Ten of the twelve large wooden boxes are locked, and it is inconvenient to open them for a while, since there is already that box of silver, Zhang Yuan is not in a hurry to open another wooden box, but one by one the boxes are pushed to see if they are heavy, eight of the ten boxes are heavier, it should be gold and silver, and the other two are lighter, presumably they are also calligraphy and painting books or rare and auspicious toys and the like, and they don't have to worry about it for the time being--look at Zhang Dai again, like a monkey picking corn, turning out all the scrolls in a box, unfolding a piece, admiring for a moment, admiring a few words, and then throwing it on Zhang Yuan's bed, took another volume to read, and finally said with a smile: "Jiezi, Dong Qichang's most cherished collection of calligraphy and painting is all here, and if you lose these, Dong Qichang is really going to be angry." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "These masterpieces of the former sages, since they fell into the hands of our brothers, we have a good life to care for the collection, in Dong's hands and in our hands are the same, as for these silver, this is the Dong family's people's fat and people's ointment, naturally it belongs to us, take out a part to do some good deeds, you can get some good reputation." ”

Zhang Dai said: "Jiezi, the main credit of Dong Dong is yours, I just watch the excitement, the things in this box are also yours, you can dispose of them, just send me a few paintings and calligraphy." ”

Zhang Yuan discussed with Zhang Dai, in the name of Shanyin Zhang's family, to provide relief to those homeless households on the side of the Changsheng Bridge who were forced by Dong Zuyuan, this matter can be contacted by Laifu, Laifu is the residents by the Changsheng Bridge - the discussion has been decided, the two brothers went to the inn dining room to eat, it is now noon, it is considered that breakfast and lunch were eaten together, Zhang Cao, Yang Shixiang and others have also gotten up, only Lu Tao is not there, and when he asked, he learned that Lu Tao took two servants to the government and ran around to rescue his brother Lu Yangfang, Lu Yangfang was imprisoned by Wu Long's subordinates for destroying the good family, and now that Dong Zuchang and Wu Long have been arrested, of course Lu Yangfang's case can be turned over, and it should be no problem to be released from prison without charge, of course, this requires Lu Tao to work hard to rescue him-Zhang Cao said: "What did Lu Yangfang's kind of person do to save him, let him stay in prison, and save him from making trouble for Sister Ruoxi and Brother-in-law Lu." ”

Zhang Dai said: "This can only be said by us, Brother-in-law Lu and Lu Yangfang are brothers, no matter how unbearable Lu Yangfang is, Brother-in-law Lu will do his best to save him." ”

Zhang Cao nodded and said, "That's right, if the eldest brother is imprisoned, then of course I have to do my best to save it." ”

Zhang Dai was about to be moved, and suddenly glared and shouted: "Nonsense, why should I go to prison!" ”

Zhang Cao laughed, and Yang Shixiang and the others also laughed.

After lunch, Zhang Yuan called Laifu over, and first asked Laifu what his plans were in the future, if he was willing to stay in his hometown Huating, then Zhang Yuan would buy him a house and let him do his old job - bamboo craftsman.

Laifu hurriedly knelt down and said: "Young master, the villain is blessed o, the young master now knows the villain's loyalty, of course the villain must follow the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Okay, if you follow me in the future, I don't want you to sign any slave contract, I will hire you as a servant." ”

Laifu knelt and refused to get up: "If the young master doesn't sign a slave contract with the villain, then the villain can't be regarded as the young master's person - can't the young master still trust Laifu?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's not that I can't believe it, you see that half of the evil deeds of the Huating Dong family are the evil done by his family slaves, and those house slaves are bullying people, which is really unacceptable, so I only hire and do not accept slaves into the household register." ”

Laifu swore that he couldn't afford to kneel, he just wanted to be a slave of Zhang Yuan's family, otherwise he would not feel at ease.

Zhang Yuan still had something to tell Laifu, and he was too lazy to entangle with him about this matter, so he agreed to come down, and Laifu was immediately overjoyed and kowtowed again and again.

Zhang Yuan asked Laifu to search for the relocated households on the side of the Changsheng Bridge, and their Shanyin Zhang brothers will give corresponding relief to those poor and displaced households. Getting up to leave, Zhang Yuan said again: "Yesterday, the mother of Wang Dazhui, you also go to visit, I read that Wang Dazhui still has filial piety, and promised to take care of his mother, I can't break my promise, you need money, just go to Wuling to ask for it." ”

Laifu said: "The villain will first go to understand the situation clearly, and then come to report to the young master." Xing Chong rushed to go out, and went out to meet the shopkeeper of Wanghai Tower, and the shopkeeper shouted: "Laifu, where did you go, I don't want to do things in my restaurant, right, hum, half of this month's salary will be deducted!" ”

The shopkeeper thought that Laifu would be panicked and begged him, but Laifu said: "I Laifu is now Young Master Zhang's family, Young Master Zhang of Shanyin, yes, it is Zhang Gongzi of Dong, my young master told me to do things, I don't have time to take care of you, shopkeeper, you can find someone else for my errand." With that, he strode away.

After Laifu left, Zhang Cao and Hong Daotai and other Qingpu students went to the government to cheer for Lu Tao, demanding that Dong Zuyuan, Dong Zuchang and Songjiang be severely punished, this case must be stared at, and the government must continue to exert pressure - Zhang Yuan is not coming forward now, the overall situation has been decided, he has a lot of other things to do, he invited his eldest brother Zhang Dai and Yang Shixiang to review the five hundred eight-strand articles with him, this is Yang Shixiang asked him to select and evaluate, Yang Shixiang saw that Zhang Yuan did not forget this matter, and he was overjoyed, Zhang Yuan today, his reputation is not comparable to last year, Taking advantage of the momentum of the reversal of Dong, he quickly launched a collection of essays selected by Zhang Yuan, which must be a big seller, and Songjiang paper is absolutely expensive - through this reversal of Dong, Yang Shixiang has a deeper understanding of Zhang Yuan's scheming and ability, Zhang Yuan is not only a good eight-strand essay, such scheming and means, he said that he will go straight to the top, not to mention anything else, just Zhang Yuan is a big seller for his Qingpu bookstore, he Yang Shixiang can make a lot of money, so Yang Shixiang decided that in the future, the income of Zhang Yuan's compilation of essays will be divided equally with Zhang Yuan's fifty-five - There are nearly 200,000 words of the 500 articles of the three counties of Songjiang, and it takes a lot of time to read them one by one, and the three of them are of course much faster to read, Yang Shixiang and Zhang Dai each got 150 articles, and Zhang Yuan asked him to select 100 articles from these 300 articles, and then he selected and commented on them.

Before the three of them could read a few articles, Wu Ling came in and said, "Young Master, Yishan Gongzi is here, and Yishan Gongzi's parents." ”

Zong Yishan has lived in Zhang Yuan's house for a few days, Wuling has always called him Yishan Gongzi, although now he knows that Zong Yishan is a slave like him, but because the young master respects Zong Yishan as before, so Wu Ling, Mu Zhenzhen and others see Zong Yishan is still commensurate with Yishan Gongzi - Zong Yishan's parents are more than fifty years old, and they have been living humbly for many years, please take a seat, please take a seat. ”

Zhang Yuan asked Mu Zhenzhen to talk to the two old men, he took Zong Yishan's hand and entered the guest room, and said: "Brother Zong, because of me, Brother Zong has suffered a lot, now, it should be the time to come to the bitterness, Brother Zong rest assured, I will try to create another household registration for you, get rid of the shackles of the Dong family, of course, you need to change your name, and Brother Zong can also participate in the imperial examination in the future." ”

In the late Ming Dynasty, many sons of slaves participated in the imperial examinations, and even became jinshi all the way to high school, and there were many loopholes in the household registration and registration to be drilled, in Zhang Yuan's view, this was not cheating, but to strive for a fair opportunity, Zhang Yuan was willing to help Zong Yishan win this opportunity - but listened to Zong Yishan said: "Brother Jiezi, I didn't think about the imperial examination, in my lifetime, it is enough to support my parents, and if Brother Jie Zi thinks that I am not useless, he says that Brother Jie Zi is an official, and I am willing to be a staff member." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Let's not talk about that, Brother Yishan will go to Nanjing with me this time, Jiao Taishi will be very happy to see you, Brother Yishan's parents can live in Qingpu My sister's house, if you want, you can go to Shanyin to find a house to live, depending on the intentions of the two old people, I will arrange it properly." ”

Zong Yishan couldn't say anything, and shook Zhang Yuan's hand vigorously.

Zhang Yuan continued to read the eight-strand text, Zong Yishan naturally also participated, Zong Yishan knew the "nine-character decision", and his understanding of the style of the eight-strand text was better than Zhang Yuan's, with Zong Yishan's help, Zhang Yuan was very relaxed, just like when Wang Jingshu and Wang Yingzi sisters helped him choose the text-In the afternoon, there were Huating and Shanghai students who came to visit Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan met and socialized, and was very busy, and Zong Yishan was responsible for the selection of the text, Yang Shixiang was a little uneasy at first, but after reading a few eight-strand essays commented by Zong Yishan, it was indeed not under Zhang Yuan, Only then did he turn his worries into joy, anyway, he borrowed Zhang Yuan's fame, as for who commented on it, it was secondary, not to mention that Zong Yishan's comments were really exquisite, Yang Shixiang himself was a student, and this vision was still there.

In the evening, 30 people from Huating came forward to invite the three brothers of the Zhang family and the Qingpu Zhusheng to gather and feast in Wanghailou, Zhang Yuan showed his communication skills, he knew the name of the person who had met once and heard it once, so that everyone who interacted with him felt that Zhang Yuan attached great importance to himself, not just polite and perfunctory, Zhang Yuan's communicative charm made people fall - Zhusheng laughed and talked about what he had seen and heard in the restaurant, saying that there was an old student from Shanghai who came to Huating before noon, and the old student did not know about Dong, holding a folding fan, and there was Dong Qichang's inscription on the fan surface, Holding a fan to shade the sun, suddenly someone snatched it away, the fan was torn, the Shanghai student was furious, and wanted to pull the person to see the official, the man shouted that the Shanghai student was Dong Qichang's relative, that is, a group of people surrounded the Shanghai student and beat him, tore the towel and left, it can be seen that Dong Qichang's reputation is so bad, and now the Songjiang Mansion and Huating County government sue the Dong father and son The paper is a thick stack, and the new hatred 1 is going to be liquidated together - Pan Ruofu, a Shanghai county student who was present, laughed and said: "Shanghai covers the block, and also treats Dong Qichang's words as ink treasures. ”

Pan Ruofu invited Zhang Yuan and others to visit Shanghai, and Shanghai Zhusheng had a meeting, Pan Ruofu is a famous family, his grandfather Pan Yunduan once served as a political envoy in Sichuan, the family has a garden "Yu Garden", is a garden of Songjiang brother, Zhang Yuan heard that it is Yu Garden, promised to go, and asked Pan Ruofu if he could hold an elegant gathering of all students in the three counties of Songjiang in Yu Garden, Pan Ruofu readily agreed, and agreed to gather in Yu Garden on the 23rd of this month.

In addition, I don't know how many book friends have been to Shanghai Yu Garden, Xiaodao went with my father more than 20 years ago, I forgot what it was, I only remember that there were many people.