In January of the first year of Guangxi, that is, AD 189, the emperor was Liu Bian, the newly succeeded Emperor of Han Dynasty. His mother is the famous Queen Mother He in history, and his uncle is the general He Jin who killed pigs. Let's just talk about the strange things that happened in the mountains of Longxi.
Li Ying, whose name is Ziyu, is 15 years old and the only child in his family. He is very popular with his parents. His father, Li Yan, once elected Xiao Lian (before the rise of the imperial examination system, he was recommended to be an official) and served as the prefect of Longxi County. His family was rich. Later, because of the Yellow Scarf Uprising, he resigned his office and led his family back to Longxi Mountain to live in order to avoid chaos. It has been five years since he thought. Her mother is Jiang Yuan, the daughter of the Qianghu leader. When she was young, she was also an outstanding member of the Qianghu tribe.
Standing in the villa deep in the mountain, Li Ying was confused when he looked at the vast mountains. He had been in this world for many days, and he still couldn't understand why he suddenly came to this world.
It turned out that just a few days ago, he was a corporal of the Marine Corps, carrying out exercises in the Penglai sea area of Shandong Province. The day was originally sunny and cloudless, but suddenly the sky became overcast. Although there was no sudden rain and wind, the weather was so stuffy that people could not breathe. Just when the headquarters asked the drill to continue, an ancient city wall suddenly appeared not far from their commandos. Although it was vaguely unreal, Li Ying guessed that it might be the legendary mirage. Coincidentally, their target area is that sea area. Curious, he also wanted to have a look, but when he came to the sea, there was no ancient city wall. There was a quiet sea nearby, as if everything had stopped. He wanted to greet his teammates, but when he turned back, there was no sign of his teammates. He panicked. At this moment, he suddenly felt a whirlwind of choice, and the whole person was confused.
By the time I woke up, I was already in the mountains of Longxi. When he just woke up, he looked at the antique room without making any sound, but scanned every corner of the room vigilantly. He saw a cockroach in the corner, shivering with cold, and there seemed to be no other threat. After that, he fell into a confusion.
"In the middle of winter, I'm just sick. Don't get cold again." When Li Ying looked back, it was his mother, Jiang Yuan, who put a robe coat on Li Ying.
Li Ying looked at his mother and was at a loss. He didn't know how to tell the mother. Could he say that I am not your son, your son has died, and I came from another time and space. If so, people must be locked in the woodshed as crazy.
After looking at her mother, Li Ying said, "Mom, I don't understand something."
Jiang Shi looked at Li Ying and said, "It has been several days since I stood on the pavilion every day. If you don't tell me, I also know that you must be in trouble. Baby, can you tell my mother?"
Li Ying looked at Jiang Shi and looked like she was hesitating.
Jiang sighed and said, "If you don't want to say it, you will not say it. After all, you are old and have a separation with your mother." Then he turned and left.
Li Ying stayed for a while. He felt that he would settle for the useless things once he came. It's better to be filial to your parents. How can you live a lifetime! What a pleasure it is to hunt and fish! Thinking about it, I walked to the living room. When we got to the door, we heard the voice of conversation coming from the house.
"What's wrong with the child? A serious illness is like a change of person," said Jiang.
"Well, it's good to save his life. It seems that he doesn't have dementia when he talks. Maybe he just lies weak for so long. Tomorrow, he will send the housekeeper to the county to invite the doctor to have a look." Li Yan said with a frown.
"Young master, why are you standing at the door? It's windy outside," said a servant girl.
Xu heard me at the door, and the old couple didn't say anything. In the room, Jiang Shi said, "Qian'er, help the young master come in quickly."
"Alas!" Qian'er hurriedly agreed.
Just entering the room, I saw Li Yanduan sitting at the head and saying, "Ziyu, tomorrow, I will send the housekeeper to the county to invite you a doctor. You don't need to worry, it should be OK."
Li Ying hurriedly said, "Thank you, my father. I want to go to the county tomorrow. First, I can go to the hospital to see my illness. Second, I can go out to relax. I dare to accept your father's consent."
Li Yan felt his beard for a moment and said, "It's OK, but it's not peaceful outside. In this way, I'll ask the housekeeper to take two servants with you."
"Thank you, my father. If nothing happens, my child will leave first." Li Ying said with an arched hand.
"Go ahead." Li Yan said and waved her hand.
When Li Ying walked out of the room, he vaguely heard Li Yan say, "This child is seriously ill and his character has changed greatly. I can't understand him anymore."
The next morning, after Li Ying said goodbye to his parents, a group of four rode towards the county seat. Riding a horse in the mountains is not much faster than walking. The group walked for an hour before they reached the city gate. In the middle of the gate, Xiangwu is written in small seal script, which should be the name of the county. Xiaozhuan has a beautiful shape. It was the official common character until the official script came out.
When they entered the county, they could only lead their horses forward. Looking at the hawkers along the streets in the city, they felt that they were not much different from the later generations who went to the countryside. Apart from the hawkers along the streets and the residential areas around the streets, there were only one or two real commercial streets. Although there are few stores, they are complete. Taverns, hospitals, clothing stores, silk shops, jewelry stores, there is quite a sense that the sparrows are all dirty.
Going further, I saw a group of people talking about something around the notice at the gate of the county government office. When I came near, I heard a strong man (Longxi people are always tall and powerful) reading the notice.
"The Qianghu people have been rebelling against Longxi for decades. Now I'm going to punish them. If they can make a joint bid, they can send an army. The Qianghu people often plunder the city, rob me of food, kidnap my wife and daughter, and burn my house. I can't bear it. However, the county government is short of soldiers, and it is difficult to eliminate them. I hereby inform the people of the whole county. But if there are soldiers who can rise up and rescue the people from the deep water, please be the county captain and assist me to manage Xiangwuquan together County. "
Li Ying, hearing this, felt that it had nothing to do with him. But his sense of mission as a soldier made him feel that he had to do something.
So, Li Ying, the housekeeper and the servants, together with four people, rushed to Xiangwu County Yamen!
When they arrived, they just saw the county magistrate hearing the case. This was the first time Li Ying had seen the county magistrate hearing the case with his own eyes, so he crowded to the front of the crowd to listen to the case. He just came here, and the case has just begun to be heard.
They quarreled with each other to Xiangwu County Hall, where a man named Chen Qing complained: "Your Honor is wronged. I really don't know that man. I only went with him when I was selling horses in Wengchun shop on Sanshan Street, and he said he would go home to get money to buy my horse. What a surprise! He cheated silk in the silk shop and ran away. I don't know. How can I say I am a stick guy?"
Xiangwu County Magistrate said, "Needless to say, ask the shopkeeper, and you will see clearly."
When the shopkeeper was summoned to the court, he made a crucial proof for Chen Qing that the child was an honest man: "Qing often sells horses and settles down in our house. He is an honest man."
"Since you are an honest man, why should you look at the umbrella and the horse on behalf of the staff? I understand that, but he promised." The silk boss raised his own question.
Chen Qing said wrongly, "Tell me to look at the umbrella because he bought a horse. How can he be an accomplice?"
"If the man goes, will he take his umbrella?"
"I didn't take it."
When the county magistrate heard this, he understood that both of them had been cheated by the "young man". He told the two people the truth: "This is really a stick. To take off your satin, he asked Chen Qing to buy a horse, take Chen Qing as his pledge, and use others' horses to earn your satin. This is a fake way to kill Guo. You have been cheated, and you should not be punished."
The county magistrate said, "Pass it to the south gate guard."
The guard of the south gate took him there, and the county magistrate said to him, "Before noon, can someone with rich clothes go out of the south gate with a large section of silk?"
The south gate guard came back and said, "There was a man who looked flustered. After leaving the city, he went south along the official road."
The county magistrate then said to him, "Why don't you ask me carefully when you see people looking flustered? It's your fault. Just after noon, I think he can't go too far with his silk. I ask you to make up for his mistakes and take him back for punishment."
The guard was ordered to leave.
The guard of Shaoqing returns to a pavilion to collect the thieves. It turned out that the "dude" was captured by the local pavilion commander and escorted to Xiangwu County within ten miles of his journey.
Why did you arrest him? It's just because he did something wrong and panicked all the way. When the Chief asked, he just hesitated and talked about him. Don't want to strike the point squarely, just solve the case.
Li Ying witnessed the whole process of solving the case with his own eyes, and could not help admiring the magistrate of Xiangwu. He made the case clear in only half an hour. Although the case itself was not complicated, he was able to solve the case so quickly, which also showed the magistrate's quick thinking.
The magistrate sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment, returned the stolen goods, and issued him with three months' hard labor. Chen Qing was acquitted. The pavilion leader will be rewarded 4 taels of silver for his meritorious work in collecting thieves. The south gate guard's dereliction of duty is good for catching the prisoners in time. No reward, no punishment. This is the end of the case.
When the county magistrate came out, Li Ying hurried to meet him, and the archer said, "Your Honor, I'm not talented. I want to ask your Honor to talk to you in the tea house."
The county magistrate looked at Li Ying from the bottom to the top, and saw that he was handsome, well-dressed, and quite a gentleman, so he agreed.
They sat opposite each other on the second floor of the teahouse. Li Ying took the lead in saying, "We can't help admiring the fact that we only look at the time when we hear the case. We can't help admiring it because it is clear and organized. Do you dare to ask your name?"
Seeing that he flattered himself, the county magistrate only smiled and did not speak. Seeing that he asked his name, he said frankly, "A Jia Xu, with the character of Wenhe, is a Gu Zang from Wuwei County. I hope you have unusual manners. How dare you ask your name?"
As soon as Li Ying heard that the county magistrate claimed to be Jia Xu, he was stunned, and it took him a long time to react. I was half happy and half nervous. This is a famous person in history. Today I met him in this small county. And still alive. Cough, no, just talk to yourself.
"Young master, young master, what's the matter with you?" Jia Xu was puzzled. He had just signed his name, why did he stare at himself so straightforwardly, it felt like he was picking up gold.
Li Ying, when he heard Jia Xu calling him, came back to himself. He quickly took back his eyes and said, "A man from Longxi County, whose name is Li, whose name is Ying, and whose name is Ziyu. My father is Li Yan, the former governor of Longxi County. My mother..."
When Li Ying saw the famous historical figures sitting in front of him alive, he made a momentary gaffe and almost explained all the 18 generations of his ancestors clearly. Jia Xu was stunned. I don't think I've ever seen such an introduction!
The two talked for a long time, and they really hit it off. During this period, he also told Jia Xu about his idea of organizing rural soldiers to fight against Qianghu people, which was affirmed and praised by Jia Xu. It was only half a day ago, and they felt that they hated each other too late.
Listen when you leave. Jia Xu said, "Ziyu, I am waiting for your good news in Xiangwu."
Li Ying also hurriedly said: "Brother Wenhe, I will definitely promise. There is a time for regret."
Then they rode back to Longxi Mountain. Jia Xu went to the city gate and watched Li Ying and others go away.
What they said in the teahouse is unknown to others, but since then, they have been called brothers.
