In the village, Leng Yi is warmly treated. Everyone's eyes are full of worship and respect, which makes Leng Yi feel uncomfortable.
"Benefactor, your great kindness will be remembered by all the people in our village all their lives. Thank you again for saving your life." The old man picked up his glass and said gratefully.
"Old man, it's right to get rid of the evil animals when you see them. There's nothing to be grateful for." Leng Yi waved his hand and said.
"Benefactor, for you, it's a little help, but for our village, it's a life-saving grace, which is greater than heaven." The old man said firmly.
"Thank you. I received your thanks. We drank this wine." Cold Yi also no longer refuse, straightforward say.
This night, lengyi drank a lot of wine, and the other villagers were very happy. At last, they were all drunk, and a lot of them were drunk.
In the early morning, lengyi opened the door to breathe the fresh air and saw the old man cooking there.
"I'm sorry, sir. I drank a little too much yesterday. I got up a little late today." After drinking yesterday, lengyi took a night's rest at the old man's home.
"No, it's just breakfast." The old man said with a smile.
Breakfast is common, but it's delicious.
"Sir, I don't know how to call you, and what's the name of this village?" Leng Yi asked while eating.
"Hu Wen, this village has no special name. It's called Hujia village. Almost all the people in our village are surnamed Hu. At the beginning, our ancestors fled to this place with some people in order to escape the war. Finally, they took root in this place and gradually developed into Hujia village. Later, hujiacun gradually got in touch with the outside world, and some young people went out to make a living. " Hu Wen, the old man, said with a smile.
"Uncle Hu, do you have a bronze tripod in your village?" Lengyi asked tentatively.
"Bronze tripod?" Hu Wen was lost in thought.
"Yes, a bronze tripod, about one meter high, has four legs under it, one of which is slightly damaged." Leng Yi then repeated what Lao Dao told him.
"Oh, I remember that there was such a big bronze tripod. At first, it was placed in the ancestral temple of the Hu family to hold incense. Later, the ancestral temple of the Hu family was rebuilt. Because the big bronze tripod was dilapidated, it was replaced by another censer. Let me see who took the bronze tripod? " The old man fell into thinking.
"Oh, I remember that the bronze tripod was taken away by old man Hu at the entrance of the village." Hu Wen finally remembered.
"Old man Hu at the entrance of the village? Is it the old man sitting at the entrance of the village who is very thin Leng Yi asked suspiciously.
"Yes, that's him. When he planned not to use the bronze tripod, some villagers planned to melt it to make some farm tools, but old man Hu refused to do anything with us. At last, everyone saw that he was old, childless, and alone. He was very pitiful. He didn't care about it, so he took the bronze tripod home." Hu Wen said.
Hearing this, Leng Yi can't help but feel nervous. Old man Hu is trying so hard to maintain the bronze tripod. He should know the origin of the bronze tripod. I'm afraid it's a little troublesome to get the bronze tripod this time.
"Uncle Hu, what's the origin of this old man Hu?" Leng Yi asks tentatively.
"What's the origin? It's the people of our Hujia village. Although I'm the most senior person in the village and everyone respects me very much, if old man Hu was a member of the Hu family in ancient times, we would bow and greet him respectfully." Hu Wen said with a smile.
"Uncle Hu, how many years has this bronze tripod been in your Hujia village? Leng Yi asked.
"How many years? I really don't know. According to the genealogical records, our ancestors fled here with this bronze tripod. It is estimated that it has been four or five hundred years. For how many years, you still have to ask old man Hu. He has a lot of information at home“ Hu Wen said.
Leng Yi nodded and didn't speak. He knew everything he should know. Hu Wen didn't know much about the bronze tripod, so he had to find an old man Hu.
Lengyi hastily finished his breakfast and rushed to old man Hu's home at the entrance of the village. He saw old man Hu smoking dry tobacco, squinting and leaning against the corner in the sun.
"Young man, do it." Old man Hu saw lengyi coming and said with a smile.
"Thank you." Lengyi doesn't care about sitting on the corner.
"Young man, thank you for saving the whole village this time." Old man Hu said gratefully.
"Sir, the whole village has been grateful many times." Leng Yi said with a bitter smile.
"No matter how many times you say thank you for saving your life, young man, if I guess correctly, you come to me because of the bronze tripod?" Old man Hu said.
"Yes." Leng Yi did not want to hide anything, readily admit.
"Young man, you are honest enough. I think you should know the value of this bronze tripod. You can be so frank. It shows that you are also an open and aboveboard person." Old man Hu said with some satisfaction.
"Thank you for your praise." Cold Yi some embarrassed of say.
"Do you know the origin of Hujia village?" Old man Hu asked.
"I've heard a little bit from Mr. Hu Wen." Cold escape road.
"Those are the history of the past few hundred years. They don't know if they go up. In fact, people in Hujia village don't have the surname Hu at all. We have the surname Wu." Hu said with a sigh.
"Wu?" Lengyi asked in surprise.
"Yes, Wu Zetian's Wu. Our ancestors came from the Wu family of Empress Wu Zetian. When the empress knew that her time was coming, she ordered people to send the bronze tripod to the Wu family and let the Wu family protect it well. So a branch of the Wu family changed its name to Hu to protect the bronze tripod. Unfortunately, all the other children of the Wu family were killed, We are the only one that has survived. "
"The Hu family has been protecting the bronze tripod for hundreds of years. Later, the news of the bronze tripod leaked and attracted many people's covet. So the ancestors of the Hu family fled to this place with the bronze tripod, and finally took root in this place. With the passage of time, many things have been lost, even the bronze tripod has disappeared in the history of time, The only one who knows about this is us Hu old man some sad said.
After listening to old man Hu's words, lengyi was shocked: "I didn't expect that this Hujia village has such a tortuous history."