The twenty-seventh chapter: fake brothers and sisters go to Qufu town at night, sheltered by the wives of Xiancun
Li Yunniang was hit by an arrow in her shoulder, and she fled out of the government office from the ruins with Wu Ciyou tied like rice dumplings on her back. She didn't know the difference between east, west, south, north, or potholes.
, panicked like a bereft dog, ran out of Yanzhou City, until the sound of chasing people could no longer be heard, he put Wu Ciyou down, untied the rope, and the two sat side by side on the canal covered by clumps of barmao to rest.
"Come out!" Wu Ciyou realized that he had been rescued when the bone-chilling cold wind in the wilderness blew. He looked at the stars and saw that it was almost four o'clock in the morning. He breathed a deep sigh of relief and stroked his arms, which were numb from being tied up.
, smiled bitterly and thought to herself: "This Yun Niang... is really the leader of the class who causes trouble, the leader who causes trouble!"
Yun Niang let out a soft sound, Wu Ciyou was suddenly startled, and hurriedly bent down to check, but was speechless.
"It's nothing." Yun Niang said, "I don't know which scoundrel shot me with an arrow."
When Wu Ciyou took a closer look, he saw Yun Niang's face was pale under the starlight, lying motionless on the slope. He quickly took one of her hands and wrote on the palm of his hand: "Where is it hurt? Is it important?"
Yun Niang's injury was not serious at first, but because she didn't have time to bandage it, she lost too much blood along the way. At this time, she felt dizzy, the sky, the earth, the stars, and the grass were all spinning. She forced a smile and said: "On the shoulder blade, no...it doesn't matter..."
After Wu Ciyou heard this, he ignored his sleepiness and came over to unbutton Yun Niang's clothes, but Yun Niang cried out:
"Don't!"
Wu Ciyou's hands shrank like an electric shock, and he suddenly realized that the person lying next to him was no longer "Mr. Yuliang" or "Brother Yuliang", but... After pondering for a long time, Wu Ciyou smiled miserably, and again in Yun Niang's hand
He wrote: "I am not a Taoist scholar, but I am not a wealthy woman. Mencius said that a sister-in-law has the right to help her." Yun Niang was silent and seemed to have fallen asleep. Wu Ciyou carefully untied the skirt of her clothes that was soaked with blood.
, tore off the hem of his robe and tied it tightly for her. Suddenly, his fingers touched a hard object. Thinking about it, it was the chicken blood sapphire inkstone he had given her when he was seriously ill. He couldn't help but tremble with regret.
, love, confusion, melancholy, I felt all kinds of things in my heart. And suddenly I remembered that Yun Niang had left blood stains along the way, and no matter how tired she was, she couldn't rest here!
The idle scholar carried Yun Niang, who was half-conscious, on his back, and braved the cold wind and frost at the fourth watch, and walked for half an hour in the wild grass. When he heard the crow of chickens in the distance, Wu Ciyou felt panic in his heart: "Two people
You can't wander around like this when you're covered in blood."
Seeing the dark big village in front of him, Wu Ciyou staggered over step by step, only to see something like a small temple standing in the dark next to the village. When he got closer, he saw that it was a stele pavilion. He put down Yun Niang
, stepped forward and touched it, and couldn't help but be stunned: why did you come to Qufu Confucius Temple? I thought that there must be many good people in the saint's former residence, and felt a little relieved. Then I thought of Kong Lingpei, and my heart sank again: "What should I do?"
"It was too late to turn to another place, and it was really dangerous, so he bent down and picked up Yun Niang, and looked for someone to stay at. He remembered that "the rich must be officials", so he looked for poor people. Some homes.
It was too simple and it was difficult to hide, and there were too many neighbors, and it was afraid of disturbing many people. It was not until dawn came out of the east and the morning star rose that Wu Ciyou found a middle-income family in the northeast corner of the Confucius Temple.
The courtyard of this house is very large, divided into two parts, but they are all thatched houses. The front of the courtyard is empty and clean, and the firewood and hay piles for burning are as high as the roof. At this time, chickens are crowing and dogs are barking.
I had no choice but to step forward and knock on the door gently.
The sound of barking dogs immediately came from the courtyard, and the dogs nearby responded immediately and barked together. After a while, Fang heard an old voice inside asking:
"Who is it?"
silence.
"Who?" The voice became stern.
At this time, Yun Niang was slightly conscious. She suddenly remembered that Wu Ciyou had become mute, so she steeled herself and replied: "I...we are Juren who went to Beijing to take the exam. We stayed in a dark hotel at night and escaped. Please help us and save us."
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There was another silence inside, and suddenly a woman ordered: "Zhang Da, open it for him. It's almost dawn, what can happen?"
The door creaked open, and a long-looking old man with a white beard stood tremblingly in the doorway. He looked at Wu Ciyou with squinting eyes. He saw that his face was covered with dirt, his coat was stained with blood, and he was holding a scholar in his arms.
He hurriedly came over and took Yun Niang over. Wu Ciyou was tired, frightened, hungry and thirsty, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that his eyes were turning black, golden flowers were blooming, the world was spinning for a while, and he fell down in the doorway with a thud...
When he woke up again, it was already three o'clock in the morning. Wu Ciyou looked around and saw that he and Yun Niang were lying on the west wing of the backyard with two beds next to each other. He was surprised that from the outside, this hut looked exactly like a farmer's house, but
The furnishings inside are quite different, with a red couch, lacquered table and bookshelf coffee table. Although it is not luxurious, it looks like it belongs to a scholarly family. What is even stranger is that the kind-looking housewife sitting next to Yun Niang, Jing Chai in a cloth skirt,
She is dressed like a peasant woman, but the old servant standing respectfully beside her is wearing a green felt hat, a lake silk robe, and a lambskin fur with a green satin covering.
Waistcoat! Such reversed clothing, even though Wu Ciyou has seen so much, he can no longer figure out the reason for it.
"Scholar, are you awake? Very good, please have some tea!" Wu Ciyou was wondering to himself when the woman said, "Zhang Da, go make tea and bring some snacks!"
Wu Ciyou sat up and took the tea, drinking it down like nectar in one gulp. He was really thirsty, but he was too embarrassed to eat snacks.
"Sir, let me not ask you how you got into trouble." The woman said with a smile, "Is this woman disguised as a man, your distinguished sister or your wife?"
Wu Ciyou was unable to speak, so he gestured with his hands. He felt it was unseemly, so he pointed at his throat and made gestures like writing. The woman nodded and said, "I understand, I'm here with the pen and inkstone!"
At this time, Yun Niang* woke up without a sound. Seeing that the woman was questioning Wu Ciyou, she struggled to sit up and said, "He has a throat disease and can't speak. If you have anything to say, master, just ask me."
"Well." The woman was sitting next to her. When she heard this, she turned around and smiled: "Sister, I don't want to interrogate you. But since you live here, I should know who you are and why.
Come here. You just have to speak boldly. I am not the one who speaks arrogantly, Grandma Zhang. As long as you agree with me, no one in Shandong will dare to disturb you!"
"This person has such a loud voice!" Wu Ciyou thought to himself, "Is she someone from the Confucius Yan Shenggong? But she also said her surname was Zhang!"
Yun Niang glanced at Wu Ciyou, muttered for a long time before saying: "He is my brother, we...we..." She was thinking about whether to tell the truth or make up a story, when she suddenly heard a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes outside.
He came in and called Qian'er and said, "Grandma, Kong Lingpei from the Confucius Mansion, come with the post to pay your respects." Wu Ciyou and Yun Niang looked at each other, and their faces immediately turned pale.
"Well, is he the only one?" Grandma Zhang asked.
"There is also Kong Zhenqi's fourth nephew Liang'er, followed by more than a dozen government servants."
"Bring the yamen servants to my place!" Grandma Zhang looked a little ugly, "Didn't you say anything happened?"
"Say...I didn't say anything. I just asked grandma to speak outside."
"Kong Lingpei is not a thing. He hangs around with Zheng Chunyou who was stabbed all day long." Grandma Zhang said, "I think Liang'er is fine, but why is he so bad? - You must be hiding something for them.
It’s like he’s holding a date in his mouth and he’s stammering!”
"We really didn't say anything when we came back to grandma." Seeing that Grandma Zhang was annoyed, the young elder hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words.
"Okay," Grandma Zhang stood up, "I'll watch it in the next room - you two, don't think too much, I'll come back later."
When Yun Niang said this, Wu Ciyou heard it like lightning and thunder! The Kong family was so powerful that Yanshenggong had been hereditary for two thousand years and was known as "the best family in the world." From local officials to governors,
When we went down to the prefecture and county, no one dared to provoke her, but this woman casually said that she would "reward" people from Confucius' residence! What is the origin of this? It's incredible.
Kong Lingpei walked in the door with a smile and saw Grandma Zhang sitting upright and drinking tea. He stepped forward to say hello to Qian'er and said, "I haven't seen grandma for more than half a year. She is getting more energetic. My nephew, I'm here to say hello!"
"Get up, didn't you go to Yanzhou Prefecture to be the master of Zheng Chunyou? What kind of wind brought you, a noble man, back? - Liang'er, you hired your eldest brother to study at Shimen. I think he will become a material.
, why don’t you, brother of the fourth server, behave like this - you don’t do serious things, and you focus on being a heretic!"
"Going back to grandma," Kong Lingpei said with a smile as he lifted his robe and sat down, "This is none of Fourth Master's business - he came back from Shimen to get books for Pinzhi, and he stopped by to see grandma. I am -"
He suddenly lowered his voice. Wu Ciyou and Li Yunniang next door couldn't hear a word.
"You have a good nose!" After a while, I heard Grandma Zhang laugh and say, "How do you know they escaped to us?"
"One of them was injured, and the blood dripped all the way to the edge of the canal in the southwest corner of Konglin." Kong Lingpei said, "I thought there would be no other place to go, but in our area!" Wu Ciyou and Yun Niang next door heard this.
, I felt my heart tightening, they were indeed here to hunt me down!
"Oh!" Grandma Zhang agreed absentmindedly, and then said, "If it comes, maybe someone has hidden it. Can't we just find it and send it back?"
"My nephew has checked every house and found nothing."
"There are so many tenants in your Kong family," Grandma Zhang said with a smile, "I may not be sure which village or household he will end up in. Don't be impatient and look for him slowly. If he is injured, can he fly to the sky?"
When Kong Lingpei saw that Grandma Zhang was going around in circles, he couldn't help but become a little anxious. He laughed dryly and said: "To be honest with you, the tenants have been turned upside down for a long time - some people said that when the sky was about to dawn, my grandma's dog barked for a while. My nephew thought
, Grandma is a person who knows the law, how can she harbor criminals? I am bold enough to ask for permission, can I allow my nephew to come to your servant's room... to check, it is just to raise suspicion..."
"I asked you why you suddenly thought of coming to see me, saying hello and greetings, showing such great filial piety - it turns out that you came to my Zhang family to search for thieves!" She sneered, "Don't call me a baby.
Yes! Your father became the governor while he was alive, and Kong Youde became the prince. You have to behave yourself when entering my small courtyard of three feet - I am as good-tempered as my mother-in-law!" She said with a livid face, and Kong Lingpei was frightened.
There was no words for a long time. Seeing his embarrassment, Kong Shangliang hurriedly tried to persuade him: "Pei'er told me on the way that he didn't want to search grandma's mansion. I'm afraid you will misunderstand me. Let me explain it to you. Just take a look.
It’s easy for him to deal with the servants’ housing..."
"It's none of your business. It's serious to go back and get books for your brother!" Grandma Zhang said, "No one in the Zhang family is a thief! The few people my man left behind after his death will all follow Zhang for several lifetimes.
I have never heard of anyone being a thief or hiding stolen goods! If there is a thief, I will be the first one. You Kong Lingpei will tell you the rules and what to do!" After saying that, Wu Ciyou and Yun Niang listened to Kong Shangliang's sarcastic remarks.
Quit and go out.
Kong Lingpei came back that night with his people following the blood trail. He didn't even have a government ticket. Even if he had it, he wouldn't dare to use it in this three-foot forbidden area. Facing this determined grandma, Kong Lingpei thought for a long time and said: "Grandma
, It’s not that my nephew dares to offend you, this matter is very important, the government is all on my nephew, and Duke Yan Sheng went to Beijing for a pilgrimage and was not at home..."
"How is he doing at home?" Grandma Zhang muttered, "I have been neighbors with the Confucius family for more than seven hundred years, and I have never heard of anyone who dared to touch a blade of my Zhang family! What kind of idiot are you!"
"That nephew is rude!" Kong Lingpei ran away from Wu Ciyou and was worried. He and Zheng Chunyou were about to be wiped out. He didn't care to grind his teeth with Grandma Zhang, so he stood up and said, "After this,
My nephew led the whole family to bear the thorn to plead guilty!" As he said this, he strode to the front yard and shouted to the government officials guarding the door: "Come, search!"
"Come here!" Grandma Zhang also followed out and stood on the steps and shouted loudly, "Call the guys behind you to come!"
In fact, there is no need to shout, the servants of the Zhang family have already rushed out. Knowing that there is something going on here, they all carry brand-new water and fire sticks with the sign of the Confucius Mansion, and line up in two lines. It is no worse than the majesty of the Fasi Yamen in Taiwan!
Grandma Zhang snorted and said to Kong Lingpei:
"Did you see it? This stick was sent to me by Shenggong Yan. I haven't used it yet. Do you want to try it?"
"Go!" Kong Lingpei gritted his teeth. Seeing Grandma Zhang being so stubborn, he was even more convinced that Wu Ciyou was here.
"Zhang Da, please bring out grandma's dragon-headed stick and knock up the cloud board!" Grandma Zhang sneered, "There is a robber in the Zhang family, call the Kong family to come and rescue him!"
"Hey!" The old man who opened the door for Wu Ciyou agreed and walked back.
"Hey...hey, hey!" Kong Lingpei suddenly panicked. The Kong family's family skills were extremely powerful. He was a very low-ranking member of the Kong family, and because of his misbehavior, many members of the family were filled with hatred.
As soon as the sound of the board was heard, everyone in the Kong family came to the rescue. Seeing that the untouchable grandma Zhang's family was being searched again, it was possible to beat him to death on the spot or bury him alive in the sink. Kong Lingpei saw this and hurriedly waved his hand.
He smiled and said: "Hey! My nephew is also dizzy after eating shit. You don't have to be the same as my nephew, just leave here!" After saying that, he turned around and scolded the few government servants he brought: "Dead body! Leave quickly -
- Just stay in this area, I don’t believe they will fly out again!”
Wu Ciyou and Yun Niang were relieved when they heard that there was gradually no movement in the front yard. However, Grandma Zhang did not come over all day. Zhang Da came over to prepare tea and meals. Occasionally, she was heard supervising her family in and outside the courtyard.
He settled down to work in the fields and took his people to the workshop to weave. It was not until it was time to turn on the lamp that the mysterious Grandma Zhang came with a doctor to see the two of them, ordered people to get medicine, and arranged a house for Yun Niang. She was waiting for soup and rice.
After using it, everything was in order, and then he went to sit in the west wing and said with a smile: "I came as soon as I said I would go, who wanted to cause such a fuss. I was busy during the day, so I had to come at night - I am a farmer, I don't have those
Don't blame me for the etiquette of accompanying guests."
Yun Niang and Wu Ciyou rested for a day. Laoji made soup and felt much better. Wu Ciyou came over, bowed deeply to Grandma Zhang, and sat on the chair next to her. Yun Niang said: "Auntie is so kind to us. In the future,
I will repay you one day."
"I already know a rough idea of your affairs." Grandma Zhang said with a smile, "Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda! This Lingpei of the Kong family seems not bad at first glance, but I didn't expect that the longer he grows, the less he is.
!I met Zheng Chunyou half a year ago, and when I came back, it was Zhong Sanlang and Wu Sangui again, and they wanted to find the right son again, as if they were possessed by evil spirits! Didn’t you see that the enclosure had been stopped since the year before last, and the people had only lived a few days?
Happy birthday? There is no reason but to hope for chaos in the world! I don’t understand what the barbarians are saying. Who cares about Huang Zi? Kangxi respects Confucius and Mencius, respects heaven and ancestors, and behaves so reasonably. I think he is also Chinese.
!" After saying this, he laughed. Wu Ciyou's eyes were shining as he listened. These words were very exciting for him, but he couldn't say a single word. He looked up at the peasant woman-like Grandma Zhang, lowered his head and sighed with emotion.
One breath.
"What did he say about us?" Yun Niang asked with a smile.
"I told you - you are a big thief. His name is Yu Liu - he is Yu Qi's brother. He also said that this was confirmed by Zheng Futai."
"Grandma, what do you think?"
"He's talking nonsense. Who doesn't know that Zheng Chunyou is thinking of harming others? In the first year, he killed Yu Wu and another Yu Ba. They all became rebels! Whoever wants to kill is a rebel!" Grandma Zhang continued
He sighed and said, "During Yu Qi's rebellion, I was only a teenager. How could there be someone of Yu Liu's age? - When it comes to you, it's even more unlikeable. How could such a delicate yellow flower girl be born?
Is it a thieves? Amitabha, what a sin!"
"Grandma, you understand the righteousness well," Yun Niang said with a smile, "To tell you the truth, I am really a 'thief'!" She was very grateful to Grandma Zhang in her heart. If she didn't have the slightest suspicion, she would tell the story of her childhood experiences.
, how to get to the Wang family and almost be killed, how to go up Zhongnan Mountain, why to go down the mountain, and rescue Wu Ciyou, and what kind of person Wu Ciyou is... 1510 Slowly tell it to Grandma Zhang. Grandma Zhang burst into tears after listening to it.
Twinkle is sometimes hairy, sometimes smiling with her eyes closed, and sometimes filled with anger.
"You survived the catastrophe, you are really a human being again." After listening to Yun Niang's words, Grandma Zhang sighed for a long time, "This is several times more lively than the things mentioned in the big book and the drum poem. If I hadn't met you, I would have said
I won't believe anything - in this case, that Miss Su has taken refuge in my Buddha, I look at you two, a match made in heaven, why can't you -"
The air suddenly condensed. Yun Niangfei blushed, sighed and lowered her head. Wu Ciyou looked out the window dreamily at the dark night. The cold wind outside was whistling endlessly.
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Grandma Zhang saw the two of them looking embarrassed and said with a smile, "You guys can live here peacefully, just like brother and sister. I have something else on my mind. Mr. Wu is so talented in literature, it would be a pity not to use it.
There is a nunnery in Shimen Mountain here, and a scholar of the Confucius family named Shang Ren, nicknamed Pinzhi, studied there. When Mr. Wu recovers from his illness, you might as well go there and stay for some time. When things calm down, you can accompany him there.
Going to see the emperor in Beijing, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" After saying that, he stood up and left.
Seeing that she was leaving, Yun Niang felt a little reluctant and said hurriedly: "Grandma, don't be busy, it's early! I'm a little confused about this today: I heard that the Kong family was very powerful in Shandong and the government relied on it. Why did Kong Lingpei do this?
It seems that he is afraid of grandma, how can you control him?"
Wu Ciyou stared at Grandma Zhang with wide eyes. This was also a huge question that had been lingering in his mind for the whole day. (To be continued)
