Chapter 76 Pillow

The three of them entered a restaurant. The houses here were very old and probably a few years ago, but the prices of wine and side dishes were not low. This is Chang'an.

On the wooden platform inside, there was a half-old Xu girl singing with a pipa. Although she sang in a straight voice, she had no color, so most of the diners present chatted with each other, and few people went to listen to her singing.

Su Jin and others were no exception. They just turned their heads and took a look, then they all gave up their seats. Finally, Su Jin sat in the seat facing the door.

After a while, a tea doctor came up, poured a few cups of tea and said: Guest, wait, the friend will come to greet you soon.

Sure enough, a smiling guy came. Su Jin said he wanted to be a party, so he asked them to serve a few dishes and a pot of good wine.

Butcher Wen talked about the scene and thought about finding the topic, but asked Su Jin about the name of Su Jin before, but Su Jin refused after a chance meeting. Now Butcher Wen couldn't continue asking, so he said to the old Taoist sitting opposite: Can Taoist Master really know the luck of people?

The old Taoist smiled and stroked his beard on his chin, and said mysteriously: If you believe, you have it; if you don’t believe, you won’t.

Wen Butcher smiled and said: In this way, you will not see a person who has either wealth or literary luck?

Of course not.

The old Taoist said, when I was staying in Handan, I met a young student who went to Beijing to take the exam, called Lu Sheng.He failed the imperial examination many times, and was already poor and rode a donkey in a short clothes.I saw that Lu Sheng had no luck in writing, so I advised him not to take the exam again.

Su Jin said: The current imperial examination system is different from the past. If Lu Sheng was still there, he might have passed the exam after studying hard for two years.

Butcher Wen remembered that he had failed the exam several times before his family was defeated, so he sighed with emotion: The Taoist priest couldn't persuade him.

The old Taoist smiled and said: Both of you are right. What people want in their lives can only lead to success and glorify their ancestors. They think that only by success can you live a life worthwhile, and other fame and fortune are nothing more important than this.So just a few words of persuasion can't be persuaded, but I have a magic weapon.

Su Jin nodded slightly, thinking that although the old Taoist was a monk, he still had some understanding of the world.

Fame, fortune and wealth are often called common things in the Shilin, but how many people can truly let go of this thing?

Utilitarianism means too many things people want, such as status, dignity, wealth and food, etc., and Su Jin believes that he cannot let go of it. He has done his best for that self-esteem. If he sees through fame and fortune, he still has to rely on others now.

Butcher Wen asked curiously: What magic weapon is better to take it out and let us know it for a long time.

The old Taoist patted a package he carried with him: a porcelain pillow.When I was in Handan, I lent the pillow to Lu Sheng. Lu Sheng leaned against the pillow and married the beautiful and gentle wife of Cui from Qinghe. He was promoted to Jinshi and promoted to the governor of Shaanxi Province and Jingzhao Yin. Finally, he was promoted to the Minister of Revenue, the Censor, the Censor, and the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and the Duke of Yàn.His five children also have high positions and high salaries, and they are married to a high family.Lu gave birth to a family of children and grandchildren, and enjoyed all his glory and wealth.At the age of eighty, he was sick for a long time but could not be cured and finally died.When he died of energy, Lu Shengcai woke up in shock, turned around and sat up. When he looked left and right, he saw that everything was as usual. I was still sitting next to him. The rice steamed by the owner of the shop was not cooked yet... Haha, it turned out to be a dream of yellow rice.

After saying this, the old Taoist still picked up a cup of wine and drank it all, sighing: The glory experienced in life is just so Ah!A life of grace and humiliation, a life of embarrassment and understanding, a principle of gain and loss, and a reason for death and life, are nothing more than that.Lu Sheng realized that he would no longer go to Beijing to take the exam.

After hearing this, Su Jin did not enter the realm of nature. He just thought this matter was quite interesting. When he returned to the court, he could talk to Zhang Shuo. Zhang Shuo really liked to collect and organize these folk anecdotes.

Like the "Green Clothing Messenger" he wrote, he praised it very much before Xue Chongxun ascended the throne.

Butcher Wen seemed to have not woken up, and shook his head and said: Why don’t Taoist Master lend me the porcelain pillow? How can I try it?

The old Taoist smiled and said: If you have the luck of literature, you will get what you want. Life is like a dream. Since you can have a beautiful dream, why should you borrow my pillow for this in one fell swoop?

The three of them didn't know each other's names, but they had a great chat in this old wine shop and didn't enjoy it until dusk.

When they parted, Su Jin did not forget to ask the title of the old Taoist, but the old Taoist did not refuse and laughed: When sir, I am afraid that I will leave my name to the present and the present!After all, he could not escape the burden of fame, so the gentleman called me Lu Weng.

The next day, when Su Jin went to court, he was waiting for the meeting under the locust tree inside and outside, he was meeting Zhang Shuo.

Zhang said that he was from the Political Affairs Hall, and Su Jin belonged to the cabinet. Most of the time he met him, he would mostly greet each other and rarely talk too much.

Today, people from two different yamen had a great time talking, almost forgot that the cabinet and the sectarian hall were two yamen that were mutually restrained. They found a common topic, and Zhang Shuo was really interested in such matters.

Even the eunuch Zhang Xiao, who came to pass the imperial edict, was very curious to see this. He saw that the two were talking and laughing, so he listened to Su Jin saying something while he was talking to other ministers after the imperial edict was passed.

Today, Xue Chongxun didn't see the ministers, so he asked the ministers to come back to the yamen to work.

The section Zhang Xiao heard was about borrowing a pillow. After hearing it, it was probably not easy to stay in the minister for too long, so he had to go to the greenhouse hall to report.

When he saw Xue Chongxun saying the oral order, he mentioned it lightly: Mr. Zhang and Mr. Su of the Cabinet were having a happy conversation under the locust tree outside the door.

Zhang Xiao was promoted to do internal affairs and often walked among the emperor and ministers. He was immersed in it and had some knowledge of the political situation. He knew that the cabinet and the Political Affairs Hall were actually two checks and balances. It was a bit abnormal for the cabinet ministers and the prime minister to talk and laugh.

Zhang Xiao was also responsible for helping the emperor contact the inner factory office and secretly reporting the news. At this time, he did not forget to mention Su Jin's incident, and he also wanted to seek credit for Xue Chongxun.

What do they say?Xue Chongxun indeed asked.

Zhang Xiao roughly told the story he heard. Only in the second half, Lu Sheng had a beautiful dream and gave up the imperial examination, but he did not hear the ins and outs of the first half.

Unexpectedly, Xue Chongxun blurted out as soon as he heard this: A beautiful dream of yellow and beautiful women.

The emperor created an idiom Ah.Zhang Xiao was busy flattering Ah.

After hearing this, Xue Chongxun remembered that there was no such idiom at this time, and immediately smiled and said: The source of this idiom will not be with me, but it should be circulated from what Zhang Shuo wrote.Last time, Zhang Shuo also wrote an article called "The Green Clothing Messenger", which was very well written; this time there was such a good story, he would definitely adapt it into a text and engrave it.

Seeing that Xue Chongxun had heard about the incident and laughed, Zhang Xiao stopped talking.

The word "Huangliang Dream" was given to Zhang, but I came up with a poem.Xue Chongxun said with great interest.

Every line of the emperor's poem is a masterpiece of eternal songs and will be sung all over the world!

Zhang Xiao just slapped the horse's leg. Before Xue Chongxun started writing a poem, he started to praise it first.

Xue Chongxun was used to hearing such words, so he didn't care. He stood up from the chair and paced back and forth for a few steps. It seemed that he was really going to write a poem.

Princess Hezhong, the sister who helped him review the memorials, also smiled and took a piece of paper in front of him. She lifted the brush on the inkstone in one hand, held her chin with the other, and stared at Xue Chongxun with enthusiasm.

After walking for a few steps, Xue Chongxun finally recalled that he was almost done, and he chanted: Forty years, Duke and Marquis are still romantic even if they are dreams.I am down on the road in Handan and want to borrow a pillow from my husband.

Before Zhang Xiao could praise him, Princess Hezhong laughed first and said: Brother is a good poem!Even Yao Wan on the side was meditating, obviously the content of this poem was a bit chewy.

Xue Chongxun became in a good mood. Haha, she laughed a few times. When she turned around, she saw that He Zhongzheng had written down the poem, so she pointed to the paper in front of her and said: After writing, Zhang Xiao asked him to copy two copies, one for Su Jin and one for Zhang Shuo.

Zhang Xiao quickly followed the order and passed the poem from the inner palace to the southern yamen. The ministers thought the emperor had some oral orders, but it was unexpectedly a poem.

When the ministers were intrigued, they wanted to write a poem to give it back to the emperor with this title. The atmosphere today in the north and south centers became harmonious.