Chapter I

During the Wanli period of Emperor Shenzong, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, presided over government affairs and implemented a series of reform measures, which led to great social and economic development and an improvement in people's living standards. After Zhu Yijun became pro-government, he worked hard, lived a frugal life, and had the demeanor of a diligent and wise man, creating a situation of "Wanli Zhongxing". During this period, he presided over the famous "Three Great Expeditions of Wanli" and consolidated the territory of the Han family.

However, in the later period of the reign, he was desolate in political affairs, and he was tired of the government because there was no person like Zhang Juzheng to supervise, and the dispute between the country and the capital, and since then he did not go to the court, the country's operation almost stopped, and the forced mining tax was also known as a major criticism during his reign, which made the Ming Dynasty gradually decline.

The protagonist of this book, Tianyou, is an orphan who lives in the late Wanli period, and he doesn't know who his parents are since he was a child, but he was adopted by a beggar on the street, and lived a begging life with an old beggar.

When Tianyou was fifteen years old, the old beggar who adopted him occasionally died of a cold, he was grieved, and after burying the old man himself, he wiped his tears and continued to beg along the road, thinking about the relatives who depended on him for their lives leaving him, Tianyou was very sad, but life still has to go on.

It is said that on this day, Tianyou begged to a village, this village is beautiful as if it is like a paradise, at a glance you know that this villager is simple, he is very happy, and finally let himself rest and rest.

Tianyou followed the village road and came directly to the first house, and shouted through the fence: "Is anyone at home?" ”

"Someone!" A woman's cool voice came from the house, and then a woman dressed as a peasant woman walked out, and when she saw Zhao Tianyou, she not only frowned, but asked with dissatisfaction: "You want food?" ”

Tianyou has been with the old beggar for more than ten years, and he has already developed a thick layer of skin, and hurriedly stepped forward to squeeze out a smile: "Auntie, you are good, I haven't eaten for a few days, and I am really hungry!" I hope my aunt has leftovers to order! ”

As he spoke, Tianyou clamped the dog-beating stick in his left hand under his armpit, and then handed the crockpot in his right hand.

To Tianyou's surprise, the village woman glared at Tianyou and said, "Although the body is a little thinner, it is also so big, why don't you do something, you have to beg?" I'll tell you, don't say there are no leftovers, even if there is, I won't give you anything to feed the pigs! ”

"You! "Tianyou said several words to you, but after all, he didn't say anything, he used to beg, at most, he didn't give him a direct throw, but he didn't expect this village woman to scold herself.

The village woman didn't pay attention to him at all, and went back to the house to close the doors and windows, Tianyou shook her head and sighed bitterly, and couldn't help but spit on the ground, thinking that it was really unlucky, the first one was so unlucky!

But what made Tianyou unbelievable was that in the next few houses where he begged, it turned out to be such a situation, and in the end, it was an old man who looked too old and kindly told Tianyou that the people here advocate self-reliance, and they are extremely disgusted with those who are lazy and lazy, so this situation will occur.

Tianyou was puzzled, so he asked the reason, and the old man smiled and said: "The mountain behind this village is a blessed land, the mountain is rich in products, as long as you are diligent, how can you be hungry, you can go to the back mountain to find some food to satisfy your hunger!" ”

After thanking you, he was about to get up and go, but was stopped by the old man: "Young man, remember, there is a valley on the mountainside, called the Valley of Lost Souls, all people or animals who go in, after entering, they will not be able to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest and get lost, although they can eventually come out inexplicably, but it is rumored that someone has seen ghosts in it, so don't go in!" ”

After Tianyou bowed down again and thanked him, he went to the back mountain, not to mention, this mountain was really as the old man said, the bright red wild fruits were hanging all over the branches, and it was his luck, he actually saw that in a depression, a python was entangled with a rabbit, this rabbit was snow-white, and it seemed that he was dying.

He found a branch nearby, shouted and made a gesture to hit the snake, the python was frightened and fled, Zhao Yun was so beautiful that he picked up the rabbit that had lost his breath and planned to leave.

Tianyou hurriedly picked up some dry firewood in the forest, and when he felt that it was almost enough to roast a hare, he found that he was just halfway up the mountain, and the Ecstasy Valley described by the old man was appearing in front of him!

"Whatever, Lao Tzu was born to raise, he is not afraid of any demons and monsters, and there are no taboos!" Tianyou muttered a sentence to give himself courage, and then took out the flint he carried with him and set up a fire.

Not to mention, Tianyou's ability to roast wild game is not covered, the old beggar liked his roasted game the most, thinking of the old beggar, Tianyou was sad, but the smell of meat in the nose and the stomach that screamed completely defeated the nostalgia for the old beggar, he didn't care about the hot, directly tore off a rabbit leg with his hand, although it was hot, but still gobbled it up and chewed.

During the period, the wild fruits picked from the trees, not to mention how delicious, a rabbit was eaten by Zhao Tianyou at all, and there was a beautiful sound, and then a burst of sleepiness hit, after all, begging along the road has not rested, asking for food is like this, the sky is the bed, Tianyou lies down and sleeps, and it doesn't take long for the sound of snoring to sound.

Just when Tianyou was dreaming, an old man with fairy wind and bones walked out of the Ecstasy Valley, walked in front of Tianyou with resolute steps, looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help but smile on his face, but found that Zhao Tianyou ate the remaining bones, frowned again, sighed and walked into the Ecstasy Valley.

Just when Tianyou was dreaming, he felt something hit his face, he subconsciously touched it with his hand, and found that it was sticky, put it on his nose and smelled it, and there was a smell of!

Tianyou sat up at once, and found a black crow on the opposite branch clucking, as if laughing at him.

"You old bastard! How dare you break ground on Tai Sui's head? Believe it or not, I roasted you and ate it! Tianyou scolded the crow angrily for a while, he regretted it after scolding, what is the difference between saying this to a crow and playing the piano to a cow? Besides, let's get out of here quickly, it's bad luck to meet crows.

Just when Tianyou turned around and wanted to leave, a sharp voice came from behind him: "You little rabbit, dare to talk to me like this?" It's Grandpa Crow who you on your face, so you can steal the fun! ”

Tianyou turned around and found that the crow on the opposite branch was actually spitting out words, first after a short stunned moment, he scolded, thinking that he was really aggrieved this day, first he was scolded by the villagers, and now he was bullied by a crow.

Not to mention, this crow's mouth is really powerful, this person scolded a crow for more than ten minutes, God bless tired snoring and panting, and his mouth was about to foam, then he remembered how to move his mouth? So he squatted down and picked up the stone and hit it.

This crow is so good at the body that it dodges with a swish, and does not forget to laugh in its mouth: "Yo! Ready to do it? You can't beat it, dry hair! ”

Tianyou picked up the stone to hit the crow, and ran forward with the crow, just like that, Tianyou entered the Valley of the Lost Soul in a daze...