Chapter 23 Brother

Green mountains are continuous and grass is deserted, green streams are winding and flowing, and there is an ancient temple with a high place, called Jinling. The old monk said that it has been more than 300 years since then, and when I climbed the steps, the world seemed to pass through my heart.

Looking across from my eyes, the morning light shines, the dewdrops sway, the temple gates are mottled, and there are few pilgrims, which is a place for pure cultivation.

At this time, Zheng Wei and the others were climbing up the steps.

The mountain road was steep and difficult to walk. Tuoba Yu was seriously injured and was carried by Old Man Wang and Wang Changgen.

Zheng Wei speculated that the anxious climbing the mountain may be related to the news brought back by Old Man Wang last night.

Zheng Wei thought about the words of Old Man Wang last night, and he called the other party's Langjun. It was obvious that the master was Xiahou Qing rather than Tuoba Yu.

The Xiahou family was the royal family of the previous dynasty. Although they defected to the Great Wei, there were still many remaining ministers and servants of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Now it seems that Yang County Magistrate and Wang Laohan are two of them.

It is not difficult to know how Tuoba Yu and his 100 people infiltrated into the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although Banyang County is not close to Qingzhou City and Muling Pass, it is not difficult to know when Muling Pass will transfer the defenders.

But Zheng Wei felt that it was ridiculous to rely on a hundred people to guard the pass by natural dangers, and he did not think that the Emperor of the Great Wei would be so ignorant and arrogant. He thought he had a backup plan but for some reason he did not use it.

Perhaps the delay in reinforcements made Tuoba Yu feel alert. He passed the city gate and refused to enter that day, so he chose another place to hide.

But she didn't quite understand why Tuoba Yu had to hide in the temple on the mountain. If he was discovered, wouldn't it be even more difficult to escape.

But after a moment, they arrived at the open space in front of the temple gate.

There was a square lotus-shaped incense burner with a cauldron in the middle of the open space, and there were not yet lit incense. Only a few monks in the temple walked out after cleaning.

Bypassing the incense burner, Zheng Wei saw two little people, one big and one small, kneeling in front of the door.

A monk from the temple walked up to them, stuffed some food for them, and then went straight to work.

The bigger little man broke the food into two portions and divided half of it for the smaller ones.

Xiaodi showed a bright and pure smile at him, took it and ate it with a small mouthful.

The big one carefully wrapped the food, put it into the sleeve bag, touched the small hair, and got up to grab the monk's sweeps.

The two of them fought back and forth for a few times, but they were still taken away by the big one, holding a sweeping siege that was taller than him, and they started to work skillfully.

Other monks in the temple seemed to be accustomed to it and did not pay much attention to it.

Zheng Wei was shocked. Tuoba Yu and the others had already walked out a lot, and the monk was approaching them.

She hurriedly chased after her and entered the temple with her.

"Three gentlemen, the guest rooms are cleaned up. You can just inform the guests if you need to."

Perhaps the incense money given by Xiahou Qing was in place, and the monk was very enthusiastic and smiled and sent them into a courtyard called Shanyunju.

The reason why there are three men is that she is wearing coarse cloth trousers at this time. Although it is coarse cloth, it is still clean and complete. She is the only good dress Wang Changgen had when he was a child. Aunt Wang was reluctant to cut the old clothes and wanted to keep them for her future grandson to wear.

Even if Zheng Wei exchanged her skirt, she would not let go.

"Why don't I have my house, where do I rest?"

When Zheng Wei saw that Xiahou Qing and Tuoba Yu had their own rooms, but they didn't have their own ones, he ran to question them.

Tuoba Yu raised his eyebrows, looked at the young man who was wearing thick clothes but still beautiful in front of him, and teased: "The servants are always serving him, so where do you need to rest in the bedroom?"

As he said that, he pointed to the narrow couch in the cubicle outside the bedroom, "Stop there at night, always."

Zheng Wei gritted her teeth and turned around and walked out of the door angrily.

If she has money on her, she will not be so cowardly.

After walking around the temple, I walked to the temple gate again before I knew it, and saw the two children still kneeling.

Curious, she ran to ask Zhike Monk: "Why did those two children kneel in front of the door?"

The monk from Zhike sighed, "It's just a poor person among all living beings."

But it turned out that these were two sisters, sisters, sisters, and brothers, Fengsheng. Their father's surname was Zhuang, and he was from Shanqiao Village, Xiashanjiao.

Last year, there was little rain and drought in the north, and there were fewer harvests in various parts of Panyang County, but the taxes of the court increased. The family really couldn't raise enough food, so it happened to be the county government office to recruit corvee labor. Zhuangfu signed up for the county office and paid taxes with work.

At the end of spring this year, Zhuang's father came back from work and was seriously injured by refugees. When he came back, he was dying and passed away for a few days.

The family was missing a pillar, and Zhuang's mother was seriously ill in an acute pain.

The serious illness has not been cured and there is no rice in the house to put it in the pot, so I can only drag my sick body up the mountain to dig wild vegetables.

It was raining all night long, and it rained for several days in succession. The mountain road was difficult to walk. Zhuang's mother encountered a landslide when she walked back and was submerged in the mountains and never came out again!

It can be said that disaster never comes alone. The family, which is already full of holes and storms, collapsed instantly, leaving only two lame people struggling to survive.

After asking, I learned that my sister-in-law was eleven years old and was the same age as Zheng Wei. She looked like an eight or nine-year-old child. Fengsheng was only five years old, and she was at the age of eating but not working. Even if she sold herself, no rich gentry was willing to buy it.

The reason why he talks about selling his body was that a few days ago, a few days ago, a wealthy family in the county wanted to buy a servant, and came over to ask Xiaonan if she was willing. Xiaonan naturally wanted to do so, but Xiaonan said she could not take Ah brother with her.

Now every family in the village is short of rice and grain, and no one wants to have more people at home to eat. Xiaonan thought for a long time before she thought of Jinling Temple on the mountain.

Before, the grandma in the village said that most of the monks in the temple were orphans. Xiaonan thought about sending her brother to the temple, and there was also a place where she could shelter from the wind and rain.

As he spoke, the monk sighed, "Now in this world, they will pick up a baby that was not long ago at the door from time to time. There are many more miserable things than the two brothers. There is really no spare effort in the temple to take it in."

Zheng Wei felt sad when he listened to the words of the monk Zhike, and looked at the two small figures kneeling on the ground from a distance. Xiaonan knelt straight, Fengsheng was young, and could not help but leaned aside and was pulled up by his sister.

She couldn't see the expressions of the two of them, and could only guess that Feng Sheng was raising his little face and acting coquettishly with his sister.

After the Zhike Monk finished speaking, he went to work hard, leaving only Zheng Wei alone there in a daze.

"Pity them?"

Xiahou Qing came behind her at some point and said with a slight sarcastic moment.

Zheng Wei ignored it.

"In the Great Wei Dynasty, prisoners are slaves who can be exchanged for business, and your fate may not be better than them." Xiahou Qing seemed to have not had enough fun and continued, "You should be pitiful to yourself."

Zheng Wei narrowed her eyes slightly and took a deep breath. She actually wanted to roll her eyes at him, but the current situation was better than others. She pulled the corners of her mouth and turned around and left without saying a word.

At night, Zheng Wei felt like a stone was in his heart, and he was lying there toss and turns.

Tuoba Yu was also in a state of great difficulty and couldn't sleep. He was upset by Zheng Wei's movements, so he tried to help her in different ways.

Zheng Wei looked not very interested, but she did it honestly, and Tuoba Yu looked surprised.

She lowered her eyebrows and looked at her eyes. Tuoba Yu felt it was meaningless and pulled Zheng Wei to ask her what had happened.

Zheng Wei was silent for a while before he told him what happened during the day.

Tuoba Yu didn't understand why she was worried. The world was difficult now, and it was not uncommon to part with life and death, and even to change children and eat, so why did she just pity this brother and sister.

Sorry, my child's high fever has not subsided these two days, so the daily update time is uncertain! After a few days, I will be able to resume the update at 8 o'clock.

The poem "Passing the Immortal Township of Zichuan" by the prime minister Fu Bi of the Song Dynasty:

Green mountains are continuous with grass and trees, and green streams are winding and flowing.

It is located in the ancient temple of Shengyin, and it is leaning against the cape and the cliff and dew in the small village.

The universe is big in the clouds and the sun and moon are long on the immortal platform.

The Tang Dynasty’s God of Wealth is still here today, and it is not a dreamland.
Chapter completed!