Chapter 84
The house on the hill is still there, but it is too dilapidated to be in shape, and the waist-high wooden door is creaky and crumbling in the wind; doorway
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Pushing open the door, the yard was overgrown with weeds, there was no place to put his feet at all, the former sweet water well was no longer visible, and there were many animals of all kinds, and with him squeaked and pushed the door, he flew and ran.
The roof is empty, and the bricks and tiles that were once bought at a high price are now missing, and they must have become part of the houses of the villagers at the foot of the mountain.
The furniture is long gone, presumably with the roof.
Tian Quezi didn't go in, but just looked around in front of the door, thinking that the familiar place was terrifyingly strange, but now he couldn't remember that he was putting on the first pair of new shoes, only the loving smiling face of the woman.
Further up the hill, around a field of wild grapes, behind which there are two graves, which have long been submerged in the weeds because no one has come to worship for many years.
Fortunately, Tianque Zi was prepared, found the flint, lit the withered yellow weeds, and stood on a higher place alone.
After a crackling sound of weeds burning, only a black ash was left in front of him, and it was blown away by the wind in a short time.
In a short piece of withered yellow grass roots, the two small tombs are so conspicuous, Tianquezi looked at the two tombs side by side, looked at the filial name left on them, and felt inexplicably funny.
The people of the village thought that he was the child of the two men, and asked the stonemason to engrave such words.
But he didn't care, he had forgotten the appearance of his biological parents, so it was nothing to engrave his name on this grave bag.
Tianquezi put the incense wax paper candles bought from the town in front of the two graves, and respectfully kowtowed a few heads in front of the graves.
After kowtowing, Tianquezi walked into the deep forest, no different from his memory, except that the trees on the mountain seemed to be a little bigger, and the rotten ones were not one or two.
There is a snake fruit growing behind the mountain, and the red and bright ones are very beautiful, probably because they are relatively remote, so they have not been discovered.
Tianquezi picked one, sweet and sour, the peasant children all took this as a snack to eat, and there is a kind of flower, red, you can pick it off and suck the nectar inside, he can't remember what the name is, but the taste has always been remembered, better than the honey water in many shops in Kyoto.
The distance seems to have been forgotten, probably because the trees grow more and more, and the foliage becomes more and more lush the further you go inside, and the black pressure has a feeling of obscuring the sky and the sun.
It's been a long time since Tianquezi walked so casually, and Kyoto is densely packed with people, so he can't let him go wherever he wants to go so without scruples.
Although the scenery on the five gates is good, there is a clear hierarchy from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and if you go to the foot of the mountain, it will make a bunch of people tremble and worry.
Tianquezi has been walking along the mountain, in fact, he wants to climb over the mountain, see if he can find the village in his vague memory, and then go to see if the family's life is better after giving himself away.
If possible, he would like to ask that family, what is himself? It's not an older brother or sister, it's not a younger brother or sister, it can only be yourself?
Tianquezi is not resentful, but everything has a reason, and all choices cannot be without a reason, since he was a child, the reason for this choice has always been the thing he is most concerned about.
It's a pity that the memory of my childhood seems to be a little unreliable, Tianquezi walked for four or five hours, not only failed to climb over this mountain, but even the road could not be seen really.
Sitting on the soft lawn, looking at the mountain road that ended nowhere, he suddenly felt a little funny.
Those people in Ming County are afraid that they have already found out their past, and those who have offended themselves are probably racking their brains now to think about when they have offended such a nobleman.
Tianquezi knew very well that he kept walking into the mountain, in fact, not only because he wanted to go over the mountain to see, but also because he didn't want to see the current situation of those people, not because of sympathy or pity, it was exactly the same reason why Tianquezi was pretending to be stupid all the way.
He was afraid of owing favors. More precisely, he was afraid to take responsibility.
This is related to his situation for so many years, even if he has now become the young master of Wumen and has a prestigious identity, he does not dare to owe favors easily.
He was afraid that he couldn't afford to pay it back, and no one was willing to help him pay it back. He knows too well the methods of those high-ranking families, and their efforts are absolutely impossible for no reason.
Once you accept what they give, but you can't get what they want, and more importantly, when you don't have shelter, it's a chilling end.
So Tianquezi has been pretending to be stupid, he thinks very simply, if he sees those people suffering, then he can't pretend to be stupid.
But if he hadn't seen it, it would have been much easier......
Tianquezi sat on the ground without any image and laughed, getting louder and louder, more and more arrogant, and the birds in the woods were all frightened and flew, and the sound of fluttering was everywhere.
Tianquezi laughed almost breathlessly, he was wrong!
He is no longer the poor boy who has nothing, he is now the young master of the five gates, and he is on an equal footing with the princes and princesses!
It was a blessing to them that those people did things for him!
As long as the old man is dead, the entire five gates will be his! Where else do you need to look at someone's eyes!
Tianquezi is more and more looking forward to sitting in the old man's position, as long as he stays in the white stone hall, he can be on an equal footing with the most noble person in the world.
Maybe the forest really has the effect of penetrating thoughts, and what Que Zi hasn't figured out for months these days, he has figured it out in such a short time.
Thinking about this, Tianquezi was no longer afraid, and returned from the same way up the mountain, much faster than when he came, but he wanted to see the expressions of those people when they knew his identity!
Thinking like this, the speed under Tianquezi's feet became faster and faster, and the corners of his mouth also brought a smile, and after dealing with the situation here, he went to that village openly.
Take a look, when that man knows how he is beating his chest when he is so prosperous as he is now.
I won't care about you then, I'm going to watch you get on your knees and beg me for forgiveness.
Tianquezi thought viciously.
It was just noon when Tianquezi arrived in Ming County, and the market was still lively, sitting in the teahouse where there were three religions and nine streams, ordering a pot of tea, and without a stick of incense, he could know everything that happened in the past two days.
There are brutes of the Zhang family who bite people, the old lady of the Huang family married the thirteenth aunt, and the tigress of the Wang family beat the old man of the Wang family on the street......
Tianquezi listened for a quarter of an hour, but still didn't hear what he wanted to hear.
They're all smart people.
If you don't see yourself, who would be so stupid to do thankless things, but as a young master of the five gates, you must naturally have a broad mind and measure.
Do you really want to tell those people so bluntly that you want to kill all the people who humiliated you back then?!
Tianquezi has not yet learned to kill people with a smile, or the art of speaking without arrogance or impatience.
Just when Tianque Zi hesitated, several guards came up and reported their names, which turned out to be people from the Sun family, the envoy of Wuning Jiedu.
After thinking about it carefully, it seems that the little grandson of the Sun family was born with bad luck, although it is not heavy, but I am still worried about when I will commit that bad luck, didn't I hear that the little child of the family never got up after falling down?
Tianquezi raised his eyebrows in a little surprise, not exaggerated, not pretentious, interpreting a person who was completely unaware just right, acting is the whole thing.
"A few days ago, I met an adult on the way, and I should have stepped forward to greet him, but I was worried that it would disturb the adult's travel, so I couldn't come forward."
"My lord let us go all the way south, go to Huzhou to find some good Taihu stones, I didn't expect to go on the same road with adults, now I see adults drinking tea here, I want to come over and bother a few words, and please don't blame adults."
The head of the guard was a middle-aged man, and he looked serious, but he didn't expect to say such a thing, but Tianquezi underestimated him.
Tianquezi arched his hand, and his face was full of righteous words: "I went out alone, I thought that there would be trivial things all the way, but I didn't expect to be safe here, it must be the credit of a few people, I am ashamed that I have not been able to thank you, but don't say anything more to bother or not."
Tian Que Zi has a very good control over his facial muscles, and the whole expression of shame and surprise is vividly expressed by him, maybe he has lived by looking at people's faces since he was a child, and Tian Que Zi is very familiar with this aspect.
Sure enough, the guards hurriedly claimed that they didn't dare, but the corners of their mouths pulled a slight smile, such a big man who was on an equal footing with his own master actually said something ashamed to himself, I am afraid that this is the only time in this life.
"There is a restaurant in this Ming County that has good food, why don't I invite you to a light meal?"
The teahouse is not suitable for so many serious people to sit together, and in just a few words, there are already many people whispering sideways.
The head of the guard hurriedly said that he didn't dare, but he didn't excuse himself, and the other guards were also in good spirits, and having eaten with the young master of the five doors was enough for them to brag in front of their children and grandchildren for a lifetime.
Tianquezi and the head of the guards talked, and the two talked happily, and he pretended not to see the familiar figures standing on the street stalls.
"Head, the young master of the five doors really didn't blame them! I also invited them to the restaurant for dinner! Otherwise, let's talk about it too......"
In an inn in Ming County, a man who was a little short said eagerly.
The big man sitting behind the desk glared at him: "What did you say?" Could it be that we are also looking for Taihu Stone? That bald man, it's really shameless, he can say this kind of thing without changing his face! ”
The big man slammed on the table, looking very angry.
The short man touched his head, and he didn't know why he couldn't say that he was also looking for Taihu Stone: "Head, let's just say that we went to Fujian to find Nanzhu......
The big man looked at him helplessly, why did he bring such a fool out all the way?
"The first person to do this is a smart person, and the second person to do it is a fool! And we haven't seen anything, and we still need to go to Fujian to find Nanzhu?! The Dongzhu sent out of the palace are all boxes and boxes, do you really think that the young master is a fool?! ”
To tell the truth, Tianquezi didn't know what Nanzhu and Dongzhu were at all, he didn't have this opportunity before, and later Wumen didn't lack these things, but he studied hard all day long, and the things on his body were arranged by the attendants, and he didn't have a chance to know whether Nanzhu was valuable or Dongzhu was valuable.
The next day, the attendants of the prince's palace are said to have gone to the island to look for agarwood, but they did not expect to meet Tianquezi and have a good conversation with Tianquezi.
When Dahan heard the news, his whole person was messy, and he had to go through here to find agarwood on the island?! What kind of island is that!
The young master believed this nonsense, is he really stupid? The short man walked over arrogantly in front of the big man, and the expression on his face fully expressed his disdain for the big man and his grievances.
Look, the young master believes this nonsense, and what he said to laugh at Nanzhu is much stronger than this! Wouldn't it be even more foolish if I went again now?
After swaying around three times, the short man finally stopped shaking, without him, he was beaten up by the big man after being annoyed and angry, and now it is estimated that even his father and mother can't recognize it.
After watching it for a day, the big man understood, these young masters of the five doors are tacit, if it is really unclear that things are so obvious, it is no longer a general stupidity, as the young master of the five gates, how can he be so stupid? !
The old man in Wumen looks like a thief, and his eyes are very good, so it is impossible to choose a fool as his heir.
In the past two days, there have been more and more people looking for various excuses to meet Tianquezi, and Dahan is even more lazy to think of reasons, so he simply blends in with those people, and he doesn't even make up a reason.
The short man had one blue eye and talked to the outside world all day long, how resolutely he persuaded the head to follow his advice, but instead of listening, the head beat him so that his father and mother could not recognize him.
But now it's not like to do it according to the method he once said, it's just a pity, there are so many people, the young master of the five doors can't remember it at all, who knows which onion they are......
It's really ashamed that the task ordered by the prince was not completed, and I am really sorry to go back this time......
"You're so powerful, why don't you go and be the boss?! Running crookedly behind his back all day long, running faster than a rabbit when something happens, and looking like a man everywhere! ”
As soon as that fanatical fan came up, he started to attack in life, of course the short man didn't follow, and he couldn't be humiliated!
The short man began to counterattack, criticizing the fanatical fan from top to bottom, and the language quickly prevailed.