Chapter 15 Tea Union
Mr. Du didn't seem to notice the extremely fierce gazes of the people around him for a moment, and stretched out his hands to help Shen Cang up: "I am a person who has a remnant of sin, and I will naturally go anywhere in the world." However, Brother Ling and you are now entrusted with important positions in the secret pavilion by the emperor, and the celebrities of the big and small bachelors are well known, even if I am far away in Henan, I am really happy for the old people. β
"Brother Yishan's statement made me embarrassed, if it wasn't for Brother Yishan's vigorous support that day, how could I be today? My brother is fortunate to be in heaven, but I am shallow in my knowledge and rashly occupy a high position, which is really ashamed. How did Brother Yishan get to Henan? My brother and I have recommended to the emperor many times, but we can't find you, Brother Yishan. β
Knowing oneself in a foreign country is probably the most gratifying thing. After the two met, Shen Cang had to explain to all the guests present. It was not until this time that the people of the Zhang family, including Zhang Yue, knew Mr. Du's real name and surname.
Du Zhen, whose name is Yishan, is actually Shen Cang's fellow villager. If that's all there is to it, then the twenty-four years of Hongwu Township Test Xie Yuan, the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu Palace Test Second Class Jinshi, and the experience of being a Hanlin Shuji Shi is enough to make most civil officials respectful. Although the end of that experience was demotion and dismissal, it was during the Jianwen period after all. He is so respectful of the Shen Cang team who is now serving in the Secret Pavilion, who knows that he will not soar the next day?
Seeing a group of guests who had just shown contempt on their faces coming up to greet one by one, Zhang Yue had an urge to sneer, but he could still see the occasion clearly, and he almost pressed the slightest thought down. Who knew that at this time, there were still people who didn't let him go, and actually opened his mouth in a clear voice.
"Third brother, you haven't seen you for a long time, and you have been talking to Mr. Du for so long, you must be Mr. Du's protΓ©gΓ©?"
Staring at the fourth brother Zhang Zhen, who pretended to be naΓ―ve, Zhang Yue felt angry when he was angry. How can there be such a well-behaved but cautious little guy, isn't it that Mr. Du suddenly appeared and stole your limelight, why are you going against me? But it was too late for him to get annoyed, and as soon as these words came out, the people around him turned their eyes to him, and even more self-righteous people were already brushing their beards and looking at him.
At this time, even Zhang Zhuo, who hoped that his son could worship a famous teacher to get ahead, was a little panicked, and hurriedly smiled and said: "The dog is taught by Mr. Mengdu in the family science, and there is indeed a friendship between master and apprentice. However, the dog has been weak and sickly since he was a child, and his talent is not ordinary, so he has not really been included in Mr. Du's door wall. β
"So, Mr. Du can accept me as a beginner?"
Dad spoke out to solve the siege, and before Zhang Yue could breathe a sigh of relief, another hateful voice sounded beside him. Seeing Zhang Zhen walking forward with a smile and raising his handsome face with clear eyebrows, he suddenly had the same disgust as Zhang Chao.
At a young age, he knows how to belittle others and elevate himself, this little guy is so annoying!
There was silence in the Ruiqing Hall, but there was a buzzing discussion outside the hall. Suddenly, two insignificant people appeared, one of them turned into a guest, and the head of the Zhang family, Sun spoke in public to apprentice, this interlocking plot really made people look relaxed and shaken, and the people behind couldn't help but stand on tiptoe at this time, waiting for the reply inside.
Even in the midst of countless compliments, Du Zhen still maintained a faint expression. Looking at the young child with pink makeup in front of him, and glancing at the guests around him, his eyes finally fell on Zhang Yue, whose face was as usual.
"The fourth prince really wants to worship me as a teacher?"
Seeing Zhang Zhen nodding again and again, he looked at the young people next to him again, and suddenly proposed: "Shicai just heard that everyone is going to test these children, I wonder if Master Zhang can let me do the question?" β
Zhang Xin didn't expect his son to suddenly change his mind and join someone else's disciple, but seeing Shen Cang's smile was not the slightest displeasure, Du Zhen came to such a hand again, he just sighed a little and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Du is willing to test these juniors for us, how can I not allow it?" β
"That's good, I don't want to test any poems, so I will use tea as a couplet, and ask you sons to draw up a tea couplet."
Zhang Yue had already withdrawn from the most central circle at this time, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this topic. Suddenly, he felt someone reach out and hold his shoulder, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look back.
"Daddy?"
"Your fourth brother is probably determined to win, and there is no need to fight with him. You are still young, and there will be opportunities in the future. β
Seeing his father's face trying his best to pretend as if nothing happened, and seeing the fists clenched under his sleeves, Zhang Yue knew it in his heart. Thinking of the hard work of these days, the ridicule and ridicule he received in school, the neglect of his grandmother, and the lessons of his eldest uncle, he put aside those worries in his heart for a moment, and a cynical sneer appeared on his face.
Isn't it just showmanship? He may not be able to say anything else, but when it comes to tea...... He won't lose his old job in his previous life!
Hearing that it was a tea union, a group of boys immediately raised their eyebrows and thought hard, and Zhang Chao's brother was even more painful to scratch his ears and cheeks on the side. Zhang Yue saw Zhang Zhen pacing there by himself, so he quietly came to the two brothers and muttered softly in their ears. So, Zhang Chao, who was eager to go to the house to uncover the tiles just now, immediately calmed down and relaxed.
After a long time, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy finally took the lead in chanting: "The empty mountains hide cold emeralds, and the jade cups contain warm fragrance." β
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of praise among the guests, and the young man was overjoyed. Immediately after, Zhang Chao read out his tea couplet almost in no particular order.
"After the silkworm ripens the new silk, the tea fragrance is boiled and sprinkled."
"The light fragrance of the bamboo stove remains unchanged, and the lively taste of the stone spring water is more than new."
Zhang Chao and the two brothers were well-known for their love of martial arts and dislike of literature, and at this time, the two of them took the lead, and the other teenagers were suddenly full of anger. However, they are only twelve or thirteen years old, and most of the so-called talents and fames are boasting, where can they think of good words for the occasion in a hurry, and their brows suddenly wrinkled more and more tightly. And Zhang Zhen stared at the two straw bale cousins in disbelief, and suddenly turned his gaze to Zhang Yue, who was careless, with a trace of annoyance in his eyes.
The next moment, he finally got two sentences, and he was sure to be able to overwhelm the group, and the annoyance on his face gradually disappeared, and he immediately put his hands behind his back, like a little adult, and said: "Emerald color is in the arms, and Fangfei is lined with spring hearts." β
Hearing this, Shen Cang already laughed: "Today's four couplets can all be called masterpieces, it depends on how you judge Brother Yishan!" β
Du Zhen did not judge lightly, but looked at Zhang Yue on the side again. At this moment, Zhang Yue took three steps forward abruptly and bowed slightly: "I also got a tea couplet, and I asked Mr. Du to judge one or two." β
"Okay, I'll hear it."
Seeing that most of the guests were still savoring the previous couplets, Zhang Yue read aloud: "Half of the mountain house is waiting for the bright moon, and a cup of tea rewards bosom friends!" β
As soon as this couplet came out, the hall was quiet. Including Shen Cang, all the guests couldn't help but recite these two sentences several times, but they didn't all taste the word, but they all pondered the artistic conception in it. After a while, Shen Cang, who was obsessed with memories, stroked his palms and exclaimed: "What a 'light of tea to reward bosom friends', it's really good!" Good tea is easy to get, bosom friends are hard to find, if I say, today's joint is the best! β
"The best indeed!"
"It's hard to find a bosom friend in the world, and it's really rare to break it in one word!"
Hearing the surrounding discussions, Du Zhen's face showed a smile again. He has long passed the age when he is excited when he sees a prodigy, and he is not enthusiastic about what to choose the right materials and quality training, but Zhang Yue's "a cup of tea to reward his bosom friend" made him feel like a confidant. Thinking that on that day, he just borrowed a copy of "The Analects of Justice" on a whim, but it was such a chance that he had read all the things in the world like him, and he couldn't help but feel that this time was really a coincidence.
So, in front of everyone's eyes, he nodded happily and said: "Using the bright moon as a metaphor for confidant, whether it is artistic conception or words, this couplet is indeed the best." We literati have studied hard all our lives, of course, in order to show what we have learned in our chests, but who doesn't want to be a bosom friend in life? β
Du Zhen's final judgment suddenly aroused a burst of approval and echo, and for a while, the eyes of the guests in the room turned to Zhang Yue, and more people were discussing in private. The three rooms of the Zhang family have always been the most vulnerable, and now the only son of the three rooms is a blockbuster, will this be a sign of the direction of the wind in the future?
The person in question who breathed a bad breath himself maintained a calm but respectful expression. Today, he intervened sideways and stirred up the stage that others had built for a long time, which was naturally very unkind. But who told you kid to mess with me?
PS: When I woke up yesterday morning, it was still the twentieth of the new book, and I was so happy to rush to the seventh of the new book at this time...... Cheeky continues to beg to click on the recommended collection!
To be honest, I said I was going to open a new book very early, and the reason why it dragged on for three months was because it didn't go well all the time, thanks to my editor's nonsense that kept beating me, so I had the beginning of this book. Well, let's not talk nonsense, I actually woke up at five o'clock in the morning these days, and now I'm going to code words!