It was another wet and rainy day. The rain under the eaves of the corridor fell to the ground and a shallow depression accumulated. After a while, the rain stopped. A young man squatted under the corridor, looking at the clear figures reflected on the water, staring blankly.

This is a face with a bit of delicateness, which is very consistent with the temperament of Jun Shao of Jiangnan.

A drop of water fell from the eaves of the corridor, dissipating the figures on the water surface and allowing the young man to recover from his spirit.

It has been almost three years since he came to this world, and he still often feels dazed and cannot believe the fact that he has traveled through time.

"Young Master, it's time to eat!"

A shout came from afar, and the boy came back to his senses and responded: "Here is here!"

The standard teenage voice sounds comfortable and pleasant.

The maid giggled and turned around and ran away.

...

The young man was named Su Yi, who ranked eighth among the Su family, so his family called him Balang. Three years ago, Su Yi suffered a serious illness and hired famous doctors but couldn't see anything. However, the high fever did not go away, and the medicine stone was useless. As the person was about to disappear, the family prepared the coffin, but he suddenly felt sweaty and miraculously came alive.

However, no one knew that the person who survived had quietly changed his soul, from a soul that came thousands of years later.

Su Yi, who just woke up, often said some strange words, such as computers, mobile phones, kings, chicken eating..., which made people confused. But as time passed, he gradually stopped saying it. People only said that he was confused and said strange words, and no one took them seriously.

Only Su Yi himself knew what was going on. He came from China in 2020. That year, due to a sudden outbreak, he squatted at home for half a year and screamed. After finally lifting the ban, he took out all his savings and bought a car, intending to take a trip that he could go on, but he didn't expect that this trip would be in a car accident... When he opened his eyes again, he had already changed his time and space.

When he first arrived here, his memory was still very clear, but later it gradually became blurred. Sometimes when he woke up, he sometimes couldn't tell whether the memory from 2020 was true or whether it was a mirror or a mirror. He began to accept the identity of "Su Yi" and tried to integrate into his current life.

...

The place to eat was a bright and spacious room. When I saw Su Yi coming, I saw the old man sitting in the upper head seat with a slightly sick look. He smiled and waved to him, saying, "Good nephew, the last time I met you was five years ago. At that time, you were a child, and now you are already a big guy! If the eldest brother is still there, I will be very comforted!"

"Uncle praised me, but my nephew was ashamed." Su Yi bowed to the old man, and then said to the middle-aged man who was a little younger, but had gray hair and a sad face, "Big Brother."

"Yeah." The middle-aged man was serious and just looked at the old man. Tears were in his eyes, and his eyes were red. He obviously had just cried.

"Sit down." The old man's tone was weak, he signaled for a moment, and hurriedly closed his mouth, as if he would vent his strength by saying one more word.

Su Yi glanced at his elder brother and sat down next to him.

This is a family dinner. The person who was called the eldest brother by Su Yi was named Su Mai. He was originally the magistrate of Jiahe County. He resigned at the beginning of the year and returned to Suzhou Lake to live in seclusion. Last month, he received a message from his family and learned that his uncle was seriously ill, Su Mai immediately took all his family members to Yingzhou to visit.

It was a happy thing for uncle and nephew to meet again for many years. But Su Che's physical condition at this time greatly reduced the joy.

After a family dinner, laughter was far less than sad. The uncle and nephew chatted often, and suddenly started crying. As soon as they wiped away their tears, they drank a few glasses of wine, and talked about another matter, and felt sad and started crying again. I don’t know why there were so many tears. The two cried until their throats were hoarse, and no one could persuade them.

Su Yi was not easy to talk to him when he was beside him. He opened his mouth several times, closed his mouth again, and looked at him silently.

After the family dinner, the uncle and nephew had to have a long talk all night, so Su Yi, led by his maid, came to the wing room of the East Courtyard. In order to avoid boredom for a long time, the maid brought him a few books. Su Yi politely thanked him and took the book. The one above was a book called "Luancheng Collection".

Su Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Who would have thought that he would travel through time to more than a thousand years ago and even become a relative with the great writers?

...

The rain is still falling, but it is so small that it is sparse. If you don’t look carefully, you will think it has stopped.

In the study, the servant lit the lamp, served tea again, and then left. Only the uncle and nephew were left to sit down. Su Zhe was wearing a cotton robe and a warm stove in his arms. Even so, his teeth were still trembling.

Su Mai grabbed his uncle's cold hand with tears in his eyes: "Uncle, when we met last time, you were still energetic, why are you now...?"

Halfway through his words, Su Mai shed tears and couldn't speak. Instead, Su Che was open and said, "What's there to cry? Everyone has birth, old age, sickness and death. I'm seventy-four years old this year, and I'm already a long life. In this life, I have experienced everything I should have experienced, and I have no regrets. What's the pity to die?"

He looked at Su Mai and said, "It's just... I'm going to be buried. There is something I want to tell you after thinking about it."

"Things?" Su Mai said blankly: "Does your uncle tell his nephew if he has something to do?"

"Yeah." Su Che sighed and said, "I was hesitant at first, but when I saw Hachiro today, I thought about it and decided to say it. Do you think that this child... doesn't look like our Su family?"

"Ah?" Su Mai was stunned. He didn't understand why his uncle said this. It was related to his ancestors. Su Mai hurriedly said, "Uncle, what do you mean? Do you..."

Su Che nodded and said, "Haruo is not actually the biological son of his brother."

“What…what?!”

A thunder suddenly sounded outside the window, and the rain became heavier in vain. Su Mai was surprised, it was too ridiculous. The younger brother he raised since childhood was not his father's child? If this was not said from Su Che, he would never believe it!

"How could this be...How could this be? I watched me grow up, how could this be possible?!" Su Mai quickly stroked the causes and consequences, and waved his hands repeatedly: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, uncle, don't joke."

"Who is joking with you?" Su Che coughed twice, and Su Mai quickly patted his back and helped him to calm his breath. Su Che said weakly: "I am already like this, and I still have the mood to joke with you? This is true, and it was your father who told me in the letter. Only I know the whole story in this world!"

Seeing that Su Mai still didn't believe it, Su Che raised his hand and pointed to the bookshelf next to him, saying, "The first book in the third row, the letter in the middle of "The Analects of Confucius" is the letter your father wrote to me. Look at it yourself, is it his handwriting."

Upon hearing this, Su Mai immediately stood up and easily found the book "The Analects of Confucius" on the bookshelf. When he opened the page, there was indeed a letter. The four words on the envelope were opened by my brother. These four words were light and heavy horizontally, with stretched strokes and plump ink. Su Mai was very familiar with it. It was the word of his father Su Shi. Su Mai opened the letter, and after reading it, he was completely stunned and murmured: "How could this be like this? Father, father, you are...ah!"

Seeing Su Mai's appearance, Su Zhe laughed, laughed a few times, and coughed again. Su Mai quickly put the letter back into the Analects of Confucius and came to help him calm down.

After a while, he became angry. Su Che took a sip of hot tea and pressed it down, saying, "My elder brother has always been concerned about his original intention in his life. No matter what he does, I, the younger brother, will not be surprised. The letter only said that Hachiro is not his biological son, but the details are not explained. Later, when he met, he told me the causes and consequences, and now I will tell you."

Su Mai was in a daze and had not recovered from the impact. He heard this and just nodded and said nothing.

Su Che fell into memories and said: "That was... In September of the eighth year of Yuanyou, your father was ordered to be the governor of Dingzhou. Before he could sit on the butt, Empress Dowager Gao died of illness, Zhezong succeeded to the throne and launched the new party. In June of the following year, your father was demoted again and ordered him to be the deputy envoy of the Ningyuan Army and be appointed as Huizhou. During this period, such an incident happened."

"At that time, there was a small Shi in your father's mansion. This person was a wonderful person. Not only was he very talented and wrote good words, but he could also use guns and sticks, juggle, blow and beat... It seemed that he knew a little, which was quite liked by your father. When your father learned that he was going to be demoted to Huizhou, he couldn't bear to bury his future, so he recommended him to the Taiwei of Xiao Wangdu. But who knew that when he was in the mansion, he had an affair with your Sanniang's maid and even became pregnant. Your father knew nothing about this... Perhaps, Xiao Shi himself didn't know it at that time."

Su Mai recalled it and seemed to remember that there was such a person around Sanniang. But he didn't have a deep impression. After all, he was a maid, so it was normal that he didn't remember it.

Su Che continued: "When the maid showed her wives, she was already halfway to Huizhou. When she arrived in Huizhou, the maid gave birth to prematurely and gave birth to Balang. But the maid died of dysfunction, leaving only a lonely and helpless child."

"At that time, only your Sanniang and your third brother were with your father. Both of them thought that this child was the income of your father's love after drinking, but your father knew that he had never touched this maid. And when this maid was about to give birth, he confessed to your father who the child's biological father was. So, your father was completely wronged."

"But the maid is dead, and the child's biological father was just a minor official at that time. Huizhou is thousands of miles away from Tokyo. If you send the child back to his father, it would be like taking the child's life. Your father thought about it and then, but he simply didn't clarify and accepted the matter. In this way, Hachiro became your younger brother."

"This letter." Su Che smiled and said, "It was also written at that time. Your father thought that he was responsible for this matter entirely based on the word Yi, so he named the child 'Su Yi'."

Su Che seemed to be tired, slowly narrowed his eyes and said, "You have experienced the rest of the things you have personally done, so I don't need to say anything."

Su Mai sighed long and said, "In the third year of Shaosheng, I wrote a letter to apply for a job in Shaozhou Renhua Order, which was approved. So, I took the opportunity to take office and moved my family and my third brother to Huizhou to reunite with my father. Less than two months later, Sanniang was seriously ill, and her father received an order to demote her to Qiongzhou. When Sanniang was dying, she entrusted her three-year-old younger brother to my wife. From then on, I have lived with us and our husbands until today."

The more Su Mai thought about it, the more incredible he felt, he said in confusion: "But uncle, in the third year of Yuanfu, the official family succeeded to the throne, his father was pardoned from Qiongbei. My younger brother was already seven years old. My father met him and lived together for ten months. But he had never said half of his life story to me until he died of illness. Why didn't he mention it?"

"There is a reason." Su Zhe took a break for a while, took a little rest, and said, "He returned from Qiongbei and wrote to me, asking me to send someone to the Taiwei Wei Mansion of Xiaowangdu to find the child's biological father. In the letter, he said... Suddenly he felt something was wrong and felt that the deadline was coming. I was worried about this matter in this life, and asked me to find the child's biological father and see what kind of person he is now. If he can take good care of Hachiro, he will send the child back and let him recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown. But if he can't take good care of it, he will give up."

Thinking that Su Yi had not sent him away, Su Mai asked, "The child's biological father... was not found?"

"Finished!" Su Che sighed and said, "It's no fate. At that time, the child's father was no longer at the Taiwei Wei Mansion of Xiao Wangdu, and went to the border. There was a war in the border, and life and death were uncertain. I gave up this matter."

Su Mai became more and more confused as he heard it, frowned slightly, and said, "So, Hachiro's biological father went to join the army? Who is he? But he is still alive?" Su Che nodded and said, "Of course he is still alive, otherwise what would I say to you? Hachiro's biological father is the current Grand Marshal's Palace - Gao Qiu!"

"He?" Su Mai frowned immediately, suddenly arose, and said anxiously: "How could it be him? No, I can't let me recognize him. I don't agree, it's impossible!"

Su Mai served as the magistrate of Jiahe County for five years, and every month the imperial court reported it. There are major events in the court, appointments of personnel, promotions, etc., etc. The name Gao Qiu can be said to be the name that has appeared the most frequently in the past five years.

It is rumored that this person was a playmate when the official family was in secret. The official family ascended the throne and the chickens and dogs were promoted, and he was promoted.

The Song Dynasty emphasized civil servants over military affairs, and had a complete system for the promotion and appointment of civil servants, which was not entirely based on the emperor's nature. All seventh-rank county officials must have a Jinshi, but Gao Qiu had no fame and reputation, so the path of civil servants could not be understood.

If a civil servant fails, he has to take the path of a military officer. The military officer is not strict with his background, and he can only be promoted and appointed. Is the meritorious service? It depends on one's mouth. You can say that you are afraid of the enemy in the battle, or you can say that you are leading by example. There are many loopholes and are easy to do things. The official wants to keep Gao Qiu as a person who will relocate and transfer. Such a position is only in the three yamen that controls the imperial guards. However, the Song Dynasty had a ancestral system, and he could not be given a border merit. So the official thought of a way, and sent him to the border to gilt, and specially asked the border commander Liu Zhongwu to take good care of him.

No one expected that he had such a good fortune. During the years he was in the border, the Song Dynasty fought several victories. In the third year of Chongning, Zhao Huaide of Tubo rebelled, and Liu Zhongwu led his army to suppress the rebellion and won a great victory. Gao Qiu ranked third in the credit book. In the second year of Daguan, Tong Guan and Liu Zhongwu successfully surrendered the Qiang prince Zang Zhengpuge and recovered the Jishi Army through many years of planning. The envoys sent at that time were Gao Qiu. More than these, in the past five years, the border masters were more than 20, and each item was named Gao Qiu.

In just five years, Gao Qiu rose straight up and became the general of the palace with real skills. Such a magical plot, even if Su Mai didn't believe in an official position, even ordinary people in the Song Dynasty would not believe it.

If virtue is not worthy of the position, it will naturally cause criticism. As a result, Gao Qiu's reputation becomes increasingly bad. Some say that his contribution is "killing good people and making achievements", while others say that he can be promoted so quickly, because this person flatters him and deducts military pay and bribes important officials in the court, so he has a prosperous official career. Some people say that this person bullies the superiors and beauties, and specializes in collecting beautiful women's jewelry for the officials among the people. Wherever he passes, there is no grass left...

In short, there is no good thing. All the things Su Mai heard about Gao Qiu were negative. How could he let his younger brother, who was raised, recognize such a person as his father?

Su Mai said his concerns, but Su Che smiled and said, "Big nephew, do you still remember "Shi Zhongshan"?"

Su Mai was stunned and immediately understood what Su Che meant.

Shi Zhongshan, others can't understand, but Su Mai can understand, which involves a past event more than 30 years ago.

At that time, the Wutai poetry case was just right, Su Shi was convicted and exiled to Huangzhou, and the young Su Mai served the people. One day, the father and son somehow talked about Shizhongshan by the Poyang Lake. Both father and son did not know the origin of this name. Su Mai searched through the books and found many statements in ancient books such as "Shui Jing Notes", but Su Shi felt it was far-fetched. Su Mai wanted to find more arguments, but Su Shi stopped him and said to him: "In general, researching knowledge and verifying things must not be followed by people, or just relying on hearsays to draw conclusions. If you want to know the truth, you need to investigate and see what you have to do with your own eyes."

So the matter was put aside, and it took five years in a flash. In the seventh year of Yuanfeng, Su Mai went to Dexing County, Raozhou to serve as a county magistrate. Su Shi sent him to Hukou, and nearby was a stone bell mountain. The father and son took a boat to the cliff of the mountain and searched along the foot of the mountain. When they found a place, they could only hear a series of clear and high sounds, like bells and drums. It turned out that the foot of the mountain was covered with stone orifices, of different sizes, shapes, and depths. They were constantly hit by waves, and they made various sounds, just like chimes from the Qin and Han Dynasties. The name of the stone bells came from this.

A doubt was solved after five years, and Suma's attitude of seeking truth can be seen from this.

Seeing that Su Mai understood what he meant, Su Che said, "All your impressions about Gao Qiu are heard and cannot be counted. When your father died, he was thinking of sending the child back and saying, "I am worried about this in this life." This matter was his last wish." He coughed and said, "Looking at me, I'm going to meet him. If he asks me, what should I say? After thinking about it, I still want to get this done."

"It's a coincidence." Su Zhe struggled to get up, Su Mai quickly supported him, and the two of them came to the table. Su Zhe picked up a letter from under the inkstone and said, "I haven't had time to find him, he has come to me, look."

Su Mai hurriedly helped Su Che to sit down before taking the letter and opening it.

"Gao Qiu worships Xiao Su Bachelor's Honorary Criticism."

"In the past, I gave a brief history to the Grand Marshal of Dasu. I was promoted by you and introduced it to the Grand Marshal of Xiaowangdu. Later, I went to Shangqian Mansion today. The official family refused to abandon it, and I had the great fortune I am today. I was unforgettable to recommend it. When the Grand Marshal of Dasu died, he was still on the border and could not come to the door to celebrate filial piety, which made me regret it. I always thought about it, and tears flowed all over my body, and I would not repay you..."

"...I am now in a high position and my heart is frightened and uneasy. The officials will never abandon me, but I can only repay the holy grace. However, there is something that is difficult to say. I am now saying it with shamelessness, and I hope Master Su can help me."

"In the third year of Chongning, I led my army to fight against the Tubo rebels, which hurt my lower abdomen. Although I have married and taken concubines, there is still nothing left. In my sorrow, I remembered that when I was at the Dasu Academy, I had a relationship with the third lady's maid Mei Lan. After separation for many years, I wonder if she is fine or... Is there any one left?"

"There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and it is great if there is no queen. I am afraid that after I die, I will have no face to face my ancestors, so I beg for help. I am very grateful. If the public has something to ask for, but I can do my best to repay Sumen's kindness. Gao Qiu bows to him."

After reading the letter, Su Mai became even more angry and threw it on the table, angrily: "It turns out that he is a shameless person. If he has a conscience, why didn't he send a letter earlier? But when my younger brother got his clue and had a reputation, he came to recognize his son. How could there be such a cheap thing in the world! Uncle, I must not recognize this person!"

"I have replied to him." Su Zhe said slowly: "It has been three days since the carriage that the Palace Commander's Mansion came to pick up people."

"Uncle!" Su Mai was shocked and said, "Uncle! You are really determined to send me back?"

"Don't be anxious, listen to me. There are three reasons for this decision." Su Che ignored Su Mai's excitement and said slowly: "First, this is your father's last wish, I will do it for him. Second, the blood and family affection cannot be cut off. Since he is Gao Qiu's son, he will sooner or later recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown. Gao Qiu is now the chief of the palace and a few people in the heart of the official family, and the holy favor is Zhenglong. Since he wrote to me, he must have found out clearly. It is impossible to hide it. If he forcibly takes Hachiro away, how can I resist it with my Su family?"

"Third..." Su Che looked at Su Mai and said, "After the official ascended the throne, the Yuanyou Party members were erected. The descendants of the Yuanyou Party were not allowed to stay in the capital or take scientific examinations. Even if the descendants of Yuanyou were of great talent, they could not be used by the court. If Balang was a Su family, his future in this life would be ruined. If he was a Su family, he would have recognized this life. But he was not from the Su family's bloodline, how could you bear to harm him for the rest of his life?"

"This..." The last sentence hit the soul. Su Mai's determination was destroyed. He looked a little dazed and his heart was full of struggle.

After a long time, Su Mai shed tears: "Uncle, my nephew understands the truth you said, but... But I brought it to you since I was a child. We were called brothers, but in fact we were like father and son. I felt really uncomfortable just sending him away like this!"
Chapter completed!