Although it is a village house outside the city, it gathers the civil and military of half of the dynasty, and I don't know how many noble and famous people.

People carry gifts of medicinal herbs and stand guard outside the door.

Almost blocked the road in the village.

"Plop Plop ......"

A swallow flew over and landed on the eaves.

The Taoist walked with a bamboo cane and a brocade bag, and a girl who was also carrying a blanket.

I faintly heard the voices of people talking.

"If there is no Yu Gong to establish the Yizhuang School and open the door widely, how can I get ahead?"

"Yu Gong worshiped the prime minister for ten years, for the official integrity, has always been upright, the court demon is in charge, all rely on Yu Gong's support, this year Yu Gong resigned, only a few months, the government has been stirred into a miasma......"

"Gong Yu should get better soon!"

"There is no successor to the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs......"

"The heavens must open their eyes......"

"Student ......"

The Taoist stood at the back of the crowd, still a short distance from the end of the crowd, and also looked at the old mansion.

I had already heard a loud cry coming from the house.

"Yu Gong, please."

The Taoist also said to the house.

Then stand still and wait patiently.

Suddenly, there was a loud cry inside, some people shouted for their father, some people sang the hour loudly, but before three hours, whether it was in the courtyard outside the house or on the road outside the courtyard, everyone immediately understood when they heard it, so there were people in front of the house and behind the house who hid their faces and wept, and there was a cry of grief.

"Squeak......

As soon as the door opened, everyone outside the mansion rushed inside, scrambling to see Yu Gong for the last time.

Yet some of them walked out.

is the only retrograde.

The person who came was full of white hair like snow, his beard was also gray, he was dressed in plain clothes, his face was as usual, and he looked a little like the style of the past, and he looked calm, walked slowly, carefully avoided everyone, and carefully looked at everyone who was hurrying in, or waiting at the door with insufficient self-esteem, as if he wanted to see everyone again and remember it deeply.

The sun was shining outside the door, but it didn't burn him.

"Alas......"

With a sigh, he walked out of the gate of the old mansion completely.

When he stopped and looked up, he saw a Taoist in the distance.

Salute first, walk briskly, and salute again.

"I've seen you, sir."

Yu Jianbai said with a slight turn, and then faced the girl in three-color clothes next to him: "This is Sanhua Niangniang, right?" ”

"That's right!"

"I've seen the three flower girls."

"Sanhua Niangniang has also seen you."

The girl also raised her hand and bent down, quietly looking at him, and returning the salute in the same way as he did.

"You're polite." The Taoist also returned the salute and pointed to the swallow on the eaves, "This is the descendant of An Qing Yanxian, named Yan'an." ”

"Oh......"

Yu Jianbai hurriedly saluted the eaves again.

The swallow also bowed its head in return.

"Is there anything else that Yu Gongke hasn't explained? I can convey it on my behalf below. ”

"There's not much to explain, it's already clear in a few words. If you want to explain anything else, even if you give it another ten years, you can't explain it. Yu Jianbai sighed, "I only sigh that the old man is stupid, he doesn't have the ability of the eldest Yuanzi Guoshi, and he can't recast the glory of the first emperor for Dayan, but it makes the world more and more chaotic, and the dynasty is in turmoil." ”

"Yu Gong is vain. During the period of the first emperor, Dayan was prosperous and strong, but it was not only the support of the national teacher, but also the shrewd and capable of the first emperor when he was young, and the current situation had already flowed here, and now the emperor of Dayan listened to and believed partially, not as good as the first emperor when he was young, and the national teacher Miaohuazi played with power, and liked to form a party for personal gain, coupled with the flow of the times, the contradictions in various places were serious, and the fortunes of Dayan had declined, and Yu Gong was just a prime minister who could not be said in the court, and it was too difficult to turn things around by himself. ”

The Taoist paused as he spoke, and looked at the courtyard in front of him: "Many people here are not protégés of Yu Gong's henchmen, but they have also come here, and Yu Gong's achievements in this life have long been in the hearts of the world." ”

"Alas......"

Yu Jianbai still sighed: "Mr. is an immortal, and there is no way to turn the tide and support the building to collapse?" ”

"The rise and fall of dynasties is a common thing and cannot be avoided. It has been more than 200 years since the founding of the Great Yan Dynasty, and it should have come to an end decades ago, but it is just the continuation of the ancestor's forcible behavior. The Taoist turned around and took a step towards the beginning of the road, and said as he walked, "The unprecedented prosperity and strength of the first emperor period are destined to be only a brief return. ”

"I only sigh that the dynasty has changed, the world is in chaos, and the people are about to be displaced again." Yu Jianbai sighed and said, "The world is really like this, prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer." ”

"Yu Gong is really for the people."

"Yu wants to ask Mr.-"

"Gong Yu, please speak up."

"Sir is a god and a master, can you know that there are times when people in the world are not suffering? Is there a dynasty that will never fall? ”

"I'm not a god, I'm not omniscient." Song You first shook his head, and then replied, "The chaos in the world lies in the hearts of the people. People's hearts are complicated, I am afraid that there is no time when the people are not bitter, there must be a time when the people are not so bitter, I am afraid that a dynasty that will not fall for eternity is rare, but it is easy to have a more long-term dynasty. ”

"When will that be and what will it be......

Yu Jianbai froze in place, his eyes were in a trance, and he couldn't help but show a look of longing and puzzlement.

"Yu Gong is now a god, it is for the palace of the underworld, when Yizhou Washe chatted, Yu Gong said that immortality, not old is not good Yu Gong is old at this time, as for the same life of heaven and earth, the same life of the sun and the moon and thousands of years are difficult to do, but as long as Yu Gong is good to do, no accident will happen, probably it can be long." Song You said, "Then ask Yu Gong to see for himself when the time comes." ”

"See for yourself......"

Yu Jianbai was stunned for a moment, but his eyes lit up.

"It's the future."

The Taoist still said calmly.

At this time, a team of Yin Gods has appeared next to it, there are a lot of them, both civil and military, except for the guards on the front and back periphery, the civil officials are wearing solemn official robes, and the military generals are wearing armor and a layer of red robes, I don't know where they came from, and the pomp is quite large.

When he saw Yu Jianbai and the Taoist, he was shocked and hurriedly saluted them.

"I've seen you, sir.

"I've seen the palace king.

"We are the Yin officials of the second hall of the underworld, and we are here to welcome Yu Dianjun to take office."

Yu Jianbai was obviously stunned.

The Taoist is with it.

"Thank you, but Yu Gong is an old acquaintance many years ago, and he owes him a gift, and now that he is dead, I will send him to the underworld."

"Benyi Immortal Master ......"

"Everyone, please come back."

"Retire."

Many of the underworld officials retreated again.

"The underworld is just beginning, everything is to be new, except for King Yue Shenjun as the ghost emperor, the underworld temporarily has three halls, in charge of the affairs of the underworld. The second hall is in charge of rewards and punishments, if there is good, there will be rewards, and if there is a fault, there must be a person who is upright and upright and has made merits to the world as the palace king, Yu Gong has always been upright and upright, and he is dedicated to the people in the second half of his life, which is naturally a position reserved for Yu Gong. ”

Song You then continued:

"After Yu Gong left, he was no longer a human being, he was both a yin official and a ghost and a god.

"The yin official gods of the underworld are more special than the gods in the sky, and after that, during the tenure of Duke Yu, you will meet many people, maybe there will be Miao Huazi, the national teacher of the dynasty, maybe there will be the current emperor, maybe there will be old friends and opponents in the former officialdom, maybe there will be former wives, children, families, nephews and grandchildren.

"When everyone arrives in the underworld, the mortal identity has to fade, whether it was an emperor or a general, or a dignitary, everything starts from the beginning, this is the great equality between life and death.

"Even if he is an emperor in the world, when he arrives in the underworld, he is just an ordinary ghost, who only looks at good and evil deeds, not status.

"Duke Yu also has to let go of his mortal identity and friendship, and he is as usual.

"If you are embarrassed, just avoid it.

"Send Yu Gong to the next person."

Yu Jianbai listened until the last sentence, and then he said, "Mr. Lao is tired of running this trip." ”

"Eighteen years ago, outside Yizhou City, Yu Gong's farewell feelings, we have always remembered it." The Taoist rubbed the head of the girl next to him, and found that the height was no longer as comfortable as before, "This time it is a major event for Yu Gong to live and die as a god, so I just came to repay Yu Gong's friendship." ”

The girl didn't look up, but she would.

So he looked left and right, and saw that the village was empty, and most of them were rushing to the Yu family's old house, so he put his hand into the blanket and felt a small flag.

"Canopy ......"

A crane spreads its wings behind Bamboo Mountain.

"This ......"

Yu Jianbai looked up stunned.

"Didn't Gong Yu always yearn for the immortal path in the first half of his life? I asked Yu Gong to take the crane to go, go to Fengzhou, there are thousands of miles, just to see the mountains and rivers that Yu Gong has protected for more than ten years. ”

The Taoist made a gesture of invitation to him.

The crane also leaned down.

Yu Jianbai stared at the crane in a daze, his eyes flickering.

It seems that he did think of Yu Jianbai many years ago, and remembered Yu Jianbai's yearning for immortal cultivation, spells and immortality in his heart many years ago, but that was already the first half of his life.

In the second half of his life, he woke up, the immortal road was ethereal, and immortality was hard to find, so he swept away the romantic and decadent, dedicated to the people, and in the past 18 years, he did the prime minister of Dayan from Yizhou Zhizhou, and saw that Dayan was prosperous for a while, experienced the alternation of imperial power and rebellion, and saw the decline and decline of Dayan with his own eyes, and he was worried every day.

Eighteen years are only in a trance, and people are old.

But he didn't expect that eighteen years later, Yu Jianbai, who had no intention of immortal dao, became the king of the underworld.

After a person dies, he abandons his remnants, and his light spiritual heart seems to become lighter, and for a while, he sees the huge crane in front of him, as if he has returned to the past.

In the past, Yu Jianbai's obsession with pursuing and begging for many years without being able to do so rejuvenated a little bit of vitality in his heart.

So he stepped forward and went straight to the crane.

The Taoist followed.

"Whoa......

The crane stood up, making him almost unsteady.

"Fly away by crane, and the world can see it?"

"Duke Yu is already the king of the underworld, destined to be famous in the world, praised in the mouths of the people, and is it not a good thing to be seen to ride a crane after death?"

"Woo ......"

The crane spread its wings, raised its neck, and let out a long cry that shook the sky, and then ran a few steps, and easily rode the wind into the sky.

All the wind came and the clothes were full.

The earth grew smaller before my eyes, and it took on a form that I had never seen before.

"Haha! Hurry, hurry! ”

Yu Jianbai couldn't help but laugh out loud.

There is no rampant when I was young, I can't swing my sleeves wildly and get up and shout, but I also have all kinds of pride and joy in my heart.

"The living are passers-by, the dead are returnees, heaven and earth are reversible, and the same sorrow is eternal!"

The loud voice is accompanied by the crane chirping, and it goes away with the wind.

Mountains and rivers in the world, all in front of you.

……

The people who were originally grieving and crying in the old houses in the villages below stopped one after another, and the people who were originally crowded in front of the hospital bed in Yu Jian's white room also came out, standing in the courtyard or outside the house, raising their heads, watching the huge cranes in the distance waving their wings, riding the wind and passing through the clouds, not knowing where to go.

"Immortals! What a fairy! ”

"An auspicious omen!"

"Yu Gong is really virtuous!"

"There's someone on the crane!"

"I'm afraid that the gods are coming to pick up Yu Xiang!"

“……”

The children of the Yu family had dull expressions, and then they realized that what their father said on the hospital bed was neither an open-minded word to comfort them, nor a nonsense in a daze of illness, but true.

Some people talked about it and whispered, saying that they had seen a Taoist outside the door before, bringing a girl, and they were quite out of the dust. Someone else said that just now, before entering the door, he saw the Taoist standing far away from the person, behaving quite strangely, as if he was saluting and talking to the ghost.

Liu Changfeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, personally asked what the man and the girl looked like, and the official replied respectfully, and Liu Changfeng stopped talking after listening.

The children of the Yu family also remembered at this time, and they seemed to have heard that when their father was in Yizhou as the governor, he was enlightened by a Taoist, and then when he chatted with Liu Shangshu, he also talked about this immortal master several times.

(End of chapter)