The celebration ceremony for the full moon of the daughter's spirit was quite grand, and the warm and joyful atmosphere was comparable to that of the full moon of the firstborn son. Relatives and friends came with elaborate clothes, shoes and socks and flower buns of various shapes, and the village party members bought red silk cloaks. Bai Jiaxuan killed a pig and made a sumptuous feast of twelve pieces to entertain relatives, friends and almost the entire village party. Before the banquet moved, the incense wax was lit, and Bai Jiaxuan announced in public the decision to marry Lu San. The fairy grass held the spirit in one hand, knelt down and bowed three times, and saluted the deer three times on behalf of the child. There was a sudden chaos during the banquet, and the men and women rushed up, smearing the black ash from the bottom of the pot and the red water from nowhere on Bai Jiaxuan's face, and then on Lu San's face, and the women almost simultaneously smeared the fairy grass all over their faces. Lu Sanhan smiled and squeezed out of the crowd, ran back to the horse, scooped water in the water tank with a wooden scoop to wash his face, and saw his son Heiwa sitting on the kang, supporting his cheeks with one hand like an adult, with tears in his eyes. He asked his son what was wrong? Heiwa was silent. He took Heiwa to Bai's house to sit at the table, and Heiwa squinted and shook her hand and walked away. Fallacy! Lu San scolded himself, this dog day is a fallacy!

The only drawback was that Mr. Leng was not present. Bai Jiaxuan solemnly invited Mr. Leng. Mr. Leng was dragged to the city by a relative to see a relative, and by the way, he bought a gift for Lingling, and promised to come and go for three days, and he must come back the day before the full moon celebration, but he did not come back, and he did not come back after ten days. At this time, a confusing news began to spread: the city is "anyway"! On the night of the twelfth day, Mr. Leng returned to the Chinese medicine hall in Bailu Town, and immediately assigned the guy who ran to the hall to grab the medicine and called Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin. The two of them asked almost in unison: "Sir, brother, are you back!" Mr. Leng sat on his lap chair: "I almost can't go back to our plain!"

Bai Jiaxuan asked, "Is it the opposite?"

Mr. Leng replied: "It's the opposite!"

Lu Zilin asked again: "What's the matter with 'anyway'?"

Mr. Leng said: "To oppose the emperor and the Qing family is to rebel!" said that it was the opposite, and said that it was a revolution!"

Bai Jiaxuan asked, "The emperor is ...... now?"

Mr. Leng said, "The emperor is still in the Dragon Court. I just can't sit still. I heard that it was Wuchang who raised the matter first, and Xi'an followed suit, and Huguang also did it anyway, and the emperor only had one dragon court left, how long can you sit there?"

Lu Zilin asked: "Is it about to change the dynasty?"

Mr. Leng said: "People say that it is a ...... revolution."

Bai Jiaxuan asked, "Anyway, is there an emperor?"

Mr. Leng said: "I'm afraid it's hard to say. The officials of the Qing family in the city ran away and went to a governor Zhang. ”

Lu Zilin asked, "What kind of official position is the governor?"

Mr. Leng said, "A Governor is a Governor." If we are a province, it should be a second-grade ......"

Bai Jiaxuan said: "There is no emperor, how will the days go forward?"

Lu Zilin said: "Is the imperial grain still acceptable?"

Mr. Leng took a sip of tea and did not answer, he did not know how to live without the emperor, but he mysteriously talked about the thrilling events he experienced in the city.

That night, he saw a relative and had an early meal, and his relatives and family took him to Sanyi Society to see "Rolling Nail Board" by Song Demin, a famous actor in the Qin dialect. There was a long bright nail stuck upside down on the wooden board, and Song Demin was naked and rolled over on the dense nails, and the audience cheered and cheered. At this time, the gunfire was loud, and the gunshots like popping beans were soul-stirring. Theater chaos. Song Demin ran naked. Mr. Leng and his relatives were separated, and he ran out into the street, squatting down in fear of a dull explosion, and then panicked into the alley. Back at the relative's house, the patient was already dead, and the gunfire scared the person to death. The relatives and their families did not dare to burn incense and wax to decorate the mourning hall, and they did not even dare to cry loudly. The city gate has been closed, for many days, people who enter the city can not enter, people who go out of the city can not get out, Mr. Leng later went out of the city gate with the coffin of his relatives' funeral. Mr. Leng smiled with a sigh for the rest of his life and said, "My God! I'm running through the streets, guns grunting overhead, and if a flying boy hits my head, we brothers wouldn't be where we are today!"

Bai Jiaxuan said: "Brother Sir, you will go out again." Sit down in our Bailu Town, whoever wants to see a doctor will come, you can go out. ”

Lu Zilin echoed: "This is the truth. Brother Sir, you probably don't know that there is a white wolf on the original!"

"Yes. I've listened to it ten or eight times along the way. Mr. Leng said, "The emperor is a dragon!" As soon as the dragon returned to the sky, all the poisonous insects and beasts in the world came out of the mountain, which was natural. ”

Anyway, the city only caused panic, but the white wolf on the original caused the most direct threat. The white wolf was noisy from the area of the southern plains, and in a few days, the terrifying claws of the white wolf had trampled on the entire village in the white deer plains. It was a wolf as white as snow, and its eyes shone green. The white wolf jumped into the pigsty, silently, and bit the neck of the sleeping pig, and the pig could not even scream, and the white wolf sucked the plasma with his mouth until the pig's blood was sucked dry, and the white smoke disappeared without a trace. The pork hair was intact, except for a few bloody eyes under the pig's neck that had been bitten through by the teeth of a white wolf. The pigs were driven out of the pigsty and temporarily put in the cowshed, and some even tied the pigs to the table legs at the foot of the kang. But to no avail, the pig in the cowshed and the pig tied to the ground at the foot of the kang were still sucked by the white wolf and died, and no one could figure out how the white wolf entered and exited the house with the doors and windows closed. Sang Lao Ba of Nanyuan Sangzhi Village tied the pig to the square table leg under the kang, pretended to be asleep, and deliberately pulled out the snoring sound like a cow's roar. In the middle of the night, Sang Laoba heard the sound of squeaking under the kang, like the sound of a baby sucking milk. Sang Laoba quietly turned his head, opened his eyes and glanced at his feet, and a white light came out through the wooden lattice window on the back wall. When he lit the oil lamp and went down to the kang with his bare buttocks, the pig was already out of breath, and the blood that had not yet been sucked was bubbling out of the blood under the pig's neck. The most effective precautions were finally taken from the southern plains, where the white wolves were the first to commit crimes, and people lit wheat straw around the village and kept it out all night. Wolves are afraid of fire, and common wild wolves are afraid of fire, and white wolves are also afraid of fire. As soon as night falls, Bailuyuan presents an unprecedented magnificence, with villages and villages lit up and smoke everywhere; The firelight illuminated the village trees and streets, and the smoke filled the starry sky.

Bai Jiaxuan said: "Our Bailu Village only relies on that lame old man to fight, and I'm afraid it won't work." The walls of the fort are open to teeth, and there is no shelter for the bandits to ride into the village on horseback!"

Lu Zilin said: "Fix it! Fill in all the gaps, take turns to keep vigil at night, set up punishment rules, and those who do not comply will be punished!"

Early the next morning, Bai Jiaxuan carried a big gong and struck it from east to west and from south to north from Bailu Village, shouting to announce the repair of the village wall. People left their work, threw away their jobs and gathered in the courtyard of the ancestral hall. As soon as Bai Jiaxuan announced the motion to repair the broken wall, he received a waw response. The whole village suddenly formed an atmosphere of sorrow and excitement at the end of the disaster, and everyone began to run enthusiastically and nervously.

According to the practice of building ancestral halls, Bai Jiaxuan was responsible for collecting the grain of each household, and Lu Zilin was responsible for directing the project. After a short period of preparation, the dull sound of stone ramming against clay sounded at the end of the day. The enthusiasm of the people surpassed that of the patriarch and the foreman, and they unanimously demanded that they would not stop day and night, and that the tamping should be rotated and the people would not stop. Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin discussed it and accepted it. The pot table that was dismantled during the renovation of the ancestral hall was put up again, and the fire was blazing day and night, and the bellows were croaking day and night, and the people who were ramming at night ate two meals. After five days and five nights, the earthen walls surrounding the village were all repaired. Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin divided men over the age of 16 into groups and patrolled them night and night. The guards set fire wheat straw on the wall, and with pike and iron guns in their hands, they stood guard on the wall as high as the roof. One night, Bai Jiaxuan was sleeping soundly, and was suddenly awakened by a heavy bang. He got up and grabbed the shuttle dart leaning against the wall of the kang, opened the door and rushed out. The village alleys were full of footsteps and figures, running to the exit of the wall, where they were surrounded by villagers with pike darts. The man on patrol said that when he saw the white wolf jumping up the wall, he fired a gun, and a white light shot out of the wall. "The white wolf is coming!" The news of the murder hung like a heavy dark cloud over Bailu Village, and the villagers became more and more frightened, and the more they felt that the measures to repair the fort wall were very wise and timely. The successful repair of the fence not only effectively deterred the infestation of the white wolf and increased the sense of security, but also enabled Bai Jiaxuan to accurately verify his authority and appeal as the patriarch of Bailu Village, and became more confident from then on.

Bai Jiaxuan walked in the direction of the county seat with a blanket on his back. The dawn of late autumn and early winter froze like a slow-moving old man. Ten miles in winter is unknown. The fog-shrouded village still has a fire to drive away wolves, and the light is extinguished. The rooster's cry is not as majestic as before, but sticky and sluggish, as if the chicken's neck is full of chicken feathers. The news of the white wolf's murder continues to circulate. Later, it was rumored that Mr. Zhu relieved the 200,000 Qing troops who counterattacked from Gansu with one mouth and one sentence, and Mr. Zhu was appointed as the first senior staff member by Governor Zhang. Bai Jiaxuan was busy repairing the wall and didn't hear all kinds of rumors about his brother-in-law Mr. Zhu, which he only found out about when Lu Zilin asked him about Mr. Zhu with a look of surprise last night. He went to Mr. Zhu with all kinds of doubts and panic since verifying the rumors and anyway, and listened to him judge the world.

Mr. Zhu received Bai Jiaxuan in his study, and as usual, he did not see any unusual demeanor. Bai Jiaxuan's mind suddenly popped up with the words "don't be surprised". He couldn't help but talk about the rumors about the white wolf in the countryside, and Mr. Zhu smiled and said, "Nonsense." Today you have guarded against the white wolf, and tomorrow there will be a white snake, a white tiger, a white fox, and a white crow, and you will be unable to prevent it. The brother-in-law's indifference to the white wolf made Bai Jiaxuan feel disappointed, and he then asked about Mr. Zhu's repulsion of the 200,000 Qing army. Mr. Zhu said in a tone like an indifferent white wolf: "It's just a rumor!" Bai Jiaxuan didn't want to ask again, but he couldn't help it: "Brother! I don't think you're going to be a lobbyist for Governor Zhang. Mr. Zhu smiled: "You guessed wrong again, I am willing to be a lobbyist for Governor Zhang this time." ”

Early that morning, Mr. Zhu was reading in his study. Reading is no longer a habit, but a necessity of his life. All the good fruits and delicacies in the world cannot withstand the repeated chewing of the teeth, and after chewing, there is no taste at all; Only the books of the sages are the most resistant to chewing, and in the same sentence, once chewed, there is a new taste and a new understanding, not only do you not feel that the taste is exhausted, but feel that the taste is profound; A good meal can't withstand three meals, a good hanger can't be worn for half a month, but a good book can withstand a lifetime of reading. When Mr. Zhu recited the book of sages, he was engrossed in fascination as if he had entered the fairy world. Zhang Xiucai, the old man in the porter, came to report that there were two messengers from the yamen of the provincial government who asked to see him. Mr. Zhu didn't raise his head: "Just say I'm chanting in the morning." Zhang Laoxiu returned to the door and reported truthfully: "Mr. is reciting in the morning." The two officials were surprised, what is the morning recitation? Isn't it just an endorsement to study? What is the matter of reading and endorsing? Then he got angry with the concierge Zhang Xiucai: "I have an urgent order of 100,000 here, it is the edict of Governor Zhang, do you ask Mr. if he will accept it?" Zhang Xiucai came to pass the word again, and Mr. Zhu said, "I am reading in the morning." If you want to wait, you can wait, and if you don't want to wait, please let them do their own thing. The messenger became even more angry when he heard this, and repeatedly stated: "This is Governor Zhang's edict, does Mr. know Governor Zhang?" Zhang Xiucai said: "The emperor doesn't come to anything!" Governor Zhang is more noble than the emperor? Wait! The gentleman is chanting in the morning. The two officials had to wait, and Zhang Xiucai made tea for them without losing etiquette.

After Mr. Zhu finished his morning recitation, he came to the gatehouse with his robe and received the letter from the errand officer, which was indeed Governor Zhang's handwritten message. Governor Zhang's letter was generous, graceful and moving, concisely and concisely explained the original meaning of the matter anyway, laid out the current grim situation, and said that Fang Sheng, the governor of the Qing court who had fled at the right time, gathered 200,000 horses from Ningxia, Gansu Province to fight back, and the army had pressed to the aunt's grave and set up camp, only 200 miles away from Xi'an, and wanted to fight to the death. Governor Zhang said that his revolutionary army had the same hatred and high morale, and it was completely capable of defeating Fang Sheng's rabble, but if the war was fought together, the citizens would be destroyed, and the ancient city would be destroyed. Therefore, I would like to ask Mr. Zhu to go to his aunt's grave, and persuade Fang Sheng to retreat with his virtue and friendship with Mr. Fang Sheng. If Fang Sheng is willing to keep Xi'an, Governor Zhang can protect him for the rest of his life.

After Mr. Zhu saw it, he said to the two messengers: "Confucianism only reads the books of sages, does not know military affairs, and has no three-inch incorruptible tongue, how can he have the power to return to heaven!" Go back and inform Governor Zhang, so as not to delay the fighter. Then he turned and walked away. The two errand officers were so angry that their faces changed suddenly, and they asked the driver to start the car, jumped into the car and left. Mr. Zhu heard that the door was quiet, and immediately told his wife: "Hurry up and pack my luggage." Zhu Baishi asked worriedly, "Where are you going?" Didn't you say no?" Mr. Zhu said: "I have to go out and hide for a few days. I'm sure Governor Zhang will send someone to pester. Zhu Baishi put his mind at ease, changed him into clean clothes, and Mr. Zhu took a buttercloth umbrella and left Bailu Academy. At noon, the two officials came in a car again, and brought a senior official, who was Governor Zhang's secretary. The old man Zhang Xiucai still treated him politely and told him truthfully: "It's gone." The gentleman is gone. Hidden. ”

In the evening, in front of the Governor's Mansion of Governor Zhang, a man with an oil umbrella on his back walked straight inside. Heavily armed guards blocked it with their guns. The man said, "I'm looking for Governor Zhang." The guard only glanced at it and didn't intend to look at it again, and exhaled five times in a row from his mouth, "Go, go, go!" The man stood at the door and called out the name of Governor Zhang, and complained: "You have invited me three times and twice, and you will not let me in when I come." You're so unrighteous!" At this time, a car drove to the door and stopped, two people jumped out of the car, slapped the guard, turned around and bowed down and said, "Mr. Zhu, please come in." Mr. Zhu saw that it was the two messengers who had broken his morning recitation in the morning, so he followed the messenger into the governor's palace and met Governor Zhang. Governor Zhang sat down with Mr. Zhu in his arms, and complained affectionately: "Sir, you are a meat worm in your legs, you can't die?" Put the car and don't walk hard!" Mr. Zhu said: "I am a native of the country, I can't enjoy foreign blessings, and I feel nauseous and want to vomit when I smell the smell of gasoline." Governor Zhang said, "I'm really afraid that you won't come!" I was about to visit the thatched house, and I will go to your academy in person. Mr. Zhu smiled and said: "Even if Kong Ming is reborn, he will be scared to stop his breath when he sees you in this military uniform, let alone me, a native." ”

Early the next morning, when Governor Zhang got up, he couldn't find Mr. Zhu, and sighed again and again: "This nerd nerd!" Then he took a platoon of soldiers and chased them out of the city.

Mr. Zhu has already stepped on the Xianyang Bridge, dressed in cloth and a blanket and an oil umbrella, in the morning light, he still insists on the morning recitation, and even the whining and roaring car is deaf, until Governor Zhang jumped out of the car to block the road, Mr. Zhu returned to reality from Mr. Kong, and apologized again and again: "Your Excellency Governor is angry!" I was afraid to disturb your sleepiness, so I went on my way alone. Governor Zhang said angrily and funny: "These twelve guards are handed over to you, please rest assured, I have already explained to them." Mr. Zhu turned around and glanced at the soldiers standing in a row, shook his head, and said, "These twelve people are not enough." It's not enough to send in all of your soldiers. If you can beat Fang Sheng, what else will you send me for? Go back, go back, take your twelve soldiers back to protect the city!" Governor Zhang couldn't help blushing and said, "Then you have to get in the car!" Mr. Zhu was impatient: "I told you, I can't get used to the smell of gasoline...... After that, he shook his hand and left, and his mouth grunted and entered the morning recitation again. Governor Zhang caught up with him and persuaded him again to get into the car and bring twelve specially trained guards in case of accidents. Mr. Zhu said lightly: "You can recite a poem about Xianyang Bridge to see me off!" Governor Zhang recited absent-mindedly and helplessly:

Weicheng towards the rain and light dust,

The guest house is green and willow-colored.

Persuade you to have a glass of wine,

There is no one in the west out of Yangguan.

After Mr. Zhu high-fived and applauded, he also recited:

The chariots, the horses, and the pedestrians, bows and arrows, are all at the waist. Ye Niang's wife sent each other off, and the dust did not see Xianyang Bridge......