The car arrived at the boundary of Pingtang, Wangcheng District, Xingcheng, asked each other all the way, and slowly went deep into the hills under the guidance of the villagers. The mountains and forests are growing thicker, and there are a few unknown trees on the muddy roadside that are full of red and purple fruits. Walking forward for more than ten steps, a small road sign says Lotus Mountain, along the road not far away, you can see the granite tomb surrounded by the green hills.

Following the faint sound of the stream, to the depths of the path, a dilapidated farmhouse, half collapsed mud wall still has a courtyard gate, the door is written Tongxi Ancient Temple. It used to be a famous Tang Dynasty temple, which went through thousands of years of turmoil and was finally destroyed in **. It is said that Zeng Guofan visited here when he founded the Hunan Army, and at that time he had intended Tongxi Fulong Shanyang as the burial place after his death, and we cannot know the original reason today, but I heard that the old man Zeng was also quite proficient in feng shui. It is said that the area around Xingcheng is the place where Mr. Chu Guozu rested, and it is one of the birthplaces of the Chu royal family.

There is a tall ginkgo biloba next to the ruins, two podocarpus trees that are more than 100 years old, and the newly weeping branches and buds stretch out delicate buds, waiting to bloom. There were a few children playing under the tree, and Xiao Jing wanted to shoot them quietly, but they were still discovered, and they stopped to look at us in surprise.

Ascending a small dirt slope in the bushes, you will come to the damaged graveyard. I only saw a stone Weng Zhong standing on the side of the tomb, and another Weng Zhong with a broken head sleeping in a mud pit, as well as a stone horse with a broken head, it can be imagined that the tomb road at that time should be very powerful and magnificent.

The tombs and mounds seem to be newly built in granite, but the two stone ques on both sides of the cemetery are antiquities that have been standing, through a hundred years of wind and rain, witnessing the vicissitudes of life. The stone que is engraved with "Zeng Taifu Tomb East Que" and "Zeng Taifu Tomb West Que" respectively, the font is thick and simple, there is a beast squatting on the stone Que, unknown, big mouth has ears, cold eyes and mortal dust. I felt a little arrogant and cold, but Xiao Jing said that she felt that this statue was honest and cute, and took a few more photos.

The main stele and the two attached steles in the tombstone are also said to be original, and the dragon pattern relief of white marble, although there are a few years of scars, it is still very exquisite. The inscription on the main monument: the tomb of Mrs. Ouyang, a scholar of the Imperial Qing Dynasty Taifu University, Zeng Wenzhenggong, the wife of the Marquis.

I remembered that two days ago I saw a book about Zeng Gong that said: Zeng Guofan, the last saint in China. Such a high rating. Although Hunan is located inland, it was originally closed and conservative, but because of the emergence of Zeng Wenzhenggong, a generation of atmosphere, talents are prosperous, and the mind is open-minded. At the time of the Wuxu Reform, the governor of Hunan, Chen Baozhen (a protégé of the Zeng family and the grandfather of Mr. Yin Ke), was the only one among the Fangdi officials who openly supported the Restoration. The School of Current Affairs, jointly established by his son Chen Sanli and elites such as Tan Sitong, Huang Zunxian, Xiong Xiling, Tang Caichang, and Pi Xirui, aims to cultivate talents for the Restoration. The chief Chinese teacher of the academy is Liang Qichao, a 24-year-old and talented generation of Tianjiao. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, it was really a heart-wrenching era when I think about it.

The old man next to him said, "Bless you with safety." Straighten their robes, bow their heads together, and be full of reverence.

I walked around the overgrown grave and climbed high to see it in the distance. As the cemetery of Zeng Wenzhenggong, a generation of famous ministers, it may be a little dilapidated and desolate, but I like the quiet, quiet, remote and wild here. I heard that there is also a tourism plan here, and on such a peaceful day, I don't know how long the cemetery can be immersed. On our way back, three or five more people climbed up along the mud walls left behind by the ancient temple.

On the way back, Jing said that she had fulfilled her promise and invited me to dinner. I said I could go to a local restaurant, but she was going to eat shrimp. I said that if you invite me to dinner, of course you will eat what I want to eat, and she said, "Yes, because I paid for it, you have to listen to me, haven't you heard of the guest taking the host's will?" I was impressed by her robber logic: "For the sake of your rare return, it's up to you." It just so happened that the "King Shrimp Competition" being held by the Window of the World in Star City, after the joint evaluation of citizen representatives and culinary experts, the heads of shrimp shops with brand flavors such as "Not Afraid of Spicy" and "Si Xiaoyu" won the "King Shrimp" and "Queen Shrimp", which one of them should we go to? ”

"If you want to talk about the shrimp in Star City, my favorite food is still from Lao Meiyuan."

"Alright then, just go there." Everyone also agreed to go to the old plum garden on Education Street to be nostalgic, after all, it is also the oldest birthplace of Star City's flavor shrimp.

After the meal, I accompanied her to the room in the hotel, and she still remembered to ask me about the mystery explanation of "adapting measures to local conditions" last time, "You are also invited to eat the big meal, you should answer honestly." ”

laughed and said that "Zhaojun out of the plug" is the same as you, isn't it all "YD control"?

She pounced on her with a smile, "I'll make you the first tonight." "Restrained me all night.

After a few days with her and then sent her away, she returned to her North America. I said, why did you come all the way back and didn't see you doing anything serious?

She said "I-will-will".

Later, on the Internet, I said that I also wanted to go abroad to see, and she asked a little deliberately, "Why, there is no scenery in familiar places?" ”