Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

"The moon flies at the foot of the eaves of the Lanting Pavilion, and the world is full of glory for thousands of miles.

Willing to guard the country's frontiers and conquer the land, but not to return to the frontier! "[Xiongyang's own handwriting O (*^___^*) O]

After hearing this, Shi Yin stroked his lower folds, knowing that Yucun was thinking about the northern campaign, and he couldn't help worrying about it. Now it was the time of the autumn harvest, and the Zhungeer tribe was about to move. Every time the cavalry went south to burn, kill and loot, the people in the towns along the border fled. Fleeing, dying, but ten rooms are empty!Although the Holy Majesty's personal conquest, the Gengwu War severely damaged his vitality, but the centipede was dead but not stiff, and has recovered a little over the years, and has the potential to make a comeback.

Worrying in his heart, Shi Yin didn't bother to drink, but he appreciated Yucun's ambition even more, saying: "Brother Yucun's ambition is really lofty, and I feel ashamed of myself! Brother Yucun is more talented than Zijian, and his name is just right Dabi, with a victory in Chunwei, we will surely be able to display our ambitions and stabilize the frontiers!"

After listening to Shi Yin's words, Yucun sat back at the table again, thinking about Chunwei, and thinking about the half box of copper coins in the gourd temple, and sighed: "The road to Shenjing is far away, I only hate being shy in my pocket!"

When Shi Yin heard the words, before he could finish speaking, he got up and walked in front of Yucun, held his hand and supported Yucun's right arm, and said, "Brother, why didn't you say it earlier! I have intended this for a long time, but every time I met you, I didn't talk about it." , so I didn’t dare to be abrupt. Now that’s the case, even though I’m not talented, I still know the word righteousness and benefit. Since the elder brother has married the young daughter as a father, he is also Shi Yin’s brother. It is reasonable to deal with the expenses for the elder brother! The nineteenth is an auspicious day for traveling, brother, you can buy a boat and go west, and you will definitely be named on the gold list!"

At that moment, Shi Yin summoned the boy who served the wine, ordered him to quickly seal 50 taels of silver and two sets of winter clothes, and hand them over to Yucun personally.

Seeing Shi Yin's sincerity, Yucun accepted the burden, thanked him a little, and toasted a glass of gratitude.He also talked with Shi Yin about Galdan's rebellion, and he left after three drums (that is, the third watch, twelve o'clock in the middle of the night).

Back at the Calabash Temple, Yucun didn't fall asleep, he pondered for a while, and only packed his luggage.Yucun doesn't have much family wealth, and scholars don't like complicated things. After cleaning up, and the gifts from Shiyin, they are nothing more than a box of poems and books and a piece of clothing.Leaning halfway on the bed and squinting his eyes slightly, at five o'clock, when the abbot got up, he carried the book case and packed the umbrella to say goodbye.

Feeling grateful for the virtue of taking them in these few days, Yucun sealed the box with a sling of money and made sesame oil money in the temple. Although the money was not much, it was obtained by writing an article, sincerely.In his previous life, Yucun was a young man after May Fourth in the Republic of China. He didn't believe in the theory of reincarnation of ghosts and gods.

When Yucun arrived, the morning class in the temple hadn't started yet, only the abbot was knocking on a wooden fish in the side hall to chant scriptures, and a small novice stood by.Stepping into the side hall, Yucun took a step forward, gave the abbot the Buddha's gift, and said: "Master is polite, and I am grateful for the master's shelter for a few days. Today Yucun will leave for Chunwei, and I come to say goodbye."

When the abbot saw Jia Yucun coming, he put down the wooden pestle in his hand, nodded slightly to Yucun, pointed to a futon beside him, and said, "Master Jia, please sit down."

Hearing this, putting the package in his hand beside him, Yucun sat cross-legged on the futon.

"The benefactor's trip will certainly be a gold medal, and what he thinks in his heart can also be done. It's just that it's a blessing or a disaster, and I still have a word to say." After Yucun sat down, the old abbot said, his long eyebrows almost dragging to the earlobe.

When Yucun heard the words, his heart was shocked, and he wondered if there was something wrong?He hurriedly said, "Abbot, please tell me."

Just listen to the abbot read:

"It was originally the soul of the ice crystal jade, and the loyalty and purity were molded by swords, guns and fire.

Once stepping on the wrong side of the king, it is difficult to guard the door of the heart and there is no root. "【Xiangyang language】

"You go..." After finishing speaking, the old abbot closed his eyes and stopped talking. Although Yucun was full of questions, he couldn't ask them. Buddhist verses have always been difficult to understand, but Yucun is not a person who is used to being stubborn. Although he kept this remark in his heart, he didn't bother anymore, so he saluted the abbot and said goodbye.

The little novice went out to see each other off, and when he arrived at the door, Yucun thought about Shi Yin, so he asked the little novice to pass on a message, saying: "Scholars are not in the 'ecliptic' or 'underworld'. They always focus on reason, and it is too late to say goodbye." So that the little novice no need to send him off, he went to the western suburbs wharf to rent a boat to the west.

a month later.

It is said that Yucun left Gusu City on August [-]th, rented a small boat with a black awning, and traveled westward, stopping and stopping. After a month or so, he arrived in Jinan Prefecture and paid the boatman's fare. After staying in the cheap inn, I was quite exhausted after a long journey. I lay down on the inn's dark blue cloth bed and thought about it. I read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles. Foshan, the scenery is different, and I must go to visit it tomorrow. Thinking of this, Yucun fell asleep in a moment.

In the early morning of the second day, after resting from sleepiness, Yucun seemed to be quite refreshed. After finishing his clothes, Shi Shi ran out of the house, walked and looked, and inquired all the way to Daming Lake.

In September, the autumn is refreshing, the sky is inexplicably blue, the red leaves in the autumn mountains and the yellow flowers in the old gardens all the way, it is not lonely.Yucun read "Lao Can's Travel Notes" when he was young, and said that every family in Jinan has spring water and every household has weeping poplars. It is a pity that he has never seen it in person. Now he is walking on the street paved with stone roads. The spring water is winding, and the water is clear and slightly blue. , Yucun has never seen such clear water again!Next to the delicate small stone arch bridge, there are women and girls knocking on the laundry, the willow leaves fall on the water, it is peaceful and comfortable, and the heart is also quiet, there are pebbles on the soles of the feet scratching the soles of the feet step by step, Yucun thought, sincerely do not deceive me!

Along the way, Yucun soon arrived at Daming Lake. There were no lotus flowers in September, and the lotus pods stood alone on the lotus leaves. The lotus leaves were still in fields, but the places near the water were already withered and yellow.After walking for a long time, Yucun was a little tired and had an empty stomach. Seeing a promenade facing the water in front of him, the scenery was beautiful and quiet, so he sat down against the pillars built and took out the pea yellow that he bought at the snack shop on the road just now. , chew slowly.At this time, one or two clouds floated from the sky at some point, and gradually more and more, a gust of wind suddenly rose, and within a moment, it was actually raindrops that fell all over the ground.The rain hits the lotus leaves, ding ding dong dong, crisp and lingering, with its own fascinating charm, no wonder Li Yishan wants to "leave the residual lotus to listen to the sound of rain"!

The raindrops gradually changed from sparse to dense. Yucun was listening in a daze, but there were six or seven people running all the way to hide from the rain not far away. The first person was 21 or [-] years old, with black hair on his head, a purple gold crown, and black sword sleeves with auspicious clouds pattern There is a jasper belt of the same color around his waist, and a long jade body on his end. He ran all the way, and the feet of the robe were stained with stars and mud, but there was no sense of embarrassment. Looking at each other, Yucun only felt that his heart had been seen through, and the slightest coldness seemed to freeze his whole body with a layer of ice.Quickly looking away, Yucun stood up and bowed his hands, the man nodded in response, and Fang sat down and continued to eat the pea yellow.

"Hey? Scholar, what are you eating? Is it delicious?" Yucun was eating when suddenly a curious voice of a boy came to his ear.

Yucun turned his head and saw an eleven or twelve-year-old boy curiously looking at the pea yellow in his hand.Yucun looked at the young man calmly, and saw that he was wearing a riding suit in the color of the rainy day, with the cuffs tied with a black belt, very capable, looking at the young man's appearance, he was about the same as that cold-faced young man There is no doubt that they are two brothers because of their resemblance.

Seeing the young man's salivating expression, Yucun suddenly thought of his younger brother in his previous life, who always had the same expression when he saw food.With a slight smile, Yucun took a clean plain handkerchief from his bosom, wrapped two pieces and handed it to the young man, saying, "Pea yellow."

The young man took the pea yellow, and immediately thanked him repeatedly, the butler next to the young man, who looked about 50 or [-] years old, seemed to want to stop him, the cold-faced young man waved his hand, and let the young man go.

Originally, the boy thought that he would not be able to eat the pea yellow, so he immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, fourth brother!"

Without waiting for the young man to respond, he ate a piece of pea yellow in three or two bites, and only a few dregs remained on the Supa in a short while.Seeing this, Yucun was about to reach out to pick up the dirty handkerchief, but the young man hid the handkerchief behind his back and said, "Scholar, the handkerchief is dirty, why should I ask you to take it back? I will pay you for a new one." That's good."

After finishing speaking, he took it out of his body for a while, smiled at Yucun with a little embarrassment, turned his head to the cold-faced young man and said, "Fourth brother, do you have any clean handkerchiefs, please lend me first."

The cold-faced young man shook his head, but untied the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to the young man.

The young man took it with a smile, turned his head and handed it to Yucun and said, "Here, I will deposit this with you first, and redeem it when we have the veil."

Yucun looked at the young man's palm, but it was a piece of green jade pendant with flowing clouds and hundreds of blessings. The quality of the jade was extremely beautiful, and the carving was skillful but not exquisite.

Smiling, he took the jade pendant from the boy's hand, thinking that the status of the jade pendant in the hands of the two brothers was the same as that of Na Supa in his own hand, so it was petty to care about the difference in value between the two parties.

The cold-faced young man saw Yucun accepting him calmly, there was neither greed nor cowardice in his eyes, and there was a little appreciation in his eyes.

Everyone talks about the face of the baby in June, but the sky in September seems to be not too much. The rainstorm came and went quickly, and the sun emerged from the clouds just after a stick of incense Turning half their faces, the two brothers saw Yu Ting bid farewell to Yu Village and left.

Seeing the two brothers leaving from a distance, Yucun suddenly remembered that he didn't exchange name cards with the two brothers, but shook his head secretly, it was just a place to avoid the rain and meet by chance, maybe it will never happen again in the future. will meet.

4th

It is said that the last time I went back to Yucun to visit the Daming Lake, it was really exquisite everywhere, and I savored every place carefully. When Yucun returned, the sun had already set, and there was only a slight afterglow to illuminate him back to the inn.

Early the next morning, Yucun went to his hometown in Jinan.