Chapter 143: Remembering
Ninghai County, Taizhou, Liangzhejiang East Road, is located between the Tiantai Mountains and the Siming Mountains, backed by the mountains and the sea, high in the west and low in the east, the county is mainly located on the plains in the east, and the land is close to the Sanmen Bay of the later generations. The river in the territory is fertile and fertile, it is indeed an excellent place for the people to rest, to the Xianchun period, the county has more than 40,000 households, more than 100,000 Dingkou, it is the county of eastern Zhejiang.
Outside the city, Dongcang Shangzhai Village is about 70 miles away from the county seat, the side is the remaining vein of the West Mountain, the small river named Cangquan passes through the village, and there is a stone single-hole round arch bridge across the river, which is not more than 20 steps long, but let the people in the village travel without exceeding it. This bridge was built in the ninth year of Xianchun, and in that year, it was the time when Ye Mengding, the former prime minister of Zhishi, returned to the field, so this bridge was named "Guijin Bridge".
Along the Cangquan River to the mountain only a few miles, there is a natural cave, the waterfall in front of the cave from the mountain straight down, such as the training of the hanging, drifting away. The deep pool under the waterfall has a pool of clear water, pebbles are piled up, the bottom is crystal clear, there are fish of all sizes swimming by from time to time, the pan pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info a little scale, it is a good place to rest and have fun.
An old man sat on a boulder by the edge of the pool in the shade, wearing an ordinary bamboo hat and an ordinary silk hat on his body. A pair of eyes were staring intently at the buoy in front of him, and there was an old servant standing behind him, as nervous as he was, but his focus was on the old man in front of him, as if he was afraid that he would accidentally fall.
"Ho" Suddenly the old man's mouth made a soft sound, the cork mark had already moved, up and down, but the old man was not in a hurry to pull the rod, but waited for a while, the mark began to walk sideways, and then turned his wrist sharply. The long fishing rod jumped straight on the fine silk line, the old man immediately got up with both hands, the hook bounced out of the water, and a young fish flew out with a curl, and the old servant also stepped forward to help when he saw this, and after a while, the herring went into the bamboo basket next to him.
"Shaobao, good skills, there are a lot of them today, and it's best to ask the cook to make your favorite fish soup when you go home." The old servant looked at the basket and said, and the old man called "Shaobao" by the old servant is Ye Mengding, a scholar of the Guanwen Palace, and an envoy of Liquan, who has been invited to return to his hometown for several years, and now he is just playing in the mountains and forests to be an old fisherman.
The old servant's words made Ye Mengding slightly stunned, indeed, his fishing skills have become better and better recently, and he can return with a full load almost every day. It's still the mountains and rivers of my hometown, sitting for a long time and straightening my waist, Ye Mengding stood on the stone, looking at it, the lush mountains and forests, the clear flowing springs, the mountains standing on the walls, and the Guiyun Cave where I read when I was young, I only felt relaxed and happy, and I actually wanted to take a step when I raised my feet.
"I can't help it, I don't want to protect you now that you are seventy or five, but it can't be compared to when you were young, if there is a mistake, you will not be redeemed by the old body and death." The old servant, who was bluffed, grabbed him and helped him down from the boulder, although the stone was very large, but the stone surface was also a little slippery, if he was not careful, he might fall into the pool, and the old servant was also old, and he was proud that he could not save him as he was young, so the tone was full of resentment.
Ye Mengding knew that he had good intentions, and he was an old man who had followed him for many years, and the sun was longer than the age of the eldest son Ye Ying, how could he care about this, he shook his head with a smile, put his arm on the old servant's shoulder, and slowly squatted down to the ground.
"You old man, you are getting old and old, and your mouth is getting more and more broken, but you can talk a lot when you stand a little. You don't have to bring these fish into the house, you go back later, you send them to the aunt of the Wang family in the village, her daughter-in-law has just given birth, and drinking some fish soup can replenish her vitality. Hearing Ye Mengding's words, the old servant said "Hmm", this Wang family is his long-deceased enlightenment teacher, since he became an official, every time he returns to his hometown, he will take care of it, not to mention now, the festival will not be broken, and it is thicker than ordinary relatives.
Now that he had come down, Ye Mengding also put out the idea of going up to fish again, and just paced slowly around. Unconsciously, I thought of my eldest son who was still far away in Jiankang, and since I received his last letter, more than three months have passed, and there has been no news at all.
Although it has been sent to the official, the imperial court will still send a newspaper to the palace regularly, so that they can understand the current affairs and be ready to consult at any time. Therefore, he can also understand some of the situation of the war, knowing that Jiankang City is surrounded by the Tartar army, although the imperial court has sent reinforcements, but whether it is useful or not, Ye Mengding is not optimistic about it.
As a generation of ministers who can compete with Jia Nidao, he still knows a lot about the armaments of the Great Song Dynasty, and the army that was buried by Jia Nidao in Dingjiazhou can already be said to be the last elite of the imperial court.
And his own son, who taught him personally, no one knows his temperament better than him, and if the city is broken, he will never steal his life. Ye Mengding sighed secretly, fortunately, he had already sent his family back before, and everyone in the family didn't know about this at all, and now there is no news, do you really want the white-haired person to send the black-haired person?
"Da Lang's blessings are extensive, not like early death, and Jiankang is not better than other cities, and the Tartars are not so easy to break." The old man could guess what he was worried about by looking at his expression, and opened his mouth to comfort. As a close confidant, Ye Mengding never avoided him when he had something, so he knew more than others in the house.
"The old man also hopes so, although this son is not very talented, he can be loyal and filial, I hope God will bless it." Ye Mengding looked up to the sky and sighed, he only had two sons in total, and although he later accepted a few concubines, he gave birth to all daughters, but fortunately, the sons grew up and gave birth to male grandchildren, so that the incense would not be difficult to continue.
Ye Mengding's heart is even tighter about this great Song Jiangshan, although he is no longer in power, his heart has long been tied to the imperial court, if it wasn't for Jia Yidao being too domineering, why would he take the initiative. Now that the Tartars are attacking, the Great Song Dynasty is already in turmoil, although the hometown is good, it is not a paradise, a few months ago in the Di newspaper, the colleague Jiang Wanli has already been martyred by his whole family, if the Tartars hit Ninghai one day, I am afraid that this will be the end.
At this moment, a servant in the house was holding something and running towards this side while shouting, Ye Mengding stopped and listened carefully, the person called "Da Lang has a letter!" ”。 Although he had been looking forward to it for a long time, the graceful bearing formed by the official for many years made him seem unhurried, and when the man came, he only looked at the glyphs on the cover and understood that his son was fine, and his heart suddenly became settled, and he opened it again and looked at it at a glance, and his eyes lit up in an instant.
"Haha, Jiankang is a great victory, if it is really blessed by God, go and go, buy some wine and meat, open a flowing water banquet in the village, call the old and young neighbors, everyone has a share." Ye Mengding stroked his snow-white long beard and laughed happily, and the little worry that he had borne for a few months was immediately thrown out of the clouds, and he was busy urging the person who delivered the letter to hurry up and buy it, and he wanted to celebrate with the people in the village.
Then reading his son's letter, he keenly noticed a name, and his son kept mentioning it in his later letters, and the words were also praised without hesitation, and Ye Mengding's eyes immediately appeared in front of him as a young and promising image. Not only will Jiankang City be managed in an orderly manner, but also strategize, win thousands of miles, be willing to risk arrows and stones, and take the lead, which is simply a pillar of both civil and military talent.
"Liu Yu, do you have an impression? Why has the old man been in charge of the ministry for many years, but he has never heard of such a talent. Ye Mengding asked the old servant casually, and sure enough, the old servant shook his head after thinking for a long time and said that he didn't know, he thought about his son's intentions, and he couldn't get the point, and suddenly saw a few women washing by the stream.
"The old man's daughters are all Zhong Lingyuxiu, if you want to marry, you have to have some skills, hehe." Ye Mengding smiled like an old fox who had found food, the old servant only shuddered when he saw it, he knew that every time his own Shaobao's expression meant that he was worried that the person was going to be unlucky, he couldn't help but shake his head and mourn in silence for this person named "Liu Yu".
At this time, in Lin'an Mansion, located on the side of the White Horse Temple, Chen Yizhong also held a document in his hand, which had just been sent by six hundred miles in an expedited manner.
Chen Yizhong was not very surprised that Wang Lixin died in the king's affairs, after all, he was over 70 years old, and it was possible to encounter such a big war, and it was possible for him to work hard and hard. It's just a pity, if he hadn't died, with his merits this time, he wouldn't have been able to run away from being promoted to the knighthood, and now he can only bequeath.
The most surprising thing about this testament is that Wang Lixin did not seek shade for his children and grandchildren in the table, if this is considered humble, then the name of a person he strongly recommended at the end makes people think, this person is not his old age, but only entered the curtain a few months ago, why is this?
Liu Yu? Chen Yizhong always felt that this name was very familiar, and after thinking about it, isn't this the person mentioned in the shortcut, second only to Jiang Cai, who captured the flag, and was rated as the second meritorious Quanzhi Jiankang Mansion! What is this person's ability to make an old man so important when he is dying, and he spares no effort to promote.
Look at this official position again, Huaixi System Envoy and Zhilu Prefecture are almost promoted to three levels in a row, what should I do? Chen Yizhong was puzzled, this position was not vacant, the person who was now in charge was Xia Gui, the hateful and helpless old horseman, Chen Yizhong gritted his teeth when he thought of this name.
He had long wanted to replace Xia Gui, and from this point of view, Wang Lixin's guarantee could be regarded as right in his mind, but is Liu Yu suitable, this is no longer something that the princes of the political hall can decide. With Wang Lixin's qualifications, if you want to be gracious, you can only come from an official family, of course, now it is equivalent to the empress dowager, thinking of this, Chen Yizhong put the posthumous watch into his sleeve and prepared to enter the palace to face the saint.
Liu Yu, who was worried about these people for no reason, was drinking in the Yanju Building on Nanzhong Street in Jiankang City, and it was Hu Sansheng who invited him to come, but it was Taifu Temple Cheng and Ye Yingji, the young warden of military weapons, who accompanied him. Because of the funeral, there was no kabuki to accompany the wine, just some ordinary banquets, but when he heard Hu Sanxing's words, Liu Yu was taken aback.
"Brother of the body, you're not kidding, don't say whether it's appropriate to mention this marriage at this time, Brother Yunyong, remember that you are forty, your female brother is not" Liu Yu looked at Ye Yingji suspiciously, the latter and Hu Sansheng glanced at each other, and the two put down their wine glasses, both laughing. R1058