Death of Liu Tiezhu
Every word the village chief said was sincere, tears were running down his face like an old orange peel, and his forehead was torn under his vigorous kowtow to express his feelings, and a little blood flowed out.
Such a scene made most of the people watching feel compassionate. The head of a village is the backbone of the village. As the village head said, very few people would risk the lives of the whole village regardless of making such a mess. The money lost the ingot.
What is hemp money? It is paper money that is burned for the dead, and it will be bad luck for the living to pick it up.
The magistrate looked majestic and patted the gavel again, and looked at Liu Tiezhu with lightning eyes: "The prisoner, you said that the village head of Youluo Village instigated you to destroy young crops, do you have evidence to prove it?"
"Evidence?" Liu Tiezhu lowered his head in awe, his eyes constantly wandering. Where did he get the evidence?The conversation between the two was Gala in the corner, and it was night again, and there was not even a dog around, let alone people, who can testify for him?
"My lord, this man has always been a loafer in the village. His wife was beaten away by him, his mother was beaten to death, and even the surviving old father was crippled and blinded because of him. What does such a person do for money?" Everything can be done, my lord, please learn from me!"
The village chief was crying, and the old man over fifty was crying like this. Although it is not very elegant, it is understandable if he is really wronged.
The magistrate of the county believed his words with a slight nod, and asked the master book to carefully record the details of the case. In case something went wrong with the corn harvest at the end of summer, this file would also give him a reason to shirk. Take some blame.
Liu Tiezhu, who didn't know a single word, saw that the county magistrate was acting like this, so he lost his mind and panicked. He wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, but found that he had nothing to distinguish.
And just now the village chief mentioned his old father, what did he mean?
Although Liu Tiezhu is promiscuous, gambler and has a bad temper, he still has some conscience in dealing with his parents. His mother died of a heart attack because he ran away his wife. Now his father will also suffer because of him?
Liu Tiezhu squinted at the village chief, and saw the sincerity and sadness of the man, but how could Liu Tiezhu, who grew up in Youluo Village since he was a child, not know his true temperament and methods?
Ye Yuanxian and the idiot just watched and said nothing from the beginning to the end, the current situation is similar to what he expected, so there is no intention to intervene.
In desperation, Liu Tiezhu suddenly cast his eyes on the two of them. He took a few steps on his knees and wanted to lie down at their feet to beg for mercy, but was held down by the yamen servants and could not struggle.
"Brother, you two are merciful and let me forgive you this time. As long as you spare me, I will repay you like a cow and a horse. As long as you forgive me once, I can do anything!"
Ye Yuanxian didn't speak, but the magistrate who was sitting in the hall slapped the table hard, then stood up and pointed at Liu Tiezhu and said, "You thief said it simply, destroying young crops is a serious crime, let alone this young crop is ordered by the Holy Spirit General Wu personally escorted you here. Do you know that this heinous crime you have committed is a heinous crime. To be honest, punishing your entire clan would be a minor offense. You still want to be forgiven by others, it is really a dream!"
Liu Tiezhu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he had nothing to say.
The scene fell silent for a while, Ye Yuanxian knew that the village chief was about to succeed.
"My lord, although Liu Tiezhu made a big mistake, fortunately he didn't make a big mistake and there are not many people who know about it, so I ask your lord to save him from the death penalty when there is an old father on him who is left unattended! "
Everyone looked at him, and saw that his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, he had a good appearance and a good manner, he didn't look like a farmer in the mountains, but like a humble son from a wealthy family.
Such a demeanor made the magistrate soften his tone when he spoke to him: "Are you really willing to intercede for him?"
Ye Yuanxian looked at the village chief with a smile on his lips.
The village chief's heart skipped a beat, his fingers curled into fists without knowing it.He knew that Ye Yuanxian had all kinds of weird and unpredictable means, so he had to cheer up to deal with it.
"Speaking of which, it's not his fault alone," Ye Yuanxian said, "The village chief has always had trouble with my Xie family and pushed my Xie family out of everything, which made other people in the village think that my second Xie family was weak. You can be bullied, if you dare to hit my head, this is the number one."
"Secondly, the village head, as the head of the village, knew that the corn distributed by the government was planted at the foot of the West Mountain, but he never emphasized that the villagers should not come close to damage at will. Is there also a dereliction of duty?"
"Thirdly, the village chief knew that Liu Tiezhu had a bad character, and he even excused him when the two yamen servants came to arrest him. Could it be that the village chief couldn't supervise and shielded the sinner? Such a person, as the head of a village ,It is really……"
Ye Yuanxian didn't go on with the rest, but everyone could understand what he meant.
The village chief's eyes looking at Ye Yuanxian at this moment seemed to be quenched, wishing to burn a few holes in his body.
The idiot noticed that his unkind gaze stepped forward to protect Ye Yuanxian behind him, and he looked back viciously. He had killed people on the battlefield before, and his eyes were full of evil spirits when he stared at him. The village chief quickly looked away in shock. Almost fled.
"Returning to my lord, what the Xie family boy said is not true. The villain has been doing his best for more than 20 years since he became the village head. He has never dared to neglect his duties, let alone cover up sinners. Please learn from me."
The words of the village chief were indeed sincere. He believed that he had not committed any dereliction of duty since he became the village chief, so he did not accept the accusation against Ye Yuanxian.
The magistrate of the county glanced at the people standing in the hall, and turned to land on the village chief, and then he made a judgment with an undeniable authority: "The prisoner Liu Tiezhu ruined the young crops, and he committed a heinous crime. The reason is that the sufferer pleaded for him. The death penalty will be exempted and exiled to the frontier, and the execution will be carried out in three days."
"Li Shihu, the village head of Youluo Village, failed to supervise the villagers of Youluo Village, was lax in supervision, and deliberately covered up. He violated the justice and fairness of being a village head, and almost caused a catastrophe. Therefore, he was removed from the post of village head. Do not go out."
After speaking, he slapped the gavel hard and turned to leave.
Liu Tiezhu managed to save his life, and immediately collapsed to the ground. The two yamen servants pulled him twice before he was pulled up from the ground, and walked into the prison.
When he was about to go out, Liu Tiezhu shouted: "I have written down the love of the Xie family. If I can come back alive in this life, I will definitely repay it."
But Li Shihu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He didn't expect that Ye Yuanxian's few words would cause him to lose his status as village head, and also lost the glory and reliance brought by this status, and completely ruined his life for the rest of his life. reputation.
Li Shihu looked at Ye Yuanxian, wishing he could rush up and bite off a piece of flesh from him.
However, there was no place for him to be presumptuous in the lobby, and the master clerk quickly wrote the case file, and asked the yamen servant to take Li Shihu into custody temporarily with a gentle but unquestionable attitude.The village chief can't leave until the case is completely closed.
After the people left, the master turned to Ye Yuanxian and said: "Young master Ye, I heard that you know martial arts. My kid has loved this way since he was a child. Unfortunately, he broke his leg a few days ago. Could you please take a look at his martial arts skills?" Can Bones continue to practice martial arts?"
Ye Yuanxian nodded: "My lord, please!"
Exit the side door of the lobby, go around two courtyard doors and enter a small courtyard. The small courtyard is covered with thick blue floor tiles, and there are a few wooden figures and plum blossom piles in the corner, as well as knives, swords, sandbags, etc. There is nothing else used by people who practice martial arts.
The master brought Ye Yuan into the room, bypassing the screen, and saw a comatose person lying on the bed. He looked like a teenager, but he looked about eleven or twelve years old, and his figure was thin.
After waving away the servants, the master secretary looked anxiously at Ye Yuanxian and bowed his hands deeply: "To be honest, my son's illness is strange, and he has invited many doctors, but he is not getting better. I heard from the yamen that Mr. Ye may be The sorcerer specially asked Mr. Ye to take a look at the child, and asked Mr. Ye to forgive him. If the child can be saved, there will be a great gift."
Then he added: "If Mr. Ye is really helpless, I will definitely not say too much, Mr. Wanwang Haihan."
Ye Yuan responded leisurely, seeing that the boy on the bed had no similarities with the master's face, and didn't go into it deeply. His fingertips gathered spiritual energy and flowed along the boy's meridians, and found at least three blockages.The deadliest part was at the neck, which was also the reason why the boy fell asleep.
Seeing that he stopped after only a little probing, the master secretary was disappointed but still cheered up and asked, "Young Master Ye, what's the matter?"
"It can be helped." Ye Yuanxian said straightforwardly: "But it's very troublesome!"
"As long as it can be saved, as long as it can be saved!" The master secretary nodded again and again: "Please explain the troubles one by one, Mr. Ye, I will try my best to arrange it, and trouble you to worry about it."
Ye Yuanxian only has a little understanding of medical principles, but he happened to encounter this boy's symptoms before time travelling, and he also knows how to treat them.The difficult part is to use acupuncture and spiritual power to protect the young man's heart vessels and stasis, and then use acupuncture to induce blood stasis. After the blood vessels are unblocked, the young man will naturally wake up.
This young man is also considered lucky, the blood stasis is at the bleeding site, and the blood stasis will gradually move away from the brain as it flows along the blood vessels.If it grows in the place where the blood is growing, and the blood stasis enters the brain along the blood vessels, it may not be curable with his half-assed medical skills.
It seems that we must hurry up to collect some herbs and refine some low-level elixir.Ye Yuanxian heaved a long sigh in his heart and lamented that the money was not enough, but his face was still natural.
The master book arranged for the two of them first, and then sent people to grab medicine and buy extremely thin silver needles according to the prescription he wrote down.
Ye Yuanxian didn't want to stay outside for too long, so he had to get rid of the blood stasis before it got dark, and he didn't care about the treatment after waking up.
The mansion immediately got busy, and just after dinner at noon, the master rushed over and said that everything was ready, the bed had been sprayed with spirits before drying, and the knives were soaked in the wine all the time, so that access.
In fact, the wound created by blood extraction is not that big, but the warm and humid spring day is the time for the growth of bacteria. I am afraid that if a wound is not treated well, it will become infected. With the current medical technology, wound infection is almost close to death.
"Master Ye, everything is ready, look..."
Ye Yuanxian could hear his anxiety, so he replied: "Then ask the master to lead the way, and you can rest assured that you will be cured earlier."
In the prison, Liu Tiezhu's heart is ashamed, how long can he live in the bitter cold places like the frontier?It's a long way to the frontier, maybe he will die halfway if he doesn't persist in the exile, what will his old father do?
All kinds of past thoughts flashed before his eyes one by one, Liu Tiezhu couldn't help but regret it, but it didn't help.Although the village chief who instigated him was removed from the position of village chief, it was of no practical use to him. Even if he wanted to take revenge, he couldn't.
As the sun gradually set, the usually peaceful and quiet Grand Master's Mansion suddenly became agitated. Hearing a vague laughter, many servants came out from the back door of the mansion to buy good wine and meat.The butcher and vegetable vendors were all amazed, they hadn't seen such a big battle among the servants of the county magistrate's mansion for a long time.
"I'm afraid that the problem of the county grandpa's family has been solved!" Someone who knew something inside said quietly.
As the sky darkened, a carriage pulled by a big black horse quietly left the county government office. The soldiers on duty at the city gate had already received the order, quietly opened the door for the carriage, and watched the carriage leave.
On the carriage, the fool was a little puzzled: "Yuan Xian, why didn't you accept his money?"
The Master Registrar offered a hundred taels of silver to thank Ye Yuanxian for his saving grace, but Ye Yuanxian did not accept it.
"We're not short of money now, does Kuan like money?" Ye Yuan asked with a smile.
"I like it." The fool nodded without hesitation: "Silver can buy a lot of things."
Ye Yuanxian chuckled lightly: "Then I'll earn more money and give it all to Yukun, okay?"
"Not good." I didn't expect the fool to directly refuse: "Earning money is the hardest thing. When the money at home is spent, I will earn it for us. You can just rest for a long time."
When he said this, his brows slightly raised and his eyes were clear, and it was obvious that he was sincere.
Ye Yuanxian only felt hot and warm in his heart: "Then I will wait."
"Yeah!" The fool nodded, and began to gossip again: "It's hot today, and it's time to drain the water in the valley. I'll drain the water tomorrow morning. When we get back, we'll go hunting in the mountains. The bracken and wild bamboo shoots should grow well at this time." gone."
"Okay. When you go, carry an extra water bottle and hang it on the little wolf."
"You need to take a long bamboo pole. There are easy snakes where the bracken grows, so we have to be careful."
The two talked softly about their plans for the next few days, and the idiot hammered his head as if thinking of something, and his voice was clear: "The boy lying on the bed couldn't sleep because of blood congestion in his head, so I can't remember the past. The matter, is it also a blood congestion in the head?"
Ye Yuanxian laughed: "Yuan's head is fine, and there is no congestion."
He had checked before, and the fool's amnesia was related to many reasons. The most likely one was that he was stimulated after taking some kind of drug, which led to the loss of his previous memory.
Now the medicine in Ye Yuanxian's body has been flushed out by Ye Yuanxian's spiritual power, but the memory lost after being stimulated is hard to retrieve, he can only recall it by himself.
"When I saw that old man today, I always felt familiar." The fool rubbed his hair: "I seem to have seen it somewhere before? I can't remember exactly."
"I heard that the county magistrate here decided to assign you to Youluo Village, maybe he met at that time?" Ye Yuanxian analyzed.
People who can make a fool feel familiar must have met at least a few times. Although the county magistrate is only a seventh-rank sesame official, it is not common to ordinary people. In addition to leaving an impression when reassigning veterans, Ye Yuanxian can't think of it. There is no other reason.
"Oh!" The fool nodded and rubbed his waist subconsciously: "The brand on his waist is beautiful, like a magnolia in full bloom in Kyoto."
In fact, the idiot didn't make it clear, he thought the magistrate's familiarity was mostly due to the jade plaque he wore around his waist, the jade plaque was shiny white, and a magnolia flower was simply carved on it, the white jade and magnolia petals matched each other Against the background, it looks extremely beautiful.
Ye Yuanxian also thought of that piece of jade, and it just appeared on the county magistrate's waist so carelessly. If an ordinary person would think it was nothing, but Ye Yuanxian knew that the jade pendant was at least a hundred taels of quality, according to the county magistrate's requirements. If you save your salary for two or three years, you may not be able to buy it.
However, he didn't think it was a big deal. He said that the county magistrate was [-] snowflakes in three years. Although this county magistrate was not as alive as Bao Gong, he was one of the few good officials who cared about the people. He had more money in his hands. It's nothing.
"Kuan like magnolia flowers?" Ye Yuanxian asked.
"I don't like it, but someone likes it!" As for who likes it, he thought about it, but couldn't answer.Just like the Kyoto he just blurted out, he has no images of Kyoto in his memory, but he always feels that he should be familiar with Kyoto.
Ye Yuanxian looked at him with a thoughtful expression and lowered his eyes to cover the thoughts in his eyes. He doesn't care who he is, who he is and what his status is, he won't let go easily.
After thinking for a while, he didn't get an answer, and the sky completely darkened. The fool simply didn't want to think about it. He hugged Ye Yuanxian in his arms with a wave of his long arm, and coaxed Ye Yuanxian like a comforting child: "It's dark, Yuanxian has a good rest." , I'll call you up when you get home."
"Okay." Ye Yuanxian followed his strength to put away the table in front of the two, and then pulled up another wooden board, sitting side by side with them to form a small bed, and the two of them lay side by side Although it was a bit cramped, I could sleep well anyway.
The big black horse knows the way. It has walked this way twice, and it can find the right way without being directed by a fool. The small bell around the horse's neck swayed gently in the night.
Early the next morning, Youluo Village was turned upside down. First, people from the town said that Li Shihude was unworthy, and that the position of village head was handed over to another respected elder in the village. Grandfather was dispatched to the frontier, and will leave in two or three days, so relatives and friends should rush to see each other for the last time.
Also, the idiot's family at the foot of the West Mountain was praised by the county magistrate for the good growth of the corn they planted, and specially exempted him from the tax for the first half of the year, and asked him to ignore the harvest in other places and focus all his attention on planting the corn. Strive for a bumper harvest in summer, and bring good fortune to Youluo Village and the county.
These three incidents were not trivial, and people in the village talked about them. Many people ran to Li Shihu's house to ask what happened to his wife, and only after they went there did they find Li Shihu's wife lying on the kang. do not wake up.
So everyone hurriedly called Uncle Wang in the village, and woke them up after tossing up and down for a while, but the wife of the village chief moved slowly after waking up, and couldn't even speak clearly.
Everyone has never heard the name of this disease, but they all know that after getting this disease, they will definitely not get better, and they will spend most of their lives like a paralyzed person.
"It's a pity." A woman on good terms said, "Cuiying will be strong for a lifetime, but why did she end up with such a disease? This is really tormenting!"
"It seems to me that she has suffered retribution." A woman who had always been at odds with them murmured, "She loves to swear and gossip. Maybe it's the retribution that made her speechless."
The so-called people leave the tea to cool down, and the town just came down. With such news, some people can't wait to draw a line with Li Shihu's family. Li Shihu has been the village head for many years and has offended many people in the same village. We must seize the opportunity to add insult to injury.
What happened in the village has nothing to do with the Xie family at the foot of the West Mountain. The Baogudi is going to be filled with water, and the big one can’t be drained in the first hour and a half, and the water can’t be released in the afternoon. The taller corn is about to be blown down, so the water can only be drained before noon.
So several acres of cornfields were divided, every morning they get up early to release water, and in the afternoon they go hunting in the mountains; gathering and picking fruits, these days are very peaceful, and Ye Yuanxian likes it very much.
The walls of the new house have already been built. The brick-burning skills of the contractor are really good. The green bricks are strong and beautiful. According to Ye Yuanxian's design, the width of the green bricks was increased by nearly three centimeters when firing And the length, the wall is thick and strong.
The pulp used to build the wall is made of glutinous rice mixed with lime, and its strength is not much different from that of the city wall.
The contractor joked idlely: "Brother Ye is still courageous. I am so hungry for this gravy, I can't wait to scoop up a bowl and eat it in my stomach."
You must know that most of what they eat at home now is Ermi, which is the two-in-one rice mixed with millet and brown rice. It is sweet, soft and delicious.You must know that in the early years, they all grew up eating rice bran. One pot of rice was half a pot of bran.
During this period of time they worked for Xie's family and they ate better than at home. Every meal was pure rice and meat dishes.
As for polished rice, everyone knows that only rich people can afford it, and even the wealth of a contractor can't afford to eat rice, which shows that polished rice is expensive.
Under such circumstances, the Xie family was willing to boil glutinous rice, whose price was not much lower than polished rice, into pulp to build walls.
After the people built the wall, they let it dry first, and then they put the beams and rafters that had been prepared on the shelf one by one, and each of them held a torch tied with various medicinal materials in their hands, and carefully smoked the wood.
This is to smoke out the bugs in the wood and prevent it from chewing the wood.Originally, this step could be omitted, but the Xie family treated them very well, so they were not afraid of trouble and did their best in every step.
Brush the new wood with a thin layer of wood oil. After the wood oil is fully immersed in the wood and dried overnight, it can ensure that the wood will not rot or attract insects for decades.
On March [-]th, it was a good time to go up the beam. Ye Yuanxian set off a firecracker early in the morning, and placed some steamed buns, melons and fruits and other offerings to worship the gods. Shouting loudly in his mouth, he erected the thick beam to the roof.
The contractor wears a red cloth and holds a peach branch in his hand and sings aloud: the beam falls to the wall, the master laughs; three generations live under one roof and five generations prosper;
It is a custom in the God Blessed Kingdom to recite a prayer song when erecting beams. The longer the prayer song, the louder the sound, the more prosperous the Lord. In order to thank the family, the contractor put all his energy into singing for a whole cup of tea. The back of the voice is hoarse!
The girders have been fixed, and the workers are quick to inlay the wooden rafters. The roof inlays with tenon and shank structure are simple and firm, and they are not afraid that the house will lose its shape after a long time.
After erecting the beams and installing the rafters, the last step is to cover the tiles. Before the tiles are stacked, the contractor carefully spreads thin slices of wood between the wooden rafters under the tiles layer by layer, as if covering the tiles. A layer of soft paper was used as a primer.
In this way, even if the tiles are damaged, rainwater will not penetrate for a while.Moreover, the wood chips are windproof and breathable, keeping warm in winter and keeping cool in summer, very comfortable.
The tiles were also burned by themselves, and the uniform and thin tiles were piled up little by little from low to high. One layer was not enough and another layer was piled up. 30 people worked from morning to afternoon, and it took three full days to complete the work. Cover it.
Afterwards, the interior was smoothed. The walls were smoothed with lime mortar, and smooth and tidy stone bricks were pasted on the floor. Bricks were pasted on the walls and floors of the bathroom, and the brick surface was slightly roughened to prevent slipping.
The earthenware pipes discharge the sewage into the cesspool behind the house, and at this point, all the renovations are complete.
Looking at the brand new big courtyard with three entrances, everyone's faces were relaxed.
The contractor smiled and patted his chest proudly: "Brother Ye, let me tell you, this is the most beautiful and elegant house I have ever built, and your ideas are simply amazing."
Everyone praised for a while, and the contractor said: "Tomorrow is the eighteenth day, which is a rare auspicious day. Brother Ye, let's hold a simple ceremony. We live in a new house, so it should be more lively!"
Originally, the ceremony should have been done when the beam was laid, but unfortunately Ye Yuanxian didn't want to associate with the people in the village, so he canceled this step.The contractor always felt that it was a pity that for a man as elegant and handsome as Brother Ye, all gifts should be grander.
Ye Yuanxian didn't want to offend his friends, and he didn't want to leave any regrets, so he said with a smile: "That's exactly what I mean, Brother Bao and you brothers will stay one more night, and we will have a light meal tomorrow."
"No problem." The contractor patted himself on the chest: "The wine is on me, and it happens to be going to the market today, so I'll go buy some peanuts for us to drink with."
The others also repeatedly agreed that they did not have as much money as the contractor, so some went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and dig bamboo shoots, some picked out-of-season cherries to boil sweet water, and some went to touch fish, shrimp and loach in the big water.Those who don't know anything simply go to chop firewood without saying a word, and they are always bustling and busy.
Ye Yuanxian went to the inn in the town to order all three banquets to be packed, and bought some more marinated meat, pork ribs, dried tofu, etc. as appetizers, and finally brought four jars of ten catties of white wine, and then shook Walk leisurely home.
On the way, I happened to meet two yamen servants, Xu and Zhang, and Ye Yuanxian greeted them warmly with a rare smile.
The two acted separately, and the fool went to the mountains to catch pheasants and hares.
It is said that there will be a banquet tomorrow, but the carnival such as drinking and eating meat will start tonight. All kinds of barbecues are indispensable in spring, and the prey caught before are kept in the yard. According to what Ye Yuanxian said, the men's hands and feet The meat was quickly processed and seasoned, and the meat was grilled in the yard.
After a while, all the wild vegetable pickers, fish catchers, and shrimp catchers came back, and the wild cherries were pitted, put into jars, poured water, sugar, and boiled in a small stove.
Barbecue at night is destined to be the most pyrotechnic. Thirty or so big men drink and talk about the mountains around the high-rising fire, and stand up and make gestures when they talk about the rising fire.
So Ye Yuanxian knew: the girl from the Wang family weighed more than 20 pounds before she was three years old, she is a very fat girl; It's been eight months, and it's due in two days...
In this way, everyone is complaining or showing off, but they don't have any bad intentions. They just share their own joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys, so that others can also get a taste of the fireworks in this world.
Ye Yuanxian had never participated in such an occasion before, under the expressions of laughing or making trouble, he seemed to hear the sound of something breaking in his heart, Ye Yuanxian thought, so people in this world can still be like this, So ordinary, so lively.
"Brothers are good, it's better to be better..." A group of elders punched and drank, Ye Yuanxian watched it interestingly, and unconsciously memorized the rules for punching.
The contractor at the side was already slightly drunk, and when he turned around, he saw Ye Yuanxian smiling at the corner of his lips, the reddish fire light reflected on his face, his cold and indifferent eyes seemed to burn with the heat of the flame, making them less inaccessible, but still It looks very delicate.
The contractor swallowed his saliva, and sighed in his heart again: I am a good boy, my big brother is really good-looking, even better than the one in my family.
However, he didn't dare to say these words, so he took a big gulp from the cup in his hand, but forgot that the cup was filled with wine, and coughed for a while because of choking.
In the middle of the drinking order, the fool was pulled up by some drunken young men to dance some kind of "Ge dance". It is said that it is a war dance handed down from the battlefield, and it is the best display of the bravery of the soldiers. .
The idiot forgot to move, but after seeing those young people jump twice, he jumped up involuntarily.Ye Yuanxian watched his nimble and vigorous movements, and suddenly remembered a piece of rhythm in the Book of Songs that he learned when he was young. The rhythm is very simple.
The shiny and powerful palm patted the upside-down wooden basin, making a dull "boom" sound, just falling with the dance steps, an unexpected fit.
So the extremely simple wooden basin became the only musical instrument tonight, and the fool somehow thought of something and jumped more and more violently, and several young people stepped back one after another, leaving him the most central venue.
The man dancing the war dance faded away his childishness from his eyes, leaving only the coldness of gold and iron horses.
Haruhi's thinner clothes were torn off by him and thrown aside, the muscles of his upper body were tight and not exaggerated, full of the beauty of strength.He opened and closed with the rhythm, showing amazing strength.
Before they knew it, the men's eyes were fixed on the venue, and they even forgot to drink the wine in their hands.
Knowing that the man kicked his feet and landed firmly on the ground, and then stopped after a dull thumping sound, the casual dance stopped.
"Okay..." After more than a dozen breaths of silence, everyone shouted in unison, the wine bowls in their hands collided together and made a crisp sound, and they drank it all in one gulp, extremely heroic, as if at this time, they were fighting soldiers on the battlefield .
Ye Yuanxian's eyes never left the person present, until the person was sweating profusely like a wolf returning home, striding forward with vigor and Xiao Sha, but when he approached him, Withdrawing all the sharpness from his body, he turned back into that harmless young man with a naive look in his brows and eyes.
"Yuanxian, do I dance well?"
"It looks good!" Ye Yuanxian nodded, and raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead: "The dance is very good, I don't even recognize it."
The fool smiled innocently: "Hey, I know you, I have always known you."
These words hit Ye Yuanxian's heart like a heavy hammer, causing him to be in a trance.
No one remembers when the group of people took a rest. It is only known that the chirping of birds in the forest woke them up early the next morning. Only then did everyone realize that they were sleeping peacefully in the tent, and their fatigue was gone.
The contractor rubbed his eyes and walked out of the tent, seeing the sun already hanging on the top of the mountain, he immediately woke up: "It's broken, it's almost auspicious time, and the food and drinks are not ready yet!"
As he spoke, he ran towards the shack in three steps at a time, only to see that four square tables had already been set up outside the shack, and three animals and sacrifices were placed on the top square table. half empty.
Ye Yuanxian raised his head: "Brother Bao is awake, you can drink after washing up."
The contractor smiled and rubbed his forehead: "Okay, I'll call them."
Just as I was talking, there was another bell sound outside. It was He Qian, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time, riding a horse, and I heard him laugh before entering the door; "Brother Ye, I came uninvited, don’t you want me Get out!"
As he spoke, he handed over the box with the red cloth tied in his hand: "Congratulations on the housewarming, you must accept this gift."
Ye Yuanxian smiled sincerely: "Thank you, Brother He, please take a seat."
While the few people were reminiscing about the past, everyone in the tent also got up and changed into their cleanest and decent clothes, and then silently packed their bags.They knew that after the banquet, it was time to say goodbye to the host.
The banquets booked in the inn were of the best size and specifications, and everyone ate happily.
At half past noon, the contractor stood up with everyone to say goodbye, Ye Yuanxian didn't want to keep them until they were eager to go home, and everyone pretended to leave with the money they had earned during this time.
Only fool Ye Yuanxian and He Qian were left on the table.
After eating enough, He Qiancai said hesitantly: "Today is Brother Ye's big day, I shouldn't have said these things, but tonight I have to go to the county to report on my job and I won't be able to come back in a while, I'm afraid it will be too late gone."
Ye Yuanxian chuckled lightly: "I don't care much about these things, Brother He will just talk about it!"
He Qian didn't hesitate anymore, and told what he had seen and heard in the past few days: "I also heard about the destruction of Qingmiao before, but I was too busy and heard that Brother Ye was not injured, so I didn't come to greet him."
"A few days ago, I heard that Liu Tiezhu, who was supposed to be exiled, walked halfway and seemed to be unable to bear the ups and downs of the road, and ran away." He Qian said with a strange expression on his face: "This news was spread to the martial arts by the escort agency, and only a very few people I know, I also heard that Liu Tiezhu was killed when he met a robber on the way. I don’t know the exact situation, but you must be careful, Brother Ye.”
Ye Yuanxian really didn't expect this news, he sincerely thanked: "Thank you, Brother He."
He Qian waved his hand casually, very frankly: "I know that you are not capable of being hurt by those thieves, but you are still planting corn in your field, and if you do something wrong, you will be punished for it, so it's better to be careful .”
"I'll make a note of it, thank you Brother He." Ye Yuanxian would not refuse such kindness.
The new house was built, but the grass and trees in the yard hadn’t grown yet, and the pool dug in advance hadn’t yet received running water. The two slowly picked grapes, cherries, oranges and other saplings to plant in a corner of the yard, and dug strawberry and blue berry seedlings. Plant in a sunny spot on the other side.
The carpenter who was sitting on the furniture sent the message, saying that the furniture had already been laid, and asked them to pull it back sometime.
The preparations before moving into the new home are proceeding in an orderly manner, but there is no peace in a remote old house in the village at night.
The smell of blood permeated the whole room, and the lame and half-blind old man clutched his son's wound awkwardly.
Liu Tiezhu was in a cold sweat. He knew he was going to die, but he couldn't let go of his old father before he died, so he rushed back to take a look.
"Father, I'm leaving. There is still half a tael of silver in the box under the bed. It was hidden by my mother before she left. You take it well." Liu Tiezhu felt that he was getting colder and colder, and his words were intermittent: "The village chief , Not a good person, you, you have to be on guard against him. Dad, I'm leaving. I'm leaving, I regret it!"
The last three words were barely audible from his throat.
The old man kept covering the wound with his hands until there was no more blood flowing out there, until the sky became dark, and the old man seemed to be awakened by something, and very slowly took the quilt to change for his son.
Then he dragged his lame leg to clean up the blood that was flowing on the ground, took out the half taels of silver from the box his son had mentioned, held it tightly with both hands, and limped to the old carpenter in the village in the dark of night. There are coffins to buy.
It is said that people who are blind have good ears, which is true.
Every word the village chief said was sincere, tears were running down his face like an old orange peel, and his forehead was torn under his vigorous kowtow to express his feelings, and a little blood flowed out.
Such a scene made most of the people watching feel compassionate. The head of a village is the backbone of the village. As the village head said, very few people would risk the lives of the whole village regardless of making such a mess. The money lost the ingot.
What is hemp money? It is paper money that is burned for the dead, and it will be bad luck for the living to pick it up.
The magistrate looked majestic and patted the gavel again, and looked at Liu Tiezhu with lightning eyes: "The prisoner, you said that the village head of Youluo Village instigated you to destroy young crops, do you have evidence to prove it?"
"Evidence?" Liu Tiezhu lowered his head in awe, his eyes constantly wandering. Where did he get the evidence?The conversation between the two was Gala in the corner, and it was night again, and there was not even a dog around, let alone people, who can testify for him?
"My lord, this man has always been a loafer in the village. His wife was beaten away by him, his mother was beaten to death, and even the surviving old father was crippled and blinded because of him. What does such a person do for money?" Everything can be done, my lord, please learn from me!"
The village chief was crying, and the old man over fifty was crying like this. Although it is not very elegant, it is understandable if he is really wronged.
The magistrate of the county believed his words with a slight nod, and asked the master book to carefully record the details of the case. In case something went wrong with the corn harvest at the end of summer, this file would also give him a reason to shirk. Take some blame.
Liu Tiezhu, who didn't know a single word, saw that the county magistrate was acting like this, so he lost his mind and panicked. He wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, but found that he had nothing to distinguish.
And just now the village chief mentioned his old father, what did he mean?
Although Liu Tiezhu is promiscuous, gambler and has a bad temper, he still has some conscience in dealing with his parents. His mother died of a heart attack because he ran away his wife. Now his father will also suffer because of him?
Liu Tiezhu squinted at the village chief, and saw the sincerity and sadness of the man, but how could Liu Tiezhu, who grew up in Youluo Village since he was a child, not know his true temperament and methods?
Ye Yuanxian and the idiot just watched and said nothing from the beginning to the end, the current situation is similar to what he expected, so there is no intention to intervene.
In desperation, Liu Tiezhu suddenly cast his eyes on the two of them. He took a few steps on his knees and wanted to lie down at their feet to beg for mercy, but was held down by the yamen servants and could not struggle.
"Brother, you two are merciful and let me forgive you this time. As long as you spare me, I will repay you like a cow and a horse. As long as you forgive me once, I can do anything!"
Ye Yuanxian didn't speak, but the magistrate who was sitting in the hall slapped the table hard, then stood up and pointed at Liu Tiezhu and said, "You thief said it simply, destroying young crops is a serious crime, let alone this young crop is ordered by the Holy Spirit General Wu personally escorted you here. Do you know that this heinous crime you have committed is a heinous crime. To be honest, punishing your entire clan would be a minor offense. You still want to be forgiven by others, it is really a dream!"
Liu Tiezhu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he had nothing to say.
The scene fell silent for a while, Ye Yuanxian knew that the village chief was about to succeed.
"My lord, although Liu Tiezhu made a big mistake, fortunately he didn't make a big mistake and there are not many people who know about it, so I ask your lord to save him from the death penalty when there is an old father on him who is left unattended! "
Everyone looked at him, and saw that his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, he had a good appearance and a good manner, he didn't look like a farmer in the mountains, but like a humble son from a wealthy family.
Such a demeanor made the magistrate soften his tone when he spoke to him: "Are you really willing to intercede for him?"
Ye Yuanxian looked at the village chief with a smile on his lips.
The village chief's heart skipped a beat, his fingers curled into fists without knowing it.He knew that Ye Yuanxian had all kinds of weird and unpredictable means, so he had to cheer up to deal with it.
"Speaking of which, it's not his fault alone," Ye Yuanxian said, "The village chief has always had trouble with my Xie family and pushed my Xie family out of everything, which made other people in the village think that my second Xie family was weak. You can be bullied, if you dare to hit my head, this is the number one."
"Secondly, the village head, as the head of the village, knew that the corn distributed by the government was planted at the foot of the West Mountain, but he never emphasized that the villagers should not come close to damage at will. Is there also a dereliction of duty?"
"Thirdly, the village chief knew that Liu Tiezhu had a bad character, and he even excused him when the two yamen servants came to arrest him. Could it be that the village chief couldn't supervise and shielded the sinner? Such a person, as the head of a village ,It is really……"
Ye Yuanxian didn't go on with the rest, but everyone could understand what he meant.
The village chief's eyes looking at Ye Yuanxian at this moment seemed to be quenched, wishing to burn a few holes in his body.
The idiot noticed that his unkind gaze stepped forward to protect Ye Yuanxian behind him, and he looked back viciously. He had killed people on the battlefield before, and his eyes were full of evil spirits when he stared at him. The village chief quickly looked away in shock. Almost fled.
"Returning to my lord, what the Xie family boy said is not true. The villain has been doing his best for more than 20 years since he became the village head. He has never dared to neglect his duties, let alone cover up sinners. Please learn from me."
The words of the village chief were indeed sincere. He believed that he had not committed any dereliction of duty since he became the village chief, so he did not accept the accusation against Ye Yuanxian.
The magistrate of the county glanced at the people standing in the hall, and turned to land on the village chief, and then he made a judgment with an undeniable authority: "The prisoner Liu Tiezhu ruined the young crops, and he committed a heinous crime. The reason is that the sufferer pleaded for him. The death penalty will be exempted and exiled to the frontier, and the execution will be carried out in three days."
"Li Shihu, the village head of Youluo Village, failed to supervise the villagers of Youluo Village, was lax in supervision, and deliberately covered up. He violated the justice and fairness of being a village head, and almost caused a catastrophe. Therefore, he was removed from the post of village head. Do not go out."
After speaking, he slapped the gavel hard and turned to leave.
Liu Tiezhu managed to save his life, and immediately collapsed to the ground. The two yamen servants pulled him twice before he was pulled up from the ground, and walked into the prison.
When he was about to go out, Liu Tiezhu shouted: "I have written down the love of the Xie family. If I can come back alive in this life, I will definitely repay it."
But Li Shihu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He didn't expect that Ye Yuanxian's few words would cause him to lose his status as village head, and also lost the glory and reliance brought by this status, and completely ruined his life for the rest of his life. reputation.
Li Shihu looked at Ye Yuanxian, wishing he could rush up and bite off a piece of flesh from him.
However, there was no place for him to be presumptuous in the lobby, and the master clerk quickly wrote the case file, and asked the yamen servant to take Li Shihu into custody temporarily with a gentle but unquestionable attitude.The village chief can't leave until the case is completely closed.
After the people left, the master turned to Ye Yuanxian and said: "Young master Ye, I heard that you know martial arts. My kid has loved this way since he was a child. Unfortunately, he broke his leg a few days ago. Could you please take a look at his martial arts skills?" Can Bones continue to practice martial arts?"
Ye Yuanxian nodded: "My lord, please!"
Exit the side door of the lobby, go around two courtyard doors and enter a small courtyard. The small courtyard is covered with thick blue floor tiles, and there are a few wooden figures and plum blossom piles in the corner, as well as knives, swords, sandbags, etc. There is nothing else used by people who practice martial arts.
The master brought Ye Yuan into the room, bypassing the screen, and saw a comatose person lying on the bed. He looked like a teenager, but he looked about eleven or twelve years old, and his figure was thin.
After waving away the servants, the master secretary looked anxiously at Ye Yuanxian and bowed his hands deeply: "To be honest, my son's illness is strange, and he has invited many doctors, but he is not getting better. I heard from the yamen that Mr. Ye may be The sorcerer specially asked Mr. Ye to take a look at the child, and asked Mr. Ye to forgive him. If the child can be saved, there will be a great gift."
Then he added: "If Mr. Ye is really helpless, I will definitely not say too much, Mr. Wanwang Haihan."
Ye Yuan responded leisurely, seeing that the boy on the bed had no similarities with the master's face, and didn't go into it deeply. His fingertips gathered spiritual energy and flowed along the boy's meridians, and found at least three blockages.The deadliest part was at the neck, which was also the reason why the boy fell asleep.
Seeing that he stopped after only a little probing, the master secretary was disappointed but still cheered up and asked, "Young Master Ye, what's the matter?"
"It can be helped." Ye Yuanxian said straightforwardly: "But it's very troublesome!"
"As long as it can be saved, as long as it can be saved!" The master secretary nodded again and again: "Please explain the troubles one by one, Mr. Ye, I will try my best to arrange it, and trouble you to worry about it."
Ye Yuanxian only has a little understanding of medical principles, but he happened to encounter this boy's symptoms before time travelling, and he also knows how to treat them.The difficult part is to use acupuncture and spiritual power to protect the young man's heart vessels and stasis, and then use acupuncture to induce blood stasis. After the blood vessels are unblocked, the young man will naturally wake up.
This young man is also considered lucky, the blood stasis is at the bleeding site, and the blood stasis will gradually move away from the brain as it flows along the blood vessels.If it grows in the place where the blood is growing, and the blood stasis enters the brain along the blood vessels, it may not be curable with his half-assed medical skills.
It seems that we must hurry up to collect some herbs and refine some low-level elixir.Ye Yuanxian heaved a long sigh in his heart and lamented that the money was not enough, but his face was still natural.
The master book arranged for the two of them first, and then sent people to grab medicine and buy extremely thin silver needles according to the prescription he wrote down.
Ye Yuanxian didn't want to stay outside for too long, so he had to get rid of the blood stasis before it got dark, and he didn't care about the treatment after waking up.
The mansion immediately got busy, and just after dinner at noon, the master rushed over and said that everything was ready, the bed had been sprayed with spirits before drying, and the knives were soaked in the wine all the time, so that access.
In fact, the wound created by blood extraction is not that big, but the warm and humid spring day is the time for the growth of bacteria. I am afraid that if a wound is not treated well, it will become infected. With the current medical technology, wound infection is almost close to death.
"Master Ye, everything is ready, look..."
Ye Yuanxian could hear his anxiety, so he replied: "Then ask the master to lead the way, and you can rest assured that you will be cured earlier."
In the prison, Liu Tiezhu's heart is ashamed, how long can he live in the bitter cold places like the frontier?It's a long way to the frontier, maybe he will die halfway if he doesn't persist in the exile, what will his old father do?
All kinds of past thoughts flashed before his eyes one by one, Liu Tiezhu couldn't help but regret it, but it didn't help.Although the village chief who instigated him was removed from the position of village chief, it was of no practical use to him. Even if he wanted to take revenge, he couldn't.
As the sun gradually set, the usually peaceful and quiet Grand Master's Mansion suddenly became agitated. Hearing a vague laughter, many servants came out from the back door of the mansion to buy good wine and meat.The butcher and vegetable vendors were all amazed, they hadn't seen such a big battle among the servants of the county magistrate's mansion for a long time.
"I'm afraid that the problem of the county grandpa's family has been solved!" Someone who knew something inside said quietly.
As the sky darkened, a carriage pulled by a big black horse quietly left the county government office. The soldiers on duty at the city gate had already received the order, quietly opened the door for the carriage, and watched the carriage leave.
On the carriage, the fool was a little puzzled: "Yuan Xian, why didn't you accept his money?"
The Master Registrar offered a hundred taels of silver to thank Ye Yuanxian for his saving grace, but Ye Yuanxian did not accept it.
"We're not short of money now, does Kuan like money?" Ye Yuan asked with a smile.
"I like it." The fool nodded without hesitation: "Silver can buy a lot of things."
Ye Yuanxian chuckled lightly: "Then I'll earn more money and give it all to Yukun, okay?"
"Not good." I didn't expect the fool to directly refuse: "Earning money is the hardest thing. When the money at home is spent, I will earn it for us. You can just rest for a long time."
When he said this, his brows slightly raised and his eyes were clear, and it was obvious that he was sincere.
Ye Yuanxian only felt hot and warm in his heart: "Then I will wait."
"Yeah!" The fool nodded, and began to gossip again: "It's hot today, and it's time to drain the water in the valley. I'll drain the water tomorrow morning. When we get back, we'll go hunting in the mountains. The bracken and wild bamboo shoots should grow well at this time." gone."
"Okay. When you go, carry an extra water bottle and hang it on the little wolf."
"You need to take a long bamboo pole. There are easy snakes where the bracken grows, so we have to be careful."
The two talked softly about their plans for the next few days, and the idiot hammered his head as if thinking of something, and his voice was clear: "The boy lying on the bed couldn't sleep because of blood congestion in his head, so I can't remember the past. The matter, is it also a blood congestion in the head?"
Ye Yuanxian laughed: "Yuan's head is fine, and there is no congestion."
He had checked before, and the fool's amnesia was related to many reasons. The most likely one was that he was stimulated after taking some kind of drug, which led to the loss of his previous memory.
Now the medicine in Ye Yuanxian's body has been flushed out by Ye Yuanxian's spiritual power, but the memory lost after being stimulated is hard to retrieve, he can only recall it by himself.
"When I saw that old man today, I always felt familiar." The fool rubbed his hair: "I seem to have seen it somewhere before? I can't remember exactly."
"I heard that the county magistrate here decided to assign you to Youluo Village, maybe he met at that time?" Ye Yuanxian analyzed.
People who can make a fool feel familiar must have met at least a few times. Although the county magistrate is only a seventh-rank sesame official, it is not common to ordinary people. In addition to leaving an impression when reassigning veterans, Ye Yuanxian can't think of it. There is no other reason.
"Oh!" The fool nodded and rubbed his waist subconsciously: "The brand on his waist is beautiful, like a magnolia in full bloom in Kyoto."
In fact, the idiot didn't make it clear, he thought the magistrate's familiarity was mostly due to the jade plaque he wore around his waist, the jade plaque was shiny white, and a magnolia flower was simply carved on it, the white jade and magnolia petals matched each other Against the background, it looks extremely beautiful.
Ye Yuanxian also thought of that piece of jade, and it just appeared on the county magistrate's waist so carelessly. If an ordinary person would think it was nothing, but Ye Yuanxian knew that the jade pendant was at least a hundred taels of quality, according to the county magistrate's requirements. If you save your salary for two or three years, you may not be able to buy it.
However, he didn't think it was a big deal. He said that the county magistrate was [-] snowflakes in three years. Although this county magistrate was not as alive as Bao Gong, he was one of the few good officials who cared about the people. He had more money in his hands. It's nothing.
"Kuan like magnolia flowers?" Ye Yuanxian asked.
"I don't like it, but someone likes it!" As for who likes it, he thought about it, but couldn't answer.Just like the Kyoto he just blurted out, he has no images of Kyoto in his memory, but he always feels that he should be familiar with Kyoto.
Ye Yuanxian looked at him with a thoughtful expression and lowered his eyes to cover the thoughts in his eyes. He doesn't care who he is, who he is and what his status is, he won't let go easily.
After thinking for a while, he didn't get an answer, and the sky completely darkened. The fool simply didn't want to think about it. He hugged Ye Yuanxian in his arms with a wave of his long arm, and coaxed Ye Yuanxian like a comforting child: "It's dark, Yuanxian has a good rest." , I'll call you up when you get home."
"Okay." Ye Yuanxian followed his strength to put away the table in front of the two, and then pulled up another wooden board, sitting side by side with them to form a small bed, and the two of them lay side by side Although it was a bit cramped, I could sleep well anyway.
The big black horse knows the way. It has walked this way twice, and it can find the right way without being directed by a fool. The small bell around the horse's neck swayed gently in the night.
Early the next morning, Youluo Village was turned upside down. First, people from the town said that Li Shihude was unworthy, and that the position of village head was handed over to another respected elder in the village. Grandfather was dispatched to the frontier, and will leave in two or three days, so relatives and friends should rush to see each other for the last time.
Also, the idiot's family at the foot of the West Mountain was praised by the county magistrate for the good growth of the corn they planted, and specially exempted him from the tax for the first half of the year, and asked him to ignore the harvest in other places and focus all his attention on planting the corn. Strive for a bumper harvest in summer, and bring good fortune to Youluo Village and the county.
These three incidents were not trivial, and people in the village talked about them. Many people ran to Li Shihu's house to ask what happened to his wife, and only after they went there did they find Li Shihu's wife lying on the kang. do not wake up.
So everyone hurriedly called Uncle Wang in the village, and woke them up after tossing up and down for a while, but the wife of the village chief moved slowly after waking up, and couldn't even speak clearly.
Everyone has never heard the name of this disease, but they all know that after getting this disease, they will definitely not get better, and they will spend most of their lives like a paralyzed person.
"It's a pity." A woman on good terms said, "Cuiying will be strong for a lifetime, but why did she end up with such a disease? This is really tormenting!"
"It seems to me that she has suffered retribution." A woman who had always been at odds with them murmured, "She loves to swear and gossip. Maybe it's the retribution that made her speechless."
The so-called people leave the tea to cool down, and the town just came down. With such news, some people can't wait to draw a line with Li Shihu's family. Li Shihu has been the village head for many years and has offended many people in the same village. We must seize the opportunity to add insult to injury.
What happened in the village has nothing to do with the Xie family at the foot of the West Mountain. The Baogudi is going to be filled with water, and the big one can’t be drained in the first hour and a half, and the water can’t be released in the afternoon. The taller corn is about to be blown down, so the water can only be drained before noon.
So several acres of cornfields were divided, every morning they get up early to release water, and in the afternoon they go hunting in the mountains; gathering and picking fruits, these days are very peaceful, and Ye Yuanxian likes it very much.
The walls of the new house have already been built. The brick-burning skills of the contractor are really good. The green bricks are strong and beautiful. According to Ye Yuanxian's design, the width of the green bricks was increased by nearly three centimeters when firing And the length, the wall is thick and strong.
The pulp used to build the wall is made of glutinous rice mixed with lime, and its strength is not much different from that of the city wall.
The contractor joked idlely: "Brother Ye is still courageous. I am so hungry for this gravy, I can't wait to scoop up a bowl and eat it in my stomach."
You must know that most of what they eat at home now is Ermi, which is the two-in-one rice mixed with millet and brown rice. It is sweet, soft and delicious.You must know that in the early years, they all grew up eating rice bran. One pot of rice was half a pot of bran.
During this period of time they worked for Xie's family and they ate better than at home. Every meal was pure rice and meat dishes.
As for polished rice, everyone knows that only rich people can afford it, and even the wealth of a contractor can't afford to eat rice, which shows that polished rice is expensive.
Under such circumstances, the Xie family was willing to boil glutinous rice, whose price was not much lower than polished rice, into pulp to build walls.
After the people built the wall, they let it dry first, and then they put the beams and rafters that had been prepared on the shelf one by one, and each of them held a torch tied with various medicinal materials in their hands, and carefully smoked the wood.
This is to smoke out the bugs in the wood and prevent it from chewing the wood.Originally, this step could be omitted, but the Xie family treated them very well, so they were not afraid of trouble and did their best in every step.
Brush the new wood with a thin layer of wood oil. After the wood oil is fully immersed in the wood and dried overnight, it can ensure that the wood will not rot or attract insects for decades.
On March [-]th, it was a good time to go up the beam. Ye Yuanxian set off a firecracker early in the morning, and placed some steamed buns, melons and fruits and other offerings to worship the gods. Shouting loudly in his mouth, he erected the thick beam to the roof.
The contractor wears a red cloth and holds a peach branch in his hand and sings aloud: the beam falls to the wall, the master laughs; three generations live under one roof and five generations prosper;
It is a custom in the God Blessed Kingdom to recite a prayer song when erecting beams. The longer the prayer song, the louder the sound, the more prosperous the Lord. In order to thank the family, the contractor put all his energy into singing for a whole cup of tea. The back of the voice is hoarse!
The girders have been fixed, and the workers are quick to inlay the wooden rafters. The roof inlays with tenon and shank structure are simple and firm, and they are not afraid that the house will lose its shape after a long time.
After erecting the beams and installing the rafters, the last step is to cover the tiles. Before the tiles are stacked, the contractor carefully spreads thin slices of wood between the wooden rafters under the tiles layer by layer, as if covering the tiles. A layer of soft paper was used as a primer.
In this way, even if the tiles are damaged, rainwater will not penetrate for a while.Moreover, the wood chips are windproof and breathable, keeping warm in winter and keeping cool in summer, very comfortable.
The tiles were also burned by themselves, and the uniform and thin tiles were piled up little by little from low to high. One layer was not enough and another layer was piled up. 30 people worked from morning to afternoon, and it took three full days to complete the work. Cover it.
Afterwards, the interior was smoothed. The walls were smoothed with lime mortar, and smooth and tidy stone bricks were pasted on the floor. Bricks were pasted on the walls and floors of the bathroom, and the brick surface was slightly roughened to prevent slipping.
The earthenware pipes discharge the sewage into the cesspool behind the house, and at this point, all the renovations are complete.
Looking at the brand new big courtyard with three entrances, everyone's faces were relaxed.
The contractor smiled and patted his chest proudly: "Brother Ye, let me tell you, this is the most beautiful and elegant house I have ever built, and your ideas are simply amazing."
Everyone praised for a while, and the contractor said: "Tomorrow is the eighteenth day, which is a rare auspicious day. Brother Ye, let's hold a simple ceremony. We live in a new house, so it should be more lively!"
Originally, the ceremony should have been done when the beam was laid, but unfortunately Ye Yuanxian didn't want to associate with the people in the village, so he canceled this step.The contractor always felt that it was a pity that for a man as elegant and handsome as Brother Ye, all gifts should be grander.
Ye Yuanxian didn't want to offend his friends, and he didn't want to leave any regrets, so he said with a smile: "That's exactly what I mean, Brother Bao and you brothers will stay one more night, and we will have a light meal tomorrow."
"No problem." The contractor patted himself on the chest: "The wine is on me, and it happens to be going to the market today, so I'll go buy some peanuts for us to drink with."
The others also repeatedly agreed that they did not have as much money as the contractor, so some went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and dig bamboo shoots, some picked out-of-season cherries to boil sweet water, and some went to touch fish, shrimp and loach in the big water.Those who don't know anything simply go to chop firewood without saying a word, and they are always bustling and busy.
Ye Yuanxian went to the inn in the town to order all three banquets to be packed, and bought some more marinated meat, pork ribs, dried tofu, etc. as appetizers, and finally brought four jars of ten catties of white wine, and then shook Walk leisurely home.
On the way, I happened to meet two yamen servants, Xu and Zhang, and Ye Yuanxian greeted them warmly with a rare smile.
The two acted separately, and the fool went to the mountains to catch pheasants and hares.
It is said that there will be a banquet tomorrow, but the carnival such as drinking and eating meat will start tonight. All kinds of barbecues are indispensable in spring, and the prey caught before are kept in the yard. According to what Ye Yuanxian said, the men's hands and feet The meat was quickly processed and seasoned, and the meat was grilled in the yard.
After a while, all the wild vegetable pickers, fish catchers, and shrimp catchers came back, and the wild cherries were pitted, put into jars, poured water, sugar, and boiled in a small stove.
Barbecue at night is destined to be the most pyrotechnic. Thirty or so big men drink and talk about the mountains around the high-rising fire, and stand up and make gestures when they talk about the rising fire.
So Ye Yuanxian knew: the girl from the Wang family weighed more than 20 pounds before she was three years old, she is a very fat girl; It's been eight months, and it's due in two days...
In this way, everyone is complaining or showing off, but they don't have any bad intentions. They just share their own joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys, so that others can also get a taste of the fireworks in this world.
Ye Yuanxian had never participated in such an occasion before, under the expressions of laughing or making trouble, he seemed to hear the sound of something breaking in his heart, Ye Yuanxian thought, so people in this world can still be like this, So ordinary, so lively.
"Brothers are good, it's better to be better..." A group of elders punched and drank, Ye Yuanxian watched it interestingly, and unconsciously memorized the rules for punching.
The contractor at the side was already slightly drunk, and when he turned around, he saw Ye Yuanxian smiling at the corner of his lips, the reddish fire light reflected on his face, his cold and indifferent eyes seemed to burn with the heat of the flame, making them less inaccessible, but still It looks very delicate.
The contractor swallowed his saliva, and sighed in his heart again: I am a good boy, my big brother is really good-looking, even better than the one in my family.
However, he didn't dare to say these words, so he took a big gulp from the cup in his hand, but forgot that the cup was filled with wine, and coughed for a while because of choking.
In the middle of the drinking order, the fool was pulled up by some drunken young men to dance some kind of "Ge dance". It is said that it is a war dance handed down from the battlefield, and it is the best display of the bravery of the soldiers. .
The idiot forgot to move, but after seeing those young people jump twice, he jumped up involuntarily.Ye Yuanxian watched his nimble and vigorous movements, and suddenly remembered a piece of rhythm in the Book of Songs that he learned when he was young. The rhythm is very simple.
The shiny and powerful palm patted the upside-down wooden basin, making a dull "boom" sound, just falling with the dance steps, an unexpected fit.
So the extremely simple wooden basin became the only musical instrument tonight, and the fool somehow thought of something and jumped more and more violently, and several young people stepped back one after another, leaving him the most central venue.
The man dancing the war dance faded away his childishness from his eyes, leaving only the coldness of gold and iron horses.
Haruhi's thinner clothes were torn off by him and thrown aside, the muscles of his upper body were tight and not exaggerated, full of the beauty of strength.He opened and closed with the rhythm, showing amazing strength.
Before they knew it, the men's eyes were fixed on the venue, and they even forgot to drink the wine in their hands.
Knowing that the man kicked his feet and landed firmly on the ground, and then stopped after a dull thumping sound, the casual dance stopped.
"Okay..." After more than a dozen breaths of silence, everyone shouted in unison, the wine bowls in their hands collided together and made a crisp sound, and they drank it all in one gulp, extremely heroic, as if at this time, they were fighting soldiers on the battlefield .
Ye Yuanxian's eyes never left the person present, until the person was sweating profusely like a wolf returning home, striding forward with vigor and Xiao Sha, but when he approached him, Withdrawing all the sharpness from his body, he turned back into that harmless young man with a naive look in his brows and eyes.
"Yuanxian, do I dance well?"
"It looks good!" Ye Yuanxian nodded, and raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead: "The dance is very good, I don't even recognize it."
The fool smiled innocently: "Hey, I know you, I have always known you."
These words hit Ye Yuanxian's heart like a heavy hammer, causing him to be in a trance.
No one remembers when the group of people took a rest. It is only known that the chirping of birds in the forest woke them up early the next morning. Only then did everyone realize that they were sleeping peacefully in the tent, and their fatigue was gone.
The contractor rubbed his eyes and walked out of the tent, seeing the sun already hanging on the top of the mountain, he immediately woke up: "It's broken, it's almost auspicious time, and the food and drinks are not ready yet!"
As he spoke, he ran towards the shack in three steps at a time, only to see that four square tables had already been set up outside the shack, and three animals and sacrifices were placed on the top square table. half empty.
Ye Yuanxian raised his head: "Brother Bao is awake, you can drink after washing up."
The contractor smiled and rubbed his forehead: "Okay, I'll call them."
Just as I was talking, there was another bell sound outside. It was He Qian, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time, riding a horse, and I heard him laugh before entering the door; "Brother Ye, I came uninvited, don’t you want me Get out!"
As he spoke, he handed over the box with the red cloth tied in his hand: "Congratulations on the housewarming, you must accept this gift."
Ye Yuanxian smiled sincerely: "Thank you, Brother He, please take a seat."
While the few people were reminiscing about the past, everyone in the tent also got up and changed into their cleanest and decent clothes, and then silently packed their bags.They knew that after the banquet, it was time to say goodbye to the host.
The banquets booked in the inn were of the best size and specifications, and everyone ate happily.
At half past noon, the contractor stood up with everyone to say goodbye, Ye Yuanxian didn't want to keep them until they were eager to go home, and everyone pretended to leave with the money they had earned during this time.
Only fool Ye Yuanxian and He Qian were left on the table.
After eating enough, He Qiancai said hesitantly: "Today is Brother Ye's big day, I shouldn't have said these things, but tonight I have to go to the county to report on my job and I won't be able to come back in a while, I'm afraid it will be too late gone."
Ye Yuanxian chuckled lightly: "I don't care much about these things, Brother He will just talk about it!"
He Qian didn't hesitate anymore, and told what he had seen and heard in the past few days: "I also heard about the destruction of Qingmiao before, but I was too busy and heard that Brother Ye was not injured, so I didn't come to greet him."
"A few days ago, I heard that Liu Tiezhu, who was supposed to be exiled, walked halfway and seemed to be unable to bear the ups and downs of the road, and ran away." He Qian said with a strange expression on his face: "This news was spread to the martial arts by the escort agency, and only a very few people I know, I also heard that Liu Tiezhu was killed when he met a robber on the way. I don’t know the exact situation, but you must be careful, Brother Ye.”
Ye Yuanxian really didn't expect this news, he sincerely thanked: "Thank you, Brother He."
He Qian waved his hand casually, very frankly: "I know that you are not capable of being hurt by those thieves, but you are still planting corn in your field, and if you do something wrong, you will be punished for it, so it's better to be careful .”
"I'll make a note of it, thank you Brother He." Ye Yuanxian would not refuse such kindness.
The new house was built, but the grass and trees in the yard hadn’t grown yet, and the pool dug in advance hadn’t yet received running water. The two slowly picked grapes, cherries, oranges and other saplings to plant in a corner of the yard, and dug strawberry and blue berry seedlings. Plant in a sunny spot on the other side.
The carpenter who was sitting on the furniture sent the message, saying that the furniture had already been laid, and asked them to pull it back sometime.
The preparations before moving into the new home are proceeding in an orderly manner, but there is no peace in a remote old house in the village at night.
The smell of blood permeated the whole room, and the lame and half-blind old man clutched his son's wound awkwardly.
Liu Tiezhu was in a cold sweat. He knew he was going to die, but he couldn't let go of his old father before he died, so he rushed back to take a look.
"Father, I'm leaving. There is still half a tael of silver in the box under the bed. It was hidden by my mother before she left. You take it well." Liu Tiezhu felt that he was getting colder and colder, and his words were intermittent: "The village chief , Not a good person, you, you have to be on guard against him. Dad, I'm leaving. I'm leaving, I regret it!"
The last three words were barely audible from his throat.
The old man kept covering the wound with his hands until there was no more blood flowing out there, until the sky became dark, and the old man seemed to be awakened by something, and very slowly took the quilt to change for his son.
Then he dragged his lame leg to clean up the blood that was flowing on the ground, took out the half taels of silver from the box his son had mentioned, held it tightly with both hands, and limped to the old carpenter in the village in the dark of night. There are coffins to buy.
It is said that people who are blind have good ears, which is true.
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