Talking about the General's Mansion, the old lady of the Tang family glared at Tan Kyushu: "You go out first, I have something to say to the two juniors of them." ”

Tan Jiuzhou looked at it, this was indeed his own study, but he couldn't afford to provoke it, so he got up helplessly: "Okay." ”

The old lady disliked him for moving slowly, and Tan Kyushu immediately accelerated his walk, as if he was afraid that the little old lady's feet would kick him on the ass in the next breath, and he had to help close the door when he went out, and talked about the general in front of the old lady of the Tang family like a quail.

There were only three people left in the house: the old lady and Tang Baobao Shen Leng.

The old lady sat down in the seat of Tan Kyushu, Tang Baobao and Shen Leng stood there respectfully like children, to be honest, I don't know why, Shen Leng felt that this old lady was actually too strong, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous.

"Baby."

"Uh......"

"Say yes!"

"Grandma, I'm here."

"Hmm."

The old lady glanced at Tang Baobao: "Let's talk about you first, you will be the heavy armor general of Daning Western Xinjiang in the future, the first general of our Tang family in the past two hundred years, but you have to be self-aware, not to mention how many generations the previous generation will go on, even if you are the most brilliant man in the Tang family in this generation, but why is it your turn to become the general of Western Xinjiang?" ”

Tang Baobao lowered his head: "Because of grandma, you." ”

"Phew."

The old lady let out a long breath: "Because of Your Majesty." ”

Tang Baobao immediately lowered his head: "Yes." ”

"What is the Tang family's training?"

The old lady asked, and without waiting for Tang Baobao to answer, the old lady continued: "The ancestors of the Tang family taught that the people of the Tang family should not be greedy for power, if it is not necessary, the men of the Tang family are not allowed to enter more than one percent of the men in the family, and there is no big war, no leading troops, no arbitrarily discussing court affairs, and no interference in the place, because the ancestor is worried that his descendants will become unruly because of his merits, and the Tang family will eventually face a catastrophe." ”

After saying this, the old lady glanced at Shen Leng: "You are the baby's sworn brother, so I don't shy away from you with these words." ”

Shen Leng leaned over: "Yes." ”

The old lady continued: "The ancestor said that the credit for his merits has no relationship with his descendants, so he doesn't need to think about what the descendants think, he ranks first among the founding princes, and he is extremely prosperous and rich in half his life, and the founding emperor of Daning has given the ancestors his greatest glory, and the ancestors and emperors of his military exploits have been rewarded without any omission, if the descendants of the Tang family take the merits he has made to say things, then they will be expelled from the Tang family, and even the ancestors and his old people have not used their own merits to show off, His children and grandchildren are even less eligible. ”

In fact, one of the original words of the ancestors of the Tang family is: Lao Tzu's merits have a relationship with Lao Tzu's children and grandchildren.

"In the final analysis, the ancestors did this for no more than two reasons, one is to express their attitude to His Majesty the Emperor Daning, the people of the Tang family will always be Ning Chen, and they will never do anything sorry for Daning, fortunately, the people of the Tang family have followed the group training and have no success, and second, the ancestors are to protect the descendants of the Tang family, and they don't want to let the descendants of the Tang family fly high and eventually incur a catastrophe because of his merits."

"You all know about King Chuxi Liang."

The old lady got up and said while pacing slowly: "Baby, tell me, what is Xinjiang, the Xinjiang of the four frontiers." ”

Tang Baobao pondered for a moment and replied, "Wall." ”

"That's not right."

The old lady looked at Tang Baobao: "It's the door." ”

Tang Baobao was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Grandson."

Got it. ”

"Your grandfather once said that the frontier guards are the gatekeepers, the Tang family has been guarding the frontier in the northwest for hundreds of years is to be the gatekeeper for Daning, the wall is sealed, it is not easy for the people outside to come in, and it is not easy for the people inside to go out, so it is better to build the wall than to repair the door, the door is in, the gatekeeper is there, then Daning is willing to let those who come in can come in, Daning is not allowed to come in if he is not willing to let in, and Ning people can also go out or walk back."

"Thirty years ago, I wrote a letter to Your Majesty, and there was only one sentence on the letter, the people of the Tang family will always support Your Majesty and be at your disposal at any time."

The old lady looked at Tang Baobao: "Twenty years ago, Your Majesty summoned me, I went to Chang'an, and the first thing Your Majesty said when he saw me was...... The people of the Tang family suffered. ”

The old lady let out a long breath again: "Our Tang family has been a gatekeeper for a hundred years, Your Majesty said that we have worked hard, you tell me, then the Tang family has always been the gatekeeper of Daning, is it worth it!" ”

"Value!"

Tang Baobao replied loudly.

"Twenty years ago, Your Majesty said that the people of the Tang family are too low-key to do anything, I need help, you can let the people of the Tang family come out more, I have never had any doubts about the people of the Tang family, and I have said more than once that the people of the Tang family will always be trustworthy, and I will reuse one when I come out."

The old lady said, "But I said no, Your Majesty, wait a little longer." ”

"Your Majesty asked me, how long will I have to wait?"

"I say, ten years."

"Your Majesty asked me why I was ten years, and I said, ten years I personally taught my grandchildren can go to the battlefield, they are young and fearless, my sons are too mature so they are afraid, they are afraid and can't move forward, Your Majesty said that you can train a general for me in ten years? I said no, it takes 20 years to train a general, the first 10 years rely on me, and the last 10 years rely on Your Majesty, so, you began to follow me 20 years ago to cultivate the art of war, the battle formation, the cultivation of knife techniques, and killing skills, I spent ten years to train you, and then sent you to the Daning soldiers, and in the next ten years, I handed you over to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty transferred you around the army, so that you can experience the different roles of soldiers everywhere, do you know why? Your Majesty is cultivating your pattern, only if you see more will the pattern be bigger, and if you understand more, the pattern will be high. ”

Only then did Tang Baobao react, why he has been mobilized in the army all these years, from Western Xinjiang to Southern Xinjiang, from Southern Xinjiang to the Naval Division, and then from the Naval Division to Western Xinjiang.

"What is a general, a general has to have a big pattern."

The old lady took another deep breath and sat down in her chair.

"What should a general do, I don't know, so I can't teach you more, there are two generals in front of me, both stronger than me, and better than your fathers and grandparents, although I just said that you may not surpass your grandparents, but I am proud of you."

Tang Baobao knelt down: "Grandson, remember!" ”

Shen Leng also leaned down.

The old lady looked at the two of them: "I don't dare to instruct on major national affairs, I don't dare to contaminate on military affairs, you are all better than me to lead the troops, so I will stop here these words, the reason why I left you two is because what I want to talk about next is what is a brother." ”

The old lady looked at Shen Leng: "Bao'er mentioned you to me, saying that he was a sworn brother with you, I believe in his vision, because his vision is taught by me, he thinks that people who can be brothers must be people who can be brothers, at that time you were not generals, now you are all generals, old lady, I have two grandsons who are generals, I think I am very proud." ”

She took out two jade pendants from her cuffs: "One for each person." ”

Tang Baobao: "This jade pendant ......"

"This jade pendant

It was meant to be given to your eldest brother and you. ”

Tang Baobao's eyes suddenly turned red.

"Your big brother ......"

The old lady let out a long sigh.

Tang Baobao has a big brother, but he is not his own brother, and he is not even surnamed Tang.

"Your eldest brother, he's gone."

Tang Baobao's eyes widened violently: "What...... When? ”

"I didn't tell you a year and a half ago, and I didn't tell you the last time you went home, because he didn't let me tell you."

Tang Baobao's eldest brother is actually his domestic servant, the grandson of the old housekeeper of the Tang family grew up with Tang Baobao, two years older than Tang Baobao, the two of them have been playing together since childhood, learning together and growing up together, Tang Baobao is naughty and the eldest brother is very calm, he has been guarding him since he was a child, he went out to play together when he was a child, if there is a ditch in front of him, it must be the eldest brother who went over to try how to and then came back to pick up Tang Baobao, if there is any danger, the eldest brother will carry it himself and let the younger brother go first.

In this way, the two of them have changed from children to young people together, whether it is learning the art of war or martial arts, the eldest brother is above Tang Baobao, and everyone said that if the eldest brother goes out to lead the troops, he will definitely be a qualified general.

"Twenty years ago, His Majesty asked me if I could train a great general, I was thinking about him, although he is not surnamed Tang, but I have always felt that he is the most suitable person, more suitable than you."

The old lady looked at Tang Baobao, and Tang Baobao nodded: "I know, I have always believed that my eldest brother is better than me." ”

It's a pity that Tang Baobao had to go crazy again before joining the army, so he secretly went to Dingjun Mountain, the eldest brother knew that he chased after him, Tang Baobao took a rope and was ready to climb the cliff, but he was accidentally in distress, it was his eldest brother who arrived in time to save him, but his eldest brother fell down, the person did not die, but he became a waste person, he could only lie on the hospital bed, and he lay down for seven or eight years, and then his eldest brother said that he wanted to see the world of Daning, so the family made a special car and sent someone to escort him to travel the world, a year and a half ago, He died of illness in Anyang County, Jiangnan.

"Where your eldest brother walked, where you walked, where you walked."

The old lady said with red eyes: "You went to the Western Xinjiang Arsenal first, he also went to the Western Xinjiang Arsenal, and then you were transferred to Southern Xinjiang, he also went to Southern Xinjiang, how did he toss up like that, the people accompanying him persuaded him to go home, he refused to go home, he said that he knew that his time was short, and he wanted to see the life that my brother had gone through, where he had been, and how his life was." ”

When Tang Baobao heard this, he shouted out and burst into tears.

"Your eldest brother said, I have always wanted to be a personal soldier for my younger brother, I have to guard him, he is too impulsive, I don't worry, and then I became a waste and can't guard him, and I don't want to involve him, but I want to know how he has lived all these years, so he walked all the way and saw that Anyang-Shui Shi couldn't hold it anymore, and he wanted to finally return to Xijiang to see you."

The old lady handed one of the jade pendants to Shen Leng: "This is the jade pendant that should have been given to the baby." ”

The old lady handed the jade pendant to Tang Baobao: "This is the piece that should have been given to your eldest brother." ”

She looked at Tang Baobao's blood-red eyes: "The reason why I gave you this jade pendant is because now that you are the eldest brother, you have to understand that to be a big brother, you must protect your younger brother." ”

"I remember."

Tang Baobao clenched the jade pendant.

The old lady turned around and wiped her tears: "You also have to remember that even if he is gone, he will always be your eldest brother." ”

She walked slowly out the door: "Now, I'm going to see my brother to pay respects, he is going back to Chang'an, and from now on, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet again." ”