18. Misfortune is not a one-way street
On Yu Mountain, in the Golden Crow View, Niu Er held a broom and cleaned the courtyard.
Niu Er is 45 years old this year. Just twenty years ago, Misida performed the miracle of two loaves and two meats, which allowed their family to survive. At that time, the land of Niu Er's hometown was occupied by people and he was homeless. Since then, he has made his home at the foot of Yushan Mountain and has become a tenant who rents and cultivates the fields of Jinwuguan.
In the past 20 years, Mi Sida has asked Niu Er to come to the door every time he goes out. After a long time, Niu Er is very familiar with this place, just like his own home, he can find it with his eyes closed.
Finally cleaned up, Niu Er looked at the clean courtyard and was quite satisfied. He put away his tools and walked out of the mountain gate.
Just as he locked the mountain gate, several catchers quickly walked down the mountain and up the mountain. Niu Er was puzzled, what did he do when he went up the mountain?
"Who are you, what are you doing here?" asked the first catcher in a deep voice.
"The villain Niu Er, who lives in Xiaoyu Village, will clean up in this view. Niu Er didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied.
The leader of the catcher raised his hand and waved, and the rest of the catcher took out the seal and sealed the mountain gate.
"What are you doing here?" Niu Er didn't dare to stop him, so he could only dissuade him.
"The Lord is dead, and the government has taken back the land. Catcher replied impatiently.
Niu Er said with a bitter face: "This Golden Crow View has a master, that is, the apprentice of Mi Daochang. ”
The leader of the catcher glanced at Niu Er, and said gently: "I advise you not to meddle in your business, you can't afford it." After that, several catchers quickly went down the mountain, leaving Niu Er's puzzled figure.
"What's this called?" Niu Er looked at the seal of the mountain gate and said bitterly.
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Shi Yuanji finally returned to Jinwuguan.
The fatigue of running along the way could not stop his desire to go home. But all this in front of him made his heart half cold.
Li Yao accompanied Ding Yunzhi to stand firm in front of the main hall, and behind the two, a tall man with immortal wind and bones looked at Shi Yuanji with bad intentions. Li Yao was divided into all kinds of arresters left and right, holding iron rulers and chains in his hands, looking like arresting prisoners.
Niu Er stopped in front of him and said eagerly: "Shimiaozhu, don't go, these people obviously want to move you, don't choke with them." ”
Niu Er was followed by the villagers of Xiaoyu Village, and when they saw that something had happened to Jinwuguan, they also came to visit.
"Shimiao Zhu, the people of the government can't be messed with. They persuaded one after another.
"Thank you for your kindness, I know. Shi Yuanji said to Niu Er with a solemn face, and then walked into the mountain gate.
"Master Li, I don't know why you came to the Humble House with such fanfare?" Shi Yuanji bowed his hand and asked without humility or arrogance.
"Shi Yuanji, as an orphan, you were raised by Mi Sida, and you don't know how to repay your kindness, why didn't you erect a monument or repair a tomb after his death, what is the reason?"
Li Yao's aggressive but righteous appearance made the people around him feel a little funny, but who dared to laugh at the county order?
Shi Yuanji looked at the indifferent Ding Yunzhi beside Li Yao, inspecting the strange aura around him, he knew that the Ding family had taken a fancy to him.
Just before Mi Sida died, Ding Yunzhi personally came to make trouble, and at that time, Shi Yuanji thought that it would be good if he sent him away without being humble or arrogant. But now that Mi Sida is dead, Li Yao has become his helper, how can he keep the inheritance passed on to him by his master?
Now is not the time to tear his face, Shi Yuanji kept reminding himself in his heart to calm down. He took a deep breath and said calmly: "My lord, my family had a last word before his death, and he hated noise, so he didn't erect a monument, didn't repair the tomb, and didn't hold a funeral after his death. ”
"The younger generation respects the teacher's order, and in this hall, a row is set up, which is enshrined under the statue of Xi and the gods, and they are worshiped in the morning and evening, and they dare not slack off. ”
Li Yao looked back, and there was indeed a position standing in the main hall, with the inscription "The spiritual position of the master of the Golden Crow Temple".
He and Ding Yunzhi glanced at each other, rolled their eyes and muttered for a moment, and scolded: "Bold! Do you want to fool your own official with such a ranking? During my tenure, I have also commended many filial sons, look at them, which one of them is not a grand burial of their parents. Look at you, how hypocritical is the pretense?"
"Master Li, you came to the mountain without any effort today, didn't you just reprimand me for my unfilial piety?" Shi Yuanji saw Li Yao's face, and he was no longer cautious, and took a step forward and questioned. "Although I am not well-known, I am also well-known in Xiaoyu Village. Why don't you go and ask what is the relationship between me and my master?"
He pointed around, and said with a sharp look in his eyes: "Besides, I have never committed a crime in Jinwuguan, why did you let people put a seal on the temple? Could it be that you accuse me of being unfilial, just a disguise, but the real purpose is to occupy the land in my temple for the eldest prince Ding?"
Li Yao was so angry that he trembled and shouted: "Dare to Diao Min? Do you think I have no evidence, you people from Xiaoyu Village have come out to tell me how this Shi Yuanji is unfilial." ”
In the crowd behind Niu Er, a person rushed out. This person was disheveled and had an obscene face, he came to Li Yao in a hurry, and respectfully saluted: "My lord, I testify that this Shi Yuanji beat and scolded his teacher before Mi Sida's death, and after his death, he disregarded human ethics, which is really a great unfilial piety!"
Ding Yunzhi was very happy to see him come out, but he was still silent. Li Yao hurriedly asked, "Who are you, and what evidence do you have?"
This person had a greedy smile on his face, and gave another salute: "My lord, the villain is the person from this Xiaoyu Village, named Tiedan." Once, when I came here to offer incense to Xi and the great gods, I saw this guy pointing to the rice temple and scolding him for being old and immortal, and saying that he died early and was born early, which was particularly ugly. ”
Li Yao smiled with satisfaction and said to Shi Yuanji, "Shi Yuanji, what else do you have to say? Since you are so unfilial, what qualifications do you have to inherit the temple?"
Shi Yuanji was furious, he couldn't control it anymore, he clenched his fists, the hatred in his eyes was agitated, and he almost wanted to explode.
"Strength is fundamental, strength is everything. ”
"Reckless lawlessness is extremely painful. ”
Xuan Ming's words surrounded his mind, and he was pressed under his feet, just thinking about rushing over and pinching Li Yao into a pulp.
"Don't be impulsive. Niu Er's gentle big hand was placed on Shi Yuanji's shoulder, making the strength in Shi Yuanji's heart disappear.
Niu Er's sullen old face looked dull, and he looked at Shi Yuanji compassionately: "Don't be impulsive, you can't fight them, look at the man hiding behind Li Yao." ”
Shi Yuanji looked at the tall man of the fairy wind bones, and he actually felt an invisible pressure, and he felt a little chill down his spine for a while.
"Adult, villain has something to say. Niu Er stepped forward to salute.
Li Yao looked impatient: "Who are you?"
"The villain Niu Er is from Xiaoyu Village. My lord, this person next to you is not from our Xiaoyu Village. ”
Some people in the crowd also recognized the iron egg and began to talk about it.
"We don't have this person in our village. ”
"He's from our village, he's the town's whisker, and he's doing petty theft all day long. ”
"That's right, he's a person from a town, and he doesn't say that he is from our village, what does he mean?"
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Seeing that he had committed a public grievance, Li Yao was a little flustered, turned his head and asked Ding Yunzhi quietly: "Didn't I ask you to spread the news of Shi Yuanji's unfilial piety?
Ding Yunzhi pretended to be deaf and dumb, looked at the scenery of Yushan, and didn't pay attention to Li Yao at all.
Li Yao shouted that he was fooled, he was used as a gun by Ding Yunzhi, and the benefits had not been reaped, but he had caused public resentment. Ding Yunzhi didn't say a word from the beginning, and the spearhead would be pointed at Li Yao in the end, he was left and right, not a person.
But the situation has been difficult to ride a tiger, Ding Yunzhi has the support of the eldest princess of Evian, what does Li Yao have to rely on?
Knowing this, Li Yao's heart was crossed, and he roared with full anger: "Come on, blast out all these Diao people!"
The catchers beat and scolded with iron rulers, coaxing all the villagers who were watching the excitement. In the courtyard, only Shi Yuanji remained.
"Ding Gongzi, you are too unkind. You didn't say a word from the beginning, what will the common people say about it now?"
Ding Yunzhi looked at Li Yao's eyes leisurely at this time, and said coldly: "Master Li, how can you gain without giving up? Anyway, you don't want to serve in Haitang Town, I will remember your merits and will not treat you badly." ”
"I hope you don't break your word, I don't want to stay in this frontier land. Li Yao was no longer flattering, and said word by word.
Ding Yunzhi ignored him anymore, he walked down the steps, and smiled evilly: "Shi Yuanji, I don't talk nonsense with you, I want this land." ”
"Ding Yunzhi, why are you so persistent?" Shi Yuanji's anger had long since dissipated, and at this time, he regained his composure, trying to find a way to break the situation.
"You want to sell the land to me?" Ding Yunzhi sneered and said in a mocking tone. "It's late, you can't sell it even if you want to. ”
Shi Yuanji was neither humble nor arrogant, looked at the man behind Ding Yunzhi and said, "I don't want to make a difference? ”
"In other words, the land in Xiaoyu Village is not a good land, and there is no water to irrigate the land, why do you have to occupy it? Don't say anything righteous or the like, there is no one else, and there is no need to act. ”
Ding Yunzhi laughed arrogantly, came to Shi Yuanji, and patted him on the shoulder: "Do you remember? When I was fourteen years old, I knelt in front of the mountain gate with all kinds of expensive gifts despite the opposition of my family, and I wanted to worship Mi Sida as a teacher. ”
"But what happened? I knelt for a day and a night, and Misida refused to see me!" he yelled hysterically, venting his long-stored emotions.
"But today, I made his apprentice disgraced and took away his Taoist temple, hahaha!"
Ding Yunzhi laughed wildly for a long time, and finally was satisfied, he looked at Shi Yuanji's eyes, and said arrogantly: "Of course, you were just five or six years old at that time, and eighty percent didn't remember this. It doesn't matter, I want to be a face, so I will allow you to stay here for three days. In three days, I will take over this temple, and you see, I have even found the Lord. ”
The man behind Ding Yunzhi clasped his fists and saluted, indifferently exuding a coercion, which made Shi Yuanji shiver.
"This is the dignity I gave you, you have to cherish. After saying that, he took the tall man and walked proudly towards the mountain gate.
"I don't need your charity!" Shi Yuanji was neither angered by Ding Yunzhi's arrogance, nor did he shrink back from fear. "I'll pack my things and leave, and I don't need you to be decent. ”
"Sooner or later, I will take back this Golden Crow Temple, and I will take it back in a bright light, let's see!"