Chapter 4: Names and Disappearances

came to the room arranged by Wang Chengen for the children, and it happened that Yang Taogang brought them new clothes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Xiao Mu found that counting the shy little flower before, there were three children, and the other two were teenage boys, one was stronger and looked half a head taller, and the other was slightly shorter, estimated to be younger. Xiao Mu felt that they looked quite cheerful, because they didn't stay honestly, one was looking around, the other was fiddling with the new clothes that Yang Tao had just brought, and when he saw Xiao Mu come in, he learned to look like an adult and wanted to give Xiao Mu a gift.

Xiao Mu waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to be polite, found a chair and sat down, and asked, "What is your surname, and how old are you this year?" ”

The boy, who looked stronger, replied first: "My name is Huzi, I don't know what my surname is, and I am nine years old this year." ”

"My name is Da Zhuang, I am ten years old this year, and I don't know what my original surname was." The other, shorter child replied.

Well, the tall ones are nine years old, the short ones are ten years old, and those who grow strong are not called big and strong tigers, but those who are not strong are called big and strong. Xiao Mu wrote down their names in his mind, but none of them knew what their last names were, which made Xiao Mu puzzled.

Yang Tao on the side saw Xiao Mu's doubts and answered for him: "Young master, these two children have been orphans since they were children, and after they were refugees from Liaodong, they were adopted by the old man who opened a small teahouse in the city, and their parents had died when they were picked up, and they were still young, so they didn't know their surnames." Two years ago, the old man died, and entrusted them to a restaurant shopkeeper in the city, who arranged for them to work as a small servant in the store, and then last month the restaurant shopkeeper committed a crime, and the two children were left unattended, and the restaurant owner did not want to spend more food to support them, so they ....... ”

Needless to say, Xiao Mu also understood, it was nothing more than that the owner of the restaurant didn't want to raise idlers, so he sold these two children.

"Are they brothers?" Xiao Mu asked.

Before Yang Tao could answer, Huzi replied first: "No, grandpa said that my eldest brother came to the house half a year earlier than me." ”

Xiao Mu understood the meaning of Huzi's words, since Huzi wants to call Brother Da Qiang, then it will be able to make sense, it must be that Da Zhuang thinks about Huzi first when he has food in order to take care of his younger brother, so he is not as tall as the young Huzi.

"I know everything about you, but how can a person live without a surname? You really don't remember who your parents were? ”

Both children shook their heads and said they didn't remember.

At this time, Yang Tao said: "Young master, I am afraid that it is difficult for them to remember the things of their childhood, so it is better for the young master to give him his name." ”

Huzi and Da Zhuang, who had not spoken before, also said, "Please give the young master a name." ”

"Well, I wonder what your ambitions are?" Xiao Mu asked.

"Young master, I want to be a storyteller who speaks of superb martial arts and a general who has won a hundred battles!" It was Huzi who replied first.

Da Zhuang thought for a while, and then replied: "Young master, I want to be the great hero who can write and martial arts and enter the picture as mentioned in the play." ”

"Well, yes, very ambitious." Xiao Mu praised their ambitions, and they were also searching their stomachs, thinking about what name to change, after all, he had lived to be more than three hundred years old, at most, he sometimes fantasized about what his children would be called in the future, and he never thought about what to name others, and this time he still chose a name without knowing what his surname was.

"Well, the ambition is great, and when I think about it, I will definitely give you a good name." Xiao Mu couldn't think of it for a while, so he said something that was not nutritious, delaying himself for a while, and Yang Tao on the side was also a little nervous: "It's not good if you hurt your master and lose face." ”

After another half a while, Xiao Mu hadn't thought about it, for a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder like him, it was definitely not possible to make up a name casually, to choose a meaningful name, and there were not so many ink allusions in his stomach, and the atmosphere in the room was even more subtle.

Just when Yang Tao was thinking about saying something to alleviate the embarrassment, Xiao Mu found a way to delay time.

Ahem, Xiao Mu coughed twice and asked, "It's helpless that you don't remember your surname, I don't know if you have the surname you want?" ”

Xiao Mu didn't know how to solve this kind of problem, and he didn't know whether it was in line with the ancient etiquette law to let the children choose their own surnames, anyway, now that they were the biggest, Yang Tao and they would definitely not dare to have an opinion, and the two children on the other side should not know whether it was reasonable or not, and when they grew up and found that it was unreasonable, if this practice was really not in line with the etiquette law, it would have been too late. Now he can throw the problem to the two children, and they will definitely have to struggle for a long time, Xiao Mu feels that he finally has enough time to think.

But it backfired, as soon as Xiao Mu's voice fell, Huzi spoke: "Young master, I want my surname Zhao, and in the future, I will be a victorious general like Zhao Zilong, a storyteller!" ”

Then Da Zhuang thought for a while and said, "Young master, I will be okay with my grandfather's surname, and my grandfather's surname is Li." ”

Xiao Mu didn't expect the two children to decide so quickly, but fortunately, just now his head suddenly brightened, and some historical allusions from his original memories came up, and he came up with two names for them that he thought were quite reasonable.

"Well, Huzi wants to be a general, and he will be called Zhao Qizhi in the future, and Da Zhuang wants to be both civil and military, and he will be called Li Shiyao in the future, how about it?"

The two children did not understand the meaning of their names, but they thought it sounded imposing, so they happily accepted it.

Xiao Mu only noticed the little flower watching them quietly at this time, and I have to say that this little girl's sense of existence is indeed a little low. Xiao Mu felt that while his brain was easy to use now, it was better to give Xiaohua a name.

"It's good for Young Master Ben to give you a big name, what's your family name?" Xiao Mu asked.

Then he saw Xiaohua nodding and said, "Thank you." ”

"No thanks, this is a gesture, let's say, what's your family name?"

Then Xiao Mu saw that the little girl was even more nervous, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to speak. Then Xiao Mu heard Yang Tao whisper to himself: "Master, I think eighty percent of this little girl's family surname is Xie."

Xiao Mu suddenly realized, and suddenly there was an awkward atmosphere in the air......

"Well, Li Taibai has a text that says, 'Qunji Junxiu, all for Huilian', today he will do the opposite, and he will call you Xie Lianhui in the future, how about it?" Xiao Mu was also very satisfied with the name.

"Hmm." The little girl really cherishes words like gold.

By infringing on and plagiarizing the name rights of historical figures such as Li Jing, Huo Quzhi, Xin Qiji, Xie Huilian, etc., the problem of the names of the three children was solved, Xiao Mu was in a good mood, and felt that he had never had such a clear thinking and flexible brain since the time travel, and it was not completely impossible for him to study a theoretical model of time and space travel.

But this clear thinking, flexible brain did not last long, Xiao Mu and a few people chatted for a while, and then felt very tired, after all, I didn't sleep all night, and I just spent a lot of money to name the children, and now I don't feel sleepy, so Xiao Mu fell asleep in the house of several children in a daze.

When he woke up, it was already past noon, and then the "big housekeeper" Wang Chengen came.

"Young master, someone outside the door gave this." Wang Chengen handed a letter to Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu naturally felt very puzzled, in this time and space, it seemed that he had no impression of having a pen pal, and he didn't know who wrote to him. Unpacking the envelope with doubts, taking out the letter and reading the contents of the letter, Xiao Mu was stunned for a while, and then immediately ran out of the house, leaving Wang Chengen and Yang Tao and others with puzzled faces.

Then the accident happened, due to the unadaptability to the high threshold of ancient times, and the fact that he was very anxious after reading the letter, Xiao Mu fell unexpectedly and reasonably. At this time, Wang Chengen and Yang Tao reacted and hurriedly came to help Xiao Mu, although they all wanted to pretend that they didn't see the scene of the "young master" being embarrassed, but the young master must be helped up first if he falls, and he has to check whether he is injured.

But Xiao Mu seemed very anxious, and while getting up by himself, he shouted: "Go to my room to see if Madame is still there!" ”

When Xiao Mu and the others returned to the original room, Lin Ye was really gone, which made Xiao Mu feel very shocked, after all, such a thing as living so big had never been encountered, Xiao Mu stood in place as if he was stupid.

"Slave and maid are guilty of death!" Wang Chengen, Yang Tao, and Hu Yun, who heard the voice, all saw the situation in the house at this time-the young lady was gone, leaving a mess, and what happened was simply self-evident, so they quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Xiao Mu turned around: "You are not at fault, it's all my fault", Xiao Mu walked towards Wang Chengen, took his hand and helped him up, "If it weren't for my insistence on coming out without listening to your advice, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened, it's too late to regret it now, big companion, no matter what, you must find a way to save people, otherwise it will be one corpse and two lives!" ”

Two lives in one corpse? Could it be that the queen is pregnant? But I hadn't heard the young master mention it before, and he had never summoned the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment, this sudden news surprised Yang Tao and Hu Yun, and Wang Chengen was also surprised, he said after a little thought: "Young master, don't worry, please let the slaves and maids see what is written on the letter first." ”

Xiao Mu remembered at this time, so he hurriedly handed the letter to Wang Chengen, Wang Chengen opened the letter, and Yang Tao and Hu Yun in the back also came forward.

I saw a few words on the letter:

"Obediently send 10,000 taels of gold, otherwise one corpse and two lives, and there is no way to regret it!"

There are also two big characters below, which are very scribbled, like the words "apple" and "fruit", I don't know what they mean.

Wang Chengen They didn't know, it was these two words that made Xiao Mu sure that Lin Yi was indeed in the hands of the other party, because for the people of the Ming Dynasty, reading and writing was a very sacred thing. In addition, in the Ming Dynasty, writing tools were basically only brushes, and those who could write would naturally use brushes, and those who could not use brushes would naturally not write. And these two words look like a person who can write but can't write with a brush, such a person, who else can there be except for the future person Lin Yi!

"Young master, don't panic, it seems that the thief is just greedy for money, according to the usual ideal, he will not harm the young lady, and he will definitely continue to send letters to explain the time and place of the transaction, we will wait patiently." Hu Yun expressed his opinion.

Yang Tao then made a further analysis: "Having said that, according to the thief's letter, the young lady is pregnant, if the thief is disrespectful to the young lady, or frightens the young lady to have a fetal gas, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

What the two of them said is very reasonable, on the one hand, the other party wants to extort money, so naturally he will not do anything to Lin Yi, and his side should wait patiently, in order to ransom people with money and avoid startling the snake, which is also the safest way; But on the other hand, Ringo's body is currently pregnant, and if it is in the hands of the other party for a long time, it is difficult to ensure the safety of the fetus. The fetus carried by Lin Yi's body is thought to be the original son of Emperor Chongzhen, and he occupies other people's bodies, if other people's wives and sons have three long and two short in their hands, Xiao Mu feels that he doesn't have to live.