Troubled Times Survival Raiders

In front of you is an abandoned temple called Yanggan Temple.Emperor Xuanqing loved Buddhism, and the folk customs followed suit. In the past, this place was also a place where incense was flourishing, but now all the Buddhist scriptures and statues that can be taken away have been taken away.I don't know who set the fire on, but everything that could be burned was burned up, and even the wooden sign of Yanggan Temple was half blackened.

Where they passed along the way, most of the people ran away, leaving empty courtyards, and a few families had old, weak and sick people who really couldn't leave, so they would stick to the dilapidated houses.A monk is not a living Buddha, and he has no way to save the world, so he has to find a place for himself.

The place where a hundred people need to rest is not small, and this Yanggan Temple can accommodate them just right.Going forward, if you can't find a hiding place at dawn, you will fall into the hands of the rebels and be captured to fight, so they decided to settle here.

Shen Yu was the eldest grandson, and was especially respected by the farmers, so he was lucky enough to be allocated a bed in the monk's house, and Zan Yuan was in his favor, so the two children could squeeze together.After tossing and tossing for half a night, no matter how defensive Zan Yuan was, he was too sleepy to keep up his spirits, and he didn't dislike the dirty quilt on the bed, and fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.Soon there were snoring sounds all around.

Shen Yu was used to it, and she was still full of energy. She reached out and patted Zan Yuan's face, and said in a low voice, "Zan Yuan, are you injured?"

"No..." Zan Yuan replied dumbfounded.

Shen Yu was not at ease, "I see that your posture is not natural when you walk, take off your clothes and let me have a look."

Zan Yuan didn't respond anymore.Shen Yu said she was being rude, stretched out her hand, and Zan Yuan turned over very naturally, allowing him to undo his belt and take off his coat and inner shirt.

Shen Yu was a little shy at first, he often took care of his younger brother, but a four-year-old furry boy was different from a person of the same age, but as soon as the white undershirt was pulled away, he felt a thump in his heart: Zan Yuan's fair back was flushed red A large piece, shocking.

He touched it carefully with his fingers, the warm and smooth skin could be felt even through the calluses.Fortunately, the skin was not broken. The sleeping Zan Yuan took a breath and frowned unnaturally.

Shen Yu moved his finger away and sighed.

When Zan Yuan woke up, it was already daylight, the room was brightly lit, and Shen Yu was not around.He fell into a drowsy sleep, didn't come back to his senses for a while, and wanted to call someone to come and serve him.As soon as he got up half of his body, he collapsed back again.It was summer at the end of June, Zan Yuan covered his quilt and slept all night, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back, it was all from the place where he had worn it a few days ago, it hurt so much that he almost cried out.Only after this pain did Zan Yuan realize where he was, counting the days when he was lost in his heart, his mood became more and more depressed.

Then he noticed that his coat had been taken off, and beside him lay a suit of undershirt: not new, but made of proper muslin, soft.

"Are you awake?" Shen Yu finally appeared.He noticed where Zan Yuan's eyes fell, and rubbed his head embarrassedly, "This is mine, um, you make it up? The injury on your back is from grinding." Speaking of this, he felt a little uncomfortable.Zan Yuan saw that he had never worn coarse linen clothes, "It will be fine once you get used to it."

Zan Yuan could only remain silent, holding the shirt there, and making a soft nasal sound.

"In fact, silk is the softest, but it's summer, and it's uncomfortable to sweat and stick to your body. I'll change it for you when autumn comes." Shen Yu added.

This time Zan Yuan's expression was very subtle.

Silk is not the same as muslin.Both Shen Mu and Mr. Shen's family wore commoner clothes, and they were equal in terms of their identities.But silk is absolutely unaffordable to non-wealthy families.The Shen family's family situation was different from what he had imagined, and what he had seen... was not quite the same.

Shen Yu also saw his doubts, and said vaguely: "I still had a few good clothes, but I saw wounded soldiers, old and young along the way, and my grandfather decided to give them up."

Zan Yuan and him looked at each other, eyes widened slightly, and after a while, he snorted and said two words: "pedantic."

That's not a good thing to say.Shen Yu also turned around and left as if angry.

Zan Yuan regretted it in his heart, but he was very angry and refused to take the initiative to give in.

"Eat." At most, Shen Yu could only forcefully throw two words behind her back.

Zan Yuan was already hungry.This is his first meal here.But he lost his appetite at the sight of their feast: wild vegetables were mushy and still cold.

Zan Yuan's throat moved several times, but he still couldn't make up his mind.He knows that japonica rice and thin noodles are old things, millet rice is not something to eat, and brown rice and thick noodles are nothing.

Shen Yu watched coldly, but finally couldn't bear it, she moved her hand under the table, broke off half of the steamed bun and stuffed it into the Zanyuan bowl.

That was what he saved a few days ago, and he felt a little sour.

Nowadays, in the vicinity of the city, burying pots for cooking is afraid of attracting sergeants, so I dare not even think about it. What I can eat depends on luck.

Shen Yu opened another small cloth bag, which contained a little bit of pickled vegetables, left for him by his mother, although the amount was small, at least it had a little taste.

Zan Yuan stared at the half steamed bun in the bowl, his stomach was churning, his hunger was hard to resist, but he couldn't work up his appetite no matter what.

"You can eat." Finally, he returned the steamed buns to Shen Yu, meditating: If you don't eat, you will be hungry, and if you die of starvation, you will never see your father again.Then he closed his eyes and drank the vegetable paste as quickly as if he were drinking porridge, without thinking about what it tasted like, and regardless of how his stomach churned.

After eating, the adults got busy again.

Because this place is rarely well-off and the food reserves are insufficient, Shen Mu discussed with his neighbors to rest here for one more day and send people out to try his luck.The hunters go out to hunt or gather and find food.Women mostly mend clothes.

Shen Yu was called aside by her grandfather to check her homework.

Zan Yuan has nowhere to go: the people here, he only knows Shen Yu's family.And only Shen Yu could speak.But he... isn't he angry with Shen Yu?

But Shen Yu was lifeless and self-conscious, even if he didn't talk to him, he still gave him his steamed buns when eating.Zan Yuan was embarrassed to continue to be angry.

In the end, he had no choice but to follow behind Shen Yu.Shen Mu glanced at him, but didn't say anything.

"Only the sincerity in the world can realize its nature; if it can realize its nature, it can realize human nature; if it can realize human nature, it can realize the nature of things; if it can realize the nature of things, it can praise the cultivation of heaven and earth; If you praise the cultivation of heaven and earth, you can join with heaven and earth."

In addition to reciting the original text, Shen Yu also has translation notes, and Shen Mu will give lectures and explain the meaning for him.

Just as Zan Yuan was about to say something, seeing Shen Mu's stern gaze on his grandson, he silently swallowed it back.He always felt that Shen Mu's interpretation was too rigid, and he only grasped the annotations of later generations, but ignored the original meaning of the saint.But he wasn't supposed to know, and couldn't say anything.

After a while, footsteps suddenly came from outside, and the rough voices of chattering became louder and louder, overshadowing the conversation between the grandparents and grandson, it was Orion who was about to go out.

"What the hell is the emperor? Didn't he get beaten to the bum and obediently go to the south?"

"Don't dare to fight, and Xianbei people don't dare to fart when they come, what a coward."

"Hey, Grandpa Deng has been driven away by him. There are only a bunch of poor people left in the court. The crown prince has died in the city. What kind of battle are you talking about? Why don't you surrender to King Zhang earlier, and we can go back to fight the Xianbei slaves !"

The more Zan Yuan listened, the tighter he clenched his fists, the veins on his forehead bulged, as if he wanted to eat people alive.

"Shut up!" Shen Mu was the first to speak, and Shen Mu pushed the door open, flung his sleeves and came out, angrily, "What kind of nonsense are you talking about! Why did you even make up the majesty!"

"Shen Jun." The hunters just complained casually, not wanting to be heard by Shen Mu, so they all started talking. "Mr. Shen is surprised. Let's say a few nonsense nonsense. It's nothing."

Shen Mu lost his temper and didn't want to test his grandson again, so he turned to talk to his sons.Zan Yuan stood in a daze for a long time, his anger disappeared, replaced by a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Is what those people said true?" He asked in a low voice.

Shen Yu looked at him in surprise, hearing the reprimand from his grandfather just now, but in front of him were people walking in the mud.After hesitating for a while, he said, "No."

Zan Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and scolded, "Zhang Jicai is a traitor!"

Shen Yu thought for a while, and then said: "I once heard from my grandfather that although Zhang Jicai was a traitor and traitor, he did not collude with Xianbei. After all, he is not all wolf-hearted."

Zhang Jicai, the governor of Bianzhou, was ordered to resist Xianbei.But Emperor Xuanqing liked reciting poems and painting, but he didn't like gold and iron horses.Deng Xian, who made great military exploits, was sent back to the mountains by him, and the Bianzhou Army's salary could not be paid.The East and West Xianbei joined forces to go south, he panicked, simply asked for peace, professed his vassal to Nanliang and Dai, and paid 20 years of tribute in exchange for Xianbei's retreat.After hearing the news, Zhang Jicai got angry and turned against him.

He established his own country as Liang, quickly unified the Henan Province, and then moved westward, with the idea of ​​a capital.

Sending off Xianbei and ushering in the rebels, Emperor Xuanqing took his concubines and ministers and could not escape in a hurry.Only the 17-year-old prince still had some backbone, so he stayed to defend the city, but the difference in military strength was too great. The prince didn't want to fall into the enemy's hands and be humiliated. Before Zhang Jicai entered the city, he let the people go and hanged himself.

Zan Yuan's eye circles were red, he didn't know whether it was anger or sadness.

The hunting hunters came back with a few prey.The Shen family got a rabbit and a tit.This is already a rare delicacy.The Orion family surnamed Lu was still laughing when they came to divide the prey: "Thanks to the slingshot made by Mr. Xiaolang, it is easy for children to learn how to use it. Any stone can be used to make bows and arrows, and it is enough to shoot birds."

Shen Yu naturally just smiled.

The chickadees and rabbits were plucked clean and their internal organs were removed. Zan Yuan thought they would roast and eat them, but Shen Yu's mother, Mrs. Song, skillfully used a razor blade to cut into slices of blood-dripping red meat and distributed them to the children.

"I won't eat!" It was half nausea, half resistance to Orion.Zan Yuan's stomach was overwhelmed, it was worse than when he was hungry.Looking at the bloody piece of meat, he couldn't imagine who would put it in his mouth.

"If you don't eat, you will be hungry." Shen Yu calmly, facing Zan Yuan's disbelieving gaze, picked up a piece of meat, threw it into his mouth, moved his teeth slightly, and swallowed it.Seeing this, Zan Yuan swallowed, feeling even more uncomfortable in his stomach.

"Why, why can't you eat wild fruits?" Zan Yuan stammered and asked.

Shen Yu pushed another piece of blood-dripping raw meat in front of him: "Wild fruits are reserved for the elderly and children who can't hunt, let alone the front has been picked clean."

Zan Yuan looked around in disbelief and found that everyone, the Shen family, was eating raw meat in peace. "How can this be eaten?" He asked desperately.And Shen Yu looked at him flatly, and repeated again: "If you don't eat, you will be hungry."

Zan Yuan still couldn't make up his mind, he could only put the meat into his mouth with his eyes closed, sticky blood, raw meat with a fishy smell... he couldn't think at all, and he couldn't chew. Pinch his chin, lift it up, and the flesh slides down his throat.

Zan Yuan was still retching until he fell asleep.