Fahua Temple is located in the east of the city, several miles away from the Ministry of Rites. When he went out to eat and drink, Li You naturally didn't swagger in his official robe, and changed his clothes in the sedan chair on the way, and so did Lord Zhu.

Why did Zhu Fanghe take Li You to Fahua Temple to drink? It's not that when you enter the temple, there is nothing to see about the monks, but there are many restaurants around. The point is that the east side of this piece is close to the famous Bensi Hutong, Gooqian Hutong, Yanle Hutong... Well, pure people may not understand that the so-called headquarters of the alley of the division is the famous teaching department, and the others do not explain.

After getting off the sedan chair, I don't know what kind of alley it is, but it is also quiet and elegant. But Li You, who was not close to women for more than a month, heard that there was a teaching workshop division next street nearby, so he stopped and looked eastward, with four big words on his face: his heart yearns for it.

Zhu Fanghe had to explain to Li You: "With such identities as you and me, it is not good to go to the alley of the division at this time, in case the impeachment of the imperial history is provoked." If you are really interested, just wait for the official to quietly summon a few to come out with wine. ”

As an aside, the Department of Religion is under the control of the Ministry of Rites. The clearest yamen is in charge of the most indecent places, which is a great spectacle. However, this is the main source of extra money for the Ministry of Rites, and it will never let go.

And I heard that the most impeached officials for "blasphemy and entertainment" are the Ministry of Rites... There are always ten or eight every year, and they are often ridiculed by other yamen as guards and stealers.

Li You said: "Master Zhu has restraints in his heart, follows the rules, how to make good poems. ”

"You..." Zhu Fanghe couldn't cry or laugh, can this be related?

Li You said again: "Could it be that Your Excellency will be able to enter the prime minister without being impeached by the imperial history?" ”

Zhu Fanghe's heart was sour when he was poked by Li You again, and he sighed: "Let's go! Cease! Cease! I'll walk with you. ”

Li You laughed and turned to the east. In the alley, you can only see the embroidery pavilion Zhu Lou, the flower street and the willow lane, the bamboo silk of every family, the fat and powder, the gold and silver everywhere buy laughter, and the brocade silk is happy. The red sleeves invite joy, the bewitching posture is beautiful, the fragrance is full of alleys, and the song is around, and it is really a big array of red and pink [***].

Li You looked left and right all the way, Rao He was a little dazzled by his knowledge, although Suzhou Mansion was prosperous, but it didn't seem to be so dense.

However, Li You's footsteps never stopped, until he walked out of the alley, and returned to the original place and said: "Here is fun, do your best!" Why do you need to go to the house? He was just curious about what this famous alley was like, and if he really wanted to enter the courtyard, it wasn't like that.

Zhu Fanghe was speechless and led Li You into the restaurant.

When the owner heard that Mr. Zhu was coming, he greeted him.

Zhu Fanghe introduced to Li You: "This is Mr. Zou, Mr. Xiaoji, who is good at books and poems, and is also a fellow practitioner. Born in Shuntianfu, he was not a Jinshi for more than ten years, but he was bored enough to open a small restaurant here for recreation. ”

He said to Mr. Zou again: "This is like thunder and unforgettable for you!" ”

Mr. Xiao Ji was puzzled: "You are really joking, I don't know this person, how can I be unforgettable?" ”

Zhu Fanghe smiled at Li You and said: "Among the seven Yans in Jiangnan that I told you before, there is a jade and exquisite girl, who is young and beautiful, and has beautiful singing and dancing. Mr. Zou admired her deeply, but she was extremely valuable, but Mr. Zou was reluctant to spend money. If you want to win the qualification of a guest to enter the curtain, you can save a lot of expenses. ”

Jade Linglong... Li You recalled for a moment, as if there was such a beauty, so he asked, "What about after that?" ”

"After reading Mr. Zou's poems, Miss Yu Linglong let out her words, her flower name was given by Lord Xiao Li of Suzhou Mansion, and it is too far worse than Lord Xiao Li, so don't take your own humiliation to sell the poems."

Mr. Zou said embarrassedly: "Let's save some face, and don't mention the past!" ”

Zhu Fanghe pointed at Li You, "Far away in the sky, close in front of you, this is Xujiang Li Youye." ”

Mr. Zou was taken aback when he heard this, "I see! ”

Entering the room, Mr. Zhu Fanghe and Li Youbin sat separately, but Mr. Zou insisted on squeezing into the table.

After three rounds of drinking, Mr. Zou couldn't wait to say: "Wen Jun is a famous artist in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is willing to discuss poetry with you." ”

Li You said secretly, this person is still not convinced... For some reason, a sense of boredom came to my heart, and I felt that there was no taste in front of me. In the past, he pretended to be a talented man and never felt bored on the occasion of literati entertainment, but today it is abnormal.

Even he wondered, how could he have such a mentality? While drinking, I thought, is it a change caused by being an official for a long time?

Indeed, compared with the changes in officialdom, the petty calculations between poor and sour literati are too boring in the eyes now, and both the benefits and the fun are far inferior to the officialdom battles.

How to win and how to lose? Can you be promoted to make a fortune or soar? What can be actually gained beyond fame?

He has been thinking hard in the past few days, and he really feels naïve when he looks back at the literati's fighting for popularity after refining his mind. Probably he doesn't need this kind of limelight now, and poetry is just a stepping stone like other people's eight-strand essays. From beginning to end, his pursuit is not to pass on poetry, but to fame and fortune.

Thinking of this, Master Li had an epiphany in his heart, and his cultivation was taken to the next level... Or rather, another layer of depravity.

During the time when Li You was in meditation, Mr. Zou didn't know what big truth he said, and the last sentence: "Why are people today inferior to the ancients, I would like to listen to Your Excellency's high opinions." ”

Although he thinks so, it seems that Li You still can't let others go at this time... Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of War boasted in front of Zhu Fanghe that his poetry and kung fu were the best in the world, and his face could be lost, but could Lao Shangshu's face be lost?

After raising his head and drinking the wine in the cup, Li You said: "If you talk about poetry, there is a quatrain below. Then he chanted: "Li Du's poems have been passed down by thousands of mouths, and they are no longer fresh. Generations of talented people have come out, each leading the way for hundreds of years. ”

"Good! Have a big heart! Zhu Fanghe cheered.

Mr. Zou wanted to speak, but he heard Li You say: "This is one of the ancient and modern, and the other is that the article system is innate, and only the general has a surname." The model Song and Tang Dynasty suffered from themselves, and the ancients did not need to fight if they were dead. ”

"That's good! Very accessible. Zhu Fanghe continued to comment.

Mr. Xiaoji was about to say something again, but Li You once again rushed to read the third poem: "On the ancient and modern third, not the same as the other, the teacher is not the same, and I know the most about justice." Shiwen is authentic and talented, and Wangxi Anthology is a collection of Xujiang poems. ”

Zou Xiaoji opened his mouth first this time and said: "Lord Li here is arrogant. ”

Li You drank freely, and Zou Xiaoji said with a sense of wine: "How can you be arrogant? And listen to my three memorizations, one of which is that when I was young, I learned to speak and suffered a round, but I didn't finish half of my work. Today, it is said that it is not forceful, and three points of personnel and seven points of heaven. Second, it is difficult to write about hobbies, and beginners can change their hearts and minds. The little lady is still a beginner girl, and her hair is not combed and she is not allowed to look at it. Third, I am not empty for poetry to understand the poor, and I want to work because poetry has not yet worked. Xiongyu laughed at himself and was very greedy, both for poetry and for fear of poverty. ”

Anyone who saw Li You copying poems for the first time was shocked by Master Li's ability to think about the stunt of writing poems. Zhu Fanghe is no exception, he has long forgotten to comment at the moment, and he only thought in a daze: "Cao Zijian's seven-step poem is nothing more than that..."

"I also found four poems in the realm of poetry!" Li You got up and said: "Realm one, the prejudice in the chest is completely eliminated, and the anger is like a cloud." Writing this true experience is better than piling up the books of the ancients. ”

"Realm two, but if you are willing to find poetry, there will be poetry, and Lingxi is my teacher. The sunset grass is an ordinary thing, and the interpretation is a wonderful word. ”

"Realm three, leaping poetry in front of you, gathering like wind and rain scattered like smoke. Dare to talk about it as the common saying goes, and practice is pure and natural. ”

"Realm four, the fame and heart retreat from the Tao, like a dream and a fairy sentence. The natural sound is full of fun, and good poetry is not close to human feelings. ”

Seeing that Li You made ten quatrains of poetry in one breath, Zhu Fanghe had nothing to say at this point, so he had to mutter: "Sure enough, it is a famous person in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are faint signs of a grandmaster in the words and sentences at his fingertips, so he is really not as good as you." ”

Zou Xiaoji was also deeply impressed.

"Poetry is all here, I will say goodbye!" Li You saw that the two of them were shocked, and he staggered out of the room with his arched hands. When these ten poems are spread, others should not suspect that he and Emperor Zhu are purely friends with poetry.

(To be continued)