Chapter 4 Connecting Branches with the Same Qi

"Wang Po sells melons...... the fat man came out at some point, and whispered in the back.

Zuo Ci laughed twice, turned around and said, "The two of you are from poor backgrounds, you can't read and write, and you don't know how to count etiquette, so let's study with Mo Luli and Zhu Xiaoqing for a while." ”

"Who are these two?" Yun Yi asked.

Zuo Ci didn't answer, turned his head to the west and said, "What are you sneaking at?

Yun Yi looked in the direction of Zuo Ci's shouting, only to see a few Taoists fleeing not far away. Looking at the style of his robe, he should be the doorman of Locke's Road.

Yun Yi also has a little understanding of Locke's Dao, the founder of Locke's Dao is called Luo Yao, who once taught people the Burmese Concealment Technique, that is, the Stealth Technique.

When the Yellow Turban was in rebellion, Luo Yao also followed the crowd to rebel, but the movement of this person was not big, and it was quickly quelled, and he himself died in Huangquan.

After Luo Yao's death, Luo Jiadao did not collapse, but his power in Sanfu became greater.

Zuo Ci scared off those Daoists and left, and the two of them didn't know where they went.

"Let's go, I know Mo Luli and Zhu Xiaoqing. The fat man pulled Yun Yi into the hospital.

Back in the courtyard, the fat man knocked on the door of a side room on the east side, and in the room lived a small Taoist of the same age as the two, with a round face and big eyes, and a kind face.

"Fatty," the round-faced Taoist looked at the fat man and said to Yunyi: "Hey, you're awake." ”

"He is Zhu Xiaoqing, he is a very good person, but he is a little bad. The fat man said.

Zhu Xiaoqing was not angry when he heard this, invited the two of them into the house and sat down, and asked, "Fatty, do you have something to do with me?"

"Master, let us learn the etiquette with you. The fat man sat down with a big grin.

"I don't ask for hardship, you are very wild, this morning when Master came back to see you wearing his lotus crown, he didn't blame you, but punished me for facing the wall for an hour. Zhu Xiaoqing shook his head again and again.

"Then I'll tell Master, saying that you don't teach us well, and let him punish you for another hour. The fat man joked with a wicked grin.

"Huh?" Zhu Xiaoqing's face was sad.

"What nonsense?" Yun Yi pulled the fat man who was talking nonsense, glared at him, and turned to Zhu Xiaoqing and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense." ”

Zhu Xiaoqing nodded again and again, and made a grimace at the fat man.

Yun Yi pulled Zhu Xiaoqing to sit down, chatted with him for a few words, narrowed the relationship between them, and then talked about their respective life experiences.

Zhu Xiaoqing is a native of Luoyang, the experience is somewhat similar to him and the fat man, he is also an orphan, his parents died early, he was reduced to the street in his early years to ask for food, and he was not less looked down upon and bullied, he met Zuo Ci in Luoyang last year, and was taken back to Wujiao Courtyard by Zuo Ci.

Speaking of his life experience, Zhu Xiaoqing's mood was very low, and the fat man glanced at him: "You are content, we have all seen our father," raised his hand to Yun Yi: "He doesn't even know who his father and mother are, or was raised by my father." ”

Zhu Xiaoqing turned his head to look at Yun Yi when he heard this, and Yun Yi smiled bitterly.

The fat man's words are true, he was abandoned by his parents when he was an infant, and he was picked up by the fat man's father, and he still had a jade pendant on his body at that time, which was engraved with his name and birthday.

That jade pendant is the only clue to find out his life experience, but then the fat man and his mother were seriously ill, and his father pawned the jade pendant to make up the diagnosis funds in order to treat his mother, and his life history became a mystery.

The fat man's mother didn't survive after all, and his father later died of illness, and he and the fat man had no support, so they could only live on the streets and beg for food.

In the troubled times, there are many hungry people in the people's homes, who will have excess food to give to beggars?

At first, the two also thought about making money for the helpers, but the big families generally saw that they were young and had little strength, so they didn't want them. The small family has no place to use them, so the two of them do the most stealing chickens and dogs.

Seeing that Yun Yi was in a bad mood, Zhu Xiaoqing diverted the topic.

Zhu Xiaoqing is a warm-hearted person, warm-hearted people are usually more talkative, and after a while, the two became acquainted with each other.

When it comes to the last thing, etiquette not only refers to the etiquette of greeting people, but also has a set of rules for food, clothing, daily life, behavior, sitting and lying, which are very numerous.

The two of them were used to being casual, and they couldn't stand these rules and regulations, so they didn't learn much before they went to see Mo Luli next door.

Mo Luli was older than the two, about eighteen or nineteen years old, born white and pure, although he was wearing a Taoist robe, he had a strong bookish anger on his body.

According to Zhu Xiaoqing's previous words, Mo Luli is a native of Jingzhou, his father used to be a military general, six years ago when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, his father participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban rebels, and died before he succeeded.

Since he was not from the main house, after his father's death, the mother of the mistress drove them out. Later, his mother contracted a cold and died, and he had to meet Zuo Ci to give money to bury his mother, and came to Chang'an with Zuo Ci.

The two sides exchanged names, Yun Yi made his intentions clear, but he didn't expect Mo Luli to suddenly say: "You know how to shoot arrows?"

Yun Yi shook his head in amazement, not understanding why he had such a question.

Mo Luli was slightly disappointed when he saw this, and had no intention of explaining, so he took out three sets of study utensils, taught the two of them to recognize and write, and explained the meaning of the words at the same time.

is different from the casual Zhu Xiaoqing, Mo Luli is taciturn, at best he is not smiling, to put it bluntly, he is a stuffy gourd, except for explaining the meaning of the words, he doesn't say a word.

The two of them listened so boringly, wrote a few words according to the cat and the tiger, and wrote crookedly and out of shape, and later felt that the wrist was pantothenic, so they simply dropped the pen and went back to the room to sleep.

In the evening, Zuo Ci came back, and when he saw that the two of them were lying in the room and slept soundly, he angrily punished the two of them to go out to face the wall, and they were not allowed to eat dinner.

There are only five of them in the Wujiao Courtyard, Zuo Ci did not hire servants, and Zhu Xiaoqing was making three meals a day, and Zuo Ci either went out in his spare time, or recited scriptures in the main hall.

Mo Luli rarely goes out, most of the time he reads in the house, and he doesn't go to the kitchen to give Zhu Xiaoqing a hand.

In this way, Yun Yi can also understand why the fat man said that Zhu Xiaoqing is very good, but he is a little wrong.

Dinner was noodles cooked with husked wheat noodles, a delicate food that could only be enjoyed by the old men of large families, who had never eaten before, and who had not been able to eat it this time, and their mouths were watering.

After getting dark, Zhu Xiaoqing sneakily walked up to the two of them and took out two white buns from his arms. The two of them were already so hungry that their stomachs were growling, and they snatched the white bun and devoured it.

While eating, the fat man suddenly burst into silent tears.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Xiaoqing asked in surprise.

The fat man patronized and wiped his tears, but Yun Yi took over the conversation: "In the past, during the New Year's holidays, a group of us would go to the door of the big family to squat, hoping that those old men and ladies could give us a bite of the leftover food. Once, after begging for a few white buns, another group of beggars looked red and ran over to rob us, and one of us, Xiao Liuzi, was beaten to death by them. ”

"Eat quickly, I'll go first, otherwise I will be punished for standing if the master finds out." Zhu Xiaoqing patted the choked fat man and turned around to go.

"Disobey the master's order, and the three of you will go back to your room to sleep when you get to the son. Zuo Ci's voice came out coldly.

The three of them looked at the courtyard in unison, only to see that Zuo Ci had appeared in the courtyard at some point.

Seeing Zuo Ci's displeasure, the three of them didn't dare to answer, and watched Zuo Ci return to the backyard.

"Miserable by you two. Zhu Xiaoqing looked sad and stood side by side with the two.

Zuo Cishen's unwitting appearance made Yun Yi angry, so he didn't answer Zhu Xiaoqing's words.

The fat man gloated and said, "Haha, I have another companion." ”

Zhu Xiaoqing glared at him sideways, and the fat man let out a gloating laugh again.

Not long after the lantern was held, the two estimated that Zuo Ci was almost time to sleep, and began to encourage Zhu Xiaoqing to go back to the room to sleep together. Zhu Xiaoqing didn't dare, the two of them pouted to no avail, leaving Zhu Xiaoqing and sneaking back to the room to rest.

Early the next morning, the two were pulled out of the bed by Zuo Ci, and they were beaten by Zuo Ci without eating breakfast, and they were pulled out to face the wall.

When I got to the corner of the wall, I found that Zhu Xiaoqing had been facing the wall for a long time, and I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, and when I asked, I knew that Zhu Xiaoqing was punished because he didn't report the two of them returning to the house early.

implicated Zhu Xiaoqing twice, and the two of them couldn't help but feel sorry and apologized repeatedly. Zhu Xiaoqing is a good old man and is not angry.

"Honest people are easy to bully, you can't be so bad!" The fat man pushed Zhu Xiaoqing's shoulder: "You scold the two of us." ”

Zhu Xiaoqing shook his head: "I didn't go to my heart." ”

"Then you hit me a few times. "The fat man babble.

Zhu Xiaoqing glanced at him, and was about to speak, but when he saw Zuo Ci suddenly arrive, he glanced at the two who were still unconscious. The two of them understood and hurriedly straightened their standing posture.

"Do you know why the teacher punished you for facing the wall?" Zuo Ci walked behind the three of them and asked.

"I ran back to sleep before I got to bed last night. "The fat man is clever to himself.

"It's unbearable, it's so chaotic!" Zuo Ci grabbed the fat man's collar and threw it to the ground, abandoning it like a shoe.

Yun Yi was surprised that Zuo Ci's hand was strong and wanted to laugh at the same time, but before he could laugh, he heard Zuo Ci say: "Yun Yi, you come to answer." ”

Yun Yi complained bitterly when he heard this, and after a little thought, he said: "We shouldn't have left Zhu Xiaoqing last night, and went back to sleep in the room first." ”

"You kid has a number in his heart!" Zuo Ci laughed twice, concocted the same method, and threw him out again.

The fat man just got up, and was knocked down by Yun Yi again, and just complained about him, but when he saw Zuo Ci frowning and turning around, he was so frightened that he immediately shut up.

"I wish Xiaoqing to send you food because of the friendship of the same family, but I was implicated. It's good for you two to leave him and go back to sleep with his head covered, so angry!" Zuo Ci sneered, and then said: "Since you are the same family, you should be in the same breath and branches, and you will be in the same boat through thick and thin, this is the first lesson, remember." ”

Yun Yi got up and pulled up the fat man, and the two said in unison: "The disciple knows that he is wrong. ”

"And you, something that doesn't make it, what's wrong with scolding him? Kicking him? How can you walk the rivers and lakes in the future? Don't say that you were taught by me, I can't afford to lose this person. Zuo Ci looked at Zhu Xiaoqing, with a look of hatred that iron is not made of steel.

Zhu Xiaoqing lowered his head and was silent, Zuo Ci sighed helplessly when he saw this, waved his hand and said, "You don't have to stand anymore, what should you do." ”