August 18th

Jingxi Wanhua Mountain.

It is said to be Wanhua Mountain, but it is actually the largest cemetery in the capital, which is mainly the cemetery of rich and noble families. Every year in the Qingming season, when each family goes to the grave, the paper is full of branches everywhere, the mountains are all over the field, and the distant view is like a thousand trees and pear blossoms in full bloom, which is very good-looking. This custom has existed since ancient times, one to show the respect of the descendants to the ancestors, and the other to indicate the prosperity of the descendants, so as to ensure that the family cemetery is not destroyed. In addition to the wealthy and noble, some land has also been sold to be used as a cemetery for people who died in accidents. In general, the east side is mostly a large family cemetery, and the west side is mostly scattered graves.

At dusk, on the mountain road leading to the cemetery on the west side, two old men walked slowly, their faces thin and their eyes shining. On the other hand, the Taoist chief was dressed like him, with the same gray hair. Although the two are over the age of six, their steady walking posture shows that they have a deep foundation.

The old man said as he walked: "It's really a creation and a trick, and our grudges for more than 30 years are useless."

Lao Dao also sighed: "No matter who she is with, this season should be full of children and grandchildren!"

The old man said: "You are not a loss, what do I get, I have sacrificed today, but I have a heart, in the future, you and her will stay together, and it will not be in vain for you to be infatuated." ”

The old man hurriedly said: "You are not at a loss, although she had no intention of you at the beginning, but the long pain is better than the short pain, after all, you have found true love, and you are already full of children and grandchildren." ”

The old man said no more, in fact, in his heart, he also very much hoped to win this initial happiness, for him, the children and grandchildren are full, and they will not be able to reach the affection of a lifetime.

At sunset, an elm tree looked at each other in the distance, and the old man stopped the thin old man, because a few zhang away, there was a hut, which only allowed one person to live, and the door was open, indicating that the grave keeper should not be far away. The old man asked the thin old man to hide from the nearby bushes for the time being. He walked slowly to the hut and cleared his throat, which meant to give a hint to the person in the door, and sure enough, there was a noise in the room, and after a while, he saw an old man, about seventy years old, walking out with a cane.

The old man came out of the door, and first stood in front of the door and looked at the old man, as if he was carefully identifying. After looking at it for a long time, the old man said to the old man: "Where does the Taoist come from, and what is the matter?" ”

The chief smiled and said: "The poor road is from Zhongnan Mountain, and I am here to prepare to go to the grave for my cousin, and it is convenient for the old man to give me a guide to the path." ”

The man was shocked when he heard this, and after some careful identification, he slowly squeezed out a few words from his mouth: "Whose family, what is the name?"

Lao Dao laughed and said: "My brother-in-law's family name is Hong, and my brother-in-law's brother is now a cabinet scholar, called Hong ......."

"Oh, understand, your brother-in-law's name is Hong Junjie, right?" The man beckoned him to turn to the back of the house, only to see the portraits of two people on the back wall, he pointed to one of them, let him see if it was, the old Taoist heard this, so he raised his eyes to look, and saw the one on the left, it was Zhu Junjie when he was young, and the other, named Li Ying, the former was charged with intentional homicide, and the latter was assassinated Taishi.

The man pointed to the portrait on the wall and asked, "Do you know this man?"

Lao Dao nodded and said, "Yes, it's just that it was thirty years ago, and I don't know if I'm still alive." ”

The man said: "The reason why I am here is because the Gu family pays five taels of silver every year, just to wait for him to appear. ”

The man asked again, "I know all the relatives of the Feng family, why has no one ever mentioned you?"

Lao Dao smiled when he heard it: "Just because there are many changes in the family, my father promised that there will be a son sent to Zhongnan Mountain to learn the Tao, in order to resolve the unlucky situation of the family background, I don't want to enter the Tao too deeply, I have no intention of Hongchen, so far I am old and stumbling, in order to end the old fairy township, and now I am passing through the capital, thinking of the grace of my cousin in the world, I have come to pay tribute, and I also ask Mr. to make it convenient." As he spoke, he quietly stuffed five taels of silver into the man's pocket, and the man felt that the pocket was obviously falling, so he smiled, and then guided the old road eastward for a few feet, and pointed to a grave in the grass, and this was it. The old man looked at it, and saw that there was a stele in front of the tomb, which was a double stele, and only a line of words # Feng's tomb was engraved on the right side. Looking at the monument, Lao Dao couldn't help but shed tears, and hurriedly asked why the Hong family didn't engrave the name of his brother-in-law.

The man saw that the old man did not know the details, so he told him the reason.

Lao Dao knew that he was talking about himself, and after hearing this, he had already burst into tears, and gave the man five taels of silver again, and pleaded: "I am here, there are some Dharma things to do, I just ask Mr. to do something convenient, and avoid it in the northwest direction, and when the Dharma is completed, I will leave by myself, and I will never affect Mr." When the man had received all these benefits, he did not disagree with the people, but went in a north-west direction. Lao Dao saw him go away, so he walked quickly to Junjie's hiding place, and told him to go to the memorial first, and when Junjie turned the letter of resignation written to Feng's family, he finally accepted Feng's Juanjuan according to the secret marriage ceremony. The old man was afraid that the person just now would not go far, so he followed him and followed him for many miles, and it was estimated that Junjie would come back after the memorial.