Chapter 2 The Ling Family

Ling Yuanhang was the boy who was attacked. He was born in the Changning County Palace, and his ancestors had great military achievements, and he was the only county king of the opposite sex in the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Grandfather Ling Xuancheng was also a fierce general who fought against the Hu people. Guan Yunhe was under Ling Xuancheng when he first joined the army, and later Ling Xuancheng was scarred by fighting in the north for a long time, and later his old illness recurred, and he unfortunately died on the way back to Beijing.

The old county king has two sons-in-law and one concubine. The three sons were all in the army, and when they heard the news, they went home to mourn.

At that time, Ling Yuanhang's father Ling Yuanzhi was already a son, and after the funeral, because the Hu people had been defeated at that time, the border was suspended. The three brothers were worried at home.

The period of Ding Wei of the Great Yuan Dynasty for military generals is different from that of civil officials, who must be worried for three years, while military generals only need to worry for one year. Ling Yuanhang's third uncle, Ling Yuanxing, is a concubine. His mother is the aunt of the old county king Ling Xuancheng to the border city, and Ling Yuanxing has always grown up in the border pass. This funeral is Ling Yuanxing's first return to the capital. A year later, he returned to the border.

Ling Yuanhang's second uncle Ling Yuanhui did not return to the border pass, after he kept his father's filial piety for a year in his hometown Luochuan, the emperor took care of the county king's mansion and was a military general, and he could not keep three years of filial piety like a civil official, so he appointed him to be a fellow governor in Luoyang next to Luochuan, so that he could always pay tribute to the old county king.

At this time, the Hu people and the Great Yuan Dynasty had been in truce for two years, and the Hu people had fierce internal disputes, so they had no time to take care of the war with the Celestial Empire, which just gave the Great Yuan Dynasty time to recuperate.

Ling Yuanhang's father, Ling Yuanzhi, inherited the title of county king and stayed in Beijing. At that time, the body of the first emperor was already at the end of the strong crossbow, and the crown prince was in charge of the country. In order to succeed to the throne, the crown prince put him in charge of the Western Daying to protect the security of the Gyeonggi region.

At that time, Ling Yuanhang was only five years old, and his mother was the lord of Changxing, smart and beautiful. The couple are very affectionate, and they especially love this son who has inherited the advantages of his parents.

Ling Yuanhang was enlightened at the age of three, learned things quickly, and had a good memory. However, such a lovely child was not loved by his grandmother.

Speaking of the reason, it was not worth mentioning at the time, the grandmother wanted to bring her mother's family and advocated marrying her brother's daughter to her son. Lao Junwang and Ling Yuanzhi resolutely disagreed.

Ling Yuanzhi was the companion of the current emperor when he was the prince, and he had a good relationship with the prince at that time, and often went in and out of the prince's mansion. At that time, the king of Ling Lao County was the Changxing county lord of the Ping Prince's Mansion, but it had not yet been decided. Prince Zhao of the Ping Mansion is the younger brother of the first emperor and the prince's own uncle, and the prince also intends to promote the family affairs of the Ping Wangfu and the Lingjun Palace. So he made a favor and asked the emperor at that time to give him a marriage. achieved the marriage between Ling Yuanzhi and the county lord.

From time to time, the cousin was taken in by her mother to live in the house. It was two years before Ling Yuanzhi and the county lord got married, the old Wu family and the cousin did not give up, and tried every means to marry into the county king's mansion as a flat wife. Ling Yuanzhi later simply went to the border pass. The cousin's age could not be delayed any longer, and there was no choice but to marry someone else.

After the lord of Changxing got married, he was not liked by the old lady. But the county lord has a high status, and he never looks at the old lady's unacceptable means. The old lady can't do anything about the county lord. I can only hold my breath in my heart. The couple still live lovingly, so it is normal for Ling Yuanhang not to be loved by his grandmother since he was born.

In the second year of Ling Yuanzhi's tenure as the commander of the Western Battalion, the current emperor succeeded to the throne smoothly, and Ling Yuanhang's sister A Ning was also born in this year. The little girl is as cute as the snow group, but she is still not loved by her grandmother.

When Ling Yuanhang was eight years old, his mother Changxing County Lord did not know what the reason was gradually losing weight, and the imperial doctor could not find out what the specific disease was, only saying that he was too worried, and a month later, Changxing County Lord died of illness at the age of twenty-six. Ling Yuanzhi buried his beloved wife in grief. He always felt that his wife's death was strange. Although the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good, the wife has long been accustomed to it for so many years, and she has not accumulated hatred for her mother-in-law in her heart. Ling Yuanzhi thought that what the imperial doctor said was too heavy to hold up at all.

According to the law of the Celestial Empire, a man can marry another person as his stepfamily within 100 days of the death of his wife, and if he does not marry within 100 days, he can only marry another person after the expiration of the one-year filial piety period. Mrs. Wu also used a hunger strike to force her son to marry the cousin and niece of the Wu family as his stepfamily. In desperation, he could only agree to Xiao Wu's entry, but not for the step-room, only for the concubine, the old lady resolutely disagreed, and King Lingjun accepted Xiao Wu as a concubine.

On the day that Xiao Wu entered the door, Ling Yuanzhi didn't even enter her door, and sat in front of the spiritual seat of the county lord of Changxing all night. The old Wu family Cui gave him a round house, and he deduced that his wife's filial piety had not passed.

During the period of keeping filial piety to his wife, Ling Yuanzhi began to secretly investigate the cause of his wife's death. In the process of his investigation, one of the girls of the Changxing group fell into the well and died, leaving a few words: to follow the county lord. The girl's death made Ling Yuanzhi even more suspicious that the death of the county lord of Changxing had a hidden secret. Later, the results of his investigation pointed to his mother, which made Ling Yuanzhi very painful, he didn't have the courage to investigate further, he was afraid that the results of the investigation would be unbearable for him, so he made a decision.

Ling Yuanzhi and the old lady reached an agreement that he could have a round house with Xiao Wu's family and give Xiao Wu's a child. But the premise is that he will take his nine-year-old son away and send his youngest daughter to his father-in-law's house. The old lady disagreed at first, but later saw that her son was very resolute, and if the old lady did not agree, he would not have sex with Xiao Wu. In desperation, the old lady agreed, and she didn't like the two children very much anyway.

In this way, Ling Yuanzhi had a room with Xiao Wu, and half a year later, as soon as Xiao Wu found out that he was pregnant, Ling Yuanzhi took his son to Northern Xinjiang. The poor old lady thought that if he slept with Wu for a few months, he would be able to get along with his feelings if he had a child, but she didn't expect her son to be nostalgic at all. Go so resolutely.

Later, Xiao Wu's stomach was also quite competitive, and he actually gave birth to a son. King Lingjun received the letter from Dezi at the border pass, but he was not very happy. But no matter what, the son is also his own, and Ling Yuanzhi named the child Ling Yuanxu.

He was ten years old when he sailed to the frontier, and he was as beloved as a little adult. Those veterans also like to tease him, so Ling Yuanhang did not develop a cold and serious temperament like his father in the veterans' pile, but was more lively and easy-going. Ling Yuanzhi let his son follow him at a young age, anyway, there was no war at that time, so he taught him to learn martial arts and literature. Guan Yunhe sometimes taught him a few tricks, so he was very close to Guan Yunhe.

Now Ling Yuanhang is thirteen years old. Don't look at the small people, the martial arts are not low, and the one-handed Ling family's marksmanship makes it a good one, which is the weakness of the people's small strength. In another two years, it will probably not be weaker than his father.

A month ago, Ling Yuanhang set out from the border pass to rush to Luochuan's hometown before Qingming to go to the graves of his grandfather and mother. At that time, Hou Ye was still at the border gate, and he watched him walk away with his guards. I didn't expect to see him here, it's still such a situation. Guan Hou Ye narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought. After a while, he asked Ling Yuanhang: "Hang'er, I heard that in the past year, dozens of bandits have gone to the mountains near Luochuan, and this group of people is the one who attacked you, but how many people did you just say?"

"There are about 200 people, and some of them seem to have been soldiers. If it were just these bandits, there wouldn't be so many of them, and the bandits wouldn't be so tough. Ling Yuanhang recalled the scene of the fight at that time.

"How can there still be soldiers? Could it be that someone instructed it, and you can recall the scene at that time. Guan Yunhe's face became serious.

Ling Yuanhang recalled, "The place where our group walked at that time happened to be a valley, and they all ran out with face toveils covering their faces. They didn't speak, but it seemed to be discussed, and they were all ruthless, if it was bandits, they would definitely rob the money first, but this group of people obviously wanted to die. And they seemed to come up and recognize me, and my men fought hard to hold them back, so that I could get out again and again. ”

Guan Yunhe groaned and said: "Hang'er, as far as I know, you have no enemies in the army, and you are so young, what kind of person has to put you to death? Generally speaking, killing people must have a purpose, either for wealth or power. This group of people is obviously not for money, so there can only be one point, and that is for power, but where do you get the power of a child who is so young and only ten years old?"

The two were puzzled. Ling Yuanhang said: "Why don't I send a letter to my second uncle and ask him to investigate this matter." ”

Guan Yunhe was stunned in his heart, something flashed in his mind, he was taken aback by his own thoughts, he tried to put aside this thought that made him unbelievable and said: "It's better not to tell anyone about this yet, until you find out, anyone is possible." ”

"Uncle Guan, you won't doubt my second uncle, although he doesn't like me as much as the third uncle, he is also my own uncle. Ling Yuanhang stared at Guan Yuanhe with wide eyes.

Guan Yun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I don't suspect that your second uncle is doing something to you, but I think it's better for more people to know about this matter, and when you return to your father safely, you can contact your second uncle again and ask him to help you investigate this matter." ”

Ling Yuanhang breathed a sigh of relief, he was really taken aback just now.

When Ling Yuanhang returned to Luochuan to worship his grandfather and mother this time, he was just in time for his second uncle Ling Yuanhui to also go to Luochuan to worship his ancestors. Ling Yuanhang still saw the second uncle when his grandfather died, and later the second uncle did not return to the border pass, but went to Luoyang to serve as a fellow governor. The uncle and nephew never saw each other again.

Luochuan and Luoyang are adjacent to each other. Ling Yuanhang came to Luochuan to worship with his second uncle. Later, the second uncle sent him out of Luochuan, and he returned to Luoyang.

Ling Yuanhang returned to Beijing with fifty entourages this time, wanting to go to his grandfather's house to see his sister again, but he didn't expect to encounter an assassination on the way, and it is estimated that the last few remaining guards are also more auspicious.

He ran all the way, tired and hungry, and still had injuries on his body, he couldn't hold it anymore, and his last thought before he fell into a coma was: "My life is resting!" How could Guan Yunhe rest assured that he would leave alone.

At this time, the servants had already cooked the meal, and everyone continued to hurry after eating. When staying overnight in the evening, Guan Yunhe asked Laifu to buy a horse for Ling Yuanhang. Because of his injury, he let Ling Yuanhang sit in the car first, and didn't let him ride a horse until he entered the capital.

Of course, Guan Yunhe's guards and subordinates were all screened and loyal, and those guards all knew Ling Yuanhang. After everyone met, Hou Ye specially issued a gag order.