Nine Thoughts

An Dahai and Ling Wuqi sat together in the small courtyard of An Le's house. They drank millet porridge and peeled the wedding eggs from yesterday's wedding banquet while chatting about An Le.

"Hero Ling, do you know what 'Nine Thoughts' is?" Although Ling Wuqi had become his son-in-law, An Dahai couldn't change his words for a while, and still called him Hero Ling.

Ling Wuqi nodded.

He didn't know what his father, the head of the rivers and lakes, was up to. Not only did he get up early in the morning to practice martial arts in the dark, but he also made him study day and night, as if he wanted to get a literary champion and a martial arts champion at the same time. of.

He has no interest or talent in reading, but fortunately he still remembers some, such as this "nine thoughts", from "The Analects of Confucius": "Zi said: A gentleman has nine thoughts, sees Simming, listens to Sicong, color thinks warm, looks good Respectful, think loyalty when speaking, respect when doing things, ask questions when doubting, think difficult when angry, think righteousness when seeing."

Ling Wuqi said: "An Le told me that Jiusi refers to the nine things to do after getting up every day before going out: thinking about cleaning teeth, thinking about clean face, thinking about exercise, thinking about breakfast, thinking about putting out the stove, thinking about putting out Candles, thinking about grooming, thinking about belongings, thinking about closing doors and locking them.”

"Hey, I was talking to Xiao Le for fun, I didn't expect him to tell you."

An Dahai scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "I'm forgetful and always forget to lock it, isn't it for memorizing?" Ling Wuqi smiled and said, "He remembers every word of what my adoptive father said."

"It's really hard for him."

An Dahai said with emotion, "Hero Ling, you may wonder why such a poor and remote mountain county like ours is called Jiusi.

In fact, this place was originally called Tutou County, which has the same name as Tutou Mountain next to it. The reason for changing the name is entirely because of one person, and Jiusi is his name. "

Ling Wuqi asked: "Who is it?" An Dahai said: "It was a relative of the emperor back then, it's been too long and I don't remember the last name.

He was demoted to Dangzhi County because of some 'fighting of gods', and was captured and killed by the bandits on the Dolphin Head Mountain on the way.

After the bandit disaster was settled, the first emperor named the place Jiusi County after his name in memory of him. "

Ling Wuqi never cared about the affairs of the court, and of course he would not know who the royal family member named "Jiu Si" was 20 years ago. At this moment, the faces of those two hundred and five "bandits" flashed in his mind. It's hard to imagine.

An Dahai knew what he was thinking, and said: "The bandits on the Dolphin Head Mountain have come and gone several times, and the most frightening ones are the group from 20 years ago. They are real bandits. Even if Le died at their hands, thanks to the help of an expert, otherwise Xiao Le would have died."

Ling Wuqi frowned slightly, thinking that my father-in-law, you are talking upside down, can you explain clearly?An Dahai babbled, Ling Wuqi listened carefully, and finally figured it out after a long time.

This "Little Joy" is not that "Little Joy".

An Dahai originally had a biological son named An Le, the only child left for him by his late wife.

When the child was eight years old, there was a sudden bandit disaster in what was then Dotou County and now Jiusi County. A group of extremely vicious bandits occupied the natural danger of Dotou Mountain. When the county came, dozens of households were massacred, the county government was set on fire, and more than a dozen children from the city were kidnapped, including the son of the arresting An Dahai family.

The only son was taken into captivity, and An Dahai was so anxious that he almost lost his mind, but at this time the county was in complete chaos.

Seeing the difficult situation, the county magistrate felt that saving his life was the most important thing, so he resigned directly and ran away. The masters and yamen servants could only appease the people while waiting for Xinzhi County to take office, and at the same time contacted the nearby officers and soldiers in private, trying to attack the bandit mountain.

But the Dolphin Head Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The officers and soldiers gave up after several attacks and failed to attack. Everyone in the Tuliu county government tried their best, but there was nothing they could do. On the way, they heard that the new county magistrate was the one The demoted "big shots" were also captured by the bandits halfway, and they felt that all hope was lost, and they all planned to pack up and move away.

Only An Dahai didn't give up, and kept watch outside the gate of the bandit village day and night, waiting for the day when the bandits guarding the village were negligent on patrol, sneaked in and rescued his family, An Xiaole.

He failed to wait for the negligent loophole, and what he waited directly was the death of the bandits.

It was a moonless night with few stars, and there was no wind in the air, but the bandit village suddenly burst into flames, and the sound of crying shook the sky.

An Dahai was terrified, took advantage of the confusion and went in, only to see a knight with a single sword, beheading hundreds of gangsters by the sword.

He was covered in blood, with a serious expression on his face, like a god of war, or Yasha Shura, the long sword held in his right hand was still dripping with blood, the blade was slightly curled due to the fighting, and a four or five-year-old child was lying on his left shoulder. Drowsy and sweet sleep.

"That child is Xiao Le."

An Dahai sighed, "It's not the Xiao Le that my wife and I had, but the current Xiao Le.

My own child died, because the inhuman bandit Qi Si Miao wanted to make some kind of "poison man", fed poison to dozens of kidnapped children, and all died, leaving only Xiao Le, who was blessed with great life. "

Knowing the cause and effect, Ling Wuqi was so terrified that he didn't know what to say for a long time, and finally comforted him: "Father, don't be too sad. Fortunately, there is another Xiaole by your side now, which can be regarded as comfort. The bad one is the poison left over from that time? Hasn’t the residual poison been cleaned up?” An Dahai smiled: “The poison has been cleaned up.

That chivalrous man lived in my house for seven days, and worked tirelessly to help Xiao Le get rid of the poison. However, Xiao Le was poisoned too deeply before, his head was damaged, and he couldn't heal. He always forgot things from time to time, but it was luck up.

The chivalrous man wanted to take Xiao Le away, but later saw that I was in grief over the loss of my son, so he decided to hand over the child to me to raise him. "

Ling Wuqi nodded, and said in his heart that this is indeed a blessing in misfortune. Pity my An Xiaole, who has suffered like this since she was a child.

Ling Wuqi asked again: "Whose child is An Le? Why didn't his parents come to look for it?"

"Xiao Le is not a lost child in this county, and I don't know who his parents are and whether they are still alive.

So although I treat him like my own, I only let him call me foster father. "

An Haidao, "That chivalrous man is brave, and every year around Mid-Autumn Festival, he will visit Xiao Le, stay for a while, and teach him some martial arts.

Ah yes, the Mid-Autumn Festival will be in a few months. When you see him, remember to call him Master. "

Ling Wuqi: "!!!" So it is!I also wondered what my father would do if he didn't stay at home for the Mid-Autumn Festival and ran out for more than ten days every year!Why didn't he bring An Le back to raise him?I wasted 20 years in vain!