Chapter 218 It's Really... Innocent
Cui Xiuning's hometown is now called Sijia Village Club.
The Sijia Village Community does not have only four households, but the people in the village have four surnames: Fan, Cui, Zhang, and Liu.
There are more than 100 families in Sijia Village, including men, women, young and old, all managed by the security chief Dieer.
The people of Sijia Village are also concentrated, surrounded by village walls and have village gates.
When Li Luo arrived, the village soldiers guarding the village gate knelt down and told Li Luo that the Chief Guardian had taken six armored captains to hunt in Yewangshan and would not come back tomorrow.
Li Luo suddenly became in trouble. The Chief of the Security Bureau and Chief A were all going out to hunt, so who would receive him?
There are dozens of miles nearby, but there are no inns. If you go to the county town to stay in a hotel, you have to walk 20 or 30 miles more, but... it's almost dark.
Now the world is unstable and the land is not familiar, so it is not a good thing to rush on the road in darkness. I have met bandits more than once along the way, but I just don’t dare to take action.
It's okay to go to other villages, but Li Luo knew that the little policewoman wanted to live in his hometown tonight.
Cui Xiuning said: "It's better to go to the village to spend a stay at a farmer's house, it's the same."
Li Luo knew that this was the only way, so he learned about the situation in the village from the soldiers.
The village soldier knelt respectfully and replied, only then did Li Luo know that there were dozens of families in the village whose surname was Cui!
No need to think about it, there must be Cui Xiuning's ancestors.
Li Luo couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.
Descendants more than 700 years later, they have traveled through a long time to meet their ancestors dozens of generations ago...
Cui Xiuning also looked complicated and weird.
What's this called?
"Then find a family named Cui. Whoever has a bigger house will live in, my official will live in." Li Luo ordered the village soldier.
The village soldier did not dare to neglect it. Even though he had no knowledge, he could see that Li Luo was a big official, so he quickly invited Li Luo and others into the village.
When the villagers saw a group of "Mongols" dressed in furious horses, they hid in fear and lie on the window to peek.
After walking two miles in the village, the village soldiers led Li Luo to a dilapidated mansion.
Although this courtyard looks dilapidated, it is large in area and is built with bricks and tiles, which is several grades higher than the surrounding earth-walled thatched courtyard.
It can be seen that it was a wealthy family back then, but now it is obviously in decline.
Li Luo looked up and saw four big words engraved on the stone lintel: Jinshi passed the grade.
It turns out that he has also been a Jinshi.
"Grandman, this is a century-old house. Although it is dilapidated, it is fortunately large enough. I would like to ask the big official to be wronged." The village soldier said nervously, afraid that Li Luo would be angry.
"It's okay, I'll just step down." Li Luo said.
The village soldiers stepped forward and knocked on the almost decayed door with a stick, shouting loudly: "Cui Sisan! If a high-ranking official comes to the door, come out to greet him quickly!"
When Li Luo heard the name "Cui Sisan", he couldn't help but feel tired and secretly scolded Meng Yuan for being shameless.
The Mongol Yuan did not allow Han civilians to take great names, and they could only use numbers instead.
Either it is the ranking, such as Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Er, and Zhu Chongba's names come from this.
Either the age of the parents at birth, such as Zhang Shicheng, whose original name is Zhang Sijiu. Because the two of them were 49 when their parents gave birth to him.
The great names of heroes at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were either retaken later or “unbanned” when the Yuan Dynasty rule declined.
Of course, many people have come to clean up this. What are the rumors? The Black Yuan Dynasty.
For example, they used the names of a large number of cultural people such as Guan Hanqing and Ma Zhiyuan to prove that this is a rumor.
The problem is that the great writer Guan Hanqing was an imperial physician in the Yuan Dynasty, and Ma Zhiyuan was also an official. He was not from ordinary people. How could he make a statement?
There are far more than one historical materials that pointed out that the Yuan Dynasty prohibited Han people from taking names. Are they all fabricated unofficial history?
When you open your eyes and tell lies, your heart cannot be asked.
The door slowly opened with a "branch" sound, and a thin young man in his early twenties walked out and looked up at Li Luo and others.
"Cui Sisan! You're here to do something, please pay homage to the great official!" The village soldier said anxiously, afraid that he would annoy Li Luo's unlucky.
Although this young man named Cui had a bad name, he had a fair and calm temperament, which was very different from ordinary small farmers. However, he had a pale face and thin skin, and looked very disheveled.
Cui Sisan knelt down without any hurry, and his voice was not slow: "Caomin Cui Sisan, pay homage to the high official."
Cui Xiuning suddenly became uneasy when she saw Cui Sisan kneeling in the dust. This person might be her ancestor.
The epitaph of the ancestor of the high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty made it clear, and pointed out that he moved here when he was eighth-generation ancestor, and his eighth-generation ancestor was also admitted to the Jin Dynasty Jinshi.
Isn’t the stone carving on the lintel of this mansion the fourth word “Jinshi and the Year”? There are no other Jinshi houses in this village.
Li Luo thought of this and quickly said, "Get up! I passed by here, but there was no reception from the Chief A. I wanted to stay at your house for a night."
He did not ask the other party whether he agreed, but directly expressed his intention to stop, and his tone was unquestionable.
Cui Sisan stood up and patted the soil, bowed and said, "That's really bright. Please come in by the officials." His tone was very light, without any expression of feeling "bright bright".
When Li Luo and his group went in, they realized that it was a three-entry mansion. It seemed that the official position of his family's ancestors was not low back then. However, weeds were overgrown inside, and there was a dilapidated dusk atmosphere everywhere. No wonder they were not occupied by the Guardian Armor.
With a "creak", the second entrance door was pushed open, and a young man who was about to win the championship came out, "Brother..."
Cui Sisan said: "Siwu, this is an official from the court. I want to stay at my house. Come and see you."
Li Luo waved his hand and said, "Forgive. Cui Sisan, how many people do you have in your family?"
Cui Sisan said lightly: "Now there are only two brothers."
Such a big house is dilapidated and there are only two people living, which makes Li Luo think of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".
Cui Siwu, who is only twenty years old, is not as calm as his brother, and is obviously a little anxious at this time.
There are so many people staying at their own house, but there are some rooms, but how can this food be born? How can the two brothers afford to treat them?
Li Luo ordered the horses to be locked in the backyard that turned into Baicao Garden. Wherever the grass was lush, there was no need to feed them.
When Li Luo was invited into the only decent living room, Cui Sisan said humbly: "Good instructors know that there are only a few buckets of brown rice, a few vegetables, and no good wine or meat to entertain. The grass people are really ashamed."
He said ashamed, but his tone was not ashamed at all.
Li Luo looked around Xiao Ran's living room and smiled and said, "It's okay, brown rice and vegetables are good to eat by chance."
It's so easy to talk to? The Cui brothers couldn't help but be a little surprised. Shouldn't they get angry, then whip a few times and leave? Then they save food.
Li Luo is so easy to serve, but the Cui brothers feel bitter. How much precious food should so many people waste when they have a meal?
It’s bitter!
However, since this dog official is so unprotective, they have to bleed.
"Then... the great official please wait a moment, my brother will prepare the meal now." Cui Sisan said with a wry smile.
When Li Yuan saw the situation of the Cui brothers, he couldn't help but think: Just yesterday, wasn't he so embarrassed? He was even worse than them. At least the two brothers could rely on each other.
The Cui brothers went down to prepare the meal. Li Luo stood up, walked to the bookshelf in the corner of the living room, and flipped up the owner's book.
There are collections of classics, history, poetry, lyrics and essays, and "miscellaneous books" in agriculture, water conservancy, military affairs, laws, arithmetics, geography, etc.
It seems that the Cui brothers learned a lot and are not ordinary Confucian scholars.
Judging from the wear and tear of these miscellaneous books, it is also often read by the Cui brothers.
Cui Xiuning was a little proud when she saw these many books. Her ancestors were indeed extraordinary, and she was so down and had such a collection of books.
At this time, in the Xijiao vegetable field in the backyard, the Cui brothers were resenting Li Luo.
Xiao Cui pulled up a radish with a little distress and said, "This Tartar dog official is really a bastard. The people are so difficult, and they still have to let the people take food for them to benefit from in the people's homes. They are not the sons of man."
Da Cui sighed and said, "The people do not fight with officials, let alone the Tartar officials? Today, this person should be a Han official, and he is quite kind, and it is already good. Second brother, don't bother them and cause trouble."
Xiao Cui pulled up another radish as if he was digging his heart. "My Cui family was called the Five Clan Seven Hope back then, so proud and noble. Now, not only is it so desolate that it is not enough to eat, but also bullied by the Tartars. It is really a disgrace to the point of losing their ancestors."
Da Cui picked out a bad vegetable and put it into the vegetable basket, "When the Tartars reopen the imperial examination, you and my brother will have hope."
Xiao Cui snorted coldly and said, "Will Kublai Khan reopen the imperial examination? He is just a liar. It is better to believe in ghosts than to believe in him! Besides, I don't care about the imperial examinations of the Hu people. I feel that their fame and fortune are stinky."
Da Cui said: "Worry and don't let the Tartar officials hear it. It is embarrassing to take the Tartar imperial examination, but if we don't take the exam, we will have no way out. Maybe we will starve to death one day. After taking the exam and becoming an official, we may be able to do something good for the people."
Xiao Cui sneered: "Then you have to wait until the Yuan court reopens the imperial examination. I guess there is no hope. Maybe it will be possible for the real gold to ascend the throne when the old barbarian dies."
Da Cui smiled bitterly: "Only by living can you rely on hope. Our brothers have not married and had children, so we cannot break the incense. Who made the Han people unlucky and taught the Mongolian Tatars to occupy the world?"
Xiao Cui sat down, "Brother, when they finish this meal, we won't have much food. Look at so many majestic guards, they are all foodies."
Da Cui was stunned for a while and suddenly said, "Let's serve us well tonight. Maybe the dog official will give us some money when he is happy."
Xiao Cui laughed, "Brother, your idea is... pretty good."
Half an hour later, the Cui brothers' meals were presented. When Li Luo saw that in addition to a large pot of brown rice, there were a large pot of radish and a large pot of vegetables.
It's really...clean and innocent.
"A great official, I have spent all my humble houses, and there are only these crude things. Please forgive me." Cui Sisan bowed and "appointed".
Li Luo smiled politely: "It's hard for Xian Kunzhong, please use it together! Don't be polite."
Needless to be polite?
Big and big Cui were a little confused.
Whose family is this?
Chapter completed!