Once upon a time there was a mountain(1/2)
After four years of revival, Du Kuangfeng was released from prison.
In the spring of the 22nd year of Tianfu, the Tianji Palace, the former Tianji Palace, was deprived of all his past merits after quelling the Gushe Rebellion and was sent to the Heavenly Prison.
He committed too many "frequent crimes" and was sentenced to death that year. Later, under the arguments of court officials, he was sentenced to exile in the extreme north and in a bitter and cold place.
The newly ascended young emperor seemed to want to see Du Tianshi's miserable appearance before his death, so he never informed Du Xuanfeng of the death penalty. He secretly sent someone to follow Du Xuanfeng's reaction, but disappointingly, until Du Xuanfeng's head was pressed on the guillotine, he still looked dead, without the slightest fear and sorrow of expectations.
The handling of the killing and firing was removed on the spot. Later, Du Kangfeng was not exiled to the frontier. He spent four years alone in prison, and then suddenly a letter of pardon was issued, saying that after His Majesty was appointed this year, his name was also on the list.
Du Huanfeng walked out of the prison with empty hands and suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from a distance—
"Tianshi!"
He raised his head and saw Feng Yishu standing in front of him, waving to him desperately.
Du Kuangfeng stepped forward with a smile.
When Feng Yishu saw Du Kuangfeng, his originally worried mood suddenly calmed down. During these four years of prison life, Du Kuangfeng worked and ate on time every day, and no longer had to sleep in the open air and was frightened and scared. Not only did he not become haggard, but he looked energetic, and even his originally gray hair seemed to have turned a little black.
After not seeing each other for four years, Feng Yishu's youthful aura had completely faded, and the young man's eyes had been polished to a deep and bright look.
Seeing him wearing the official uniform of Dali Temple, Du Huanfeng said "Why did you run to Dali Temple..."
Feng Yishu smiled, "I want to stay in the Ping Demon Office, but where can I clean up now?"
"Oh." Du Qianfeng understood and looked around, "Where are the others? The news in the prison is blocked. I am a real person who is out of place now - how are you all?"
Feng Yishu smiled and said, "But some people say that I am the only one who is still in Luoyang right now."
As he said that, he handed Du Xuanfeng a stack of envelopes.
"These are letters written to you by Xiaoqi Jiran this year, and my sister and brother-in-law. I will put the letters from last year first. When the Tianshi settles down today, I will go and help you get them."
"Where have they all gone?"
"My sister and brother-in-law went to Lingnan, and Xiaoqi and Jiran went to Jinling."
"Jinling?" Du Huanfeng felt a move in his heart.
"Yes, Ji Ran happened to receive a new transfer order to go there, so Xiao Qi also passed by."
Listening to "Xiao Qi has passed too", Du Huanfeng widened his eyes, "... Are you getting married?"
"Yes." Feng Yishu nodded and smiled, "I held the wine last year, but Xiaoqi thought the red tape was cumbersome, so he just didn't do it."
Du Xuanfeng looked at Feng Yishu and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Then do you have any news?"
Feng Yishu laughed, "I'm so busy that I can't sleep every day, so how can I have time to do this?"
"It seems that His Highness, the Grandpa, is not very difficult for you."
"Yes." Feng Yishu looked around and saw that there was no one around and approached Du Xuanfeng, saying, "He dared not."
Du Xuanfeng also lowered his voice, "Why?"
"My sister has made a set of rhetorics, which is too complicated. I don't understand it, but in short, it's the first time that the world is determined not to be killed. The emperor was a person who experienced the Gushe Rebellion in the past, and was afraid that the disaster would come back that year, so he didn't dare to do anything to us for the time being."
Du Kangfeng narrowed his eyes slightly - no wonder his verdict fell from killing to exile, from exile to imprisonment, and now he has directly recovered his free body.
"I cleaned up the yard of Jiran back then. When I get outside, the carriage will take you there. I have a case at noon and I have to go back to my house. I have booked a seat in Yuzhulou in the evening, and I will come to welcome the Heavenly Master again!"
Du Xuanfeng had a lot of things to ask, but seeing Feng Yishu's hurried look at this moment, he had to nod and stand there to watch him leave.
After leaving the prison gate, Du Xuanfeng saw a car parked outside. The coachman took the initiative to come forward and asked him if it was Du Xuanfeng and Du Tianshi. He nodded and agreed. The coachman opened the car door and invited him to go up.
Before the carriage could go a few steps away, a galloping sound of horse hooves came, "Tianshi!"
Du Kuangfeng lifted the curtain and saw it - it was Feng Yishu.
"What's wrong?"
"I forgot to remind you," Feng Yishu said seriously. "If you want to walk around alone in Luoyang City during the day, you must behave properly. When the spiritual power disappeared a few years ago, many monks were not used to it, and they jumped off the building and window just like before. They fell to a mess and died suddenly. Those who were unlucky died suddenly on the spot. In short, it is best for the celestial master to sway on the ground honestly during this period, and never go to a high place."
"Okay," Du Qiangfeng felt like he was regarded as an incompetent old man, "I understand, you can go ahead and go."
The sound of horse hooves goes away.
Du Xuanfeng sat in the car and began to unpack the letter.
The carriage swayed forward, and he squinted his eyes and read letters from several young people. He was wondering at first why Wei Xingzhen and Feng Yan ran to Lingnan. After reading the letter, he realized that since last year, the two of them had left Luoyang with a group of servants and started a journey around the world. When they arrived in Lingnan, Feng Yan ate lychees for the first time, which was shocking. So he lived in the local area for a few months, and then suddenly decided to stay here for a while - until now.
In a recent letter, both sides seemed to know that the Heavenly Master would regain freedom in this amnesty. In the letter, they gave Du Huanfeng their respective addresses and invited the Heavenly Master to take a look.
The speed of the carriage gradually slowed down, and then stopped. The coachman outside whispered, "Official, you're here."
Du Qiangfeng got out of the car, took the key from the coachman, and then pushed open the door of the courtyard.
Although the location is still in this position, the entire courtyard is basically newly built. Except for a well in the courtyard, everything else has changed.
He walked to the end of the low wall of the courtyard, squatted down and knocked on the brick wall - he built the returned dressing box here.
However, after knocking for a long time, the walls here were all real.
Du Qianfeng sighed and stood up again.
If I had known this day, I wouldn't have done this at the beginning, and I would have at least a thought with a dressing box... Now, there is nothing left.
...
Three days later, Du Kuangfeng set out from Luoyang and headed south.
He hadn't figured out whether to see Wei Xingzhen or Ji Ran first, or maybe no one would go to see it in the end. In short, go out for a walk first.
It was not until the carriage reached the mountains that he realized how important Feng Yishu's original advice was.
Several times he looked at the cliff opposite, and estimated the distance in his mind - it was not far, it was about sixty or seventy steps apart.
However, the next moment, he was shocked by his thoughts and broke out in a cold sweat.
Sixty or seventy steps, very far.
Fortunately, I didn't jump.
After a day of carriage, it was already evening, and there was smoke from cooking in the distance. He came to a village with dozens of families.
Originally, I just wanted to find a place to stay for one night, but I didn't expect that the local area would recognize him as the Tianji Palace's Tianji Palace at a glance. I immediately beat the drums and drums and called on the whole village to come out to watch. Hundreds of people rushed to the ancestral hall to watch the fun and surrounded Du Kuangfeng. From the Feng Shui of the house to the birth date and eight characters, Du Kuangfeng did not refuse and gave answers one by one.
After midnight, the last group of people dispersed and the inside was inviting Du Xuanfeng to rest at home. When he went out, Du Xuanfeng saw a tall and thin man in the corner, holding the hem of his clothes with both hands, looking at him with a slight desire to speak.
Du Xuanfeng walked over, "Is there anything wrong with this village?"
The man showed a look of asking for help on his face, "Tianshi, I... I have something to ask."
"What's the matter?"
"You have to come to my house."
The side of the room was just unhappy, "What's the matter with you? It's so late, the Heavenly Master also needs to rest!"
The man looked puzzled, "My big green cow has a difficult child..."
Li immediately raised his eyebrows and said angrily, "Who do you think of the Heavenly Master? Come and ask for such a thing? Go back!"
Du Kangfeng pulled the man aside, "Is there any hidden truth?"
The man nodded repeatedly.
So Du Xuanfeng turned around and talked to Li Zheng for a while, and soon followed the man to his residence alone.
When I opened the door, there was also a small courtyard inside, which seemed a bit dilapidated. The cows were breathing heavily from the cow pen on the left. A little girl, six or seven, heard the sound and ran out of the room, shouted a crisp "Dad!" and hugged the man's thigh.
"My youngest," the man smiled shyly at Du Huanfeng, then looked at his daughter, "Go and bring a stool for the Tianshi."
The little girl's eyes were round and she looked at Du Huanfeng for a while. Du Huanfeng was about to squat down and say hello to her when she ran away like a gust of wind.
Du Xuanfeng looked at Niuquan, "What's going on? You can tell me now?"
"This matter is really strange, and we don't know what to do," the man whispered, "This big green bull was originally borrowed by us from the government. Later, when it came to breeding, the official said that they didn't care and we could decide on our own. If a calves were born in the future, it would be considered our family."
"Yes." Du Huanfeng nodded and signaled that he was listening.
"We went to find breeding cattle breeding from the neighboring village, and the things that followed were getting more and more mysterious," the man's expression was complicated. "First, my youngest son had a high fever. My mother stayed for several nights and then hired a doctor in the city. It took her a long time to keep the person. As a result, my mother fell down again. My wife and my two other daughters were in the county town. A few days ago, she asked someone to send us a letter saying that the water had flown away from the place where they lived, and the three of them were almost dead. I had met a bandit some time ago, and almost-"
The man sighed softly, "I'm afraid this incident will cause criticism. I went to Tianji Palace some time ago to ask for protection. However, after hearing the detailed relationship, the Taoist priest over there said that they had no choice. Master Zheng said, "You were the Tianshi Master of Tianji Palace in the past, can you--"
As the man said that, he knelt down for Du Huanfeng. Du Huanfeng said "Ouch" and helped the man.
"Don't worry, I'll take a look first."
In the room, a lamp floated out swayingly - an old lady with a hunchbacked body walked out with the help of the little girl.
The old man bowed deeply to Du Xuanfeng and told him some more details. Then the man opened the wooden fence of the cow pen and walked in with Du Xuanfeng.
"I haven't had a baby yet." Du Huanfeng took a look.
"It's all tonight," said the man. "We discussed before that maybe the calf had a problem and wanted to slaughter it first when it was born-but I was afraid that it would offend something that shouldn't be offended, so I was worried."
"Then wait." Du Xuanfeng dragged the stool, "I'll wait with you, okay?"
The little girl brought a glass of water over and said, "Tianshi, drink tea."
Du Xuanfeng took the cup and smiled, "So good."
"What's the use of being good? It's not a loss of money." The old man murmured, "The fourth daughter-in-law is not good, and she gave birth to three daughters, which makes people laugh at her."
To be continued...