In the spring of February, the weather is warmer and the vegetation is green.

At the edge of the Su family's threshing floor at the north end of Xuanli Village, Tianshun'er led Di Shun'er, Niuniu and a few children next door to play hide and seek by a few straw stacks. When it was time for Tianshun to be a child, he hurried to the shack next to him, ready to burrow into the haystack in the shack. As soon as he reached the door, Hei jumped out and wagged his tail in front of him. Tianshun'er bypassed it and entered the door, but Ah Hei grabbed his trouser legs, pulled him back, circled back, blocked the door, and prevented him from entering. Seeing that there was not much time left for him to hide, Tianshun'er was in a hurry, kicked away Ah Hei, and rushed into the door.

Tianshun'er stopped abruptly and was stunned.

Next to a pile of hay in the corner of the wall, Su Qin, who was unkempt and had a pale face, sat on the ground, like a clay statue, holding a bamboo slip, but his eyes were not on the Jane, but closed slightly, as if sleeping.

Apparently too focused on something, he didn't notice the scene at the door.

Tian Shun'er concluded that the second uncle was asleep. Just when Tianshun'er breathed a sigh of relief and was about to find a place to hide, Su Qin suddenly shook his body, and the bamboo slip slipped from his hand and fell to the ground, making a "tom" sound.

Tianshun'er looked over and was stunned. I saw that Su Qin's eyes were not opened, but his hand moved, and he instinctively touched an awl, and stabbed it into his thigh.

Seeing the tip of the cone piercing straight down, Tianshun'er hurriedly closed her eyes. When he opened his eyes again, Su Qin's awl had reached the ground, and the bamboo slip was in his hand again, but his eyes were still closed.

Tian Shun'er looked closely, and a stream of blood was flowing down Su Qin's thighs and down the corners of his robes, condensing on his ankles. Looking closely at that ankle, there were blood stains on it, needless to say, the black robe he wore back from the Qin State had long been soaked in blood, but he couldn't see it.

Tianshun'er didn't care about hiding, so she turned around and ran away. When the children saw him come out, they screamed and jumped up and grabbed him.

Tianshun'er pushed them away and ran home.

"Grandma, grandma—" Tianshun'er shouted from afar.

"Tianshun'er, what's your name?" Su Yao was busy sifting rice, and asked without raising his head.

"Grandma, Uncle Zhong, he..." Tianshun'er leaned under the big tree and gasped.

"How is your Uncle Zhong?" Su Yao put down the sieve and looked at Tianshun'er.

"Uncle Zhong, he, he pierced his thigh with an awl!" Tianshun'er gasped a few times, and the aftershock did not disappear.

"Shun'er, what nonsense?" Su Li's wife ran out of the house with needlework, and her tone was cool, "Your Uncle Zhong is a good person, he doesn't do any work, he doesn't say anything about eating and drinking for nothing, and he has to send delicious food to his mouth every day, how can he prick himself?" ”

"Mother!" Tianshun'er was anxious, "I don't dare to talk nonsense!" It's true, I saw Uncle Zhong take an awl with my own eyes—" Xue Su Qin stabbed his thigh violently, "Suddenly, the blood flowed down the leg, and the feet... ”

Su Yao didn't say a word, threw down the sieve, and stumbled out of the yard.

Su Dai's wife walked out with a big belly, and when she saw Su Yao's walking in such a hurry, she asked Su Li's wife, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" ”

"What else?" Su Li's wife glanced outside the courtyard door, "Mother's precious son pricked himself with an awl!" ”

"Prick yourself?" Su Dai's wife exclaimed, "This, this, why did the second brother become like this?" ”

"Humph!" Su Li's wife said angrily, "It's all mother's favorite, eccentric!" After a pause, "Sister, you said, he sold the good land, and he sold it to anyone, and he sold it to Lizheng, who was surnamed Liu!" Do you know, he only sells for thirty taels of gold on that piece of land, like such a cheap thing, only a fool can do it, Ah Da's good and dignified body, making him angry and paralyzed! Not to mention, I have heard that he exchanged the thirty taels of gold for a chariot and a horse, and a robe of fine clothes, which he displayed everywhere. And that Ah Hei, who he bought back with a bag of coins! Tell me, which dog is worth a bag of money? I'll tell you the truth, since I know about this incident, I'm heartbroken, and when I see Ah Hei sooner or later, I... Sister, look at it, one day, I will have to slaughter that beast! ”

Hearing that she was going to slaughter Ah Hei, Tian Shun'er was anxious and knelt on the ground: "Mother, don't kill Ah Hei, please!" ”

"!" Su Li's wife scolded with a split head, "You little thing, you know a fart!" Plough the land with you, if you don't plant the land well, you have to be like your Uncle Zhong, not to mention the ruined family, you have to pierce the thigh with an awl, and see if it hurts you to death! ”

Tianshun'er scolded her, didn't dare to mention Ah Hei's matter, got up and quietly slipped out of the hospital.

Su Li's wife's words reminded Su Dai's wife of the awl, and she couldn't help crying: "The second brother has become like this, blame me!" ”

Su Li's wife was stunned for a moment: "Silly girl, how can he blame you for being like this?" ”

"A few days ago, my mother said that her awl was blunt, and it was not easy to use, so she asked me for an awl. It was I who lent the awl to my mother, and my mother lent it to my second brother. Isn't this me hurting my second brother? Su Dai's wife wiped her tears and said.

Su Li's wife was stunned, and laughed: "Okay, okay, when is this time, how can the girl cry?" If you cry, the baby will hear you. When the baby sees that her mother is sad, she must also be sad. The baby is about to be born, and it is sad at this time, not a beautiful thing! ”

Su Dai's wife stopped crying and exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, what you said is true?" ”

"How can my sister-in-law lie to you? Come on, let my sister-in-law listen, what is the baby busy with? Su Li's wife put her ear on Su Dai's wife's big belly.

"Sister-in-law, he's kicking!" Sudai's wife burst into tears and laughed.

"Well," Su Li's wife raised her head and smiled after hearing this for a while, "My sister is right, he is kicking." Looks like this kid is a little naughty! After a pause, he seemed to think of something again, "Hey, which day did Magu calculate for her sister?" ”

Su Dai's wife didn't think twice: "If you want to count it according to Magu, you will have a birth in three days!" ”

"That's it," Su Li's wife praised, "Magu is a god!" I won't tell you the truth, Tianshun'er and your Niuniu, the difference between them and Magu is only three days, and Dishun'er is even more divine, and she is not bad at all, only in the hour! ”

"Well," Su Dai's wife praised, "Sister-in-law is right! In the past few days, the head of the house asked me not to go anywhere, only lying on the couch, but my mother asked me to walk around in the courtyard, I don't know who to listen to! ”

Su Li's wife smiled: "The third child knows a fart, I have to listen to my mother about this!" ”

Su Dai's wife snorted and laughed too. The two of you talked about giving birth to a baby word by word, and got into the ears of Xiao Xi'er, who was holding the soles of her shoes under the eaves of her house, sentence by sentence. Thinking that he finally got married, it was okay to say that he didn't come out after passing the door, but he hadn't even seen what a man was like, Xiao Xi'er's grievances didn't come to one place, and her hands gradually froze there, her head was buried, and tears couldn't stop flowing down her eyelids.

Tian Shun'er slipped out of the courtyard door, stunned outside the door for a while, then ran to the threshing floor, just arrived at the side, saw Shun'er, Niuniu a few were waiting at the door of the straw shed, stretched out their necks to look inside the door. Hei wagged his tail at the door, and when he saw him running, he quickly caught up with him and licked his fingers. Thinking of her mother saying that she would slaughter it with a kitchen knife sooner or later, Tianshun'er's nose was sour, and she stroked Ah Hei, and Ah Hei shook her tail more and more happily.

Tian Shun'er was about to get up, and suddenly saw Di Shun'er retreating towards the door with a few bared teeth, and after a while, he saw Su Yao's hand holding the terrifying awl in his hand, wiping his tears and walking out of the door.

Su Yao stood at the door for a while, wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and walked towards Tianshun'er tremblingly, and waved to Shun'er a few times at the same time. Di Shun'er hurriedly followed.

"Alas," Su Yao glanced at them one by one, sighed, "Tianshun'er, and a few of you, no one is allowed to enter this grass shed again." ”

Tianshun'er nodded a few times.

"Don't play on this ground. There's a lot of space in the village, where can't you go? ”

Hearing that they were not allowed to play in the threshing floor, none of the children spoke.

"Do you hear that?" Su Yao shook the awl in his hand.

Seeing the pointy bloodshot awl, several children said in unison: "I heard it!" ”

really responded to Magu's estimate. On the third day, as soon as the sky was bright, Su Dai's wife covered her stomach and sighed. Su Dai hurriedly shouted to Su Yao, and Su Yao had already heard the call and walked to the door.

"Dai'er, call Magu quickly, listen to this voice, it's to give birth!" Su Yao commanded.

Su Dai pulled his legs and ran out of the door, and Su Li's wife and Xiao Xi'er also rushed over when they heard the sound. Su Yao instructed Xiao Xi'er to boil water and cook, and let Su Li's wife stay in the house with her to make some emergency preparations. Su Li saw that everyone was busy with work, and he couldn't intervene, and he couldn't listen to his brother and daughter-in-law's **, so he simply took the farm tools and went to work in the fields.

After a while, Magu followed Su Dai into the courtyard in a hurry, and shouted when she entered the door: "Where is the old lady?" ”

Hearing Magu's voice, Su Yao breathed a sigh of relief and greeted him with a smile: "It's his aunt who is here, hurry up, please come to the house!" ”

"Hehehe," Magu smiled, "Don't hide it from the old lady, my sister had a good dream when it was not dawn, and she woke up laughing." The girl got up and walked into the courtyard, thinking about the beautiful things in her dreams, and the third child of your family came to the door and shouted. She laughed on her lips, did not stop her steps, "poof" a few times into the back room, came to Su Dai's wife's couch, touched her belly, and listened for a while, "Yes, the little guy can't hold back, this is going to see the world!" ”

As soon as Magu's voice sounded, everyone felt much more relaxed, and Su Dai's wife's ** voice also slowed down, and smiled at her: "Magu, you are finally here, I am much more at ease." ”

"Hehehe," Magu patted her on the shoulder, "Good girl, as long as Magu is here, you will be one hundred and twenty at ease!" I won't tell you, in this radius of ten miles, which family's offspring boy and yellow flower girl didn't come to the world in the hands of Magu? ”

Everyone laughed in unison.

Everyone tossed for a long time, but the little guy didn't seem to be in a hurry, and he still refused to show his head until the end of the day. Su Dai's wife also seemed to be tired, ** loud and low, looking weak.

"Good girl," Magu soothed her, "don't hum, close your eyes, save your strength, and give birth to a baby later." Turning his head and instructing Su Li's wife, "Su Li's family, heat the water again." He turned to Su Yao's again, "Old sister, you go and cook a bowl of egg soup, put ten jujubes, and the jujubes should be boiled a little." After a pause, he seemed to remember something, "Hey, why don't you see Xiao Xi'er?" ”

Su Li's wife continued: "The second sister is burning the fire in the stove room." ”

"Call her here!" Magu seemed to be giving orders.

Su Li's wife went out, and after a while, she led Xiao Xi'er into the courtyard of Su Dai's house.

Hearing the footsteps, Magu came out and said angrily: "I said Xiaoxi'er, when did Magu offend you, I haven't seen you for so long?" ”

Xiao Xi'er snorted: "I... I... I... didn't come." ”

"Come on, girl, let Magu take a look." Magu couldn't help but say, stepped forward and pulled Xiao Xi'er over, looked her up and down, and said to her, "Open your mouth and stick out your tongue." ”

Xiao Xi'er was at a loss for what to do, and opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue.

Magu looked at the tongue coating and said in a daze: "What's the matter, the second boy has been back for so long, and there is still no movement!" Changing his tone, he laughed a few more times, "Girl, there are no outsiders here, tell Magu, when will you need Magu with your belly?" ”

These words poked at Xiao Xi'er's sore spot, but now that good things are coming, she can't cry, and she can't cry, so she has to lower her head and grit her teeth silently.

Magu also seemed to understand, and scolded Su Qin: "The second boy is really useless, his daughter has been married to him for six or seven years, even if it is a sandy wasteland, a seedling should grow!" ”

"Hehehehe," Su Li's wife smiled weirdly, "Aunt Ma, you can't look at people in a small way." The second sister either doesn't give birth, or she wants to give birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus! ”

"Dare to be in love!" Magu also laughed.

Xiao Xi'er couldn't hold her face, her eyes were wet, she buried her head in the door, ran into her yard, lay down on the couch, covered her head with a quilt, and cried hard.

At this moment, Su Dai's wife shouted loudly, and the amniotic fluid broke. Magu and Su Yao went all out, and within half an hour, they heard the baby's cry.

Su Dai, who had been pacing back and forth under the big Tsubaki tree, heard the cry, and was surprised, and walked into his courtyard in three steps and two steps, and was about to enter the house, when he almost bumped into Su Li's wife who came out of the inner room.

Su Dai stopped, his heart was anxious, and he couldn't say it well: "Sister-in-law, are you alive?" ”

Su Li's wife glanced at him: "The baby is crying, can he still give birth?" ”

Su Daimu scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "Yes, yes, sister-in-law, the younger brother wants to ask, is it the same as the younger brother, or is it the same as his mother?" ”

Su Li's wife laughed: "Let's just say that the boy and the girl have it, this is still a roundabout!" Let me tell you, my sister-in-law said that she was a hoe bearer, can she be wrong? ”

Su Dai arched his hand and bowed to the ground: "Sister-in-law Xie!" After that, he stomped on the ground excitedly, turned around and ran towards the hall, ran to Su Hu's couch in one breath, and knelt down, "Ah Da, I'm happy, it's a boy!" ”

"Hehehe," Su Hu grinned a few times, "I've heard it a long time ago!" As soon as that cry came out, Ah Da knew that it was a plow handle! Hehe laughed a few more times, "Dai'er, tell your mother, give your daughter-in-law a few more eggs, kill the hen that doesn't lay eggs, and stew it for her to drink!" ”

For the first time since his stroke, Su Hu showed a smiling face.

Looking at Ah Da's happy appearance, Su Dai choked up and said, "Dai'er wrote it down." Ah, the baby is waiting for you to come up with a name! ”

"Hehehe," Su Hu couldn't close his mouth with joy, "The sky is smooth, the earth is smooth, this baby is called Nian Shun'er!" ”

Su Dai muttered a few times: "Nian Shun'er? Nian Shun'er! Lede rubbed his hands, "Well, this one! ”

Although Su Dai's wife gave birth to the baby, the milk did not catch up. Nian Shun'er choked on her nipples, sucked for a long time, couldn't eat milk, and cried.

Xiao Xi'er lay on the couch, and every time Nian Shun'er cried, Xiao Xi'er's shoulders twitched. The more Nian Shun'er cried, the louder she became, Xiao Xi'er finally couldn't bear it, wiped away her tears, opened the curtain, walked out of the yard, took a few looks, and walked into the stove room.

According to Magu's instructions, Su Yao was cooking red date soup for Su Dai's wife in the stove room, and then stewed eggs with boiled clear soup. Cooking dates can't be boiled with a rush fire, Su Yao stuffed the stove with crushed firewood, the fire was smaller, but the smoke was more, and the whole stove room was smoky, choking her with tears and coughing.

Xiao Xi'er ignored the smoke, moved into the stove step by step, and looked at Su Yao with red eyes and a daze.

Su Yao rubbed his eyes, looked up and saw that it was Xiao Xi'er, put down a handful of firewood, and looked at her in surprise: "Xi'er? ”

Xiao Xi'er knelt on the ground and cried out loud: "Mother-"

Su Yao suddenly understood Xiao Xi'er's thoughts, stroked Xiao Xi'er's hair, and sighed: "Alas! ”

Xiao Xi'er buried her head in Su Yao's lap, whimpered and sobbed for a while, and raised her head and begged: "Mother, I... I want to give birth to a doll, give birth to a doll..."

"Alas," Su Yao sighed again, tears flowing, "Girl, get up." ”

Xiao Xi'er didn't move, raised her teary eyes and looked at her mother-in-law.

Su Yao stood up, took a basket from under the board, and handed it to Xiao Xi'er: "You take this basket, when it gets dark, Qin'er's food will still be delivered by you." ”

Xiao Xi'er choked up and said, "He... he... he doesn't want to see me." ”

Su Yao sighed again: "Alas, my mother has no other way. After a pause, he encouraged her, "If he wants to blame, you will say that your mother asked you to send it." Xi'er, you are bitter, and Qin'er is also bitter. You see, his wounds are deeper than yours! Go, people are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless? Qin Er is a person who knows the meaning of the matter, and he is in trouble right now, if you treat him well, he will remember it. ”

Xiao Xi'er nodded tearfully.

Su Qin of Xuanli Village was originally the topic of Luoyang City and the countryside, and he came back after six years of travel, which analyzed the production and sold the land, and the high car went to Qin and returned to the wilderness, which became a topic of conversation after tea and dinner in the countryside. This time, he pierced his thigh with an awl, and after Su Li's wife's publicity, it quickly spread throughout the surrounding countryside like a gust of wind.

The ancient city of Henan Yi is located on the west bank of Luoshui and is the fiefdom of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Later this day, in an old tea shop on Henan Yi South Street, a group of idlers sat in the hall of the workshop, drinking tea while listening to a person in the seat.

The man was in his forties, thin, his hands were painted, and his eyebrows danced: "Listen, there are really all kinds of strange things in these years." Have you heard that there is an Yili Yi in the east of Yishui, and there is a Xuanli village in the north of Yili Yi, and there is a family surnamed Su in the village, called Suhu—"

Someone interjected impatiently: "What are you doing, isn't it the second stunned son of the Su family in Xuanli?" What's wrong with him? ”

"What's wrong?" The thin man gave him a blank look, "You know, you come on!" ”

The man smacked his tongue and stopped squeaking.

The thin man suppressed his words, sipped his tea, and glanced at everyone: "Who of you still knows?" ”

"What do you know?" A man walked outside the door and asked.

Everyone looked back and saw that it was a young man nearby, who was busy getting up and saluting.

The lean man stood up and bowed, and said with a smile: "What kind of wind blew Young Master Lu to this poor place?" ”

"Hehehe," Young Master Lu smiled and waved his hand, "No courtesy, no courtesy!" Sit sit, sit, sit! He lifted his brocade robe, sat down in a prominent position, and looked at the thin man, "What did you say just now?" ”

Everyone sat down.

The thin man said: "Back to the young master's words, the villain is saying that the second boy of the Su family in Xuanli Village is crazy about reading!" ”

"Oh?" Young Master Lu was very interested, and leaned over and asked, "What's crazy?" ”

"This..." the thin man wanted to say and stopped.

Young Master Lu took out a handful of copper coins from his sleeve, put them on a few cases with a "snap", and said to Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, serve tea, this young master has a treat today, everyone has a share, this is tea money!" ”

Xiao Er accepted the copper coin and made a pot of tea for him.

Everyone saluted again, and Young Master Lu returned the salute, and his eyes turned to the thin man: "Go on, why is that kid crazy?" ”

The thin man took a sip of tea and gestured exaggeratedly: "Ho, if you want to ask what's crazy, the young master listens to me." The second boy of the Su family, named Su Qin, is a weirdo when he is a child, and he hangs all day long, and he does not do his job. Six years ago, he finally married his daughter-in-law for him, but this kid had just finished worshipping the church and had not yet entered the cave room, but no one could find him. This person has been gone for several years, and finally returned home last year, Su Laohan thought that he had changed his mind, full of joy, and divided the family and property, who thought that as soon as he got the title deed, he sold the fifteen acres of land under his name. I heard that it was sold to Lizheng Liu's family and got thirty taels of gold. Listen, that land was rewarded by Zhou Tianzi to the ancestors of the Su family, and it was all good land, but that kid only sold for thirty taels, and only the two stunned people could do it. This kid bought a horse cart with thirty taels of gold, and went to Qin with infinite scenery, but as a result, it was only three months before and after, the horse cart was gone, and the clothes and brocade were gone, and the kid was wearing the black cotton jacket of the old Qin people, and he carried a broken luggage roll back to the door, and made the old man Su so angry that he had a stroke on the spot, no, he became a paralyzed man. Speaking of this, he shook his head again and again, and sighed, "Alas, man! ”

Young Master Lu was stunned: "Listen to this for a long time, that kid is not crazy!" ”

"Not crazy?" The thin man glared and said, "I don't live in a good house, I don't sleep when I marry a new daughter-in-law, I live in an open grass hut with a black dog all day long, I don't wash my face, I don't change my clothes, I never go out for a month, I either sit stupidly, or talk to myself, at a glance, my hair is unkempt, my beard is unkempt, three points like a person, seven points like a ghost." Not to mention, I just heard that he also pierced his thighs with an iron awl, and his legs were bloody. ”

Young Master Lu asked anxiously: "Why did he prick his thigh with an awl?" ”

The thin man replied casually: "I heard that he was reading bamboo slips, and he was sleepy from reading, so he took an awl to tie it." ”

"Well," Young Master Lu nodded again and again, "This story is good." When I get home later, I'll tell the old man. The old man forced me to read all day long, and I wanted him to see what was so good about reading like this. After a pause, he suddenly remembered something, and swept his eyes around, "I heard that there is a piano player in the teahouse these days, if he plays the piano, even the cattle and sheep will shed tears, but is there such a thing?" ”

The thin man nodded.

"What about people?" Young Master Lu looked around.

The thin man mouthed Nunu at the door, and everyone looked at it in unison. Young Master Lu raised his eyes and saw an old man in ragged clothes curled up there.

The old man's eyelids twinked a few times, and he struggled to his feet.

Seeing that it was an old beggar, Young Master Lu frowned slightly, and said to himself: "I am a decent piano master, why am I a beggar for food?" Then he turned his head to look at the thin man, as if he didn't believe it, "That luthier is this person?" ”

The thin man nodded again.

Young Master Lu frowned again, and opened his mouth to shout: "Hey, old fellow, Young Master Ben only listened to this strange incident, and almost forgot about it." The old man of my family heard that you played the piano very well, and asked Young Master Ben to invite you to the house to play a few songs," he said, took out a handful of cloth coins from his sleeve, raised his hand and threw it to the old man, "This is a reward, you order it!" ”

The violinist didn't seem to hear it, didn't pay attention to it, and didn't look at the copper coins in that place, but just got up and stood up with difficulty.

The thin man got up and went over to hold the luthier.

The luthier glanced at him, bent down to pick up the case, held it in his arms, and walked out step by step.

Young Master Lu was anxious, got up and took a few steps forward: "Old guy... No, no, no, old man, stop!" ”

The pianist still ignored him and walked forward.

Young Master Lu chased a few more steps and shouted, "Old man, this young master will reward you with one or two gold!" No, three or two! ”

The luthier still didn't pause.

Young Master Lu was stunned, stomped his feet violently, and spat at the back of the pianist: "I'm phew!" You old thing, you don't know how to lift! ”

In the main grass hall of the Yaoshan Mo family camp, several ink scholars sat and meditated with the nest.

"Judging from the situation in various places," said the confessor who sat at the head of the house, "the big countries have temporarily ceased to exist, and there are a few small countries that are making trouble at the moment, Wei, Song, Zhongshan and Bashu. Wei Jun died violently, became a prince, the prince was in power, the prince was abolished, the prince was the king, and the prince was the king, and the prince ran to Liang. After the queen of Qi and Weixiang, Song Gongyan proclaimed himself king, whipped the heavens and the earth, ** the palace, caused chaos in the court, attacked the weak in Sishang, and caused Chu, Qi, and Wei to look sideways. Hearing that the Duke of Song was called the king, Zhongshan Jun was unwilling to be lonely, and also issued an edict to the south, but his edict was issued only five days ago, and he was warned by Zhao and Yan, and Zhongshan Jun abolished the throne. The king of Ba was frustrated by the marquis and plotted for Shu, and Ba and Shu quarreled and used swords. Zhao State Fengyang Jun dictatorship, Zhao Hou dissatisfied, Yan State Gongzi Yu coveted the throne of the prince, recruited troops in Wuyang, and formed a force..."

"Got it." Sui Chaozi obviously didn't want to hear this, waved his hand to stop him, and stared at the Xuazi, "I heard that Sun Bin had an accident, what's going on?" ”

Gaozi looked at Qu Jiangzi.

"Report to the giant," Qu Jiangzi replied, "Someone framed Sun Bin for rebellion, and was sentenced to death by King Wei, and his injuries were healed, but Sun Bin somehow went crazy!" ”

"Torture?" With the nest gasped, staring at Qu Jiangzi.

All the inkers were surprised, and they all stared at Qu Jiangzi. Qu Jiangzi then briefly described how Pang Juan invited Sun Bin to go down the mountain, how Guiguzi renamed Sun Bin for Sun Bin, how Sun Bin was framed, how Pang Juan saved him, and how the King of Wei sentenced Sun Bin to prison.

"Who framed him?" Song Zhao said angrily.

"It will be sentenced," Qu Jiangzi responded, "The one who framed him should be Pang Juan!" ”

The crowd was shocked again.

Close your eyes with the nest, for a long time, and let out a long sigh.

"Giant," Qu Jiangzi said worriedly, "Sun Bin is still in Pang Juan's mansion, just like a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, if he is not rescued in time, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

"He's a madman who healed from his torture?" The nest looked up and stared at him and asked.

"Yes." Qu Jiangzi responded.

With the nest closed his eyes again, pondering for a while, muttering, as if talking to himself, and as if to say to the inkers: "Pang Juan invited Sun Bin to go down the mountain, Guiguzi changed Sun Bin's name, Sun Bin was framed, Pang Juan interceded in the court, and the King of Wei sentenced him to prison..." ”

"What are you protecting," Song Zhao said hurriedly, "Go to a few more people, just save him!" ”

"No," Qu Jiangzi replied, "The big beam is the capital of Wei, Sun Bin is in Pang Juan's hands, Pang Juan must be well guarded, and Sun Bin can't walk, even if he is rescued, it will be difficult to take it away." If there is a slight difference, it may affect Sun Bin! ”

Song Zhao smacked his tongue.

Sui Chaozi looked at the accusator: "Is there any rumor about Su Qin?" ”

"Yes." The confessor responded, "Su Qin has already gone home." ”

"When did you come back?"

"It didn't take long."

Brush the whiskers again with the nest.

"According to rumors, Su Zi said that Qin could not succeed, he returned to his hometown in frustration, and the Zhou people passed on him..."

"What's wrong with him?" Keep an eye on him with the nest.

"It's rumored that he is just like Sun Bin," the confessor pointed to his heart, "This is broken." ”

Wake up with the nest and close your eyes.

"Alas," for a long time, he sighed heavily with the nest, "The old man originally thought that among the four disciples raised by Mr. Guigu, I watched Pang Juan, only murderous intent, I watched Zhang Yi, only cleverness, and it was Sun and Su who could be great, but it was Pang and Zhang who stirred the world!" ”

"Hey," Song Zhao stomped hard, "Mr. Guigu is good anywhere, only the disciple can't figure out the matter of accepting apprentices." Since you accepted Sun Bin and Su Qin, why did you want to accept Pang Juan and Zhang Yi again? Could it be that they are deliberately causing trouble? ”

The casual words of the confessor were like a wisp of coolness, and he struck a stir with the nest, and turned to Qu Jiangzi: "Qu Jiang, send another person to guard Su Qin!" Remember, don't bother him and make sure he doesn't have a big deal! ”

"Listen to the giant!"

The sun was setting, and it was dark.

Su Qin was still sitting quietly in the grass shed. Hei crouched in the doorway, his eyes fixed on him.

Su Qin raised his head slightly, looked at Ah Hei, and called softly, "Ah Hei? ”

Hei stood up and walked over with his tail wagging.

Su Qin stretched out his hand. Ah Hei greeted him and licked it one after another.

Su Qin patted its head and pointed to the ground: "Sit down and talk to me for a while." ”

Ah Hei whined twice, squatted down, and stared at Su Qin with both eyes.

"Ah Hei," Su Qin said slowly, "Mr. said, 'If you don't use it, you can't do it.'" 'Ahei, do you know why?' In the past few days, I have studied it repeatedly, thought about it again, and said that Qin's policy is completely in line with the way taught by Mr. Qin, you say, why did Qin Gong abandon it? ”

Ahei whined.

Xiao Xi'er walked outside the grass hut and was about to enter the house, when she suddenly heard Su Qin's voice from inside, she was taken aback and flashed on the side of the door.

"Ah Hei," Su Qin's tone seemed to be in the Ghost Valley with Zhang Yi, "Mr. once said that governing the world begins with governing the heart, and governing the heart begins with controlling chaos. Under today's party, there are only two ways to control chaos, or the world will be unified, or the princes will be at peace. The princes of the world have their own desires, and it is very difficult for them to be at peace, so my brother and I are determined to be unified. Looking at the world, the only people who can achieve this merit are Qin and Chu, and my brother goes to Chu, I can only go to Qin, I want to assist Qin Gong to achieve this great cause, but Xianyang and his party make me puzzled. Ahei, have you figured it out? What the? Have you figured it out? You mean that the heart of the king is unpredictable? Yes, the gentleman's heart is unpredictable. I watched what Qin Gong did and knew that he had great ambitions. The king's ambition is nothing more than to dominate the four seas and reign over the world. I said it with a unified policy, I should be right in the middle, but I don't want to lose again and again, what is the reason? ”

Ah Hei screamed twice in a row.

"What?" Su Qin stared at Ah Hei in surprise, "You mean, I said it wrong, Duke Qin doesn't have the heart to dominate the world?" He let out a long laugh, "Hahahaha, you're wrong. I have watched the world for a long time, the three kings of Chu, Wei, and Qi either have no such heart, and the kings of the countries may not have this heart, but the Duke of Qin, this heart must be carried out! ”

Hei whined again.

"Actually, Ah Hei, why doesn't Gong Qin use me, I have already figured it out. On the way back from Xiaoqin Village, I figured it out. What have I figured out? What I figured out was that Duke Qin had only one heart, that is, to annex the world. How did I figure it out? It's just reading this book. Su Qin picked up the "Book of Shang Jun" from the ground and shook it loudly, "People say that it was Shang Jun who was strong, and the first Qin Duke was bewitched by Gongsun Ying's clever words, so he reused him, listened to him, and the six relatives did not recognize it, and they were bent on changing the law." After reading this book, I realized that it was false. Shang Jun is just a chess piece, and Qin Gong is the one who really plays chess! The Shang monarch's change of law is not conducive to the people of Qin, and only benefits the widow. However, as a widow, he has enjoyed the benefits of the Qin people, and the Duke of Qin can be said to have everything, so why should he change the law? Let me tell you, Ah Hei, the Duke of Qin changed the law not for himself, but for his children and grandchildren, and for the descendants of the Qin family to enjoy the benefits of the world for all generations. What the? Enjoy the benefits of the world? Isn't the benefit of the Qin State enough? Hehehehe, Ahhei, you're ignorant, aren't you? Don't you know, whether it is the Duke of Qin or the Duke of Qin, they all have a great appetite, and they also think a lot, they want to follow the example of King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou, annex the world, and build an immortal industry! The first saint said: 'If you want to do it, you will open it; If you want to be weak, you will be strong; If you want to abolish it, you will rejuvenate it; If you want to take it, you will do it. "The heart of Duke Qin to annex the world cannot be revealed to the world, but Su Qin and I... Alas, don't talk about this, it's all tears when you talk too much, it's me Su Qin who is making a mistake..."

Su Qin's voice paused. Xu is thought of the embarrassment in the political arena and the hardships of escaping, Su Qin choked up.

Su Qin's choked up became louder and louder.

Hei let out a series of whining sounds in response to his choking.

Xiao Xi'er, who was standing outside the door, was stupid, she didn't walk, she didn't enter, she froze there.

"Ahhei," I don't know how long I cried, Su Qin stopped choking, shook the bamboo slip in his hand a few times, and then nagged, "See, this is the book I read." It was written by Shang Jun and is called "Shang Jun Book". For many days and nights, it kept me awake and I couldn't sleep all night. You must be asking, what the hell is this? Yes, it's a ghost, because it's a ghost in every word. Before I went to Qin, I read it, how I read it, how I thought it was amiable, as if it was written specifically for me. After leaving Qin, I read it, how I read it, how I thought it was terrifying, as if it was a terrible ghost. Ahhei, have you ever seen a ghost? It's the kind of evil ghost that specializes in sucking blood, and it doesn't spit out bones when it eats people! You must want to say, isn't it just a roll of bamboo slips with words written on it, I don't think it's scary! Ah, you don't understand this. Shang Jun didn't write words, it was how he wanted to govern the world. Yes, the world is too messy, too bad, too much to be governed. Shang Jun wanted to govern, and Shang Jun came up with a whole set of plans to govern. Wouldn't it be great, you say? This is very good, but... This is only good for one person, and this person is Qin Gong! For the people of the Qin State and the people of the world, it will be a nightmare! Again, what is the nightmare? Alas..."

Su Qin's voice stopped again.

Time passed little by little. Xiao Xi'er suddenly remembered the food in her hand, took a step forward, raised her hand and was about to knock on the door, when Su Qin's voice sounded again. Xiao Xi'er was stunned and returned to her.

"Alas," Su Qin sighed, "Ahi, you haven't been to the Qin Kingdom, you don't know the power of Shang Jun's law." To tell you the truth, I wandered around Xianyang for a few days, and what I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears is completely different from hearsay. Although the Qin people say that they do not close their doors at night, the people have no selfish fighting, and they look peaceful on the surface, but everyone is afraid of the law, monitors each other, reports to each other, even if there is nothing to do, every household is in danger, everyone protects themselves, if something happens, the father and son do not recognize, the husband and wife are not close, the neighbors turn against each other, the treacherous and evil are treacherous, and the loyal and good suffer from it. One person committed a crime, and the door was full of people, and there were countless innocent victims, even babies and children could not escape. Breaking the law should be punished, but what is the crime of infants? The people of the whole country, eat a mile, wear a color, enjoy a job, read a book, and do a master, resulting in a hundred industries are not prosperous, a hundred colors are disgraced, a hundred pleasures cannot be afforded, and a hundred gifts are not done. Ah, if you were a human being, would it make sense for you to live like this? He stood up suddenly, and raised his voice an octave, "Subjects of the Qin State, subjects of the world, is it meaningful to live like this all your life?" Does it make sense—" As if hysterical, he lunged to the wall and banged his head against it.

Xiao Xi'er was terrified. Xiao Xi'er couldn't understand what Su Qin was saying, thinking that Su Qin was crazy, she pushed open the door, raised her feet and broke into the house, staring at Su Qin in a daze.

When Hei saw the hostess, he whined and screamed, shook his head and shook his tail to meet him.

The sound of breaking the door and Ah Hei's reaction startled Su Qin.

Su Qin turned her head and looked at the woman who came unexpectedly, shocked, and her mania also made her wash away.

The two looked at each other.

After a while, Su Qin calmed down, returned to reality, looked at her and said slowly, "Why are you..." ”

Seeing that Su Qin was no different, Xiao Xi'er was stunned, and suddenly realized her recklessness, and stammered awkwardly: "Xi'er..."

Su Qin stared at her coldly: "Didn't you say it, just let my mother send it?" ”

Xiao Xi'er gradually calmed down: "Mother, I can't get out, so I told Xi'er to send it." ”

Su Qin said coldly: "Take it back, I'm not hungry." ”

Xiao Xi'er knelt down and begged with tears: "Husband..."

Su Qin waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, okay, stay and leave." ”

Xiao Xi'er seemed to have an iron heart, but she didn't move, crying: "Husband..."

Su Qin frowned: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Xiao Xi'er kowtowed and couldn't cry: "The birth of the Su Dai family gave birth to a doll." ”

"Oh," Su Qin nodded, "I know." ”

Xiao Xi'er still knocked her head on the ground and refused to move.

Su Qin was stunned: "I know, you go back." ”

Xiao Xi'er kowtowed again, and her voice became more and more choked: "Husband, husband, Su Dai's family, gave birth to a baby." ”

Almost suddenly, Su Qin felt the meaning of Xiao Xi'er's words, and his expression was shocked.

Xiao Xi'er didn't seem to feel it, and still muttered and repeated: "Su Dai's family gave birth to a doll..."

Su Qin thought for a while, lit the oil lamp, studied the ink, picked up the pen, removed a piece of unwritten from the bamboo slip, and lay there to write.

After writing, Su Qin read it carefully and handed it to Xiao Xi'er: "If you take this, you can give birth to a doll." ”

Xiao Xi'er took the bamboo slice, looked at the words on it, couldn't recognize any of them, and asked in confusion: "Husband, what is this?" ”

"It's a letter of resignation." Su Qin's tone was cold, "You take it, rush back to your parents' house tomorrow, and beg your Ah Da to find another family for you, won't you give birth to a doll?" ”

"Husband—" Xiao Xi'er screamed and fainted to the ground.

It was late at night, and the Su family's compound was dark.

Su Dai's milk came the next day, and Xiao Nian Shun'er ate to her heart's content and slept soundly. The others also fell asleep one after another.

Su Yao didn't sleep.

Su Yao quietly stood by Su Hu's couch, listening alertly with his two ears.

"He's big," Su Yao pushed Su Hu, "How many more?" ”

"Three watches."

"Look like this, it looks like it's done." Su Yao was happy.

"Alas," Su Hu sighed, "This second boy, let me die blindly!" ”

"He's big, Qin Er is not a heartless person." Su Yao argued in a low voice, "A few days ago, I heard that he pierced his thigh with an awl, and I was scared to death, thinking he was crazy, but when I went in and looked, he was studying there, and it was good to see everywhere." I asked him why he prick his leg with an awl, and he said that he wouldn't get sleepy after a few punctures. Alas, you said that this Qin Er, who stayed in that broken shed all day long, had nothing to do, and couldn't sleep for a while when he was sleepy, and he used his thighs to practice, so I couldn't figure it out. ”

"Where's the awl?"

"Let me get it back."

"This kid doesn't cry when he doesn't see the coffin, it's all like this, his heart is not dead, he is still dreaming of wealth and wealth, do you say he is in a hurry?"

"If he gets along with Xiao Xi'er tonight, maybe it's a hundred, and everything will be fine."

"You're right," Su Hu nodded, "Xiao Xi'er married into our family, no matter what she said, she had to give someone an explanation." I guess that this kid is not a god, and if he has held it for so long, he should also be human. As long as this thing is done, Xiao Xi'er can have a joy, even if I die, my eyes can be closed. ”

Su Yao was about to reply, when footsteps came from the courtyard.

Su Yao knew that Xiao Xi'er was back, so he held his breath and listened attentively.

The footsteps are heavy, as if they are moving one step at a time.

Su Yao's heart twitched, looked at Su Hu, saw that he was also listening, and whispered: "He's big, why is her pace so slow?" ”

"Don't hurt it, do you?" Su Hu said thoughtfully.

"Go, go!" Su Yao took a bite at him, "I'm in my twenties, and I'm not a baby, what can I hurt?" ”

"Where do you want to go?" Su Hu glanced at her, "I mean her lame." ”

While speaking, Xiao Xi'er had moved back to her yard.

Su Yao couldn't rest assured, slipped down, opened the door, and quietly walked to Xiao Xi'er's courtyard.

The courtyard door was open. Su Yao crouched at the door and listened.

There was a sound of mourning in the room, followed by a tearing of silk.

Su Yao was thinking about why she tore the silk, and there was a "clang" sound from inside, obviously something hard had fallen to the ground. Su Yao suddenly realized something, pounced over, and pushed the door hard.

The door is not latched.

Su Yao rushed to the back room and saw that Xiao Xi'er's neck was hanging a set of silk silk that she had just made, and the person was already hanging from the beam.

Su Yao picked up her two legs and shouted in a trembling voice: "Xi'er, what are you... While trying his best to support her, he shouted outward, "Li'er, Dai'er, come on!" ”

Su Dai, Su Li, Su Li's wife and others heard the scream, hurried over, and rescued Xiao Xi'er with all hands and feet.

Because Su Yao's support was timely, Xiao Xi'er was just holding back her ears and blushing, far from being out of breath, holding a piece of bamboo tightly in her hand.

Su Dai took a look at it, it was a letter of resignation written by Su Qin to her.

Su Yao helped Xiao Xi'er to lie down on the couch, didn't dare to leave, and rested with Xiao Xi'er.

Su Dai and Su Li saw that the matter was getting bigger, so they had to walk into the hall, kneel in front of Su Hu's couch, and briefly tell Xiao Xi'er about finding death. Su Dai hesitated, took out Su Qin's letter of resignation, and lit it up at him.

"What's written?" Su Hu stared at the bamboo slip.

"I..."

"Huh? Don't you brag about knowing words? ”

"I can't recognize it all!" Su Dai looked embarrassed.

"Recognize a few is a few, read!"

"Leave the book!" Su Dai said, "From now on, Xuanli Su Qin will retire, his wife, remarry, and establish this deposit."

Su Hu's face was blue and he gasped for breath.

"Ah?"

Su Hu relieved himself, closed his eyes, and burst into tears: "Don't make Lao Tzu angry, he... ”

"Ah Da," Su Dai hesitated, "Second brother is afraid that it is..."

Su Hu opened his eyes and stared at him.

"It's rumored outside, the second brother is afraid, I'm afraid I'm going to get hysteria!"

Su Hu turned his head to Su Li: "Li'er! ”

Su Li responded: "Yes." ”

"Alas," Su Hu sighed, "Look at this, the second boy is really sick of this disease." When the day dawns, you go to the royal city to find a doctor who can cure hysteria, and you can cure the disease if you say anything. ”

"Li'er knows."

In the shack, Su Qinxi sat on the ground, still meditating.

A clay bowl is full of rice porridge, and there are two chopsticks on the bowl, and two pancakes and two green onions are on the chopsticks, which were sent by Xiao Xi'er last night. The pancakes and rice porridge have long been cold.

Su Qin didn't feel hungry.

Su Qin looked at the earthen wall.

On the wall hung a log board, the size of a sieve. There are two lines of words written on the board, and the upper line is: "Settle down, establish a life, and the world is peaceful." The next line: "Requested: The world is flat." Done: Marquis Yue. Basis: Golden Seal. Underneath the two lines of words, there is a big word "chaos".

Su Qin's gaze was locked on the word "chaos", as if he wanted to see it through.

Hei crouched a few steps away, staring at the two pancakes.

Ah Hei smacked his lips a few times, and his throat grunted, obviously swallowing saliva.

Su Qin moved his gaze back and stared at Ah Hei: "Ah Hei! ”

Hei let out a "whin" and walked in front of him with his tail wagging.

"Squat."

Hei squatted.

"What are you staring at?"

Hei stood up, wagged his tail, licked his stinky feet, and responded to him flatteringly.

"Don't just stare at those two loaves, you have to solve a few doubts about me, my good Ah Hei!"

Ah Hei rubbed against his body.

"You want to tell me, is it a frustration for me to say that Qin can't succeed?"

Ah Hei "whined" twice and tilted his head to look at him.

"Ah, a setback! Ahei, you... you have to think clearly, don't just look at the appearance, learn from the laypeople outside. I think that it is a frustration for me to go to Qin in a brocade coat and flee back in a coarse cloth shirt, so why is there no other possibility? Oh, you don't mean that? Hey, don't that mean what are you doing with your tail wagging? You should shake your head! Oh, you don't shake your head, you just wag your tail. Well, even if you wag your tail counts as shaking your head. Tell me, why is it not a bad thing for me to come out of a bad school and come back from a bad situation? Hey, you're nodding! Tell me, why are you nodding? Oh, you don't know, you don't know anything, well, since you don't, stick your ears out and listen to me! ”

Ahei moved forward, tilted his head, and stared at him.

"I'll tell you!" Su Qin stood up and paced back and forth as he spoke freely, "Duke Qin's insistence on pursuing the law of the Shang Monarch will only lead to one ending, the conquest of killing power. If the Qin people only know how to plough and war, and do not educate, in the long run, they will lose their compassion, and they will become a weapon of murder. The country of beasts, doing the things of birds and beasts, taking pleasure in fighting and killing people, who in the world can be the enemy? The world is invincible, and Qin will be unified. The world is all Qin, all the people in the world practice the Qin law, all become murderous weapons, all do the things of birds and beasts, and they all take pleasure in fighting and killing.

Hei ran over and grabbed him by the hem of his shirt to stop him from hitting the wall.

"Woohoo, my Ahei," Su Qin cried a few times, "Those who kill will commit suicide, and those who are strong will destroy themselves, this is the principle of the Tao." The Qin people fought in all directions, destroyed the world, and destroyed themselves. And if I, Su Qin, stay in such a country of beasts, I will also become a weapon of murder, and I will take pleasure in killing people, and I will help and abuse them, and I will do the things that beasts and beasts do..."

Hei let go of his shirt and whined in response.

"Ah Hei," Su Qin squatted down, pulled Ah Hei's head, and looked at Ah Hei's eyes with both eyes, "Tell me, tell me quickly, what should I do?" What should I do, Ahei? With a crying voice, "Ahhei, for dozens of days and nights, I tried my best to stab the strand with a cone, and I tried hard to crack it, but I still couldn't think of a plan!" After that, he walked quickly to a few volumes of books, picked up the Book of Shang Jun, "I really want to eat it bite by bite!" ”

Su Qin opened his mouth to bite the bamboo slip, and his hard teeth bit on the hard bamboo piece, making a gurgling sound.

Seeing Su Qin eating bamboo slips, Ah Hei followed, wagging his tail, Xu was also hungry, and aimed at the pancakes placed on the pottery bowl. Su Qin caught a glimpse, picked up a piece of bread, and handed it to Ah Hei. Ah Hei choked with a "woo", and excitedly rubbed Su Qin's legs back and forth to express his gratitude.

"Alas," Su Qin gently stroked Ah Hei, smiled bitterly, and shook his head, "You greedy Ah Hei, the road to peace in the world, Mr. gave two ways, one is the unification of the world, and the other is peace among the princes." The road to unification cannot be taken, what do you think I should do? The princes of the world are all like you, a piece of pancake is enough to make them mingle, how can we get rid of their desires, compromise with each other, reconcile, and live in harmony? Even if the Central Plains countries have this sincerity, are the Qin people who are bent on fighting willing? If the Qin people refuse, the battle will not stop..."

Hei no longer looked at him, nor listened to what he had to say, but took the pancake to the door, hugged it with his two front paws, and devoured it with relish.

Su Qin glanced at it, gave a light sigh, walked to the wall, took off the round board, rested on the ground, and sat down in front of the board.

What caught his eye was the other side of the board, on which were the nineteen chess games he had sketched roughly.

This is the chess game that Guiguzi put in front of him and Zhang Yi before leaving the mountain.

Su Qin stared at the chess game, his eyes gradually closed, and then entered meditation.

Xuanli Village, the rising sun rises in the east.

Su Li ate breakfast, picked up a few pieces of pancakes, and hurried out.

Su Li waded across Yishui, walked onto the embankment, and took a big stride in the direction of Wangcheng. After walking for more than two miles, Su Li saw something crawling on the side of the road twenty steps ahead, and when he looked closer, it was an old man.

The old man was none other than a pianist who came all the way from Henan Yi.

The luthier could no longer walk, and was struggling to crawl forward. The luthier reached forward and grabbed the ground, dragging a wooden box with his other hand containing his instrument.

At first glance, it was warm and cold, but the pianist's clothes were single, and a pair of old hands who had just experienced a harsh winter cracked out a few bloody wounds.

Su Li's heart trembled, and he stepped forward quickly, and the violinist sat up: "Old man, it doesn't matter to you, right?" ”

The luthier gave him a smile and pointed to his mouth.

Su Li looked at his mouth, and a few bloody wounds also cracked.

Su Li took out the water bladder and handed it to his mouth. The pianist took a few sips, smacked his lips a few times, and arched his hand with difficulty, his voice hoarse: "Young man, thank you for being old!" ”

Su Li sensed that the violinist was hungry, so he took out the pancake and handed it over.

The cake was freshly baked in the morning, and it was placed in Su Li's pocket, and it was still hot. The violinist trembled his hand to pick it up, connected it a few times, and his fingers seemed to freeze the long cold night, and he couldn't hold it.

"Old man," Su Li took off his coat, "you put on this!" Without saying anything, he took off the violinist's tattered clothes, which could not stop the wind at all, and put his coat on him.

The pianist gave him a smile and arched his hand: "Thank you!" ”

Su Li put the cake in his mouth, and the violinist chewed hard.

The luthier took a few bites and choked.

Su Li hurriedly handed over the water bladder again.

After the pianist finished drinking, he gave him another smile.

Su Li said without worry: "Old man, where are you... ”

"The old man wants to go to the Xuanli," the pianist pointed ahead, "and said that he had arrived in Yishui in the past." ”

Su Li pointed to Xuanli Village a little south on the other side of the river: "Old man, look, it's that village." ”

The luthier looked at the village and nodded, "Thank you." ”

Su Li looked at Yi Shui behind him, and then looked at the pianist: "Old man, the water is shallow this time, there is no ferry, you want to wade in the water, I'll send you over!" ”

The pianist snorted again: "Thank you, young man." ”

The violinist nibbled a few mouthfuls of bread and drank a few sips of water, Su Li took his box and wanted to carry him, but the violinist struggled to stand up. Xu was dressed warmly, and after eating some food, the pianist actually stood up.

Su Li helped the violinist to Yishui, carried him down the embankment, and came to the water's edge.

Su Li took off his shoes, pulled up his skirt, put the piano master on his back, carried the piano box, and waded into the water. Because it was February, the river was cold, but it was extremely shallow, and the deepest part was no more than knee-deep. After a while, Su Li had already carried the violinist over Yishui.

Su Li asked while putting on his shoes: "Old man, whose house do you want to go to, and the younger generation will send you." ”

"Thank you, young man," replied the luthier, "and the old man was about to ask you." There is a Su Shizi who said that he lives in this village. ”

In Xuanli Village, his family was surnamed Su, and Su Li heard that he must be asking Su Qin, so he arched his hand and asked, "What the old man said was Su Qin?" ”

The luthier nodded.

"It's really a coincidence, Su Qin is the younger brother."

The violinist was also stunned, and said happily: "It's a coincidence!" I heard that Su Shizi is sick, but is there such a thing? ”

Su Li was taken aback, stared at him, and said, "Hey, the second brother's illness was only told by the third brother last night, how did he know?" Also, who is he? How could he know the second brother? Seeing that the violinist was still looking at him, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Yes." The younger brother is sick, and the younger generation is going to Wangcheng to ask for a doctor for the younger brother. ”

"What's wrong?"

Su Li pointed to his heart and then to his fingers: "I think it's not good, I heard people say it's hysteria." Old man, you are..."

"Hehehe," the violinist smiled, "if this is the case, you don't have to go to the royal city to look for it." The old decay came here to diagnose and treat Su Shizi's hysteria! ”

Su Li was pleasantly surprised, knelt on the ground and bowed a few times: "The younger generation will thank the old man for his brother!" ”

"Where is Su Shizi now?"

"It's in the grass shed next to the threshing floor in the north of the village. The old man, first go to the house to drink hot soup, and then it is not too late to diagnose him. ”

"No need." The pianist shook his head, "The old man will tell you that if you want to cure Su Shizi's illness, you have to follow the old man." ”

"Old man, please speak."

"Don't tell your family, you can't tell anyone, and you can't tell Su Shizi. All you have to do is point out to the old man where the grass shed is, and that's it. ”

Su Li was stunned at first, and then nodded: "Okay, the younger generation depends on the old man." ”

The sky is dark and sunk, the sky is full of stars, and the crescent moon is slanting.

Su Qin was meditating on himself, and a piano sound sounded in the distance, returning to silence.

However, although it was only one voice, Su Qin's body and mind trembled, and he listened with bated breath.

After another while, the sound of the piano came intermittently, sometimes far and sometimes near, sometimes high and sometimes low, such as trembling, such as ethereal, such as silk, like a cool wind poured into the heart, straight into the heart.

Su Qin's ears trembled slightly, and his entire body and mind were completely monopolized by the intermittent sound of the piano.

Su Qin was listening to himself, and the strings turned suddenly, like crying and complaining, and his voice was sad.

With the intermittent sound of the piano, one vivid scene after another gradually unfolded in front of Su Qin's eyes:

—The empty field, the cracked countryside, the howling north wind, a weather-beaten old artist dragged his heavy steps, carried a Guqin, and trekked with difficulty.

—On the loess slope, a scrawny woman pouts her ass and digs wild vegetables; At the head of the village, a half-year-old child led a few hungry and crying siblings to stand on a high slope, hoping that their mother would return soon.

— An old man and a young man begging from door to door, and every time they came to the door, they would kneel down and kowtow.

—The bride with a big belly looked at the brand-new tablet of her husband on the mourning hall and cried to the ground.

—Several old men push open a broken door and carry out the corpse of a lonely old man who has been dead for many days.

- In the market, two and a half girls have a straw on their backs, and a woman stands by them, wiping tears from time to time.

- On the battlefield, the corpses are scattered all over the place, no one is buried, and flocks of crows hover low in the air, landing on the rotting corpses, croaking and competing for food.

- In the open field of the village, the village is full of people, mostly the elderly, women and children; Li Zheng read the names one by one, and almost all of the people who came out of the crowd were half-grown children or old people who were over the age of six.

⋯⋯

Just when Su Qin's heart followed the compassionate and poignant sound of the piano, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly after a heart-rending cry.

Su Qin was suddenly startled, opened his eyes suddenly, and shouted: "Sir, sir..."

There was silence all around, as if there was no sound of the piano at all.

Ah Hei seemed to understand what Su Qin was looking for, and he jumped out with a "puff", screaming, and rushed in one direction. Su Qin followed closely behind Ah Hei, shouting as he ran: "Sir, sir, where are you?" ”

The only thing that answered him was the sound of the wind and the gurgling voice of Ahei running ahead.

Su Qin spread his legs and ran with Ah Hei. After running for a while, there was a chord sound of "bang" in front of me again, and then there was silence.

Ahei screamed even more happily.

Su Qin hurried over and finally found the pianist on the shore of Yishui a few miles away.

On a dirt slope by the embankment, the violinist stroking the piano with both hands and sitting majestically.

Su Qin slowed down his steps, knelt down a few steps away from the pianist, bowed a few times, and called softly: "Sir! ”

The luthier did not move, nor did he reply.

"Sir!" Su Qin shouted again.

The luthier still sat upright, not moving.

Su Qin got up, took a few steps forward, knelt down again, and knocked: "Sir, Su Qin will see you later!" ”

Still no reply.

Su Qin was stunned, knelt down in front of the piano master, and saw that his eyes were closed and he was already out of breath. Fang Cai's dull "bang" sound was the last sound he used to pop up.

Su Qin knelt on the ground and wept sadly: "Sir..."

A crescent moon hung crookedly in the western sky. The night breeze blew in, and there was not a hint of chill.

Su Qin looked around and saw that the position of this place was the highest, and the river made a bend here, overlooking the river valley. Su Qin looked at the river valley, whether it was upstream or downstream, it was all spacious and empty. Near the luthier are a few old trees and bunches of wattles.

It's really a treasure of feng shui.

Su Qin knew that this was the resting place that the violinist had found for himself. Su Qin went home, brought a shovel, carried the pianist to the side, and dug down one shovel after another where he was sitting.

The crescent moon fell, and the sky was dark and windy.

Su Qin dug shovel after shovel. The hole was dug deeper and deeper, and when it was time to get to Xu, Su Qin climbed out of the pit, hugged the violinist, and then placed the old piano that had accompanied him for many years in front of him, so that he would always maintain the posture of stroking the qin.

Su Qin bowed to him three times, jumped on the edge of the pit, and shoveled soil one by one.

A new tomb protrudes from the top of the riverside in the vast night.

Su Qin knelt down in front of the grave, staring at the new pile of soil with his eyes obsessively.

Beneath the new soil, sat the gentleman who used his life to pop out the sound for him.

Su Qin's tears fell.

Su Qin stretched out his hands, just like he did on the grass outside the Taixue piano room, playing on the new soil of the pianist.

Su Qin played the tune that the pianist had just played.

Su Qin played emotionally, and Su Qin's eyes surfaced the scenes he and the pianist had experienced:

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Outside the Taixue Gate, the old pianist who had been watching at the door for a long time slowly walked over, squatted down in front of him, picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and handed it to Su Qin: "Young man, write another word." Su Qincheng was terrified. The pianist pointed to the words written by Zhang Yi on the ground: "Just write that!" Su Qin wrote the word "fly". The pianist admired it and nodded slightly: "Young man, your handwriting is very good, especially the last two strokes, if you haven't worked hard, you really can't write!" Su Qin burst into tears.

Outside the Taixue Gate, Su Qin's five bodies fell to the ground, and his voice trembled: "Late, the younger generation begs, the younger generation begs, the younger generation, the first to beg, the younger brother, the younger brother, the disciple, the piano master, sighed: "Alas, if you are not old and decayed, you will not be accepted, but time has passed, and the piano is not enough to establish the world." Speaking of this, I almost forgot, the old man just shouted to stop you, it was this, let the Qin people stir up, and it was a mistake... You can have this luck, old man congratulations! ”

Outside the palace walls, the luthier plays the harp for the queen.

The voice of the pianist: "The old decay has been set up at the feet of the Son of Heaven for three years, and when the pianists of all countries heard the news, dozens of people followed, all of whom were undefeated under the old decay strings. The Son of Heaven is famous and invites the old man to play in the palace. After hearing this, the queen was very appreciative, and specially appointed Lao Yu as the court luthier, and later appointed Lao Yu to teach the two princesses the piano skills. The old decay is like climbing the clouds, fluttering and not knowing the height of the earth, so on this lintel wrote on the five big characters of "the world's first piano"... Since then, the old man went to Yunmeng Mountain three times, and Mr. Guigu refused to see him, and later left the old man with four big words, 'the heart moves the piano'. In the days and nights that followed, the old man had no distractions, only in the realization of Mr. Guigu's four words, 'the heart moves and the piano moves'! ”

There is a chariot parked in the small courtyard of the violinist, which is gorgeously decorated. A cloth bag in the car, in the bag are four small pieces of gold cakes, next to a bamboo slip, writing: "Buy six gold, decorate the car two gold." Yu Jin is here, please accept it. I wish my son a smooth journey and all his wishes come true. It's old and gone..."

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Su Qin stood up abruptly, strode back to the grass shed, found a wooden board, bit his fingers, and wrote the five big characters "The First Piano in the World" with his own blood, and inserted them into the grave.

Su Qin faced the wooden sign, knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, this is the place you have chosen, please rest in peace." "Bow a few times, your voice is choked," sir, what you said, Su Qin knows. What you saw, Su Qin also saw. What you heard, Su Qin also heard. ”

Su Qin slowly stood up, turned around, and strode over.

However, as soon as Su Qin took a few steps, there was a rustling wind behind him, followed by an even louder "pop". Hei seemed to see something and barked wildly.

Su Qin was startled, and hurriedly looked back, the wooden sign he had set up was pulled up by an unexpected whirlwind and put far aside.

Hei was still barking at the whirlwind.

Su Qin drank Ah Hei, walked back, picked up the sign, and bowed deeply to the whirlwind that was fading away: "Sir, you don't have to be too modest. What Su Qin heard last night can be called the first piano sound in the world, even if Mr. Guigu plays it, it is nothing more than that. With that, he inserted the sign back into the grave and bowed a few more times.

Before Su Qin could get up, an even bigger whirlwind hit Mupai again. Because Su Qin inserted it too deeply, although the wooden sign was not pulled up, it was blown crooked to one side.

Su Qin looked up and saw a dead branch about the thickness of an egg not far away, walked over and picked it up.

Su Qin walked to the front of the wooden sign with the branch, measured it, held both ends firmly, and slammed it towards his knee.

There was a crisp "click", and the branch was broken in two.

Su Qin held a dead branch in one hand, and weighed which supporting wooden card was more appropriate. Looking at it, Su Qin's eyes flashed with essence, and he put the two folded branches together, and then knocked them towards his knees. Xu is too strong, Su Qin covered his knees with his hands, grinning in pain, but the two branches in his hands were still the same.

Su Qin stared at the branch, stunned there.

After a while, Su Qin threw away one section, only knocked one of them, and the branch broke again.

Su Qin searched around like crazy, picked up a large number of dead branches of different thicknesses, and concocted them in the same way, first breaking them individually, then folding them together in two, then folding them together in three sections, then folding them together in four sections, and then breaking them in five sections. Even the thinnest branches, as long as they are put together, doubles in strength, merges to a certain extent, and even if they use all their might, they will continue to break it.

Su Qin's heart was like a beam of light, and all the confusion in the past few days was quietly dissolved in this realization.

Yes, a single branch is easy to break, and it is difficult to sing in a lonely hand, this is common sense that even a three-year-old child understands. However, it was this common sense that made Su Qin realize the way to govern the world in an instant. Su Qin excitedly picked up the dead branch that he had broken into pieces and threw it into the air. Sections of dead branches drifted down with the morning breeze in front of and behind the grave.

Su Qin slowly knelt down towards the grave and kowtowed a few times: "Mr. Xie showed me the way to be at peace with the world." ”

After worshipping, Su Qin got up, spit a few mouthfuls of spit into the palm of his hand, rubbed a few rubs, picked up a shovel to pick up the new soil on the grave, and buried the wooden sign of "the first piano in the world" deep into it, and then carefully piled up the new soil.

Su Qin inspected the grave for a while, felt very satisfied, knelt down, bowed again, and said, "Sir, even if Mr. Guigu is here, he will allow you this brand." Since you don't want to make a statement, the late life also obeys your wishes, buries the brand in the soil, and lets it accompany you forever. ”

Su Qin knelt at the grave for a while, got up, clapped his hands, took a big stride, and walked confidently towards the village not far away.

The unkempt Su Qin walked into the village with a radiant face, and Ah Hei jumped up and down beside him. A group of children were playing at the edge of the village, and when they saw Su Qin coming from a distance, an older child shouted: "Run, run, madman!" ”

All the children were scattered, but Tianshun'er was stunned, looking at Su Qin timidly.

Ah Hei jumped up to Tian Shun'er, licked him, and had fun around him. Tian Shun'er ignored it, and only stared at Su Qin without blinking.

Su Qin walked over, squatted down, stretched out his arms, and whispered, "Tianshun'er!" ”

"Uncle Zhong." Tianshun'er took a step forward and shouted timidly.

Su Qin smiled slightly and hugged him up: "Tianshun'er, go, go home with Uncle Zhong." ”

The eldest child ran to the courtyard of the Su family as if he was flying, shouting as he ran: "Oh no, the madman took Tianshun'er away!" ”

Di Shun'er, Niuniu and a few other children were not afraid of Su Qin, and followed him not far away.

Su Qin hadn't gotten home before he hugged Tianshun'er, and the neighbors had already surrounded him. No one spoke, and everyone opened their eyes and stared at the uncle and nephew.

Su Li and Su Dai, who were repairing farm tools in the courtyard, walked out of the courtyard door when they heard the sound, and before they could speak, Su Li's wife had already rushed out of the stove room, and when she saw Su Qin holding Tianshun'er in her arms, she was stupid, she was stunned for a long time, knelt down on the ground, and stammered in horror: "He, his Uncle Zhong, don't... Tianshun'er, come down!" ”

Seeing her mother kneeling like this, Tianshun'er didn't know what was going on, slipped out of Su Qin's arms, and walked towards her mother. Su Li's wife flew out desperately and hugged Tianshun'er in her arms, as if he had just escaped from the tiger's mouth.

Su Qin glanced at her, walked over with a calm demeanor, and said to Su Li, "Big brother." ”

Seeing that he had recovered from his madness, Su Li replied, "Second brother." There was concern in his eyes, "What about the old man?" ”

"Old man?" Su Qin heard that he was referring to the violinist, and asked rhetorically, "How does the eldest brother know about him?" ”

Su Li was stunned, and had no choice but to say, "It's the eldest brother who carried him over Yishui." ”

"Brother Xie." Su Qin saluted Su Li again, and said without worry, "The old man, he is gone." ”

"Second brother," Su Li was anxious, "how can you let the old man go?" He came specifically to treat the second brother, and the second brother was cured, no matter what, we have to thank the old man. ”

Su Qin lowered his head and walked into the courtyard silently.

Su Li's wife glanced at Su Qin suspiciously, pulled Tianshun'er with one hand, and pulled Shun'er with the other, and turned away. Su Dai also saw that Su Qin was completely well and returned to normal, so he hurriedly chased two steps and said excitedly: "Second brother, I have to tell you a happy event." ”

Su Qin arched his hand and congratulated: "The third brother is happy with your son, and the second brother is congratulating!" ”

Su Dai was quite surprised: "Second brother, do you know everything?" ”

"Yes," Su Qin smiled slightly, "I didn't know yesterday, but I know everything today." ”

Seeing that Su Qin's hysteria was completely eliminated, Su Yao couldn't help but be overjoyed, and stood at the door of the stove room and wiped his tears with his clothes.

Su Qin walked over, knelt on the ground and knocked: "Mother..."

Su Yaoshi burst into tears: "Qin'er, you're finally back." ”

"Mother..."

Su Yao pulled him up: "Qin'er, hurry, look forward to your Ah Da." ”

Su Qin walked into the hall, lifted the door curtain, and slowly knelt down in front of Su Hu's couch.

I haven't seen him for more than a month, Su Hu is getting older and older, his eyes have lost their luster, and he looks muddy and a little sluggish.

Su Qin bowed several times: "Unfilial son Su Qin knocked to see Ah Da!" ”

Su Hu slowly focused his gaze on Su Qin, nodded slightly, and turned to Su Yao's who was standing behind him: "Boil the pot of hot water and let Qin Er take a bath." ”

Su Yaoshi let out an "um" and walked out with tears in his eyes.

For the first time in his life, Su Qin felt the love of his loving father, his heart was sour, his eyes were red, and he trembled: "Ah Da..."

Su Hu stared at Su Qin, as if he had seen through his internal organs: "It seems that you are leaving again." ”

Su Qin hesitated and nodded.

Su Hu buried his face inward, for a long time, after a heavy sigh: "Where to go?" ”

"Handan."

After a long time, Su Hu sighed again: "Alas, your heart is strong, Ah Da can't help you!" After sighing, he stretched out his hand that was still able to move under the pillow, took out a title deed, and handed it over, "This is twenty acres of dry land, Ah Da is unable to plant it, you can take it." ”

Su Qin stared at his father in amazement, unable to believe that this was true.

Su Hu repeated: "Take it!" ”

Su Qin took the title deed with both hands, carefully folded it, handed it back to his father, and bowed to Su Hu three times.

Su Hu looked at Su Qin: "Qin'er, there is no copper in your waist, you can't travel." Handan is thousands of miles away, how can you do it empty-handed? ”

"Ah Da," Su Qin stared at his father resolutely, "This time I went out, although Qin Er's hands were empty, the inside was real." No matter how far Handan is, as long as Qin Er has two legs, he will eventually be able to go. ”

Su Hu pondered for a long time, stuffed Tian Qi under the pillow, and nodded slightly: "Okay, you don't want to take it, Ah Da will take it for the time being." No matter when, when your heart is dead, this thin field will still belong to you. ”

"Ahh

"Alas," Su Hu sighed, "Qin'er, Ah Da..." looked at Su Qin, and stopped talking.

Su Qin looked at his father with wide eyes.

Su Hu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Forget it, don't say it." ”

Su Qin knew that when he went out this time, it was very likely that he would never see Ah Da again, so he became more and more sad in his heart, tears rolled out of his eyelids like droplets, and he cried: "Ah Da, if you have something in your heart, just say it." Qin Er took it on the road, and sooner or later he had a thought. ”

"Alas," Su Hu shook his head slightly, "Qin'er, today's fifth watch, Ah Da dreamed of the Son of Heaven again." The Son of Heaven smiled slightly, slowly walked up to Ah Da, helped Ah Da with his own hands, and praised Ah Da repeatedly, saying that Ah Da's crops were planted well.

Su Qin cried and said, "Ah Da, Qin'er begs you to wait for another three years." Three years later, Qin Er must come back to greet Ah Da, accompany Ah Da into the palace, and meet Zhou Tianzi. ”

"What a dream." Su Hu smiled bitterly again, two lines of old tears rolled out of his eyes, he groaned for a long time, nodded and said, "Qin'er, you... ”

Su Qin walked out of Su Hu's door, Su Dai had already prepared hot water and invited him to take a bath.

Su Qin washed it, jumped out of the bathtub, changed into the original set of scholar's clothes that were old but cleaned by Xiao Xi'er, walked into the courtyard, and saw that the barber in the village was already waiting under the big tree tree, obviously Su Li, who was silent, didn't know when he brought it in.

In less than half an hour, Su Qin was taken care of up and down.

Su Yao's served breakfast, Su Qin hurriedly finished eating, prepared dry food, stuffed the two bundles of bamboo slips that Guiguzi gave as a parting gift, re-entered the hall to say goodbye to Su Hu, and went to the courtyard to say goodbye to Su Yao's, Su Li, Su Dai, etc., thanked everyone, and was about to travel, when Xiao Xi'er carried a bag and limped out of the small courtyard where she lived.

Remembering that he hadn't said goodbye to her yet, Su Qin looked at her slightly embarrassed.

Xiao Xi'er limped to Su Qin, knelt down, hung her head, didn't say a word, and only raised the bag above her head.

Su Qin looked at the bag in a daze.

Su Qin picked it up and opened it, and there were two pairs of newly made cloth shoes and a money bag embroidered with dragon and phoenix patterns, with more than 100 Da Zhou cloth coins inside.

Su Qin was stunned and said, "Where did all this money come from?" ”

Xiao Xi'er's voice couldn't be lower: "It's Xi'er who spins and weaves cloth to raise silkworms, and saves them one by one." ”

Looking at this simple woman who only belonged to him in name, Su Qin felt a sour feeling in his heart, sighed, unwrapped the package, stuffed the bag inside, re-wrapped it, and strode out of the yard.

When he walked to the gate of the courtyard, Su Qin turned his head abruptly, looked at Xiao Xi'er, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said loudly: "You... Listen, Su Qin owes you in this life, and he will pay you back in the next life!" Turning his head and walking a few more steps, he walked back, looked at Xiao Xi'er again, and patted Ah Hei, who had never left his feet, "Also, these two new shoes made for you, Chong you are a good woman, Su Qin recognizes you!" Listen, Ah Hei is me, you stay at home, accompany Ah Hei in the morning and evening, serve Ah Da well, take care of my mother, and do your filial piety for me. ”

Xiao Xi'er bowed a few more times, nodded again and again, and watched Su Qin disappear outside the courtyard gate accompanied by Su Li, Su Dai, and Ah Hei with two teary eyes, listening to their chaotic footsteps fading away.

Su Yao came over and sat opposite Xiao Xi'er.

"Mother..." Xiao Xi'er threw herself into her arms and cried loudly.