It is the Ching Ming Festival again, and the courtiers are on a ten-day vacation. They can go home to worship their ancestors and worship their ancestors. If the graves of their ancestors are near Kyoto, they can visit their graves.
Mr. He Weihe from the Ministry of Rites, as in previous years, took sick leave and stayed at home during the month before and after the Ching Ming Festival.
This is true on the surface, but in fact, he rode out of the city and returned to his hometown in Jiangling to visit an old friend.
a deceased person.
——Shangguan Yi, the number one scholar in the Jiaxu Division, married the prime minister's daughter and had a bright future. Who would have thought that he would be assassinated and pushed down a cliff, and died young just like that.
He Wei wears a hat and a Tsing Yi, and looks like a handsome man.Who would have thought that at such a young age, he would already be a capable minister who was highly valued by the court and ranked third rank.
After leaving Kyoto, he headed south all the way to Xiangjiang River, and then took a boat to Jiangling by water.
After driving for a few days, when he arrived in Xiangyang, He Wei tied his horse to the stall at the entrance of the restaurant, walked into the restaurant, sat down and asked for a glass of wine, and ordered some small dishes.
There were a lot of people coming and going in the lobby. After all, Xiangyang was a bustling place, and it was before Qingming, so many people went to the street to buy paper money, candles, cigarettes, and tributes, and the wine shop business was also busy.
He Wei sat quietly in a corner of the lobby, eating porridge and side dishes, and unexpectedly, the conversation of the guests sitting diagonally behind drifted into his ears.
"Brother Shangguan, let me tell you, Brother Shangguan..."
What attracted him was the word "Shangguan". Unexpectedly, the person sitting next to him was also named Shangguan.
"Two years ago, there were very few Jinshi candidates in the imperial examination. As the saying goes, 'One year is less than one year'. This is a very common truth. This year we can be regarded as catching up. Going to take the exam is definitely true."
It seems that these are two scholars preparing for the exam.
I only heard the person surnamed Shangguan reply: "Brother Li, Li... Well, I'm afraid that I haven't finished my studies, and I won't even pass the exam, so what do you say about taking the general examination and becoming a Jinshi... I, I want more After studying for two years, I will not participate in this year's Qiu Wei..."
"You..." The person sitting opposite seemed to choke for a moment, and said, "Brother Shangguan, if you don't participate, who else in Xiangyang can compare to you? , are you going to give up Xie Yuan's position to that Zhang Dazhi?!"
"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang is brave, I can't compare to him," the scholar surnamed Shangguan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "If I had his courage, I should have participated in Qiu Wei long ago, but I don't have the courage. .”
"It's not that you don't have the guts," the person on the other side sighed and said, "It's that you don't have his heart. Brother Shangguan, I know that you and your mother are living in poverty, but how come you don't even have the money to participate in the autumn palace?" If you don’t come out, you’ve been studying for ten years, and you haven’t sharpened your sword to go into battle. Could it be that when you get old, let your grandson carry you to the examination room?…”
The scholar was silent when he heard the words.
He Wei couldn't help covering his lips and smiling, this person surnamed Shangguan was not like that person, but the scholar surnamed Li sitting across from him, his refreshing energy was like that of Shangguan Yi.
Li Shusheng waited for a while, seeing that Shangguan Scholar still bowed his head and said nothing, "Are you afraid that you will be in the middle of autumn, and you don't have the money to go to Beijing to take part in the examination?"
"...My mother is very hard at home. I think I can't add more burdens to her. Even if I stay in Xiangyang for the rest of my life, as long as I can take care of her when she is old, it will be fine."
"What's good, it's not good," Li Shusheng said a little annoyed: "You think so, do you know what your mother thinks? Every time she sees me, she asks, 'How is Yu'er studying? You're going to take the exam for someone, right? She's saving money desperately just to pay for your exam, and you still don't want to go? Your Shangguan family is pointing at you to honor your ancestors, but you are hesitating here, who are you doing right?"
Shangguan Yu showed regret, and said: "Brother Li...I still know how much I have, Guangzong Yaozu, I'm afraid I can't do this, and I'm afraid I will waste my mother's hard-earned money. So, I might as well let her work less and use the money to buy a new dress."
"Hey..." Li Shuchang sighed, as if he didn't know what to say, he stood up suddenly, took out a large ingot of silver from his pocket, put it in front of Shangguan Yu, and said, "Then you use mine Qian, let's go to the Qiu Wei."
Shocked, Shangguan Yu also stood up and said, "How is this possible?"
He pushed the money back and said: "Brother Li's family is also a small business, just enough for food and clothing, how can I accept your money, you take it quickly."
Li Shusheng stood still.
Shangguan Yu showed anger on his face, and said, "If you insist on giving it to me, I will never see you again."
"What the hell are you thinking?" Li Shusheng was astonished, and said, "I'll help you, but you won't let me? You're just so stubborn? I'll give you a penny now, will I eat less? Less Are you wearing it? Is my mom crying? Did my dad beat the wall and scold me for turning my elbow? My family is fine, so why don’t you agree? "
Shangguan Yu was stunned when he heard this.
Li Shusheng put the silver tael into Shangguan Yu's hand, held it tightly for him, and said, "We must enter the examination room together this autumn, and you are not allowed to refuse."
"I..." Shangguan Yu opened his eyes wide: "I still can't agree."
He said: "Brother Li invites me out for dinner every three to five days because he thinks that I don't eat three meals a day and my complexion is sallow and emaciated. Very hungry... But, if I suffer from brother Li and Yinliang again, I, Shangguan Yu, will undoubtedly become a brazen person..."
Seeing his firm gaze, Li Shusheng swallowed all the words he wanted to persuade.
"I will definitely go this autumn, I assure you," Shangguan Yu changed his despondent face and suddenly became full of ambition, he said: "But I can't accept your money."
"..." Li Shusheng really didn't know how a family who was worried about three meals used to save money to participate in the autumn, but he couldn't say anything more.
Both of them sat back in their seats, and then took two hasty mouthfuls of food before stopping their chopsticks. The atmosphere between them froze for a moment, and then stood up at the same time, intending to leave the restaurant.
After listening for so long, He Wei saw that they were about to leave, so she stretched out a bamboo umbrella to block their way.
Shangguan Yu stopped, cupped his fists and said, "Sir, I don't know if the two of you who were born later have offended you..."
"No," He Wei opened his lips and uttered two plain words. He took out two silver ingots and three hanging copper coins from his clothes, put them together beside the umbrella top, and said, "Take it and use it."
"You can't be rewarded without merit." Before Li Shusheng could show his joy, Shangguan Yu refused.
"I saw that you are a young man with good fortune, so I gave you money to help you succeed as soon as possible. If one day, you really become a Jinshi, then go to He Jixiang Shop at the end of Xinghua Lane and buy two pairs of today's silver. Do you have to pay it back... In this way, are you still feeling sorry?"
"...Thank you." Shangguan Yu was stunned for a moment, then stopped declining, said two words briefly, and put the money into his arms.
Li Shusheng also nodded his thanks to He Wei, and then they walked out the door together.
"Wait a minute." He Wei stopped them again.
"What do you want to see, sir?" The two scholars turned their heads and asked in unison.
"Take away the umbrella on the table." He Wei said.
"Huh," Li Shusheng looked outside the door, and at some point, it was already raining lightly outside. He exclaimed and called his companions: "Look, Brother Shangguan, it's actually raining outside."
"Qingming is approaching, rain is common, don't forget to bring an umbrella when you go out." He Wei nodded and smiled.
"It's just," Shangguan Yu asked with concern: "Sir gave us the umbrella, how are you going to go to the street?"
He Wei took the bamboo hat on the bench to the table, and said, "I still have this, don't refuse, take your umbrellas and go."
"Thank you so much." The two thanked each other with fists together, and then walked into the rain curtain.
An umbrella, two people, the two of them were very close, but even so, the uppers of their shoes were quickly soaked by the rain, and their steps were slightly chaotic in the rain... Then they became regular, and then quickly left He Wei Sight.
This situation reminded He Wei of sharing an umbrella with Shangguan Yi to hide from the rain.
"Brother Shangguan, do you know that Brother Li's tone is a bit like yours, so I can't help being troublesome." Like me."
He picked up the bamboo hat, put it on his head, and also dodged into the rain. Water droplets fell from the roof of the stable, and He Wei's whole body was drenched immediately.
……
The day before Qingming, I finally arrived in Jiangling.
When he came home, his mother greeted him with a smiling face and said, "You are considered to be back. We all miss you very much if you haven't been back during Chinese New Year."
He Wei felt guilty for not coming back during the Chinese New Year, he said: "My son left home at a young age, and my mother missed it. It is my son's unfilial piety. I really hope that my father and mother can live with my son in the capital."
He Weiniang patted his hand and said, "No need, we live here, it's good, we're used to it, and we don't like to run so far away..."
She hurriedly pushed He Wei's shoulder and said, "Don't say anything yet, just go to Shangguan's house and sit down."
He Wei nodded, changed her clothes, and went to Shangguan's house.
Shangguan Yi was the only son in the family. When he passed away, the two elders were naturally very sad. He Wei recognized them as godfathers and mothers. At that time, the two elders were moved and cried aloud, saying: "Ah Yi really has a good brother."
He Wei didn't know if it would be better to be his brother all the time, after thinking for so long, there was still no answer.
The thing he regrets the most is letting him go back home, and then encountering that kind of thing.
Then he knew that the distance between yin and yang was farther than the distance between the hearts of two people.
After returning from Shangguan's house, He Wei had dinner and then returned to her room.
Tomorrow will be Qingming, but tonight I don't feel very peaceful, as if the soul of a dead person is watching him in the dark.
He hesitated for a moment, and went up the mountain at night.
The moonlight illuminates the road under the feet, and the rain on the tip of the grass reflects the light of the stars.
He Wei walked halfway, his hem was completely wet by rain and dew.
He laughed at himself for being stupid at first, but then he thought, if it still rains tomorrow and the dew does not dry on the mountain, it is still the same to go up the mountain.
He didn't bring sacrifices, he didn't bring wine, he didn't even bring anything that the deceased loved, so he arrived at the tomb empty-handed.
When he saw the tombstone turning blue and grass growing on the graveyard, he couldn't help but let out a sigh, no wonder people called it "a deserted tomb", someone came to take care of it, the tomb is already like this, if it is a deserted tomb that no one takes care of, how desolate it would be ?
"I'm here." He Wei said softly.His eyes flicked to the dark woods next to the tomb, and the mound on the other side.
But there was no sign of trouble there... He didn't know what he was looking at, was he wondering if that person would appear again?
As written in the book, when you look back, you may see ghosts emerging from the tomb, and the ghosts can talk to the living as before.
"In this world, there are many people who believe in ghosts, but I don't believe in them," He Wei said.
"Is it because I don't believe it, that's why you didn't come." He smiled half a smile.
"It makes me want to believe it."
……
He Wei sat in front of the grave for a while, feeling even more desolate, seeing nothing, everything was silent, slowly savoring despair in the silence.
"Come back tomorrow, I'm going back to sleep today." He Wei stood up, touched the tombstone lightly with her hand, and said.
"Tomorrow, I'll bring some wine, let's have a drink."
After speaking, he turned around and walked down the mountain, his figure quickly disappeared.
The author has something to say: Tomb-sweeping Day writes for the occasion_(:_」∠)_
Now it’s really over, the new article [Quick Transmigration] I’m not pretending to be indifferent to ask for stamps~
Hey, isn't it the one I saw earlier?I decided to start this book first...
Mr. He Weihe from the Ministry of Rites, as in previous years, took sick leave and stayed at home during the month before and after the Ching Ming Festival.
This is true on the surface, but in fact, he rode out of the city and returned to his hometown in Jiangling to visit an old friend.
a deceased person.
——Shangguan Yi, the number one scholar in the Jiaxu Division, married the prime minister's daughter and had a bright future. Who would have thought that he would be assassinated and pushed down a cliff, and died young just like that.
He Wei wears a hat and a Tsing Yi, and looks like a handsome man.Who would have thought that at such a young age, he would already be a capable minister who was highly valued by the court and ranked third rank.
After leaving Kyoto, he headed south all the way to Xiangjiang River, and then took a boat to Jiangling by water.
After driving for a few days, when he arrived in Xiangyang, He Wei tied his horse to the stall at the entrance of the restaurant, walked into the restaurant, sat down and asked for a glass of wine, and ordered some small dishes.
There were a lot of people coming and going in the lobby. After all, Xiangyang was a bustling place, and it was before Qingming, so many people went to the street to buy paper money, candles, cigarettes, and tributes, and the wine shop business was also busy.
He Wei sat quietly in a corner of the lobby, eating porridge and side dishes, and unexpectedly, the conversation of the guests sitting diagonally behind drifted into his ears.
"Brother Shangguan, let me tell you, Brother Shangguan..."
What attracted him was the word "Shangguan". Unexpectedly, the person sitting next to him was also named Shangguan.
"Two years ago, there were very few Jinshi candidates in the imperial examination. As the saying goes, 'One year is less than one year'. This is a very common truth. This year we can be regarded as catching up. Going to take the exam is definitely true."
It seems that these are two scholars preparing for the exam.
I only heard the person surnamed Shangguan reply: "Brother Li, Li... Well, I'm afraid that I haven't finished my studies, and I won't even pass the exam, so what do you say about taking the general examination and becoming a Jinshi... I, I want more After studying for two years, I will not participate in this year's Qiu Wei..."
"You..." The person sitting opposite seemed to choke for a moment, and said, "Brother Shangguan, if you don't participate, who else in Xiangyang can compare to you? , are you going to give up Xie Yuan's position to that Zhang Dazhi?!"
"Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang is brave, I can't compare to him," the scholar surnamed Shangguan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "If I had his courage, I should have participated in Qiu Wei long ago, but I don't have the courage. .”
"It's not that you don't have the guts," the person on the other side sighed and said, "It's that you don't have his heart. Brother Shangguan, I know that you and your mother are living in poverty, but how come you don't even have the money to participate in the autumn palace?" If you don’t come out, you’ve been studying for ten years, and you haven’t sharpened your sword to go into battle. Could it be that when you get old, let your grandson carry you to the examination room?…”
The scholar was silent when he heard the words.
He Wei couldn't help covering his lips and smiling, this person surnamed Shangguan was not like that person, but the scholar surnamed Li sitting across from him, his refreshing energy was like that of Shangguan Yi.
Li Shusheng waited for a while, seeing that Shangguan Scholar still bowed his head and said nothing, "Are you afraid that you will be in the middle of autumn, and you don't have the money to go to Beijing to take part in the examination?"
"...My mother is very hard at home. I think I can't add more burdens to her. Even if I stay in Xiangyang for the rest of my life, as long as I can take care of her when she is old, it will be fine."
"What's good, it's not good," Li Shusheng said a little annoyed: "You think so, do you know what your mother thinks? Every time she sees me, she asks, 'How is Yu'er studying? You're going to take the exam for someone, right? She's saving money desperately just to pay for your exam, and you still don't want to go? Your Shangguan family is pointing at you to honor your ancestors, but you are hesitating here, who are you doing right?"
Shangguan Yu showed regret, and said: "Brother Li...I still know how much I have, Guangzong Yaozu, I'm afraid I can't do this, and I'm afraid I will waste my mother's hard-earned money. So, I might as well let her work less and use the money to buy a new dress."
"Hey..." Li Shuchang sighed, as if he didn't know what to say, he stood up suddenly, took out a large ingot of silver from his pocket, put it in front of Shangguan Yu, and said, "Then you use mine Qian, let's go to the Qiu Wei."
Shocked, Shangguan Yu also stood up and said, "How is this possible?"
He pushed the money back and said: "Brother Li's family is also a small business, just enough for food and clothing, how can I accept your money, you take it quickly."
Li Shusheng stood still.
Shangguan Yu showed anger on his face, and said, "If you insist on giving it to me, I will never see you again."
"What the hell are you thinking?" Li Shusheng was astonished, and said, "I'll help you, but you won't let me? You're just so stubborn? I'll give you a penny now, will I eat less? Less Are you wearing it? Is my mom crying? Did my dad beat the wall and scold me for turning my elbow? My family is fine, so why don’t you agree? "
Shangguan Yu was stunned when he heard this.
Li Shusheng put the silver tael into Shangguan Yu's hand, held it tightly for him, and said, "We must enter the examination room together this autumn, and you are not allowed to refuse."
"I..." Shangguan Yu opened his eyes wide: "I still can't agree."
He said: "Brother Li invites me out for dinner every three to five days because he thinks that I don't eat three meals a day and my complexion is sallow and emaciated. Very hungry... But, if I suffer from brother Li and Yinliang again, I, Shangguan Yu, will undoubtedly become a brazen person..."
Seeing his firm gaze, Li Shusheng swallowed all the words he wanted to persuade.
"I will definitely go this autumn, I assure you," Shangguan Yu changed his despondent face and suddenly became full of ambition, he said: "But I can't accept your money."
"..." Li Shusheng really didn't know how a family who was worried about three meals used to save money to participate in the autumn, but he couldn't say anything more.
Both of them sat back in their seats, and then took two hasty mouthfuls of food before stopping their chopsticks. The atmosphere between them froze for a moment, and then stood up at the same time, intending to leave the restaurant.
After listening for so long, He Wei saw that they were about to leave, so she stretched out a bamboo umbrella to block their way.
Shangguan Yu stopped, cupped his fists and said, "Sir, I don't know if the two of you who were born later have offended you..."
"No," He Wei opened his lips and uttered two plain words. He took out two silver ingots and three hanging copper coins from his clothes, put them together beside the umbrella top, and said, "Take it and use it."
"You can't be rewarded without merit." Before Li Shusheng could show his joy, Shangguan Yu refused.
"I saw that you are a young man with good fortune, so I gave you money to help you succeed as soon as possible. If one day, you really become a Jinshi, then go to He Jixiang Shop at the end of Xinghua Lane and buy two pairs of today's silver. Do you have to pay it back... In this way, are you still feeling sorry?"
"...Thank you." Shangguan Yu was stunned for a moment, then stopped declining, said two words briefly, and put the money into his arms.
Li Shusheng also nodded his thanks to He Wei, and then they walked out the door together.
"Wait a minute." He Wei stopped them again.
"What do you want to see, sir?" The two scholars turned their heads and asked in unison.
"Take away the umbrella on the table." He Wei said.
"Huh," Li Shusheng looked outside the door, and at some point, it was already raining lightly outside. He exclaimed and called his companions: "Look, Brother Shangguan, it's actually raining outside."
"Qingming is approaching, rain is common, don't forget to bring an umbrella when you go out." He Wei nodded and smiled.
"It's just," Shangguan Yu asked with concern: "Sir gave us the umbrella, how are you going to go to the street?"
He Wei took the bamboo hat on the bench to the table, and said, "I still have this, don't refuse, take your umbrellas and go."
"Thank you so much." The two thanked each other with fists together, and then walked into the rain curtain.
An umbrella, two people, the two of them were very close, but even so, the uppers of their shoes were quickly soaked by the rain, and their steps were slightly chaotic in the rain... Then they became regular, and then quickly left He Wei Sight.
This situation reminded He Wei of sharing an umbrella with Shangguan Yi to hide from the rain.
"Brother Shangguan, do you know that Brother Li's tone is a bit like yours, so I can't help being troublesome." Like me."
He picked up the bamboo hat, put it on his head, and also dodged into the rain. Water droplets fell from the roof of the stable, and He Wei's whole body was drenched immediately.
……
The day before Qingming, I finally arrived in Jiangling.
When he came home, his mother greeted him with a smiling face and said, "You are considered to be back. We all miss you very much if you haven't been back during Chinese New Year."
He Wei felt guilty for not coming back during the Chinese New Year, he said: "My son left home at a young age, and my mother missed it. It is my son's unfilial piety. I really hope that my father and mother can live with my son in the capital."
He Weiniang patted his hand and said, "No need, we live here, it's good, we're used to it, and we don't like to run so far away..."
She hurriedly pushed He Wei's shoulder and said, "Don't say anything yet, just go to Shangguan's house and sit down."
He Wei nodded, changed her clothes, and went to Shangguan's house.
Shangguan Yi was the only son in the family. When he passed away, the two elders were naturally very sad. He Wei recognized them as godfathers and mothers. At that time, the two elders were moved and cried aloud, saying: "Ah Yi really has a good brother."
He Wei didn't know if it would be better to be his brother all the time, after thinking for so long, there was still no answer.
The thing he regrets the most is letting him go back home, and then encountering that kind of thing.
Then he knew that the distance between yin and yang was farther than the distance between the hearts of two people.
After returning from Shangguan's house, He Wei had dinner and then returned to her room.
Tomorrow will be Qingming, but tonight I don't feel very peaceful, as if the soul of a dead person is watching him in the dark.
He hesitated for a moment, and went up the mountain at night.
The moonlight illuminates the road under the feet, and the rain on the tip of the grass reflects the light of the stars.
He Wei walked halfway, his hem was completely wet by rain and dew.
He laughed at himself for being stupid at first, but then he thought, if it still rains tomorrow and the dew does not dry on the mountain, it is still the same to go up the mountain.
He didn't bring sacrifices, he didn't bring wine, he didn't even bring anything that the deceased loved, so he arrived at the tomb empty-handed.
When he saw the tombstone turning blue and grass growing on the graveyard, he couldn't help but let out a sigh, no wonder people called it "a deserted tomb", someone came to take care of it, the tomb is already like this, if it is a deserted tomb that no one takes care of, how desolate it would be ?
"I'm here." He Wei said softly.His eyes flicked to the dark woods next to the tomb, and the mound on the other side.
But there was no sign of trouble there... He didn't know what he was looking at, was he wondering if that person would appear again?
As written in the book, when you look back, you may see ghosts emerging from the tomb, and the ghosts can talk to the living as before.
"In this world, there are many people who believe in ghosts, but I don't believe in them," He Wei said.
"Is it because I don't believe it, that's why you didn't come." He smiled half a smile.
"It makes me want to believe it."
……
He Wei sat in front of the grave for a while, feeling even more desolate, seeing nothing, everything was silent, slowly savoring despair in the silence.
"Come back tomorrow, I'm going back to sleep today." He Wei stood up, touched the tombstone lightly with her hand, and said.
"Tomorrow, I'll bring some wine, let's have a drink."
After speaking, he turned around and walked down the mountain, his figure quickly disappeared.
The author has something to say: Tomb-sweeping Day writes for the occasion_(:_」∠)_
Now it’s really over, the new article [Quick Transmigration] I’m not pretending to be indifferent to ask for stamps~
Hey, isn't it the one I saw earlier?I decided to start this book first...
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