The giant eagle soared in the sky, with a Taoist priest riding on its back. The Taoist priest held Dezhen in his arms. Dezhen shouted: "Let's get down quickly. Don't fly in the sky. If we fall, we will fall to death."
The Taoist priest said: "You useless little brat, you are afraid of a bird. Can I let you fall to death?"
Dezhen said: "Where are you taking me?"
The Taoist priest said: "Go and fight the wolf. Don't you believe that I can kill the wolf with one punch? I'll show you."
Dezhen said: "It's better not to give it up. The wolf is very ferocious and will eat you."
The Taoist priest smiled and said: "If the wolf wants to eat me, I will throw you over and let it eat you first. When it is full, it will not eat me."
Dezhen said: "So you want to feed me to the wolves, you are not a good person."
The Taoist priest saw a wolf lying on the hill and urged the giant eagle to fall. When the wolf saw the giant eagle, it bared its teeth and howled several times.
Dezhen was so frightened that he hid behind the Taoist priest, pulled the corner of his clothes and said, "Don't provoke it, let's run away."
The Taoist priest said: "Don't be afraid, I will kill it right now." As he stepped forward, the wolf snarled and rushed towards the Taoist priest.
Dezhen was so frightened that he closed his eyes and heard a "pop" sound. He opened his eyes and saw that the wolf was lying on the ground with blood all over his head.
Dezhen couldn't believe his eyes and said, "You really beat it to death."
The Taoist priest said: "Do you believe it this time?"
Dezhen nodded nervously and said: "I believe it, I believe it, you are really amazing. Are you a god?"
"Ha..." the Taoist priest said with a smile, "How about it, would you like to pour night fragrance for me?"
Dezhen said: "Can you really teach me how to fight wolves?"
The Taoist priest nodded.
Dezhen said: "Okay, I promise you, but I have to tell my parents. If they don't let me, I won't be able to go."
The Taoist priest said: "Where are your parents? Take me to find them."
On the field, Kong Niu was digging the ground with a hoe. He was startled when he saw a giant eagle flying from a distance. When the giant eagle approached, he saw a Taoist priest holding Dezhen and sitting on the back of the eagle. He was also surprised.
The giant eagle fell outside the field. Dezhen jumped up and down and ran happily to his father. Kong Niu took his son, pointed at the Taoist priest, and asked, "Da Leng, who is he?"
Dezhen shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
Kong Niu said: "Why are you with him?"
Dezhen said: "I met a wolf on the mountain. He saved me. He asked me to go with him and pour night fragrance for him. I want to go. Dad, will you let me?"
Seeing that the Taoist priest was well-dressed, Kong Niu had some respect. When he came closer, he respectfully asked: "What is your name, Taoist Master? Where did you become a monk?"
The Taoist priest said: "I am a poor Taoist, but I have become a monk in our Xuanyuan Temple in Kongtong Mountain."
Xuanyuan Temple is well-known in the local area. Kong Niu is a local, how could he not know about it? Zuo Yi bowed and said: "It turns out that he is the Taoist master of Xuanyuan Temple."
Juechen said: "Your child is destined to be Pindao. Pindao wants to adopt him as a little Taoist boy. I wonder if you are willing?"
Kong Niu felt that his son would be more promising as a Taoist priest than as a tenant, so he happily said: "Yes, yes, it is a blessing for this child to be attracted by Dao Master. How can I not be happy? Master Dao, please sit at home."
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Juechen said: "Then it's annoying."
Kong Niu put down his work in the field and walked home carrying the hoe.
Juechen didn't want to ride on the eagle for fear of scaring the villagers, so he whistled and the giant eagle spread its wings and flew away.
Dezhen asked: "Uncle, where is Big Bird going?"
Juechen said: "It went back to the mountain."
The three of them walked into a small farmyard. Juechen saw that there was only one adobe house in the yard. They saw that the Kong family lived in poverty. A woman was sitting on a small bench collecting shoe soles. She was Dezhen's mother.
Zhao, a boy about five years old squatted on the ground to catch ants to eat. He was Dezhen's second brother, his name was Er Leng.
Er was stunned when he saw Dezhen coming back and called out "Brother, brother" twice and came over to greet him.
Kong Niu called to his wife: "Old woman, a distinguished guest is coming to the house. Quickly kill a chicken, and then go get two ounces of wine to entertain the distinguished guest."
Mrs. Zhao stood up and nodded to Juechen with a dry smile, as a greeting, and went to catch chickens from the chicken coop.
Juechen followed Kong Niu into the house and saw two children on the kang, one was a little girl about three years old and the other was an infant. The little girl was afraid of strangers and hid in the corner of the kang when she saw a stranger.
Kong Niu asked Juechen to sit down, poured him some water, chatted with Juechen for a few words, and then went to help his wife prepare food.
Zhao asked Kong Niu in a low voice: "Who is that Taoist priest?"
Kong Niu said: "Master Juechen of Xuanyuan Temple."
Mrs. Zhao asked: "If you don't work in Datian, why did you bring him to your home?"
Kong Niu said: "Da Leng went into the mountains and met a wolf. Fortunately, the Taoist Master saved him. The Taoist Master wanted to take Daleng as a Taoist boy, and I agreed."
Mrs. Zhao couldn't bear to part with her child, so she stabbed her husband and shouted in a low voice: "Why do you agree? Why do you want Daleng to be a Taoist boy if you are so good?"
Kong Niu said: "It's great to be a Taoist boy. From now on, I won't have to worry about food and clothing."
Zhao said: "It's not the flesh that fell off your body. Of course you won't feel bad about it. I can't bear to part with it."
Kong Niu said: "Xuanyuan Temple is not far away. I miss my child, so I just went to take a look."
Zhao said: "Do we have to let him go? Can't we not go?"
Kong Niu said: "Oh, you are a shabby old woman who has long hair and short knowledge. It would be great to be a Taoist boy, but you are still not happy? I have decided on this matter. After dinner, I will let the Taoist master take Da Leng away."
In the old days, women had no status in the family. After all, it was based on the feudal etiquette rules such as the three obediences and the four virtues. The wife could not change the husband's decision. Even though the Zhao family was reluctant to let go of her son, she could not keep him.
After lunch, Juechen was about to take Dezhen back to the mountain. Mrs. Zhao held her son and cried bitterly. Her younger brother and sister were not willing to let his brother go and also cried with their mother. Dezhen was reluctant to let go of his family and burst into tears.
From that day on, Dezhen joined the Kongtong Sect and became an ordinary disciple. He was a responsible person, honest and obedient, and studied hard. Juechen observed him for three years and felt that he was a talented person, so he accepted him as his first disciple.
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Two years after Kong Niu left home in Dezhen, he took his wife and children to Guandong and settled in Heshangxin Village between Zhongwei and Fushunwei in Shenyang.
The reason why Kong Niu wanted to break into Guandong was because the northwest did not support people and farming was difficult. Although Kong Niu was very diligent, the farmer's harvest was always not good, and the landlord's rent was high. Sometimes the harvest was not enough to pay the rent.
Kong Niu heard about the fertile black soil in the Northeast and the good policy of collecting rents after immigrants settled in the fields for ten years. He thought about living a good life, so he made up his mind and traveled thousands of miles to Guandong.
After Kong Niu came to Guandong, he reclaimed several acres of wasteland, planted in spring and harvested in autumn, and his life became more and more prosperous as time went by.
Time flies like water, and time flies by. In the blink of an eye, another ten years have passed. When Dezhen was 20 years old, he went to Guandong to reunite with his family. He saw that there were three large tile-roofed houses in his house.
I am very happy to see that my family is living a good life.
When Dezhen left home, he only had two brothers and one sister. Now he has one more brother and one sister. The second brother still knows him, but the other brothers and sisters don't know him, but they often hear their parents mention him. After they meet,
, but there is no division either.
The mother had not seen her eldest son for ten years. The mother and son held each other's arms and cried, and the father also burst into tears. Dezhen paid 200 taels of silver to honor his parents. The money was his salary as a disciple of the Kongtong sect.
His mother accepted the money and told him to keep it for him to marry him in the future. His father advised him to return to secular life and said, "Don't be a Taoist priest anymore. Now that life at home is better, just come back."
Dezhen was reluctant to let go of his master and did not agree, but he did not refuse either. He said, "We'll think about it again and talk about it in a few years." He stayed at home for three months, bid farewell to his family in tears, and returned to Kongtong Mountain.
In a blink of an eye, another four years passed. On this day, Dezhen was practicing swordplay in the backyard. Deyu came over and said, "Elder brother, someone is looking for you."
Dezhen asked: "Who is it?"
Deyu said: "He is from Liaodong and said something happened to your family."
Dezhen was taken aback and asked nervously: "What happened to my family?"
Deyu said: "That person didn't say anything."
Dezhen hurried to the front yard and saw a man in his forties dressed as a farmer standing in the square. This man's name was Li Dali, Baozheng of Hejiaxin Village. Dezhen returned to Liaodong to visit relatives four years ago and met him at home.
Li Dali knew each other.
Dezhen ran forward and asked: "Uncle Li, why are you here? What happened to my family?"
Li Dali sighed and said, "Child, if I tell you, you have to hold on."
Dezhen asked anxiously: "Uncle Li, please tell me quickly."
Li Dali said sadly: "Your parents, third brother, fourth brother, eldest sister, and second sister were all killed."
When Dezhen heard this, he screamed, fainted and fell to the ground.
Deyu helped Dezhen sit up, pressed him down, and called him repeatedly. Dezhen came to his senses, burst into tears, and suddenly stood up, grabbed Li Dali, and asked, "Who killed them?"
Li Dali shook his head and said: "I don't know either. They were all killed overnight. Your second brother also disappeared. I wonder where he went?"
Dezhen thought to himself: "Last time I went home, I didn't hear my parents and siblings say that they had enemies. Who did this?" He asked, "Uncle Li, have any of my family members ever had any enemies?"
Li Dali shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it. Your parents are both honest and honest people. How could you have a grudge against others?"
Dezhen took Li Dali's hand and said, "Uncle Li, thank you for traveling thousands of miles to report the funeral. Please accept my prayers."
When Li Dali saw Dezhen kneeling down, he hurriedly helped him: "Don't be like this. As a fellow villager, it's only right that I come to announce your funeral."
Dezhen rode a fast horse and followed Li Dali back to Liaodong for the funeral. As soon as he entered the house, he saw the corpses of his parents and brothers and sisters lying in a row on the kang. He threw himself on it and burst into tears. After crying for a while, he found that there was a headless man in the far west.
He found the corpse and asked Li Dali, "Uncle Li, who is that?"
Li Dali said: "That was the man your second brother rescued from the river. He was covered with stab wounds and was unconscious. Your second brother carried him home. Your father was afraid that he was not a good person and wanted to find me."
Come on, ask me what to do?
"I asked your father to feel something on his body. Your father took out a dagger in his arms. That knife is so good. The scabbard is inlaid with seven gems, which is dazzling. The blade glows with blue light.
With cold air.
"I thought it was a treasured sword, so I took out a few copper coins to cut it. The knife was indeed a treasured sword, and when I cut it, it was like cutting tofu, cutting a pile of copper coins in half.
"I think the person with this kind of sword must be no ordinary person. We bandaged his wounds and took off his clothes. Good guy, we saw that he was covered in tattoos, with a dragon tattooed on each arm and leg, and on his chest and back.
Each has a tiger head tattooed on it.
"We wanted to wake him up and ask him who he was, but he was so unconscious that we couldn't wake him up no matter how we screamed. I asked your father if you are afraid of leaving him at home? If so, I will take him home.
.Your father said he was not afraid, saying that your family saved him, and even if he was a bad guy, he would not harm your family.
"I said, 'Let's wait until he wakes up. After he wakes up, you will know who he is. Who would have thought that before he woke up, something happened to your family and his head was taken away.
I think the murderer is most likely targeting him."