Chapter 13: Into the Tiger's Den
The surname "Yes", it may not be clear if he changes others, but it is very clear when he changes Ah Fei, he even patted his head and scolded himself for being a pig, how could he not think of it?
The old lady of Ah Fei's previous life was surnamed "Yes", which was a very secluded surname, and it is said that there were more than 8,000 people with surnames in China at that time. However, this surname was not passed down from ancient times, but was changed later, and the original surname should be "clan".
It is recorded in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Book of Wu" that there was a scholar named Shiyi Ziyu in Beihai State-run Ling County, who once served in the country, and Kong Rong, the minister of state, said to him: "The clan is the supreme of the people, so it is better to change it to yes." "The clan has always been only the will of the chief, so he immediately changed his surname and became the ancestor of the clan.
It should be a matter of the last few years to change the surname of Yi, and the branch of the clan that moved to Lelang did not receive a notice, so it was not changed, which misled Ah Fei, he listened to the sound and distinguish the characters, and thought that the person he wanted to take refuge in was named Shi Yi, but he didn't expect it to be his own mother's ancestor is Yi!
After being stunned, Ah Fei felt that his eyes lit up - there is an essential difference between a family and a family, there were no celebrities with surnames in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty, but that Mr. Yi had a special biography in the Book of Wu. Because this is the ancestor of his mother, Ah Fei once paid a lot of attention to it, and read Shiyi's biography several times, this person later fled to Jiangdong, took refuge in Sun Quan, and became a high-ranking official who was still a scholar and servant, and died in his eighties.
"It seems that I have made the right move...... I have ...... on me No, there should be a little bit of blood in the soul...... The soul has no blood...... All in all, there is a providence in the dark! Thief, you're really a god! This time, Ah Fei's confidence was even stronger, he shook his spirits, slammed on the door, and knocked on the knocker hard.
The door knocker is not an electric bell after all, and it is impossible to travel very far. However, it generally does not need to be spread very far, only large households use door knockers, and large households should theoretically have a concierge, under normal circumstances, there is a small house at the door, and the concierge eats and lives in the hut all day. That's why Ah Fei knocked on the knocker three times, and with a "click", the door was opened.
Ah Fei threw himself into the door and fell to his knees, which frightened the old man who came to open the door. "Who are you? Why is it so urgent to knock on the door? Before the words fell, Ah Fei deliberately shouted in a dumb voice: "Father Yi, a certain Nai Shixun, ask to see the eldest uncle." ”
The old man was stunned for a moment, and estimated that although the population of the family was not too large, Shiyi, who had moved to Lelang County many years ago, failed to leave a deep impression on this old guy. After being stunned, the old man replied casually: "Are you looking for my master?" The master is in the middle of the country, not in the house. ”
Ah Fei felt that his head was "buzzing" - he didn't expect that Yi was not at home...... I am most afraid of extraneous branches, and I hope to be the first to see Shiyi, because Shiyi is the head of the family, as long as he deceives his trust, then it will not matter if others say anything strange. If you see someone else first, the more you see, the easier it is to show your feet, and if it is comprehensively reflected in the ears of Shiyi, maybe there will be some hidden dangers......
However, the matter had come to this point, and he was no longer allowed to look ahead and backward, so he had to ask the old man: "Who is in charge of the house now?" The old man replied to him, "The eldest prince is in charge." ”
Since it is said to be the "eldest son", it should theoretically refer to the eldest son of Yi. It's strange to say that in most of the biographies of "Three Kingdoms", the heirs of the master will be recorded by the way, how many sons have been officials or not, but there is no Yi. Although Ah Fei failed to find the ancestral genealogy of the family in his previous life, he also took great pains to investigate, but it was the family that was a little famous after the Yi, and it was the light that stepped into the Tang Dynasty in the great calendar of the Tang Dynasty, and the generations in the middle were all blank. Does Yi have a son? Do you have a daughter? How many are there? Is it because they all died many years earlier than their father, and they have not been in Soochow, so the history books do not contain it?
So many strange thoughts flickered in his mind for a moment, but his hand was not idle, he hurriedly pulled out the letter from his baggage, got up, and handed it to the old man—he had fallen to his knees to show that he had traveled a long way, was exhausted, and was in the mood to join his family, but he was pretending to be a son of a remote house, and he couldn't always bow down to a porter.
Since there was a letter to submit, of course the old man wanted to help deliver it, so he invited Ah Fei to come in, rested in the gatehouse for the time being, re-latched the door himself, held the wooden slip in his hand, and hurried towards the courtyard.
Ah Fei sat in the gatehouse, on the straw mat, closed his eyes, and re-sorted out the situation in front of him, and re-examined his coping strategy. He had just made a good move, when he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, and when he opened his eyes and looked up, he saw the old man leading a young man towards the gate, and the young man was still holding the wooden slip he had just handed out in his right hand.
I saw that this young man was about seven or eight years older than Ah Fei, with a white face and a short beard, he wore a red silk hair, a black cotton shirt, and a casual dress. The porter was very small, Ah Fei was sitting in the middle of the room, and the young man stopped when he reached the door—if he stepped in, the two would have to bump into each other—bowed slightly, and while looking Ah Fei up and down carefully, he frowned and asked, "You are Shixun?" ”
Ah Fei put his hands together and gave a slight salute: "Brother is Shixun, please ...... advice"
The young man nodded: "My father is a concubine, and he has a single name." ”
Ah Fei hurriedly bowed his head: "The eldest brother is above, please accept the worship of the younger brother." ”
He stretched out his left hand and rubbed it for a moment, and then asked him: "The letter has been opened on behalf of my father, and I have read it roughly." I wonder how Uncle Yi is now? ”
Good question! Ah Fei couldn't help but secretly rejoice. I wish you had asked! So his eyes widened violently, and he shouted, "My father is gone!" He screamed, trembling his limbs, then rolled his eyes, slammed his head against the earthen wall, and fainted......
Of course, Ah Fei is not really dizzy, no matter how good his acting skills are, he can cry when he says he is crying, he can laugh when he laughs, and he can't faint when he says he is dizzy. He pretended to be dizzy in order to talk to him as little as possible, hoping that he could send someone to the national capital as soon as possible and invite the eldest patriarch Shiyi back.
With his eyes closed, he heard a slightly panicked voice: "Why is that...... Quickly go to the doctor to see ......" and then the old man's voice: "Angry and angry, those who pass out, just pinch people." He hurriedly said: "Then you pinch it quickly!" ”
Ah Fei scolded the old man in his heart for being troublesome. He didn't know whether this method of pinching people was effective, how effective it was, whether he should be pinched by him and continue to pretend to be dizzy, or he had to be forced to "wake up", and how to deal with it after he sobered up? was annoying, and suddenly heard a voice outside the house: "Can't pinch, can't pinch!" ”
He asked, "Why can't you pinch it?" ”
The voice said, "If you are faint because of the congestion of the internal organs, you will wake up when you pinch the person, but if you faint because of the lack of sleepiness and weakness, the pinch will increase the harm." It is better to carry the person into the house, lie down for a while, and then call a doctor to see him. ”
Of course, Ah Fei can't let them really invite a doctor over, God knows whether the doctor invited is a quack doctor or a good doctor, if they accidentally expose their stuffing, although there are no too bad consequences, it is easy to arouse suspicion after all. So after a short time, he suddenly stretched out his hands and feet, and carried him out of the porter's room, and into another room, and as soon as he was settled on the mattress, he pretended to breathe a long sigh and slowly woke up.
"Brother Xun wake up, Brother Xun wake up." He sat in front of him, busy calling. After the confusion just now, Ah Fei judged that although this is the eldest son in the family, and he presides over the housework when Shi Yi leaves home, his adaptability should not be strong, maybe it is easier to deceive? I wonder who the one who spoke later?
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the "big brother...... "Only then did he realize that there was a person sitting behind him, who looked similar to the one who was dressed differently, but was dressed more formally—"This is ......"
"This is my brother is 纡, cursive characters."
"It turned out to be the second brother......"
"Brother Xun misunderstood," the man smiled slightly, and the voice was indeed the guy who stopped the old man in the concierge from pinching the others just now, "Foolish brother Xing Four." ”
"Four Brothers......
Yes Su asked him: "What my uncle said in his letter is unclear, I don't know the cause and effect, may my brother see it?" ”
Ah Fei couldn't help but scolded in his heart again - you are really straight to the point, alas, do you have to let me rehearse the big set of plans in front of you? Your eldest brother is still here, when will it be your turn to speak?! It seems that this is a shrewd man, and he has to be extra careful in front of him.
He thought so in his heart, but on the surface, he squeezed his eyes hard and supported his forehead: "My father offended the county official and died...... My brother came thousands of miles to vote, and now he is sad and angry, dizzy and dizzy......"
Yes, he hurriedly opened his mouth to relieve the siege: "Brother Xun is not in a hurry, and have a good rest, the foolish brother has sent a fast horse to the country to invite his father back." I'll talk about my uncle when my father comes. ”
Ah Fei gave a thumbs up in his heart: Yes, Brother Lobby, you are an honest and good person, thank you very much.
The brothers didn't stay long, comforted Ah Fei a few words, took care of him to rest, and then quit. After all, whether to recognize this distant cousin and how to settle it, all of this has to wait for Shiyi to come back to make a decision.
Fei Luo raised his head and took a look at his surroundings. This room is not very large, estimated to be only seven or eight square meters, with chalk-painted walls, no patterns, and very simple decoration. The windows are very small, and the fine oblique lattice latticework is covered with tulle because it is winter, but fortunately, the windows are facing due south, and there is still a little light.
He was placed in the middle of the room, with his head to the east and his feet to the west, and under him was a straw mat and a mattress of fine linen, and on his body was a fine linen quilt filled with kapok. There are doors and windows on the left side, that is, on the south side, and on the right, that is, on the north side, there is an elegant screen and a copper lamp. The back of his feet was empty, and there was a cabinet and a table in front of his head, and on the top of the cabinet were the baggage he had brought, as well as bows and arrows, and a ring-headed knife.
After acting in such a large scene just now, Ah Fei really felt a little tired and sleepy, thinking that when Shiyi came back, he still had a lot of drama to sing, so he should take this opportunity to take a good rest first - after all, the spirit is the capital of deception! So he closed his eyes, and after a while, he snored and gradually fell asleep......
Probably because of the nervousness, I couldn't relax in my dreams. He first dreamed that he had returned to his original time and space, and was forced by the leader to produce a speech of 70,000 words in one night, and then the leader's face and dress changed, and he turned into Shi Yi, and shouted angrily at him: "Write 200,000 words of speech...... What, can't write? You're definitely not a descendant of my family! ”