Legend in the rivers and lakes that Tang Li's good Taoism has deeply touched everyone.

Niu Kun, the leader of the Taihu Gang, was also influenced by Tang Lishan, and took the brothers to swear to the sky that they would never again ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and then dismissed everyone, leaving a few capable brothers not to be bandits, and learned to do business, and built a Wanliu Lane on the side of Qianguo Lane on the north bank of the canal in the south of Changzhou, and became a rich man.

At that time, the Tang family was so prosperous, how glorious and wealthy.

In the sixth year of Zhengde, on the Double Ninth Festival in early September, Tang Lishan invited the major heads of Jiangnan Wulin to drink tea in the Maoshan Tea House in Qianguo Lane, sighing that people are old, they should enjoy the joy of family, and pass the position of the leader of the alliance to their eldest son Tang Xiaoen.

Tang Lishan gave birth to three sons, Tang Xiaoen, Tang Xiaocheng, Tang Xiaolian and two daughters, Tang Xiaohe and Tang Xiaomei. The second son, Tang Xiaocheng, became a monk at the age of twelve, and in the spring and March of the first year of Ming Zhengde, he had taken over as the twenty-seventh generation head of Maoshan. The eldest son, Tang Xiaoen, has a 49-style Tang family fist and a 12-style Tang family throat gun to dominate the Jiangnan martial arts.

Tang Xiaoen took over as the new alliance leader, Jiangnan Wulin, and everyone was convinced.

In the ninth year of Zhengde, in early summer, June 12, Tang Lishan was eighty years old.

On the tenth day of the first month of June, the guests and friends from all walks of life in the rivers and lakes have filled all the inns in Changzhou City.

On June 11, the Qianguo Lane Pier was closed. The two sides of the pier stretch for more than ten miles, and all kinds of sailboats are parked. A stage three zhang long and two zhang wide and three feet high was erected on the wharf, and a red curtain filled with hundreds of "Shou" characters was hung on the back wall of the stage. The crane counts as a thousand years of life, and the pine age is eternal spring. Two birthday couplets are hung on both sides of the stage.

Every household in Qianguo Lane hung up red lanterns and pasted the word "Douda" for longevity.

On June 12, flowing water seats filled the entire Qianguo Lane, with more than 200 tables from the end of the alley to the end of the alley.

However, on that day, Tang Lishan was eighty years old, and a strange thing happened to the Tang family.

At that time, the big drama had already started, and the Hu family class sang Yao Maoliang's "Jingzhong". Tang Lishan, accompanied by the old lady and her children, watched the play together.

When he sat down, Tang Lishan found that his second son Tang Xiaocheng had not returned, and was about to ask: "Has the invitation from Maoshan been delivered?"

I saw Tang Xiaocheng's eldest disciple Qingyunzi Zeng Shandu coming in a hurry, and bowed his head: "Congratulations to the old lady on her 80th birthday!"

After kowtowing three times, Qingyunzi said: "After the morning class ended early yesterday morning, my master originally said that he would take seven of our disciples down the mountain to pay homage to the old lady, but we didn't hear the master's call until the evening, and a few of us went to the master in a hurry." But the master was gone. ”

Qing Yunzi gasped and continued incoherently: "The master left a note and a congratulatory letter, saying that the immortals traveled all over the world. The congratulatory letter is for your old lady. I was afraid that Maoshan would change, leaving other disciples to guard the Taoist temple, and I hurried to the old lady early in the morning to pay my birthday greetings, and I forgot to bring the birthday gift. ”

As he spoke, Qing Yunzi raised his hands and respectfully presented the congratulatory letter.

The congratulatory letter is only ten words: Congratulations to my father, the fairy fate is near.

Tang Lishan smiled and said to his eldest son, Tang Xiaoen: "Go to Fan's house at the end of the alley, has his master, Mr. Fan Rengui, come back? I'm back, and I'm coming back quickly. ”

When it was almost noon, the eldest son Tang Xiaoen came over and said to his father that the old man of the Fan family at the end of the alley had returned.

Tang Lishan immediately got up and rushed to Fan's house at the end of the alley with Tang Xiaoen.

Tang Lishan walked into Fan's house and asked the master of the Fan family for advice. Tang Xiaoen waited at the door of Fan's house. After about a cup of tea, Tang Lishan came out of Fan's house, hurried back, and said to his son Tang Xiaoen: "Don't follow me, go and accompany your mother." Remember to listen to your mother in everything you do. ”

Tang Xiaoen didn't know what his father meant, so he was confused, so he returned to the big stage and accompanied his mother to watch the play.

At noon, the play had ended, the wedding banquet began, and dozens of children and grandchildren of the Tang family were waiting to pay their respects to the old birthday star, but Tang Lishan did not come back. The old lady ordered her eldest son, Tang Xiaoen, to go home and invite.

Tang Xiaoen returned home and searched all over the Tang family's compound, but there was no trace of his father. I asked everyone in the Tang family's compound, and they all said that the person who saw the old lady coming back was locked in the study, and no one saw him come out.

Tang Lishan sat in the study and ascended to heaven.

There is a painting left on the desk in the study, which is written by Tang Lishan himself: Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and their fathers seek immortals and enjoy themselves.

At that time, the backbone of the Tang family was actually Tang Xiaoen.

Tang Xiaoen is the leader of Jiangnan Wulin, the head of Tang Jiaquan, and the rich man of Qianguo Lane Wharf.

Tang Lishan's ascension did not bring any disadvantage to the Tang family, and the Tang family was still so glorious and rich.

It's just that the Tang family didn't know why Tang Lishan sat in the study and ascended to heaven.

What's even more unexpected is that such things will follow one after another.

In the eleventh year of Zhengde, in spring and March, when the peach blossoms were in full bloom, Tang Xiaoen left two letters to his family, one of which was the same as his father: "Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and their fathers seek immortality and are free." "One letter: "Xiao'er Wenyuan: Weak and indisputable, the unity of heaven and man" disappeared in the Tang family's compound.

In the twelfth year of Zhengde, on the second day of the fourth month, Tang Xiaolian ran away from home in a Taoist robe and went to Maoshan to become a Taoist priest.

The Tang family's huge family business in Qianguo Lane, and the Tang family's position in the rivers and lakes is supported by Tang Xiaoen's only son, Tang Qianzhi.

Tang Qianzhi took over the main banner of the Jiangnan Martial Arts League from his father Tang Xiaoen, and became the leader of the new generation of Jiangnan Martial Arts League, the head of the Tang family and the master of the Tang family in Qianguo Lane.

The Tang family in Qianguo Lane still looks so glorious and wealthy. On the gable wall, the carved pattern composed of bats and longevity characters means "blessing and longevity", the lintel is carved with the pattern of the ninth generation of cohabitation, and the roof is overhanging into a bridge to look graceful and luxurious. The gate is in the southeast corner of the yard. There are three entrances in the courtyard, and the screen at the entrance is a pattern of moon flowers placed in a vase to imply "peace in all seasons".

However, the Tang family is no longer prosperous, and there are only six people from the four generations of ancestors and grandchildren left in the courtyard of the Tang family's deep house in Qianguo Lane, Tang Qianzhi, the head of Tang Lishan's family, Tang Qian's grandmother, Tang Lishan's wife, the old lady Wang Saihua, Tang Qian's mother, Tang Xiaoen's wife, the old lady Liu's Liu Yunmei, Tang Qian's wife's wife, Shen Ruyun, the eldest young master, Tang Wenhan, and the eldest lady Tang Wenting.

The reality is so cruel, especially the rivers and lakes, which are so cruel that people despise.

When you are at the top, how many people are driven by profit, look up to you, praise you, and follow you, and when you fall to the bottom, how many people belittle you and ridicule you.

In the heyday of the Tang family in Qianguo Lane, how many people followed, how many people stammered, how many people envied, and how many people dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. There are only four generations of orphans, widows, old and weak people in the Tang family in Qianguo Lane, and it is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the Tang family in Qianguo Lane is relying on the legends of gods and ghosts to fool people.

The Tang family in Qianguo Lane is still so prosperous and wealthy.

There is still a beautiful legend of the Tang family in Qianguo Lane.

However, the Tang family in Qianguo Lane is really no longer as beautiful as the legends on the rivers and lakes.