Post by xufu on Nov 12, 2009 17:48:27 GMT
Xu Fu and brothers Fa and Po traveled through the war torn south lands. They traveled plainly and without much attention drawn to them. At times they laughed, with joking memory's of home, but it always left a silence. The silence gave each a moment to reflect in their own way of having to leave home. They were together, that is what mattered most. The silence broke with Xu Fu saying -" Wandering wind blowing free, Where do you go ? What do you see?" His quote brought the brothers out of their silence.
They traveled on a dirt road. The steady wind picking up light sand which created a cloud of dust. Suddenly they could here shouts up ahead, but could not see. As they got closer noticing it was just one voice, that of an old man. They kept moving closer and closer and the shouting became louder and louder. They come upon a bridge with a large cart blocking the way. There was hardly enough room to go around the cart. They noticed that a wheel was over the edge and the axel was wedged between the bridge planks. The old man almost in tears yelling at his ox coaxing him to move. The ox wouldn't budge, as if frozen it stood. The brothers came up and noticed the trouble the old man was in. "Uncle we we help you"
Xu Fu managed to get around the cart somehow and helped the old man with pulling at the ox. Still, the ox would not move. Brother Po knelt at the axel trying to lift the cart but still the ox wouldn't move. They all tried in vain to get the ox to move but he wouldn't. The old man feel to his knees and cried "I will loose everything if the cart is lost" The bridge lead over a steep riven with no chance of recovery.
Fa watched as they carried on panicky. He went to the ox looked into its eye's. Fa reached into his robe and unrolled a brocade placing it over the eye's of the ox. He held it in place with both hands. Then he told Fu to clasp his hands, which he did. The ox began to move leveling the cart on the bridge and pulling away. Po gloated his strength is what did it. "When a man can move mountains, what is one ox to his strength" The brothers shook their head and laughed. Turning to the old man who was with grin ear to ear and clasping his hands in a joyous jumping motion. "I am saved all my goods. You have saved me." Po came up "whats in there I don't see anything so heavy as that" The old man stuttered out more praises as they crossed over to firm ground. Then he went around the cart as if to inspect it. Coming back around he held a small pouch. You see the old man didn't want to reveal what was in the cart. He was thought to be a traveling beggar. Holding out the pouch with a certain jingle, the old man gave his thanks. "We cannot take from you. We are happy to assist, a fellow traveler". The old man starred in disbelief, then he went to the bridge and held the pouch over the bottomless riven. As he began to pray and just before releasing the pouch to its gravity, asked again if the brothers wouldn't take it. Po jumped to snatch the pouch. "If you want to throw it away then we have no choice but to take it" Po hefts the wait and the pouch lets out a jingle. Fu and Fa just look at each other with curiosity about this old man. Po joined them with a big smile. The old man gathered himself and shouted a warning to the brothers " If your going to Cheng Du be careful of passing the great plains many have disappeared there." The brothers watched the old man fade beyond sight. Po "how did he know where we are going?" Fa "perhaps he is a wizard" Fu " maybe this road leads only to Cheng Du" The brothers laugh and decide to see what the old man had gave them. They kneel to the ground together and open the pouch to reveal its content.
((Revealed later the cargo))
Reward please =
They traveled on a dirt road. The steady wind picking up light sand which created a cloud of dust. Suddenly they could here shouts up ahead, but could not see. As they got closer noticing it was just one voice, that of an old man. They kept moving closer and closer and the shouting became louder and louder. They come upon a bridge with a large cart blocking the way. There was hardly enough room to go around the cart. They noticed that a wheel was over the edge and the axel was wedged between the bridge planks. The old man almost in tears yelling at his ox coaxing him to move. The ox wouldn't budge, as if frozen it stood. The brothers came up and noticed the trouble the old man was in. "Uncle we we help you"
Xu Fu managed to get around the cart somehow and helped the old man with pulling at the ox. Still, the ox would not move. Brother Po knelt at the axel trying to lift the cart but still the ox wouldn't move. They all tried in vain to get the ox to move but he wouldn't. The old man feel to his knees and cried "I will loose everything if the cart is lost" The bridge lead over a steep riven with no chance of recovery.
Fa watched as they carried on panicky. He went to the ox looked into its eye's. Fa reached into his robe and unrolled a brocade placing it over the eye's of the ox. He held it in place with both hands. Then he told Fu to clasp his hands, which he did. The ox began to move leveling the cart on the bridge and pulling away. Po gloated his strength is what did it. "When a man can move mountains, what is one ox to his strength" The brothers shook their head and laughed. Turning to the old man who was with grin ear to ear and clasping his hands in a joyous jumping motion. "I am saved all my goods. You have saved me." Po came up "whats in there I don't see anything so heavy as that" The old man stuttered out more praises as they crossed over to firm ground. Then he went around the cart as if to inspect it. Coming back around he held a small pouch. You see the old man didn't want to reveal what was in the cart. He was thought to be a traveling beggar. Holding out the pouch with a certain jingle, the old man gave his thanks. "We cannot take from you. We are happy to assist, a fellow traveler". The old man starred in disbelief, then he went to the bridge and held the pouch over the bottomless riven. As he began to pray and just before releasing the pouch to its gravity, asked again if the brothers wouldn't take it. Po jumped to snatch the pouch. "If you want to throw it away then we have no choice but to take it" Po hefts the wait and the pouch lets out a jingle. Fu and Fa just look at each other with curiosity about this old man. Po joined them with a big smile. The old man gathered himself and shouted a warning to the brothers " If your going to Cheng Du be careful of passing the great plains many have disappeared there." The brothers watched the old man fade beyond sight. Po "how did he know where we are going?" Fa "perhaps he is a wizard" Fu " maybe this road leads only to Cheng Du" The brothers laugh and decide to see what the old man had gave them. They kneel to the ground together and open the pouch to reveal its content.
((Revealed later the cargo))
Reward please =
