Chapter 9: The Past of Meng Po (2)
In order to get Meng Jiangnu as soon as possible, Qin Shi Huang ordered the tomb to be built for Fan Xiliang as quickly as possible, and also personally wore linen and filial piety, and led the civil and military officials to the funeral.
After Fan Xiliang was buried, Qin Shi Huang impatiently urged Meng Jiangnu to go to the Yellow River. When Meng Jiangnu arrived at the Yellow River, she bowed three times to her hometown, and after getting up, she began to loudly denounce the cruelty of Qin Shi Huang, and he was so angry that he jumped like thunder.
Then, with a smile, Meng Jiangnu jumped into the Yellow River......
Although Meng Xingyuan had heard the story of Meng Jiangnu crying on the Great Wall many times, he was still moved this time, and he said to Ah Feng: "We must help them, we can't let them be taken away by the government, let alone let one of them die of exhaustion and the other die by throwing themselves into the water." ”
After a short time, he arrived at Mengjiazhuang, and Meng Xingyuan came to Meng Jiangnu's door and knocked hard.
The door opened, revealing a young woman wearing a light yellow Luo shirt and a five-color floral Luo skirt with a small fan in her hand. When she saw that it was a strange beggar man, she blushed a little and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go get you something to eat." ”
Meng Xingyuan said in his heart: "She must be Meng Jiangnu, she is really a kind-hearted woman." ”
After a while, the woman made another crack in the door, handed out two fresh peaches, and was about to close the door.
"I'm Meng Xingyuan, Meng ...... Miss Meng. Meng Xingyuan hurriedly stopped, "Ah Feng is also here." ”
The woman was shocked, and her newly recovered face turned red again: "How do you know who my surname is Meng?"
Meng Xingyuan was also stunned, and heard Ah Feng say again: "She must have lost the memory of the one we met." ”
"Then you should find a way to get her back to her memory. Meng Xingyuan whispered.
"It's better to do it this way. Ah Feng sighed, "Instead of telling her to know now that she will be separated from her husband in the future, it is better for her to spend this time with her husband carefree." ”
Meng Xingyuan thought about it carefully and felt that Ah Feng's words were very reasonable. For the sake of their plan, he still knelt on the ground all of a sudden: "Please beg the girl to have mercy on me, my name is Hanako, and tell me to stay in Guizhuang to be a miscellaneous sweeper." ”
Meng Jiangnu didn't expect this beggar to be like this, she was stunned for a moment, and after a while, she said, "You get up first, I'll go and report to my father and ask him to make a decision." After speaking, he also invited Meng Xingyuan into the courtyard.
"She doesn't have this memory, will it have an impact on our plans?" Meng Xingyuan asked Ah Feng while there was no one around.
Ah Feng said: "I don't know either. I really don't want to use mana to restore her memory, though. Hey, a miserable immortal is not as good as a happy mortal!"
Meng Xingyuan shook his head and said, "I've only heard that mortals want to be immortals, but I've never heard of immortals coming to be mortals. ”
"That's because mortals don't appreciate and understand the colorfulness and truth of their lives. Those heavenly immortals have no seven emotions and six desires, are not afraid of birth, old age, sickness and death, it is difficult to have joys and sorrows, and it is rare to see the joy of family. In my opinion, the gods are like corpses that are alive and alive. Ah Feng's words were that Meng Xingyuan had never heard such a theory, so he didn't understand it for a while.
As she was talking, Meng Jiangnu came over with an old man.
Meng Xingyuan knelt down again: "I beg my old man to take me in, a poor man." I don't take a penny of the clerk's salary, I just want a full meal. The old man helped Meng Xingyuan up and looked at it carefully: "You are young, why did you become a beggar?"
Meng Xingyuan's acting skills are very good, and he actually shed a few tears: "My husband doesn't know, now the government offices everywhere are grabbing strong men in order to build the Great Wall." It was in order to escape being captured that I had to leave my hometown and become a beggar. ”
"I've heard about catching strong men, and you are indeed a poor man, so stay and help me do a little cleaning of the courtyard and the like. As for the future, I'll talk about it later. Hey, if you are young, you have to leave your hometown, what kind of world is this?" Meng Laohan is also a kind person.
Meng Xingyuan waved again and again: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." ”
Since then, Meng Xingyuan has stayed in Meng Jiangnu's house and lived in an earthen house in the backyard of the Meng family. He was a hard-working person, so he kept helping Meng Laohan do this and that, and rarely rested, so he won the hearts of Meng's father and daughter.
The people in the whole village, like Meng Laohan, work at sunrise and rest at sunset, except for the poor, life is safe and stable. Coupled with the beautiful environment and fresh air here, Meng Xingyuan himself felt that he was very calm about living this kind of life.
One night, when the weather was sweltering, Meng Xingyuan drank the cool well water from the deep well one scoop after another.
He said to Ah Feng: "If you soak a watermelon in this well for a few hours, take it out and take a few bites, it will definitely be 'cold to the heart'." ”
Because it was night and there was no one, Ah Feng showed her figure, and she affectionately ridiculed Meng Xingyuan and said, "You are a historical illiterate." The origin of watermelon is the African desert, which was introduced to Xinjiang in China until the early Tang Dynasty, and it was probably the fifth dynasty or the Song-Liao period in Chinese mainland. It's the Qin Dynasty now, where to find watermelons? haha. ”
Meng Xingyuan also smiled awkwardly: "Others can't eat it, can't I eat it?" You use a little mana, not to mention watermelon, even Xi Shi, you can definitely conjure it up." ”
"I was injured by that group of stinky Taoist priests, and I was locked up in that broken jar for a while, and my mana was only more than thirty percent left. After these days of cultivation, it has recovered to five or six. So, here, we can do almost anything. ”
Meng Xingyuan said flatteringly: "You mean that I can eat watermelon." ”
"Think beautifully! You are eating something that no one else has never seen before, will you be regarded as a monster by others? Isn't that making trouble for ourselves?" Ah Feng's words hit Meng Xingyuan hard.
"Then can you teach me a little mana?" Meng Xingyuan fetched another bucket of water from the well, "I have learned mana, and I can protect you when that group of Taoist priests comes to catch you." ”
"It's rare for you to have this heart, thank you!" Ah Feng said very movingly, "However, if a mortal wants to practice spells, he must first see if he has immortal fate, then see if he has a wisdom root, and finally whether he has a master to teach him." ”
"I'm ugly and clumsy, and I can't learn. Meng Xingyuan quickly changed the topic, "However, I like my current life very much, it is plain, but it is real." People here don't have the pressure of a house, a car, or a seat, and they just need to think about three meals a day. ”
"Yes," Ah Feng agreed, "the people here are hardworking, harmonious, kind, and simple. It's a good place to live. It would be even more perfect if there was enough to eat and there was no war. ”
"Don't talk about eating. Meng Xingyuan said bitterly, "These days, in addition to yellow rice, we are rice, and we are going to vomit all of a sudden." Vegetables are also eaten over and over again: winter amaranth, soybean sprouts, green onions and leeks. Although there is a lot of meat, poultry and livestock can only be eaten during sacrifices, and only hares and deer can be eaten in normal times. I'm tired of eating anyway. ”
"There are gains and losses. When you get a peaceful life, you will naturally lose the enjoyment of your appetite. "Ah Feng doesn't care, because she doesn't have to eat at all.
"Unfortunately, this way of life will soon be gone. Meng Xingyuan poured a scoop of water on his head, "Why hasn't that Fan Xiliang come yet?"
Ah Feng squinted his eyes and calculated, and said, "Within three days, he will come." Are you ready?"
"Of course. Even if I don't have your mana to support me, I'm going to help them!" Meng Xingyuan nodded firmly.