There is a long corridor next to the Lixia Pavilion, which is the place where the inscription wall of the literati and scholars of the past dynasties is left on the wall, and it is also jokingly called the "Celebrity Gallery". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThis promenade is surrounded by white walls on one side and a wide lake on the other.

Zhong Hao saw that there were many poems and couplets left by famous people on the inscription wall of the corridor, and many famous celebrities such as Du Fu and Fang Xuanling had left poems here.

The couplet that Zhong Hao recited just now was not made by himself, he actually didn't want to leave a title at all, but his third brother Xu had to say that this couplet was excellent, and it must be a classic in the future, maybe it could become a famous watch of Daming Lake in the future, and the title was also a good opportunity to become famous here.

Zhong Hao really didn't have much interest in the literati's favorite fame, but he couldn't stand the persuasion of his third brother Xu, so he had the cheekiness to inscribe that couplet on the wall.

This inscription wall corridor next to the pavilion often has literati and scholars who occasionally get good sentences to leave inscriptions when they visit the lake, but not everyone always carries pen and ink with them, and it is a smart hawker who sells pen and ink here.

Most of these literati who came to the inscription wall were not bad for money, and the ink was dripping after the poem, and it was naturally not easy to take away with the style of these literati and scholars.

Zhong Hao sold a medium-sized lake pen in the hands of a vendor carrying a bamboo basket to sell stationery supplies, and by the way, he dipped the ink cartridge in the hawker's basket and came to the front of the inscription wall. Most of the questions on the wall are left by famous artists, Zhong Hao is afraid that he will be embarrassed if he can't write well, so he is determined, so he concentrates and waves, and puts the sub-couplet on the topic. Then I added a note below and left a name!

Zhong Hao had just finished the couplet, and suddenly heard a clear voice next to him exclaiming: "Good couplet, good word, this couplet of lotus flowers on all sides and willows on three sides, a city with mountains and half a city lake, it is really a coincidence, wonderful, the scenery of this Daming Lake is completely outlined, it is really wonderful!" ”

When Zhong Hao and Xu Feng heard the voice, they couldn't help but look back and saw a green-shirted scribe standing behind the two of them, looking at the couplet that Zhong Hao had just inscribed on the inscription wall.

The green-shirted scribe looked about thirty years old, with a white complexion, but his face was wrinkled, quite vicissitudes, but there was still some madness in the loneliness between his eyebrows, and he looked like a not very proud Luotuo literati, and he still held a painting tube in his hand, which seemed to have come to this beautiful Daming Lake to collect wind and sketch.

Zhong Hao has to be humble when he hears other people's praise, and besides, he borrowed this couplet by himself. At that moment, Zhong Hao hurriedly bowed his hand to the scribe and said: "Brother Tai has won the award, and the younger brother also did it casually, so he should not be praised by Brother Tai!" ”

The green-shirted scribe smiled and said: "Your Excellency doesn't have to be humble, Your Excellency not only uses this couplet to describe this Daming Lake, but also to describe the scenery of this Qizhou City, which is really appropriate, it is really wonderful, hehe, it definitely deserves this praise." ”

Zhong Hao said with some embarrassment: "Brother Tai is too awarded, little brother is really ashamed!" After all, Zhong Hao's couplet was "borrowed", and he was really embarrassed to hear that others had such a high evaluation.

When the green-shirted scribe listened to Zhong Hao's words, he naturally thought that Zhong Hao was humble, and he didn't care about it at the moment, he just smiled slightly, and didn't continue to say about this couplet, but he went on to comment on Zhong Hao's calligraphy and said: "Your Excellency's calligraphy is elegant and ethereal, and it is self-sufficient, which is really eye-catching. In the lower view, although there are some Yan Liu, but they are self-contained, and there is a vague image of founding a sect, which is really admirable. ”

Zhong Hao, a green-shirted scribe, has a very good eye for looking at his own books, and his casual comment is very accurate, and he hits the point.

The regular script font written by Zhong Hao is actually an exclusive font created by Dong Qichang in the late Ming Dynasty. Although Dong Qichang's character is quite questionable, his achievements in calligraphy are indeed very high, and his evaluation in later generations is indeed very high.

Dong Qichang's era was the era when Zhao Mengfu and Wen Zhengming's calligraphy was prevalent. However, although Dong Qichang's calligraphy is influenced by "Zhao Ti", it is not blindly confined to the style of "Zhao Ti" calligraphy, but integrates the calligraphy styles of Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan, which is self-contained, and its calligraphy style is elegant and ethereal, and it is self-sufficient. The stroke garden is beautiful and elegant, plain and simple. With the pen fine, always maintain the front, rarely pen, clumsy pen; In terms of chapter law, between words and words, between lines and lines, the layout of branches, sparse and symmetrical, and the ancient law is pursued. The use of ink is also very particular, dry and damp, and it is wonderful. Calligraphy to Dong Qichang can be said to be the culmination of ancient methods.

It is precisely because of this that Zhong Hao likes Dong Qichang's font very much, and when he learned calligraphy in later generations, he copied it a lot, and it was natural to have Dong Qichang's regular script font style with its calligraphy style. And this Dong Qichang's font naturally did not appear at this time, so although Zhong Hao obviously copied the font of others in later generations, but in the eyes of people in the Great Song Dynasty at this time, it was unconventional and open-minded.

Of course, Zhong Hao was naturally a little embarrassed and ashamed of such an evaluation. However, Zhong Hao listened to the casual comment of the green-shirted scribe, and looked at Zhong Hao's calligraphy in a class of its own, it seems that he must also be a master of calligraphy, and he is holding a painting tube in his hand, he should be quite good at Danqing!

Zhong Hao couldn't help but be quite interested in the literati in front of him, who was quite good at calligraphy and painting, and intended to make friends, and then he bowed his hand again and said: "Little brother Qingzhou Zhong Hao, the word Wenxuan, this is in the next friend Xu Feng, the word Ziyue, and I haven't asked my brother Taigao for his name?" ”

The green-shirted scribe listened to Zhong Hao and the two of them report to their home, and said politely: "It turned out that Brother Wenxuan and Brother Ziyue were in person, disrespectful and disrespectful, in Xia Shen Kuan, the words were thick, and Nanjing should be from Tianfu!" ”

Zhong Hao said with a smile: "Brother Ziwei should be older than the two of us, don't call us brother anymore, just call us cousins." ”

Xu Feng didn't interject when Zhong Hao was talking to this green-shirted scribe just now, and then he listened to the self-reported family of the green-shirted scribe, and the name was very familiar, and after a little thought, he finally remembered, and hurriedly said: "It turned out that it was Mr. Shen in person, we are really disrespectful, and we have admired Mr. Shen's name for a long time!" ”

Shen Kuan listened to Xu Feng's words, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Ziyue is polite, it's not enough to worry about the cheap name, you are also called in the following table!" Zhong Hao said that he was old, and asked him to call himself and Xu Feng's cousin, but Shen Kuan was as good as a stream, and he called him honestly and unceremoniously. Of course, he is indeed much older than Zhong Hao and Xu Feng, so it is no problem to call him so. However, since he is called by Zhong Hao and Xu Feng, it is naturally not easy to be called Mr.

When Zhong Hao heard that Xu Feng seemed to know the Luotuo scribe named Shen Kuan in front of him, and it seemed that this Luotuo scribe was very famous, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xu Feng, hoping that he could mention something or two about what kind of character this person named Shen Kuan was.

Xu Feng saw Zhong Hao's appearance and knew that he must not know the Shen Kuan in front of him, so he introduced him at the moment: "This Brother Zhong Hou is famous for his calligraphy and painting, and Brother Zhong Hou's knowledge is also famous all over the world, Brother Zhong Hou has studied "Spring and Autumn", has high attainments, and has taught at Yingtian Academy!" Xu Feng knew that this Shen Kuan had never been a Jinshi, and how could he also be a Jinshi, so after listening to Shen Kuan's politeness, he no longer called him Mr. Shen, but called Brother Zhonghou.

Shen Kuan listened to Xu Feng's words, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Ziyue is really too elevated as a brother!" ”

Zhong Hao listened to Xu Feng's words, although he didn't know much about it, but he knew that the Luotuo scribe in front of him was quite famous, so he hurriedly said politely: "I have admired the name of Brother Zhonghou for a long time, and I am very fortunate to see it today." ”

Not far from the promenade of this wall, there is another hall that comes out of the building on all sides and flies the eaves and corners. Because this Xuan west is facing the lake, if the sky is clear, then the sky is blue, the water is blue, the lake and the sky are one color, such as jasper, so the name is blue Xuan.

Zhong Hao is naturally not interested in the study of this "Spring and Autumn" culture, mainly because he is really not interested in these scriptures, but listening to Xu Feng's introduction of this Shen Kuan's calligraphy and painting, Zhong Hao is very interested! Seeing that it was almost noon, Zhong Hao and Xu Feng were going to find an elegant place to drink and enjoy the scenery, and at this time, they couldn't help but intend to invite this Shen Kuan to drink and chat together, and he said very politely: "Brother Zhong Hou, it is also fate for us to meet on this Daming Lake, let's go to the Azure Xuan over there to have a chat, how about it?!" ”

Shen Kuan saw that Zhong Hao could write such a wonderful couplet with his hand, and his calligraphy was unexpectedly self-contained, so he was very curious about him, and he intended to make friends with him! He himself is good at calligraphy and painting, and he is naturally very interested in this calligraphy and Danqing. Hearing Zhong Hao's invitation at this time, it was exactly what he wanted, and he couldn't help but agree: "Very good, I can't ask for it!" ”

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Many of the literati and scholars who came to visit Daming Lake brought their own wine and food, boated on the lake, and had three or two friends to talk about wine; Or bring one or two beauties, drink and listen to music, but it is also very leisurely and happy.

Of course, there are naturally many literati who visit the lake who are not so well prepared, and they can naturally go to those restaurants and tea shops on Daming Lake to buy the wine or tea they need.

As a lake in the city, this Daming Lake is very wide, accounting for half of Qizhou City, and those literati want to swim in the lake, naturally they will not be able to visit it in a while. These tourists are tired and hungry, so they naturally have a demand for this restaurant and tea shop.

Therefore, in this Daming Lake, many pavilions and pavilions are operated as restaurants and tea shops. However, these restaurants and tea shops are hidden in the scenery of Daming Lake, which does not affect the scenery of Daming Lake at all. And going to the restaurant to drink and taste tea in the tea shop, it does not delay the scenery of Minghu Lake at all!

Zhong Hao very enthusiastically pulled Shen Kuan to sit down in the Azure Xuan, and took out the silver money, and asked the old man who was swaying to find a restaurant to help get the deputy seat, and by the way, he wanted a jar of good wine.

Xu Feng saw that Zhong Hao still had an expression that he didn't know who this Shen Kuan was just now, but at this time, he looked very enthusiastic, and he couldn't help but feel very strange. But Xu Feng knows that his brother is often unexpected, could it be that he knows something special about this Shen Kuan, and he is very enthusiastic about this Shen Kuan?!

Of course, although Xu Feng was a little curious in his heart, he still didn't show it at all, and he was naturally very enthusiastic about Shen Kuan.

The old man was familiar with this Daming Lake, and quickly brought Zhong Hao and them a few fresh appetizers, as well as a jar of good autumn dew liquor.

Zhong Hao saw that most of these appetizers were specialties in this Daming Lake, pickled Minghu drunken crab, dry-fried Minghu shrimp, red stewed Minghu carp, thin slices of fresh lotus roots, and fresh lotus seeds thickened to make soup, etc., which had a unique flavor.

That jar of wine is also a good wine, and it is a famous wine in Qizhou - Autumn Dew White.

If you ask the Great Song Dynasty at this time, what is the most famous and popular drink in Qizhou? That's definitely autumn dew.

This autumn dew liquor was the first famous liquor produced in Qizhou, and it was only popular in the Great Song Dynasty later. Nowadays, the most famous autumn dew liquor in the Great Song Dynasty is still produced in the Fengbai Liquor Factory under the Lujiao Mountain in the east of Qizhou City.

It is said to be brewed with this autumn dew water. The book "Food Materia Medica" in the Tang Dynasty also records the collection process of this autumn dew water. It is said that when the autumn dew is in full bloom, a shallow dish is placed under a cliff wall with lush green grass and fallen leaves, and the dew on the grass blades is collected, and the autumn dew is obtained. Brewing wine with this autumn dew water is autumn dew liquor!

However, Zhong Hao felt that the statement that this autumn dew liquor was brewed with the water of autumn dew was probably just a gimmick. Brewing requires a lot of water, and collecting dew in the method recorded in the "Food Materia Medica" is very limited. If you really want to make wine with autumn dew, it is simply impossible to collect this autumn dew with much effort. Zhong Hao estimated that at most, it would be good to use autumn dew as an introduction to make wine. This autumn dew liquor is brewed with the water of autumn dew, which is estimated to be a publicity and marketing gimmick, and it is estimated that a bowl of autumn dew is added to the water used in a vat of winemaking.

However, regardless of whether this autumn dew liquor is really brewed with the water of autumn dew or not, anyway, this autumn dew liquor is very popular in Qizhou and even Jingdong Road, especially among these literati, this autumn dew liquor is extremely popular.

In the eyes of the literati, when they hear the name of this autumn dew, they can imagine the white and sweet fragrance of the wine, and it is in line with the season of autumn dew, which is really beautiful. Especially in autumn, this autumn dew liquor is really timely, so this autumn dew liquor is very popular with Qizhou and even Jingdong Lu scholars. Of course, in other places in the Great Song Dynasty, the reputation of this autumn dew is also very great.

Of course, the price of this autumn dew liquor is also not cheap. However, with Zhong Hao's current wealth, he is willing to buy the altar in autumn and dew.

Zhong Hao just gave ten taels of silver to the old man who swayed the oar, and he generously rewarded the old man with more than one tael of silver left over from the wine and food.

The old man went to his canopy boat very happily and went to the side to wait for Zhong Hao and them.