Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid: Bodhi Casts a Mirror Heart

Chapter 239 Ending (3)
"Jintuo Relics" especially mentions a large number of deeds about Empress Zhenjing and Jun Mowen, a wealthy businessman at that time. Interestingly, the two must be mentioned at the same time in the text, which shows the unusual relationship between the two. Obscure, but seemingly extraordinary respect.The official history states that Empress Zhenjing was protected by Dali Yishang Jun Mowen during the eight years of the Gengxu Rebellion, not only saved her life, but also preserved her chastity. Many schools believe that Queen Zhenjing was actually Jun Mowen’s concubine .However, the historians who studied the "Jintuo Relics" at the same time had another bolder speculation. The other identity of Queen Zhenjing was Jun Mowen, and the one who really protected Queen Zhenjing was Duan Yuerong, Emperor Shengwu of Dali.

However, whether it is the era of Emperor Taizong, Empress Zhenjing, merchant Jun Mowen, or Xiao Wuyi, it is gone forever, and because of the empress dowager Zhaohua's literary inquisition, even if there is "Jin Tuo Yibian" , but later generations thought it was an unofficial history, and it was difficult to study Xiao Wuyi and his affairs, and the only things that have been handed down to the world are the manuscripts of the two volumes of Huaxi poetry collections that Jun Mowen loved to read, and the manuscripts of the Jun family chaebol. The low-key and mysterious deeds of the past generations of Zitong patriarchs have been passed down from generation to generation, and even spread all over the world, silently and closely connecting the ups and downs of the Han family and the Southern Kingdom.

"Jintuo Relics" mentioned that on the day of the death of the great ancestor six years ago, there was a flood from the sky, and the Yellow River burst its embankment, drowning countless people. The evildoer will be reborn.At that time, Dayuan had just ended the Turkic War, its national strength was weak, and its treasury was empty. Due to the influence of civil forces and the lobbying of the big chaebol headed by the Jun family, Dali first extended a helping hand and resumed trade with Dayuan.The Jun family devoted all their wealth to the merchants of Dayuan and Dali to donate grain and cloth, saving countless people in Dayuan.However, Jun Mowen adopts hundreds of orphans, widows and old people. It is just at the junction of the two countries, Yibin at the mouth of the Yellow River. According to folklore, Jun Mowen, Mrs. Zitong, was washed into the Yellow River in order to save the children who fell into the water. His body washed ashore later.Jun Mowen hugged his corpse tightly for three days, sat under the hibiscus tree and wept endlessly. He sometimes called out Yuerong in pain, and sometimes called Chaozhu.The people with a radius of hundreds of miles were all touched by Jun's righteous deed, and spontaneously went to the shrine and Buddhist temple to pray for Mrs. Zitong.

There are rumors that Jun Mowen just sat under the hibiscus tree and cried to death. Some people say that Jun Mowen jumped into the Yellow River with his wife's body in his arms. Some people say that Jun Mowen went crazy and wandered among the people, never to be found again.There is also a adopted son of Jun Mowen who said that because of the piety of Jun Mowen and the people, he saw with his own eyes the purple light on Jun Mowen's chest, and the purple-eyed Mrs. Chaozhu came back to life. fairy.

There was once a disciple of Jun Mowen, Tian Dou, whose childhood name was Dou Dali, and who was the left prime minister of Dali. When he retired to the countryside in his later years, he sorted out the conversations between his teacher and relatives and friends, and compiled the name "Jun's Daily Life Notes". Tian Dou narrated in the last article, exactly On the eve of farewell to Mrs. Jun Mowen and his wife in Yibin, the last conversation they had at Bingzhu night was a piece of vernacular passage that Jun Mowen read to Mrs. Chaozhu:

I tell my soul,
calm,

Hold no, any loving waiting,

for our beloved,
Possibly a false frenzy.

But we still have faith,
Though faith, love, and hope,

are still just waiting,
However, maybe,

Darkness will become light,
Silence will become dance.

End

August 2013, 8 Haishi

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