"Mom, just say it's okay!"
"Since you won the Xie Yuan three years ago, you have been standing still. The neighbors and villagers are laughing behind your back. You are stupid. You only know how to read those messy and heretical books all day long. You are not doing your job. How can you work as hard as your brother? It’s time to read some serious books!” The old lady said and wiped away tears.
Lu Zuo quickly stood up straight and returned the greeting to the old lady, "My child has worried my mother. Over the years, my child has kept a low profile and what I have learned and seen is not as bad as you think. If my father's great revenge is not avenged, my child will How dare you forget our family’s important events for even a moment!”
When the old lady heard the child mentioning these old events, she couldn't help sobbing again, "Zuo'er, these are all old events. Your father has been dead for more than ten years, so let's just forget about it. These are all fate. Why do you brothers need to worry about "You Xia has committed many crimes and will be punished by fate"! You two brothers only focus on your studies, so why ruin your own future for this."
"Impossible!" Lu Zuo raised his eyebrows and spoke righteously, "How can we forget the revenge of killing my father! Why did my mother say dejected words? If uncles Qin Fu and Lu Xiuyuan hadn't been saved, I'm afraid we would have been killed long ago. The head is missing!"
"But this has already happened! Even if we get revenge, where can we escape to?"
"Is this the end of my father's hatred?" Lu Zuo asked.
"But given the current situation of our family, where we can't even afford a bucket of rice, how can we get revenge? You two brothers are just raising people now, and you can't even see the emperor!" Mother and son spoke fiercely, saying to Bi Lao Madam, I can’t help but feel sad and cry again!
After hearing this, Lu Zuo pondered for a long time and walked to the window. At this time, the moonlight shone on his face through the Xuanxu. Lu Zuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, Renxiang and I will go together for the examination in February next year."
The old lady had been waiting for Lu Zuo's words for a long time. When her son said this, she couldn't help crying with joy.
The next morning, when Lu Renxiang woke up, it was almost midnight. The confused old Mrs. Lu was sorting out the incense offerings. Lu Renxiang then remembered that today was the anniversary of his father's death. He patted his forehead with his left hand and was very upset, "Why didn't mother wake me up earlier so that we could help clean up together. "
The old lady laughed and said, "I have been calling for a long time. Seeing that you are sleeping deeply, I asked you to rest a little longer!"
Lu Zuo had just come back from outside at this time, holding a rosewood food box in his hand. The old lady smelled the smell, and there seemed to be a meaty aroma. She couldn't help but asked strangely: "Zuo'er, where did such a good food box come from? What's in it?"
"This is all thanks to our family Renxiang!" Lu Zuo raised the corner of his mouth, pointed at Lu Renxiang with a smile, and then patted the food box, "When I went out just now, I met Mr. Lu, the local drinker in Langli. , saw that I didn’t have enough money to buy the mistress, so he helped me advance money, and even gave the child a random rosewood food box to hold the mistress!"
"After the tomb sweeping is over, this food box can be used as some money! Mr. Lu has always been a good person in the village. This time he paid for us. When we have time, we brothers will come to say thank you!" Lu Renxiangle bloomed. .
Lu Zuo put the food box on the table and said, "Things given by others must be returned to them after they are used up, and the money advanced must also be returned together."
Mrs. Lu finished packing her things and said, "Don't talk about this, hurry up and go visit the tomb. Your two uncles are probably already waiting for you on the mountain by now." The old lady lowered her voice as she spoke, for fear of others. I heard, "After the worship is over, let your uncle go back to the mountain early to avoid being discovered by the officers and soldiers."
The Lu brothers nodded in agreement, Lu Renxiang carried the basket in front, and Lu Zuo carried the food box behind, and headed for the mountains in the suburbs.
The autumn wind is bleak, the rice and osmanthus are fragrant, and all the way up the mountain, the mountains are red and the scenery is beautiful. In less than an hour's journey, the two of them arrived at their father's tomb. Not far away, I saw two middle-aged men. The man with long moustache and short beard was gentle and elegant, his name was Lu Xiuyuan. Another bearded man named Qin Fu. The two were discussing under the camphor tree next to the tomb. Lu Renxiang stopped the two men on the mountain from a distance, "Second Uncle Lu, Third Uncle Qin, my brother and I are late."
Lu and Qin clasped their fists from afar and said, "It's not too late, hurry up, or the time of memorial service will pass."
When brother Lu Zuo arrived at the grave, the grass on the mountain had already been swept away. Lu Renxiang quickly bowed and apologized, "Uncles, you have been waiting for a long time. It's my fault. I drank too much last night and almost made a mistake today!"
"What's going on? I'm already sleeping late. Your second uncle and I have been waiting for half an hour!" Qin Fu puffed his beard and glared angrily, "You still want to do something big like this!"
Lu Zuo smiled apologetically and said, "Third uncle, it's my fault. I forgot to call you Renxiang!" Lu Renxiang also laughed.
Lu Xiu saw that his two brothers asked Zaotuili and Qiqijuer, and he was very happy in his heart, "It doesn't matter, your third uncle is joking with you! Renxiang heard that you came first in the provincial examination, you are really awesome!" After speaking, Lu Xiuyuan smiled and gave a thumbs up.
"How dare you make a mistake in front of your second uncle? I heard that you were the number one scholar in civil and military affairs back then!"
"Haha! If it hadn't been for your father's kindness, how could your Third Uncle Qin and I have prospered?"
"Back then, your father saved our lives many times on the battlefield. Otherwise, your Uncle Lu and I would have perished long ago!" After Qin Fu said this, Lu Xiuyuan also felt a little sad.
Lu Renxiang pulled Qin Fu's sleeve and said, "Uncle Qin, please tell us about my father's majesty on the battlefield back then!"
When Qin Fu was about to say something, he was interrupted by Lu Xiuyuan, "Now the time for sacrifice has come, let's offer our sacrifices first! We can talk about this later when we have time!"
The four people took out the sacrifices, placed them on the incense table, and knelt down in front of the grave. Lu Zuo was silent for a long time and said: "Father, this time my second brother also succeeded in passing the exam. I will definitely avenge our Lu family! My son has also decided that next spring, he will go to take the exam with his second brother. I will definitely win the National Examination and the Palace Examination if I go here. I hope my father’s spirit in heaven will bless my two brothers and they can avenge the Lu family.”
Lu Renxiang couldn't help but be surprised and asked: "Why do you suddenly want to go to Beijing to take the exam together?"
Qin Fu and Lu Xiuyuan were also surprised and happy. Lu Xiuyuan patted Lu Zuo's shoulder next to him with a look of relief on his face. Qin Fu even laughed and asked Lu Renxiang the same question.
Lu Zuo smiled slightly, "Now the time has come, the number one champion is already in my bag."
Lu Xiuyuan stood up, "It's just that now that the Han Emperor has secured peace, his horse has been released to Nanshan, and the people of the world have enjoyed peace for a long time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to shake it!"
"Hmph! What kind of peace? If it weren't for the eldest brother leading our group of brothers, there would be no peace and prosperity for him! That dog emperor caused us to hide in Fengji Mountain every day as grass bandits." Qin Fu said angrily.
Lu Renxiang looked at Lu Zuo and felt very angry, "Don't worry, uncles, my nephew and brother will definitely avenge the soldiers."
The four of them finished the sacrificial ceremony and chatted for a long time. When it was almost noon, the minions at the foot of the mountain came up the mountain to inform the two leaders, Lu Xiuyuan and Qin Fu, to return to Fengji Mountain earlier, and the four of them gave up.
