Chapter 7 Building a Raised Platform (1)
After Sangkook was gouged out, his tongue cut, and his ears pierced. The court was panicked, Emperor Wu Wei was so cruel and unkind, and he brutalized Zhongliang. I am afraid that the world will be chaotic, the blood will rise again, and the Dongsheng Kingdom will also decay day by day.
After Xiangguo's admonition, the construction of a high platform outside Chang'an City did not stop. The national teacher requisitioned a large number of light and strong men to build high platforms for them. The people's fat was looted on a large scale, and the gold and silver of the treasury were stolen.
Dongsheng Kingdom has been suffering from natural disasters for many years, and the people have been living in dire straits, and they have been heavily taxed by the national teacher, which has made the people miserable and angry. In order to build the high platform as soon as possible. He ordered the arrest of men from house to house for the purpose of building a high platform.
On this day, the officers and soldiers went to a house outside Chang'an City, south of Beili Village. The family's surname is Geng. There are a total of four people in the family, the male protagonist's name is Geng Jie, there is a bedridden mother in the family, and there are wives and children.
Geng Jie's family was poor, Geng Jie was honest and loyal, strong and strong, and made a living by selling coolies, while his wife Liu suffered from eye disease and was blind. His eldest son died of illness in his early years, while his second son was not yet a full moon. The family's livelihood is supported by Geng Jie alone.
After the officers and soldiers entered their homes, they had to take them away and build a high platform for the national teachers. Geng Jie begged bitterly, he was the only laborer in the family, and if he was arrested to build a high platform, his mother would have no one to take care of him.
His wife is also blind and has difficulty moving. There is also a young son who is not yet a full moon at home, what will he do when his mother, wife and children are gone. But no matter how hard Geng Jie begged, the officers and soldiers still did not want to let him go.
Today's national teachers have an order, and those who have strong men in their families. All of them were captured to build a high platform for them, and if they encountered those who refused to obey, they could be killed on the spot. Officers and men with selfish motives will not be spared. If the officers and soldiers let Geng Jie go, they would also be killed.
Although the officers and soldiers are also very sympathetic to Geng Jie, the military orders are like a mountain, especially the orders of the national teachers, who dares to disobey. He kills people like hemp, as terrible as a bloodthirsty devil in the dark, and if he disobeys the orders of the national teacher because of sympathy and mercy, it will also be digging a grave for himself.
Therefore, although Geng Jie pleaded, it was to no avail. The officers and soldiers had to take it away, and heard a lot of noise outside. Liu fumbled to put down the baby in his arms, and groped out of the room.
"Xianggong, what's going on outside? ”
Geng Jie was detained in the courtyard by two officers and soldiers, and when he saw his wife walking out of the house, he was very worried and said: "Madam, you have difficulty moving, don't move around, I'm fine." ”
Then he knelt down in front of the officers and soldiers and prayed: "Official, can you make it convenient, and when I settle my wife and children, will I go with the official?"
One of the officers and soldiers said politely: "Don't be verbose, if we give you convenience, will the national teacher make it convenient for us?" Get up quickly and follow us, otherwise your family will not want to live." ”
Geng Jie had tears in his eyes after hearing this, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Official, I beg you, be accommodating! I just want to settle my wife and children, so I will go with you, please......"
At this time, another officer and soldier saw that he was pitiful, and that he was also from a poor family, so he couldn't help but feel some pity for him, and hurriedly helped Geng Jie to intercede: "Just make it convenient for him! Remembering that he has a bedridden old mother and a blind wife and young son in his family, it is really pitiful, and he should be accommodating. ”
The officer and soldier shook his head helplessly: "Okay, let's make it convenient for you for the time being, and after settling down your wife and children, you can go with us quickly." ”
Geng Jie hurriedly kowtowed and thanked: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, official......"
The officer and soldier who had pleaded with him just now hurriedly leaned down, helped Geng Jie with a sympathetic face, and said, "Go quickly, this time is also good for your family to rest assured." ”
Geng Jie wiped his tears and nodded. Turning around and walking into the room, he picked up his wife, who was standing in the doorway, and led her inside. Sitting on the bed, holding her hand a little reluctantly, he said: "Madam, take care of your mother and Jing'er at home, and take care of yourself, your husband may have to leave home for a while, wait for me to come back." ”
After hearing this, Liu was puzzled: "Why does my husband want to leave home? There is an old mother who is sick in bed all the year round, and she is blind for her wife, and Jing'er is not yet a full moon. ”
Although Geng Jie is reluctant and worried, he is powerless, and today's national teachers are cruel and atrocities are raging. Emperor Wu Wei was mediocre and murderous, because he built a platform to take the moon, and wantonly plundered and killed loyal ministers and good generals.
What's more, he is just an ordinary person, if he disobeys their orders, I am afraid that as the officers and soldiers said, the lives of his wife and children will not be guaranteed. It is better to be arrested as a strong man than for a family to die under a butcher's knife, at least the family still has a chance to live.
When the construction of the platform is completed, you can reunite with your family. It's just that he bitter his beloved wife, Geng Jie picked up his beloved wife's hair, stroked her cheek with his hand, and said guiltily in his heart: "Madam, leaving this time is really helpless." Now His Majesty ordered the national teacher to build a high platform and ordered the whole city to arrest the strong men. When the construction of the high platform is completed, I will be reunited with my family, and my wife will take care of herself. ”
After that, Geng Jie reluctantly got up, picked up his infant son, kissed him gently, and said, "Son, wait for Daddy to come back." Then he put the baby in his wife's arms and reluctantly walked out of the room.
Followed several officers and soldiers out of the house, since Geng Jie left home. All the big and small affairs in the family fell on a blind girl of the Liu family. Life is even more difficult, taking care of the sick old mother in bed and taking care of the young son at the same time. For Liu, who has limited mobility, there are many difficulties.
One day, Liu put his young son on the bed. went to the courtyard to fetch water and decoction medicine for the old mother, but accidentally fell into a deep well. No matter how he shouted, no one came to save him, and the Geng family was outside the south of Beili Village, and there were fewer people nearby.
In addition, the Geng family is poor and depressed, and few people come here. No one heard Liu's cry for help, and after countless struggles, he was no longer able to shout. The young son was still on the bed, and the old mother was bedridden. If she dies, her mother and young son will become her greatest concern.
At this time, she was helpless and desperate, the cold well water soaked her clothes, and her physical strength had begun to be exhausted, after choking on a few well waters. Consciousness gradually blurred, the body began to sink gradually, Liu struggled with the last bit of strength, and kept muttering: "Jing'er, Jing'er......"
This may be a loving mother's last call and reluctance. In this way, Liu said goodbye to this world and sank to the bottom of the well. The young son on the bed cries incessantly because of hunger, and the old mother is old and sick. My eyesight and hearing are not very good, and I saw that my daughter-in-law did not come to deliver medicine for a long time.
dragged the sick body, got out of bed with difficulty to inspect, and stayed until he entered the daughter-in-law's room, but he did not see the daughter-in-law. On the bed, only the young grandson was crying, and he searched all over the room but did not see his daughter-in-law. The old mother had to pick up her young grandson, and when she saw that he was hungry, she found a thin soup of rice milk and fed him, and the young grandson stopped crying.
It's only been a few days, and there has been such an accident in the family, first her son was arrested, and now her daughter-in-law is gone, and the old lady has lost all hopes. It was as dark as the sky had fallen, and it was pitiful to look at the young grandson in his arms.
At such a young age, he lost his father's love and mother's love, and he was seriously ill. There is not much grain left in the family. The old mother could only pin her hopes on Liu, and she did not know that Liu had fallen into a well and died.
But when it was dark, he didn't see his daughter-in-law, and then he became a little panicked in his heart, so he had to put his young grandson to sleep, and then dragged his seriously ill body again, bent his waist. got up and picked up the lantern and went outside the courtyard to look forward to Liu's return.
A gust of cold wind struck, and the old lady hurriedly blocked the candlelight with her sleeve, and then coughed lightly, and the yellowed candlelight hit her face even more haggard. At this time, there was a hint of foreboding in my heart, it was difficult for my daughter-in-law to abandon her husband and children because of her poor family.
If this is the case, the old lady will not resent her, and her daughter-in-law is handsome and lovely, and she will marry someone else. It is not impossible to find a rich family, but she is blind, so don't worry about accidents, the old woman waited for a long time, but still did not see Liu.
But because of the unbearable pain, the body is not supported, and had to tremble back to the daughter-in-law's room again, she has been sick in bed all the year round, and she endured the pain to get up, which aggravated the condition, but she couldn't bear to have no one to take care of her young grandson. It's actually a helpless move.
I had to hope that my daughter-in-law would return as soon as possible, but I didn't know that Liu was still soaked in the cold well water at this time and had died. The daughter-in-law still hasn't returned for several days, and the old lady has been dragging her sick body to take care of her young grandson for the past few days, but her body is not as good as day by day.
There is not much grain and rice left in the family, so that the young grandchildren will not go hungry. The old woman had to eat only one meal a day. He was already sick and hungry. The old woman was getting thinner and sicker. It has reached the final stage of terminal illness.
Geng's mother lost her husband at an early age and had a son and a daughter. This is Geng Jie, this woman is married. rarely comes to the house, these days Geng Nu is difficult to sleep, sometimes have nightmares and horrors, and her heart is really uneasy. It always feels like something is going on at home.
So I couldn't bear the uneasiness in my heart, so I brought some snacks to Beili Village to visit my mother, as soon as I entered the door, Geng Nu called her mother a few times, and when no one answered, she opened the dilapidated wooden fence door and came to the courtyard, and then tentatively called her mother a few times.
The house seemed to be empty, and the silence was a little terrible, and then Geng Nu felt more and more wrong, and her heart became uneasy again, and she hurriedly rushed into the room and searched all corners of the old mother's room.
But he didn't find the old mother, and then ran to his brother's room, but was horrified to find that the old mother was already out of breath, and she was still holding a dying baby boy in her arms.
Geng Nu knew that the baby boy was her nephew, so she hurriedly stepped forward to hold him in her arms in a panic and put her hand under her nephew's nose. Fortunately, the baby boy was still breathing, although his heart was extremely painful and sad when he saw this scene, but his nephew's vital signs were weak, and he had no time to delay, so he covered his mother with a futon.
Hurriedly picked up his nephew and ran to look for Lang Zhong, Lang Zhong saw that the baby boy was just hungry and fainted, and he only needed to feed him, and he would be fine. Geng Nu was overjoyed when she heard this, and immediately found a wet nurse for the baby boy, and after the nurse fed her, her nephew finally saved his life.
His old mother also died on the bed, and his nephew could only be temporarily taken care of by his wet nurse, and Geng's husband's family was also not wealthy.
The loss of his mother is a major event at home, and his brother is not at home, and his brother-in-law is not known, and after consulting with his husband, he should inform his brother of the matter. I hope that his brother can come back to guard the soul of his mother. So Geng Nu hurried to the outside of Chang'an City.
After coming to the place where the high platform was built, he was stopped by officers and soldiers. Geng Nu begged hard, but she didn't see her brother Geng Jie, so she had no choice but to return home and bury her mother with her husband at the foot of the South Mountain in Beili Village.
Emperor Wu Wei's construction of a high platform made the originally happy family suffer misfortune and the family was ruined. A few days later, when Geng Nu was cleaning up her mother's belongings, she inadvertently found the body of her brother-in-law Liu in the deep well in the courtyard.
Immediately wept bitterly and sighed to the sky. If it weren't for Wu Wei's mediocrity, brutalizing the people, listening to the fallacies, building a high platform, ascending to heaven and taking the moon, how could his family be unfortunate, and his mother, brother and daughter-in-law died tragically at home.
God has no eyes, let this tyrant be mediocre, the national teacher is rampant, the demon concubine is troubled by the people, and the people of the whole world are complaining and displaced. Everyone is in danger and angry.
I just hope that the world will be in chaos as soon as possible and the tyrant will be killed. Destroy the national master and kill the demon concubine. Eliminate harm for the people, save the people of the world from fire and water, and save the people of the world. Return the people to peace......