There is a smooth carriageway down the slope, but there are no pedestrians on either side. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Crossing the racetrack, there is another stone staircase that is wide for one person. Go up the stairs, less than two cups of tea time to come to a mountain villa door, the door hangs a woodcarved plaque, on which the big characters "Qilin Villa" are written. The two well-dressed men at the door saw Dongfang Yan coming, and immediately opened the door. The three of them walked into the villa.

There is a rockery in front of it, and there is bluegrass planted between the rocks. Two green brick paths on both sides bypass the rockery under the shade of holly foliage. Behind the rockery is a hall, six peach carved doors are all open, several pots of spider plants in the hall are placed on the root carved high points, and the sun is verdant and gratifying. Walking out of the hall, through a super-handed verandah, there are three halls. On one side of the verandah, red, yellow and white goldfish swim freely in the turquoise pond, and under the eaves on the other side, there are several huge pots of cycads. There were not many servants in the courtyard, and a few of the housekeepers who were pruning flowers and trees nodded to Dongfang Yan to say hello. The three of them walked through the front of the hall, and from the cobblestone path on the left side of the hall went straight to the atrium. Behind the hall are several tall plantain trees and a few canna bushes. The three of them walked along a corridor, on the left side is a beautifully arranged bonsai garden, separated by a flower wall, and on the right side is a large open space, surrounded by rockeries, and on one side there are knives, axes, guns and sticks, more than a dozen weapons are very eye-catching.

Dongfang Yan said to Qiu Yinming: "Lin Dongfang lied to you and said that I am both civil and military, right?" Qiu Yinming looked around left and right: "Could it be that Brother Dongfang doesn't practice martial arts?" Dongfang Yan smiled: "Brother Qiu, where do you think I look like a person who practices martial arts?" Qiu Yinming saw that he didn't seem to be joking, seeing that his body was thin, his hands were smooth, and his thin wrists seemed to be powerless, so he smiled and said: "Lin Dongfang's child is happy, don't take it to heart." ”

"Haha. Brother Qiu, you've been fooled a lot. Dongfang Yan clapped his hands with laughter, and the scholar Mo Zhu was also snickering. Qiu Yinming was a little confused by the second monk. Dongfang Yan said again: "It's a shame to say, the Dongfang family started with a dart game, and there have been several generations of masters, but I am the only one who is a complete reader." Those knives, guns and sticks are all Lin Dongfang's. ”

"What about Lin Dongfang?" Qiu Yin saw that the courtyard was empty. "As soon as he got home, he hid in the house." Dongfang Yan said. At this time, the three of them had entered the inner courtyard, passed through a hanging flower door, and entered a small hall. Dongfang Yan asked the scholar to go back first, a little girl brought two bowls of tea, and Dongfang Yan said to the little girl: "Ju'er, go and tell the young lady and the old man, just say that Young Master Qiu is here." ”

"Miss?" Qiu Yinming looked at Dongfang Yan suspiciously. Dongfang Yan smiled: "Tell you." Lin Dongfang is my sister, her real name is Dongfang Lin, she has been naughty since she was a child, but she is strong in martial arts, smart and clever, and her grandfather spoils her alone, so she is lawless. The dart who has been pretending to be a man outside for two years is the 'demon king of the world' at home. How can there be such a young lady in the world? Dongfang Yan said a lot, Qiu Yinming was like listening to a story, and he couldn't figure it out for a while. If that black-faced, thick-eyebrowed, grinning boy is a girl, it would be really flattering.

At this time, the little girl came in and said, "Young master, the young lady said to go to the back garden, where the sun is good." ”

"Well, we'll have to listen to her." Dongfang Yan said to Qiu Yinming: "My sister is in charge here. Let's go to the back garden. The two walked out of the small hall, and Dongfang Yan said as he walked: "Lin'er's makeup skills are not known where I learned them, so I will learn some tricks to deceive." ”

Qiu Yinming expected that Dongfang Yan must have been tricked by his sister many times, so he smiled without saying a word. The two walked into a small garden. The garden is surrounded by water, and there is only a wooden bridge at the entrance. There are several simple wooden pavilions in the garden, a few stone chairs under the grape trellis, and two or three bluestone paths coiled. Common fruit trees such as pear trees, peach trees, and plum trees are planted on the side of the road, and it looks casual and comfortable. The two sat down in a small pavilion, and Dongfang Yan said: "Lin'er accompanies grandpa to live in this villa all the year round, grandpa thinks the city is too luxurious, it's better to be here, simple and peaceful." Qiu Yinming felt that the Qilin Villa was already very delicate and magnificent, and the real mansion of the Oriental family did not know how magnificent it was.

As he was looking around, he suddenly heard a sound outside the garden door, Qiu Yinming turned his head to look, and saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl pushing a wheelchair into it, and an old man with pale hair was sitting in the wheelchair. As soon as the girl saw him, she said, "Brother Qiu, don't you recognize me?" Qiu Yinming saw that she had a fair complexion, a goose egg face, handsome eyebrows, and a radiant spirit, wearing an apricot yellow satin silver silk long jacket and a stone blue skirt, only her body size and voice were similar to Lin Dongfang. Seeing her coming, Qiu Yinming didn't know what to say, and glanced at Dongfang Yan. Dongfang Yan said: "Anyway, I know everything, don't be too polite." Qiu Yinming still bowed his head very politely and said, "Miss Dongfang, don't come unharmed." ”

Dongfang Lin smiled: "It's been very deserted recently, you are here, everyone is lively." After that, he pointed to the old man in the chair and said, "This is my grandfather, the old master of the Oriental Ring." ”

Qiu Yinming heard the name of the old man from the mouth of Qi Mutian, and immediately knelt down and said: "The old man is above, please accept the late birth." The old man laughed and said, "The young man is good. I heard Lin'er say that you are both civil and military, and you are from Qiongya. Who is the Master? Qiu Yinming was a little embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I am very sorry for hiding it from Miss Dongfang last time." I didn't dare to deceive my predecessors in my later years, and my teacher was Shangguan Hongdao. It's just that I haven't officially joined the teacher, just a lay protégé. The old man said, "It turned out to be him!" Qiu Yinming recalled what Qi Mutian said, and said, "I heard that the seniors know Shangguan Hongdao. "More than acquaintance," said the old man, looking delighted, "I am an old friend with him." He's just a student of you? Qiu Yinming replied: "He also has an apprentice, although he is a little younger than me, but my senior brother." He has not yet been discharged. The old man said: "I heard that the old Taoist priest never accepts apprentices easily, and the son must have something extraordinary." Qiu Yinming lowered his head and said, "Don't dare to be." ”

Dongfang Lin said: "Let's talk patronizing, let's go get some tea and have a snack." The old man nodded in agreement, and said to Dongfang Yan: "You go and ask someone to make a bunch of black tea, and then get some walnut crisp sent yesterday." Dongfang Yan agreed, went out and ordered Yahuan to return to the pavilion. Qiu Yinming saw it in his eyes and felt that the three of them were really interesting. Suddenly, Dongfang Lin said: "Oh, I almost forgot, I haven't prepared a house for Brother Qiu yet." He stood up and walked out, turning back and saying, "You talk for a while, and then come when I have finished my order, and don't eat all the walnuts." ”

After a while, fragrant black tea and golden walnut crisp came up. Oriental refreshments, no matter the color, aroma, taste, are more than elsewhere. The three of them chatted casually, and after more than half an hour, Dongfang Lin came back, sat down and ate a bite of crispy and said: "It's all done, Brother Qiu, you stay longer, my brother is worried that no one will learn from him." ”

The four of them talked until sunset, when the servant said that dinner was ready. So they left the back garden and went to a square flower hall. There are two meat and two vegetables on the square table, and the crystal green stem rice with the azure porcelain bowl is appetizing. Although the Dongfang family has a lot of money, the three grandparents and grandchildren do not like extravagance. The four of them ate the food on the table. Dongfang Lin finished eating the last few pieces of green vegetables and said, "Brother, you accompany Brother Qiu to his room." I sent my grandfather back. The four of them left the small hall, Dongfang Lin pushed the wheelchair and said to Qiu Yinming: "Brother Qiu, I put some books on your bookshelf, which were brought from my house, if you don't agree, ask my brother to go." He said to Dongfang Yan again: "The house I prepared is next door to you, the one with windows on both sides." You two talk slowly, I'll come back tomorrow. ”

Stepping into the house prepared by Dongfang Lin, Dongfang Yan couldn't help but say, "My sister can indeed decorate." "There was a faint scent of ambergris in the room, warm and mellow. Leaning against the wall is a sandalwood bed, green gauze curtain, autumn fragrance wrapped silk sandalwood pillow, new mattress quilt, a large bookshelf next to the bed, dozens of books are neatly arranged on the shelf, and a few jade carved bronze utensils are embellished, there are several pots of cactus on the high roots of the tree in the corner of the wall, a pair of wooden chairs and a small tea table, the pen, ink and paper inkstones on the window desk are complete, and there is a pot of budding narcissus. The two Sumo Lan bamboo drawings on the wall seem to be written by the Song people. The whole house is clean and tasteful. Qiu Yinming praised: "Sister Ling is really capable. Dongfang Yan said: "If you praise her again, she will be held to the sky." Can you still read these books? Qiu Yinming flipped through the bookshelf slightly, the books are very rich, "Historical Records", "Mencius", "Han Feizi", "Chu Ci", "Li Taibai Collection...... Varied. Qiu Yinming nodded and said, "These books are very good. She's read a lot of books, too. Dongfang Yan found a chair and sat down and said, "A lot is a lot, but it's all a lot." At this time, Yahuan brought two bowls of tea. Qiu Yinming guessed that most of the older brothers were bullied by their younger sister on weekdays, so he took the opportunity to count her down, and he was amused in his heart, so he left the book, sat down too, and said, "Brother Dongfang has other brothers and sisters?" Dongfang Yan shook his head and said, "It's enough to have this sister." He took a sip of the tea bowl and said, "You are well, I can be quiet for a few days." Listening to your words in Fengquanju during the day, I really admire, Brother Qiu is so open-minded, why don't you take the test to gain fame? ”

Qiu Yinming took a sip of tea and said: "Since I was a child, I have been adrift overseas, and I don't even have a household registration, and secondly, like me, who is neither literate nor martial, non-Confucian or non-Taoist, probably not in line with the program of the imperial court." ”

Dongfang Yan sighed: "Although I am a person who has won the lift, this kind of eight-strand style of taking scholars is really a ban on today's readers, opening the four books and five classics, closing the mouth Meng Cheng Zhu, the same, sticking to the old rules, boring." I hate to be born in the pre-Qin period and travel around the world with my own talents. It's like a fish in a pond now. ”

Qiu Yinming asked, "Then Brother Dongfang plans to go to the capital to take the exam next spring?" ”

Dongfang Yan lowered his head and said: "I don't want to go, but my father never agrees." I have been a scholar in the Oriental family for several generations, and now the imperial court values literature over business, and my father is counting on me to find an official and a half-job, so that the family can get rid of businessmen and others. ”

"In that case, I advise you to take the exam." Qiu Yinming said, "Whether you pass the exam or not, at least you have fulfilled Ling Zun's wishes." If you can get an official position, you can also learn to be useful. ”

Dongfang Yan said: "I have read the book for so many years, and I am still lingering on the word 'loyalty and filial piety'. Brother Qiu, you are an understanding person. Strange to say, I read too many sage books, but I have many questions. ”

Qiu Yinming said: "Brother Dongfang, don't call me an understanding person, you are not a pedantic person, so I can tell you some truth." ”

Dongfang Yan said happily: "For so many years, all my classmates have said that I don't follow the saint's scriptures, you can tell me if you have any lofty opinions." ”

So Qiu Yinming said: "In my opinion, Rengui has his own opinions, even if he talks about 'loyalty and filial piety', he can't be 'foolish and loyal and filial'." The commoners of the Son of Heaven are all mortals. Whether rich or poor, clever or stupid, all mortals should be treated equally. The emperor's important ministers, whose worth is not more expensive than the common people, the so-called 'people are divided into nine classes, and there is a difference between respect and inferiority' is really a fool's fallacy. If you are an official, you only know how to follow the mandate of heaven, and you are determined to uphold the dignity of the king and the righteousness of the king and the minister, which is foolish and loyal. As a son of man, if he only obeys the father's orders, he will obey without praise or disapproval, which is also foolish and filial. I think that loyalty means treating the people with integrity, and filial piety means treating the elders well. We must do everything according to its pros and cons, do not harm others for our own selfishness, and do not mislead others and ourselves for the sake of outdated rules. What does Brother Dongfang think? ”

Dongfang Yan nodded and smiled: "Every word of gold and jade." Brother Qiu has courage, except for my grandfather and little sister, I have never heard anyone speak so bluntly. ”

Qiu Yinming said: "I am afraid that the people of your Oriental family are rare in the Central Plains, it seems that I am really lucky." ”

Dongfang Yan sighed lightly: "There are only three of us grandchildren in the family who can talk about it, and my father is a person who follows the rules. Then he said with a sigh of relief: "I'll take the exam next year." so as not to make my father angry. As for whether the examiner of my essay appreciates it or not, it depends on God's will. Suddenly smiled and said: "If I really become an official, Lin'er doesn't know what to make fun of me." ”

Dongfang Yan did look very honest, Qiu Yinming couldn't understand why the two brothers and sisters were so different. So he changed the topic and said: "Brother Dongfang participates in the examination, but he has to make a lot of preparations?" ”

Dongfang Yan said: "Yes." The essays for the exam are not as usual, and the essay alone is not enough. The day before yesterday, a few of my classmates drafted some topics, and I was reviewing the "Four Books" that I had been hiding for two or three years, and I wrote two articles, but I have not yet read them to them. Is Brother Qiu interested in giving me some advice? ”

Qiu Yinming said with a smile: "I don't write much. However, it is also advisable to take a look. Pointing is not a matter of pointing. ”

When Dongfang Yan heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "You wait a minute, I'll get it right away." ”

After a while, Dongfang Yan came back with a stack of papers, put it on the table and said, "Look at it." So Qiu Yinming picked up an article and read it carefully, and said while reading it: "Brother Dongfang is good at writing. I sighed to myself. Dongfang Yan said: "Brother Qiu has won the award." In fact, it is not difficult to write about the eight shares. Qiu Yinming nodded and said: "Fang Yuan does not have four books and five classics, as long as the intention is clear and the words are incisive." Brother Dongfang's writing is exquisite, well-laid out, and it can be called a masterpiece. ”

"Brother Qiu," Dongfang Yan deliberately paused, Qiu Yinming raised his head, Dongfang Yan paced a few steps and said, "Would you like to try to write one?" ”

"I write? Why? ”

Dongfang Yan took two steps closer and said seriously: "I won't tell you, in a few days, I will exchange articles with my classmates in Fengquanju." I am very dissatisfied with their attitude towards you during the day, you might as well write a good article, and I will be angry with them. ”

Qiu Yinming felt that Dongfang Yan was very interesting, anyway, he was free, and it was not impossible to practice his pen, so he picked one of Dongfang Yan's more than a dozen topics. Seeing him so refreshing, Dongfang Yan was very happy and said, "When can I finish writing?" Qiu Yinming thought for a while and said, "Let me think about it tonight, and it may be successful tomorrow." Dongfang Yan clapped his hands and said, "Great." Then I won't bother you. Anything you need, it's available in the lighted hall opposite. Well, there are people bringing soup in the morning and evening, I hope you are still used to staying. Qiu Yinming said: "Where, I haven't thanked you yet." "You're welcome here." Dongfang Yan went out and said, "I'll live next door to you, just knock on the door if you have something." ”