Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion

When early autumn was approaching, Xue Pan and Xie bid farewell to Wei Ruolan and Bai Baiji, and went north into Bashu.There is a saying that the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.The transportation between here and the outside world is really inconvenient, because the geographical characteristics of the basin structure make it present a situation of dangerous mountains and rivers. The lying east-west mountain ranges and north-south mountain ranges criss-cross to form a closed terrain here.Since ancient times, Bashu has been a battleground for military strategists. 'In the past, those who established a country in the south must first lose Shu, and then endanger their servants. 'Among the several confrontations between the North and the South in history, many of the North's victories were due to the management of the upper reaches of Sichuan.The well-known situation of the three kingdoms was broken, that is, after the Wei State destroyed the Shu State, it controlled the upper reaches of Sichuan and broke the check and balance situation.The state of Wu could only increase its troops to Jingzhou, and once moved its capital to Wuchang (Ezhou) to deal with the unfavorable situation of being attacked by the enemy's second mirror upstream, which shows the importance of Shu.

"I have always wanted to visit Bashu. There are outstanding mountains and land here, and there are many talented people. You can see Marquis Wu in the front, and you can visit the thatched cottage in the back. When standing here, it seems that those heroic souls have not dispersed. They are still watching silently here. The people who used to be in my heart." Xue Pan looked at Jianmen Pass from a distance, the terrain under his feet was dangerous, with mountains rising one after another, but there was also the tendency that one man could guard the gate and ten thousand could not open it.

Xun looked at the vast mountains, but also had feelings in his heart, "Wang Junlou's boat went down to Yizhou, and Jinling's king's spirit was sadly withdrawn. Qianxun's iron lock sank to the bottom of the river, and stones came out of a piece of flag. Tang said that the Three Kingdoms are no longer, we say Tang also disappeared, and the Three Kingdoms have disappeared in the smoke and dust of time in a blink of an eye, and that dynasty can really last forever."

"The world hurts the past several times, and the mountain shape is still in the cold current. Today, the world is a family day, and the old base is Xiaoxiao Ludiqiu. Fifth brother, why did you miss the last two sentences? The things that can be held between the world and the earth can be held at will. The time changes, and the first thing we need to do is to find a place to stay, looking at the weather, tonight is New Year's Eve, we must not sleep on the top of the mountain."

After Xue Pan and Xun met with Danggui Yinxi and others in Langzhong, they planned to go to the home of Duan Xian, the Bashu native whom they met at the tea poetry meeting in Fuzhou.They walked all the way from the direction of Wushan to Jianmen, stopping and walking all the way. When they really came to Jianmen, it was the Spring Festival again. On New Year's Eve, they went to a temple to stay overnight.This temple is on the mountainside, and the scale is not very large. There are only twenty or thirty monks in the whole temple.

It was rare for a few people to eat a vegetarian meal with the monks instead of eating big fish and meat on New Year's Eve, and then listened to the abbot's lecture on the scriptures for an hour, and then started the scripture debate meeting. a part of.Xue Pan and Xun were laymen, and they lost their usual attentions tonight, chatting with the monks.It sounds like debating the scriptures, but it is actually talking about the understanding of life and the understanding of Buddhist scriptures.When the bell rings at midnight, the new year will come quietly amidst the fragrance of tea and Buddha.

For Xue Pan and Xie Shi, this kind of New Year's Eve is unique. At this time in the past, one of them celebrated with their family, but the other had to keep a straight face at the palace banquet.This New Year's Eve was three minutes cold and seven minutes quiet. The two sat together under the eaves, looking closely at the corner clock hanging under the corner of the eaves, and looking at the bright moon shining in the sky from a distance. The time spent sitting side by side also flowed in people's hearts. Feeling too warm.

The six of them were not the only ones staying in the small temple. There were also two people who were also unable to celebrate the New Year at home, and they were also seen at the fasting banquet.These two tourists, who don't know where they are from, are not talkative. They sat next to Xue Pan and the others at the classic debate meeting just now. They looked like a master and a servant, without saying a word listening to them talk.

I saw the young man standing in front of the small pavilion in the temple, gazing at the couplet by the moonlight, and it was also in the silence of the night that I heard his muttering voice, "One house, one citron, one porridge. One meal, sandalwood ointment, blood and sweat of pedestrians, if you don't uphold the abstinence, if you don't do things, you can be afraid, worry, and lament; one day, one month, one year, the time is easy to pass, the phantom is not firm, and the heart is not exhausted , the holy rainbow is not yet complete, it is frightening, frightening, pathetic and pitiful."

Xue Pan and Xie looked at each other, not far away, they both heard the desolation and relief in that voice, the young man they met just now seemed to be the same age as Xue Pan, probably only fifteen or sixteen years old , I didn't expect his tone to be like this.

Xue Pan squeezed Xun Shi's hand, he wanted to step forward for some reason, he seemed to have heard this tone before, but couldn't remember it.The two walked out of the eaves and saw the boy under the moonlight.

"I don't know how to call you, but it's fate that we were able to cast together at Jieying Temple on New Year's Eve. This is Xue Pan, this is my elder brother Wu Xun."

At this moment, the clouds drifted away a little, and the moonlight shone directly on the man, only to see that he was wearing a gray coat with dark patterns of auspicious clouds embroidered on it, and looked about as tall as Xue Pan, like a male and female. The hard-to-distinguish face, but the unsmiling expression showed a kind of chilling look, "Xia Gui, a person from Chang'an, temporarily lives in Tianfu."

While the three of them were staring at each other, the front yard suddenly became lively. Looking at the sky again, several fireworks were blooming in the sky one after another, and the jokes of a few young monks came from my ears. I didn't expect there to be fireworks here. happy.

"The master of the Big Dipper dies, and the master of the South Dipper lives. There are still such colors in this year's fireworks. At the foot of the mountain, Wang Laoshi's craftsmanship is getting better and better."

"But isn't the Seven Killing Star also in these two houses? Is it really good to put these things on the New Year's Eve?"

"You idiot, if you have an image in your heart, you will enter the magic barrier, but if your heart is clear, everything will be fine. It doesn't matter whether you let it go or not."

"That's right, what Senior Brother said makes sense. There is nothing in the first place, so where is the dust. It's my fault. Come on, let's continue setting off the fireworks..."

The three of them didn't say anything more, they waited quietly for the fireworks in the sky to scatter, until the previous silence was restored.Xia Guicai said slowly, "The two of you are here to play in Shu. This place is different from the Central Plains, and there are still many novel things. You might as well go to the market. It's more interesting than looking at famous places in the mountains."

"Is Mr. Xia familiar with this place? We are visiting friends, and we have passed through many historical sites along the way, but we haven't visited the market properly. Can you tell me something?" Although Xue Pan and Xie walked more than half of the way It's a land of Shu, but it hasn't gone deep into the market.

Xia Gui's tone was not very enthusiastic, but with a kind of sincerity, "Shanhai Pavilion of Xue's family is the closest one. They sell good things, but you have seen those in other places. Let's talk about the local characteristics. , if you live here for a long time, you will find that there are many differences in the details of life here. For example, the soap used for bathing, the pumping machine in the hut, the books in the bookstore are also various, and the content of the residence newspaper is rich. The transportation is inconvenient, and many things that are available here may not be available outside.”

Xue Pan was stunned on the spot when he heard that, it was because he was good at cultivating energy that he didn't show any signs of it, but Xie felt that something was wrong with him, "Calpin, are you interested in those things?"

Xue Pan glanced at Xie Shi back to his senses, and nodded, "I'm a little curious, does this pumping machine mean that it can automatically drain away the filth?"

Xia Gui certainly affirmed, "Young Master Xue, you haven't heard of it before, so it's unavoidably strange. People who saw it for the first time said that it was ingenious? Thinking about it, it was only after Mr. Wang left Sichuan that it became popular. Yes, Mr. Wang doesn't like new things, and it's a good season."

Hearing Xia Gui mentioned Wang Ziteng, Xie couldn't help thinking about it, but found that the boy sitting opposite had no abnormality on his face, as if he was chatting. "Young Master Xia really knows a lot. Did you hear it in the school? Sometimes Master likes to gossip about things."

Xia Gui smiled dryly and waved his hands, "What kind of scholar am I? Mr. Wu thinks highly of me. It's just to join the military camp and make a living."

Xue Pan and Xie did not expect that Xia Gui, who looks handsome, would join the army. Judging by his appearance, his status in the army should not be low, right? "That must not be a soldier. Judging by Mr. Xia's appearance, he must be a Confucian general."

Xia Gui shook his head humbly, "I'm not a general, I'm just sticking to one side. Fortunately, Daqing has gradually become more peaceful these years, and we are also living a leisurely life. Only then can we listen to the temple bells on New Year's Eve."

"Mr. Xia is from Chang'an, why did he join the army here?" Xue Pan was curious about the man in front of him. This man looked young and old, and his hometown was in Chang'an, so how could he settle in Bashu? And he was alone. On New Year's Eve, I came to a small temple in the mountains to watch the old year.It was only after asking that Xue Pan felt abrupt. If he offended the other party, it would be bad to bring up sad things. "I'm taking the liberty, Mr. Xia pretends he hasn't heard of it, let's drink tea, drink tea."

"Mr. Xue said that meeting is fate, so why bother talking about it?" Xia Jingui didn't feel embarrassed, "I lost my father since I was young and lived with my mother. After the ancestral business in Chang'an gradually became untenable, I came to Sichuan to make a living. Many years ago, when the order of returning to Shu was promulgated, the conditions offered by Shu to those who came to settle in Sichuan were very good, and my mother and I survived. However, she passed away due to illness three years ago, leaving me alone People. A person's life is meaningless, so I joined the army. It's not an earth-shattering secret."

It turned out that he heard the order of returning to Shu.The history of Daqing is different from the history of Xue Pan's original life, but it is strangely similar in some places.In the original time and space, during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the Ming rulers, the Qing army, and the rebel army fought in Sichuan for a long time. During the war that lasted more than ten years, many towns in this land of abundance were razed to the ground.At that time, the general of the Qing army who came to attack Zhang Xianzhong was Li Guoying. Liu Da, one of his staff members, recorded: corpses were everywhere, and thorns blocked the way.The pavilions, towers and pavilions of the past are now foxes, rabbits and basil; the clothing and cultural relics of the past are now rubble, birds and mice;The mountains and rivers remain the same, the scenery is suddenly different, the party is old, and there are one or two in a hundred. Shaking hands in amazement, it seems to be reborn.

This war caused many people in Sichuan to flee to Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong. During the Shunzhi period, many people fled. There were many green forests and grasses, but there was no one to rob.Later, the Kangxi administration adopted the policy of 'filling up the river', allowing people from Huguang, Yunnan and Guizhou to move into Bashu. Among them, the people who came here may have left in the past, or they may want to come here to develop.It took a long time for the people of the country to relocate, and the prosperity of Shu was slowly restored.

Daqing is different from its history, but there have been wars for a long time, mainly with the former dynasty. This is the last battlefield. After ten years of stalemate, it has suffered great damage just like in the original history.The emperor issued the decree of returning to Shu, hoping that more people would come to build the land of Shu, but not many people come here every year, so this policy has continued for decades. If Xia Gui came to Shu land for this reason, it would be fine.

"Let's not talk about me, are you two from the capital?" Xia Gui changed the subject, just now when Xun was called Xue Pan, he was stunned, could this catalpan be Mr. Qiu back then?

The doubt in Xia Gui's heart could not be seen on his face. Xue Pan was surprised by the rare thing that appeared in Sichuan, and at this moment he didn't delve into Xia Gui's expression.

"We came from Jiangnan and stayed in the capital for a while." Xie replied, "Young Master Xia's accent also sounds a bit like Beijing."

Being reminded by Xun Shi, Xue Pan also regained his composure.Yes, carefully distinguishing Xia Gui's voice does not have the feeling of Chang'an, but wears a faint Beijing accent.Xue Pan suddenly looked straight at Xia Gui, he finally remembered what was wrong, his tone was too similar to that person.

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It is said that after many years, Xue Pan and Xie are

"Pan'er, yesterday I dreamed of a strange place, where there was a moving iron box, and someone was talking in a box."

Xue Pan wondered if he was dreaming of modern cars and televisions? "What's in the box?"

Xie frowned unhappily, "It seems to be talking about a dream of Red Mansions. I saw the third brother ascended the throne, and then you beat someone to death and put him in prison. Can you stop being so cruel..."

Xue Pan was sure that this was the plot of the original novel, and calmly comforted him, "Dreams are always reversed."

Xie hugged Xue Pan from behind, "But I was shocked and need comfort!"

Xue Pan got up and put a large stack of memorials on the table, "Work is the best way to relieve stress."

Xie Shi: The kiss of love that was promised...