Chapter Fifty-Five: One Hundred and Thirty-Three Steps
Mingle You has lived for twenty years and has never made any request to his father or grandfather. It is not so much that this child is sensible as it is that Leyou seems to not care about anything else except reading.
, so it is inevitable that it is too far away from the mundane world and has no desires or pursuits, but
During breakfast today, Ming Leyou actually offered to take Ming Meng on a study tour. Ming Wenshi was indeed surprised, but then he thought about it, after all, the two children had been accompanying each other since childhood, although his son was not very good at reading.
But many trivial matters in life are helped by this girl Ming Mengzhi.
Ming Leyou took care of her, so Mingle You had become accustomed to relying on this girl without knowing it. Originally, Ming Wenshi was worried that Mingle You would not be used to the wandering life outside, but if the girl Ming Mengzhi was by his side, Ming Wenshi
I felt quite reassured, so Ming Wenshi answered happily.
Agreeing to Ming Leyou's request. Seeing that his father agreed, Ming Leyou turned around and smiled slightly at Ming Mengzhi behind him. Ming Mengzhi was hindered by the fact that Ming Wenshi was still here, so he didn't reveal more.
Emotion, but just a slight smile, in Mingleyou's eyes is an excellent response.
Ming Wenshi looked at the two children with an indescribable smile on his face. Although Ming Mengzhi was a little maid in the Ming mansion, because of his wife and Ming Yongshou, he had always been fond of Ming Mengzhi.
Plus, there’s no one in the house
He will treat Ming Mengzhi as a maid. When his wife was alive, the people in the Ming Palace treated Ming Mengzhi as a young lady. After his wife passed away, the people in the Ming Palace treated Ming Mengzhi as a young lady.
Ming Mengzhi himself is a beauty's embryo
, the one who came and went now can be regarded as slim, so people in the Ming Dynasty think that instead of explaining that the dream is the maid next to Mingyue, it is more appropriate to say that it is the child bride of Master Mingyue. Of course, Mingyue cannot hear this.
Ming Mengzhi cannot hear these words.
In other words, the relationship between two people is not that of brother and sister, but it is better than that of brother and sister. They are not lovers, but the relationship between two people is more pure than that of lovers. Ming Wenshi knew that his son must like Ming Mengzhi, but he didn’t know that Ming Mengzhi himself
What do you think, even though it’s me?
A maid in the mansion, but the business of forced marriage is not something that a scholarly family like the Ming family can do, so it depends on the girl’s thoughts. Although Mingleyou has reached the age of marrying a wife and having children, Mingleyou is now
Reading is still the most important task, so there is no
Neither Ming Wenshi nor Ming Yongshou will lobby for Mingle's marriage at this time. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. It would be great for Mingleyou and Ming Meng to become husband and wife, but if they don't get married, it is God's arrangement.
, it’s impossible to do things like forcefully pulling red strings.
Come. But no matter what, Ming Wenshi feels that Ming Mengzhi is a good girl. Even if she doesn't marry her own son, she must not be wronged to marry a chicken, a chicken, a dog, a dog. Ming Mengzhi's marriage to
It must be the same as when Mingleyou married his own daughter
, dowry is also indispensable. After all, Ming Leyou's mother's favorite maid during her lifetime was Ming Mengzhi, and for some reason, the older Ming Mengzhi gets, the more she looks like his own woman, so Ming Wenshi also pays tribute to Ming Mengzhi.
I also went to see it in front of my daughter.
"I'll go see your mother later, and you two can leave tomorrow when your grandpa comes back." After Ming Wenshi drank the white porridge in his bowl, he slowly put down the jade bowl and said softly to Ming Leyou.
"Father, are you going with me?" Mingleyou raised his head and asked.
"Well, I'll go take a look too." Ming Wenshi nodded slightly.
"Okay." Mingleyou nodded, and then chewed faster.
After a while, Ming Leyou straightened his clothes, then turned to look at Ming Mengzhi and said, "Mengzhi, go to my room and bring me the Jingxin Sutra I wrote today."
"Okay." Ming Mengzhi agreed, then bowed slightly to Ming Wenshi and walked towards Ming Leyou's room.
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After Ming Leyou had breakfast, he went to his mother's grave with Ming Wenshi and Ming Meng. Ming Wenshi had been conscientious and dedicated to his duties throughout his life, so he always followed the rules whenever he did things.
There are strict requirements for the residence and tombs of officials and their families, whether it is the size of the tomb or the tomb.
There are very strict requirements for the furnishings inside and outside. The Mingwen Stone itself is a third-grade official, so Mingleyou's mother's tomb should be built according to the specifications of a third-grade lady. However, when the tomb was built, the Mingwen Stone was unprecedented.
She broke the rules, and no matter how others tried to persuade her, Ming Wenshi would not listen. She would always say the same thing, "She followed me for half a year."
I have never enjoyed the blessings of a human being in my life. Is it possible that I will not be able to live in a more prosperous way when I die?" At that time, Mingleyou was not very touched when he heard this, but now he turned around and thought about how rare it was for his father to be unruly.
I don’t know how many people were jealous of this unruly behavior. After all, my mother’s mausoleum is bigger than the tomb of my grandmother’s first-class lady.
Style, this is not just about not following the rules, in serious terms, it is treason, but even if it is treason, Mr. Ming said, "It is okay to repair the tomb, but it must not cost the country's money." This sentence made those who
Those who are afraid that the world will not be in chaos will all shut up. The emperor doesn't care, and neither do the elders of the family. What others say is useless.
A pair of tall green and white jade lions were lifelike, squatting quietly at the entrance of the mausoleum. Ming Yongshou stepped forward and gently touched the lion's head. His father said that his mother asked him for two lions before she died, because they faced south.
To the south, you can see the house where Ming Leyou is. This is a woman who is worried about her own flesh and blood. She was worried about her own flesh and blood during her lifetime, and she is still worried about her after her death.
The main Shinto path leading to the tomb has a total of 132 steps. However, as Mingleyou gets older and older, the steps become farther and farther, so this number is inevitably inaccurate, but whenever Mingleyou reads,
When they were tired, they all liked to walk in front of the tomb. Ming Wen, Shi Ming and Leyou walked side by side, Ming Mengzhi followed slowly behind them, and the three of them walked to the tombstone.
"How many steps did you walk this time?" Ming Wenshi stopped and looked at Ming Leyou and asked.
"One hundred and thirty-three steps." Mingleyou replied.
"Why is there an extra step?"
"I walked closer this time than every time." Mingleyou whispered back, then looked up at the simple seven characters on the tombstone. Without the inscription on the tombstone, there would be no name, lineage, place of origin,
Deeds, life span, date of death, descendants, burial time, and burial place are simply seven characters: "The tomb of the beloved wife Ming Zhen."
Mingleyou's eyes turned red when he saw these seven characters, while Ming Mengzhi behind Mingleyou had already burst into tears. Ming Wenshi, who was not good at words, stood in front of the grave with his hands behind his back, silent.
Mingleyou reached out to take the sacrifice brought by Ming Mengzhi, and then after the memorial ceremony, he stood in front of the grave and said softly: "Dad, do you still remember what my mother looks like?"
Ming Wenshi was stunned for a moment, and then said softly: "I will never forget it in this life."
"Then why I can't remember clearly."
"Maybe you were too young at that time." Ming Wenshi raised his head and sighed, then patted Ming Leyou on the shoulder and said softly: "If he stays with your mother for a while longer, you will be the last thing he can let go of in his life.
"
"Yes." Mingleyou nodded in agreement, then knelt on the ground with a thud.
Ming Wenshi turned his head and glanced at Ming Leyou, then ran out of the mausoleum with his hands behind his back. Ming Wenshi slowly disappeared into the cemetery. When he was about to go out, Ming Wenshi looked back. Without counting, he left.
It took one hundred and twenty-five steps. Ten years ago, it was one hundred and twenty-five steps. Ten years later, it will still be one hundred and twenty-five steps. No more, no less, no less than one step. Mingwenshi has walked this road more times than
There were ten times more Mingleyou, but no one saw it.
Mingleyou knelt in front of the grave for an unknown amount of time. Anyway, if it wasn't for Ming Mengzhi's reminder, Mingleyou seemed to have forgotten that it was getting dark.
"Stop kneeling, you're catching a cold. It's time for your mother to talk to me for reason."
At this time, a voice sounded next to Mingleyou. Mingleyou turned around suddenly. Unexpectedly, Ming Yongshou and Ming Wenshi also stood beside him. Mingleyou stood up slowly, then saluted slightly to Ming Yongshou, and then
He said softly: "Grandpa, how are you doing today?"
"The scolding was quite pleasant." Ming Yongshou replied with a smile, then patted Ming Leyou on the shoulder and said: "The little emperor Zhu You is about the same age as you, but when I talked to him today, I found that this emperor's heart seems to be
It’s not just on this beam!”
Mingleyou and Mingwenshi were stunned when they heard this.
"Grandpa, what do you mean by this? Where can the emperor's heart be if it's not in Daliang?" Mingleyou asked with a frown.
Ming Wenshi looked at Ming Leyou and was silent for a moment, then whispered: "His heart is to create an unprecedented prosperous dynasty."
"A prosperous age even more prosperous than the previous dynasty?" Ming Leyou sounded a little surprised.
"The previous dynasty?" Ming Yongshou smiled, then held his beard and said: "What kind of prosperous age was the previous dynasty? Give this emperor thirty to fifty years, and you will know what the real prosperous age is."
"Oh." Mingleyou nodded slightly and did not continue to ask.
"By the way, the emperor mentioned you today and said he wanted to promote you." Ming Yongshou turned to look at Ming Wenshi and smiled.
"Did you refuse?" Ming Wenshi asked with the same smile.
"Don't you refuse to watch you go up?" Ming Yongshou rolled his eyes at Ming Wenshi, and then explained: "Although the civil and military issues above the court in Daliang have been resolved, the issue of forming gangs will inevitably follow.
Appear, this is a chain reaction, your current position is neither high nor low, which is good. The higher you go, the more dangerous Chen Xingxiu will be."