Although it is a village house outside the city, it has gathered the civil and military personnel of half the dynasty, as well as countless noble and famous people.
People brought gifts of medicinal materials and stood guard outside the door.
It almost blocked the village road.
"Puff puff..."
A swallow flew over and landed on the eaves.
The Taoist walked with a bamboo stick and a brocade bag on his shoulder, and a girl who also carried a robe on her shoulder.
I could faintly hear people talking.
"If Yu Gong hadn't founded Yizhuang School and opened a wide range of schools, how could we get ahead?"
"During the ten years since Mr. Yu served as prime minister, he has been an honest and upright official. The court is dominated by monsters, all thanks to Mr. Yu's support. This year, Mr. Yu resigned as prime minister. In just a few months, the government has been turned into a mess..."
"Mr. Yu should get well soon!"
"The entire dynasty has no civil and military successors..."
"The sky must open its eyes..."
"student……"
The Taoist stood at the back of the crowd, still quite a distance away from the end of the crowd, and looked towards the old house.
Already heard the loud crying coming from the house.
"Yu Gong, please."
The Taoist also said to the house.
Then just stand still and wait patiently.
Suddenly, there was a loud cry inside, some people shouted for father, and some people sang the hour loudly. It was only three moments before the hour. No matter whether they were outside the house, in the courtyard, or on the road outside the courtyard, everyone understood immediately after hearing it, so there were people in front of and behind the house.
Hiding his face and crying, there was a cry of sorrow and lamentation.
"Squeak..."
As soon as the gate opened, everyone outside the house rushed in, scrambling to see Yu Gong one last time.
However, someone walked out.
He is the only rebel.
The person who came here had white hair like snow and a gray beard. He was wearing plain clothes and his face was as usual. He had a bit of the style of the past. However, he looked calm and walked slowly, carefully avoiding everyone and walking.
He looked carefully at all the people who were hurrying in, or who were waiting at the door because they didn't know their identity well enough, as if he wanted to look at them all again and remember them deeply.
The sun was shining brightly outside the door, but it did not burn him.
"well……"
With a sigh, he walked out of the old house completely.
When he stopped and looked up, he saw a Taoist man in the distance.
He saluted first, walked quickly, and saluted again.
"Meet sir."
Yu Jianbai saluted and said, turning slightly and facing the girl wearing three-color clothes next to him: "Is this the Empress of Sanhua?"
"Yes!"
"I have met the Sanhua Empress."
"Empress Sanhua has also seen you."
The girl also raised her hands and bent down, quietly sizing him up and imitating his gesture in return.
"That's polite." The Taoist returned the greeting, pointing to the swallow on the eaves, "This is the descendant of Yanxian Anqing, named Yan'an."
"oh……"
Yu Jianbai quickly bowed to the eaves again.
The swallow also bowed his head in return.
"Is there anything else that Mr. Yu has not yet explained? I can convey it to you."
"There is not much to explain, and I have made it clear in just a few sentences. If I want to explain anything else, I can't explain it even if I give it another ten years." Yu Jianbai sighed, "I just lament that I am stupid, and I don't have the elder Yuanzi back then.
With the skills of the imperial master, he cannot restore the glory of the late emperor for Dayan, but instead makes the world more chaotic and the dynasty is in turmoil."
"Yu Gong is arrogantly belittling himself. Dayan was prosperous and powerful during the late emperor's time, but it was not only the support of the imperial masters, but also the ability of the late emperor when he was young, and the current situation has already flowed here. Now the emperor of Dayan only listens to partial beliefs, which is not as good as when the late emperor was young.
Miao Huazi, a wise man, plays political tricks and likes to form cliques for personal gain. In addition, with the changing times, conflicts in various places have accumulated seriously, and the national destiny of Dayan has declined. Yu Gong is just a prime minister who cannot be said to be the best in the court. If he wants to turn things around by himself, it is really difficult.
It’s too difficult.”
The Taoist paused as he spoke and looked towards the courtyard in front: "Many people here are not disciples of Mr. Yu's party, but they have come here. The merits and demerits of Mr. Yu in this life have long been known in the hearts of the world."
"well……"
Yu Jianbai still sighed: "Sir, even if he is a god, there is no way he can turn the tide before it falls, or help the building before it collapses?"
"The rise and fall of dynasties is a common thing and cannot be avoided. It has been more than two hundred years since the founding of the Yan Dynasty. It should have come to an end decades ago, but Master Tiansuan forced it to continue his life." The Taoist turned around and walked towards the beginning of the road.
He stopped walking and said as he walked, "The unprecedented prosperity and strength during the late emperor's period is destined to be only a short-lived return to glory."
"I just lament that the dynasty changes, the world is in chaos, and the people have to be displaced again." Yu Jianbai sighed, "The world is indeed like this. When prosperity occurs, the people suffer, and when it dies, the people suffer."
"Yu Gong is really serving the people."
"Yu wants to ask Mr. Yu——"
"Mr. Yu, please speak frankly."
"Sir, since you are an immortal and an expert, do you know that there will be times when the people in the world are not suffering? Is there a dynasty that will last forever?"
"I am not a god, nor am I omniscient or omnipotent." Song You shook his head at first, and then replied, "The chaos in the world lies in the human heart. The human heart is complicated. I am afraid there will be no time when the people are not suffering, but there will be times when the people are not suffering so much.
A dynasty that lasts forever is rare, but a dynasty that lasts longer is easier."
"When will that be, and what will it be like..."
Yu Jianbai froze on the spot, his eyes were in a trance, and he couldn't help but look longing and puzzled.
"Yu Gong is now a god, and he is the king of the underworld. Back then, when he was chatting in the mansion in Yizhou, Yu Gong said that he would live forever, and he would never grow old. Yu Gong is now old. As for the heaven and the earth, the same life, the sun and the moon.
It will be difficult to do it in a lifetime, but as long as Yu Gong works hard and nothing happens, it will probably last for a long time." Song You said, "I'll ask Yu Gong to see for himself when the time comes."
"See for yourself..."
Yu Jianbai was stunned for a moment, but his eyes lit up.
"It's the future."
The Taoist still said calmly.
At this time, a group of Yinshen appeared next to them. There were quite a few, both civil and military. In addition to the guards at the front and rear, the civil servants all wore grand official robes, and the military generals all wore armor and a layer of red robes. I don’t know where they came from.
, the pomp is quite grand.
When he saw Yu Jianbai and the Taoist priest, he was suddenly startled and hurriedly saluted them.
"I've seen Mr.
"I've met the Lord.
"We are the Yin officials of the second palace of the underworld, and we are here to welcome Lord Yu Dian to his new post."
Yu Jianbai was obviously startled.
The Taoist gave it to him.
"Thank you all very much. However, Mr. Yu was my old acquaintance many years ago. I owe him a gift. Now that he has passed away, I will send him to the underworld."
"Master Yiyi..."
"Everyone, please come back."
"Resign."
Many underworld officials retreated again.
"The underworld of the underworld has just been established, and everything needs to be new. Except for the king of Yue, who is the ghost emperor, the underworld has temporarily set up three halls, which are responsible for the affairs of the underworld. The second hall is responsible for rewards and punishments. If you do good, you will be rewarded, and if you do wrong, you will be punished. You must have a
A person who is upright and upright and has made great achievements in the world should be appointed as the king. Yu Gong has always been upright and upright, and he devoted himself to serving the people in the second half of his life. Naturally, the position reserved for Yu Gong."
Song You then continued:
"After Yu Gong passes away, he is no longer a human being. He is both a ghost official and a ghost.
"The gods of the underworld in the underworld are more special than the gods in the sky. From now on, when Yu Gong takes office, he will meet many people. Maybe there will be Miaohuazi, the national master of the dynasty, maybe there will be the current emperor, maybe there will be people from the previous officialdom
Old friends and rivals may include former wives, children, family members, nephews and grandchildren.
"When everyone arrives in the underworld, their mortal status will fade away. No matter they were emperors, generals, ministers or high-ranking officials, they will have to start over from scratch. This is the great equality between life and death.
"Even an emperor in the human world is just an ordinary ghost when he arrives in the underworld. He only cares about good and evil deeds, not his status.
"Yu Gong also has to put aside his mortal status and friendship and behave as usual.
"If you are in trouble, just avoid it.
"I will personally send Mr. Yu to you."
Yu Jianbai kept listening until the last sentence, then he handed over his hand and said: "Excuse me, sir, for making this trip."
"Eighteen years ago, outside Yizhou City, we have always kept in mind the farewell message of Mr. Yu." The Taoist rubbed the head of the girl next to him and found that the height was no longer as smooth as before. "This time it is the life and death of Mr. Yu.
For God's great work, I came just in time to repay Gong Yu's friendship."
The girl didn't raise her head, but she understood.
So I looked left and right and saw that the village was empty, and most people were rushing to the Yu family's old house, so I put my hand into the bag and took out a small flag.
"Canopy..."
A crane spreads its wings behind Zhushan.
"this……"
Yu Jianbai raised his head and stared blankly.
"Didn't Mr. Yu always yearn for the immortal way in the first half of his life? So I asked Mr. Yu to ride on a crane. We are still thousands of miles away from Fengzhou. We can just see the mountains, rivers and human world that Mr. Yu has protected for more than ten years."
The Taoist made a gesture of invitation to him.
The crane also leaned down.
Yu Jianbai stared at the crane blankly, his eyes flickering.
It seems that I really think of Yu Jianbai many years ago, and think of Yu Jianbai's yearning for immortality, magic and immortality many years ago, but that was already in the first half of his life.
In the second half of his life, he suddenly realized that immortality was elusive and immortality was hard to come by, so he put aside his romantic decadence and devoted himself to serving the people. In eighteen years, he went from being the magistrate of Yizhou to the prime minister of Dayan. He saw Dayan flourish for a while, and experienced the transition of imperial power and rebellions.
, I saw the decline of Dayan with my own eyes, and I was worried every day. The immortality and immortality that I had been obsessed with for many years when I was romantic and confused, had not appeared in my heart for a long time.
Eighteen years are just in a daze, as people grow old and their hearts grow old.
But he never expected that eighteen years later, Yu Jianbai, who had no intention of being an immortal, would become the Lord of the Underworld.
After a person dies, his body is abandoned, and his body and soul seem to become lighter. Suddenly, when he sees the huge crane in front of him, he seems to be back to the past again.
The obsession that Yu Jianbai had been pursuing for so many years but could not find in the past was now glowing with a little life in his heart.
So he stepped forward and climbed straight up to the crane.
The Taoist followed him up.
"Wow..."
The crane stood up, making him almost unsteady.
"Fly on a crane, can the world see you?"
"Yu Gong has become the king of the underworld. He is destined to be famous in the world and spread among the people. Isn't it a good thing to fly away on a crane after being seen?"
"Hey..."
The crane spread its wings, raised its neck, and let out a long cry that shook the sky. Then it took a few steps to take off, and easily rode the wind up to the sky.
What comes to you is the wind, and your pockets are full of clothes.
The earth shrunk before our eyes, taking on an appearance we had never seen before.
"Haha! Come on, come on!"
Yu Jianbai couldn't help but laugh as he brushed his beard.
I am not as arrogant as I was when I was young, I cannot wave my sleeves wildly and stand up and shout, but I still have all kinds of pride and joy in my heart.
"The living are passers-by, the dead are returnees, the heaven and the earth are reverse journeys, and we share the sorrow of the eternal dust!"
The loud sound is accompanied by the roar of the crane and goes with the wind.
Mountains, rivers and the world are all before your eyes.
…
The people who were grieving and crying in the old house in the village below stopped one after another. The people who were crowded in front of the hospital bed in Yu Jian's white room all came out and stood in the yard or outside the house, raising their heads high and watching the huge crane waving in the distance.
Wings, riding the wind and flying through the clouds, not knowing where to go.
"Fairy! What a fairy!"
"Auspicious omen!"
"Mr. Yu is truly a virtuous minister!"
"There's someone on the crane!"
"I'm afraid the gods are coming to pick up Prime Minister Yu!"
"..."
The expressions of the children of the Yu family were dull, and then they realized that what their father said on the bed just now was neither open-minded words to comfort them nor gibberish in a sleepy state, but the truth.
Some people were talking and whispering, saying that they had seen a Taoist priest outside the door with a girl, who was quite a fairy. Some people said that just before entering the door, they saw the Taoist priest standing outside.
When people are far away, they behave quite strangely, as if they are saluting and talking to ghosts.
Liu Changfeng, the Minister of Rites, personally asked what the Taoist man and the girl looked like. The official answered respectfully, and Liu Changfeng stopped talking after listening.
It was only at this time that the children of the Yu family remembered that they had heard that their father had been enlightened by a Taoist when he was the magistrate of Yizhou. Afterwards, when chatting with Liu Shangshu, they also said
Talking about this immortal master for the first time.