Qinhuai blue water, slanting sun smoke willow, jasmine, Jianlan fragrance faintly with the wind, knocked on the door for a long time but the boy was not there, Zhang Cao was disappointed, and asked Xue Tong: "Where did your girl go?" ”

Xue Tong said: "Mr. Tan arrived in Jinling, and my girl went to Bailuzhou Wharf to meet Mr. Tan." ”

Zhang Cao said angrily: "Which Mr. Tan?" ”

Xue Tong said: "It's my girl's teacher, who writes poetry." ”

Zhang Dai said: "It should be Tan Yuanchun." ”

On the boat from Qingpu to Jinling, Wang Wei and Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan highly admired Jingling Zhong Hao and Tan Yuanchun when discussing poetry. "Turn around and go.

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan followed, and the little girl Fu'er was still standing by the courtyard wall and muttering something to Xue Tong.

Zhang Cao said angrily: "This girl is pretending, and the surname Yang Hua has no evidence." Zhang Cao was angry, because he was very concerned about Wang Wei, and he rushed to visit, but was told to go to see another talented person, of course Zhang Cao was not happy.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The third brother really thinks that Wang Xiuwei wants to wear our eyes and wants to come to us, before getting to know us, she has already befriended a famous person Banjiangnan, Tan Yuanchun once taught her to write poetry, and she is also her teacher, so it is also appropriate to go to meet the teacher." ”

Zhang Cao rolled his eyes and said: "There are many teachers in this girl, Chen Jiru and Tan Yuanchun." ”

Zhang Dai said: "How Tan Yuanchun compares to Chen Meigong is far behind. ”

...... "Forced sweat grass, jasmine, a bunch of ten cents, a bunch of ten cents-"

Two fourteen and five-year-old boys wearing clogs and sleeveless single clothes each pulled a straw basket, sang loudly and sold, along the river there are delicate roller blinds, spread money to buy, the flower seller boy is accustomed to come, a moment of laughter, fragrant and full of fragrance - Zhang Yuan and the three followed the two flower sellers slowly to see the lively, suddenly saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl from a house covered by plum bamboo, the girl has a forehead in front of the forehead, picturesque eyebrows, fair and lovely complexion, the right palm cushion a silk handkerchief, there are two stacks of copper coins on the silk handkerchief, Crisp said: "Brother clogs, force sweat grass and jasmine to buy a bunch each." ”

"Xiaokou, I'll keep it for you, these two bunches are the best, the buds are not released, put them next to the pillow, and they will open at night, which is extraordinarily fragrant."

A teenager diligently handed over two bouquets of flowers to the girl, the girl took the bouquet with her left hand, sniffed it first, smiled, leaned her right hand, and the two stacks of money fell into the young man's grass blue, and said, "Thank you two little brothers with clogs." With a twist of his waist, the lotus step was light, and he disappeared into the shade of plum trees and bamboos--there were still some flowers and plants in the grass baskets of the two teenagers that had not been sold, but they did not immediately leave to sell elsewhere, standing under the wall of the plum bamboo courtyard in a daze, listening to the crisp laughter of the girl in the wall-Zhang Cao smiled and stepped forward and said: "This girl is only eleven or twelve years old, and the two of you want to get into trouble, they are simply beasts." When it comes to the word "beast", his face is flat.

The two young men selling flowers suddenly blushed, frightened and frightened, and ran away.

Zhang Cao laughed, and Xue Tong, who came over, also laughed.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The third brother scares the children. ”

Zhang Cao said: "It's not too small, I've tasted ** since I was fifteen years old, hehe." Changing the topic, he said: "This girl is really delicate and soft, and in two years, she will definitely be a seductive female goblin, I don't know whose girl it is?" Then he asked Xue Tong?

Xue Tong said: "That's Li Ko'er of Xiangzhen Pavilion, the sister-in-law of Miss Li Xueyi." ”

Zhang Caoxi said: "This is Li Xueyi's residence, wonderful, Li Xueyi has a sister like this, you can imagine Li Xueyi's delicate appearance - eldest brother, meson, since Wang Wei is not here, how about we go to this Xiangzhen Pavilion to have a look?" ”

Xue Tong pouted and said, "The girl in the snow suit went out with my girl, I don't believe you knock on the door to try." With that, he turned around and went back to the Youlan Pavilion, the boy walked very fast, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

The courtyard gate under the shade of plum bamboo has been closed, and the old courtyard in the song is going to the beginning of the lanterns, the banquet and singing strings, the sound and light are messy, and the party is prosperous, and it is a hot afternoon, and the young man who sells flowers is over, and it is cold and deserted.

Zhang Yuan said: "Go back, don't go to ask for a closed-door soup again, Li Xueyi is a famous person in the song, how can you see it if you don't make an appointment in advance." ”

The three of them came by the excitement, and returned in defeat, when they passed through the Quzhong market, they saw that the utensils were clean and abnormal, sachets, clouds, famous wine, good tea, sugar, side dishes, pipes, and qinse, all of which were of the highest quality, Zhang Yuan and the three of them bought two pots of fine wine, a box of Huzhou Kai tea, a jar of sugar and a few Jinling side dishes, and let Feng Hu carry it in a basket, and returned to the wave boat at the Zhimaying Wharf, in addition to the four boatmen who stayed on the boat, there were Zhang Dai's little maid Mingyan and Mu Zhenzhen, Suzhi and Lumei, the three maidservants, Laifu, Nengzhu, and Wuling all went to the house under Jiming MountainSome of the utensils on the ship have been moved to the house over there, Mu Zhenzhen asked Zhang Yuan: "Young master, when will these eight boxes be moved?" "Mu Zhen really knows the importance of these eight boxes.

Zhang Yuan asked Zhang Cao: "Third brother, can we sleep in the newly rented house tonight?" ”

Zhang Cao said: "I'm afraid it won't work today, Laifu and Nengzhu are still cleaning up over there, let's go tomorrow." ”

Zhang Yuan said to Mu Zhenzhen: "This box will be moved over together." ”

In the evening, Jiao Runsheng and Zong Yishan came to invite Zhang Yuan and the three of them to the dinner in the garden, Zhang Yuan brought a pair of faint glasses to Mr. Jiao, I forgot to bring them last time, Jiao Hong tried the glasses, Dayue, don't have to look up your neck to read and write, during the banquet Jiao Hong asked Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai about the examination in the Gongyuan, and listened to the two of them recite the "Fan Chi Asks Knowledge" The craftsmanship of the article, praised two sentences, and told the three brothers of the Zhang family to study diligently in the Guozijian and not to violate the prison rules - Zhang Yuan went to Jiao Runsheng's study and wrote a letter to his father Zhang Ruiyang, first explained his recent situation to his father, and then asked his father if he had resigned from the post of chief of the Zhou Palace, and when he would leave Kaifeng, he could cross the river to meet him - Zhang Yuan sealed the letter and asked Jiao Runsheng to send the letter to the Kaifeng Zhou Mansion by official post, and Jiao Runsheng promised to deliver the letter tomorrow.

At the time of the second drum, Jiao Runsheng and Zong Yishan sent the three brothers Zhang Yuan out of the garden, Jiao Runsheng said: "Later, it is the period when the three Zhang brothers officially enter the national prison, and I am afraid that it will not be so convenient to come out in the future. ”

Zhang Cao said with a sad face: "Unlucky, when I meet such a plague official, I am the most impatient to be restrained, I came to Jinling for the gold powder of the Six Dynasties and Qin Huai Fengyue, not to be imprisoned, if I am ruthless, I will make a big fuss sooner or later." ”

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan looked at each other.

Jiao Runsheng knew what kind of person this Zhang Yanke was, and said with a smile: "Guozijian has always been tolerant of Nasu's regular prisoners, if Brother Yanke doesn't like to be in prison, he can just put his name on it." ”

Zhang Caoxi said: "It turns out that it can be accommodating, very good, very good." Glancing at the eldest brother Zhang Dai, he said with a hippie smile: "I'll sit in prison for a few days first, if I can't bear it, I will suddenly become seriously ill and have to go out to seek medical treatment, I just beg the eldest brother not to mention it to the eldest father." ”

Zhang Dai rolled his eyes and said: "This can't be hidden, my father has a lot of correspondence with the officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing. ”

Zhang Cao said: "Then I don't care, I can't suffocate in prison." ”

Zhang Cao is a wild horse, it is too difficult for Zhang Cao to follow the rules, rather than let him conflict with the South Prison Officer, it is better to be out of prison under the pretext of illness, anyway, I can't expect Zhang Cao to learn any sage in Guozijian - Zhang Yuan said: "The third brother will enter the prison first and then talk about it for a few days, it is really not good to get out of prison." ”

Zhang Dai shook his head and said: "Before entering school, I thought of dropping out of school first, which is also a strange story." ”

Zhang Cao only took the eldest brother's words as a compliment, and laughed.

The three brothers said goodbye to Jiao Runsheng and Zong Yishan, and returned to the boat, but heard Mu Zhenzhen say that Wang Weigu sent someone to invite the three young masters to the Youlan Pavilion, and she had replied that the three young masters went to Jiao Zhuangyuan's banquet and did not return - at this time, it was already the end of the year, of course, there was no reason to go to the Youlan Pavilion at night, the three brothers took a bath and rested, Zhang Yuan returned to the cabin, saw Mu Zhenzhen grinding ink under the lamp, looked up and said with a smile: "Young master, do you practice calligraphy?" ”

Zhang Yuan has to write two hundred words every night before going to bed, just wait for the hair to dry after bathing, this has become a habit, Mu Zhenzhen knows the young master's habit, so he grinds the ink well, the young master has not finished writing the ink she used to write Huashan tablet big characters, she wants to practice the words well, and she will write a letter to her father in the future - Zhang Yuan "um", sat cross-legged by the small case, and copied the "Luo Shen Fu" written by Wang Siren teacher, Mu Zhenzhen knelt behind him and gently dried his hair with a cloth towel, and when the hair was almost dry, he loosely tied his bun, Because Zhang Yuan doesn't like to sleep with his hair scattered - Zhang Yuan is engrossed in copying Mr. Wang's small letters, writing to the place of concentration, completely forgetful, although the tip of the pen in Songjiang Tan Note only has a tiny dot movement, but there is a murmuring of ink words, flying in the air, indulging in the feeling of swaying, this feeling is very wonderful, it is difficult to experience without practicing calligraphy.

Missing three drums, Zhang Yuan finished copying the second half of "Luo Shen Fu", and the ink in the inkstone was also used up, so he turned his head and smiled at Mu Zhenzhen: "You don't have ink to write, don't write it today, it's late at night-"

Speaking of this, Zhang Yuan suddenly closed his mouth, his expression was a little strange - the Qinhuai River's banquet and song strings were also tired of the lights at midnight, the stars were scattered, only the faint sound of the city reached the ears, the boat was very quiet, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao had already fallen asleep, and the four boatmen got up early and went to bed early, and they had also fallen asleep at this time, and the two people who had not fallen asleep on this boat should be Zhang Yuan and Mu Zhenzhen, usually, Laifu's snoring had already been torn around on the side of the screen, and tonight, the screen was silent, Wuling and Laifu were both cleaning up the house under Jiming Mountain and did not return, There are only two people in this cabin, Zhang Yuan and Mu Zhenzhen - Mu Zhenzhen obviously realized this situation earlier than Zhang Yuan, and when he saw the young master looking at her so strangely, his face turned red instantly, and he stuttered a little: "Young master, rest early, Ming said that it was the young master's birth, the maid had already bought the dough cake, and Ming said that he would get up early to make longevity noodles for the young master." ”

If it weren't for Mu Zhenzhen mentioning it, Zhang Yuan himself would have forgotten that June 19 would be his birth.

(To be continued)