At the end of the fourth year of Longqing, seeing that the New Year was about to begin, Xu Yuanzuo rushed to Chaoyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture. It is very convenient to find Mr. Lin Dachun's home here, because Mr. Lin is definitely a typical Ming official: he has political integrity, because he refused to take refuge in Yan Song, he was cheated in the palace test, and he was born as a third-class jinshi; has a decisive political judgment, when the undercover agent collected the list of ministers attached to the scene, handed it to Xu Jie, and successfully stood in line; has an open-minded political mind, a high arch and a complex appearance, if you want me to go, I will leave, and I will not be attached to power at all; After returning to his hometown, he made full use of his various social connections, collected materials to compile county chronicles, actively participated in local administration, and did a lot of good things to benefit the villagers.

In comparison, Mr. Zheng simply can't look at it.

However, Xu Yuanzuo was still startled when he arrived at Lin Dachun's mansion.

The vermilion gate was painted inky and hung with white lanterns.

There is a funeral in the house!

Qi Miao stepped forward and called the door to hand over the post, waiting outside. After a while, the middle door opened, and a middle-aged man in a sackcloth and filial piety clothes came out, but he couldn't see that there was too much Qi. He arched his hand towards Xu Yuanzuo: "In Xia Lin Keming, but Brother Xu?" ”

Xu Yuanzuo didn't distinguish for a while that the filial piety clothes on his body were not worn by his son, so he hurriedly returned the salute and almost said in a trembling voice: "I don't know what the house is ......."

"It's the ancestor of the family." Lin Keming showed a sad look at this time: "My father is mourning and is not in the house. ”

Xu Yuanzuo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Please also ask Brother Shi to take me quickly." ”

Lin Keming said secretly: My father said that Xu Yuanzuo was a genius in the world, but now he seems to know how to be polite.

He called his subordinates, prepared the utensils and vegetarian food that he needed, and led Xu Yuanzuo to his grandfather's cemetery. Lin Dachun built a thatched hut next to the cemetery, with only a wooden board as a bed and a thin quilt. This thatched house doesn't even have a door. The straw on the top is so sparse that you can see the stars in the night sky. Fortunately, this is the coast of the South China Sea, and if you are in the north, you will freeze to death if you stay overnight. Rao is like this, under the cold winter and the moon, it is also very painful to live in this thatched house.

In terms of ancient rites, it was buried in March. Then he cried at first and bowed. Yu Rite is the ritual of sacrifice for the requiem. After the three sacrifices, the "pawn weeps" ceremony is performed, and after the food is offered to mourn on the spiritual seat, there is no longer mourning. After weeping eleven times, the pawn performed the "yang ceremony" and welcomed the god into the ancestral hall. After the prayer, the priest is moved back to his place. Thirteen to fifteen months after the funeral, the "small auspicious" and "big auspicious" ceremonies will be held. Seven months later, the "Tan Li" will be held, which means that the sad mood can be calmed for a while.

The whole process took a total of twenty-seven months, but it still counts as three years. The so-called three years of Ding Worry, in fact, can be recovered in 27 months. However, for officials who have returned home, three years of mourning are often more than three. to express their sorrows. Although the Ming Dynasty also claimed to govern the country with filial piety, believing that filial piety to relatives could be loyal to the monarch outside, Emperor Gaozu greatly weakened the criminal punishment for violating the prohibition of mourning when formulating the law - compared with the Tang and Song dynasties, the legal provisions of the Ming people's funeral were more flexible, so the Ming Dynasty rarely appeared filial piety for more than ten or twenty years.

On the way here, Xu Yuanzuo asked about the funeral period and knew that Mrs. Lin had been gone for four months. For many. At this time, you can also "get sick" and move back home. And Lin Dachun is really sad. Living in a simple thatched hut, one porridge and one soup a day, not stained with any meat, let alone wine and food.

When Xu Yuanzuo saw Lin Dachun, he couldn't recognize this teacher. In the interview in Shaoxing that year, Mr. Lin was a member of the imperial court. Measuring a provincial article, the magnanimity is extraordinary. Now he was wearing a linen dress so thin that he could see his ribs, and his whole face was sunken and purple and black. I refuse to eat this kind of food, and I can't sleep. The masochistic behavior of not even wearing warm clothes and immersing in grief all day will continue for three whole years.

Xu Yuanzuo's scalp tingles just thinking about it, this is clearly the rhythm of walking together!

"Teacher!" Xu Yuanzuo stepped forward and knelt in front of Lin Dachun as soon as his knees were weak. When he saw the sadness in Lin Dachun's eyes, his heart twitched, and he thought of his father and mother who were far away in another time and space, and the sorrow came from it. For so long, the emotions that Xu Yuanzuo has been suppressing have been pulled by the same sincere father-son love, which triggered great resonance and tears.

Lin Dachun's thin arm like a firewood stick supported Xu Yuanzuo, shook his body, and recognized that it was the head of the case that he had ordered. His voice was hoarse, he choked up and said two "good" words, tears had already flowed all over his face, and he almost hugged Xu Yuanzuo and cried.

Lin Keming watched from the side and gently wiped away his tears, and said secretly: My father has so many protégés who come to visit, and this husband is the most sincere.

Luo Zhenquan had never seen Xu Yuanzuo so emotional, and he was simply amazed: Zuo Ge'er was in such a mood? He also said that he was hard-hearted! Could it be a fraud? I'm afraid not, how can it be so fake?

Xu Yuanzuo's emotional control ability is extremely strong, and he can quickly control it after venting, and try not to resonate with Lin Dachun anymore - otherwise it will really be the two of them crying from white to black. What's more, he just can't return to the original time and space for the time being, it's not yin and yang, there is always some hope.

"Teacher, the festival is good." Xu Yuanzuo persuaded sadly.

Lin Dachun took a long time before he stopped and said, "Why are you here?" ”

"I was rushing to greet the teacher before the end of the year, but I encountered this incident." Xu Yuanzuo said.

Lin Dachun's eyes were red, the inflammation was severe, and he said: "Let Gaoxin Zheng no longer squeeze it, and Yu An will have today." This statement is sad and joyful, and it shows the true feelings of filial piety.

Xu Yuanzuo nodded again and again, and said: "To be able to do the best of your family, it is already a blessing to be sad and mourning." ”

Lin Dachun thought so, and sighed with Xu Yuanzuo for a while, not knowing what to say.

Xu Yuanzuo reacted quickly and asked Lin Keming to come over to serve the meal. Lin Keming stepped forward and took a bowl of rice porridge from the food box, and a small plate of pickles, and presented it to his father. Lin Dachun shook his head slightly, pushed away the warm rice porridge, and said, "I can't eat it." ”

Xu Yuanzuo was really worried about him, and said, "Teacher, if you don't save your physical strength, I'm afraid the funeral in the future will be impossible." ”

Lin Dachun still shook his head silently.

Xu Yuanzuo saw that Lin Dachun's lips were already chapped and peeling, and his body also had some symptoms of dehydration, regardless of Lin Keming, who was kneeling and crying, he came out of the thatched house and whispered to Qi Miao: "You go and boil some water, put some salt and sugar in it." Three sugars and one salt. It is slightly flavorful. ”

Qi Miao remembered it in his heart, and hurriedly went to find someone to boil water to prepare salt sugar water.

This is the most rapid way to replenish energy and hydration with salt and sugar water. Thinking about Lin Dachun's current mental state, I'm afraid he won't care about the taste problem.

After a while, Qi Miao came with water.

Xu Yuanzuo took out a little bit and tasted it himself, sweet and salty. It's just right. When he entered the thatched hut, he saw Lin Keming still kneeling in front of his father with rice porridge, and Teacher Lin was already disgusted. He stepped forward and knelt down side by side with Lin Keming, and said, "Student Xu Yuanzuo visited the teacher, and replaced the tea with water, asking the teacher to pay tribute to the teacher." ”

Lin Dachun is a person in the Rites Sect, so naturally he will not make Xu Yuanzuo rude. He reluctantly took the cup, and when he saw that it was indeed clear water, he approached and drank two sips.

Indeed, it is easy to ignore hunger and thirst in the midst of sorrow. However, it is instinctive for the human body to replenish water when it is short of water. The warm salt sugar water in the mouth, not to mention the taste, just this water stimulates the tongue coating, sliding through the dry throat, stinging with longing, so he asked Lin Dachun to drink a glass of water.

Xu Yuanzuo had already brought another cup: "Respect the teacher again." ”

This time, Lin Dachun hesitated, but after all, he couldn't resist his instinct, and reached out to take the cup. He was simply grieving over his father's loss. It's not about death. Not thinking about eating is a psychological reaction, and now the resurgence of hunger and thirst is a physical reaction. Not contradictory.

Xu Yuanzuo waited for Lin Dachun to finish drinking, and toasted the third cup. The so-called things are no more than three.

Lin Dachun put three cups of salt and sugar water into his abdomen, and obviously had energy. As soon as the stomach pouch was flushed with water, his appetite rose, and the rice porridge in Lin Keming's hand was finally taken by him.

Lin Keming looked at Xu Yuanzuo again, and there was already admiration and a little gratitude in his eyes. Because his father Lin Dachun is an official outside. He stayed with his grandfather for a little longer. When his grandfather died, he was also in great pain, but his father had to hold a funeral, all kinds of chores had to be presided over, and his mother was also old. Only he ran up and down. In this way, it is easy to come out of grief.

Lin Dachun ate the pickled rice porridge and showed obvious tiredness. Xu Yuanzuo persuaded the teacher to go to bed and meditate and recite mantras silently. Lin Dachun sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyelids couldn't stop closing. Xu Yuanzuo and Lin Keming carefully lay Lin Dachun flat and covered the quilt before retreating.

Outside the thatched house, Xu Yuanzuo took a deep breath and resumed his previous command: "Brother Shi, don't talk about three years, I'm afraid the teacher's body will collapse if you stay up for another three days." ”

Lin Keming was also helpless: "Father's filial piety, as a son of man, what can he do?" ”

"Come on a little bit." Xu Yuanzuo glanced back: "I'll go to Shangzhu incense first, and Brother Shi will go to prepare some felt and thatch first, and cover the roof tightly." ”

Lin Keming realized his negligence at this time, and secretly felt guilty that he was not as good as Xu Yuanzuo as a student as a son, so he hurriedly ran to arrange it.

Xu Yuanzuo arrived in front of Lin Tai Cemetery, and the tombstone was engraved with two lines of words: "First test the tomb of Lin Gongshan, the doctor of Fengzheng", and "Unfilial man Da Chunli". He took incense and saluted like a ritual, and the Lin family kowtowed to answer the salute. After a while, Lin Keming came back, and the two kowtowed to each other again, and brought the meeting gift of the world's brothers.

Being able to warm people's hearts when they are mourning is equivalent to sending charcoal in the snow. Although Lin Keming only saw Xu Yuanzuo for the first time today, he already regarded him as a sibling, and he said, "Jing Lian can arrange a place to stay?" If you haven't made it yet, stay at home. ”

"I'm afraid...... Inconvenience. Xu Yuanzuo didn't mean to be polite. There are funerals, relatives, guests, monks, Taoist nuns who do dojos...... There are many inconveniences.

"My own family, what's the trouble." Lin Keming said: "If it weren't for Jing Lian today, the foolish brother would have lost his way. ”

Xu Yuanzuo thought for a while and said, "Brother Shi, you have to support the mansion now, and you have to run to take care of your teacher, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive the iron beating." Please help me find a place to settle my retinue, and I will look after the teacher. ”

Lin Keming was taken aback: "This way? How does this work? ”

Xu Yuanzuo thought that he said that he had no place to live, so he said: "Just start another thatched house." ”

Xu Yuanzuo did decide to stay and take care of Lin Dachun purely because of his emotional drive, because he knew that he could not accept the service of slaves during the period of mourning and guarding the tomb, but could only accept the care of his son - and students who were similar to his son. Considering that Lin Dachun is a fifty-year-old "old man", and his body and spirit are on the verge of collapse, and then seeing that Lin Keming is unable to support himself, he has the idea of sharing the care.

Lin Keming understood Xu Yuanzuo's meaning as accompanying Lin Dachun to the funeral. Even in the Lin clan, I am afraid that there is no junior who is so attentive. The meaning is profound, and it depends on the etiquette law: If you have a wife who has been mourned for three years, even if she commits a seven-out rule, her husband's family cannot abandon it. He didn't believe that a student would not understand the meaning of etiquette, but Xu Yuanzuo really lacked understanding of this deep meaning.

Seeing that Lin Keming was so moved that he almost cried, Xu Yuanzuo was also a little ignorant.

――It seems that you have accidentally done something terrible?

It is true that it is not easy to say that righteous deeds are not simple. Although Xu Yuanzuo just changed hands to take care of Lin Dachun, it was not easy to live in a thatched house in the cold winter. Fortunately, he has no masochistic tendencies, and the thatched house must not be ventilated, and the bedding at night cannot be thin. Rao is like this, relying on his perennial exercise, he barely survived the initial torture.

Lin Dachun has been suffering to the limit, after reinforcing the thatched house, the bedding has also been secretly changed to a thick one, and the living environment has slowly climbed up from the bottom, and his physical condition has gradually recovered. During the day, Xu Yuanzuo didn't dare to let him indulge in pain, gossip with him if he had something to do, ask for some knowledge, and divert his attention. Then from sugar brine to sugar porridge, Lin Dachun replenished energy. After a few days, the black aura on Lin Dachun's face gradually faded.

Lin Keming was most sensitive to his father's physical condition, and found that his father had improved under Xu Jinglian's care, and his heart was half guilty and half grateful, and he really didn't know how to repay this brother.

Under this environment, Xu Yuanzuo spent his first cold and miserable Chinese New Year's Eve. Because his luggage was elsewhere, he did not conduct a year-round review and New Year's outlook as in previous years, let alone write down the major events of Longqing's five years in a small notebook. After taking care of Lin Dachun to sleep, he returned to his thatched house, remembering his parents in another time and space, and soon fell asleep.

In his sleep, Xu Yuanzuo seemed to have returned to his office and sat in a familiar chair. He wanted to get up and look for his parents, but when he ran to the door, he was horrified to find that he couldn't open the door, kicking and pounding, crying and screaming for his father. The secretary pushed the door in surprise and came in, but Xu Yuanzuo was even more frightened and shouted: "Goblin! ”

Xu Yuanzuo sat up suddenly, Lin Tao was angry outside, and the sky was not yet dawn.

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