Aggrieved Fish Sprite: 81|Free from the tiredness of the old and the vulgar
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February 2nd, Rain Praying Festival.
Before and after the startling sting, spring plowing requires rain, and almost every family is looking forward to it.
If it is in the south of the Yangtze River, the Rain Praying Festival is more like a folk custom. Generally, you will hold a temple fair and go to a fair, then burn incense, kowtow for prayers, and go home to make steamed cakes and eat dragon silk noodles, and it will end.
However, in Yongzhou, February 2 is a big day.
It used to be drier than the nearby state capital, and now it has been suffering from severe drought for several years. The more serious the disaster, the more people expect God’s mercy for fear of insincereness.
The people from the rivers and lakes who happened to pass by in Yongzhou did a few good things under the circumstances.
In some remote and ignorant villages, after listening to the nonsense of the goddess in the village, they killed young women to worship the Dragon King.
They dressed up the women and locked them in the Dragon King Temple, and they would kill them the next day when they offered sacrifices to the gods.
Although the good and bad people are mixed, some of the orthodox sects claim to be moral and righteous, but they have not done any good things, and some are honest hypocrites, but they will not stand by because of various considerations. Watching a beautiful young woman being killed.
Therefore, overnight, there were many rumors on the way from Yongzhou to Taijing. They talked about chivalry and righteousness, and the younger generations of the righteous martial arts took this opportunity to make a name for themselves.
Even the young heroes who have not met the “daughter of the dragon” have deeds they have done in the past.
Unknown, no one knows what to do?
Then pretend to be a coincidence, and then tout each other!
For example, you said that the bandit I wiped out last year, I praise the flower-picking bandit you caught last month. Just stand in the middle of the road, with a polite smile, raise your voice, you come and I talk to each other, and then leave with satisfaction under the guidance of passers-by.
——The so-called passers-by may be arranged in advance.
He must nod at the right time, and say to the people watching the excitement around him, “It turns out that this is XX. I’ve known the name for a long time, but I didn’t expect this person to be such a young and promising person/ Looks great/excellent, really serious”.
As soon as the chat box is opened, the rest will be easier.
You can continue to praise someone for their extraordinary, or you can show off that person’s mentor. In this way, when it comes to identity and origin, coupled with the extraordinary talents of practicing a certain exercise for several years, the name of the seniors in the rivers and lakes is finally dragged, which shows that they have also praised them.
The words were vigorous, and other passers-by were stunned for a while.
Such a whole set of bragging about it, even if everyone has never heard of this person on the rivers and lakes, now they have written it down.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, it is inevitable to do a show.
The entrance of the inn, in front of the tea stand, beside the well…
Similar scenes have been staged many times, and the old rivers and lakes laughed secretly in their hearts, picking up their teeth to watch the excitement by resting their feet.
When the elder Songya of the Chunshan School stumbled over, many people did not react. When there was a flower in front of him, there was an extra half of his body full of blood, like an old scholar who was seriously injured.
The two righteous young heroes who were “greeting” took a few steps back in fright.
“…Save me, save…”
Song Ya could still support it, but when he walked here, his heart pulse was suddenly hit by a dark force. This force seemed to be lurking in Pipa’s bone injury before that, and he was caught off guard.
He fell to the ground, struggling hard.
There are people indistinctly in front of me, and Songya can’t really recognize who they are.
But it’s a murderous enemy, absolutely can’t just let it go!
The old scholar was panting heavily, with blood frothing on his mouth, and there was no **** in his eyes, anyone could tell that he was going to die.
“Chunshan faction…who…for me to send a message to the Chunshan faction, there must be a lot of thanks.” Songya was cruel, and used the last internal force to save his life. When the internal force is exhausted, he can no longer suppress it. Live the injury.
The effect is immediate, his voice is much clearer, and he can barely see the surroundings.
Songya was very disappointed to find that there were some juniors nearby.
He can only seize the last time and say with difficulty: “The golden silk armor is born, someone got that golden silk armor! He is nearby…”
Everyone was in an uproar, shocked.
They talked in a hurry, and someone screamed subconsciously, but the tumult overwhelmed Pine Cliff’s voice.
How can a dying person have the strength to raise his voice? The old scholar said something eagerly, but the people closest to him didn’t want to listen, his face was getting worse and worse, and he was about to be angry to death in advance.
How can the current generations of Jianghu be this kind of virtue? Didn’t get things clear, and started talking excitedly?
When someone reacted and eagerly questioned the identity of the person who had seized the golden silk armor, the Spring Mountain Sect elder was already furious and his consciousness collapsed.
“…Guo Shi…Chu Dynasty…”
The old scholar murmured, everyone looked at each other.
Is this a delusion? The Chu Dynasty has been gone for sixteen years.
Just when they were upset, the old scholar returned to his glory. He sat up suddenly and yelled clearly: “Meng Qi!”
The person closest to Songya was so startled that he almost stumbled and fell.
“Is this the person’s name?”
“Meng Qi? Or Meng Qi?”
I couldn’t wait to ask again, but found that the old scholar was staring, his body motionless, and he was out of breath.
“Golden Silk Armor really reproduces the world? Or after the news of Li Di Ling? Will there be fraud in this?”
“…Are you deaf? Didn’t hear those three words? Spring Mountain Pie!”
The old rivers and lakes resting on the tea stand looked at each other.
The Chunshan School is not considered high in the arena, but it is also a school of righteousness and evil. In the early years, it was one of the righteous ways, but later it became more and more controversial. The martial arts learned by the disciples of the school also took shortcuts. There are also many people who refine poison.
Don’t recognize the evil way, the right way is not ashamed, and the reputation has plummeted.
However, the bad reputation does not mean that the Chunshan School is weak. In fact, it is stronger than many Righteous Schools.
“Golden Silk Armor, Li Emperor Mausoleum, Chunshan School…This is going to be a big deal!”
Those who saw that the situation was bad, hurriedly left, not daring to cause trouble to the upper body.
Naturally, there are also people from the rivers and lakes who are greedy for the so-called “thank you”. They are discussing sending Songya’s body to the Chunshan Sect. At this time, they don’t know that it is the famous Songya elder who died in the rivers and lakes.
They bought a thin coffin first and put the body in it.
The coffin doesn’t have a nailed cover, so someone will definitely want to see it anyway, so why bother.
The news of the golden silk armor spread like wildfire, and on February 2nd, it spread in every wine shop and tea shop where people from the rivers and lakes gathered.
The original treasure was only a treasure. Although everyone was interested, it would not cause such a heated discussion, but it turned out to be a golden silk armor! Why did everyone go to Taijing, not because of the treasures of the imperial tomb!
The golden silk armor is invulnerable and invaluable, but it is only one of the treasures in the tomb of Emperor Li.
When the entire martial arts fight for the golden silk armor, ordinary people from the rivers and lakes know that they have no chance, but the treasures of the imperial tombs are different. I heard that the bricks in the tomb are all gold. You can eat and drink without worrying about prying a few pieces back. Up!
They talked excitedly, talking about the golden silk armor, and talking about Emperor Chen Li’s extravagance.
Want to see the golden silk armor with my own eyes, and then touch it with my hands.
It seems that the more precious the golden silk armor, the more it proves that this wealth is huge.
After Moli entered Qiong County, apart from seeing the lively posture of the government and the people to pray for rain, they were the people from the rivers and lakes gathered together in twos and threes. They looked excited and whispered to each other.
From Moli’s point of view, there was a weird atmosphere in the county town, and everyone’s faces were flushed, as if they were about to do something hard.
Pray that the people in good weather will kowtow one step at a time in order to show their piety.
There are people dressed as Taoists on almost every street, wielding mahogany swords, scribbling cinnabar charms, and stepping on the seven-star steps, chanting words like a great god.
There are yamen, baojia, and liars holding incense burners behind them.
In front of the Dragon King Temple, a memorial plan was set up long ago, with three animals and fruits on it.
The Taoist standing in front of the sacrificial case, wearing a gossip robe.
With a flick of the dust in his hand, the green smoke rises straight, seeming to go straight into the sky from a distance.
“…Long Xingyun, pray for dragons and rain, come here quickly.”
The Taoist was right. He was able to read energetically. Suddenly, he saw a small Taoist boy stretching his head and head on the side of the sacrifice table. He was very unhappy. He didn’t respond until the long prayers were over and the dust rose again. The smoke turned into a cloud and floated towards the crowd.
Everyone can’t afford to bow down. The Taoist has retreated to the side and whispered Dao Tong: “What are you doing in a panic? Didn’t you see that it’s a sacrifice to the sky? It’s so unpretentious. The Dragon King blames you for this place. The people bear it?”
The boy was about eight years old and couldn’t tell the truth or falsehood in Taoist words. He lowered his head and said, “Yes, something happened.”
“What’s the matter?”
“Golden Silk Armor…”
The Taoist said impatiently: “You are young, don’t always listen to nonsense on the street, we can hide the wind and watch the heavens, and there are various magic methods. You listen to the wind as the rain. How can you become a powerful weapon in the future? ?”
Xiao Dao Tong hesitated, and still mustered up the courage to say: “But they all said they have noses and eyes, unlike the editors, the master has gone to Taijing again, I heard them say…”
The Taoist glared at him, and the boy shivered, not daring to bend around, and quickly said: “Some people from the school went to see the person who died in the Chunshan School. Guess what, Master, they recognized that the corpse was loose. Elder Ya!”
“What?” The Taoist was shocked and sternly said, “Where did you hear it?”
“…outside, it has spread outside.”
The child shrank his neck in fright, and said timidly, “Master, do you think we should pass the letter to the master?”
The man moved the corners of his mouth, showing a non-smiling expression, and said in a bad tone: “You don’t need to worry about it, and I don’t need to worry about it. There are so many people in the Tibetan style, who will not report?”
Said the Taoist, he suddenly felt a chill behind his back.
He turned his head quickly, suspicious that someone was staring at him.
However, there were too many people in front of the Dragon King Temple. After the ceremony, Xian Cheng and others also rushed over.
As soon as the Taoist is disturbed by them, it is no longer possible to find the person who spied on him before.
“Let’s go.” Moli pressed the hat, and said to Meng Qi behind him.
Meng Qi didn’t wear a hat, but he restrained his breath, and no one really paid attention to his existence.
This is a very wonderful thing. It’s not that Meng Qi has become non-existent in their eyes, but that people close to him will always focus on other things nearby and miss it. The chance to see his face.
This is the characteristic of Wugong’s ultimate transformation. Flying flowers and leaves can also hurt people, and it is no different from a piece of sand and a stone.
But this is a legend. It’s not difficult to hurt people with grass blades. If you don’t want to be noticed, it’s impossible for a super master.
Meng Qi has always had this ability, and Mo Li also asked about it, but unfortunately Meng Qi himself couldn’t explain it clearly.
For a long time, Moli even thinks this is the talent of dragon veins.
The alchemists like to put the dragon veins on their mouths, and they are busy searching for the dragon veins. As a result, the dragon veins really appear in front of them. Who recognizes it?
“This man is a bit of skill, but he doesn’t seem to be the confidant of the ancestor of Qingwu.”
The voice of Taoist and Xiaodaotong is very low. In such a noisy place, even Meng Qi can’t hear what they are talking about, but they didn’t cover their mouths when they talked. Meng Qi could tell the effect. .
Mo Li was originally planning to follow the messenger of the Tibetan style view to the Qingwu ancestor. Since this Taoist does not intend to be involved in this turmoil, it is useless to stare.
“There are always 30 or 40 Taoist priests, monks, and goddesses who practice in the city today. This is the only one invited by the government. The Tibetan style view really has a huge impact on the land boundary of Yongzhou.”
Meng Qi did not make a decision after the judgment, but asked Moli, “Doctor, where are we going next?”
“The imperial tomb.”
Qiao County is very small, but it is very special.
This is the ancestral home of Emperor Lu Zhang of the Qi Dynasty, and it is said that some Lu clan members lived here.
Qi Chao sat in the world. Instead of ascending to heaven with the chickens and dogs, these tribesmen lived tremblingly in Lujiazhuang, outside the county seat. Near Zhuangzi is the tomb built by the Qi Dynasty.
There are many garrisons in the imperial tomb, except for the Lu clan, ordinary people are not allowed to approach it.
So these Lu clan people have a hard life, just like Shouling.
I can’t complain yet, because the ancestors of the Lu family moved into the imperial tombs, so who dares to complain?
“Why did Lu Zhang do this?” Mo Li asked curiously.
After all, from Meng Qi’s mouth, Lu Zhang is a face-saving emperor. Although he usurped the throne, he never forgets to pull a fig leaf. The banner of the rebellion was that the emperors of the Chu Dynasty were mean and unkind.
The so-called king’s courtiers are like hands and feet, and the courtiers regard the king as a heart; the king’s courtiers are like soil and mustard, and the king’s courtiers are like enemies.
In fact, it was Emperor Chu Yuan who did everything. Although the later Emperor Chu Ling treated the ministers badly, he was definitely worthy of General Lu Zhang, otherwise Lu Zhang would not be able to be in his thirties if he worked hard by himself. Take the sign of the general.
Lu Zhang deliberately obscured the matter. What the people can know, they only know what is said in the teahouse, they only know that Jingyuanhou, who settled the world, died inexplicably.
According to Meng Qi, after Lu Zhang became the emperor, he set up Jinyiwei as a secret subordinate to restrict the power of the generals, and on the surface he was very tolerant and generous to his courtiers.
Not to mention gold, silver and jewellery. Even the elixir was given. This is how Liu Dan was targeted by Master Meng.
“He likes to do superficial skills so much, but he puts Lu clan members under house arrest. It is easy for a discerning person to see the problem, and he doesn’t care. Is this an enmity with the family?” Mo Li asked as he walked.
The people of Zhushan County didn’t even know anything about the emperor’s surname, so naturally there was no secret information about the emperor.
In these years, the clans are very powerful.
In some villages, ancestors fleeing to get together, they intermarried.
Sometimes a village has only one surname, and they are all related to each other by blood. What the elder Zong said is better than the government. If someone deviates from the clan, no matter how big the reason he has, he is unfilial and unfaithful in the eyes of the world.
Who would believe in people who don’t even recognize their ancestors, or people who don’t even take care of their blood relatives?
“The teacher said, these are all fallacies. The more such a clan, the easier it is for dark things to happen.” Mo Li recalled.
Qin Lu is a very contradictory person. He is a gentleman who upholds etiquette and a person who despises staleness. For Mr. Qin, etiquette is self-cultivation, not an iron chain. People in the world shouldn’t tie themselves in those rules and regulations, everyone agrees.
Meng Qi carried his hands behind his back, while observing the people on the roadside, he casually said: “The doctor guessed right. Lu Zhang and his clan have not only feuds, but also great feuds!”
“Want to hear the details.”
“He joined the army at a young age, gained military merits at the border, got a promotion, and got to the capital step by step…”
Meng Qi was halfway through, and couldn’t help but stop to judge, “This experience sounds similar to Liu Qiandai. It’s no wonder that Lu Zhang has a bad eye for him.”
“We still have money.” Mo Li gently reminded Meng Qi not to always remember other people’s money bags.
“Well, who would have too much money?”
Meng Qi said with a deep meaning, “I checked Liu Dan’s birthplace. Although his family was poor, his parents died early, and his relatives couldn’t rely on him. He wanted to get ahead, so he could only join the army and get rich. Zhongqiu. Compared with Liu Qiandai, Lu Zhang was much more miserable when he was a teenager. The Chu Dynasty had almost no foreign enemies at the time, and he could not earn much military merits if he worked hard. If he did not later marry Shangguan’s daughter, he might not be able to struggle to get ahead. The official rank of Emperor Chu Ling.”
They left the gate of Qiong County, twenty miles to the east, they could see an archway in the distance.
“Things will start from this archway.”
Lu Zhang’s father died early, and his mother was forced to hang himself. The Lu clan members wrote a good article, and then reported it to the government that it was a voluntary death.
Doing so can not only swallow the woman’s dowry, the field property of the lonely and lost children, but also earn a chastity archway for the family.
What is the function of the Chastity Archway?
The government’s award is not only a beautiful memorial archway, but also a reduction or exemption of taxes or corvee for this family.
“…In short, it’s all money! The Lu Family in Qiong County was not the first to do this, nor was it the last.” When Meng Qi said these words, his expression was neither happy nor angry, as if he had already done so. See too many such tragedies.
Mo Lei frowned deeply and asked inexplicably: “Is there no one to expose?”
“It has always been possible for families with some foundations to do this, because it is not only necessary to brag about the virtue of being a “female woman”, but also to talk about how outstanding her husband, who died early, is very good at school, and is a good man.
“I hired people to say desperately in Shino and Baxiang that in the end, a good article was indispensable. Those local officials often didn’t know the general affairs. They came up with the imperial examination and saw good articles written with sincerity. I was very sighed, so it was done.
“The official and shepherd party wants to be promoted. This filial son is also part of the appraisal of the official department. With this, it can prove that the place is well governed. After all, the warehouse is solid and knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing are enough to know the honor and disgrace.”
If you die a village woman, you can’t write an article.
Only the big family people in the countryside, farming and studying heirlooms, and even the county chronicles have records, it would be better.
By erecting a chastity memorial, the county magistrate can also put a name on the county annals, and it is a good name for the court to commend the local clan.
Meng Qi said solemnly: “If the interests of so many people are involved, who will give a head to a dead person? A woman’s husband and natal family can be rewarded. If the closest person does not speak, who else can have? Some big The clan wants face, and the chosen women are widows who have no children. If they have children, they have to look for death. First, outsiders don’t believe it. Second, if the children grow up too prosperous, they will be in trouble.”
The current Emperor Lu Zhang of the Qi Dynasty is undoubtedly the troublesome trouble.
“…Doctor Mo has been in Zhushan County for a long time, and when your master walked around the rivers and lakes, he used to see the poor and poor people. I am afraid that I don’t know the faces of the rich people in these towns. Even if they are forced to die, they There are few who do it themselves. The women in the family and the women they marry are taught to be obedient. Even if some are unwilling to hold on, they will not die, and the clan will not squeeze people. To die, but to study her slowly on all kinds of trivial matters, until she was completely different, so that the female family members of the clan could see it truly, so that they couldn’t bear to look directly at them, and were afraid of them. In this way, who’s The young woman in, who died of her husband, had no children to rely on. As soon as the clansman came to persuade her to die, she cried and hung herself from the beam of the house. They all said that it is better to die than to live, but the facts are often the opposite. If you live like that, everyone would rather die early.”
Mo Li was speechless. He looked at the old archway in the distance and said for a long time: “There is still such a custom today? Under the Qi Dynasty, the government shouldn’t let the chastity archway be built anymore, right?”
“Can the government not build an archway, can it still prevent widows from hanging themselves in the middle of the night?”
If a widow lives longer, how much of the wealth left by husband and her own dowry will be left when she eats and drinks at the age of seventy? Naturally it is better to die early, and the elders divide the money.
Meng Qi looked solemn and sighed: “Not only was the Qi Dynasty forbidden, but the Chu Dynasty also forbidden to build memorial archways later, and even ordered several reprimands, but the teacher became unknown. Those women died voluntarily, how can they be punished? , You are better than eating people and evil beasts.”
Moli was silent for a long time, and Fang said: “This archway was given by the government of the Chu Dynasty? Chu Dynasty is also on his hatred list?”
“No, this archway should belong to the Chen Dynasty. When Lu Zhang’s mother died, officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Chu Dynasty already knew about these drawbacks and no longer gave chastity archways easily, so they rejected it. Seven years after Emperor Yuan, every one The archways do not belong to the women of the martyrdom, but the old women who are famous for doing good deeds in the country, and the women whose children are especially good for their children.”
Meng Qi lowered his voice and shook his head: “Lu Zhang’s wealth belongs to the clan elder and the patriarch. What the clansman can enjoy is the exemption of money, food and corvee I want to know.”
Mo Li silently discovered that in this matter, whether the Chu Dynasty gave it to the memorial or not, there was a mistake in Lu Zhang’s eyes.