The Pastoral Life of a Reborn Farmer

Shen Ling turned to look at Mu Wu, this is too much!The storyteller hasn't even started yet, so he said it well, thanks.Could it be that what Mu Wu is most afraid of is actually the third son Mu?Not like it!

The storyteller paused for a moment, probably because he had never seen a reward before it even started, but he paused for less than a second, then cupped his hands at Mu Wugong, and continued: "It is said that 20 years ago in the state of Jin, there was a The serious war caused the people to live in dire straits, including ours! I don’t know how many people were displaced, fled famine, and took their children with them to other places. At this time, a scholar named Chuci appeared in Jinzhou. He didn’t have any fame, but he spoke out his wit and quick thinking, everyone was amazed! They said, “You are so talented, why didn’t you take the exam?” Guess what Chu Ci said, Chu Ci replied, “All the scholars in the world take the imperial examination. In order to be an official, but I can only be a civil servant. I am dedicated to saving the country, and the country is caught in war. How can I go to Beijing to be a civil servant? What I want to do is to serve the country by joining the army.'

Seeing what he said, others felt that this person was very good at serving the country wholeheartedly. Although he was just a weak scholar and a little over his own strength, his heart was commendable and it was worthy of praise.Just at this time, the imperial army passed by Jinzhou. Wei Yi, the general of the Jin State, heard that there was such a scholar in Jinzhou, and thought it was very interesting. It happened that the most lacking in his army was a scribe who could write, so he was asked to leave him. Called over from the street, Chuci used to make a living on the street by writing letters and settling accounts for others!When General Wei Yi saw him, he said, "I heard that you want to join the army?"I think you are as weak as Shuang'er, and I'm afraid you won't be strong enough for the enemy to cut you down on the battlefield. '

Naturally, Chu Ci was not stage-frightened, and asked instead: "Has our state of Jin declined to such an extent that weak scholars are going to fight with swords?"If this is the case, my family and country are no longer, so what if I die on the battlefield? '

General Wei Yi asked! 'Since you don't want to go to the battlefield, why do you want to join the army?Or are you just talking about not wanting to join the army at all? '

Chu Ci said, "I want to vote in the army, but I want to be a counselor, not a clerk, let alone a soldier." '

General Wei was almost laughed at by him. He had never seen such an arrogant scholar who dared to say that he wanted to be a counselor, but General Wei forgot that he never let anyone tell Chu Ci that he called him here to let He was a scribe, and Chu Ci guessed the matter of being a scribe. General Wei only thought that this man was really arrogant, and he might be a disaster if he was placed in the barracks, so he simply let him go back and ignored him. Chu Ci, Chu Ci did not force it, but said: "The enemy attacked Zhennan, Binzhou, Huaizhou and other places. I am afraid that the target is not the capital but Jinzhou. Binzhou is close to Jinzhou and has many mountains and forests. If it is defeated, it can be used as a temporary Please let the general know where to retreat. General Wei paid no attention to him, and waved his hand to let Chuci leave.

Chuci said again: "The general also asks to keep more troops to defend Jinzhou." "General Wei still ignored him. To be honest, General Wei didn't pay attention to Chuci from the beginning. He just happened to be free so he met this scholar who claimed to join the army. Even so, Chu Ci knew this very well, so he didn't express how happy he was at first, and he was in a hurry to join the army, not to mention that he had more important things to do. "

The young storyteller patted the table with his fan, and Mu Hongjin listened with gusto. Seeing that Mu Hongjin had been cracking melon seeds, Mu Wu simply took the melon seeds in front of him and sat there and ate a bunch of them, and then pushed them to Mu Hongjin. .

Shen Ling glanced at this scene inadvertently, and his heart became more and more strange, but he really didn't dare to think about Mu Wu's liking for Mr. Mu San. After all, he has seen how foolish, loyal and filial people are in this era. A person like Mu Wu, who is loyal to the Mu family, should have never had such an idea. It is estimated that this kind of idea is forbidden to Mu Wu. The third son Mu is taking care of his younger brother?

Shen Ling withdrew his gaze and looked at Han Shi. Han Shi sat obediently on the seat and listened to the story, with his hands on his lap obediently, without moving. Shen Ling peeled a piece of orange and stuffed it into Han Shi's mouth. Han Shi opened his mouth and bit it, without even turning his eyeballs to his side.

The storyteller has already continued: "After General Wei left, Chu Ci continued to go back to the street to write his own letters and live his own life, but others said, 'He didn't even go to recruit General Wei, this person is probably just talking about it. Right! He definitely didn’t really want to join the army. He must be a coward who is afraid of death.” This kind of talk spread more and more. At the beginning, everyone thought how good Chu Ci was, but now they think how hateful this person is, and feel that Chu Ci is so good. He was a villain, but Chu Ci never explained, until half a month later, the enemy army suddenly attacked.

Jinzhou is the most prosperous and richest place in the entire state of Jin, and it is bound to be the place where the enemy army will raid. However, the imperial court put the main force on arranging the defense of the capital and cutting off the enemy army that continued to flow in at the border, leaving the enemy cavalry behind. The state of Jin raided cities everywhere, murdered and set fire, and only sent a part of the army to pursue them, and left defensive troops for each city to defend the city.Generally speaking, a large city like Jinzhou has a large number of troops guarding it. If the main force of the enemy army did not attack the city, there would be no problem at all. But who would have thought that the main force of the enemy army would come to Jinzhou instead of attacking the capital? , which happened to be hit by Chu Ci.

The guard of Jinzhou at the time was named Mo Ji, a young man who was standing by when Chu Ci was talking to General Wei. When he learned that Jinzhou was really surrounded by the main force of the enemy , General Mo immediately sent people to the street to bring Chu Ci over, and threatened, "If he doesn't come, he will be brought over." 'To be honest, General Mo was also young and vigorous at the time, and because the enemy army was too anxious to attack the city, he did such a thing. "The storyteller laughed.

"On the other hand, Chuci appeared to be very active this time. He rushed over without any support from the soldiers. When he came in, he saluted Mo Ji and said, "Please, general, do your best to keep the north gate and send the people to leave Jinzhou and go to Binzhou." .'

Chu Ci originally thought that he would have to go through a lot of words and words, and he might not be able to convince the general, but he didn't want General Mo to nod, so he said, "There is no need to use people who are suspicious. Since Mr. can predict the enemy When the main force of the army strikes, I believe in sir. Regardless of the fact that Binzhou had already fallen, the people of Binzhou fled everywhere. They insisted on believing in Chu Ci, opened the gate of Jinzhou, which had not yet been broken, and sent the people into the mountains and forests of Binzhou.

Chu Ci himself was surprised, and asked in surprise: "Why does the general trust me so much?" '

Guess what General Mo said, General Mo scratched his head and said, "I only know how to fight, but not strategy. Since someone is planning for me, I don't believe you. Do you believe me?" Chu Ci didn't expect to be so generous. However, Chu Ci was greatly relieved. After all, being trusted is better than him spending all his time talking and maybe not listening to him.

Chuci said again: "Send away the old and weak women and children among the people, and leave most of the young and strong laborers as a reserve army." "Chu Ci knew that this time it must be a bitter battle, and Jinzhou's guards were not enough at all, so they could only be drawn from the common people.

General Mo agreed again and followed Chu Ci's instructions completely.The two discussed the plan until midnight. The whole thing was Chu Ci's theory. Mo Ji listened and did not refute at all until late at night. Wanting to sleep together, Chu Ci was startled, and suddenly panicked, he was twins, how could he just sleep with a man? ! "

Mu Wu took a sip of tea, and the storyteller stopped immediately, looking at Mu Wu quietly, with a nervous expression on his face, he had just talked about orgasm.

Mu Wumeng coughed a few times, waved his hands and said, "Who wrote this book, and even wrote Chu Junshi as a pair! Chu Ci is obviously a man!"

Shen Ling didn't know the past of this Jin military adviser, and he rarely read this kind of history books, and he didn't even know Chu Ci. Hearing the words, he looked at Mu Wudao: "Why, is there really such a person?"

Mu Wu looked at Shen Ling in surprise, "Where did you come from? Even Chu Ci doesn't know, he is a military god!"

Shen Ling said as a matter of course: "Is there any problem? I have a serious illness, and I have forgotten many things." It is really a good all-purpose excuse.

Han Shi nodded quickly, "Yes, Shen Ling has forgotten a lot of things!" Mu Wu really didn't think that Shen Ling seemed to have forgotten a lot of things. With his medical skills, he can read and write, so why does he seem to have lost his memory? Pass!But he didn't want to delve into these matters that had nothing to do with him, so he said: "Chu Ci is the military god of the Jin Kingdom. The enemy army, people said that he has the wisdom that is the best in the world, why is he not a man, if he is not a man, the whole barracks will be blind?"

Mu Hongjin felt very dissatisfied when he heard this. Does Mu Wu alone know these things?He has also read history books, and besides, it's only about the past twenty years. Even if he doesn't study, many people know it, so he puffed up his chest and said: "Although Chu Ci is a military adviser, his origin is unknown, and he has no talents. Fame, if it is a man, he should have become famous with his talent, why did he not even pass the exam for Tongsheng, only Shuang'er can't take the exam!" Mu Hongjin curled his lips dissatisfied.

Mu Wu hurriedly said: "The third son is right."

"You're coaxing me again! I can see it!" Mu Hongjin said dissatisfied. He was right when he said it. From a point of view, Mu Hongjin doesn't want to look like a child in Mu Wu's eyes at all. He is called Mu Wu by name instead of Mu Wu's elder brother. How can he be treated as a child!

Mu Hongjin continued dissatisfied: "Moreover, there is an unknown origin of the military adviser Chu Ci recorded in the history books, saying that he is the third son of the Chu family in Yuan County, Huaizhou. However, Yuan County The Chu family was wiped out when the foreign enemies invaded, and even the genealogy is lost, who can prove whether the third son of the Chu family is a twin or a man? No one can prove it at all!" Mu Hongjin spread his hands.

"Everyone, gentlemen, bosses." The storyteller bowed his hands on the stage and said with a flattering smile, "Didn't we agree? Just listen to it for fun, why take it seriously?"

Shen Ling also became curious. It was just a counselor known as the God of War more than ten years ago, and not thousands of years ago. How could he make it impossible to distinguish the gender? Moreover, the Jin State did not perish. Chu Ci was really so powerful back then, so where is he now?There are always brothers and friends who fought together in the DPRK and China. How can they watch this kind of story spread all over the world, and the storyteller has no scruples in telling it?How about treating such anecdotes as gossip?

"Brother Chen, I don't know where this story originated? Does the court care? Even if the court doesn't care, is it true that the friends and brothers of the Chu military division just ignore it?" Shen Ling asked.

"This..." The storyteller paused and shook his head, "This storybook originated in the capital, because it tells the truth, and it involves the great war more than ten years ago. Many people love to listen to it and discuss it, so it is spread. It is widely spread, but I have never heard of anyone being imprisoned for telling this story, and it has been circulating for several years."

Shen Ling fell into deep thought, and Mu Wu seemed to have discovered something wrong with it. Shen Ling said, "I don't know how this story ends?"

"Oh." The storyteller quickly said: "It's also simple. During the period, I talked about several famous battles of the Chu army division, and described some of his love and hatred with General Mo Ji, until a certain time General Mo Ji dragged the Chu army division After taking a bath together, the Chu army division informed General Mo Ji of his identity, and the two changed from brothers to lovers, eating and sleeping together. Until later, the Chu army division became pregnant, and General Mo Ji died in a battle. The military commander escaped from the barracks during the melee, mixed with the fleeing crowd, and gave birth to a son, but he was also seriously ill, and finally passed away sadly, and the whereabouts of the child were unknown. Finally, General Wei Yi found the body of the Chu military division and buried him. The story It's gone."

Chu Ci is dead?Shen Ling thought about it, and sure enough, only dead people can arrange things so casually!If this Chu Ci was still alive, he would have been in the imperial court long ago, how could there be room for the folks to spread his romantic affairs like this.

However, this story is still inexplicably strange. Shen Ling looked at Mu Wu, "What do you think, Brother Mu?"

"It's nonsense, it's so ridiculous, could it be that Mo Ji can't even tell that the other party is Shuang'er! It's funny."

"This man is wrong. People in Jinzhou are always exquisite and beautiful, and men are also small. Chu Ci is naturally inconspicuous among the people of Jinzhou. Moreover, Chu Ci basically doesn't talk about his origin when he is outside. It is always because I am from Jinzhou. Naturally, other people will not be suspicious. In addition, there was a rumor among the people that although the Chu family was wiped out, there were still survivors in other neighboring clans. An old woman still remembered that the third son of the Chu family was Shuang Er , but the old woman has passed away at this moment, so there is no way to prove it." The storyteller smiled, obviously he also firmly believed that Chu Ci was one of Shuang'er.

Mu Hongjin nodded, "I've heard of it too! Moreover, Chuci's meritorious service is so high, but he didn't even have a title after his death, let alone a title of title. He was only given the title of a layman in southern Jin. , but it can be male, female or dual."

Listening to a few people's debate, Shen Ling couldn't help rubbing his brows, and said, "Doesn't anyone think it's very strange that this matter can be written into a script and spread so widely? According to the script, Chuci At least get acquainted with that General Mo Ji, okay! Let him be dead, what about General Wei Yi? If I remember correctly, he is already the Generalissimo of the World’s Army and Horses right now! Even if it's for the sake of saving face, he can't pretend he doesn't see it, right?"

Mu Wu thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so he could only casually say: "Maybe General Wei Yi has a good relationship with the Chu military division in name, but he is actually an enemy? Maybe he made up this story to pour dirty water on the Chu military division. Yes, deliberately ruining his reputation behind him, maybe!"

Shen Ling thought for a while, and felt that this possibility is also possible, that's all, this matter has nothing to do with these ordinary people, even if there is any hidden secret behind it, it is not something they can guess, besides, even if they guessed it, there is no way. In any sense, they have no grievances or grievances with Chu Ci, so naturally they don't want to stand up for him.

"Then...bosses, if you don't want to listen to this passage, how about I change it to a myth and legend?" the storyteller asked tentatively.

Shen Ling thought for a while, was silent for a long time, then suddenly sighed and said with a smile: "I seem to understand why this word can spread so widely, as expected, I want to hear the story of Chu Ci more than myths and legends! "

Mu Wu nodded. He also felt that the storybook that happened more than ten years ago was much more interesting than those myths and legends that were immediately false. The first sentence he opened his mouth was that ancient times created the world. words book.

"Let's continue telling the story just now!" Mu Wu also agreed.

"Gentlemen, do you mind? There is also a passage about Chuci being a Shuanger." The storyteller asked tentatively.

"Cough cough." Mu Wu coughed twice in discomfort, and said, "I don't mind, you continue, isn't it just a story! What's the big deal."

Shen Ling chuckled, turned to Han Shi, wanting to see how he was doing, Han Shi was sitting on the seat obediently looking at the storyteller, as if waiting for him to tell a story, Shen Ling turned to the stage and said: "Let's start! "

"Yes, then I will continue." The storyteller cleared his throat and continued the story just now.

Until the sky gradually darkened, the storyteller stopped, as if exhausted, Shen Ling stretched and stood up, Han Shi was already in tears, and Mu Hongjin's eyes were red, all because the storyteller had been talking for a whole day and told this After the story was finished, everyone heard the final ending of Chu Ci.After giving birth to a child, the Chu army teacher was in poor health and died of illness among the fleeing people. He had to give the child to the fleeing people and left with hatred.

Shen Ling stood up, looked at the storyteller's nervous expression, nodded and said, "You can come to the restaurant tomorrow! According to what your master said, fifty coins a day, two hours a day, one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon. You come to read when there are the fewest people eating."

"Thank you, Boss Shen!" The storyteller immediately smiled and bowed to Shen Ling.

"I heard that you were also picked up by your master when he was running away from famine?" Shen Ling asked casually as he recalled this incident.

"Exactly! Although the story of Army Master Chu only talked about his own children, back then, many people sold their sons and daughters, and some orphans wandered around. I was an orphan back then, and my parents died in the chaos of war. In the end, the master picked me up, gave me a bite to eat, and accepted me as a foster son. I have always been grateful and hoped that one day I could make money to repay his old man."

Shen Ling nodded, "Yes, you should work hard."

"Yes." The storyteller clasped his fists.