Chapter 18: Offering Treasures
Bian He, a Chu person, got a bi by chance, offered the king of Chu Li, and was cut off on his left foot; the second dedication to King Wu of Chu, who was cut off on his right foot; No one in the Chu State knows the treasure, but Bian He's heart to offer the treasure has never changed...... After King Wen ascended the throne, Bian He continued to offer treasures, and the treasures were finally recognized, and the world called them "He's Bi"?
A picture of time traveling through a thousand years......
Many years have passed, and Bian He at this time is no longer the heroic jade-picking man of the past...... I saw him kneeling on the bluestone steps, his hair was gray, his teeth had fallen out, he could no longer eat, he was still breathing, his clothes were ragged, and he was about to die......
He knew that he didn't have much time left, so he had no time to clean his face, let his hair hang low, just trembling, and with the support of his youngest son "Xi", he barely knelt in the back basket......
I saw that he suddenly pointed to the sky with one hand, beat his chest with the other, hoarse in his mouth, and silent in his throat.
He's half-ringing?
Suddenly, the green tendons of his right hand were exposed, and his fingers were bent like hooks, digging directly into his eyes, which had already dried up......
Want to cry without tears?
He dug out two blood marks...... Until the moment when the blood dripped into the original stone in the bosom? He didn't do anything anymore, but he was miserable...... Still stubbornly standing outside the palace gate!
"Daddy...... Let's go, I'll carry you home, let's not offer treasures? ”
Bian Xi, who has long been an adult, knows the ending...... But he was still completely shocked by the scene that his old father had just done, and his heart seemed to hurt to the extreme?
So, unconsciously, a resentment and anger gradually rose in the depths of my heart...... Over the years, how many hardships and sins have you suffered in order to offer treasures?
Mother, grandmother, are all gone...... Brother Bian Sui and sister Lan Zhuer have also disappeared due to bandits and wars...... Only he, Bian Xi, was still by his father's side and vowed to help him fulfill his wish to sacrifice treasure?
But in the face of such an unbearable scene?
In the cold wind, Bian Xi couldn't help it, so he suddenly let out an angry roar, and the sound of the roar when he looked up to the sky and roared straight into the sky, through the nine days without stopping......
After the long howl slowly dissipated, Bian Xi immediately laughed again, and he looked at the tall palace gate without anger...... Slowly stand up, ready to break into the palace in person?
"Hey, stop...... I know you have the ability and the ability to open this palace gate, but we can't break the rules here, listen to my father's advice, live for the jade, die for the jade, this may be my Bian He's life? I can't complain about other people's ......"
The old man's voice made Bian Xi can't help but look back again...... He looked at his old father...... What catches your eye is the face with the ravines and the vicissitudes of life, as well as the broken sleeves that are already empty and tied together in the two trouser legs?
The mountain wind hit, the shape was erect, the hair moved, and the clothes were dancing, disturbing not only Bian Xi's heart, but also the persistence of continuing to stand motionless outside the palace gate as a son with his father!
After being cut off twice, Bian He once hugged the original jade stone that looked like a stone, but was actually a beautiful jade, and cried bitterly for three days and three nights...... When I cried to the extreme, I couldn't speak, and the valley echoed, like crying with blood, empty and selfless?
Why do you cry so sadly when someone tells him that there are more people with their feet cut off...... Bian He's answer was: "I'm not sad because my feet were cut off...... Am I sad because I am a treasure jade but I am seen as a stone, and I am a loyal person but I am said to be a liar? ”
At this time, the state of Chu had changed the ruling power of Xiong Yun, the king of Wen......
Bian He heard that Xiong Cheng was a benevolent person, good at governance, and knew right from wrong, so he asked his youngest son Bian Xi to use a basket to send him outside the tall and majestic palace gate again?
In the main hall, Xiong Yun, the king of Chu, listened to the report of the attendants, saying that outside the palace gate, there were father and son who wanted to bring stones to offer treasures again...... At this time, Bian He had already broken his feet, and he was lying on his side in front of the palace gate, huggling and crying...... In this state, I can't help but mourn, and I cry blood!
Xiong Yun, the king of Chu, had already heard about him, so he asked him again: "There are thousands of people who have cut their feet today, why are you crying so much?" ”
Ka He heard the sound, and he didn't raise his head, so he replied to the person who came, with a choked and hoarse voice: "I don't hurt myself, I feel sorry for its precious jade, but everyone mistakenly thinks it is a stone, is it ridiculous to the extreme?" ”
"In addition, the jade is covered with dust, if the treasure is abandoned, the honest people will see the wrongs, and the heavens will pity them, if the heavens do not deceive me, may my king test its authenticity? Okay, I'm innocent...... "Say it...... Blood is oozing from the eye socket again!
"Bang dang...... Crunch...... Crunch...... "The heavy vermilion lacquer palace gate was slowly opened by the guards?"
Above the main hall......
Bian Xi is sitting and not sitting, half-squatting and half-kneeling, with his hands on his hands, his father who is already lying on his side?
He looked at his already broken body, trembling like autumn wind and falling leaves...... So his heart was extremely painful, so he looked up with a look of resentment?
Facing the gaze of Xiong Yun, the king of Chu......
His face was not afraid, and he even raised his sleeves and glared at him!