In the early winter of the second year of the Tang Dynasty (680 AD), after dinner, the southern Luhou of the country, the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, the regular attendant in front of the palace, and Mei Xiaolang, the Pingzhangshi under the door of the Tongzhong Shumen, were drinking tea in the study. At this time, he didn't like to be disturbed the most, and he opened a few ancient and modern historical biographies in the study alone, and quietly thought about things while flipping through them, family affairs, Korean affairs, and national affairs.

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, passing through the flower hall of the small courtyard and heading straight to the study, Mei Xiaolang frowned, and heard a soft scolding from outside the door: "Mei An, what is so reckless, don't you know that Hou Ye is studying?"

That was the voice of his personal general, Mei Yi. Mei Gang and Mei Yi brothers, whose surname is Luo, are the personal soldiers of Du Fuwei, the leader of the Jianghuai Army at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Du Fuwei and Mei Xiaolang's father Mei Zhiyan are friends in private, Du Fuwei returned to the Tang Dynasty and was crowned King Wu, and later the general Fu Gongyou rebelled, Du Fuwei was afraid of being implicated and scattered his personal guards, and entrusted the Luo brothers to the Mei family, and this pair of brothers also changed their surnames to Mei, and followed the Mei family for many years.

The brothers have superb martial arts and have a unique skill, not only have a cultivation close to the sword immortal, but also rare to be loyal and thoughtful, and they are very reassuring to do things, and they are Mei Xiaolang's most trusted confidants. Now the eldest brother Mei Gang was sent by Mei Xiaolang to be a marching lieutenant under the general Pei Xingjian, and the second brother Mei Yi still stayed in the Mei Mansion to accompany Mei Xiaolang and was responsible for the safety and security of Marquis Mei. And Mei An, who broke into the courtyard, is an old family member who was brought to Chang'an from his hometown of Wuzhou, and now he is the head of Meifu, and he has always been cautious in doing things and never reckless, what is the matter today?

"Happy event, great happy event, the letter sent by Wuzhou City, the little Hou Ye has woken up! It was Sun Xianren who cured him! I want to report to the Hou Ye quickly!" Mei An was a little overjoyed, and shouted excitedly outside the study.

Mei Xiaolang was stunned when he heard this, waved his sleeves in the study, and the door opened without wind, and he shouted loudly: "What? My son's illness has been cured? Mei An, come in and talk!"

Mei An entered the room and saluted, took out a letter from his sleeve and respectfully handed it to Mei Xiaolang's case, of course Mei An did not open the letter, but from the mouth of the messenger, he already knew the news in the letter, the old man's face was full of joyful red light, and even the wrinkles on his forehead were stretched a lot. Mei Xiaolang opened this letter from afar, sighed after reading it, looked up at the sky and sighed: "Qiao Niang, our son has finally woken up, and your spirit in the sky can rest assured!"

What happened? This has to start with the origin of the Wucheng Mei family.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang lost power, the world was full of heroes, and Mei Zhiyan, a hero of the rivers and lakes, also raised the banner of righteousness in Wucheng, and later led his troops to submit to the Tang Dynasty, and was named the king of Nanlu, which was the first group of rebels to submit to Li Tang. Later, the Wucheng area was occupied by Du Fuwei's Jianghuai rebels, Mei Zhiyan saw the situation in the world clearly, and wrote a letter to persuade Du Fuwei to return to the Tang Dynasty, and later Du Fuwei saw the general trend and also returned to the Tang Dynasty. After Du Fuwei returned to the Tang Dynasty, his subordinate general Fu Gongyou once again raised an army and rebelled, which was destroyed by the general Li Jing, and the Jiangnan was pacified.

After Mei Zhiyan returned to the Tang Dynasty, he was promoted to the title of prince, but in terms of merit and qualifications, he was far from being able to compare with a group of founding fathers in the court, he was happy to be an idle prince and did not participate in military and political affairs, and the many battles of the founding of the Tang Dynasty of course had nothing to do with him.

Mei Zhiyan's eldest son and second son died early, and the third son, Mei Xiaolang, became a knight, but he was not the king of Nanlu but the marquis of Nanlu. Because Mei Zhiyan wrote to the then emperor Li Zhi repeatedly before his death, he wrote: "The Tang Dynasty has opened up thousands of miles of territory, and it has been immortal for thousands of years, Mei's blunt and invaluable contribution to the country, and Mu Tianen has enjoyed the leisure of the king for decades, and he is ashamed." ...... I am afraid that the blessings of the descendants will be unbearable, and there will be a negative emperor's grace, so please cut the viscount after his death. ”

The king of Nanlu was supposed to be the fifth emperor, but why did Mei Zhiyan write to cut his son's title before he died? The reason is complicated, first of all, he obtained the throne for special historical reasons, and the Mei family did not have such great merit. Secondly, he is not a brute force martial artist, he has read more history books, since ancient times, the founder of the country with different surnames and kings, and most of them have not ended well in later generations, which is also a way to avoid disaster. The emperor read the concert, praised and rewarded him as usual, and gave him a lot of gold silk things, but under Mei Zhiyan's repeated requests, he was still allowed to play, so Mei Xiaolang became the Marquis of Nanlu.

Mei Xiaolang's first wife married as an adult is surnamed Liu, the small character Qiaoniang, is the baby kiss that his father Mei Zhiyan set for him since he was a child. Qiao Niang's father, Liu Boshu, is the leading squire in the Wuzhou Mansion, and his family is rich and servant. When Mei Zhiyan unveiled the pole, Liu Boshu helped him with three tons of grain, 100 good horses, and dozens of generals.

At that time, Mei Zhiyan asked: "Liu Gong, I have done unexpected things, you help me so much, I am not afraid of failure?"

Liu Boshu said with a smile: "Today's situation is chaotic in the world, and the villagers should also raise troops to protect themselves from looting, who will I help if I don't help you? ...... If I have a daughter in the future, and I want to marry as an in-law, these will be considered as a dowry. ”

The daughter-in-law has not yet passed the door, and got a dowry to become the capital of the army, and later Mei Zhiyan did not win the world, but he also asked for a stable and wealthy situation, and he lived up to the previous agreement and let his sister-in-law Mei Xiaolang marry Liu Qiaoniang. When it comes to the real marriage, Qiao Niang has another marriage, and its richness is stunning, including nine mountains and one lake.

The so-called nine mountains, there is a nine-even mountain range in the territory of Wuzhou, including the nine peaks of Jingting, Feidu, Baimang, Liuling, Miaomen, Qiyun, Chengshu, Fazhu, and Fangzheng that face each other intermittently--these nine mountains are all Liu's family! A lake refers to the Qingyi Lake of Baili Yanbo, how big is this lake? The three mountains of Chengshu, Fazhu, and Fangzheng in the nine mountains are all in the lake, and the finished glyph is connected into a huge island in the lake, and the size of the lake can be imagined, and this big lake is also the industry of the Liu family.

The ancients bought industry, heavy fields and houses, and light mountains and wild rivers and lakes, but Liu Boshu's vision was different from ordinary people. He bought such a large area of wild mountains and lakes, compared to the fields and houses, these industries are not affected by the scourge of war, here is located in the Jiangnan Plain, the mountains are not high and majestic, thieves can not hide in the village, but the fishing, hunting, medicine, fruits and other products in the mountains and lakes are very rich, just put there without deliberately operating and cultivating, when you want to use it, it is naturally there, it is really a long-term rentier foundation.

Mei Zhiyan also said at the time: "My father-in-law, the escort of this married daughter is too heavy, and the child can't afford it." ”

Liu Boshu smiled again: "It has been difficult to be an official in the court since ancient times, and I can't let my son-in-law be an idle prince like you for a lifetime, right? If you think it is precious, in the future this inheritance will be passed on to the grandson born to the little girl, I only have one son and one daughter, and the son has his own family inheritance and as for the nine mountains and one lake, it is not in the hands of outsiders. ”

Liu Qiaoniang after the husband and wife are very affectionate, Mrs. Liu is gentle and virtuous, respected by the whole house, in the first year of Yongzhang of the Tang Dynasty (668 AD) gave birth to a son, named Mei Zhenyi, milk name Teng'er, take the ancients famous saying "the new bather must play the crown, the new bather must Zhenyi" meaning, I hope this is the beginning of Mei's Tengda. It's a pity that not long after his son was born, he found out that this Mei Zhenyi didn't even know how to speak, she was a complete idiot!

It's better to say that idiots are better, Mei Zhenyi is worse than idiots, idiots can at least walk and eat, and when they are hot and cold, hungry and painful, they will hum twice, this kid almost doesn't know anything. He doesn't cry or make trouble, he is indifferent to the stimuli around him, and the only thing he will do is that when the nurse puts * in his mouth, he can subconsciously eat a few bites. In that era and with such medical conditions, it was almost impossible to feed this kind of child, Mei Zhenyi has been able to live until now, thanks to one person, that is the famous miracle doctor Sun Simiao.

At that time, the Mei family also found that this son was wrong, and invited many doctors to come to the door, but no one could see why, the husband and wife were anxious and had nothing to do, and at this time Sun Simiao passed by Chang'an to visit. At that time, Sun Simiao was already more than 100 years old, and he had already moved the world, and he was a miracle doctor who couldn't be invited, and he came to say hello when he heard the news. Sun Simiao and Qiao Niang's father Liu Boshu are old friends, and they were warmly welcomed and helped by Liu Boshu when they were collecting medicine and alchemy in Jiangnan.

The divine doctor came to Chang'an Mei Mansion, but found that Liu Boshu's baby grandson turned out to be a fool, of course he had to diagnose and treat him, he had never encountered such a strange disease before, and after diagnosing for a long time, he said three words - soul loss.

What exactly is this kind of lost soul? I am afraid that in modern times, I have not figured it out, and it is not very similar to a vegetative person! Congenital sexual dysfunction of brain development? I can't say clearly! Anyway, it is more idiotic than an idiot. Qiao Niang knelt down with tears in her eyes and asked if the child could be saved? Sun Simiao carefully checked the pulse and looked at Mei Zhenyi's palmistry, and muttered: "I'm not sure to cure him, but this child is full of life, and there should be no birth defects in his body, but it is not easy to raise him if he suffers from the disease of losing his soul. ...... Maintain your life first, and let the old decay slowly figure out a way. ”

Sun Simiao couldn't cure Mei Zhenyi's illness even if he used all the medicinal stones, but he taught the Mei family a complete set of methods, that is, how to carefully raise this child and not let him die. This method is similar to that of taking care of a comatose patient in bed today, but it is much more complicated and detailed. Including daily massage and massage, several people take turns to hold him to do various postures to prevent muscle atrophy and hypodevelopment of internal organs, as well as decoction baths, how to configure nutritious liquid food throughout the year, how to feed him and so on.

There are nearly twenty people in the Mei Mansion who are dedicated to serving this idiot little marquis, and the child finally survived, but the disease has not improved. Three years later, Sun Simiao came to Chang'an again, but after some treatment, there was still no result, and the old man sighed and left. Liu Qiaoniang was already weak after giving birth, coupled with the worry of a weak child, she became depressed and died young. Qiao Niang took her husband's hand when she was dying and said: "After I leave, I don't have any other wishes, that is, my son is pitiful, no matter what, you have to take care of him, even if he can't wake up for the rest of his life, you have to raise him to live all his life, I married the Mei family's property in Wuzhou, it will be his in the future, you have to send a caring person to help him keep it, he won't take care of himself." ”

At that time, Mei Zhiyan and Liu Boshu had already passed away, and Mei Xiaolang attacked Nanlu Hou, his temperament was different from his father, and he didn't want to be just an idle marquis. He is conceited that he has a literary and martial strategy, and always wants to show his ambitions in the court, and he has many friends in the court with his family's wealth, and he climbed to Pei Yan, who is an important minister of the court, and later married Yu'e, the young daughter of the Pei family. Today's Mei Xiaolang is also in an official position, which is not unrelated to the Pei family and a group of friends in the DPRK.

Pei's Yu'e is beautiful and wise, and she is deeply loved by Mei Xiaolang, but this woman is quite scheming, and she relies on her mother's power to be very domineering in the house, and the people in the mansion are not afraid of her. The family spends a lot of money every year to raise an idiot little marquis, Pei always feels uncomfortable, and blows a lot of pillow wind in Mei Xiaolang's ears, to the effect that there is such a big young master in the dignified Mei Xiangfu, and he has become the laughing stock of Chang'an City. Mei Xiaolang can rely on her for other things, but it is to treat this ex-wife and son, everything is as before, and the next person cannot take care of her in the slightest.

When Mei Zhenyi was more than five years old, Pei also gave birth to a son, named Mei Zhenting, who was pampered and arrogant, and looked at Mei Zhenyi more and more unpleasantly. At this time, Sun Simiao came with a letter from Taibai Mountain, saying that Chang'an City is a popular place, which is not conducive to the recuperation of idiots.

With this letter from the divine doctor, Pei Shi fell into trouble with her husband, and she must send Mei Zhenyi out of Chang'an. Maybe it was because he was upset that he heard too much pillow wind, or maybe he was worried that Pei's might not be good for Mei Zhenyi when he was not at home, Mei Xiaolang finally decided to send his son back to his hometown in Wuzhou. More than a dozen subordinates who have been taking care of Mei Zhenyi also went back with them, and Mei Xiaolang said clearly when he left: "As long as my son is still there, you will be rewarded every year, if my son is gone, you will leave Mei's house by yourself." ”

In this way, Mei Zhenyi was sent to Wuzhou City in the south of the Yangtze River, and lived in the Jingwu Villa on the bank of the Jushui River in the northern suburbs. Mei Zhenyi lives in Wuzhou, but Sun Simiao has not forgotten this matter, the old doctor has practiced medicine and helped countless people in his life, and he has been favored by the Liu family but he can't cure Mei Zhenyi's illness, which is a regret in his life.

Every three years, Sun Simiao will go to see Mei Zhenyi once, combined with his research experience for a period of time, he went to Mei Zhenyi when he was six years old, and he also went when he was nine years old, but he was not cured. Mei Zhenyi was 12 years old this year, and the old doctor went to Wuzhou again, but he didn't expect that this time he would prick Mei Zhenyi with a needle to "wake up"! It is said that at that time, the little marquis suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Where is this?...... What's your last name?"