Eunuch Zhong greeted Zhang Yuan and said, "Zhang Gongzi, sit here, when our family sees a talent like you, we will cherish the talent." He said in his heart: "This is full of Jiangzuo poets, articles and uncles, one by one full of poetry and books, famous and famous, according to our family, it is not as good as this young Zhang Yuan, only Zhang Yuan knows the origin of 'Liu Wu Fei is red', and even our family itself can't remember clearly, if it weren't for Zhang Yuan's reminder, our family's wonderful sentences today would be laughed at by these foreign officials, wouldn't it be a great wrong." ”

There is a saying in the people of the time called "three surnames, don't mess with him", which three surnames? It is the surname of the eunuch, the surname of the girl, the surname of Xiucai, these three kinds of people are not easy to provoke, the Xiucai of the late Ming Dynasty often gathers people to make trouble, even the government is afraid, Xiucai is the first difficult to provoke, the eunuch surname and the woman's surname are similar, Xie Zhaoqian, the director of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, once said that "eunuchs, women watch acrobatics, to the role of suffering, all cry and lose their voices, and people laugh a lot", and the eunuch surname is more exaggerated, moody, arbitrary trouble, tears, surnames are uncertain, it is difficult to grasp, but as usual, get accurate, match his mind, he will regard you as a confidant, is even willing to die for you, of course, if you offend him, then his revenge is also fierce and cruel - Eunuch Zhong is a very face-saving eunuch, especially among the literati, now Zhang Yuan gave him a long face with a poem, and he met his mind, Eunuch Zhong felt that the seat was full of sages, only he and Zhang Yuan were the two most talented, he was the first, Zhang Yuan was the second, and the rest were probably people who sold their reputation and reputation, and almost caused him to lose face, so Eunuch Zhong cherished Zhang Yuan, so he naturally wanted to carry and get close to him- The attendant hurriedly brought a circle chair and placed it next to Eunuch Zhong, Zhang sat down, Eunuch Zhong looked him up and down carefully, and praised: "What a character! asked Zhang Qilian: "Since Wang Tixue praised him, why is he still a Confucian boy in Tsing Yi?" ”

Zhang Rulin replied: "Because my grandson is young, he has never participated in the scientific examination before, and he is 16 years old this year, and he has made great progress in his studies, so he will take the county examination next month." ”

Eunuch Zhong smiled and said: "I see, it is strange that there is no fame, but it turns out that the exam has not yet started, our family expects Zhang Gongzi to be a blockbuster this time, the township test in the next year, if our family is still in Hangzhou, Zhang Gongzi must come to the Weaving Bureau to see our family, our family will not make eight strands of literature, but it is okay to talk about poetry and words." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Eunuch Zhong is very enthusiastic, it's a bit like a nine-thousand-year-old promotion to three levels." He said respectfully: "If the kid goes to the martial arts, he must meet his father-in-law and listen to the teachings." ”

His nonsense poems actually coincided with the ancients, and Eunuch Zhong was interested again, and said with a smile: "There is only one round of drum and flowers, is it possible that only one person in our family will be tested today - beating drums and beating drums." ”

The drum beat again, and as soon as Eunuch Zhong handed the plum blossom in his hand to Zhang Yuan, the drum stopped, and Eunuch Zhong laughed sharply and said, "This is deliberately difficult, definitely difficult, haha, Zhang Gongzi, it's up to you." ”

Zhang Yuan got up and said: "When the kid was thinking hard about the origin of Gonggong Zhong's poems, he had already thought of a Song word with the words 'flying, red' - tearful eyes asked Huahua silently, and the red flew over the swing. ”

Zhang Qilian said with a smile: "Yes, this is a good sentence by Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty, Gonggong Zhong, the lower official is not wrong this time." ”

Ouyang Xiu's words of Que Butterfly Love Flower are well known to Eunuch Zhong, and he said happily: "That's right, that's good, our family's sentence 'catkins fly to a piece of red' is from Ouyang Xiu's Pingshan Hall, and Zhang Gongzi's word is written by Ouyang Xiu, our family has a proposal, the poems mentioned by this Feihong Ling must be related to Pingshantang or Ouyang Xiu——"

This can stump the sages present, only Wang Siren matched Ouyang Xiu's words "The pink beauty sings beautifully, startles the mandarin ducks, and flies in twos and twos", in fact, it is three sentences, Eunuch Zhong sees that Wang Siren is for the sake of Teacher Zhang Yuan, and he is so-so and passes, and the rest who do not match will be punished with wine, which makes Eunuch Zhong have the feeling of "the world's heroes are the only ones who make the king and the son", and it is very pleasing to the eye to see Zhang Yuan.

When the staggered planning and feasting and drinking, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the Xingzhu Pavilion, and it seemed that there was a dispute, Zhang Qilian said unhappily: "This good night, it's not good to enjoy the lanterns, but there is a quarrel, which disturbs the interest of distant guests." ”

Xu Shijin, the prefect of Shaoxing, and Hou Zhihan, the commander of Shanyin County, hurriedly got up and went out of the pavilion to see which fools had no eyes to fight - Zhang Yuan faintly heard the voice of Xiao Xi Nu Wuling in the dispute, and remembered the young man who was shouted by the hao slave he met on Penglai Gang, and quickly got up and said: "The kid also goes out to have a look, it won't have anything to do with the kid's family." ”

The eunuch likes to be lively the most, and the quarrel is also to be seen, so Eunuch Zhong said: "Then let's go and see it together and comment on it." ”

Everyone in the cabinet rushed out.

…… The top of Longshan Mountain is inclined from east to west, the highest place in the east is the Xingsu Pavilion, there are more than 100 steps from the Xingsu Pavilion to the west cliff, the mountains and rocks and trees, there are lights everywhere, Shang Ran and others saw Zhang Yuan enter the Xingsu Pavilion, so they went to other places to see the lights, Xiao Jinghui looked at the Huiji City in the distance, and asked Shang Ran: "Auntie, where is our home?" ”

Shang Ran pointed out: "If you see it, that is White Horse Mountain, and at the foot of White Horse Mountain is our home." ”

Xiao Jinghui stood on tiptoe and looked hard, shook his head and said, "I only see the shadow of the mountain, but I can't see our home." ”

Shang Ran smiled and said, "It's too far, of course I can't see it, I just know that my home is in that location." ”

Xiao Jinghui looked carefully for a while, and said: "There are too many lights, if only our house lights up in Huiji City, then we can see home." ”

Shang Jinglan said: "Xiaohui, you are so domineering, you don't allow others to light the lamp." ”

Shang Zhoude said with a smile: "There is a story in Lu You's "Notes on the Old School" that only the state officials are allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light the lamps. At that moment, when the story was told to the little sisters, Jing Lan and Jing Hui laughed when they heard it.

Xiao Jinghui said: "I'm not so domineering, I'm just talking." But he said: "That Gongzi's brother's house is close to here, can my aunt see where it is?" ”

Shang Ran smiled and said, "I can't see it, I don't-" Silence.

Wu Ling on the side said: "I'll come and see, I'll come and see." As soon as he found the location of Fuxue Palace, his left arm was suddenly grabbed, and a voice said, "This little brother, take a step to speak." When Wuling broke free to look, it was a big man in a green shirt dressed as a servant, and there were several men in the same costume on the side, and at a glance he knew that it was a powerful slave, and a middle-aged man who looked like a Qingke came over and smiled: "This little brother, I have something to ask you——"

Wu Ling was almost forcibly dragged over, very unhappy, turned his head to look over there, several of the Shang family's healthy servants did not know why, thought that this was Wu Ling knew, so they didn't ask, just looked this way - the Qing guest saw that this little Xi slave looked like he was ignoring, so he took out a dozen copper coins and said, "Reward you." "Spread your hands and wait for Wuling to come and get it.

Wu Ling really didn't pay attention to these money, and said: "I don't want money, what is the matter with you?" ”

The Qing guest smacked his lips at Shang Ran and asked, "Where are you from, and what is the name of the head of the family?" ”

Wu Ling said: "Of course we are from Shaoxing, but where are you from?" "Listening to the accent of the young slave and this Qingke, they don't seem to be locals.

The Qingke didn't answer, but only asked, "Who is the head of your family, and has the young lady over there ever been married?" ”

Wu Ling immediately became vigilant and said, "That Miss Shang is my family's young grandmother who has not passed the door, and she has been hired. This is a reminder not to be delusional.

Before the Qingke could ask again, a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes turned out from behind the boulder, and said impatiently: "What do you have to say to such a little slave, go and invite his master, and I will tell him directly." He pointed to Shang Zhoude.

The Qingke walked towards Shang Zhoude, and the two Shang servants stopped him, and the Qingke said, "My son-in-law has something to discuss with your master." ”

Shang Zhoude didn't know what was going on, and he didn't know the young man, but when he saw Wuling pass first, he thought it was related to Zhang Yuan, so he walked over and said, "I don't know what Your Excellency is calling?" ”

The young man said, "Haven't asked for your name yet?" ”

Shang Zhoude said: "In the lower Shang Zhoude, the Huijiren family, Your Excellency's surname?" ”

The young man said: "My father, Dong Xuanzai." ”

Shang Zhoude was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It turned out to be Dong Hanlin's son, and he has admired him for a long time." ”

Dong Xuanzai is Dong Qichang, the seventeenth year of Wanli has been the first in the second class of the Chou Branch, awarded the Shu Jishi, the Hanlin Academy edited, the work of poetry, good at calligraphy and painting, the name of the Beijing Division, selected as the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo's lecturer, and then as the deputy envoy of Shandong, Henan to participate in politics, all did not go to the post, in Songjiang Huating hometown to live idle, calligraphy and painting more and more refined, more and more famous, even the North Korean envoys to the capital to search for Dong Qichang's calligraphy and painting to bring back to Wangjing Hancheng - this young son is Dong Qichang's second son Dong Zuchang, born famous, It is also the fame of the Lantern Festival lantern scene in Mushanyin, but the beauty of the business in Longshan is extraordinary, and the Hu maid next to her is also very beautiful, so I want to inquire and see whose girl it is?

This Dong Zu often meets people for the first time, and the first sentence is often "Father Dong Xuanzai", these five words are very effective, as long as it is a scholar and a scholar, there is no one who does not know the name of his father Dong Qichang, this time he said it in front of Shang Zhoude, and it was also immediate, and Shang Zhoude immediately looked up for a long time.

Dong Zuchang reported his name at this time: "Dong Zuchang, who was born late, has not yet been married, I don't know who that girl is, he is very much in love with him in his later life, and he thinks about Qin and Jin." "In fact, Dong Zu often has wives and concubines, and it is nonsense to be unmarried.

Shang Zhoude frowned and said, "That's a sister-in-law, and she has a marriage contract with the children of the Zhang family in Shanyin. ”

Dong Zu often said: "It doesn't hurt to have a marriage contract, I am willing to pay ten times the silver money to help dismiss him, please Mr. Shang Yucheng, and my father also feels Mr. Yucheng." ”

Shang Zhoude was very displeased, it was already very rude to talk about marriage when they met on the road, this is to despise his Shang family, and treat his Shang family as a small Pengmen family, and let people dismiss the marriage contract when they exit, it is even more rude, ten times the gift money, hum, will I check the Shang family's lack of silver?

(To be continued)