At the beginning of the tenth hour of June, at the mouth of the Changzhou Canal, Zhang Yuan and Feng Menglong said goodbye, Feng Menglong hired another boat back to Changzhou, Zhang Yuan and the others continued to move forward, took the boat to Danyang first, and then turned to the Jurong River, in the afternoon of June 15, the boat arrived at the Dongshui Pass outside Nanjing, and after the Dongshui Pass was ten miles of Qinhuai - the wave boat went down the river, the houses on both sides of the river gradually became dense, the girl Wang Wei was like a beautiful tour guide, wearing a wide bamboo hat on her head, not afraid of the afternoon sun, standing on the bow of the boat to point out the scenery on both sides of the strait, and said: "-- Jinling was called a beautiful place in ancient times, and the clothes and cultural relics were flourishing in the south of the Yangtze River, Literary and elegant in the sea, white under the green stream, peach leaf fan, the grandson of the clan, the children of black clothes, there are a lot of things in Yanye, the three ministers have time to study, they should have a good appreciation of the ancient capital of the six dynasties, and the thousand-year-old rhyme ......"

Zhang Yuan stood beside this girl, according to her guidance, and the memory of four hundred years later, as if the old dream was vague, the traces were difficult to find, and thought: "Thirty years later, this piece of joy will turn into lush grass, wonderful dance and light songs, can not be heard, famous flowers and grass, can not be seen, the building is robbed of ashes, beauty dust, it is really painful, in order to keep these beautiful things, I will go all out——"

The girl Wang Weishan can observe words and colors, and when she saw Zhang Yuan listening to her introduce the scenery, talented and beautiful women, and romantic affairs, she listened very carefully, but her eyes showed compassion, and she couldn't help but feel very strange, and asked: "Jie Zi Xianggong, why is the Buddha Xiangzi?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled loudly, returned to the world, and said: "Listen to what you say about this, don't feel addicted, I hope that when my gray hair hangs down, I will swim in Qinhuai again, and the scenery will still be the same." ”

Wang Wei smiled on his lips, and his eyes flowed: "At that time, Jie Zi Xianggong must have been crowned a marquis, a beautiful wife and a concubine, and a full house of children and grandchildren, but the little woman does not know where she has gone, maybe it is a deserted grave. When he said this, at first he was smiling and laughing, but later, he suddenly broke his heart and burst into tears - now Zhang Yuan didn't know how to comfort him, and after thinking about it, he was still speechless.

The girl Wang Wei broke into a smile and said: "Xianggong Jie Zi didn't lie to me and didn't speak, this is very good, there is an aftertaste." ”

Zhang Yuan heard the snickering behind him, and when he looked back, he saw the third brother Zhang Cao standing in the shadow of the hatch and squeezing his eyebrows at him, and beckoning him to come over, Mu Zhenzhen also stood aside, biting his lip lightly with white teeth, looking at him, his face was embarrassed - Zhang Yuan didn't know what the third brother was doing with his eyebrows, so he walked off the bow of the boat, and was about to ask, Zhang Cao waved his hand at him, but pointed at Wang Wei, who was still standing at the bow of the boat, and motioned Zhang Yuan to turn his head to look, with a very narrow and obscene expression on his face.

Zhang Yuan was confused, glanced at Wang Wei and didn't find anything abnormal, I really don't understand what the third brother is doing?

Zhang Cao whispered: "There is only a shade of trees to cover it, just wait for the slanting sun to shine over, look, look!" ”

When Zhang Yuan raised his eyes and looked again, the wave boat was sailing westward, and the afternoon sun was shining over, the girl Wang Wei was very beautiful in the sun, and slowly, and, I see-Zhang Yuan understood the mysterious appearance of the third brother Zhang Cao and asked him to see what Wang Wei meant, in the middle of summer, the girl Wang Wei was wearing a cloth robe light, and he could see the hazy outline of Wang Wei's waist, hips and legs under Wang Wei's cloth robe when he stood in the dark of the cabin door, if it wasn't for the small petticoat inside, it would be more clear, although it was a little obscene to look at other girls, but to be honest, It's really tempting, the curve of the waist and hips can be composed into a smooth music - the girl Wang Wei saw the Zhang brothers talking heads and ears, and her eyes flickered, and she understood what was going on after a little observation, and suddenly her pretty face flew down, wrinkled her nose, walked down a few steps to the eaves, and said: "The two of you are indecent. But he smiled secretly in his heart: "This Zhang Jiezi usually seems to be old and stable, but at this time, he also shows his young and lustful surname, which is similar to Zhang Yanke." ”

Zhang Cao smiled and said: "Those who don't know the beauty of Wang Weigu, and those who have no eyes - I'm not blind, you stand there, I see that if you pretend to be Taoist and don't look at it, it will definitely be uncomfortable for heaven and man to fight, so just watch it to your heart's content, you have to blame yourself, it was you who tempted our brothers." ”

Wang Wei said: "Yan Ke Xianggong is full of words, is this the theory of beauty and trouble?" ”

Zhang Dai came over with a teacup and asked, "What do you say, what kind of beauty and trouble?" ”

Zhang Cao smiled: "Big brother missed the good scenery, it's a pity." ”

Zhang Dai didn't know why, he thought he had really missed the good scenery on the shore, so he hurriedly looked behind the boat from the canopy window, and asked repeatedly: "Where, where?" ”

Zhang Cao laughed and fell.

Wang Wei diverted the topic and said: "In front is the Wuding Bridge, where the little woman went ashore, thank you to the three ministers for taking care of her all the way, and the little woman is grateful." With that, Ying Ying blessed the three of them.

Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, and Zhang Cao all returned the salute, Zhang Dai said: "Meigong entrusted, how dare you be lazy, Xiuwei girl is smart and talented, along the way, we have also benefited a lot, like a spring breeze." ”

Zhang Dai This is the truth, there is Wang Wei with him, this long-distance waterway is not lonely, Wang Wei has a good grasp of the relationship between himself and the three Zhang brothers, not that is, not leaving, resulting in a very strange relationship that seems to be friendly and non-friendly, the Zhang brothers feel that it is very pleasant to get along with her, a little ambiguous, but not obscene - Zhang Cao said with a big grin: "Xiuwei girl, even to Jinling, don't you invite my three brothers to drink?" ”

Wang smiled and said: "The three ministers are willing to appreciate their faces, and the little woman can't ask for it, so please go ashore together at Wuding Bridge." ”

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai both felt that it was inappropriate, today it is June 15, 17 is to report to the Ministry of Rites, 18 is the entrance examination of Guozijian, this time to Nanjing first go to the old courtyard of Quzhong to drink flower wine, if the instructor of Guozijian knows, there will be trouble, Zhang Dai said: "When I wait for the Guozijian to settle down, and then visit Miss Xiuwei, I will also ask Miss Xiuwei to take me to visit Min Laozi." ”

Zhang Yuan remembered something and said: "It is said that the rules of the Guozi Prison are extremely strict, and the prisoners are not allowed to go out, I don't know if this is the case?" ”

Zhang Yuan once asked Wang Yingzizi's brother Wang Binglin about the Nanjing Guozijian, and Wang Binglin said that the Guozijian has 40 people in each class, and a "respectful and respectful card" is given to a side, which is in charge of the students on duty in each class, and anyone who wants to enter and exit the Guozijian must have this "respectful and respectful card", that is, only one person is allowed to go out of each class of 40 people every day, and must rush back before dark, and must not spend the night outside the prison - Wang smiled and said: "The rules of the Guozijian are not strict or not known to the little woman, but whenever the night is cold, the wind is clear and the moon is clear, from Wuding Bridge to Changban Bridge, the hairpin flower is about sideburns, Walking with the United States, this blow hole flute, most of the wonderful songs are probably people in the country. ”

Zhang Cao laughed: "Then I can rest assured, otherwise it will be equivalent to being in prison, and it will be boring." ”

Zhang Yuan also smiled and said in his heart: "When Wang Binglin said this to me, Wang Yingzi was also on the side, so Wang Binglin wanted to be stricter in Guozijian, so that it would appear that he was working very hard in Guozijian." ”

When the boat arrived at Wuding Bridge, the girl Wang Wei took the lead in going ashore, the little maid Huixiang held a bamboo basket, Xue Tong carried a bird cage, and Uncle Yao carried a load of luggage to go ashore one after another, all saluting Zhang Yuan and the three of them on the shore, thank you for your care all the way - Wang Wei said: "The three ministers will go northwest for five or six miles, and dock the boat at the Zhimaying Wharf, which is not far from the six yamen. ”

Zhang Yuan arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the reminder." ”

Wang Weiyan smiled, supported the wide-brimmed bamboo hat on his head, turned to the "Youlan Pavilion" on the side of the longboard bridge, and the wave boat also left the Wuding Bridge and continued to flow westward, Zhang Cao looked at Wang Wei's slender back, and sighed: "Such a wonderful person, with my three brothers in the same boat for half a month, even without staining at all, is this girl Gaojie, or my three brothers are incompetent?" ”

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan both laughed.

Zhang Cao said again: "I don't know which of my three brothers is preferred by this girl?" He asked himself and replied: "Presumably, the three of my brothers are all generally handsome, and the girl is dazzled, and I don't know which one to love——"

Zhang Dai said: "In my opinion, this girl prefers mesons." ”

Zhang Cao also agreed, but said: "If Jie Zi is more diligent, this girl may have thrown herself into her arms, but Jie Zi has some fake Taoism-"

Zhang Yuan hurriedly said: "Two brothers, we are here to study, and we can do other things, but don't take the lead." ”

Talking and laughing, I arrived at the dock of Zhimaying early, the three brothers went ashore in the sunset, and they didn't plan to find an inn to stay, anyway, the boat was used to living, and then they stayed in Guozijian to settle down, and then they looked at the rented house for a while, Zong Yishan had been in Nanjing for a few months, he said that two or three miles northeast from Zhimaying is the six yamen of Nanjing, and then the Forbidden City, since the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Yanjing, there is no emperor in the Forbidden City of Nanjing, only a few eunuchs left behind, and only Emperor Zhengde has been to Nanjing for two hundred years. Zhang Yuan and his entourage ate a meal of bread and wontons at a restaurant near the wharf, but did not dare to drink, because they were going to visit Jiao Taishi later, and Zong Yishan said that Jiao Taishi's garden was very close to the Yamen of the Six Ministries, only two miles away.

Nanjing dough cake and wonton are very famous, it is the second of the "eight uniques" of Jinling diet, the so-called wonton soup can be injected into the study (to describe its clear), the wet noodles can wear a knot belt (to describe its tenacity), the taste is good, Zhang Yuan and others have a full meal, when the checkout goes out, see a round of full moon is rising from the side of the Purple Mountain, clear and bright, this is the full moon of the fifteenth.

Zhang Dai, Zhang Cao, Zhang Yuan, Zong Yishan, as well as Wuling and Nengzhu servants also followed, Mu Zhenzhen needless to say, following the young master, Zhang Yuan asked Laifu to buy some fresh fruits to give to Jiao Taishi, everyone came to the garden, threw in the worship sticker, and soon heard a hearty voice said: "Jiezi, you have just arrived, I will wait for you for a long time." ”

Zhang Yuan heard it, this is Jiao Runsheng's voice, Jiao Runsheng was still in Hangzhou last month, but he didn't expect to return to Nanjing, and said happily: "Brother Runsheng has arrived early, you see, who I brought here." ”

Jiao Runsheng walked out quickly, his eyes swept over everyone, making a salute, seeing Zong Yishan, he was overjoyed, and stepped forward to hold his hand and said: "Brother Zong finally has to get out of the cage, since you returned to Huating, my father has mentioned you many times, and he is very worried and often sighs. ”

Zong Yishan felt very warm, this was really different from what he had happened in the Huating Dong Mansion.

(To be continued)