Chapter 9 The Six Righteous Men of Taoyuan
Mi Wenqing sat on the round stool in the center of the room and turned her head curiously to look around, you could see beautiful white lily embroidered patterns everywhere in the room, on the round table, the cloth cushions on the stools, as well as curtains, bed curtains, and pillows. Although the room is plainly furnished, it is clean and exquisite. Mi Wenqing looked at Aunt Pan again, and saw Aunt Pan, who was pouring hot water into the big wooden barrel, standing in the middle of the rising mist, like a fairy driving the clouds, very beautiful. It would be a kind of luck to live comfortably with such a group of lovely people in this life, and she was once again grateful to God for his mercy on her.
"What's wrong?" Pangu saw that the little girl was a little distracted, so she asked with concern.
"Uh...... Not...... It's nothing...... By the way, Aunt Pan, what year is this year? Mi Wenqing asked.
"What year? Yixi thirteen years, are you asking this? ”
"Thirteen years of Yixi? ...... That should be the Eastern Jin Dynasty now, Emperor Sima Dezong. It turned out that I was in this dynasty. Mi Wenqing muttered. For the top students who graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, history has naturally been familiar to Mi Wenqing.
"Alright, girl, come over here and change your clothes. Later, you will change into the clothes that Pangu prepared for you. Lo and behold, it must fit. ”
Mi Wenqing happily jumped into the barrel and took a comfortable bath, and changed into a long green dress prepared by Aunt Pan, only to see that the upper body and skirt of the skirt were embroidered with lilies. She put the long braid that Pangu had combed for her behind her shoulder, looked at the bronze mirror on the table, and looked left and right. Only then did I realize that I was dazzled by this new world, and I hadn't taken a good look at my new appearance. Just look, a small and delicate face poured out of the bronze mirror, with two big black and round eyes, small nostrils, thin red lips, and two newly grown little tiger teeth under the two sweet dimples, Mi Wenqing couldn't believe that she was the little beauty in the mirror! She was overwhelmed by her appearance, and looked at the bronze mirror with a smirk of "hehe", trying to adapt to her new look.
"What's so funny, silly girl? Hungry, right? The meal should be ready, you should go to Uncle Hao's to eat. Pangu said softly.
She gently stroked Mi Wenqing's head, and her eyes were full of love, just like a mother's loving look towards her own child.
"Aunt Pan, aren't you going with me?" Mi Wenqing asked puzzled.
"I hope my aunt is not hungry, good girl, you can go by yourself."
Aunt Pan opened the door, pointed to her to the room near the left side of the courtyard gate, and said to Mi Wenqing:
"The kitchen is there, Uncle Hao will arrange it, hurry, go ahead."
Mi Wenqing walked to the kitchen door, and turned around to see that Pangu was still back in her room, and the others were gone, and the courtyard was quiet and silent. Although she felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, she was already so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, but she didn't think much about it. She pushed the kitchen door open, only to see a puff of black smoke gushing out, choking Mi Wenqing half to death. She lifted the smoke and looked in, only to see that the kitchen stove was full of red light and black smoke, she thought the kitchen was on fire, and immediately poured it out, but she heard the old man say anxiously on the side:
"Enough fire, enough, Lei Daxia, if you burn it again, you won't be able to eat this dish!"
"Not enough, not enough, I'll add a few more. You can't be busy alone, so I'll help you make a fire. ”
I saw that the thunderous face was red, and he was sweating profusely fanning the fan, and the piles of black smoke were his masterpieces.
Steward Hao was choked by the smoke, he saw that the dishes in the pot were burned black, and he was choked so that he couldn't speak, his face was red in a hurry, he put down the spatula in his hand, grabbed the hands of Lei Buming who lit the fire, and pulled him out.
"My Lei Daxia, if you add fire to it, I'm afraid this house will be burned! If you really want to help me, you...... You can help me fetch a few jars of water. Steward Hao said without tears.
"Can you still burn down a house with just a few fires? You're too timid, fetching water? You said wow! ”
After Lei Buming finished speaking, he ran to the kitchen in a hurry, carried four wooden barrels and went out, leaving Steward Hao to sit alone on the threshold of the kitchen, wiping away the tears that were smoked.
Looking at the scene in front of him, he had to make people angry and funny, Mi Wenqing didn't understand why everyone was acting so abnormally, Pangu's deliberate evasion, the closed door of others, and the restlessness of thunder, all of which made Mi Wenqing unable to figure it out. She stepped forward, sat next to Steward Hao and asked:
"Grandpa, what's wrong with Lei Daxia? There are other people, why are they nowhere to be seen? ”
"Hey, the master returned to the martial arts because of this, and he blamed himself in front of the former hall master for the failure of the Xuanfeng Hall to recover. Don't look at the other five people who are closed, in fact, they all feel the same way as the master, and they are all secretly sad. ”
I see, Mi Wenqing then figured out that the strange atmosphere along the way turned out to be because of this reason. She looked at Qin Zhengfeng's gloomy back, and under the light of the candlelight in the hall, it revealed its sad original form.
"Don't look at Lei Daxia's roughness, in fact, he is kind-hearted and a righteous person. I think he was the most capable head catcher in the Yamen of Yuzhou County, nicknamed Thunder God Catcher. He is so powerful that he can break stones with his voice alone! He has a straight temperament, although his temper is a little short-tempered, and he is very good at getting things done. He enforces the law impartially, handles cases vigorously and resolutely, and is good at fighting grievances in his life, and is deeply liked by the people. But since the new master sat in the yamen, he no longer used him and left him out in the cold. Steward Hao said with a sigh again.
"Since Lei Daxia has such ability, why doesn't the new master use him?" Mi Wenqing asked puzzled.
"That's because Lei Daxia's upright temperament hinders the good things of the new master! As soon as the new master took office, officials from all over the country gave big gifts and beautiful women. There is also a rich businessman in order to please the new master, from a refugee who can't afford to eat, his little daughter is secretly given as the new master's concubine, who knows that the woman is desperately unwilling, and the result is a pillar and died, miserable......" Steward Hao shook his head helplessly and said.
"It's just inhumane, ignoring the law of the land!" Mi Wenqing said resentfully.
"Coincidentally, this incident happened to be bumped into by Lei Daxia, which made him so angry that he picked up the axe and ran to the new master's mansion, and more than a dozen cows couldn't pull it."
"Bumped into by a ghost old man? Something big is going to happen, so what happened? ”
Later, I don't know which dog head secretly reported to the new master, and that group of people had already laid a net in the mansion, just waiting for his prey to vote. Who knew that as soon as Lei Daxia stepped into the door of the new old man's mansion with his front foot, he was pressed to the ground by a large group of people with his back foot. Those dozen or so people were Lei Daxia's opponents, but they made an ambush in advance and firmly trapped him with the net of hunting. So the new master wanted to put Lei Daxia to death on the grounds of assassinating the court officials, but the people couldn't help but desperately ask for their lives, and the new master was afraid that the higher authorities would investigate and deal with it, so he had to change the capital crime to a cane punishment. After beating more than a hundred rods, such a strong man has already been beaten to the point that his skin is open, and his flesh and blood are flowing everywhere......"
Steward Hao couldn't help but choke up when he talked about the emotion.
"I didn't expect Lei Daxia to have such an experience, the world is declining, no matter which dynasty there are always evil officials who can't be killed! However, as long as we unite, no matter how great the evil forces are, there will be a day when the ship will capsize! Mi Wenqing said angrily.
"Not really! Today's emperor can't be counted on, it's not as good as my master. It was snowing heavily that day, my lord walked home from the next village after finishing his errands, and found the dying Lei Daxia in a cold water ditch, so he rescued him, Lei Daxia swore to follow the master to repay his kindness, and the lord respected Lei Daxia as a person who valued love and righteousness, so he recognized him as a brother. ”
At this moment, Lei Buming came back, and he carried two large buckets of water in each hand, but he did not have any difficulty, and walked over with great strides and said loudly:
"Quick, quick, get out of the way."
Mi Wenqing and Steward Hao hurriedly stood up and made way. However, Lei Buming walked too fast with the bucket, and a large amount of water was spilled all over the ground, and after he poured half a bucket of water into the bucket, he hurriedly went out with the bucket.
"Hey, look at my memory, my rice is mushy."
Steward Hao hurriedly ran into the kitchen and turned the dishes in the pot.
Mi Wenqing's curiosity to hear the story was not satisfied, she followed Steward Hao into the kitchen, and continued to ask while learning Steward Hao's appearance of picking vegetables:
"Then how did the others get to this village? They must have a legend too! ”
"Of course, they're all amazing people. Let's talk about Mr. Kong, although he is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old, he is the youngest in the imperial court and the most reused by the emperor. He read all the books, knew everything about astronomy and geography, he solved all the puzzles of the world, and there was no one in the world who could stump his problems, so people gave him nicknames and could not solve them. ”
"So powerful? Isn't he Shang Shuling? How did you get here? Mi Wenqing asked curiously.
"If you climb high, you will fall hard! There are always people with ill intentions who are extremely red at him, and then I don't know who complained to the emperor about the black case, falsely accusing Mr. Kong of corruption and bribery, as a result, the emperor listened to the slander, and really found the stolen goods in Mr. Kong's mansion, fortunately, the emperor read Mr. Kong's talent is rare, he was demoted to a commoner, driven out of the court, and never allowed to be an official. Steward Hao said.
"Since Mr. Kong is innocent, how could his mansion find stolen goods? Could it be that someone framed him? ”
"Mr. Kong will never do such things as corruption and bribery, they are all framed by those dog officials!" Steward Hao was a little anxious and said hurriedly.
"Of course, I also believe that Mr. Kong is innocent, but how did he get to this Yizhuang later?"
Later, Mr. Kong's house was raided, and he bought words everywhere for a living, and his life was so miserable that he was forced to jump off the cliff, but fortunately he was persuaded by the master who went up the mountain to collect medicine. After the two talked freely, they became friends and invited him to stay in this Yizhuang for a long time. ”
Steward Hao's face turned from cloudy to clear, and he continued:
"Later, the old man met the white god doctor again, you look at his handsome appearance, you know that there are few people in the world who can compare, his medical skills are excellent, no one can compare. He originally lived in a thatched hut on the hill behind this Yizhuang, and he was deeply loved by the people here, but he never said his name or where he came from. I only know that his surname is Bai, some call him Bai Divine Doctor, and some call him Jade Face Divine Doctor because he is handsome. ”
"I have seen his acupuncture skills, which can be called the leader in the Chinese medicine industry!" Mi Wenqing said equally excitedly.
"That's not it, his wonderful hand of rejuvenation is invisible with a needle, fast, precise and accurate, and no one in the world can compare!" Steward Hao's eyes widened and he said in amazement.
"What about the Immortal Hero? What is his full name? Mi Wenqing then asked.
"Changsheng, his full name is Tie Changsheng, he is the only one left in the family, lonely and miserable, but he is born with a lot of brave strength, and there are few opponents in the world. He volunteered to serve the court, so he went to join the army, but for some reason he offended the superior commander and was kicked out of the barracks. With nowhere to go, he had to sell martial arts for a living, and when he met my master on the street, the two hit it off at first sight. Later, Pangu also came to Yizhuang, and these people officially worshiped and became a family. Steward Hao laughed again and said.
"Girl, don't take it off, otherwise you'll stain the clothes carefully prepared by Aunt Pan!"
Steward Hao hurriedly took the green vegetables from Hua Weiyu's hand, pulled her up, and said.
"It's okay, I'll take care of it."
"Aunt Pan must be very happy to see you...... You must be like her daughter, her lost daughter......"
"Aunt Pan's daughter is lost? What's going on? ”
"I don't know how I got lost, but I remember one morning three years ago, I opened the door and was about to send my master out, when I saw Aunt Pangu sick at the door of Yizhuang, and my master took her back to the village to recuperate. Afterwards, I only heard her say that in order to find her lost daughter, she searched all the way from south to north to Gangneung, and she was penniless and had no medicine for her illness. My grandfather never asked. My lord used to say that the hero didn't ask where she came from, and then he took her in. Pangu is skillful, needlework can be called the first in the world, there is no style that Pangu can't do. She did the laundry and sewing all the time, and took care of everyone wholeheartedly, and it was always better to have a woman in Yizhuang to take care of her. My lord is a loving person, and he has always treated Aunt Pan like his own sister. ”
Steward Hao patiently told Mi Wenqing the legendary stories of the heroes without hesitation, and these words seemed to have been piled up in his chest for too long, so he couldn't help but pour them out immediately.
Mi Wenqing heard Steward Hao say this, and remembered Aunt Pan's melancholy eyes, and then she really felt what kind of pain was contained in that resentful and sad expression, and her heart also became sad. Aunt Pan is the first person she came to this world and is good to her, and under the gaze of her gentle mother's love, she can make herself feel extremely at ease in this ignorant world. Mi Wenqing secretly made up her mind that she would treat her like a relative in the future and replace her lost daughter.
"What is the name of Aunt Pan's daughter? How old is it? What about her husband? ”
"Name? I want to think about it...... I remember that when Aunt Pan first came, she asked someone to inquire about her family, but I only remembered that her daughter's name was Xinnan, and that the child's right hand had a birthmark of a hundred lilies, and her husband did not know about it, and he never heard her mention it again. ”
"There is a birthmark with a lily pattern on the tiger's mouth...... No wonder Pangu likes lilies so much. Hua Weiyu muttered alone.
"Okay, there is still half a bowl of good porridge left in this pot, you eat it first. A good pot of porridge is broken, hey......"
Steward Hao scooped a bowl of white porridge with lotus seeds from another pot and handed it to Mi Wenqing. The aroma of lotus seed porridge in that bowl suddenly filled the entire room, and although there were a few pots floating on the porridge, it still couldn't hide the fragrance of lotus seeds. Seeing that there was something to eat, Mi Wenqing remembered that he was already hungry, so without saying a word, he sat on the threshold of the kitchen with a bowl and drank it in a big gulp.