The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Feng Jingyao looked up at the dim beams and stared blankly for a while, then summoned up his courage, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lord Buddha, this disciple is also a child of a poor family. His ancestral home was in Cangzhou Prefecture, Hebei Province. His family was poor when he was young, and his father was sick and weak. There were originally seven brothers and sisters in the family. In that year, a plague broke out in Cangzhou Prefecture. Brothers and sisters fell ill one after another. The family had no money for medical treatment and could only watch them die one after another. When I was ten years old, my father passed away, leaving only my mother and The two disciples depend on each other for life. High-speed update”

Su Jin's heart tightened. He didn't expect Feng Huhu to have such a miserable childhood. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to watch all his brothers and sisters die of illness.

"The mother couldn't support the disciple, and wanted to take the disciple to remarry, but she was afraid that the disciple would be looked down upon by others. When she was at a loss, she was informed by her mentor. The mentor was Liu Dahua, the iron lion of Wuqiao in Cangzhou, so she accepted her as a disciple. A year later, Cangzhou After a severe drought, he moved westward with his mentor and his family, and settled down in Malanshan, Jinzhou, where his mentor accepted apprentices and taught them, and they lived a stable life for seven years."

Su Jin secretly sighed, Feng Huhu was extremely difficult when he was young, and it was a coincidence that he survived.

Feng Huhu sighed and continued: "This disciple practiced martial arts hard with his mentor, cut firewood and carried water every day, and served his master and wife. Although life was hard, he could still eat enough and dress warmly. Among the brothers and sisters, this disciple's martial arts is the most exquisite. , Master often praises me for my hard work, and I may be able to pass on his mantle in the future. Hey, if there is no such thing as that day, I am afraid that the disciple will be the same as the master. Now he is teaching apprentices in Malan Mountain, living a peaceful life of self-cultivation Hey! The circumstances of life are really unpredictable, who can predict their own destiny?"

Su Jin thought: Destiny is naturally unpredictable, but fate is not an absolutely illusory thing. What you do now will actually affect your future fate; but I don't know what the fate-changing thing he said is.

Feng Huo sighed slightly, rubbed his reddened eye sockets with trembling hands, and said softly: "One day, my disciple went to the back mountain to cut firewood. ...The disciple grew up and hadn't even touched a woman's body yet. At that moment, he really couldn't control himself, so...he defiled the young woman..."

Su Jin rolled his eyes and said in his heart: "It turns out that the thing that changed the destiny turned out to be caused by an ordinary peasant woman.

"Afterwards, the disciple also regretted it very much, so he begged the woman to keep silent, and gave her all the property on her body, begging her to keep it a secret for the disciple. The woman accepted the money and agreed to the disciple. The disciple thought that nothing would happen. Unexpectedly... Unexpectedly, early the next morning, dozens of people from the village at the bottom of the mountain came to the mountain to talk to the master. For three days and nights, the master did not change his mind, and from then on, the disciple became a helpless person again. He made a big mistake on the spur of the moment. The disciple did not blame the teacher for being unfeeling, but only blamed himself for trusting the woman's words. The disciple is in the cave...he shouldn't let this woman live!"

Su Jin was surprised when he heard this, what kind of logic was Feng Huhu? He made a mistake but blamed it on the polluted woman. Since then, this person's intentions have been so vicious, no wonder it has developed into what it is now.

"Amitabha, the Buddha forgives sins, and the disciple is repenting, but these thoughts are indeed what the disciple thought at the time. After kneeling for three days and three nights, the disciple finally understands a truth, that is: no matter what you do, you need to bear it. Consequences, and don’t regret it, because you will suffer more stares. What you have to do is to plan ahead. When you do something, you have to think about everything. Don’t trust other people’s promises. If you don’t believe me How could that woman be expelled by her mentor afterwards, and be reviled and stared at by the mountain people and brothers?"

Su Jin almost fainted, this guy has no remorse, and brazenly puts all the responsibility on others.

"After the disciple went down the mountain, he went into the village at the foot of the mountain that night and beheaded the peasant woman's family of five. He didn't take precautions beforehand, so how could he not remedy the incident afterwards? Since I was expelled from the sect, he is my enemy. If they are enemies, they will kill them."

Feng Huhu lit three incense sticks and bowed three times, inserted them into the incense burner, put his palms together and said: "This is the first thing that disciples often have nightmares. Disciples often dream of the five members of the family with their eyes wide open. The three children said To tell the truth, I once planned to forgive them, but I can’t repeat the same mistakes. I killed their parents. They have such an opportunity; the matter has already been known to the Buddha, and he asked the Buddha to give him a hint, and the disciples only ask the Buddha to expel their appearance from the disciple's dream, and the disciple will make a golden body for the Buddha to fulfill his wish."

After Feng Huo finished speaking, he stood quietly, looked at the Buddha statue squinting and looking down at him, and carefully observed and listened to see if there was any abnormality in the Buddha statue, and whether there would be a spiritual indication.

Su Jin didn't dare to show his breath. Feng Huhu, who practiced martial arts, must have very sensitive ears and noses. When he listened carefully, he might be aware of slight breathing or even a violent heartbeat.

The air seemed to be frozen. Su Jin sweated nervously on his head, closed his lips, eyes, nose, nose, and heart to control his emotions. Fortunately, Feng Huo sighed soon, and Su Jin gently sighed through the drenched veil. Taking a breath, I knew that this level was over.

But Feng Huhu sighed and said: "The Buddha is above, it seems that the Buddha is not very satisfied with the disciple's words, no matter what, the disciple continued to say, pray to the Buddha for protection."

"When I got off Malan Mountain, I felt that the world was so big that there was no place for me to stay, but I also felt the joy of getting out of the cage. I wanted to go to Cangzhou to find my mother, but I thought, seven years later, is my mother still alive? It is also unknown, even if he is still alive and has remarried to someone else, so what if the disciple finds him? The disciple has no home for a long time, and he is still a murderer. There was no place for him to live, so the disciple changed the original name of Feng Qibao, and asked a fortune teller to give him the name Feng Jingyao. The disciple didn't know what the name meant, but the fortune teller said that with this name, the disciple would be able to achieve great success. "

"The disciple was just trying to avoid the government's investigation. After he took the name, the disciple tricked the fortune-teller into the wilderness and chopped it up. Because he knew the disciple's original name and appearance, he died except for his teacher, mother and a dozen No one knows my face and original name except my senior fellow apprentices; although my mentor and senior fellow apprentices know it, they don’t know my current name, so don’t worry about it.”

Su Jin cursed in his heart, this dog thief is really vicious, extremely vicious, and at the same time, his mind is also extremely meticulous, as if he was born to be a villain of a treacherous and evil person. Such a person wanders in the world, and he doesn't know what he will say later Shocking things come.

"The disciple is still not at ease. In order to avoid being chased by the government, he broke the bridge of his nose cruelly. When he set the bone, he deliberately bent it. After the injury is healed, before the appearance is very different, even if my mother and disciple are face to face. , I was afraid that she would not recognize her own son, so my disciple relied on some martial arts to wander around the rivers and lakes, sold art, guarded bodyguards, worked as a nursing home, and experienced all kinds of things in the world. With an unyielding heart, why do those fat-headed people enjoy the enjoyment of big fish, meat, wine, and beautiful women? They are also human beings. My disciple's intelligence is no less than them. Why can I only play tricks and run errands for them to protect the courtyard? The disciple is extremely unwilling .”

Su Jin sighed in his heart: "If you were willing, you wouldn't be what you are today. A person like you who is so cruel and dares to destroy his own face can't do anything."

I heard Feng Huhu say: "At that time, my disciple was working as a nursing home for a rich family named Tang in Chengdu. I remember that Mr. Tang was originally an official. At that time, he was favored by him and hired as a nursing home; perhaps the richer people are, the more afraid of death, the surname Tang has collected many nursing homes with high martial arts skills. There were several groups of thieves in Chengdu who wanted to attack him, and they were all caught by us. Repulsed, but although the disciple is careful to be a man with his tail between his legs, that surnamed Tang still beats and scolds us nurses often. Speaking of which, any one of us can wring his fat head off, but all of them suffer He beat and scolded and no one dared to make a sound."

"On that day, a man named Song Guiliang in the nursing home beat and scolded him for no reason. After returning to his residence, he scolded Master Tang angrily. The disciple knew that Song Guiliang was Master Tang's personal entourage. I saved Mr. Tang from danger, even he was beaten and scolded, why not make people feel chilling, so my disciples secretly tested him, come and go, Song Guiliang also paid attention to me, one day, the disciples invited him to drink on the upstairs of Zuixiang in Chengdu mansion , ready to showdown with him, the disciple is fully prepared, once Song Guiliang refuses to obey, the disciple will kill him immediately when he is unprepared, but fortunately, Song Guiliang hit it off with the disciple, so Lao Song and I did it A major case that caused a sensation in the Chengdu government."

Su Jin was secretly startled, needless to say, this Master Tang was going to be in trouble.