Chapter 4 second quarter
Even after five months, Shi Yue still clearly remembered that he followed the straight road from Dailou Gate to the north, and entered the inner city through the "Xin Gate".After that, I walked for a while and stopped outside the famous Kaifeng Mansion, then walked eastward along an east-west imperial street with a width of more than 200 steps and neatly built with bricks and stones. The stone bridge of "Zhouqiao" passed through another place called "Tushizi". After walking for a long time, a large temple came into view.
Shi Yue saw that willow trees were planted all over the temple wall. Although it was snowing heavily, pilgrims still came in and out, horses and horses kept coming and going, and countless shops outside the temple were still open for business. What I saw along the way was the most prosperous place. Imagine how lively this place is when the weather is usually fine—how did he know that this place was the most prosperous place in the world at that time—he couldn’t help secretly marveling, and quickly raised his head and looked towards the gate of the temple.Seeing this, Shi Yue couldn't help saying "Ah" in his heart: "So this is the Daxiangguo Temple where Lu Zhishen pulled the willow tree!" Aroused curiosity, Shi Yue raised his legs and walked towards the temple.
This Daxiangguo Temple was originally the residence of Lord Xinling during the Warring States Period. In the Song Dynasty, it became a place for the royal family to worship Buddha. The temple was full of rich and noble monks. foreign friends.With a big backing like the royal family, this temple was built incomparably brilliant and magnificent.Among them, the towers, halls and pavilions, Zhulanyuhu, painted pillars and carved beams, are no different from palaces.In the middle of the road with white stones, both sides are covered with green pines and cypresses. At this time, everything is covered with snow. In the hall behind the jade trees and Qiongzhi, the melodious sound of bells and chimes can be faintly heard.
Shi Yue strolled into the Daxiong Hall.In such a snowy day, there are still more than a dozen monks chanting scriptures and Buddha, and some good men and women are praying devoutly.Sakyamuni watched these mortal beings with a smile, as if he could see through all the sufferings in this world.Shi Yue, who has always held the belief of "respecting ghosts and gods and staying away", could not help but kneel down amidst the curling cigarettes and muttering Sanskrit sounds, respectfully kowtowed three times, and prayed in a low voice: "Buddha, you have to help Help me, where did I come from, you old man is very merciful, so send me back to where..."
Several pilgrims looked at Shi Yue curiously, not knowing what this oddly dressed strange man was talking about.Shi Yue didn't care about their eyes at all, but sincerely looked at the golden statue of Sakyamuni in the center of the Daxiong Hall.The Buddha still smiled kindly, as if he was laughing at Shi Yue for not burning incense, and hugging Buddha's feet temporarily, and seemed to be encouraging Shi Yue for something.He was hesitating whether to continue to say something to the Buddha, when he suddenly heard a "gurgling" in his stomach, and then he remembered that he had been walking in the snow for a whole morning.
Shi Yue touched his pocket subconsciously. There were only a few hundred yuan in his pocket, and nothing else.Thinking of the many characters in the novels who brought countless equipment back to ancient times, compared with the embarrassment of having nothing, he could only sigh with a wry smile, kowtowed to Sakyamuni, and quietly exited the Mahavira Hall.In any case, starvation is not a decent way to die, and starvation in prayer is even less respectable.
Shi Yueqiang endured the hunger and wandered around the Daxiangguo Temple, thinking about how he would make a living in the future.Daxiangguo Temple covers an area of more than 500 mu and has more than 60 Buddhist temples, which can be said to be extremely large in scale.Shi Yue thought as he walked, walked through the wall and the courtyard, he didn't know where he was, but he didn't think of any way to make a living.
After walking another fifty or sixty steps like this, the winding path turned around several times, when suddenly a smell of wine came to his nostrils, which lured Shi Yue into a frenzy of hunger.He raised his head and looked around, only to see a pool in front of him, with dozens of sparse plum trees planted beside the pool. His spirit lifted.There were four or five people sitting in a circle, drinking wine in the snow. The bamboo hats and coir raincoats on their bodies were covered with a thick layer of snow. It's a few snowmen.The aroma of the wine came from there!
This is also the first time that Shi Yue saw someone with such an elegant spirit, half curious, half lured by the smell of wine, he walked towards that side unconsciously.He purposely put his foot down, stepped on the snow with the sound of "click", "click", and got closer, and sure enough, those people followed the prestige and looked over.Only then did Shi Yue see clearly that those were all young Confucian scholars, five of them in total.He imitated what he saw on TV, clasped his fists and said in a loud voice: "I'm disturbing everyone." Those people also quickly stood up, and said politely: "It's okay." The five people saw that although Shi Yue had a handsome appearance, he seemed to be a scholar , but the attire is so strange, I can't help being very curious.
One of them seemed to be very forthright, and immediately invited him: "We are destined to meet each other. If you have nothing else to do, why don't you drink wine and enjoy the flowers together, so that you can live up to the beautiful scenery!"
Although Shi Yue wanted it in his heart, he didn't want to be underestimated by others. He was a calm person by nature, so his face remained calm, and he just said lightly: "There are so many disturbances."
The five people saw that he had an extraordinary demeanor during the conversation, and they were even more secretly amazed in their hearts, so they gave way to Shi Yue, and a little boy who came out of nowhere gave him more wine.After walking for half a day, Shi Yue felt hungry and cold, so he was not polite. He took a sip of the wine, but felt that the taste of the wine was very light. He knew that the wine in ancient times was like this, so he didn't judge it, but there was a little bit in his stomach after all. Turn on the heat.Those few people saw that he was bold, so they filled another glass for him.
Shi Yue didn't want to drink this cup.He thought to himself: the so-called "relying on friends when going out", in his current situation, if he didn't make a few friends in ancient times, it would definitely be difficult to gain a foothold.At the moment, while thinking in his mind, while wandering around, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a small pot a dozen steps away, and on the small case in front of them, each had a bamboo stick like a short arrow, and a book boy was holding a pen and inkstone in his hand. , another book boy was holding a stack of paper in his hand, and there was still handwriting on the paper.His heart moved, and he immediately thought of a game of the ancients - throwing pots.It was a game where several people threw those bamboo sticks into the pot in turn, and if they missed, they would be punished with wine or poems—at this time, let alone poems, they would undoubtedly be punished.Shi Yue's eyes rolled, and he immediately took care of it.Pointing to the stacks of poems, he spoke Kaifeng mandarin with a strange accent, and said with a faint smile, "My dear friends, are you singing about Xue or Mei?"
The five of them looked at each other and smiled, and the scholar who had been invited earlier replied, "I just laughed, we are Yongmei."
Shi Yue nodded slightly, stood up, pondered for a while, pointed to a plum blossom tree, and chanted loudly: "This body in the ice and snow forest is different from peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust. Suddenly, the fragrance spreads out overnight, and it spreads into the universe and thousands of miles of spring."
This poem was originally written by Wang Mian, a famous poet in the late Yuan Dynasty. It was originally a famous poem by Yongmei. Shi Yue had a good memory, and he always remembered these poems very well.
Those five people were all "dejiejuren" who came to Beijing to take part in the provincial examination (Ministry of Rites Examination). If you pass the test, the emperor will preside over the palace test.These five people have passed the examination. Among the scholars of the Song Dynasty, although they are not top-notch, they are all outstanding scholars from each prefecture and state.The scholar who invited Shi Yue to drink was Tang Di, whose name was Yifu, and he was a Juren from Chengdu Mansion; A very reserved scholar named Chen Yuanfeng, whose style name is Lushan, is a Juren from Fujian; the other two are biological brothers, the honest one is the elder brother, named Chai Guiyou, named Jingchu, and the clever one is the younger brother, named Chai Guiyi, named Jingzhong.The five people gathered poems here today, one is to appreciate the snow and plum blossoms, and the other is to look auspicious-after passing the Jinshi examination, all Jinshi will sign their names at Daxiangguo Temple.Unexpectedly, because of this, he met Shi Yue.When Tang Di and others met Shi Yue for the first time, it was only out of curiosity. Unexpectedly, this man uttered poems with a lofty style, and they were all shocked.Tang Di hurriedly got up, and said: "This body in the ice and snow forest is different from peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust! It is admirable to have a broad mind. Under Tang Di, Caozi Yifu, dare not ask Gao's name?"
Among the five, Shi Yue liked this man with thick eyebrows and big eyes the most. When he saw Tang Di asking him, he secretly called out "ashamed", and said with a smile, "I'm overwhelmed. I'm under Shi Yue, and the word Ziming is good." He thought of a word casually. , but I don’t know that most of the ancients’ “names” and “characters” echo each other.Fortunately, everyone was overwhelmed by Wang Mian's poems he stole. Although they felt strange in their hearts, they were afraid that he would draw out some allusions that they didn't know, which would make them appear ignorant, so they didn't dare to say anything. Get up and introduce yourself respectfully.
When young people get together, there is no class distinction, so it is easy to get acquainted with each other.Coupled with the fact that both parties were willing to marry each other, it didn't take long before they seemed like friends they hadn't seen for many years.
Everyone was drinking and talking. After several rounds of drinking, they were all slightly drunk. Tang Diyin said with a smile: "Ziming just wrote a song "White Plum", and I took it to visit Ouyang Gong, and I am also a guest at the seat."
Li Dunmin also responded: "Even if I go to see Da Su, I can see him."
Chen Yuanfeng shook his head, and said with a smile: "If you are good at learning, you will be an official. Now that Wang Xianggong is in power, he is thirsty for talents and recruits new people. Instead of going to see Ouyang Gong and Da Su, it is better to go to see Wang Xianggong."
Shi Yue naturally knew that the "Ouyang Gong", "Da Su", and "Wang Xianggong" they were referring to were Ouyang Xiu, Su Shi, and Wang Anshi, all of whom were well-known figures among the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties.It was only natural for the ancients to bring poems to meet their predecessors in order to support them, but how did they know that Shi Yue was just plagiarizing the poems of "descendants" for his own use!Although it is said that Wang Mian will not be born for hundreds of years, he still cannot help being uneasy. How dare he go to the eight great families of Tang and Song Dynasties to deceive the world and steal his name?At this moment, Shi Yue almost broke out in a cold sweat when he heard their chattering introductions.
The crowd didn't know what was on his mind, so Li Dunmin smiled at him and said, "How? Ziming, have you decided who to see?"
Fortunately, Shi Yue was quite quick-witted, and a flash of light flashed in his mind, thinking of Lu You's famous article, and secretly said: "I've used Wang Mian's too, and it doesn't matter if I borrow Lu You's." Before the age of 10, I also filled in a que "Ode to Plum" and sent it to..." As he said, he got up, broke off a branch of white plum, turned back to the table, tapped the wine table, and murmured in a low voice: "The post is broken. Beside the bridge, loneliness leaves no one. It’s dusk and I’m worried alone, and I’m more exposed to wind and rain.” When he read this sentence, he suddenly remembered what happened to him, and his tone inevitably became more sad. After a pause, Fang continued: “No intention Bitterness fights for spring, and all the fragrances are jealous. Scattered pieces are turned into mud and dust, and only the fragrance remains the same."
"I don't want to struggle for spring." Tang Di repeated, and sighed: "With Ziming's talent, I was like a worm looking at the moon in my life, but unexpectedly I retreated like this. I don't want to be famous, and I am content with loneliness. Respectable! Lamentable!"
Chen Yuanfeng didn't take it seriously, and said proudly: "When a man stands in the world, he should win fame and be famous in history. You can't eat five tripods in life, and you have to cook with five tripods in death. Ziming is so talented, why bother to act like a rotten scholar and want to welcome him back?" refuse?"
Seeing that Chen Yuanfeng's words were almost impolite, Li Dunmin was afraid that Shi Yue would be offended, so he quickly smiled and said, "Everyone has his own aspirations, and you can't force them. Confucius advocated progress, but he also praised the nobility of hermits. We come to take the Jinshi examination and serve the court. We are saints." Approved. Ziming’s cleanliness and self-love are also praised by saints.”
Shi Yue didn't mind much at first, but when he saw Li Dunmin like this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Are all of you a Jinshi?"
"Exactly." Chen Yuanfeng's tone was full of pride.
Shi Yue had read history books, and knew that Jinshi was the most honorable subject at that time. When they participated in the examination, in some places, fifty or sixty people competed for one.But these things are simply meaningless to Shi Yue - he is still at a loss about the future at this time, and he just smiles lightly at the moment.
But once everyone started talking about the Jinshi exam, everyone cared about it.Chai Guiyi then said: "In the Jinshi Department of the State Dynasty, the practice has always been to test poetry and fu, but this May the court will stop poetry, Fu, Mingjing and other subjects, and only use classics, theory, and strategy to test Jinshi, and there are many discussions. Undecided, I heard that it was stopped by Su Zhishi. This year, Ming Jing and other subjects have not been abandoned, and poetry and prose are still the content of Jinshi examinations, but the rumors of abolishing poetry and prose have not subsided. I think about this on weekdays , but I still can’t make up my mind, I don’t know what your opinions are?”
When he mentioned this matter, everyone chatted about it.Or say it will not be abandoned, or say you are not sure, and start arguing endlessly for a while.Shi Yue listened quietly to their discussion, only to realize that the "Su Zhishi" that Chai Guiyi mentioned was Su Shi.Wang Anshi's political reform was originally a major event in Chinese history. Shi Yue also paid attention to it. At this time, he thought about it carefully, and suddenly remembered Su Shi's memorial in "Song History" denouncing Wang Anshi's reform of the imperial examination as "troublesome". What happened was immediately clearly displayed in front of him.Suddenly, Shi Yue had a feeling of "God".
Li Dunmin admired Shi Yue very much, so he always paid attention to Shi Yue's demeanor. At this moment, he suddenly saw a smile of Zhizhu in his hands, and his heart moved, and he smiled at Shi Yue: "Ziming, according to your opinion, will it change or not?" Will it change?" When everyone saw Shi Yue and asked about it, they immediately became quiet, waiting quietly for Shi Yue's judgment.
Shi Yue hesitated.He had no idea what the consequences would be if he rashly revealed the mysteries of history.Seeing Shi Yue, everyone neither said they knew nor said they didn't know, they just stared at the plum branch in their hands in a trance, feeling even more unfathomable, they all held their breath and concentrated, not daring to disturb his thoughts.After hesitating for ten minutes, the plum branch in Shi Yue's hand lightly tapped on the table, "Damn it, since God made such a big joke on me, what do I care about the consequences?" Shi Yue felt a tinge of revenge in his heart. , "Except for death, there is no big difference between me and death now. I just want to disturb this history for fun!"
Now that he had made up his mind about this cynical idea, he restrained himself, smiled at everyone, and said slowly: "Although I know about this matter, I dare not talk nonsense."
Chen Yuanfeng didn't believe it at all, and said with a smile: "The court has not made a decision yet, Ziming said he knew it, so maybe he doesn't have such ability?"
Seeing his questioning, Shi Yue smiled and remained silent.
But Tang Di sincerely said to Shi Yue: "Ziming, I believe you do know. If it's convenient to say it, then say it; if it's inconvenient, it's okay not to say it."
Li Dunmin also nodded, and said with a smile, "I trust you too."
The Chai brothers were skeptical and noncommittal.
Shi Yue's original intention was just to play tricks, but unexpectedly, Tang Di and Li Dunmin trusted him so much, and he couldn't help being moved.He thanked them with a slight nod, looked at Chen Yuanfeng and said with a smile: "Everyone has his own way of understanding the way of heaven. I dare not compare with Mr. Zhou and Shao, but I can clearly know that next year's spring , just like the old method, but the palace examination has to abolish poetry and prose, and only test theories."
Shi Yue's decisive judgment made everyone look at each other.
Chen Yuanfeng didn't believe it, and said with a mocking smile: "The court meeting has been decided, but Ziming said something amazing! Wang Xianggong was in power, and he wanted to reform the imperial examination for a long time. If it is said that the final reform is normal, but how can the provincial examination be the same as before? , but only changed the theory of the palace examination? I think Ziming’s poetry is comparable to Dasu’s, but he is also proficient in Heluo’s learning. He is really capable of everything. Presumably his family has a long history, may I ask where Ziming is from?”
When mentioning this "person from somewhere", Shi Yue couldn't help feeling self-inflicted, and after a long time of depression, he said half-truthfully: "I suddenly appeared in a farmland sixty miles south of Bianjing two days ago. , parents, wife and children don’t remember at all..."
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard such a strange thing.Chen Yuanfeng didn't believe it at all, only thought that Shi Yue deliberately concealed his life experience, even Li Dunmin and the Chai brothers thought it was unbelievable.Only Tang Di walked up to Shi Yue sympathetically, handed him a glass of wine, and sincerely comforted him: "Ziming, don't be sad, your attire is rare in the world, with this attire, it may not be impossible to find out about your hometown and Gaotang. , besides your extraordinary talent and learning, the family cannot be an unknown person after all. Come, drink this cup, the man must not be discouraged."
Seeing Tang Di like this, Shi Yue felt even more moved.It's just that I can't say anything about my own background, and people won't believe me when I say it, so I have to pretend to be confused.Thinking of my parents and friends, when I was sad, I had the intention of using wine to drown my sorrows. I drank the wine in the glass and said: "What I just said, believe it or not, it's up to you. It's just that I leaked the secret. It's a sin." It’s not shallow, and I hope that you don’t let it out, otherwise it will be a disaster rather than a blessing for you.”
"I'll take care of it later." Li Dunmin nodded solemnly and said in a gentle voice, "Ziming, I believe in you."
A warm feeling rose from Shi Yue's chest.Thinking of these sincere trusts and friendships, thinking of the hopelessness of returning to relatives, thinking of his loneliness wandering in another time and space... With a bit of alcohol, Shi Yue picked up the plum branch in his hand, tapped the wine jar, and said in a deep voice : "On the cold side of the jade tower in the twelfth spring, who is playing the jade flute at the corner of the building? I used to hear it on the Tianjin bridge, and the autumn grass was green in the thirty-sixth palace. There was no news from Zhaohua people, and the green hills on the river were empty at night. With a sound, the flowers in the short pavilion fell, and countless pedestrians I have not returned."
Although this word is not written for the occasion, but Shi Yue cherishes his own life experience and has no other arms. When he sings it, it is full of sadness, especially when he reads the sentence "countless pedestrians have not returned". Yin, it hurts people to hear it.
Although Tang Di and others had never heard this song "Jade House Spring", and Shi Yue often recited lyrics instead of libretto, which was quite strange, but they were also moved when they heard Shi Yue recite sadly.Even Chen Yuanfeng almost doubted whether he really blamed Shi Yue...
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