Chapter 214: Sail South

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The land is close to the south of the Yangtze River, and the weather is getting better, and it seems that even the air has become moister.

Although it is still snowing in the north, Huai'an is an early winter scenery, the winter sun shines on people and feels warm, only the long wind blows from both sides of the canal, reminding people that the cold is coming.

After the three large ships replenished in Huai'an, they continued to sail south, and after passing Gaoyou and Yangzhou, they arrived at Zhenjiang Wharf.

Sun Yueling looked at the busy Zhenjiang Wharf and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. It was from here that he entered the sea and started another journey in his life, and now he has come full circle and returned to the original starting point.

If it is a hundred miles west from Zhenjiang, it will be his "hometown" Nanjing. I can't help but think of all kinds of things in Nanjing, escaped from the hands of the Xiangxiang Society, was injured by Ding Mengyao at Zhenjiang Wharf, and it wasn't until he joined the caravan in Baishi Mountain City that he learned martial arts and changed his views on the entire Ming Dynasty.

Now that Ding Mengyao is dead, Wenxiang will be defeated, and only Mu Wan is still committed to the eunuch party and is against him everywhere.

The thought of this made his heart ache.

"My lord, I'm afraid it will take a few days, we will arrive in Hangzhou, and then we will go south along the coastal road, and we will soon reach Fujian." Han Xiaoshui's voice sounded beside him, pulling him back to reality.

Sun Yueling looked back and saw Han Qianshui and Dongfang Shengping standing behind him, nodded at them, and said, "It's really hard for you to follow me away from Jingshi and go to another country." ”

Dongfang Shengping said with a smile: "What are you talking about, if it weren't for the adult, I'm afraid we would have been miserable by Citigroup, and it is our honor to be able to follow the adult." ”

Han Qianshui also smiled and nodded.

Sun Yueling said: "You are too exalted to me, in fact, I am from a poor background like you. But since God has brought us together, we must not fail to live up to the opportunity given by God, and we must unite tightly to completely sweep away the ghosts and ghosts of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Dongfang Shengping said: "What the adults said is that if the adults come to lead us, I believe that one day, we will be able to kill the Jingshi and let the eunuch party confer the head." When he said this, it can be seen how much he hopes to return to Jingshi again and reinvigorate the prestige of the Caring Hall that day.

Sun Yueling said: "Shengping, you are from Beijing, your name is very good, I have always wanted to ask what the source is, but I feel a little abrupt......"

Dongfang Shengping replied: "My lord, my name was taken by my father, and the so-called undefeated means undefeated, so I will be called Dongfang Shengping." ”

Sun Yueling laughed and said, "I see. Your father must be very talented, otherwise he wouldn't have given you such a very attractive name, I think you are still more powerful than Dongfang Undefeated! ”

Dongfang Shengping said embarrassedly: "My lord said it was funny. ”

Han Qiaoshui pointed to the west and suddenly said, "My lord, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are your hometown Yingtianfu, should we go and have a look?" ”

Sun Yueling sighed and said, "Forget it, although it is my hometown, it is also my sad place, if it is not necessary, I still won't go back." ”

Han Wanshui was silent for a while, and said, "I heard that the adults were persecuted by the Jinling Society in Nanjing before?" ”

Sun Yueling nodded and said, "Yes, I used to have conflicts with Jinling, but they were all trivial matters, and now it seems that they are nothing." ”

Han Qianshui said: "The adults are open-minded, which is admirable. Then the topic changed and said, "I don't know if adults can know that Jinling will be in the entire Jiangnan area and is a strong backing for the Donglin people; The area south of the Yangtze River is where the base camp of the Donglin Party is located. ”

Sun Yueling had heard about this a long time ago, nodded and said: "You are right, the entire Jiangnan is the base camp of the Donglin Party, and many of the children of the official eunuchs in Jiangnan are from Donglin. ”

Han Xiaoshui said again: "Since the defeat of Donglin, the party leader was expelled, and Li Lao traveled far away, now the focus of Donglin has shifted from Beijing to Jiangnan, and many Donglin people have made friends in Jiangnan, gathered people to give lectures, and supported each other, and there is a great intention to make a comeback......

Sun Yueling listened to what he said and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Han Qianshui withdrew his gaze from the Zhenjiang Wharf that was gradually moving away, and said solemnly: "Among the successors of Donglin, the elder of the pavilion attaches the most importance to you and Qian Qianyi, and now that Qian Qianyi has returned to Jiangnan, those Donglin juniors are bound to compete for support, and Qian Qianyi can also take this opportunity to call on the people of Donglin to become the party leader in the true sense of Donglin......" Speaking of this, he fell silent again and stopped talking.

Sun Yueling was shocked in his heart, it seemed that Han Xiaoshui was thinking farther and deeper, although he thought of this, he didn't pay enough attention to it. Han Xiaoshui is right, now that the Donglin bigwigs have retired, and the Donglin group has no leader, Qian Qianyi is very likely to call on everyone as the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle in this situation and become the new party leader of Donglin in one fell swoop.

Of course, it is not inappropriate for Qian Qianyi to become the leader of the Donglin Party, but if he wants to change the future trend of the Ming Dynasty and transform the entire Donglin Party, there will inevitably be many obstacles, at least he must pass the pass of Qian Qianyi and Jiangnan Shilin first, unless he does not plan to do something in the future, but continues to follow the trend.

If that is the case, I am afraid that he will not be able to complete his promise to Ye Xianggao, let alone implement new policies for the great tomorrow, and completely change the world's impression of Donglin, or it will evolve into a situation like Zhao Nanxing and Ye Xianggao fighting each other and hindering each other, and will continue to sink in internal friction, even if there are any good measures for the benefit of the country and the people, it will be difficult to implement.

The thought of this gave him a headache. Qian Qianyi was originally a literati leader in Jiangnan, and he had a deep foundation in the Jiangnan area, how could his forged identity be compared? Besides, he went to Fujian to take up his post this time, so how could he stay in Jiangnan and exert influence on those backwards in Donglin?

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally sighed and said, "Forget it, I have an appointment, how can I stay in Jiangnan without permission?" If Qian Qianyi likes to toss, let him toss, it doesn't matter if the false name of the Donglin party leader is or not. ”

Seeing him say this, neither of them spoke anymore, but sighed secretly.

The speed of the ships increased, the trees on both sides of the canal swept back quickly, the sky became hazy, and the icy rain blew down with the howling cold wind, hitting them in the face, and they felt a little cold.

There is no snow in Jiangnan yet, but looking at this situation, the first snow after the beginning of winter may come soon.

The three boats continued to drive south along the Jiangnan Canal, and after passing Changzhou, the sky finally began to snow, the snow was not large, scattered and scattered, mixed with cold wind and drizzle, and the canal was shrouded in a haze.

Ye Xianggao was draped in a crane and stood on the bow of the ship, looking into the distance ahead. But the sky was so dark, how could the line of sight be extremely far away, and all I could see was gray. Ao Canghai stood behind him, standing with him, without saying a word.

After a long time, Ye Xianggao finally said leisurely: "Wuxi is ahead." ”

Ao Canghai nodded and said, "Yes, there is Wuxi Wharf in front." ”

Wuxi is the indiscriminate of Donglin, the world-famous Donglin Academy is located here, Wuxi also once became the center of Donglin Party power, Jiangnan scholars are proud to enter Donglin Academy to listen to lectures.

Now Ye Xiang has returned to Gao Zhishi, passing through here, thinking of the ups and downs of the Huan Sea for most of his life, all of them came from this place, and he felt no emotion in his heart.

"The old man is going to Jingyang tombstone to sweep it!" Ye Xianggao said slowly, Gu Xiancheng is his friend, and the reason why he became a member of the Donglin Party is because of Gu Xiancheng's influence. Looking back on his life, he was fighting in accordance with Gu Xiancheng's will, and now that the curtain of Donglin has fallen, he has completely withdrawn from the center of the imperial court, and feels that it is necessary to go to Gu Xiancheng's tomb to pay respects.

It's his last wish!

Ao Canghai heard Ye Xianggao's instructions, so he ordered his subordinates to get ready.

The ship docked at the Wuxi wharf, which happened to be noon. Since Ye Xianggao was determined to go to sweep the tomb, Sun Yueling and the others naturally had to accompany him. So, they hired a few carriages at the dock, and under the leadership of the emperor, they headed towards Gu Xiancheng's cemetery.

On this trip to Fujian, Ye Xianggao was very low-key, rarely got off the boat to disturb the place, and at most carried out the necessary life supplies near the dock. Although they had also eaten in several large cities and bought some local products, they had never informed the local government, so no one knew the whereabouts of their group.

This made Sun Yueling very impressed, it stands to reason that Ye Xianggao is the first assistant of the dynasty, and his disciples are all over the world, as long as he is willing, I am afraid that he can be grandly entertained in many places. But he was willing to be lonely, and he just looked at the scenery of various places along the way, chatted with everyone and played chess, and did not disturb the yamen officials along the way.

Even this time Gu Xiancheng's tomb was swept to pay respects, he did not send someone to notify the local government, but quietly hired a few cars, bought some sacrifices, and went directly.

Gu Xiancheng's tombstone is in the west of Wuxi County, not too far from the county seat, and it can be reached in half an hour.

After arriving at the tombstone, the sky became darker and darker, and the snow became heavier, from the initial scattered to dense, boiling and seething, without stopping.

Everyone got out of the carriage, carried the offerings, followed behind Ye Xianggao, and came to Gu Xiancheng's tombstone.

Gu Xiancheng is the founder of the Donglin Party, is the spiritual leader of Donglin, his tombstone is built extremely luxurious and majestic, the tomb is equipped with stone sheep, stone tigers, stone horses, Weng Zhong, etc., surrounded by pines and cypresses.

There was a special guard next to the tombstone, and when they saw their group coming, they hurriedly came up and asked for their names. Because Gu Xian's fame shocked the world, there were countless Donglin Party people who came here to worship and sweep, so the Gu family invited someone to take care of Gu Xiancheng's tombstone.

After the report before the sea of Aocang, everyone came to the stele to carry out the sacrifice.

The snow was so heavy that it was hard to burn paper candles, so they placed some offerings in front of the tombstones. Ye Xianggao stood in front of the tombstone for a long time, and finally sighed and bowed down.

Even the elders of the pavilion bowed down to pay respects, how could these juniors stand, so behind Ye Xianggao, they knelt down for a large part.

At this time, Sun Yueling's heart was also full of emotion - he didn't expect that he would come to the Ming Dynasty, and for various reasons, he also joined the Donglin Party, which had great influence, and also worshiped at the tomb of Gu Xiancheng, the founder and spiritual leader of the Donglin Party.

He couldn't help but look at Gu Xiancheng's tombstone, under the snow, he saw that the tombstone was white throughout, and only a line of big characters was printed in his eyes, "Ming Tai Changqing Gu Gongxiancheng's Tomb", in addition to this, there was no word around the entire tombstone, not even a brief tablet.

Sun Yueling thought to himself, what is the situation? Is it true or wrong, and later generations commented, there was not even a single word of commentary, is it learning Wu Zetian?

However, although there is no annotation on the tombstone, the tomb pattern is indeed very large, and Shinto and Luocheng are all prepared, and it is simply built in the form of a prince of Yipin. You must know that Gu Xiancheng was only a third-grade official throughout his life, and it was obviously overstepped to build it like this.

After paying homage to Gu Xiancheng's cemetery, Ye Xianggao seemed to let go of the burden in his heart, extremely relaxed, got up and dusted off the snow on his body, and said, "Let's go, let's go back." ”

So, the group got into the carriage again and returned to Wuxi Wharf along the way they came. I found a restaurant near the wharf by the river, and after lunch, everyone got on the boat again.

The boat traveled like an arrow, and in the evening, it came to Suzhou Mansion.

At this time, the snow is heavier, the snow is falling endlessly, the entire canal is white, and even the Suzhou wharf, which is usually busy, is extremely depressed.

The snow was not suitable for a night trip, so the boat docked outside Suzhou and decided to rest for one night and then go again the next day.

Just when everyone was admiring the snowy scenery by the railing, they saw seven or eight luxurious carriages on the other side of the wharf coming, and they arrived at the shore in an instant.

After the carriage stopped, a person fell from the carriage in advance, came to the side of the boat ladder, and shouted to the boat: "But the elder pavilion is here, and he is late to greet him, and I hope that the elder will forgive me!" ”

Dongfang Shengping's eyes were sharp, and when he saw this person, he shouted, "Isn't this Qian Qianyi?" Why is he here too? ”

Sun Yueling also followed the prestige at this time, only to see that this person was really Qian Qianyi, and he was stunned in his heart, why did this guy also come here, he was really concerned, and he was able to find the old man's boat.

Ye Xianggao also heard the shout at this time, and when he came out of the cabin and saw that it was Qian Qianyi, he laughed and said, "It turned out to be Shouzi, how did you get here?" Having said that, it was obviously difficult to hide the excitement in his heart, after all, Jiangsu is the base camp of Donglin, if no one cares about it like this, wouldn't it make him, the first assistant of Zhishi, seem a little lonely.

Qian Qianyi rushed onto the boat and said to Ye Xianggao: "As soon as the students learned the news of the elder of the pavilion, they waited in Suzhou all day long, just hoping that the elder would pass by. Today can be regarded as a beautiful day, so that the students know about the elder of the pavilion to worship Mr. Jingyang, so they hurriedly came, and finally met the elder of the pavilion! ”

"The son has a heart!" Qian Qianyi's words were sincere and full of enthusiasm, which made Ye Xianggao feel a burst of relief in his heart. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.