In the eighth year of Yongqing, Emperor Taiwu borrowed the demon monk Guang'an to ascend the throne and became the emperor, and changed the name of the year to "Yongqing". In order to find the true whereabouts of the former emperor Jian'an, Taiwu sent his confidant Guo Gang to mobilize the guards of the forbidden forest to find out the old ministers such as Jian'an's secret envoy in ten ways...... As a result, Hu Xiao, the minister of Jian'an, was sentenced to the nine clans, and other cronies were assigned to the northeast border "Northern Xinjiang Capital Division" to fill the army. There was a lot of rumor among the people, and everyone felt that they were in danger......

"Hui ....... Huiwei, you ...... You...... Your father entrusted you ....... Entrusted...... I'm ....... My trust, in your father's ........ Daddy's ...... Before I ...... I'll take care of ...... Protecting you......

Thoughtful".

"Uh-huh, understood. Brother Xu Bin, don't worry, I will listen to you. Like you took me with you when you were a kid, hehe".

Xu Bin and Huiwei are a pair of brother and sister who recognize each other. When Xu Bin was a nine-year-old child, he watched Huiwei be born, and now Huiwei is in the age of the golden hairpin. Xu Bin also often accompanies her, and has been growing up with Huiwei. In this turbulent era when everyone is in danger, Xu Bin has always given the same love and care to Huiwei's brother, and Huiwei also sees it in his eyes. For as long as Huiwei can remember, the thatched hut renovated from the stable is Huiwei's home. She has never seen her mother, and in her world there are only her father and Brother Xu Bin. But it's strange to say, she was born in the stable, as if she was born with "three obedience and four virtues", and it didn't bother her family at all when she was born, so Huiwei's father ——— "Qiu Shilang" also thanked God for his favor.

It turned out that the family of "this brother and sister" and Huiwei was not originally what was described.

The change began as early as a "rebellion" in the eighth year of Yongqing......

In the third year of Jian'an, Prince Wu launched a mutiny and plotted to usurp the throne. On the same day, the imperial city was captured, and the ministers were taken captive and their homes were raided. The family of "Qiu Shilang", who was a member of the ministry, was not spared, and the family courtyard was surrounded by anti-thieves. Danger lurks, and the Qiu family is in danger of being beheaded at any time. In the process of fleeing with his family, Qiu Shilang's family fled early although they learned of the disaster through a secret letter. But he still didn't escape the tragic death of all the four of Qiu Shilang and the maid Xiao Zhang. Xu Bin was one of the four, and his father replaced Qiu Shilang and died under the knife of the mutiny. During the escape, Xu Bin was also overly frightened and fatigued and suffered from aphasia, which only improved slightly after two years, and became today's stutter. That year, he was nine years old.

In fact, the four families who escaped from the capital were actually three people, and there was "one mouth" in the arms of Qiu Yuanwai's wife, Mrs. Li. On the day the child was born, due to the difficult birth of Loton Lee, she let her family choose to keep the child in order to keep the baby alive, and she came to the end of her life. There is no big problem in the middle, the maid Xiao Zhang took care of everything, the child was born, and Xiao Zhang himself thanked his wife for her great kindness, so he hanged himself. The painful blows under the disaster were a series of blows, and Qiu Yuanwai was so sad that his hair turned white overnight. Despite this situation, Qiu Yuanwai still gave this newly born girl a poetic name:

———— Huiwei

Yes, smiling and blooming like a flower in the sun, it is Qiu Yuanwai's "blessing" to the entire family, begging God to favor this family of three. The Qiu family has no way out, and now it is the world of the anti-thief "Wu Clan", and they are chasing and killing the old department of Jian'an at the moment. Qiu Shilang is the minister of Sanpin, and the twists and turns of the three years during the Jian'an period, and the secret reports and secrets are all in his head. He knew that this brutal Wu clan would not miss him.

Qiu Shilang lowered his head and carefully considered the "secret letter".

"The capital is destroyed, and the fire escapes quickly"

There is also a limerick poem:

"The fire shines on the sea of clouds, and the north and the south are empty and the morning glow.

After the dusk of the wine in Donglin, the willow bank is fragrant and the golden beast "~

Looking at Bi Shiwen, Qiu Shilang's tears were horizontal......

Yes, the suburbs of Jingshi can't stay anymore, the Forbidden Forest Guard will definitely find here, and that Guo Gang will definitely find us by smelling it. Taking advantage of the fact that the Wu clan was not fully in charge of the imperial power, Qiu Shilang was thinking about the direction of escape.

"North and South Sky"? "Si Zhaoxia"?

"North Hell"?

Qiu Shilang has understood the full meaning of the poem.

Fleeing to the north, there is no possibility of survival, the northern cavalry is the base of the Wu clan and has many minions, it must be fleeing to the south. Meet in the morning glow. Qiu took his infant daughter and Xu Bin and prepared to flee to the south by water. Qiu Shilang had no strength to go on at this time, and the sudden loss of his wife and family changes made him have no energy. If you go any further, it is estimated that an old life will be gone.

"Is it possible that my Qiu family will die one day"?

Qiu knelt on the ground and screamed······

"Is it Lord Qiu Shilang"?

At this time, four men wearing hats and gray robes pursued them to ask questions.

"I am determined to do this, but I beg to spare my child." Qiu Shilang said with his eyes closed.

"The adults misunderstood, and they were ordered by the emperor to take the adults to escape from the capital"!

"And now that the situation is critical, I will take the adults to escape from the nearby water station, there are our people there, my lordship can rest assured."

After speaking, the four men in the hat supported Qiu Shilang and the three of them and walked to the nearby water station.

"We? Am I not the only one"?

"But where are you going to flee south?"

Qiu Shilang made a difficulty.

"Donglin? Big brother, where the hell are we going to flee south?"

Qiu Shilang said to the hat-man.

"My lord, we are ordered to escort you to a safe place, don't ask the rest."

"Rest assured, sir".

The hat man said.

A group of people came to the Shuiyi Ferry, Qiu Shilang looked back in the direction of the imperial city, he never thought that his career and fate were so sudden. So he turned and walked to the sailing ship heading south.

"Big brother, how is the emperor now? Is it safe"?

Qiu Shilang's eyes were fixed on the man who had saved him from danger.

"The young master is out of danger."

The man replied calmly.

"That ......"

Qiu wanted to speak and stopped. But he didn't say it.

After that, there was no other conversation between the boatload of people......

At night, the sound of the water splashing with the pulp of the sailboat is the only sound of the whole night. In the moonlight, the waves of the sailboat were swept by the water marks, like pearl jewelry strung together, suddenly knocked out of the plate and scattered all over the ground, looking so messy. The "pearls" that jumped off in the roar rolled down quickly, and their eyes were full of "embarrassment".

The sailboat traveled for a month and came to the waters south of the Yangtze River, and the uninterrupted trek made Qiu Shilang's family seem to let go of their vigilance against the disaster. Because in his heart, the farther away from the capital, the safer they are.

When the boat had finished sailing and landed on the shore, the four men in gray robes and hats said to Qiu Shilang:

"My lord, our mission has been accomplished, and you will be safe throughout the town. However, we have to take the boy from you in exchange for your rescue."

"I watched this child grow up, can you guarantee his safety? How do you make me believe you"?

Qiu Shilang replied hurriedly and cautiously.

Then, another sturdy man wearing a hat took out a piece of "white jade" and handed it to Qiu Shilang's eyes.

"This is the jade pendant on the emperor's waist."

Qiu Shilang's eyelids jumped and he said in surprise.

"My lord, it's not unreasonable for the young master to rescue you, besides, he knows that he is no longer the emperor, so you can call him the young master in the future."

The man in the hat said.

"Wechen knows". After speaking, Qiu Shilang closed his eyes.

"Okay, this place is not suitable for a long time, I will take this child, he will come to you in the future, you can find a tulou to live in near here, this place is still very safe, you can rest assured."

The hat man said.

"The matter has come to this, my life has been disposed of, then Weichen can only trust you, there is no other way, to convey my concern for him to the emperor on my behalf." After speaking, Qiu Shilang hid his face and wept.

After bidding farewell to Qiu Shilang, the four men with hats took the little boy Xu Bin onto the boat.

Qiu Shilang watched them, picked up the swaddling "Huiwei", and walked to the place where there was a cooking smoke......

Walking through the woods and thorns, Qiu Shilang still held the swaddling "Huiwei". What is strange is that this child has never worried about anyone along the way, he has not cried or made trouble, but has made Qiu Shilang laugh. A month's trek by water also gave a boatload of people some warmth. It is really a hardship and warmth, which makes Qiu Shilang more determined to love this "young lady" born in disaster.

At noon, Qiu Shilang and his daughter walked to the cooking place. Four large cylindrical houses come into view, with four floors above and below, and in the middle is the land temple of the clan sacrifice, which is next to each other and sits in a square shape. There is an old woman napping in the sun at the gate of the round building, and around the building are vegetable patches dug by residents, and the cured bacon hung by Jiangnan residents on poles, which looks oily and translucent under the sunlight. The whole scene makes people see the countryside in the south of the Yangtze River!

Qiu Shilang trotted all the way to the front of the room and asked.

"This grandma, can you stay overnight or give my little girl some food, the younger generation is really hungry after a long journey, otherwise I am really ashamed to bother the elders."

Saying that, Qiu Shilang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, hid his face and cried bitterly.

"Oops...... Young"

"This is what happened, come in first to speak".

Grandma then led Qiu Shilang into the room in the building.

"The younger generation named Qiu Rui fled from the north to Jiangnan, and his family is gone, leaving only the newborn girl to accompany me." Qiu cried and said...

Grandma looked Qiu Rui up and down. He was dressed in satin, but he had a few cuts, and his body was covered with mud and dust. The polite man on the other side did not look like a poor family, but as if he had encountered something terrible and fell here.

"The young people here are all doing business or labor in the nearby towns, so you can call me Granny Liu."

"My son will be back at dusk, so you can stay here first."

Granny Liu pointed to a cubicle in the building and said.

"Thank you, grandma, the younger generation will definitely repay you for this good family in the future."

Qiu Rui thanked him.

Liu Po smiled and nodded...

At dusk, a group of young men and women came to the tube building in a bustling manner. They are the residents of the village that Granny Liu said. At this time, the village has the vitality of "Lantern Festival". Looking at the building from the field, there are young and middle-aged people who have finished working in the city and put down their hard work and reunited with their relatives in their homes. There are also couples who return home from the city to visit the market and share the sweet time of the day. There are also old farmers in the village who come home to watch the good harvest in the village after a busy day, and they can't close their mouths happily. Qiu Rui saw these in his eyes, and the taste in his heart was also mixed.

"Who are you"?

A young man entered the door and said in a hard voice.

"I fled from the north and settled here, causing trouble for your family."

Qiu Rui said with a handrail.

"This is the compartment that my mother usually uses to stack goods, you live in the stable next to it! It's spacious there".

After the prime man finished speaking loudly, he walked towards Grandma Liu's room outside the house.

"This man doesn't look like a poor man, he looks polite, don't be afraid of hiding from some big disaster. Let him stay for a few days and send him away, and don't set fire to our house."

The prime man said to Liu Po.

"What calamity can be? I see how much you think about it, this man and the child in his hand look at many faces. Escape from the famine, blame the pitiful, he doesn't dislike the stable, let him live more."

Granny Liu waved her hand and finished speaking, and said to Qiu Rui outside the house.

"But... Mother, they..."

"Don't do it, let's do it first."

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to my mother's words."

After speaking, the prime man walked towards Qiu Rui's family.

"You can stay here first, you can tell my mother what is going on, I am usually busy in the town, and I have nothing free in the village. I heard that you are fleeing from the famine, and I don't ask if there are many of them, if you think there is trouble here, you can also go."

"By the way, my name is Wang Nianzhuang, just call me Zhuangzi."

After the prime man finished speaking, Qiu Rui immediately got up and thanked him.

"Don't don't, don't be a reader like you who watches, don't play with these vain things, look at the madman, I'm back, you guys are busy."

Qiu Rui sent the prime of life back to bed. So I started to clean up the stables.

The stables are not big enough for a father and daughter. Although it is simple, it is still neat and tidy under the care of the people in the village. So it also saved Qiu Rui a lot of thought. The stables are made of wooden piles, and the surface is simply built with withered grass, and it will be "slightly cool" in the third and ninth days.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem..."

Before autumn, Qiu Rui found that he was infected with the "wind cold" in the south of the Yangtze River in this spring. At night, after simply cleaning the room, waiting for my daughter to fall asleep. Qiu Rui closed his eyes and lay down quietly, his mind was the "ups and downs" of the past few decades. The 20-year-old "Jingke Emperor List", and then the 20-year "dedication", in exchange for today's "chaotic ministers and thieves" status, "raiding homes", "fleeing", and "panicking". This encounter is like the pain of other people's lives, and it suddenly descends to the "Qiu family". Qiu Rui meditated, recalling his ambition to cultivate himself at the age of twenty and rule the country and the world, and the promise he had made to the emperor to govern the country, all of which collapsed in an instant.

His curled body was trembling like an earthworm, and he did everything in his power not to disturb others or his family (daughter) while sobbing. Deep despair and sadness drained his whole body, and he closed his eyes with pain, thinking about his relatives and everything in the past......

"You're awake, young man"?

Liu Po smiled at Qiu Rui, pouring hot tea in one hand and wipes in the other.

"Granny Liu, I'm ...... How long did you sleep ......"?

Qiu Rui said.

"You've been lying for six days......~

Liu Po replied patiently.

"During this time, I really thank Grandma Liu, so that my father and daughter have a way to live, Xiaosheng can only report to your family in the next life, woohoo lament."

Qiu Rui rolled out of bed and bowed to Liu Po~

"Silly boy, I am already an old woman with half loess, what do you worship me? Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, your grandma is not for anything else, I really can't bear to see your doll is really good."

Liu Po hurriedly helped Qiu Rui up and said.

"Young man, you should have a good life and recuperate, I will help take care of the doll, I will arrange for my son to take care of you, rest assured."

Granny Liu then got up and walked out of the room......

...

Fallen into the wilderness of the south of the Yangtze River,

Septuagenarian woman bodhisattva intestines.

Where do the nine deaths and life go,

Looking for Qiu Shilang in the return period.

......

At sunset, it is another scene of clear skies alternating starry nights. The village is still a busy and lively scene. "Qiu Yuanwai" and his "family" found a good place to settle down. It can also be regarded as "if you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing in the future", "another village with bright willows and flowers"!

The willow tree outside the tube building swayed with the night wind, as if a woman was tidying up her makeup and combing her long black and shiny hair unhurriedly. It is the warm picture of the village that shows the goodwill of the Jiangnan people. The father and daughter of the victims settled in this village.

However, in Qiu Rui's sleep, he still remembered the "mission" brought to him by "Jiangshan Sheji". In the days and nights that followed, he said the "mission" hidden in his heart...... ：

"Woohoo lament"!

"What a country... What a society..."

"The old minister will go with you to ......".

······

Such words repeated the days and nights when Qiu Rui slept in bed, over and over again...... Liu Po and her son Wang Nianzhuang listened to it in their hearts, half confused, half cold. What kind of escapees did this kind-hearted "mother and son" take in? They gradually began to get scared, so the small family discussion was tacitly hidden in each other's hearts, waiting for the opportunity to blurt out...

A few days later, at noon, Qiu Rui leaned against the wall to bask in the sun, and he looked at the field sluggishly after he had just recovered from the cold. Yes, Qiu Rui has not been able to speak for several days, and he is stunned except for shaking his head and nodding. A man of the living...

"I'll send this guy out in a few days, where the hell should I go......

Wang Nianzhuang couldn't help but say to Liu Po.

"It's just pity for this female doll, you see how handsome she is! Eh..."~

Liu Po looked at "Huiwei" and shook her head.

"Sleep Mengjing said something unlucky, a madman, what do you talk to him, I'll send him away today."

"Mother, I'm afraid that this person is a criminal of the imperial court, and if something happens, the government will come over, and we can't hold back."

Wang Nianzhuang couldn't help but say.

“...... Let's see, he'll send him back when he's cured of typhoid fever! It's good to do things, there's a head and an end, isn't it"!?

While holding "Huiwei" and feeding, Liu Po paid attention to the decoction of herbs.

Granny Liu looked at Qiu Rui's back at the root of the wall... Shaking his head and sighing again.

"Poor man" ......

Dingding, dingding......

With a group of people carrying large and small pots and pans, they walked down the terraced hillside road in the backyard of the tulou. One of the old men walked down the hill and said to the bystanders;

"The cultivation there is really good, the master naturally doesn't have to say anything, right!?

"That's right, our mountains and rivers are good, and our natural masters are all practicing well, so we really want to worship the monks of Donglin more, right? Hahaha"!

The strong man on the side praised loudly.

"Donglin Temple is our treasure here, I am a northerner to marry you, my baby is to go to him to get the mile, this still need to say"?

"Hehe, isn't this Po Liu?"?

"Granny Liu, I haven't been to the temple with you for a few days to offer incense, what are you busy doing?"

A sister-in-law stood on the terraces and shouted to Liu Po at the door of the tulou.

Liu Po beckoned in response and said:

"In a few days, my son is back from town, hehehehe"!

The sister-in-law replied:

"Okay, in a few days, the great monk of Donglin Temple will have an appointment with you in the morning class, and we will go up together."

Liu Po smiled and nodded. Watching the sunset, a group of people offering incense to the temple on the mountain a few miles away~

In the middle of the night, there was a quick knock on the door of Liu Po's room.

Knock knock ~ knock knock...

"Granny Liu, have you slept?"

"Late Qiu Rui, there is something I want to ask Mrs. Liu, I don't know if it is convenient to open the door"?

Qiu Rui asked nervously and in a low voice. The head is still looking at it from time to time.

After a while, Liu Po replied.

"Come in and talk".

Qiu Rui opened the door at this time and saw that Granny Liu was already sitting on the chair, and looked at Qiu Rui with a smile. As kind as usual.

"Po Liu, excuse me, today the group of people on the small slope of the terraced fields, go to the mountain to worship the "Donglin Temple"? Is it far from here"?

Qiu Rui was short of breath, his face seemed to have changed, and his eyes looked straight at Liu Po opposite.

Seeing this, Liu Po leaned down, and she had never seen the face of this junior.

Hurriedly replied three times:

"Good, good"

"It's that temple, at the very top of the hill behind the terraces, and you can see it when you walk a few miles, and when you go up the terraces, you can see the spire."

"It's really Amitabha".

"You're going to get out of here with your kids tomorrow morning, good, good.......

"We'll see you when we have fate".

After speaking, Liu Po leaned on the corner of the table and looked at Qiu Rui opposite, with a thousand "sorry" looks in her eyes. This old man seems to have done his duty.

Knock knock knock ~ The sound of three kowtows fell heavily on the ground... Qiu Rui made a gesture and walked towards the stable outside the house without saying a word......

"The North and the South"

"The North and the South"

"The North and the South"

...... "Donglin puts wine after dusk"

"Donglin ........."

........ Qiu Rui repeated the Tibetan poems of the hatsman repeatedly. I went crazy and held the baby like crazy, and trotted all the way from the stables in the middle of the night, and gradually moved away from the tulou...

The direction pointed by the poem may be the destination of this "down-and-out man". Qiu Rui took advantage of the light of the starry sky and walked all the way to the mountain in front of him. The so-called temple he was looking for was because he wanted to meet someone.

Emperor.

Of course, there are some unrevealing secrets hidden in his years of dealing with government affairs.

It must be in that "spire" that the words can be spoken......

The artificial steps of the mountain path were hewn, and the moss was covered with dew. Qiu Rui was slipped again and again, and he was no longer careful. He decided that the appearance of the steps and the road along it must be the direction of the temple. This night's stumbling seems to have returned to the "sacrificial ceremony" twenty years ago... Tonight and that day, the same sincerity and "piety."

One step at a time, one step at a time. Qiu Rui's probe was about to find his way.

With the upward beating of one step after another, the words of the stele of "Donglin Temple" gradually emerge in the eyes, clear!

Qiu Rui hugged the child in his hand and walked quickly to the temple. Before dawn, when he saw that the door was closed, he hugged the stone tablet and fell asleep with his eyes closed, looking like a drunkard who had fallen asleep on the stone steps.

In his dream, when he opened his eyes, his family members sat around Qiu Rui, patted him on the shoulder, got up and happily played and chased each other...

"Official, it's time to get up"!

The starry night sky,

I have not seen the morning dew,

In the hazy eyes, a shepherd boy led the green ox to float over,

The tail of the green cow flicked rhythmically with its footsteps,

Approach, closer......

A hand clapped the cow's back and pointed to a place.

The shepherd boy shouted the ballad:

"Yun'er flies lightly, rides a bull and wades through the water, drives Yue'er, returns home, returns home to ......"