Jing Zhaoyin, Xinfeng County.

Bypassing the Peach Blossom Water Pavilion, Sun Wei led the horse to walk on the cobblestone road one foot deep and one foot shallow, and a cooking smoke in the distant sky indicated that there was a family in the countryside far away from the city, and this family was Sun Wei's destination.

This place is not easy to find, but Sun Wei has always remembered that in fact, he has only one relationship with the owner of this family, but the owner of this family has a life-saving grace for him.

Right now, he's here to ask for help and repay the favor.

Not far away, Sun Wei saw at a glance that the scrawny old woman in the yard was hunched over and sprinkling aged millet on the ground, Sun Wei looked at the back with a sour nose between his eyes, led the horse to the courtyard gate, pushed open the courtyard door and stood still, paused twice before his knees bent, and then knelt on the ground.

"Mother, Sun Yi is back to see you."

When the old woman heard the voice, she turned her head to reveal a face that had been devastated by wind and frost, and her cloudy eyes were stunned for a moment when she saw Sun Wei, and then she stretched out her hand and asked, "...... You are? ”

Hearing this voice, Sun Wei's eyes flowed with tears, it has been six years, six years ago, Xianbei Koubeidi, that is, the year when Ma Yue Yu Xiaoguan seized Helian's body, and Bingzhou also encountered a large-scale invasion by Xianbei people. At that time, Sun Wei was still called Sun Yi, and he was a border army in Bingzhou. The captain who commanded the battle fled in the scuffle and ordered Sun Yi, who was the military marquis at the time, to lead the men and horses of his headquarters to resist desperately.

After six days and five nights of fighting, the Xianbei people retreated, and in order to evade responsibility, the lieutenant wronged the bloody military marquis Sun Yi for lying about the military situation, and he was beaten into a trick when he was imprisoned that day, and the jailer's black heart was that no matter how hard the man was, he would be beaten to the teeth, not to mention the young marquis who was seriously injured.

Paoze, who was dependent on life and death, broke the law and rescued him, and he fled from Bingzhou to Jingzhaoyin, Xinfeng County, with only one horse and a half-dead body.

It was here, here, that his horse was finally exhausted, he had no direction, he just wanted to leave, to escape from it all, to go as far as possible.

His tired body could not support the long-term exertion, hunger and cold invaded his body all the time, humiliation and resentment tormented his soul, but he still fell, under this big peach tree.

His ancestors have supreme glory, and they are the generals under the command of Wu Han, the twenty-eighth general of Yuntai when Emperor Guangwu, who conquered cities and conquered everything, and killed enemies and thieves invincible. It also flourished for two generations, but later the disgraced people were corrupt and dismissed, and the family was uprooted and fell into the field it is today. Now the glory of the ancestors is the past, but the same blood flowing in the body is destined to die in battle.

That mediocre lieutenant ruined his dream of conquest, and also made the name Sun Yi no longer famous in the world, he could only wander between heaven and earth under the name of Sun Wei, helpless.

This family is surnamed Bao. The man died in the war, leaving his wife and four sons, and the woman worked hard to support the four sons to adulthood. Back then, it was the old woman who found Sun Yi, who had fallen under the peach blossom tree and couldn't survive, and spent a lot of money from the four brothers in the family to pick lotus canopies in exchange for a doctor's medicine, which saved his life.

Sun Wei was afraid that the identity of the deserter would drag them down, so he left Xinfeng as soon as he was injured, and began his exile career with some martial arts, until he heard that there was a horse Changshui in Luoyang, who worshiped the matter of 2,000 stones, and later devoted himself to the Liang Mansion.

"Mother, don't you remember me? Six years ago, I was the one who almost died under that tree, and you saved me...... Have you forgotten? ”

Sun Wei helped the old woman to sit, knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Only then did the old woman think of the child who was almost dead, and her trembling hands tried to pull him up, but Sun Wei didn't dare to exert his strength, so he hurriedly got up and helped the old woman into the thatched house.

"Ah Yi, where have you been all these years, and you left without saying a word at that time...... How are you doing with these? ”

"Mother, back then, I was afraid that my identity as a criminal army would drag everyone down, so I took advantage of the dark night to escape, and I have been to too many places over the years. Mother, how are you? ”

The old woman shook her head with a smile, lost her teeth a little, waved her hand and said, "The old body is still the same, what else can I do?" As he spoke, he pointed to his cloudy eyes with his thin black fingers and said, "It's nothing more than old eyes and faint eyes." ”

Sun Wei came here to invite the old woman's son to come out, but he didn't dare to say it, he understood what it meant to follow Ma Yue, Fujun was a good person and a good official, but the people around him were like big waves and sand, how many people would go back?

There is nothing to lose when he is alone, but if the brothers of the Bao family die, I don't know how sad my mother will be.

Thinking of this, how can his words still be spoken?

"Mother, the children are back!"

At this moment, a calm voice came from the courtyard, and then several men who looked like farmers who had just put down their baskets at the door walked in.

"Are you...... Sun Yi? ”

The old man couldn't compare to the young man's flexible head, and the eldest man among the several recognized Sun Wei at a glance, looked up and down before smiling: "It seems that the Sun brothers are now returning to their hometown." ”

Sun Wei's appearance can no longer see the down-and-out appearance of the past, and now he worships under the Mayue Gate, although he is only a doorman, the treatment is not much better, but he is also a strong robe, leather armor riding boots are indispensable, not to mention the tall horse tied in the yard.

The four sons of the Bao family, Bao Chu, Bao Ya, Bao Chu, and Bao Cheng are the four brothers, and the eldest Bao Chu is the most calm in his years. Bao Ya is an honest farmer, the third Bao is a naughty child and is a famous ranger in Xinfeng, the fourth Bao Cheng is just and weak crown, and only he has read a few books in the township among the four brothers.

"Sun Yi has met your brothers."

Seeing the strong and powerful Bao out, Sun Wei's eyes lit up, this is the warrior he wanted to recommend to Ma Yue, Bao out of the four brothers was the most brave, when he was weak, there was an official to chase and kill so far Bao out of order to cover Sun Wei's deeds with a single knife, and then the seven pursuers were sleeping in the forest of Xinfeng County, Sun Wei had the opportunity to recuperate from his injuries.

It's just that Bao Chu at this time didn't have the righteous appearance of the year, he glanced at Sun Wei behind his eldest brother, frowned and went around to the door without saying a word, lifted a wooden valve with a thick bowl mouth, pointed at Sun Wei and said: "Why don't you say it's a brother back then, there is no brother here, get out!" ”

Back then, Sun Wei didn't say goodbye to the young Bao Chu, but he didn't say goodbye to him in a bloody battle, and he didn't believe in his protection at all. In Bao Chu's eyes, he looked down on him.

If you don't trust me, why did you come back?

"Ah, what are you doing! Ah Yi came back as a guest and put away the stick. ”

Bao Chu respected his mother the most, and when he heard this, he put away his stick, but he still didn't look at Sun Wei at all, and turned his head and walked towards the back room.

Sun Wei looked at Bao Chu's attitude towards him, and basically knew that he had messed up what Ma Yue handed over to him.

"Brother, Sun Yi came today to ask for you, the new Jingzhao Yin Ma Mansion Jun took me under the door, and now that Jingzhao Mansion is empty, the Mansion Jun ordered me to come out to find some heroes who can help the Mansion Jun and are not trusted by those faint officials, so I thought of you." Saying that, Sun Wei laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Looking at the appearance of the third brother, I'm afraid that he won't be willing to help me and Ma Fujun, so the little brother will leave." ”

Sun Wei glanced back at the old woman, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Mother, Sun Yi is leaving, you have to take care of your body, and come back to visit you when the prince is not busy." ”

With that, he said goodbye to the three brothers of Bao Chu, turned around and went out of the thatched hut to lead the horse, walked to the peach tree where he had been seriously injured and unconscious, looked back at the closed door and the courtyard door in front of the basket full of lotus canopies, took out a small package from the horse's backpack, and carefully tucked it in the middle of the lotus canopy.

Mounted on the steed, without looking back.

Sun Wei's life in the Liang Mansion is not good, although the ability of the doormen of the Liang Mansion is not as good as that of other dignitaries and nobles in Luoyang, but the treatment of the doormen is better than others, although the Liang Mansion manages the food and accommodation of the doormen, and there is a monthly gold cake every month, but he is not doing well.

His clothes used to be full of holes and he didn't want to change them, and then Cao Yao, a young man from Sili who loved to play the piano, saw that he was wearing a bad clothes and gave him a gift, and his gold cake of 10,000 yuan a month did not move.

In the past six months, there have been a lot of places to spend money, but he has not touched the golden cake.

When it was time to change his clothes, he didn't move.

When the weapon was worn out and he needed to buy it again, he didn't touch it.

When the bruises were unbearable, he didn't move.

Cao Yao's money is always spent, and he sends some home every month, but he has no family, so he hasn't touched it.

Liu Bad always likes to use money to buy some antiques of the Han Dynasty, he doesn't have any hobbies, so he hasn't touched it.

He broke all the necessary expenses in half and spent them, no matter how difficult and bitter it was, he didn't touch those golden cakes.

He counted every golden cake, and like a miser, he had all the money with him at all times, and he had six golden cakes and four hundred and twenty-three large coins, which he remembered clearly.

Now the four hundred and twenty-three big coins and six gold cakes were lying quietly in the dilapidated back basket, and Sun Wei, who had left on horseback, had run for miles in the blink of an eye.

The cold wind of early spring hit his face, and the burqa behind him was blown to the sound of hunting, but Sun Wei's heart became more and more relaxed.

Bao's bloody rescue six years ago, and his own farewell six years ago, all have an explanation today.

Others scolded him for being a miser, and the subordinates of the Liang Mansion said that he valued money so much that he was not worthy of the identity of a guest, and Ma Fujun raised a scholar, not a small and childish mountain village wild man like him.

None of this matters.

But ask for a clear conscience.

The last descendants of the Sun family never owe anyone anything!

"Auntie, gold, there is gold in the lotus canopy!"

In the afternoon of the same day, Bao Cheng rummaged through the lotus canopy in the back basket and found the gold left by Sun Wei.

The old woman glanced at Bao and the brothers looked at each other, and they all knew who had left the gold.

Bao Chu put down the lotus canopy in his hand, wiped two handfuls on his clothes, pointed at his younger brother Bao Cheng and said, "Ah Cheng, go and distribute the gold to those brothers you know on weekdays, and tell them that Bao Cheng has a request for them." ”

"Brother, please take care of Grandma." Bao cleaned his hands, walked into the back room, pulled out a thick-backed chopping knife under the bed, wrapped it in linen and carried it behind his back, and came out and bowed in front of the old woman.

"Auntie, the child will go and do something for Jing Zhaoyin, and when the child is done, he will come back to serve you."

The old woman's cloudy eyes looked at her most majestic son, nodded heavily, took out three pieces of naan from the only case, wrapped them in sackcloth and stuffed them into his arms, patted her son's hand and said, "You must be careful on the road, don't be reckless when you encounter bandits......"

Bao said goodbye to his mother and brother, holding a sackcloth wrapped in a chopper, and stepping barefoot on the crooked cobblestone road.