The Xu family in the farmers' mouths that made them feel that their mentality was much more balanced was obviously the Xu Sheng family.

Xu Shengyuan has a family, a family of four, Xu's father Xu Kaishan, Xu's mother Zhou Su, and a ...... Brother.

The Xu family was originally a solid family, all relying on Xu Kaishan's lively mind, diligence and hard work, Xu's mother was thrifty and housekeeping, and she helped inside and outside. Ten miles and eight townships are considered to be the first household.

However, things in this world are never accurate. There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, people have good fortune and misfortune, thousands of high-rise buildings fall in an instant, and wine comes to the hearty place of sorrow and joy. Xu Kaishan and Zhou Su rushed to Luojun to do some fur and mountain goods business, but they didn't expect to meet gangsters halfway and were robbed and killed. Since then, the sky of the Xu family has collapsed, and the family has lost its pillars, and the family has not become a family.

The second elder passed away, and there were only two children left in the Xu family. The second Xu Sheng, a nerd who can only read in the eyes of others, has no other way but to cry as soon as his father and mother leave. Fortunately, there are still 100 acres of fertile land left at home, even if he doesn't know how to farm, just by renting, he can collect a small 2,000 catties of grain a year, and his life is unharmed.

This idea is not bad, but unfortunately, Xu Sheng is not the only one in the Xu family.

Xu Sheng also has an elder brother, two completely different personalities from him, and his name is Xu Rampant.

Rampant, rampant. He was originally called Xu Chang, which means Changlong, but after his parents died, he changed his name.

He is really worthy of the changed name, as his name suggests, rampant to the limitless. In less than two years, a peasant boy can become famous in the whole South County!

It's a pity that it's all notoriety. He did it by robbing his house, selling illicit salt, and starting a casino. Do everything, and don't go to the right path.

As the saying goes: if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet? How can you not hurt yourself if you have been mixing at the knife edge for a long time? Xu Rampant, who was so crazy that he was careless, was caught by the government in the end. According to what happened to Xu Rampant, the head was killed. But I didn't expect Xu to be famous, but the friends around him were righteous and affectionate, and those who were brought to justice with him desperately took the blame on themselves.

The general situation is: Taishou asked: "The Yangguan robbery was committed by Xu Rampant with you?" ”

Before he finished speaking, Zhang San hurriedly replied: "No, my lord, I did it all alone." ”

Taishou was furious: "Fart, you rob thirty people by yourself?" ”

Zhang San: "My lord, I have always been famous for my martial arts. ”

Taishou jumped to his feet: "Pull down, eighty rods." ”

A group of ruffians made one party too helpless and lost face. Whether it is a red-hot iron or a leather whip dipped in cold water, these people just carried it,

If you die, you will die, what are you afraid of?

The rich are afraid of the poor, the poor are afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal are afraid of the dead.

With the unremitting efforts of a group of "Hun people", Xu Rampant, the main culprit, was turned into an accomplice.

The laws of the imperial court have been improved by the "Great Pillar Kingdom", and they have been much more lenient. The accomplice naturally could not be sentenced to death, but in the end, he held his breath for a long time, waved his hand, and had to approve a "exile in the army" on the verdict document.

Xu Yan was very calm. The people of the world are not afraid of the sentence; The outlaw is not afraid of exile, he has no words, he just leaves.

He's fine, but Xu Sheng isn't. The loss of his parents is already a desolation in the world, and if his brother goes again, he will really be unaccompanied and like dry grass. In a hurry, he had no choice but to sell his property, abandon his land and house, and scatter his savings, and with the help of a relative who couldn't be more far, he finally let Xu Rampant back.

What if you put it back? Xu Rampant is still Xu Rampant, before entering the house, he threw himself into the rivers and lakes, continued to make waves, and still did evil.

Xu Sheng often sighed every time he thought of this later. Serving in the army may save your life, but for disaster, you are doomed to death! Moreover, the money spent was too worthless.

The former silk shirt has become a sackcloth, the small vegetable soup on the table has also become a nest porridge, and the house has changed from a large mansion with two entrances and two places to a warehouse where mountain goods were originally piled up. Life has changed too much for Xu Sheng, and it is too tragic.

There is only one person left in the Xu family, in fact.

......

"That Xu Sheng, it's good that you've eaten it, we haven't eaten it yet. You talk here first, and I'll go back to dinner. The tall and thin man arched his hand, got up and walked away.

"It's easy to get sleepy when you're old, you have fun, I'll go back to sleep, old man."

"It's not too early this day, I'll go to the mountains and forests to set up a few condoms, maybe I can pocket a few rabbits."

"The child is small, and he is afraid at night."

After a while, there was no one. In the big field, only Xu Sheng was left alone in the wind.

He was hungry, but it had come to this, and he was too embarrassed to bother to beg for food.

Shame and honesty, Xu Sheng chose the former without hesitation.

There was no chance to eat, and it was empty, so Xu Sheng was not interested in staying here. He was dizzy, and the intense feeling of dizziness had diluted his hunger a little, and now he just wanted to find a place to lie down.

After shaking three times, when he came to a big bluestone, he couldn't walk anymore, thinking that it was late at night, and no one would come out again. Even if there were, he couldn't care much about it, so he didn't say a word, and lay down directly with Qingshi.

This moment is completely different from last night. Last night, it was the moon and stars, and the moon was in the sky, but tonight it was starry and shallow.

"Tomorrow is a sunny day!"

Xu Sheng said this for no reason, facing the gusts of evening breeze that came and went, and smelled the fishy fragrance of flowers and plants accompanied by the soil, he was very tired, but he couldn't sleep.

Looking at the starry night, watching the changes of the nebula, his thoughts also fluctuated.

What a magical star, what a deep night!

Dark, cold, lonely, vast and unfathomable!

No matter who a person is, no matter how extraordinary his talents are; No matter how great his ambitions may be; No matter how prominent his status and power are, as long as he looks up at the starry sky, he will feel uncontrollably helpless, feel small, and be ashamed of himself.

In the face of the boundless starry sky, the rise and fall of human beings, the gains and losses of honor and disgrace, are not worth mentioning at all.

Night, starry night. It's so frightening and terrifying, but it's also intoxicating.

What are those planetary stars? Why do they flicker? Why is every day different? Why do some appear in a fixed position while others are just a flash in the pan? And the moon, why can't it live with the stars? Often one is bright and the other is dim, who has taken away whose light?

There is such a sentence in the "Classics and History": "The only thing that really shocks people is the starry sky and the heart." ”

A very strange statement, it cannot be said that it is wrong. It's just that the words on the "Jing Shi" are obscure, and such a straightforward expression seems too abrupt.

Xu Sheng's body lay limply on the big bluestone, but his thoughts were galloping in the boundless starry sky.

What he didn't know was that the starry sky at this time was not his territory alone, and there were other people who were swimming with him, but the starry sky was too big for them to meet.

On the Jiuzhi Mountain, which is as high as 1,000 feet, there is a 10-zhang high star-picking tower! The building looked strange and crumbling as if it was leaning into the mountain wall.

In this peerless holy place in the eyes of mortals, an old man in white is lying on the table, sipping fragrant tea and looking at the starry sky.

"Outside the Jiuzhi Mountain is the Imperial City, the Imperial City is located in Tianjing, Tianjing is located in Shenzhou, and Shenzhou is in the territory of Jokhang. What about outside of Jokhang? The sea to the east, the untouchable plateaus and mountains to the west, the abyss to the north, and the surging volcanoes to the south are all that people have discovered. And what about the outside? What about the other side of the sea? What about the other side of the plateau? What about the other side of the abyss? What about the other side of the volcano? What else? Does the seemingly endless starry sky have a boundary, and is it real? Is it really hanging over our heads? If not, what is our relationship with the starry sky? ”

The old man muttered to himself and asked a lot of questions, but the more he asked, the deeper the doubts in his mind.

"Ask for your own hardship!"

The old man smiled and took a sip of tea, and looked around, the four fields were empty, there were no birds and beasts, and it was really lonely.

"Maybe I should call Aunt Yun." The old man whispered to himself, but after thinking about it again, he still forgot it, it was too noisy to come.

"Will there be anyone who, like me, is galloping in this starry night?" The old man stroked his beard, and his mind drifted somewhere.

After a long silence, the old man remained motionless, like a statue. It wasn't until the south wind rose and blew the old man's clothes and hair that he returned to normal, sat casually on a wide chair on his right, smiled slightly, and said slowly: "If there really is such a guy, I think I will be full of food." ”