What else was Yang Shu called? This was really a question of increasing one's academic achievements. Shen Yan was not sure if the few of them knew about it, but he really did not know. Did Yang Shu have another name?
The man shook his head." I don't know.”
Meng Fan didn't directly tell them Yang Shu's name. Instead, he told them a story.
"This matter first spread from Kaifeng.。。”
He said that there was a small town in Kaifeng, and there was a big family with the surname You in the town.
Old Master You had come to this small town as a refugee. In the beginning, he had been running errands in a medicine shop. At that time, he had escaped and could not even eat a full meal.
However, this Old Master You was indeed not an ordinary person. Starting from a waiter, he used about ten years to buy all the medicine shops in the entire town. From then on, there was only one medicine shop business in the town.
After that, the old master married the daughter of an old scholar.
In that era, having the status of a High Scholar was already quite an impressive person. Passing the High Scholar meant that one already had the qualifications to be an official.
In ancient times, a scholar could sit in court, defend others, and write complaints. Even if you were only 18 years old, everyone would call you master. If you set up a flagpole in front of your house, you could become a local celebrity.
This old High Scholar was also full of scholarly spirit. In addition, he didn't have much money and didn't know how to find connections or use connections. Therefore, he had never been an official and his family background was also very ordinary.
Although Old Master You ran a medicine shop, it was also a kind of business. The ancients were very resistant to merchants. There were even a few dynasties where merchants were not even allowed to travel by car or sedan chair.
There were even strict orders to prohibit businessmen from becoming officials.
Therefore, if a businessman wanted to change the atmosphere of the family, he could only rely on his children and grandchildren.
Just like Old Master You, he had made a lot of money by running a medicine shop, but what should he do if he wanted his descendants to enter the court as officials?
He earned money from running the medicine shop, so he could buy land and let his children manage the land. He could transform his family from a merchant to a landlord, and then his grandson could enter a private school to study and obtain an official rank.
It was also because of this idea that Old Master wholeheartedly sought out the daughter of the High Scholar to be his wife.
The daughter of this High Scholar was considered to be as beautiful as a flower and jade, so Old Master You was also exceptionally happy.
When the daughter of the old scholar gave birth to a family for him, the You family could start to get rid of the label of a businessman.
Madam You could also be considered a lady from a wealthy family. She usually did not leave the house. She only liked to be artsy and liked to plant flowers and trees.
Old Master You doted on his wife. Moreover, the courtyard was big. It was not a big deal to have some flowers and plants. Therefore, Madam You followed her own temperament. At first, she planted the flowers and trees she liked in the courtyard. Later, Madam You planted all the flowers and trees she could find in her own courtyard.
Spring had arrived, and all things were revived. The courtyard could be said to be full of flowers. Every morning, when one woke up, they could smell the fragrance of flowers. The sight of colorful flowers was refreshing. Madam You even named the courtyard "Emerald Immortal Residence".
Originally, Master You only went to the medicine shop once every few days. Firstly, there were waiters in the shop, so it didn't matter if he went or not. Secondly, Madam You hadn't given Master You any children, so Master You was anxious.。。
However, the business in the shop was getting worse and worse, and the money they earned was also getting lesser and lesser. Old Master You also began to leave early and return late, trying to figure out why the business was getting worse and worse.
One morning, on the way to the shop, the old master saw a beggar lying on the ground. After checking, the old master found that the beggar had caught a cold.
Old Master You had a good heart. He went back to the shop to get some medicine for the cold and some food to give to the beggar.
After the things were delivered, Old Master turned around and was about to return to the medicine shop.
The beggar looked at Old Master You and said," Don't go to the medicine shop. Go home. Business is not good. It's better than losing your life. If you go back now, you can still be saved. If you go back a few days later, it will be difficult for you to live.'
Old Master You was also shocked. He knew that he had met an expert, so he humbly asked for advice.
The beggar said,'Don't plant mulberry trees in front, don't plant willows behind, don't plant ghosts clapping in the courtyard, people are excited, trees are not excited, trees are excited to kill people.。。'
With that, the beggar left with the medicine for typhoid fever.
Old Master knew that there were mulberry trees in his front yard because he had been paying attention to the mulberry trees that had the mulberry tree.
The Yellow Fire was a precious medicinal herb. The old master was in the business of a medicine shop, so he naturally had the deepest impression of this thing. Originally, he had thought that when he was almost grown up, he would take the Yellow Fire to the shop to sell.
After returning home, Old Master You went straight to the backyard. As expected, the backyard was filled with willow trees, swaying in the wind like strands of black hair.
The old master called out all the servants in the house and brought tools to cut down the mulberry trees in the front yard and the willow trees in the backyard.
After looking at the mulberry tree and willow tree, Old Master You began to feel troubled. Mulberry and willow trees were easy to find, but what was this ghost clap?
Just as he was thinking, a breeze blew past, and a series of slapping sounds rang out in the courtyard.
The old master looked in the direction of the sound and found that the leaves of the poplar trees in the courtyard were swaying and hitting as the breeze blew. They kept making 'pa' sounds. Needless to say, this sound really sounded like the sound of clapping hands.
At this time, Old Master You would rather kill the wrong person than let him go.
He directly asked the servants to cut down those poplar trees.
Everyone's hair stood on end when the poplar tree was chopped.
With every swing of the axe, something that looked like blood seeped out of the poplar tree trunk.
Finally, a few poplar trees were cut down, but Mrs. You's screams came from the house.
When everyone ran into the house, they found Madam You lying in a pool of blood.。。
From then on, no mulberry trees were planted in front, no willow trees were planted behind, and no ghosts were planted in the courtyard. Just like a folk song, it completely spread among the people.
"Don't plant mulberry trees in front, don't plant willows behind, and don't plant ghosts in the courtyard. Yang Shu is this ghost." Meng Fan looked at the man and said," Haven't you noticed in the past two years that the poplar trees in your yard are growing much better than the ones outside?”
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