Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 20 Fighting
Outside the three members, he felt that he was a top-notch master and did not bother to say anything. He walked among the seven star lanterns with his sword in hand. His posture was elegant, and the star lanterns were blazing with flames, indicating that he had used the formation to the extreme and that the stars were one with his destiny.

Zhuge Bojun clasped his fists on the Bagua stage and said loudly: "Everyone, please be patient." He took the lead in sitting on the Bagua stage, sitting cross-legged and looking up at the stars.

Everyone in the audience sat down one after another, sitting cross-legged and looking up at the stars.

This was destined to be no ordinary night. The frost was deeper and everything was silent, but everyone's hearts were filled with heat.

When Wang Heng and the other three saw that everyone was in meditation together, they knew that this was the stargazing method in his village, so they followed their example and looked up at the sky intently.

The long river was sparse, and a twinkling star suddenly appeared in the night, and then another star appeared. Gradually, seven stars rose up, forming a star chart.

In the blink of an eye, something unexpected happened, the star map was half bright and half extinguished, the light gradually dimmed, a dark cloud flew in, and all the light was blocked.

However, Yujian Feitian, who was outside the three members, seemed to have been struck by lightning. He struggled to kneel down on one knee, then gushed blood and fell to the ground.

"Ah, ah, ah." Everyone in the Bagua stage exclaimed involuntarily, and many people vomited blood and fell to the ground unconscious.

Suddenly I heard Zhuge Bojun shouting: "Extinguish the seven-star lamp."

A dozen villagers rushed to the Bagua stage and kicked over seven big lamps. The star lamps suddenly went out, and the situation changed.

Zhuge Bojun was flying on the Bagua stage, flying on the clouds, his big sleeves facing the wind, and he came out of the dust. In an instant, he saw the divine sword piercing the clouds and reaching the sky.

In the sky, the dark clouds actually dissipated.

The star map composed of seven stars gradually regained its brightness. One star after another gradually detached from its orbit and converged towards the center.

An astonishing scene appeared. Seven stars overlapped and merged into one extremely bright star, shining brightly and shining brightly.

Zhuge Bojun slowly stood up from the Bagua stage, and said to the followers except the three members with a victor's attitude: "The third old master is seriously injured, please carry him down for treatment."

He looked sideways and met the eyes of the four members of the team. The four members of the team were frightened and took three steps back.

Zhuge Bojun said proudly: "Uncles from the four clans, don't be alarmed. We will go to the public office to discuss matters as usual tomorrow. Earlier, I was ill and neglected the affairs of the clan. The property of the clan was very different. So from tomorrow on, I will go to the public office every day to discuss matters."

He looked around on the Bagua stage. The elders of the five major halls held their breaths in unison. The scene was a bit suffocating. Mr. Fifteen secretly regretted that if he had known that Zhuge Bojun's current aura was so amazing, he would not have dared to cause trouble anyway. .

"Everyone, please come early to discuss matters in the public office at noon (one to three o'clock in the afternoon)." Zhuge Bojun said without question. Seeing that his tone was calm and indifferent to joy and anger, the five elders breathed a sigh of relief.

Today's victory has been decided, and the rest of the people silently walked down the mountain along the stone path. Wang Heng and the three others were also removed from their restraints and followed the others down the mountain.

From the corner of his eye, Zhuge Xian saw a big man huddled in the crowd. He stepped forward and pulled him out: "Fushan, when did you join the Third Brother?"

Fukuyama was so embarrassed that he hesitated and didn't know where to start. "Fushan, you are not a lowly person, you are our brother." Zhuge Bojun gently pushed Zhuge Xian's arm away and said calmly: "I know your difficulties and I don't blame you."

Fukuyama had his head lowered and his face was ashen. He was shocked when he heard this. He was already prepared to be scolded or beaten, so much so that he burst into tears after hearing these words.

"Fushan's weakness lies in his children." Zhuge Bojun said sadly: "In a few days, the company will select apprentices. If you can't select them this winter, you have to wait for another year. Our village has too little land and too many people, and it is difficult to According to the ancestral teachings, non-companies are not allowed to go out to work. The number of apprentices is in the hands of the uncles of the three tribes and the uncles of the four tribes. Naturally, they have to use their private persons. If you cannot choose an apprentice, your livelihood will be very difficult, so the poor will become more and more difficult. Poverty, the rich get richer.”

Zhuge Xian frowned and said for a long time: "Fushan, you have difficulties at home, why didn't you tell me?"

"Our direct sect leader has very few people. In the past few years, he has been sitting on the bonuses and doing nothing. Fushan is asking you for help. In addition to giving him a few taels of silver, where can you give him a position?" Zhuge Bojun shook his head, looked around, and said loudly: "The root cause is the problem of the clan's system. How can the outdated clan rules of more than 200 years ago adapt to today's situation? Therefore, our village must change and the business of the company must expand. The surplus people have to find a way to make a living."

Zhuge Xian was still young and looked very unhappy. Out of respect for his clan leader, he stopped arguing.

Zhuge Bojun paused for a moment, then turned around and said to Fushan: "Fushan, you are not suitable to serve as an errand next to Uncle Six now. Go to Uncle An tomorrow. He will arrange for you to work in the medicine garden. Your son's selection of apprentices will not be affected." As a result, I will go to the office every day from now on, and the selection of apprentices will be conducted through unified literacy and abacus exams, and he must pass the exam based on his ability."

Fukuyama Nono raised his head, as if a heavy burden had finally been lifted from his heart, and his eyes showed an unusual look.

Seeing Mr. Wei standing aside to listen to their conversation, Zhuge Bojun turned to the side and said very sincerely: "Mr. Wei, after a while, our village will send a dozen children to the Lanxi Academy in the county to study. We will live in the mountains and become enlightened." I arrived late, and my knowledge is very insufficient. I would like to ask my husband and the mountain chief to be accommodating and accept them first, and then look at their fate."

Mr. Wei thought for a while and said: "This is easy. As long as the children are willing to learn, it will be easy. When they come to the academy, they will be given a test first, and then they will be admitted into classes according to their homework."

Zhuge Bojun bowed deeply and said: "As a clan leader, I often think about how many years it has been since no scholars in the village have passed the exams, and no one is doing business outside Zhejiang. After a few generations, the clan's descendants may have doubts about the policies of the imperial court." I don’t know anything anymore. This is definitely not the intention of my ancestors. Our ancestors worked hard in Nanyang and could know three parts of the world without leaving their cottage."

Mr. Wei was originally a little displeased with the actions of Gaolong Village, but after hearing what the young clan leader said, he was impressed by him.
Everyone walked down the mountain slowly and participated in a night of fighting. They were all excited and did not feel tired at all.

When he got down to the foot of the mountain, he saw that the bullock cart was still parked beside the stone path on the way up the mountain. Wang Heng leaned into the hood of the cart and saw that the man rescued from the underground river was lying well and seemed to be in a deep sleep.

When the group of people returned to Zhuge Bojun's house, a line of white fish belly appeared on the eastern sky, and the long night was about to dawn.

The villagers carried the man to Zhuge's house. Zhuge Bojun placed him in the guest room and ordered his servants to take good care of him.

Mr. Wei asked Zhuge Bojun to find a doctor to look at him. Zhuge Village originally opened a medicine shop, and there was also a large pharmacy in the village, so he went to ask the doctor who was sitting in the hall.

Mr. Wei specially asked the servant to boil some rice soup for the man to drink, but never give him food.

After a while, the doctor came. After checking his pulse, he felt very weak and had some fever. After prescribing a few herbs and eating them, the femur of his right foot was broken. The injury was not serious, so the doctor bandaged him and corrected it. Bone setting, I have to rest slowly.

After working hard all day and night, everyone went to their respective places.

(End of this chapter)