Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 317 Lao Tzu's Rebellion
Victory in blood.

Du Ruhui, the county magistrate, went to the city gate to greet him personally. Seeing the corpses of hundreds of bandits and Xiangyong with hundreds of casualties, he was both happy and surprised.

"Unexpectedly, the thieves and bandits have already rushed to my Zhangqiu County. Fortunately, you have killed the thieves and bandits."

"I hope the county can provide compensation to the families of these war dead so that their blood will not be shed in vain," Shan Binbin said.

Du Ruhui nodded, "Don't worry, I won't let them bleed in vain. Let's go to the city first, and I'll tell you some good news. Brother Shicheng defeated the Goguryeo thief in Liaodong. His Majesty rewarded Brother Shicheng for his meritorious deeds a few years ago. General Lang, and bestowed on the Marquis of Xiangyang. Congratulations!"

Shan Binbin was stunned.

"impossible?"

"Is there anything impossible? This is the news from the imperial court. Our Zhangqiu County has received an official document to help Shi Cheng's brother build the archway and the gate."

When Shan Binbin entered the city and arrived at the door of his house, he found that many people were renovating the house that his husband had bought before.

Father Luo Gui was very happy to be directing, and he was very surprised to see Binbin and the others.He didn't know what happened on the road yet, Jizu explained a few words, and after careful questioning, the father was relieved to know that his family members were fine.

"Father, what is this for?"

Luo Gui told everyone excitedly, "Xiao Wu has repeatedly made military exploits in Liaodong, and His Majesty specially appointed him as the Marquis of Xiangyang, and promoted him to be General Yingyang Lang. By the way, he is now also promoted to Liaodong County Prime Minister and Tongding County Magistrate. job."

Those who are busy in Luo's house are here to repair the door for Luo's house.

As the saying goes, above the third grade, there are halberds in the door.

The princes and nobles, the streets and alleys are bestowed with archways.

And when an official is promoted to a higher level, the door enters one foot.

The so-called Hou's family is as deep as the sea, which means that the houses of high-ranking officials and nobles have very deep doors.Ordinary people's houses cannot be built very deep, but the houses of officials can be built very tall and deep.

Every time an official is promoted to a higher level, the gate of the house will be repaired one foot deeper.

Now a group of craftsmen are renovating Luo's house.

It turned out that there were two pillars behind the gate, which were very close to the gate, but now that Luo Cheng has become a Marquis, he has not only been promoted to a first-rank official, but has become a third-rank Marquis, so according to the grade standards, the two pillars behind the gate were moved back. Moved far.

After the pillar is positioned, everything from the original gate to the new position of the pillar will be covered, so the gate is as deep as the city gate.

If the door opening is deep, the door head should also be raised.

Even the width of the door has been widened a lot.

A lion was specially erected in front of the door, and a shelf was placed on one side of the door, with six halberds on each side.

There are halberds in front of the gate, which is a standard etiquette that only senior officials and nobles above the third rank can enjoy.

The county also sent people to set up a memorial archway at both ends of the alley of Luo's house, on which it was written that the imperial decree was to build the Xiangyang Houfu memorial archway.

"At this point, the prime minister gets off his sedan chair, and the general dismounts from his horse."

This is etiquette, this is honor.

As the Marquis of Xiangyang, the section of the road in front of Luo's gate, surrounded by the archway, the prime minister would get off his sedan chair when passing by, and the generals would dismount their horses when they passed by to show their honor.

"Father, what's going on here?" Jizu didn't expect that his fifth younger brother would be conferred a title when he went out, and the title of Marquis of Xiangyang seems a bit strange, as his grandfather Luo Rong had conferred the title of Xiangyang before. Hou, later promoted to the Duke of Xiangyang County, and then the Duke of Xiangyang County.

"One family and two princes, the Luo family is honorable." Du Ru congratulated with a dark smile.

The father saw that the whole family was puzzled, so he explained a few words briefly, and then everyone knew that Luo Yi is now the Duke of Yan, and Luo Cheng is the Marquis of Xiangyang.Luo Cheng was also decreed by the emperor to become Luo Yi's stepson.

"Father, Luo Yi is too much."

The old man shook his head, "Forget it, this is a good thing for Xiao Wu."

"But Luo Yi made Xiao Wu recognize him as his father."

"Step-son, it's normal. Luo Yi has no heirs, so it's normal to choose Xiao Wu as his heir. I have let go of the things back then, and it's fine now.

Being a father's grievances doesn't matter, as long as it is good for his son, he is willing to accept it.Anyway, it doesn't matter if he becomes Luo Yi's heir, isn't he his son?
"Father, that bastard Wang Yi set our Nanshan Village on fire, and our seven houses were also set ablaze," said the boss Jizu.

But the old man said indifferently, "Just burn it, this fire will only make our Luo family burn more and more prosperous. Your fifth brother is now the Marquis of Xiangyang, and your third brother, fourth brother and sixth brother are all generals now. Cheng Xing has become prosperous. Look at the depth of the door, look at the head of the door, and look at the inner halberd of the door, they can't beat our Luo family."

"As long as you remember one thing, no matter what, brothers are of the same heart. It doesn't matter whether Xiao Wu is Luo Yi's heir or not. The six of you will always be brothers."

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Hebei, Qinghe County.

In Zhangnan County, the five Dou Jiande brothers have returned to the village by the same route.

As soon as he returned to his hometown, Sun Anzu received bad news. His father died of illness when he entered Liao Dynasty, and his wife also fell ill later. There was no money for medical treatment, and the family had no money or food. Finally, he died of illness and hunger.

There was no one at home, and both his father and his wife were buried hastily. Now that he came back, he could only cry unfilially in front of his father's grave and weep in front of his wife's grave.

Dou Jiande's brothers also came to worship at the grave.

After visiting the grave, the house is deserted.

Looking back on the past year of entering Liao Dynasty, it feels like a dream.

Fighting, bloodshed, commissioning, but in the end because of a moment of confusion and escape, all the hard work was ruined, and even a few brothers were implicated.

Several county government servants came over.

"Sun Anzu, shouldn't you serve as a husband in Liaodong, why did you run back? Could it be that you have become a fugitive?"

Sun Anzu hates hearing the word escaped husband the most now.

He blushed and said, "Who said I was a fugitive?"

"I'm not a fugitive, do you have the paperwork to prove that you have completed your military service?"

Of course, Sun Anzu couldn't produce this certificate, he was a deserter, Luo Cheng let him go in the end, it was considered good if he didn't kill him directly, and when he let him go, it was impossible to return him any completion certificate.

Sun Anzu couldn't produce the documents, so he was a fugitive.

This is because the county didn't know that he had entered the military camp in Liaodong, otherwise he would be a deserter and the crime would be even heavier.

"Since you can't produce the documents, you are a fugitive. Now that the campaign to Liao is serious, Wang Fa can't escape. Go back with us now, and I will send you back to Liaodong tomorrow."

"My father passed away, and I was not able to see him before he died. Now I have to stay at home to observe my filial piety." Sun Anzu refused to serve again.

A few yamen servants don't care about this, they just lock people up with chains.

Several people from Dou Jiande came to persuade them, but when the Yamen servants asked their names, they realized that these people also came back from Liaodong, so they asked them for proof of completion of service.

Dou Jiande, Wang Fubao, and Liu Heitai had Luo Chengkai's papers on them, proving that they had finished their military service, but Gao Shida did not.

So in the end, Sun Anzu and Gao Shida were locked up and taken to the county government.

After inquiring about the situation, the magistrate of Zhangnan County ordered the two men to be punished with [-] sticks each, and then ordered them to serve in the Liao Dynasty again.

Sun Anzu refused to accept.

Absolutely refused to serve again.

"It's unreasonable. Don't you dare to resist the imperial court's decree, and you are not afraid of death?" The county magistrate angrily reprimanded Sun Anzu.

"I will not enter Liao even if I die!"

"Then I'll kill you." The county magistrate walked over and drew his sword.

As a result, Sun Anzu also became ruthless, grabbed the knife and chopped off the county magistrate with a backhand.

Now everyone was stunned.

Sun Anzu held a knife dripping with blood, "You guys forced me, Yu Wenhuaji forced me, Luo Cheng forced me, and now you, a small county magistrate, dare to force me!"

"I'm on the wrong side!

Yamen servants shouted loudly to call people.

Dou Jiande winks at him fiercely.

Sun Anzu came back to his senses, stopped shouting, cut off the chains on Gao Shida's hand with a knife, and rushed out of the yamen together with the troubled brother, and fled the county.

The yamen servants shouted and chased them from a distance, but few dared to rush forward, and finally watched the two escape out of the city helplessly.

(End of this chapter)