The Marginal People of Jia's Family in the Red Chamber

Jia She and his son went to the northwest. When Jia She left, Jia Lian was still a seven-year-old boy. Now when we meet again, Jia Lian is already a handsome young man.In Beijing, there were frequent gatherings, and the crowds were not obvious. On the road, with only a few entourages, the strange atmosphere between Jia Lian and Jia She was obvious, and Jia Lian was a little embarrassed.

"What, are you angry with Daddy?" Jia Amnesty asked with a smile as he handed the water bag to Jia Lian while he was resting.

"No, how come, I..." Jia Lian quickly explained, but after seeing Jia She's smiling eyes, she was not so anxious, and said with a blushing face, "It's like a dream after thinking about it for so many years. .”

"Father will be by your side in the future."

"I don't want it. A good man has ambitions everywhere. I want to travel all over the world. In the future, I will go to Tianzhu, Dashi, and Yueshi. My footprints will be left all over the world!" Jia Lian said boldly, " "Daddy", the feeling of unfamiliarity that he hadn't seen in ten years disappeared. Jia Lian was very happy to have his father's company, but the little boy still hoped that he could make great achievements and be famous forever.

"Okay, okay, do what you like, just put down the water bag, the further you go northwest, the more scarce the water source, don't waste it." Jia She joked.

They came to the northwest, Jia Amnesty because of the unrest in the northwest border, people here suffered more traumatic injuries, and countless people died of traumatic injuries every year, especially soldiers.Jia She thought, children from poor families are not desperate, so how can they go to the battlefield to fight for their lives? If he can push the poor family's medical center to the northwest, it will be a merit.

Jia Lian was purely here for traveling. He spent the first 17 years of his life in the romantic and bustling capital city. The farthest he traveled was hunting with His Majesty. He was used to the splendor and wealth. Together with the father who admired Rumu the most.

Jia Amnesty didn't tell a lie, the further he went, the more difficult the conditions were.The water became less and less, and the weather became colder and drier. Jia Lian's nasal cavity began to bleed, and the north wind blew ice holes out of his face.These are nothing, the most important thing is the shock in my heart.

The worst people Jia Lian has ever seen in his life are the servants who made mistakes in Beijing and the prisoners who were taken to be beheaded, but these people were once pampered and pampered. Jia Lian couldn't imagine how a 30-year-old farmer could be so dark-skinned. He was as good as the Kunlun slave I had seen before, and I couldn't even imagine how he would be as old as 60 years old with his back bent.In his heart, the Empress Dowager is still graceful and luxurious in her 80s, and the old ladies and gentlemen of each family are also elegant and dignified. How can there be such an old man whose spine seems to be broken by life.

And those children, not all the children in the world are white, tender and beautiful. These children have dirty faces, and it’s almost winter, but they don’t have a pair of shoes, no thick winter clothes, and they wear coarse linen clothes that obviously don’t fit. Feed them horses.

Obviously, the farmers did not provide fodder for good horses, and they brought the beans and bran to feed the horses. When Jia Lian went to see the horses, he found that the child was eating the bran in the horse feed. Jia Lian shouted: "How do you Eat this..." This is inedible.

Before Jia Lian could finish his words, the child was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life, I didn't steal the food on purpose, I didn't steal the food on purpose, you can beat me and scold me, but don't put me down." I send the officer, I can't go to the battlefield, I can't go to the battlefield."

Looking at the tearful child, Jia Lian was not a cruel person, so he went up to help him up.As a result, the child held his head and curled up, as if waiting for the expected pain.When Jia Lian touched his body, the child couldn't help shaking.

Jia Lian pulled him up and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm not trying to beat or scold you, I just want to say that the bran is for horses, and people will get sick if they eat it."

The child was not beaten, and the nobleman was expected to be kind, so he boldly said: "Little boy, he won't get sick. Then there are black beans in the horse feed. The black beans are ground and mixed with bran, which is already rare." Good stuff."

The child's eyes were shining, and he was clearly satisfied with eating such a good thing, even if it was raw.

Jia Lian had a sore nose, raised her head to force back her tears, and changed the subject, "You said just now that you should not be sent to the government, you can't go to the battlefield, what do you mean?"

"The barbarians are on the edge again. There are not enough soldiers in the army. The county magistrate sent all the strong men in prison to the battlefield. The Lai Ergou in our camp is usually tall and powerful. Three or five big men can't get close He died within a month after going to the battlefield, and his mother-in-law ran away immediately, took away all the Lai family's children and sold them, and the Lai family must be dead. My grandfather told me that the battlefield is dangerous."

"Really? Then your county magistrate will pretend to be criminals and go to the border?" Jia Lian asked in a low voice.

"Your honor, the county magistrate is a good man, so he wouldn't bully us." Jia Lian found it interesting that the child wanted to be angry but tried to defend himself.

After asking about the situation, Jia Lian told the child to take good care of their horse, not only did not send him to the government, but also rewarded him with a bag of snacks and old clothes.The child thanked him happily, and when he went back to tell his grandfather, the father-in-law came to thank him again.

"Father, is the livelihood of the people in Northwest China so difficult?" Jia Lian felt sad and went to Jia Amnesty's room to talk at night.This peasant family vacated their best house for them to live in, and Jia Lian was very embarrassed to live in the grass shed.

"Why, this is unbearable. You haven't seen what is even more difficult. This family is considered good. There are three generations of the old, the middle and the young, and they can support three or five children. You know, in the Northwest, often There are only old people, women and children, and the young and middle-aged are taken away by the army. The barbarians invade the border every year, and there is no one, how can we fight?" Jia She explained to him that the people's livelihood is difficult, and Jia She has seen even worse examples.

"The imperial court allocates a large amount of military salary every year. Everyone who joins the army has a subsidy of ten taels of silver. Why..."

"Won't the ten taels of silver be exploited? Even if the ten taels of silver are obtained intact, the family will not be able to survive if they go to the army. Ten taels of silver are used to get medicine for seriously ill relatives, rest the house and yard, and buy some This is the most economical way to use it. In the northwest, the ten taels of silver are almost exchanged with the lives of sons and brothers, and no one will do this unless it is absolutely necessary."

"Why is life in exchange? Going to be a soldier is not going to die. There is a new barracks in the army. Let them adapt. They will teach them martial arts, and they will not be allowed to go to the Chinese army at first. It must be food and grass transportation... ..."

Before Jia Lian finished speaking, Jia Amnesty laughed and asked, "Who told you that the border customs system is feasible or not?"

"Your Majesty said, this is the law of governing the army, written in the regulations!" Jia Lian exclaimed angrily.

"Things written in the regulations can only be used to wipe buttocks in the northwest~" Jia Amnesty said carelessly.

"Father!" Jia Lian blushed, this was too rude.

"Survival is the way to govern an army, and being able to defend a city is the way to govern an army! Now Yanmen Pass is guarded by Luo Yuanyi, and he is also known as a capable minister and general. Does he not know what you said? There is not so much time for the recruits to adapt, how long can they practice? If you want to survive on the battlefield, you still have to rely on your own skills!" Jia Amnesty told Jia Lian the cruelest facts at the border. In the face of war, the so-called kindness and Morality is useless, especially if you don't have enough influence.

The next day, they thanked the farm family for their hospitality, and Jia She left them ten taels of silver, all of which were broken silver, and told them not to spread it to the outside world.In the northwest, this is the price of a human life, and the old man who collected the money knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Jia Amnesty several times.

Jia Lian thought that what he encountered in the farmer's house had already shocked him deeply, and nothing could shake him so much again.As a result, when they were on their way to approach the border, they were shocked again.Before they got close to the village, they smelled a strong smell of blood.A group of people went over to check carefully, and found that everyone in this small village had been slaughtered.Looking at the corpses lying on the side of the road and in the courtyard, Jia Amnesty checked one by one to see if he could find any survivors. The long followers pulled out their self-defense swords to prevent any thieves who hadn't gone far, or The desperate villagers violently wounded others.

The long followers obviously thought too much, the village was slaughtered to the ground, even the baby was not spared, no one would violently hurt others.Jia Amnesty checked and found the surviving child in a house that obviously had a better house.The child was hidden in the kang, and the kang was burned in the northwest. The child was still young, so he crawled inside and hid.When Jia Amnesty went in, he heard the sound of shallow breathing, so he knew there was someone inside.Jia She warmly comforted him, proclaimed the Buddha's name, and recited the Buddhist scriptures. Jia She had also practiced these years. When he recited the Buddhist scriptures, it really made people feel peaceful.

After coaxing for a long time, the child crawled out of the kang, looked at the strong men with swords in the room, and shrank back in fright.Jia She took off the hat on his head, revealing his bald head and the ring scar on his head, and coaxed again: "Son, come out, I'm a monk, I won't beat you, be good, ah~"

The child stretched out his head tentatively, and saw that the sword was indeed in its sheath. He had never seen a man without hair before, and slowly crawled out.Jia She picked up the child and checked it briefly. Except for the bruise on the forehead and scratches on the hands, there were no other injuries, but his face was covered in black and gray.Jia Amnesty wanted to ask more questions, but suddenly he heard the sound of horseshoes, someone is coming!

The eight chief followers immediately drew out their swords, and Jia Lian also drew out his long sword to get ready. Jia Amnesty covered the child's mouth for fear that he would cry out, so he coaxed in a low voice: "My dear boy, don't cry, don't be afraid, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't be afraid!" cry."

The long follower, Ah Zheng, looked through the crack of the door, turned his head and gestured to them, indicating that there was a team of 20 people. It looked like I was a soldier, without a bow and crossbow, but with horses.

"Who is inside, show up quickly, someone is Yanmen Guanluo General Lieutenant Lu Hong, the lieutenant commander, and the people in the house quickly show up." The people outside have already started shouting, their horses are tied outside the house, and they can be seen at a glance There are people inside.

Jia Amnesty nodded, and Ah Zheng said: "We are from the capital, invited by General Luo Yuanyi, and we have a letter to prove it. You stand back, I will throw the letter out."

There were scattered sounds outside, and the captain said loudly: "Once Lu Hongxin believes in you, step back thirty steps. If you dare to deceive me, you will be at your own risk."

Seeing that they had retreated, Jia She took out the letter from his pocket and handed it to Ah Zheng. Thanks to Jia She who always carried important documents such as household registration documents with him, and entered the boundary of Yanmen Pass, Luo Yuanyi's handwritten letter was also considered an important token. up.

Ah Zheng picked up a fragment of a broken clay pot, wrapped it in a letter, and threw it out through the hole in the window. The captain looked at it, sheathed his long knife, and said loudly: "Captain Lu Hong, I have seen Master Unforgiveness!" , Master, please show up."

Jia Amnesty thought about it, and waited for the people outside the door to put the horse away and put the knife into the sheath. The man who called himself Lu Hong stepped forward alone. It seemed that he didn't want to cheat, and he handed over the child in his arms to Jia Lian, and walked out alone.

"I don't forgive the poor monk. I've seen Colonel Lu." Jia She saw it more clearly when he came out. This young captain had firm eyes and a righteous face, not like a bad guy.

"Lieutenant Lu Hong greets the master." Lieutenant Lu Hong clasped his fists as a military salute, and looked at Jia Amnesty expectantly.

Jia Amnesty took out his birth certificate and household registration documents from his bosom, threw them over to Lu Hong, and said, "Please check it with Captain Lu, and also ask Captain Lu to give me a certificate."

Lu Hong caught the things that Jia She threw over him, looked at them carefully, and returned him the things Jia She had with his identification tag.After Jia Amnesty checked that there was no problem, he shouted to the people in the room: "It's all right, they are all our own people, come out."

Jia Lian and other people came out of the house, Captain Lu shouted: "Gen Zi!"

"Third Uncle, Third Uncle." The child in Jia Lian's arms cried out, and Jia She then understood why the school captain looked at him expectantly, because he also belonged to this family.

The child named Genzi went down to the ground and ran to Lu Hong's side quickly. Lu Hong hugged him and cried loudly.The others have all arrived at the door of the house, looking at the corpses all over the floor, don't they understand that there is only one person left in the house?The seven-foot man cried like a child, and Jia Amnesty also whispered to the side to pray for the dead.

Genzi was overjoyed and frightened, and because he was young, he fell asleep after crying in his third uncle's arms for a while. Lu Hong handed the child over to the person he brought, went forward to salute Jia Amnesty, and said, "Lu Hong offended, please forgive me, master."

"It's okay, as a military officer, you should be cautious."

Lu Hong walked around the front and back of the house, and when he came back, his eyes were even redder. He walked over and knelt down to Jia Amnesty and said, "Lu Hong has an unfeeling request, and I ask Master to fulfill it."

"What are you doing, get up, get up, the man has gold under his knees, and you are wearing a military uniform, which is a symbol of the imperial court. How can you kneel like an outsider, get up, get up!" Jia She hurriedly stopped, the first His imprint is extremely deep, and he was once a soldier, how could he bear to see him so humble.

Jia She motioned Jia Lian to help the captain up with him, and Jia She comforted him: "If Captain Lu has something to say, please speak up. If you can't do it, I will never refuse."

Lu Hong wiped his face with his hands indiscriminately, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master Unforgivable's Buddhism is profound, I want to ask Master to save the family who died tragically."

"Why not, it's not a matter of pardon." Jia Amnesty signaled a long follower to go immediately to get the ritual tools.

Jia Lian was young after all, and he asked Lu Hong indignantly if he knew that it was those people with no conscience who slaughtered the whole village.Lu Hong seemed much more indifferent, even his family and relatives died in such massacres, and said lightly, "Barbarians, they are used to it."

After being hit by such indifferent words, the small flame of anger in Jia Lian's heart was also extinguished. Looking at Lu Hong's red eyes, he felt that he was not a cold person, and he did not know how to show such indifference.

After discussing with Lu Hong, Jia Amnesty and the people around them moved all the dead people in the village to the foot of the mountain behind the village. They, nearly thirty men, dug a big pit together and buried everyone in it.Ah Zheng chipped a large wooden board, and Jia She wrote a sacrificial oration by hand, and stood the wooden board in front of the pit as an epitaph.

20 years later, Jia Lian, who became famous, rubbed the text on this wooden board and carved it on the stone tablet as the best annotation for his victory over barbarians and defending his family and country. This is the famous inscription "Yanmen Pass", which is as literary as The fusion of calligraphy is a treasure in Chinese classical culture.

At this time, Jia Lian only felt that his father had expressed all the emotions he wanted to say but could not express accurately.

After burying the people in this village, Colonel Lu Hong took the only survivor and rushed to General Luo Yuanyi's camp.

Luo Yuanyi welcomed Jia She very much. In other words, since hearing that Master Bu She came to the northwest, people all over the Northwest were looking forward to the opening of the Poor Medical Center.What General Luo Yuanyi wanted was to have a medical clinic in the army, watching his robe die every day, this feeling made General Luo Yuanyi's heart bleed.

In the evening, Jia Lian, who saw the mass death for the first time, couldn't sleep, and ran to Jia Amnesty's camp.Jia Amnesty asked him curiously, "Lian'er, what's the matter?"

"No...it's nothing." Jia Lian suddenly couldn't speak anymore, she is an adult, should she tell her father that she is afraid?

"What can't be said between father and son? Are you not used to such a bloody scene?" Jia Amnesty was concerned that when seeing blood for the first time, there are always symptoms of discomfort.

"No." Jia Lian held back his face and thought of an alternative topic and said, "I want to know why Captain Lu Hong looks so indifferent, and General Luo Yuanyi, too. I have heard of General Luo's love of soldiers in the capital. Fame." The more Jia Lian said, the more it seemed like that, as if he really came to ask for this answer.

"Lieutenant Lu Hong was never indifferent. Those who died were all his parents and relatives. I was very sad to see him tearing up like a man." At that time, Jia Amnesty was only concerned with doing things to save others, and didn't care about Lu Hong's expression.

"But...not...Father, when I asked him who did it, Lu Hong really said 'barbarian' very calmly, without any hint of sadness." Jia Lian argued that at that time he was filled with righteous indignation. All were extinguished by that indifferent expression.

"Stupid boy." Jia Amnesty patted his head and said, "I opened a medical clinic and practiced medicine everywhere. When I met someone who was seriously ill and his family members were crying and crying, I treated him calmly. Afterwards, some people He asked me why I was so numb and moved to tears? I asked him back, if I went to cry, who would treat the disease? What if I was emotional, emotional, and accidentally injured the patient? The person who asked the question was speechless. In fact, Dad didn't tell the truth. Of course, there are reasons why it's better to act calmly. It's more because I'm used to it. I'm used to seeing the emotions of various patients, even if it's the first time that it's personally relevant to the person concerned. My son, your accusation is wrong, I believe Captain Lu Hong and General Luo Yuanyi's sorrow needn't be too small."

Jia Lian nodded as he was taught, and went back to his tent.In the days that followed, Jia Amnesty led Jia Lian to cooperate with military doctors to train military medical personnel, and the follow-up personnel also arrived at Yanmen Pass and began to open medical clinics in the city.

Every day, Jia She explained to the soldiers in the army how to deal with emergency injuries. He only hoped that one more person would be saved. When Jia She was dizzy, Jia Lian ran over to throw bombs.

"Father, I want to join the army!"

"what?"

"Father, I'm going to fight the barbarians. I don't want to wait in fear in the camp every day. I can only bandage and treat the wounded. I want to go to the battlefield! I'm going to fight the barbarians!" Jia Lian excitedly said.

Jia She closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then said: "You are emotional now, and I don't know if you are acting on a whim, how about this, I will go and tell General Luo Yuanyi that I will let you be his personal soldier first, if you can persist for half a year, I agree with your enlistment."

"Really, thank you dad, don't worry, I will do a good job and won't embarrass you."

"I'm not afraid of losing face. If you can't persevere, dad won't blame you. Dad's lifelong wish is for you to be safe and happy. No matter what you do, dad will support you." Jia She said comfortingly.

Jia Lian promised again and again that he would fight the enemy bravely, but Jia Amnesty just sighed.

From the road northwest of the capital, Jia Amnesty had such a premonition.Jia Lian once said to him, "I really want to leave the capital. Everyone talks around twists and turns and trips me up. I think about it three times before I open my mouth. I'm really tired. When can I go out and travel far away, so I don't have to deal with these troubles."

Hou Wanchun also said in his letter to him that Jia Lian is quite talented in military affairs, and he is also good at fist and foot weapons. To this day, he still keeps toys from his childhood, and his favorite is Yazi in the Book of Mountains and Seas. This mythical beast is often decorated with weapons. , the main killing.When I was young, I often said that I had to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

Jia Amnesty came to the northwest to take him with him, thinking that it would be best if Jia Lian could not stand the north wind, yellow sand, and killing people, and give up.If Jia Lian wants to join the army and serve the country, Jia Amnesty will be proud of him.

"Peace and joy", whether safety is more important or joy is more important, if Jia Lian were to choose, he would rather eat sand in the northwest than enjoy peace in the capital.Jia Amnesty respects Jia Lian's decision.

In this way, Jia She and his son took root in the northwest, Jia She opened a medical clinic, and Jia Lian went to battle to kill the enemy.Half a year passed by in the blink of an eye.

"Lian'er, have you decided?"

"Father, I have decided. I have finally found what I want to do most in this life." Jia Lian knelt in front of Jia Amnesty and said firmly.He knew that his father never expected him to have a so-called "promise", and his greatest wish was for him to be safe and happy, but he couldn't even guarantee his own safety, which still hurt his father's heart, which is really unfilial.

"You may die in battle, and you are the only son as a father." Jia She said with a sad face.

"Father, many families in the border area have already lost their roots. If you have the ability to kill the enemy, you can't shrink back into a rich and noble town!"

"Good boy, if you want to do it, just do it. Daddy will always be with you."

"Thank you, Daddy!" Jia Lian kowtowed.

Since then, Jia Lian has joined Luo Yuanyi's command, with Jia Amnesty escorting him.

Jia Lian killed the enemy bravely, and his military rank was constantly promoted. Luo Yuanyi and Jia She were also good friends. He once asked him: "This kid is very talented on the battlefield, but he doesn't know that the battlefield is not here, or his mind is too simple."

"Isn't there me? I will take care of him." Jia She said.

"It's just because of you that it's bad. You are already a living Bodhisattva living in thousands of families, and you have a son who has made great military achievements. Your Majesty is His Majesty after all."

"So, I have already written a letter to His Majesty asking to marry Princess He'an." Jia She said calmly, Princess He'an is His Majesty's first-born daughter, the empress's eldest son died young, and there is only such a daughter.Princess He'an has a noble status and is not involved with various forces. The empress is also willing to find a good husband-in-law with a good reputation and a lot of benefits for her daughter.

"That's why I often say, Unforgivable, you are not a monk with pure six sense organs."

"Unforgiveness is Jia Lian's father first, and then the monk."

"May your wish be granted."

"I will."

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Bu Amnesty, commonly known as Jia She, courtesy name Enhou, was originally a good son of Rong Guogong, but later became a monk in Tanzhe Temple because of his mother's evil brother's poison.He studied Zen first, then Luzong, wrote "Six Patriarch Altar Sutra", "Five Lanterns Huiyuan", etc., and studied Buddhist scriptures thoroughly, which is No. 1 of Luzong.Later, he returned to Tanzhe Temple and wrote "Baizhang Qinggui", which will be used forever.There are countless people living in the implementation of medical centers for the poor, and everyone at that time believed it.A hundred years later, he ascended to the throne and left twelve relics, which were enshrined in the Pilu Pavilion of Tanzhe Temple.

——"National History Biography [-] Biography of the Unforgivable Master of Tanzhe Temple" Jia Lian, styled Qi Yu, Jing Henghou, hereditary.The eminent monk did not forgive the son of a secular family, his mother, Mrs. Zhang.When he was young, Emperor Gaozong caressed him, and he loved the princes very much.At the age of twenty, Shang and Princess An have outstanding martial arts.Emperor Gaozong sent Jia Qiyu to operate the army for more than ten years, so Fuxi River, Jue Damu, destroyed the face, attacked the royal court, and went to the north, Zen in Guyan, facing the vast sea, the barbarians were terrified, If it is not enough to become a minister, the clan will be destroyed.

——"National History Volume [-] Biography and Eight Scenes Henghou Biography"