Chapter 11: A Hundred Years on the Cliff

"The specific time is not to be studied, the approximate time is from Jiaqing to Daoguang, there is a court official sitting in a sedan chair passing by Yushan, with him, there is a famous Shandong Confucian. Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and the birthplace of Confucianism. For this reason, the Confucian scholars in Shandong have always looked down on the Confucian students in other provinces. It is precisely for this reason that the fellow Shandong Confucianism does not look down on the civil officials of the imperial court. It was about dog days, the time of the great sun. No one can stand such a hurry. Just past the Spirit Turtle Peak. There were many trees on the mountain, shady and windy, so both men proposed to rest on this mountain. The Shandong Confucian usually doesn't look down on the civil officials of the imperial court, so he takes this opportunity to make the imperial court officials ugly. The two of them took the mountain as the theme when they saw the mountain all the way, and the tree as the theme, and each fought poetry and wit. The civil officials of the imperial court are from a good background, so they naturally have some talents. Shandong Confucianism was born in the hometown of Confucius, and he is not bad. All the way down the poems and songs, it is actually comparable. Fighting all the way to the Linggui Temple, Shandong Confucianism did not give up, and the fighting poems were not divided into upper and lower, so they proposed to fight couplets. After getting it like this, the court officials were also a little angry. ”

"The imperial court official agreed, but he said a word, he said, 'It's okay to fight couplets, but I only come out of the upper couplet, if you have a couplet, then I am willing to lose, from now on, as long as you Shandong Confucianism is in the place, I will retreat." If you can't come out, I don't need you to retreat, I just need you to tell the talents in Shandong about today's events after you return to Shandong, and let them know that the talents in the world are not only in Shandong. ”

Both of them were angry, and as soon as the words came out, the matter mattered greatly. Shandong Confucianism is quite talented in the court, and as soon as these words come out, he represents all the Confucian students in Shandong. And once the imperial court official loses, he will not be able to save face in the future, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the court. Neither of them dared to speak easily, and they were both thinking about how not to lose this battle. ”

"That Shandong Confucian is also a talented person, and ordinary couplets must not be difficult for him. The officials of the imperial court were also impulsive, and they began to make difficulties when they spoke-what kind of couplet should be made, there was only one chance. He paced around the temple, thinking as he went. As I walked, I came to the railing of the cliff, well, that is the place. Under the cliff is the mighty river, and a strong wind blows up from the river and is hitting the imperial court officials. The imperial court officials were blown by the wind, and they suddenly had an idea in their hearts. ”

"'I've come out of the couplet, you listen to it' The imperial court official said, 'The wind is on the peak, the peak is in the wind, and the wind is moving

This is my upper link, and if you make a lower link, I will be willing to lose. The old monk pointed to the plaque on the left side of the temple gate and said, "Now, this is the couplet." This is very diao, a peak and a wind, the two have the same pronunciation, one moves, one does not move, this link wants to come out, it has to be two different things, and it can't be unrelated, it has to be related like the wind on the peak. ”

As soon as the upper link came out, Shandong Daru's face became ugly on the spot, and he thought about several lower links in his stomach, except for the neatness, but none of them had to meet these conditions at the same time. Shandong Daru's face was cloudy, and he finally sighed and bowed: "I admit defeat, and after returning to Shandong, I will fulfill my promise." ’”

"The imperial court officials also won this literary battle, and their minds were also opened up a lot. After Shandong Daru admitted defeat, he also apologized to Shandong Daru and admitted his mistakes, saying that he had done something too much and asked for his forgiveness. Shandong Daru also confessed again and again. It was not what the two hoped for to make such a fuss, and the two took advantage of the situation to step down, release their previous suspicions, and became friends in the DPRK and China. I heard that after the Beijing officials of the imperial court returned to the capital, they told the other Beijing officials in the court about this pair, and the literati in the court were also stumped, and no one came out of the couplet. A month after the imperial court officials left, someone in Beijing sent a letter to our Yushan County Order, saying that since the couplet was in Yushan, it had to be interpreted by the people of Yushan. As long as someone can come out of the next link, they can go to the county order to receive his stipend, enter the capital and become his disciple. ”

"In order to curry favor with the imperial court official, the county order surnamed Suo ordered someone to engrave the Shanglian on the cliff outside the Linggui Peak, so that the talents of the entire Jade Mountain would come to the right. All the talents of Yushan were called to the front of Linggui Peak by the county order, and there were a lot of them, but none of them could meet the requirements. At that time, there was a lot of uproar, but after a long time, it was over. After this, several emperors have been experienced, and the stone carvings on the cliff have long been blurred, but the Shanglian has been handed down later. There are a lot of talents in couplets, but there is no one who can come out. ”

"And what's the matter with this link?" asked a pilgrim, pointing to the plaque on the right.

In fact, it has only been more than ten years since this plaque was hung, and it has been about ten years since this pair of lower couplets came out. ”

"Ahh

"Ten years ago, a female pilgrim surnamed Li from the city brought a seven or eight-year-old child to Linggui Temple to make incense and make vows. That time, she was going home to save her family, with a very clever child. The boy wandered around, and when he saw the handwriting on the cliff side, he asked his mother what it was. I've seen a lot of this kind of thing, and I've been asked a lot of questions, so I went up and told them this story. When I was talking to his mother, the boy asked me, "What is a couplet, what should I pay attention to?" Why is this pair so difficult? I saw that the child was very pleasant, so I told him. After speaking, the child did not speak, but squatted near the railing I said, and looked at the river outside. This squatting was half a day, and his mother told him not to move. I had other things, so I didn't care about him. ”

"A pilgrim from another place asked me what the name of the river below was, and I told him that the river was called 'Bai Mao Chau', because there were rice fields upstream, and there was a lot of thatch, and no one harvested it, and in autumn it turned white and was washed into the river, hence the name. As soon as I said this, I heard the boy scream, and he had been squatting by the railing for most of the day, and he would suddenly jump up and rush at me, saying, 'I've found it, I've found the next link.' ”

I asked him what he had found, and he told me about the bottom half of the couplet. ”

The surrounding pilgrims all looked at the plaque on the right side of the temple gate, which read, 'Boat in the Continent, Boat in the Continent, Boat in the Continent'!

"Zhou Shangzhou is really a coincidence of the peak and the peak!! The pair of the imperial court officials came out of the couplet, and it took hundreds of years for people to make the next couplet, and it was from a seven or eight-year-old child, which is really incredible. It's a pity that he was born now, if he had been born hundreds of years earlier, he might have been accepted as a disciple by that imperial court official and become another imperial court official. However, such a child is only seven or eight years old and has such a spiritual surname, and his future must be limitless. The old monk sighed: "At that time, the temple decided to make this pair of lower couplets and upper couplets into vermilion lacquer plaques and hang them on both sides of the gate. ”

The pilgrims around were amazed and said it was incredible.

"Old monk, do you know which family that child is from Yushan?" asked a man among the pilgrims.

"I don't know about this monk," the old monk's brows twitched: "However, I wrote down the child's name, the child's surname is Lin, and his name is Lin Junxuan!"

"Ahh

Before the pilgrims could say anything, the old monk's eyes fell on the young man, and his heart moved, and he suddenly strode forward, put one hand together, and said, "This benefactor is so familiar......

"The master must have recognized the wrong person! Ruoyao is not early, let's go back. Lin Junxuan didn't wait for the old monk to finish speaking, and pulled Du Ruoyao down the mountain.

"What's the matter, old monk?" asked one of the pilgrims, who had guessed something.

The old monk just looked at the direction in which the young man and girl had left, and muttered to himself, "Strange, strange...... It's really like!" The old monk thought about the mother and son back then, and from the old monk, the old monk saw the shadow of the child back then, especially the pair of eyes, which looked like the child back then. - The boy himself had not said anything, he was eager to deny it, could it be......

Thinking of this, the old monk hurriedly chased out: "Donor, please stay!" Turning out of the mountain gate, the pair of young men and girls had long since disappeared, leaving only the old monk standing at the mountain gate in a daze. On the side of the stone road, the old Taoist priest heard about the events in the temple, and he was also stunned, and muttered for a while: "No wonder I think he is familiar!"

On the boulevard, Lin Junxuan pulled Du Ruoyao all the way out, Du Ruoyao ran for a while, and after running for a while, she circled around Lin Junxuan, and her little face was red with excitement: "He is also called Lin Junxuan, you are also called Lin Junxuan, is it you? Ah, are you doing it so fast? It must be a weak heart, I said it, right?--God, how did you grow up, it's amazing!"

Lin Junxuan didn't explain, seeing that Du Ruoyao was anxious, he just said: "It's time to eat, if you don't want to eat, go to Linggui Peak alone and have a look." ”

Du Ruoyao immediately closed her mouth: "Okay, I won't say it, okay, don't leave people alone in this kind of place." ”

The old monk and the fortune-telling Taoist priest were not mistaken, Lin Junxuan was the child back then......

Coming out of the Spirit Turtle Peak, the two drove to find a restaurant and had a simple lunch. For Miss Du, who had a delicious meal, this lunch was really hard to swallow. And Lin Junxuan has been thinking about it during lunch.

"I'll lend you your phone. Lin Junxuan put down the dishes and chopsticks and said to Miss Du, who was sitting opposite.

"What are you going to do? you won't have it, right?" said this, Du Ruoyao had already stretched out one hand and handed over her mini cartoon phone.

Lin Junxuan naturally wouldn't explain to her that he likes to be quiet, and he doesn't bring his mobile phone because he doesn't want to be found. After taking the mobile phone, Lin Junxuan dialed a number. Not long after, Li Yufan's voice rang on the phone.

"Hey, I'm Li Yufan, who are you?"

"Uncle, it's me!" Lin Junxuan said.

"Jun Xuan, you actually use a mobile phone, it's really rare!" Li Yufan's laughter came from the phone: "Well, you should have arrived in Yushan now, what's wrong? Why did you think of calling me?"

"I want to ask you, do you know anything about Taigong?" Lin Junxuan asked.

"Taigong?" was stunned for a moment, Li Yufan reacted, this Taigong is naturally relative to Lin Junxuan, to him, it is a grandfather, after a moment of silence, Li Yufan asked, "How did you think of asking about this?"

"Uncle, how much do you know about Taigong's affairs?"

"It's not clear, your uncle and I haven't seen your grandfather since I was born, not only me, but your mother shouldn't have seen it either. Li Yufan said: "I should have passed away very early." ”

"Uncle, do you know if your grandfather has any living relatives?" Lin Junxuan asked again, his grandfather and grandmother had both passed away, so it was naturally impossible to ask them.

"Relative?......" There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then he said: "I remember, your grandfather also has a younger sister, you should call her aunt, she married to Caoshui Village, and has a pair of children under her knees. Not long ago, I heard that her two daughters wanted to take her to live in the city, but the old man was ** ten, and after living in the mountains for a long time, he got used to it and didn't want to live in the city. I don't know if it's still there, I'll look for that number, talk to their family, and say you're here, and let them help entertain you. ”

"What's Grandma's name?"

"If you go, remember to bring something for us, and I'll go back with your mother next week." It's been so long, and it's time to go see her old man. ”

"Well," hung up the phone, Lin Junxuan returned the phone to Li Ruoyao, and the two of them settled the bill, stopped the car and returned directly to the hotel ......;