sinovels Chapter 26: Don't Lose, Don't Forget, Don't Be Afraid
Chapter 26: Don't Lose, Don't Forget, Don't Be Afraid
Half an hour later, Yanming's ritual of saving the souls of the dead was over.
"Benefactor Anu, it's getting late, and it's time for the little monk and all the juniors to go back to the Zen temple." Yanming said.
"Masters have worked hard, please wait a moment." Anu said, and walked into the back room.
When Anu returned to the mourning hall, he had a small bag in his hand.
"My mother told me to repay my kindness before she was alive. Master Yongshan and all the masters have taken care of our mother and daughter over the years. Anu will never forget it. It's just that after tomorrow, I don't know when we will see you again, and I don't know if there is a chance. Repay your kindness."
"Could it be that Anu Benefactor already knows who his biological father is?" Yanming asked dubiously.
It turned out that Da Anu had been living with his mother in this dilapidated house in Zaoti Lane since he was born.Anu has never met his father, nor heard his mother talk about his father.But just before his mother died, Anu heard about his father for the first time.His mother told him, saying:
"Anu, if one day you want to know who your father is, then go to Kaiyuan Temple in the north of the city and find a monk surnamed Hou. But, you must never tell him anything about me."
However, since his mother's bones were not yet cold, Anu didn't have the heart to seek answers. Even if he knew who his father who didn't do him any favors in nurturing him was, what was the point?Originally, Anu had thought about asking the monk surnamed Hou for help because he could not afford to bury his mother.Master Yanming knew about this matter.
However, before the mother died, she made a special confession that she could not reveal anything about her mother.So Anu can only support himself, selling himself to bury his mother.But Anu secretly kept this matter from Master Yanming.
"It's not like this. But no matter what," Anu said, knelt down in front of the masters with a plop, held up the bag, and said, "Masters, please accept it."
Yanming stepped forward, took the bag, helped Anu up, and asked in surprise:
"That's not the case. Why did the benefactor Anu say this? Why can't we see you again after tomorrow?" Yanming opened the bag and saw that it was a lot of money, and continued to be surprised:
"Forgive me for talking too much, little monk. Where do you dare to ask so much broken silver?"
Anu lowered his head, kept his mouth shut, and answered after a while:
"Excuse me for being rude, Master Yanming, please don't ask too many questions."
"Forget it," Yanming thought for a while, and said, "It's not too late for a gentleman to repay his kindness. After tomorrow, the road will be dangerous, so I implore Anu benefactor to keep this bag of broken silver. Anu benefactor will have his own day." Prime Minister, when he ascends to the Golden Luan and Phoenix Palace in the future, it will not be too late to repay his kindness."
"I'm afraid, the Golden Luan and Phoenix Hall is out of reach." Anu said.
"Don't be afraid, everything is destined by destiny, Amitabha!" After Yanming finished speaking, he took Anu's hand and put the bag of broken silver back into Anu's hand.
Anu clutched the bag of broken silver tightly with both hands, tears wet his eyes.He remembered how Master Yanming cared for him like a brother since he was a child.
That was when Anu was six years old and Yanming was nine years old.Once, Anu was bullied by several naughty children in the neighborhood.They circled Anu around, scolding while walking around, saying:
"A child without a father, a wild species, shameless, shameless."
Anu was pushed to the ground and cried.He felt pain, not because of the physical pain of falling to the ground, but because of the inner pain of being looked down upon.
At this time, Yanming just ran over and drove away the group of urchins.Yanming was ordered by his master Yongshan to bring food to Anu's family.
"Anu, don't cry. I brought you delicious food, let's go home." At that time, Yanming called Anu by his name without the word benefactor, but Anu always called him Yanming elder brother.
"Brother Yanming, they say I'm a shameless bastard." Anu cried and complained to Yanming.
"Don't listen to them, they are wild children." Yanming said: "Anu, you remember, your surname is Chen, you are the noble son of the Chen family, one day, you will sit in the Golden Luanfeng Palace, remember Are you staying?"
"Well, brother Yanming, I remember, one day, I will become a king." The young Anu didn't know that brother Yanming was comforting himself, so he silently made a promise in his heart. lofty aspirations.
Now that Anu thinks about it, the wish he once made with a strong heart is only left with confusion and inferiority complex.After thinking about this, Anu found that brother Yanming and several other masters had left Lingtang.Their figures disappeared at the end of Zaoti Lane and walked towards Baofu Temple.
The next day was the day of the funeral.Anu hired a funeral procession and buried his mother in Wushi Mountain in the suburbs.
Every year around April 24th, when the sun reaches the fifteenth degree of the celestial longitude, it is the Ching Ming Festival, one of the [-] solar terms. "Through this time, things are all neat and clear."
The main activity of the Qingming Festival is to worship the ancestors and sweep the tombs. This is the scene in the countryside of Wushi Mountain at this time.When worshiping ancestors and sweeping graves, it is usually necessary to weed the graves, clean up debris, and put paper money on the graves to show that there are descendants in the graves.Most of the offerings brought by ancestor worship and sweeping tombs are pineapple cakes, meat sandwich cakes and so on.Pinbo Kueh is also known as Qingming Kueh. Pinbo is a field aquatic plant with yellow flowers in full bloom before Qingming Festival. Pinpin Kueh is made from glutinous rice soaked in yellow pineapple and stuffed with red beans or shredded radish mixed with sugar.When returning from tomb-sweeping, one needs to break off a pine branch or wicker and insert it at the door of the house.
Anu buried his mother, but did not return home immediately. He was attracted by the charming scenery of Wushi Mountain.
In the past few days of Qingming, it is the late spring, with flowers in full bloom and pleasant scenery. It is also the season for outings and outings, and there are activities such as swinging and kite flying.
At the foot of the mountain is a flat field full of people flying kites.The kite is flying in the sky, and the people on the ground are chasing it on the ground.
Above the head, an extra-large kite fluttered with the pattern of a golden phoenix.Anu looked pleasing to the eye, so he simply sat on a big rock by the side of the field and slowly started watching.
Like a coincidence, the big phoenix floated down and landed right in front of Anu.Anu picked it up, but saw a man running towards this side, presumably the owner of the kite.
Anu just glanced at the man, then became nervous and shy.What an astonishingly handsome man that was!No, the man was also looking towards him.The eyes of the two stayed there, and the four eyes met for a moment.
Before the man approached, Anu dropped the kite and walked away slowly.After walking away, Anu couldn't help but look back.The man picked up the big phoenix that Anu left behind, and he really was the owner of the kite.
Three days later, Anu finally buried his mother respectfully, and now he has nothing to worry about.On the third night, Anu carefully tidied up the dilapidated house.Perhaps, for him, this is the last time to tidy up the house.
Tomorrow she will sell herself to someone else's house, but tonight Anu is still considered a young lady.Anu leaned against the window, staring at the clean night sky in a daze.Anu remembered the man who bought her with ingots three days ago.
Only then did Anu realize that he didn't know the name of this benefactor, so he blamed himself for being careless.Looking at Engong's appearance, he is gentle and refined, like an old gentleman full of knowledge.What about the other one?Anu remembered that En Gong called him the third master.Looking at the appearance of the third master, he is imposing, with righteous and awe-inspiring brows, like a high-ranking official.
Before going to bed, Anu checked the packed luggage again.A few pieces of clothing, some leftover silver, and a jade bracelet left by my mother.
Lying on the bed and closing his eyes, Anu fell asleep with anticipation and anxiety.What will life be like after today, Anu fantasized about it, but he didn't dare to think too much about it.
At Maoshi the next morning, Anu woke up from his sleep with the sound of cocks crowing and dogs barking one after another.After washing, he sat in front of his mother's dressing table and began to dress himself seriously.This is the first time he has dressed himself up in 13 years.Walking out of this house today, he is a grown woman, and he will bear the whole of his life by himself.
After dressing up, Anu stepped out of the house and walked into Zaoti Lane.The dilapidated small alley is sparsely populated and deserted, but the sound of hawking from the market can be heard from outside the alley. It is a bustling street with people coming and going, Nanhou Street.
Anu didn't go straight to the end of the alley, to South Back Street, but to the end of the alley, to the gate of Baofu Temple.At the gate of the temple, it happened that Yanming and his juniors were cleaning the temple.Yanming also saw Anu's arrival, and saw that he was carrying a bag of luggage, so he knew Anu's reason for coming.The two looked at each other in silence.After a while, Yanming faced Anu, clasped his palms together, and wished him a smooth journey.Anu faced Yanming and returned the gift, which was a promise to him.In short, everything goes without saying.
After parting from Brother Yanming, Anu came to South Street via Aoqiao, Nanhou Street, and Antai Bridge.Three days ago, benefactor asked Anu to wait for him at the mighty army gate in the north of the city at this hour.Now, he has made all the preparations and is at the beck and call of his benefactor and third master.He only needs to walk north along South Street and pass through the entrance of East Street, and he will be able to go directly to the north of the city.
Yes, the northern part of the city is so strange to 13-year-old Anu.In Anu's memory, he has only been to the north of the city once.When I was five years old, I went to the West Lake to watch dragon boats with my mother.Looking back at this time, the memory is already very blurred.The scene of a hundred flowers blooming on the edge of the West Lake has always been deeply in his mind.
Anu went straight along South Street to the mighty military gate.At this time, there is still half an hour before Chen Shi.In other words, Anu was half an hour earlier than the agreed time.Just now I thought I couldn't make it in time, so I didn't take a serious look at the lively market around Dongjiekou.If he walks away now, Anu is afraid of missing out with Engong.Therefore, he had no choice but to stay downstairs, obediently waiting for benefactor to appear.
The Mighty Army Gate used to be one of the gates of Zicheng. Later, Zicheng was expanded to Luocheng, and Fuzhou was promoted to Weiwujun. This city gate located in Luocheng was called Weiwujunmen.The mighty military gate is a double gate, and there are nine towers built on the gate, all of which are also called "double gate towers".
There are self-ringing bells and drum horns on the gate tower, which are used to report time instead of hourglass.In this way, the Mighty Military Gate is also called "Drum Tower".Downstairs, most of the pedestrians who come in and out are people who are related to dignitaries.Those high-ranking officials and dignitaries mostly sat in sedan chairs for eight people and were carried in and out by eight servants.You know, inside this gatehouse are the official government palace and the royal palace.