The sun set to the west, the sky gradually darkened, the old man Mo who was telling stories in the "Cyclamen" during the day, really carried a wine gourd on his back at three o'clock in the unitary hour, and walked drunk to the land temple in the south of the city.

There is an abandoned stage here, which was originally used to sing a big opera on the second day of February every year, but after all, the land lord only has a birthday once a year, and the location here is remote, and the famous opera troupe does not want to come here to sing, so it is abandoned year by year. It has become a place for farmers in the south of the city to gather and chat after dinner, and Old Man Mo is also happy to tell these barefoot poor farmers some strange things in the world here, which makes people laugh.

Old man Mo has not yet arrived, and there are already many people sitting around the stage, chatting about parents in a few words.

A short, stocky young man with disheveled hair said: "Lao Gu, why did you suddenly become a tenant of Lao Jiao's family in the west of the city? Didn't the imperial court say that cultivated land can be returned to you after ten years of planting? You just need to pay taxes on time." Now that the deadline has arrived, how can the crops you have worked so hard for ten years be returned to Jiao Laocai?"

The black man called Lao Gu said with a face full of anger: "I have found the county order theory, he said that the decree above is indeed so, the court has said that the land can be cultivated for more than ten years, and the land will be returned to the court when people die, but he also said that this land was originally in the name of my father, and it should be returned to my father when the deadline is up, and now that my father has died, he should return it to the court." ”

"What is that called?" said the stocky young man with righteous indignation.

There are also people next to him: "The court also said that the land is divided according to the head, so you should also have your own land in Lao Gu!"

"yes, why don't you ask?"

“......”

Everyone, you and I are mixed with each other.

Lao Gu himself was also aggrieved, and said: "I asked, the county lord said that the court has no land to divide now, and then he sent it to me." ”

"How can this be reasonable! Let's go to the county government office to make trouble another day!"

"Yes, yes, let's find him a theory!" Everyone agreed.

The short and stout man who spoke first said: "Besides, even if this land is not Lao Gu's, it shouldn't be his Jiao Laocai's, if you want me to say, it must be Jiao Laocai's wanton robbery by relying on the county lord is his brother-in-law!"

Lao Gu didn't know what to do, and he was afraid that he would be charged with "gathering a crowd to slander the government" after talking too much, so he had to divert the topic and ask the woman next to him: "Sister-in-law Cheng, I heard that your head of the family followed the court to fight the Turks? Aren't the Turks already dead?"

Sister-in-law Cheng said: "Where do I know this, Zhichong Mansion originally said that it was just to guard Chang'an on schedule, but seeing that the return date had arrived, I inexplicably went to Saiwai again, that place is full of barbarians who eat people and drink blood, and there are a few who can come back safely after they go!" Thinking of her husband whose life and death were uncertain, Sister-in-law Cheng actually cried.

When they heard this, they hurriedly comforted her......

"Although the Turks have died a long time ago, but this time the court is to help the Hui to defeat the Turks, and it is the Hui people who really go into battle to kill the enemy. Old man Mo was calm and relaxed, and got on the stage while talking.

"Old Man Mo is here!"

The farmers in the audience greeted Old Man Mo one after another, and it seemed that this person was also quite loved by the farmers.

"As for what you just discussed, the issue of land ownership, as far as Xiao Lao'er knows, all the decay and collapse of all dynasties and dynasties are caused by land annexation, which can be described as 'the edifice is about to fall, there will be signs'. Old man Mo made a move, cleared his throat and said: "Thank you for your support, this officialdom and political affairs don't know much, and I don't dare to comment on it, or tell you two folk tales, what I want to tell you today is the story of the Qi family in Donglai County, the head of the Qi family must have heard his name, it is the world's famous general Qi Zhendong, and it is also the current Donglai Taishou, the ancestral home of the Qi family is Changhua Lishi County, Hedong, and the family has been a general for generations. Thirty years ago, Qi Zhendong in the year of the weak crown broke Tubo for the first time, and then Jin Ge Iron Horse conquered the Quartet, Kaiyuan twenty-one years, in the battle of Xincheng once again broke Tubo, because of the military exploits were promoted to Zuo Xiaowei general, really to say, the loyal heir of the general to call him a brother, Ge Shuhan, Li Guangbi is his protégé and former officials.

Qi Zhendong has two daughters and a son, the first thing to say today is the eldest daughter, the eldest daughter's name is called 'Wanyan', gentle and polite, twenty-eight years old as a talented woman into the palace, because his father repeatedly made military exploits, and was later named a nobleman, after entering the palace Qi nobles have repeatedly persuaded the emperor to lightly serve and reduce the conquest, it can really be described as virtuous and virtuous, but the sky is jealous of Fanghua, the twenty-seventh year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, that is, six years ago, Qi Guiren died of a vicious illness...... He was twenty-four years old. Speaking of this, Old Man Mo sighed with deep regret.

Old Man Mo lowered his voice and whispered, "However, according to rumors, Qi Guiren did not die of a bad disease. You still remember that six years ago, Yang Guifei was only the princess of Shouwang Li Mao, and the emperor took a fancy to his daughter-in-law was the emperor of the Li family. The traitorous eunuchs who slipped around the horses tricked the emperor into accepting Yang Yuhuan and filling the harem, and these people were headed by Li Linfu, who had a honey-bellied sword, and the loyal ministers headed by the Qi nobles advised the emperor to put human ethics and morality first, and took the chaos of the Wuhou Dynasty as a lesson to persuade him to dispel the idea of accepting Yang Yuhuan, but the Qi nobles failed to admonish him, but angered Long Yan. ”

Later, Li Linfu came up with a speculative method, asking Princess Shou to follow the example of the martial arts and leave the house before entering the palace, so that it could not be considered a violation of ethics. According to Xiao Lao'er, it's just to cover up, why did Qi Guiren die, Xiao Lao'er didn't dare to say anything, it is still a mystery, I only know that not long after Niangniang's death, this Yang Yuhuan swaggered into the palace!"

Qi Zhendong lost his beloved daughter, was depressed, and had no intention of fighting with Tubo again, so he wrote to the emperor and implored him to return to his hometown. The emperor may have felt guilty in his heart, and named Qi Zhendong a general of the second-grade town army, and appointed him as the guard of Donglai County, allowing him to live for a long time. ”

"When Qi Guiren died, his mother Jia was pregnant, pregnancy at an advanced age is a very dangerous thing, Jia is sad and sad, his body is not as good as a day, his body knows best, Jia in order to keep the doll in the belly, life for life, gave birth in advance...... Gave birth to a daughter. It is said that these two girls and their sister Qi Guiren look like they were carved out of a mold. When it came to Jia's life for life to protect the second girl, Old Man Mo's expression was overflowing.

Qi Zhendong lost his daughter and wife one after another, and welcomed a new life, and he couldn't help himself with joy and sorrow for a while, and he became a little crazy, and he scolded people when he saw them, but he loved this little daughter tightly and regarded her as a treasure. It is rumored that when the second daughter was born, she was holding a jade pendant in her hand, which is also a miracle. The name of the second girl was originally called 'Qi Luyao', and later the fortune teller said that the female doll was born of jade and the life of the gold, if the name contains gold and jade, I am afraid that the child will be blessed and can't afford it, so it was renamed 'Qi Luyao', and this doll is seven years old this year. Qi Zhendong also has a son, called Qi Jinyu, aged between the two daughters, now he is twenty years old, he likes to dance knives and guns, in the early years, he worshiped in Mount Tai Vientiane Gate to learn martial arts, and studied under the head of Wang Zheng, Qi Jinyu is exquisitely handsome, and Su Jianyi of the First Sword Sect is called 'East Jinyu, West Jianyi'. ”

The sky was getting darker and darker, and Old Man Mo was still telling the story of the Qi family......

At the same time, in the mansion of Huashan Yijian Sect.

In the study of the sect master, there is a middle-aged man in a black robe who is writing on the desk, looking at his words, like a dragon soaring into the sea, unrestrained, although it is a wild grass, but also the ranks are clear, every time the pen is strong, the sense of oppression jumps on the paper. This person is none other than the current sect master of the One Sword Sect - Ji Benchu.

Suddenly, three rhythmic knocking sounds came down from the roof, and the sound was small but clear into Ji Benchu's ears.

Ji Benchu frowned, and thought to himself: "I haven't left the room for an hour, and how many people can climb on my roof so quietly today, but I don't know it, even if the seventh child may not have such a light skill." ”

He immediately put down the brush, walked out of the door, and jumped lightly onto the roof. But when I saw that there was really a person standing with his hands in his hands, an object diagonally straddling his waist seemed to be a sword. This person was dressed in a night suit, blending in with the moonlight, and it was not clear what he looked like.

Ji Benchu walked forward unhurriedly, and tried to ask: "But the male loser brother?" It seems that he recognizes this person.

The man in black in the night also approached Ji Benchu's side, and at this time, he could see the appearance of the person who came, this person was only in his early twenties, with a thin face, slender eyebrows and eyes, and a fierce color, it was the one who sat in the corner of the Shangluo County Tavern today and listened to the story!

"I have been ordered by the patriarch to bring a letter, and I would like to ask the sect master to open it himself. This person spoke the official dialect of the Tang Dynasty, but his accent didn't seem to be local, he used polite words, but his tone was not cowardly, not at all like he was talking to the head of the first major sect in martial arts.

Ji Benchu was a shrewd person, and he had roughly guessed the content of the letter, most of which was related to the "Covenant of the Chronicle".

As soon as the man in black finished speaking, he threw the envelope over, and these fluttering pieces of tissue paper hit Ji Benchu like blades under the urging of internal forces, and there was a great momentum that could hurt people by picking leaves and flying flowers. Ji Benchu easily grabbed the letter paper with two fingers, and said: "Brother Gongyi came from afar, Ji never greeted me from afar, it was me who lost my manners, and please don't abandon the simplicity and go inside to drink a cup of tea." ”

The messenger hugged his fists and thanked him, and said, "The sect master has a good intention, I still have to rush to the Vientiane Gate overnight to deliver a letter for Master Wang, so it is inconvenient to delay any longer." ”

"This just happens, my third junior brother is going to Lu County tomorrow, if it is just to deliver a letter, my junior brother can do it for him, and the envoy can also save some effort. After a slight pause, Ji Benchu said again: "If the envoy is looking for Master Wang to discuss other important matters, or is worried about peeking at your letter, please forgive me for being abrupt." ”

Ji Benchu is a smart man after all, and in a few words, he found out whether the purpose of this public lost brother to go to Vientiane Gate is the same as coming here, and it does not hurt his feelings.

The man thought for a moment and said, "Don't hide it from the sect master, the two letters I hold have roughly the same content, I am not afraid that the sect master will pass by, and besides, how can the sect master of the Luyang One Sword Sect privately open one of my letters." ”

Ji Benchu smiled slightly, and had nothing to say.

"Then Sect Master Lao will deliver this letter to Vientiane Gate as soon as possible. After saying this, the messenger took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over.

Ji Benchu arched his hand and said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

"Xiao Ke's mission is complete, farewell!" As soon as the words fell, he jumped off the roof and quickly disappeared into the night.

"Be careful on the way to the messenger, don't send it!"

Ji Benchu returned to the study, opened the letter written to himself, and his face gradually became solemn.

After a long time, he called the disciples outside the door to come in and said, "You quickly go and inform the other six senior uncles that they will meet in the 'Self-suffering Hall' early tomorrow morning." ”

The little boy left suddenly, and Ji Benchu still had a solemn face.