Chapter 632: Mr. Mei Er
According to the introduction of the Xitang City Order, this "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" was originally opened in the West Market of the old capital of Chang'an, and it is one of the few Jiangzuo people's tombs in the old and new West Markets, with a total of two proprietors: Mr. Mei Da and Mr. Mei Er.
Hearing the introduction of the Xitang City Order, Zhang Heng interrupted him and asked, "Don't these two brothers have their own names?" Tang Shiling called him so, presumably the two brothers Mei Da and Mei should be scholars. ”
"Back to Zhang Beijia's words, as far as the lower officials know, this 'Mei's tomb shop' was originally opened in the previous dynasty when Emperor Xuan Bingguo, when the two Mei brothers Fang fell from Jiangzuo to Chang'an, and opened this tomb shop with their own surnames, and only showed Mei Da and Mei Er, so no one knew the exact names of his two brothers. On weekdays, Mr. Mei Da is responsible for going out to collect books, find someone to copy books, and set prices, and most of the people who guard the store in the store are Mr. Mei Er. The Rare Soup City Order also seems to be quite concerned about the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" and the Mei brothers, and the answer is very detailed.
Jiangzuo people's family, Emperor Xuan of the previous dynasty came to Chang'an, and there are convenient conditions for walking around inside and outside Chang'an by opening a tomb line, and more importantly, the "Mei's tomb line" was opened in the northeast corner of the West City that she has to pass by every time today, but so far, she has never stepped into the "Mei's tomb line" step.
These factors came together in Yang Guang's mind, which made him pay attention to the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony".
"Tang Shiling will go downstairs and have some wine and rice first. The sergeant who immediately drew the four road maps went upstairs to reply. Yang Guang pondered for a moment, sent away the order of the soup city, and summoned four sergeants who had followed her mind and laid out the route map of her walking.
"You need to remember with your heart, what was the situation every time you passed by this area today?" Yang Guang designated the northeast corner of Xishi with his hand and asked the four sergeants.
Although the answers of the four sergeants were different, they all mentioned that there were four shops in the area designated by Yang Guang, and Xinyi had entered three of them, but he had never entered the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony." ”
"Then can you recall that every time Xinyi passed through this area, there was any movement in the 'Mei's Tomb Ceremony'? For example, there are people in the store who are looking at each other and saying hello. ”
Two of the sergeants shook their heads, indicating that they had not paid attention to the movement of the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony", while the other two sergeants recalled exactly that when they followed their hearts past the northeast corner of Xishi, there was a handsome young man standing outside the door of the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony", holding a book in his hand, reading aloud.
Yang Guang saw two sergeants reading outside the door of the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" staying, and asked them: "When did you both follow Xinyi, can you still remember what book the young man read when Xinyi passed by?" ”
The two sergeants replied separately: "Your lord, this first walking route map is a small drawing. "Lord Wang, the little one has just come to report to you."
Obviously, these two sergeants were the first and last to come and show them the route they wanted to walk in the West City.
Yang Guang lowered his head and estimated the time, and roughly calculated that the two sergeants saw someone reading aloud outside the door of the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" about an hour apart, and because the other two sergeants could not accurately recall the movements inside and outside the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" when they followed their hearts and passed by the northeast corner of Xishi, they insisted in unison that they had not heard anyone reading aloud inside and outside the "Mei's Tomb Collection".
In this way, Yang Guang secretly had a guess in his heart.
The three of them waited in the restaurant until the beginning of the day, and only a sergeant under Li Hun came to report that his mind had left Xishi and went straight back to Wanshanni Temple.
Yang Guangwen reported that "Tengdi" stood up and said to Zhang Heng and Li Hun: "Tell the sergeants to stay, and you two will now follow me to the 'Mei's Tomb Ceremony' to meet this Mr. Mei Er." ”
Zhang Heng had the intention to dissuade Yang Guang from going to the dangerous place in person, and before he could open his mouth to speak, he saw Yang Guang get off the restaurant and strode towards the West Market not far away.
Since the two large markets in the east and west of Chang'an City have been changed to open for business every morning, the business of the shops has always been very prosperous before noon every day.
When Yang Guang took Zhang Heng and Li Hun to find the "Mei's Tomb Dictionary Shop" along the direction, they saw that there were still two or three figures searching for classics in this small bookstore.
Seeing that a new customer came to the door, a young man came out of the shadows in the bookstore, wearing a green shirt and a smile on his face, and welcomed Yang Guang and his party into the store, without saying a word, and raised his hand to the bookshelves in the store to give way to the three of them.
Yang Guang didn't care about paying attention to the etiquette of a gentleman reading books and being silent, so he arched his hand and asked, "May I ask if Mr. Mei Er?" ”
The young man was displeased because Yang Guang opened his mouth rashly and disturbed the other guests in the store, so he quietly let Yang Guang go to a no-man's place in the store, and bowed his hand back: "No, it's Mei Er, please ask this son to come to the store at this time, what kind of classics he wants to buy, you might as well explain it to Bucai, so that you can find out the classics that need to be purchased for Bucai, saving the trouble of searching." ”
Yang Guang saw that Mei Er's demeanor was polite and polite, and he had the style of a humble Confucian, so he deliberately raised the tone a little, turned around and pointed at Zhang Heng, and said to Mei Er: "When the younger brother and this brother were drinking nearby, I heard this brother say, saying that when I passed by the door of your account today, I heard Mr. Mei Er standing outside the store, reciting a book in his mouth, which was catchy, and the meaning of the words and sentences was very subtle, and it was unheard of. Since the younger brother read with the tutor, he has never heard people praise such a wonderful book in person, so he did not shy away from taking the liberty and came to ask Mr. if he could take a look at the book that Mr. read aloud at the door of the store today, and the younger brother was willing to buy it at a high price. ”
Mei Er was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed and said: "Childe can't make fun of it, today is just a casual reading of a few paragraphs of the Book of Songs, why not Gongzi come to buy the book in person." ”
Yang Guangfang was just bluntly tempting Mei Er, at this time, listening to him say that what he was reading outside the store today was a very ordinary fragment of the "Book of Songs", he was inevitably disappointed, but on the surface he refused to let Mei Er see the flaws, so he turned around and asked Zhang Heng with a smile: "I think Brother Ren has been reading a little remote recently, why can't he even recognize the sentences in the "Book of Songs"?" ”
Zhang Heng had already realized that Yang Guangcun's words were tempting Mei Er at this time, so he sighed in surprise with him: "It's not like this, I clearly remember that Mr. Mei Er's recitation of the words is exquisite and elegant, as if the words that have arisen since the Wei and Jin dynasties, how is it the sentence in the Book of Songs?" ”
Yang Guang saw Zhang Heng arguing conclusively about nothing, forcibly held back the snickering in his belly, and shifted his gaze to Mei Er's face, wanting to see how he reacted.