The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 1 Wedges
The night was splashed with ink, so black that it was almost solidified.The moon wheel behind the dark clouds struggled to push away the obstacles in front of it, and suddenly sprinkled some moonlight, corroding the night with some beauty.The whole world is silent, even the chirping insects in the corner are silent, as if threatened by the night.

In the night, a quaint mansion reveals its outline, and two simple and honest stone lions in front of the door slightly open their mouths, as if waiting for something to arrive.At this moment, a woman's cry suddenly shattered the silence between heaven and earth.The cry was shrill and miserable, as if the sound of despair dripping could be heard, and the night was infected by this despair, and suddenly became darker and deeper.

Inside the mansion, two men were waiting outside a room, their faces were anxious, and they kept rubbing their hands and walking around in place. When they heard this scream, they couldn't help trembling.One of the men in his thirties ignored him and was about to rush into the room immediately, but was firmly held back by the old man in his fifties beside him.

The door opened, and a stable woman came out with her hands covered in blood, her face terrified, and said incoherently: "The old man is incompetent, the young lady is bleeding profusely, both adults and children... can't keep it!"

The young man wailed immediately when he heard the words, pushed Wen Po away, and staggered towards the room.The old man stayed at the door with a dull expression. After a long time, he closed his eyes in pain, as if he could keep the sadness out of his heart.

He stood like a stone carving, motionless, but at this moment, the two stone lions outside the gate seemed to be alarmed by something, and suddenly woke up.Under the moonlight, a man with a tired face stood in front of the gate, wearing a blue cloth bunt and carrying a package on his back, raising his hand to knock the knocker on the door.

The door knocker made a short dull sound, and soon someone came to open the door.When the man saw the door opened, he took out a letter from his pocket and said, "A letter is here. Urgent!"

It turned out that this man was a city patrol horse delivering letters, but he didn't know what kind of letter he was passing, and he wanted to deliver the letter in the middle of the night.The person who opened the door saw that he said it was an urgent letter, and hurriedly led him into the hall, while he himself went to the inner courtyard to report to the master.Not long after, the old man who was standing outside the delivery room just hurried over, and when he saw the patrolling horse, he said, "You are here. Why is the letter so urgent?"

The tone of the two seemed familiar.The patrolling horse didn't say hello, he just handed him the letter in his hand, and said: "Old Master Wen will know it at a glance."

Old Man Wen nodded and took the letter, opened the envelope and took out the letter paper.There was only a thin piece of letter paper, and there were only a few words on it. The old man Wen just glanced at it and then shook his hand, almost dropping the letter paper on the ground. There was a line written on the letter: You will reap melons if you sow melons, and you will reap beans if you sow beans. , the seed bears the child.

The first two sentences in this letter are easy to understand, but what does "the seed bears the son" mean?
Although the words were puzzling, Old Man Wen clearly understood. With a wry smile, he murmured: "The seed will bear the child, the seed will bear the child, this letter is really timely!"

The patrolling horse was stunned: "In time?"

Old Mrs. Wen told him about the dystocia of the young mistress at home. After hearing this, the patrol horse didn't know what to say to comfort him for a while, so he just sighed slightly.Old Master Wen was also silent for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Since the matter has come to this point and the letter has arrived at Wen's house, then do as the letter says."

The city patrol horse nodded: "I also notified Bu Xiangkong at the same time, let's start after he comes."

"It's fine to have multiple witnesses." Old Master Wen didn't object, "Taking this opportunity, you can tell me about the situation at that time in detail."

"There are too many ambiguities in this matter, and I called Bu Xiangkong here just in case." The patrol horse said, and told him what he had experienced in a low voice.I don't know what he said, but Old Man Wen's complexion changed, and his expression was extremely serious.

"This matter is really very wrong, but it doesn't seem like you are going for that sign." Old Master Wen said in a deep voice, "You are right to call Bu Xiangkong, and it is better to be cautious."

While talking, someone came to report: "Master, Bu Xiangkong is here."

"Please come in quickly." Old Master Wen said hurriedly, "It seems that he has to travel day and night to be with you."

The patrolling horse nodded, and at this moment the servants led Bu Xiangkong into the hall.Bu Xiangkong was dressed in a robe and had a handsome face, but for some reason he always had a serious expression, as if he wanted to ask others to mourn at any time.He was about the same age as the patrolling horse, both less than thirty, and he also carried a huge package on his back. At this time, he walked in from the outside of the hall, and as expected, he said to Old Man Wen, "My condolences, old man." The tone should be It was from the servants that I learned about the misfortune of the Wen family.

Old Man Wen concealed his heartache, shook his head and said, "Since everyone is here, let's start."

After saying that, he walked out first, and led the two of them to the backyard.The three of them dug a hole under a tree together. After the hole was dug, the old man Wen suddenly burst into tears, and ordered the servant standing beside him to say: "Bring...bring the young master here."

He was talking about the young master who was difficult to give birth to by the young grandmother in the family. He had no breath when he was born.The family wiped away their tears, responded, and immediately went to hug the young master who was wrapped in swaddling clothes.Old Mrs. Wen took the child and looked at it carefully for a long time. Tears flowed freely. The tears did not seem to flow from the eyes, but seeped from the heart drop by drop.

The patrolling horse and Bu Xiangkong were also silent, watching the old man weep quietly, and the atmosphere in the venue seemed to be soaked in sadness for a moment.After a long time, Old Man Wen put the swaddling baby in his hand into the earth pit under the tree, and the three of them worked together to bury the earth pit.

After burying the pit, Mrs. Wen invited the two of them to sit in the hall while he stayed in the backyard.Bu Xiangkong and Xunchengma were sitting in the hall, and the servants of the Wen family served them tea. When the bowl of tea was almost finished, there was a sudden cry of a baby from the backyard. It was loud and full of vitality, and it sounded suddenly in the night, as if it was a sign that the dawn was coming, and the world was about to wake up.

The patrolling horse and Bu Xiangkong were overjoyed when they heard the crying of the baby, and hurried from the hall to the backyard.When they arrived at the backyard, Mrs. Wen was standing under the tree and looking up at the tree—on the tree, a naked baby was hidden among the branches, as if growing out of the tree, and her little hands were grasping Holding a few leaves, weeping with confidence.

Old Mr. Wen lowered his head and glanced at the note in his hand again, which read: If you plant melons, you will reap melons, if you sow beans, you will reap beans, and if you sow beans, you will reap seeds.And they "planted" a child in the soil, and now a child actually "grows" on the tree!
Old Master Wen looked at Bu Xiangkong and the patrolling horse who had rushed over. The expressions of the three of them were all equally solemn, as if they were performing an extremely solemn ceremony.They listened to the cry of the baby on the tree under the tree, and they remained motionless until the child stopped crying because no one paid attention to it and turned around with wide-open and curious eyes. "Plucked" from the tree.

The child was bouncing around in his arms, moving his two calves around, but staring at Old Mrs. Wen with his two beady eyes, his thin face was reflected in his eyes...

In the blink of an eye, 20 years have passed, and the thin face of that year has grown old, and the child "plucked" from the tree has grown up, and Mrs. Wen named him Wen Xiushu.Old Mr. Wen was now nearly seventy years old, and his health was not as good as before. One day, he suddenly called Wen Xiushu to him and said to him, "One night 20 years ago, a patrol horse passed by here..."

The old man Wen told him what happened that night, and Wen Xiushu opened his mouth wide when he heard that, with a look of disbelief on his face, he shouted, "Impossible, how can people grow from trees?"

"Of course it is impossible for a human to grow from a tree," Old Master Wen looked at him with a loving expression on his face. "This is a ritual. If someone asks about your origin in the future, you should tell them that you grew from a tree." Yes, got it?"

Wen Xiushu looked at him blankly, and the old man Wen looked at him and sighed: "The patrol horse would have come to Wen's house again and told you many things in person. But 20 years have passed, and he has never come. I think He won't come again, if you want to know the truth of the matter, you can find him on your own."

The old man Wen said, taking out a letter from his arms and handing it to him, "He said back then that if he couldn't come, he would let you be a city patrol horse when you grow up, and follow the route he used to pass letters Go again, even if you can't find him, someone will tell you what happened back then."

What he held in his hand was a blank envelope with no words written on it, and there was only a blank piece of paper inside the envelope.Wen Xiushu asked suspiciously, "Who am I going to send this blank letter to?"

Mrs. Wen told him: "Although this is a blank letter, it is more important than most letters in this world. You must remember that you must not lose it. As for who to send it to, you can go on your way , we will know when the time comes."

In this way, Wen Xiushu, who was confused, left the Wen family, left this place called Wenling Town, and embarked on his journey of patrolling the city.Along the way, he met many people and experienced many things, but he still couldn't find the patrolling horse that Mrs. Wen was talking about.

At the beginning, he kept thinking in his heart that he could go back to Wen's house again and ask things clearly, until one day he heard the news that Wenling Town suffered a landslide, and the whole Wen's family was buried under the mountain... …

(End of this chapter)