On the morning of the 15th day of July in the first year of Longhe, the great Sima Huan Wen presided over the ceremony in the Sanguan Temple of Xibai Mountain, sacrificing the heroic soul of the fallen soldiers who followed him to cut Shu and the two Northern Expeditions.

White ramie mountain in the northeast of the city of Gu five miles, the mountain pine ten thousand, lush and green, the mountain four Ran is planted all over the ramie, ramie is a perennial herbaceous plant after harvesting, shrinking roots, in the next year of spring regeneration, do not need to plant every year, Gu ramie well-known Jiang Zuo woven into the top grade summer cloth after pounding, fine and tender white, like a girl's skin, 6 Wei Rui for Chen Caozhi sewn four sets of summer shirts, the fabric used is Gu ramie in the autumn, after the Gu Yi Creek on both sides of the thousands of households pounding clothes, the sound of quiet nights is even more sound ten miles——

The peasant woman village aunt picking linen and pounding clothes, in the field to choreograph songs and dances for self-entertainment, the name of the white ramie dance, when the Western Han Dynasty was adopted by the court musicians and adapted into a female dance, spread for hundreds of years, Huan Wen likes the white ramie dance the most, after the sacrifice in the first year of each year, then invite celebrities, staff to watch the white ramie dance in the white ramie mountain, this year is no exception.

The day before, Qian Tang Tianshi Dao Du Jiong Du Zigong came to the invitation of Huan Wen to preside over the birthday ceremony of the emperor of the Zhongyuan Festival, because Dong Caozhi and Du Zigong were fellow villagers of Qian Tang, Huan Wen ordered Chen Caozhi to go to Jiangkou Wharf to meet Du Zigong, Du Zigong came from Qiantang to Feng'an County, Dong'an County, his son-in-law Sun Tai in February, and then went to Guangling to open a Taoist hall at the invitation of Wang Shao of Yangzhou Inner History, and was deeply admired by the believers.

Du Zigong traced the river from Yangzhou, and after a few days in Jianliang, he came by water, and saw Chen Caozhi, Du Zigong said with a smile: "Caozhi's little friend has been in the capital for half a year, and he is famous for his fellow townsman, Du Mou and you are honored." Du Zigong knew a lot about Chen Caozhi in Yangzhou and Jiankang, and Huan Wen's reliance on Chen Caozhi was also hotly discussed by the northern and southern scholars.

Chen Caozhi said humbly: "The floating waves made Du Shijian smile. ”

Du Zigong said: "Du Mou has read a lot of people, such as the noble man of his life, and the younger generation has never seen it. ”

Du Zigong can know the fulfillment of people's noble and lowly blessings, and the fulfillment of his words is like a god, Chen Caozhi hurriedly said: "Master Du's words, don't tell others, otherwise it will not be a blessing." ”

Du Zigong smiled and said: "This person who doesn't need to tell Du is not a rapper. ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Huan Da Sima respects Master Du, and it is indispensable to ask Master Du to see his position, and I hope that Master Du will be cautious." ”

Du Zigong listened to Chen Cao's meaning, and wanted to ask some more questions, but Chen Caozhi said left and right, he Du Zigong was in his heart, and the ancient warlock said that the blessed ones often suffered first, Du Zigong used to wander in the door of the township party doctor, and said that it was okay to say that it was okay to rest the noble and lowly, and now he will face Huan Wen, who controls the power of the military state, and Du Zigong really has to be cautious to avoid trouble.

After the sacrificial ceremony, Huan Wen and Du Zigong, Huan Shiqian, Zhou Chu, Yuan Hong, Xie Xuan, Chen Caozhi, and Xie Daoyun went out of the Sanguan Temple to the Siwang Pavilion to watch the white ramie dance.

Although the name of the Siwang Pavilion is the pavilion, it is ten times larger than the ordinary hexagonal pavilion, and the four sides are open, which can be used by 100 people to watch the scenery and feast, but to see the white ramie peaks, ten thousand pines, Xiao Xiao, and the cool breeze suddenly arrives, refreshing and pleasant.

More than 20 maiko combed high buns, wore flower hairpins, and wore white ramie dance skirts with light cloud color and silver color, fluttering under the pavilion, swinging like white birds when the big sleeves were lightly raised, the waist was like a weak willow in the wind, the gait was light and bright-eyed, and the good song said:

"In my heart, I said that the poetry of Zhiyan was written in the text. Dancing with his hands and feet, Xintai, changing the wind and customs, Wang Huaji. The horn of the piano rhymes, Bai Yunshu's "Xiao Shao", the consonant god phoenix comes to strike, and the verse chant is more than enough in the first chapter. The text is the same track, one morality, the country, the people and the etiquette.

The court of the four counties rang out the eight columns of the United States and the British and sang the noble voices. Dancing ornaments, Hua Lerong, Luo Shang, reflecting the sun, and accompanying the wind. Jin Cui Liehui, Hui Hui, Musk Feng, Shuzi, Xiu Ti, Emperor Yun's heart-"

Huan Wen led Du Zigong to watch the white ramie dance and cut the white ramie song with him, and asked Du Zigong with pleasure: "Du Dao, do you know who made this song?" ”

Du Zigong listened to the lyrics, the atmosphere was graceful and luxurious, as if it was made by the emperor, and he didn't dare to guess and said: "Poor and ignorant, I don't know who got this song." ”

Huan Wen said with a smile: "This Emperor Ming's white ramie dance is also a big song. ”

Du Zigong heard that this was a song composed by Emperor Sima Shao of the Jin Ming Dynasty, and sat solemnly and respectfully listened to it.

Huan Wen said with a smile: "Du Dao doesn't have to be formal, Bai Lai sings and dances, and persuades the emperor to have fun with the people." ”

After the three rounds of wine, Wen Yixing was quite proud, and took Du Zigong's hand to the south to look at Gu Xiaoxi, such as a match, practicing thousands of acres of fertile land, and Huan Wen Nai slowly asked: "Du Dao can know people, noble and lowly people, and ask Du Dao to try to be Wen Yanlu, where should the position go?" ”

Du Zigong said in a cold sweat: "The mourning of the emperor has not been 100 days old, but you have watched the palace song and dance, and you have watched the palace song and dance, and the officials have reached the great Sima, the fake Huang Cheng, and the military emperor of the Chinese and foreign countries, but you still ask where the position is?" Do you want me to say that you have the destiny of an emperor? After a long time, it was revealed that our clan was dead. ”

Du Zigong calmly looked at Huan Wen's appearance, his beard and purple eyes, and he also said: "Ming Gongxun is a supreme minister in the universe.

Wake up unpleasant.

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In the evening of this day, Chen Caozhi copied the "Buddha Says the Bon Sutra" translated by the Western Jin Dynasty monk Zhu Fahu in the study on jute paper, and made three lotus lanterns according to the shape drawn by Chen Caozhi, and prepared to release the lamps for the Bon Festival.

After dinner, Chen Caozhi took Ran Sheng, Lai Zhen, Laide, Xiaochan and Huang Xiaotong out to the south of the city and went to the neighbor's willow catkins to see and ask: "Sister Xiaochan, where are you going, why don't you call my family Xie Langjun?" ”

Xiaochan said: "Today is the July 15th Obon Festival, my old housewife is alive and believes in Buddhism, and my little Langjun wants to chant and put lights for the old housewife." ”

Liu Wu asked Chen Caozhi: "Can Chen Langjun let my family Xie Langjun go with me?" ”

Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "What's wrong with this, I'll invite Brother Yingtai first, and then I'll go out of the south gate and go west downstream." ”

Chen Caozhi and Ran Sheng did not ride horses, followed the ox cart that came to Zhen to drive, walked out of the south gate of Guxiao City in the twilight, traveled four or five miles west along the south bank of the river, and arrived in a sparsely populated place, Xie Daoyun and Xie Xuan's sisters and brothers also arrived.

Xie Xuan said: "Zizhong, I just received a letter from Duzhong, and Xiao Gong Yi passed away on the ninth day of the first month of this month. ”

Xie Daoyun said gloomily: "Last month, in Jiankang, I heard that Yi Xiaogong was seriously ill, and Zizhong and I went to visit Yi Shaogong with Xi Zhilang and refused to see outsiders. ”

Chen Cao said: "Yi Shaogong said, 'should be happy to die', look at his life, play with pen and ink, indulge in mountains and rivers, and nourish his heart, and should be called happy death." ”

Xie Xuan said: "My third uncle has been sad and sad with Yi Shao since middle age, and he has been doing evil for a few days with relatives and friends; Yi Shaogong said: "The year is in Sangyu, so naturally it is Lai, the bamboo pottery is written, and I am afraid that the children will feel that their joy will be damaged" - this so-called place to invite the bell is in my generation? ”

A full moon rises in the eastern sky, huge and dusk, distant mountains near the trees are hazy, and the evening breeze in early autumn is slightly cool.

Chen Caozhi looked at the full moon in the sky and said: "I hope that people will be together for a long time." ”

Xie Xuan praised: "Wonderful words: "The bright moon shines on thousands of miles, and you can see your loved ones when you raise your head, or you can feel each other." ”

Xie Daoyun asked: "Zizhong is homesick?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "I am very homesick, I miss my sister-in-law and two nephews and nieces, I miss my late parents and brother, and today I specially made three lotus lanterns to send my condolences from afar." ”

Chen Jun Xie is also a believer in the Tao of the Heavenly Master, but he is not as obsessed with faith as Wang Xi's father, and the Buddhist Obon Festival has not yet been popular in Han at this time, so Xie Daoyun and Xie Xuan's sisters and brothers don't understand the reason why Chen Caozhi put the lamp, and watched Laide hit the fire knife to light the velvet, and then lit the three lotus lanterns-

Laide is skillful and handy, the three lotus lanterns are very delicately made, the base is a thin cedar wood that is easy to float, and the top is pasted into a lotus flower with bamboo strips and colored paper, and the stamen is a five-inch long white candle.

Chen Caozhi stood on the bank of the stream and recited "Buddha Says the Bon Sutra" again, and then put the three lotus lanterns on the Guyu stream, and then followed the three lotus lanterns on the river bank to the direction of the river mouth.

Three years ago, Xie Daoyun listened to Chen Caozhi play these two tunes for his mother on the night of Chenjiawu, and was very impressed, because of Chen's mother Li, he remembered his mother Wang and father Xie Yi, who died early, and couldn't help but look at the three lotus lanterns swaying with the stream, gradually moving away-

The lotus lantern went away, but I heard the singing coming from afar, and there was an ethereal and beautiful female voice singing:

"It's hard to meet wealth again in the Ding year, and you won't come back.

When the good time passes, the body is dust.

The Nine Springs Room is a long night platform.

Do your best to get your soul to the best of your ability.

The food is not set up in the imperial order wine cup.

Out of the circle to look at the hometown, but to see Artemisia and Lai-"

This is the father of Ruan, one of the seven sons of Jian'an, Ruan Yu wrote the "Seven Mourning Poems", is a widely spread elegy, the Jin people attach the most importance to the elegy, not only the funeral singing, feasting, comprehension, but also singing Yuan Tan's brother Yuan Song, every time he travels, he often makes the left and right songs elegy, and the traveler is runny, and Liu Ling travels with wine, buries me when he dies, compared with singing elegy, there is more of the unique pathetic beauty of the Jin people.

"Shallot on the dew, He Yixi, Lu Xi, the Ming Dynasty is more falling, when will life go back, when will it return" Yes, when will life go -

Chen Caozhi, Xie Daoyun, Xie Xuan, and others all stopped and listened to the poignant and secluded elegy, from far and near, only to see a group of people walking slowly in the firelight, a woman in white clothes scattered paper money while singing, and her entourage also kept burning paper money, leaving fire everywhere.

Walking closer, Chen Caozhi and the others saw that the woman in white was Li Jingshu, Li Jingshu walked in a white skirt, slender and walking, and sang in a poignant voice, and walked past Chen Caozhi and others as if no one was around.

At this moment, the obedient and absurd Li Jingshu has a kind of poignant beauty that is free from her beauty.