In the bustling Tianchang City, there is an inconspicuous alley called Yuxiao Alley, and Xiucai Tong Liang's home is in the innermost part of the alley. When Tong Liang was eight years old, his father Tong Dashan died, and since then, Tong Liang has relied on his mother Tong Damiang, Tong Liang entered school at the age of thirteen to be a showman, and since then he has been teaching for a living, training a few Mengtong, barely making a living.

Tong Liang's father is a dart master, his martial arts are mediocre, Tong Liang was exposed to it when he was a child, and he also practiced martial arts with his father for a few days. Although Tong Liang's martial arts are not as good as his father's, he just likes it, and sometimes he will fight unevenly, and he will fight with street gangsters and the like, and he will not suffer any loss if he fights two or three gangsters at a time.

Tong Liang's father, Tong Dashan, died from a bodyguard and was stabbed seven times when he died. Dart Xing lost some pensions, plus Tong Damiang worked as some helpers, barely able to make Tong Liang study, until Tong Liang went to school to do Xiucai, became a student, and there were six buckets of rice collar every month, and Tong Damiang was relieved.

Since his friend Jin Yunzhang left Tianchang and went to Jiangzhou, Tong Liang has been studying at home every day in addition to teaching and sitting in the library, not only reading the art of war, but also reading the Four Books and Five Classics, after all, he has to prepare for next year's township test.

Tong Liang teaches in the backyard of a temple, there are more than a dozen students, all of whom are children of ordinary families, these parents don't think that their children can have any great potential, they just want their children to be able to read and write, which is better than being blind. The presiding monk in the temple is a little interesting, and is not greedy for incense money, Tong Liang occupies a room in the backyard of the temple to teach, and only produces a little sesame oil every year, which is added to the everlasting lamp in front of the Buddha statue.

This afternoon, Tong Liang taught the children to finish reading, swayed back home, and lived in the main house to say hello, went back to his own room, just sat on the chair and shook his head to start to know the person also, I heard someone knock on the door, Tong Liang was a little puzzled, since Jin Yunzhang left, usually no one came to the door, who came to knock on the door? Don't knock on the wrong door, right?

Tong Liang opened the door with doubts, and saw a tall and thin man standing at the door, dressed in purple, about thirty years old, carrying a big iron rod on his back, and he didn't look like a bad person. Tong Liang looked at the tall and thin man and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

The man asked with a smile on his face, "May I ask if you are Mr. Tong Liang?"

Tong Liang nodded, "I'm Tong Liang, do you have anything to do with me?"

The man smiled and said: "My name is Yulong Xingkong, this time I came from Jiangzhou on the order of my senior brother Tang Jiusheng, and I brought a letter written by Brother Jin Yunzhang to Mr. Tong. ”

When Tong Liang heard that there was a letter from Jin Yunzhang, his eyes lit up, and he enthusiastically went to the courtyard, and said while letting go: "It turns out that there is a letter from Brother Jin, very good, very good, please sit in the house and drink some coarse tea!"

Yulong Xingkong was not polite, followed Tong Liang into the house, looked around, saw that the table was not neat, and the chairs were also very shabby, and couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Tong is really a destitute person!"

Tong Liang didn't care, and laughed: "In ancient times, some people took the sky as a quilt and the earth as a bed, Tong Liang has not yet reached this level, but there are still three broken rooms enough to live in, and there are not even ancestors who have said, 'Si is a bad room, but I am content'! Brother Yulong, please drink tea!"

Yulong Xingkong praised: "What a poor and happy Mr. Tong!" Then he took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Tong Liang, and said with a smile: "This is a letter from Brother Jin Yunzhang to Mr. Tong." ”

Yulong Xingkong picked up the tea poured by Tong Liang and took a sip, and it was really poor tea, and the entrance was very bitter. Yulong Xingkong smiled, raised his head and drank a bowl.

Tong Liangxing took the letter in a hurry, looked at it, and kept nodding, "Good, good, good." When he saw the end, he grinned and said, "I want to go." Ah. Brother Yulong, I don't make a fuss, my family is poor, and I don't have any good food to entertain you, let me repair a book tonight, reply to Brother Jin, only trouble Brother Yulong will run again tomorrow!"

Yulong Xingkong stood up with a smile and arched his hand: "Okay, then I'll come back tomorrow to get Mr. Tong's reply!

Tong Liang laughed, and also arched his hand: "Brother Yulong is really not an ordinary person, my old tea is coarse and bitter, it is difficult for Brother Yulong to drink up a big bowl!"

Tong Liang sent Yulong Xingkong away, and when he returned to the house, he naturally wanted to go to Jiangzhou, but what should the old lady at home do?

Tong Liang was hesitating, and Aunt Tong walked in from outside and asked, "Son, I heard a letter from your brother Jin next door just now, what did you say?"

Tong Liang hurriedly gave up his seat to the old lady, "Mother, have you heard it?" Brother Jin sent a letter, saying that now Tang Jiusheng's brother is also in Jiangzhou, Jiangzhou is close to Yuzhou, and it is the junction of Jiannan Road and Southwest Road. ”

Aunt Tong smiled and said: "My son, isn't this a good thing? Isn't this an opportunity to shout all day long to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country? The country is the time to employ people, there is nothing to hesitate about, go, support you for your mother!"

Tong Liang sighed, "Mother, I'm going to go, can your old man go with me? If Jiangzhou fights in the future, it will be a battlefield, and you definitely can't go, but I'm going to leave your old man in Tianchang, who will support you? What should you do when I leave? What about my students?"

Aunt Tong sighed, "Son, my mother can still be a domestic helper for others or something, and she can also eat with a mouthful of food." Even if Jiangzhou fights, it will only be a few years, and it will not be a lifetime, that King of Pingxi is not a thing, and he can't win the world, and in a few years, my son will come back when he becomes famous, and it will not be too late to be raised as a mother! ”

Tong Liang smacked his mouth and was silent. At this moment, someone outside the window said, "Mr. Tong, this is not difficult!"

Tong Liang's mother and son were startled, the gate was closed, who entered the courtyard? Tong Liang hurriedly went out of the house to see that Yulong was standing in the courtyard. Tong Liang smiled: "Brother Yulong, why did you go and come back? The door is bolted, how did you get in? Come into the house and talk, don't stand outside the door, it just so happens that the tea is not cold yet, do you want to drink another bowl?"

Yulong Xingkong followed Tong Liang into the house and bowed to Aunt Tong, "Little nephew Yulong Xingkong, I've seen Aunt Tong!"

Aunt Tong also stood up with a smile and said, "Sit down, sit down, Tong Liang, pour tea for Yulong's nephew!"

Yulong Xingkong smiled: "Mr. Tong, I walked a few steps, and I felt that something was wrong, so I came back again." ”

Yulong Xingkong said again: "I was negligent just now, you are originally a destitute person, you may not want to go to Jiangzhou, but you are just worried about the life of the old mother at home, so I thought of this and came back to say hello to you." From tomorrow, your students, I will go to the Tang Mansion of the National Teacher to find a teacher to teach, Aunt Tong, I will also go to the Tang Mansion to work, there is food to eat, and safety is guaranteed, what are you afraid of?"

Tong Liang was overjoyed, and said: "Brother Yulong, Tong Liang wants to thank you here! Don't call me Mr. Tong, let's call Brother Tong, you are older than me, and I am embarrassed to be a gentleman." ”

Yulong Xingkong smiled, "Then I might as well be respectful." ”

Tong Liang was puzzled again: "Tang Jiusheng's virtuous brother is only about fifteen years old, why do you call him senior brother?

Yulong Xingkong said with a smile: "I apprenticed two years later than Tang Jiusheng, so he is the senior brother and I am the junior brother." As for Brother Jin Yunzhang, he is almost ten years younger than me, so naturally I will call him the elder brother, and I will have one more elder brother in the future!"

Tong Liang smiled again and asked, "Brother Yulong, I asked you just now, how did you enter my gate, my door is bolted!"

Yulong Xingkong shook his head, "You are really unable to stop me, I am not modest to say, I am quite clever in this light skill, your door is two feet higher, I can come and go freely, I don't believe you come and go." ”

Tong Damiang and Tong Liang were curious, came to the courtyard, to see how Yulong Xingkong came and went freely, the two of them saw a flower in front of their eyes, Yulong Xingkong was gone, and there was a humane outside the gate: "Brother Tong, I'm outside the door!"

Tong Liang was shocked, and there was another flower in front of him, and Yulong Xingkong was already standing in front of him. Yulong Xingkong smiled and said, "Brother Tong, how about my light skills?

The two mothers clapped their hands and laughed, and Tong Liang praised: "It's just amazing!"

Yulong Xingkong was triumphant, "Brother Tong, then let's say okay, let's leave for Jiangzhou as soon as possible, Auntie's side, I'll go to say hello to Uncle Tang, and I'll go to Tang Mansion to do things in the future, killing two birds with one stone." Now that it's decided, I'll go first. Aunt Tong, Brother Tong, goodbye!"

Tong Liang asked, "Where is Brother Yulong?" Why don't you stay and have dinner, although there is nothing to eat." ”

I saw a flower in front of me, Yulong Xingkong was gone, and the wind was far away from the next sentence, "No, I still have something to do, I want to go to the Red Sleeve Pavilion!"

Tong Liang stuck out his tongue, shook his head and said, "This Brother Yulong, it's okay!"