Rebel

Looking at the young man, Gu Ao couldn't help but smile slightly.

And the tall black-skinned boy saw Gu Ao walking out of the door, and couldn't help but beat his heart and said:

'How is it a young man? '

He thought again: "I thought this time it was another obscene bearded rat, but I didn't expect this kid to be so handsome and extraordinary, and his spirit can compare to mine!" '

When he took a closer look, he saw that Gu Ao was dressed in clean civilian clothes, but he couldn't hide his perseverance and integrity, plain and unadorned.He thought to himself: "This man is not like those ordinary sons and brothers in Shanyun Academy, who wear gold and silver, oily hair and powder noodles!" '

Seeing that Gu Ao was staring at him with piercing eyes, the boy saw the aura in his sword eyebrows and deep eyes, sharp and energetic, but there seemed to be a hint of a smile, the boy felt a sense of resentment in his heart, and he looked even more fiercely. glare.

It turned out that the young man's surname was Dian, and his name was unknown. He was not originally from the village. His father had fled here during the 'Eight Kings Rebellion'.So everyone in this village is surnamed Chen, Chen Family Village, but he is the only one with a foreign surname.When his father first came to the village, he called himself a tea merchant. He bought land on a small hill beside the village to grow tea, and married a widow from Chen Village.

Once his father went out to sell tea, and another person surnamed Chen from the same village also made a fuss to go with him, but in the end he died of illness because he was not good at long-distance trekking. People in the same village wear stars and moon to return home.

Since then, "carrying corpses for thousands of miles" has spread like wildfire, and it has become a good talk in the countryside.But his father contracted the plague because of this, and his originally strong body gradually weakened. He could no longer go out to run the tea and horse road, and could only stay in the village to make a living by pretending to embalm the dead.But making money for the dead is much harder than being a small tea merchant. In the end, to support his family, his father had to pawn off the house and the tea forest, leaving only an acre of Susukida and a hut at home.

When he was seven years old, his father died of illness. Before he died, he pointed to the two books on the bookshelf, which seemed to be brought from outside the mountains, and told him: "If you know the characters, you must read them..." He also said: "You From now on, I want to be a hero like Naifu..." After saying that, he died.

After his father died, his mother helped him to study again. A few years ago, some masters came and taught him only a few words before leaving. The declining family fortune immediately became embarrassing.

Since his mother gave birth to his younger siblings, her health has deteriorated day by day, but because she had no money for medical treatment, she couldn't afford to be ill at last, so she went like this.

So Dian Bushi has taken on the burden of supporting his family since he was nine years old, planting vegetables every day, chopping firewood for rice, working day and night, and finally supporting his younger siblings.It's a pity that he was born to eat a lot. The neighbors and villagers used to help his family, but later they found that he couldn't eat enough, so they stopped, thinking: "I have never eaten so much for my own children. That classic How can a child at home eat a piglet in one meal?"

At the beginning of this year, another master came, and Dian Bushi looked at the two volumes of heavenly scriptures left to him by his late father, and thought: "The things I learned all those years ago A few words are not enough to be useful, it seems that I need to learn a few more."

As soon as he gritted his teeth, he stopped planting the fields. He took the surplus grain from the family and handed it over to the village school, and then started class again.

In the end, after not teaching for two months, the master, like the usual masters, let go of his pick and left!

Dian didn't know, so he was dumbfounded. My field has not been sown, and now I have missed the spring time. I originally wanted to learn a few words, and I could also work as a part-time job for Lizheng's rent collector, and learn while working. The hopes of the day laborers were also dashed.He had no choice but to go up the mountain to hunt. Hunting is not like farming. There are always times of good luck and bad luck. Been here, our house doesn’t have that much rice!And when you are unlucky, you return empty-handed, and the family can't even uncover the pot...

One month before Gu Ao came to Shanyun Academy, Dian Bushi once tried to go to the mountainside to carry water to make money, but every time he went up the mountain to sell water, and sat there with raised eyebrows, he would unconsciously show a ferocious look ...It almost scares the servants of those aristocratic princes into running away like rabbits.

Gu Ao looked at the person in front of him, but for some reason, he didn't feel strange or scary at all.

Gu Ao grew up in the Mangdang Mountains and lived among poor disciples.For the poor, they have an innate ability to get along with each other since childhood.For example, when he was in Tianjiazhuang, Gu Ao was able to play with the two dogs in his palm without any effort, and he was very handy.

Now looking at the black-skinned boy with a square face in front of him, Gu Ao felt that getting along with him didn't seem to be difficult, so he walked up to him with a smile, reached out and touched the two curious babies in the bamboo basket behind the boy, and asked, "Who are they?" Have you eaten today?"

Dian Bushi saw Gu Ao approaching him so leisurely step by step, he didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, he was full of suspicion, when he heard Gu Ao's question, his tone which was still full of anger just now, couldn't help lowering it a few points, and his voice was rough Blunted: "They haven't eaten since yesterday!"

He said he hadn't eaten, but a kind-hearted person had just fed his younger siblings goat's milk before he came, but Dian didn't know that if there was no dry food, it was not food, at most it was drinking, but he couldn't get enough.

Hearing this, Gu Ao immediately took out some pieces of silver from his bosom, it was what Mrs. Jian had taught him before, and he broke it up for a while, handed it to the young man, and said: "Hurry up and take them to eat."

Dian Buzhi was taken aback when he heard the words, he was so shocked by Gu Ao's move that he didn't come back to his senses, so he stared at Gu Ao - he had never encountered such a thing, ordinary people saw him so tough, could it be Shouldn't he yell in horror and run away? How can he pay him back?Dian Bushi was dumbfounded for a moment, and couldn't help saying in a low voice: "... this money, do you need to pay it back?"

As soon as the words came out, Dian Bushi wanted to slap him. He still clearly remembered that he scolded Gu Ao just now for "the dog has taken his conscience away" and called himself "Master". It was fine to take Gu Ao's money carefully, but now he accidentally said something that he owed.Dian didn't know for a moment that he almost died of shame!

Gu Ao glanced at him: "If you come to listen to my lecture later, you don't have to pay it back."

Dian Bushi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and was hesitating, but Gu Ao looked at him calmly, and saw that his chest was slightly bulging between the short brown clothes, and there was something vaguely in his arms, Gu Ao felt narrowed, and went Taking advantage of Dian Bushi not paying attention, he stretched out his hand and patted his chest, only to hear a crash... A roll of bamboo slips fell from Dian Bushi's arms.

Gu Ao swept his eyes, but saw that the words "Da Ming Wang Kou Kou Kou Kou Kou Xing Ji" could be vaguely recognized on the handwriting that had been worn down to the point of being almost unrecognizable.Dian Bushi was taken aback, and hurriedly bent down to pick up the book, but he didn't expect that his younger siblings were still carried in the bamboo basket by him. When he bent down like this, the two little children were about to fall out, and Gu Ao hurried up Taking a step forward, he hugged a child with one arm and held both children in his arms.The two children thought it was a game and giggled.

Na Dian Buzhi raised his head and saw Gu Ao was catching his younger siblings, he hurriedly stuffed the bamboo slips into his chest and clothes, reached out his hand to lift up the collars of the two little boys, and threw them into the bamboo basket again.

"Brother! It's fun! It's fun!" His sister clapped her hands and laughed at this moment, and his younger brother joined in the fun and said, "Brother, do it again!"

Dian Bushi hurriedly coaxed: "Little darling! Don't make trouble! Brother, go back and hug me!" Even the originally fierce eyebrows softened, and the voice couldn't help being warm and low.

Seeing this appearance, Gu Ao couldn't help but smile: "Go and eat before coming back."

Dian gave Gu Ao an annoyed look, then turned around and walked away with his younger siblings behind his back.At this time, the old man from the village school also followed, stood beside Gu Ao, looked at the boy's back and said, "After his parents died, he took his younger siblings alone, it's pitiful..."

Gu Ao nodded, but couldn't help thinking: What is the origin of that little-known book that I saw just now, and why is it called the Great Tomorrow King?

The so-called 'Da Ming Wang' was the title given to him by the leader of the refugee army at that time, when he fled to the seven counties, but in the history books, what he got was just two words - 'Bandit Chief'.

More than a hundred years ago, the Taiwei who made the name of Shanyun Academy became famous all over the world because he wiped out the bandit rebellion of the Great Ming King?