Yu Shimingyan

Chapter 16 Yangjiaoai Gives up His Life

Clouds cover hands and rain behind hands, so why count them all frivolously?When you were in charge of Bao Poong, you handed it over. This way is abandoned like dirt today.In the past, there were Guan Zhong in the state of Qi, named Yiwu, and Bao Shu, named Xuanzi. The two had been friends since childhood.Later, Bao Shuxian had a good reputation under Duke Huan of Qi, and he recommended Guan Zhong as Prime Minister, and he was on his own.The two are of one mind to assist the government, and they are always the same.Guan Zhong once said a few words: "I have tried three wars and three north, and Uncle Bao didn't think I was cowardly, knowing that I have an old mother; Also; I have talked with Uncle Bao, and Uncle Bao doesn’t think I’m stupid, knowing that the times are good and bad; I’ve tried to be a businessman with Uncle Bao, sharing a lot of profits, Uncle Bao doesn’t think me greedy, knowing that I’m poor. The one who gave birth to me Parents, Uncle Bao who knows me!" Therefore, in ancient and modern times, when people say that they know each other well, they must say "Guan Bao".Today it is said that two friends met by chance, became brothers, each sacrificed his life, and left his name forever.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the kings of Chu and Yuan respected Confucianism and Taoism, and recruited talents.It is impossible for people in the world to return after hearing the wind.In Jishi Mountain in the Western Qiang, there lived a magi whose surname was Zuo and whose double name was Botao. His parents died when he was young.Nearly forty years old, because the Chinese princes annexed each other, there were few people who practiced benevolent government, and there were many tyrants, so they did not become official.Later, I heard that Muren, the king of Chu and Yuan Dynasty, was very righteous and sought for wise men, so he took a bag of books and said goodbye to his neighbors and friends in his hometown, and came directly to Chu State.When I came to Yongdi, it was the middle of winter and the wind and rain were blowing.There is a poem "Xijiang Moon", single-track winter rain scene:
The sad wind cuts the face, and the drizzle invades the clothes.Urging ice and brewing snow to show off the cold power is not as kind as he was when he was.

The mountain is not clear and often dark, with occasional sunlight.The wanderer at the end of the world thinks about returning, and the passers-by on the road should regret it.

Zuo Botao walked in the rain and wind for a day, and his clothes were wet.Looking at the dim sky, I walked towards the village, looking for a place to stay overnight.I saw the bamboo forest from a distance, the light came out of the broken window, and I ran to that place.Seeing a short fence surrounding a thatched hut, he pushed aside the fence and tapped on the chai gate.One of them came out from the door.Zuo Botao stood under the eaves, and hurriedly saluted, saying: "Xiaosheng is from Xiqiang. His surname is Zuo, and his double name is Botao. I want to go to Chu, but it rains on the way, so I can't find a place to stay. Please borrow one night. It's fine if you come early, I don't know if you will accept it?" Hearing this, the man hurriedly replied and invited him into the house.Bo Tao saw that there was only a couch, and there were books and scrolls piled up on the couch, nothing else.Bo Tao knew that he was also a Confucian, so he wanted to bow down.The man said: "It is not allowed to talk about etiquette. It is allowed to take fire to dry clothes, but it is a conversation." Burning bamboo for fire that night, Bo Tao dried clothes.That man cooks food and wine for Bo Tao, which is very generous.Bo Tao asked his name.The person said: "Xiaosheng's surname is Yang, and his two names are Jiao Ai. His parents died when he was young, and he lives here alone. He loves reading all his life, and agriculture is completely abandoned. Fortunately, he met a wise man from afar, but he hates his family. ’” Bo Tao said: “In the cloudy rain, I was sheltered, and I also had a drink and a meal. I’m grateful for it!” That night, the two fell asleep on their feet, talking about the knowledge they had learned, and they couldn’t sleep all night.

Until dawn, it will rain more than ever.Jiao Ai left Botao at home, treated each other with all he had, and became friends.Bo Tao was five years older than Jiao Ai, and Jiao Ai worshiped Bo Tao as his brother.Stayed for three days, the rain stopped and the road was dry.Bo Tao said: "My good brother has the talent of Wang Zuo, and he has the ambition of economics. It's a pity that he doesn't pursue bamboo and silk, and is willing to be old in the forest." "The king of Chu humbly asks for scholars today. Since my brother has this heart, why don't you go?" Jiao Ai said, "I would like to obey my brother's order." Then he packed up some small roads to spend food and rice, abandoned his thatched hut, and the two looked at the south together. Enter.After only two days of travelling, it was rainy again, so I stayed in the hotel with all my expenses, except for a bag of food, and the two of them took turns carrying it, and walked away in the rain.The rain has not stopped, the wind is blowing again, and it turns into a heavy snow all day, how can it be seen?You see: the wind makes the snow cold, and the snow takes advantage of the wind.Catkins fluttered wildly one after another, flakes of goose feathers danced wildly.The sky is in chaos, no distinction is made between north, south, west, and east; the ground covers the sky, turning blue, yellow, red, and black.There are many poets visiting plum blossoms, and passers-by on the road want to lose their souls.They both walked through Qiyang, passing through Liangshan Road. When they asked the woodcutter, they both said: "From now on, there is no one inhabited for more than a hundred miles. It is all barren mountains and wilderness, with wolves and tigers in groups, so we have to leave." Bo Tao and Jiao mourned. Said: "What's your heart, brother?" Jiao Ai said: "Since ancient times, life and death have their own destiny. Now that we are here, we only care about moving forward, living and retiring." After walking for another day, we stayed overnight in the ancient tomb, wearing thin clothes and cold Wind piercing.The next day, the snow fell more and more tightly, and the mountains seemed to be full of feet.Bo Tao couldn't bear the cold, so he said: "I think that if you go for more than a hundred miles, there will be no homes. There is not enough food for travel, and there is no food and clothing. If one person goes alone, he can go to Chu State; if two people go together, even if they don't freeze to death I will starve to death on the way, and rot with the grass and trees, what good is it? I will take off my clothes and wear them with my sage, and my sire can earn this food alone, and go away on the road. I can't do it. I would rather die here. When my virtuous brother sees the king of Chu, he must be of great use, but it will not be too late to bury me at that time." Jiao Ai said: "Why is this reasonable! Although the two of us were not born of the same parents, we are loyal It's too much for flesh and blood. I can bear to go alone and seek to enter the body?" So he refused, and walked with Botao.After walking less than ten miles, Bo Tao said: "The wind and snow are getting tighter, how can we get there? Let's find a resting place beside the road." Seeing a withered mulberry, which can shelter from the snow, the mulberry can only accommodate one person, and Jiao mourns. Fu Botao went in and sat down.Bo Tao ordered Ai to knock on stones to make fire, and burn some dead branches to keep out the cold.When Jiao Ai arrived with the firewood, Bo Tao was stripped naked and all her clothes were piled up in a pile.Jiao Ai was shocked and said, "My brother, why is this so?" Bo Tao said, "I can't think about it. Brother, don't make mistakes. Put on this clothes quickly and go with a load of food. I'm just here to die." Jiao Ai hugged and cried loudly, saying: "We two live and die together, can we be separated?" Bo Tao said: "If we both starve to death, who will bury the bones?" If you wear it, brother can go with the food, and brother would rather die here." Bo Tao said: "I have been sick all my life, my virtuous brother is young and strong, and he is stronger than me; he also has the knowledge in his chest, which I can't match. If you see Mr. Chu, I must be a prominent official. My death is not worth it! Brother, don’t stay for a long time, you should go quickly." Jiao mourned: "My brother starved to death in the middle of the mulberry, and my brother only takes fame. I will not do this for such an unrighteous person. He said." Bo Tao said: "Since I left Jishi Mountain and went to my younger brother's house, I have seen it like old friends. Knowing that my younger brother's breasts are extraordinary, I persuaded my younger brother to make progress. Unfortunately, the wind and rain hindered me. This is my destiny. If my younger brother also dies in the This is my crime." After saying that, he wanted to jump into the Qianxi River to die.Jiao Ai hugged and cried bitterly, hugged her clothes, and then helped her to the mulberry tree. Bo Tao pushed the clothes away. When Jiao Ai tried to go up to persuade her, she saw that Bo Tao's expression had changed, her limbs were cold, and she couldn't speak. Command to go.Jiao Ai thought: "If I am in love for a long time, I will freeze to death. After death, who will bury my brother?" Then he bowed to Bo Tao again in the snow and cried: "I am going here, I hope my brother will help me. But I will get a bad name." , must be properly buried." Bo Tao nodded and half answered, and Jiao Ai took the clothes and food, and left weeping.Bo Tao died of mulberry.Later generations have a poem praising the cloud: the snow is three feet when the cold comes, and the journey is thousands of miles away.Long-distance bitter snow and cold, let alone no rice?One person lives together, and two people die together.What's the benefit of two deaths?I still have confidence in my life.Xianzai Zuo Botao!Fate adult beauty.

Jiao Ai was cold, half hungry and half full, and came to Chu State to rest in the hotel.When I entered the city the next day, I asked people, "Why did the Lord Chu recruit talents?" The people said, "There is a hotel outside the palace gate, so that the doctor Pei Zhong can accept people from all over the world." It's time for the doctor to get off.Angle mourning is bowing forward.Pei Zhong saw that although Jiao Ai's clothes were blue, and his appearance was extraordinary, he hurriedly replied and asked, "Where did the sage come from?" Jiao Ai said: "Xiaosheng's surname is Yang, and his two names are Jiao Ai. He is also from Yongzhou. Hearing that the country is recruiting talents, he is here to return. Vote." Pei Zhong invited him into the hotel, provided him with food and wine, and stayed in the hotel.

The next day, Pei Zhong visited the library and interrogated Jiao Ai with his doubts, trying to test his knowledge.Jiao Ai has a hundred questions and answers, and the discussions are fluent.Pei Zhong is overjoyed!Entering the king of Yuan Dynasty, the king summoned him immediately and asked about the way to make the country rich and the army strong.Chen Shice, the head of mourning, is all urgent affairs of the world.King Yuan is overjoyed!Set up a royal banquet to wait for him, worship him as a doctor of Chinese medicine, and give him a hundred taels of gold and a hundred pieces of color.Jiao Ai worshiped again, and Yuan Wang was shocked and asked, "Why are you crying?" Jiao Ai told Zuo Botao about undressing and food, one by one.When the king of Yuan heard his words, he was very sad.All the ministers are sorry.King Yuan said: "What do you want?" Jiao Ai said: "I begged for leave, and I have finished burying Botao there, but I came back to serve the king." The king of Yuan then gave the dead Botao as a doctor in the middle school, and gave generously for the funeral. , still sent people to go with Jiao Ai's chariot and rider.

Jiao bid farewell to King Yuan, and went straight to the ground of Liangshan to find the old withered mulberry.As a result, Bo Tao's dead body was still there, and his appearance was the same as before.Jiao Ai is praying again and crying, calling left and right to call the elders in the village, and divination is in the original place of Putang: facing the Daxi in the front, leaning on the high cliff in the back, surrounded by peaks on the left and right, the geomantic omen is very good.So he bathed Bo Tao's body with fragrant soup and put on the doctor's clothes.Put the inner coffin and outer outer coffin, bury the grave, build walls and plant trees around it.Thirty steps away from the grave, build a hall of enjoyment, and mold Botao's appearance.Lihuabiao, built on the column with a plaque, and built a tile house on the side of the wall, it is guarded.After it was finished, set up a sacrifice in the hall of enjoyment, and wept so much.All the old people in the village shed tears.After the sacrifice, each of them dispersed.

Jiao Ai is sitting with a candle lit by a night lamp, sighing endlessly.Suddenly there was a gust of dark wind, and the candle was extinguished and the light came back to life.Looking at it sadly, I saw a person in the shadow of the lamp, either advancing or retreating, and there was a faint cry.Jiao mourned and said: "Who is it? How dare you come in at night!" The man didn't say a word.The corner mourns and looks at it, Naibo Tao also.The horns were shocked!Asked: "Brother's spirit is not far away. If I come to see my brother today, there must be an accident." Bo Tao said: "I feel the memory of my virtuous brother. I first became an official. Please bury me, and I will give you a heavy title, and the beauty of the coffin and quilt. , everything is perfect. But the cemetery is close to the tomb of Jing Ke. When he was alive, he failed to assassinate the king of Qin and was killed. Gao Jianli buried his body here. The god is very powerful, and every night he draws his sword and scolds me, saying:' You are a person who died of freezing and starvation. How dare you build a grave on my shoulder and take away my feng shui? If you don’t move it to another place, I will take the body from the tomb and throw it into the wild!’ In this crisis, I will tell my virtuous brother. I hope to change the burial Put it somewhere else to avoid this disaster." Jiao Ai wanted to ask again, but Feng Qi suddenly disappeared.The corner mourns in the Xiangtang, wakes up from a dream, and remembers everything.

At dawn, I called the old man again and asked, "Is there a grave near here?" The old man said, "There is Jingke's tomb in Songyin, and there is a temple in front of the tomb." Jiao Ai said: "This man used to assassinate the king of Qin, but he failed and was killed. Why is there a grave here?" The old man said: "Gao Jianli is from here. Knowing that Jing Ke was killed and abandoned the corpse in the wild, he stole his corpse and buried it here. He often manifests spirits. The natives built temples here and enjoyed sacrifices at four o'clock. , for welfare." Hearing his words, Jiao Ai believed in the dream.The followers went straight to Jingke Temple, pointed to his god and cursed, saying: "You are a man of Yan State, supported by Prince Yan, named Ji Chongbao, and I will do my best for you. If you don't think of a good strategy, you will enter the Qin Dynasty to act in Qin Dynasty, and you will die by mistake. country. But you come here to confuse the villagers and ask for sacrifices! My brother Zuo Botao is a famous Confucian, a man of benevolence, righteousness and integrity, how dare you force him? Cut off your roots forever!" After cursing, he came to Botao's tomb and wished: "If Jingke comes again tonight, brother, please repay me."

Returning to Xiangtang, it's night to hold candles.Seeing Botao choked up, he told him, "I am grateful for this, my virtuous brother. Naijingke has many servants, all of whom are offerings from the natives. My virtuous brother can be a man made of grass, clothed with colorful colors, and burnt in front of the tomb with instruments in his hand. I will be helped by him so that Jing Ke cannot be harmed." After saying that, he disappeared.Jiao mourning made people bundle grass for people all night, wear colorful clothes, each armed with knives and guns, built dozens of them on the side of the tomb, and burned them with fire.Zhu said: "If nothing happens, I hope to return."

Returning to Xiangtang, I heard the sound of wind and rain at night, like a man fighting an enemy.Jiao Ai went out of the house to observe it, and saw Botao running towards him, saying: "The person burned by my brother can't be used. Jingke also has Gao Jianli to help, and my corpse will come out of the tomb soon. I hope my brother will move to another place as soon as possible. Funeral, avoid this disaster." Jiao Ai said: "How dare this person bully my brother like this! Brother should help him to fight." Bo Tao said: "My brother is also a Yang person, and I am a ghost; although Yang people have Bravery, separated from the world, how can you fight against ghosts? Although you are a grasshopper, you can help and shout, but you can't retreat this strong soul." Jiao Ai said: "Brother, let's go, brother will have a place in the future." On the same day, Jiao Ai went to Jingke Temple to curse and destroy the statue.Fang wanted to set fire to the temple, but he saw several old people from the village pleading again and again, saying: "This is a village incense fire. If you violate it, you may cause harm to the people."I can't help but feel sorry for the corner, so I have to.

Go back to Xiangtang, fix a seal, thank the king of Chu, and say: "In the past, Botao and food were given to my ministers, so I lived to meet the holy words. If you are honored and honored, your life is enough, and the future generations of Rongchen will do their best to repay you." .” The meaning of the words is very clear.Pay the congregation, then go to the side of Bo Tao's tomb and cry a lot.Said to the follower: "My brother was forced by Jing Ke's strong spirit to go to nowhere. I can't bear it. I want to burn temples and graves, but I'm afraid that I will disturb the meaning of the natives. I would rather die as a ghost under the spring and help my brother , Fight against this strong soul. You can bury my corpse on the right side of this tomb, live and die together, and repay the righteousness of my brother and food. Play back to the king of Chu, listen to the words of Nachen, and protect the mountains, rivers and society forever." He took the saber and killed himself.The servants were unable to be rescued in time, so they were quickly buried in a coffin and buried beside Bo Tao's tomb.

It was the second watch of the night, with strong wind and rain, thunder and lightning, and the sound of shouting and killing was heard for dozens of miles.Qing Xiao looked at it, Jing Ke's tomb was shaking like a hair, and the bones were scattered in front of the tomb.The pines and cypresses beside the tomb were uprooted.Suddenly a fire broke out in the temple, burning it into white ground.The villagers were shocked, and they all went to the tombs of Yang and Zuoer to burn incense and pay homage.The follower returned to the state of Chu and reported the matter to the king of Yuan.The king of Yuan Dynasty felt that his righteousness was so important, so he sent officials to build a temple in front of the tomb.So far the incense continues.Jing Ke's spirit has been extinct since then.The natives offer sacrifices at four o'clock, and their prayers are very spiritual.There is an ancient poem that says: In ancient times, benevolence and righteousness encompassed the world, and it was only in the hearts of the people.In front of Ershi Temple, the autumn sun is clean, and the heroic soul is often accompanied by the moonlight and coldness.

(End of this chapter)