The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Xue Yinsong was taken aback: "Ah? That's not... a mistake..."

The little prince carefully identified it for a long time before he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's not alone, this Zhonggongqing should be a descendant of Zhongtaigong, you see here it says 'my ancestor Taigong was good at Qihuang', listen to my grandfather, At that time, Taigong Zhong’s identity was Fang Wai’s traveling doctor.”

Xue Yinsong was a little disappointed: "It's not alone. I thought this person was Zhong Taigong. If you found his tomb, it would be a credit to you. It's still useless now."

The little prince shook his head, pointed to the words on the back and said, "It's not in vain. This person is in the direct bloodline of the Grandfather, and he is probably loved by the elders. Look at the sentence 'and more than ten volumes of the Grandfather's suicide note'. If I guessed correctly, it should be It is the original of Taigong's Art of War."

"Ah?" Xue Yinsong was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, he couldn't help raising his voice two minutes: "Then dig! Do you want to do it all night?"

The little prince smiled wryly: "You may be able to dig people's graves, but because of my status restrictions, I absolutely can't."

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "It's okay, I have my own reasons, you just wait for the good news." The little prince nodded and said: "Proceed carefully, I have other important things to do, I need to leave for two days, and I left two days with me. I'm in the left wing room on the second floor of the Fulaiju Inn in the south of the city, if you need anything, go there and find me."

Xue Yinsong saw that his brows were tightly furrowed, thinking that he had something important to do, so he responded: "Okay, I have something to ask the housekeeper, I wonder if he's here."

The little prince said: "I'm busy this time, and he didn't accompany me. If you need money, I still have some money with me. I'll let someone bring it to you."

Xue Yinsong shook his head: "It's not for money, I wanted to ask about the price of rice in the capital, since I didn't come, forget it."

"I don't know about this, why don't I go back and send you a message."

"Does the price of rice fluctuate?"

The little prince thought about it and said: "My father used to be in charge of the household department. I also know a little bit. There are two grain depots near the capital, one of which is a military grain depot. If the grain price fluctuates greatly, the grain depot will come forward to stabilize the price. .”

Xue Yinsong asked again: "Except for the capital?"

The little prince said: "Only at the feet of the Son of Heaven are people in charge. It's hard to say about other places. There are grain depots in the southeast, northwest, and four directions, but they are under the jurisdiction of the capital and will not interfere with local affairs."

Xue Yinsong frowned: "Then if a certain big family wants to raise the price of grain, no one can control it?"

"It's hard to say, if the government and business collusion can really run rampant for a while, but who will pick the price of grain, only people in the towns will buy grain, and the most that can be affected is the grain price in the town."

Xue Yinsong nodded thoughtfully: "Are you leaving soon? Do you want to say a few words to Zha Jin?" The little prince shook his head: "I came out under your name this time, and it would take at least In four days, I really don’t have time to return to Fuchun County directly after I come back.”

Xue Yinsong thought about it, this was about seeing each other as if not seeing each other, so he didn't force him anymore and sent him out of the house directly.

Zha Jin changed his clothes and came out, and was a little disappointed to find out that the little prince had already left, so he just said that he was tired and went back to his room to rest.

This kind of thing is not easy to persuade, Xue Yinsong sighed and went into the backyard, ready to discuss with his father about digging the grave overnight.

There are also deep mountains near Tianba Village, Xue Yinsong's hometown, and many old tombs are buried in the mountains, but the good things have been dug up long ago, and only some worthless pots and pans are left.

When Mr. Xue’s family was poor, he went into the mountains to pick up bricks from the tomb when he needed bricks to repair the house.To say that the tomb bricks are easy to use, those who can build large tombs are generals and nobles, the tomb bricks are all fired with good materials, and the houses made of them are extremely useful for being warm in winter and cool in summer.

When Xue Yinsong said this, his father agreed without opening his mouth. He had taken a fancy to the tomb bricks last time, and thought that it would be good to get a few pieces back to repair a pigsty. Now that his son mentioned it, the two hit it off and prepared to work overnight.

To say that digging graves is a job that can only be done by brave people, Xue Yinsong usually didn't find it too scary to walk in the wilderness at night, but now when he digs a grave with a hoe, he immediately feels the gloomy cold air moving around .

Because the thieves of the ancestral graves were to be beheaded, Father Xue did not light the lamp, and worked entirely under the moonlight. Xue Yinsong's eyes were darkened, and he could vaguely see some blurred shadows after standing for a long time, and the wind blew all over his body Feeling cold, he quickly spit and started digging.

Fortunately, the tomb was not buried deep. After digging down for about three meters, he touched the stone. Father Xue felt sorry for the tomb brick, and stopped him: "Be careful, although this brick is wear-resistant, it is very brittle. If you touch it with a hard object We have to break a corner, let’s lift the bricks out first, and then use the bullock cart to pull them.”

While talking, Father Xue lit up the small lantern, and saw some orderly stones vaguely in the mud. He leaned over and used a knife to pry one out first, and then handed them up to his son one by one.

In order to prevent water and moisture in general large tombs, special plaster has to be applied between the bricks. This kind of plaster is usually mixed with two parts of glutinous rice and sprinkled with hot pig's blood after it is built. It is used as a tribute, so both the size and the standard are far from regular tombs, and the bricks are also sloppy and easy to get.

Stealing tomb bricks is not a disgraceful thing, Xue's father and son didn't say anything at home, and Zha Jin quietly ran on both sides of the bricks, pulling them home one after another.

This clothing tomb is stingy, it doesn't even have an ear chamber, it's just a main tomb, there is no coffin platform and no back room, and a small coffin is placed in the middle.

Father Xue thought that this might be the treasure, so he opened the coffin with the wind lamp in his mouth, and saw some clothes and hats inside, and some bamboo slips on the other end. Fortunately, the age is not too long, and it has not been broken into bamboo piece.

Father Xue carefully wrapped it in his clothes and handed it to his son: "This is the treasure, hold it carefully."

Xue Yinsong took it over and looked up at the sky, only to see Qixingxing was already hanging in the sky and hurriedly urged: "Father, it's almost dawn, we have to hurry."

Father Xue asked from below: "How many loads of bricks have you pulled?"

"Four cars."

Father Xue thought it was enough to repair the pigsty, so he hurriedly climbed out and said, "Come on, fill in the soil, there are still some bricks inside, but they are eaten in the mud, and it will take a lot of work to dig them out. I will dig them out later when I need bricks."

The two father and son hummed and hummed after filling the soil, and hurriedly sneaked home when it was just dawn. Zha Jin piled up all the tomb bricks brought back in the backyard. Father Xue was afraid that Aunt Huan would scold him, but he was too busy His hands and feet had lost strength all night, so he had to admit that he was unlucky, washed his hands and face and went back to the room, preparing to be scolded tomorrow.

Xue Yinsong took the package of slips back to the room and looked at it by the oil lamp. The font was not commonly used today, and eight of the ten characters were unknown, so he wrapped it in his clothes and threw it into the cabinet. He yawned and went to bed.

Qu Hongxiang was the first to wake up. Since she came to Xue's house, she got up early to cook every day. When she entered the backyard and saw a yard of bricks, she was shocked and hurried to tell Aunt Huan.

Although Auntie Huan had never seen the tomb bricks, but seeing that the bricks were obviously old and covered in thin mud, she understood a little bit, so she just made a few perfunctory remarks before cleaning them up by herself.

So when Father Xue got enough sleep and got up, the pile of grave bricks had already been neatly piled up in the corner of the cattle pen, and Aunt Huan saw him looking around inside and out and cursed: "What good thing did you do last night? "

Father Xue still wanted to pretend, but when he saw Aunt Huan's sharp eyes, he knew that it was right to be frank and lenient, so he smiled and replied: "When we dug the ground, we dug up a deserted grave, and picked up a few bricks to build a pig. lock up."

Women are timid by nature, even a person like Aunt Huan couldn't help but frown and said: "It's bad luck, it's not bad luck, what do you want that thing for!"

Old man Xue looked at his words and saw that the fire didn't burn him, so he boldly said: "This pigsty has been around for some time, it must be repaired and repaired, and the rest can build a chicken coop or a duck coop."

Aunt Huan didn't say anything after hearing this, and Father Xue heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that he had passed the test.

However, Xue Yinsong said that when he woke up from sleep, he was so hungry that he leaned forward and leaned against his back. He first got up to see if the baby was still in the closet, and hurriedly dressed and went to the backyard to eat.

The industrious Mr. Xue has put all four carts of bricks into use, three and a half carts have been used to build the side walls of the pigsty, and the rest are neatly piled up in the cowshed.

Xue Yinsong looked at the pigsty, and asked very puzzled: "Father, what are you trying to do? Why are there still some small holes built under the pigsty?"

Father Xue said: "That is for the little pigs to walk. Big pigs can easily crush the little pigs to death when lying down, so we made some small holes for the little pigs to avoid walking. In the future, when we buy a sow, as long as it is well raised , the little cubs can also be sold for a lot of money, so you don’t have to buy piggies.”

Xue Yinsong recalled the last time he delivered the sow of Shunzi's family in the middle of the night, and thought that this sow was not such an easy job, but his father was always good at these things, so let him go.

"Father, I'm leaving right now, so I won't have lunch with you guys." Xue Yinsong saw that there was some cold rice left in the rice cooker, and scooped it all up with a few pickles: "I'll eat whatever I want, Eat and leave immediately."

Father Xue thought of Changhui, and thought a little: "How are you, Guer and Xiucai?"

"Okay, just asking me to bring some bacon." Xue Yinsong glanced at the pieces of bacon under the beam of the room: "I'll cut half a piece and go."

"Take one piece, take one piece." Father Xue was rarely generous, and then said with a smile: "How long does it take for them to come back for a walk, this person likes children when he is old, and he feels deserted when there is no child around. "

Xue Yinsong sneered and said: "What's so good about others, you want your son to give birth to one yourself!" Father Xue blushed and pretended not to hear that he went into the house to find bacon wrapped in lotus leaves.

Xue Yinsong finished the meal with a few mouthfuls, packed the bamboo slips dug out of the tomb and the bacon into a package and carried it on his back, thinking that Zha Jin hadn't left his room since he came back yesterday, so he wanted to take a look and say goodbye by the way.

Zhajin opened the door with a normal expression, he only nodded perfunctorily when he said he was going to leave, and seemed listless.Xue Yinsong was amazed, and said jokingly: "Didn't you see the little prince, why are you not happy? Is it because time is too tight to say anything?"

Zha Jin didn't say a word, just went to pour him a glass of water from the porcelain pot on the table: "Have you brought a water bag? Let's drink some first, it's easy to get thirsty when you're on your way right after eating."

Xue Yinsong took the cup, and asked again without giving up, Zha Jin replied in a deep voice: "When I went to the capital this time, I heard that the emperor ordered a marriage for the little prince, and it will be after the lotus viewing festival at the end of summer. .”

Xue Yinsong's smile froze on his face, and he said after a while: "Brother, sometimes it's better not to know than to know, you still want to open up."

Zha Jin didn't speak, turned his head and said: "Let's go after drinking water, the little prince is waiting for your kind letter."

Xue Yinsong sighed, there is no one to persuade others about this kind of thing, the so-called moon is cloudy and sunny, people have joys and sorrows, this is an ancient and difficult thing.