this is a moth

There are many mediocrities in the world, and I am the most outstanding one among them.No matter how outstanding he is, he is just a mediocre person after all.

I was pretty much born to do nothing.As for fame and fortune, I read through the chaotic scrolls that only seeds can germinate, and I am a stone, and at most there will be some moss when buried in the soil, but my father doesn't believe it.

Gai has been with him for a hundred years, and looking back now, I find it really embarrassing because he has worked so hard for half his life to force me to read and write.

If there are too many things that you don't like, you are embarrassing yourself, so my father rarely has joy in his life.As small as my sitting posture, as big as race and class, there are so many things my father can't understand. He has been dreaming a dream all his life, and he held my hand until he died and said: "Zaiqian, You have to wait, you have to wait..." I knelt on the blue brick floor and nodded obediently: "Father, don't worry, one day I will be an extremely courtier." As soon as the words fell, he returned to the west.

At that time, I was fifteen years old, and I had just won the exam, so I praised Haikou so that my father could leave at ease.

On the night my father left, according to his last words, I sent away all the servants except the dumb butler.To this day, I still can't understand how the huge Li Mansion can be turned so neatly in the hands of a mute.The strange thing is that this dumb man can handle the affairs of the mansion in an orderly manner. As far as I can remember, there has never been a mistake in the house's internal affairs.

After paying the funeral for my father, the servants each received their wages and dispersed. In this way, only me and the mute were left in the whole house.As long as I can remember, the mute has been in the mansion, and it seems that he is only in his early thirties. As soon as the servants leave, he alone takes care of the laundry, cooking and cleaning the room, and I just close the door and study.

The mute took good care of me, and we faced each other silently inside and outside the house, and it went on for four years.

My father has been away for four years, and the house has no income, but my food and clothing expenses are not bad at all. I was neither a businessman nor an official during my lifetime, and my grandfather died early. I still don't understand how this house was earned.

A few days ago, it was raining continuously, and half of the city was flooded. Unfortunately, the Li Mansion was on a low terrain. When I woke up, I found that my whole face was pressed against the beams of the house. I opened it to the outside, and the sparrows on the roof immediately scattered.Afterwards, I couldn't help feeling that, thanks to the bed, if it hadn't been for floating, I'm afraid I would have drowned in the water long ago.

It was the dumb who saved me.I'm used to sleeping with my doors and windows locked. He couldn't come in at night even if he tried to save me. He thought I was dead. I saw him sitting in the bathtub with his head drooping and drifting with the waves, and even his back was covered in dust.Until I poked my head out from the roof and called for help, he suddenly turned his head and saw that I was still alive, his eyes were full of surprise.

At that time, a gust of wind blew by. In the chaos, I hugged the beam of the house tightly. After several heavy waves, I drank a few sips of water, and my nose was burning.When the weather calmed down, the bed under me had floated far away, so I had to lie on the beam, not daring to move at all.Looking again, the mute and the bathtub had long since disappeared.

Looking around, there is a vast ocean, and one or two dead chickens float by from time to time. I am a landlubber, and I am not afraid of falsehood in this situation.

After a while, a bathtub in the distance floated into my sight with the cover upside down, and I suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Tilt less, a string of bubbles bulged near the basin, and then the basin floated towards me slowly, when it floated in front of me, I wanted to catch it, only to see it turned over suddenly, and the dumb also came out of the water .

I was saved, and after selling the house, I told the mute that I was not material for studying. Obviously, he was not happy, and kept following me with his beard raised and panting.

I took out a stack of bank notes from my pocket, and spread my hands: "Although I got the [-]th high school entrance examination, my ranking was the bottom, and I haven't been able to win a Jinshi so far. It's better to use this as capital to start a business, and it's better than just eating and waiting to die."

Hearing this, he became even more angry, his expression was very similar to my father's, every time my father wanted to hit me, he always had this expression.

I said again: "This time I sold the mansion, and I plan to buy some Banlangen. Now there is a flood, and the epidemic will break out soon. I will stock up some medicine as soon as possible, and I will be able to double the cost." While talking, the dumb stuffed me. A handful of silver bills, signed sign language quickly, I can't understand it, but I roughly guessed the meaning, he asked me to add some money, redeem the old house, and continue to study hard.

I don’t know where he got so much money. Suddenly, I recalled that my mother used to coax me when I was a child, saying that I would be rich and prosperous in this life no matter what. I just thought it was my mother’s nagging wish. Now Looking at the money that the mute gave me, I had to believe that my parents must have some secrets from me.

I also recalled that my father said unintentionally when he was drunk, telling me to just study hard, no matter what the final result is, sooner or later it will be useful for a day.According to my father, I am expected to be a high official anyway, I don't know where he got the confidence.

I clenched my dumb money tightly. In fact, I was also reluctant to part with that house. After all, I lived in it for more than ten years, but I knew that I might really not be able to read books. Of course, I mean serious books.

In fact, after my father left, I locked myself in the room and mostly read Three Heroes and Five Righteousness, Legends of Gods and Ghosts, relying on these, of course I would not pass the exam.

The mute grabbed my sleeve and told me to redeem the old house. If I didn't agree, I wouldn't move today.

I had no choice but to rely on him.In this way, five bank notes were sold in the morning, and ten were bought back in the afternoon. If the mute was not anxious and insisted on urging me, the price difference would not be so outrageous.

"I can redeem the house, but I am determined not to read the book any more." Holding the last two banknotes of the mute, I carried my bag and walked away. The mute did not chase me, nor did he go out to see me off. Stay in the house and continue to sweep his land.

Only then did I understand that what he was guarding was not me, the young master, but that house.

I went to a distant place alone and bought three carts of medicinal materials at a low price, because those medicinal materials are usually not used unless they are used for plagues, so I bought them very cheaply.Thinking that if you buy more, you will earn more, I spent all my savings on buying medicinal materials, and then rushed back to Panzhou without stopping.

Sure enough, the gates of the three cities have been closed tightly, and a plague broke out in Panzhou City, and many people died. Although I am deeply saddened by this, on the other hand, as a businessman, especially a drug dealer who has a large number of medicinal materials in short supply, I feel that Joy has long been irrepressible.

But the gate of the city was tightly sealed, and I couldn't get in. Seeing my carts of medicinal materials parked in the suburbs was not a solution, so I decided to send the heirloom jade left by my father to a pawn shop in the neighboring city, and entered with a bribe first. Let's talk about the city.

I don't worry about someone else doing it for me. The jade pattern is clear and the texture is extraordinary. It will definitely sell for a good price, so I went to the pawnshop myself.

The pawnshop clerk took the jade and looked at it carefully. After a while, he raised his head and looked at me with a strange face. Maybe I lived and slept in the open and dressed casually, but I was able to take out such a treasure. His eyes seemed to be looking at a thief.

I laughed and said: "This item was originally a family treasure. Unexpectedly, when my generation's family is in decline, I have no choice but to make a bad plan. I hope the boss will keep it for me first. If the family tradition can be restored in the future, I will redeem it with a lot of money. "

When I left the pawn shop, a dark wind suddenly blew, and it made my hair stand on end.

I thought, the so-called prodigal is nothing more than this, my father is in the spirit of the sky, he only wished to show himself and beat me up, so he blew the wind to scare me.

Money can make ghosts turn millstones, and the guards allowed me to enter the city through the ear door.

At night, I went back to the mansion under the moonlight. I drank so much wine for the first time. I tremblingly climbed to the gate and knocked on the door desperately. In the middle of the night, the mute opened the door for me.

He helped me get in the door. Under the moonlight, I turned my head and pointed at him, shaking my head and said, "Are you pretending to be dumb?" How can a dumb person hear the sound? All these years, I only need to call him, need him, he will appear, like tonight.He didn't change his face, just continued to help me back to the room.

I said: "I ruined this family, it's all gone." The mute nodded, with a calm expression on his face, and I said again: "You go, leave me alone." He didn't seem to hear, but I Yes, he can hear.

I pushed him out of the bedroom, closed the door heavily, and lay on the bed like a dead man.I donated all those carts of medicine, and they can't be sold, so it's better to donate them.

The mute knocked on the door a few times, and then there was no sound, and the surrounding was silent. I had a dream. I dreamed that I dragged a hammer and smashed the piece of jade. Before my father died, he told me that the jade must not be thrown away. Yes, when I woke up with a start, the wine was mostly sober.There was a faint figure shaking outside the window, and there was a sound of fighting after a while, and the mute fought with them.

There were many of them, and the mute was alone, so I couldn't restrain myself, took a stick and rushed out the door. I wanted to help the mute, but I found that all the people in black fell on the ground, and the mute stood there unscathed.They had knives, and the dumb had bare hands.I can't help but gasp.

Before I could react, someone covered my head with a sackcloth, and I exclaimed: "Lu Yanfeng, save me." After my father left, no one ever called him by his name, and I only called him "dumb".

In my panic, I heard someone chanting: "Senior!" Then the sack on my head was taken off, and everyone bowed to the mute. How offending."

Yan Feng stood with his hands behind his back, glanced at me, moved his lips a few times, but was unable to speak after all.

The leader said again: "We have an order to take His Highness back to the palace. The emperor personally issued an order to ask the younger one to come here to welcome His Highness back to the palace."

I guess, the "His Royal Highness" they are talking about is me. I think I am just a commoner, how can I become their Highness?Why did the emperor come to call me?

Someone set me up with a sack just now, and I remembered the hatred clearly, so I leaned into Yanfeng's ear and said, "These are probably not good people."

Yan Feng raised his eyebrows and protected me behind him.

The man's face showed embarrassment, and the men in black who were lying on the ground just now got up and looked at each other in blank dismay.The leader bit the bullet and walked around in front of Yanfeng and bowed again: "If you are worried, senior, you can enter the palace with the younger one, and then you will know whether what I said is true or not."

Yan Feng glanced at me, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.

They came on horseback and only prepared a carriage for me. Even so, the blind can see that they care more about Yanfeng than me, the so-called "His Royal Highness".

Yan Feng was about to jump on the horse, but I dragged him into the carriage. There was no one I knew to sit beside me, so I felt uneasy.

The carriage was patrolling, and the wind blew in from time to time. I was already sober, and pulled Yanfeng's sleeve: "What's going on, tell me." I forgot, he is dumb.

If he didn't say anything, I stopped asking, and fell asleep on his body. His body was so hard, it really wasn't a good pillow, so I had no choice but to make do with it.

He patted me lightly to signal me not to fall asleep.

At this time, I was very sleepy, so I closed my eyes and said lazily, "It's okay." As soon as I spoke, I turned over again and leaned my head on his shoulder.I had a dream, lying down on the big grassy slope to take a nap, suddenly raindrops hit my face, the rain was still warm, and the stone under my head trembled.

When I opened my eyes, my face was really wet. I subconsciously saw blood! When I looked up, I saw the tip of the arrow pointing at me. Yan Feng grabbed the arrow, and the blood in his hand kept flowing on my face.

In a panic, I quickly stepped aside, and accidentally realized that the coachman was missing. I was in a daze, and someone behind me dragged me by the hem of my clothes.

Under the moonlight, a long arrow was stuck on his shoulder, I said: "You are hurt." I couldn't help but climb out, he turned his head and pushed me back again, at the same time he grabbed a handful with the other hand. Arrow, that arrow was coming at me again, so I shrank back.

"Who are they? Why did they kill me?" I asked.

Hearing this, Yan Feng whipped his horse hard.

I sighed: "Do you know something?" Even if I die, I will die to understand, if I am so unclear, I will be tied into a sieve, what kind of words.

I said again: "Where is this going?" That's all, what could I ask from the dumb mouth, from the beginning to the end, I had to talk to myself.

The carriage drove all night, I slept intermittently under the seat, the arrow on Yanfeng's body was still stuck there, looking at the creepy man, I said: "Why don't you just stop, this arrow will never stop Just leave it alone."

This time, he finally listened to my advice and parked the car by the small river. I poked my head out and said, "Do you need me to help you?"

He shook his head.

Right now my stomach was growling with hunger, Panzhou was not far from the capital, and I reckoned it would be there soon, so I comforted myself to bear it a little longer.I was alone in the car, very bored, just about to get out of the car to relax, when I opened the door curtain, a dagger came towards me, I said: "I have something to say." dragged me out.

The dagger resting on my neck, I think I have seen a lot of Three Heroes and Five Righteousness, and the scenes of literary and military battles cutting ears are full of brains, and I am less courageous.

I should have informed Yanfeng, but I was timid. I was afraid that the knife would pierce a hole for me before I finished chanting the word "Feng".

I just said: "Hero, I have something to say." Without him bothering me, I followed him into the woods, Yan Feng didn't know where to go now, if he hadn't been so hypocritical, taking off his clothes and insisting on avoiding me, I would have gone How could it fall into the enemy's hands.

The man covered his face, and his white dagger was polished to a bright shine. I said: "Hero, I am sick of knives. If you ask for money, you can touch the silver in my arms. I understand the rules of the road, and I will never report it to the officials." As soon as the words fell, a stone flew over and bounced the dagger down.

It was Yanfeng, he was standing not far away, his body was swaying back and forth, blood was still dripping from the corner of his mouth.I took advantage of the masked man's distraction and sprinkled a handful of powder, then ran to Yanfeng and dragged him away: "Run."

Yan Feng stood motionless, with a sly smile on his face: "Your Highness, where are you going?"

It was only then that I noticed that something was wrong with him, Yan Feng was shot in the shoulder by an arrow, but there was no trace of blood on his clothes, I took a few steps back and said, "Who are you?"

Before I could react, someone knocked me unconscious from behind. In a daze, someone carried me away, and the masked man whom I had just limed was also shot dead by them.