In the year when Lang Jian, the minister's term of office, expired, he went to the capital, intending to seek another term as county governor, and then retire home. On the way by boat, I met a herd of cows sleeping under a weir.

○ Minister Lang

Minister Lang Jian (official name) When his term of office expired, he went to the capital, intending to seek another term as county governor, and then retire home.

On the way by boat, I encountered a herd of cows sleeping under a weir. It was the height of summer, and the moonlight was bright at night. Lang Jian asked his entourage to go to bed, while he sat alone by the cabin door to admire the moonlight.

In the middle of the night, everything was quiet, and he suddenly heard someone talking on the shore. The voice said: "My son will pass by here tomorrow. I hope you will pull the boat hard. He is young, so don't scare him."

Lang Jian was very surprised and climbed onto the river bank to look around. Everyone was sleeping soundly in dreamland at the moment, except for a herd of cows lying under the house.

The next day, Lang Jian parked the boat where he was and waited. Not long after, a man who was said to be the prison officer (official name), only twenty years old, passed by. As soon as the ship reached the weir, the cattle got up together without waiting for anyone to shout and whip them. They moved like a whirlwind and quickly dragged the ship over the weir.

Lang Jian sighed: "I have been an official all my life, governing the people, and I think I have never solved an unjust case. Why do I have to force myself to become an official now that I am old?"

So he ignored the regulations of the officialdom and directly I retired and returned to my hometown, turning around and heading south to my hometown Yuhang . No one knew the name of the cow's son, so Lang Jian helped him hide it.

The character in the story is Lang Jian, a minister of the Song Dynasty, named Shulian, who was born in Hangzhou. He was lonely and poor since he was a child, and he was eager to learn and make progress. He often borrowed books and copied them, and read them by heart. He was a Jinshi in the th year of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, and successively served as the secretary of the provincial school secretary, the county magistrate of html Ningguo, the county magistrate of Fuqing. Later, he was transferred to the Suizhou Prefectural Government in Suizhou. He handled the situation before the dynasty and was appreciated by Zhenzong. He was promoted to the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture, right admonition to the officials, to Shizhong, the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture, etc., and became the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Finance. He once called himself a martial artist and practiced Taoism for 15 years. He was proficient in medicine and health-preserving methods and had dozens of proven prescriptions spread throughout the world.

○Liu Mixue

During the 8th year of Song Zhenzong's Tianxi years, Liu Mixue guarded Tanzhou . At that time, some people from Hengshan County, Hengshan County, went to Changsha to do business. They were traveling all night. On the way, they met a team with flags fluttering, guards strictly guarded and scolding them very harshly. The people stopped and stood on the roadside with their hands folded.

Someone asked the person who opened the way: "Where does this high official come from?" He replied: "Liu Mixue from Tanzhou serves as the minister of the north gate of Nanyue, and a ceremony will be held tomorrow."

That night, another minister, Jiang, came to the Yue Temple to burn incense. , lived in the temple, and dreamed that there were a lot of discussions outside, saying that a new official came to see the ceremony, but when he saw the new official, it was Liu Mixue.

Shang Shu Ma Liang was still Yin in Nanjing at that time. Between Sishi and noon, a Taoist priest came to visit him. The official in charge of the reception said to the Taoist priest: "The minister has gone off work, and I dare not inform you now." The Taoist priest said: "Nothing else, I just want to send a letter about Tanzhou Liu Mi Xue."

Reception Officer Asked: "Since you want to see me, why didn't you come earlier?" The Taoist priest then said, "Because the minister of Nanyue North Gate can't come over until he has finished his work today, so I came late." After that, the Taoist priest disappeared.

In the evening, Ma Liang went to the Yamen office, and the receptionist told the matter. Ma Liang was shocked and thought this was an ominous sign. Within a few days, the ominous obituary came.

checked and found that the time when the Taoist priest asked for an audience was the day Liu Mixue died. It turned out that Liu Mixue was in Changsha earlier. One day he claimed that he had received a document and wanted to go to the capital, so he prepared a ship and immediately put his luggage and family on board. However, he himself said: "I haven't handed over the talisman yet. He stayed in the temple temporarily today. "

The next day, he took a shower, changed clothes, sat cross-legged, and passed away calmly.

Now people in Hengyang and Xiangtan area worship him with the same etiquette as Yue Shen.

About Liu Mixue, little is known about his life. However, there is a poem written by Wei Ye, a reclusive scholar in the Song Dynasty, which is somewhat famous. It shows that Liu Mixue was very talented, and his prestige among the people and his reputation among officials were still very good.The excerpt is as follows:

"He Bingzhou Liu Mi Xue Jian Jian Ji"

[Song Dynasty]: Wei Ye

is like Pei Duzhen Hedong, millions of soldiers and civilians are afraid of love. The bells and drums have been noisy for a long time, but there is stillness. The banners point to the empty gate. Old friends from Xiaoxiang participated in current affairs, and beauties from Yanzhao took over the scholarly style. If you come back to a secret place and you don't know how to get out, don't make an appointment with a bamboo horse.

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