Chapter 34 Old Stories of Taiping Bridge
"Alas! I don't know the origin very well, but this pavilion was built by Ma Zhenren of your Xuanwu Temple under the guidance of my grandfather. The purpose is not to look good and shelter from the rain, but to suppress things down there. ”
"Oh? Can you tell us about that? Ma Zhenren is my master, listen to my master, his old man went out to travel earlier, and he has not returned, so he must have been feathered outside, so I haven't heard about it. ”
"Then you came to visit me, a mentally ill old man, today probably not because you wanted to listen to nonsense, right?"
"To tell you the truth, there is a bizarre matter that needs to be solved now, and it has something to do with this Changyuan Pavilion, so I want to investigate it clearly."
"Is there something wrong with the new antique tower? I think I've heard that it's useless and people will die.
You see, I told them not to push the kiosk, but they didn't listen and called me mentally ill. I'm not mentally ill, I'm not crazy, they're mentally ill.
…… Huh? Who are you? Raiding the house again? I don't have anything in my house, so what are I copying?
Get lost! Get out! You've smashed my house clean, and you want to force me to death! ……”
"Bang Bang"
"Dad? Father? Why are you sick again? ”
"I'm not sick. Hurry up and get out, and smash me to fight with you again. ”
“……,……”
"Oh, sir, let's go, let's go. I can't ask you, he's emotionally unstable, he is crazy when he says crazy, and he will scratch people for a while. If you want to ask, ask someone to go!
Dad, come, put this down, he's either here to raid the house, or to ask something. ”
"......,......" (noisy sound)
"Bang!" (sound of the door closing)
"I'm sorry, I really didn't expect this, this is for you."
"What's this?"
"Tomorrow afternoon, let your father swallow this date pit."
"What does it do?"
"There are runes engraved on it, which can calm the nerves and restore the mind."
"Oh, you put it there!"
The tape is blank here for a few seconds.
"16 September 1997
According to Old Man Li's description, there must be a reason why the master guided the construction of Changyuan Pavilion back then. The whereabouts of the master are unknown now, and I need to ask the older generation of uncles. ”
The tape is blank for a few seconds.
"Rustling ......"
"Uncle Liu, my nephew has always asked you about something, I don't know if you are free?"
"Huh? What's the matter, Xinzhou. ”
"Do you know Changyuan Pavilion?"
"Changyuan Pavilion? The one at the Pacific Bridge? Oh, it's called Peach Blossom Ferry now, is there something wrong? ”
"Something happened. I'm going to deal with it, but I don't know much about the origin of the pavilion.
Yesterday I met a person who knew the inside story, but his mind was up and down, and I could only understand that his grandfather built the pavilion according to his master's instructions, so I thought you might know something. ”
“…… Alas! Where did this pavilion come from...... Now I'm afraid that except for you, uncle and me, no one in this world knows anymore.
When Master asked people to build a pavilion, my brothers and I were present, but ...... Forget it, let's talk about it first, how many died in this incident? ”
"The pavilion is gone, and there is an antique tower built on it, and now four of them are dead. That thing will continue to hurt people, and it has a grudge against the tower, and it will die three times a year before it stops. ”
“…… The pavilion is gone? …… Alas! Days......... The number of days!
You sit down first. ”
"Smack~!" The third tape was played on side A.
"Rustling ......"
"This incident is an old incident that happened in the Guangxu period.
Where do you start...... Belch...... Let's start with the young talent Gu Wanzhi.
This Gu Wanzhi is not very old, and his family is also wealthy, but he can't bear his father's big smoke, and the family gradually declines.
In order to study better, he went to a distant relative on his mother's side. This relative of his family lives in Weijiazhuang around the capital, and his family has a big business, rich and powerful.
Gu Wanzhi defected to the past, and his relatives also took him in, but not because of the meager blood relationship between them, but because he fell in love with his talents, because at that time, few people were so young that they were admitted to Xiucai and won the first exam.
His relatives have a younger son named Wei Minzheng, who is also very smart, and is the same age as Gu Wanzhi, and he has also passed the birth, but he is not as powerful as Gu Wanzhi to get the first place in the exam.
His relatives want Gu Wanzhi and his youngest son to be companions, support and promote, and urge each other to gain fame and become an official in the future.
In this way, the two young people studied together, ate and lived inseparably.
As for this Gu Wanzhi, not only has she just learned, but also has a good appearance, with red lips and white eyebrows, and over time, Wei Minzheng has a different kind of feelings for her, and Gu Wanzhi does not have too much rejection of Wei Minzheng's thoughts, just like that, the two young people ...... There is a feeling of broken sleeves.
Although this kind of affection is not recognized by the world, the two of them are also sincere, otherwise they would not have such deep resentment in the future.
This kind of thing between the two of them can't be put on the table, so the two of them have kept this secret, but it has not affected their enthusiasm for fame.
In this way, in the past few years, they participated in the township examination together and won the examination, and lived up to expectations to obtain Xie Yuan and Yayuan respectively, and the family affairs arranged by the family for the two talented sons were pushed again and again by them on the grounds of fame or distraction.
After another three years, the Spring Pavilion was held in Beijing, that is, the examination, and the two entered Beijing with confidence.
And the day before the scientific examination was entered, Wei Minzheng's personal scholar suddenly gave him a letter, saying that it was given by his father Wei Guofu, asking him to review his posture before the exam, and let him read it, and don't discuss it with anyone, not even Gu Wanzhi.
Wei Minzheng was very strange, when he opened the letter and saw that it was actually a topic, he didn't think much about it, thinking that his father just wanted him to warm up, and he didn't listen to his father's instructions, so he told Gu Wanzhi about the topic that night, and wanted to argue one or two on this topic.
After Gu Wanzhi saw the topic, she had a deep insight, and with the righteousness of the scriptures she had learned, it didn't take long for her to explain the meaning of the scriptures according to the topic, but Wei Minzheng's was slightly inferior.
Wei Minzheng had to admire Gu Wanzhi's talent and learning, and had this opinion on this topic, he thought that Gu Wanzhi would definitely enter the first class, and he couldn't even answer this kind of warm-up question well, showing a trace of worry.
Gu Wanzhi felt that Wei Minzheng's answer to that question was also very exciting, but the use of the eight strands of style was a little lacking and needed to be revised, and he thought that they were actually comparable, but there was only one first place in each session, and he was just lucky.
Wei Minzheng felt a little warm in his heart, knowing that Gu Wanzhi was comforting himself, so he unconsciously laughed, saying that even if he was fluent in style, he was not as good as Gu Wanzhi's answer, so if the exam question was the same as this question tomorrow, he asked Gu Wanzhi if he would give up what he answered, so that he could pass the addiction of being the first.
Neither of them knew that this casual joke had changed their lives.
Gu Wanzhi didn't think about it at the time and said that he would give up the answer, although it was a joke, he could also show his sincerity, Wei Minzheng was very moved, and with affection, he said to Gu Wanzhi that he would never marry in his life, and it was none other than you.
The candidates who were going to take the exam that night didn't know how well they slept, but Wei Minzheng already had some hope for the future, and he thought that after the examination was famous, no matter who could enter the palace examination, they would be able to support each other independently, so that they would grow old together for the rest of their lives.
However, the things of the world are really unpredictable.
The next day, all the candidates entered the Gongyuan Hall and began the examination for nine days and six nights.
The moment Wei Minzheng opened the test paper, he was dumbfounded.
He didn't know why the test questions were really the same as the one in his father's letter, but after thinking about it, he realized that his father must have used some means to know the questions in advance.
He calmed down for a moment, and as if nothing had happened, he made a slight modification to the answer according to what he had done last night.
And the moment Gu Wanzhi saw the title, she was completely stunned.
He didn't know why the exam questions were leaked, and the person who leaked them was actually the person he loved deeply. And he had already done this last night, and when he thought of Wei Minzheng's joke, he instantly felt that the world was spinning.
He was confused for a while, but then he thought that leaking the exam questions was a big crime, and if the East Window incident happened, Wei Minzheng and he would not be able to escape.
He didn't dare to imagine that Wei Minzheng was using him, he believed that Wei Minzheng just wanted to share the topic so that he could also get good grades.
But in this way, the answers of the two will have a certain risk of the same, so Gu Wanzhi was afraid that something would happen to Wei Minzheng, so in order to be more proper, he wrote another article, but it was far less than what he did the night before, and this panic disrupted many of his thoughts, so Bagu wrote in a mess and played abnormally.
In this way, the exam ended in nine days and six nights, Gu Wanzhi was exhausted because of something in his heart, and the weather changed, which made him suffer from some cold, and he fainted before he saw Wei Minzheng as soon as he walked out of the examination room.
When he woke up, he was already lying in the inn, and there was no one around.
He found that Wei Minzheng's package was still there, but the person was missing. At first, he was still a little angry, thinking that Wei Minzheng couldn't explain and didn't dare to face himself so he didn't come back, but then he disappeared after two days, and he was worried for a while.
After three days like this, Wei Minzheng never returned, and the Wei family did not report any letter to him, at this time Gu Wanzhi felt that something was wrong, so he dragged his sick body outside to look for inquire, but heard that Wei Minzheng was taken away by his father as soon as he left the examination room that day.
Although Gu Wanzhi was puzzled, he was also relieved, and at the same time thought that this change must be related to the missing question, so he went back to the inn, thinking that he would quickly recover from his illness and go back to Wei's house to have a look.
But what he didn't expect was that his wind and cold disease caused a cough, and no one took care of him, which made his condition aggravated a lot. In this way, he actually stayed in the inn for more than half a month, and he was almost waiting for the list to be released.
Gu Wanzhi felt that he couldn't delay it any longer, he had to go back to the Wei family to see, he wanted to know if Wei Minzheng had an accident, otherwise in the past half a month, Wei Minzheng didn't look for him, and he didn't care about his life or death, he needed Wei Minzheng to give him an explanation, he hoped that nothing would happen to him.
So Gu Wanzhi dragged her sick body and hurried back. Fortunately, the Wei family is not far from the capital.
Gu Wanzhi used the last bit of plate to hire a donkey cart, and he was about to arrive at Weijiazhuang, but he overheard that the capital had already released the apricot list, and the little master of the Wei family won the Huiyuan and entered the first class, and he saw that he was the candidate for the top prize in the golden branch, but the young master Gu of the Wei family, who was optimistic about him, unexpectedly fell off the list, which was very embarrassing.
Gu Wanzhi was happy at first when he heard it, but he suddenly couldn't help but feel sad, but he had already expected this result when he left the examination room, so he was mentally prepared.
But what he couldn't figure out was that the thing he was worried about missing didn't happen, and Wei Minzheng also hit the list, why did he abandon him and leave him in the inn for so many days, not looking for it?
At this time, a lot of emotions were mixed together, Gu Wanzhi was unbearable for a while, spit blood, and her body couldn't support it.
But he still gritted his teeth, thinking that Wei Minzheng would explain it to him personally.
He forced his spirit, and when he arrived at the door of the Wei family's house, he was stopped by the servants, and the familiarity of the past suddenly became strange, as if he had never been in the Wei family.
Gu Wanzhi understood that something big had happened, so she begged her subordinates to let him in and let him separate from the Wei family master and the little young master.
But no matter how much he pleaded, he did not open the door to him. ”