In front of his niece, Xu Olin didn't let the crying last long. He sat down in the grass in front of the grave and told about his past.

"Your mother and I are also childhood sweethearts."

Just this beginning is enough to make Xia Bing, the audience next to him, startled. I didn't expect this uncle in front of me to come with a story.

The system hiding in the tree was also shocked to hear it, you must know that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no marriage law in later generations that stipulated that intermarriage could not be intermarried within three generations.

In other words, this situation was not subject to moral etiquette at the time. However, even so, this relationship obviously did not stand the test of time, otherwise, Xu Olin would not have come here with so much sentimentality.

"At that time, we were supposed to get married, but your mother's family wanted me to have a better future before marrying her. At that time, Lord Zhang Huan, who was an official in the capital, happened to be very little of my talent, but I was young at that time and lacked experience, so I thought about traveling abroad, so as to broaden my knowledge and knowledge, and it would be convenient to get a recommendation in front of Lord Zhang in the future, maybe I could make a career from this and hold important positions in the imperial court. ”

"I was quite good at that time, so I had such a high ambition, but it was that trip that completely changed my life and that of your mother."

"The territory of Liangzhou has always been unstable, and since the great war with the Qiang people seventy or eighty years ago, the friction between the Han River has never stopped in Liangzhou. I was confident that my martial arts skills were very high, so I didn't take a few people with me when I went out, but I didn't expect that a few days later, I encountered a robbery in the middle of the road. I fought with people with a sword, but I never thought that the thieves had a plan, first sent two or three masters to fight with me, and then hunted my bucket one by one, and finally gathered everyone to beat me one, I couldn't parry, I could only run alone, I was seriously injured, and I threw away a lot of money because of the inconvenience of carrying, although I barely escaped my life, but when I stopped, it was in the wilderness, not to mention looking for someone to heal my injuries, and I couldn't even discern the direction. ”

"I tried to get out of the desert in the direction of the sun, but after several attempts failed, my body became weaker because of these attempts, and I had to stop and rest, looking for the few herbs I could barely survive, but the food was getting scarce, and I only felt that I could die at any time."

"Slowly, I fainted in the middle of the desert, and when I woke up, an old man appeared in front of me, and he was the one who rescued me from there. He and his apprentices lived in a mysterious valley, sparsely populated, but barely able to cultivate with a small river flowing through it. Although the grain output is not much, they can barely be self-sufficient, so they also go out, not even knowing that the Han Dynasty has changed several emperors. I told them about the outside and they were curious, but when I asked them about the inside, they didn't say a word, and when I was better, they begged them to show me around. I thought they would just call me a holiday, or give me a few crutches to make me barely go out and walk, but I didn't expect them to push a wooden wheelchair so that I could go out and get some fresh air. I was amazed at their craftsmanship, but when they heard my compliment, they only smiled shyly, and when I was pushed out by them, I saw more intricate machinery. Some of them are even like the water wheels that Suning stands on the edge of the Weishui, tall but tightly running. I wanted to know how they came to be, so I asked them around, but none of them would tell me, as if it was their very important secret, and later I learned that they were the long-missing Mo family, and the Mo family had the strictest rules, but if I didn't join them, they wouldn't tell me the secrets. Fortunately, when the old man saw that I was kind-hearted and had some knowledge of the flute, he thought of taking me as an apprentice and teaching me some mechanical skills. I said yes without saying a word, and I studied there while recuperating from my injuries. When the injury slowly recovered, don't leave the valley under the guidance of the master, and return to Hanyang County to find your mother, I haven't forgotten our agreement, and I walked in a hurry along the way, but when I returned to my hometown, I suddenly heard that she was married. ”

"I was amazed, we had an agreement, why did he turn his back on me like this? I couldn't figure it out, so I inquired privately, and later found out that my whereabouts were unknown after I encountered robbers on the road, and my family and your mother thought that I had died outside, so I thought of finding another family for your mother. It's also to blame that I was really injured too badly at the time, and it took too much time to recuperate before I missed this marriage. ”

"I was in a depressed mood, so I borrowed wine everywhere to drown my sorrows, often drunk like mud, and several friends I had made friends, most of whom had their own business at that time, and they did not want to waste time on such a trivial matter as drinking with me, and they left me one after another, and I became more lost, so I thought about finding a place to die, and then at that time, I happened to be rescued by a swordsman who traveled abroad. That person has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, has a good skill, is also very kind-hearted, likes to help others, fights grievances, and is well-known near their home. He asked me why I had taken my life, and I told him what had happened to me, and he was upset for me, and said that if I could, I should get rid of the bastard man who took advantage of my misery to marry my cousin. ”

"We hit it off at first sight, we grew friends with each other, and we drank together, and once he asked me what my ambitions were. I suddenly remembered my plans back then, so I asked him how Lord Zhang Huan Zhang was in the capital. Unexpectedly, she told me that Zhang Huan led his troops to attack and kill his relatives at the time because he was deceived by others, and he felt very guilty in his heart, and gradually developed a world-weary mood. ”

When I heard this, I lost even the idea of embarking on a career in office. I lost everything I had and continued to drink until that winter, when my friend asked me to go to his house for a full moon drink. ”

"It turned out that he had a daughter at the time, so he found some friends and wanted to celebrate, I was already depressed, and when I encountered such a happy event, there was naturally no reason not to agree, but after arriving at his house, I was surprised to find that the woman holding the baby girl in her arms was your mother, my cousin."

"I didn't expect it to be him, and he didn't expect it to be me, as for the person who saved me, that is, your father, I didn't expect that he and I would have a past marriage, and besides, a few days ago, he was still upset for me, saying that he was willing to get rid of the bastard who took advantage of the situation for me, but he never thought that he himself was the bastard he scolded!"

"I was delirious at the time, and I rushed up to him and asked him why he had broken his oath, although I knew the reason, but I couldn't help but blame her, however, I was quickly pulled away by the people around me, and even beaten, but during that time, your father has not made a move, he has been stunned, not knowing what happened, knowing that your mother rushed to save me before reacting."

I continued to drink and wander aimlessly through the streets, until one day I fainted on the road and heard the footsteps of the master in a trance. It was the sound of footsteps that carried me from the wasteland to the valley, and it was as if I was in the middle of the wasteland again, and although there were bustling streets everywhere, it was not much different from the wasteland of death to me. ”

"The sound of the master's footsteps was not my hallucination, and he once again picked me up from the outside and back into the valley. When I woke up, he carefully asked me about what had happened in the past few days, it turned out that I had not returned after I had gone, he was afraid that I had encountered a villain again, so he personally came out of the valley to find me, I was grateful inexplicably, and vowed to repay him for saving his life twice, but he just smiled and said to me, at least I can inherit his mantle and continue to pass on the knowledge of the Mo family. ”

"I gradually came out of the misery of losing my soul, and began to study the art of machinery more and more, and also followed the master's teachings, comprehending more life philosophy, although my life is not rich, but the things that the master taught me, let me understand a lot. Slowly, my status in the valley grew, and they began to look up to me more and more, and finally one day, I took the place of the elder brother and became the designated successor of the master. ”

"Seven or eight years ago, the master couldn't resist the urging of aging after all, and slowly closed his originally bright eyes, and since then, I have become one of the few lucky Mo family heirs."

"The reason why it is said to be a fluke, I think you also know some reasons, the current court is very disgusted with the Mo family doctrine, they think that the Mo family children are bewitched by some evil art, so they show such high faith. In fact, they did not understand the power of the spirit, so their court would slowly collapse, and now the rise of local gate lord power, the imperial power is almost impossible to implement locally, which is one of the inevitable results of their implementation of Confucianism. ”

"It's just that I can't spread these things openly outside. Otherwise, I will leak the children of the Mo family who live in that valley, in that case, I will definitely be sorry for the deceased master. ”

"But after all, I was born outside the valley, and I still pay extra attention to things outside, so I arranged for my disciples to find out the news outside, nominally to prevent people who are hostile to the Mo family from raiding the valley, but the valley knows nothing. In fact, I wanted to understand the situation outside, and I wanted to find more ways out of life for those skilled disciples in the valley. I don't want them to die of old age inside for the rest of their lives, as long as the outside is actually suitable, I will lead them out of the mountain. ”

"Although my idea is not a secret in the valley, and it has been opposed by others many times, I also have many supporters, and finally I persevered in my strategy, until one day, the disciple of the Mo family who went out to inquire about the news brought us back an important news, that is, a guy named Suning has built a lot of waterwheels in Hanyang County, and those waterwheels have many similarities with the style in the valley, but they look a little stronger."

After receiving the news, the whole valley exploded, and many of them were speculating that the waterwheel with similar techniques to them must have been made by the children of the Mo family, so more and more people wanted to go out and have a look, their thoughts were relatively simple, just to get acquainted with their long-lost classmates, you must know that the Eastern Han Dynasty was not friendly to the Mo family, and under their long-term suppression, many schools have lost contact. Now that they suddenly found out that they were suspected to be the heirs of the Mo family, of course they were very happy and wanted to go and find out. ”

"However, my thoughts are a little more complicated than theirs, because I know that since those people who are the children of the Mo family have taken out the construction technology of the waterwheel, it proves that the Eastern Han Dynasty has begun to relax the control of the Mo family, since they can make a fortune in Liangzhou with their craftsmanship, then our Mo school can't do it? So, I wanted to take them out of the mountains. ”

"However, after hearing my thoughts, the senior brother immediately stopped me, saying that some people must stay in the safe valley, and even if someone can go out of the mountain, no matter what business they do, they cannot say where the valley is."

"I know that he wants the Mo family to continue to pass on, and even if we encounter failure outside, the carpenter will not break the inheritance because of this. I supported his idea and agreed to his proposal, however, he made another suggestion. ”

"He asked me to confirm the identity of Suning's Mo family children first, and then I can lead the children out of the mountain, as long as I can confirm Suning's Mo family children's identity, we can establish communication with each other, at least we can take care of it, so that even if the Mo family children are outside, they will not be bullied, I think this is also a good suggestion, so I accepted it without hesitation."

"Not long ago, when I was taking the entrance exam for Hanyang University, I accidentally saw a lot of his ideas and concepts in the exam preparation book circulated by Suning. Many of his thoughts are similar to those of my deceased master, so I decided that he was a disciple of the Mo family and passed the news back. ”

"After the senior brother heard about it, he gradually believed in Suning's identity, and he didn't stop us from going out of the mountain. However, he still asked me to observe Suning for a while to figure out what the conceptual differences between us and them were, so as to avoid some unnecessary conflicts in the future. ”

I agreed with him and never identified myself. But knowing your situation, I think the time is almost ripe. ”