Chapter VII
In the col, there are several low grass huts scattered around. Nearby, a group of old people and women sat there eating. A few children played hide and seek in the distance, and innocent laughter was heard from time to time.
Dedi stood aside and watched Little Ghost Valley and Zhu'er play their game, shouting a few words from time to time.
Since escaping the robbers and entering the mountains, this has become the home of the whole village, and although life is hard, it is still safe.
"Detain," Madame Wang stood at the entrance of the cave with a bowl of rice.
"Madame!"
"Let's go eat!"
"Okay, you go and take care of the old man and Mrs. Wu!"
Mrs. Wang walked into the small cave. The husband was looking at a row of bamboo slips with his back against the cave wall, and on the other side, Uncle Gong was still lying on the wooden bed.
Madame gently pushed the uncle's ring, saw her open her eyes, and sat down. Put her head on your lap and pick up the food to feed her.
"Eat more today, Jinglu hit a wild boar, this is pig's trotter porridge!" Madame fed spoonful by spoonful.
"Why is Brother Wang so seriously injured?" Gongsun Huan is weak.
"After he carried you back, he saw that you were too weak and often unconscious, so he went up the mountain to collect medicine. Who knew that if he accidentally fell from the cliff, he injured his legs, and vomited a lot of blood. ”
"If it weren't for your husband-in-law, Zhu'er and I would have died a long time ago! I really don't know how to thank me, look at my body, I'm afraid..."Gongsun Huan burst into tears. She had already listened to Mrs. Wang's explanation, and felt a lot better. Now that he is bedridden and taken care of by his family, no amount of hatred can only turn into bitter water, buried in his heart, and secretly cry. If nothing else, be worthy of this poor daughter.
"It's okay, you'll be fine!" Madame comforted. "When we are well and the war disaster has passed, let's go back to our home in Dongyu Village. Be safe, bring up the child, and then make plans! ”
"Alas! I'm afraid... The pearl is too small, and it will inevitably worry you in the future. ”
"Don't talk about it," said Madame, putting down the empty bowl from which she had finished eating. "Who let us have a fate, a foreign country is so remote, but we have seen it. Sister knows that you are bitter in your heart, just say it! ”
Gongsun Huan looked at his wife's smile and encouragement, nodded, and sighed.
It turned out that Wu Qi was originally a patriot and studied with Li Kui from Confucius's disciple Sun Zeng Shen. The two are not only the best friends, but also Zeng Shen's most proud disciples. But the world is in turmoil, and the candidates are divided by force, who still recognizes the Confucian etiquette. So Wu Qi changed to learn the art of war, and Li Kui also created his own legalist. After completing his studies, Wu Qi went to Lu to seek employment in order to make contributions.
At that time, it was just right for the Qi State to attack the Lu State, and Wu Qi led his troops to win victory after victory and captured many cities. He should have received the award, but he didn't understand political maneuvering and intrigue in the royal court. The villain slandered him, saying that he had the heart to establish another master, so Lu Mugong no longer believed him. In a fit of rage, Wu Qi defected to the Wei State. Because his friend Li Kui was an official and strongly recommended by Wei Wenhou, Wu Qi became a general and took on the confrontation between Wei and Qin in the west.
Wu Gan governed the army rigorously, shared joys and hardships with the soldiers, coupled with the strategy and law, in a few years, the Wei army was repeatedly defeated and turned into repeated victories, and also recovered the vast area of Hexi that was led by the Qin army, and even captured five cities of the Qin State. made the Qin army frightened, and also made himself a powerful general in front of the king of Wei, and became famous among the countries. In the Wei court, Li Kui also reformed the government decree with the support of the Wei king, ruled by law, deprived the nobles and royal relatives of supporting soldiers, enclosing land, and occupying slave privileges. This management was deeply supported by the people, especially those who had been converted from slaves to freemen, who joined the army to fight, cultivated and cultivated the wasteland, and became active in the New Deal.
Although the king of Wei was happy, he also touched the interests of the nobles, and the uncle was their representative. He saw that Wu Qi and Li Kui's power was in full swing, and he would not take away the Xiangyin in his hands in the future! So he summoned the nobles and relatives to discuss countermeasures, and finally decided to adopt the method of first winning over and then attacking, and put a long-term line.
The uncle searched for beautiful women, and finally found a beautiful 14-year-old girl who could sing and dance in a folk musician's house.
Uncle Xiang summoned her to the Prime Minister's Mansion, accepted her as a righteous daughter, and changed her name to Uncle Huan. and let someone teach her manners and righteousness, and the art of pleasing men. Then with the best costumes, sure enough, the uncle is very moving, and there are thousands of charms.
So when the uncle chose Wu Qi to return to the dynasty to report on his work, he was assigned by the king of Wei to marry the uncle to Wu Qi as a concubine. The uncle won the respect of the Wei people, and also made Wu Qi grateful.
Although Wu Qi already has a wife, after his uncle got married, he loved him very much, and even took her with him on the border of the west of the Hexi River. On the one hand, the father-in-law is the prime minister of the dynasty, and on the other hand, the uncle ring really makes men love it.
In this way, the uncle often summoned Wu Qi and Li Kui with his elders, inducing them to respect the interests of their nobles and relatives, and not to plot against the King of Wei, causing public indignation. But the two of them put the interests of the country first, and they were opposite to their uncle, and they couldn't get along.
Uncle Gong felt that they had shaken their foundation, so he first found a reason to transfer Li Kui from the royal court to Shangdi City on the border of Wu Qishu as a guard, which was called "lifting farmers", but in fact kept him away from the royal court. At this time, Wu Qi's prestige in the army and the royal court was increasing, and Wei Wuhou also wanted to reuse him. But the king mistakenly slandered the king of Wei and said that Wu Qi supported the army and respected himself, stole his reputation and reputation, and had ulterior motives.
The king of Wei hurriedly ordered his uncle to investigate privately, and of course the uncle cited countless evidence and presented it to the king of Wei. The king of Wei then ordered his uncle to get rid of Wu Qi. The uncle designed to kill Wu Qi when he returned to the royal court, and recalled Wu Qi in the name of King Wei, and also made preparations. Unexpectedly, someone reported to Wu Qi on the road, which allowed Wu Qi to escape. But the whole family was beheaded, and only the uncle ring was left behind and sent back to Xiangjiao.
Uncle Huan was pregnant at this time, and Uncle Xiang told her that it was Wang Cuo's slander to King Wei that he would kill Wang Cuo in the future and avenge Wu Qi, which made the unaware Uncle Huan grateful to his father.
Uncle Xianghan coveted the appearance of this righteous daughter, and soon after she gave birth, he took her for himself. For the sake of the child, in order to repay the kindness, the uncle sincerely served the godfather. After a long time, she had no way of knowing what was going on outside, and one day, she inadvertently overheard the conversation between her uncle and her cronies, and only then did she learn the truth. This hatred in her heart! It turned out that what he served every day was the real enemy, and he was his tool to vent his desires. For the sake of the child, she couldn't die yet, so she escaped from the prime minister's mansion while she was out.
She has no relatives anymore, and her biological parents don't know where they are, she thinks of Wu Qi's friend Li Kui.
Li Kui relied on the fact that he was a hereditary family of the Wei State, although he was not too deeply implicated, he was also idle at home. When I saw Uncle Huan and the child, I was filled with joy and sorrow. But he knew that this was definitely not a place for them to live, and the Prime Minister would use all his strength to find it, and he would not leave any more alive. So, Li Kui asked her to dress up as a man and lead the child to escape from Wei first. Tell her that the west is the Qin State and she can't go, and the south and east are the Chu Kingdom, and the border is opposite and she can't go. Only Zhao and Yan in the north are friends of Wei, and there is no military affairs for the time being. Find a remote place, settle down, and then inquire about Wu Qi's whereabouts. Li Kui brought her gold and silver, took out Wu Qi's book of war, and sent them away with tears.
Gongsun Huan fled all the way north, and finally got out of Wei and arrived at the territory of Yan. Who knew that Yan was fighting with Qi and Donghu again, and there were arrests and robbers everywhere. was robbed by robbers once, thanks to the gold and silver sent by Li Kuixiang, the mother and daughter's lives were saved.
arrested Ding again and took her back as a man, but when the commander saw that she was a woman and was still beautiful, he took her home as a sex slave. She escaped several times and was recaptured, and after being beaten, she had to be raped and tortured. Finally, one day the commander and his retinue were called to fight with the army, and they all knew that there was no return. The commander and his three retinue drank wine and tortured her all night before embarking on the journey, and she was free. So he continued to flee north, but his body was like dead branches and leaves, and he was riddled with diseases. Outside Dongyu Village, he was chased by soldiers again, and was rescued by Wang Cuo.
The two women hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Wang Cuo looked at the sky, and two lines of tears flowed.
Spring, summer, autumn and winter, the year has passed again. The Yan Kingdom has finished fighting, and the victory has calmed down the land again. They returned to the village and, like the rest of the villagers, went about their normal lives again. Farming, harvesting, fishing, literacy, practicing calligraphy.
Little Devil Valley has taken on the responsibility of life, he can go up the mountain to cut firewood, and he can go down to the river to fish. He memorized the only two bamboo slips at home proficiently, although he didn't understand too much of the meaning, but he knew that one day he would be able to understand.
Today, Little Ghost Valley packed up the house early, prepared fruits and fresh fish, and dressed himself. Mrs. Wang had already told him that today was the day when Mr. was coming, and he was looking forward to this day. Suffering from all kinds of bitterness, he must work hard to learn the knowledge that will make the world no longer war-torn and let the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Little Ghost Valley, Zhu'er, Mrs. Wang stood at the high 1 post at the entrance of the village, looking into the distance!
"Mother! Do you think sir can come? He can't forget! Guiguzi was afraid that his hopes would be dashed.
"If you can come, you will definitely be able to!" Mrs. Wang said firmly.
"Mother! I'm going to study with my brother too! Zhu'er helped Mrs. Wang.
"This mother can't be the master, you! Tell your husband yourself! ”
"Mother, my husband is very powerful, right? Is he an immortal? Guiguzi looked at her mother suspiciously.
"The gods are in the sky!" Pearls snatched the words.
"I don't know, but he'll teach you more skills to fulfill what your father said when he was dying." Mrs. Wang thought about Yin Zi's advice and didn't dare to tell the truth.
"I also want to learn skills, my mother also said when she died, it's all hateful war!" Pearls didn't grieve.
Mrs. Wang looked into the distance, thinking about what had happened in the past few years, and her heart was like a knife.
When her husband left, he dropped a sentence: "If the son can really become a talent, let the world be a soldier!" When the uncle walked away, he also dropped a sentence: "I just hope that Mrs. will raise Zhu'er, if she can send it to Wu Qi, it will be a great kindness." ”
She looked at the two innocent children with unspeakable emotions in her heart.
"Mother, look, someone is coming!" Guiguzi has been greatly reduced.
"Someone is coming, and I saw it," Pearls jumped up.
Mrs. Wang poked her head forward, rubbed her eyes, and looked at it for a long time. "It's your sir! Just go! She had tears in her eyes.
Guiguzi and Zhu'er ran down excitedly.
Yin Zi saw the three people on the high 1 post, his fast pace slowed down, and his heart became heavy. He knows everything that happens, this is the Tao of nature, birth and death, joys and sorrows, and the normality of the worldly home.
Looking at the thin and running figures of Little Ghost Valley and Zhu'er, he smiled with satisfaction