Ma Jun left the palace with a smile. This time, he did not wave. He just carried the package with both hands and put the package on the back of the thin horse. Ma Jun left the palace. He had family property in Luoyang.
This family property was left by Wen Renxi. It only had one courtyard and was not considered luxurious. Ma Jun led the thin horse all the way towards his mansion. Although Luoyang had experienced many expansions,
There are still no major changes in the inner city, and his residence happens to be not far from the imperial palace.
Arriving in front of the mansion, Wenren Mansion and Ma Mansion now looked increasingly shabby. Various luxurious courtyards were erected around it. The vermilion gates made the mansion look really unsightly. Ma Jun arrived at the mansion.
At the door, I didn't know why, but I felt a little nervous. I sighed and knocked on the door. After a while, an old man opened the door of the mansion and walked out. He opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.
"Father...I'm back!" Ma Jun said. He clearly saw that the old man in front of him was shaking all over, with tears falling from his eyes. He was speechless. Ma Jun stepped forward and gave his father
A hug, looking at the hunched old man in front of him, Ma Jun felt unspeakably sad. This was his father. After Wen Renggong passed away, he took his father over and let him stay in the mansion.
Help him take care of it.
After all, he is the eldest son in the family, and he has two sisters, both of whom are already married.
He walked into the mansion with his father. His father was busy cooking. Ma Jun stopped him and went there in person. After a while, the father and son were sitting in the front yard, eating in silence.
There were many words to say to each other, but neither of them knew what to say. Ma Jun put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked, "How have you been doing well for me these past few years? Why don't you see the servants at home?"
"Well, I'm not used to others serving me... I bought him farmland and let him leave..." The old man said and asked: "Da Lang, what about you, why did you come back suddenly? No.
Tell me beforehand??”
"The road passed away, I came back to pay my respects..."
"and you...."
Looking at the speechless old man in front of him, Ma Jun said with a smile: "I will not go back this time, I will stay... His Majesty even worshiped me as a general and a master craftsman! I will stay in Luo from now on.
It's Yang..." Hearing Ma Jun's words, the old man was particularly excited, "Okay, okay, my son is going to be successful. What kind of official will he be? How much is his salary??"
"He is an official under the Third Duke. He is responsible for building the palace. He is worth two thousand stones!"
"Okay, okay...that's great..." the old man praised, the wrinkles on his face squeezed together, and he smiled.
"My son, you are not young anymore. I already have four grandchildren. When can I see my grandchildren?"
"It's almost...it's almost...Father, what happened to what I told you earlier...how is it?" Ma Jun asked again.
"I did everything you said..."
Ma Jun nodded, and the old man said: "I don't know the details very well. I have used all the money in these years...but it is still not enough...Oh, life is not easy these days.
..." Hearing the old man's words, Ma Jun nodded and said with a smile: "This time, I got a lot, it should be enough... After the master's death, although he was a little short of money,
, Fortunately, I have continued Master’s good deeds..."
The two chatted for a long time, and in the evening, the old man took Ma Jun and left the mansion.
Ma Jun still took the thin horse with him, and there were a few more packages on the horse's back. The two of them came to the west of the city. This area had just been expanded. Many places were still building houses, and some dilapidated ones were about to be demolished.
The houses were originally in areas outside the city, but they have not yet been demolished. This place is different from the most prosperous north and south of Luoyang. Many poor people live here, and the environment is particularly harsh.
As soon as you step in here, you can smell a foul smell that won't go away.
Walking all the way through the mud, we came to a dilapidated house. This house was missing a wall, but it could still protect it from wind and rain. There were still some bricks and stones around it. It was also a mansion that was about to be demolished. When we got here, the old man stopped.
He came down and called several times inside. As soon as he opened his mouth, several thin figures walked out of the room. There were more than twenty people in total, all of whom were surrounding an old man.
These people were thin and scrawny, dirty and disheveled. They couldn't even walk through the rest of the streets in Luoyang. A few of them were lying on the ground, motionless. Ma Jun looked at these people.
, there was no words for a long time. When they saw the old man, they wanted to run over, but when they saw Ma Jun, they stopped and looked at him with some horror, not daring to come. Ma Jun's father said: "Don't do it."
Scared, this is my son..."
After he spoke like this, everyone came over and bowed to Ma Jun, saying they were their benefactors.
The horses were speechless. The old man opened the package on the horse's back, found some food, and gave it to them. Everyone thanked and bowed to the old man. The old man in the crowd was not in a hurry to receive the food, but even
Many of them stayed and tremblingly walked to Ma Jun's father's side and said: "I'm sorry, brother, I'm sorry, brother. I just ask God to bless you, brother, and this husband...long life, long life."
A hundred years old!!”
Ma Jun then asked: "How many more people are there?"
When the old man heard this, he said: "There are still hundreds of people, not many. We are the only ones left here, the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. Thanks to our benefactor, everyone who has the strength to get jobs is either a worker or a farmer, and they often work as workers or farmers."
Help us, we survived... It's all thanks to the kindness of the emperor...", the old man said, with tears in his eyes, Ma Jun sighed and asked: "Hundreds of people? Why are you here? Could it be a big man?
Can’t you even support hundreds of people???”
"Natural disasters and man-made disasters... I have no choice but to blame the big man?" The old man said, and then added: "We are either old or young... Now Luoyang is not allowed to go begging, so we can only stay here.
..."
“What about the relief center? Where about the relief center opened by the temple??”
"Mr. Lang is joking. They are all for the people who have names in their household registrations and farmland. We don't even have a pavilion to settle down..."
Ma Jun sighed again and was speechless, but the old man said with a smile: "The world is so good now. I lost my farmland due to a disaster twenty years ago. People thought I was old and refused to use me. I can only stay here."
I was begging in Luoyang to survive. At that time, I met a great benevolent man. The good man also told me his name. Every two or three days, he would come to help the beggars in Luoyang... At that time, there were thousands of people in Luoyang.
You beggar...it all depends on him alone..."
"He is a great good man, a great good man, what a pity... I don't even know his name now. He has never appeared since then, and I don't know if the great good man is still there... After him, this is
Our benefactor also always helped us, and helped us find errands and check in. The emperor also implemented benevolent policies, and things have improved a lot. I just don’t know if that great benevolent man is still alive..."
Seeing the old man talking, Ma Jun said: "He is still alive, so I will follow his order and let my father do the work for you..."
Hearing Ma Jun's words, the old man's eyes widened. He took Ma Jun's hand and asked, "Is the good man in good health? Maybe you can let me go and say thank you?" Ma Jun said, "I don't have to be like this.
, he is very good, he doesn’t like to talk to others, so don’t bother..."
"Okay, that's enough, that's enough..."
Ma Jun looked at the money in the package, thought for a long time, and then said to the old man: "My husband...I have an errand here, maybe you can all come and help me..."
"No matter what my benefactor orders, we will never refuse..."
"Well...you guys wait for a few days...after five days, I will come back to find you...I will definitely find you a job...and, with this money, you can use...to buy some good things..."
All the clothes are ready..." Ma Jun took a lot of money and put it in front of the old man. At that moment, the old man's eyes turned red and he started crying, holding Ma Jun's hand.
Crying and saying: "Thank you, thank you, God bless you... Benefactor, God bless you... Thank you..."
Ma Jun shook his head, smiled, and looked at the many beggars eating with big mouthfuls. The tears in his eyes deeply hurt Ma Jun's heart. He somewhat understood why the master had been doing this for ten years.
He stayed with his master for a long time to help these people, but he never discovered these things. It was not until his master was sick and about to die that he pulled him to his side and told him all these things.
He still could not forget it. Wen Renxi, who had shrunk all over, stood up with twisted hands, tilted his mouth, shed tears, and spoke in a garbled way. Ma Jun listened carefully for a long time before he understood what the master was saying.
What.
"Meng Ping, when I was young, my family was poor. My whole family was ruined by gifts. I didn't have thirty-five dollars in my family... I've been begging everywhere since I was a child, sleeping on the streets, and being bullied. I managed to survive, but fortunately I had fellow villagers.
I rescued and met a kind person again. The kind person gave me money and asked me to buy farmland, but I didn't buy the farmland. I looked at the group of people around me who were begging after me. Finally, I used the money to buy meat and went to Hejian Xiangzhang.
In the Duke’s residence, Duke Zhang’s name is Taheng, and his courtesy name is Pingzi. He was a great sage at that time..."
"I took the meat strips and knelt in front of his house for two days, and then he recruited him into the house. However, he had no intention of accepting me as his disciple, so he let me work in his house. He taught
I study, he has many books, I can read them at will. I study day and night, and this is what I am today... Zhang Gong's kindness will not be forgotten by my disciples..."
"After I became an official, I also followed that good man's example and used my family's money to help beggars. However, my salary was only so small and I couldn't save so many people. I could only find ways to make money and save it for the national treasury.
Money, save money for yourself... In the past few years, I have no servants or any furniture at home. I have used all of it to help others. I am leaving and I can’t help others... You can use the remaining money I have,
Use all of it to help them, and leave it to me... Thirty-five dollars... Thirty-five dollars will do..."
"I don't ask you to do your best to help those poor people. I just hope that... when you have the strength, you can help me and take care of them... there may not be any... among them...
..Tomorrow’s Three Young Masters…”
Thinking about this, Ma Jun couldn't help but look at his clothes, gritted his teeth and said, "This world will definitely get better day by day..."
"The path of the Great Dao means that the world is for the common good. We must select talents and promote them. We must maintain trust and cultivate harmony. Therefore, we will not only kiss our relatives, nor will we only give birth to our children, so that the old will have their end, the strong will be useful, and the young will be successful...
....”
ps: Sorry, Old Wolf is going to watch the game. I hope the national football team can beat the Maldives. If the goal difference is more than two, Old Wolf will update like crazy tomorrow! Come on, Chinese team!!