Zhang Yuan read through Wang Yingzi's "gentleman Yu Yi" eight-strand text, I really feel that it is very similar to my own style of writing, the pen is clean, the writing is spiritual, far-reaching, fresh and moving, full of color, all of them have been passed on by Wang Siren, Zhang Yuan's poor winner lies in the ideological surname of the art, but the art can express the reading power of the thought, and it is necessary to speak through the body of the saint, so this art alone, not under Zhang Yuan, if the next moon house can really be tested by Wang Yingzi, the head of the case dare not say, the middle is bound to win- Zhang Yuan took the pen and wrote a word "can" on the roll paper, and when the county test was taken, the county order wrote a "can" word on the ink roll that he thought could pass, and when he heard the voice of Mr. Wang from the hall, he put away the ink roll and clamped it back to its original place, got up and walked to the door of the study to wait.

Wang Siren wore a scarf and an ivory robe, and came in with a small servant, and when he saw Zhang Yuan, he asked with a smile, "When will you come back?" ”

Zhang Yuan crossed his hands and said, "The student arrived yesterday. ”

Wang Siren did not enter the study, sat down in the small hall, and said to Zhang Yuan: "You came back just in time, on the 23rd of this month, I invited Shaoxing celebrities and officials of one government and two counties to visit Jishan Shelter Garden, originally in February, I was going to invite people to visit the garden, but due to the illness of Xiaoshan Chen's son-in-law, I have posted to invite Mr. Su Zhi, and you will also come then." ”

Zhang Yuan responded: "Yes." ”

Wang Siren casually asked Zhang Yuan how his trip to Qingpu was, Zhang Yuan said about Hangzhou's Qingshou, Wang Siren sighed with emotion: "The world is difficult, the network of people is dense, even such a Yao lawsuit stick can rely on his cousin's power to try to hurt people with secret arrows, this is to meet you, and if you change someone, he will be plotted, how to take the government test if you break your leg, delay you for three years, and then try to retaliate, this is afraid that you have a reputation for life, and he will not be able to act." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Students will be more careful in the future. ”

Wang Siren asked Zhang Yuan about his experience in Hangzhou again, except for the secret words with Eunuch Zhong, Zhang Yuan said other things one by one, Wang Siren smiled and said: "Zhang Yuan, you have not yet entered the county school, you have become a eunuch, are you not afraid that you will be criticized by the sons of Donglin in the future?" Wang Siren has always been harsh and kind in his speech, and he offended many people because of this, and at this time he called Zhang Yuan a eunuch.

Zhang Yuan said: "Make friends with people who are worth befriending, whether they are internal officials or Donglin." ”

Wang Siren said: "Often internal officials are easy to make friends, Donglin is not easy to make friends, and it is difficult to make friends with internal officials. ”

Zhang Yuan understood the meaning of Teacher Wang's words, the eunuchs often revealed their minds more directly, but the scholars represented by Donglin were much more complicated, and nodded: "Thank you for the teacher's guidance, the students know the scale, and the students are only asking for supplementary students at present." ”

Wang Siren said with a smile: "If you can't make up for the students with such an art of making, then what is the point of Emperor Gao taking the scholars with eight shares." He added: "Do you still insist on making art and learning ancient texts?" ”

Zhang Yuandao: "Qingpu back and forth, the boat and car are quite tiring, but the students still made more than 20 pieces of art, and there are more than 20 ancient texts that have been tried so far this year. ”

Wang Siren browsed the five pieces of art, Zhang Yuan's eight-strand text is now blameless, compared to last year's eight-strand with Yao Fudou when he was still familiar and old, Wang Siren only commented a few words, then took a closer look at Zhang Yuan's ancient texts, these five ancient texts are "Longshan Snow", "Shanyin Lantern Scene", "Night Sailing Boat", "Spring Dawn at Su Causeway" and "Sunset on Xuedian Lake" - the so-called ancient texts are relative to the prose texts, and the prose texts that do not talk about the duality of sound and rhythm are all ancient texts, and the eight-strand texts can actually be said to be a variant of the prose texts, and the words and sentences of the prose are gorgeous, The content is flashy and empty, and the same is true for most of the eight-strand texts that are restricted from thinking, and the length of the ancient texts is arbitrary, simple and smooth, and they can express the surname more, Zhang Yuan's five ancient texts are extremely interesting, Wang Siren smiled and said: "Your style of writing is like Yuan Zhonglang, Qingli Xiaochang, it is really rare for beginners to learn ancient texts to this point." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Students write ancient texts just emotionally, and they feel it, and they don't blindly force it, which is a kind of preference, but Bagu is not, in fact, I don't like it." ”

Wang Siren said with a smile: "If you don't like it, you have to do it, and you can only put it aside after you have participated in the palace exam." ”

The teacher and student talked for a morning, Wang Siren stayed for dinner, Zhang Yuan did not refuse, and after the meal, he tasted West Lake Longjing tea, and Eunuch Zhong gave him two catties of West Lake Longjing, one catty to the ancestor Zhang Rulin, and one catty to Mr. Wang.

At dusk, Zhang Yuan returned to the back house of Fuxue Palace, Wuling said that the third prince Zhang Cao had come, the third prince said that a mirror craftsman and two servants had set off to Haizhou, Zhang Yuan entered the inner courtyard to see his mother and sister, and went to the back garden to see the craftsman build a house, there is silver is easy to do, that section of the three-zhang long low wall has been removed, and the foundation of the house is being excavated - Zhang Yuan asked Wuling to take out the white mule snow essence, and ran for a while on the bank of the Demo River, and was seen by the two brothers of Luchun and Lujie, shouting to ride, Zhang Yuan couldn't resist these two little nephews, so he had to call Mu Jingyan over to control the reins, He helped Lu Chun to ride on the saddle, walked dozens of steps, and Lu Jie, who was waiting behind him, was already impatiently shouting: "It's my turn, it's my turn, I want to ride even more." ”

The two brothers are endless, you go down and I go up, and in the end, it was Zhang Ruoxi who came over and dragged the two back to the inner courtyard, and Zhang Yuan had to be relieved.

The sunset falls down Longshan, the sunset is brilliant like a brocade, the twilight does not fall for a while, and the water of the mash river is silent.

Zhang Yuan suddenly remembered that since the heavy snowfall last winter, there has only been a light rain in the next four months, and it seems that there is no sign of rain in the near future, and Shaoxing is going to have a great drought this year, and the water of the Demoromi River, which is several zhang wide, is now only a small stream like a stream in the middle of the river, and if it does not rain again, the water of the Mash River will be cut off at the end of April, and in May and June, most of the rivers in Shanyin City will be unable to sail, and the summer wheat and autumn grain will be harvested in failure. Wuling took the white mule and snow spirit back to the stable, Mu Jingyan was packing up the wood and stone for building the house, those craftsmen had already gone back separately, they were all craftsmen on the outskirts of Shanyin, coming early and returning late - Zhang Yuan wandered alone on the riverside, and walked to the big locust tree, which was originally less than a zhang away from the water's edge, but now the river has dried up, and a large area under the tree is a river beach, hey, what is Mu Zhenzhen squatting in the middle of the river, doesn't it look like he is doing laundry?

Zhang Yuan walked down the river beach, all large and small stones, between the stones is hard river mud, Zhang Yuan had to walk carefully, naturally lightly, Mu Zhenzhen was very alert, Zhang Yuan didn't take a few steps closer, she turned her head, saw that it was the young master, quickly stood up, threw a willow branch on the ground in his hand, his face was slightly red, and he said: "Young master." ”

Zhang Yuan's brows furrowed slightly, this Mu Zhenzhen put on her old dress again, the cuffs of the long-sleeved and short-sleeved dress were ground into raw edges, the skirt was patched at the knees, and the feet were grass shoes with open toes, presumably she was just wet in the river, her feet were cleanly washed, her toes were slightly bent, she was firmly grasping the grass shoes, and she looked like she was accumulating her strength - it was very strange that the old clothes and torn skirts wore on this fallen girl had a touching charm, the poor fabric showed delicate skin, and the restrained skirt reminded Zhang Yuan that she had grown up, tattered clothes, long legs and thin waist, uh, Could it be that Mu Zhenzhen realized that she could impress Young Master Zhang Jiezi by dressing like this?

Obviously not, this fallen girl is just reluctant to wear those two sets of new clothes, she went to Qingpu to fight for face for the young master, she can't wear tattered clothes, and now that she is back, she can still wear this old dress, so she wears it again, Mu Zhenzhen will not like the new and hate the old, and I don't know if it is the surname like this, or has she been suppressed by poverty and suffering since childhood?

Now that the weather is getting hotter, if you really want to wear it like this, let her be, well, the old clothes are cool, and the celebrities of the Wei and Jin dynasties will wear old clothes, Zhang Yuan asked: "What are you doing with a willow branch, brushing your teeth or writing?" ”

Walk over to see, the river recedes, this piece of river mud is half dry and half wet, here is close to the middle of the river, there are few pebbles, the river mud is relatively flat, only to see the river mud written: "It is the hope of the year and October, step from the snow hall, will return to Lingao." The two guests are from Yu, and they pass through the yellow mud of the mountain. The frost and dew have fallen, the leaves have taken off, the figure is on the ground, looking up at the bright moon, taking care of it, and answering with a song——"

The willow branch writes on the river mud, just scratching, but Mu Zhenzhen's pen is quite atmospheric, it can be called graceful, and it is very different from the humble and shy surname of this fallen girl.

Zhang Yuan said: "The writing is very good, why don't you go to the study and practice calligraphy on paper?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen lowered her head and didn't answer, on the boat back and forth in Qingpu, she lived in a cabin with the young master, the young master read and wrote, she waited, there was nothing on the boat, she also wrote a few words, and now that she is back, is she a maid still sitting in the study and writing?

Zhang Yuan knew her thoughts, and said: "Your father has to help build a house for the past three months, I will go to He Dianshi to ask for forgiveness for another two months, just to make up some conscription silver, you can live here with peace of mind, every afternoon when I practice calligraphy, you sit next to me to practice calligraphy, and use the reverse side of the paper I have written to practice calligraphy, okay?" ”

Mu Zhen was really overjoyed, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, young master, thank you, young master." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Really, this word, you just need to know how to recognize and write." When he said this, he thought about Wang Yingzi, Wang Yingzi's eight-strand essay is well written, but it can only be used to kill time, and the troubled times are coming-Mu Zhenzhen said shyly: "The maid didn't think about anything else, that is, I wanted to recognize words and learn to write." ”

Zhang Yuan picked up the willow branch that Mu Zhenzhen had dropped, and also wrote on the river mud: "Today, in the twilight, the net is fished, the huge mouth is fine, like the perch of the Songjiang River, and Gu An gets wine?" He stood up and threw the willow branch into the water, and said with a smile: "My sister's house has Songjiang four-cheek perch, and the wine has Hantan Spring, haha-go back, it's time for dinner." ”

Mu Zhenzhen followed Zhang Yuan to the east bank, and glanced back at the words on the river mud, and was happy in his heart.

At night, Zhang Yuan went to the south building to let his sister Zhang Ruoxi read him a book for half an hour, and now he is reading the sixty-volume "Zhaoming Anthology", this set of books is also borrowed from the library of the ancestor Zhang Rulin, from the pre-Qin to the Southern Dynasties, the excellent poems and essays of the famous writers are basically selected, and after reading the "Zhaoming Anthology", it can be said that there is a bit of a foundation - Lu Chun and Lu Jie also sat on the side to listen to their mother Zhang Ruoxi read, at this time he didn't dare to make noise, listen, the little brothers fell asleep on the chairs, Zhang Ruoxi brought the two maidservants from Qingpu and hurriedly took the two to sleep, Zhang Yuan also got up and went back to the west building, Zhang Ruoxi followed him to the corridor, looked at the moonlight in the corner of the patio downstairs, and said: "I don't know how Lu Lang is now, there will be a letter in a few days, but even if he is wronged, he always wants to hide it from me." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Then after my brother-in-law wrote a letter, when my sister replied, I also wrote a letter to Yang Shixiang in Qingpu to ask about the situation." ”

Zhang Ruoxi nodded and said yes.

…… On March 20, the trial of Yao Fu and Yang Shangyuan was reopened, and Yao Xin was also escorted back from Hangzhou Mansion as evidence of the crime, Yao Fu and Yang Shangyuan were raided from their homes, and thousands of taels of fake silver were copied from Yang Shangyuan's house, and all the property and family property of Yao and Yang were confiscated, Lu Yungu's cousin Lu Yunpeng, lame Xiucai Liu Yingcai, and Fang Xiucai's son, as well as some other bitter owners who were ruined by Yao Fu's money-lending pit with their mother's money, were compensated this time, and most of the land and property that Yao Fu had embezzled from the Fang family and the Lu family were returned. The rest of the land is harvested as official land and school field, as the county government and county school - Yao Fu cane forty migration Xuanfu to fill the army, Xuanfu is one of the nine sides, going there to fill the army is basically a dead end, Yao Xin, Yang Shangyuan each cane 20 Yongningwei, Yongningwei in Fujian - the tree fell and scattered, Yao Fu and Yang Shangyuan's slaves and maids went away, Yang Shangyuan's wife Pan went back to Yuyao's mother's house, and Yao Fu's few unborn concubines as early as last year Yao Fu was imprisoned at the beginning of the roll up and fled first, but they saw the opportunity quickly - 22 afternoon, Zhang Cao came to see Zhang Yuan in the study of the West Building, applauded and laughed: "Happy, Yao Zhu's stick has finally fallen, Jie Zi, you can miss the show, when the Yao brothers and that Yang Shangyuan were roded, the onlookers were thunderous, which shows how disgusted this Yao Heixin is." ”

While he was talking, Da Shi came in and reported that there was a man surnamed Liu who wanted to see the young master, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Cao went out to the front hall, and saw Liu Biqiang, the head of the county government, respectfully crossed his hands and said: "Young Master Jiezi, Yao Fu has been convicted today, last year Yao Fu received twenty taels of Zhang Dachun's lawsuit silver, and the villain has been gifted to the county, and now the twenty taels of silver will be returned to the young master of Jiezi." ”

Another messenger took four ingots and five taels of silver, Zhang Yuan asked Wuling to accept the silver, and rewarded Liu Biqiang and the two of them with one or two pieces of silver to invite him to drink.

Zhang Cao smiled and said: "Jie Zi, you can now be called a tyrant in Shanyin, who dares to provoke you, Yao Zhuba is a lesson from the past." ”

Zhang Yuan didn't talk about these things with this nonsense brother, and asked, "Why hasn't the eldest brother of the sect been seen these days?" He is my guarantor, and this government not only needs a guarantor, but also a guarantor, and he must also be a guarantor, so I have to ask Brother Zongzi to help me find another guarantor to be a guarantor. ”

Zhang Cao said: "The eldest brother went to Shangyu to visit Ni Ruyu at the beginning of the month, it was Ni Ruyu who had a habit of cleanliness, and before leaving, he said that he would rush back in the next few days, and the registration was not until the end of the month, what are you anxious about." ”

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