Liu Yi was an ordinary child who was born in the city and grew up in the bustling city. From childhood to adulthood, he ate, enjoyed and grew up with the poor children living in the north of the city. He never felt that there was anything special about him. If he had to The only difference was that he had never seen his mother.
Today is AD 340, the third day of the ninth lunar month in the Han calendar.
At a quarter of the clock, Liu Yi came to the mass grave in the west of the city alone, carrying a flower basket and yellow paper.
Since he was six years old, Liu Yi's father has asked him to come to the mass graves five miles west of the city to burn paper every year on this day. Liu Yi did not ask why. His father asked him to come, so he came!
Xiao Huang Liu Yi found the old locust tree that had not been seen for a year. Under the locust tree, there was an unnamed tombstone.
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Every time he sat in front of this unnamed tombstone, Liu Yi would always think about it. Looking at this tombstone, Liu Yi would talk to himself uncontrollably.
Dad said: Under the tombstone lies the woman who gave me life. I guess that is my mother!
Dad said: Lying under the tombstone is the seventh most beautiful woman in the world. I guess mother must be a fairy!
Dad said: The person lying under the tombstone once promised a thousand gold. I guess it was my mother who suffered a loss when she married my father. After all, my mother’s promise is worth a thousand gold, but now my family can only be considered well-off.
My father never told me whether the person buried underneath was my mother. I guessed that this was my mother!
As for why the tombstone has no name and the tomb has no owner, I guess it’s because my father drank too much and forgot my mother’s name!
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Liu Yi sat beside the unmarked tombstone, his thoughts a little confused for a moment.
Xia Qing, who was affectionately called 'Boss Xia' by Liu Yi, usually only paid Liu Yi 20 baht per month, but every September, he would give Liu Yi more.
Liu Yi didn't spend frivolously. Out of the forty baht, he gave twenty baht to his father. With the remaining money, he went to the market and bought three pieces of five-color snacks, a pair of jujube cakes, and five pears. It was used to commemorate his mother. This year, under Xia Qing's care, he also brought half a jar of rice wine and half a roast chicken given by Boss Xia.
For ordinary people, twenty baht is only enough for five days of food and clothing. Liu Yi doesn't understand what magical power his father, who besides drinking, also studies and teaches, can always make his life pretty good!
He often wonders: Could it be that his mother is secretly helping with all this? Ha ha.
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There is no wind today, the autumn sun is quite warm, the sky is cloudless, and the autumn air is not too strong.
Liu Yi respectfully burned three sticks of incense, kowtowed three times, and burned three engraved papers, which was considered as the gift of money and food to his mother.
Leaning next to the unnamed monument, Liu Yi felt a little cold. He wrapped himself in his clothes and wanted to stay with his mother for a while longer. Unintentionally, he started talking to himself again.
"Mom, my father and I live a relatively comfortable life. Although we don't talk about big fish and meat, meat and fish are always indispensable in the dishes all year round. Boss Xia and my father are old friends. They always take good care of our son. He would always try his best to bring me some leftover food and wine, so that Dad could always have a good meal."
"Dad likes to drink some wine, but he is far from what Mr. Xia calls an alcoholic. As life has improved a little bit in the past few years, dad will use the balance in his pocket to go to Qingyin Pavilion to have a good time. I heard that my father would always recite poems and compose poems when he was drunk, and he was quite like a madman."
"Over the years, my father has gained some gray hair and some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but he has gained a touch of maturity. He looks very calm and unrestrained. Seeing that my father has not been married for many years and that he is a humble gentleman, all the neighbors came to propose marriage to my father. , but my father always laughed it off."
Liu Yi patted the withered grass on the ground and smiled, "Mom, my father always said: Evening snow and frost will never change your heroic spirit! Every time I see my drunken father distributing illness letters in Zigui Academy, I always feel very cool. Presumably, my father must have been a romantic and talented man when he was young!"
Only in this way can I be worthy of my mother.
Mom, my father rarely disciplines me, but every time I get slapped, it’s because of my studies. In addition to helping Boss Xia, Yi'er has to read for two and a half hours every day before going out to play with Li Erniu and the others.
This year I read seven books: "The Analects", "Doctrine", "Wen Shi Zhen Jing", "Shang Jun Shu", "Three Strategies", "Gui Gu Zi" and "Yan Zi Chun Qiu". It was very difficult to memorize, and my father never asked me to memorize by rote and understand. The general idea and righteousness are sufficient, but this is also very difficult.
Mom, there are always a few days every month when dad stays up at night. My guess is that dad also wants to kiss you!
Liu Yi was depressed for a moment, feeling a little regretful: You shouldn't mention so many sad things in front of your mother!
So, Liu Yi cleared his throat, smiled at the unnamed tombstone, and said to himself, "Mother, mother! I remember eight months ago, my father came back in the heavy snow and brought me a little brown pony. The little pony is very cute and I can’t put it down. I heard that Lu Bu, who was transformed from Tongxuan a hundred years ago, rides a horse named Red Rabbit. Hey, so your son I named it Sai Red Rabbit.”
"Dad said he wanted to teach me to ride a horse. On the fourth day after Sai Chitu came home, I rode him through the streets. This made Li Erniu envious! But recently, I always feel that Sai Chitu is running away. It’s getting slower and slower, and dad said I fed it too much! Haha!”
"Mom, the neighbors call me Liu Laosan. They all say that I am the third son of the Liu family, the largest family in Huaxing County. I don't know if it is true or not. If it is true, how can there be such a down-and-out son of the Liu family in this world? , if it’s fake, how can the neighbors agree on it?”
"And more, do you know, mother? Yesterday Grandpa Dongfang said that the third son of the Liu family was once the first of the three heroes of Quzhou. If my father was really the third son of the Liu family, he would have been a man of great influence back then! If you think about it this way, with mother Your number seven in the world is a perfect match!"
Liu Yi leaned against the tombstone, smiling foolishly. Although he was alone in a mass grave, he was not afraid!
Dogs barking in the west of the city wake me up from my dreams, but my mother no longer listens to her.
The wild geese are left in the air and fly freely from north to south.
Only the passing years and the motherless child know how painful the motherless child feels.
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A burst of barking brought Liu Yi, who was half asleep, back to the world!
The short-lived warmth was suddenly broken. Liu Yi was a little bit confused about whether to laugh or cry, and he was also a little angry in his heart: A few uninterested wild dogs disturbed my dreams and messed up my thoughts, which is intolerable!
Angry, Liu Yi broke off a dead branch of an old locust tree next to him and angrily looked for the barking place.
Liu Yi crossed the road and walked into a cedar forest. However, he heard the rustling of pine leaves and barking approaching, and the wind was mixed with cries, shouts, curses and beatings. This made Liu Yi feel something bad in his heart. premonition.
As he got closer, Liu Yi began to lower his head and crawl, hiding behind a big cedar tree that was very close to the barking sound. He was stunned and saw an appalling scene!
I saw that the Dongfang Yu girl's feet were off the ground, her ankles, waist, and shoulders were tightly tied to a cedar tree with three thick ropes. Her tiger-head shoes had long since disappeared, her phoenix eyes were filled with tears, and her cherry lips were yelling curses. .
Next to her, four strong men dressed as servants were surrounding Dongfang Chunsheng. The strong men used their hoes to strike at Dongfang Chunsheng. Dongfang Chunsheng dodged while swinging the flower drum in his hands with his body. After a flurry of punches, the scene was at a stalemate!
Liu Yi looked around the field and saw two people standing twenty steps away.
A man with a red brocade and black crown, a square face, a pointed nose, dark cheeks, a normal height, and a lean build, holding four vicious dogs in his hand, was watching the 'farce' with great interest.
The man is wearing a wide shirt, a broad back, a bun tied with gray cloth, a tiger's waist and a bear's arms. He holds dry grass in his mouth and puts his hands on his waist. The old monk closes his eyes and meditates like he is in trance, showing no concern for the scene.
Seeing this, Liu Yi was slightly angry and thought to himself: No matter what disputes Grandfather Dongfang has with you and the others, it is not the behavior of a gentleman to bully the elderly and the weak like this.
The road was rough, so he drew his sword. Liu Yi decided to take another look at the situation. If these guys had murderous intentions, he would rescue them!
Half a quarter of an hour later, the middle-aged man with Zhu Jin and black crown lost his interest in watching the drama and began to tease him. He dragged four drooling vicious dogs and walked slowly towards Dongfang Yu. After walking around, he said with a grin, "Don't be impatient, dongfang girl. I originally wanted to beat this old man to death with a stick, and then use your virgin meat to feed my divine dog, which has been hungry for a day. Since the dongfang girl is so noisy, I will Bu will be a favor today and send you and your grandson on the road together. When we get down there, don't blame me for your grandson and grandson. Who told you to speak uncontrollably and say things that you shouldn't say and take things that you shouldn't take at Wangbei Tower? Things. You deserve to die! You really deserve to die!"
"Bah, there are so many bastards in the shallow water. I didn't expect that there would be such a shameless old turtle like you in our little Huaxing County. Liu Laogou, you'd better kill me today, otherwise one day my aunt will learn great magical powers, and she will definitely You and your dogs all lit up sky lanterns!"
Dongfang Yu's voice was hoarse, her face turned red from suppressing it, and she howled and yelled with all her strength. In front of the four vicious dogs, a trace of fear began to show in her eyes.
Liu Bu ignored this and peeked at Dongfang Chunsheng with his peripheral vision. Seeing that his granddaughter was in trouble, Dongfang Chunsheng fell into the trap. The old man tilted his head and cursed at Liu Bu, "Liu Bu, you are such an ignorant and poisonous son, how dare you abuse lynching!" "
Liu Yi's heart skipped a beat, and then he suddenly realized.
Liu Bu! The middle-aged man with red brocade and black crown in front of him is Liu Bu, the chief steward of the Liu family in Lingyuan!
Then, one can imagine the reason why Mr. Dongfang’s grandson was beaten today.
A few days ago, Dongfang Chunsheng made a drunken remark in Wangbei Tower and made a bad comment on the Liu family of Lingyuan. Today, Liu Bu must have been ordered to surround Dongfang's grandson to create trouble.
Liu Yi secretly glanced at Liu Bu. At this time, Liu Bu had a very proud smile on his face, stretched his neck and shouted, "The old bastard has fallen into the trap!"
Liu Yi was suddenly shocked: No, Grandpa Dongfang fell into the trap of attacking from the east to the west.
When Dongfang Chunsheng was distracted by talking, the evil servants immediately grabbed the hoes in their hands and hit Grandpa Dongfang's waist. Dongfang Chunsheng fell to the ground. Four evil servants took advantage of the opportunity to pursue him. Grandpa Dongfang's shoes were broken. Throw it away, leaving only the strength to raise your arms to parry.
Liu Yi clenched his fists, anger aroused in his heart, and he was filled with righteous indignation.
Dongfang's grandfather and grandson were secretly killed just because they mentioned the Lingyuan Liu family in a restaurant. What's the truth? There is no such truth in the world!
The Liu family is despicable, the grandfather and grandson are deplorable, and the world is abominable. How can this not be justified?
Faced with an extremely critical situation, Liu Yi, a frail young man, decided to come to the rescue.
