A knife in love

Chapter 2987

Having said this, the gray-clothed old man looked up at the green-robed old man standing in the lobby, and then continued: "That night, when the old man packed his luggage and was about to rest, he suddenly heard someone outside the door respectfully Said, sir, did you ever sleep peacefully? The old man was stunned, and hurried over to open the door, but saw a person standing outside the door, who was almost kicked out of the monastery during the day. When he saw the old man, he immediately bowed When he reached the ground, he thanked him repeatedly. The old man hurriedly helped him up and asked him to enter the room to talk.

"After the old man sat down with the man, he took a closer look at him, and saw that his face was no longer as pale and ugly as before, but a little bloody. He knew that after eating the food, he rested for a few hours, although His body hasn't recovered yet, but his vitality has recovered slightly, and he is really happy for him in his heart.

"The man thanked the old man, and after saying a few polite words, he announced his family name. It turns out that this person's surname is Bao, his name is Xi, and his character is Sheng'an. He is from Liangzhou. The ancestors of the Bao family started their business by opening a silk and satin village He accumulated tens of thousands of wealth, not only opened a few silk and satin shops in Liangzhou, but also set up branches in several nearby state capitals. His business was booming, and he was a well-known big family in Liangzhou. It was only after the Tartars wiped out the Song Dynasty , extorted violently in the Central Plains, cruelly extorted the Han people, and plundered the beautiful rivers and mountains of the Central Plains for thousands of miles, with bones everywhere. The Bao family was framed by Tartar officials, and a lot of money was extorted. Not to mention, several silk and satin houses not only failed to make money, but were in the red Many. The ancestors of the Bao family saw that the officials of the Tartars were pressing every step of the way, and knew that if this tossing continued, the family would be destroyed. There was no other way, so they had to sell the silk and satin village at a low price to the cronies of the officials of Liangzhou, and took their families to escape the disaster in the mountains. , lived in seclusion. Afterwards, the Bao family hid in the mountains all the time, and survived the troubled times by luck.

"After the rise of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatars were driven away, and the Central Plains was initially settled, so the Bao family moved back to Liangzhou. Although the silk and satin village no longer exists, the Bao family still has some silver hidden in it. Although it is not a rich family, But it can also be called a well-off family with no worries about food and clothing. Mr. Bao gave birth to Bao Xi at the age of 52. He had a son in his old age and he liked it very much. Invite famous scholars and scholars to teach Bao Xi how to read and write, intending to let him take the imperial examination and become an official in the imperial court.

"Bao Xi worked very hard, and he finally passed the examination of a scholar. Mr. Bao was overjoyed and set up dozens of banquets for his relatives and neighbors to celebrate. Mr. Bao originally thought that Bao Xi would be successful in the exam, and since then he would rise to the top and become a glorious ancestor. Who knew Since then, Bao Xi has been frustrated in the examination field. He failed the exam again and again after taking the exam for 24 years. At that time, Mr. Bao had passed away. The house of Bao Xi’s house is fertile. Bao Xi has no choice but to let his family bully him. Seeing this situation, the servants of his family knew that Bao Xi was a useless person, so they became bolder. They did not steal the antique calligraphy and paintings from Bao Xi’s house To sell off is to collude with traitors and force Bao Xi to sell the land at a low price. Within a few years, all of Bao Xi's family property has been wiped out, and he can only live in difficulty. Mrs. Bao was so angry that she fell ill and died. Bao Xi died in vain In 37 years, not only the family property was lost, but also his wife died of illness, and he did not even leave any children, only a box of books remained with him.

"Those people from the same clan, corrupt officials, and villainous servants have benefited a lot from Bao Xi, but these people know that Bao Xi has been studying since he was a child and has worked very hard. Absolutely he will not be able to pass the Juren examination. These people have ruined Bao Xi's family and ruined his family, and offended Bao Xi severely. Once Bao Xi wins the Juren one day and becomes an official, if he takes revenge on everyone, he must use extremely cruel methods. Cut the weeds and eradicate the roots to avoid future troubles, and even secretly colluded to kill Bao Xi. In those days, Bao Xi was beaten by sap when he walked at night, slept in a dilapidated house and was almost set on fire, and was suddenly pushed when he passed by a dry well. He almost fell into the well and died. There are many such strange things. Fortunately, Bao Xi was lucky, and he was able to escape from death every time, and he did not die tragically on the spot.

"Although Bao Xi is a nerd, he is just ignorant of world affairs, but he is not a fool. After a few strange incidents, he has already realized that someone is secretly spying on him and wants to kill him. He is terrified. Bao Xi knows that He has no power to fight against these traitors. If he continues to live in Liangzhou, he will die tragically at the hands of these traitors one day. At that time, Bao Xi's parents and wife had already died, and his family's fields and houses were also destroyed. The traitors snatched them all away, and Liangzhou had no one to worry about or anything to worry about, so after Bao Xi made up his mind, he took his only box of books left and fled Liangzhou overnight, running all the way, thinking Find a place where you can settle down and study hard before entering the examination room.

"When Bao Xi fled Liangzhou, he only had a dozen taels of silver left on him. Half a month after he left, there was not much of this silver left. On that day when he arrived at the border of Luoyang, he only had seven or eight taels of silver left on him. Frightened and uneasy, he dared not spend money to stay in a hotel, so he had to wander outside Luoyang City, looking for a village and asking the villagers for a night's accommodation. But he just arrived in Luoyang and didn't know the way, and the more he walked, the more desolate he went, not only did he not find Instead, he walked into a barren mountain in a daze. At that time, it was completely dark, and there were no people around, only the whimpering of the wind and the cries of night owls. Bao Xi was frightened and wanted to walk along the Walking back and forth, he didn't expect that the more he walked, the more desolate he was, so frightened that he almost cried out.

"As the saying goes, there is no unparalleled road. Bao Xi was running around in the barren hills, and accidentally walked into a dilapidated temple. The gate and walls of that temple have collapsed, and several halls There are only broken walls and ruins in the wing rooms, and only the main hall is still intact, but there are only a few big holes left in the windows, and most of the roof has collapsed. Bao Xi ran for most of the night, even frightened and frightened. He was exhausted and unable to go any further, so he had to carefully sneak into the main hall, curled up in a corner of the main hall, planning to barely stay for one night, and after dawn, it would not be too late to find a way out of the mountain.

"It's just that even though there is a place to shelter, Bao Xi is still panicked and restless, and he can't sleep no matter what. Thinking that he only has a few coins left on him, and he doesn't know where to shelter tomorrow, he is extremely anxious. Unable to fall asleep. Just when Bao Xi was frightened and restless, he suddenly heard the neighing of a horse outside the door. He was startled and thought to himself that this was a deserted temple. The road in the mountain is already dilapidated, how could someone come here on horseback? Could it be that there are robbers hidden in the mountain, who have been watching for a long time, and when they saw themselves hiding in the ruined temple, these strong men surrounded the ruined temple, broke in, and wanted to kill themselves Can't you die?!"

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