Rebel

The old man Gu Ben sat on the stone for less than an hour, when he heard the sound of horseshoes coming from a distance.Gu Shi also stood on the side of the road in some surprise, watching the dust rising from the field.Gu Ao sat on Gu Ben's lap and said with a smile, "Father! They really found it!"

I saw Mr. Tian sitting on the carriage, constantly being served by the maid beside him to wipe his sweat, he was a little out of breath, and was helped out of the carriage. If you don’t take good care of me, please move on.”

Gu Ao saw it and thought, this man looks really fat, he walks crookedly, which is ridiculous.

Gu Ben sat motionless on the boulder, but asked leisurely: "Master, do you know that the world is suddenly rising and falling, is there a plan for the eternal?"

Mr. Tian snatched the handkerchief from the servant girl, wiped off his sweat, and let out a long breath. After hearing the old man Gu Ben's words, he felt a little strange: the evil servant at home drove him out of the village, why didn't he have the intention of asking the teacher for the crime? , and asked myself such an inexplicable question?But he still replied respectfully: "Tian doesn't understand what the old man said."

Gu Ben smiled slightly: "Do you want your descendants to keep this field and manor?"

Master Tian understood this time, and immediately said: "Mr. Tian's fortune is thanks to the strength of the old man. Naturally, he is willing to pass on this farm and village to his descendants."

Gu Ben said solemnly: "Since that's the case, I'll teach you a strategy. You go and invite that 'a pen in the mountain' from the foot of the mountain to come to Tian's house and be the tutor of your children. In the future, Tian's family will have a glorious day."

Master Tian was taken aback: "If you are rich, you will have more than enough. An Nenggui?"

Gu Ben smiled and said nothing.

Mr. Tian's worries are not without reason. The so-called "expensive" means being able to be an official, but the Tian family has been small farmers for generations. The family partners sold rice and made some money, bought land in the mountains, and then gained a foothold.

Nowadays, the person who teaches the children in the family school is the former shopkeeper of the Xin family, so that the children can recognize a few more characters, and it is enough if they can write, count, and keep accounts.

In Master Tian's mind, those who can be officials are all people who have read the scriptures; and even if they have read the scriptures, they may not be able to become an official.Who doesn't know that the filial piety and honesty in the county are all filled out by filling the bottomless pit of the county guard with gold and silver?

Mr. Tian was originally a peddler, and married a well-matched peasant woman; later, with the help of the Xin family, he became a rich man with wealth and land. It is a fluke, how dare he think of becoming an official now?

Seeing Gu Ben stroking his beard slowly, as if he was determined to win, Mr. Tian couldn't help but feel a drum in his heart... When he first made a fortune, he heard that there was a "Mr. Gu" at the foot of the mountain. Yes, and there is evidence that every time this Mr. Gu takes a photo for others, his eyes become worse. In response to the saying of "disclosure of the secret", Master Tian hurriedly found him and wanted him to take a photo for him.

Master Tian still remembers that when he found Gu Ben, Gu Ben was already half-blind. After listening to his request, Gu Ben shook his head and said: "If I want to find a Fengshui prosperous house with you, my eyes must be completely blind." Blind, no way."

Master Tian begged again, and Gu Ben said: "Unless the master promises me, I will not be able to see anything in the future, and the Tian family will have to take care of my food and clothing until death."

Master Tian immediately agreed when he heard the words, thinking, having more chopsticks every day is more important than having good luck in the future.At that time, the world was uncertain, many of Mr. Tian's companions were met by the king's pawns on the road, and they were intercepted and killed in the middle of the road, and the rice they transported was also robbed.If you can have a stable and prosperous home and keep yourself safe, what can you do with more chopsticks?

So Tian's new house was completed at the place Gu Ben drew.Faced with a house that was much larger than the farmhouse before, Mr. Tian himself felt a little uncomfortable, but he quickly adjusted his mentality - he is different now, the house is bigger, he needs more servants, the main hall is bigger, He needs a new wife.Because there were more and more things, he settled Gu Ben and Mrs. Tian took good care of him, so he didn't have many chances to think about it again.Today, if Fa's wife hadn't reminded himself that Mr. Gu was kicked out of Zhuangzi, he really wouldn't remember raising such a person.

However, in Master Tian's heart, he respects this "Mr. Gu" very much.Because not long after the completion of the field house, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings also settled down, a prince finally proclaimed the emperor, and the smoke cleared the world, and he no longer needed to beg for money on the edge of the sword.

So the sentence just now "Mr. Tian's fortune is thanks to the strength of the old man" is also a heartfelt statement.Mr. Tian originally thought that it would be good for Mrs. Tian and Mrs. Xin to take care of the affairs of the house, and he didn't have to worry about it, but who would have thought that his brother-in-law had just left the post of housekeeper due to illness, and the new one in charge came like this?That's right, Mrs. Xin married in late, so she didn't know about Mr. Gu helping him.

In fact, Mr. Tian also understands the matter of the private school teacher. Now it is different from the past. His sons are now "Master Tian". It is true that there should be such a teacher...

But Mr. Tian judged based on his past experience, and guessed that reading books was really useless, so he never invited him.Hearing what Gu Ben said now, Master Tian knew that he had lost his status.

"Old man... It's easy to invite people, why bother with 'a pen in the mountain'?" Master Tian asked, according to his thinking, it is enough to ask a teacher to decorate the appearance, and not to ask his children to be filial - that is the county. The meat on the plate of those rich and noble families in the county is not something that a small family like him can do.But "A Pen in the Mountain" is said to be the most talented person in Mangdang Mountain, and some people say that he is a hermit. It must be difficult to invite him, so why bother?

"If there are changes in the world, all the children of the Tian family can become officials." Gu Ben replied lightly.

"... From now on... Will the world change?" Master Tian couldn't help taking a breath, and then asked: "But the old man calculated it?"

"The sky is like this, so is the hexagram."

Master Tian pouted slightly, convinced, and even thankful that he had rejected several meetings to lend money to tenant farmers, and came to pick up Gu Ben himself.It's just that he didn't expect that Gu Ben was blind, how could he see the sky?

Seeing that Mr. Tian didn't speak, Gu Ben added: "In the future, there will be noble people in Mount Mangdang."

Only then did Master Tian make up his mind, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The old gentleman reminded me that Tian will be hired with gold, jade, brocade, and silk."

"Okay!" Gu Ben applauded and said with a smile: "I recommend someone to the master, who is loyal, brave and straightforward, and it would be great to be the young master's companion!" He patted Gu Ao on the shoulder: "Have you met the master soon?"

"Greetings, Master." Although Gu Ao was puzzled, he bowed in a polite manner.

Master Tian saw that the child was handsome and polite, and he liked it in his heart, so he said: "It's fine. Can the old man go back with me now?"

"The master has a car, go first, my wife and son and I will return to the village."

Master Tian nodded, seeing that Gu Ben agreed, he finally let out a sigh of relief, and boarded the carriage with the help of his maid.In his private heart, he naturally didn't want Mr. Gu to live outside. If he was found by another family and saw such a nice house, then he would not be the only rich man here.The girl at the foot of the mountain can no longer be chosen arbitrarily along with his son.Thinking of this, Master Tian gave another order: "Repair the old gentleman's yard, and I will definitely not be able to embarrass him again in the future!"

The servant answered yes, Master Tian sat in the carriage and disappeared in the field. Gu Ben couldn't help humming the war songs from the past, took his wife and son, and walked back.

Just now Gu Shi saw Mr. Tian sitting on the carriage from a distance, so he quickly hid in the reeds beside him, so he didn't see each other. Seeing her husband so happy now, she was relieved and couldn't help complaining: " Old man, you scared me to death."

Gu Ben chuckled, patted his son Gu Ao's head, and said to himself, if it wasn't for my son's enlightenment, why would there be such a commotion?The co-authorship made those incompetent boys of the Tian family follow suit!

Things have been done, and Gu Ben's walking steps are vigorous.He couldn't help thinking that the divination back then was indeed true, and his son Gu Ao was lucky.

It's just... his original intention of divination was not for his son Gu Ao.

Thinking of those years, Gu Ben's heart gradually became heavy again...

At that time, King Cheng was defeated and his whole family was slaughtered. Four sons, three daughters, and six wives and concubines became bones overnight. He was the only one who escaped.The world is dark, and you are alone, where are you going?

As a military fortune-teller who made fortune telling and reading astronomy as his career, he wanted to defect to the new master and pursue a great career.In order to decide where to go in the future, he did a divination, and got the ninth and second of the Qian hexagram, which read "seeing the dragon in the field, benefiting to see the lord", and he was located in the northwest, so he fled to the northwest overnight.

When I arrived in Dangshan County, I realized that my gray hair had turned white after three days of traveling.

He thought in his heart that the "Master Lijian" mentioned in the hexagram may mean that he can meet a hero.But his arrest warrant was posted on the gate of the county seat, so he couldn't stay for long.So he had no choice but to shave his own beard and fled into the Mangdang Mountains. He made a living by telling fortunes on the road, and claimed that he was blind until Master Tian found him.

At that time, when he heard the word "Tian", Gu Ben's heart trembled, "Seeing the dragon in the field", does it mean that he can make a comeback in the Tian family?

So he immediately agreed to Master Tian, ​​but as soon as he bought a house for Tian's family, the world was pacified by that jackal-like King Qin, and orders to hunt him down spread all over the world...

At that time, Gu Ben only felt that the world was spinning - the hexagram said, isn't it right?Could it be that since then, there will be no day for him to stand up again?Does he want to live his life in such anonymity?

And then, when he was planning in his head day and night, preparing to make another plan, and go out to find old friends and make another try, the Tian family sent a concubine of Master Tian inexplicably.

As soon as Gu Shi entered the door, Gu Ben heard that it was a little girl, and saw that she was delicate and weak, climbed up to the collapsed floor and sat down, wiping tears and crying all day long.Gu Ben sighed inwardly, thinking that he had been fighting with King Cheng for many years, and he was well-informed, so he used a little trick to coax Gu into laughing out of tears.

When she fell asleep at night, Gu Ben quietly came to the bedside and met her, but there was indeed something unusual... Gu Ben saw it in his eyes, and his mind became active: Could it be that the hexagram is so What do you mean?

He was going to wait and see.

When his son Gu Ao was born, he knew that his guess was correct.

The meaning of 'seeing the dragon in the field', Gu Ben thought, originally meant that on this mu of land of the Tian family, one could get a son who would become a 'dragon' in the future.

And this son will be able to have noble people to help him in the future, which is the so-called 'Master Li Jian'.