History Book Meticulous Brushwork Series - Jin Guangyao

My name is Bai Li, and I am a historian in the imperial palace. The emperor does not know which tendon is wrong. He wants to write a "Chronicle of the Immortal Gate", which is to write the life of the famous and important figures in the Immortal Gate in recent years. Qiu Zheng originally recorded their lives. I visited all the way, and many of them cannot be recorded in the official history, so I decided to write what I saw and heard in this "History Book Meticulous Brushwork".

During the Xuanzheng period, politics and law were separated, and the ups and downs among the immortal sects had almost nothing to do with the imperial court. Still respectful.

Our history department has always been understaffed, there are only two people in total, one of them has to stay in the palace, and the other goes out to visit and write. Unfortunately, I was drawn to a foreign assignment.

The famous officials of the immortal sect over the years, good or bad reputations, were all written on the slips. The first person I drew was the former Immortal Governor—Jin Guangyao.

I took the note and sent it to be worried, and finally decided to go to the place where it all started, Yunping City.

Yunping City is a town in Yunmeng, which is under the jurisdiction of Lianhuawu of Yunmeng Jiang Clan. Jin Guangyao's birth is not a secret. During Yunping's travels, his father, Jin Guangshan, had a good relationship with Meng Shi, a romantic and talented woman from Si Shixuan. The good man has always been among thousands of flowers, not a single leaf touches his body, leaving a token and then leaves lightly. Meng Shi became pregnant and gave birth to Meng Yao, who later became Jin Guangyao.

Meng Yao grew up in Goulan Courtyard when she was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and then she went out to earn a living by herself. The Sishi Pavilion has been burned down by Jin Guangyao himself, and now it is a Guanyin Temple, and there is a portrait of Jin Guangyao in the palace. Seeing the side of the Avalokitesvara statue protruding from the ruined wall, one knew that it should be Jin Guangyao's mother, Meng Shi.

Meng Shikong is talented, but it is difficult to get out of the wind and moon. The most valuable thing is to keep Meng Yao's innocence.

Perhaps this is the last innocence that a woman in the world can win for her son. It can also be seen from the fact that Jin Guangyao built a Guanyin Temple for his mother after he gained power, and let her enjoy the worship of thousands of people. Jin Guangyao respects and appreciates him very much. mother.

Si Shi Xuan is gone, but the restaurant where Meng Yao used to work is still there. I walked into the restaurant that seemed to have quite a history, ordered a pot of tea, took out the token of the palace, and asked Xiaoer to call the boss .

The boss is already a sixtieth old man. When I asked about Meng Yao, his cloudy eyes moved and he told me all the things he recalled.

At that time, his restaurant was doing very well in Yunping City. Meng Yao stood at the entrance of the bustling restaurant with a small burden on his back, and finally walked in.

The boss recalled that he was a little dissatisfied with the original accountant at that time, but he didn't plan to change it yet, but Meng Yao said that he could calculate the accounts very quickly, and the wages could be lower than the original accountant, and begged the boss to try him out For a few days, Meng Yao really did the calculations very quickly, and sometimes he would help out with serving tea and water as long as he was free, and never charged more money, as if he was satisfied if he could be given a decent job as an accountant up.

"Actually, it's not so quick to calculate accounts. Sometimes when I get up at night and pass by the house where the guys live, only the light in Meng Yao's room is still on, and the abacus is crackling."

I nodded, and slowly pictured the appearance of the young Meng Yao in my mind, a stubborn young man who was born in a land of three religions and nine streams but did not give up on himself. By the way, he had already been to Jinlin Terrace at that time, and it was rumored that he was killed by Jin Guangshan. kicked down.

"Later... Xiao Mengyao seemed to have a girlfriend. He didn't let others into his house, and he washed more clothes than usual. It was the first time that he asked me to withdraw his salary in advance, but I didn't see his own food and clothing. Any additions to the cost must have been spent on that good friend."

I nodded thoughtfully, this should be Meng Yao who rescued Lord Zewu who was exiled in the past, and now the current Suzerain of Gusu Lan Clan, Lan Xichen.

This secret past seems to be very vague in history. It is said that Lord Zewu regards the experience of exile as a lifelong shame, and Jin Guangyao has never mentioned anything about this period of time to outsiders.

I proposed to take a look at the house where Meng Yao once lived, but the boss refused. He said that the house had already been occupied by the guy who came to work later, but he had packed up the things that Meng Yao did not take. He was afraid that one day Meng Yao would come back Take it, I didn't have the heart to tell him, no one will come back to take it.

Opening the dust-covered box, there are mostly ledgers and a simple abacus with beads worn out. Meng Yao's handwriting is very elegant, and the accounts are well remembered. Beside the ledger, there is also a pair of worn brocade shoes with cloud patterns. Well, Jin Guangyao is not tall, but the size of these shoes is very large. I can recognize them as the family crest of the Gusu Lan family, presumably they belong to Lan Xichen.

The boss put on his presbyopic glasses and took a look, then clapped his hands and said, "Before Xiao Mengyao's friend left, Meng Yao once drew a month's monthly money. I heard other guys chatting, and it seems that Xiao Mengyao bought a pair of shoes as a gift for others. It's really stupid, for the next month, Xiao Mengyao lived on steamed buns and pickles."

I nodded, probably because Lan Xichen was about to leave, so Meng Yao gave him a pair of new shoes, it seemed that Meng Yao cherished this distressed son very much.

(The part about buying boots should be from a small theater of a radio drama, but I forgot which small theater it was...)

After I walked out of the restaurant, I watched the people coming and going on the streets of Yunping City, and I was a little dazed. Judging from the information I got now, Meng Yao worked hard and didn't have too much ambition. Xichen reported to the Wen family to ask for credit, so he could get some bounty, but he just kindly hid Lan Xichen, and was even willing to spend a month of his own money to buy a new pair of shoes for this fugitive of unknown origin. , He didn't let anyone find out in such a cramped small room, which shows that he is very smart and cautious.

After being humiliated by Jinlintai's failure to recognize his relatives, he didn't recover from a setback, nor did he return to the place of fireworks he was most familiar with. Instead, he went out to ask for a living, only asking for a decent job that could be a dignified person. Such Meng Yao, and How did he become the all-powerful Immortal Governor?

It was night, and I returned to the inn where I was staying. Looking out from the window of the inn, I could see the ruins of the Guanyin Temple in the distance. In this city where he grew up, he felt the atmosphere of the human world and all kinds of things in the world, and finally resolutely embarked on the road of cultivating immortals.

On the last day in Yunping City, I found Sisi.

Si Shixuan was named after Sisi and Meng Shi. She was also one of the top brands of Si Shixuan back then. In fact, her idea was correct. If a prostitute can find a rich family to marry into, she can be considered a concubine. It was also a good way out, but she was unlucky and was disfigured by her first wife, so she could only go to the fireworks alley to be the cheapest prostitute.

In fact, it also explained from the side, it is really difficult to think out after being involved in the fireworks.

Sisi no longer has any of the glamor of the past, and I can't even see that she is the number one in a Goulan courtyard. It turns out that the years are not invincible beauties.

Sisi is just a kind old aunt now, knowing that I am from the palace and that I am here to write a book for Jin Guangyao, she welcomes me in and pours me a cup of buckwheat tea.

"Xiao Yao'er...he has been very smart since he was a child."

Sisi sat across from me, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, and sighed, "I didn't expect that what I said would hurt him, if I had known... I wouldn't say anything, those things In [-], although I didn't have freedom, I didn't have to worry about food and clothing, and I figured it out later, why the people who went with me died and I was still alive, Xiao Yao'er... is a kind person."

I comforted her a few words, she is just a woman who has been trapped in one world for many years, with shallow knowledge, coupled with the instigation of someone with a heart, it is understandable for her to say those things.

From Sisi's mouth, I learned a little more about Meng Yao. Meng Shi is a gentle person, and she doesn't contradict the old bustard on weekdays. Later, when she got old and decrepit, the old bustard always sent her some guests who couldn't describe it. It was a great humiliation for a talented woman who was once the number one, but Meng Shi accepted it one by one in order to support herself and Meng Yao. If Shi can't argue, Sisi will stand up for him.

Meng Yao has been very good at pleasing the sisters in Goulan since he was a child. He knows that where there are many women, there will be more right and wrong. Sometimes Meng Shi will be targeted by the sisters in Goulan even though she has done nothing. In order to make Meng Shi feel better, he also In order to make herself feel better, Meng Yao has worked hard since she was a child to run errands for those Goulan girls, and her mouth is also very sweet.

Sisi seemed to think of something funny, and smiled slightly, and I finally found a trace of the charm of the old Goulan top card from that smile.

"Xiao Yao'er has not always been good... Once upon a time, there was a guest who was a bit eccentric. He beat Meng Shi and made her lie naked on the street. It was not very late at that time, and there were many people on the street. Meng Shi covered her body and didn't dare to get up, but I helped her up, Xiao Yao'er wanted to stand up for her mother, the guest even kicked Xiao Yao'er from upstairs to downstairs, we didn't dare to make a sound, At that time, there was a sister named An Xin. I heard her gloating and fighting with her... Later, the guest came again and ordered An Xin to accompany her. Xiao Yaoer served the guest as if nothing happened. Tea and water, but later the customer vomited and diarrhea in the latrine, saying that An Xin was so dirty that he made him like this, and beat An Xin too."

(The first half is from the original work)

I knew in my heart that this was Meng Yao's petty revenge, but it killed two birds with one stone. People have tempers. If it was me, I'm afraid it would be difficult to deliver food to that person just calmly and pretending nothing happened.

Sisi also told me something about Meng Yao's childhood. She was impulsive to stand up for her mother, but the subsequent revenge was really delicate. A quick-witted, calm and thoughtful young man gradually formed in my heart.

Just seeing my mother suffer such a great humiliation, I instantly understood Jin Guangyao's behavior of burning Si Shixuan in the future. The world only thought that he was trying to cover up his birth, but people like Jin Guangyao would not fail to understand that a big disaster Fire does not burn gossip.

What he burns is the inexplicable original sin that he was born with, and it is also the swallowing of his anger when he was young, revenge for his mother, and revenge for himself.

When I left Sisi's house, Sisi sent me to the door, hesitantly said: "Miss Bai, Xiao Yaoer is not a bad person, although I don't know why he changed later, but he used to be a good boy, his I don't know where the grave is, but you are a high official from the palace, if you have the chance... burn some paper money for me."

I nodded and left some money for her, then looked up at the sky, Yunping City had nothing I wanted, I thought, I should go to Qinghe to have a look.

-TBC-