Chapter Ninety-Five: The Wei Family's Follow-up

Poor Wei Xuanzhen has been wearing a cyan official robe for many years, gave birth to a large number of children, and suddenly won the special prize, her daughter Wei Xianger was favored by the crown prince Li Zhe, became the crown princess, and became a relative of the emperor, and wanted to use Concubine Wei's relationship to be promoted, but was suppressed by the queen for two and a half years.

When he was lucky enough to become the national abbot, Wei Xuanzhen achieved the first price limit in his life, and was promoted from the Puzhou Records to the Yuzhou Assassin History, and changed into a crimson official robe, and before he could show off for a month, he fell from the sky to the ground, and he was exiled before he even wore the purple official robe.

Daughter Wei Xianger accompanied her son-in-law King Luling in the Luoyang Palace Palace, and she didn't have time to say goodbye to him.

Wei Xuanzhen thought angrily: I originally thought that my daughter had caught a golden beetle son-in-law, and as a father-in-law, she should be on the rise and live a good life from now on, but this golden beetle son-in-law was too angry, and he lost the emperor's throne just because he said the wrong word.

What did the son-in-law of this pit man say wrong? He said that he would hand over the whole world to Wei Xuanzhen, isn't this telling the truth? Although I want the world, I can't tell the truth! You have to hide it, you said it in the vernacular, didn't you show people my wolf ambitions?

The son-in-law of this pit man, there is no city at all! Wei Xuanzhen thought indignantly: Woe and blessing are relied on, and fortune and misfortune are lurking! What if the son-in-law is the emperor? It's not that I was exiled to Qinzhou!

Wei Xuanzhen's family was escorted from Luoyang to Qinzhou by soldiers, and their daughters Wei Chunrong and Wei Qiurong were already married and were not exiled with them.

Mrs. Cui Hongzhen packed some coils and daily necessities and set off, taking her young daughters Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying with her. His sons Wei Xun, Wei Hao, Wei Dong and Wei Zhu followed.

The court took care of him and provided him with two carriages. But it can only put the luggage of a large family. Thousands of miles away, a family can only walk on two legs.

Along the way, the wind and food and sleep, miserable, sometimes encounter temples, Taoist temples and post stations, you can also go in to hide from the wind and rain, but most of the time you still have to withstand the test of sun and rain!

Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying were still children, and they often couldn't walk and cried, which made Wei Xuanzhen upset. At this time, the four brothers came forward and took turns to carry forward.

When he walked to the hilly area of Xiangxi, it suddenly rained heavily, and the escort team was hurrying to find a place to hide from the rain, when he saw a temple on the mountain, so he led the team to run in.

What good can a group of soldiers do with the prisoners escorted to the temple? They each found a place to rest, some rushed to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, fell down on the ball to sleep, some moved the Arhat statue and slept on the offering table, and some slept on a bluestone slab in the corner of the wall.

A young nun came out to inspect the commotion, and when she saw a group of soldiers escorting a group of prisoners in, she was startled and ran to tell the old nun.

The old nuns came out to receive the distinguished guests, but the distinguished guests did not pay homage to the Buddha statue, threw copper coins into the merit box, and did not give anything to them, but instead made a mess in the temple, and they were a group of bad VIPs!

The old nun asked the escort team about the righteous way: "Amitabha, this official family, I don't know what karma the criminals have created?" The team replied: "The criminal Wei Xuanzhen, because he instigated his son-in-law to give the world to him, committed a big crime, exiled to Qinzhou, passed by the treasure land, and was disturbed a lot, and he also hoped that the teacher was too Haihan!" ”

The old nun exclaimed, "What son-in-law can have the world?" The team is squeezing out five words: "Li Zhe, King of Luling!" ”

The old nun exclaimed again: "It turned out to be the national abbot, disrespectful, disrespectful!" The old nun watched the Wei family carefully, and then invited them to rest in the dormitory on the side of the hall, and several soldiers also followed the dormitory superintendent.

The old nun took the young nun to the side room to rest, and said: "The Nawei family is very strong, and they have no relationship with the Buddha, I am afraid that their lives will not be long, and only two girls have good faces and can be blessed and get out of the sea of suffering." ”

The young nun asked, "Why did the master let them live in the dormitory?" ”

The old nun replied, "Venerable Ananda once said: Do not do all evil, practice all good, and purify one's mind, which is Buddhism!" The poor nun only has to practice all good deeds, but he has no relationship with the Buddha! ”

The young nun nodded yes. Wei Xuanzhen woke up from a short sleep in the dormitory and saw two paintings hanging on the wall, one was a picture of two children looking at a sea chart, and the other was a map of four farmers plowing the land.

Wei Xuanzhen looked at it carefully, feeling a sense of déjà vu, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.

In the evening, the rain gradually stopped. Wei Hao went out conveniently, and by the moonlight, he saw a group of zombies on the mountain road, their actions were different from those of living people, they jumped and jumped, stretched out their arms, did not squint, and looked a little stiff.

Wei Hao was very curious and wanted to come forward to explore how these zombies moved, but he was a little scared, so he planned to go back and call his brothers to go with him.

As soon as he turned around, Wei Hao was startled, and almost screamed, it turned out that it was the sentry soldier following him, who had already drawn his sword out of its sheath, his eyes were fierce, and he was murderous!

Wei Hao whispered: "I'm scared to death, there are zombies in the front, and there are killing gods in the back, compared to zombies, you are more terrifying!" ”

The sentry soldier smiled awkwardly and said, "Where is the duty, don't blame the son, please go back to the room and stay well!" The fast knife under the is not respectful! Wei Hao had no choice but to give up his curiosity and go back to stay honestly.

In the early morning of the next day, the old nun boiled a pot of porridge for Wei Xuanzhen and his party to drink, Wei Xuanzhen threw off her feet and strode south. Because of the urging of the soldiers, Cui Hongzhen forgot to give copper money to the temple as accommodation and food to express her gratitude!

When he came to the Qinzhou Mansion, after the escort team was handed over to Yousi, the Qinzhou Thorn Shi Ning Changzhen arranged for Wei Xuanzhen's family to go to the official field to plough the land, pay rent, and become tenants.

Wei Xuanzhen has been an official for a long time, making a living from pen and ink, and has never gone to the ground, so it is really difficult for him to make a living by plowing the land and farming. Wei Xuanzhen's red lips, who used to eat meat, have eaten pickles since then, and this taste is not pleasant!

He sighed and said, "Hey, the lord of the country, you have fallen into such a field! From now on, you have to be self-reliant, work hard, tighten your belt and live a hard life! ”

Although the four sons are young and strong, they can't plough the land and are not familiar with farming, so Cui Hongzhen had to spend money to hire a senior old farmer to help with farming, so that his sons can follow and learn.

Under the guidance of senior farmers, Wei Xuanzhen and his son learned how to plough the ground, how to weed, how to sow seeds, how to fertilize and irrigate and other agricultural skills.

Double-cropping rice was planted in the official fields, and various vegetables such as watermelons, green beans, lettuce, peppers, and cabbage were cultivated on wasteland, so as to be self-sufficient and solve the problem of food and clothing.

Farming is a hard work, Wei Xuanzhen was tired after working for a while, sweating into rain and panting, sitting on the ridge to rest, and letting his sons continue to work.

The old farmer handed over a pipe of hookah, and Wei Xuanzhen took a sharp puff of curiosity, choking and coughing. The old farmer laughed and taught him how to use hookah.

After a few months like this, in the summer, the humid, hot and rainy climate of Qinzhou breeds all kinds of mosquitoes, flies and poisonous insects, which makes Wei Xuanzhen, who is used to the climate of Chang'an, very uncomfortable.

Once, he saw a silver snake burrow into his bedroom, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare go in and sleep all night. The next day, when I went to weed and water in the vegetable field, I was bitten by a centipede again.

Wei Xun went to the market pharmacy to grab medicine, and after the clerk collected the money, he went to the backyard and pulled a handful of knives and vegetables for him, telling him to pound and apply them to the wound to heal.

Wei Xun was suspicious, and after going back, he squeezed out the dirty blood from the wound for his father, rinsed it repeatedly with running water, and then smashed the knife and vegetables and applied it to the wound, and sure enough, it was fine.

After the poison was cured, Wei Xuanzhen was hit by miasma again at the end of the year, and he was not adapted to the southern climate, so he was sick in bed and died soon after. When he died, his eyes were still wide open, and he seemed to have some nostalgia for the world and some reluctance!

His eldest son, Wei Xun, took on the responsibility of being a parent, working at sunrise and resting at sunset every day, leading his brothers to plant rice, water the fields, fertilize and weed, and work hard!

If you are thrifty, you will be prosperous, and if you are diligent, you will be healthy. The Webster family worked hard, kept the house diligently, paid rent on time, saved money, and lived a decent life.

Wei Xun likes to drink tea, especially likes to drink 100,000 mountain cloud tea, and when he has free time, he goes to the Maolingjiang Tea House in the Qinzhou market to buy tea, comes back to brew, and savors the quiet fragrance of tea.

came and went, and I was familiar with the clerk. The clerk told him that the owner of Maolingjiang Tea House was called Ning Chengye, and he was one of the richest people in Qinzhou!

Wei Xun was a little envious and a little disdainful when he heard this. Compared with the dejected situation in front of him, Ning Chengye is undoubtedly enviable. But Wei Xun thought again, if my Wei family was not exiled, I would now be the richest man in the country! So what are the rich people in Qinzhou?

Hey, fate makes people, people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads! Wei Xun thought indignantly.

There is a large sugarcane forest and lychee forest near the official field where the Wei family cultivates, which are fenced and guarded, so they cannot go in and steal them.

Wei Xun chatted with the caretaker in his spare time from farming, and the caretaker told him: "The owner of the sugarcane forest and the lychee forest is Ning Chengji, Ning Chengji is Ning Chengye's brother, and his brother runs a variety of businesses in Qinzhou and is very rich!" ”

Wei Xun was very curious about the Ning brothers and wanted to meet them. The caretaker told him to come to the sugarcane forest tomorrow afternoon, and Ning Chengji was going to check the growth of the fruit forest and insect pests.

In the afternoon of the next day, Wei Xun came to the gate of the sugarcane forest, waited for a while, and saw a carriage speeding up, and a middle-aged man came down from it, tall, with a ruddy face and strong muscles, looking shrewd and capable.

The caretaker said that he was Ning Chengji, and then greeted him. Surrounded by his subordinates, Ning Chengji walked all the way forward to inspect the growth of sugarcane forests.

Wei Xun went to Maolingjiang Tea House to drink tea and learn about the family situation of the Ning brothers with the clerk. The clerk said: "Our boss, the family has a big business, and the wealth is rich, and he is really a brother and brother with Shi Ning, the assassin of Qinzhou, and the black and white roads are unimpeded." It can be said that there is nothing that the boss can't do in Qinzhou! ”

"The boss married nine wives and concubines, also known as nine aunts, and gave birth to ten children, which can be described as a group of children!"

Wei Xun asked, "Isn't the Ning family the overlord of Qinzhou?" The clerk said, "You can say that, but the boss has his own rules for doing business, and he doesn't mess around!" Wei Xun finished drinking the tea and paid for it.

Summer is here again, and the brothers Wei Xun, Wei Hao, Wei Dong and Wei Zhu took their sisters Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying to the vast Qinzhou Bay to see the tide of the South China Sea.

The family came to the beach, looked into the distance, and played to their heart's content. Wei Dong and Wei Jun led their sister to ride the waves in the sea, picking up shells and conchs.

Seagulls are flying around, the sea tide rises and falls, washing the shore, and the sea breeze whistling by with a fishy smell, which is very magnificent! The Wei family had a happy day.

Eight years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying have become big girls, beautiful in appearance, and beautiful, similar to their sister Wei Xianger.

One day, the Wei brothers were driving cattle in the farmland to prepare for planting rice. At that time, the scorching sun was shining, and the brothers were sweating like rain, Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying came out with kettles to deliver water and help.

Although the two girls wore coarse cloth plackets and half-arms, and did not have the silk large-sleeved cardigans worn by noble ladies, their simple and unadorned dress made them look even more like two hibiscus flowers out of the water!

The brother and sister greeted each other, and the girl's silver bell-like voice echoed across the field. In the distance, Ning Chengji was urging the workers in the orchard to spray pesticides and kill insects, prune and repair, and suddenly heard the girl's voice.

Ning Chengji ran to look outside the fence, and saw Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying delivering water and helping at the edge of the field from a distance, although their faces were not very clear, they could feel that these two girls had a different atmosphere from the local girls in Qinzhou!

Ning Chengji excitedly asked the orchard caretaker about the origin of the girl's family. The orchard keeper said: "They are prisoners exiled here from Luoyang, their parents' surname is Wei, and their wife's surname is Cui, and they make a living by cultivating official fields!" ”

Ning Chengji smiled: "Oh, that's easy to do, haha." The caretaker said, "Don't underestimate them, boss, they have a lot of background!" ”

Ning Chengji was surprised: "Well, what's the matter?" Let's take it personally. The caretaker said, "I heard that the parent's name is Wei Xuanzhen, and he has several daughters under his knees, and the boss sees his youngest daughter." His eldest daughter married Li Zhe, the king of Luling, and once served as a queen Wow! ”

Ning Chengji said: "Then Wei Xuanzhen is a relative of the emperor!" The caretaker said, "Yes, but Wei Xuanzhen died of illness seven years ago, and the current head of the household is his eldest son Wei Xun." ”

Ning Chengji nodded, called the carriage and went home. Back in the house, Ning Chengji called Ning Chengye to discuss the plan of taking a concubine together.

When Ning Chengye heard that there were actually two beautiful ladies near his territory, and they were tenants, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't wait to catch them immediately.

Ning Chengji said: "Brother Xian, don't be impatient, although this Wei family is a traitor, but it is a noble status, and it is a relative of the emperor, which is different from ordinary tenants!" ”

"Their Central Plains people pay attention to the six-rite procedure, let's send a matchmaker to carry the wild goose to propose marriage, give their family enough face, give more dowry, forgive them for not daring to disobey, hehe!"

Ning Chengye said happily: "If a good thing comes to pass, our Ning family will also be able to get close to the noble royal family!" ”

The matchmaker brought the wild goose to Wei's house to propose, and Wei Xun had already told his family about Ning Chengji's situation, so Cui Hongzhen refused when she heard that it was for Ning Chengji's brother!

The matchmaker boasted about the wealth of the Ning family, and asked strangely: "How can you disagree with such a rich family, others can't ask for it, and they are eager to do it?" ”

Cui Hongzhen replied: "I was born in the aristocratic Boling Cui family, with noble blood, and my husband was born in Jingzhao Wei, who is second only to the five surnames and seven wangs. ”

"Although the Wei family has been exiled, displaced, and the family is in the middle of the road, our family has a principle for intermarriage, that is, we must not insult the reputation of the Boling Cui clan and the Jingzhao Wei clan!"

The matchmaker found a pen and paper and wrote down Cui Hongzhen's words. Go back and report to the Ning brothers.

Ning Chengji said: "This mother-in-law has a lot of personality! You go and tell the Wei family again, as long as you are willing to marry a daughter to the Ning family, the Ning family's orchards, restaurants, tea houses and pharmacies can be handed over to the Wei brothers to manage! ”

Ning Chengye said: "Big brother, this is not good! These family businesses are what we have worked so hard to build, how can we cheapen outsiders? ”

Ning Chengji smiled and said, "The Wei family sisters marry you and my brother, this is a match made in heaven, not an outsider!" Besides, the eldest sister of the Wei family used to be the queen, and now she is the princess, and the Wei Ning family intermarried, and our Ning family has become a Gaomen clan! Ning Chengye nodded again and again.

The next day, the matchmaker came to the Wei family again to convey the opinions of the Ning family, but Cui Hongzhen still refused, saying: "I heard that the Ning family brothers already have three wives and four concubines, why do they want to marry concubines?" ”

"My eldest daughter was once a queen, and how noble her status was, how could her sister marry a barbarian foreigner? Even if the Ning family brothers are now marrying their original wives, it won't work! Not only insulting the Wei family, but also insulting the country! ”

"I know that the brothers of the Ning family are a tyrant in Qinzhou, and if I offend them, there is no good fruit to eat, but in the matter of intermarriage, although the old body is dead!"

The matchmaker recorded her words again and went back to report to the Ning brothers.

Ning Chengji was furious when he heard this, and said: "That mother-in-law is toasting and not eating and drinking, and if you can't welcome your relatives, we will rob your relatives!" Hum. Ning Chengye said: "It's really a leopard's gall to eat so hard in our territory." ”

The two brothers began to discuss the plan to lead the guards to Wei's house at night to rob their relatives.

Wei Xun got some rumors through the people of the Ning family, pointed to a small road leading to the north behind the door of the house and said to his little sisters Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying: "This path leads to the north, you can go back to your hometown in Chang'an!" In case the Ning family comes to rob the relatives, you should run away from here quickly! ”

Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying persuaded their mother and brother to flee together, but Cui Hongzhen resolutely disagreed, saying: "Where can a family run to?" Once discovered, the female emperor will be summoned to punish her more severely! ”

The family hugged their heads and cried, Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying packed up some thin floppy disks and prepared to use them on the way to escape.

One night, when the dark clouds covered the top, the Ning Chengji brothers led dozens of soldiers from the nursing home to Wei's house to rob relatives. Before they reached Wei's house, several watchdogs barked.

Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying tossed and turned that night, did not fall asleep, got up as soon as they heard the dog barking, picked up the package and ran from the back door to the path to the north, hiding behind a big tree to look at the situation in the house.

Cui Hongzhen also woke up, and was about to go out to see the situation, when the soldiers kicked open the door and rushed in, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, searching the two girls. Cui Hongzhen couldn't help but scold, saying that they were bandits.

Ning Chengji kicked Cui Hongzhen to the ground, and at this time, Wei Xun, Wei Hao, Wei Dong and Wei Jun came in with hoes and chongdan. The soldiers drew their swords and fought with the Wei brothers.

The Wei brothers' hoes and punches were quickly cut off by swords, and they had to turn around and flee. More than a dozen soldiers shouted and chased after them. Cui Hongzhen kept scolding and was killed by Ning Chengye.

Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying heard the commotion in the house from a distance, and saw their brothers fleeing to the east, they couldn't help but burst into tears, understanding that the Wei family was ruined, and turned around and fled to the north.

The Ning Chengji brothers did not find the two girls, set fire to the Wei family's house, and then led their troops to hunt down and kill the Wei brothers. The Wei brothers ran all the way and hid in the mountains of Rongzhou, hundreds of miles away.

The Ning Chengji brothers did not catch up for a while, and used local forces to slowly investigate later. After a month, the Wei brothers found that there were no pursuers behind, so they went down the mountain to work to make a living.

worked for two months and was discovered by the Ning family spies. At night, the Ning Chengji brothers led the family soldiers to suddenly surround the Wei brothers' dormitory, killing Wei Xun, Wei Hao, Wei Dong and Wei Jun!

After Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying fled north, they ran for a long time before stopping, hungry and hungry, and met a middle-aged uncle on the road and begged him for food.

The middle-aged uncle took out two tomatoes from the bag, one for each person, and said that he didn't have any more. The two girls ate the tomato in a few bites. After resting for a while, I moved on.

Halfway through, the two girls were almost insulted by an old farmer herding cattle.

After escaping from the wolf's mouth, the two girls went into a peasant woman's house and wanted to exchange their good clothes for a few shabby linen clothes with the peasant woman.

The peasant woman was so happy that she thought that the two girls were stupid, so she gave them a box of shabby clothes.

The two girls changed into shabby linen clothes, went to the pond and dug up some mud, painted it on their faces, dressed up as dirty and sloppy peasant women, and continued to walk the rivers and lakes.

Along the way, people saw two dirty and sloppy peasant women walking, both hiding far away, without turning back. In this way, the two girls were safe.

After walking for a few months, Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying finally returned to their hometown in Chang'an, contacted their sisters Wei Chunrong and Wei Qiurong, and lived a normal life.

After Li Zhe, the king of Luling, returned to the East Palace, Wei Qinglian and Wei Shaoying told their sister Wei Xianger about the destruction of their family, and the family hugged their heads and cried. Wei Xiang'er vowed to take revenge.

Eight years later, in the second year of Shenlong, Emperor Li Xian ordered Zhou Renliang, the governor of Guangzhou, to lead an army of 20,000 to attack Ning Chengji and Ning Chengye's brothers. That Zhou Renliang was also from Jingzhao and was Empress Wei's hometown.

When the Ning brothers heard that the army was coming, they hurriedly packed up the gold, silver and jewelry, and led the soldiers to flee to Qinzhou Bay, preparing to sail down to the South China Sea. A group of people were carrying treasures on the beach, and Zhou Renliang led his troops to chase them.

The Ning brothers jumped on a boat and wanted to sail out to sea, but were surrounded by pursuers. The brothers Ning Chengji and Ning Chengye were beheaded, and Zhou Renliang took the heads of the two to Cui Hongzhen's grave to pay respects!

Then, Zhou Renliang led his troops to kill all the subordinates of the Ning family brothers, and avenged Queen Wei! Li Xian ordered Su Ying, a scholar to draft a book, and awarded Zhou Renliang as the general of Zuo Yulin.

After Zhou Renliang went to Luoyang to worship the emperor, Empress Wei worshiped Zhou Renliang through the purple curtain and treated him with fatherly courtesy!