Volume B The Immortality of the Wood Chapter 24 The Old Man of Jiangxia

The territory of the Han Dynasty is vast, although there are magic talismans on several carriages, but in order to avoid several big cities along the way, Zhang Jiao and the others walked for most of the day from Jizhou to the east county of Yanzhou.

Along the way, I kept seeing the team escorting the prisoners, and I heard Wei Zisheng say that these should be the clansmen of Tai students in Shandong. Zhang Jiao felt powerless, and did not take action to save more people. Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang saw that several servants dragged a woman to the side of the road and raped and killed her, so they couldn't help but take action and burned the servants alive.

"I heard you say that your clan is from Jiangnan? If you return to your hometown, won't you have to worry about being pursued by the imperial court? Walking to a forest, Zhang Jiao found some dry food for everyone to rest for a while, and asked Wei Zisheng.

"If we can really return to the clan, we will not be afraid, although our clan has little weight in the court, but if it is in Huiji County, it still has some influence. But at this time, the imperial court may have listed us as fugitives, and we have traveled thousands of miles to our hometown, and I am afraid that we will not be able to go back. Wei Zisheng's face was bloodless, his eyes were distracted, and he had suffered the death of many relatives in just a few days, and he was already very strong to endure without collapsing.

"I heard from my senior brother that some big clans in Jiangxia in Jingzhou have received his favors, and last time we helped some homeless people and settled them there. If it is safer for you to return to your hometown, I will see if you can find a few boats in Jiangxia, so that you can go down the river until Huiji. ”

Zhang Jiao pondered for a while, and felt that helping people should be helped to the end, and since he had agreed to the old man Wei Fan's deathbed request, he must take his family members to a safe place.

"Thanks to the great grace of the immortals, Zisheng is willing to repay him for the rest of his life... In the future, if the immortals need it......" Wei Zisheng knelt on the ground and wept silently.

"No need, I'm just entrusted by Wei Fan's predecessors, he had a lot of good governance when he was an official Julu, and this can be regarded as a small reward for the people in my hometown." Zhang Jiao picked up Wei Zisheng, and ordered everyone to get into the car and go straight to Jiangxia.

Zhang Jiao and the others continued to set off, except for the time spent on the road, they did not stop for long, even so, it took the group three and a half days and a half to reach Jiangxia.

Zhang Jiao once heard Yu Ji say that when he traveled to the world in his early years, he came to Jiangxia and gave Fu water to the local Huang family, so he was treated as a guest.

Zhang Jiao recalled the people who rescued Ma Yuanyi at the beginning, and he had the impression that they came to Jiangxia with Zuo Ci's warrant.

Xiling City is a big city in Jiangxia County, Zhang Jiao asked everyone to wait outside the city, and entered Xiling City alone to inquire about the news.

The Huang family was not as difficult to inquire as Zhang Jiao imagined, and a random person was stopped on the street, and that person informed Zhang Jiao of the gathering place of the Huang clan.

So after Zhang Jiao learned the news, he led everyone straight to the direction that the man said.

After arriving at the place that the man said, Zhang Jiao found that the gathering place of the Huang family was too big, and several big villages around it actually called themselves members of the Huang family.

The Huang clan is second to none in Jiangxia County, and its influence even extends to several prefectures and counties around Jingzhou.

"I want to find your Huang clan patriarch, please let this eldest brother know." Zhang Jiao led everyone to the largest village and stopped a young man. There are several relatively large dock forts here, and I think this should be the center of the Huang clan.

"Looking for our patriarch? What are you looking for our patriarch to do? The young man was about to work in the field with a hoe, and was a little impatient when he was stopped by Zhang Jiao.

"Naturally, I have something to ask for, and I ask my eldest brother to tell me." Zhang Jiao said as he took out a black wooden sign to show him. It was the warrant that Yu Ji had given him, which Yu Ji used when he instructed him to practice lightning in the bamboo forest.

"You are a member of Master Taiping?" The young man looked at the token and thought for a while, then hurriedly put down his hoe and saluted, his expression becoming surprised and respectful.

"Uh... He's my brother. Zhang Jiao also returned the salute, it seems that the name of the senior brother is very useful in this Huang clan.

"Then you must be a great teacher, please come with me." The young man's face was full of adoration and respect, and he led the way towards a tall dock fort.

"Quickly inform the patriarch that there is a master coming, who is the junior disciple of Master Langya Taiping." The young man led Zhang Jiao and the others to the dock fort, and excitedly reported to the guards in front of the door.

"What? Everyone, please take a break here, and I will go and inform the patriarch. The guard did not stop when he received the news, but instructed another guard next to him, and ran in quickly.

"Big brother, these villages are really rich, much stronger than ours." Zhang Bao said when he arrived around the dock fort and looked at the villagers coming and going.

"Yes, their children have well-fitting cloth to wear." Zhang Liang looked at the children who came and went with envy, and remembered that he was still wearing a thick linen shirt some time ago, which his two elder brothers wore when they were children.

"Our family has money now!" Zhang Jiao patted Zhang Liang's little head and comforted.

After a while, I saw an old man walking out of the dock fort quickly, he was dressed in a linen robe, and there were many patches on the robe, but it was very clean, and he was very surprised to see Zhang Jiao.

"I don't know that the guru is coming, the old man is far away, forgive sins, forgive sins." The old man was in good spirits and full of energy, and he walked with a tiger's step, and the tiger was full of wind.

"You are the patriarch of the Huang family, boy Zhang Jiao, passing through here, I have something to ask Mr. Huang." Zhang Jiao's posture was very low, and he bowed.

"Don't dare, don't dare, please from the master, what do you have to say, even if you say that you are old and decayed, come here, go and find Ma Yuanyi, set up a banquet, and the old man will entertain the master!" The old man saw Zhang Jiao saluting and hurriedly helped him up, took Zhang Jiao's hand and walked into the dock fort.

After entering the dock fort, Zhang Jiao became more and more surprised, with the strength of the Huang clan, the furnishings in the patriarch's house were very simple, even a little dilapidated, and it was not as luxurious as the dock fort of the Guo family in the county seat.

In the courtyard, a teenager was wielding a horse lance to practice splitting stabs, and he looked about the same age as Zhang Jiao. Wearing only a pair of burlap shorts covered with patches, he was naked and covered in sweat, and the sun shone on his muscular body.

"Grandpa, who are these people?" The young man saw that his grandfather led a group of people into the house, and the young man led by him was very young, but the grandfather was very respectful and curious, and walked to him with a horse lance.

"Zu'er, don't be rude, this is the junior brother of the master who cured us of the plague last time." The old man scolded.

"He's not a few years older than me!" Huang Zu was very unconvinced, he felt that this young man must have taken advantage of the prestige of that master.

"Hey you bunny, step aside!" The old man's eyes were as wide as Tongling, and he yelled at Huang Zu.

Huang Zu shrunk his neck, stuck out his tongue, and ran to practice the horse lance again.

"The master is rude, my grandson has been ......stubborn since he was a child," the old man couldn't wait to catch the kid and beat him, and hurriedly apologized to Zhang Jiao.

"It's okay, it's okay, the elders don't have to be polite, it's a bad kid." Zhang Jiao couldn't stand the enthusiasm of an old man, and thought that his senior brother must have saved the old man's life.

"The old man's name is Huang Ben, three years ago we Zhuangzi had a plague, the old man also almost died, thanks to the senior brother Taiping Master to rescue, but also the charm water to save our entire Zhuangzi people, is the great benefactor of my Huang family, the little brother as the Taiping master of the junior brother, there is something to tell the old man is, you don't have to be polite. My Huang family still has some energy in this Jingxiang land. ”

Sure enough, Yu Ji really saved his life, Huang Ben patted his chest as soon as he came up and said that the benefactor's business is the Huang family's business, and Zhang Jiao, as the benefactor's junior brother, is naturally also a guest.

"Boy Zhang Jiao, on the way to practice, he encountered the old man in trouble, was killed by a traitor, the old man asked me to take care of his family before he died, although the boy learned some skills in the teacher's door, but he was young, and the family was not very powerful, so he wanted to borrow a few boats from the Huang patriarch to send the family of the deceased back to his hometown......" Zhang Jiao saw that Huang Ben was arrogant, so he said the matter 1510, and pulled Wei Zisheng over to introduce Huang Ben.

"I heard Ma Yuanyi say in his later life, Master Taiping has a benevolent and pure junior brother, and today I have to see Xiaoyou, and he is really kind-hearted and upright, and the master can rest assured, if this kind of thing is met by the old man, it is also incumbent, not to mention the trust of Xiaoyou." Huang Ben said, a little anger appeared on his majestic face, and then said to Wei Zisheng.

"It's really hateful that these eunuchs wantonly mutilate my Han Zhongliang like this! and they will be punished. Xiaoyou, rest assured, my Huang family also has some power in Huiji, and I will send you back to your hometown safely. ”

"That being the case, Zhang Jiao Xie Huang Patriarch's righteousness." Zhang Jiao bowed his hand to Huang Ben and thanked him.

"The master is too polite, hahaha, the master looks who's coming." Huang Ben pointed to the door.

"Little Immortals!" Ma Yuanyi entered the door with three dolls, and as soon as he came in, he saw Zhang Jiao, and quickly ran to Zhang Jiao's side and kowtowed.

"Zhao Ci, Bai Heng, Sun Shouyi, I have seen a benefactor." The three children spoke in unison.

"Hurry up, hurry up, how are you doing now?" Zhang Jiao was also very happy to see the old man, and hurriedly helped them up, looked at the three children who were about the same age as his younger brother and asked.

"Patriarch Huang Ben treated us like his own family, helped us cultivate a lot of fields, and also naturalized us." Ma Yuanyi looked at Zhang Jiao excitedly, if it weren't for the young man in front of him, he would have been exposed to the wilderness.

The Huang family set up a grand banquet, killing pigs and sheep to entertain Zhang Jiao.

"Mr. Huang, there is something unclear about the boy, the Huang family has many clansmen in the land of Jingxiang, as the patriarch, why are you and your family still wearing sackcloth." Zhang Jiao's curiosity, which he had been holding back for a long time, finally brought it up at the banquet, and Zhang Jiao was surprised that this level of local tyrant was so low-key.

"My Huang family has developed since the ancestor Chunshenjun to this day, and the clansmen have already turned into many branches and scattered all over the country, and the old man is just the patriarch of this Jiangxia branch." The old man drank a glass of wine, and the tiger looked at Zhang Jiao a little embarrassed, and continued.

"I'm ashamed to say that before Huang didn't meet Master Taiping, he also liked some extravagant scenes, but since the last time he was saved by the master, the master said some words and gave the "Taiping Sutra", and after reading it, the old man was ashamed and regretful, and suddenly felt that the confidence and future of my Huang family are not in money and jewelry, not in those luxurious clothes, nor in young servants and beautiful maids."

"The reason why my Huang family can have today is because the ancestor Chun Shenjun is righteous in the world, so the world also sent great mercy to protect my Huang family. In the first half of my life, Huang Ben lived to be a dog, and after reading the heavenly kingdom described in the Guru's "Taiping Sutra", I realized it later, and suddenly realized it. So he scattered all his wealth to support his clansmen, and also helped some people as much as he could. Now the name of my Huang family is becoming more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. ”

"Congratulations to the old patriarch Huang!" Zhang Jiao was shocked when he heard this, and raised his wine glass to salute Huang Ben.

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I'm not as old as my ancestors." Huang Ben also took the wine glass and drank it all, sighing leisurely.

"It would be great if my Han could be like the Yellow Heavenly Kingdom painted in the Taiping Sutra, giving grace to the inside and threatening outside."

"Yes, if that's the case, Zhonghuang Taiyi is benevolent to the world, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and support from the heart, what are you afraid of." Zhang Jiao also sighed, the current Han is persecuted by the people, wantonly framed Zhongliang, and was made bleak by some villains who play with power, and the people are not happy.