Chapter 18: The Return of the Ox Fly
But he said that at night, Wang Da took care of his mother to sleep, and he lay down in the bed and couldn't sleep, he was not greedy for the windfall, but just thought: Master Huang is proficient in easy reasoning, and he must be right in his words, but such an absurd thing can really happen? Outside the window, the raindrops and sycamores are dripping.
Half-asleep and in a trance, there was a loud "bang", and the king sat up in shock, and the queen mother had also woken up and said, "Son, what is the sound? It seems that something has knocked on the door of our courtyard, you go and see!"
Wang Da got down to the ground and pushed open the door of the house, he was stunned by the scene in front of him: "The gate of the courtyard was wide open, and the cow he sold was standing quietly under the bullpen at the base of the south wall of the courtyard, and the calf was attached and happily sucking the milk of the cow, and the cow was hunched with several sacks, two on her side and one on her back.
"Carrying women and camel gold" almost instantly drilled into Wang Da's mind: the sack on her back must be a woman, and the sacks on both sides must be gold and silver. Wang Da hurriedly slammed the courtyard gate to death, and walked quickly to the bullpen. After a moment's hesitation, he untied the rope that bound the sack on the cow's back, and the moment he touched the sack, his heart trembled, and the soft touch told him that there was indeed a person in the sack, although it could not be sure that it was a woman. Wang Da steadied his panicked mind and carried the sack containing the person into the house, because of the rain, the sack was already soaked, and Wang Da put it on the ground.
By this time, the Queen Mother had struggled to light the oil lamp at the bedside. Removing the sack, a woman dressed in red appeared in front of Wang Da, about twenty years old, her cloud-like hair scattered on the side of her left ear, her eyes closed, and the faint light shining on her fair skin.
Wang Da probed his snort with his hand, although it was weak but even, and he knew that he was not worried about his life. "Poor child, it must be the work of the robbers who robbed the house, don't care about anything else, hurry up and change her wet clothes......
Wang Da didn't move for a long time, and muttered in his mouth: "Mother, this is a girl!" The queen mother scolded: "Things that don't grow, at this time, you still have to take care of those vulgar etiquette, it's important to save people!"
Wang Da found a set of clothes that his mother had changed, and was about to change them for the girl, when he suddenly heard the girl moan softly.
Wang Da hurriedly stepped forward and said happily: "Girl, you are awake!" Hearing someone speak, the girl opened her eyes with a stirring spirit, and the four eyes were facing each other, both sides were taken aback, and the girl suddenly saw a strange young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes appear in front of her, naturally she was a little afraid, and subconsciously hugged the clothes on her chest: "Who are you, stay away from me!"
Wang Danian is still single in his thirties, and has never been in such close contact with a girl, the girl's big and clear eyes are like a clear spring, and like a refracting lustrous amethyst, full of mysterious charm, he saw the girl's eyes, his heart seemed to surge through a warm current, and there was an inexplicable pleasure spread throughout the body, this unprecedented experience naturally hit his mind. When Wang Da saw that the girl was so nervous, a feeling of pity and pity rose in his heart.
"Son, think about it, was your house robbed by thieves? You were brought to your house by our bull and camel. Wang's mother was afraid that the girl would misunderstand, so she explained for her son.
"Mother, this cow used to be our family, wasn't it sold in the market?" Wang Da corrected his mother's words.
The girl seemed to remember something, and suddenly hugged her head and cried.
But the mother and son of the king were frightened, and the queen mother hurriedly persuaded: "The girl doesn't have to be sad, if you have any grievances, you can tell the old body, or I can help you solve your worries!"
The girl's cry grew quieter, her hands over her face, still sobbing, her round shoulders shaking rhythmically. "Son, the girl may be hungry, you go and bring some hot food to the girl!" Wang Da obeyed the order and brought a bowl of hot porridge in a while.
The girl had stopped her grief, ate the hot porridge brought by Wang Daduan, and said to the Queen Mother with tears: " Auntie, I am the daughter of Wan Danian, a businessman on the probation street, last night, a group of robbers pried open the door of my house, killed my father, looted our family's treasures, a bandit leader saw that I was beautiful, so he tied me up, put me in a sack, and drove with a cow camel, and then was interrogated by the officers and soldiers patrolling the street, showing the horse's feet, the officers and soldiers fought with the thieves, the thieves did not dare to delay, and fled while fighting, and then met a group of intercepted officers and soldiers, the thieves fought each other, the cows ran convulsively, I couldn't distinguish things in the sack, I was a girl's house, I couldn't bear the pain of the bumps, and gradually passed out, somehow I arrived at your house, aunt, you want to save meBefore he finished speaking, tears came out of his eyes again.
The mother and son sighed again and again, and scolded the thieves who cut off their children and grandchildren for not dying well. The queen mother comforted: "Child, you stay in my house first, and we will go to sue the officials, arrest the thieves, and avenge your parents!" The queen mother drove Wang Da to the outhouse, urging the girl to change her wet clothes and let her rest in peace on the king's bed.
The girl threw herself all night, exhausted, and fell asleep in a daze. This made Wang Da miserable, and he had to squat in his outhouse.
The sound of the husband on the street was already five watch, and he suddenly heard the girl in the house shouting: "Don't kill my mother, don't kill my mother!" Wang Da knew that the girl was having a nightmare, and he sighed unconsciously and deeply sympathized with the girl's plight.
After a while, the painful groans of the girl's dream were heard again, and so many times, the Queen Mother called, "Son, come in and find out if she has a fever." I don't feel right!"
Wang Da hurriedly came to the girl's bed, touched the girl's forehead with his hand, and exclaimed, "Mother, her forehead is very hot!"
The Queen Mother sighed: "Misfortune is not a one-way street, you have to think of giving her a fever and treating her first." The official is relieved in advance. ”
Wang Da hurriedly said: "Mother, the money for your treatment is not enough, how can you have the money to give her medicine again!"
The queen mother said: "Didn't you say that there are still two sacks on the back of the cow, there must be money in them, I can't care about it so much, let's take it first!"
One sentence reminded Wang Da that Shicai's attention was focused on the girl, and he forgot that there were two sacks on the back of the cow. "Carrying women and camel gold", Huang Tai's words came to Wang Da's mind again.
Wang Da quickly came to the cattle pen, and the cow was already lying on the ground, and the sacks were lying on both sides. He hurriedly unloaded the sack, the heavy weight of the sack made his heart beat suddenly, untied the piercing, a pile of gold and silver shimmered in the morning light, Wang Da grinned: The girl and her mother's illness do not have to worry!
For three days in a row, Wang Da rushed around for the illness of the girl and her mother, grabbing medicine, decocting medicine, feeding medicine, cooking on fire, and serving feces and urine. The girl was sometimes awake, sometimes unconscious.
Three days later, the girl's high fever subsided, and she gradually recovered her senses, so she begged Wang Da to help take care of her parents' funeral. Wang Da happily agreed and accompanied the girl to her house, which was still in shambles, and the bodies of the girl's parents were nowhere to be found, and it was expected that they had been buried. Things are people, seeing things and thinking about people, the girl sat on the ground, tears welled up, crying loudly. Wang Da tried his best to persuade him.
The cry alarmed the neighbors, and an old lady came to comfort the girl: "Child, people cannot be resurrected after death, mourn! You are lucky to come back alive! On the day of the robbery of your house, the government sent someone to investigate and arrange for someone to bury the high hall. The girl begged her neighbor to lead her way to her parents' graves, and inevitably wept again. The girl had no close relatives in Chang'an, and after crying for her parents, under the persuasion of Wang Da, she had no choice but to follow Wang Da back to Wang's house.