Tang Jiusheng rode a unicorn to leave the team, and the single horse ran forward along the official road, the unicorn had not run to its full strength for many days, and this way the horse galloped wildly, it was really like a gallop. This area of Shangluo County is all plains, and occasionally there are gentle slopes that are not big, and now it is midsummer, and the crops are green, and it is thousands of miles at a glance. Tang Jiusheng turned his head on the horse, and he could still vaguely see the shadow of Qi Lanshan, but it was getting smaller and smaller in his line of sight.

After running for more than ten miles, there were three forks at the intersection of the official road in front, two avenues, and a small fork in the road, Tang Jiusheng looked at the end of the small fork road, and seemed to vaguely see a small green hill, and there was a small hill on the plain? Tang Jiusheng was quite surprised. Tang Jiusheng stopped his horse on the side of the road, and asked the villagers who were taking care of the crops on the side of the road for directions, it turned out that the small fork in the road led to Lingzhuzhuang, the left official road ran down to Kangling County, the right official road led to Yong'an, and the running down was Zhujiaji.

The villager saw Tang Jiusheng carrying a knife on his back, and said with a smile: "Gongzi is a person who practices martial arts?" That Zhu family lives in Shangluo Zhu's family, which is the sword saint in the north, and the rule on the rivers and lakes is that when you go to Shangluo, you don't show your sword, and Gongzi tries not to show his knife near Zhujiaji, so as not to hurt and be angry. Tang Jiusheng was fierce and said with a smile: "I am also a person who practices swords, and after Shangluo, I actually forgot about the Zhu family!"

Thinking about it again, he said to himself: "Lingzhu Village in Shangluo County, the ancestor of the Zhuang Giant Spirit, the martial arts realm has been a three-grade many years ago, and the martial arts are extraordinary, although the height is not high, but it is extremely heroic and righteous, because of the love of Nanzhu, so it spent a lot of money to build the Lingzhu Village, a while ago when the master was in trouble in Jiangzhou, he rushed to Jiangzhou thousands of miles away to help. Since I've had a relationship with him, why don't I visit him first?"

Thanks to the villagers who showed the way, Tang Jiusheng galloped along the official road on the left, and in less than two teas, he had already run out of nearly two hundred miles, and he had already seen the city gate of Kangling County in the distance. Kangling County was originally a part of King Kang's fiefdom, and the tombs of King Kang in previous dynasties were all on the well-off mountain in this county, so it was named Kangling County. A few years ago, King Kang was removed from the throne and exiled because of the failure to seize the palace, and the fief was abolished, but the name of the county was not changed.

Tang Jiusheng rode straight to the south gate of Kangling County, the guards at the gate of the city were checking the people who brought weapons into the city, seeing Tang Jiusheng riding a unicorn horse, he hurriedly took the initiative to stop the crowd and make way for a passage, although he saw that this master was carrying a knife, but the guards didn't even have the courage to come forward to stop and investigate, can the people riding this horse be ordinary people? It is better to provoke less, otherwise there will be no place to shout grievances when people fall to the ground.

Tang Jiusheng entered Kangling County, prepared gifts such as wine and fruits in the most prosperous street market in the city, and visited a friend's house for the first time, how could he go empty-handed? After buying wine and gifts, he casually found a restaurant and had lunch, then turned his horse's head, went out of the south gate of Kangling County, returned to the three-way intersection in the original way, and went straight to Lingzhuzhuang from the small fork road. The unicorn is extremely fast, and it is only twenty miles from the three-way intersection to Lingzhuzhuang, and it will be there very quickly.

Hundreds of steps in front of the village, Tang Jiusheng looked at it, only to see a small hill no more than two hundred meters high planted with Nanzhu, Lingzhuzhuang is located next to the small hill, covers an area of forty or fifty acres, the courtyard is exquisite and meticulous, there are streams, small bridges, ponds, pavilions, rockeries, there are also many Nanzhu planted in front of the village and in the village, there are three golden characters on the gate floor of the village: Lingzhuzhuang. Tang Jiusheng smiled slightly, and said that the ancestral giant spirit loved Nanzhu, and it seemed that it couldn't be faked.

The road in front of the village was a gravel road, Tang Jiusheng slowed down the speed of the horse, and when he approached the village gate, he saw a person wearing a filial piety hat

A beautiful little woman wearing a vegetarian dress took two maids to cool off under the bamboo bushes at the entrance of the village. The beautiful little woman who was dressed in plain clothes saw Tang Jiusheng coming alone on a unicorn with a gift, got up to greet her, and asked, "This son, I want to come from afar to worship our master?"

Tang Jiusheng couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this beautiful little woman say this, turned over and dismounted and arched his hand on the side of the road: "In Tianchang Mansion, Xiajiangnan Province, Tang Jiusheng, when the ancestor Qiushan Ze was in trouble, Brother Zu Juling went to help, so there was a relationship, this time I passed by Guibao Land, and I came to visit Brother Zu, I don't know what kind of relatives this sister and Brother Zu are, and what to call it?"

The beautiful little woman who was dressed in plain clothes sighed and wiped away her tears: "The concubine is the Zou family, and the ancestor Juling is a clumsy husband." The humble husband unfortunately died of a violent illness last month, and is now buried in the back mountain, and Tang Gongzi is late. ”

Tang Jiusheng was not a little surprised, the ancestor of Lingzhu Zhuang was only in his forties, he was in the prime of life, his martial arts were strong and healthy, how could he say that it would be gone? Tang Jiusheng looked Zou up and down, only to see that this Zou was only about twenty years old, beautiful as a flower, it turned out that this ancestral giant spirit was an old cow eating tender grass, but now the grass is still green, but the cow is dead, it is really impermanent.

Tang Jiusheng couldn't help but sigh, looked at the weeping Zou and said: "Sister-in-law's Day mourning! Since the eldest brother has passed away, the younger brother will go to the grave to burn some paper money to worship the eldest brother and show his cousin's grief. ”

Zou Shi wiped away tears while leading the way, and said delicately: "Thank you Tang Gongzi! Gongzi is a guest from afar, and he is a friend of the clumsy husband before his death, since the son has a heart, please go to the village first to worship the deceased husband's spiritual seat, and the concubine can also arrange some wine and dinner to entertain the child." ”

Tang Jiusheng hurriedly said: "The junior brother is in a bit of a hurry on this trip, he will leave after worshipping the eldest brother, and he doesn't dare to bother his sister-in-law!"

As he spoke, he entered the village gate, and two Zhuang Ding came over, one led the unicorn to the stable, and the other took the wine and fruits, and then Zu Shanping, the unsmiling housekeeper, stepped forward to receive him, taking some paper money and a jar of wine and fruits, and was going to take Tang Jiusheng to worship in front of the spiritual seat.

Zu Shanping, the housekeeper of Lingzhu Village, is in his thirties, and his temperament is a bit like a scholar, not like he knows martial arts. Tang Jiusheng was a little puzzled, took the paper money, wine jar and fruit, and said softly: "Brother Shanping, since the cemetery of the eldest brother is in the back mountain, it is not far away, the younger brother wants to worship in front of the grave of the eldest brother, and he also bothers Brother Shanping to lead the way!"

Zu Shanping was stunned for a moment, and then said with a cold face: "It's rare that you have this heart, since that's the case, please follow me!" Zu Shanping was in front, taking Tang Jiusheng all the way through the corridor and courtyard, until he came to the root of the back mountain, there was a path leading directly to the bamboo forest on the mountain, the small hill was not high, but the bamboo forest on the mountain was dense. Tang Jiusheng saw that Zu Shanping was floating at his feet, not a person who had practiced martial arts, and he was a little puzzled in his heart, the housekeeper of Lingzhu Village actually didn't know martial arts?

The tomb of the ancestral giant spirit is in the bamboo forest in the middle of the mountainside, made of huge stones, quite imposing, covering an area the size of a house. The stone tomb plaque is engraved: The tomb of the ancestor of Lingzhu Village. There is no other word. In front of a lonely grave, there are wreaths that have begun to fade in color, fruits used for worship, and paper money that has been burned to ashes.

Tang Jiusheng saw the tomb of the ancestor Juling, and was saddened, a few days ago in Jiangzhou, he was still drinking and talking, and in a blink of an eye, it turned into a pinch of loess. The deceased was the greatest, Tang Jiusheng kowtowed in front of the grave, sprinkled some wine, and squatted

Burning paper money, he muttered to himself: "Brother Zu, since we met in Jiangzhou, you and my brother have talked very happily, and my brother has invited me to the village to drink, I don't want to say goodbye in Jiangzhou, how can I not make my little brother sad......"

Zu Shanping didn't say a word, squatted next to him to help Tang Jiu biochemical paper money, Tang Jiusheng chattered for a long time, then got up and bowed, and followed Zu Shanping down the mountain back to the village. Along the way, Zu Shanping was silent, and Tang Jiusheng saw that Zu Shanping didn't speak, so he asked casually, "Brother Sanping, what kind of illness did Brother Zu have and leave in such a hurry?"

Zu Shanping glanced back at Tang Jiusheng, and said with a displeased face: "The owner of the village is distressed, he has a very urgent attack, and he died in less than an hour, and it was already too late when the doctor in the town arrived!" Tang Jiusheng saw that Zu Shanping seemed to be unwilling to talk to him, so he didn't ask anything anymore, so as not to be bored with himself.

Back in the village, Zu Shanping took Tang Jiusheng to the living room. As soon as he sat down to drink tea, Zou took Zu Juling's seven-year-old daughter Zu Qingqiu out to meet Uncle Tang, Tang Jiusheng saw that the little girl Zu Qingqiu was not only handsome, but also very well-behaved and clever, and was very happy.

Tang Jiu didn't know that Zu Juling had a seven-year-old daughter when he was born, so naturally he didn't bring gifts to the children, so he had to take out two gold bills from his purse to give the children as a meeting gift, and the little girl saluted obediently, "Thank you, Uncle Tang!"

Tang Jiusheng couldn't hide the sadness between the little girl's eyebrows and eyes, thinking that she missed her father who had just died, and couldn't help but feel sad. Later, I heard the little girl call Zou her aunt, and I realized that this Zou was a continuation. It's also relieved to think about it, the little girls are seven years old, and the Zou family is only about twenty years old, so it is really unlikely that she is a mother-in-law.

The little girl Zu Qingqiu looked Tang Jiusheng up and down, and saw that Tang Jiusheng was carrying a knife behind him, and asked curiously, "Uncle Tang, do you also practice martial arts like your father?" Tang Jiusheng was stunned, and then smiled: "Yes, my uncle has also practiced sword skills for a few days before, and now he walks the rivers and lakes with a knife on his back just to scare people, but it's a pity that uncle's martial arts are far less high than your father's, and he is very ashamed!"

The little girl heard Tang Jiusheng himself say that his martial arts were not as high as the ancestral giant spirit, so she believed it and didn't know that Tang Jiusheng was being modest. The little girl sighed resentfully, "It's okay, Uncle Tang, you can practice slowly, you are a smart person at first glance, and when you reach my father's age, your martial arts will definitely be able to catch up with him!"

Tang Jiusheng laughed, "Good boy, then uncle will borrow your auspicious words!" Zou took the child to sit in the living room and talk to Tang Jiusheng, Tang Jiusheng originally wanted Zu Shanping to sit too, but the ancestral family law was very strict, so the housekeeper Zu Shanping just stood behind the master mother with his hands in his hands, and did not say a word. Tang Jiusheng only felt that Zu Shanping was silent and behaved a little strangely, but he couldn't say anything.

The little girl Zu Qingqiu was very sensible, she came over and poured a cup of tea for Tang Jiusheng personally, and offered it with both hands, "Uncle, please drink tea!" When Tang Jiusheng took the tea, the little girl pinched Tang Jiusheng's hand intentionally or unintentionally, and blinked her eyes twice.

Tang Jiusheng was puzzled, and suddenly heard a person quietly coming outside the window, standing there staring at himself, Tang Jiusheng quietly probed the qi on this person's body, at least there were three realms. Tang Jiusheng was taken aback, apart from the Ancestral Giant Spirit in the Lingzhu Village, who else had such a high martial arts? But this person was obviously not the Ancestral Giant Spirit. Tang Jiusheng only pretended not to know, and quietly pressed the martial realm qi on his body below the fifth grade.

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