Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 171
"Xiao Wu, the dough you rolled out is so small, are you going to make wontons?"

Mom asked.

When the old man came back from outside, he took a look at the dough that Luo Cheng had rolled out, "He wants to make a pill."

Luo Cheng, who was rolling out the noodles, couldn't help but freeze.

No one in Nanshan Village has ever eaten wontons, and I guess they have never seen Laowan, but my mother and father can tell wontons and Laowan based on a piece of dumpling skin he just rolled out. Terrible.

After all, my mother was born in the Qin family in Licheng, so she knew that wontons were nothing.But for an old blacksmith like my father, it seems a bit extraordinary that he can tell the prison pill at a glance.

"Father, I've always wanted to ask you a question. Although our family name is Luo, it seems that we are not in the same family as other families in the village. Why?"

He had only recently discovered this problem.

The surname of Nanshan Village is Luo, and the villagers are basically of the same family, but it seems that Luo Cheng and his family are not.There are more than a dozen or twenty-odd families in other people's houses, and there will be a lot of people from the same family to help during the New Year's holidays or any weddings and ceremonies, which is very lively.

But Luo Cheng's family has always been a single family, and they don't invite others to come if they have something to do, and they don't invite Luo's family if they have something to do.But it's wrong to say that the Luo family is not well-connected. Dad usually doesn't talk much, but because he is a blacksmith, he often helps the villagers repair farm tools and so on. Everyone respects him.

My old lady is a woman who never blushes with others.

He used to think that his family was a single branch with a small population.

Not long ago, I heard from my eldest brother that although their family name is Luo, they are actually not from the Luo family in Nanshan Village.It means that the surname Luo in Nanshan Village has lived here for hundreds of years, and they were all passed down from the same ancestor in the past.But the Luo family is not. The Luo Cheng family was not from this village at all before.

Dad put down the hammer in his hand and sat down.

"There were some things that I didn't intend to tell you. It's just that now that you brothers are all focused on official careers, there is no need for me to keep some things from you all the time."

"Actually, I am not from Nanshan Village, nor from Zhangqiu County. My ancestral home is Xiangyang, but my family moved to Yunyang, Jingzhao. Since I was a teenager, I have been growing up in Chang'an."

"Dad is talking about Daxing City?" Siye also asked with great interest.

"At that time, I was still called Chang'an City, but not the Daxing City now. This Daxing City was a newly built capital after the founding of the late emperor. The Chang'an City where I lived when I was young was Han Chang'an City, which was still in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Capital."

Luo Cheng's eyes widened and he listened carefully. He felt that the fog was finally slowly being pulled away.

It turned out that his father was really not simple, not as simple as a country blacksmith.

He was born shortly after the establishment of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and lived in Chang'an City, the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, since he was a child.

"Father, how did our family get from Xiangyang to Chang'an?"

"War!"

"Our Luo family originally lived in Xiangyang for generations. Later, the Taizu of this dynasty followed Dugu Xin and led the Northern Wei army to attack Xiangyang, which was occupied by the Eastern Wei army. The Xiangyang defenders were defeated. The Taizu occupied Xiangyang for half a year. Not long after, the army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty approached, and your grandfather followed Taizu and Dugu Xin to Nanliang..."

"Three years later, your grandfather returned to Chang'an, the capital of the Western Wei Dynasty, with Taizu and Dugu Xin. At that time, Taizu was brave and won the favor of Yu Wentai, the prime minister of the Western Wei Dynasty. He made Taizu his personal guard general, and your grandfather was Taizu's personal guard."

Following Luo's father's eloquence, Luo Cheng realized that their old Luo's family was actually very powerful.

The Taizu of this dynasty is Yang Zhong, the Taizu of the Sui Dynasty. Of course Yang Zhong has never been an emperor, but he was one of the twelve great generals of the Western Wei Dynasty. Although he is not as good as Li Hu, Dugu Xin and other Eight Pillar Kingdoms, he was also the top military leader at that time. .

It was Yang Zhong who laid down the foundation of the Yang family, and finally allowed his son Yang Jian to win the Northern Zhou Dynasty and create the Great Sui Empire.

And Luo Cheng's grandfather is actually the personal guard who has been following Yang Zhong to conquer the world.

Since Yang Zhong fought against Xiangyang with Lonely Letter, he voted under his command, followed him to the Southern Dynasty Liang, and then returned to the Western Wei Dynasty, and then fought in the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties, and fought countless battles in his life.

Later, when Yang Jian proclaimed himself emperor, Grandpa Luo Cheng, the old general of the Yang family, of course, also had the merit of supporting him. He was officially appointed as the general of Zuo Jianmen. .

In charge of gate control and guarding of the palace, he is a person whom the emperor relies heavily on and trusts.

He was also named the Duke of Xiangyang County.

Luo Cheng's father was the eldest son of the Duke, but he was not valued highly in the Duke's mansion because Luo Cheng's father was born to the wife his grandfather married when he was still in Xiangyang.At that time, he didn't have much status, so he only married a commoner's daughter.

Later, he defected to Yang Zhong's command, and soon followed Yang Zhong to Nanliang. At that time, his wife was pregnant and was about to give birth, so he was unable to move, so he could only stay in the local area.

Grandpa Luo Cheng went to Nanliang to stay for three years, and then went to Chang'an in Guanzhong. When he sent someone to Xiangyang to find relatives and pick him up, it was already five years later.

At that time, Grandma Luo Cheng thought that her husband, like many rebels in this era, had died in a foreign land early.So, three years ago, in order to be able to take care of her two-year-old child, Grandma Luo Cheng remarried with her child.

When Grandpa Luo Cheng sent someone to find them, he was a little embarrassed.

Luo Cheng's grandma was angry that her husband hadn't heard from her for several years, so even though her husband has become an official now and sent someone to pick him up, she and her current husband had two more children, and the two lived happily ever after. Yes, she refused to go to Chang'an.

She would rather live an ordinary life with an ordinary current husband.

In the end, she asked someone to take Luo Cheng's father back.

After Luo Cheng's father arrived in Chang'an, his identity became embarrassing.

Because Grandpa Luo Cheng has won the trust of Yang Zhong during the past few years of fighting abroad, and even saved Yang Zhong's life several times, so Yang Zhong likes this subordinate very much. His niece married him.

When Luo Cheng's father came to Chang'an, he found that there was already a mistress and a son in this mansion.

Originally, Luo Cheng's father was the eldest son, but not because of this complicated situation, especially because his mother refused to come to Chang'an, so in the end he became the eldest son of the mansion instead.

The life of a concubine eldest son who has no mother and is not favored by his stepmother is not easy in Chang'an, especially in those years when his father was away fighting all the year round.

He lived alone in Chang'an for many years, and finally grew up. He was also able to join the emperor's personal guard as a son of a hero. He often stood on the golden palace with a pumpkin hammer in his hand.

Until one day, his stepmother's younger brother got into trouble, committed something that shouldn't be committed, and caused a catastrophe, but in the end they asked him to bear the crime for him.

He ignored his stepmother's request, but when his father said tearfully that if he didn't help that younger brother, his younger brother's life would be ruined, he finally agreed.

Then he took all the consequences for his younger brother. He broke a leg and became crippled. He was expelled from Chang'an City forever and could never go back.

He was even removed from the family tree of the Luo family.

Apart from still retaining the surname Luo, it can be said that after that day, he has nothing and has nothing to do with the past.

"Since then, have you never returned to Daxing?"

"No."

Dad sighed.

"Father, were you still a pumpkin warrior?" Siye asked.

"Well, I used to be the imperial bodyguard, the personal guard of the three residences of Qin Xunyi, and I also served as a guard of honor in front of the palace, holding a pumpkin hammer."

The Golden Melon Warrior is the seventh-rank imperial guard, a little lower than the Qianniu Guard who wields the Qianniu Sword, but they are all served by the children of those who have meritorious service and high officials.

Luo Cheng was concerned about another question, "Father, what's your grandfather's name, is he still there?"

"It's long gone. Not long after I left Chang'an, I heard that he died of illness."

"Then, is there anyone else in the Jingshi Luo family?"

"Have."

"It's your brother? What's his name?"

Father Luo didn't seem to want to say it, he was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Your grandfather, you have two uncles, one famous artist and the other famous longevity."

Grandfather Luo Rong.

Uncle Luo Yi, Luo Shou?
"Father, it was Luo Yi who killed you back then? Is he still in the capital now? I want to settle the score with him." Siye said angrily.

"He's not in Chang'an now. I met him this year. He's now in Zhuo County, the official residence of Tiger General!"

"I tell you this today because when I met him last year, he recognized me first and knew that I am in Zhangqiu now. I told you this in advance to give you a clear idea. But I don't want you to go Looking for him, the past has passed, and it is useless to mention it. Even if he is a general now, it has nothing to do with us!"

Luo Cheng felt his head buzzing.

He thought that Dad would have some stories.

After all, how could an ordinary blacksmith have so much knowledge, and how could he marry the daughter of the Qin family in Licheng, a noble family.But no matter how he guessed, he only felt that maybe his father had wandered outside when he was young, for example, he was a recruiter, or he went out to be a craftsman.

He never expected that his father was the son of General Guan Long.

When he was young, he used to be a golden melon warrior in the Golden Palace. He was a seventh-rank bodyguard and military officer. His father was also the chief official of one of the twelve guards and four mansions, and he was a son of the county government.

Of course, these are nothing compared to what the old man said at the end that the younger brother who killed him back then was named Luo Yi.

Now the Huben Lang General Luo Yi who is stationed in Zhuo County, there is no mistake, he is the very famous fierce general Luo Yi in history.

Huben Lang will be a high-ranking military commander, a fourth rank.In the four mansions of the Twelve Guards in the Sui Dynasty, each of the twelve guards had one general and two generals, and then there were generals Hu Ben Lang and Hu Ya Lang.

Dad is less than 40 years old this year, so his younger brother Luo Yi is only in his 40s. He is already a tiger general in the twelve guards in his [-]s. where to sit.

"Father, does Luo Yi still want to hurt you again?"

"That's not true, but I really don't want our family to have anything to do with them." The old man said.

(End of this chapter)