The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 10 Xiao Qinzhi settles old man Cui

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the patriarchal system reached its peak, the gentry class basically monopolized the channels of knowledge dissemination, and the nine-rank official law was at the forefront, and the people at the bottom were strangled to death. Literacy has become a thankless task.

In addition, these days, it is also popular to pay attention to name and name. For the family, it means family prestige, and for individuals, it means prestige. High prestige means strong appeal and many benefits.

During the Three Kingdoms period, after Liu Bei touched the clan of the Han family and claimed to be King Jing of Zhongshan, who knew how many descendants King Jing of Zhongshan had.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, accumulating prestige became the daily pursuit of celebrities. Xie An played the trick the most. Up to now, he still lives in seclusion in the Dongshan Mountain of Kuaiji. Sigh: "Anshi can't come out, but why can't the people live!"

Therefore, you don't have to eat food, and your prestige cannot be damaged.If the prestige is lost, it is equivalent to bad reputation. This is a taboo in the industry, and almost no one does anything that damages personal prestige.

The Xiao family in Lanling started their family with martial arts, and they are not good at literature, and the children of the Xiao family are all stubborn, ignorant and incompetent. This is well-known in Wujin County. In the last year alone, two gentlemen suffered a decline in reputation. , Take the initiative to put down the pick and quit.

Old man Cui was originally from the north, and his ancestors had a good time. He has a rough knowledge of Confucian classics, but he is far from being proficient. .

Coincidentally, when old man Cui was exiled to Wujin County in Jinling last year, it happened that the Xiao family was recruiting lecturers. No matter how high the salary was, but there was a lesson from the past, everyone was discouraged. By chance, it was cheaper for old man Cui.

The few months of teaching in the Xiao family were probably the most comfortable years for old man Cui in his life. Not to mention the food, drink and high salary, the key work was very easy. Everyone dawdles together, does not disturb each other, and lives in peace.

If such a happy life can continue, old man Cui will probably be able to work in the Xiao family until his body is buried in the loess. Unfortunately, old man Cui's "old age crisis" has appeared.

The fourth day of February, Wuzi Day, Lichun, Shabei, Yi: Nacai, travel, break the ground.Inauspicious: thank earth, pray for blessings, get out of fire.

Today is sunny and breezy.

After school at noon, everything was fine at first. Old man Cui first talked with his hands for a few rounds, then had lunch, took a nap for a while, and spent two hours in the afternoon. The day's work was considered over.

But before the first hand-to-hand conversation was over, someone rushed to report that something seemed to have happened, the patriarch of the Xiao clan left halfway, Xiao Qinzhi, who was watching from the sidelines, smiled darkly, and logically sat opposite the old man Cui.

"Pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger" Xiao Qinzhi showed a warm smile, with a rare humble attitude, under the guise of asking for advice on chess skills, he first talked with old man Cui for two games, and as expected, they all lost quickly and disastrously.

Old man Cui was in a good mood, stroking his beard and preparing to put away the chessboard and go to eat, but he couldn't hold back Xiao Qinzhi's begging, young people are inevitably high-tempered and impatient to lose, that's why.

That's it, the defenseless old man Cui fell into Xiao Qinzhi's carefully arranged trap step by step. After three rounds, Xiao Qinzhi officially opened the actor's moment.

Looking at the disastrous situation, Xiao Qin's breath was stuck in his throat, his face was cloudy and cloudy, his fingers tightly clutching the chess piece turned white, which vividly showed the nature of young people who refused to admit defeat.Standing up suddenly, with an excited expression on his face, he prostrated and said: "Sir, can we talk about the last round, if you still lose, I will obey you in the future, and remember the teacher's order."

The subject changed, and he said again: "If the student wins by chance, the master has to agree to one thing."

Cui Laitou smiled and said, "Oh! Tell me, what is it?"

Xiao Qinzhi said excitedly: "Could it be that Mr. Fei, are you worried that this game will be defeated?"

defeat!Impossible, old man Cui has absolute confidence in himself, moreover, if he can take this opportunity to subdue the prickly leader Xiao Qinzhi, wouldn't it be a commendable pleasure?

What's more, Xiao Qin's words are all for this sake, it seems that old man Cui has no way to retreat. If he is timid to fight, he may lose his foothold in the Xiao family.

Old man Cui started the final round with confidence.

After ten moves, Old Man Cui suddenly felt that something was wrong and lost his composure.

After another ten moves, old man Cui frowned, and he understood something in his heart.

After another ten moves, old man Cui completely understood that this kid was hiding his clumsiness and did it on purpose, in other words, he was cheated.

With the sound of abandonment, Cui old man surrendered, Xiao Qinzhi got up, and said politely: "Sir, I have to do it because I have offended you."

He also said, "May the sir have a safe journey."

The old man Cui was stunned, and now he suddenly realized it, but it was too late, the promise was made, there is no reason not to keep it, he was in a daze for a long time, and just woke up, sighed dejectedly: "Don't worry, the old man already knows."

Xiao Qinzhi smiled apologetically, thinking that there is nothing wrong with the patriarch this time!

Let's say that Xiao Qinzhi and the fat old eight soldiers split into two ways, one way to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and the other way to strike hard. As soon as Xiao Qinzhi succeeded, he couldn't wait to go back.

As soon as I went out, I saw the south bank of Fengqi Lake from a distance. The flames on the other side of the mountain were soaring into the sky, and the black smoke shot straight into the sky.

Xiao Qinzhi was dumbfounded, and suddenly burst into a big curse:

"Fuck!"

"This pig teammate!"

There was a figure running madly in the distance, and upon entering, it turned out to be Zhou Lie, his whole body was pitch-black, with only two eyeballs left, he was out of breath from running, from so far away, fuck shouted loudly:
"Xiao Lang, run quickly, run quickly."

Everything happened, and I ran a ball, and I couldn't run for a while, Xiao Qinzhi smiled wryly, and the joy of settling old man Cui was swept away. After briefly asking Zhou Lie, he didn't realize covered his face.

To say that the fat old man is really a pig teammate, let him go to the ancestral temple to make some noise, so as to attract the attention of the patriarch and distract the tiger from the mountain.But he actually wanted to use fire, and accidentally set fire to the ancestral hall. The building with wooden materials as the main body will burn when it encounters fire, and it is difficult to destroy it.

But if you say that the fat old man is a pig teammate, he is very loyal, and he has not confessed to Xiao Qin until now, and he has resisted with all his might.

The ancestral hall is the most important place of the clan, so it will be very difficult to end it, even if it is rebuilt, it will cost a lot of money, and it cannot be afforded.

This is not something that can be solved by spending a little money and getting a beating. Xiao Qinzhi squatted by the lake, looked at the turbulent lake, sighed, and his heart was in a mess.

Zhou Lie said: "Xiao Lang, don't blame the Eighth Master. It's really none of the Eighth Master's business. Everything is fine. Pick up some firewood, light a fire, make some smoke, and make some noise. Who knows that there is a sudden gust of wind, The fire suddenly became big, and when the curtain was ignited, the fire climbed to the top, and we couldn't reach it even if we tried to extinguish it."

There was a wind blowing in the well-prepared ancestral hall, getting up early, getting up late, but getting up when the fire was lit, and even lighting the hanging curtains, how can there be any reason for this?

In the dark, Xiao Qinzhi felt that he was being targeted, and couldn't help looking up at the sky filled with thick smoke.

There is also Xiao Shu, a big grievance, he is everywhere, he thinks he knows some great event, and follows the sneaky fat old man all the way, into the ancestral temple, and now he can't clean up by jumping into the Yellow River.

But the incident has already happened, and there is no way to escape it. Moreover, the mastermind is not the fat old man, and Xiao Shu is even more so. There is absolutely no reason for the fat old man to resist alone. Xiao Qinzhi took a deep breath, stood up and said:

"Go, go to the ancestral hall."

The solemn and solemn ancestral hall in the past has been swallowed by the raging fire, and the embers are still burning, rolling up thick smoke and rushing to the sky, constantly eroding the hearts of the Xiao clan.

In front of the ancestral hall stood many members of the Xiao clan and the tenants who came to put out the fire. Everyone was silent, grieved from the heart, unable to express what they had to say.The patriarch straightened his waist, his eyes were full of pain, his eyes were full of pain, and the fat old man and Xiao Shu, who had many footprints on their bodies, knelt on the ground, trembling.

Xiao Qinzhi timidly walked out of the thick smoke, knowing that he had no excuses, and was about to plead guilty, but he didn't expect that when he met the patriarch, he was kicked firmly and fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Such a big thing happened, where did you go?" The patriarch asked repeatedly.

Xiao Qinzhi knew he was in the wrong, buried his head, and didn't make any rebuttals, then heard the patriarch say again:

"Fourth brother and sister, take Qinzhi back. I will check his homework in person later. Without my permission, he is not allowed to go out."

Supported by Hua Gu, Mother Xiao stepped forward and said, "Second brother is right."

Xiao Qinzhi was completely stunned, sitting on the ground in a daze, which act is this?
The patriarch was really angry and furious, he kicked again, pointed in the direction of Xifang, and roared:
"Get out of here!"

The incident happened suddenly, the plot twists and turns were bizarre, and for some reason, the patriarch, uncharacteristically, stopped Xiao Qinzhi from voluntarily pleading guilty, which is really puzzling.

And the fat old man insisted that he did it by himself, he didn't confess Xiao Qinzhi, Xiao Shu naturally wouldn't sell his teammates, and the ancestral temple was on fire, Xiao Qinzhi was not at the scene at all, it was hard to fall into the eyes of others Think of Xiao Qinzhi as the mastermind behind it.

Then why does the patriarch want to cover up?

Is there something hidden here?

Xiao Qinzhi couldn't figure it out for a while, and the moment he got up, he saw the fat old man secretly beckoning with his eyes from the corner of his eye, and Xiao Qinzhi immediately understood, which meant "slip away quickly".

Watching Xiao Qinzhi leave, the patriarch let out a breath slowly, then rolled up his sleeves, kicked Xiao Shu, and roared:
"Nizi! I will beat you to death today and apologize to my ancestors."

Sixth Uncle, Seventh Uncle, Eighth Uncle, Ninth Uncle and others rushed up and pulled the patriarch away.
(End of this chapter)