In March, the fifth year of Guanghe reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were heavy rains during the Qingming Festival. The Almanac said: "On the fifteenth day after the spring equinox, when the fighting fingers are Ding, it is the Qingming Festival. At that time, everything will be clean and clear, and the weather will be clear and the scenery will be bright.
Everything is visible, hence the name." It began around the Zhou Dynasty and is a festival to worship ancestors.
Zhu Kui is sixteen years old and is already a handsome young man, but he still has a hint of childishness in his eyebrows. The family has settled in Moling County for five years, and his reputation has gradually spread in and outside the county. Everyone knows it.
There was a storyteller called Saburo, who was regarded as an honored guest by both the Lu family and Zhao Bancheng.
The life of his family has become much more abundant. His eldest brother's name was originally Zhu Da. Later, because he saw that his younger brother had a handsome name, he also found a scholar to help him rename him Meng. Even the fifth girl was named Zhu Ying.
I wonder if Wang Cheng has inherited the genes from his ancestors. He is already six feet tall at the age of twelve. After one year of studying with Wang Ying, the two of them will take away all the master's skills.
Perhaps because of genetics, Wang Cheng's progress in learning martial arts was better than that of studying Confucian classics, history, and art of war. Zhu Kui was four years older than him and was no longer his enemy in terms of martial arts. Wang Ying was defeated by Wang Cheng and felt embarrassed.
, then he said that there was nothing more he could teach Zhu Kui and Zhu Kui.
It was the Qingming Festival, and Zhu Kui's family took Wang Cheng back to Shigang Village to pay homage to their ancestors. The Zhu family's ancestral grave and Uncle Wang's grave were the only two places that had been relocated to change their feng shui. All the memorials were completed in one morning.
After that, Wang Cheng hurried back while it was still dark. With his current martial arts skills, even the eye-catching tigers in the mountains could do nothing to him. What he was thinking about the next day was Zhang Ziziran's new lecture on the Heroes of the Late Qin Dynasty.
The story is the story of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty. Zhu Kui made many changes to the content to make it in line with the harmony of today's society, and greatly praised Liu Bang's talents and strategies.
On weekdays, Wang Cheng likes listening, speaking and reading very much, and spends his free time sitting in Piaoxiang Tower.
Zhu Kui was left behind by Zhu Laoshi and his wife.
It was night, at the door of his house, the father and son were drinking tea and chatting. Zhu Laoshi told Zhu Kui that the reason for keeping him here was to get him married to that little sister Zhang. Zhu Kui was sixteen years old and was old enough to start a family. How many years had Zhu Laoshi been married?
It was decided before, and the official announcement will be made tonight, and we will get married in the next few days.
When Zhu Kui heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart. Although he had known that people got married very early in ancient times, just like his eldest brother also got married at the age of sixteen. If the family was in a difficult situation a few years ago, Zhu Laoshi now seems to have the ability of the third child in his family, so he should start early.
Start a family.
He didn't like the daughter of a rich family, thinking that she was unruly and unruly and unable to run the family. However, Zhang Xiaomei, who he had watched grow up by his side, was very popular with him. Even though it had delayed Zhang Xiaomei's youth for many years, he also used a high betrothal gift to settle down with Zhang Dazou.
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However, Zhu Kui has always treated Zhang Xiaomei as a sister in his heart. In addition, in recent years, he often goes out, travels to various counties in Jiangdong, and is often away from home. His father, Zhu Laoshi, did not see any signs of his thoughts, not even the little sister.
My sister seems to be nineteen years old. She is an older girl and has forgotten this.
And he was sixteen, too early. He didn't want to get married so early at all. The thoughts of his previous life still affected him. Getting married too early was not good for his health. In addition, he wanted to really make a name for himself in Jiangdong and have the opportunity to establish a career.
Ji, let’s talk about it then.
"It seems that I have to use my mother as a shield tonight." Zhu Kui knew that his mother Chen was much more advanced than his father Zhu Laoshi and enjoyed the prosperous life brought by his son. She believed that her third child was a capable person.
, there are some identities in the county, and you should be a young lady, then you will be compatible.
Then Zhu Kui's voice changed: "Dad, my mother-in-law said she made some clothes for my son. I'll go and have a look first." Without looking back, he ignored Zhu Laoshi's call, and like a monkey, he went back to the back room to find Mrs. Chen.
, when they met, he knelt down and complained and shouted: "Mother, help me!"...
"My son, why are you so anxious?"
"Auntie, my father just proposed a marriage to me. He hopes that I will get married to my little sister. However, the relationship between the child and the little sister is nothing more than brother and sister. I don't want to get married so soon. There are many things outside and I want to have a child.
I'm busy, can we wait a little longer to talk about this marriage?"
"My child wants to go back to Moling at night, and I hope my mother will help me entangle my father so that my child can leave secretly."
As Zhu Kui expected, his mother, Mrs. Chen, was serious about her son's ability, so he should choose a daughter from a wealthy family to honor his ancestors, and she did not want her son to marry a girl from the same village. She also knew about Zhang Xiaomei, so she also followed her.
Zhu Laoshi had argued, and at this moment, of course, he readily agreed and said: "San'er, please go back to Moling as soon as possible. I will find a way to trap your father and prevent him from finding out, but remember to be careful on the road."
"Thank you mother, I'll take my leave."
The next day, it was dark. Zhu Kui secretly climbed out of the window with his parcel and slipped away quietly. As soon as he left the inner room, Zhu Laoshi heard the noise and woke up. Just as he was about to get up to check, Mrs. Chen stretched out his hand to grab him.
He said, "Why are you so scared, husband? I have lived in the city for a long time and have forgotten that the windows of my hometown often make noise." Perhaps because his mind was still a little fuzzy in the middle of the night, he was stunned for a moment, and then fell asleep with Chen in his arms.
After Zhu Kui left home, he traveled at night. Five years ago, it would take a whole day to walk, but now it only takes half a day to get there because of his martial arts training.
In the night, the mountain breeze whistled in front of him. Zhu Kui knew this road very well, and he was not afraid of getting lost in the dark.
There was a soft "bang" sound and he almost stumbled. Zhu Kui turned around and saw an old man covered in blood falling to the ground. It was his heel that tripped just now.
The old man looked very rough in his fifties, and his gray beard was stained with blood. Zhu Kui stretched out his fingers to explore the old man's breath, then leaned over and listened to his heart, and found that he was still breathing and his heart was beating. He stood up and took a look.
In the surrounding woods, the air was filled with a faint smell of blood.
Soon I noticed something strange in the distance, so I ran to see more than ten corpses lying there. These people were dressed as knights, but all of them had fleshy faces.
"These people should be robbers and water bandits. A fight broke out here. The bodies and the knife marks around them show that the fighting was very brutal."
Zhu Kui thought to himself that he had checked all the corpses and found that only the old man who was first found was breathing, and the rest were completely dead. The old man should be the final winner of the fight, but he was also seriously injured, so he fainted after walking a few steps.
On the ground, the question now is whether Zhu Kui should save him or not.
"That's all, saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda."
Zhu Kui took out a water bag from the package and poured out some water. He slightly cleaned the blood on the old man's face, and then tore off the blood-stained parts of his body. After doing so, he looked like a beggar. Zhu Kui
Grab his hands and put them behind your back.
"It's quite heavy." He shook his back and continued on his way. If he hadn't practiced martial arts regularly in the past five years to polish his body, Zhu Kui might not have been able to easily carry a man weighing nearly two hundred people and walk quickly.
Because he was carrying a person on his back, it took nearly three hours longer than usual to get to Moling County. It was almost noon when he entered the city gate, and there were many people coming in and out. Zhu Kui went to the county guard's office and stuffed some loose money, and told the guard behind the
The person in question was a fellow villager who was seriously ill and wanted to go to the city for treatment. The guards took the money and said politely: "Young man is so polite. Since you, a fellow villager, are sick, go to the city as soon as possible."
After living in Moling County for five years, everyone knew him and knew that he wrote excellent stories, including many high-ranking officials. Zhao An, the captain of Moling County, had a good personal relationship with Zhu Kui on weekdays. Even if Zhu Kui did not give him money today, the county guard
For Zhao An's sake, he would be let into the city. Zhu Kui's usual behavior is similar to that of Hu Baoyi and Song Jiang in Water Margin. He is very generous and generous, and Moling's black and white ways give him a lot of face...
After entering the city, Zhu Kui directly carried the old man back home. At this time, his sister-in-law Li was the only one at home, so he asked Li to go to the doctor called by Hong'an Hall for diagnosis and treatment, while he stayed to take care of the old man.
"This man was exhausted and lost too much blood, which is why he passed out. Don't be careful, young man. You will wake up soon after I prescribe some soothing and blood-replenishing medicinal soup mixed with meat porridge." The old doctor said.
He was nearly seventy years old, dragging his white beard and talking to Zhu Kui.
"Thank you very much, old doctor. I will follow you to Hong'an Hall to get the medicine."
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"What? How is it possible that the old guy ran away? What does that guy Li Bao do for a living? How could he fail when hundreds of brothers were ambushed and prepared in advance and there were thieves to help him?"
In an abandoned wooden house outside Moling City, a man in black looked at the middle-aged man in black and brocade robes and roared loudly.
"This subordinate doesn't know. The brothers who were sent to investigate came back and said that they only saw corpses on the ground. Li Bao was cut in two. It was so miserable. But they didn't find the old guy's body. They suspected that the old guy was not dead, so they reported
Said the operation failed."
One of the men knelt on the ground and nervously reported that he had followed this master for many years and knew that he had a violent personality and loved killing. Seeing the scene, he became somewhat silent and cautiously asked: "How about I bring some more people to search around?
The old guy must have been seriously injured and couldn't run far, so he must be hiding nearby."
The man in brocade had a fierce look in his eyes and then disappeared the next moment. He ordered: "Forget it, based on the old guy's experience in the world, it's too late to run away now. You guys must wipe all traces clean quickly. Don't do it."
Let the old guy discover Ni Duan."
After his men left one by one, the middle-aged man in brocade robe looked at the gloomy dark clouds outside the window with a ferocious face: "Old guy, I miscalculated this time, but I won't be so lucky next time."