After Princess Osmanthus died, Kong Lian and Kong Qian's lives became even more difficult.

lives on two acres of land, in this case, my father and mother are exhausted, leaving their two children who are not yet adults, how can they survive?

At that time, Kong Lian was only thirteen years old, and Kong Qian was only twelve years old at that time.

At this time, a kind man came up with an idea for their brothers, so that one of them would become a monk, keep one at home, and raise one on two acres of land, which would almost be okay.

Kong Lian became a monk.

Kong Lian became a monk at that time.

Originally, Kong Qian also said that he wanted to become a monk, but Kong Lian refused to let him, Kong Lian said, I am my brother, how can I leave my suffering to my brother.

After Kong Lian left home, he could almost support Kong Qian with two acres of land, and their parents were also very good during their lifetime, and the neighbors also loved to help him.

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In the seventh year of Kong Lian's monkhood, there was another incident. This year, Kong Lian saved a child while chopping firewood in the mountains.

That day, a child was playing at the bottom of the mountain, but he didn't expect a leopard to come running from not far from the mountain. The leopard went up and knocked the child down.

At that time, Kong Lian happened to be passing by, and Kong Lian couldn't see it well, so Kong Lian immediately ran over to save the child.

In the end, Kong Lian finally beat the leopard away and saved the child.

After Kong Lian saved the child, of course, the adults of the family would reward Kong Lian. It just so happened that the adults of that family were still very rich. The adult of that family is also surnamed Kong, and his name is Kong Vice. Deputy Kong said to Kong Lian, you say, you say what you want, I can give you something.

At that time, Kong Lian wanted to return to the vulgar.

Kong Lian thought to himself: If I pay back the customs, Deputy Kong will subsidize me with some money, I will be an upright person with a house and land, and I will be able to marry a wife and have children in the future.

Kong Lian told his teacher Pu Xuan Zhenren what he thought.

His teacher Pu Xuan Zhenren said, if you want to be vulgar now, you can't live with the Buddha. When you were cornered, it was the Buddha you pleaded with, and the Buddha took you in, and now your wings are a little stiffer, you want to leave the Buddha, do you think the Buddha will be satisfied?

Kong Lian thought: Also, when I became a monk, I was forced by life, and our family couldn't support our two brothers at that time, and now my wings are a little stiffer, I want to abandon Buddhism, which is a little undesirable.

Kong Lian dispelled the idea that he was still vulgar.

He was afraid that the Buddha would blame him.

So, would the Buddha really blame?

It was just a fear in his heart. I'm not talking about myths, where did the Buddha come from? The Buddha is just an illusory one. Kong Lian's so-called fear at that time was that he was afraid that if he upset the Buddha, something unpleasant would happen in the future. For example, when you go out and meet a robber, you accidentally catch a fire, and something like that. Just like some people now, after doing bad things and provoking others, the old lady scolded the street, saying that he went out and let the car crush to death, he was really afraid that going out would really crush the car to death.

Kong Lian decided not to return to the vulgar. He decided not to pay it back, and he didn't need much money. Deputy Kong said, how can I repay you? Kong Lian said, I have a brother named Kong Qian, we brothers are the same body, if you have a surplus of money, you can give him some alms.

So, Kong Lian passed on Deputy Kong's repayment to his brother Kong Qian.

Deputy Kong is really a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and besides, he is also rich. He repaid Kong Qian for his kindness. He gave Kong Qian a lot of land, and also gave Kong Qian a lot of money, so that Kong Qian could build a new house.

After that, Kong Qian's life changed for a different day. He went from a small peasant who could barely make ends meet to a rich man with a house and land.

At this time, it was the time when Kong Qian was eighteen men and women married, and he also had a house and land, so there were girls who were willing to marry him. He married a daughter-in-law that year. Within a few years, he had a son and a daughter. The son was named Kong Long, and the daughter was named Peacock.

Since Kong Qian had the financial support of Deputy Kong, his life has been much better, he has also hired a few people to farm for him, and he does not need to be busy with farming every day.

At this time, Kong Qian remembered his major event again. Because his mother told him that his enemies were Zhu Wen and Li Ke. In the past, he often thought about revenge, but he didn't have that time in life, he had to be busy with farming every day, otherwise he would starve, how could he have the time to do anything else, now it's okay, now he has that time.

In order to take revenge in the future, Kong Qian began to study hard. If you want to take revenge in the future, how can you do it without real skills. For his future dream, Kong Qian also hired a teacher for himself to teach him to learn.

Don't look at Kong Qian's learning started late, he didn't start learning until he was eighteen years old, but he was very smart, and within a few years, his talent was amazing.

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This is Kong Qian's past.

The reason why I talk about Kong Qian's past in such detail is because Kong Qian is the main character in this book.

What kind of person is Kong Qian?

He is a character who is Gao Yu and Qin Hui. Because of his appearance, the entire Later Tang Dynasty gradually went from prosperity to decay; It was because of his appearance that the later Later Tang Dynasty would gradually change from a beginning of prosperity to a mournful wilderness.

The book I'm talking about is called "The Rise and Fall of the Later Tang Dynasty", which is from the beginning of the entire Later Tang Dynasty, gradually to decline, and finally from decline to prosperity.

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For these things of Kong Qian, how could the emperor know that the emperor still thought that he was a very learned descendant of Confucius. How did the emperor know that Kong Qian was not a descendant of Confucius at all! How did the emperor know that not only did Kong Qian not contribute to him in the future, but Kong Qian would also become a "mouse" by his side in the future, always sabotaging him.

Now, Kong Qian does not have an official position, and he cannot play a destructive role for the time being, as Kong Qian's official position becomes bigger and bigger in the future, his destructive power will become greater and greater.

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Kong Qian's "mouse" had just fallen into the world, and before he "got out of the hole", another "mouse" began to move.

Who is it?

It was Kong Qian's brother Dao'an.

That day, Dao An slapped the boatman and saved his four apprentices, and his apprentices ran away to the southwest.

He wanted to take refuge in Xishu.

At that time, the emperor was busy taking care of the queen mother and didn't take care of him, so he gave him a chance to escape.

After Dao An led his four apprentices to the west for a while, they turned around and ran south.

Dao An had already thought about it, and if this operation was smashed, he would flee to the southwest.

When he first started running, the reason why he fled west instead of southwest was because he was afraid of being kidnapped by the emperor. Because he knew that once the emperor learned the news of the queen mother's robbery, the emperor would inevitably come from this route to the south to the north to save the queen mother, and if he went further south, he would inevitably meet with the emperor. So in order to avoid the emperor, Dao An ran west for a while, and then he turned around and ran away to the southwest.

At this time, Dao'an's four apprentices, Qian 1, Qian 2, Qian 3, and Qian Si, remembered something, and they asked their teacher Dao'an: "Master, we just run like this, what ......about our father, our grandmother?" ”

Qian 1, Qian 2, Qian 3, and Qian 4 were quite filial, and then they remembered that their father and their grandmother were here.

They said in their hearts: We can't run for our lives and leave our father and grandmother behind!

Dao Anxin said: It's good that your life can be saved, and you can still take care of your father and grandmother! Your father, your grandmother, they are likely to have been arrested by the emperor now.

But Daoan didn't say that.

Dao Anxin said: If I say that, if these four boys who don't know how to die want to go back to save their father, what can their grandmother do, isn't that looking for death by themselves!

Dao'an thought for a while, and Dao'an said to them: "Your master has already told your father and your grandmother that if things don't go well, you will immediately run to the southwest and go to Wang Yan in Xishu." Of course, your father and grandmother are moving faster than us. Now maybe your father and your grandmother are waiting for us right in front of us. ”

Qian 1, Qian 2, Qian 3, and Qian 4 are relieved.

Dao'an, a monk, is also good enough, originally someone's father and grandmother are now in prison, and he insisted that people's father and grandmother are safe and sound.

This monk also has times when he lies.

So they ran down to the southwest.