Chapter 118: Back to the roots

Luo County was the fiefdom of the Kou clan back then. Known as the country of Luo, it is a princely country.

Although the glory of the Kou clan has long been in the past, the country of Luo has also become an ordinary county, and the position of the marquis of the ancestors has also been deprived. But Kou stayed.

Luo County is a large county in Changsha in terms of population and land. But the huge population and vast land only set off the glory of the Ko clan.

Luo County has a population of more than 30,000, but 13,000 of them are tenants of the Kou family. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, of which 150,000 acres are Kou's fields.

But even so, many scholars still think that the Kou clan is a local tyrant, because in addition to the Kou clan's industry in Luo County and some influence in Changsha, the Kou clan's ability in Jingzhou is almost equal to zero.

For seven generations, no one was an official. Neither the background nor the cultivation is enough to be included in the scholars.

And Liu Feng's father, Kou Sha, a branch of the Kou clan, is relatively prominent among the Kou clan, with tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, thousands of tenants, and thousands of people.

If you want to talk about these industries, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, they could only be small local tyrants in the north. But after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the population of the Han Dynasty plummeted, and this industry was enough to make many people red-eyed.

This said, Liu Feng took Chen Da and Liu Qing. and some guards, came to Luo County. However, he said that he was not here to find trouble, but to sweep the grave.

Anyway, since betraying Liu Bei, Liu Feng has developed a sense of root for his uncle Liu Mi and the surname Kou.

For the father who exists in the memory, Kosha, and the mother Liu. Liu Feng couldn't help but raise some respect. Those industries are just very external things, not to mention they will not run away. So the first thing Liu Feng did when he came to Luo County was to sweep the graves of his parents. Rather than reclaiming the industry.

Although the clansmen of the Kou clan are all gathered in Luo County, they are fighting against each other and have a common ancestral hall, but their residences are scattered throughout Luo County.

The industry of the Kousha branch is in a village called Huijiang, thirty miles to the left of Luo County. It has a population of more than 3,000 people and tens of thousands of fertile land.

The people of the entire village used to be tenants of Liu Feng's family. Of course, I'm with someone else now.

From the mouth of his uncle Chen, Liu Feng knew more details, it was the patriarch Kou Dang who plotted to rob his family's property, and he passed on the concubine born by his most beloved concubine, Kou Guang, to Kou Sha, who had been deceased for many years, and plotted to rob Liu Feng's property.

Soon, Liu Feng and his entourage came to the vicinity of Huijiang Village.

However, Liu Feng and the others did not go to the village, and the graves of his parents and grandparents were on a nearby hill.

However, Liu Feng and his entourage attracted the attention of some tenants. At the beginning, the tenants only thought that Liu Feng and others were just ordinary merchants, after all, Changsha has a developed water system and many merchants.

However, after paying more attention to Liu Feng, some people realized that something was wrong. Isn't this Kou Feng who went to be a son for others?

How did he get back?

In the eyes of the world, it is a very bad thing to change the surname to someone else as a son, especially when there is only one son in Kou Sha's family, Liu Feng is the only son in the family, and Liu Feng is a son for others, which is equivalent to making Kou Sha's lineage no heir.

Ordinary tenants were already dissatisfied with Liu Feng, and some people provoked them, and the tenants had a bad impression of Liu Feng.

The so-called foolishness of the world is like this. They also didn't want to think that Liu Feng was only fifteen years old back then, and it was impossible for him to make his own decisions to be Liu Bei's son. It was Liu Bei who begged, and Liu Mi nodded and agreed.

Especially recently, there was some news from Xinye, this guy was Liu Bei's son, and he also had an affair with Liu Bei's wife, and doing this kind of thing that Qianfu pointed out was simply a loss to the face of the Kou family.

The tenants didn't know how the news came about, whether it was spread by someone with a heart, they didn't know at all. But they believed.

So, after someone recognized Liu Feng, he quickly slipped into Huijiang Village and reported to the people above.

Liu Feng didn't care much about the shaking of the figures around him, after all, he was just an ordinary tenant. However, Chen Da did not dare to relax, and stared around vigilantly. The sparkling eyes indicated that at the slightest movement, he would attack like a tiger ready to attack.

"Young master, the old slave hasn't been here for a year, I don't know what's going on?" Liu Qing's face was a little staggering, and he sighed.

The so-called homesickness is timid. Liu Qing was Liu's dowry steward back then, and later after Liu Feng left, such a big part of the Kou family's business fell on Liu Qing's shoulders, Kou Sha, Liu's tomb He personally went up to clean it every year.

Now, he was going to see Kosha again, but he was ashamed of Kosha. A family business was ruined by others in vain.

Seeing that Liu Qing was in a low mood, Liu Feng smiled slightly and comforted: "It is not Uncle Liu's fault that the industry was taken away. I think my father is in the spirit of heaven, and he will not blame Uncle Liu. ”

Liu Feng's comfort made Uncle Liu's mood feel better, and there was a little expectation on his face.

"Isn't that Uncle Liu?" At this time, several people on the side of the road had entered, and one of them had sharp eyes, recognized Liu Qing, and couldn't help but shout.

Although Liu Qing looked old, he was deaf and clear-sighted, not only heard the other party's shout, but also recognized who the other party was.

"Kou Shui?" Liu Qing turned his head and exclaimed in surprise.

Kou Shui was a thirty-year-old man, in a coarse cloth shirt and a swarthy body, who looked like an ordinary farmer. But it is unusual, although Kou Sha's industry was handed over to Liu Qing to take care of before, Kou Sha still has many loyal house slaves, and this Kou Shui is one of them.

His surname is Chen, born in the Central Plains, because he fled to Changsha to avoid the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and was adopted by Kou Sha's grandfather and given the surname Kou, until Liu Feng changed his surname to Liu Bei's side, Kou Shui has become an important steward under Liu Qing.

Later, Liu Feng's family property was taken away, Liu Qing was taken back by Liu Mi, and Kou Shui led hundreds of domestic slaves loyal to Liu Feng to resolutely stay in Huijiang Village.

"Uncle Liu, why are you back?" Kou Shui was even more excited than Liu Qing, swayed, threw away the hoe in his hand, and rushed over with a few companions beside him.

"I came back with the young master, the young master came back to sweep the tomb of the master, you people have a way out, you have a way out." The two have not met for more than a year, but it seems that it has been decades apart, and Liu Qing is in tears.

"Young Master." Kou Shui was stunned, then suddenly raised his head, looked at Liu Feng sitting in the carriage next to him, and looked carefully for a moment, that look, it was really a young master, it was really a young master.

With a "poof", Kou Shui's knees touched the ground, his head hit the ground with a "bang", and his mouth cried: "Young master, young master, you are finally back, if you don't come again, master, the old lady's tomb will be dug up." ”

Kou Shui followed the Kou family when he was a teenager, although he was nominally a house slave, but after he became a steward, he was actually a retainer. The most faithful.

"What did you say?" Liu Fengse changed lanes.

"Someone is going to dig up the grave of the old man? So what does Kou Guang eat? With so much property, he can't even see the tomb of the master? Liu Qing was also stunned, but his reaction was faster than Liu Feng's, and at a speed that did not match his age, he grabbed Kou Shui's shoulder violently and yelled violently.

Kou Guang was forcibly inserted into Liu Feng's house by his father Kou Dang and became Liu Feng's younger brother. In this name, he enjoyed Liu Feng's industry, although his actions were despicable, but since he enjoyed the industry, he had the responsibility to maintain Kou Sha, and it was within his duty to sweep the tomb on the Qingming Festival and protect Kou Sha's grave.

But now I heard that Kosha's grave was about to be dug up. It's no wonder that Liu Qing lost his temper.

Fortunately, Liu Feng was only shocked for a moment, and quickly forced himself to calm down. It's weird, and you have to ask about it.

However, Liu Feng has a strange feeling for the Kou family, and now he is here to sweep the tomb. If anyone really dared to dig up the graves of his parents, Liu Feng would certainly not remain silent.

"Who is going to dig up the graves of my parents?" Liu Feng said coldly word by word.

"It's Kou Guang's bastard, he's a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised, he wants to dig up the tomb of the old man and the old lady, and dig out the gold and jade buried inside." It hurt to be scratched by Liu Qing on both shoulders, but Kou Shui didn't notice it, just gritted his teeth.

This matter was originally very close, and it was definitely a great rebellion for Kou Guang to dig up Kou Sha's grave and spread it. But Kou Shui has a lot of eyes, and he planted a nail in the past as early as when Kou Guang moved into Huijiang Village. So the news is very well-informed.

"Guards steal from themselves." After Liu Feng heard this, he only felt ridiculous, there would be such a person in the world, who enjoyed the inheritance of Kou Sha and dug Kou Sha's grave.

"Don't get excited, with me, the sky won't fall." Liu Feng said slowly, his tone full of unwavering conviction.

Kou Shui was even more excited and shed tears, God opened his eyes, God opened his eyes. Their group of ownerless lonely souls finally brought the young master back, and the young master has grown up. It's a big man who stands up to the sky.

"Yes, yes, young master, he is now a captain in charge of hundreds of sergeants, who dares to touch the old man's tomb." Liu Qing next to him also came back to his senses and said in surprise.

It's like grabbing a life-saving straw, and I can't wait to look at Liu Feng.

"Forget it today, I'm here to sweep the grave, and I won't use force. We'll talk about that later. But. Speaking of this, Liu Feng paused and sneered: "But what belongs to me, I will take it back." And not only that, but if anyone sins against me, I will repay him tenfold. They have provoked me, and our troops have made a rebellion. ”

Liu Feng didn't say these words. That night, Liu's words reminded him that he had soldiers in his hands, and he could do whatever he wanted.

In this day and age, there are many bandits, so that soldiers turn into bandits and rob. It's a hundred.

If you want to dig up his ancestral grave, you must be prepared to be ransacked.

Rebellion. No matter who it was, the people who listened to Liu Feng's words all shuddered. There's no way to see a king.

In fact, they were right, Liu Feng has been killing Tang Fei since he left Xinye. There is no king's law, and what I believe in is whoever has the big fist can be the king and hegemon.

"Let's go, I'm going to pay tribute to my father Kosha, grandfather Koda." After finishing speaking, Liu closed his eyes and waved his hand, letting the team start again.

Liu Qing nodded at Kou Shui and followed closely. Kou Shui and his companions glanced at each other, and they all followed.

Soon, a hill appeared in the eyes of Liu Feng and others. The mountains are low, but wooded. There is also a path in the mountains made up of hundreds of stone steps.

Liu Feng left ten soldiers equipped with bows and arrows, spears, and steel knives to guard the carriage, and he himself took Chen Da, Liu Qing, Kou Shui, and twenty guards up the hill.

Soon I came to the middle of the mountain, and if I went up a little more, there would be a flat mountain land, and on the top was the place where Liu Feng's father and grandfather lived.

"Who?" Suddenly, an alert voice appeared in front of him, and a moment later, a middle-aged man with a steel knife appeared in front of Liu Feng.

On the way, Kou Shui had already said some things in detail.

Kou Guang's actions are not only to excavate the grave of Liu Feng's father Kou Sha, but also to see Kou Guang come up to sweep the tomb of Kou Sha during the Qingming Festival every year, causing the surrounding weeds to be overgrown.

Kou Shui couldn't stand it, so he took dozens of domestic slaves and tenants who were loyal to Liu Feng to hoe grass together and pay tribute to Kou Sha. But after Kou Guang got the news, he immediately beat them up with several times the manpower. They were not allowed to hoe the weeds, and ten men in the prime of life were arranged to be stationed here all year round. Holding a steel knife.

Liu Fengjin said that he didn't want to see blood. "Knock him unconscious." Liu Feng casually ordered Chen Dadao next to him.

"No." Chen Da promised, and immediately took several guards, unloaded the man's steel knife in three or two clicks, and knocked him unconscious.

After knocking the man unconscious, Liu Feng stepped on this flat ground in the mountains.

On a large flat piece of land, there are some tombs, as well as several houses. Near the tombs, overgrown with weeds. It's very dilapidated.

People are born in the world, and everyone has roots. My roots are here. Liu Feng looked at the overgrown tombs not far away, and only felt a pain in his heart.

Although the man was knocked unconscious just now, the screams were heard. When Liu Feng stepped on this flat land, nine men with steel knives also walked out, staring at Liu Feng with fierce expressions.

"Who are you, don't you know that this mountain is the private property of the Kou family?" A sturdy man at the head said in a very impulsive tone.

These people were hired by Kou Guang from outside, so they didn't recognize Liu Feng.

Liu Feng's heart was aching faintly, and when he heard these words, he only felt harsh. couldn't help but say coldly: "Take it." ”

Chen Da did not promise again this time, but stepped forward directly with twenty guards. However, because there were nine people on the other side, and they were also armed with steel knives, Chen Da and the others failed to go south without seeing blood.

After a short encounter, five were seriously injured and four were lightly wounded. Take them all.

"Shoe the weeds, put the case on the table. I want to pay tribute. After these people were taken down, Liu Feng immediately ordered Liu Qing and Kou Shui.

"No." Including Liu Qing, these people roared in unison, and couldn't wait to step forward to hoe the grass and clean the grave.

(To be continued)