History Book Meticulous Brushwork Series - Jin Guangyao

I tossed and turned in the guest room but couldn't fall asleep, it happened that the guest room was not far from the Blooming Garden, and I saw that the lights in the Blossoming Garden were still on, so Lan Xichen must have not fallen asleep either.

I knocked on his door, but he didn't fall asleep.

"Isn't Mr. Zewu still asleep?"

Lan Xichen looked into the room and said with a wry smile, "I used to sleep well here, but it's probably been a long time since I've been here, and I couldn't sleep today."

"Then let's chat. I can't sleep either. I just want to ask Mr. Zewu about something."

Lan Xichen nodded slightly.

Lan Xichen poured me a cup of tea, for some reason, every move I made had the illusion that he was also the owner of Blossom Garden.

Lan Xichen said, "I don't know what the historian wants to ask."

I thought for a while and said, "I'm a little curious, what kind of person is Jin Guangyao in Zewu-jun's eyes?"

Lan Xichen thought for a long time in silence, before he said: "...In the past, in my eyes, he was respectful, compassionate, and compassionate. Others didn't want to waste money and people to build watchtowers, but he was willing. The world said he was all-round, but I knew He has offended many of his colleagues from the Immortal Sect because of his thankless watchtower."

"After the first batch of watchtowers were built, there was a lot of criticism. Many people thought that this was the Wen's Supervision Office in disguise. He tried a lot of methods, and he didn't sleep well for about a month. After many wanderings, he persuaded many families. Participate in it together, take care of the watchtower together, let everyone have a stake in the watchtower, Rao, I can't make him so successful."

"It's not that I didn't ask him the purpose of setting up the watchtower, but he just said that the people are left alone, and he will take care of it. If he doesn't take care of it, there will be no one in this world. The historian should know that the people who cultivate immortals are from aristocratic families Inheritance, and he...has come all the way from the lowest level to the position of Immortal Governor, indeed only he can think of this, and he also has the toughness and temper to do this."

I said: "If it wasn't for what happened later, he would indeed be regarded as the only person in the ages."

Lan Xichen nodded, "Not bad."

"But later...after I learned about those things, I couldn't understand him anymore. A person who is so sympathetic to the common people, but relentlessly killed his father and son. As for killing his brother, although the eldest brother later became possessed by the sword spirit and had a violent temper, after all It shouldn't be so hard."

"I used to think that I understood him very well, but I didn't understand those things. After listening to his confession in Guanyin Temple, I felt that I could understand again. But in the end, until now, I found that I still couldn't understand him. So the historian Let me judge, I'm afraid I can't be fair, and I can't elaborate."

I took a sip of tea, and said calmly: "Mr. Zewu knows that I am writing the official history. Among the heroes and heroes in history, who has not had other people's blood on their hands, and those who achieve great things don't care about trivial matters."

Lan Xichen said: "From the point of view of justice, there is nothing wrong. From the point of view of human relations, it is a big mistake."

I said: "How can righteousness and personal affection coexist? The killing of the son was purely a coincidence. I think Jin Guangshan and Qin Cangye's wife should also take a large part of the responsibility. As for killing the father, if the father can't be right His body, his virtue, why is he a father? Since he is not worthy of being a father, why can't he be obliterated."

"Parents in the world never have to pass the test. Giving birth to a child is like planting a tree, so most of them are taught to be crooked. Most of them perish under the shadow of their parents. Jin Guangyao just resisted. "

Lan Xichen lowered his eyes and said, "Really, but after all, he was too cruel."

I said: "Jin Guangshan has become a stumbling block for Jin Guangyao to gain a foothold on the top. The stumbling block must be removed, and there is no lack of elements of venting anger. But if you hate a close relative to the extreme, I will not be surprised if you do anything. After all, close relatives are far away. , how close the flesh-and-blood connection is, how much harm it will cause."

Lan Xichen shook his head and said, "The historian seems to agree with what he did."

I said: "I don't agree or disagree. After all, I'm not him, not even a member of the fairy gate. I only know that the watchtower has indeed brought good news to the people. His many deeds in the fairy gate have also made hundreds of families flourish. I heard that after the downfall of Jin Guangyao, the position of Immortal Governor has been vacant until now, presumably there is no virtuous person who can do it."

"The Lan family has always been well-behaved, and the family tradition is strict, but I am in the court. I have seen a lot of things about Nine Dragons seizing the throne and killing the father to usurp the throne. As for the things that Jin Guangyao did, after all, aren't they also private matters? .”

Lan Xichen said, "It's not bad that it's a private matter, but he finally paid the price for it."

I said: "Everything in the world has a price. He is so smart, he didn't think about it when he did these things. I read the records of the watchtower, and everything started after Jin Guangshan's downfall. Yao has been oppressed by Jin Guangshan and Chi Fengzun all the time, so keeping a sharp blade like Xue Yang by his side is not necessary to restore the Yinhu Talisman, nor is it because of Jin Guangshan's coercion. According to the information I have seen, Xue Yang This person is so stubborn that he doesn't listen to anyone, but for Jin Guangyao who has no power, this kind of person happens to be a life-saving gold medal. He is also good at manipulating people's hearts and power, and can establish a relationship with Xue Yang in terms of interests, so Xue Yang will be more inclined to him."

"It's just..." I looked at him, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything.

Lan Xichen tilted his head slightly, "It's just something, but it doesn't matter what the historian says."

I sighed, "It's just that he probably didn't expect that this terrible price was paid by Mr. Zewu himself."

Lan Xichen was slightly taken aback, then lowered his head.

"Yes, I killed him with my own hands."

I looked at him with some pity. Before he himself knew how important Jin Guangyao was to him, bystanders could already use this feeling to stab the most heartbreaking sword.

Father, like son.

Lan Xichen seemed to be in a bad state, so I got up and said, "I came here in a hurry, I haven't seen the night in the Blossom Garden, why don't Mr. Zewu take a walk with me."

Lan Xichen nodded, we opened the door and walked out, the moonlight illuminated the lotus pond in Blossom Garden, it really looked more and more like a Jiangnan garden.We walked in silence for a while, when suddenly Lan Xichen stopped and looked behind a pillar.

It turned out to be a little boy poking his head, who seemed to be less than ten years old.

I wondered, "That's it?"

Lan Xichen bent down slightly and waved at him. The child came over timidly. He seemed a little afraid of me, so he leaned closer to Lan Xichen and called out in a low voice, "Zewu-Jun .”

Lan Xichen smiled softly, but there was some sadness in his eyes, "Little Bean Sprout, why are you still in the garden?"

"I...I was waiting for Uncle Yao to come back, but they all said that Uncle Yao would not come back."

Lan Xichen was slightly taken aback, then patted his head, and said, "Uncle Yao went to a place far, far away to do business, and when the little bean sprouts grow up...Uncle Yao will come back."

Little Bean Sprout nodded ignorantly, and said aggrievedly, "Jun Zewu hasn't come for a long time, too."

Lan Xichen sighed, "Your brother Jin Ling doesn't like me coming, so I don't come here often, little bean sprouts, how are you doing in Jin's?"

Little Bean Sprout nodded, twisted his two little hands together again and said, "Uncle Yao is gone, Brother Jin Ling has been very busy recently, but Brother Jin Ling let me live in the small room in Zhanyuan, and gave me a piece of cake. Token, you can go to eat with other brothers, and you can also study."

Lan Xichen smiled at him, took out another money bag and gave him some silver taels, "I won't come here often in the future, Little Bean Sprout needs to study hard, and when Uncle Yao comes back, he will check your homework." You take these silver taels, and if you like something, you can buy it yourself, your brother Jin Ling is a little busy now, and when he is busy, he will come to play with Xiaodou Sprout."

Little Bean Sprout took the silver taels carefully, then raised her head and said crisply: "Thank you, Mr. Zewu."

"Let's go, it's late at night, we'll take you back to your room."

Little Bean Sprout only looked up at me at this time, she seemed not so scared anymore, she bent down and saluted and said, "Hi, big sister, my name is Little Bean Sprout."

I saw that the baby was born smart, so I knelt down and said, "I heard Mr. Zewu call you little bean sprouts, and I thought you wouldn't say hello to me."

Little Bean Sprout said: "Uncle Yao said, you have to say hello when you see an adult, that's how you are a polite and good boy."

I froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, Little Bean Sprout is a polite child, a good child should go to bed early, it's midnight, go back quickly."

After sending the little bean sprouts back to the room, Lan Xichen explained: "This is the grandson of an old slave in Jinlintai. When he just returned to Jinlintai, he was served by this old slave. About ten years ago, the old slave After dying of illness, Xiao Dou Sprout's parents came to Jinlintai and said that they wanted to get a sum of money for the coffin. At that time, he was still a baby in swaddling clothes. In Jinlintai, Douya'er's parents were happy to let him go, so Douya'er just stayed in Jinlintai."

I said, "Jin Guangyao quite likes children."

"Yeah," Lan Xichen walked back reassuringly after seeing that the lights in Douya'er's room were off, and said, "The children in Jinlintai love him very much. He has a good memory and can remember every child's memory." Birthday and name, there are gifts every year and holidays."

I smiled and shook my head, and said, "No wonder Sect Master Jin Ling doesn't seem to hate Jin Guangyao, but still respects him."

Lan Xichen said melancholy: "As an elder, he has never treated any junior badly."

Hearing what he said, I also felt a little melancholy. A person who loves children so much wants to kill his own flesh and blood with his own hands.

Hard enough, presumably painful enough.

-TBC-

*This chapter is not that I want to whitewash, but from a historical point of view, what Yaomei did was just a "private matter", and Yu Gong was not wrong.

*Parents do not need to pass any assessment, which is a place I think is very unreasonable in society. To put it bluntly, many people do not understand why they are parents.

*Small bean sprouts, rounded equal to Jin Guangyao and Lan Xichen's child (bushi).