Sixi leaned crookedly on the throne of Garan Bodhisattva and fell asleep, and the morning light penetrated through the broken eaves, and he could see that Sixi had a few blood marks on his cheeks, and his clothes were torn, and his knees and elbows were soaked in blood—

"Sixi suffered a lot of sins last night, it really shouldn't be."

Zeng Yu, who was a man in two lifetimes, slowly stood up with the Bodhisattva's throne, felt that his head was still a little dizzy, stood up and calmed down, looking at this Garan Temple, the corners and beams of the hall were full of cobwebs, the ground was full of bird droppings and dead leaves swept in by the wind, the doors and windows were dilapidated, and the eyes were desolate, only the tall and majestic Garan Bodhisattva sat awe-inspiring as always-

It is said that Garan Bodhisattva is Guan Gong, Zeng Yu bowed to the Bodhisattva a few times, and then slowly walked out of the temple door, the black donkey tied to the hall corridor saw him come out, shook his head and wanted to come over, and dragged the corridor to "quack" straight sound, Zeng Yu hurriedly stepped forward to stroke the black donkey's head to quiet it down, otherwise this half of the Buddha hall is really in danger of being torn down.

Sun Paitou didn't know when he had left, the ruins of Nengren Temple in the early morning were silent, Zeng Yu walked around the hall while rubbing his neck, the Boshan green cage in the fourth month of the lunar calendar was verdant, and the ruins and broken tiles and scorched wood in the foothills of the valley had a kind of quiet and deep against the green mountains, which made people feel a sense of rise and fall, but now Zeng Yu obviously did not rely on the leisure of the ancient temple, he was still in the adaptation period, he stopped and stopped, looked at his hands and pinched his legs, his expression was a little mysterious-

There is a half-acre pool behind the Garan Temple, the huge Nengren Temple was destroyed in the fire three years ago, only this small pond still maintains its original appearance, the bank of the pond made of red stone has not been invaded by wild grasses, and the pool water is clear, this water should be the living water of the dark ditch, if it is just rainwater accumulation will not be so clean, Zeng Yu walked to the edge of the pool, through the mirror-like pool water to see his appearance:

Medium in size, not fat or thin, with a slightly narrow face, clear eyebrows and not tacky, a relatively large mouth, wide mouth and white teeth, and a black blue on the left cheek-

Last night, he hanged himself and fell to the ground, making his face disgraced and filthy, Zeng Yu squatted by the pool, scooped water to wash his face, and after the pool water returned to calm, he saw that his face had been washed away, and his face was smooth and a little bright, close to the water to look carefully, there was a small mole on the left eyebrow, his eyebrows were quite black, this mole was hidden in the center of the eyebrows and it was not easy to find if you didn't look carefully, this is called "hidden pearls in the eyebrows" in physiognomy, it is said to be smart and studious, and the appearance of turning evil into good fortune is not expensive or rich -

"It's not rich or expensive, and I almost became a hanged ghost." Zeng Yu gently rubbed the dark purple strangulation marks on his neck and shook his head and laughed, and suddenly heard the sharp voice of Sixi in the Garan Hall shouting: "Young Master, Young Master, Young Master-", a voice as high as a voice, and there was panic in his voice.

Zeng Yu hurriedly straightened up and responded, "Sixi, I'm here." As he spoke, he took a few steps back and stayed away from this small pond, so as not to misunderstand Sixi.

Xiao Xi Sixi ran over quickly, and when he saw Zeng Yu, he was obviously relieved, and the loyal little manservant woke up and didn't see the young master Zeng Yu, and he was scared into a cold sweat.

Sun Paitou and Li Paitou of Boshan Village followed Sixi over, and saw that Zeng Yu was safe and sound, both of them were full of smiles, and Li Paitou said respectfully: "When Mr. Shaolong chose a cemetery for Master Lu Chong and Master Lu in Yinyang, his father was on duty in Lu Mansion, but I didn't expect that Zeng Gongzi was the descendant of Mr. Shaolong, which is really disrespectful." ”

Sun Paitou and Li Paitou warmly invited Zeng Yu's master and servant to Boshan Village as guests, Zeng Yu declined, drank a bowl of japonica rice porridge sent by Sun Paitou, said goodbye to Boshan villagers and rode donkeys on the road, Sun Paitou sent a few people out of Boshan Road, watching the master and servant drive the donkey away, Li Paitou shook his head and said: "It's really strange, this young master of the Zeng family calmly faces the spring breeze, where does it seem to be a person who wants to hang himself to die!" ”

Sun Paitou nodded and said: "Brother Li is right, this may be the blessing of the Garan Bodhisattva, otherwise where there is a person who hangs himself and is out of breath, he will be fine overnight." He added: "Young Master Zeng is only twenty years old this year, and the days will be long in the future, how can he find a way to die because he didn't pass the exam, the old boy surnamed Zhou in our township is almost sixty years old, and he still goes to the exam, I have never seen such a river hanging." ”

Li Paitou obviously knew more about the affairs of the Ishida Zeng family, and said: "I heard that this Young Master Zeng is the son of a concubine, a few years ago, the old father and mother died one after another, and the brother and sister-in-law were in charge, and the young master Zeng was passed on to Mr. Shaolong. ”

Sun Paitou sighed.

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Yongfeng County is mountainous, the post road from Fucheng Xinzhou to Yongfeng County is winding among the mountains, the weather in late April, sunny and red, the mountains and fields begin to diffuse the heat.

Zeng Yu, who has not fully recovered his body, rode a big black donkey to hurry, Sixi followed alongside, and the master and servant went east along the left bank of Fengxi, Fengxi is the largest river in Yongfeng County, originating in Xianxialing, Pucheng County, Fujian, crossing Yongfeng County from east to northwest, and then flowing into the Xinjiang River, Zeng Yu's hometown Shitian Village, Yongping Township, is the place where Fengxi flows.

Turning over a small hill, Sixi said: "Young master, there is a ferry in front, do you want to cross the river from there?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Let's cross the river outside the west gate of the county seat." He added, "Sixi, when you get home, don't tell my mother and brother and sister-in-law about last night, and don't mention it to anyone." ”

Sixi nodded and said, "Young master, don't worry, I know." I thought: "The young master has looked for death once, and it seems that he has figured it out, but it is inevitable that he will be angry when he returns home, and the young master must endure it." ”

At noon, the scorching sun, the master and servant rushed to the west gate of the county seat, ate something casually in a small restaurant on the outskirts of the city, and went to the west gate ferry to wait for the ferry to cross the river, from the county seat to Shitian Village, Yongping Township, there are more than 30 miles of road, to rush home before dark, the road can not be delayed.

The gray-black ferry boat is swinging to the south bank, to wait for the boat to come at least a moment when it will take a moment, Zeng Yu paced under the willow shade of the ferry and thought about something, because it is the fusion of the souls of the two worlds, he is not much surprised, puzzled and confused about all this now, he adapts very well and naturally, it seems that he is the Ming Jiajing Dynasty, is the Jiangxi Province Guangxin Prefecture Yongfeng County Tongsheng Zeng Yu Zeng Jiu Li, he is twenty years old, good looks, calligraphy, painting, fencing,, all proficient, and, by the uncle Mr. Shaking the Dragon edification, "Suspicious Dragon Sutra", " He can recite the Jiangxi Feng Shui secrets, such as the Wanglong Sutra, the Qing Capsule Aoyu, and the Yellow Emperor's Mansion Sutra......

"Nine carp, Zeng nine carp." Someone was shouting loudly, and there was irrepressible excitement in his voice.

Sixi exclaimed "ah" and said in a low voice: "It's the young master of the Xie family." ”

Zeng Yu turned around and looked to the west, and saw two sedan chairmen carrying a basket coming quickly, this kind of basket is a kind of rope sedan chair, it is said that Tao Yuanming pioneered, in fact, it is a big bamboo basket, people sit in the basket, carried by two people, light and light, but it looks very indecent, the countryman carries the pig to sell is almost this frame, of course, the pig will keep howling and struggling, the people in the basket, sitting there seems to be very elegant and leisure-

"Nine carp, ha, nine carp."

The basket stopped under the ancient willows on the shore, and a young scholar wearing a Confucian scarf and a silk shirt came out of the basket, walked quickly to Zeng Yu, looked at Zeng Yu carefully up and down, and came closer to look at Zeng Yu's neck, the smile on his face became stronger, and he pretended to be concerned: "Brother Jiu Li, are you okay?" ”

This young scholar's name is Xie Zidan, is the younger brother of Zeng Yu's sister-in-law, six years older than Zeng Yu, and studied at Dongyan Academy in this county, because Zeng Yu was often praised by Mr. Xia who presided over the academy, Xie Zidan, who was mediocre in his studies, was jealous, and the young Zeng Yu was proud of his talents, and repeatedly threatened to enter the county school before the age of 20, and only the students were eligible to enter the county school, Zeng Yu meant to be admitted to Xiucai before the age of 20, many people believed that Zeng Yu could do it, because Zeng Yu was appreciated by Wu Baipeng, who was then Yongfeng Zhi County, at the age of nine, and was known as a prodigy. At the age of thirteen, Zeng Yu successfully passed the county examination and the government examination, and became the youngest child in Yongfeng County——

Jiajing was 14 years old in the 33rd year, and he participated in the college examination for the first time, although he was unsuccessful, no one dared to despise him, after all, the entire Guangxin Mansion had never been a fourteen-year-old Xiucai; When Zeng Yu was seventeen years old, he failed in the hospital test again, but no one dared to make fun of him in person, Xie Zidan just secretly ridiculed Zeng Shentong's low eye; It's been three years in a flash, Zeng Yu is already twenty years old, and he fell off the list for the third time, Xie Zidan is simply overjoyed, although he himself is also on the same list this time, but he knows that there is little hope of winning it, you must know that there are about 1,500 children in the five counties of Guangxin Mansion to participate in the college examination, only forty-two student places, one out of forty, who dares to say that he must win, and only Zeng Yu, an arrogant boy who does not know the height of the sky, dares to swear that he entered the county school before the age of twenty, and now he has become a laughing stock.

Seeing that Zeng Yu frowned slightly and didn't answer, Xie Zidan said again: "Yesterday afternoon, the government released the list, and the foolish brother didn't see the figure of the virtuous brother, and when he went to the inn to ask, the virtuous brother went alone first, and the foolish brother thought that the virtuous brother was in high school, so he hurried home to report the good news, but there was obviously no virtuous brother's name on the list." ”

If according to Zeng Yu's past temperament, he was ridiculed by Xie Zidan like this, and he would no longer know what to be ashamed of, and Xie Zidan just wanted to see Zeng Yu's face full of shame, it was really as refreshing as drinking ice in summer, but Zeng Yu was not ashamed, but said: "Brother Xie, why make fun of it, the imperial examination is difficult, and how many well-educated people are trapped in the field, let alone merely below." ”

Xie Zidan was surprised, as if he had stepped on the air and almost fell, but at the same time, he became angry, thinking: "In the past, it was you who was the student before the age of twenty, but now you are on the list and say that the imperial examination is difficult, and the reason is that you say yes." He sneered: "Since Brother Xian is so indifferent, why did he make a big fuss about Boshan Nengren Temple last night?" ”

Zeng Yu raised his two black eyebrows, and asked calmly, "What did Brother Xie hear?" ”

Xie Zidan sneered: "The villagers of Boshan saved the prodigy of this county, how can they not publicize it, this is a beautiful talk, if it reaches the ears of the grandmaster, the grandmaster may be merciful and let you go to the county to learn for a while, haluha." ”

Zeng Yu's face sank, Xie Zidan was too much, who was young and frivolous, what if he said a few big words, and the arrogant Zeng Yu was so ashamed that he almost died, Xie Zidan, as an in-law, still had to mock him face to face like this, this is simply forcing people to death!

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