Chapter 22: Cat and Mouse?
"That, you can't say that," Wen Xin hurriedly comforted, "It's better than having no name and no surname, right?"
"Is it, is it laughed at by future generations by leaving a name?" Qiao Ming hit the nail on the head. Gou Rixin, who was pierced, wrinkled with a cat face, squatted in the corner with his back to the two of them, and shrunk into a ball.
"What are you doing," Wen Xin touched Qiao Ming dissatisfiedly, and made a look to make her apologize.
Qiao Ming scratched his head, his face was a little uncomfortable, probably because he was angry at dinner today, and he spoke with a prickly voice.
She coughed lightly and said, "I don't mean anything else, I just feel very angry to see that you have been so miserable in every life." Maybe it was the king of Hades who saw that you were having too hard, so he suggested that you go to the cat fetus, you see, in this life you become a cat, isn't it good to meet us. You don't have to make money and have someone to support, and now you sleep in the women's dormitory of the medical school, which is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes. ”
Wen Xin listened to Qiao Ming's analysis and felt that it was reasonable, but he felt that something was wrong.
Gou Rixin was gloomy and gloomy, and he was surrounded by resentment.
"Don't listen to Qiao Ming's nonsense," Wen Xin saw that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly said, "Although we are not heroes in this life, our existence confirms from the side that Emperor Qianlong, as the ruler of one dynasty, was wanton and cruel, and disregarded the lives of the people. During his reign of 60 years, he was imprisoned in a large number of cases, and there were more than 130 unjust, false and wrongful cases. We are second to none in these unjust cases. It's clearly what it is..."
"It's that Lord Yama deliberately gave you a chance to make a contribution, so that you can be the first cannon fodder in history, so as to go down in history forever. Qiao Ming answered at the right time.
Gou Rixin hung his head and completely shrunk into a briquette shrouded in black gas.
In his mind, he recalled his life as cannon fodder.
Wang Xihou, whose real name is "Wang Hou", was later afraid that his name would be taboo during the imperial examination, so he changed his name to "Wang Xihou". Kangxi was born in a village in Jiangxi in the 52nd year and rose together with his brother. In order to pursue fame, when he was a teenager, he locked himself in a small room in the ancestral hall of the Wang family in the village, his head hung from a beam, his cone pierced the strands, and he studied hard day and night. Three meals a day are delivered by the family from the small hole under the sill, holding back the hard work of today. He studied eight shares for more than ten years, and did not make up for doctoral disciples until he was 24 years old, and was not promoted until he was 38 years old.
He thought he was a late bloomer, but then, he tried nine times, but they were all unsuccessful. In the end, because life was really embarrassing, he was disheartened and gave up the idea of advancement.
Self-assessment: "The family is poor, but the most shameful to say that people are poor." The heart is rough, and the sex is also chivalrous, seeing the strong and the weak, the tyrannical widows, and the contempt for the law......"
If you are poor, you will be poor, in fact, it is not a big deal. But after so many years of hard work, he can't do anything except study. In order to become famous and make a little money by the way, he has published a few books that are basically on the street.
Subsequently, it took as long as 17 years, Hao Shou exhausted the scriptures, and worked tirelessly to compile the book "Ziguan", which is a Xinhua small dictionary compressed according to the "Kangxi Dictionary".
In the 39th year of Qianlong, under the sponsorship of friends, he began to carve "Ziguan" in Longqing Temple in Ji'an. In mid-July, he engraved it again in the Nanchang Branch, and the next year it was all engraved, probably costing more than 1,000 taels of silver. I threw the coffin book into it.
When the book was printed, the response was good, and he was a little complacent. It is true that he has earned some fame and a little money, at least, he has returned to his capital. At that time, he was sixty-three years old, and although his family was poor, he had a full house of children and grandchildren.
Unexpectedly, he was killed by a villain of the same clan.
He couldn't remember what the man's name was, so he robbed his family of ancestral graves and caused himself to suffer from it. Later, the man sneaked home while in exile and was denounced by himself. Since then, the root of the bane has been laid.
At that time, the word prison created by far-fetchedness, looking at the text and righteousness, and chasing after the wind and shadows, was like thunder. But he is just a small man in the grass, and in the book "Ziguan", he is extremely flattering to the son of heaven. He didn't understand until he died.
was falsely accused, and the emperor inadvertently read his book, which made Long Yan furious. The family was imprisoned in the capital, and all seven children and grandchildren were beheaded, and the remaining dozens of relatives were sent to Heilongjiang and enslaved by the armored people. was implicated by one of his broken books, and nearly 100 people were implicated up and down. and all the books that were engraved were destroyed.
I have worked hard to create a book all my life, but I am creating evil for my children and grandchildren. The whole family also cheered and celebrated his book. It's pitiful, pathetic, ridiculous!
What do descendants say about him?
The old children in Jiangxi, "Gai is also a scarf with a very heavy rotten Confucianism", "the small Confucian atmosphere in the township".
Say he's pedantic.
"When I checked according to the law, I found that the 63-year-old Confucian King Xihou only had 60 taels of silver, which was extremely shabby. ”
Said he was cold.
"When I was sentenced, the situation was very miserable!"
Say he's pitiful.
His life, taken together, is a big joke.
"Don't be sad, compared to dying young and being tortured, this life is okay, you haven't suffered much, right?" Wen Xin comforted.
"How do you know!" Gou Rixin threw himself into Wen Xin's pillow and roared with a sob.
"What did he say?" Wen Xin turned his head and asked Qiao Ming with a lip sync.
He said that Zifei Yu Anzhi is also sad. Qiao Ming explained helplessly.
"Of course I do. In the first two lives, you were noble and patriotic, we may not understand, but how can we not understand it in this life," Wen Xin looked at Gou Rixin's back and said with a serious face, "We are all ordinary people, we first came with great ambitions, but we have worked hard for a lifetime, and in the end it is all empty." Even if it is recorded in the annals of history, it is only a part of what future generations have compiled about you, and they only regard it as a talking point after dinner, where will they really think of you. Who can always remember what we did, what we went through, and how we died. A person's life is not as good as a drop of water in the sea or a grain of sand in the desert. ”
"Yes, yes, no matter whether you are a person or a cat, it is the same, everyone is dusty, dirt is dust, and prosperity is as good as possible, but a handful of fine sand. Qiao Ming hurriedly concluded.
"Yes, wouldn't it be better if I had known that the ending would be tragic and be a cat for a lifetime?" Wen Xin suddenly looked away blankly, and a mist gathered in his eyes. When Li Xiaowei left, did he also feel pain? Did he regret it?
Qiao Ming looked at the depressed cats and people in front of him, and the resentment emanating spread slowly throughout the dormitory.
"Xiaoxin!" The dormitory door suddenly slammed open, and the eldest and second, third, and fourth rushed in with schoolbags like devils entering the village, "Do me a favor!"
After saying that, before Qiao Ming and Wen Xin could react, the boss picked up Gou Rixin and ran out. In the blink of an eye, even the people and cats disappeared.
Qiao Ming and Wen Xin looked at everything that happened in front of them in a daze, their faces full of astonishment.
"What's that?"
Gou Rixin, who was held in his arms, was even more at a loss, he remembered that he was buried in the pillow wiping his tears, why was he suddenly out of the house? Moreover, he was hijacked, Qiao Ming and Wen Xin actually stood by and watched!
"Xiaoxin, it's up to you this time. ”
"Meow~" Gou Rixin struggled and wanted to jump out.
"Don't move, it's coming soon. ”
The boss ran wildly with Gou Rixin in his arms, and behind him was the second, third, and fourth children. The direction of running is the school library.
In the study room on the first floor of the library, a large group of students gathered at the door, looking inside from time to time. There was a look of impatience and trepidation on his face.
"Let them go, let me come!" the boss hugged Gou Rixin and fell from the sky.
Here's the thing, exams are approaching, and the study hall is overcrowded. The study room on the basement floor of the library is open 24 hours a day, so many students who are immersed in hard work have moved their families to live here.
Eat, drink, sleep, and do not leave two seats wide of one acre and three points of land. Gradually, a cute and hateful little creature was attracted. Just now, the newly moved neighbor came out to forage for food and was discovered by a girl.
"There are two corners in the east and west, and there is a nest in each of them. Xiaoxin, it's up to you!" the boss put Gou Rixin at the door of the study room, looking forward to it.
If such a great problem is solved for sentient beings, they will still have to get up early to grab the seats in the study room in the future? The people in their dormitory will wake up with a smile in their dreams, just waiting for Gou Rixin to show his skills and open up a six-seat country for them.
"Xiaoxin?" the boss called softly again.
Gou Rixin stood at the door, wrinkled with a cat face unwilling to move. Why should he go to catch mice, why don't you go on it yourself? He doesn't want to be a cat!
"Don't be afraid, Xiaoxin, they are all goblins who can't make a climate. The second child encouraged.
"Yes, yes, it's all yours if you catch it, and we'll raise it for you. The third added.
Gou Rixin listened to it and instantly began to feel sick to his stomach.
"There has been!" the fourth suddenly exclaimed.
The people standing at the door suddenly hugged each other, and some couldn't help but squeeze over to watch. I saw a few fist-sized rats scurrying up to a table, exploring around a bag of potato chips for a moment, and then burrowing into the bag.
"Don't miss the opportunity, Gou Rixin, on!" the boss picked up Gou Rixin and threw it into the study room. The little mice listened to the movement and scurried in shock.
Gou Rixin meowed and fell to the ground. He looked blankly at the empty study room that smelled of rot, and his body stiffened for a while.
This mouse, to catch it, or not to catch it? Is it going to be a cat? He doesn't want it!
"Hahaha, Gou Rixin, let's catch mice here, what are you hesitating about, go on!" Qiao Ming, who hurriedly crowded to the door, suddenly laughed out loud when he saw this scene.
Gou Rixin's face pulled and walked out without hesitation.
"Hey, hey, why are you going? Qiao Ming blocked the door and grabbed Gou Rixin's neck, "Don't be so stingy, just catch a few mice." The boss has worked hard to invite you here, isn't he just waiting for you to show off your skills. Go, go, I'm going to have a big dinner for you tonight. ”
"Don't. Gou Rixin said coldly, "Don't be a cat." ”
"Then you still like others to at you," Qiao Ming shrugged, seeing the people around him looking at the person and the cat in surprise, he had to pretend to be calm and touched Gou Rixin's cat's head, "That, you can do me a favor." ”
"Yes, yes, don't worry, Qiao Ming will help you. Wen Xin carried a bucket in one hand, a pair of gloves and a broom in the other, and put it in front of Qiao Ming without hesitation, "Remember to keep it alive and keep it for experiments." ”
"Me?" Qiao Ming was about to stand up, but was pushed into the study room by a few people behind him. The door was slammed shut, Qiao Ming couldn't reach it to prevent a dog from eating, and Wen Xin and the others tacitly gambled on the door.
"Damn! You're still not human!" Qiao Ming got up and slammed on the door and roared.
"Come on, add chicken legs to you tonight!" Wen Xin replied.
"Remember, six seats by the window have been left to us since then, after all, such a great achievement. After the boss finished speaking, the five people blocking the door faced a group of alumni, compared to scissorhands.
"I'm going to cut off my robe with them!" Qiao Ming was furious, put on his gloves and held the bucket angrily, and walked towards the center of the study room.
"What are you doing, go on!" Qiao Ming glanced at Gou Rixin and shouted.
Gou Rixin grinned, hunched his back and stretched his waist, moved his muscles and bones, and then followed.
In the study room, there was a lot of chasing after me, chickens and dogs jumping, mixed with Qiao Ming's angry roar from time to time, and the squeaky screams of mice, and the hearts of the people standing outside the door were shocked.
I heard a sudden snap, and there seemed to be a sound of glass breaking.
"Ah, my glass is on the table, it won't break, right?" a girl at the door suddenly said, "That's what my boyfriend gave me!"
The five people blocking the door glanced at each other, and the boss hurriedly shouted into the study room, "Qiao Ming, be careful, don't knock it over-"
There was another bang, interrupting the boss's words. The five people were stunned for a moment, and they all stood up straight, Wen Xin held the doorknob, nodded to a few people, and then quietly opened a crack in the door, squinting one eye and observing secretly.
"How's it going?"
"In the first row, there was a broken glass bottle. By the window, there was a broken potted plant. ”
"Where's Qiao Ming?"
He Gou Rixin was lying on the ground, not knowing what he was doing. ”
"I'll see," the boss squeezed over in a hurry, slowly pulling the crack open the door.
The study room was in a mess at the moment, books fell to the ground, all the water glasses on the table were dumped, and the water flowed all over the table. I saw Qiao Ming pouting his butt and lying on the ground motionless, as if waiting for something, Gou Rixin opposite her also half-arched and stuck to the ground, concentrating.
"Damn, this rat is a sperm!" Qiao Ming suddenly roared. Gou Rixin meowed and chased forward, a huge mouse burst out of nowhere, and was attacked by Qiao Ming and Gou Rixin on both sides, and suddenly turned around and ran towards the door.
"Ahh
The students gathered at the door saw a huge gray mouse running out, rushing into the crowd in a panic, screaming and screaming in an instant.
"Gou Rixin-" Wen Xin Hedong lion roared to summon rescuers.
A black cat fell from the sky, and everyone saw a black shadow flashing, instantly disappearing into the crowd.
The screams and cries were heard in his ears, and Qiao Ming appeared in the corridor with a bucket in one hand and a broom in the other.
"Don't panic, Gou Rixin and I were ordered to exterminate the rat infestation, please try your best to stand in a row to form a siege, so as not to give this rat demon a chance, help Gou Rixin capture it, and let their family reunite. With that, he glanced at the family in the bucket.
Everyone listened to Qiao Ming's words, and tried their best to suppress the panic and remain motionless.
"Ahh
A black shadow flashed quickly, only a few squeaks were heard, and Gou Rixin held the mouse in his mouth and stood in front of everyone.
"Yay-" The five people in the dormitory cheered in unison, "Gou Rixin!"
Gou Rixin ran to Qiao Ming's side and breathed a sigh of relief. It's just that Qiao Ming saw that the rat had two fists and shrank a little. Gou Rixin roared dissatisfiedly.
"Got it!" Qiao Ming tangled his face and stretched out a hand to pinch the rat's tail. Unexpectedly, the rat was too powerful, and the moment Gou Rixin let go, he suddenly broke free from Qiao Ming's hands.
"Holy!" the crowd exclaimed.
"Meow!" Gou Rixin pounced and bit the mouse's neck again. Amber cat's eyes stared at Qiao Ming with compassion.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Qiao Ming smiled dryly, hurriedly apologized, and then reached out with half-closed eyes and a disgusted face, grabbed the body of the mouse, and threw it into the bucket.
"Damn!"
"Oops! bitten!" the boss suddenly grabbed one of Qiao Ming's hands and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Let's go, hurry up and disinfect." ”
"Huh?" Qiao Ming looked surprised, she was bitten?
Wen Xin didn't know whether it was true or not, and pulled Qiao Ming away in a panic.
The boss stood up, looked at the people standing in the corridor, and solemnly announced, "Although our side has suffered heavy casualties and everyone's property has suffered a lot of losses, but now that the rat demon has been destroyed, everyone can continue to study with peace of mind!"
A boy suddenly rushed through the crowd, roaring with panic on his face, "Lao Tzu's notebook is still in it!"
Several people silently retreated and evacuated the library in time.