The mysterious bird of destiny, the beginning of China

Chapter 314 Zhu Chongba

In 1360 AD, spring.

A young man in ragged clothes, with black hands and feet, was walking on the streets of the city with a broken bowl in his hand. The sour smell emanating from his body attracted pedestrians to avoid him.

But the young man remained calm and composed. He looked at the stall selling pancakes next to the road with his sallow complexion and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Just when he was about to take action, he suddenly heard the conversation of people passing by him, "I heard that the Huangjue Temple outside the city was preparing to recruit monks. Although they are the most ordinary handyman monks, they are also the most common monks in the temple. I can eat enough!”

"If I weren't the only son in the family, I would have wanted to become a monk!"

"Oh, this world!"

"Ever since the Mongols established the Great Yuan Dynasty, the status of the Han people like us has really gone from bad to worse..."

"..."

Hearing the chatter of people passing by him, the young man suddenly showed curiosity on his face, but he was not in a hurry to go to the so-called Huangjue Temple, but came to an alley.

Three years later, Fengyang, Phoenix Mountain, and Rijing Peak.

As for his birthday, he had long forgotten it.

Spring goes and spring comes, and another year passes by in a hurry.

The young man looked at the disappeared little girl seriously. After a long time, he looked at the oil paper in his hand. He slowly opened it and saw a few steamed buns wrapped in the oil paper, as well as several pieces of delicious meat.

"There are righteous men outside the city who resisted Dayuan and have already attacked the city. However, the Yuan people in the city did not want to fight with the righteous men. Instead, they looted the city immediately and killed everyone they saw!"

"for you……"

The little novice monk's eyes were dull, watching this scene but he was helpless. He thought of the little girl who gave him food in the city, but he didn't know if he could see her again.

He thought of himself and counted the time:
"I should have won the championship this year..."

Since he went up the mountain to become a monk at Huangjue Temple, Xiao Shani has never returned to the city at the foot of the mountain.

With this in mind, he came to the stream at the foot of the mountain. Downstream, he could also see villagers from nearby villages washing clothes by the river.

He looked up and saw more people running towards him in the distance.

It can be seen that the little girl was still holding something wrapped in oil paper, then came to the boy's side, quickly stuffed it into the boy's hand, and then quickly returned to the courtyard, and the courtyard door was quickly closed.

"You are……"

At this moment, he saw a ragged beggar not far upstream. Seeing the other person's appearance reminded him of his former self.

The originally warm sunshine in the morning suddenly dimmed, and the sky slowly turned gloomy. The young novice who was going down the mountain to fetch water suddenly saw many people running towards him in the distance. Curious, he quickly stopped an embarrassed middle-aged man and asked :
"What happened? Why are you all running this way?"

"It's you!?!"

Hearing this, the little novice's expression changed. He seemed to have thought of something, then he picked up the bucket and ran towards the mountain.

But he hesitated and didn't go.

When I was hungry and cold, someone helped me and saved me from the suffering of hunger. Today, I am well fed and clothed in Huangjue Temple.

There is a family in the alley, Zhumen Xiaoyuan. It can be seen that the people living here are also quite wealthy.

The beggar's face was covered with mud, but little Shani still recognized him at a glance. Looking at the embarrassed girl in front of him, the little novice monk quickly explained:

The little novice monk spoke excitedly, looking at the little girl's embarrassment, it seemed that she was even worse than herself before.

The young novice could only comfort himself in this way.

But he didn't think much about it. After all, he had already become a monk at this time, so it would be good if he could fill his stomach.

When the flowers were in full bloom, the little novice monk walked down the mountain with a wooden bucket. The chaos in the city at the foot of the mountain a year ago had been put down by the court again. It seemed that everything was back to what it was before.

"Don't you know me? When I was a little beggar in the city, you gave me steamed buns and meat!!"

The little novice's pupils suddenly shrank, and he looked at the beggar in front of him with a look of disbelief on his face. Even the steamed bun he handed to him fell on the grass, and then rolled into the stream, and was rushed away. .

Perhaps it was because of his own hesitation that the girl who could have grown up happily became what she is now.

Standing on the mountain and looking into the city, I saw beacon fires ignited in the city. I saw burning houses in the distance, and the whole city was plunged into chaos.

After experiencing humiliation, the patience of the Chinese people has reached its limit. Many righteous people among the people resisted, but they were quickly suppressed by the current imperial court.

The gate of Huangjue Temple under Rijing Peak opened, and then a young novice monk walked out carrying a wooden bucket and walked towards the river at the foot of the mountain.

The middle-aged man who was stopped by the young novice had a look of horror on his face, and ran forward again without answering a few words.

As for the little girl who gave me food, maybe I have always remembered her, but the other party has forgotten me...

He handed the steamed bun in his hand to the other party. He saw the other party's body paused in surprise, then raised his head and looked at the little novice monk next to him.

At this moment, the door of the small courtyard was opened, and then a little girl wearing a skirt walked out of it. The little girl looked about eleven or twelve years old. When she came out, she saw someone standing not far away. The boy then walked out from behind the door.

Thinking of this, he felt pity in his heart, took out a piece of steamed bun that he had not finished eating in the morning, and then walked towards the beggar not far upstream.

A look of gratitude appeared on the young man's face, and then he slowly walked out of the alley.

Time flies, and the Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongols has ruled the Chinese emperor for nearly ten years. During these ten years, the Mongolian court arbitrarily beat the Chinese Han people and classified the Chinese Han people as the lowest ethnic group.

……

Seeing the confusion in the eyes of the embarrassed girl in front of him, the little novice couldn't help but feel a little guilty. A year ago, there was chaos in the city, and he had thought about going into the city to find the girl in front of him, and then provide some help.

Although he has entered Huangjue Temple and has become a monk, he is always concerned about external affairs. He goes out to fetch water every day and often talks with people at the foot of the mountain. He is very concerned about the many capable people and righteous people in the world who are resisting Dayuan. There is understanding.

At the same time, he also investigated the family background of the little girl who had helped him.

It is rumored that the ancestor of the other party was a minister during the Tang Dynasty. Although his family fell into decline later, he still maintained his family status and passed down poems and books to his family. The family was quite prosperous.

I just didn't expect that the family that had been passed down for hundreds of years would be destroyed in a small war, leaving only the girl in front of me.

After hearing the little novice's explanation, the embarrassed little girl finally came to her senses. She seemed to be thinking of the little novice, and her eyes regained clarity.

"It's you...why are you..."

The little girl looked at the appearance of the little novice monk, and then she showed a look of understanding. Seeing that the girl in front of him recognized him, the little novice monk knew a thing or two about what happened in the city in the past, but he didn't know the specific things. "I wonder what happened to the girl in the past, and why now..."

Hearing Xiao Shani's inquiry, the little girl's face did not show pain, but was full of indifference. She did not have much resentment towards her current state, and just said:
"A year ago, there was a righteous uprising outside the city, and the Yuan people inside the city took the opportunity to rob the people in the city. My parents and family were also brutally killed by the Yuan people. In order to protect me, my mother..."

The little girl paused for a moment and did not continue.

But how could the young novice not understand the meaning? He was silent for a long time, and then said: "Girl, why don't you follow me up the mountain and enter the temple to wash up? It won't be like this..."

"No need, I look like this on purpose."

The little girl shook her head and rejected the little novice's kindness.

"Did you do it on purpose?"

The young novice took a closer look at the girl in front of him. Although the clothes were ragged, there was no peculiar smell on her body, and she could even see her white skin at the cuffs of her clothes.

The little novice monk thought for a moment and understood the intention of the girl in front of him.

"Then I wonder where the girl lives now?"

"The mountain not far away!"

The little girl replied: "After I escaped a year ago, I was rescued by the old Taoist on the mountain. But yesterday, the old Taoist passed away, and I just buried the old Tao..."

"So... please forgive me."

"It doesn't have to be like this. I am naturally grateful that the old Taoist can save me, so I plan to observe mourning for him for three years!"

"Keep filial piety?"

The young novice monk was a little surprised. After all, the so-called concept of observing filial piety comes from Confucianism and has no restrictions on people like them from outside the country.

But for the girl in front of me to do this, you can see the meaning in her heart!

The girl suddenly stood up and walked to the stream, and then pulled out a wooden stick stuck in the stream. There was a string tied to the stick, and at the end of the string, a fish had been lifted out of the water.

It turns out she was fishing here!

Looking at the fish caught by the girl in front of him, the little novice could not help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. He thought of the scene when he ate meat. It seemed that he had even forgotten what meat tasted like.

Since becoming a monk, he has never eaten meat again.

He quickly threw this thought away from his mind, and then asked: "What are your plans after you have observed your filial piety for that old Taoist?"

"Of course it's revenge!"

The girl in front of him blurted out these words without any hesitation.

"Many uncles have died at the hands of Yuan Ren. Naturally, I want to avenge them, as well as my father, mother, and other family members..."

When she said this, the girl in front of her spoke in a very calm tone, as if she was just telling a very ordinary thing.

The girl in front of her seemed to have thought of something. She put a bait on the fishhook in her hand and threw it into the stream again. Then she looked at the little novice monk aside and asked: "Have you ever thought about the Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties? Why did the three dynasties fall?"

Hearing the question from the girl in front of him, the little novice monk looked a little confused, and then shook his head to express that he didn't know.

"That's because the resources in this world are effective. At the beginning of each dynasty, the resources will be evenly distributed into the hands of most people. But as time goes by, those who hold the power will naturally find ways to divert the majority of people. The resources are in your own hands!”

"This also leads to a result: a few people control most of the world's resources, and at this time, this dynasty is about to collapse!"

Hearing what the girl in front of him said, the little novice monk was immediately shocked. He had only a partial understanding of the meaning of the words, but what was even more shocking was that the girl in front of him could actually say these words.

"The most fundamental performance..."

The girl in front of him didn't care about the little novice monk's reaction, and still said:

"The most obvious manifestation is land annexation. The gentry in each place will bury a large amount of land in their own hands, and the people who originally owned the land will become tenant farmers, working day and night for them, but they can only get A small amount of food that’s hard to eat!”

"..."

Stopping what the girl was saying, the little novice monk was confused and thinking. After an unknown amount of time, a fish suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Thank you for the steamed buns just now. I'll give you a fish as a thank you!"

The girl in front of him put a fish directly into his hand, and then got up and left.

The little novice monk said quickly:
"The steamed bun just fell into the river and was washed away..."

"you know!"

The girl replied: "Although it was washed away by the water, it was also washed away because of me, so there is nothing wrong with giving you a fish as compensation."

After hearing what the girl said, the little novice monk was silent for a moment and was speechless.

Just when the girl in front of him was about to walk away, he finally summoned up the courage to shout:
"I wonder what the girl's name is?"

"Shi Miaorou!"

Hearing Shi Miaorou's answer, the little novice monk carefully remembered the name in his heart, and then hurriedly shouted to the back of the girl named Shi Miaorou in front of him:
"My name is Zhu Chongba!"

"remembered……"

The girl's answer came from the front, and then the little novice smiled.

Watching Shi Miaorou's retreating back, until the other person's back was about to disappear, the little novice turned back his gaze.

Then he looked at the fish that was still struggling in his hand, so he frowned again, looked at the fish in his hand and began to think deeply.

I seem to be a monk, so how can I eat fish?
But he quickly shook his head. He became a monk just to survive. As for the rules and precepts in the temple, he was just a novice monk like a handyman. What was the use of abiding by the rules and precepts?
Seeing that the people washing clothes in the distance had gone away, the little novice immediately carried the bucket and walked towards the distant woods, and then curls of smoke rose from the dense forest.

……

Shi Miaorou carried a few fish and walked slowly towards the Taoist temple on the mountain. However, the mountain road was quite steep, and the road under her feet was paved with stone slabs. Because the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming, it was also covered with fresh grass.

The mountain road is quiet, and the flowers on the branches cover the mountain road. After walking, there are bursts of petals and the fragrance of flowers fills the tip of the nose.

Shi Miaorou's steps were light and she was wearing smart clothes. As for the tattered clothes she was wearing at the foot of the mountain, she had already taken them off. Moreover, his movements up the mountain were quite vigorous, and it seemed that he also had martial arts skills.

(End of this chapter)