Chapter 1: The Strange Boy

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In the scorching summer, the villagers in the paddy fields were busy irrigating the rice and hoeing weeds, a seven or eight-year-old boy dragged a bunch of aquatic plants, the grass roots were very deep, the boy failed to pull him off several times, but his feet were deeply sunk into the mud because of excessive force, his skin was fair, his face was flushed, and he did not look like a cropper at all.

"Second master, come up, don't fall!" A guy dressed as a small guy on the edge of the field shouted anxiously with a sharp voice, hiding from the muddy water on the edge of the field.

"Lady, pour a bowl of water for the second master!" The busy middle-aged man in Tanaka looked at the sweaty teenager and shouted to the woman in the field with a smile.

"Second master, rest for a while and drink some water!" The man said respectfully to the young man.

"Erwa, come over and help me pull out the grass!" The boy ignored it and said to a black-faced teenager in his teens on the side.

"Okay!" The boy called Erwa walked over with a smile, the two grabbed the water grass respectively, and pulled up the grass together, but the boy was too strong, his feet were trapped, and he couldn't contain the force and fell backwards, and several people on the edge of the field exclaimed at the same time.

"It's okay, I've caught him!" The second baby moved quickly, let go of the weeds and hugged the young man, but there were two more black handprints on his snow-white cotton coat, and the young man pulled out his feet with the help of his strength, staggered two steps and finally stood firm.

"Second master, hurry up, I'm going to be scolded again when I go back, you feel distressed and distressed!" The guy dressed as a small guy on the edge of the field cried and pleaded with a sad face.

"See Xi'er, don't howl, I'll go up!" The boy yelled impatiently, and walked to the edge of the field with muddy water that was almost up to the base of his thighs.

"Second master, look at your mud!" Seeing that Xi hurriedly took two steps to carry the young man ashore, and while complaining, he took out a silk scarf from his arms to wipe the mud spots on his face.

"Where is it so troublesome, I'll go to the canal to wash!" The young man opened his hand, took off his coat and jumped into the ditch to wash the stains on his hands and face, picked up the coat thrown aside to wipe the water on his face, and walked barefoot to the shade of the tree at the edge of the field.

"Second master, drink some herbal tea!" The old woman held the porcelain bowl with both hands with a smile on her face and respectfully handed it to the young man, and before he could reach out to pick it up, the one on the other side rushed over, grabbed the water bowl and splashed the water, threw it into the silk scarf stained with mud in her hand, and took out a silk scarf from her bosom to wipe the water bowl inside and outside.

"Hey, I've washed the dishes, they're very clean..." The old woman said in a panic, and the second baby felt humiliated and looked at Jianxi angrily, clenching her fists, but she didn't dare to attack.

"Aunt Lei, ignore him!" The young man snatched the water bowl, kicked Miki and shouted, "Who made you troublesome!" Seeing that Xi didn't dare to disobey the young man in the slightest, he bowed down and stepped aside, and secretly glared at the old woman.

"Aunt Lei, is there icing in this tea?" The young man picked up the jug and poured a bowl of water, drank it all, returned the bowl with both hands, raised his eyebrows and asked, Erwa saw that the young man drank the tea disapprerovitously, and grinned.

"Hehe, yes, the second master is sweet when he drinks it!" The old woman replied happily, "It's been hot these two days, and Erwa's father specially bought it from the market!" "A foot, you feel sorry for the little one!" The guy dressed as a little guy on the edge of the field cried and pleaded with a sad face,

"Sweet, so sweet!" The young man licked his lips and said with a look of unfinished business.

"The icing at home is piled up in half of the room, and I haven't seen him say sweet, it's really a..." Seeing Xi, he pouted and hid under a tree, watching the master's enjoyment.

"Pavilion chief (Song Shi called eunuchs with low-cost positions), can the second master be here?" A twelve- or thirteen-year-old waiter dressed in yellow ran over in a panic with his shirt and asked in a low voice.

"Fengxi, what are you yelling for, startling the prince of the county to go back and peel your skin carefully!" Seeing that Xi was holding his breath, there was still the humility on his face just now, and he lowered his voice and scolded the sweaty little yellow door.

"The little ones don't dare, the little ones don't dare..." Every time he was busy, he made amends, and his already white and scary little face became even whiter.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that Xi was frightened, he was very frightened, so he asked in a long voice with satisfaction.

"Pavilion Chief, the big official (the title of the eunuch with a higher position) sent a servant to find the second master and hurry back!" Feng Xi wiped the sweat from his face and replied respectfully.

"Bastard thing, how do you say it..." Seeing Xiyi, he was startled when he heard that the senior official asked him to come to find someone, "What are you waiting for, hurry up and wait for the second master to go back, hurry up and lead the donkey!" He was even more angry when he saw that Fengxi was still hunched over and waiting to be scolded. ,

"Yes, yes!" Feng Xi immediately ran to lead the donkey, hurriedly stepped on the hem of his clothes and almost tripped over.

"Second master, it's almost time for dinner, let's go back quickly!" Miki whispered in the young man's ear.

"Don't you see I'm talking to Aunt Lei? No eyes, wait! The boy waved his hand like a fly.

"Yes, yes..." Seeing that Xi Zhilu said that this master's temper was a smooth donkey, the more he persuaded him, the more he tried to persuade him, he was so anxious that he was like a cat scratching, so he could only wait obediently to the side, looking at Aunt Lei pitifully.

"Second master, we are going back too, you should go back quickly, don't let your family wait for a long time!" Aunt Lei saw the eyes of Jianxi asking for help, and said to the young man with a smile.

"Alright then, I'll help you when I'm free!" The young man listened to Aunt Lei's persuasion, stood up and said, seeing that Xi hurriedly picked up the cloth coat and waited for the young man to put it on, fiddling with it, but the mud marks on it could not be cleaned for a while.

"Mother, why are you talking to that wicked man, splashing our sugar water on the ground!" The second baby looked at Aunt Lei and said unhappily.

"Alas, he is also a poor man, we can help him accumulate virtue!" Aunt Lei sighed and said, led the second baby into the paddy field again, but when she heard it, she was shocked, and she had a sour feeling in her heart.

"Don't forget my shoes!" The boy shouted to Miki, and he quickly agreed to pick up the muddy straw sandals, carry them in his hands, and trot to keep up.

"A big road leads to my house

My family lives at the foot of Yoliang Yaliang Mountain

The soil under the mountain is fertile, and the land is five acres

Five acres of fertile land, what to plant

Who will remember what I look like

Who will remember the injuries I had

Who's on whose battlefield

Let's all turn our backs on goodness

When will I be able to return to my hometown, and when will I be able to see her red makeup

I cut my gaze with my sword

Constant homesickness

A big river leads to my house

I have a wife and children, and I have a house

Big chickens, fat geese, fat cows, cows and sheep

Planting beans, rice, rape flowers, who will remember my appearance..."

The young man rode on the back of a donkey, shook his legs, let go of his throat and sang loudly, the melodious song echoed in the field, he sang very devotedly, as if there was a boundless rape field in his hometown in front of him...

Seeing Xi frowned, the second master didn't know where he learned the rural slang from Lu Dao, there was no rape field in the song at all, Feng Xi, who was leading the donkey in front, also sang along, he listened to it for a while and didn't feel that he was humming along while walking.

The three of them soon walked to a large mansion with green shade and shelter from the sky, this mansion covers a wide area, the wall is more than a foot high and encloses nearly 200 acres of land, in front of the black paint gate is a small square paved with bluestone, some vendors are selling in the shade of the surrounding trees, but there is no business in the scorching sun. There is no common stone lion in front of the mansion next to the door, only a pair of plain stone drums stand on both sides, tie the horse stake, and the dismounted stone is distributed on both sides.

"The second master is back!" "Second Master!" The door was ajar, and they entered, and the porter bent down to greet him, and a man was busy informing him.

The boy jumped off the donkey's back, and immediately someone took the reins from Feng Xi's hand and led the donkey away. The young man did not wear shoes, and walked barefoot on the long bluestone road in the middle of the courtyard, with more than a dozen deacon rooms on each side. In front of him was a slip of seven main rooms, the boy did not go in, turned to a path on the right hand of Lu, walked back along a road through the corner gate, and saw Xi and Fengxi trotting behind him.

'Boom' suddenly came a bang, the young man glanced to the left, and only saw the eaves of a Taoist temple and the black smoke rising from the high wall, but the specific situation inside was not clear, "Damn, is it alchemy or bombs every day, sooner or later drive this bird Taoist priest away, or Qingyun, this bastard, may blow us all to death one day!" The boy frowned and scolded.

"Second master, this is not good, after all, he was assigned by the official family!" Jianxi said with a smile. "This guy has made such a big disturbance in three days, which has disturbed the whole house!" Feng Xi also said dissatisfied. "Bastard, do you have your share here?" Seeing Xi Heng eyebrows, he scolded Feng Xi. "If you kid shout at Fengxi again, I'll blast you out!" The young man raised his leg and kicked it, and shouted when he saw it.

"Second master, I don't dare anymore..." Seeing that Xi was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground to plead guilty, but his eyes were wandering, and he didn't seem to be afraid of the young man's threat.

"Hmph, get up!" The young man snorted coldly and walked forward, through two guarded small doors to the backyard, in front of him is a large garden, pavilions and rockeries are scattered in between, and there is a small lake of more than ten acres, it is now the flowering season, the flowers are blooming, and the breath is full of fragrance. "Second master, let's go back to the Winter Garden!" Feng Xi, who led the way, asked. ,

"Hmm!" The young man turned right again and walked into a courtyard, and when a chamberlain dressed in yellow saw it, he hurriedly opened the door and saluted, and sent a message in a loud voice: "The prince is back home!" As soon as the words fell, a tall middle-aged waiter greeted him. Lord, what are you doing again, covered in mud! ”

"Uncle Huang, I went to help Aunt Lei's family pull weeds, and I fell in the paddy field!" The boy said with a grin.

"See you, let you follow the prince, how did you follow!" Huang Bo asked sharply. "Big official, the prince insists on going, and the little one can't stop it!" Seeing that Xi's knees were weak, he knelt on the ground, obviously he was very afraid of this Huang Bo.

"The prince is still young and ignorant, don't you understand? Let the mother know that she will not peel your skin! Huang Bo reprimanded in a low voice. The little ones are damned, the little ones are damned..." Seeing Xi, he kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy.

"Uncle Huang, it's not in the way, I see that the children younger than me in the village are playing in the paddy fields, I also want to try, don't complain!" The boy said with a smile.

"Hmph, the prince interceded for you, I spared you today, don't change your clothes quickly, and wait for the prince to eat later!" Huang Bo shouted, seeing that he was overjoyed, he kowtowed and retreated.

"Huaihua, osmanthus, you are waiting for the prince to change his clothes!" Uncle Huang instructed the two palace girls behind him and said, watching the young man enter the door barefoot and gently shook his head and followed in, this child is really a strange person, he doesn't want to stay in the house when he is just a little better, he only likes to mix with the villagers every day, and the huge courtyard seems to be unable to shut him down.

The boy lay in the wide marble carved bathtub, the warm spring water slowly filled the bathtub, and slowly overflowed from the basin eye, flowing to the smooth marble floor to gather together, along the corner of the water leak discharged, there was actually a modern thing on the side--- flush toilet, seeing this everyone knows that this young man is an old outcast again, he 'gray' unlucky crossing.

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