Song Laohu and others. If he hadn't been born out of nowhere, his family would barely be a small tyrant, at least he wouldn't have to worry about living.

The other one is not bad in Henan, the collective lives in a big house on the outskirts of the city, many people are still in the Kaifeng Xuanwu Wei Army mixed errands, this Song Ying is a hundred households, it is considered a good mix at home, this trip is to come out to deliver grain and grass to the officers and soldiers of Weihui Mansion, who knows that Lu Dao only came out of Xuanwu Wei not long ago. He was discovered by a small group of troops who broke into the army, and his men were all killed, and he himself escaped by pretending to be dead, but when the enemy army withdrew. He found that the food was all gone, and the punishment for losing the military rations would definitely not be too small, especially at this time, it was estimated that he could be killed. Only then did he think of death, but who knew that Lu Dao happened to be saved by Song Qing who was passing by.

"So, big nephew. I have one last question, please answer it seriously! After listening to Song Yingyi's white work, Song Qing basically determined that this was his relative, and his attitude was somewhat kind, but he was five or six years old, and he had always called him a little uncle, of course he also had to give his eldest nephew some good looks, but after playing with a good face, he still asked very seriously: "Since you are also a serious official, why do you want to pretend to be an uncle?" ”

"Huh?" Song Ying subconsciously paused, seeing Song Qing with a wicked smile on his face, he knew that he was definitely not angry about this, so he said: "The little uncle is famous, the eldest nephew is the result to use, there is nothing to scare the surrounding bandits, this time I didn't hang myself, I didn't react for a while, and the officers and soldiers also used this hand, who knows that this fake man has also met your true god, and I hope that the little uncle is a lot, don't worry about your eldest nephew, just spare me this time!" ”

"Okay, it's all my own family anyway, forget it this time, don't beat my name and bluff people in the future, this time I personally lead the team, if you meet my brothers in the future, you will be killed directly if you don't get angry, and it's too late to say anything!" When it came to this, Song Qing naturally didn't blame, but asked a little puzzled: "Since everyone is relatives, why don't you come to Xuzhou to find us?" The two sides are so close that it won't take much time to get around, right? ”

"This, it's probably inconvenient." Song Ying was a little embarrassed, seeing that Song Qing looked like he had to know the reason, he had to confide in the truth: "Our family is a bull temper, if your family is similar to us, it is also the general flag of a hundred households or something, everyone is still good to meet, but the little uncle and the cousin are now big officials, if we go to look for you, it seems that we are more attached to the powerful, and the old men in the family can't lower their heads, even the little nephew thinks it's not suitable." ”

Understood, Song Qing can understand this emotion very well, it may be because of the family after all, his father Song Hu is also about the same temper, although he will not take the initiative to show his prestige, but in his bones he is very reluctant to make friends with any rich and noble people, which can be understood as not mixing connections, and can also be understood as a kind of arrogance in his bones, and because of this, before Song Qing continued to make meritorious contributions, Song Hu was a general banner, and he couldn't rise no matter what, all thanks to this temper.

Speaking of which, Song Qing's impression of his eldest nephew has improved, and Song Ying obviously belongs to the kind of ruthless person, who neither escaped after losing food, nor did he choose to go up to the mountain to be a bandit, but found a rope to hang the beam and committed suicide, which can be regarded as living and dying with this gang of brothers who transported food.

However, since Song Qing is here, of course he will not let him die, comforted Song Ying for a while, and then proposed: "Otherwise, I don't think you will go back, just follow the little uncle's team, and I will ask people to send a letter when you go back to the guard and the family, you are more familiar with this side, and you can be regarded as a guide for me, if you make military merits, you will go to Xuzhou with me, that side is now the territory of our Song family, it is better than sending people under the fence at this end, if the family is interesting, it is a big deal to go over together, I will say hello to your commander, Anyway, he must have a spare amount to eat, and if I give him another amount of silver, there shouldn't be any problems, what do you think? ”

"I have no opinion, people go to high places, water flows to low places, if the little nephew passes, he doesn't rely on the uncle to take care of him, he has martial arts, and he can also fight a future, Henan has been peaceful, there is no battle at all, and the little nephew has been in the battle formation for a long time, so he was ambushed by these rogues, otherwise he would not have lost so badly!" Song Ying was very open-minded, and first stated his position, but then changed the conversation and said: "There is no problem with the little nephew, I can't say for sure about the old men in the family, they are too stubborn, they may not be able to go to Xuzhou, if the uncle really plans to take them away, it is estimated that he will have to go over in person at that time, and I dare not guarantee that it will not be successful." ”

"No problem, I'll go there myself!" Song Qing is really not just talking, in the past, he felt that his family had no relatives, so he never planned to do so, but now that these relatives have emerged, they are all mixed in the army, of course, they have to take advantage of it, this year is the concept of clan, if you have a family and a business, it is necessary to help the same clan, otherwise you will definitely be poked in the backbone by others, and all kinds of rumors and rumors will continue to strike, and the wind comment is basically gone.

Besides, Song Qing really needs the support of the clan's strength now, after all, he is such a big mess now, Song Hu can't manage too much by himself, and he doesn't want to care too much, if he can pull these clansmen to Xuzhou and follow Song Hu to do things together, it will definitely be much more convenient in the future, so he moved this idea.

But this is a matter of the future, now to face the battle with the peasant army, and to expel them from the territory of Henan, Song Qing did not continue to delay, directly in the direction of Xinxiang, that night in the south of Xinxiang twenty miles camp, and sent a horse to search around, when the next morning when the sky was just dawning, Huerha with people turned back, flew off the war horse, and said with a big grin: "General, there are about more than 50,000 soldiers and horses on the opposite side, what is the banner of the eight kings!" ”

"Eight kings? Zhang Xianzhong? Song Qing asked subconsciously, seeing that Hu Erha's face was dazed, it was estimated that he was a Jurchen hunter in the East China Sea, and he didn't know that Lu Dao would be a world-famous eight kings in the future, but since this banner was played, no one should pretend to be, so he immediately ordered: "The Liukou is in front, the whole army will set up camp, what will be the eight kings in the past, this person is said to be one of the big leaders of the Liukou, compared to Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, it is not a few points worse, today is just to practice with him!" ”

The army responded violently, Xuzhou is now a soldier is a very popular thing, although not to a person as a soldier, the whole family is glorious, but the young men are also proud to join the army, plus Song Qing with the propaganda team from time to time to instill the concept of the narrow road to meet the brave wins, so the subordinates are some militants, in Xuzhou local training for a long time, long wanted to come out will be the world's heroes, now finally wait for an opportunity, or the eight kings who are very famous in the rogue, whether the new soldiers and veterans are extremely excited, quickly towards Xinxiang.

Not long after they left, the second group of probes also returned, and the team of the Eight Kings seemed to have spotted them and were approaching this side, apparently planning to fight. (To be continued......)