Datang Almighty Dad

Chapter 458 After the old man
"Shopkeeper, I went to send a letter to the gold and silver wares in Xifu, but something happened there, and the whole shop was wiped out. I was in a hurry to report back, and I met two people at the door, claiming to be from the Criminal Department, and wanted to see the shopkeeper." The clerk thought about it. Good words respectfully.

The shopkeeper Hu is about 40 years old. He is a shrewd and mature middle-aged man. He frowned slightly, "What are the people from the Criminal Department looking for me? Bring them in, and then you can go to the rouge shop to see the shop."

The clerk led the two into the door. Li Yuanying looked at the familiar figure, nodded and smiled and said, "Like, it's really similar! I've known since I came to this door that it's probably close."

Isn't it familiar? It turns out that the seat of this main store is the same as the grocery store that sold Hu people's leather goods and old Hu. It is at the entrance of Dongnan Lane in Xishi, the most prosperous place.

Li Yuanba asked: "Young man, who is Hu Zizi?"

"Oh? I don't know the two lords of the Criminal Department. What advice can you give? That is the ancestor of the family. I am the great-grandson of the family ancestor." Not only the shopkeeper was puzzled, but the guy was also curious.

Li Yuanying said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, we have an old relationship with your ancestor, and we came here to pay homage to Lingzu."

"Oh? It turned out to be like this?" Shopkeeper Hu was dubious.

"What? Inconvenient?" Li Yuanying asked.

Where does it come from?Strangers who are not close relatives, can enter their ancestral hall casually?Shopkeeper Hu thought in his heart, but he didn't want to offend the people in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Seeing that the other party was gray-haired, he might be an old friend of his ancestors. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded his head and agreed, "Please, both."

After figuring out the cause and effect, the guy stopped being curious and went out to look at the shop.

It is said to be an ancestral hall, but it is actually a small room in the innermost part of the shop. There are several memorial tablets. The top one is actually the spiritual tablet of Li Yuanying, King Qin of the Tang Dynasty. His son is crazy.

Looking at the memorial tablet of the old man, the remaining memory in my mind is still the scene of chatting with Lao Hu two years ago. When I saw you again, I was facing the memorial tablet.

At this moment, Hu Shifei, the father of shopkeeper Hu, came in, "Erlang, I heard that an old friend came to pay homage to the ancestors. Where did the guest come from? Your grandfather had a lot of old friends back then, so don't be rude just because you don't know him." .”

"Father, what my child understands is these two guests."

Looking at his son's fingers, Hu Shifei, who was more than seventy years old, was stunned, his whole body was trembling, it was...

Li Yuanying smiled and stepped forward to press the old man's shoulder, "Why, do you know me?"

"You are..." After saying that, Old Man Hu was about to kneel down.

Covering the other party's mouth, Li Yuanying asked curiously: "It's weird, your father Hu Lai was only a teenager back then, without you, how could you recognize me?"

Knowing that it was necessary to keep it secret, Hu Shifei signaled his son to go out, and cleared the backyard so that no one was allowed.

When everyone retreated, Hu Shifei finally knelt down on both knees and respectfully saluted, "Hu Shifei, the descendant of Hu Zizhi, pays homage to His Royal Highness, Prince Qin! Your Highness, you, you are finally back."

"Yes, in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years have passed, and the scene of drinking tea and drinking with Lao Hu is still vivid in my memory. When I saw you again, there was a difference between yin and yang. Get up, it's rare that you have a heart." Li Yuanying helped him up .

Hu Shifei explained: "Thanks to His Highness's kindness, my Hu family had a place in Chang'an and Xishi. When my grandfather and father were alive, they always talked about you. His old man told him that the King of Qin was a man of gods, Immortality and immortality will return one day. I warn all the descendants of the Hu family to set up a shrine for the birth of the king of Qin and sincerely pray and worship every day. This rule must be passed down from generation to generation.

It turns out that there is a portrait of you hanging here, and it was your father who went to the tavern to ask for it.But since the Wu Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Palace has recruited saints to retreat in fear, so the younger generation is unfilial and can only be removed. "

"Okay, don't worry about it. If you need something in the future, you can go to the tavern to ask shopkeeper Du for help."

Hu Shifei said: "His Royal Highness, these years, the Hu family has been protected by the Qin Palace for generations, and Shopkeeper Du has been helping to take care of it. Under the instruction of Du Shopkeeper, the Hu family is in charge of the underground chamber of commerce in the entire West City, which is regarded as the property of the Qin Palace."

"So that's it." Li Yuanying sized up the elderly junior, then looked back at Lao Hu's memorial tablet, and was silent for a moment, before stepping away, she suddenly had a whim, "Bring a brush and rice paper, and I'll leave you a painting."

Hu Shifei was inexplicably agitated, and hurried out quickly, not showing any signs of twilight, and came back shortly after with a charcoal stick and high-quality rice paper.

Seeing that it was a stick of charcoal instead of ink, Li Yuanying took it with a smile, "As expected of Lao Hu's grandson."

Spreading the rice paper on the table, Li Yuanying picked up the paintbrush, closed his eyes slightly as if recalling memories, then opened his eyes, his eyes flashed, and the paintbrush in his hand danced quickly. The rustling sound on the paper, and the method of painting full of shadows.

After a while, I stopped writing, signed and left a seal, and a family portrait of a family of three appeared vividly on the paper. The meticulous depiction and vivid image are almost no different from black and white photos.

Hu Shifei opened his mouth wide open, how could he not see it?Isn't this just grandpa, grandma, and dad Hu Lai when he was young?
With tears in his eyes, Hu Shifei fell to his knees with a plop, "Thank you Your Highness for bestowing calligraphy, so that the younger generation can see the voices of their grandparents again after many years."

"Okay, get up. Your grandfather and I have known each other since we were poor, and later brothers became friends with each other. The relationship between the two families is very good. Since you are a descendant of Lao Hu and have a close relationship with the Qin Palace, there is no need to see outsiders. Just like everyone else, just call me fifth grandfather. This is your fourth grandfather."

This……

After a little hesitation, Hu Shifei knew that the opportunity was rare, and hurriedly kowtowed to the two of them one by one. This time, it was a sincere junior salute.

"Okay, we still have something to do today, so we won't talk much." Li Yuanying stepped out.

Then as soon as he walked to the door, he heard the sound of the watchtower drum, Li Yuanying frowned, "Come to the cow and horse store? Yao Wei is in trouble? Let's go and have a look."

"Father, who are these two? Judging by your appearance, do you know each other?" The young shopkeeper Hu asked in a low voice when he saw his father seeing him off at the door.

"Go, go back and talk." Taking his son back to the ancestral hall, the gray-haired Hu Shifei stepped back, pointed at the ancestral tablet, and shouted to his son, "Kneel down!"

ah?kneel?Here……

Shopkeeper Hu didn't dare to say much, so he could only kneel down as he said.

"Do you still remember the ancestral precept passed down from generation to generation by our Hu family? Today, it finally came true. You boy, you are lucky. The blessing of your ancestors finally fell on your head." Hu Shifei said with emotion.

"Rumors from the ancestors? Which one? You mean, about His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty? Probably not, today's one is..." Shopkeeper Hu clutched his chest, not daring to say anything.

Hu Shifei nodded, "That's right, the young one is His Royal Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty. Next to him is his elder brother, the God of War in the Tang Dynasty, King Zhao of the Western Mansion, and the founding emperor who later opened up the country of Zhao in Australia."

"Is that the King of Qin? My God, as the ancestors said, the King of Qin is an immortal god. It's worth seeing him as an old man in this life! It's a pity that you sent me away just now. The old man kowtowed." Shopkeeper Hu complained.

Hu Shifei held the picture scroll and knocked on his son's head, "I don't know what you are thinking, kid? Put away your little thoughts. Our Hu family is only today under the blessing of the Qin Palace, so we must remember our identity We must not stretch out our hands to ask for what the Prince of Qin’s mansion didn’t give us. We, the Hu family, will never be able to repay the King of Qin’s great kindness in a few lifetimes, so don’t forget it.”

"However, His Royal Highness the King of Qin thought about the friendship with your great-grandfather, so he didn't treat me lightly. He asked me to greet my grandchildren in the next generation, and left a pair of calligraphy." As he said, Hu Shifei opened the scroll.

Shopkeeper Hu looked at it for a long time, and wondered, "Father, this is it? Why do I look at it, the young boy inside looks a bit like me when I was a child?"

Slap, slap on the back of the son's head, "Bastard! This is a portrait of your great-grandmother and great-grandmother. The boy in it is when your grandfather was young. It was drawn by Qin Wang himself from memory just now. Look at the signature. He is known as the god of painting , this painting will be the family heirloom of my Hu family from now on, and even our talisman."

(End of this chapter)