Zhang Yuan did not stay in the weaving department for dinner, with Mu Zhenzhen and Wuling hurried to the grass hall under the Nanping Mountain, after eight months, the scene of the grass hall is very different, because the students from all over the world came to study, the grass hall can not be accommodated, only the expansion, by the solid family of Luo Xuan's father out of silver two hundred taels of silver on the left side of the cloud stone to build a new school hall, can accommodate hundreds of students to listen to the lecture, at this time the sun sets, the bell of Jingci Temple rings slowly, the previous bell is buzzing to the end, the latter bell can be connected, suddenly, ethereal, very wonderful.

Mr. Huang Yuyong is not in the thatched hall, Mr. Yuyong generally does not teach in the afternoon, only asks the students to compose, hundreds of students in the spacious lecture hall have completed their respective crafts at this time, and they are gathering in groups to talk about debate, talking about the world, flowers, birds, insects and fish, saying everything, Zhang Dai and Jiao Runsheng, Luo Xuan's father and a few people discuss the current text, Zhang Cao can also find a confidant, and a few young students in the corner of the lecture hall whispered and laughed, see Zhang Cao laughing so obscenely, presumably to discuss the secret of the West Lake flower boat beauty, Zhang Cao has been to Hangzhou before, There is a lot to talk about - Zhang Yuan studied in the cottage last autumn, and had a good relationship with more than 20 students in the school, Fan Wenruo's Zhang Yuanshi anthology was widely circulated, and now he is even more coerced by Xiao Sanyuan and beat Dong Zuchang's reputation, which naturally becomes more and more eye-catching, as soon as he arrives at the cottage hall, those who meet for the first time heard that this young scholar is Shanyin Zhang Yuan, they are quite surprised, I didn't expect that Zhang Yuan, who looks polite and polite, will beat people roughly, and beat the son of the famous Dong Qichang and can do nothing, he is really capable, And Zhang Yuan's social entertainment, exquisite in all directions, made everyone feel that Zhang Yuan, who was young and ambitious, was humble and polite, without arrogance, and worthy of a friendship, and stepped forward to report the name of the county number - Luo Xuan's father said loudly: "Fellow students, I have heard for a long time that Zhang Jiezi has the ability to never forget, and he has never been taught, and now he is tested, there are about 70 people present and Zhang Yuan is the first time to meet, please report the name of the county number in turn, and then see if Zhang Yuan can remember correctly?" If there is a mistake, the three brothers of the Zhang family will be punished to be the east, and everyone present will go to the restaurant outside the Yongjin Gate to drink and have fun. ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Brother Luo wants to test me, then give it a try, if there is a mistake, I will be punished for drinking at the next banquet." ”

Everyone felt that it was extremely difficult to memorize the names and faces of more than 70 strangers at once, and it was even more difficult than memorizing an eight-strand essay on the spot, but since Zhang Yuan agreed, the family had a lively time, so why not do it, so they stepped forward in turn to report the name of the county number to Zhang Yuanzuo, Zhang Yuan returned the salute one by one, and more than 70 people quickly finished reporting the name of the county number - Luo Xuan's father stepped forward with a smile and said, "The exam begins." He paced in front of a student with a yellowish face, took his hand, faced Zhang Yuan, and asked, "Brother Jiezi, who is this?" ”

Zhang Yuan said, "Tiantai Uncle Chen Mu, Brother Chen." ”

Uncle Chen Mu returned the salute with a smile.

Luo Xuan's father asked seven more people, Zhang Yuan identified his appearance and name, but he heard a sigh of admiration, obviously Zhang Yuan answered correctly, Zhang Yuan's super memory impressed all the people present.

It is impossible for more than 70 people to ask the past one by one, it is too stupid and boring, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai arranged this way in order to make friends with these beings, and it is the king to invite guests to drink, and when Luo Xuan's father asked the ninth person, this person is exactly what Zhang Yuan knew before, it is Jin Langzhi of Suzhou Fushui Mountain House Society, his home is in Huating, and he came to Shanyin to visit Zhang Yuan with Fan Wenruo in June last year, and his friendship with Zhang Yuan is not ordinary, Zhang Yuan stepped forward with a smile, and held Jin Langzhi's hand and said: "Brother Mozhai, let me mistake you, otherwise everyone will be bored with endless exams." ”

Hei Zhaike is Jin Langzhi's alias, Jin Langzhi laughed, and said to Luo Xuan's father: "Zhang Jiezi misremembered my name, and punished him for a drink." ”

Most of the living beings borrowed the houses that lived outside the Yongjin Gate to Nanping Mountain, some of them lived in the West of the City Inn, nearly 100 students walked eight miles to Yongjin Gate, Zhang Dai had already instructed the servants to charter Fengle Building, the largest wine shop outside the Yongjin Gate, and the upper and lower floors of the restaurant opened more than 20 seats, waiting for the students to come to the banquet - Zhang Yuan talked with Jin Langzhi along the way, Jin Langzhi came to Hangzhou from Huating last month to study, Knowing that the Dong family designed to frame Lu Yangfang, Zhang Yuan asked about Zong Yishan's recent situation, and Jin Lang's way: "Zong Yishan was originally Dong Qichang's pen, and he was considered a first-class among the slaves, but now he is punished as a lowly servant, with a short shirt and a small hat, which is a deliberate humiliation of Zong Yishan." ”

Zhang Yuan was silent, he didn't say anything to Jin Langzhi what he was involved with Zong Yishan or something nonsense, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, his friendship with Zong Yishan was sincere because of mutual cherishing of each other's talents, and he didn't think about using Zong Yishan to fight the Dong family, because at that time he didn't know that Zong Yishan was the Dong family's slave, and later knew Zong Yishan's true identity, he was determined to help Zong Yishan get rid of slavery, and now Zong Yishan was forced to return to Huating Dong's Mansion and suffered humiliation, but he believed that Zong Yishan would not regret his association with him, He is a person who truly appreciates and treats Zong Yishan equally, with Zong Yishan's talent, how can he be willing to be a high-class slave, although now he doesn't even have to be a high-class slave - the more Jin Langzhi said, the more angry he became: "Dong's evil is not limited to this end, Dong Zuyuan coerced dozens of families to move to other places in order to expand the Changshengqiao mansion, and I had a cousin who was also forcibly driven out, and the ancestral house of more than one acre was only given thirty taels of silver, and he came to force the contract in the morning and forced to relocate at night. The boys didn't dare to go out, and the means of eviction were extremely despicable—"

He also said: "This time with me to study with Hong Daotai of Qingpu, is also a member of the Qingpu Literary Society, and Dong is still a distant relative, once with Dong Zu often met at the banquet in Huating, Dong Zu often toasted everyone, Dong Zu often toasted domineering, others do not drink but also have to drink, Hong Daotai really has no amount of alcohol, refuse to drink, this Dong Zu often relies on the strength of wine, seeing Hong Daotai is angry with him, thinking that Hong Daotai is deliberately despising him, angry, drinking and ordering people to drag Hong Daotai to fill horse manure, this thing is ridiculous, but Dong Zu often has such a bad thing, He did this kind of thing, Hong Daotai accused Dong Zuchang to the Songjiang prefect, but it was not done, and Hong Daotai was deeply ashamed. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "Wait for the banquet to disperse and then talk to Brother Jin, there are nine people in Huating, Shanghai, and Qingpu counties who are studying here, wait and discuss it together, we can't let the Dong family be bullied like this, otherwise where is the dignity of the students!" ”

Jin Langzhi knew the feud between Zhang Yuan and Dong Zuchang, if Zhang Yuan wanted to fight Dong Zuchang, he would be willing to obey, and said, "Okay, I'll go and gather them to discuss together." ”

The dinner party in Fengle Lou was very lively, Zhang Yuan fully showed his communication skills, opened his mouth and smiled, entertained in all directions, witty words, and talked happily, none of the people who went to the banquet felt left out, Zhang Yuan was able to mobilize the atmosphere, and everyone drank and dispersed.

Jiao Runsheng, Luo Xuan's father, Zhang Yuan's three brothers, as well as Jin Langzhi, Hong Daotai and other eight students of Songjiang Mansion left their deliberations, Dong Qichang forced Zong Yishan to leave Nanjing to return to Huating, which made Jiao Hong very unhappy, Zong Yishan compiled a bibliography for the Yuyuan Book Building to help Jiao Hong a lot, the bibliography was not half compiled, he was coerced by his parents to return to Huating, and suffered humiliation, Jiao Hong also felt that he had lost face, Jiao Hong's son Jiao Runsheng was naturally extremely dissatisfied with Dong, and Luo Xuan's father and Jiao Runsheng were friends, and Huang Ruheng's proud disciple, Huang Ruheng also complained to the Dong family because of Zong Yishan's affairs, so he heard that Zhang Yuan wanted to try to help Zong Yishan, Jiao Runsheng and Luo Xuan's father were quite enthusiastic - Zhang Yuan asked the eight students of Songjiang about Dong's behavior in Huating, and learned that Dong's sheltered thousands of slaves, 100,000 acres of land, and lost taxes of only three points. And for some children from wealthy families, they deliberately lure gambling and luring the scoop, it seems that Dong's despicable means to deal with Lu Yangfang are his usual tricks, and Dong Qichang's room skills are very dirty - Luo Xuan's father sighed: "The world admires Dong Xuanzai's calligraphy and painting, and his daughter begs for his calligraphy and painting, but how do you know that his character is so evil, even if most of the evil deeds are not done by Dong Qichang himself, but Dong Qichang connived at his sons and nephews, and domestic slaves to do evil, he must be regarded as the first evil, even if these are put aside, just hiring someone to write calligraphy and painting to make money is a despicable act, How can a righteous gentleman do such a thing, no wonder he will let Zong Yishan take the test for his children. ”

Jiao Runsheng said: "Dong Qichang is famous, his protégés are all over the world, he is the teacher of the East Palace, who dares to punish him for his crimes, and these evil deeds are a lot of words, but it is really impossible to say if you really want to talk about the crime, Huang Guoding, the prefect of Songjiang, is his protégé, who can help him Dong Qichang." ”

Jin Lang Zhidao: "Dong Qichang and his son also come to see people in the fish and meat township, those big squires he has made very good friends, ordinary students and ordinary people, how can he put it in his eyes, naturally it is arbitrary bullying, Zhang Jiezi's brother-in-law Qingpu Lu's family The old man still has a reputation, Dong Qichang and his son sheltered the slaves of the Lu family's traitor, and also embezzled the Lu family's 600 acres of mulberry forest, which is really too deceitful. ”

Everyone talked about it, but Zhang Yuan didn't say much, only remembered the evil deeds of the Dong family that the people of Songjiang Mansion said one by one, returned to the white canopy boat at the end of the time, spread paper and ink and began to write "calligraphy and painting are difficult to be the voice of the heart", and quoted the "Zhuangzi" at the beginning of the "people's hearts are dangerous in the mountains and rivers, it is difficult to know the sky, the sky still has the period of spring, autumn, winter, summer, and twilight, and the people are thick and affectionate", and then began to refute the "Wenxin Carving Dragon" in the "Qi with the real will, the will with the words, the Yinghua breath, the surname is the love, the heart is the heart painting, the words are the voice of the heart" This kind of text is like its people, poetry and painting are the voice of the heart—— Zhang Yuan wrote this article with an obvious surname, he did not name and scold Dong Qichang, but as long as you have heard of Dong Qichang's name, you will know who this article is satirizing when you look at this article? ——"The things that are said can be decorated with falsehood, the giant annihilation is a worrying Chinese, the people in the heat make ice and snow texts, now there are Songjiang eunuchs, the sea is famous, the heart is evil and despicable, Danqing thin skills, dot painting is slightly long, the traffic is important, the buds are widely accepted, and dozens of cards are used, nothing more than private affairs, the guest house is the first time in the month, and all the fishermen and hunters are ointment, and the respect of the lord of the seat is endless, ignoring the clear discussion of the bystanders, because of the protégé's thick face, he has no end to it, and he invades the power of the government......"

The article of more than 1,000 words was written in one go, and finally ended with a poem by Yuan Haoqing, "The heart painting is always distorted, and the article is rather seen as a person." High affection for the eternal idle life, striving for trust and benevolence to worship the dust. "Split Dong Qichang's calligraphy and painting personality from his worldly appearance, so that the world can see clearly the despicable true face of Dong Qichang, who is sloppy and uninhibited and natural and interesting in his calligraphy and painting works, after removing his artistic personality, this is an inverted Dong Wei article, which is for officials and gentlemen, and it is natural to make brilliant writing and fine arguments, Zhang Yuan is a master of eight strands of literature, and has been trained for a long time, and now it is easy to make this kind of reasoning article, no wonder Zhu Yuanzhang wants to take the scholar with eight shares, these eight strands of writing are done well, and the logical thinking ability will indeed be very strong, regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, can be said to be reasonable, officialdom wants this set - after writing "Calligraphy and Painting Difficult to Speak of the Heart", it was already the middle of the night bell to the passenger ship, Zhang Yuan was so excited that he couldn't sleep, and he wrote a long biography "Dong Eun's Evil Deeds" to the ordinary people - when Zhang Yuan was concentrating on writing, Mu Zhenzhen knelt on the side and watched, Zhang Yuan asked her to go to sleep first, she shook her head and said: "The maid is not sleepy, the maid accompanies the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan knew that he was embarrassed to fall asleep when he wrote here, so he didn't say more, let Mu Zhenzhen sit on the side, and wrote down the evil deeds of the Dong family's fish and meat neighbors that he had just heard, as well as the grudge between his brother-in-law Lu family and the Dong family, in plain vernacular colloquialism, which was convenient for ordinary people to read, even illiterate listeners could understand the meaning - in the second half of the night, the climate was cool, and the noisy and lively canal port in the white day was quiet and silent at this time, The crescent moon that rose early had fallen behind the gem mountain in the west at this time, but the night was not dark, the stars in the sky of midsummer night were bright, Mu Zhenzhen went to the cabin to look at the stars, and came back to see that the young master was still writing hard under the lamp, so he went to the boatman's cabin, turned on the fire, stewed a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup, but couldn't find rock sugar, so he had to take this bowl of unsweetened lotus seed soup to the front cabin, but saw Miss Ruoxi with long hair, wearing a bath skirt and a short shirt, and scarlet soft shoes under her feet, which were worn when she was sleeping, and was talking to the young master - Zhang Ruoxi woke up in the middle of the night, Seeing that there was still a light in the cabin of his younger brother, he came over to take a look and reproached: "Won't the sky be bright, you have to work so hard all night." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "When I think of writing, I want to finish writing in one go, so that I can rest at ease." ”

Zhang Ruoxi yawned and asked, "What did you write?" ”

Zhang Yuan showed his sister the "Theory of Difficult Voices in Calligraphy and Painting", Zhang Ruoxi looked at it, he was completely sleepy, nodded while reading, read the full text, and praised: "Xiao Yuan, you really write well." Hearing the sound of footsteps, Zhang Ruoxi turned his head sideways and saw that it was Mu Zhenzhen who came in with lotus seed soup, and said with a smile: "It's really a physical sticker, and the supper is here, but Xiao Yuan is served well." ”

Mu Zhenzhen's face was slightly red and said, "Go and stew a bowl for the eldest lady." ”

Zhang Ruoxi shook his head and said, "No need, I'll go back to the cabin first, Xiao Yuan, you can rest early." Zhang Ruoxi's dress is not neat, although she is facing her younger brother, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time.

(To be continued)