Leaving the grate alley, Zuo Yan proposed to turn back to the Yuan Mansion, Xu You chuckled and said: "Don't be so careful, I was secretly hit by your palm, and the injury was not light, and it is estimated that there will be no way to come to me again in two or three days." What's more, I'm going to leave for Qiantang tomorrow, and there is something unfinished, and I have to finish it to feel at ease! ”

"What do you mean?"

Xu You sighed, he suddenly found that after coming out of Yixing, he liked to sigh more and more, this feeling is a bit premature, but it is not good, it must be changed, and said: "The more than thirty people who died to protect me, they also have parents, wives and children, I don't know how sad my heart is at this time...... Wind Tiger, where do they live, take me to see it! ”

Zuo Yan was concerned about Xu You's safety, and persuaded wholeheartedly: "Since I am in the army, fighting to the death is just a matter of internal affairs, from the first day of doing the trilogy, I am ready to die under the sword one day, even I am no exception." Lang Jun can be so sincere, they are knowledgeable under the spring, and they must be remembered from the bottom of their hearts. But now that he is secretly snooping on the side, I don't know when he will do it again, for safety reasons, it is better to go back to Yuan's mansion first. ”

"I went back to Yuan's Mansion today, and I don't want to go out of the city tomorrow? There is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days! Xu You shook his head and said, "I have made up my mind, no need to say more!" ”

Zuo Yanhu's eyes flashed with a look of emotion, he is also a generous man, since he can't be persuaded to do so, he won't say more, and immediately took Xu You and the autumn equinox to the residence of the tribe's family in Nancheng. This is a large area of square according to the chessboard divided into square squares, every fifty households live in a square, there are four doors on all sides, day and night closed, similar to the community management in later generations. Most of the houses are mixed civil and engineering structures, the appearance is roughly the same, the lower layer is earth, the upper layer is wood, the bays are mostly odd, generally three or five, the shape is simple and simple, lack of ornaments and gorgeous colors, the beams are painted with brown and black, and the exterior walls are mostly white and blue. "Spring and Autumn" said, "Danhuan Palace, indecent also." In the ceremony, the Son of Heaven Dan ...... Doctor Cang, Shi Huang, and Shu people are not allowed, and they are called white houses! And Cheng Dachang of the Song Dynasty also said, "The ancients had a degree of official houses, and if the officials were not counted, the living rooms were exposed to their true materials, and they were not allowed to cross the painting." Therefore, it can be seen that ordinary houses are mainly white, which is a manifestation of a strict social system.

Entering the door, Zuo Yan was obviously familiar with the people inside, and from time to time someone came to greet him, although his words were respectful, but also a little affectionate. Xu You barely spoke, but his eyes were looking around for a moment, whether it was for him or for the previous Xu You, what was most lacking was the understanding of the ordinary people at the bottom of the country. If he doesn't have any ambitions, it's fine, but if he wants to climb up, he must not only know the rules of the game in the upper class, but also better understand the demands and mentality of the people in the lower class.

Only by understanding this era can we finally integrate into this world!

"Fenghu, if you want to be put in wartime, you are enough to become a famous general, but you know the truth of treating soldiers like sons!" Another old man came over on crutches to salute Zuo Yan, and when he left, Xu You quipped: "Just by looking at the attitude of these relatives towards you, you can see why you can serve the public." Don't underestimate these two words, if you can't convince the public, the military spirit will not be available, even if there are clever plans, the battle will be defeated! “

Zuo Yan said in fear: "Lang Jun praised it falsely, I have only been a mere military candidate, and I have led thousands of people, how dare I call myself a general?" Not to mention the famous generals...... The reason why these people are friendly with me is only because I and others are all lowly people, born in troubled times, if they don't help each other, how can they gain a foothold in the world? Although I am a little higher-ranked, I am as close as a brother to my subordinates, and I treat people with my heart, and people naturally treat me with my heart! ”

"Treat people with your heart? Wind Tiger, you can have such insight, you are already close to the back of the general! However, it is not enough to treat people with your heart, there are many wolf-hearted people in this world, you treat each other with your heart, and you may not always be able to repay others with your heart! Xu You nodded heartily, and said as he walked: "Do you know what a general is?" ”

Zuo Yan thought for a while and said distressedly: "I thought this question should be easy to answer, but when it came to my mouth, I didn't know where to start." ”

"Haha, this question is not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say. There are three so-called generals, one is the general ceremony. If the military well is not reached, it will not be thirsty; If the military curtain is not done, it will not be tired: if the military stove is not cooked, it will not be hungry. Don't wear a fur in winter, don't fan in summer, and don't cover in the rain. It is for the sake of the general; The second is Jiangde. Wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness, all five are for virtue; The third is the general. The big is powerful, the reward is small, the order must be done, the reward and punishment must be believed, such as the sky and the earth, the three armies are killed. It is for the general; One of these three can be called a general, the second can be called a general, and the third is a unique general! ”

Although Zuo Yan couldn't comprehend the deep meaning of Xu You's words for a while, he also felt that his heartstrings moved, as if he had touched a realm that he had never thought of before, and said convincingly: "Lang Jun's words are better than a thousand words from others." It's just that I'm so stupid, I'm afraid I may not be able to do one of them in this life! ”

Xu You smiled and said, "That may not be ......."

While speaking, Zuo Yan stopped, looked at the yellow and white broken paper hanging in front of the door, and said: "This is the home of Shi Chang Li Qi, who fought with the killer that day, he was the first Shi Chang to bring people to surround him, but he was killed and shattered all his bones...... Do you want to go in and have a look? ”

Xu You nodded, his expression turned solemn, straightened his clothes, and went to call the door from Zuo Yan. Lai Yingmen was a drooping child, his eyes were big and innocent, he obviously recognized Zuo Yan, and he turned around and shouted, "Mother, Uncle Zuo is here." ”

Hurried footsteps came, and a woman walked out, but seventeen or eighteen years old, her complexion was slightly dark, but her eyebrows were delicate, but her face was haggard, and her eyes were red and swollen like a bulge.

She wears chopping, that is, coarse linen mourning clothes without sewing, which belongs to the heaviest regulation in the "five clothes", which is generally a mourning dress that can only be worn by children as fathers and wives as husbands. When he approached, he bowed and said, "The ...... of the military waiter" only said two words, his words were choked, and he immediately couldn't cry.

Parting from life and death is the most bitter thing in people's hearts, and there is no way to persuade such things, only to rely on oneself to slowly boil it, and it is okay to survive the past, and if you can't get through, many people will destroy their bones and die, and they will die soon.

"Li Jianiang, this is Lang Jun of the Yixing clan, who knows about Li Qi and has come to visit you!" Zuo Yan knew that Xu You didn't want to reveal his identity, so he just introduced it vaguely.

The woman was taken aback, and then realized that the person in front of her was precious, and she knelt down busily, and fell to the ground with her hands on her forehead, and was frightened and did not dare to move.

There is a difference between men and women, and Xu You is not easy to reach out to help, and said: "Get up quickly, let's come over to mourn, the deceased is the greatest, there is no need to talk about these customs today!" ”

The woman reluctantly got up, but hung her head, very nervous. Xu You knew that the status level was deeply ingrained in the hearts of the world, and he couldn't correct it for a while, so he didn't bother about it anymore at the moment, and walked towards the mourning hall in the main room.

There is a thick cedar coffin in the hall, and the right side of the coffin is hung with a bamboo pole to make a bright silk made of red brocade, and the book is "Huang Chu Yuan's tribe is long Li Qi is twenty years old." Xu You made a worship according to custom, and then walked to the coffin, although the corpse lying inside had been bathed and haired, but he could still see the tragic state of the body after being hit hard. He wears a silk robe, with a pearl jade in his mouth, also known as "Hanhan", and his feet are fixed with a swallow table so that he can wear shoes. Generally, the mortuary is held for three days, and after waiting for relatives and friends to pay respects, they will be buried in a coffin.

The woman cried in thanks, and Zuo Yan asked the child to help her up, and asked in a low voice, "Is it good to use it at home?" ”

"There is not much money left of the more than 3,000 money sent by the army on that day, but the funeral will be carried out the day after tomorrow, and the memorial equipment to be used has not yet been prepared...... I, I don't really know ......"

"There will definitely be a reward in the house, and we will have to wait a few more days!" But if you wait a few more days and miss the funeral date, what should you do? After all, I can't borrow money everywhere, and I will return it when I have the money, but the troops who died in this battle all belong to the same team of 100 people, more than 30 families, and everyone is miserable, who is looking for to borrow it?

Zuo Yan said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, with me, I won't let Brother Li be buried!" ”

Xu You turned around and looked at the woman in front of him, although he couldn't agree with the practice of such a heavy death and a light life, he couldn't say a word of accusation. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the style of thick burials has prevailed. The wind of thin burial started from Cao Cao, as early as ten years of Jian'an, "so that the people must not have personal enmity, prohibit thick burials, and all are in the law", it has been clearly stipulated that thick burials are not allowed, and then they are even more practical, and they chose a place to bury their bones, and decreed that "those who are buried in ancient times must live in barren and thin places." Its regulations are the West Gate Leopard Shrine on the west plain for the longevity of the tomb, because of the high base, do not seal the tree", and then made four boxes of clothes, indicating spring, summer, autumn and winter, no matter which season is hanged, you can immediately dress and decorate. Cao Pi also imitated his father, advocating thin burial, not sealing trees, not setting up a dormitory, not building a garden, not passing through Shinto, and not allowing the burial of gold and pearls, jade, copper and iron, and later feared that the descendants would disobey their wishes, and the edict specifically explained that "if the vain family changes the charity, I will kill the corpse underground, kill and kill, and die and die." The courtiers are disloyal and unfilial to the death of the king's father, so that the dead will know, and you will not be blessed! ”

Therefore, no matter how much later generations ridicule Cao Cao and Cao Pi's father and son, as far as the king is concerned, he has actually far surpassed most of his peers. After the demise of Cao Wei, decades of chaos, the atmosphere of the previous dynasty has decayed by half, and so on the founding of the Great Chu, so far more than 100 years, the family is extravagant, so the wind of thick burial has revived.

It is said that the clansmen of the Xiao clan in Lanling once held a funeral, the marriage was old, and the mourners were as high as more than 10,000 people. But this scale is only medium in the world, and the dignitaries compete to see who will repair the tomb gorgeously, if the tomb is not satisfactory, they would rather stop the coffin than bury, but also renovate the tomb.

As the saying goes, there is something good at the top, and there must be a lot of money at the bottom, and the wealthy family is extravagant, but the family of the Han Shu is slowly assimilated under this atmosphere. In his previous life, Xu You read the "Book of Liang", and recorded that Zhang Mian's mother Liu, because of her poor family, was too simple when she buried her father, and she was ashamed of it for life, and did not live in the main room and did not enter the official mansion with her son. The importance of funerals was evident from the folk customs at that time!

"Fenghu, how much money do you have, you can manage one household, but you can't manage ten! Leave this matter to me! Xu You saluted the coffin again, and said to the woman: "Don't worry about money, someone will send money tomorrow, half of which can be used for Li Shichang's funeral, and the other half you can keep for a good life." Are there any other relatives in the family? ”

The woman looked sad, shook her head, took the child in her arms, tears in her eyes, and said, "He is only five years old...... But without a father, from now on, ...... in the future"

Xu You squatted down, looked at the child's black and white eyes, and said softly, "What's your name?" ”

The childish boy tilted his head and said softly: "My name is Dolphin Slave!" ”

Dolphin is the meaning of pig, when people are mostly named after cheap, thinking that this will be easy to feed, and slaves are the most widely used, like Pan An's nickname Tan Nu, Liu Yu not to mention, a household name, nickname Ji Nu, Chen Shubao's nickname is not known much, called Huang Nu, and so on.

"Dolphin slave, what's your favorite?"

The guinea slave bit his finger and thought for a while, and said, "The guinea slave likes to eat mutton the most......

"From now on, you will be the only man in the family, you must live well, not only take care of yourself, but also take care of your mother. When you grow up in the future, if you don't have a place to go, come to me with this thing, and then you will have mutton to eat every day, okay? ”

The childish boy looked at the money in Xu You's hand, and the upper left corner was missing for some reason, he naturally didn't understand this, first looked up at the woman, saw the woman nodded in surprise, stretched out her little hand to take it, and bowed with the appearance of a little adult, and said, "Thank you, Langjun!" ”

Xu You touched his head, smiled slightly, then bowed to the woman, turned around and went out!

In this era, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and tens of thousands of dollars are just a meal for the wealthy family, but it is the whole meaning of these lowly lives to work hard and die for them!

There has never been absolute fairness in the world, but Xu You stood on the street, looked up at the sky, and still wanted to say:

It's not fair!