Chapter 19: The Old Man of the Gate
On the stone tablet of more than three feet, there are several eye-catching words "Iron Hat King Liu An......", I frowned, the Iron Hat King is Aixinjue Luo, how can this ...... But there is a prince surnamed Liu here? That's weird too!
"October 26, the eighth year of Yongzheng...... "The iron hat king in the Yongzheng period, haven't you heard that there is a prince with a Han surname?"
Maybe I was lonely and unheard, I smiled bitterly, and only after confirming that there was no evil aura around me did I turn around and walk down to Yaoshan Village - if there was no trace of ferociousness, it means that the death of those tomb robbers may have only touched some kind of mechanism in the mausoleum and died on the spot, not caused by some other filth......
There was only a thin figure at the entrance of the village, and when I approached, it was still the old man I had seen before, the old man's eyes were fixed on the valley in front of him, and he muttered something in his mouth, but I saw that there seemed to be tears in the corners of his eyes, as if he was sad for something, and thinking of his previous words, I estimated that this old man must have a deep understanding of the iron hat king buried here.
Helping the old man all the way back home, the old man was too old to live alone in a small courtyard, and he didn't even have any relatives around him.
When I walked into the hall, the old man motioned for me to light a candle, and I quickly lit it, but the room was still dim, and the only candlelight could only illuminate three inches of land.
I told the old man who I was, and asked to stay here for one night, and the old man gladly agreed, and enthusiastically got me some food, but it was an unopened box of pastries, and I was happy, I didn't expect such a high-end food to appear in such a humble house.
The old man smiled happily: "Eat, this is brought by my great-grandchildren, and they live well in the village, so I will inevitably have some snacks here that they respect, hehe!" ”
Looking at the old man's happy smile, I was stunned: "The old man still has relatives in the village?" So why do they let you live here alone when they are comfortable? ”
The old man smiled and waved his hand, "Old man...... I don't want to make trouble for my children and grandchildren, and it's good that I live alone, the seventh day of the first month, did you go to see it just now? The graveyard of the Iron Hat King...... How's it going? ”
"Oh, I watched ......," I said, and while eating the pastry, I continued: "The three tomb robbers made a fuss, and now the people have died outside, but the villagers in the village seem to have indirectly gained some benefits, tsk~~~"
The implication of the words, the old man understood when he heard it, shook his head slightly and sighed: "I also said that they were all in a hurry to run home, it turned out to be ...... Alas! The king of the iron hat has a spirit, take his things, and you will damage the yin virtue......"
I asked curiously, "Old man, why do you feel so much about this Iron Hat King?" By the way, why is this iron hat king not surnamed Aixin Jueluo, but ...... But the surname is Liu, what's going on? ”
The old man smiled mysteriously, and did not rush to explain the reason to me, but turned around and poured me a cup of tea, and said, "Don't be busy eating, drink saliva, eat slowly." ”
I was not polite, I took a sip of the water cup, and then I heard the voice of the old man with a little vicissitudes of life: "This iron hat king, is extraordinary, after the death of the old Kangxi, his thirteenth son Prince Yi (Aixin Jueluo Yinxiang), that is, the highly meritorious iron hat king at that time, when he was young, when he came to Shengjing to worship his ancestors, that is, in the third year of Yongzheng, he made a love affair with a Han girl surnamed Liu, but at that time it was a full world, a Han girl...... What kind of name can you get? ”
After Prince Yi left, the Han family girl surnamed Liu was secretly knotted, conceived in October, once gave birth, gave birth to a son, Prince Yi was in order to protect his own flesh and blood from being affected by the politics of the imperial court, with the surname of his mother Liu, named his newborn son Liu An, and was raised by his mother, and then his mother was afraid that the people of the court would track it down, so she fled to this Yaoshan village with Liu An to take root.
On the fourth day of the fifth month of the eighth year of Yongzheng, the iron hat king Aixinjue Luo Yinxiang died, and on October 26 of the same year, he and Liu An, the illegitimate son of the Han woman surnamed Liu, was seriously ill and died, and died in our Yaoshan Village, the iron hat king "hereditary replacement", Liu An's mother ordered people to be in the valley in front of him, and secretly set up a "iron hat king" title for his son Liu An.
I sighed lightly, I dare to love such an iron hat king in this way, although it was not recognized by the court at that time, but it was extraordinary among the people, after all, it was the real iron hat king's own flesh and blood, and half of the blood shed was royal.
After some talking, I learned that the old man's surname is Men, the name Xianli, for the family name, I have rarely heard of it, the old man of Menxianli smiled and said that the members of the family with the surname of the family alone in this village account for a small half, and the rest are surnamed Wang and Zhang, etc., the old man is eighty this year, and he is already four generations in the same house.
When I asked why I had such feelings about the tomb of Liu An, the "Iron Hat King", the old man Men Xianli's eyes gradually became red, and said: "This Iron Hat King's family, but the ancestor who saved me, when Liu An's mother came to Yaoshan Village, that one by one came out of the brocade clothes, family wealth, at that time our ancestor was still a farmer who relied on the sky to eat, due to the poor years, almost starved to death at home, it was Liu's mother's generosity, our family has been able to pass on to this day, their family ...... It is the benefactor of our family, the ancient sages all paid attention to a sense of gratitude, so after Liu An was privately 'crowned' as the iron hat queen, our villagers here helped to hide it, and the descendants of my family have guarded the grave of the iron hat king Liu An for generations, so I know a lot about the events of that year......"
"......I see," I nodded, and said, "Now I can still continue a heart of gratitude for several generations, but there are not many, old man, everything in heaven and earth has a beginning and an end, everything should be fate, don't be too sad!" ”
The old man smiled bitterly: "Everyone understands this truth, but it is too difficult to really do it...... The King of Iron Hats, what a beautiful scenery he was back then, but today, he has come to such a point...... Alas! ”
The old man said this, I also have some more feelings out of thin air, maybe I don't know much about Liu An, but for the legend of the iron hat king, I still know a little, to say the iron hat king scenery, that is the real scenery, even to death, but also to enjoy the blessing of the sky, just say that the first eight iron hat kings, after the death of the emperor, the imperial court allocated five thousand taels of silver, set up a monument of three feet eight inches seven, enjoy five rooms, cover glazed tiles colorful, such specifications, but also only the iron hat king can have the honor, of course, Liu An's cemetery is really shabby in comparison, The only thing is just the eye-catching words "Iron Hat King" on the stone tablet.
The sky outside was gradually brightening, and the old man looked a little tired, and just about to beckon me to rest, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the courtyard gate, and soon, the door was pushed open - "Grandpa! Oh no, something happened to our family! ”
Coming in were two young men, who opened their mouths to call the old man "Grandpa", presumably the great-grandson of the old man Menxianli, but seeing their nervous expressions, I stepped aside in amusement.
PS: Today's first chapter, followed by the second chapter~ Today's two chapters, tomorrow will continue to explode!