In the morning of the northern country, the mountains are surrounded, the peaks are stacked, and the layers of mist on the sky rise, like the snow clouds. When the sun is empty, it is the forest cold and the sky is closed, only the north wind blows, and a voice of Xiaoshu.

The mountains, the old trees, the dry branches of the wind, the sand and earth on the ground, just landed on the ground and changed the direction again.The ravines, the yellow, the grass is connected, and the wind is blowing up and down,

In the afternoon, the cold wind swept, the sky was cloudy, and a moment later the snow was flying and fluttering, and it seemed to be looking for a place to settle in a hurry, it was really white and cold, and the wind was as fast as a knife.

There is a small river in the mountains more than ten miles to the south, just because the river has already formed a thick layer of ice, the face is covered with soil weeds, and there is not much difference from ordinary ravines.

Four or five hundred meters north along the small river diversion, a small mountain village is dimly visible.

The houses of most households in the village are crowded in the middle of the mountain, and the wind blows all the year round, and the color of these houses seems to be reflected in the grass and wood of the winter mountains, and the gray black is mixed with a hay-like dull yellow feeling, and the original existence is primitive.

A few months ago, two new courtyards under the mountain, one small and two families seemed out of step with other villagers.

The large family's high-walled compound was refreshed, and the materials were naturally more unique to other farmers.But that’s all, it’s not the “big family” that really means.

The small family next to it was at the same bottom of the mountain, but the house was simple, and the single courtyard was more like a foil, although it was slightly embarrassing, it also had a more popular.If the big family shouted a few times to the villagers in the mountainside, it is expected that only the response of the small family next to it could be heard.

The village is called Lujiazhuang and belongs to the northern county of Baoding Province.The last name is the first, the vast majority of the people in the village are named Lu, and these two families under the mountain are naturally no exception.

The owner of this high-walled compound is named Lu Benyou, who is not an ordinary mountain farmer, who was the master of the six products of the Great Ming Dynasty Criminal Department.On weekdays, it is prudent and low-key, never showing the mountain dew, the original future is good, but in recent years, I heard that the body is unwell, and the twenties are over, it is necessary to resign and retire, and I am determined to return to my hometown to spend my old age.

As the only son of Lu Benyou, Lu Tan knew about it a year ago, and then he started to build the yard.

Lu Zhen thought: Although the father resigned to return home, the authority still has to be maintained.

In the early years, somehow, Lu Benyou sent people to send their families back to Lujiazhuang, and resolutely disagreed with them going to Beijing again.For this reason, Lu Chen had some grievances against his father, but after all, his son was not strong enough, and then his mother died of a serious illness.Lu Zhen painstaking thought: the grace of parents is not easy to raise, and now his father has returned due to illness, and the dissatisfaction of his heart has gradually been eliminated.

At that time, Luchen estimated that the mountainside was slightly steep and digging too much soil.Moreover, the grandfather is after all, for the court, for a long time in Beijing, the habit of life and the villagers in the countryside are very different, such as living too close to the neighbors, in the weekdays, parents are short and difficult to live in, there is a large open space under the mountain, so he chose this place.

The villagers heard that the father-in-law of Lu was going to work, so they came to help, and there were indeed brothers who were in love with Luchen on weekdays, but there were also many opportunistic people, and it was true for the "Lord of the Land" to be in addition.

Among those who came to help was a man named Lu Daquan, who drank and drank alcohol on weekdays, and drank and meat this evening.The big cup of greed, soon drunk, but he was quite interested and still did not want to leave.

To say that this broad is married, but his wife abhors his drunken addiction, which was still in control at first, and then gradually ignored.After a few rounds of wine, he was helped by his neighbors to leave Luchen's house.

Who expected him to go to the next house and gather three or five people around the table and continue to drink, so many times stop and drink, late at night when the big and wide emergency, just to the toilet suddenly vomiting blood, and then fell, others are also drunk unconscious, such an abnormal person no one cares.

When the next day, when the people found the great width, he was no longer breathing.

There are no children, the house is not much left by his "drink", and the house is dilapidated.Lu Tsing poor wide woman, after all, before the big broad to build a house busy before busy, so Lu Tsing in his own compound not far away for her to build a single door yard, close to the use of their own building room left stone, wood, but also a lot of things.

At first, the people were very much praised for this move, and Lu Zhen originally thought: A woman, who has no children around her, has nothing wrong on weekdays, and I don't know if there is much in front of the widow for a long time.

Of course, these are all afterwords.

The second year, Lu Benyou returned to the village, and when he did not enter the compound, he reprimanded Cen Er: Taizu Hongwu Emperor came from a bitter background, and he hated the extravagance on weekdays.Laozi low-key for most of his life, now back in the hidden countryside, is an ordinary villager, can be simple, why so particular?

But the wood has become a boat, Lu Benyou carefully saw that here is only a higher wall, the courtyard is a little larger, there is no luxury in materials, the court has regulations: the people's house, but three, five, can not be used to fight the arch, decorated with color, Lu Cen this move is not far.

He was a filial piety to his son, and he was happy to live.

Little away from home, Lu Benyou returned to the village only with those villagers of similar age, but also childhood playmates occasionally.On weekdays, he reads poetry, occasionally splurges in pen and ink, or walks in the courtyard when he is idle.

In this way, although this single-door courtyard, although it was far away from the villagers living in the mountainside, it was indeed quiet, and the former court officials lived a field life like a farmer in the mountains.

Lu's daughter-in-law was originally Yangzhou people, on weekdays, honest, gentle, her uncle was Lu Benyou's colleagues in the torture department, when it was Lu's uncle led this marriage, with this relationship, Lu Zhen's family get along very well.

The only special thing is that when Master Lu returned to bring back two young people, these two people are thin, only one tall and one short, and there are few words in the weekdays, so people do not know much about it.

According to this, Lu Benyou has completely changed from "Lord Lu" to an ordinary "village" in Lujiazhuang, and everyone calls him "Master Lu" at most.

Today, the Lujia courtyard, which has always been quiet and low-key, is lively: people here, shouting, laughing, and incessantly listening.

When the gold list?Night of candles in the cave?Does he know in his hometown?

All of this has nothing to do with Lu Zhen, and having children and adding new talents is his great joy today.

And the "grandfather's honor" of the Lord is also in a good mood recently, he told Lu Chen early to invite the famous midwife in this area.

As early as a few days ago, Lu Benyou sent a letter to his cousin and asked her to come to Lu's family to help take care of him for a while.Within a month after giving birth, if there is no woman to take care of her, Lu's family is inconvenient, and the woman's business still depends on the woman's help.

If there is no accident, this two days of kung fu, their cousin, is also Cen's (table) aunt, the aunt of the unborn child can rush to Lujiazhuang.

"Snow stopped, come and see," I don't know who the child shouted so few words, everyone is busy preparing for Lu's, no time to take into account the snow scene, smell the reputation to know the situation outside the window.

Although this snow is fierce, but the duration is short, there is not much snow in the ground, just a thin layer, just covered the yellow soil.The clouds in the sky are receding, and it seems that it will not be long before it can be cleared.

Farm women are the most gossipy, sesame-sized things can also be said to be scratches, since ancient times, everywhere is the same, and now coincides with the Luzen family's happy events, so people say that are Lu's belly children.

A woman about fifty-year-old wiped the gray apron, a smile under the fold, she broke down, but before she broke, her hand was blocked but loudly said: "Ah, the snow suddenly stopped, is a good sign, this baby will be an unusual person ah, Zhen Er is blessed, Master Lu is blessed."

Everyone said with a mouthful, Master Lu stood at the door of the house, smiled and nodded in response, while looking out the window, from time to time satisfied with his beard.

Lu Tsing was also delighted to see this scene, not because of the good signs the woman said, his idea was simple: the snow stopped, and her aunt could successfully rush to Lujiazhuang.

Lu Zhenyue parents far away in Yangzhou, weekdays in the exchange of letters is extremely inconvenient, now as today's cold and long-distance journey is difficult, Lu decided to give birth without telling his parents, lest they worry, wait for the child after the birth of others to ask them to come.

Therefore, within a month, Lu Zhen's aunt was the last to rely on her.

I don't know when, there was a sudden scream in the house, which could startle Lu Zhen, and he hurried back, but he was blocked by a woman.At this moment, the housemen can't get in, even though he's the father of the child.

Lu Zhen could only look at the midwife in and out, and he looked at the door subconsciously: how good it would be if his aunt could come at this moment.

Time passed so quickly and slowly, I don't know when the house was quiet, probably because of excessive force, but also to rest.

After a little while, the inside finally came the long-lost baby crying, and the people rushed to help clean up, slowed down God's Lu's caressing face, looked at the child in his arms, showed a satisfied smile, and gently muttered a few words with him...

The clouds of the sky have gone away, and the sun has once again sprinkled in the mountains.I don't know when, the branches dropped a few tits, ups and downs in the snow and branches, and the rattling of the chirping and chirping...

"Fathers, today's home coincides with a happy event, the wine and meat have already been prepared, everyone has a share, enough ...", between the words, Lu Benyou is a "landman outside" feeling.

In this way, the Luchen family is more lively: men, women and children crowded the yard, so that the Lu family early to set up a shed, simply packed can also cover the wind and cold, but still have to take turns to eat, but this does not affect the enthusiasm of the people.

I don't know when Master Lu has returned to the house, the table pen and ink paper, so think about it: to name the grandson.

On the left and right sides of the house were the two young men who did not speak much, looking ahead and expressionless, as if there was no such thing as Lu Benyou.

In the evening, the people who came to Dao Xie gradually left, and the Lu family compound was finally quiet, several women were still helping to clean up the dishes, Lu Zhen was busy watching his baby son, and Lu Lao was talking about the old drink with the old friends in the house of the village.

Lu Xiaoyi just came out of Lu Benyou's family's wine and food, satisfied with the fullness of the hierogly walk on the road, for him, a lazy bachelor man: today is really good: eat a white meal, dinner is save.

"Go to the neighboring village to gamble money, gamble and then find a little widow", in addition to eating and drinking, Lu Xiaojie is still good for this mouth.

But this said ten bets and nine losses, today may be white to eat people's meals, God to let him bleed, this is not?Played for more than an hour, Lu Xiaoji almost did not win.

"It's really fucking back, don't play, don't play anymore," Lu Xiaojie threw down his sleeves in frustration, and it seems that there is no interest in continuing to play.

The sky is clear, the ground is scattered snow, most of the villagers have fallen asleep, there is silence around.Lu Xiaoyi hummed the little song, put his hands in his sleeves, and walked cautiously toward the little widow's house.

"Don't move...", Lu Xiaoji has not yet slowed down God, but he saw a long sword reflecting the cold light of the moon hit from behind him, and with the body slowly turning, the head of the sword has now been on his chest.

“Say, where does Lujiazhuang’s Lubenyou family live?”A man coldly asked.

Life even the county has not been to the county where the second has seen such scenes, as if suddenly fell into the glacier, the whole body pores suddenly a cold, but only the man's question.

Lu Xiaoji pointed to the front with his finger: "Keep going forward, down the mountain... two families, the courtyard is, you..."

"Well...", Lu Xiao's second words were not finished, only to see the man's mouth flashing a slightly curvature of the smile, the cold sword instantly pierced his chest, and there was no chance to make a final farewell to the world...

In the single courtyard under the mountain, the little widow who had been waiting for the landing of the second child had not yet seen the dead ghost figure, and she ran to the door from time to time to look at it, and as a result, she still did not see the figure of Lu Xiaojie, but she could vaguely see a group of black people walking through the moonlight.

“Oh my God, what the hell...?”

Alone in the courtyard alone, the little widow instinctively looked at the Luchen family, and was trying to shout, but forgot that the door was hidden, and a little hard, half of her body was dumped, but the foot was tripped by the threshold and fell to the ground.

When the little widow looked up again, the long sword stained with the blood of the two children had fallen coldly on her chest, and she looked away, only to see a cold flash, the last shadow of fear in the pupil, and then a black, she went to "see" Lu Xiaoji...

The big yellow dog of the little widow's family has long been accustomed to being disturbed in the middle of the night, and the general sound is ignored, but it seems to be somewhat abnormal, but a dog has not dropped, but I saw an iron darts accompanied by the light of the cold moon, and the poor yellow struggled a few times and no longer moved.

"There is movement, hurry, protect the master...", the two young people around Lu Benyou immediately heard...