roccoschili Chapter 172 Old Friends of the Liang Dynasty
Chapter 172 Old Friends of the Liang Dynasty
In the past, the official office of Huaixudao (Jiangsu Province in the Qing Dynasty was divided into four roads, and Huaixudao led Xuzhou Prefecture) was located in Suqian City.
Suqian is an ancient battlefield that has always been a battleground for military strategists. It has experienced hundreds of wars, and there are traces of battles everywhere.
Therefore, many strange things often happen in Daotai's government offices.
During the Kangxi period, a Taotai from Huaixudao expired and was promoted to Zhejiang Province (another name for the Criminal Investigation Division, in charge of the administration of justice in a province).
Before taking office, a staff member named Zhu was left behind in the Daotai Mansion Office, waiting to hand over to the officials who would take over later.
The entire Daotai government office was empty, with only Zhu staying behind.
However, what makes Zhu feel strange is that noisy voices can be heard every night, as if there are many people gathering there.
One night, the moonlight was as bright as day outside.
Zhu heard many people talking again, and the voices seemed to be gathered under the locust tree in the middle yard.
Driven by curiosity, Zhu got up from the bed, walked behind the window, and peeked out through the gap in the window.
I saw that there were indeed many people in the yard, and I couldn't see their faces clearly, but most of them were wearing ancient clothes and strange hats.
A handsome young man with a black scarf on his head and white clothes was leaning on a pillar next to him, as if he was deep in thought and not socializing with other people.
Everyone shouted: "Lu Lang, the wind and moon are so beautiful, why are you alone and melancholy?!"
The young man in white sighed and said: "Looking at it, the day when the bones will be exposed is coming soon, so we can't help but let people feel less sad!"
After hearing what he said, everyone couldn't help but sigh for him.
At this time, a man with a long beard and a high crown stood up in the crowd and said, "Don't worry too much, Mr. Lu! I will stop this disaster for you first! Now I have an old friend who was alive." Here, we can naturally protect each other!”
After speaking, he recited loudly:
"Lonely for more than a thousand years,
Gaohuai returns to the west and returns to the east.
The spring wind chills the bones,
Gao Yi hopes for Zhu Gong. "
The young man in white raised his hands and bowed, and said thanks in the direction of Zhu: "I have received so much kindness from you back then. I didn't expect that such a dead man would have to trouble you to protect me!"
After finishing speaking, the young man in white no longer felt melancholy and walked over to join the discussion.
Zhu listened intently, as if they were talking about things from the Northern Wei, Qi, and Liang periods.
Soon after, outside the government office, the sound of chickens crowing in villagers' homes was heard in the distance, and all the people in the courtyard suddenly disappeared.
Zhu has always been courageous. Although he knew clearly that those in the courtyard were ghosts, he was not afraid at all. After seeing that those ghosts were gone, he returned to bed and slept peacefully as usual, without wanting to leave because of this.
But he was very confused in his heart: there was a sentence in the poem recited by the old ghost: "High justice looks to Duke Zhu!" Couldn't Duke Zhu be talking about himself? Could it be that I was good friends with them in my previous life? Do they need my help?
Zhu was puzzled.
A few days later, the new Huaixu Daotai Master Sun arrived and came to the official office to hand over to Zhu.
After Zhu completed the handover with him, he hurriedly left the official office and arrived at the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, preparing to hire a boat to Zhejiang to find his employer.
Coincidentally, just when he found the boat and was about to board it, he suddenly heard someone calling his name on the pier.
Zhu turned his head and saw a man dressed as a police officer, holding a letter in his hand, shouting his name loudly, and running towards him in a hurry.
After asking, I found out that it was his employer, and a letter was sent to the Huaixu Road Official Office. Master Daotai knew that he hired a boat at the dock and was going to Zhejiang. He hurriedly sent a messenger to deliver the letter to him and stopped him from boarding the ship.
Zhu opened the letter and saw that it read: "I went to Jinling (today's Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province) to meet with the Governor (also called the Governor-General). He is the highest official of a province and is equivalent to the current provincial governor. Elder.) Later, I received an obituary notice from my family in Hubei and learned that my father had passed away. I will no longer go to western Zhejiang to take up my post, but will return to my hometown for the funeral. Please change my husband’s itinerary so that I don’t have to come to Zhejiang to look for him. Me! You can make your own decision and make a living on your own!"
After Zhu read it, he understood: he was fired by his employer!
So he quickly explained the situation to the boatman he had just hired, and he would not go to Zhejiang for the time being.
Just when he was helpless and didn't know where to go, he heard the officer say that he wanted to help Master Daotai find a suitable staff member.
Zhu quickly asked what was going on.
The officer said that the newly appointed Master Sun of Huaixu Daotai had a staff member in the government office who suddenly fell ill and passed away, so he needed to find another person to be his staff member.
When Zhu heard this, he was very happy. There really is no perfect way to go!
Although he knew that he had no friendship with the new Mr. Sun, when he took office and handed over related matters, he learned that the Suqian County Magistrate had a good relationship with him. And my relationship with the Suqian County Magistrate is also good.
So, he felt that it was not too late. After separating from the officer, he took his luggage directly to the Suqian County Government Office and asked the Suqian County Magistrate to introduce him to Master Daotaisun.
It was learned that Zhu was originally a staff member of Huaixu Daotai, and he was very familiar with everything he did. Moreover, it was the right time for Mr. Sun to employ people, so the matter was settled as soon as it was discussed.
Zhu got his wish and moved into Daotai Yamen again with his luggage.
At this time, Zhu discovered that his original residence in the government office had been converted into a living room, and Mr. Sun arranged for him and other staff to live in another place.
Because Zhu's new boss, Mr. Daotai, was also new here, so he was busy with official and private matters, so Zhu forgot about the ghost that appeared in the government office before.
Sun was a newly appointed official. He was not satisfied with the original arrangement of Master Daotai in the government office, so he made drastic changes.
One day, when Mr. Sun and Mr. Zhu were sitting and chatting in the hall, a servant came in and reported: "We were digging the pond in front of us just now and found a stone tablet with words on it, but we didn't recognize it, so we didn't know. What dynasty is that? Please move over and have a look!"
Lord Sun took Zhu with him to watch.
I saw that the stone tablet was engraved with "the tomb of Zhang Gong, the minister of Liang Sanqi", and the dug location was right between two locust trees.
Zhu saw it was a tombstone, and thought about it, and couldn't help but think of what he saw on the moonlit night before.
He quickly persuaded Mr. Sun to stop digging further into the land.
Master Sun didn't know why, so he asked him the reason.
Zhu told Master Sun what he had seen and heard before. And said: "If I remember correctly, there should be another tomb nearby."
Before he finished speaking, he heard the servant digging the soil report: "Sir, another skeleton has been dug up!"
Only then did Mr. Sun believe that Zhu was not making things up out of thin air.
So, he ordered his servants to fill the excavated soil back, bury the stone tablets and bones as they were, restore the land to its original flatness, and no longer modify the pond.
Only Zhu knew clearly: the stone tablet excavated at the beginning should be the grave of the man with a long beard and a tall hat; what was excavated later should be the bones of the young man wearing a black scarf and white clothes!
It seems that he is really an old friend from their previous life, and he has blessed them again!