"Mother! Mother! The child is not filial, he has not returned home to visit his mother for many years, and the child is not filial...... "Cao Teng heard that the Cao family in the village knew that the old mother had not moved, so he rushed home non-stop, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw an old woman who was sitting in the hall, it was Cao Teng's mother, although he had not seen him for many years, but how could his mother not know, but his face was wrinkled and crawling, his heart was sad, and he fell to the ground.

"You're Teng...... Child!? The old woman's words reached her lips with tears in her eyes, and she trembled with crutches to help Cao Teng, she did not expect that her young son, who had been away from home for many years, would suddenly appear, and her heart fluctuated.

It turned out that Cao Teng's old father Cao Meng had already passed away, leaving only the old mother at home, although the mother and son did not meet but had correspondence, and had repeatedly persuaded the old mother to go to Luoyang to live in peace, but Cao's mother relocated to the land, and did not want to be far away, Cao Teng did not persuade much, only sent a lot of money to the family every year for the family's expenses, this time I returned home and wanted to write a little letter to inform my mother but I was afraid that the letter would come later than the person, so I did not write a letter.

"Son, don't say that, you've suffered all these years...... It's the grandmother who can't live with you......" Cao's mother pulled Cao Teng up, feeling sad.

"After the great drought that year, there was a flood and a locust plague, and many people in the village starved to death, and if you miss your second brother, ...... grandmother will let you enter the palace, but how can there be a grandmother in the world who is willing to let her children enter the palace for that ......" but Cao's mother remembered the past.

"Mother, it's all voluntary...... There are many people in our family, and the second brother is infected with the plague...... The eldest brother and the third brother still need to work to support the family, but the children are too young to subsidize the family and compete with their grandmother for food, how can they bear it...... "Cao Teng and his mother couldn't cry when they recalled the past.

"Just because our family is poor, your father is kind, he usually helps the township, and he loves to buy a lot of poems and books, and if he doesn't save money and food, he will suffer your brothers...... "Cao's mother was sad.

"Now that the child has made a fortune, I just hope to take my mother into Luodu and enjoy happiness with my son......" Cao Teng persuaded his mother again.

"No, son, my mother only hopes to be buried in her homeland, only your brother is good and content, your third brother wrote the day before yesterday that he had served as the county commander in Xu County, and I think it was also your work, your brother supported him like this, mother...... My mother is very happy...... I miss your eldest brother already has Ding'er...... Mother can't live with you...... Woo ...... "It turned out that Cao Teng's eldest brother gave birth to a son named Cao Ding a few years ago, just because Cao's mother had not told Cao Teng about this, and I thought of it for a while, thinking that Cao Teng's heir was hopeless and sad.

"Mother, don't be sad, the child is returning home this time to find the son of a family and join my line!" Cao Teng wanted to persuade his mother, but he burst into tears and smiled.

"Is that true? But who can ...... my Cao family" Cao's mother also turned her sadness into joy, and she thought about who was suitable for her grandchildren in this clan.

"Mother, the child just heard in the wine shop that a new boy is being added to the family, and he is also the son of the clan. Is it in this house? Cao Teng heard the guy say that the baby was crying, but he didn't hear a cry in the house he entered, and he secretly wondered in his heart, "Could it be that the guy deliberately deceived each other in order to cheat some wine and food." ”

"You said this kid ......," Cao's mother was silent after saying this.

"I heard that this kid seems to be a little weird, is it really as outsiders say? ......" Cao Teng saw his mother's hesitation and had guessed the reason.

"You already know? "Then ......," he commanded to the house, "Hong'er, bring the child over...... This is the old man and the young son, you have come to meet the fourth master. ”

"Yes, old lady." A maid in the inner room came to the outer hall with a baby in her arms and saluted the fourth master who had never met.

I saw that the baby was holding a thing in his hand to play, but the thing was strung by a thread and hung on the baby's neck, and the baby saw that someone was not only crying, but also smiling at Cao Teng.

"That man really lied to me." Cao Teng secretly said in his heart, but he still had doubts, so he asked his mother, "I heard that this child can't stop crying, but ......?" ”

"I know you have doubts in your heart, ten days ago this child was just like you said, but a few days ago a monk came to ......," Cao's mother said.

"What! Fang Shi, is it true that this child suffers from soul leaving disease? Cao Teng had already thought that the shopkeeper had lied to him, but when he heard his mother say the same thing as the guy, he interrupted his mother in shock.

"Yes, how could my mother lie to you, the father of this baby is the grandson of your grandfather's brother, that is, your younger brother, but he was killed by the disaster, and his wife also went after leaving this child...... You must have heard of this child's weeping and soul-like symptoms since the day he was born...... Oh, just said that Fang Shi......" Cao Mu saw that Cao Teng didn't believe it and explained.

"You also know that your father believes in the 'Tao of Confucius and Mencius', and has always been disgusted with this wanderer, and does not believe in this ghost and god, although this baby is weird, but how can the family invite this monk, it is the man himself who found ......the door," Cao's mother said.

"Oh? But the man came by himself? Cao Teng was also puzzled.

"The priest said, 'Do you have a weeping baby in your house?' The mother thought to herself, who didn't know that the baby was crying at home, and this person thought that he was here to cheat and cheat money, so she asked Xiaohong to give this person some food and wanted to send him away. But the man ignored it, and walked along with the cry, but the mother and Hong'er couldn't stop him, and went with him, but I don't know where the man took out a pair of double jades and put them on the baby, which was the jade that the child was holding in his hand, and the child immediately stopped crying...... Hong'er was also there at that time, if you don't believe it, you can ask her, and I don't understand what the priest said later, you listen to Hong'er......" Cao's mother saw that Cao Teng still looked unbelieving, and said to Hong'er on the side, and the maid nodded violently.

"Fourth master, this is indeed the case, if it weren't for what the slave saw with his own eyes and just heard about it, he would never believe it. The old lady saw that the baby stopped crying, and she didn't stop it, but the priest didn't know how to cut the little boy's finger, and dropped a drop of blood in his hand on the jade, and the jade glittered after dripping, and it didn't flash after a few flashes, but the man shot too fast, and the old lady and the slave didn't stop it......" Hong'er said carefully, for fear of missing something.

Cao Teng was curious and looked at the jade in the baby's hand, but saw that the jade was not so much a double jade, but a round whole jade, two pieces of jade for the shape of the two instruments of Taiji, but also a black and a white, black like ink, white clear, somehow into a piece, no teeth biting, and no glue, a silk thread is worn on a piece of jade, the other half is tightly attached to it, a closer look flashes with a faint light.

Looking at the jade, Cao Teng was also amazed.

"The priest also said that the little boy can stop crying by wearing this jade beard for a year, and his soul leaving disease cannot be removed, so he can only rely on this jade to press, and what evil spirits, what soul body, what separation, the slave maid can't understand, he also said that if you leave it alone, the little young master's illness will get longer and longer, unconscious, with this jade foreign master, before the young master is ten years old, foster in the home of a person with a foreign surname, and change it to a foreign surname, this disease can gradually ......disappear" Although Hong'er said that it was not clear, Cao Teng was also roughly clear.

"But as Hong'er said, the mother had prepared wine and food to entertain the man and give him these expenses, but after the man said those words, he drifted away, and he didn't take a penny, and since then the baby stopped crying, and the mother really believed the man's words, and thought about sending the child to your Uncle Xiahou's house in the next few days, and his surname was Xiahou, and when he was ten years old, he was ...... old" Cao's mother nodded to show that Hong'er's words were true.

Cao Teng knew that the Xiahou family and the Cao family were good friends, and when he was a child, he heard that the Xiahou family was living next to the Cao family, and the Xiahou family lost a pig, suspecting that it was stolen by his father, but his father did not defend himself, so that the Xiahou family took away the only pig in the family, until the pig of the Xiahou family came back by itself, the head of his family knew that he had wronged his father, and he was ashamed, but he admired his father's kindness even more, returned the pig, gave a thank you gift, and married his father as a brother of the opposite sex, since then the two families are like a family......

"Mother, the child has decided to adopt this baby as an adopted son!" Cao Teng said decisively.

"What! Are you serious? Cao's mother couldn't believe what Cao Teng said.

"The child has made up his mind, His Majesty asked me to find a son in the family to become an heir, it is really a holy destiny, and now the child has just returned home and met this son, which means that we are destined, this is the son of God given to me. And as His Majesty's chamberlain, I have no time to take care of this child, so I will send it to Xiahou's house before the age of ten, and I will pick him ......up when I am ten years old."

"This kid doesn't have a name yet, does he?" Cao Teng suddenly remembered and said to his mother.

"The family is full of women and children, and they are not named." Cao's mother said.

"'High mountain uplifting', may this noble and elegant behavior drive away the evil in my son, so call it 'Song'er'......"

After that, Cao Song lived in the Xiahou family in Qiaoxian County, and Cao Teng took Cao Song back to Luoyang as soon as he was ten years old......

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Thinking of this past, Cao Teng looked at Cao Song who was playing on the side, but there was rare love and pity in his eyes......

"Sister Yan, I'll show you something fun!" As he spoke, he took something from his neck, it was crystal shining, it was the pair of jades, "Sister Yan, see if you can separate these two pieces of jade." ”

Zhao Yan looked at the black and white jade clearly, it must be two pieces, and it is very good-looking, Cao Song also took a lot of interesting things to show himself before, and today is not strange, holding it in his hand, thinking that it is a valuable thing of Caofu, listening to Cao Song asking her to separate, she was afraid of breaking it, and she didn't dare to use force at first, but found that this jade seemed to grow together, until she used the greatest strength, this jade was as good as ever, so she shook her head and smiled and returned it to Cao Song.

Cao Song said to Zhao Yan quite proudly, "I lived in Xiahou's father's house before, and those brothers were all very powerful, but none of them could be separated, you see my ......" Saying that, Cao Song held a piece of double jade in each hand, and with just a slight tug, the jade opened!