Chapter Thirty-Eight: Little Bamboo Mountain
For hundreds of years, Wei's mulberry land in Fengzhou, even if there are no mountains and rivers nearby, but relying on Wei's endless famous eunuchs, it is also contaminated with the continuous smell of books, plus Wei's continuous repair of buildings over the years, there are many places to visit inside and outside the state city.
For example, the small bamboo mountain outside the city.
The small bamboo mountain near the post road and the Fenghe River is said to be a mountain, but in fact it is only more than 30 zhang high, and the bamboo is planted all over the mountain, and you can enjoy the cool breeze even in midsummer.
But this small bamboo mountain is very famous in Fengzhou and even in the sea, but it is not for this bamboo sea to listen to the waves, but because this place is the hermitage of the famous Wei Bo 'Yu' of the former dynasty.
Wei Bo 'Jade' is the son of the Wei branch of Fengzhou in the previous dynasty, he 'sex' is open-minded, does not like to go out, is obsessed with calligraphy, and lives in Xiaozhushan for a long time after adulthood, does not interact with outsiders, even in the Wei family is unknown. But when he was more than 40 years old, Su Qi, a famous minister at that time, returned to his hometown, and on the way back to Qingzhou, he passed by Xiaozhu Mountain, and because of the heavy rain, he went to the mountain to find a place to shelter from the rain, and he bumped into Weibo 'Jade' in the thatched hut in the mountains.
ββIt is precisely because of this shelter from the rain that Weibo 'Jade' and the "Zhushan Xiaoji" hanging in the thatched hut were praised and disseminated by the Su period, became famous all over the world, and were promoted as the first person in cursive writing in the former dynasty.
Wei Bo 'Yu' loved calligraphy all his life, and even never married for this reason, after he went, the thatched hut on Xiaozhu Mountain, the "Zhushan Xiaoji" and the manuscripts of his life naturally all returned to the family.
However, the Wei family has been prosperous for hundreds of years, and has its own heritage and bearing, so in the previous dynasty, there was a valve owner who asked the "Zhushan Xiaoji" to be engraved into a monument and stood on the mountainside of Xiaozhushan, so that the passers-by could see the handwriting of Wei Bo's "jade" without having to go to the "door" to visit.
After all, there are few people who are qualified to go to the Wei family to ask for the manuscript of "Zhushan Xiaoji", but there are many people who admire Wei Bo's 'jade' calligraphy...... The Wei family did this to facilitate the people of the world and make their own reputation to a higher level, which killed two birds with one stone. Nowadays, this small bamboo mountain, the thatched hut is repaired every year, and it still exists today. From time to time, there are literati and writers, who are not far away, come to copy the inscriptions, and go to the thatched hut to remember the predecessors.
Thanks to the lord of the year, over time, this small bamboo mountain, which is neither high nor deep, and has no other scenery except for the sound of the bamboo waves, has become a well-known famous mountain in the sea.
"Cousin, this is the inscription of "Zhushan Xiaoji", which is said to have been written by a generation of famous craftsmen." In July, the autumn has begun, there is still no heat, the heat in Fengzhou City still exists, but the green bamboo on Xiaozhu Mountain, from the top of the mountain all the way to the foot of the mountain, until the post road was stopped, follow the path of the predecessors all the way in, but a dozen steps, already all over the body cold.
Between the green bamboos, the gently winding stone steps climb up a small * platform on the mountainside.
This platform is paved with bluestone, close to the cliff is a white 'jade' base, rough look inconspicuous, but look closely is the whole piece of white 'jade' carved out, the shape is bamboo leaves, and the surrounding bamboo forest echoes.
On the seat, the 'flower' granite lying on the seat is high and three zhang long-this is the serious stone stele, the pen on the stele is the previous dynasty when the Wei ancestors ordered the craftsman to copy and engrave Wei Bo's "jade" of the "Zhushan Notes" on it.
Weber 'jade' has been more than 100 years ago, this stone stele, the survival is the same, the pedestal and other places, are full of moss, but the handwriting on the rock is obviously often wiped, but it is clear and clean, only a few bamboo leaves, fluttering on it, do not feel blocked, but add to the handwriting in the noble dust.
With the bamboo leaves above the head that are illuminated by the sun to be green and transparent, it seems to be thousands of miles away from the hustle and bustle, the wind turns out from the bottom of the sleeve, between the cool, everyone feels a clear heart, and secretly praises it as the former residence of celebrities, although it is not a high mountain, but there is a famous mountain weather.
After praising the place, everyone's eyes fell on the stone tablet.
The original manuscript of "Zhushan Xiaoji" still exists in the Wei clan, with Wei Huan, the owner of the valve as his grandfather, Wei Changying and Wei Changfeng, who accompanied the two sisters on their trips today, have all seen the authentic works, and this inscription has also been seen in a few years, so only Song Zaishui is the only one who wants to take a closer look at the stele today.
Wei Changying introduced a sentence to Song Zaishui, looked around, and said: "Ah, it's a coincidence today, there is no one here, we can take off the hat." β
Nowadays, although it is forbidden to travel with beautiful girlfriends, identities such as Wei Changying and Song Zaishui, who are self-contained, will wear a hat to cover their faces and prevent outsiders from seeing them. It is cool to walk in the bamboo forest until now, but the black hair is coiled on the top, and the hanging veil on the hat reaches the 'chest', which is stuffy in the end.
Hearing this, Wei Changfeng hurriedly waved his sleeves, and the accompanying 'attendants' retreated into the distance with interest, leaving only the 'women' servants and 'women' to serve. The ambassador 'woman' stepped forward to serve the two of them, took off their hats, and handed them a handkerchief to wipe their sweat.
Wei Changying took a sip of agarwood from the green room, and his eyes suddenly flickered to Wei Changfeng's side, and there was another person who had not retreated - this person was not an old servant who did not need to avoid taboos, but a man of eighteen or nineteen years old, with a tall figure, wearing a blue 'color' embroidered clothes, his eyebrows were flying, and there was a cloud-headed knife hanging from his waist.
The valve reads decency, and the 'waiters' around the sons and daughters are required to be as beautiful and outstanding as possible without taking away the master's demeanor. Originally, there were many handsome men in the surrounding 'guards', and no one noticed this person, but now that these people have retreated into the distance, the man in Tsing Yi is particularly eye-catching.
Although he stood behind Wei Changfeng, his expression was calm, his eyes did not squint, and he did not look at Song Zaishui or Wei Changying more, but Wei Changying still frowned, turned his head and asked Green Fang in a low voice: "Who is that?" Why didn't he leave when everyone else was gone? Why don't you understand the rules like this! β
The green room patronized and served Wei Changying, but he didn't notice that there was someone in the 'waiter' who didn't retreat, and saw that the man in green clothes was standing behind Wei Changfeng, very justifiable, suspicious that this person had always been Wei Changfeng's blue eyes, so that he was pampered and arrogant, and deliberately did not retreat, and Wei Changfeng knew that the two sisters were going to take off their hats, and they didn't scold him to go away, this is the master and servant are wrong.
However, Wei Changfeng has already tied his hair, he is not like a young child, and he was openly reprimanded by his sister or reprimanded by the 'waiter' close to him, and his face was not good-looking. Green Fang was afraid that Wei Changying would have a seizure, so he hurriedly said softly: "The maid goes and asks Xinli." β
Xinli is the head of Wei Changfeng's close envoy 'female', because Wei Changfeng did not use a hat, so he didn't have to make the 'female' serve, and now he is taking willow leaves, cherries, and apricots to the three envoys 'female' in sorting out the food box brought up the mountain, picking up Wei Changfeng's favorite fruit pastry, seeing the green room that was originally waiting for Wei Changying walking towards him, he was startled at first, but after listening, he smiled, whispered a few words to her, and the green room came back and told Wei Changying: "Miss, that's not an outsider, it's our Wei's children." β
Because there are many people in the Wei clan who have entered the Yan branch to serve as 'attendant' guards, and those who are more distant in blood, although they are also the same clan of the Wei clan in Fengzhou, except for some food and money allocated in the Nianjie clan, they are no different from outsiders. So the green room was busy and said, "It is the great-grandson of the elder brother of the old Jing Pinggong, named Wei Qing, it is said that a few years ago, because of an incident in the eyes of the lord, he was specially transferred to Ruiyu Hall and appointed the fifth prince to 'serve' the guard." β
Lao Jing Pinggong is the great-grandfather of Wei Changying's sister and brother, and the great-grandson of his brother-in-law, who happens to be the same generation as his sister and brother, and his great-grandfather is a brother - except for the current three branches of Ruiyutang, this relationship is the closest.
After hearing this, Wei Changying eased his complexion, glanced at Wei Qing again, and said, "This clan brother is very angry, has he always been by Changfeng's side?" I haven't heard of it. β
Lu Fang pursed his lips and chuckled: "Xu has always been in the front, never in the backyard?" β
"is not only the person that my grandfather fancies, but also the same clan, it is strange that he did not retreat, I think my grandfather told him not to stay too far." Wei Changying looked around, his eyes were full of green bamboos, and the wind was stirring, although he felt that there could be any danger here, but Wei Qing might just want this opportunity to show his loyalty?
She was no longer entangled in Wei Qing's affairs, and concentrated on drinking the agarwood drink in her hand.
At this time, Song Zaishui also returned to her, pointed to the agarwood drink that he had just taken out of the food box, and said, "Give me one too." β
Wei Changying was surprised: "Is my cousin optimistic?" β
"I'm not learning cursive, and it's not very good to write a book." Song Zaishui took a sip before he said lightly, "It's probably enough to look at it, and if you look at it more, you won't get any more benefits from it, so that it will progress by leaps and bounds." β
Mrs. Hengzhu Song said that what Song Zaishui wants to do when she travels in the past few days, as long as it is not unfavorable to her or the Wei family, it all depends on her, and Wei Changying said: "Then do you want to go to other places today?" For example......
Before she could cite the scenery she had prepared next, Song Zaishui was surprised: "I haven't gone to Mr. Zhushan's former residence yet!" β
"The hut is up there, but what's there to see there?" Wei Changying said in surprise, "It's just an ordinary thatched hut, similar to the one in our 'flower' garden." β
Song Zaishui wiped his cheeks with a handkerchief and said, "I just want to come and see this thatched house." β
"......" Wei Changying glanced at her speechlessly - in the past hundred years, people from all over the world have come to Xiaozhushan, although there is no shortage of people who have come to the thatched hut to remember Wei Bo's 'jade', but the first thing is to observe the inscription of "Zhushan Xiaoji", and Song Zaishui is the opposite!
However......
Mrs. Song said that she was able to indulge her niece and nephew only in the past few days before leaving the cabinet and in the Wei family.
Today, Song's request for water is understandable, even if it is absurd.
What's more, the people of Hengzhu are now in Xiaozhu Mountain.
In the past, the thatched hut where Weber 'Yu' lived was built near the top of the mountain. As Wei Changying said, this is just a very ordinary thatched house, with three yellow mud thatched huts lined up, which I think was the living place of Wei Bo's 'jade' back then.
And to the south of these three thatched huts, facing each other from the east and west, there is a narrow room connected by a cloister, which should be for servants and children. In front of the house stood a hedge, with morning glory 'flowers' wrapped around it, which had already opened and closed, wilting and hanging between the hedges.
There is a mountain spring next to the house, gurgling down, being led to a ditch to the side, is a vegetable bed. The vegetable furrow is not very big, but now there are still some vegetables and vegetables, Wei Changying, Song Zaishui, and Wei Changfeng are all ten fingers that do not touch the yang 'spring' water, although they are curious to see the vegetable furrow for the first time, and look at it for a long time, but they only recognize the eggplant that is bearing fruit, and the rest are a little unsure - the three cousins and brothers tacitly knew it, for fear of saying the wrong thing and making people laugh, so they turned their heads without mentioning a word of 'sex'.
Such a crowd of people will alarm the guards. Before a few people walked to the fence, they saw an old servant in Xuanyi coming out from behind the thatched hut, patting the dust on his body, and walking over quickly, because he saw the 'female' dependent, although Song Zaishui and Wei Changying had put on the hat, but the old servant still didn't dare to approach, stopped after seven or eight steps, and was about to speak, Wei Changfeng had already ordered: "The two sisters admire Mr. Zhushan's integrity and demeanor, and they are here to pay respects. β
Although the old servant has been staying in this hut for many years, he also knows the Wei Changfeng sisters and brothers who have been here, and knows that it is the 'meat' of the heart of the lord and the old lady, so he does not dare to slack off, and he salutes again, and respectfully says: "The old slave received the order of the fifth son, but although the house was cleaned early in the morning, the old slave was vulgar. β
"Got it, you go." Wei Changfeng nodded, the three of them traveled, the 'attendant' was like a cloud, and the people close to him were there, there was no reason to let this old servant come close to serve, and sent the old servant, Wei Changfeng turned to Song Zaishuidao, "Cousin, do you want to go into the house to see?" β
Song Zaishui stretched out his hand to hold the hat and said, "Let's go in and sit down." β
Her voice was slightly gasping - in the end, it was the eldest lady who was raised in the deep boudoir, this small bamboo mountain is not high, and the mountain path is gentle, but there are hundreds of steps along the stone steps to here, Wei Changfeng is a young man, Wei Changying has practiced martial arts since childhood, and his physical strength is much better than that of his younger brother - Song Zaishui was weaker than him.
Wei Changfeng noticed it and hurriedly ordered: "Go in and have a look." β
When the old servant was sent to guard the hut here, he ordered him to clean it every day so that dust would not accumulate in the house, and the old servant also said that he would clean it early in the morning. But Song Zaishui and Wei Changying are both extremely delicate people, and of course the cleaning of an old servant can't reassure them. Therefore, several ambassadors and 'women' led their mothers-in-law in and wiped the utensils again, and then came out to invite the three of them in.