Chapter 15: The Ins and Outs
Entering the ancestral hall, the eyes are very spacious, in the middle of the three huge black background gilded spirit tablets stand on a yellow curtain paved incense platform, the ancestral hall around the wall is made into a ladder-like five steps, all yellow curtains are paved, there are countless spiritual positions enshrined on it, the candle flame is flickering, the light and shadow are separated, the silence in the hall is abnormal, and the needle drop can be heard.
Seeing so many spiritual positions, Xu Hao's scalp was numb for a while, and he unconsciously leaned towards Qin Tian.
"Young Master Hao, don't be afraid, in addition to your father's spiritual seat, this ancestral hall enshrines a total of 250,000 heroic spirits of soldiers, all of whom are subordinates under your father's command, my robe. Qin Tian looked sad.
"My father's subordinates, and who is my father?"
"Hey" Qin Tian sighed, I don't know if he was feeling sad about the dead robe, or he was sighing at Xu Hao's Xiaobai.
"Your father was originally the commander of the Jincheng garrison, leading the border gate city defense, commanding 250,000 troops, and in the battle against the Great Zhou four months ago, together with 560,000 border people, generously served for justice. After speaking, Qin Tian pointed to the middle of the three huge spirit cards, and the old tears were all over.
As Qin Tian's fingers looked, he saw that the spirit card with a black background was engraved with seven gilded characters of "Lord Xu Lin's Spirit Position", and on the right side of the spirit card was engraved "Master Mother Xu's Spirit Position", and the remaining piece was that of the amnesiac Jun Xu Hao.
Seeing his tablet, Xu Hao's scalp tightened again, and he felt that the ancestral hall was becoming more and more gloomy.
"Ahem, can Uncle Qin remove my tablet first, I looked panicked. Xu Hao said to Qin Tian with a bitter face.
"I'm sorry, Young Master Hao, I'm going to leave, I'm getting old, and my brain is getting worse and worse!" Qin Tian slapped his forehead and quickly stepped forward to remove Xu Hao's spirit card.
In fact, Qin Tian is not very old, he is in his forties when he looks at it, but his temples are already gray.
I saw that he took down the spirit card and just wiped it casually, and the stone powder on the spirit card fell down, and a few bronzing characters were wiped clean in an instant.
Jia Ren was not wrong, Qin Tian was indeed a famous martial artist.
Qin Tian patted the dust in his hand and casually put the spirit card in the corner. Shook his fist at Xu Hao and said respectfully:
"Please ask Young Master Hao to incense the Duchess and Duchess. After speaking, Qin Tian lit the incense candle and handed it to Xu Hao.
It seemed that he couldn't hide from kowtowing a few times anyway, so Xu Hao had to take the incense candle from Qin Tian's hand and respectfully insert it into the incense burner. Then he knelt down on the futon in front of him and knocked three times.
Qin Tian next to him had already seen it with tears streaming down his face, and he was relieved.
wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, and helped Xu Hao up, but he knelt down.
"Lord, madam, Young Master Hao has come to see you, he is not dead, the sky has eyes. I, Qin Tian, swore in front of the two spirits today that as long as I Qin Tian was there, I would never let Young Master Hao suffer the slightest grievance. Speaking of this, Qin Tian had already shrugged his shoulders and couldn't cry.
Xu Hao helped Qin Tian up, Qin Tian waved his hand and wiped it on his face, "Let Young Master Hao see the joke, I can't control my tears when I'm a little older." ”
Xu Hao didn't dare to say anything.
"Young Master Hao, I'll take you into the village, this is the backyard of the cottage, and there is usually no one on duty, but if you enter the front village, you have to follow me closely in case of accidents. Qin Tian instructed Xu Hao to say.
Xu Hao nodded in agreement.
Out of the ancestral hall, all the way to the west, the two do not talk, along the way the figure is longing, Minggang is not less than ten, the secret whistle is countless, the real name of the three steps and one post five steps and one whistle.
Xu Hao secretly rejoiced, fortunately, he had not recklessly broken into the front village before, otherwise he would have been shot into a hedgehog. At the same time, there are many doubts in my heart, a bandit village, and it is understandable to pay attention to vigilance, but how can I be so full of swords and guns, as if facing a great enemy. Besides, I heard Jia Ren say that there are only two hundred bandits in Sunset Mountain, but there are no less than a hundred sentries along the way, plus more than 100 horsemen besieging Qixia Town. Presumably, this Sunset Mountain is not as simple as it seems. There is also this Qin Tian, since he is Xu Lin's subordinate, how did he go up the mountain and fall into the grass again, and why did he not participate in the battle of Jincheng. Qin Tian doesn't look like a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
All kinds of questions lingered in Xu Hao's heart, like a fish in his throat, Xu Hao wanted to ask several times, but Qin Tian shook his hand to stop him.
After walking the tea kung fu, I came to a fresh and elegant small building, and there were no other buildings around, which was very quiet.
Pushing open the door, Qin Tian let Xu Hao in. There was no lighting in the small building, and it was pitch black.
There was a faint smell of mildew in the room, and it was obvious that it had not been inhabited for a long time.
Maybe Qin Tian's flint was damp, and he lit the oil lamp after a long time, and Xu Hao, who was in a hurry, almost touched the lighter.
There was no tea in the building, but I don't know where Qin Tian found half a bottle of soju, and found two large Haikou bowls and put them on the table, insisting that Xu Hao sit on the top, Xu Hao couldn't refuse, so he had to sit down.
Seeing Xu Hao sit down, Qin Tian didn't sit down, but just poured the two sea bowls full of wine. Holding the wine bowl in both hands, he straightened his upper body and knelt down towards Xu Hao with a "plop".
"The commander of the cavalry battalion, Qin Tian knocked to see the young master. "Qin Tian was instantly covered in iron blood.
This kneeling directly made Xu Hao jump up from the chair in fright, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him.
"Uncle Qin, if you are so respectful to me again, I will go down the mountain now, and we will not get along with each other in the future, and you will never see me today!" Xu Hao was really a little anxious, could he really be so domineering, and everyone knelt when they saw each other.
Qin Tian heard Xu Hao say this, and hurriedly stood up.
"Don't call me the young master anymore in the future, my father is my father, I am me, and the two have nothing to do with each other. Xu Hao took advantage of the victory and pursued.
"That's not allowed, respectful and orderly, don't dare to mess with the rules, I was the lord's general, I have no father and no mother since I was a child, and I was taken in by the lord, and now the lord is gone, young master Hao deserves this young master. Qin Tian insisted on calling it that.
"Okay, Uncle Qin, since you said so, do you listen to what I say or not?" Xu Hao thought about it.
"That's natural, just by the young master's orders!" As soon as the words came out, Qin Tian looked at Xu Hao's evil smile and felt that it was inappropriate.
"Well, from now on, no one before or after you will be called me young master. Xu Hao's plan succeeded.
"Even the young master is not allowed to call. "Xu Hao doesn't do anything.
"Okay, Uncle Qin is so decided, and in the future, our uncle and nephew will be commensurate. Seeing that Qin Tian still wanted to refute, Xu Hao hurriedly covered the coffin and made a final conclusion.
Qin Tian couldn't help it, so he could only give up, hoping that Xu Hao could recover his memory quickly.
When Qin Tian sat down, Xu Hao didn't have time to speak. Qin Tian said: "Hao Shaoxian's nephew, don't worry! I know what you want to ask, can you tell me before you get up the mountain, what is the so-called thing about going up the mountain? I've been calling you Young Master Hao since you were born, and it's really awkward to call your nephew. ”
Xu Hao was not strong, so he had to agree, and then vaguely said that he had climbed up from the back cliff, and he didn't hide anything from him, and told Qin Tian 1510. Although Qin Tian was suspicious, it was inconvenient for Xu Hao to investigate if he didn't say anything.
"It's okay, it's late tonight, tomorrow I will go down the mountain with Young Master Hao, I discipline the people in this cottage very strictly, and I don't think I will do anything to hurt the old lady and the little girl. ”
Hearing this, Xu Hao felt a lot of confidence.
"Then please ask Uncle Qin to tell me about this cottage and my father. Xu Hao said.
Qin Tian took a sip of the wine bowl, spicy and pungent, frowning slightly. These words in my heart have been held back for a long time, and today I can finally say that they will come out.
Putting down the wine bowl and clearing his throat, Qin Tian started with Jincheng.
It turned out that Xu Hao's cheap old man, that is, Xu Lin, did his best in Jincheng a few years ago, devoted himself to defense, and won a high reputation for him.
Originally, one was a full-time defense and the other was a full-time city affairs, and there was nothing to do. But because of Xu Lin's growing reputation, Liu Gao often watches birds and teases dogs, and does not specialize in city affairs. Therefore, for many things in the city, the lower officials bypassed Liu Gao and went directly to Xu Lin's mansion. Xu Lin is straightforward by nature, and he does not care about Liu Gao's feelings. Coupled with the villain around Liu Gao, Liu Gao was angry and went to the capital to join Xu Lin for the crime of ignoring the court and usurping the city's affairs.
Liang Zi was finished, and Xu Lin didn't care. But in the next few years, the disadvantages slowly appeared, the defense and military expenses of the border army and the military salaries of the soldiers have always been allocated by the imperial court to the border city garrison, and then issued by the garrison to the hands of the generals with the army. Taking advantage of this convenience, Liu Gao made things difficult for Xu Lin from time to time, and it was common for him to deduct and procrastinate. None of the armament changes submitted by Xu Lin were approved.
Over the years, the border army of Jincheng complained and its combat strength declined sharply.
In the first two years, Xu Lin found that Zhou Jun was frequently adjusted, and he was afraid that there would be big moves. Several times he asked the imperial court for appropriation to increase the number of troops. But every time, Liu Gao was obstructed by him, saying that Xu Lin's exhaustion was unfounded, and he deceived the court to strengthen his subordinates. The last time was a one-year fine by the imperial court. At this point, Xu Lin was disheartened.
But seeing that the threat of the Zhou army was increasing day by day, Xu Lin was unwilling to sit still, on the one hand, he stepped up the training of the soldiers, and on the other hand, he found a way to expel Qin Tian and the five hundred soldiers from the barracks, but secretly sent horses and food, just to keep a little seed of the Jincheng border army, and there was a selfish intention that if Jincheng was really broken one day, he hoped that Qin Tian could protect Xu Hao's thoughtfulness.
Qin Tian left Jincheng with five hundred soldiers, subdued the Qiyun Gang in Sunset Mountain, and waited for the day, always paying attention to the news of Jincheng.
Unexpectedly, a month before the Zhou army attacked the city, the news of Young Master Xu Hao's death came.
When Qin Tian arrived in Jincheng, Xu Lin knew that the Jincheng Dynasty was not in danger, and he was afraid that the Zhou army would humiliate Xu Hao's body after the city was broken, so he instructed Qin Tian to bury Xu Hao in a mass grave in the northern suburbs, but the cause of Xu Hao's death was not mentioned.
And when Xu Lin was stepping up preparations for the war, the garrison Liu Gao's family disappeared overnight. Qin Tian always suspected that Xu Hao's death was related to Liu Gao, but he didn't understand why Xu Lin didn't say a word.
Qin Tian originally wanted to live and die with Xu Lin and stick to Jincheng, but after being scolded by Xu Lin with tears, he had to return to Sunset Mountain. Unexpectedly, that side became the last side, and since then the two have been separated by yin and yang.
After hearing this, Xu Hao felt a lot more relieved.