It was another damp and rainy day, and the rain under the eaves of the porch was ticking and falling to the ground, accumulating a shallow depression. After a while, the rain stopped, and a young man crouched under the porch, looking at the clear figure reflected in the water, and stared in amazement.

This is a face with a bit of delicateness, which is very in line with Jiangnan Junshao's temperament.

A drop of water fell from the eaves of the porch, scattering the figures on the surface of the water and relieving the boy.

It's been almost three years since he came to this world, and he still often goes into a trance, unable to believe the fact that he has crossed over.

"Childe, it's time to eat!"

There was a shout from afar, and the young man came back to his senses and responded, "It's coming!" ”

Standard juvenile sound, pleasant and pleasant.

The maid giggled, turned and ran away.

……

The young man's name is Su Yi, and he is the eighth in the Su family, so his family calls him Hachiro. Three years ago, Su Yi suffered a serious illness, and he couldn't see anything after inviting famous doctors, but the high fever did not go away, the medicine stone was useless, and he saw that the person was about to die, and the coffin was ready at home, but he suddenly sweated and miraculously came back to life.

However, no one knew that the person who came back to life had quietly changed his soul, from a soul thousands of years later.

Su Yi, who had just woken up, often said some strange things, such as computers, mobile phones, kings, eating chicken, ......, which made people confused. But as time passed, he gradually stopped talking, and people only said that he was confused and said strange things, and no one took it to heart.

Only Su Yi himself knows what is going on, he is from China in 2020, that year, because of a sudden epidemic, he squatted at home for half a year, screaming, and finally after the ban was lifted, he took out all his savings to buy a car, planning to take a trip that he said would go, but he didn't expect that there would be a car accident on this trip...... When I opened my eyes again, I had already changed time and space.

When he first arrived here, his memory was still very clear, but then it gradually blurred, and sometimes when he woke up, he sometimes couldn't tell whether the memory from 2020 was really something, or it was a flash in the pan. He began to accept the identity of 'Su Yi' and tried to integrate into his current life.

……

The eating place was a bright and spacious room, and when he saw Su Yi coming, the old man who was sitting on the main seat with a slightly sickly face beckoned to him with a smile, and said, "Good nephew, the last time I saw you, it was five years ago, when you were still a child, and now you are like a young man!" If the eldest brother is still there, he will be relieved! ”

"Uncle praises, nephew is ashamed." Su Yi saluted the old man, and then said to the middle-aged man next to the old man, who was a little younger, but also had gray hair and a sad face: "Big brother." ”

"Hmm." The middle-aged man didn't smile, his eyes just looked at the old man, tears were in his eyes, and his eyes were red, obviously he had just cried.

"Sit down." The old man's tone was weak, he gestured, and hurriedly closed his mouth, as if one more word would give him more strength.

Su Yi glanced at his eldest brother and sat down next to him.

This is a family banquet, and the person who is called the eldest brother by Su Yi is named Su Mai. He was originally the commander of Jiahe County, but he resigned at the beginning of the year and returned to Suzhou Lake to live in seclusion. Last month, when his family reported that his uncle was seriously ill, Su Mai immediately rushed to Yingzhou with all his family members to visit.

Uncle and nephew haven't seen each other for many years, and it would be a joy to meet again. But Su Zhe's physical condition at this time greatly reduced this joy.

After a family dinner, laughter is far less sad. The uncle and nephew often chatted and chatted, and suddenly they began to cry, and as soon as they wiped away their tears, they drank a few glasses of wine, and when they talked about another matter, their hearts were sour, and they began to cry again. I don't know why there are so many tears, the two of them cry until their throats are hoarse, and no one can persuade them.

Su Yi was not easy to talk next to him, opened his mouth a few times, closed it again, and watched silently.

After the family banquet, the uncle and nephew had to talk all night, and Su Yi, under the leadership of the maid, came to live in the wing room of the east courtyard. In order to avoid the boredom of the long night, the maid also brought him a few books, Su Yi politely thanked him, took the book, and put it on the top is a copy of "Luancheng Collection".

Su Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Who would have thought that he would travel back more than a thousand years and become related to the great writer?

……

The rain is still falling, but it's just a little light, sparse, and if you don't look carefully, you think it's stopped.

In the study, the subordinate lit the lamp, served tea again, and retired. Only the uncle and nephew were left to sit down, Su Zhe was wearing a cotton robe, and he was still holding a stove in his arms.

Su Mai grabbed his uncle's cold hand, with tears in his eyes: "Uncle, the last time we met, you were still in good spirits, why are you ...... now?" ”

Halfway through his words, Su Mai burst into tears, choked up and couldn't speak. On the contrary, Su Zhe saw it and said: "What is there to cry about, everyone is born, old, sick and dead, I am forty out of seventy this year, and I am already a long life." In this life, everything that should have been experienced has been experienced, there are no regrets, what is the pity of dying? ”

He looked at Su Mai and said, "That's it...... Seeing that it is about to be buried in the ground, there is something that I still want to tell you after thinking about it. ”

"Things?" Su Mai said blankly: "Does my uncle have something to tell my nephew?" ”

"Hmm." Su Zhe sighed and said, "Originally, I was hesitant, but now that I saw Hachiro, I decided to say it after thinking about it." Do you feel that this kid ...... Don't look like our Su family? ”

"Huh?" Su Mai was stunned, he didn't understand why his uncle said this, it was about the ancestors, Su Mai hurriedly said: "Uncle, what do you mean by this, is it ......?"

Su Zhe nodded and said, "Hachiro is actually not my brother's biological son. ”

"What...... What the?! ”

A thunderbolt suddenly sounded outside the window, and the rain became heavier in vain, Su Mai was surprised, this is ridiculous. The younger brother who was raised since he was a child was not his father's child? If these words hadn't come out of Su Zhe's mouth, he wouldn't have believed it!

"How so...... How so? The little brother is what I watched grow up, how is this possible?! Su Mai quickly brushed up the cause and effect, and waved his hand again and again: "Impossible, impossible, uncle, don't joke." ”

"Which one is joking with you." Su Zhe coughed twice, Su Mai hurriedly patted him on the back to help him smooth this breath, Su Zhe said weakly: "I'm already like this, and I'm still in the mood to joke with you?" This is true, it was told to me by your father in a letter. Only I know the truth of this in this world! ”

Seeing that Su Mai still didn't believe it, Su Zhe raised his hand and pointed to the bookshelf next to him, and said, "The first book in the third row, the letter sandwiched in the middle of the Analects, is the one your father wrote to me, you can see for yourself if it is his handwriting." ”

When Su Mai heard this, he immediately got up, and easily found the "Analects" on the shelf, and when he opened the pages, there was indeed a letter. The four words on the envelope were opened by my brother. These four words, horizontal and vertical, stretching strokes, and rich ink, Su Mai is very familiar with them, and they are the words of his father Su Shi. Su Mai opened the letter, and after reading it, he was completely stunned, and muttered, "How can this be? Father, Father, what are you...... Alas! ”

Seeing Su Mai's appearance, Su Zhe laughed, laughed a few times, and coughed again, Su Mai hurriedly put the letter back in the "Analects" and came over to help him calm down.

After a while, the anger calmed down, Su Zhe took a sip of hot tea and pressed it, and said, "My eldest brother has always acted in his life, and he has always only cared about his heart. Whatever he did, I, as a younger brother, wouldn't be surprised. The letter only said that Hachiro was not his biological son, but the details were not stated, and when we met later, he told me all the causes and consequences, and now I will tell you. ”

Su Mai was stunned, and he hadn't recovered from the impact yet, and when he heard the words, he just nodded his head and didn't say anything.

Su Zhe fell into the memories and said: "That's ...... In the eighth year of Yuanyou, in September, your father was ordered to be appointed as the governor of Dingzhou. Before the buttocks were hot, the Empress Dowager Gao died of illness, Zhezong succeeded to the throne, and the new party was activated, and in June of the following year, your father was degraded again, and he was ordered to be the deputy envoy of the Ningyuan Army, and he was reappointed to Huizhou. It was during this period that something happened. ”

"At that time, there was a little history in your father's house, and this person was a wonderful man. Not only does he look talented, he can write well, but he can also make guns and sticks, juggle, blow and blow...... It seems that he can do a little bit of everything, and he likes it quite a bit like your father. Your father learned that he was going to be demoted to Huizhou, and he couldn't bear to bury his future, so he recommended him to Xiao Wang Du Taiwei. But who knows, when he was in the house, he had an affair with your Sanniang's maid, and even became pregnant. And your father knows nothing about it...... Perhaps, this little history himself didn't know at the time. ”

Su Mai recalled for a while, and seemed to remember that there was such a person by Sanniang's side. But he wasn't impressed, after all, she was a maid, and it was normal for him not to remember.

Su Zhe continued: "By the time the maid shows her arms, she is already halfway to Huizhou. When she arrived in Huizhou, the maid was born prematurely and gave birth to Hachiro. But the maid died in childbirth, leaving only a lonely child. ”

"At that time, only your third mother and your third brother accompanied your father. Both of them thought that the child was the result of your father's drunken affair, but your father knew that he had not touched the maid. And when this maid was about to give birth, she also confessed to your father who the child's biological father was. So, your father was completely wronged. ”

"But the maid is dead, and the child's own father was only a minor servant at the time. Huizhou is thousands of miles away from Tokyo, if the child is sent back to his father, it is equivalent to taking the child's life, your father thought about it again and again, so he simply did not clarify and admitted the matter. In this way, Hachiro became your younger brother. ”

"The letter." Su Zhe said with a smile: "It was also written at that time, and your father felt that he was responsible for this matter, all by virtue of a righteous word, so he named the child 'Su Yi'." ”

Su Zhe seemed to be tired, slowly narrowed his eyes, and said, "The rest of the things, you have experienced it yourself, and you don't need me to talk about it." ”

Su Mai let out a long sigh and said, "In the third year of Shaosheng, I wrote a letter to apply for a job in Shaozhou Renhua and was approved. So, he took the opportunity to move his family and the family of his third brother to Huizhou to reunite with his father. Less than two months after arriving, Sanniang was seriously ill, and her father received an order to go to Qiongzhou. When Sanniang was dying, she entrusted her three-year-old brother to my mother, and since then, the little brother has been living with our husband and wife until today. ”

The more Su Mai thought about it, the more incredible he felt, and he was puzzled: "But uncle, in the third year of Yuan Fu, the official family succeeded to the throne, and my father was pardoned from Qiongbei, and the younger brother was already seven years old, and my father met him, and they lived together for ten months." But about the life experience of the younger brother, he didn't say anything to me until he died, he ...... Why not? ”

"There's a reason for that, too." Su Zhe rested for a while, eased up a little, and said: "He returned from Qiongbei and wrote to me, asking me to send someone to the palace of Xiaowangdu Taiwei to find the child's biological father, he said in the letter...... Suddenly I feel bad, I feel that the end is coming, this life is the only thing to worry about, I want to find the child's biological father, see what kind of person he is now, if he can take care of Hachiro, he will send the child back, let him recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. But if he doesn't take care of it, the matter is over. ”

Su Mai thought that Su Yi did not send him away, so he asked, "The biological father of that child...... Didn't find it? ”

"Found it!" Su Zhe sighed and said, "It's considered that there is no fate, at that time, the child's father was no longer in the Xiaowang Du Taiwei Mansion and went to the border pass." It happened that there was a war at the border, and life and death were uncertain. That's it. ”

The more Su Mai listened, the more confused he became, frowning slightly, and said, "So, Hachiro's biological father went to join the army?" Who the hell is he? But still alive? Su Zhe nodded and said, "Of course I'm still alive, otherwise what would I say to you?" Hachiro's biological father is now the captain of the palace marshal's mansion - Gao Yu! ”

"Him?" Su Maiden's brows were furrowed, Huo Ran got up, and said hurriedly: "How could it be him?" No, I can't let my little brother recognize him, I don't agree, it's impossible! ”

Su Mai has been the Jiahe County Decree for five years, and every month there is a report from the imperial court's palace. Major events in the DPRK and China, personnel appointments, promotions, etc., are all listed in the Di Bao. The name Gao Yu can be said to be the name that has appeared most frequently in the past five years.

It is rumored that this person was a playmate when the official family was in the palace, and the official family ascended the throne, and the chicken dog ascended to heaven, and he was also promoted.

The Great Song Dynasty emphasized civil affairs over military force, and there was a complete system for the promotion and appointment of civil officials, which was not entirely determined by the emperor's temperament. Qipin county officials must have a jinshi background, and Gao Yu has no fame, and the road of civil officials cannot be followed.

The civilian official did not succeed, so he had to take the road of military attaché. Military attachés do not have strict requirements for their background, and they only need to be promoted and appointed with merit. There is such a thing as credit, it all depends on one mouth, it can be said that you are afraid of the enemy in battle, or it can be said that you are the first soldier, and the gap is very big, so you can do tricks. The official family wants to keep Gao Yu as a person who moves with him, and such a position is only in the Sanyali who is in charge of the forbidden army. However, the Great Song Dynasty has an ancestral system, and it is not a side merit, and it cannot be a three-ya. So the official family thought of a way, sent him to the border pass for gilding, and specially instructed the border marshal Liu Zhongwu to take care of him.

No one expected that he would die well. In the years when the border was mixed, it happened that the Great Song Dynasty won several battles. In the third year of Chongning, Zhao Huaide of Tubo rebelled, and Liu Zhongwu led the army to quell the rebellion and won a great victory, ranking third in the credit book. In the second year of Daguan, Tong Guan and Liu Zhongwu successfully recruited Zang Zheng, the prince of Qiang, and recovered the Jishi army after years of planning. The envoy sent at that time was Gao Yu. Not only that, in the past five years, there have been more than 20 large and small achievements in the border gates, and each of them has the name of Gao Yu.

In just five years, Gao Yu has risen to the top, and he has relied on real side work to become the palace handsome. With such a magical plot, no one believes that Su Mai is an official like this, even the ordinary people of the Great Song Dynasty.

If virtue is not matched, it will naturally cause criticism. As a result, Gao Yu's reputation became more and more stinky. Some people say that his merits are all 'killing good and risking merit', and some people say that he can be promoted so quickly because this person is flattering, deducting military salaries and bribing important ministers in the court, so his official fortune is prosperous. Some people also say that this person deceived the upper and lower levels, and specialized in collecting beautiful women's jewelry for officials in the people, and left no grass wherever he passed......

All in all, a good word no. All the things Su Mai heard about Gao Yu were all negative impressions. How could he let his younger brother, who was brought up single-handedly, recognize such a person as his father?

Su Mai said his concerns, but Su Zhe smiled and said, "Big nephew, do you remember "Shi Zhongshan Mountain"? ”

Su Mai was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Su Zhe meant.

Shi Zhongshan, others can't understand it, but Su Mai can understand it, which involves a past event more than 30 years ago.

At that time, the Wutai poetry case had just ended, Su Shi was convicted of degrading Huangzhou, and the young Su Mai served left and right. One day, father and son somehow talked about Shizhong Mountain on the shore of Poyang Lake. Father and son didn't know the origin of the name, Su Mai rummaged through the books, and found many theories in ancient books such as "Notes on the Water Classic", but Su Shi felt that it was far-fetched. Su Mai wanted to find more arguments, but Su Shi stopped him and said to him: "When studying knowledge and researching things, you must not follow the crowd, or draw conclusions based on hearsay." If you want to know the truth, you need to go to the field and see it with your own eyes. ”

So the matter was put on hold, and it was five years in a flash. In the seventh year of Yuanfeng, Su Mai went to Dexing County, Raozhou to serve as the county lieutenant, and Su Shi sent him to Hukou, near which was a Shizhong Mountain. The father and son took a small boat to the bottom of the cliff of the mountain and searched for it along the foot of the mountain. When I found a place, I only heard a clear and high sound, like bells and drums. It turns out that the foot of the mountain here is full of stone holes, which vary in size, shape, and depth. They are constantly hit by waves to emit a variety of different sounds, just like the chimes of the Qin and Han dynasties, from which the name of Shizhong Mountain comes from.

A doubt, it took five years to solve, and Sumen's realistic attitude can be seen from this.

Su Zhe saw that Su Mai understood what he meant, and said: "All your impressions about Gao Yu are hearsay, and you can't count them. When your father was dying, he thought about sending the child back, saying, 'This is the only thing left to worry about in this life,' and this is his last wish. He coughed and said, "Look, I'm going to see him, and if he asks me, what shall I say?" After thinking about it, I still want to do it. ”

"It's a coincidence." Su Zhe struggled to get up, Su Mai hurriedly helped him, the two came to the table, Su Zhe picked up a letter from under the inkstone, and said: "I haven't had time to look for him, he has found me, you see." ”

Su Mai hurriedly helped Su Zhe sit down before taking the letter and opening it.

"Gao Yu respects Xiao Su's honor."

"In the past, I was a small history of the Great Su Bachelor's Mansion, and I was recommended by the king and introduced to the little Wang Du Taiwei, and then I have been on the dive residence until now, and the official family does not give up, so there is today's high Yu. The feeling of recommendation is unforgettable. When Bachelor Dasu died of illness, he was still at the border and could not come to the door to hang his filial piety, which was a pity. Every time I think about it, those who cry are in tears, and they don't ...... anything to repay."

“…… Now he is in a high position, and his heart is panicked. The official family will not give up, but only the liver and brain will be smeared to repay the grace of the saint. However, there is one thing that is difficult to say, and I am cheeky to say it today, and I hope that Mr. Xiao Su will help him. ”

"In the third year of Chongning, I led the army to fight with the Tibetan traitors and injured my lower abdomen. Although he has married a wife and taken a concubine, he still has not come out. Between sorrows, I remembered that when I was in the Dasu Bachelor's Mansion in the past, I had a good relationship with Mei Lan, the maid of the three ladies, and after a long time, I don't know if she is okay or not...... There is out. ”

"There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is greater. I am afraid that after the death, I have no face to face my ancestors, so I beg with a cheeky face and hope that my father will help to investigate, and I am very grateful. If the public has an invitation, and I can do it, I will do my best to repay Suma's kindness. Gao Yu bowed. ”

After reading the letter, Su Mai was even more angry, threw the letter on the table, and was furious: "Sure enough, he is a brazen person, if he has a conscience, why didn't he write earlier?" But when the younger brother opened his mind, he came to recognize his son after he became famous, how could there be such a cheap thing in the world! Uncle, the younger brother must not recognize this person! ”

"I've written back to him." Su Zhe said slowly: "The carriage that came to pick up people from the Palace Marshal's Mansion has been here for three days. ”

"Uncle!" Su Mai was shocked and said, "Uncle! Are you really determined to send your little brother back? ”

"Don't be in a hurry, and listen to me. I made this decision for three reasons. Su Zhe ignored Su Mai's excitement and said slowly: "First, this is your father's last wish, and I will do it for him." Second, the blood and family affection is continuous, and since he is the son of Gao Yu, sooner or later he will recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. Gao Yu is now a palace marshal, and he is a few people in the hearts of the officials, and his favor is long. Since he wrote to me, he must have already found out clearly, and he can't hide it, if he forcibly takes Hachiro away, how can my Su family resist it? ”

"Third......" Su Zhe looked at Su Mai and said: "After the official family succeeds to the throne, a monument to the Yuanyou party will be erected, and the descendants of the Yuanyou party will not be allowed to stay in Beijing, and they will not be allowed to participate in the scientific examination." Even if the descendants of Yuan You have the talent of the world, they cannot be used by the imperial court. If Hachiro is the Su family, his future in this life will be ruined. If he is from the Su family, he will admit this fate. But he is not the blood of the Su family, how can you bear to harm him for the rest of your life? ”

The last sentence of "this ......" hits the soul directly. Su Mai's firmness was crushed, his expression was a little dazed, and his heart was full of struggle.

After coming over for a long time, Su Mai burst into tears: "Uncle, my nephew understands all the truths you said, but ...... But the younger brother was brought up by me since I was a child, and we are called brothers, but in fact they are like father and son, so I sent him away like this, and I feel really uncomfortable in my heart! ”

"There is always a day when the chicks will spread their wings and fly high, how many days can you stay? I look at Hachiro's face, it is absolutely extraordinary, and sooner or later I will achieve a career. You let him go earlier, and you helped him. He is not a merciless person, and he will be able to take care of the Su family in the future. Su Zhe took Su Mai's hand, patted the back of his hand gently, and said, "You and I are old, but the children are still young, so you should think more about them...... Gotta keep some hope. ”