Chapter 4 The gentleman and dog who are about to starve to death

According to legend, the Taoist Master of Guandi Temple, which is even more powerful than Diting, did not come. The little Taoist priest who stayed in the Taoist temple said that he was very crazy today, and Dao Master was very busy. He went to Weinan to capture a vixen that became a spirit. He had no time to pay attention to the small matters of the rich man like Yun. After the spring begins, he will see if Dao Master has any skills.

Yun Zhao really wanted to come quickly and prove that he is not a monster. He has been almost annoyed by his mother these days.

When I go to bed at night, not only will I have to hang a jade plaque on my neck to ward off evil spirits, but I can also see a triangular red cloth for demon suppression. There are door gods on the door and talismans on the windows. Often, when he is sleeping soundly, my mother will wake him up and stare at his red-blooded eyes and ask him to call me and listen.

Yun Zhao was too lazy to shout, so Yun Niang kept shaking him until he shouted reluctantly that he let Yun Zhao go.

During the day, as long as Yun Zhao was awake, Yun Niang took him around and looked at the temples, Taoist temples and shrines within a radius of 30 miles.

It was not until Yun Niang discovered that even though her son was standing at the Buddha's feet, she was still calm and composed, and had not changed into something strange, nor had she become a fool again, that she could have let go of her doubts.

Before we knew it, fifteen days passed.

Many times, Yun Zhao looked up at the wild boar basking in the sun on the bald mountain and felt a little regretful. He felt that he shouldn't have become smart so suddenly.

However, when recalling the way my mother drove away the wild boar like crazy that day, the trace of regret disappeared.

Today is a good day with bright sunshine. Yun Niang took her newly-dressed son, the housekeeper and the servants to Yushan early in the morning.

On the tall mountainside, there is a college.

According to my mother, Yushan Academy has existed for a long time ago.

In the past, it was one of the best academys in Guanzhong. Mr. Hengqu, a great scholar in the previous generation, once taught his disciples here and recovered from illness. At that time, it was hard to find a seat at Yushan Academy. A talented man from Jiangnan would come to listen to Mr. Hengqu’s class even though he traveled thousands of miles.

It is because of his lecture experience at Yushan Academy that Mr. Hengqu finally returned to his hometown in Hengqu and established the famous "Guanxue", and gave a masterpiece of "establishing a mind for the world, establishing a life for the people, inheriting his unique knowledge for the past sages, and opening peace for all ages"!

Later, when the Mongols entered Guanzhong, Yushan Academy gradually declined. During the reign of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, it was once again glorious. A large number of gentlemen were ordered to become officials, and most of them were killed by Taizu because of corruption and laziness.

When the gentlemen saw that being an official was too dangerous, their other half was unwilling to come out to become an official.

After peace in the world, the newly ascended Emperor Yan did not kill officials at will, and the gentlemen here began to want to become officials.

Unfortunately, the situation is over. The indigenous people in the southwest have occupied most of the court by relying on their determination to become officials one after another. It is too late for them to become officials.

In addition, the gentlemen who came out here were too hard to teach the Four Books and Five Classics, and they were even more reluctant to let their students adopt modern knowledge in the tone of ancient people. They were even more reluctant to accept that the King of Yan was their emperor and was deposed by the government. The hardest-headed gentlemen never had a strong head. They all came to the ground together with their disciples and the wealthy families who helped Yushan Academy.

From then on, Yushan Academy became a primary school private school and gradually became unknown.

After six years of severe drought in Guanzhong, people were living in poverty and eating became a problem, even fewer scholars were studying, and life at Yushan Academy became even more difficult.

At least, after Yun Niang married into the Yun family in Lantian, the academy was so dilapidated that it was almost abandoned.

Yun Zhao had a new understanding of his mother for the first time, and this statement was definitely not something that the mistress of the local rich man’s family could say.

From this we can see that it is very credible that the butler said that his mother was a lady from a family.

Yun Zhao stood in front of the mountain gate and looked at the broken plaque of Yushan Academy lying in the weeds, feeling inexplicably sad.

He walked into the pile of weeds and wanted to lift the plaque up. He grabbed the plaque before he could catch it. Before he could exert force, a piece of rotten wood was broken off by him.

“There is a very powerful gentleman here.”

Seeing that his son's eyes were full of doubts, Yun Niang hurriedly said.

"How powerful is it?" Yun Zhao didn't believe his mother's words at all.

"Anyway, the gentleman who has given you my mother and I praises this gentleman!"

"Mom, when did you get into trouble?"

"Oh, my mother was so confused when I was eight years old."

Yun Zhao moaned and did not continue to ask. He felt that his mother was lying to him. Can an eight-year-old girl appear in the Ming Dynasty?

If what my mother said was true, her tutoring would definitely not be too strict.

Yun Niang put the basket upwards. The bag in the basket was still weighing a little. After walking the seven or eight miles of mountain road, it became heavier.

"Why don't you let them carry it?" Yun Zhao pointed to the butler and his group following far behind.

"I, a woman, ask my son for a gentleman, is already very rude. If I don't respect my husband, how could he come back to teach you?"

Although Yun Zhao felt that eating in this world was the biggest thing, he still agreed to his mother's approach, and the two of them slowly climbed the steps to the high platform.

The first thing that caught my eye was a broken iron pot. It was not how special this pot was, but because except for a broken hall on the entire platform, the only thing that attracted people's attention was this broken pot.

There was a piece of ice frozen in the rusty iron pot, and there was a black pottery bowl next to the broken pot. It was huge and dirty. It seemed that no one had used it for a while.

The mountain wind was cold, and there was no trace of ashes under the iron pot, only a few half-dead firewood was scattered around.

Behind the iron pot is a relatively complete small hall, with some broken beasts on the eaves at the four corners. The bells on the eaves have long disappeared.

Half of the door fell to the ground, the cold wind kept pouring in, and another slightly intact door opened weakly. A thin yellow dog poked his head out and looked at Yun Zhao and his son, then retracted his head cautiously, sobbed quietly, and then there was no sound again.

Yun Zhao looked at it and found that the pot was indeed frozen with water and there was no grain of rice in it. At this moment, he was full of curiosity about the good gentleman he was about to meet. How did the powerful scholar who was mentioned by his mother get himself to this point?

"In troubled times, scholars are not worth it!"

Yun Niang gritted her teeth and said to her son.

Yun Zhao smiled and said, "Let us give him a bun, can he teach me how to read?"

Yun Niang sneered and said, "It's not that easy. Scholars have the character and will not receive food from pity even if they starve to death!"

"Does there be many scholars in my grandfather's family?"

"How many, your four uncles and seven cousins ​​are all scholars. Your father was the disciple of your grandfather back then. It's a pity that your father stopped studying after passing the exam and was kicked out of the family by your grandfather. His mother went home three times and was kicked out by your grandfather. The gifts he prepared were also thrown out.

Zhao'er, you must study hard in the future, win a top scholar to show them, and let your mother go!”

Yun Zhao recalled the difficulty of the Ming Dynasty's scientific examination that he knew and stopped talking. He only had the ability to take an ordinary university in his later generations. Even Tsinghua and Peking University were not worthy of the results. He probably wouldn't be able to shine in this era.

My mother's wishes naturally need to be supported, so Yun Zhao nodded heavily, with a very firm will.

"Mr. Yuanshou is here?" Yun Niang called out loudly.

No one responded.

Yun Niang dragged Yun Zhao to the Broken Palace and shouted again: "Mr. Yuanshou can be here, Yun Qin and his youngest son Yun Zhao will pay their respects."

A dog barking came from the hall.

Yun Zhao said to his mother: "Will you be frozen to death? Let's go in and take a look."

Yun Niang shook her head and said, "If Mr. Yuanshou died of starvation due to cold and starvation, he would not want us to see his desolate appearance.

Let's go back and come again tomorrow."

Yun Zhao broke free from his mother's hand and entered the hall amid his mother's call. After a while, his voice came from the hall.

"Mom, come quickly, Mr. Yuanshou is about to starve to death."

Yun Niang was shocked, walked forward two steps, stopped again, summoned Yun Fu, the butler who was left in the distance, and then walked into the hall.

When I entered the door, I saw a man lying on the haystack in the corner of the hall. Yun Zhao was squatting beside the man and looking at his face.

Yun Fu's face changed, and he hurriedly dragged Yun Zhao over the man and whispered: "Be careful of being infected with the epidemic."

Upon hearing this, Yun Niang immediately covered Yun Zhao's mouth and nose with her sleeves and quickly retreated.

After a long time, when Zhiyun Zhao and others were impatient, a middle-aged man with three long beards, tall and blue face held the door frame and said to Yun Niang with difficulty: "Do you want me to be your husband?"

Yun Niang hurriedly said, "Mr. Guoyuan, a teacher, has long recommended Mr. to the young woman, so please don't refuse."

The middle-aged man squeezed out a smile and said, "Where are there any picky conditions for a certain family today?"

Yun Niang was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I'll ask you to visit the humble house and give up the position of the Western Palace. I dare not lose the offerings of the four seasons and eight festivals."

Mr. Yuanshou said: "Let's go, let's take up your new job now and continue to stay in this Yushan Academy. A certain family is worried about starvation.

Hey? You are the head of the Yun family. I have heard that you only have a disabled son. Could it be that you want me to teach him?

If so, please go back, please forgive me for being powerless.”

Yun Zhao smiled and said, "You are the fool!"

Mr. Yuanshou looked down at Yun Zhao, who was dressed like a green frog and said slowly: "Rumors should not be believed!"

Yun Niang smiled and said, "My son was ignorant before, but suddenly became wise half a month ago. I have to report this to the teacher."

Mr. Yuanshou looked at Yun Zhao's eyes carefully and shook his head and said, "The old story of King Zhuang of Chu has just happened again. It has not been loud for three years, but it has been amazing. It has not been flying for three years, but it has soared into the sky. Now, this kid has really aroused the idea of ​​being a teacher in a certain family."

Yun Fu helped Xu Yuanshou out of the broken hall. After walking a few steps, Xu Yuanshou stopped and looked back at the broken hall and sighed, "Old guy, come out, we have a place to fill our stomachs."

The old yellow dog guarding the door of the broken hall slowly approached Xu Yuanshou, stretched out his tongue and licked his hand, and slowly turned back to the broken hall.

Xu Yuanshou burst into tears, and even swallowed, bowing to the broken palace and said, "Brother Dog, it's because Xu Yuanshou's will is not strong, but he has really reached the end of the country. There are many jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains. It's meaningless to stick to it. You, you, just follow me!"

The hall was silent. Xu Yuanshou knelt on the ground, pounding his hands and cried loudly, and in a moment he fainted again.

Yun Zhao walked into the broken hall again, and soon he strangled the yellow dog's neck and dragged him out of the broken hall.
Chapter completed!