Chen Jiru loves flowers, lived in seclusion in the south of Xiaokun Mountain in his early years, built a temple to worship Erlu (Lu Ji and Lu Yun), begged for the famous flowers of the Quartet, and planted in front of the hall, saying: "I am poor, so as to entertain Mr. Er." Because of the name "begging flower field", its elegance is so.

Since the death of his parents, Chen Jiru moved to East Sheshan, built a stubborn fairy house, to the Yi Hall, Lei Ke Xuan, Wanxiang Hall, a Fu Xuan, waterside Linxia Garden, at this time Chen Jiru is no longer worried about money, he is not an official, although the calligraphy and painting are exquisite, but not like Dong Qichang to accept calligraphy and painting to make a fortune, let alone rely on the fame of the fish and meat township, so what is Chen Jiru's way to make money, can build a large East She Mountain Residence, make friends with celebrities, and travel to the landscape?

Chen Jiru is a very smart person, he saw through the officialdom, then burned the Confucian crown, and was determined to advance, but he is not the kind of arrogant scholar, lonely hermit, he does not like wealth and nobility, but he does not want to be burdened by wealth, Shouyang Mountain Caiwei starved to death like a hermit he is unwilling to do, Chen Jiru's way of making money is to print books, his Baoyantang is the largest bookstore in the south of the Yangtze River, he is the editor-in-chief of the "Baoyantang Secrets" a month engraved two volumes, 20 years has been published more than 400 volumes, "Baoyantang Secrets" It is an encyclopedia-like book, a subset of scriptures and history, medical divination and astrology, all involved, as well as all kinds of notebook novels, Qingyan sketches, these books because they cater to the preferences of the late Ming scholars and Chen Ruji's reputation and are marketed all over the country, it can be said that Chen Jiru is the most successful bookseller in the late Ming Dynasty - there is a kind of book Chen Jiru's Baoyantang is not printed, that is, the art of Shiwen, this is Chen Jiru's arrogant side, but also his smart side, because other types of books are enough for him to make money, leaving eight shares of text for other booksellers to make money, to avoid envy, with the strong economic backing of Baoyantang, Chen Jiru can not be shackled by fame, travel the mountains and rivers, comfortable and pleasant, and enjoy the fun of life - early in the morning of May 18, Zhang Yuan and his eldest brother Zhang Dai crossed Sheshan from Lu's manor to Chen Jiru's "East She Mountain Residence", accompanied by Mu Jingyan, Mu Zhenzhen's father and daughter, Wuling, and two West [***] servants, Zhang Dai talked to Zhang Yuan along the way about Chen Meigong's interesting stories, standing on the top of Sheshan Mountain, looking at the pavilion houses looming in the green trees at the eastern foothills, Zhang Dai stopped to rest, said leisurely: "Jie Zi, when I think of meeting Chen Meigong soon, my fame and enterprising heart melt and ice, in fact, I am more willing to learn from Chen Meigong to be such a carefree hermit, gourmet tea art, Hanmo health, and live a happy life." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Chen Meigong is in a good time, he has lived to be more than eighty, and he died before Dingge, you can't do it, eldest brother." Said with a smile: "The eldest brother is a rich and noble man, a beautiful maid and a prostitute, Chen Meigong has a song of abstinence." ”

Zhang Dai laughed: "The talented man is a young man, the young man listens to the rain song upstairs, that is, Chen Meigong was also very lustful when he was a teenager, the eldest father said so, Meigong talked about health after forty years, so I still wait until I am forty years old to return to seclusion, do not taste the taste of the world, how can I have the idea of being born, so it is not only a hermit, but also those monks and Taoist priests, few monks and Taoists who have been monks since childhood can achieve positive results, and they must go through the red dust to be able to transcend enlightenment." ”

Zhang Yuan also laughed, the eldest brother's words are quite insightful, the eldest brother has indeed lived like this all his life, before the age of fifty prosperous experience, after the age of fifty as an old monk, this is the only way to write both simple and professive, both affectionate and detached "Tao'an Dream Memories", "West Lake Dream Search", Cao Xueqin wrote "Dream of Red Mansions" is also because of this situation, the generation of immortal works also has its luck, it seems to have existed for a long time, just waiting for the right person to write it out - Zhang Dai suddenly figured out on the top of this She Mountain after the age of forty and then retreated, I can't help but feel big, In this way, there is a reason to spend all day drinking, he went down the mountain briskly on the mountain road, while singing: "Although the red face is good, the three treasures of spirit and spirit have been stolen by the wild fox." The eyebrows are wrinkled, the waist is curled, and the heavy makeup is lightly swept, making you withered. Secretly send a flower arrow, shoot a hero, and fall on the string. The disease is entangled, and he goes to seek medical advice and prays. There are a lot of mistakes in the house, and this trouble is discussed at home. Fill in the essence and replenish the brain, and start early. Stack all hearts, visit immortals, and learn not to grow old. ”

This is Chen Jiru's "Song of Quitting Sex".

Chen Jiru loves flowers, especially loves plum and orchid, lives in Sheshan for ten years, plants plum ten dwarfs around the house, chooses the cool and quiet place, planted a large number of orchids, precious varieties are everywhere, this is the midsummer of May, Jianlan, pearl orchid is in full bloom, as well as jasmine, hollyhock, Du Ruo, are all purple and red, compete for beauty, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai all the way, watch endlessly, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, chirping, tactful chirping, when you look up, the branches are luxuriant, the sun leaks down, colorful and flickering, only hear the bird's voice in your ears, but you can't see where the birds hide - Wu Ling also praised: "Chen Meigong enjoys it, who doesn't want to be such a hermit." ”

Zhang Dai smiled: "Xiao Wu, is a hermit so easy to be, Mei Gong has a famous saying, 'It's not that idlers can't be idle, idlers are not idlers'." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Mei Gong such a master is rare in the world, Dong Qichang lives in the world, Chen Mei lives in the mountains and forests, Dong Qichang should hire someone to write on behalf of those who ask for calligraphy and painting, Chen Meigong calligraphy and painting only give to confidants and friends, compared with Chen Meigong, Dong Qichang is unbearable. The heart said: "Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru both died at the age of eighty-two, it is said that Dong Qichang asked for a woman's red shirt embroidered shirt for clothing when he was dying, I don't know if he thinks this body is too turbid, and he wants to be a woman in the next life?" And Chen Meigong knew that the limit was coming, and he wrote letters to say goodbye to his relatives and friends, as if he was going to travel far away, and he wrote a book to give his feet, and he gave his hands, and he was deep in 80 years; Don't complain about the sky, don't worry about people, the fish in the three thousand realms leap and fly, throw the pen and pass away, how can this realm be compared to Dong Qichang! ”

As a hermit who is well versed in the principles of self-preservation, Chen Jiru's conduct is impeccable, Zhang Yuan admires Chen Jiru very much, but in this world, Chen Meigong is not worth emulating - the mountain road is rugged, and he suddenly heard the sound of Yoyo deer, Zhang Dai listened to it, and said happily: "This must be the bighorn deer that my father gave to Meigong, haha, it has been ten years, and Meigong is still cross-deer." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The prodigy is now a beautiful young man, and I am afraid that I will not be able to recognize it." ”

A line of seven people will pass through from the plum forest, follow the sound of the deer, there is a mountain stream gurgling down on the right side of the mountain road, jump beads and splash jade, the water is clear and clear, the sound of the deer is on the other side of the mountain stream, and go more than ten zhang, but see a bridge made of ancient vines and old bamboos across both sides of the stream, Zhang Yuan and the eldest brother Zhang Dai walked to the rattan bridge, they saw the mountain stream around, formed a small lake at the foot of the mountain, the lake is more than ten acres, two wooden buildings are built near the mountain, the fence is the wall, surrounded by a small courtyard, planted with all kinds of flowers and plants, this must be the "waterside forest garden" - deer singing yoyo, From the bamboo fence turned out a bighorn deer, walking hooves loudly, went to the lake to drink, and then walked out of a girl in a bamboo crown cloth robe, walked to the bighorn deer, squatted down, scooped up a clump of aquatic plants, held in the palm of the hand to feed the bighorn deer, the tame bighorn deer ate the water grass when the tongue licked the girl's palm, the girl's "Gege" smile - Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai stood on their feet, the two brothers glanced at each other, before they could speak, the fast-talking Wu Ling lowered his voice and said: "Young master, isn't this girl the one I met in the West Lake, Miss Yinhua, the daughter of King Yue? ”

Zhang Yuan scolded with a smile: "Nonsense, it's obviously a human being." ”

The bighorn deer was alert, and found that Zhang Yuan was seven people, tilting his head to see, the deer's mouth was still pouting on the clump of aquatic plants, chewing movingly, and the girl in the bamboo crown cloth robe also turned her head to look over, the sun was very shining, the girl squinted her eyes, her eyelashes were down, her eyebrows were slightly frowned, her complexion was like beautiful jade under the light, the waist under the cloth robe was slender, the peach blossoms were all over her face, and the beauty was superb - was the woman she met by the broken bridge in the West Lake ten days ago really the one in front of her? Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai are both short-sighted, and they can't see clearly on a moonlit night, but the girl in front of them is beautiful, and they are not sure for a while, although the outfits are similar, but after all, one is in the West Lake, and the other is in Huating Sheshan, which is hundreds of miles away - Zhang Yuan's eyesight is poor, but his hearing is amazing, and he will never forget it, so he immediately took a few steps forward and arched his hand to the girl: "In the next Zhang Yuan, I came to visit Meigong with my eldest brother." ”

The girl returned the salute shallowly, said "oh", looked at Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai, and suddenly raised her voice: "Uncle Yao-"

Then I heard the sound of footsteps, and several people came out in rows, holding long sticks in their hands, and shouted, "Here you go again!" ”

Mu Zhenzhen stood beside Zhang Yuan in an instant, his right leg was tense, and he felt the existence of the small dragon stick, but Mu Jingyan was silent, and Zhang Dai's two healthy servants were nervous - Zhang Yuan heard this girl call "Uncle Yao", it was clearly the girl who was begging for a cross on a moonlit night in the West Lake, whether it was a fairy, a ghost or a fox, what do these people want to do with a stick?

But when she saw the girl in the bamboo crown and cloth robe, she laughed and said to the big men: "It's not a single lama who came, it was Shanyin Zhang Xiucai who came to visit Meigong." ”

Several big men laughed, abandoned the stick in their hands, and said to Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai: "Don't blame the minister, there are often singleton horns to bother me recently." ”

Wu Ling said: "Those bachelors have been imprisoned in Qingpu County. ”

The picturesque cloth robe girl grabbed the horns of the bighorn deer, and one person and one deer entered the bamboo fence gate, and the big man named Uncle Yao asked Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai: "The two ministers can have a famous post, and the villain is easy to report." ”

Zhang Dai said: "Let's just say that the grandchildren of Mr. Zhang Suzhi of Shanyin came to visit. ”

The big man named Uncle Yao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is it Mr. Zhang Suzhi who gave the bighorn deer to Meigong?" ”

Zhang Dai said: "It is the eldest father of the family." ”

This Uncle Yao turned his head and said to a little guy who was probing his brain by the fence door: "Do you understand, hurry up and report it." ”

The servant answered, shrunk his head and ran away.

Uncle Yao invited Zhang Yuan and seven people to enter the "Waterside Forest Garden", and sat in the downstairs ear room, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai were full of interest to watch the flowers and plants in the garden, but the girl in the bamboo crown cloth robe was gone, so that Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai couldn't guess their identity, ten days ago in Hangzhou, and then appeared in Dongshe Mountain Residence, this girl is a relative of Chen Meigong? As far as Zhang Dai knew, Chen Meigong had no daughters - about half a tea time, the little guy from before came running and said, "Meigong is in Lei Kexuan, please go and meet each other." ”

Zhang Dai asked the servants to wait here, he and Zhang Yuan followed the little guy to Lei Kexuan, walked a few steps, and found that Mu Zhenzhen followed, so he smiled and said to Zhang Yuan: "Jiezi, you maid is very loyal to you." ”

When Zhang Yuan looked back, the fallen girl blushed and said, "Young master, I'm afraid that there will be a bluff." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Well, really come with us and meet the famous Chen Meigong." ”

Zhang Dai said: "It's really strange that the people who fight in Huating dare to come to the Meigong villa to disturb, Huating is raised by the Dong family, and Meigong and Dong Xuanzai have a very good relationship, don't the people who fight know it?" ”

The little guy who led the way said: "How dare those singles come here to provoke, it's just that a few singles passed by, and when they saw Aunt Wei, they didn't talk nonsense, Uncle Yao rushed out, and the singles quickly fled." ”

Zhang Dai asked: "Wei Gu is the girl by the lake, who is she from Meigong?" ”

The little guy said: "It's a disciple of Mei Gong, who learned calligraphy and painting from Mei Gong." ”

Zhang Dai was about to ask again, and the little guy said, "Mei Gongying has come out." ”

When Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan raised their eyes, they saw a thin and clear old man walking out of a pavilion built against the mountain, this old man wore a Dongpo scarf, wore a straight robe, his eyebrows were very long, almost covering his eyes, the bags under his eyes were also big, he had a goatee, his beard was half white, and when he walked down the stone steps, his waist was straight, his legs and feet were convenient, and he was nearly sixty years old and did not show any old age - Zhang Dai walked a few steps in front of the old man, bowed down and saluted: "The junior Zhang Dai pays a visit to Meigong. ”

Zhang Yuanchu followed Shi Li and said: "Senior Zhang Yuan pays a visit to Meigong. ”

This old man is Chen Jiru, and said with a smile: "Zhang Dai Xiaoyou, after ten years, the boy with the hair was already a handsome young man, 'playing the autumn breeze in Qiantang County', agile and talented, and the old man has never forgotten it." ”

Zhang Dai didn't expect Chen Jiru to remember the couplet, and said ashamedly: "The boy is ignorant, he has no words, and he has already secretly regretted it." ”

Chen Jiru said with a smile: "Childish words are fast, just see the heart, how can I regret it, the old man taught his son calligraphy and painting in the Jingshi Mansion of King Taicang the year before last, and was asked face to face Why don't you go to the mountains, and the old man's face does not change." ”

Zhang Dai said: "How do you know that your eyebrows are noble. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Snobbery, those who are not close are clean, and Meigong travels around without staining, which is really clean." ”

Chen Jiru looked at Zhang Yuan, a little surprised, and asked Zhang Dai, "Is this your cousin, the son of Zhang Baosheng?" ”

Zhang Dai hurriedly said: "Meigong, this is my clan brother Zhang Yuan Zhang Jiezi-"

Chen Jiru's long eyebrows moved, and he suddenly said: "Haha, I have been famous for a long time, the disciple of Shaoxing Xiao Sanyuan and Jiao Taishi, I have the ability to never forget, and I also beat the second son of Dong." ”

Zhang Yuan forked his hands and said: "I'm ashamed, the younger generation is famous for beating people, and it can be regarded as notoriety." ”

Chen Jiru said with a smile: "Dong Gong's second son is a gentleman, presumably he is rude first, the young man is chivalrous, some disputes are nothing, Dong Gong is also very elegant, and he doesn't complain that you beat his son." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Where is Dong Qichang very elegant, he is helpless for the time being, but he wrote a letter to Wang Tixue to let Wang Tixue suppress me, in a vain attempt not to let me be a talent." ”

Of course, it is inconvenient to say these words when I meet Chen Jiru for the first time, Zhang Yuan said: "The younger generation is a little reckless, the ancestor of the clan knows that I am coming to Qingpu, and specially tells the younger generation to come and listen to the teachings of Meigong. ”

Chen Jiru said with a smile: "How dare you - Su Weng has been good lately? ”

Zhang Dai said: "The eldest father of the family is in good health, and he never releases the scroll every time. ”

Chen Jiru smiled: "I'm old and confused, standing here and talking for so long, please, please-"

(To be continued)