The Xu family that the farmers said made them feel that they had a much more balanced mentality was obviously the Xu Sheng family.
Xu Sheng originally had a family, a family of four, Xu's father Xu Kaishan, Xu's mother Zhou Su, and one...brother.
The Xu family was originally a prosperous family. It was all thanks to Xu Kaishan's quick thinking and hard work. Xu's mother was frugal in running the house and supporting both inside and outside. Although they were not rich, they still had a small amount of assets. It was the first family in Shili Baxiang.
However, things in this world are never certain. The sky is unpredictable, and people have misfortunes and misfortunes. A tall building will fall down in an instant, and when the wine is full, sorrow and joy will come. Xu Kaishan and Zhou Sulao rushed to Luo County to make some furs.
Unexpectedly, he encountered a gangster halfway through his mountain goods business, and was robbed of his property and killed. Since then, the Xu family's sky has collapsed, they have lost their backbone, and their family has been ruined.
The second elder passed away, leaving only two boys in the Xu family. The second eldest son, Xu Sheng, was regarded by others as a fool who could only study. When his parents left, he had no choice but to cry. Fortunately, there were still hundreds of acres of fertile land in the family, even if it was him
If you don't know how to farm, you can harvest a small amount of two thousand kilograms of grain a year just by renting money, and your life will be fine.
This is a good idea, but unfortunately, Xu Sheng is not the only one in the Xu family.
Xu Sheng also has an older brother, who has completely different personalities from him, and his name is Xu Ram.
Rampant, rampant rampant. His original name was Xuchang, which means Changlong, but after his parents passed away, he changed his name.
He is indeed worthy of his changed name. He lives up to his name and is extremely arrogant. In less than two years, a farm boy became famous throughout Nan County!
It's a pity that it's all a bad reputation. He does things like robbing others, selling illegal salt, and starting a casino. He does everything but never takes the right path.
As the saying goes: How can you keep your shoes from getting wet if you often walk by the river? How can you avoid harming your body if you hang out at the edge of a knife for a long time? Xu Ram, who was so crazy that he was careless for a moment, was caught by the government. If he pressed
For the crime committed by Xu Ram, there was no chance of him being decapitated. However, he didn’t expect that Xu Ram had a bad reputation, but his friends were very loyal and loyal. Those who were brought to justice with him tried their best to pin the charges on themselves.
Carry it on your body.
The general situation is: the prefect asked: "Did Xu Yang and you lead the Yangguan robbery?"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang San rushed to answer: "No, sir, I did it all by myself."
The eunuch was furious: "What a fart, you're robbing thirty people by yourself?"
Zhang San: "Sir, I have always been famous for my martial arts."
The prefect jumped to his feet: "Pull it down, the staff will be eighty."
A group of ruffians forced a prefect to be helpless and lose all face. No matter whether it was a red-hot iron or a whip dipped in cold water, these people could not resist it.
Just die, what are you afraid of?
The rich are afraid of the poor, the poor are afraid of the unruly, and the unruly are afraid of risking their lives.
With the unremitting efforts of a group of "muddleheads", Xu Mang, the principal criminal, was turned into an accomplice.
The laws of the imperial court had been improved a lot by the "Dazhu Kingdom" and had become much more lenient. Naturally, the accomplices could not be sentenced to death. In the end, the eunuch held his breath for a long time, and with a wave of his hand, he had to approve the sentence of "exile to join the army" in the official sentence.
Xu Ram was very calm. A person who lives in the world is not afraid of the prison term; a desperate person is not afraid of exile. He left without saying a word.
He was fine, but Xu Sheng was dead. The world was desolate after losing his parents. If his brother passed away again, he would really be without a friend and like withered grass. In a hurry, he had no choice but to sell his property and abandon his farm and house.
, spent all his savings, and with the help of a relative who was as far away as possible, Xu Yang was finally released.
But what if he is put back? Xu Ram is still Xu Ram. Before he entered the family, he threw himself into the rivers and lakes, continued to make trouble, and continued to do evil.
Xu Sheng often sighed when he thought about this later. Joining the army might save his life, but being in trouble would definitely lead to death! Moreover, it was not worth spending a lot of money.
The silk clothes in the past have become linen clothes, the side dishes and soup on the table have also become steamed rice porridge, and the house has changed from a large house with two entrances to a warehouse where mountain goods were originally stored. For Xu Sheng, life has changed.
It's too big and too tragic.
In fact, there is only one person left in the Xu family.
...
"That Xu Sheng, you just have to eat. We haven't eaten yet. You chat here first, and I will go back to eat." The tall and thin man cupped his hands, stood up and left.
"People get sleepy easily when they get old. You can enjoy yourself. I'm going back to sleep, old man."
"It's getting late today. I'm going to set up some traps in the forest. Maybe I can catch a few rabbits."
"The child is young and scared at night."
After a while, there was no one left. Xu Sheng was the only one left in Nuo Da's place, messy in the wind.
He was very hungry, but now that it was over, he felt too embarrassed to beg for food any more.
Between shame and appetite, Xu Sheng chose the former without hesitation.
There was no chance to eat, and the place was deserted, so Xu Sheng had no interest in staying here. He was extremely dizzy, and the strong feeling of dizziness diluted his hunger a little. Now he just wanted to find a place to relax.
Lying down.
After swaying for a while, when he reached a big bluestone, he couldn't walk anymore. He thought that it was already late at night and 80% of the time no one would come out again. Even if there were, he didn't care much anymore.
Second words, he lay down directly holding Qingshi.
The scene at this moment is completely different from last night. Last night, there were few stars and a bright moon in the sky, but tonight there are many stars and a shallow crescent moon.
"It will be a sunny day tomorrow!"
Xu Sheng said this for no reason. Facing the night wind that came and went, big and small, and smelling the smell of flowers and grass accompanied by the earth, he was very tired, but couldn't sleep.
Looking at the starry night and the changing nebulae, his thoughts fluctuated accordingly.
What a magical star, what a profound night!
Dark, cold, lonely, vast and unfathomable!
No matter who a person is, no matter what extraordinary talents he has; no matter what great ambitions he has; no matter how prominent his identity and power he is, as long as he looks up at the stars, he will uncontrollably feel deeply helpless.
, will feel insignificant and ashamed of themselves.
In front of the boundless starry sky, the rise and fall of mankind, as well as the gains and losses of honor and disgrace, are not worth mentioning at all.
Night, starry night. It is so scary, but also makes people willing to be intoxicated.
What are those planets and stars? Why do they twinkle? Why are they different every day? Why do some appear in fixed positions, while others are just fleeting? And the moon, why can't it coexist with the stars? Often one is bright,
And the other one is dim. Who has taken away whose light?
There is a sentence in "The Classics and History": "The only things that truly shock people are the starry sky and the soul."
It's a very strange statement, but I can't say it's wrong. It's just that the words in "The Classics" are difficult to pronounce and obscure, and such a straightforward statement seems too abrupt.
Xu Sheng's body lay limply on the big bluestone, but his thoughts were racing in the boundless starry sky.
What he didn't know was that the starry sky at this time was not his territory alone. There were other people traveling with him in it, but the starry sky was too big and they had never met them.
On Jiuyi Mountain, which is a thousand feet high, there is a ten-foot-tall Star-Zhaing Tower! The tower seems to be inserted diagonally into the mountain wall, which looks weird and precarious.
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 stars.
"Beyond Jiuyi Mountain is the Imperial City. The Imperial City is located in Tianjing, Tianjing is located in Shenzhou, and Shenzhou is within the territory of Jozhao. So what about outside Jozhao? To the east is the sea, to the west are the untouchable plateau mountains, and to the north are
In the south of the abyss are volcanoes that have been surging for thousands of years. This is all that people have discovered. So what about the outside? What about the other side of the sea? What about the plateau? What about the other side of the abyss?
?What about the other end of the volcano? What else is there? Does the seemingly endless starry sky have a boundary, and does it really exist? Is it really hanging above our heads? If not, what is our relationship with this starry sky?
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The old man muttered to himself and asked a lot of questions, but the more questions he asked, the deeper the doubts in his heart became.
"You're asking for trouble!"
The old man smiled and took a sip of tea and looked around. The fields were empty, with no birds or animals at all. It was really lonely.
"Maybe we should call Yun Gu." The old man whispered secretly, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. It would be too noisy.
"Is there anyone like me who is wandering around in this beautiful starry night?" The old man stroked his beard, his thoughts wandering to nowhere.
There was silence for a long time, and the old man remained motionless, as if he were a statue. It wasn't until the south wind blew up that the old man's clothes, beard and hair were blowing, and he returned to his normal state, sitting casually on a wide chair on the right and smiling slightly.
Laughing, he said slowly: "If there really is such a guy, I think he will be full."