Chapter 14: Wu Dalang - Dark Fate (9)
It's a sad story.
In the fourth year of the reign of Song Hui Zonghe, the Jurchen tribe was in full swing under the leadership of its tribal leader Wanyan Aguta, and the Jurchen Jintiefu Tu, known as the "Thunder Khan", was the most terrifying cavalry in Chinese mainland at that time before the rise of the Mongol rangers of the same era, and with the support of this strong military force, the Jurchen careerists in the upper echelons coveted the richness of the Song Dynasty, and the friction between the two countries continued, and in most cases the Song Dynasty was the loser.
In this year, Xu was not harvested, and the Jurchen tribe carried out a predatory test against the Song under the leadership of a regular army, but they soon found that the war was unusually smooth, and even grabbed Henan Province in the Central Plains for a time, but was soon beaten back by the counterattack organized by the Song Dynasty.
This small-scale friction, which was not recorded in the history books, seemed insignificant to later generations, but the real history is very heavy, and this small battle alone brought heavy suffering to the people of the two countries.
When the Jurchen tribe was repulsed, they left behind a corpse and a large number of prisoners, who were naturally crushed and scattered, and the captives were all sent to the military headquarters for merit under the system of national hatred and the ancient system of "beheading meritorious service".
The high-level Jurchen invaders got the wealth they had snatched back all the way, so what did these ordinary Jurchen soldiers who went to the front line to kill the enemy and was finally defeated and beheaded get? Is this really what these soldiers need? They left their families to follow the army into battle, and their original intention was only to reward them with a few bags of food after the famine and half of the remaining cattle and sheep after the victory of the nobles, so that they could add a little nutrition to their sons who could just run and talk, shouting for meat, so that they could grow taller.
The civilians of Henan in the Song Dynasty endured more suffering, they were burned and looted by invaders who did not understand the language, their homes were ruined, and there were no iron weapons at hand to resist, and they could only bear silently in the face of sudden human tragedy, perhaps, in the hinterland of China, the people of Henan, whose hometown was often used as a battlefield, had been bearing most of the disasters caused by the war for the entire nation for thousands of years.
After the war, everything seems to be the same, but what can't be returned is the human heart.
Even more terrible than natural disasters are man-made disasters. Among these refugees are Wu Song's parents, they are local wealthy families, Wu Song's brothers and sisters have studied literature, some have learned to be red, Wu Song has been a martial artist since elementary school, and is determined to be a hero who resists the Jurchen invaders when he grows up.
But the war destroyed all this, and the family was in an inextricable situation when they fled to the neighboring province of Shandong, where many of them were seriously ill and without money and food, while the youngest child was still in infancy.
What followed was the most poignant tragedy in the world that had happened countless times, selling children......
This is the only way.
Wu Song, as the only boy who did not fall ill, took the initiative to bear all this, and that day his tearful face was dried by the wind countless times, but his body was straight, for fear that those sellers who were picky and saw refugees like cattle felt that they were not in good health and could not be supported when they bought it.
In this population market where the devil and angels are together, Xiao Wusong is strong.
Wu Dalang is cowardly, he was born with a defect, his parents died after raising him with hard work, although he can barely survive as a commoner by farming and selling bread, but his long-term inferiority complex and emotional tendency to not be able to tell others have been tormenting him. Until this day, when I went out to buy vegetables and passed by the population market, I met the young Wu Song.
Acquaintances are doomed to be big mistakes.
Xiao Wu Song's stubborn and strong eyes and body that has practiced martial arts since childhood instantly conquered Wu Dalang, and he immediately decided to buy Xiao Wu Song. Bargaining is inevitable, and Wu Song's parents will ask as much as possible even if they are like knives, only in this way can Xiao Wu Song's sacrifice be exchanged for more resources that can be used to take care of other children...... No matter how you choose, it is a broken intestine, and it is a dark fate.
In the end, Wu Dalang used all his savings to buy Wu Song, and at the same time took a maid who fled with the Wu family and accompanied him all the way here, and was about the same age as Wu Song.
Wu Chunsheng (Pan Jinlian).
Wu Dalang's life has changed after buying the two, although he is still very poor, but he has hope, he gave all the good things to Xiao Wu Song, Wu Song naturally has a good impression of this kind seller, and then, one night, the ignorant Wu Song did not know how to refuse and had a relationship with Wu Dalang. Subsequently, Wu Dalang moved to Yanggu County, and changed his name, calling himself Wu Hua, determined to be with Wu Song forever like the companionship of pine and birch, and at the same time, in order not to provoke criticism, Pan Jinlian became his spouse on the surface.
People's hearts will change over time, when Wu Song grew up, he was confused about his relationship with Wu Dalang, on the one hand, he was very grateful to Wu Dalang for his kindness, and on the other hand, he was ashamed of his relationship with Wu Dalang, and this confusion lasted until Pan Jinlian confessed to himself.
Pan Jinlian, as a maid, has no special feelings for the tragic fate, only knows that with the increase of age, she fell in love with this little young master who has been with her since she was a child.
Wu Song also likes Pan Jinlian very much, but he chose to escape from this feeling in confusion, he left home without saying goodbye, after Wu Song left, although Wu Dalang was very sad, but the days always had to continue, in the days when Wu Song was not there, in order to pass on the ancestry, he also had a relationship with Pan Jinlian, but the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, and he failed repeatedly.
Pan Jinlian has been a obedient maid since she was a child, only knowing how to obey, until she lost the most precious thing before she was in great pain, but slowly she got used to it, but this planted the seeds of collapse in her soul in the future.
After Wu Song left home, he experienced a lot of the dark side of society, in order to survive, he accidentally killed someone when he was a thug, and was taken in by Chai Jin when he was desperate.
Although Chai Jin is a person who looks at the completely deep-rooted underworld leader and regional predator from the current point of view, he is very righteous, and his three views are also correct, after helping Wu Song, who has a unique skill but is desperate, he learned about Wu Song's miserable life experience when he drank with him, and he persuaded Wu Song, who has been eroded by the dark side of society since he was a child, and is about to be completely blackened Wu Song to be kind and face his feelings.
Wu Song was greatly inspired and decided to go home to marry Pan Jinlian, he believed that with the large amount of firewood in hand, Wu Dalang, who had been very good to him since he was a child, would definitely fulfill himself.
After the legendary experience of fighting tigers all the way and finally returning home, everything is like the day I left, but what I can't go back to is the human heart......
The face of the person does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. Although Pan Jinlian is still there, she has long lost her innocence, and the two are strangers when they meet.
Life in the feudal era is always like this, giving you a glimmer of light and hope in the dark, but when you try to grasp this glimmer of light, you find that behind the light is a darker fate.
Wu Song was completely blackened, just like the camel Xiangzi, fate strangled human nature with his own hands, although Wu Song did not immediately kill Wu Dalang, who raised him, but hatred buried deep hatred. At the same time, Wu Song, who had seen the power of money in Chai Jin, became the head of Yanggu County by virtue of his heroic deeds of fighting tigers, and directly obeyed the orders of the local county lieutenant.
Since then, money and status have become the only reason for Wu Song to continue to live, and he vows to give back to others a thousand times the suffering he has suffered when he succeeds.
Wu Song's ability is undoubted, the county lieutenant who was in a weak position in the power struggle is like a fish in water after having Wu Song, a strong official from Chai Jin, and he turned the previous decline and attracted a number of powerful merchants and local powerful factions, in order to compete for greater interests, the county lieutenant party launched a challenge to the authority of the county order.
The first thing to get rid of is the minions of the county order, Ximenqing, the largest local merchant.