The next day, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. [_]ww.23[].com life in the mountains is different, the air is good, and the mood is peaceful. Birds chirped outside the window, and several people woke up naturally from sleep. Tian Jianjian's self-brewing is indeed good, but it is not on the top, on the contrary, it is comfortable.

A few people packed up and walked to the neighboring village, the road was not far, and the weather was good, just for a hiking outing.

At the foot of the second beam of Maple Mountain, a group of people were gathered together, listening to an old man talking there.

The old man was about sixty years old, in good spirits, typical of a mountain man, but he had half-length hair, a gray comb neatly, and a goatee on his chin.

Qiao Erniu's grandfather, that is, Tian Lao Orion, lives under these two beams, and the old couple is self-sufficient, but they are also leisurely.

It was a large open field, the land was leveled and cleanly swept. There are a few big stones next to it, a cluster of bamboos, and a big mulberry tree in the middle, with a thick trunk to be surrounded by two people. Under the clear sky, it looks particularly magnificent.

Li Junfei remembered the big tree of Liu Bei's family in the Three Kingdoms, five feet high, and it looked like a car cover from a distance. If the heart of this big mulberry tree is in spring and summer, the branches are luxuriant, it is more than the car cover, and I can't help but sigh, "There will be nobles here".

On the north side of the clearing, a half-human-high mountain wall is cut in half like a knife, just a semi-circular shelter bend, and people in twos and threes, sitting or lying, basking in the sun on this treasure land of feng shui. In the distance, a stream was steaming and clattering.

A few people were playing chess on the boulder next to them, and there were people lying on the dry grass napping by the stream. There are a lot of people here, listening to the old man with a goatee talking about the past and the present.

The life of a hermit like the seven sages of the bamboo forest.

After ten years of lying on the salary and tasting courage, he became famous, left the king of tigers and wolves, and became a huge rich man in the Qi country by the East China Sea. After that, Fan Li was afraid of attracting attention, so he scattered all his family wealth, took Xi Shi and his son, and the family left Qi again......"

Li Junfei knows that the favorite entertainment of ordinary old men and ladies in the countryside is to bask in the sun and listen to a big drum or something. There is nothing to do with such a guy like an old man, just a mouth, as the saying goes, "speaking white", a good level, can also make people want to listen, every day on time to chase and ask, "What was the last time, what was going on?" ”

The old man with a goatee saw that there were a lot of people around, and the first few of them were even tilting their heads and supporting their cheeks, listening attentively, and couldn't help but be in high spirits. As soon as I saw Qiao Erniu coming, I led a few young new listeners, and the two female dolls were even more beautiful and cute, and even more excited, with a red face, and they spoke more expressively.

Next to the old man is a wooden recliner, simple and rough wood, which is hand-made at first glance. On it lay a sturdy white-haired old man, about sixty or seventy years old, with a sturdy physique, dressed in sackcloth, covered with a suede jacket, and lying comfortably on a chair.

Qiao Erniu led Li Junfei and a few people over, didn't make a sound, sat down on the ground next to him, and listened to the old man's book with a goatee.

The old man on this recliner is Qiao Erniu's grandfather, Tian Kexin's father, and Tian Lao's Orion. Li Junfei sat closer, and felt a fine light in the old man's slightly closed eyes, and looked at himself, his heart was cold, and he didn't make a sound.

"Where to go, Fan Li thought that the Tao place at that time, the road was very good, extending in all directions, and he could make a fortune by doing business, so he called himself Tao Zhugong, and became a businessman with his son, and it didn't take long for him to make a fortune again and accumulate a rich family property."

"My old Taotou, you are also fine, why do you have a mouth, and you have made a fortune again. It's so easy to get rich, why is it so hard now? A black-faced man dissatisfied.

"That is, if you have such a capable person, why don't you come to us and bring us to make a fortune." A half-grown man next to him also shouted.

"Hey, the shaft can't be heard." The old pottery head with a goatee pouted.

Lao Tao is also the old family of these two beams. According to his ancestors, he was also a scholar, and he didn't know when he came to this Maple Leaf Mountain. However, his father, Mr. Tao, was once a rare private school teacher in the mountains, which is true.

Therefore, although he farmed and hunted, he was full of talent and talent, and he was proud of it.

The old Tao Tou also has this capital, and he often talks about the past and the present, but he has a nose and eyes, which attracts many people to listen.

"I don't smell it, but I can't smell it," one person coaxed.

Old man Tao didn't care, and said mysteriously: "Hey, who doesn't know this Tao Zhugong, the God of Wealth is him, do you know?" Moreover," Old Man Tao said again: "We are here, he has really been here, and there are still those who have settled here." ”

"Is it your ancestor again, old Taotou." The black-faced man scoffed.

"Hmph, don't believe it." Old Tao twisted his goatee and said disdainfully.

The crowd laughed again. Li Junfei didn't disagree. There are handsome birds in the deep mountains, and big fish in the deep waters. All the famous mountains and rivers have fairy hermits, and the Maple Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, deep and boundless, how can there be no fairy legend.

The old Tao Tou was self-absorbed for a moment, and then began to speak: "Come and listen, and you will believe." ”

"In Taodi, Tao Zhu Gong gave birth to a son. After his son grew up, Tao Zhugong's second son was arrested by the Chu State for murder. Since ancient times, any prisoner with a thousand gold in the family would not be executed on the street, so Zhu Gong decided to send his son to visit his second son and asked him to bring 1,000 taels of gold.

In ancient times, the ethics of Gangchang were very strict, and people were good-looking. Just as the son was about to leave, the eldest son's face was not good-looking, "I am the eldest son, and now my younger brother has committed a crime, and my father does not send me, but he sends my younger brother, knowing that I am an unworthy son." "I'm going to kill myself.

His mother saw that it was not easy to clean up, so she said to Tao Zhugong: "Sending the third son now may not be able to save the life of the second child, but how can it be good to commit suicide when the boss commits suicide?" ”

As a last resort, Tao Zhugong had no choice but to send his eldest son and wrote a letter asking him to send it to his good friend named Zhuang Sheng, who was an official in Chu State, and at the same time explained: "After you arrive in Chu State, send the gold to his house, obey his instructions in everything, and never have a dispute with him." ”

When the eldest arrived in the state of Chu, he offered gold to Zhuang Shengjin in accordance with his father's instructions. Zhuang Sheng: "You leave now, don't stay here, even after your brother is released, don't ask why." ”

The boss agreed, but did not really leave, but secretly stayed in the Chu State, and bribed the dignitaries of the Chu State with the gold he had brought privately.

Zhuang Sheng was honest and upright, and he was famous in the state of Chu, and everyone from the king to the common people respected him very much. After the gold was delivered, he said to his wife: "This is Tao Zhugong's money, return it to him in the future, don't use it." ”

Zhuang Sheng found an opportunity to enter the palace to meet the king of Chu, and persuaded the king of Chu to implement virtuous government on the grounds that there was a change in the sky and would be harmful to the state of Chu, so the king of Chu was ready to implement a general amnesty.

The high-ranking officials and nobles of the Chu State who accepted the bribe told the news to the boss. He pondered, since the amnesty was implemented, his younger brother could naturally be released, wouldn't a thousand taels of gold be equivalent to giving Zhuang Sheng for nothing?

So he returned to see Zhuang Sheng. When Zhuang Sheng saw him, he asked in surprise, "Didn't you leave?" The eldest son: "No, I came here for my brother's affairs, and now that the Chu State is going to implement an amnesty, my brother can naturally be released, so I have come to bid you farewell." ”

Zhuang Sheng heard the meaning of the words, and said, "You go to the room and get the gold yourself." The boss secretly rejoiced that the gold had been recovered.

Johnson felt fooled. Deeply ashamed, he entered the palace to meet the king of Chu again, "Now, many people outside are talking about the son of Zhu Gong, a rich man in Taodi, who was imprisoned in Chu after killing someone, and his family sent people to bribe the people around the king with money, so it was not that the king was sympathetic to the people of Chu and implemented amnesty, but because of Zhu Gong's son." ”

The king of Chu was furious when he heard this, so he ordered the son of Duke Zhu to be killed first, and then issued an edict of amnesty. ”

Everyone listened attentively, Old Man Tao glanced around, was very satisfied with the effect, picked up the bamboo tube and drank water, and continued: "The boss had to go home with his brother's corpse.

His mother and neighbors were very sad, only Tao Zhugong smiled: "I know that the eldest can't save the second child, it's not that he doesn't love his younger brother, it's just that he has lived with me since he could, has experienced all kinds of hardships, and knows that life is difficult, so he values money very much." And the third child was born in a honey pot, where did he know that money was not easy to come by, and he did not hesitate to abandon it, I originally planned to let him go. The boss can't give up his wealth, so he ended up hurting his younger brother, which is very reasonable, don't grieve. ”