At the end of the time, a group of people bypassed the Gang Ridge, under the blazing sun, the endless flow of Yuan Shui was in front of them, and the ancient county town of Fenyi was on the water side, Zeng Yushou put up a canopy to look north, a large stone arch long bridge across both sides of Yuan Shui, continuous eleven holes, like a green dragon lying on the waves, the carriages and horses on the bridge, the traffic is very convenient, Zeng Yuxin said: "This is the famous Fenyi Wannian Bridge, but unfortunately four hundred years later because of the construction of the reservoir, this bridge was buried under the water, today you can see the true face of this bridge. ”

Yan Shifan, who was riding the horse in front, reined in the horse, turned his head and said loudly: "Ah Miao, Yingzi, you see, this is the Wannian Bridge." Hearing this, Yan Shifan's tone was quite proud.

The sedan chair did not move, and after a while, the girl Xiaozi lifted the curtain and looked at the magnificent long bridge.

Of course, Lu Yuanwai wanted to have fun, got out of the car and quickly followed Yan Shifan, and said loudly: "Yan Shilang, is this the Wannian Bridge, it has been famous for a long time, and I finally saw it today, it is really a blessing for three lives, where is the inscription written by Yan Ge himself?" ”

Yan Shifan got off the horse, straightened the shade hat, and said: "The stele is recorded in the north of the bridge, we walked over from the bridge to see, the rare birds and monsters, strange flowers and plants carved on the pillars and stone railings on the two wings of the bridge are considerable. ”

Lu Yuanwai nodded again and again, and greeted Zeng Yudao: "Zeng Gongzi, come and pay tribute to the bridge built by Yan Ge Lao and Yan Shilang for the people of Xiangzi, the bridge is ten thousand years old, and the Yan family is prosperous and rich for ten thousand years." ”

Yan Shifan smiled, he had heard a lot of these sycophants, but he never got tired of hearing them, and said: "My father wrote clearly on the inscription, 'Siqiao said'Wannian Bridge' to not forget the grace of the Son of Heaven, to wish longevity and heaven and earth as infinite', this is the origin of the name of Wannian Bridge." ”

Lu Yuanwai said: "The old man is loyal and patriotic, and all the people admire him." ”

Zeng Yu followed Lu Yuanwai to the Wannian Bridge, and heard the Lu Yuanwai's words, thinking that this flattery is not easy, but does it really have to be like this, this Lu Yuanwai is also a squire in Jinxi County, why worry about food and clothing, he actually wants to give his late brother's two daughters to Yan Shifan as concubines, and the pursuit of official positions and power makes people's hearts distorted to this point, and there is no humanity!

Su curtain sedan chair carried over, to the Wannian Bridge, Yan Shifan followed the sedan chair to Lu Miaoxiang and the girl Xiaozi to introduce the construction of the Wannian Bridge, three years ago in Zhejiang and Fujian to suppress the great victory, the capture of the Beijing Division, the monarch and the ministers congratulated, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangzhou The people are even more rejoicing, Fenyi took advantage of this festive atmosphere to find Yan Shifan, who went out of Beijing to supervise the rebuilding of the three major halls of the imperial city, said that the ancient ferry pontoon bridge outside the east gate of Fenyi County is often damaged because of the rising water, and it is inconvenient to travel, and there are often people who drown due to wading, Request the Jiangxi Provincial Political Secretary to allocate money to build a bridge——

Yan Shifan wrote a letter to inform his father Yan Song in Beijing, Yan Song was very enthusiastic about the public welfare of his hometown, and promised to send capable people to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to inspect the bridge type, hire craftsmen, purchase stones, load them in large boats to camphor trees, and then reload small boats to trace the Yuan River and transport them back to Fenyi, the whole project was completed in June last year, and a total of more than 20,000 taels of silver were consumed.

Yan Shifan saw Zeng Yu inspecting the bridge pier from the bridge railing, so he asked with a smile: "Does Zeng Shusheng see that this bridge is strong?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Of course, this bridge will benefit the people on both sides of the strait for ten thousand years, but it should not need to be overhauled in three or five hundred years, and it can be seen from these ten bridge piers——"

Zeng Yu, the foreign monster of the land officer, did not listen to what he said, and was about to be accused, Yan Shifan said with a smile: "Zeng Shusheng also understands bridge construction? ”

Zeng Yu said: "I don't know how to build bridges in my later life, but my late life is the ancestral art of Kanyu Qingbao, so I understand some principles of construction." "Feng Shui contains a lot of architectural principles, and a house built according to the instructions of a feng shui master will never be a dilapidated house.

Yan Shifan smiled and said: "Your ancestors really have a lot of skills, both medical skills and public opinion skills, what did your ancestors do for a living?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "The late born originally from Xingguo Sanliao, generations to feng shui as a profession, the late grandfather because of some disputes with the brothers in the clan, fifty years ago with the family to settle in Guangxin Mansion, the late uncle is the Kanyu teacher, the father is in the township to practice medicine, to the late generation, is my brother in the township medicine, the late life should have gone out to make a living in feng shui, but the late life still wants to take the test to say. ”

"Sanliao Zeng?" Yan Shifan was a little surprised: "Who are you Zeng Bangmin, the doctor of Beijing Qintianjian?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "That should be my grandfather's generation, my grandfather in my later life was from the Zeng family's 'state' generation, but he left the clan for many years and had no contact." ”

Yan Shifan said with a smile: "The children of the Sanliao Zeng clan are amazing, they earn food with their bare hands, and your scholar's ability is not small. ”

The light laughter of a young girl came from the sedan chair, and young girls were the easiest to forget their sorrows.

Zeng Yu said: "Lord Yan said that he was joking, and he was also running for a living in his later life. ”

Yan Shifan said: "Then what are the benefits of building this bridge?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Look at this bridge base, composed of ten thousand rock stone piers, each pier is embedded with a water-absorbing beast, the bridge pier is cone-shaped and sharp water dividing King Kong goose wing pier, Qiwei is upright, this shape is not only beautiful, but also can be divided into waves, slows down the impulse of the river, plays a protective role in the bridge base, the bridge foundation is solid, and the others are trivial. ”

Yan Shifan bowed his head and said: "The children of the Zeng family have inherited for thousands of years, and they really have some knowledge, so it's good for you to be my son's companion." ”

Zeng Yuxin said: "You are very good, I am very bad." On the surface, he said: "Thank you, Lord Yan, for your appreciation." ”

Wannian bridge is more than 100 zhang long, two zhang and seven feet wide, the bridge deck is wide and flat, paved with a large bluestone slab, the carving of the stone railing on both sides is very exquisite, there are two pairs of drum stones at both ends of the railing, just opposite to the two pairs of stone lions at the head of the bridge, the people of this era build a bridge and build a house as a work of art to build, for a hundred years, but the descendants only seek practicality, but it is not a few years to demolish, some are ugly and not practical, because of cutting corners, this is suitable for the bridge to sink to the bottom of the water after 400 years, during the dry period, the dragon-like bridge body will surface again, Although it is entangled with mussel shells and aquatic plants, it still stands, and it is seen by the soul of Zeng Yu four hundred years later-

After the Wannian Bridge, I saw that there is a stone carving at the north end of the bridge, the dragon gave birth to nine sons, the Gan Tuan is powerful and can bear the weight, and the big Gan Tuan in front of him carries the "Wannian Bridge Record of Fenyi County" tablet that is six feet high, three feet wide and one foot thick, which is Yan Song's own handwriting.

Lu Yuanwai had already stepped forward to respectfully and whispered the inscription, Yan Shifan was sweating in his head, and said impatiently: "Let's go, the scorching sun is like fire, you can come and read aloud to the illiterate people in the evening." ”

Yan Song's ancestral home is in Jieqiao Village, more than 20 miles away from the county seat, but Yan Shifan has a villa "Jichang Garden" in Xigang, the northern suburb of the county, Lu Miaoxiang is not in good health, and there is no clear identity of the concubine, Yan Song arranged for Lu Miaoxiang and Ying Zi to live in Jichang Garden first, and Lu Yuanwai also stayed in Jichang Garden, but asked Zeng Yu to follow him to Jieqiao Village to see his son Yan Shaoqing-

Yan Shifan let people lead a horse to Zeng Yu to ride, Zeng Yu had only ridden a donkey before, reluctantly rode on horseback, grabbed the reins and rode the horse slowly, fortunately, this horse is more tame, there is also an entourage of Yan Shifan on the side to guide Zeng Yu riding skills, Zeng Yu quickly mastered some simple horseback riding skills, followed by Yan Shifan and others to gallop to Jieqiao Village twenty miles away, without an hour, Jieqiao Village is in sight, a small stream in the east of the village gurgles around the village, this stream is Jiexi, Yan Song Jiexi, this generation of traitors relative to the hometown landscape or can not forget.

There is a single-arch small stone bridge on Jiexi, Yan Shifan said that it was built last year with the remaining stones of the Wannian Bridge, and the crowd stepped on the stone bridge with horseshoe, and the sound was audible.

Zeng Yu felt kind at first sight of this Jieqiao Village, because Jieqiao Village and Shitian Village also have an ancient camphor forest, the ancient camphor here is obviously more old than the camphor trees in Shitian, the ancient camphor branches are towering, the blue-green crown is stretched out on all sides, the shade covers several acres, the thick trunk can be hugged by several people, and the gray-brown bark is full of longitudinal cracks, which looks simple and vicissitudes -

Riding a horse under the thick shade of the camphor tree, he was refreshed, and Zeng Yu felt that it was actually good to be a companion here.

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