Datang cat raising hand letter

In the ninth year of Zhenguan, Xia.

The sun was shining and the dryness was unbearable.

In the scorching summer, the cicadas in Shicheng County are noisier than in the past, and the peddlers who usually sell along the street are exhausted. Occasionally, two or three people who go out walk quickly, wishing to walk under the shadow of the eaves with every step, so as not to be caught. This big sun has caused problems.The burnt aroma of powdered glutinous rice balls and the aroma of cooking in low-rise restaurants permeated the street, but the heat from the steaming was more attractive than a bowl of refreshing and delicious mung bean soup at this time.

In the southwest corner of Shicheng County, the slightly dilapidated county government office is bustling.

Lu Wensheng stood with his arms folded in the lobby of the county government office.

The plaque in the lobby looks very new and moist, it is the inscription by He Yisi, the county magistrate of Shicheng County, just now.He Yisi was ingenious and able to speak, and he spoke eloquently, and his sentences were safe and thoughtful, which made Lu Wensheng very excited.

As soon as he became interested, Lu Wensheng simply splashed ink on the inscription, saying "Shi Shi Tang".

This is a sentence he took from "New Book Rong Jing", "The glory of the court, teachers and teachers are always respectful", which means that officials should have a dignified and serious appearance, so as to warn the county magistrate to be strict in doing things.

"Grandfather Lu is righteous, I should study it carefully, so as not to let the calligraphy be dusted."

County magistrate He did everything neatly, from the inscription to the replacement of the plaque in the lobby of the new county government, it took the blink of an eye.

Lu Wensheng was the governor of Pingzhou.

The official rank of the governor of Pingzhou belongs to the fourth rank, and Pingzhou is only rated as the lower state among the eight ranks of "Fu, Fu, Xiong, Wang, Jin, Shang, Middle, and Lower" in the states, which is another name for remoteness and sparsely populated .There are only three counties under its jurisdiction, Lulong, Shicheng, and Macheng, and Lulong County, where the Pingzhou government is located, is usually not a big deal, and the governor of Pingzhou will not leave Lulong.

From Pingzhou to Xijing, it takes [-] li.

All examination certificates in the prefecture must be submitted for review before May 25th, and then they can arrive in Chang'an before October [-]th and be sent to the Ministry of Officials for evaluation.

Therefore, the exams in Pingzhou always come very early every year.

After sorting out these things, it happened that the prefect inspected the counties every year. Therefore, the prefect Lu first went to Lulong, then Macheng, and Shicheng was the last stop.

Lu Wensheng stroked his beard, his appearance was extremely thin, and he spoke unhurriedly: "Don't talk about other things, where are the people who can be listed as filial piety in your charter?"

He asked this question because when he arrived a few days ago, the county magistrate He mentioned that there is a gentleman in the county who is worthy of "filial piety".It happened that Lu Wensheng was busy with things during his tour of the counties, and he didn't ask too much in the past two days. After everything was over today, Lu Wensheng just remembered it.

Hearing these words, magistrate He subconsciously stood up straight, and raised his hand to let the county magistrate standing behind speak up.

The county magistrate was an old man, who spoke slower than an old ox trailer, and said tremblingly with his hands clasped: "Xiao Langjun lives at the foot of the Beishan Mountain in the north of the county, and no one will pass by in leisure time, only in the second ten days of each month will there be porters who make appointments." I will send him rice, rapeseed and other items."

"Xiao Langjun?" Lu Wensheng frowned.

County Magistrate He immediately interjected: "Although the young gentleman is young, he has already lived in a hut for his mother, and it has been three years now."

Lu Wensheng was a man of good nature, so he immediately said "yes" and asked County Magistrate He to go with him on horseback.

Hearing Governor Lu's intention to abandon the guards and hurry up, County Magistrate He's expression froze.

The magistrate of He County is long-sleeved and good at dancing, and has a very round figure. He can be called white and fat. He doesn't look like he can ride a horse.

The courtiers and officials of the Tang Dynasty did not distinguish between civil and military, and they always had to ride horses. The Beijing officials did not distinguish between ranks, and they basically rode horses to go to court.However, County Magistrate He is an exception. He has never been good at wielding knives and guns, and prefers to hang out in the interpersonal field. If he can roll around in the calligraphy in the study, he is also happy.Asking him to ride a horse is no less painful than asking a general to read the "Five Classics of Justice".

Moreover, Mr. Lu didn't bother with other matters, so he went straight to check, which made He County Magistrate, who didn't care much before, a little uneasy, for fear that something might go wrong.

But Mr. Lu's words have already been spoken, and the county magistrate He should ask someone to prepare, and said: "Although the young gentleman is filial and upright, there are indeed things worthy of praise, but Mr. Lu has already given his reputation by going there. It’s not too late to take a rest.”

There is another thing he said, but he didn't go to inspect it himself, it would be more appropriate to have someone come.

Lu Wensheng smiled, shook his head and said: "Pingzhou has been taking scientific examinations for several years, not to mention Jinshi, not even the Mingjing and other subjects. If there are such filial and honest people, they will be recommended to the court for questioning. Being favored is also a good thing.”

Even though he was a little younger, although this kind of filial piety was more sincere because of it, it also made Lu Wensheng a little bit unsure.

Nowadays, there is a habit in the court to promote filial piety and honesty, but the imperial examination is also the most important thing. If a filial and honest person doesn't read any poetry, books and classics, it is also inappropriate.If the age is too young, even if it can be valued by the court, it will not be of much use in a short period of time. It can only be used as a facade of political achievements, a decoration or two.

Lu Wensheng wanted to use his hands and feet and do a lot of work, but he didn't bother to care about these facades. Thinking of this, he inevitably lost his interest.

The county magistrate He smiled awkwardly, saying yes again and again, not daring to stop him.This ineffective education made him a county magistrate disgraced, let alone Lu Gong.

After finishing the words, the horses have been prepared outside the door, waiting for them to go.

Accompanied by the county magistrate, Lu Wensheng went out, and said with a half-smile: "The government only hopes that we will not be like Mr. Chen's bad luck of 'recommending talents but not knowing books; promoting filial piety and honesty, father lives away'."②

This faint warning made the magistrate He couldn't help going through the situation he still remembered in his heart.

——Yu Yu.

At the beginning, the Yu family was orphaned and widowed, and settled in Shicheng County with several servants.Three years later, Yu's mother died of illness. Yu Yu moved away from the old site of the county seat and lived in a hut at the foot of Beishan Mountain. She has kept filial piety for her mother and has never left.

What is rare and valuable is that Yu Yujin is now twelve years old.

His filial piety is commendable!

...

On the main street of the county town, four or five horses galloped past, causing a few scattered shopkeepers to lean on the doorway and talk about it.

This Shicheng County is not big, but it is not small. It only has a population of nearly a thousand households, and there is only a little discussion, but the clouds have cleared.

The county magistrate He said that there were finally two guards following the road, and Tete came to protect and guide the way.

These several horses whipped and galloped, and arrived at Beishan in less than an hour.

Mr. Nayu Xiaolang lived in a hidden and deep place at the foot of Beishan Mountain. Under the leadership of the attendants who led the way, he found the flat terrain after turning around and turning around.

Under this remote and rugged mountain road, at first glance, there is a small forest formed by hundreds of green bamboos. It is extremely deep and cool. If you get off your horse and walk two steps inside, you can still hear the faint sound of running water. It feels like living in a secluded mountain in a paradise , Lu Wensheng said in surprise: "This Beishan is really a good place."

Even the county magistrate He, the parent officer of Shicheng County, was very surprised.

Although Beishan is well-known, most of them like to climb to the top of the mountain "Xiantaiding", but they don't know that there is such a beautiful place at the foot of the mountain.

And in the soil environment of Beishan, there is actually a bamboo forest growing?

It is not easy to ride horses in the bamboo forest, so the group of people tied their horses outside without sending anyone to watch, so they went inside.Of the figures walking in the forest, only Magistrate He walked in a slightly weird posture, with some limping.

Lu Wensheng had a leisurely taste for traveling in the mountains and rivers. Looking at the elegant bamboo forest, the pressure from the recent imperial examinations gradually faded away, and even a slight smile appeared on his serious face.

The further he walked inside, the more surprised Lu Wensheng became. The bamboo forest looked small, but it was extremely elegant.Lu Wensheng prefers miscellaneous books in his spare time, and he has also read and studied the anecdote about the Qimen Dunjia. Looking at it carefully now, this bamboo forest seems to have a certain appearance, but it has no power, it is just a small shape, and it is easy to get lost.

Qimen Dunjia seems to be a heretical way of Taoism. In fact, it can also be used for arrangement when marching troops. It is not as wonderful and fantasy as in the legend, but in Lu Wensheng's view, Yu Yu is only a young age. Can you come up with such a small world?

Dozens of steps down here, at the corner among the bamboo forests, there is a sudden enlightenment in front of my eyes.

Sure enough, the river is narrow, the water is gurgling, and the crystal-clear stream flows by. There is a small thatched hut on the right, which seems to isolate the water vapor. The bottom of the thatched hut is built with thick bamboo and wood. The house looks like a residence for two or three people, not too big.

There are a lot of dried meat and dried vegetables on the hollow bottom floor, and there are piles of firewood, which are some distance from the stream.A little further away from the thatched hut, there seems to be a small vegetable garden, the species planted in it are colorful, and it looks like it is not rice or wheat.You can still hear a few cicadas faintly, but it is very interesting in life.

At that time, the thatched cottages were emitting smoke, which made the scene like a paradise suddenly smell like fireworks.

County Magistrate He walked slowly, and exclaimed as he watched the scene: "It's like the scene described by Mr. Jingjie's 'Warm and distant village, smoke in Yiyixu. Dog barking in the deep alley, chickens crowing on the top of the mulberry tree'."

He Yisi thought that this person, because of his big belly, was as white and moist as a plate, and he was sweating profusely when he went out.

He didn't care about Xiaolian's selection this time.That's why the old county magistrate was put in charge, but he didn't expect Mr. Lu to value it so much, so he was a little cramped.

Fortunately, the old county magistrate has been in Shicheng County for decades, most of the yamen servant Xu Shi is in his lineage, and the county magistrate He has the same smell as him, and they have worked together for more than ten years. At least it is safe to entrust these matters to the old county magistrate .

However, after coming here in person, Magistrate He was indeed surprised.

As a person of filial piety, I thought it would be an extremely rough and honest scene, but now it seems that there is still a sense of leisure and wildness, and I almost forgot that I was not here for a visit, but for an outing.

There was a stream nearby, and County Magistrate He was about to ask the guards behind to go over to have a look, but during the conversation, a thin figure came out of the thatched hut.

Looking at each other from a distance across the stream, we don't know each other's faces, but we must have seen each other.

The young man didn't stop, he slowly walked down the bamboo steps with the basket in his hand, walked back ten steps as if he had never seen anyone, and knelt down in front of a small earth bag nearby.

Mr. Xiao Lang took out fresh fruit from the basket to replace the original fruit, and re-incense the small tomb bag.

After a long silence, he slowly got up.

The appearance of this figure, the behavior of this person, should be that Yu Xiaolang Jun.

Mr. Xiao Lang looked back, looked at the few people who were separated by a shallow stream, paused for a moment and said: "Everyone is here, but are you here for something?" Feeling cold and indifferent, "If you enter by mistake, please leave earlier."

The meaning of polite refusal floated on the surface.

It was only after Xiao Langjun took a few steps forward that Lu Wensheng could see his face clearly.

He said that the beauty is beyond the skin, but Xiao Langjun is young but has excellent bones, his eyelashes flutter like butterfly wings, his nose bridge is high, his lips are red and his face is white, his appearance is outstanding, and what is even more rare is his pair of black eyes. .

Clear.

It's too clear, but you can't see the bottom.

Lu Wensheng heard the words that Magistrate He shook his head before.

——The Yu family has a son, Yu Yu.

It never disgraces the name.