One summer, when the rich man was a poor boy, he went up to the mountain to cut wood. The weather was very hot, so he didn't go deep into the mountains, only went around the mountains near his home, but he didn't expect to meet an old Taoist priest who seemed to have a heat stroke, and his limbs twitched on the mountain road, foaming at the mouth, fortunately not far from his home, so he hurriedly carried this Taoist priest to his home, and fanned the Taoist priest, and used cold well water to help him cool down.

Because the Taoist priest is weak, so he cultivated in his house for several days, before this rich man did not get rich, he was a kind-hearted person, and he was good at eating and drinking well for this Taoist priest, although the family was very poor, but he also took out the best food for this old Taoist priest, so that the old Taoist priest was very moved, so he said that he would give him a "big gift" as a reward.

One afternoon, when the rich man returned to his broken house, he found the old Taoist priest holding in his hand a very delicate cage made of crop straw, and the cage was covered with a black cloth.

When the Taoist priest slowly uncovered the black cloth, the rich man was shocked that the cage was a small "peacock" the size of a palm, which was extremely beautiful, and also made a crisp and pleasant call. At that time, the rich man's mind was blank with excitement, and he knew what this bird meant to him, and would completely change his fate, or even the fate of his descendants.

He felt like he was in a dream, and he didn't even realize how the Taoist priest put the bird down and then said goodbye and left.

It wasn't until a year or two later, when the rich man was reminiscing about this incident, that he couldn't help but have all kinds of questions in his heart: "Doesn't the Daji bird only appear in a few days in early spring, and how can the Taoist priest catch it in the middle of summer?" Moreover, this bird reacts extremely quickly, and no one has ever succeeded in catching it, so how did the Taoist priest do it? ”

The man who had been trying to find the secret of catching birds for several years was really snobbish enough when he learned that it was not the rich man himself who caught the bird, and it was as if he had broken off his friendship with the rich man at once, and never went to the door of the rich man's house again.

This matter of "doing the secret of catching birds" has also become a joke in the local area.

But what no one expected was that the inconspicuous poor boy Zhu Chongba (Zhu Yuanzhang's nickname) turned out to be the first person in the village to catch this kind of Daji bird in hundreds of years, not only did others not expect it, but even Zhu Yuanzhang himself never thought of it.

By the time Zhu Yuanzhang was more than ten years old, the world of the Yuan Dynasty was already very unstable, and rebellions were surging in various places. In this chaos, public order is not good, and bandits who rob homes and houses are everywhere, and they often come to the village to loot and harass them. Therefore, some people in the village were drawn out with gongs and stood guard on the hillside, and if they found bandits coming from afar, as soon as the gong sounded, the village immediately closed the gate of the village and took protective measures.

In the early spring of this year, it was Tang He and Zhu Yuanzhang's turn to be on duty, and the two of them held a gong, sat on the slope of the mountain full of plane trees, and looked down the mountain vigilantly. I don't know what the reason is, it may be a bad year, or the world is in turmoil, but for more than ten years, the Daji bird seems to have become extinct and has never appeared in this forest again. Coupled with the wars and famines, no one has the heart to come here to hunt birds.

It was already afternoon, the weather was neither hot nor cold, "the spring face is not cold willow wind", in this warm spring equinox, and the fragrant fragrance of flowers, the two seemed to forget their hunger for a while, squatting on the ground leisurely, staring at the bottom of the mountain, while chatting without a word.

Suddenly, the two of them heard a chirping bird, which was so pleasant and beautiful that it made people feel comfortable and proper. It was the first time they had heard such a beautiful bird call when they were so big, and just as they were about to observe what kind of bird made this sound, a bird landed in front of them both This bird was only the size of a palm, but it was extremely gorgeous, the colorful feathers, the elegant posture, the beauty of the heart.

At this time, the two looked at each other in great astonishment, and with the tacit understanding of the two of them, they both knew that in each other's hearts, three words would come out at the same time: Daji Bird.

This bird, they have often heard adults mention it since they were young, but they have never seen it, but they are both familiar with the beauty and legend surrounding this bird. And at this moment, this legendary bird unexpectedly appeared in front of the two of them, which made them feel as if they were in a dream.

When Zhu Yuanzhang's attention was completely attracted by this gorgeous bird, he suddenly felt that the world around him suddenly changed, all the sounds disappeared, and all the moving objects around him became very slow, Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at the other birds in the sky, and he was surprised to find that the speed of those birds suddenly became slower than that of a snail! And the Daji bird that kept jumping in front of him also became extremely slow, which made Zhu Yuanzhang have the urge to reach out and grab it, and he felt that since this Daji bird was so slow, he could catch it effortlessly. When Zhu Yuanzhang thought silently like this, his hand had subconsciously and urgently stretched out, and he actually held the Daji bird in his hand.

And all this qiē was completed in an instant, so quickly that Tang He next to him didn't see Zhu Yuanzhang's movements clearly, and when Tang He looked at it again, he was extremely surprised to find that the Daji bird, like magic, had been held in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand.

When he realized that he had caught Daji Bird, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't believe his eyes, how could it be? I've always heard adults say that this kind of Daji bird, how fast it is to move, except for that Taoist priest, no one has ever succeeded in catching this kind of bird, not because of anything else, just because of this bird's reaction and action, it is too fast. How could I possibly catch such an incomparably rare bird? And, why was it that I was so slow to move when I saw this Daji bird just now?

Tang He on the side, because of the incomparably shocked, his mouth was wide open. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him, still feeling that what had happened just now was as if he was in a dream, and he asked Tang He: "Did you see this kind of Daji bird, which jumped very slowly just now, and then I casually stretched out my hand and caught him?" ”

Tang He swallowed his saliva, and then said after a little relief: "No, I didn't see the Daji bird jumping slowly, it kept jumping so fast, I couldn't see its movements clearly, and I didn't even see you stretching out your hand, although I stared intently, I only saw in the end, this Daji bird, somehow, was held in your hand, it was like a trick." What kind of boxing are you secretly practicing, otherwise how can you shoot so fast, now it's good, you can catch this kind of Daji bird, it seems that the time has come......"

Zhu Yuanzhang was also extremely excited, he knew what a Daji bird meant. But in addition, he suddenly felt that he was too amazing in the eyes of others, something that moved extremely fast, if he concentrated his mind, he would feel very slow, and his reaction and action speed at that time would also be extremely fast. It makes him feel very good to have this extraordinary potential, because in the dark, he seems to feel very different from others.

However, fate played a joke on him, and this Daji bird did not win him great wealth, like the rich man, but rejoiced in nothing.

After he and Tang He caught this bird, they didn't dare to make a noise, because the world is so chaotic, if others know about it, they have to play with their lives to rob it. By the end of the evening, the shift changers came. In order not to let the shift change people find out that they caught this magical bird, Zhu Yuanzhang gently grabbed the bird with his hand, and then stuffed his hand into his jacket to cover it, but the bird's mournful cry would still come out from under the clothes. Therefore, he asked Tang He to stay at the sentry post alone, and he was ready to go home early before the change of guard arrived.

After arranging a qiē, Zhu Yuanzhang walked down the mountain with great excitement, he was a little trembling with excitement, thinking about his family, the poor couldn't even open the pot, he didn't expect to get such a "windfall" today, every time he went to the market, he was always tickled by the fragrance of the fried meat box, and his saliva was unbearable, and he would think every time, if he could eat such a meat box every day, it would be enough for this life.

And today, this Daji bird has made it possible for him to make this wish come true, and he can eat that fragrant meat box every day! He could even eat something better, but he couldn't think of anything better than a meat box, because in his life experience, the food he could come into contact with was too limited.

As the saying goes, happiness begets sadness, probably because Zhu Yuanzhang is too excited, on this hillside where he has almost never fallen, he suddenly stepped into the air, and fell heavily on a, his mind was blank, he almost didn't faint, the blood in his mouth and nose was mixed with dirt, and the numbness was mixed with hot pain, but when he just came to his senses, he couldn't care about the pain, the first thing he thought of was the Daji bird in his hand, but suddenly found that he was already empty-handed, at the moment of falling, The Daji bird had flown away from his hand at some point.

Zhu Yuanzhang lay on the ground, hammered his chest and cried. This is the most painful time for him to grow so big, and the hellish hard days are coming to an end, and his family is going to run from time to time, but he didn't expect it to be empty, and the sense of loss after his hope was shattered made him feel painful.

That night, he even took a piece of hemp rope and prepared to hang himself. But after thinking about it, I finally gave up the idea of suicide. But what Zhu Yuanzhang didn't realize at that time was that his magical ability to catch a Daji bird was actually much more precious and valuable than catching a Daji bird. It is precisely by relying on this ability that he has been able to save himself from danger many times, and finally with his super survivability, he did not die in the lowest level of his soldier's career, and later he had the possibility of his life.