Phoenix Shadow Coming From the Sky: 6. The moon tide is like v. 4

Yi San lay down again, with his arms pillowed behind his head, and asked: "You said you met your third brother first, when did that happen?"

"I met when I was three years old." Feng Duying also put his arm behind his head, "I didn't remember much at that time, so that's what my elder brother said later. That day my elder brother just got a bran Bingzi took me by the hand and planned to go back to the abandoned house where we lived temporarily. When I passed by an alley, I ran into a child. When the elder brother talked about it later, he said that the child was obviously skinny, a full head shorter than him, and rushed He smiled very kindly, but when he looked at the child's eyes, his spine felt chills, like a hungry jackal. So he made a decisive decision at that time and divided half of the bran pancakes in his hand. Later, the third brother also admitted that the eldest brother If he hadn't shared half of the chaff, he would have waited for the eldest brother to walk over, and then hit his head with a sharpened stone hidden in his sleeve from behind."

Yi San heard this, and couldn't help saying: "As the saying goes, three years old is old, your third brother is very good at trickery."

Hearing the words, Feng Duying couldn't help but look sideways at him, thinking that he has a good eye for seeing people.

"And then?" Yi San's eyes fell on the sky and did not move.

Feng Duying withdrew his gaze, and said: "At that time, the third brother saw that only a chaff pancake in the elder brother's hand was divided in half with him. He thought that he was loyal and would not suffer when dealing with such a person, so he proposed to form a partnership with the elder brother. Because Those vagrants and beggars also form cliques. The more people there are, the bigger the land is, they can get or grab more food. The eldest brother agreed. The third brother has a good brain since he was a child. With him and the eldest brother as companions, Not only did we eat bran cakes and rotten rice, but sometimes we even gnawed on the bones of meat. I didn’t know what meat tasted like until I was four years old, even though it was discarded by others.”

"Your third brother's name is 'Tranquility', and his name is not worthy of the name." Yi San said, feeling quite general in his words.

"Because the name is worthy of the name." Feng Duying looked at the night sky, and a quiet and refined appearance appeared in his mind.

"Oh." Yi San nodded in agreement, "Who did you meet then?"

"After the third brother, he met the sixth brother. The sixth brother was from Pingzhou, and his family ran a **** shop. When Pingzhou was captured by Qin Liang, their house was looted, and his parents led the two brothers After escaping, he was able to eat three meals a day at first, but soon he could only eat one steamed bun a day. In the end, he had nothing left and could not drink even one meal of porridge a day. Then one morning Brother Six woke up with Half a steamed bun, but his parents and elder brother are nowhere to be seen.”

Yi Sanyi was stunned and frowned: "His parents abandoned him?"

"In troubled times, such things are too numerous to mention." Feng Duying had a calm expression on his face.

"Then..." Yi San glanced at her sideways, "Your sixth brother... did you reunite with his parents later?"

"No." Feng Duying replied very simply, "Sixth brother was seven years old, from when we first gained a foothold, to now holding a lot of power, sixth brother never mentioned the matter of looking for relatives, he always said At that time, I was too young to remember the names of my parents, and I couldn’t find them. I think Brother Liu could remember his real name as 'Hua Liuhe' back then, so how could he not remember his parents' names? I don't want to find his parents. Ever since Jade Master gave us the name, he has only used the name 'Huajingtai', even if he asked his parents to find him by the name of 'Hua Liuhe', they might not give it to us. .So the world only knows that there is General Hua in 'Huajingtai', and no one except us knows that General Hua once had the name 'Hua Liuhe'."

"Oh." Yi San sighed lightly, but didn't say anything.

"Sixth brother loves the three boys of his family so much now, maybe he can't forget the pain of being abandoned back then." Feng Duying also sighed in his heart, "But after so many years, sixth brother never mentioned it It never showed up, since we first met, Sixth Brother has always looked like that."

Yi San raised his eyebrows, "Oh? What does it look like?"

"When I met Liu Ge, it was in front of the Guanyin Temple in Licheng. There are many women and believers who go to the temple to offer incense, and it is easiest to get some money, so we arrived at the temple early that day. Before, we saw a child holding a white and smooth stone in both hands, and said to a girl who came out of a small sedan chair, "Sister, this is the stone I got from the Guanyin Seat. After a long time, I must have gained spirituality. I gave it to my sister, and I hope it will help my sister to find a good husband'. The girl heard the child say this, and saw that the stone was clean and cute, so she took it. Then the child said, 'Sister, you can do whatever you want. Do you give me something?" As he said, he looked at the sachet hanging on the girl's waist. The sachet was very exquisite, but it was just a worthless personal item. Seeing the child's simple and honest expression, the girl untied the sachet Give him."

Hearing this, Yi San couldn't help but said: "Why does he want a sachet? Since the woman is generous, it's better to ask her to order something directly."

"We thought so too at that time." Feng Duying slowly held a faint smile on his lips, "The girl gave the child a sachet and then entered the temple, but the child was still guarding in front of the temple gate. There were people coming and going in the past, and after about two minutes, a young man in brocade clothes came riding a tall horse, waving a folding fan in his hand and looking like a spring breeze, followed by two servants. The child saw the young man get off the horse, and then He ran over quickly and said, "Brother, this sachet was dropped by a very beautiful and beautiful sister in green clothes just now. Big brother, if you are going to worship the Bodhisattva, you will definitely meet that beautiful sister. Help me return it." Give it to her, okay?'. After hearing his words, the young man took the sachet with a smile on his face, and threw three silver beans to the child."

"Ah, your sixth brother is really a big kid." Yi San couldn't help but praise, "Which girl doesn't want to marry a good man, and which man doesn't want to give back the sachet to a beautiful woman? Do it. He traded one pebble for three silver beans, and he really knows how to do business without money."

"No." Feng Duying's phoenix eyes were full of smiles, "The three of us waited in front of the temple for so long without getting a fruit, but he got three silver beans in a short time, then go buy steamed buns But it’s a basket. So, my third brother immediately went up to talk to him, and I don’t know what he said to the child. Anyway, when he came back, he and the child had become good brothers hand in hand. Later, the sixth brother always insisted When I was young and ignorant, I was coaxed by the third brother. The third brother said with a look of embarrassment that although the sixth brother is good at business, he is still a little tender in dealing with people."

"Haha..." Yi San couldn't help chuckling, "You won your sixth brother, so you won't have to be hungry in the future."

Feng Duying pondered for a while, and then said: "I really didn't feel hungry when I was in Licheng."

"Oh?" Yi San looked sideways.

"When Sixth Brother was abandoned by his parents, he was a seven-year-old child, and he didn't know where to go, so he followed a group of fleeing people. The dry food just arrived in Licheng." Feng Duying frowned slightly, "Sixth brother has a quirk, he would rather steal and rob other people's things than beg for them, and we are not allowed to beg for them either. When Licheng was destroyed, we fled all the way, because we had no way to beg, and we often couldn’t eat a grain of rice for a few days, we could only chew the bark of weeds, and the hunger was even worse.”

When Yi San heard this, he was silent for a moment, and said: "Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that his parents abandoned him. Whether it's family affection or food, he never begs from anyone, and never begs for what others don't want."

Feng Duying's heart trembled, and he turned to look at Yi San, thinking that this man had a clear mind, and suddenly remembered that he said that he was kicked out by his family, and wanted to come to sympathize with the sick, so he understood Sixth Brother's mind so much.

Yi San looked at the night sky with blank eyes, and his voice was faint but heavy, "Being abandoned by one's relatives is an unforgettable pain in a lifetime."

Feng Duying looked back, looked up at the sky, and was silent.

The two of them just lay quietly for a while, with the bright moon star above them, and the sea breeze chanting softly in their ears, and the sound of the waves was like a song, the atmosphere was peaceful and serene.

After a long time, Yi Sancai asked again: "Which brother will you meet next?"

"Second brother, I also met in Licheng." Feng Duying replied, looking at the bright moon for a long time, his eyes were a little tired, so he closed his eyes to rest. "The second brother is a native of Licheng, and his family has been hunting for generations. But that year when Li Chengyou attacked Licheng, the Ma family and his sons raised taxes again to raise food and wages. The second brother's father went up to the mountain to hunt tigers for tax money. But a rarity, one piece can be used for tax credit, and the tiger meat can also be used in the father and son’s rations for one month. It’s just that the second brother’s father didn’t hunt the tiger, but was bitten by the tiger instead, and half of his body was lost.”

"Ah!" Hearing this, Yi San couldn't help exclaiming.

Feng Duying's voice was also a little deep, "That day we went to the mountain to follow the arrangement of Sixth Brother to pick honeysuckle. That thing can be sold in pharmacies, and three or two copper wires can be exchanged for a few steamed buns. Come back When I met my second brother on the mountainside, he was digging a hole, and his father's **** body was wrapped in a broken mat beside him. When the elder brother saw it, he immediately threw honeysuckle and came forward to help him. Later, we helped the second brother bury his father. I remember that the second brother was silent during the whole process, but his face was full of tears, and at the end he said in front of his father's grave, "It is terrible for a tiger to eat a man, but no matter how terrible it is, a man can kill a tiger, but People can't kill the tax bank, so the tax bank is more terrible than the tiger' I have always remembered."

"The sages said that 'a tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger'." Yi San's voice was deep.

"So after we won the world, the second brother insisted that no matter how empty the treasury is, the people are not allowed to increase taxes." Feng Duying sighed softly.

Yi San nodded, "That's true. Compared with previous dynasties, this dynasty's taxes are the lightest."

"After burying the second brother's father, it was already dark. The second brother saluted us solemnly to express his gratitude, and then invited us to stay at his house for one night. To be honest, before meeting the second brother, No one has ever bowed to us. Although the second brother is the son of Orion, he has a good disposition since he was a child, and he is the most prudent and steady one among our brothers. Take it easy, "We followed the second brother to his house, only to find out that there are only two fathers and sons in his house. Now that his father has gone, he is the only one in the house. Once the third brother found out the situation, he arranged for the eldest brother and the second brother to go to bed that night. Brother was in the same room, he and brother six took me to sleep in another room. I didn’t understand what brother three meant at the time, but it was only later that I realized it. Both elder brother and second brother witnessed the death of their relatives beside them, and both of them were very nervous. Love and righteousness are important, so after talking all night, when we woke up the next morning, the two told us not to form a gang, but to worship."

"So you are married to Jinlan?" Yi San couldn't help smiling as he imagined how they would plant incense and bow down when they were young.

"Yes." The corners of Feng Duying's lips curled up slightly, "We used to live without a fixed place, and we always lived in dilapidated temples, dilapidated houses and ruined walls, with wind and rain, summer and winter, until we met our second brother Only then did we have a real home. Although it was just two dilapidated thatched huts, the second brother’s home was our first home, but..." She sighed long, "Our home will soon be gone. Gone."

"Oh?"

"Because Licheng was breached by Li Chengyou, and there was a lot of burning, killing and looting, we had to escape from Licheng to save our lives, and went south along the Wuyun River, and then..." Feng Duying paused slightly , slowly opened his eyes, and the star of Langyue fell into his eyes, "Then we met the fourth brother by the Wuyun River."