The Folk Song of the Qingquan Case in the Northern Song Dynasty

The story happened a long time ago.

It was a war-torn era. There was a town in the north, but it was not hit by the war, and people were still living peacefully.

There is a well-known rich man in the city.He loves money, and he will get it.He does some business, illegal or legal -- as long as it makes money.

The rich man's wife died early, leaving only a four-year-old daughter.She is bright and smart, just the age to learn to speak.The rich man has money, but has a bad reputation. This four-year-old girl has no playmates.

A boy always comes to her.

He is her only playmate.

The boy was only nine years old, but he was doing odd jobs to support his family.The family was poor, and his father passed away, leaving only his mother to make ends meet.Fortunately, there are four older brothers in the boy's family, and the eldest brother is only 15 years old.

The boy is honest and sensible, ranking fifth.During the war years, it was difficult for orphans and widows to live.

Although the fifth child is small, he can also do some handicrafts.Make sugar figurines, make paper kites—but what use are these things in wartime?But the little girl likes it very much. She likes the sugar figurines made by Lao Wu and the paper kites made by Lao Wu.Every Ching Ming and Double Ninth Festival, the two would fly the paper kites into the sky.

Soon after, the rich man suddenly made a strange decision: he moved his family to the mountains.

This decision was hasty, and the common people felt that the rich man lived in seclusion in the mountains to escape the war.Naturally, the girl followed suit.Although she is young, she has always missed the fifth child.She cried and lived in the mountains. After that, Lao Wu lost news of her.

After moving, the millionaire got richer and richer.No one knew what business he was in, no one knew how he was doing.It's just that there are rumors that the rich man lives in the mountains and doesn't go out of the mountains, but his money has increased more and more.Enough to buy several cities.

Time flies, about 15 years after the rich man moved, a news spread: the rich man wants to invite a doctor to see a doctor for his daughter, and the reward is generous.

From this the world knew that his daughter was weak and sick.It's just a medical treatment, but the rich man's salary is frighteningly high, enough to support a family for a lifetime.

Doctors, whether they are famous doctors or charlatans, all flock to him.However, they went up the mountain one by one, but none of them cured his daughter's illness.

Why do you say that?No one knew what disease his daughter had.Because the doctors who went up the mountain never came back.

All the doctors who went to the doctor disappeared.The world is talking about it, but no one cares.At that time, the fighting was fierce, and the people were all like mud bodhisattvas crossing the river. Who would pursue the whereabouts of a group of doctors?Government?Does the government still exist?The world is in chaos, and no one knows who owns it!

Finally, after a few months.The rich no longer recruit a man, but a son-in-law.The condition is very simple, you can take care of his daughter for seven days, then you can get married and live here for a long time.What are the benefits?After the death of the rich man, the son-in-law can inherit all the property.

This condition is weird and simple, but the benefits are unimaginable to ordinary people - all the property, you can buy the property of several cities.And the condition is to take care of a sick woman for seven days!

The young man kept going up the mountain like crazy.Not only because of property, but also the flames of war will soon spread to towns.Only the mountains are the land of peace.

Just when the young men went up the mountain one after another, strange things happened again.These men, like the doctors, are gone forever.

where did they gono one knows.Even so, there are still people who continue to go up the mountain, just to live a stable life and become rich in the world.

At that time, the town was in chaos, the plague spread, and it was almost a hell on earth.Almost all the rich moved, and those without money sat in the city waiting to die.Prices have skyrocketed, and poor people simply cannot afford food and medicine.

The mother of the five brothers fell ill, and the medicinal materials for the treatment were too expensive.They decided to go up the mountain to find the rich man.They believe that if the five brothers unite as one, there will be good results in the end.

The boss is a gambler and loves money the most.The second child is a doctor, treacherous and timid, with good medical skills.The third child is a Feng Shui master, smart but can't make a lot of money.The fourth child was a poor craftsman who built a house.Lao Wu is just an ordinary craftsman, making small gadgets to sell for money, hardworking, capable, honest and kind.

The fifth child is still the fifth child of the past, and he also knows that the rich man's daughter should be his childhood playmate.

The brothers went up the mountain and saw the rich man's house.The rich man's daughter's boudoir is very large, but the doors and windows are closed.

The rich man is a neurotic, stingy, and deep-rooted man.He said that the five brothers can only send one person to take care of their daughter, and only one person has the opportunity to be a son-in-law.

Who is going?Brothers are worrying - it's obviously risky.The five brothers discussed and finally decided to let the fifth child go. He is of the right age and knows the rich man's daughter, so it would be perfect.

The rich man brought a painting, which is his daughter.

Everyone was shocked by the beauty of the woman in the painting.She was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, her eyelashes were long and dense, and she was very beautiful.He was dressed luxuriously and wore a gold bracelet on his wrist.However, the painting is incomplete, with most of it blank and the lower part damaged.Even so, the beauty of the woman in the painting is truly unforgettable.Such a beautiful woman is so weak and sickly, she is really jealous of her beauty.

According to the old rules, enter the house to take care of the girl for seven days, and you can get married after seven days.Although the rich man is weird, he is fair. This condition is no different from what the five brothers have heard at the foot of the mountain.The five brothers wondered why no one had ever done such a simple thing?

Although the five brothers have very different personalities and are good at different things, they believe in the power of wisdom.The day before the fifth child entered the house to take care of the rich man's daughter, they all made preparations, not so much as preparation, but as a matter of doing——

The boss of the greedy gambler keeps going in and out of all the houses; the second of the treacherous doctor keeps boiling a pot of broth; the third of the clever Feng Shui master keeps looking at the houses on the east side; Beat; the honest and kind old fifth has been looking at the portrait of the girl.

After the preparations were done, Lao Wu entered the house.

Strange things happened again.After that, the five brothers actually disappeared—disappeared collectively.

Since Lao Wu entered the house, there has been no news.The rich man was disheartened, but on the morning of the seventh day, the door of the house opened.

The first ray of sunlight in the morning shone on Lao Wu.He opened the door with a squeak and came out, covered in blood and scars, holding a beautiful girl in his arms.She fell asleep like a beautiful dream.

Soon, the four brothers of the fifth brother also appeared.As promised, the rich man held a wedding ceremony for the fifth child and the girl.

The fifth brother married a beautiful girl and got all the property. At this time, the mother of the fifth brother died of a long illness.

However, the story does not end there.

This story has only just begun.

The girl hardly ever leaves the house, and the fifth child has been taking care of her in the house.The common people have heard that this girl is a zombie or a living dead if she does not see the sun?

There were many rumors, but Fifth Brother took care of that girl wholeheartedly.If the girl is in good health, she is a perfect match, and it is a good story about marriage.

The five brothers have also always lived on the mountain.The facts are hard and cold - as long as the rich live, the property is not theirs.

No one knows where the rich man got his money from.He doesn't seem to be in any business, but has a lot of money.The boss secretly followed the rich man. He always sneaked into the mountain and came out again.The terrain of the mountain is rugged, and the boss can't keep track of him, so he can't know the secret of the rich man.

And Lao Wu was only focused on the girl, and didn't care about property.But the boss of the gambler and the second of the doctor are not reconciled.The rich man was old, and the eldest brother conspired with the second child, and finally killed the rich man.

Winter has come and the mountains are covered with snow.

They push the rich man off a cliff.

It stands to reason that the property should belong to the fifth child, but the property... where is it?

Although the rich man was stingy, he also disclosed information about his property and told the fifth child.However, the fifth child did not take any action, he just took care of the girl wholeheartedly.

A rift broke out between the five brothers.The boss of the gambler and the second of the doctor want to conspire to obtain property, while the third of Feng Shui master and the fourth of artisan support the fifth.

The real tragedy begins.

In the face of money, family affection has also become weak.The boss frantically searched for property, and had a dispute with the second child.The two fought, and the second child was unfortunately beaten to death by the boss.

The second child was stewing a pot of broth before he died, but it was also overturned.

The second child died, but he was a doctor.In other words, the girl is weak, and he is responsible for the medicine.Not long after the second child returned, no one treated the girl anymore, and the girl's condition deteriorated.

She kept gnawing on the wooden stake until her mouth was full of blood.Not long after, he died of illness.

The boss was crazy about money, he not only killed the second son, after the girl died, he also wanted to murder the fifth son.The fifth child was still feeling sorry for the girl's death, and when the eldest was so frantic, he conspired with the third and fourth to deceive the eldest into the mountains, saying that the treasure was buried in the forest.

It was snowing heavily.

The eldest brother believed the fifth brother's words, and went into the mountains alone to find treasure when the snow was falling.However, the terrain is dangerous and there are many wolves in the mountain—the boss went into the snow mountain alone, while climbing, his hand slipped and he fell into the river and drowned.

The rich man, the girl, the second child, and the eldest brother all died on such a mountain. After death, their souls lingered and became lonely ghosts, crying every day like the wind in the mountains.

Since then, there has always been this kind of wind in the mountains, echoing in the mountains.

After a few days, the fourth child felt deeply guilty—he was responsible for killing his elder brother.So he...hanged himself on the old locust tree next to the bluestone near the village.

Guilt is enough to kill a man.

Today, only the third and fifth children are left in the village.The two were very sad, but they did not commit suicide. They just built a temple where the fourth child committed suicide.

mountain temple.Guard this mountain, protect the people in the mountain, wash away all guilt, and send away all innocent souls.

The town has been baptized by war and has ceased to exist.When the war subsided slightly, the third child built a village here, married a wife and had children, and lived a happy life in the village.

Fifth Brother didn't remarry, he guarded the girl's new house and kept making paper kites.Every Double Ninth Festival and Qingming Festival, paper kites are put in the sky, year after year.After a few years, he was buried in the earth and buried with the girl.

The village grew bigger and bigger.The descendants of the third child lived down from generation to generation, making a living by hunting.This story has been handed down, word of mouth, and passed down to this day.

This incident started with five brothers, and with five as a homonym, the family name of this village is "Wu", which has survived to this day.

This is the origin of Wu Village.

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