In the New Year of the fourth year of Wanli, Wang Fulin spent it in Songming Mountain again. He first made a trip to Nanjing, then went to Danyang and Yangzhou, and arrived home just in time for Chinese New Year's Eve and had a reunion Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. For the whole New Year, as a Jinshi, he naturally had to be dragged around by Wang Daoyun to pay respects, and he tossed for half a month, and he barely stopped on the fifteenth day of the first month, but he immediately began to prepare to go to Xuancheng to attend Shen Yourong's wedding. Because Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion are next to each other, but the road is more than 300 miles, the family is ready to travel a few days early.

This time, in addition to Wang Fulin with his wife, the three little guys who were inseparable most of the time, even Wang Xiaomei insisted on going, so he simply persuaded the second elder to bring one with him. This year's fifteen-year-old Wang Xiaomei has become a big girl, and when she doesn't speak, she has a somewhat demure and gentle bearing, but when she chatters with Xiaobei in the car, Wang Fulin sees the little girl who was babbling back then. Because of the early departure, everyone stopped and walked along the way, and it took six days to travel the mountains and rivers.

Although Wang Fulin passed through Xuancheng several times before, especially when he came back from Beijing before, he was still in Xuancheng Shen for a while, but because he was in a hurry to return to his hometown, he just walked around and watched the flowers, this time there was plenty of time, Wang Fulin planned to go to Xuancheng Shen to send a post, so he found an inn to live in, and had a good stroll, but who knew that as soon as the concierge heard a Wang word, he ran in as soon as he slipped into the smoke, and after a while, Shen Maoxue personally greeted him. After a few words of greeting, when he heard that Wang Fulin was going to the guest house, he immediately sank his face.

"Brother Wang Xian came from afar to attend Shihong's wedding. But I still want to stay in a guest house. Doesn't it mean that my Shen family has no hospitality gifts? ”

"Brother Shen. Didn't I think that there were too many people who came with me to drink this time? Besides, Shihong's marriage, there are always many of your friends who want to come over, no matter how big the Shen family is, I'm afraid it won't be able to live. ”

Shen Maoxue knew that Wang Fulin was referring to Wang Erniang's marriage, and the Wu family in Xixi South vacated several gardens to accommodate visitors from all walks of life, and his own friends were wider than the Wu family, and there would only be more guests. He smiled. I couldn't help but say that I took Wang Fulin inside, and instructed the servants to take care of the carriage and horses to enter the door, and said all the way: "The Shen family's in-laws are also very many in Xuancheng, and each family helps to settle it, and they all stay, plus my brother and I each have a separate courtyard, all of which are vacated to entertain guests." But only you, you must live in the Shen family's mansion, otherwise if you don't say anything else, Shihong will have to blame me. Know that you like to enjoy sightseeing. I will personally accompany you to Jingting Mountain in the coming day! ”

"That's good, but a little. If you still have those friends of yours, don't hold me for poetry! ”

Shen Maoxue was amused by Wang Fulin's prior statement, and only after laughing did he say: "I was about to introduce you, my best friends have all been famous for you for a long time." ”

Soon, Wang Fulin realized what kind of circle Shen Maoxue had brought him into. Among Shen Maoxue's close friends, all of them are first-class Jiangnan celebrities, Tang Xianzu, Mei Dingzuo, Feng Mengzhen, Jiao Hong, Tu Long...... Tang Xianzu is a famous man he has heard for a long time, and the rest are all famous people for a while, Jiao Hong is still the head of Nanjing Chongzheng Academy, and he has a relationship. And the most touching thing is undoubtedly that these literary celebrities who are more than ten years older than themselves without exception have to be counted as his juniors in the scientific field, Mei Dingzuo is just a showman, and the rest are all lifters, and no one has yet been admitted to the Jinshi!

Although the science field has always been the first, Wang Fulin has no intention of showing off the top three in front of these people. These people are not just the protagonists of the ordinary literary society poetry club, he can fool the past by reciting three or two poems casually, and in the history of Wanli literary circles, they are all remarkable figures. So, from the moment they met, he showed a humble and respectful side of the elderly, and at the same time was ready to slip away at any time. However, there are a lot of people who are interested in him among the people, you and I are all curious to ask him about his experiences, and in the end, Tang Xianzu and Mei Dingzuo even argued.

And what they are arguing about is nothing else, who will write it, based on his Wang Fulin's previous experiences, to write a good play!

Wang Fulin saw that even Tu Long joined in with great interest, and suddenly couldn't cry or laugh. In the end, it was Shen Maoxue who skillfully solved the siege and said: "Okay, okay, don't fight, don't forget that Shiqing's uncle is a senior in the literary world, and it is not your turn to write a play, and the seniors have already done it themselves." ”

"As an uncle writing plays for his nephew, Taihan's predecessors must have a lot of scruples, how can we be wanton?" Tang Xianzu's temper came up again, and after snorting lightly, he suddenly had an idea, and said triumphantly, "It's better to be like this, let's compare the three of us, Mei Laodao, Tu Changqing, how about it?" ”

"It's better than that, who is still afraid of you?"

"If you lose when it's time to judge, don't cheat!"

Wang Fulin simply felt that these three celebrities in their early thirties were really children's tempers, and he only thought it was a joke at the moment, but when Shen Maoxue sent him back to the room after they dispersed, he was shocked to learn that Tang Xianzu's three were actually serious! In desperation, he could only smile bitterly: "These three are really addicted to competition, what is there to write about me?" It's better to change the legend of the heroes of Liaodong to be serious. ”

"You think they haven't changed? It has already begun, and Shihong has been pestered by them so bitterly that he can't wait to hide when he sees someone. Tang Hairuo was invited by Jiang County Zun in Xuancheng, not long after he arrived in Xuancheng, I only saw it a few times and made friends, as for the others, they were probably born once and twice cooked. You might as well get along with everyone more, although many of them have strange tempers, but they are sincere in making friends. ”

When Shen Maoxue said this, he couldn't help but wonder, and then saw that there was no one left and right, so he added softly: "Except for Mei Yujin, everyone else is going to participate in the Wanli Five-Year Examination." ”

Wang Fulin knew that Shen Maoxue wanted to ask on behalf of his friend if he could take a ride in Wanli in the fifth year, but he was not Zhang Juzheng in this matter, how could he pack a ticket? He could only think hard about a certain tendency of Zhang Juzheng, and then said cautiously: "Although Lord Shoufu forbids lecturing, and he doesn't like people who have too heavy habits of celebrities, there is a chance that he will personally take the exam next year." We will always strive to live up to our name. Take more famous scholars. If that's the case. Everyone's hopes are high. Speaking of which, isn't Brother Mei ready to play this year? ”

Speaking of Mei Dingzuo, Shen Maoxue couldn't help but shake his head: "At the age of sixteen, he was the second in the Taoist exam, and he went directly to the school, but then he didn't rank first in the autumn twice, so he simply stopped participating in the township exam. He said to me. Not to mention the imperial examination, even if there is really a cabinet elder who is willing to recommend him as an official, he will definitely not go. Among those of us, he is the one who really sees it. ”

The literati have a good reputation, not to mention that they disdain the imperial examination, but there are very few people who can really be lazy to go to the imperial examination in the prime of life, so Wang Fulin can't help but respect Mei Dingzuo. In the next few days, he took his family to travel all over Xuancheng, from Jingting Mountain to Xie Yulou. Places of interest have been gone all over again. Because Xiaobei and Wang Erniang followed, Shen Maoxue did not call friends. Instead, he personally brought his wife to accompany him, and it was not until the marriage was about to be that he went down to work at Wang Fulin's repeated requests.

As for Shen Yourong, as the groom's official, he couldn't get out of his body at all, and in total, he only found time to meet Wang Fulin once in his free time at the mercy of others. And his fiancée, Wang Fulin, of course, had no chance to meet, but Xiaobei and Wang Xiaomei were taken by Shen Maoxue's wife to meet each other. After the sister-in-law came back, in their words, Shen Yourong's fiancée was the person who was completely opposite to their personality, really gentle and elegant, from female celebrity to omnipotent cooking, and what was even more rare was that although she had been in adversity since she was a child, she was generous in dealing with others, and also taught the two of them a few good soups and snacks.

And Xiaobeitou reciprocated Li by telling each other all the interesting things that Shen Yourong had in Jiliao, which was nothing more than to let the unmarried couple understand each other before marriage.

On the day of the wedding, all the famous families in Xuancheng sent representatives, plus Shen Maoxue's friends, and even some of them came from Fujian to drink this cup of wedding wine, which was very lively. And Wang Fulin unexpectedly met an acquaintance at the wedding banquet, that is, Shi Yuanxi, the governor of Ningguo Mansion in the same year as himself. After asking, he learned that in just two or three months after the Shen family's uncle and nephew returned, Shen Maoxue, who loved to travel, became friends with Shi Yuanxi under the matchmaking of Jiang Qifang in Xuancheng County. At this moment, Wang Fulin really understood why Shen Maoxue's circle of friends was so big.

This one is really like-minded and immediately accepted as a confidant!

"By the way, Lao Jiang has always wanted to meet you when he heard that you were coming, but he is very busy as the commander of Xuancheng County, and you live in the Shen family, so it has been delayed until today. Fortunately, Brother Shen is very good at ranking seats, and he put you at the table between me and Lao Jiang, and just happened to talk together. ”

Wang Fulin didn't know much about Jiang Qifang, the commander of Xuancheng County, but when he arrived in Xuancheng this time, he always had to inquire about the head snake, and only then did he find out that Jiang Qifang had another special identity in addition to being a Jinshi in Longqing for five years - this Xuancheng County Commander was once the tutor of those sons in Zhang Juzheng's family, that is, the so-called Mr. Menguan! However, perhaps this relationship was too close, and Zhang Juzheng was only subject to Gao Gong's second assistant in his youth, so he failed to leave Jiang Qifang in Jingshi, but sent him to Xuancheng, the first county of the Ningguo Mansion in Nanzhi, as the county commander.

Although Shen Maoxue had already introduced Tang Xianzu and others to Wang Fulin before, when he really arranged the seats, he had another consideration, and divided Wang Fulin, who is very good at interpersonal communication and is a jinshi himself, as well as Shi Yuanxi, the governor of Ningguo Mansion, Jiang Qifang, the commander of Xuancheng County, and Tang Xianzu and others. Wang, Shi, and Jiang are Jinshi, but Tang Xianzu was specially invited by Jiang Qifang to visit Xuancheng, and the rest are all famous people for a while, so even if they are not talking and laughing, they are also talking and laughing and laughing. Others, as for the same knowledge of the five grades of the official residence in the government office, the general judgment of the six grades, or the history of the county lord of the county yazhong, etc., they were all arranged separately.

As Shi Yuanxi said, after Wang Fulin and Jiang Qifang met, they found that people were indeed very enthusiastic about themselves, and they didn't know whether it was Zhang Juzheng's relationship. And not only to him, Jiang Qifang is also very respectful to Tang Xianzu, Feng Mengzhen and others, and he does not have the frame of a county parent official at all, but talks elegantly and politely, Wang Fulin can see at a glance that most of the people in the audience have a good impression of this Xuancheng county commander. But as he spoke, he was depressed to find that the topic unconsciously turned to himself who was almost two years old, and now he was "recuperating" at home.

Of course, even if everyone knew that his so-called recuperation was a complete excuse, they didn't debunk it, but everyone guessed with great interest what officials he was going to assign next. Especially when the wine is drunk, a few good things even bet. But at this time, Tang Xianzu, who drank two more cups, said with a smile: "On the contrary, no matter what official you are, you must cling to the powerful, otherwise let's see what happens to Haigang Peak!" Brother Wang Xian, you were not majestic in the battle of words in Beijing before, but you were just being used as a knife! ”

"Tang Hairuo, drink less when you're drunk!" Feng Mengzhen saw Jiang Qi's complexion change, and immediately snatched his wine glass, and then called the waiter to bring tea. When he pulled Tu Long and forced the person down to sober up, Wang Fulin smiled as if he was fine, "Fortunately, I know that the amount of wine is shallow, so I don't dare to pour yellow soup." As for the matter of sending officials, to be honest, I really don't care, as long as I don't go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I don't have to go back and be the target of the public again. ”

Seeing that Wang Fulin skillfully saved the already stiff atmosphere just now, Shi Yuanxi immediately echoed haha, and the others gradually made up for the atmosphere destroyed by Tang Xianzu's outspoken words just now. It's just that after such a while, everyone only talked about Wenlin, regardless of state affairs, even if they waited until Feng Mengzhen and Tu Long returned to the table, saying that Tang Xianzu had settled down and slept first. When Shen Yourong, the groom official, finally came over to toast, Wang Fulin used the excuse that he must pour three cups of Shen Yourong, holding the pot and empty wine glass in one hand, and dragging the person aside with the other.

"Brother Wang, just spare me, I really can't drink anymore!"

"Stupid, do you understand how to behave? How can I talk to you alone if not, who made you busy like that before? Wang Fulin glared at Shen Yourong, seeing that his face was full of confusion, he poured some wine and handed it over, seeing that Shen Yourong took it in his hand, he said in a low voice, "I inquired about the martial arts in Nanjing, as long as the bow and horse can get by, and the literary test is rough, it can basically be done, not to mention that the two people in the military department have already said clear things." So I'll also send Zhao San Mazi, who knows a little bit of writing and ink, to try it. In addition, Zhang Xueyan is only afraid that he will leave office next year, and you think about it yourself, will the Li family father and son press you when the time comes......"

He told Shen Yourong everything he hadn't had time to say before, and also let him drink three small cups, and was about to make fun of the red-faced groom official, when suddenly out of the corner of his eye, he found that Shen Maoxue walked directly to him. He originally thought that he was looking for Shen Yourong, but he didn't expect Shen Maoxue to speak to him directly.

"Shiqing, the messenger who happened to send the will passed through Xuancheng, and it is said that the will of the Huizhou Mansion Xia Tax Silk Dispute has come down, I don't know why."

PS: The second update is 4,000 words, and I ask for a monthly pass at the end of the month, thank you! (To be continued.) )