Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Chen Pingfan and Hou Ji returned to the village safely, and quickly received everyone's concern and inquiries. Chen Pingfan explained that Hou Ji and himself did not catch up with the man in Tsing Yi and let him run away.
This rhetoric obviously made everyone more convinced. Houji used his spells after distracting people before, and in everyone's eyes, Houji only knew about farming and medicine.
These are all abilities that are beneficial to the villagers themselves and are not offensive. If they knew that Houji had the ability to control the soil and control things, it would probably cause unnecessary trouble.Because people have the instinct to seek good luck and avoid bad luck, and to resist the unknown.
With the comfort of the villagers one after another, this tortuous day finally passed.Chen Pingfan was thinking about how to make Houji recognize his ancestors, and Houji was thinking about when he could develop further with Chen Pingfan, and they both fell asleep on the same bed with their own concerns.
As the saying goes, good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.Houji had done so many things for the villagers before, and it was only widely known in a few nearby villages, but when the matter of human life was involved, the news quickly flew to various tribes as if they had wings.
It is said how Hou Ji predicted the drought before it came, so that the villagers of Erlang Village survived the drought, how he healed the child in the same village who broke his arm, and how he finally found out the truth and let the people who came to ask for trouble Indisputable.Later, it was passed down that Houji was almost a god-man who could observe astrology and have the ability to go to heaven and earth.
I don't know whether it is due to history or what, these people seem to have forgotten Chen Pingfan on the way of spreading.
Chen Pingfan must be happy to see the results. He was worried about how to make Houji's good name spread far and wide.As soon as these rumors, which were both true and false, came out, they were in a hurry for Chen Pingfan and helped him solve a big problem.
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Winter goes to spring, cold and heat alternate, flowers bloom and wither, time flies, and three years pass in the blink of an eye.
Three years ago, Chang Yi listened to the words of the traverser, first sent the villager Li Ergou to frame Houji, and then let the warrior assassinate Houji, but nothing happened.
This is not Chang Yi's kindness, but the sudden illness of the emperor. Zen is located behind Chang Yi's son Di Zhi, and he died. Although the traveler has repeatedly warned, this is to send someone to assassinate Hou Ji again. It's a good time, but how could Changyi listen to the traveler at this time.His son ascended the throne, and the long-cherished wish in his heart was finally fulfilled, because he was born in a small family, and once he succeeded, he began to amass a lot of money.
There is no shortage of villains and corrupt officials in any era. Those officials in office have followed suit, and in just a few years, the tribes under their jurisdiction have starved and died.
Emperor Yao is the son of Emperor Gaoxin, the fourth emperor of the Yellow Emperor. Before Gao Xin died, Emperor Yao was still young, so he passed the throne to his younger brother, Dijun. If it passed to him, the emperor must hope that his son will succeed him.
In the end, after Di Jun and Chang Yi's son Di Zhi succeeded to the throne, Di Yao's position was inherently embarrassing, and he really didn't want to join them in the court, so he fled under the pretext of taking the new emperor on tour, which was actually to avoid disaster.Chang Yi's heart is ruthless, and the person next to Chang Yi who dresses and behaves strangely is even more ruthless. Who knows if the two meetings will actually use a cunning plan to assassinate her!
On this day, Emperor Yao and his party came to the foot of Erlang Mountain, and suddenly it rained heavily. Emperor Yao had no choice but to ask his servants to knock on the door and ask if he could take shelter from the rain.Emperor Yaosheng's dignified appearance is full of righteousness, and the decorations on his coat all show his identity.The person who opened the door agreed immediately.
After welcoming Emperor Yao and his party through the door, they brought tea and started chatting.
"Hey, master, do you think this person looks a bit like Houji from our village?" The hostess of the private house asked the man beside her in a low voice.
As soon as Emperor Yao heard that he was interested, he had nothing to do. When he asked, who is Houji? The hostess and Houji belong to the same village. He would definitely not say those magical words, but he said Houji in a very real way. Something to do for the villagers.After this explanation, Emperor Yao immediately decided to visit after the rain stopped.
At this time, Chen Pingfan, who was at home, looked at the sudden rainstorm and was in a daze. In fact, he was thinking in his heart: Houji and himself are still young in these few years, and it is not suitable to perform the ceremony of Duke Zhou. There was a physiological reaction that could not be resolved, and after asking Chen Pingfan to help, after that, Houji Fangfo had no scruples, and except for the last step, everything else that should be done was done.Chen Pingfan didn't dare to think about it any further.
"Dong dong dong" knocked on the door, and Hou Ji went to open the door first, Chen Pingfan. After a while, Chen Pingfan felt that the quietness in the courtyard was abnormal. He was afraid that Chang Yi was playing tricks again, so he quickly got up and went to the courtyard to have a look. Seeing this, Chen Pingfan was also stunned.
Besides Houji, there were three other strange men in the courtyard, and it was the one standing in the middle that caught Chen Pingfan's attention.It's not about how handsome he is, but about his temperament and Houji's side, no one would believe him if he wasn't a brother.
It's the kind of feeling that these two people don't look alike when you look at them alone, but when you stand together, you will feel that these two people are a family. A thought flashed in Chen Pingfan's mind, "This can't be that. The legendary Emperor Yao, right? It’s the one who chooses talents instead of relatives for the seat of Zen, right?”
Including Chen Pingfan who joined later, a total of five people in the yard fell into an eerie silence. In the end, the man who looked like Hou Ji spoke first, breaking the embarrassing scene.
"You are Houji, right? The hostess of the resting place said that there is a talented person who benefits the village who looks like me. I couldn't suppress my curiosity and came to disturb me. I'm sorry, but this brother and I It's quite similar."
After the man had finished speaking in a long line, Hou Ji didn't mean to say anything, which made the scene quite embarrassing, and Chen Pingfan could only helplessly say, "Yes, he is Hou Ji, I'm Chen Pingfan, I don't know brother What do you call it?"
When Houji heard Chen Pingfan's answer, he let out a dissatisfied "hum", why do you think so?Because after Chen Pingfan saw the sudden appearance of a group of people, he was startled at the beginning and then looked at the starry eyes of the person who looked like him. What's so good about it?Are you handsome and unrestrained?
It's just that the person in front of me is upset, how does he look like himself!
"Under Emperor Yao, if it is convenient, can you discuss how to make more people full."
"Are you Emperor Yao?" A female voice said what Chen Pingfan wanted to ask, and it was Houji's mother Jiang Yuan who asked the question.
Not only did Jiang Yuan not take care of Houji these years, it would be good if he didn't drag Houji back. When he first came to Erlang Village a few years ago, Jiang Yuan flirted with the boys from other villages, and was persuaded by Chen Pingfan. After leaving her, Chen Pingfan only said, "Do you want to stay in this place forever? Don't you want to go back to your past life and be the superior you?"
Does Jiang Yuan want to leave here?She wanted to dream, but what could she do as a woman?Although she didn't quite believe what Chen Pingfan said, it did give her a glimmer of hope.After weighing the pros and cons, she made a decisive choice.
In the days that followed, she really set up a beautiful image to the outside world. She is gentle and beautiful, and she can't find any faults in her dealings with people. Although she can't clean her own house, who made Jiang Yuan a woman, and a beautiful woman, People will always be more tolerant when dealing with beautiful things.
And the house where Emperor Yao and the others stayed before happened to be relatively close to Jiang Yuan on weekdays.The hostess of the family felt that Jiang Yuan and Hou Ji were not ordinary people, and one day Jiang Yuan, mother and son would fly out of the village.And Chen Pingfan was decisively ignored by her.
Just today, the hostess saw that Emperor Yao was dressed unusually, and felt that there was something strange about it, so she hurried to tell Jiang Yuan, and thus this scene happened.
Emperor Yao followed the familiar female prestige, and saw the long-lost aunt—Jiang Yuan. Before that, Emperor Yao only knew that the aunt was expelled from the tribe for some reason, and then disappeared.
It stands to reason that his aunt was from a good background, and she was the first wife, so she would not be expelled for no reason, but this happened, and no one from the aunt's natal father came to ask why.Although Jiang Yuan was his aunt, firstly Emperor Yao's status was embarrassing, and secondly, he didn't communicate much with Jiang Yuan, so Emperor Yao forgot about it after a long time.
Although I didn't communicate much, I was still surprised to see someone who had disappeared for a long time suddenly appear in front of my eyes.He made a bow to Jiang Yuan, called "Auntie" and asked in amazement, "Could this be the third brother?"
Countless thoughts flashed through Jiang Yuan's mind. Her husband is dead, and there are very few people who know what happened back then. She must go back, and said in a heartbeat, "Yes, this is your brother—Houji."
Chen Pingfan knew about Jiang Yuan, but at this moment, Jiang Yuan's thoughts coincided with his own, so he didn't say anything else.
"How did the cousin and aunt end up here?" Emperor Yao asked.
"This matter is a matter of the backyard. I shouldn't have told you, my nephew, but Chang Yi, this woman is too vicious. At the beginning, I had a quarrel with the emperor and was sent here. Later, I refused to let our mother and son go. , sent people to assassinate again and again, if it wasn't for the protection of loyal servants, Ji'er would have been killed by that poisonous woman long ago..."
Jiang Yuan's singing, reciting, acting, and beating made Chen Pingfan feel that the acting skills of some modern actresses are scumbags compared to hers.
However, although Emperor Yao is kind and upright, he is not a person who is easy to fool. Not to mention that Jiang Yuan's explanation is full of loopholes, there are definitely some unreasonable things, but this has nothing to do with him. Emperor Yao just thinks: If the cousin is so talented It would be too wasteful to bury it here. At a time when most of the clansmen were starving, Houji could not only increase food production, but also invent an unheard of grain "Jigu".
Now, due to Houji's lack of status, more people cannot know about this kind of food. If this food is brought back to the tribe, the number of people in the tribe who starve to death every year will be greatly reduced, and the young and middle-aged will not have to fight with wild animals in the spring. , for more food.
Emperor Yao's original intention was very simple, that is, to bring Houji back and make his "millet" known to the tribe, so that the tribe would have more food, but the two people who came with him really thought it was not so simple.Those two were originally loyal ministers, one named Wu Hui and the other Xiong Ying.
These two people were also full of revenge when Di Zhi first came to the throne, but Di Zhi let them down time and time again, draining their enthusiasm, and finally became disheartened, and toured the world with the like-minded Emperor Yao.
Emperor Zhi reused his cronies, and his greed for pleasure caused the people to rebel and disasters occurred frequently. The two were already very dissatisfied. Due to the status quo, and the original spouse of the emperor, the reason for pulling Di Zhi down has been found, and it depends on how it works. The two thought about it and looked at each other with a smile.
Hou Ji didn't want to go back to the place he didn't like, but Chen Pingfan always wanted him to go back to the tribe, but before going back, Chen Pingfan had to confirm one thing.
"Brother Yao, I want to inquire about someone. Is there anyone around Chang Yi who is capable or gives advice? Because as far as I know, Chang Yi was not a man with plans before."
Chen Pingfan's words attracted Jiang Yuan's surprised eyes, but Chen Pingfan didn't want to pretend any more, he had to confirm whether there was anyone from the Traveler Alliance beside Chang Yi?He can't forget his main mission.
"Brother Chen said that it seems that there is such a person, but I don't know if he is the one who advises. It's just that this person has short hair, always wears very thin black clothes, and often says things that ordinary people would not say. Chen Brother, do you care about this person?" Emperor Yao asked.
"I don't know if it's true. I'm just guessing whether this person is someone who wants to assassinate me several times. I always have to figure out who is trying to kill me."
Emperor Yao wants to feed more people of his tribe, the first task is to protect Hou Ji, and Hou Ji obviously cares about the people in front of him very much, just like Hou Ji has been standing in a protective attitude ever since he and his group appeared. By Chen Pingfan's side, he didn't even glance at the others around him.
The goals of the people present were different, but they all had one thing in common—that is, to let Hou Ji return to the tribe.With a common goal, the rest is very negotiable.
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