This time from Suzhou to Nanjing, passing through Wuxi, Zhang Yuan had thought about going to Donglin Academy to visit Gao Panlong, but because of the rush of time, I was afraid that I would not be able to catch up with the entrance examination of Nanjing Guozijian, so he had to rush by, planning to visit again when he returned to his hometown at the end of the year, but he did not expect that there would be two disciples of Gao Panlong in the same class as him in this Nanjing Guozijian, and no matter what happened to Wei Dazhong and Ruan Dacheng, they were still the same disciples and brothers who worked hard to learn and were determined to take the imperial examination - the personable Ruan Dacheng talked with Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai very enthusiastically. Speaking of Qi Biaojia, Ruan Dacheng said: "When Brother Wei and I left Wuxi at the beginning of this month, Qi Huzi had just arrived at Donglin Academy, I asked him about Brother Jiezi, and he said that the three of you brothers also came to Nanjing, and I was very much looking forward to meeting Zhang Shixian Kunzhong. ”

Ruan Dacheng is hot, Wei Dazhong is cold, and the two have very different surnames.

As he spoke, he heard the sound of drums beating in the drum room, and then a prison officer shouted: "It's time for dinner, please go to the dining hall for dinner." ”

Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, Ruan Dacheng, and Wei Dazhong went out of the room and came to the meeting hall, which was very large, divided into six halls according to the six lectures, and the students of Guangye Hall were in the third hall from the left, which could accommodate thousands of people to dine together, which was expanded when the South Prison was at its most prosperous, and now of course there are not so many prisoners -- Zhang Yuan, the freshmen of the Guangye Hall non-character class, were reprimanded by the Mao Supervisor who was full of purple face before the meal, saying that the etiquette should be cleaned up during the meal, and the beauty and evil of food should not be discussed, and the food should not be noisy, and the chef should not be forced to go out without permission. In addition to three meals, it is not allowed to ask the chef for tea and rice, and those who dare to make trouble by borrowing food will be severely punished by the rope hall - Liu Xuezheng, who is in charge of the non-character class, began to take the roll call, but Mao Jiancheng did not leave immediately, standing on the side and watching, when he heard the name of Zhang Yuan, Mao Jiancheng's bulging eyes instantly narrowed, and he looked at this young scholar - Zhang Yuan noticed Mao Jiancheng's demeanor, and said in his heart: "This person seems to have no kindness to me, I am a freshman, and there is no conflict with him, so there is only one explanation, This person has been instructed by Siye Song Shimian, and will rectify me, Siye is the second-in-command of the Guozijian and the fifth-rank official, of course, he will not come forward in person, and the supervisor is in charge of the rope hall, which is the current management. Although he knows this, he has nothing to fear, he is not willing to rise and fall with the world, then he will definitely encounter a more dangerous situation in the future, only to move forward, there is no reason to retreat.

All the students lined up, each person received a lacquer plate, there are four bowls in the lacquer plate, a rice, a meat, a vegetable, a soup, there can be meat in the food, then the standard is not low, although this kind of cauldron dish is not very delicious, but Zhang Yuan is not very particular, he adapts to the surname is stronger, Zhang Dai frowned, Zhang Dai is a gourmet, in this regard than Zhang Cao is more picky, this kind of big pot rice, big pot dishes he is difficult to swallow, he would rather drink a bowl of white porridge than eat these, barely ate a few bites, completely no appetite, put down the chopsticks to see other people's eating - Xizhang's food is famous in Shaoxing Mansion, Zhang Dai grew up in that kind of environment, and it is normal to not be used to eating this kind of food, Zhang Yuan said in a low voice: "Big brother, don't lose to the third brother." ”

Zhang Dai smiled "hey", he knew what Jie Zi meant, he was worried that Yan Ke would cause trouble in the prison in the morning and persuaded Yan Ke to get out of prison, now if he himself is sick and out of prison because he is not used to eating the food of the national eunuch, then he will be laughed to death by Yan Ke, and the eldest father can't explain it, just about to answer a sentence "How can you lose to him", he suddenly heard a loud shout: "Don't speak!" When he looked up, he saw the purple-faced Mao Supervisor beside him, Zhang Yuan, the two frog eyes were almost out of their sockets, and the prison rules only said that they were not allowed to sit up and make noise when they could eat, so what is it to whisper a few words like this, is it necessary to be so fierce!

Zhang Yuan said respectfully: "Yes." "Eat slowly, without moving.

The inmates of the other classes in the hall looked at this side, and the voice was much louder than that of the non-character class, Mao Jian Cheng couldn't punish Zhang Yuan for saying a word during dinner, so he would verbally reprimand him for standing up, if Zhang Yuan dared to be unruly, then he would find an excuse to insult the teacher, and he could immediately arrest the cane of the rope hall, but Zhang Yuan was very obedient, no different from the ordinary honest and cowering freshmen, which seemed to be a person who dared to confront Dong Hanlin, Song Siye would not recognize the wrong person, right?

Mao Jiancheng reprimanded Zhang Yuan a few more words, and then left.

Zhang Dai has been patient, and then said angrily: "This prisoner is deliberately targeting meson, it is too much, just said one sentence-"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Big brother, eat, eat, don't be angry, we are here to study." ”

Zhang Dai knew that his younger brother Zhang Yuan was not a cowardly and fearful person, and he would not give up so well, but at that time, this evil breath was unbearable, and he said angrily: "This prisoner is deliberately provoking. ”

Zhang Yuan didn't speak, quickly finished eating, sat there and waited, Zhang Dai tried to eat half of those meals, and the two brothers went out of the dining hall side by side.

Zhang Dai said: "Jiezi, do you think this Mao Jian Cheng was instructed by Song Siye?" ”

Zhang Yuan let out a "hmm" and said, "I didn't expect him to be so clumsy and directly provoke and find fault." ”

Zhang Dai said: "How to deal with it? ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Be patient first, and then make a name for yourself in your studies-"

…… Ruan Dacheng and Wei Dazhong walked behind, and Ruan Dacheng whispered to Wei Dazhong: "Brother Wei, what do you think of this Zhang Jiezi?" ”

Wei Dazhong said: "I don't get angry if I add it for no reason." ”

Ruan Dacheng laughed and read: "There are great brave people in the world, who come suddenly and are not surprised, and they are not angry for no reason, so they hold them hostage, and their ambitions are far away-Brother Wei compared Zhang Jiezi to Zhang Liang, the marquis?" ”

Wei Dazhong said: "The supervisor did correct the excess, and Zhang Jiezi did not violate the rules. ”

Ruan Dacheng said: "If I didn't know that he was the Zhang Jiezi who made Dong Xuanzai only have half a life left, and seeing his patience, I would only think he was cowardly." ”

Wei Dazhong didn't speak.

…… Zhang Yuan returned to the room, after taking a bath, it was already dark, Zhang Dai brought him a cup of pineapple tea, which Zhang Dai himself cooked with a charcoal stove, Zhang Dai loved tea, every time he couldn't leave, he cooked tea, gave Ruan Dacheng a cup in the same room, and then brought a cup to Zhang Yuan, that Wei Dazhong was cold and didn't care much about people, Zhang Dai was young and arrogant, and he couldn't deliberately make friends with that Wei Dazhong - seeing Zhang Yuan grinding ink and preparing to make eight shares, Zhang Dai said: "Jie Zi began to work hard, I am miserable, hungry, how to eat this kind of food, and go back at the end of the year." My family won't recognize me, and I'm skinny to a handful of bones. ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The eldest brother asked the prison officer to help you buy some clean food and come back, where can you lose weight." ”

As he was talking, he heard someone shouting: "Which one is the son of Zhang Zongzi?" ”

Zhang Daiqi said: "There are still people looking for me, Zhang Zongzi's son, it's a good tongue-twister." So he walked out, and came back after a while, smiling, holding a food box in his hand, and said, "Son, look, what is this?" Put the food box on Zhang Yuan's pine table, open the lid of the food box, the aroma is fragrant, one side is the scallion pancake, the other side is the five-color cake - Zhang Yuan smiled: "The third brother asked someone to send it?" ”

Zhang Dai said: "It's not that he can have anyone." Seeing that there was a folded note on the side of the food box, I opened it and saw that it was Zhang Cao's handwriting, writing a few lines of vernacular: "Big brother, Jie Zi, the food in the prison is not delicious, the big brother will definitely not be able to swallow, haha, scallion pancakes, five-color cakes, are all famous spots in Jinling, the two of you hurry up and eat." ”

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai both laughed.

Zhang Yuan said: "We really underestimated Zhang Yanke, the silver is invincible, and the third brother is like a fish in water wherever he is." ”

Zhang Dai picked up a piece of scallion pancake and put it in his mouth and chewed it, and said vaguely: "Nasu prisoner, no one cares." ”

Zhang Yuan got up and greeted, "Chief Wei Zhai, let's eat two cakes together, right?" ”

Wei Dazhong also wrote hard under the lamp, and said without raising his head: "Thank you, don't eat." "Trying to recall the prison rules, it seems that there is no rule that you are not allowed to eat in the number room, which makes the strict and rigid Wei Dazhong a little helpless, this Zhang brothers' tea fragrance, cake fragrance bursts attack, although he is determined, it is inevitable to be disturbed, and the liquid in his mouth involuntarily has more - Zhang Dai went to call Ruan Dacheng to eat together, Ruan Dacheng came happily, Ruan Dacheng had a loud voice, talked and laughed, Wei Dazhong was displeased, and said: "Three, we came to Nanjian to study, not to satisfy the appetite, you are already in violation of the prison rules, Yan An was lazy. ”

Wei Dazhong is too rigid, and it is very uncomfortable to be with this kind of person, Zhang Yuan said: "The desire to eat and study hard are not incompatible, how can we be said to be lazy?" ”

Wei Dazhong said: "Of course, the desire to eat will affect the cultivation of virtue and surname, so that the study will be wasted. ”

Zhang Dai said angrily: "Not necessarily, our studies will not be worse than yours - Jie Zi, you and this Wei Zhai chief have a hard time, to see who has wasted their studies." ”

Ruan Dacheng cranked the folding fan in his hand, ate the five-color cake, and looked at Wei Dazhong and the Zhang brothers with a smile, he did not intervene and remained neutral.

Wei Dazhong said: "There is nothing difficult to argue, you are wrong is wrong, you can't think that you are right because I am clumsy and can't argue, reason is not argued, but eternal." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Very good, the typical argument of the Donglin Party has come out, and they are extremely self-righteous, but it is also respectable to be able to stick to it." Signaling the eldest brother not to reason with this Wei Dazhong, he went out of the number room, called a prison handyman, first rewarded five cents of silver, and then asked, the handyman was very enthusiastic and courteous, Zhang Yuan asked him if he still had an empty room, he wanted to move to live alone?

The deacon said: "There is a room, but this has to be approved by Liu Xuezheng." ”

Zhang Yuan nodded, sent the handyman away, and the handyman bowed down and said before leaving: "Zhang Gongzi, if you have something to order, the villain will definitely serve Zhang Gongzi quickly and well." ”

Ruan Dacheng came over and said, "Brother Jiezi, I will change rooms with you, of course it is best for your brothers to live together." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I'm afraid that Wei Zhaichang will not will." ”

Ruan Dacheng said: "I'm more familiar with him, I'll go talk to him." ”

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai arched their hands together: "Then there is Brother Lao Ruan." ”

I don't know what Ruan Dacheng said to Wei Dazhong, Wei Dazhong agreed, presumably Wei Dazhong also considered that the Zhang brothers' eating and drinking would affect his studies, so it was better to change the number room.

(To be continued)