Qingpu Society's Jin Bozong and Yuan Changji came successively, Yang Shixiang introduced Zhang Yuan to them, politely to each other, and went to Canglang Pavilion together, and the five scholars of the Pavilion Fushui Mountain House Society got up to meet each other and said their names to each other, these five people are Changzhou Fan Wenruo, Changshu Xu Shirou, Sun Chaosu, Huating Jin Langzhi and Kunshan Wang Huanru, the main alliance is Fan Wenruo, this Fan Wenruo is already famous, because he lost his mother the year before last, Ding Wei was not full, so he did not enter Beijing to participate in this year's examination, Fan Wenruo opened a big bookstore at home, The bookstore is called Fushui Bookstore, which is one of the three major bookstores in Suzhou.

One lifts people, four students, the Fushui Mountain House Club has a strong lineup, all eyes are above the top, and the little Qingpu Club is not put in the eyes, that Fan Wenruo looked around and said: "This pavilion is also called Canglang Pavilion, it is really smiling and generous, I don't know if you have ever been to Suzhou Canglang Pavilion, that a clear water runs through, and thousands of green bamboo are reflected, it is really a fairyland on earth, this place is really clumsy." ”

When Fan Wenruo said this, Yang Shixiang, Lu Tao and other Qingpu people felt shameless, but although Fan Wenruo's words were mean, it was also true, Suzhou Canglang Pavilion was indeed not comparable to the small garden of this Narcissus Temple - Yang Shixiang explained: "This pavilion was originally nameless, and I don't know which good deed person hung a plaque called Canglang Pavilion, which made you laugh." ”

Before the battle for Baguwen began, the Qingpu Society's momentum was a little shorter, and the master's advantage was gone.

If you want to be famous, of course Zhang Yuan is not willing to be plain and silent, and this Fan Wenruo is really rude, how can any guest come and say that the host's house is clumsy, it is obviously intended to frustrate the people of Qingpu Society, and he immediately said: "Although the garden pavilion is beautiful, there must also be people who will appreciate it, Ouyang Yongshu has a poem 'The breeze and the moon are priceless, but unfortunately it is only sold for 40,000 yuan' Isn't it sarcasm." ”

The five people of the Fushui Mountain House Society looked at Zhang Yuan together, and Fan Wenruo asked Zhang Yuan: "Haven't asked for your name yet?" ”

Yang Shixiang introduced the names of the four people in Qingpu Club one by one, and Fan Wenruo didn't pay attention to it at all.

Zhang Yuan arched his hand and said: "Zhang Yuan Zhang Jiezi in Xiashanyin." ”

Fan Wenruo said "oh", turned his head and asked Yang Shixiang: "Brother Yang, has the Qingpu Society even recruited Confucian children from other counties into the society?" There was sarcasm in his tone.

Yang Shixiang said: "This Zhang Gongzi is the brother-in-law of the county's land student, and he is the head of the trial case in Shanyin County last month, and it is a matter of time before the student is reborn." ”

Jin Langsheng of the Fuzhi Mountain House Club was surprised: "He is Shanyin Zhang Jiezi!" ”

Fan Wenruo asked, "Brother Jin Xian recognizes him?" ”

Jin Langsheng said to Zhang Yuanzuo: "I have admired Zhang Gongzi's name for a long time, and today is the first time I have seen it." ”

Jin Langsheng is a native of Huating, Dong Qichang's second son Dong Zu was often kicked and injured by Zhang Yuan in Huating has spread in Huating, Dong Zu is often a tyrant in Huating, Huating people applaud Dong Zuchang when he was beaten in Shanyin, and Jin Langsheng is the same, so when he saw Zhang Yuan at this time, he suddenly had a good impression.

Zhang Yuan also saluted: "I've seen Brother Jin." ”

Fan Wenruo saw that Jin Langsheng was so polite to Zhang Yuan, he was a little displeased, thinking that the head of the county test is nothing, how many people have been selected as young as a teenager, and they are still Xiucai when they are old, and he Fan Wenruo tried to pass the victory in the township four years ago, how can the reputation and status of this person be compared with Xiucai, not to mention that Zhang Yuan is not a Xiucai, not even a Tongsheng, and Tongsheng has to pass the government examination to be called a Tongsheng - Fan Wenruo said: "Zhang Gongzi is young and talented, I want to see the craftsmanship of Zhang Gongzi County Trial." "This is to explore Zhang Yuan's fiction and reality, to see how Zhang Yuan's eight-strand essay is doing, will it be the head of the case that just hit the right question?

Zhang Yuan said: "Fan Juren is here, how dare you take the liberty of the next, and ask Fan Juren to show the craftsmanship, let me wait to figure it out and learn." "Zhang Yuan wants to see what level Fan Juren's Baguwen is, and know his confidant.

Fan Wenruo laughed, took out a roll, and said: "Today, I will meet friends with texts, and the five members of my Fushui Mountain House Club have brought their own collections of current literature, let's learn together." ”

Jin Langsheng, Xu Shirou and other four people also took out their own eight-strand anthologies, although they are all thin volumes, but the paper is excellent, the engraving is exquisite, and it is very impressive to take it out to show people, on the other hand, the four people of Qingpu Society, in addition to Yang Shixiang is lithograph, Lu Tao, Yuan Changji, and Jin Bozong are all manuscripts, which are bound into volumes by themselves, and they are very shabby compared with the anthologies in the hands of the five people of the Fushui Mountain House Society, not to mention Zhang Yuan, there are only three pieces of paper - Fan Wenruo couldn't help but laugh at it, and said: " I have engraved a special collection for 20 members of the Society, the engraving is retained, and there are new eight masterpieces that can be added to it and reprinted, and it is very convenient to go out to meet friends with this volume, and there is also the style of the Great Society, if you can join me in the Shui Shan Fang Society, as long as the art is good, you can also publish a special collection to market the north and south of the river, which is also very helpful for the township test. ”

Yang Shixiang was a little embarrassed, it takes more than ten taels of silver to engrave a book, and it will cost more than 20 taels if you want to carve exquisitely. ”

Fan Wenruo said: "The matter of the merger will be discussed later, let's learn from the art first, please which brother of your society will recite a masterpiece of his own first, and we will evaluate it together." ”

Yang Shixiang said to Lu Tao: "Brother Lu, you can recite one first, Brother Lu's article 'A gentleman has no food in the end' in last year's exam is very good." ”

Lu Tao got up and arched his hand and said: "Then it is up to the next eight strands to be titled 'The Gentleman Has No End of Food'-", coughed, starting from the problem, the topic, the original question, and the beginning to Tibi, Lang Lang recited, and when he arrived at Tibi, he couldn't remember clearly, so he read to the manuscript:

"Those who are benevolent will first compete for their greatness, and then they will be subtle. Distinguish the distinction between rich and poor, all of them are big ends, and relying on the big ends, they are enough to become virtuous? It is said that because of the use of food, its kind is very delicate, and its origin is more and more dense, and the number of clutches is more than here, and the gentleman also holds on to its gaps——"

This is Tibi shares, and there are also Tibi shares below, Lu Tao is still waiting to read it, but Fan Wenruo raised his hand and said: "It's okay, Brother Lu will read this article here, the essence has been exhausted——"

Lu Tao was very embarrassed, this eight-strand essay was his proud work, he was shaking his head and reading vigorously, and was suddenly interrupted by someone who did not let him read, it was really like a bone in his throat, very uncomfortable, Lu Tao has always been a good person, rarely fights with others, and if Fan Wen is a person, his status is above him, so he has to give up.

Zhang Yuan was secretly annoyed, if this Fan Wen was really rude, could he be so domineering, so he arched his hand and said: "Fan Juren, my brother-in-law has only read half of this art, why do you say that the essence is exhausted?" ”

Fan Wenruo was also quite unhappy with this young Confucian boy repeatedly flouting his authority, and said: "This Tibi is not even working against each other, what does it mean to listen to it again." ”

Lu Tao's face was red, although he was not convinced, but it was not easy to argue, Fan Wenruo was the same age as him, but he was a lifter, and the sixty-year-old Xiucai saw that the twenty-year-old lifter also had to be called a predecessor - Zhang Yuanke didn't care what the predecessor was, and said: "These two strands of scripture and meaning are secretly blended, the order is clear, and the essence is displayed one by one, as for the battle and not work, this is a new trend of eight strands and ancient texts converging since Wanli years. ”

Fan Wenruo was furious, a young Confucian boy dared to talk to him like this, there is no rule of respect and inferiority, if it was in Suzhou, he would immediately give Zhang Yuan a slap, so that this posterior boy knows how to respect his predecessors, if this Fan Wenru does not think about his rudeness first, he thinks that he is a person, and it is natural for him to be arrogant and reprimand, and now a little Confucian boy dares to question him like this, is it tolerable or unbearable!

Fan Wenruo said sharply: "What does an ignorant Confucian boy know! I dare to say what essence and fashion here without reading the three-character scripture, read your county trial production art to everyone, I want to see how you got the head of the Shanyin case! ”

If Fan Wen speaks without mercy, why should he show mercy to a little Confucian boy, of course, he must reprimand loudly, if Zhang Yuan is a member of the Qingpu Society, then he will have some scruples, after all, this time he is here to win over the Qingpu Society, but Zhang Yuan is from Shanyin, then it is just to kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey, and reprimand Zhang Yuan to show his power - Zhang Yuanxin said: "Where have you read this Fan Wenruo's book, there is no self-cultivation at all, I only argue that Bagu said a few fair words, you roared like this, dare to love You are not here to meet friends with literature, you are here to play prestige, This kind of person is simply a literary tyrant. ”

Zhang Yuan was not moved, and said lightly: "How did the first case in the next county test come to have nothing to do with this meeting, if Fan Juren intends to clear the shortcomings of the imperial examination in Shanyin County, you can go to Shanyin to visit and complain to the Dao, today it is said that it is to meet friends with literature, and the two literary societies have discussed each other's craft, Qingpu Society has recited half of the art, and it should be the turn of the Fushui Shanfang Society. ”

Jin Langzhi on the side nodded secretly, this person who dared to fight Dong Zuchang was really extraordinary, Jin Langzhi did not have the same hatred as Fan Wenruo, he felt that although Zhang Yuan was not very humble to Fan Wenruo, it was reasonable to say that the eight shares did not seek to fight against each other It is already the trend of the times, seeing that Fan Wenruo was like thunder and there was no city, Zhang Yuan responded indifferently but hid a needle in the cotton, the two were contrasted, and the demeanor was very different-Fan Wenruo said proudly: "Okay, let you, the Confucian boy, see how the predecessors made eight shares-" Looking around at the people in the Canglang Pavilion: " This is Fan's first art when he took the township test four years ago, and Fan can rely on this article in Chinese style. At the moment, pacing back and forth in the middle of the pavilion, reciting his township test first art ink scroll "Great Fear of the People's Will", this is his proud work, no need to look at the hand Chinese collection, pacing the more Fang Bu reads louder, it seems that the louder the voice, the better the article - Zhang Yuan sat by the pavilion, his eyes slightly bright, listening attentively, quietly remembering, he wanted to give Fan Wenruo an unforgettable lesson.

(To be continued)