Chapter 57: Saving the Girl and Kneeling at the Door
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At this time, the sky was gloomy, and the sky was blowing a biting cold wind, and there were starry snowflakes in the wind.
At this time, the thin figure was shaking in the cold wind, and it seemed that the kneeling time was not short, and the body was almost unbearable.
Seeing this, my great-grandfather hurriedly threw away the New Year's goods in his arms, ran to the man in three steps and two steps, and looked down to see that it was an old man of seventy or eighty years old, who seemed to be asking for help, but I don't know why the old man knelt at the door and didn't call the door, even if he had something to ask for, he could also go to the house to say.
On this cold day, seeing an old man in his seventies and eighties kneeling at the door of his house, the muscles on my grandfather's face twitched, and at the same time, a sense of guilt somehow welled up in my heart.
"Uncle, what are you doing, get up and talk." My great-grandfather didn't bother to ask too much at this time, and hurriedly squatted down to help the old man, trying to lift the old man up from the ground.
The old man also found my great-grandfather at this time, turned his head to look at my great-grandfather, slowly shook his head, and refused my great-grandfather to help him, the old man trembled and asked, "You, you...... Isn't it Mr. Liu? ”
My great-grandfather didn't speak, but nodded, trying to lift the old man up from the ground again.
At this time, a layer of turbid mist appeared in the old man's eyes, tightly grasping my great-grandfather's two arms, kneeling on the ground and looking up at my great-grandfather, and muttering word by word in his mouth: "The Yellow River is a half-immortal, the golden armor god beside the Bodhisattva, eight feet and three inches long, a great benevolent person who crosses the yin and yang, don't ask about the Xuanji hexagram, and you need to kneel at the door of Liu's house to save the girl......"
"Mr. Liu, help, save my granddaughter......" said the old man, who was in tears, and was about to kowtow when he let go of my great-grandfather's arm and lay on the ground.
My great-grandfather didn't understand much of what the old man was talking about, but his whole heart was about to melt under the old man's knees and tears at this time, and when he saw that he couldn't pull the old man, he hurriedly knelt down for the old man, "Uncle, if you have anything to say, let's get up and go home to say it, as long as I Liu Yi can help you, I will definitely help, I will definitely help......
When the old man saw that my great-grandfather had also knelt down for him, he was embarrassed to kneel any longer, so he grabbed my great-grandfather's shoulders and stood up from the ground. Afterwards, my great-grandfather also got up from the ground, shouted to open the door, and helped the old man into the house.
When we arrived at the house, my great-grandfather hurriedly instructed Xiaoyu to show the old man tea, and he turned around and went outside to pick up the New Year's goods from the ground and carry them into the house.
Then my great-grandfather sat next to the old man and talked with the old man, and my great-grandfather knew that this old man was the uncle of Xiaoju, a maid in Liangfu, surnamed Jin, the third in the family, and everyone who knew him respectfully called him "Jin Sanye".
This Jin Sanye has been instructed by masters since he was a child, learned some of the skills of fortune-telling, and made a living by giving people fortune-telling all his life, when he was young, he set up a stall in Yuwangtai outside the city of Kaifeng Mansion to tell fortunes, extremely effective, and also had a period of scenery, in recent years, he felt that his body was not good, he was old, and he washed his hands and returned to his roots from Yuwangtai.
A few days ago, Jin Sanye went to visit his nephew and granddaughter Xiaoju in the county government prison.
Xiaoju was sixteen years old and was sold into the Liang Mansion by her parents at the age of thirteen. Before being sold, she had come to Jin Sanye when she had followed her parents to relatives, and later she was sold to Liang Mansion, Xiaoju would occasionally sneak out to visit Jin Sanye, and occasionally bring out some delicious food from the house to Jin Sanye.
Jin Sanye has never married in his life, has no children and no daughters, and loves Xiaoju very much, and can't bear to watch Xiaoju being a slave in the Liang Mansion, so he thinks about picking up his old business, opening a stall to tell hexagrams, and making some money to redeem Xiaoju from the Liang Mansion, but before he can scrape together enough silver taels for Xiaoju to redeem himself, Xiaoju has an accident.
In the prison, the grandparents and grandchildren hugged their heads and cried, seeing that Xiaoju was beaten and bruised all over her body, Jin Sanye was even more heartbroken.
After returning home from the county jail, Jin Sanye came up with a hexagram, wanting to ask if there was any way to save Xiaoju from the prison, but after the hexagram came out, it was the one that Jin Sanye had been talking about before.
"The Yellow River is a half-immortal, the golden armor god beside the Bodhisattva, eight feet and three inches long, a great benevolent person who crosses the yin and yang, don't ask about the Xuanji hexagram, you need to kneel at the door of Liu's house to save the girl."
The meaning of this hexagram is very clear, and the first four sentences of the hexagram are all about my great-grandfather.
The Yellow River is a descendant of a half-immortal, which is the descendant of the king and a half-immortal on the side of the Yellow River; The golden armor god next to the bodhisattva is talking about the reincarnation of the golden armor true god around the bodhisattva; Eight feet and three inches long, my great-grandfather was described as burly and tall; Crossing the yin and helping the yang, the great good man, crossing the yin, is talking about driving away bad luck and crossing ghosts; Jiyang, that is, helping others, the meaning of this sentence is that my great-grandfather was a good man who crossed the ghosts and helped the world.
In the last two sentences, the first sentence, Xuanji must not ask a hexagram, which means that you must not hesitate to make this hexagram, that is, you must not doubt; To save the daughter, you need to kneel at the door of Liu's house, which means that if you want to save your nephew and granddaughter, you have to kneel at the door of his house and move that Liu Dashan.
After Jin Sanye wiped his tears and told my great-grandfather his intentions, my great-grandfather frowned tightly, it was not easy to save the maid Xiaoju from the prison, she was a major suspect in the arson and murder case in Liangfu at this time, although there was no conclusive evidence in the yamen, there was no way to convict her, but it was impossible for the county government to acquit her. Even if I ask my great-grandmother's second brother to go to the county magistrate to intercede, my great-grandmother's second brother is afraid that he will not agree, even if my great-grandmother's second brother reluctantly agrees in the face of my great-grandfather, I am afraid that this favor will not be able to be pleaded.
This incident, unlike those things of gods and ghosts in the past, really embarrassed my great-grandfather. If I had left it aside, my great-grandfather would have politely resigned, because there was no hope of doing it, so to speak.
However, my great-grandfather couldn't see such a seventy or eighty-year-old man at this time, kneeling at the door of his house for most of the day, and now begging him with tears, even if his iron heart softened, even if he didn't succeed, even if there was no hope, he had to give it a try!
At this time, it was already time for dinner, my great-grandfather left Jin Sanye to eat at home, and he didn't even eat himself, so he got up and went to the Caifu side courtyard to find my great-grandmother's second brother.
Another sentence must be inserted here, Cai Mansion only has the lunch at noon, the whole family gathers to eat, breakfast and dinner, unless there are guests at home, usually they let Yahuan bring the food to the side courtyard and eat it in their own courtyard. If I catch up with the busy time of the shops and the county office, my great-grandmother's eldest brother and second brother are still not eating at home.
Walking into the gate of Cai's mansion, on the way to the side courtyard, my great-grandfather pondered, what to say. He also knew that he couldn't open his mouth in this matter, but he just opened his mouth, and if he didn't know that my great-grandmother's second brother would refuse him in one mouthful, at this time, let my great-grandmother's second brother go to intercede with the maid Xiaoju, which was similar to letting him dig his own corner.
Sure enough, when my great-grandfather saw my great-grandmother's second brother, he told him about it. My great-grandmother's second brother immediately smiled bitterly, pointed to the food on the table, and said to my great-grandfather: "Xuanyi, you haven't eaten yet, come on, come on, eat and eat......"
My great-grandfather also knew that this matter was causing a problem for my great-grandmother's second brother, and my great-grandmother's second brother asked him to eat at this time, but he was embarrassed to refuse directly, and he was excused to excuse him.
At this time, my great-grandmother's second sister-in-law and several of her nephews and nieces were standing at the dinner table. Everyone looked at my great-grandfather, and the atmosphere in the room immediately became oppressive.
My great-grandfather glanced at the table, didn't move the place, and after a while, cheekily said to my great-grandmother's second brother: "Where do I have the heart to eat now, Jin Sanye is still waiting for Xin'er at my house......"
Hearing my great-grandfather say this, my great-grandmother's second brother smiled bitterly again, and finally, he thought about it, rolled his eyes, and asked my great-grandfather, "You just said that that old man Jin can tell fortunes?" He came to you because he did a hexagram and said you can save her granddaughter? ”
"That's what he said." My great-grandfather nodded.
"That'...... I look at it like this, you go back and ask him to calculate another hexagram, calculate where the old mother in Liang Mansion is now, if the calculation is accurate, catch the old mother, I will go to the county master to intercede for the maid, whether she is guilty or not, I promise to get her out of the prison. ”
"What......" My great-grandfather was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect my great-grandmother's second brother to say this, as if he had turned around and pushed the problem back to the third master Jin, these learned people have a lot of hearts.
At this time, my great-grandmother and second brother turned around and sat down at the dining table and began to eat, and my great-grandmother's nephews and nieces also sat down at the table cheering, leaving my great-grandfather alone.
In the end, my great-grandfather thought about it, and it seemed that he could only do this, so it was better to go home and discuss with Jin Sanye first.
Bidding farewell to my great-grandmother's second brother, my great-grandfather returned to his home.
At this time, the third master Jin had already finished eating, and when Xiaoyu saw my great-grandfather coming back, he hurriedly served a bowl of rice to my great-grandfather on the table. My great-grandfather didn't even look at it, and told Jin Sanye what my great-grandmother's second brother meant.
After hearing this, Jin Sanye was silent for a while, and then resolutely nodded and agreed, saying that he would come to my great-grandfather again at this time tomorrow.
After that, Jin Sanye got up to say goodbye, my great-grandfather kept sending him outside the gate, and originally planned to go to Caifu to set up a carriage to send Jin Sanye back, but Jin Sanye refused to let him live or die.
After sending off Jin Sanye, my great-grandfather turned around and went home, and when he passed the courtyard, there was a roar and cheer from my grandfather practicing martial arts under the big locust tree in the courtyard.
My grandfather is like this every day, from dinner to the second watch, rain or shine. My great-grandfather was used to this.
And my great-grandfather found that my grandfather has been eating three meals at home recently, and he has spent more time at home than in the past