Chapter Ninety-One: I Descend to the World by Destiny

In the summer and autumn of the thirteenth year of Jiading of the Great Song Dynasty (1220 AD), on a river in Shanyin County, Shaoxing Prefecture, small boats rippled with the waves. The water is like jade, the smoke and willows on both sides of the strait, the fishermen sing and harmonize, and the raccoon girls are graceful, which is a good scenery of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

The boat rocked slightly, and the two men emerged from the water, holding on to the side of the boat, and wiping the water from their faces covering their eyes as they tread the water. Although it is autumn, because of the hot weather, many people who can't stand the heat jump into the river, like them, are tired of swimming and take a rest in the river boat, which is also a very common thing.

"My brother has been diving longer than me." After wiping their faces, it can be seen that these are two teenagers, the youngest is only twelve or thirteen years old, with a pair of round eyes, and when they smile, they bend into two moons, and they look very cute.

"I'm older than you, so I've been diving longer." The other boy was fifteen or sixteen years old, his voice had changed, his eyes were as deep as a bottomless ancient well, and his appearance was dignified, because he only showed half of his body on the surface of the water, so it was not known how tall he was.

"In two years, my brother won't be able to compare to me." The younger one laughed.

While the two of them were talking, the hull of the boat shook, and out of the cabin came a man, who had a white face and beard, and looked about forty years old, with a somewhat surprised expression. When he saw these two teenagers, he was slightly stunned and sighed.

"Lord Yu is awake?"

There was another man in the cabin, a monk, and the two boys looked at each other, smiled and dived into the water again, and swam towards the shore.

The man known as Yu Shizhu watched the two teenagers come ashore with bewildered eyes, both of them shirtless, wiped their bodies with a cloth towel after coming ashore, and disappeared side by side outside the mulberry willows.

"Master Yu?" The monk called again.

"Ah......h

This Yu donor is Mr. Yu Tianxi, the private school of Shi Miyuan, the prime minister of the dynasty. He is a pure father, one in forty this year, and Shi Miyuan's family is a world friend, and Shi Miyuan's trust is deeply respected, and he left the line this time to return to his hometown Qingyuan Mansion to participate in the scientific examination. Although he has an old relationship with Shi Xianggong, if he does not rely on his own skills to enter the wedding banquet (Note 1), he will be ashamed of his ancestors after all.

"What is the donor worried about?" The monk smiled slightly: "In the past, the Dongpo Gong said that the eight winds did not move (Note 2), why was the benefactor panicking? ”

"Dongpo Gong Bafeng does not move, but the monk has crossed the river with a fart."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and why Yu Tianxi was worried was revealed in this smile. The monk didn't know that Yu Tianxi was stunned, just because of a bizarre dream.

Just as he was taking a nap, he dreamed that he was walking in a floating boat, and suddenly the water was surging, and two golden dragons broke through the waves and wandered around the boat he was on. He was suddenly alarmed, and heard someone talking outside the boat, and when he rushed out and saw the two boys, he couldn't help thinking about the omen of this dream, so he was frightened.

If he had such a dream on weekdays, he would only laugh it off, but when he returned to his hometown this time, in addition to taking the scientific examination, he also shouldered the trust of Prime Minister Shi Miyuan!

At the beginning, Shi Miyuan and the crown prince Zhao Xun murdered Han Yanxuan, but the prince Zhao Xun lived for a short time and fell ill this year. There is no child today, so he can only choose someone from the clan to be the prince, and he is not in good health, so the matter of choosing the prince is very important, Shi Miyuan thought about it, and now Zhao Guihe, the heir of King Yi, is most likely to be chosen. He leaned towards the government and the opposition, and got along with the former prince, so he didn't put this heir of King Yi in his eyes, I don't know if he can really succeed the great treasure, whether he can be as good as the former prince Zhao Xun and himself. He sent people to test and found that the heir of the king of Yi did not like him very much, so he secretly played the present and reminded him to be careful about the heir. It just so happened that he also ordered him to choose the tenth grandson of Emperor Taizu who was over fifteen years old and kept in the palace, so on the occasion of Yu Tianxi's resignation, Shi Miyuan had secretly ordered Yu Tianxi to search for the descendants of the clan among the people in case of emergency.

"The Prime Minister has entrusted me with such a great matter, and I must not be cautious in doing so, and I must find a safe person. Isn't that dream a sign from heaven to me? But I don't know what this sign means? ”

He didn't know Freud himself, and he didn't know the truth of thinking day and night. My heart turned around, but I didn't understand it, so I let it go. The monk walked with him, but he was going to Qingyuan Mansion Tiantong Temple to place an order, and the conversation was quite good, so the two of them fought against the bow of the boat.

Just as he was about to speak, a dark cloud flew out of the sky, and in the blink of an eye thunder rumbled, and the wind blew on the river, and the sky was as dark as night. The boatman came over and said, "Official, such a strong wind, the boat is difficult, and I am afraid that there will be accidents, so it is better to dock first." ”

Yu Tianxi is also used to coming and going, knowing that this summer in the south of the Yangtze River is like this, and it is not too late to wait until the rain has passed. Then he looked at the monk who was traveling with him: "Monk, you said that you are very familiar with this, do you have a place to shelter from the rain?" ”

"This place is in Hongqiao, there is a Baozheng and I know each other, and the donor will come with me." The monk laughed and said, "It's just that this rain scene is unbelievable." ”

"Your monk is really not a layman, ask the boatman to borrow an umbrella, can't you also enjoy the rain?" Yu Tianxi teased: "But the monk plays an umbrella, but it is lawless." ”

"Amitabha, if the donor is not afraid of getting wet, the poor monk will naturally be accompanied." The monk said this, but his feet stepped up a few steps. Yu Tianci followed quickly, and after looking around, he frowned: "Monk, I have been here before." ”

"The donor has been here too?" Monk Daqi asked.

"Fifteen or sixteen years ago, I passed through this place and stayed here." Yu Tianxi recalled.

"The donor has a good memory, and he remembers the events of fifteen or sixteen years ago. With such a memory, this must be high school. The monk was taken aback, and then complimented.

Yu Tianxi shook his head and said no more, the reason why he still remembers the events of fifteen or sixteen years ago is because it was too mysterious at that time. That night, when he stayed overnight, he heard a rumbling sound in the sky at night, and got up to look, but saw that the red light in a courtyard in the rainbow bridge was like walking water.

"That family seems to be a clan, but I don't know if they still live here." He thought as he glanced at the place where he remembered it.

The family name of the chief of the house where they stayed was Quan, and they heard that there were guests who came to the door very attentively, and then heard the monk say that this Mr. Yu was the west seat of Shi Miyuan's family, and he was even more respectful, killing chickens and wine, setting up a table for a banquet, inviting him to take a seat, and calling out his own juniors, and visiting him with the salute of the juniors.

Yu Tianxi was slightly stunned when he saw two of them, these two were the two teenagers who were holding his bow in the river.

"Mr. Yu, these are the two grandsons of my family, originally from the distant branch clan, the older name and Ju, the younger name and Rui, his family is in the village, very close, so I called to meet the honored guest."

Zhao and Ju and Zhao and Rui all saluted solemnly, and then retreated behind the chief of the whole body, compared to the chief of the whole body, they looked calm and humble. Yu Tianxi's heart moved, he glanced at the two of them a few more times, asked a few words about their age, and asked about their residences, and then his heart suddenly jumped: "This Zhao and Ju are the children born when they stayed in Hongqiao!" ”

Although Zhao Heju's grandfather is old, his spirit is still bright, he is just a security chief, and his conversation is a little cheesy. In the past two months, Zhao Heju moved back to the old house, only saying that he wanted to be close to his grandfather's house, so no one doubted that he finally saw Yu Tianxi at his grandfather's house as recorded in the historical materials.

He was sixteen years old at this time, and his mind was more stoic, so although he was excited, he did not show anything unusual. It's just that Yu Tianxi stopped talking after asking a few words, and told the monk and the chief of the whole country some interesting things in the countryside.

"It is said that Shi Xianggong is the reincarnation of the elder of Tiantong Temple, so the person who worships the Buddha will plant good causes and get good results.

The monk was articulate, talking about Zen and poetry to Yu Tianxi, and talking about karma and retribution to the chief of the whole body. The chief of the whole body nodded again and again when he heard this, he was just a small chief of security, and he couldn't say anything insightful, and after searching his intestines and stomach, he said: "Speaking of retribution, we have an incident in Shanyin, which is really amazing. I wonder if Mr. Yu and the Zen master have ever heard of a young child avenging his father and chasing and killing the murderer for several years? ”

"I heard someone mention it in Lin'an, saying that it was a matter of Shaoxing Mansion, but I don't know the details, could it be that this matter is actually in Shanyin?" Yu Tianxi asked curiously.

"Right here!" The chief of the whole security slapped his thigh and told him how Huo Chongcheng avenged his father, chased after a few pieces and finally stabbed the enemy, he was also hearsay, and it was inevitable that his own family would add oil and vinegar, although it was not as fanciful as the person who spoke, but it also made Yu Tianxi listen to it with relish.

"The poor monk also knows about this matter, that Huo Guanren is still the poor monk's benefactor!" At the end, the monk also said: "His father was also diligent in Buddhist affairs when he was born, although his own family encountered accidents, but there was good retribution for his children and grandchildren. ”

Zhao Heju glanced at this monk, over the years, Huo Chongcheng's "Heroes Club" has become one of the famous buildings in Lin'an, and it is rare to make friends with people from all walks of life, this monk, I am afraid that he will arrange it by Yu Tianxi's side according to his own requirements.

Although he knew that Yu Tianxi might stay in the family because of the rain, it was a historical anecdote after all, and if something happened, Yu Tianxi would not come to the whole family as he knew, then the monk would be responsible for persuading him to come to the whole family. The monk got the benefit of Huo Chongcheng, but he only knew how to do it, but he didn't know why, but he didn't know that he would leak the news.

Yu Tianxi also sighed a few times when he heard it, Shi Miyuan is extremely worshipful of the Buddha, so he also respects the Buddha. After everyone talked about this, it was already raining and sunny outside, and Yu Tianxi was in a hurry to leave.

He took the exam this time, but he didn't win, and returned to Lin'an after the list was released. Shi Miyuan comforted him when he received the wind, and sighed after the banquet: "The pure father has never entered the office, and the unknown is not a blessing, although the old man is beautiful today, who knows that he will not fall into Qiongya in the future!" ”

"Why did the minister say this!" Yu Tianxi exclaimed: "Could it be that what did that person say?" ”

"Exactly, he said that if he succeeds in the future, he will go to Qiongya far away...... Shi Miyuan sighed, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The "one" they are talking about is Zhao Guihe, the heir of King Yi has few scheming, thinking that he will be made a prince, and he often does not choose his words. However, Shi Miyuan was only a mere servant of the Ministry of Rites and a gentleman of the Zishan Hall, so he dared to calculate the prime minister who had all the power in the world, and now he has been in power for more than ten years, and the party wings are all over the government and the opposition, how can he sit still and wait to die! The reason why he is like this is just a power traitor, a temptation.

"You can't sit still." Yu Tianxi said categorically: "When the student left, the Xianggong had secretly told the student about it, and the student had already inquired, in Hongqiao, Shanyin County, Shaoxing Prefecture, the tenth grandson of Emperor Taizu, the descendants of the Yan Wangfang, Zhao and Ju Zhao and Rui brothers, are all young and extraordinary, and there are no relatives in the family, which is suitable for the public!" ”

After Yu Tianxi left Shanyin, he inquired about the Zhao family, and learned that his relatives were thin, there was only a widowed mother in the family, and his uncle's family was only the chief of the first district.

"Young" is in line with Shi Miyuan's meaning, and "no relatives in the family" is also what Shi Miyuan wants, only the word "extraordinary" makes him think about it.

He didn't want the emperor he had supported to be too mediocre and an idiot like Emperor Hui of Jin, but he also didn't want the person he chose to be too eloquent, which would inevitably lead to a dispute between imperial power and relative power.

Today, although Zhao Kuo is tireless in learning, his posture is mediocre, and he is frail and sickly, so he can entrust all his authority to him. Shi Miyuan hoped that the next emperor would still be like Zhao Kuo.

"What's so special about the two brothers?" Shi Miyuan asked.

Yu Tianxi said that he saw Zhao Heju when he was born when he passed through Hongqiao, and told the story of the two dragons playing in the boat in a dream, and then said that he found out that Zhao Heju's father died when he was young, and he used his father's money to put down the villa, raised more young servants in the village, and asked Mr. to teach literacy and arithmetic.

Shi Miyuan frowned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "This son is really a little extraordinary. ”

"I have seen with my own eyes that his temperament is very calm, and he is also very polite, and the neighbors say that his mother and son are both sincere in worshiping the Buddha, and some people say that he was the reincarnation of a monk with a broken arm (Note 3)." Yu Tianxi understood Shi Miyuan's meaning, and said with a smile: "Xianggong doesn't know, their Shanyin County has produced a lot of prodigies over the years, and has done many big things. When the students talked to him, they felt very sincere and benevolent. ”

The so-called sincerity is no scheming, and the so-called benevolence is slow to react, the meaning of Yu Tianxi's words, Shi Miyuan naturally understands. But he was still a little uneasy in his heart, so he asked, "What is the prodigy in Shanyin County?" ”

"Xianggong once said to the students as a strange talk, that Huo Jiazi was in Shanyin, and the son of the Li family was able to recite Tang poems at the age of three, and the son of the Cheng family presided over the family business with his father at the age of nine...... Yu Tianxi said one by one, the people he sent were extremely effective, and they inquired in detail, so when he said it to Shi Miyuan, it was also colorful. Especially Huo Chongcheng's revenge for his father, Shi Miyuan was even more surprised: "This son is extraordinary, how is it now?" ”

"It's been a long time, it's not necessarily good, he hasn't read any books, it's just a matter of opening a restaurant and selling a quarter of an hour of merchants—adults have been to his restaurant, and it's the 'Heroes Club'."

"It turns out that the Qunying Club Restaurant and that quarter of an hour are actually his family, but they are not lost to everyone, at least the rich side is on the side, right?" Shi Miyuan smiled.

Yu Tianxi also smiled, but he never asked about it again, he knew in his heart that he could only make suggestions for Shi Miyuan, whether to accept it or not, but it was not something he could worry about.

Note 1: The Southern Song Dynasty Jinshi and the subsequent feasts were the feasts of Wenxi.

Note 2: Su Shi and Buddha Yin Ran played meditation machine, and sent a letter saying that he had reached the realm where the eight winds could not blow, and Buddha Yin replied that "a fart across the river" laughed at him. Buddha Yin Ran once had the abbot of the temple on the green hill at the author's house, and had a relationship with the great virtue, and the author had the honor of being a villain.

Note 3: The signs that Yu Tianxi saw before are all recorded in the history of the Song and Yuanye dynasties, but the reincarnation of the severed arm monk is said by the people of the Qing Dynasty. These auspicious heresies are not made up by the author, but are also attached to the ancients.