Chapter 125: Great Sorrow and No Joy

People's hearts are flesh and blood, who is good to you and who is not good to you, you know best in your own heart.

When my great-grandfather and great-grandmother had not returned to Sanwangzhuang, my grandfather ate three meals a day at Wang Xiaojin's house.

Wang Xiaojin is good, my grandfather has always remembered in his heart that over the years of running away from home, he has met many people and encountered many things, and he has thought a lot about it himself.

The prodigal son has the heart to turn back, he has long had it, and he also wants to go home with the silver obtained from the tomb robbery, give Wang Xiaojin good clothes and good clothes, compensate Wang Xiaojin, and live with her for the rest of his life.

Now, however, it's too late to say anything......

After crying bitterly, my grandfather decided to go home immediately. Xiao Laodao persuaded him to wait a few more days, and when these treasures were settled, they would go back together, but my grandfather didn't listen.

Subsequently, looking for Chu Chenfeng to resign, after Chu Xuan learned about it, he wanted to go home with my grandfather, but my grandfather didn't let him, not long after Wang Xiaojin died, he brought a daughter-in-law home, not to mention that it was a sarcasm for the dead Wang Xiaojin, even if he couldn't pass the level of my great-grandfather, he didn't have the face to see Wang Dahe and Wang Caoyu.

After settling down Chu Xuan, I chose the fastest horse in the cottage, and my grandfather traveled day and night, rushing home without stopping.

Yumen closed to Sanwangzhuang, thousands of miles away, and my grandfather only took more than ten days to complete.

When we were about to arrive at Sanwangzhuang, the horse was foaming at the mouth and was exhausted, and my grandfather threw it on the horse and ran home with his legs spread.

When I got home, it was already evening, the familiar streets, the familiar doors, the prodigal son who returned late, but the lady Wang, who would never see her again.

At that time, my great-grandfather's family was eating, and there was no one at the table, and everyone felt that the room was very deserted.

When my grandfather walked into the courtyard, pushed open the door, and walked in, the whole family was stunned.

My great-grandfather and my great-grandmother's chopsticks fell on the table at the same time.

My grandfather and my grandmother looked at my grandfather and slowly stood up from the dining table, their hands trembling.

When Xiao Cui saw it, she quickly ran to my grandfather, knelt on the ground and hugged my grandfather, and shouted brother in her mouth.

Immediately after, my great-grandmother walked over slowly and hugged my grandfather. My great-grandmother cried, Xiaocui cried, and my grandfather cried.

My great-grandfather looked at my grandfather who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and exhaled a long breath......

At this time, my grandfather realized that his parents were old, my great-grandfather's hair had turned gray, and the corners of my great-grandmother's eyes had wrinkles.

My great-grandfather no longer had the strength to beat my grandfather with wattles, his face trembled, and he asked my grandfather: You brute, why did you come back, are you worthy of Xiaojin......

The next day, my grandfather went to the cemetery to burn incense and paper for Wang Xiaojin, and sat in the cemetery all day. Xiaocui wanted to call my grandfather back, but my great-grandfather said, leave him alone, tell him to sit, and he should atone for his sins......

A month later, my grandfather and my great-grandmother told me about marrying Chu Xuan, and my grandfather meant that he wanted to take Chu Xuan from the Yumen Pass.

When my great-grandmother heard this, she sighed and said to my grandfather, go and tell your father, my mother can't be the master of this matter......

A few days later, my grandfather took advantage of the time and had the courage to tell my great-grandfather. My great-grandfather didn't say a word, and pointed to the ground in the courtyard with a trembling hand.

My grandfather understood, bowed his head and knelt in the yard, and my great-grandfather found rattan and beat it.

While beating, he scolded, "You are a bandit ruffian after birth, you should learn well, you don't want to learn well, you don't want to be a serious girl, you have to marry a bandit wife, why did our Liu family have such a thing as you, unless I die, or the bandit mother-in-law, don't want to enter the door of our Liu family!" ”

While scolding, he hit headlessly.

In the end, Xiaocui couldn't stand it anymore, and ran over crying and hugged my grandfather to block the thorns.

A familiar scene, as if it reappeared yesterday, Xiaoyu Wang Xiaojin, is now ...... Because of him, Xiaocui has never married.

My great-grandfather trembled all over, as if he had been electrocuted, threw wattles, looked up at the sky, "Children, our Liu family is sorry for you, sorry for you......"

Then my great-grandfather gasped sharply and lay straight back.

"Daddy!" My grandfather shouted.

My great-grandfather had a serious illness, and during his illness, he still said in a daze: Our Liu family doesn't want a bandit daughter-in-law, even if it is dead, we don't want a bandit daughter-in-law......

A year later, that is, in 1892 AD, the eighteenth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the year of Renchen.

This year, my grandfather was twenty-five years old, my great-grandfather was sixty-five, and my great-grandmother was forty-seven.

By this time, my great-grandfather's condition had improved, and he continued to keep vigil every night.

At this time, my grandfather was locked up at home by my great-grandfather for a year. During the period, I found a matchmaker to tell my grandfather that although my grandfather was already older, the people in the area of Sanwangzhuang still talked about his deeds, and many teenage girls in the past grew up listening to his stories. But when it comes to matchmaking, there is no one who is not happy, but my grandfather is not happy, and his attitude is more resolute than in the past, saying that as long as he gets married, he will run away from home again.

My great-grandfather and his wife had no choice but to force him, but just like that, in the summer of the same year, my grandfather ran away from home again.

It's been a year, and he thinks about Chu Xuan all the time in his heart.

A fast horse, just like last year, non-stop, day and night, however, when he arrived at the cottage, he was already gone......

Chu Chenfeng told my grandfather that when my grandfather left the cottage, Chu Xuan was already pregnant, and he looked forward to my grandfather turning back day and night, and several times he wanted to find my grandfather in the Central Plains, but he was dissuaded by Chu Chenfeng, and he didn't want to become ill, and then due to dystocia, both mother and son died.

When my grandfather heard this, he was struck by lightning and sat down on the ground, tears raining down......

Guarding the tomb of Chu Xuan and the child who had never met, for ten days and ten nights, not a drop of water entered, if it was not for the timely rescue, he would have died at the grave.

He guarded Chu Xuan's tomb at Yumen Pass for half a year before returning to the Central Plains.

When passing through Heze, Shandong, I heard that there was a strand there, and the name of the strands was "Hate Liu", who robbed the surname Liu, killed the negative man, and the surname of the big boss was Shan, and the name was Xueer.

This name touched my grandfather's dusty memory, reminded him of Chu Xuan at the same time, and also uncovered my grandfather's bloody scars.

The ghost sent the gods, my grandfather found "Du Hate Liu" and found Shan Xueer......

Two years later, my grandfather went home again, at this time, it was already 1895 AD, the twentieth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, and the first year of the first day. This year, my grandfather was twenty-eight years old, my great-grandfather was sixty-eight years old, and my great-grandmother was fifty years old.

In April of the same year, the Sino-Japanese War ended, China and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, and the Qing army was defeated, which made the Dongying Japanese slaves more and more arrogant, and many Japanese ronins flowed into the Central Plains from the coast.

In June of the same year, my grandfather unexpectedly received a letter sent by a quick horse, and when I opened the letter, I saw that it was written by Xiao Laodao to him, and the general content of the letter was to ask my grandfather to find him in Wuling Mountain in Xiangxi and get back his due share.

Before, when I returned to Sanwangzhuang from Yumen Pass, my grandfather left in a hurry, and he didn't bring his luggage, and all his savings were in Xiao Laodao.

This is a lot of money, at this time, my great-grandfather has been difficult to restrain my grandfather, my grandfather said to his parents, and set off to Wuling Mountain in Xiangxi.

Passing by the Nanyang area, I met a few Japanese ronin, who didn't give money for food, and injured people, and the government didn't dare to take care of it. Several Japanese ronins were arrogant, and actually set up the ring to challenge the Central Plains, threatening to be injured or killed.

When my grandfather was buying steamed buns at a steamed bun stall next to the ring, the owner of the steamed bun stall said, whoever can defeat the Japanese ronin, the steamed buns can be eaten as much as they want.

My grandfather laughed, he didn't do it for steamed buns, he was for that breath.

Walked into the ring, three punches and two kicks, killed three, and the last one was quite a bit capable, kicking and shattering the three fire orders on my grandfather's body, but my grandfather broke his throat bone with a punch and spurted blood to death.

At that time, there were six Japanese ronins, except for these four, the other two were killed, and they insulted my Central Plains.

Leaving Nanyang and hurrying again, two months later, arriving at Wuling Mountain, according to the address on the letter, my grandfather found Xiao Laodao.

After some reminiscence, my grandfather knew Xiao Laodao's true identity. We now call such people "anti-Qing righteous soldiers"; before the First Sino-Japanese War, they were "anti-Qing and anti-foreigners", but now, they are "supporting the Qing and destroying the foreigners."

Xiao Laodao robbed the tomb for the sake of these rebels, and the stolen property was exchanged for military supplies, clothes and equipment.

However, the property stolen by Xiao Laodao was far from enough for the expenses of the rebels. My grandfather also saw the bad behavior of many foreigners on the road, and he gave his share to Xiao Laodao at the moment, and he himself joined this rebel army. At that time, the banner of their righteous army seemed to be called "Wuling Mountain Protector and Destroy the Foreign Army", nearly 1,000 people, in fact, it was similar to the bandits who occupied the king, but they did not rob the common people, they robbed foreigners, saw one and grabbed another, and then killed after robbing.

During this period, due to the shortage of military funds, they teamed up again to rob a large tomb, and my grandfather's Liangyi Yin and Yang Sword was lost in the tomb.

As for the little ghost monkey, on the way back from Yumen Pass, it was released back to the mountains and forests by Xiao Laodao, and my grandfather never saw it again.

Five years later, in 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China. The rebel army where my grandfather belonged also participated in the battle, Xiao Laodao and Xiao Shiyi were all killed on the battlefield, and this rebel army, including my grandfather, only survived a dozen people, and then dispersed quickly.

Another five years later, in 1905 AD. This year, my grandfather was thirty-eight years old, my great-grandfather was seventy-eight years old, and my great-grandmother was sixty years old. ~pen

My grandfather returned to his hometown again, and with him a little girl of sixteen or seventeen years old.

When I entered, my great-grandmother looked at the little girl and froze.

After a long time, my great-grandmother shouted to my great-grandfather to come and see, and my great-grandfather got up from it and looked at it, and he was also stunned......

My great-grandmother took the little girl's hand and asked, "Son, tell grandma, what's your name?" ”

The little girl shouted directly at my great-grandmother: "Mother, my name is Xiaoyu ......"

As soon as the little girl said this, my great-grandmother trembled, as if she had seen a ghost, and quickly let go of the little girl's hand.

When my great-grandfather heard this, his eyes went dark and he sat down in his chair......-The Last Ghost Hunter-