Chapter 67: Tomb Sweeping
After an afternoon of preparation, early the next morning, Tang Ning took his wife and daughter, and the two members of the Qi family to Jiudou Mountain to defeat the ancestors of the Qi family.
Somehow, Tang Ning came over so quietly and let the county magistrate of Yinling Town know. The county magistrate immediately guessed that Tang Ning was going to bring his family to worship the deceased Qi family members, so he specially took a group of people to wait at the foot of Jiudou Mountain early.
Tang Ning, who saw the county order at the foot of the mountain, was very surprised, and when he asked how the county commander learned of his arrival, the county commander replied with a smile: "Xiaguan's neighbor is an old resident of Yinling Town, and he already lived in Yinling Town when Yinling Town was not destroyed by bandits. Therefore, he had the pleasure of meeting you once.
Yesterday, his daughter-in-law gave birth smoothly, he went to Yinling to burn incense and make a vow, and accidentally saw you coming, and when he came back, he told the lower official about it, and the lower official guessed that you were going to come to Jiudou Mountain to worship the ancestors.
Xia Guan was afraid that you would encounter an accident on the road, so he took it upon himself to bring some people over, and hoped that the Hou Ye would not mind. ”
Tang Ning didn't know what to say, looking at the appearance of the forty-year-old man in front of him, he was very emotional.
I had no choice but to arch my hand towards the county order and said, "Then there is Lord Lao County Order." ”
When the county magistrate heard this, he hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be a ......."
Then the prefectural commander opened the way in front, and the crowd followed.
After inquiry, it was learned that this group of people were not the officers of the county government, but volunteers recruited by the county order, and most of them were grateful for Tang Ning's achievements in defeating the bandits and donating money to rebuild Yinling Town.
When a group of people saw Tang Ning, they were like seeing an idol, and they were speechless with excitement. Tang Ning didn't expect that he would have such a big popularity in Yinling Town.
Listening to their statements, the storytellers in the teahouse in Yinling Town are all telling their own stories. What wisdom breaks the thieves, takes the head of the enemy general in thousands of troops, and what is even more excessive is the fighting method with bandits, what scatters beans into soldiers, and calls for wind and rain.
Listening to the people's eloquent words, Tang Ning couldn't help but feel ashamed.
He had never done anything in the storyteller's mouth, and when he came here to quell the bandits, he just took the gunpowder and pushed it all the way.
Talking and laughing all the way, everyone came to the back mountain. The two tombs are still there, and there are no weeds growing around, so it seems that someone has been taking care of them.
Looking to the side, I saw a small thatched house, and a man at the door was chopping wood with his back to everyone.
Qi Fu saw that his back was a little familiar, so he ran over and patted the man's shoulder.
As soon as the man turned around, Qi Fu became very excited. shouted: "Second master!" Then he hugged each other.
Tang Ning's face turned black all of a sudden, this bastard, who is not too young, why is he still so open-mouthed. This sentence of the second master made the county order hear, what kind of identity did you have before, not all of a sudden
Exposed?
Fortunately, the county order will be a person, and I didn't hear it when I looked up at the sky. The people also looked at each other, as if they still didn't understand what was going on.
Besides, after the two masters turned their heads and was hugged by Qi Fu, they were a little stunned. Such a familiar and unfamiliar title reminded him of a time in the past.
"You ......"
"I'm Ah Fu!" Qi Fu took two steps back, pointed to his face and said excitedly: "I didn't expect you to be alive, I always thought that only the big boss survived!" ”
When the second master heard this, he looked at Qi Fu carefully.
At the beginning, Qi Fu was just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, but now he is twenty-four, and he has been fighting outside all the year round, and his face is very different from before.
However, the subtleties between the eyebrows and eyes can still be recognized. After recognizing that it was Qi Fu, the second master was also very excited, and pressed his two hands on Qi Fu's shoulders and burst into tears and said, "Ah Fu! Sure enough, it's you! It's great that you're not dead! ”
Qi Fu also said with tears in his eyes: "Yes, the second master!" It's great that you're not dead either! ”
Tang Ning listened a little weirdly, obviously reunited after a long absence, but listening to this line seemed to be like the two of them wished for each other to die. Now I finally know who Qi Fu learned from if he can't speak, and it seems that more than half of the credit for this is due to the second master.
Coughing, Tang Ning said to Qi Fu: "It's not too late to talk about the old things later." Don't forget what we're here for, there's still a lot of people waiting for us. ”
With that, Tang Ning walked towards the grave of Qi's father and mother. Qi Xianyu is already faceless, her younger brother has been a thief before, and she racked her brains to cover it up.
Now all the efforts are in vain, this kid doesn't admit himself, Qi Xianyu hated this in his heart, gritted his teeth and glared at Qi Fu, Qi Fu was as stupid as a nobody.
Tang Ning came to the tomb, lifted up his clothes and knelt down. first took the three sticks of incense from the person next to him, inserted them on the ground, and then took a step back, and read in his mouth: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law Tang Ning has come to see your second elder." ”
After that, bang is three heads knocked down.
The people watching from the side of the county order were stupid, if he remembered correctly, this woman surnamed Qi was just Tang Ning's concubine, why was there any need to do this? Could it be that this woman surnamed Qi is deeply favored by Tang Ning?
Qi Xianyu was abducted by the White Lotus Society when she was very young, so in her memory, the part of her life with her parents is very vague. Some of them are her own fantasies.
Although he didn't have much real feeling, seeing Tang Ning act like this, Qi Xianyu's heart was still touched a little. His eyes were slightly red, and he also kowtowed three times in the direction of the tomb.
After Qi Fu was said by Tang Ning, he directly knelt down in front of the grave. The senior sister also knelt aside, and the husband and wife met
Tang Ning kowtowed, and then bowed his head and kowtowed three.
Then Tang Ning stood up, pulled Tang Yu who was learning to be an adult on the side, looked at the two tombs and said to Tang Yu: "Girl, this is your grandfather." ”
Tang Yu blinked and bowed deeply in the direction of the grave: "Hello grandpa!" ”
After that, Tang Ning put the tribute he brought in front of the tombstone and poured some wine in front of the tomb.
Then he soaked a rag in water and wiped the two tombstones. Qi Xianyu dipped the brush in ink and wrote on the tombstone.
These two monuments have been erected for many years now, and the words on them have gradually faded over time, and they need to be traced again in ink at this time.
Qi Xianyu drew very carefully, for fear that too much ink would overflow. After Tang Ning finished wiping the tombstone, he washed his hands, and then divided some of the snacks he brought to the county magistrate and the people who came voluntarily.
His group got up early and didn't eat anything, so when they arrived at the foot of Jiudou Mountain, the county order and people had been waiting for a long time. So Tang Ning thinks that these people should have come over without eating anything, and they are also here to help themselves, even if they are hungry, they can't let them go hungry, right?
One person took two pieces of dim sum and ate them while saying thank you Danyanghou. Tang Ning saw that there was a surplus of dim sum, so he breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he thought that Qi Fu could eat it, so he brought a lot, otherwise these people would really not be enough.
After hurriedly padding my stomach, the matter here is over. Tang Ning thought about inviting the county commander to have a meal, and by the way, he also called Qi Fu's second master.
Nine Doushan is even cleaner without the robbers who live here. On the way down the mountain, everyone talked and laughed, and saw several deer and wild boars in the forest.
During this period, the second master wanted to leave several times, but he was unable to walk by Qi Fu's shoulders.
After coming to Yinling Town, Tang Ning asked Qing where the best restaurant in the town was, and invited the county magistrate to have a meal together.
Don't look at this county order, it is a bit attached to the powerful, but it is indeed one of the few Qing officials.
Ordinary people pretend not to do anything on official boots. The county magistrate in front of him, the sturdy official boots are all visible to the naked eye.
If this is also what he made, then Downing also admitted. He dared to destroy the official boots and have a good relationship with himself on the charge of losing his head, so why should he not go down the slope?
As soon as he heard that Tang Ning was going to invite him to dinner, the county order hurriedly excused himself. But he couldn't stand Downing's repeated invitations, so he had to let it go.
During the banquet, the county magistrate found that Tang Ning was really good to his concubine, and even her daughter took good care of her. personally served the little girl with vegetables, but she didn't eat much.
However, if such a beautiful and lovely girl is her own daughter, her performance should be similar to that of Danyang Hou, the county magistrate thought.