On the fifth day of the first month of May, Zeng Yu and Sixi master and servant entered Jinxi County, Fuzhou Prefecture from the southeast of Guixi County, all the way to listen to the dragon boat drum, watch the dragon boat, the Dragon Boat Festival atmosphere is strong, even the summer breeze has the fragrance of mugwort leaves and zongzi, but the weather is really hot, under the scorching sun to catch up with the long road to beware of heat stroke, Zeng Yu carefully obeyed his mother's training, the two hours of the sunshine in the afternoon are in the road pavilion to rest, and when the sun goes down, some of the heat subsides and set off, and can walk another hour before dark.

When he was in Luting, Zeng Yu inquired with the local villagers, and learned that Jinxi County was still more than 50 miles away from here, and he would definitely not be able to arrive today, and he would go more than 10 miles to Lufang Township——

Although Lufang Township is a small place, its reputation is not small, it is the hometown of Lu Jiuyuan, a master of science in the Southern Song Dynasty, the enlightenment place of the Luwang School, and the opening sentence of Wang Anshi's "Hurt Zhongyong" "Jinxi Min Fang Zhongyong", that Fang Zhongyong is also a native of Lufang Township, Jinxi County, it can be seen that the literary style here is very prosperous, Zeng Yu planned to rush to Lufang Township before dark to stay-

Zeng Yu walked in front with a book, this book weighed more than 20 pounds, at first he didn't feel how heavy he was on his back, but the more he walked, the shoulder pain, the weather was hot, and the sweat stained was even more uncomfortable.

Sixi also carried a bag weighing more than ten pounds, he walked behind Zeng Yu, watching the young master's upper body lean forward slightly, and walked forward, from the gap in the book, you can see that the young master's robe is wet from the back collar to the back, Sixi feels very sorry in his heart, where is the master carrying heavy objects and servants but lightly, at this time, Sixi can't wait to grow into a big man immediately, and he can carry anything-

I thought again: "The young master has a good heart, the Buddha of the West Heaven Guanyin Bodhisattva Taishang Laojun and the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Zhang Tianshi have come to bless my young master with a smooth make-up examination this time, and the young master is like Young Master Zheng wearing a Xiucai scarf and a trimmed shirt, and the scenery is back to Yongfeng and Shitian, at that time, do you dare to make fun of my young master when you see the surname Jiang?" See if the Xie family still dares to bully my young master? The slaps outside the Zhu Gong Ancestral Hall are for nothing, and there is no way to take my young master, ha, ha, happy, happy! ”

As Sixi walked, he secretly thought happily and couldn't help laughing.

Zeng Yu, who was walking in front, turned his head and asked, "Sixi, what are you laughing at, have you picked up a copper coin?" ”

Sixi smiled "hehe" and said, "Sixi thinks that the young master must go to Yuanzhou this time——"

Zeng Yu smiled: "How can you see it? ”

Sixi scratched his head and said, "That's what I think." ”

Zeng Yu smiled: "I see, great, this feels good, but what if I still don't get it, or maybe the grandmaster won't give me a make-up exam at all?" ”

Sixi opened his mouth and stammered, he didn't know what to say for a while, the scene in the Garan Hall flashed by, the young master ran to Yuanzhou so hard, but he didn't win, how could he stand it!

Zeng Yu smiled: "It doesn't matter if you don't hit, the sky won't fall, it's not bad to walk this journey for thousands of miles, don't people walk all their lives——"

Sixi couldn't understand the young master's thoughts, but the young master could see that it was the best.

The master and servant talked while walking, the sky gradually darkened, the road was far away from the river bank, and the three-way intersection walked several times, until the stars in the sky lit up, and the direction of the road was correct, and the master and servant were slightly relieved.

After walking for four or five miles, it was completely dark, but I hadn't seen the lights of Lufang Township, the road was winding between the hills and plains, and it was dark when I looked out, Zeng Yu slowed down and said: "Sixi, we're afraid that we're going to take a fork in the road, the old man I asked for directions in the road pavilion said that there are more than ten miles of road in Lufang Township, and we have been going from then to now, we should have walked more than ten miles, but we haven't seen the households." ”

This world is not very peaceful, Fujian, Zhejiang, Gannan and the Japanese invaders, walking at night in this foreign land, Sixi was a little scared, and asked: "Young master, how is it good to take a fork in the road?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Let's take another trip." As he spoke, he took off the long sword on his shoulder, held it horizontally with the leather scabbard, and said to Sixi beside him: "My uncle walked at night like this back then, mainly to beware of wild beasts. ”

"Young Master, Young Master—"

Sixi suddenly shouted: "There's a light over there, over there—"

When Zeng Yu raised his eyes, he saw a little light faintly revealing in front of the left side of the road, flickering like a firefly in the dark mountains, the night breeze came through the forest, and he smelled a burst of aroma on the side of his nose.

Xiao Xi Sixi had already rushed to the front towards the light, Zeng Yu shook his head and laughed silently, hurriedly followed, walked about a mile, the light gradually became clear, not far from the roadside, the smell of the aroma was stronger, Zeng Yu suddenly woke up to the fragrance of the yellow oak flower, this mountain should have planted a large piece of yellow oak seeds, and now it is the season for the yellow oak flowers to bloom.

Sixi volunteered: "Young master, it should be a family over there, wait for me to ask, can we stay overnight, young master, you are waiting here." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Let's go and see, maybe it's a temple or something." ”

The master and servant left the road, forked to the left path, and walked for half a mile, only then did they see clearly that this was a cemetery, and the light they saw was from the tomb guard, Sixi said: "Ah, bah, bad luck, young master, let's leave quickly, it's not good to bump into this place at night." ”

Sixi was afraid of ghosts and was anxious to leave, but Zeng Yu said, "Wait a minute, I'll go see whose cemetery this is?" ”

It's not that Zeng Yu longs to be haunted by ghosts, but he saw a stele pavilion by the side of the cemetery, and only the Shinto stele stele built by the emperor can build a stele pavilion, could it be that this is the tomb of Mr. Xiangshan Lu Jiuyuan?

Zeng Yu approached the stele pavilion, and saw through the light of the tomb guarding the house that there were five big characters engraved on the stele, "advocating the true Confucian tomb", and it was indeed the tomb of Lu Jiuyuan.

Lu Jiuyuan was buried in his hometown at the foot of the East Mountain, until the ninth year of Jiajing, the emperor issued an edict to Lu Jiuyuan with the Confucian Temple, Lu Jiuyuan officially became a sage, in the same year, the Nanjing Ministry of Rites sent people to Lufang Township to rebuild the tomb of Lu Sage, and built the Shendao tablet of Emperor Jiajing's handwriting——

"Who's here late at night?"

The door of the house was not opened, and the tomb keeper asked through the door, and his voice was old.

Zeng Yuzuo said: "Old man, I am a scholar who is rushing to take the exam, and I am lost here, please point out which way to go in Lufang Township?" ”

The wooden door "squeaked" open, and the old man guarding the tomb walked out with a white lantern, looked at Zeng Yu's master and servant, and said with a smile: "Rush to take the exam, you are lost, then you must be in this subject, know whose tomb is this, is it the tomb of the saint of Lu, hurry up and worship the tomb, burn some paper money, the saint of Lu will definitely bless you high school." ”

Where will Zeng Yu bring incense paper money when he is lost here, he is rushing to take the exam and not sweeping the tomb, but the old man who guards the tomb said that he has to buy it here, the old man has been guarding the tomb here for 30 years, the gentry and scholars of the whole world come to worship the Lu saint and dare not say that there is every day, every three or five times, every meridian Mao Youxiang Township test year to come here to worship the Lu saint to ask for blessing of the Xiucai is more, the old man who guards the tomb has a way to make money, put some paper money incense candles to sell here, he can earn six or seven dollars of silver every month, he guards the tomb for a year and only three stone valleys, and the silver is only one or two or eight dollars -

Since he arrived at the tomb of Lu Jiuyuan, it is also the right thing to worship, Zeng Yu gave the old man who guarded the tomb eighteen dollars to buy nine incense sticks and a pair of small candles, and lit them in front of Mr. Xiangshan's tomb, solemnly worshipped, and Sixi also worshipped, silently praying that Lu Shengren blessed the young master of Jiuli with a smooth make-up examination, a high school talent, and a return to his hometown-

The old man guarding the tomb yawned and said: "This son, the hour is not early, it's nearly two drums, you two hurry up and get on the road, the old man is not good at staying in the tomb house, you are going to Fuzhou, right, then continue to move forward, Lu Fang has missed, the first three miles is Qingtian Village, Qingtian Village is the birthplace of Lu Shengren, where you can stay overnight to get the aura of the saint, whether it is to test Xiucai, to take the examination or to take the Jinshi, it is a must, the two of you hurry up." ”

The old man guarding the tomb carried a lantern and sent the two of Zeng Yu's master and servant to the stele pavilion, turned back to the tomb of the Lu saint and blew out the pair of candles and put them away, and they could sell them again next time.

……

The starlight is faint, the road between the mountains and fields is faintly recognizable, the master and servant are walking with high feet for fear of tripping, Sixi worshiped Lu Shengren, and felt that the young master was really sure to win the make-up exam this time, and he was in a very good mood, he didn't feel that it was difficult to walk, but talked about his hometown very leisurely: "Young master, no wonder the people who came out of the fifteen capital mountains walked so strangely, and their feet were so high, but it turned out that they were used to walking on mountain roads——"

With a "plop", Sixi fell.

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