After Zhang Dai and Qi Biaojia finished five strategic discussions, they were also ready to go to the incense burner peak to watch the fall, Zhou Menong still had one unfinished, and shouted to wait for him, Zhang Dai said: "Waiting for you?" Wait until the moon is out. ”

Zhou Menong scratched his neck with the pen and said: "Then go to the furnace peak to admire the moon, anyway, if you go up now, you won't be able to see Luoyue." ”

Zhang Dai thought about it reasonably, so he went to cook a pot of tea, and Qi Biao had a good cup of tea, while waiting for Zhou Menong, this wait was half an hour, seeing that it was completely dark, Laiwang was a little anxious, and came in and said to Zhang Dai: "Young Master Zongzi, my young master and Xiao Wu have not come down to the peak yet-"

Qi Biaojia said suddenly: "I heard the monk say that there are tigers in this mountain-"

"Ahh Lai Wang was anxious: "If the young master meets a tiger, how can it be good!" ”

Zhang Dai said: "Where is there a tiger in this mountain, I'll ask the elders." ”

When I asked the elder of Huanshan, the elder of Huanshan said that although he had never seen a tiger, he had indeed heard the roar of the tiger, and the tiger came from the side of Huiji Mountain to forage for food, and he heard that there were often guinea dogs lost under the mountain, and he must have been eaten by the tiger - at this time, Zhang Dai was also a little panicked, and the elder of Huanshan comforted: "Even if there is a tiger, the tiger will only forage for food under the mountain, and go to the top of the furnace peak to do anything, do you look at the moon, but it is dark, and the prince of Jie Zi did not carry a lantern to burn, and he was afraid of getting lost and losing his footing when he went down the mountain, so he hurriedly asked someone to answer." ”

Zhang Dai and Zhou Menong gathered slaves, together with a total of 14 monks from the temple, holding fires, wooden sticks, cymbals, and cymbals, along the screw road, knocking on cymbals and shouting all the way, one is to scare away the tiger, and the other is to let Zhang Yuan hear, but all the way up to the top of the incense burner, I did not see the shadow of Zhang Yuan's master and servant, only to see a bright moon shining brightly, the grass and trees in the mountains, the cliffs and strange rocks seem to be hidden under this moon, and everyone is terrified, looking at each other - the quiet mountain scenery under this moon, looking out in a different state of mind, is terrifying and terrifying.

…… Zhang Yuan and Wu Ling came out of the shelter garden, went around to the south of the mountain, climbed to the Tianwa Nunnery, and were about to reach the mountain gate, when they suddenly saw the torches on the screw road and heard the echo of the leisurely shout, Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "Big brother, they are looking for us." He shouted sharply to the mountain, and Wuling also shouted, but the mountain was empty, and the fire centipede on the screw road was two miles away from here, where could I hear it, and I saw the fire spiraling upwards and going to the top of the furnace peak - the old monk returned to the mountain and heard Zhang Yuan's shout, carried a lantern to greet him, rubbed his faint old eyes and said: "Why is the prince of Jie Zi at the bottom of the mountain?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "I didn't know how to get around here." Without further ado, he carried the lantern on the screw and said, but welcomed the eldest brother and them...... Before noon the next day, Feng Hu of Laifu and Xizhang rushed to Tianwa Nunnery, saying that the rumors of Huiji City were raging, and they all said that last night was more fixed, there were dozens of fires and more than 100 thieves, and they passed through Zhang Gongling, which alarmed Xu Taishou, I don't know if the gang of thieves came to the nunnery to disturb?

Zhang Dai laughed and said to Zhang Yuan: "Jiezi, my generation was not tied up as a bandit, it's a fluke." ”

Zhou Menong and Qi Biaojia both laughed, quite surprised by last night's experience, it can be regarded as watching the furnace peak moon.

…… On July 25, just as Zhang Yuan and the four of them had finished studying and preparing for the exam in Tianwa Nunnery, Qian Qianyi, the chief examiner of the Zhejiang Township Examination, had his boat to Wuxi via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and specially docked to visit Zou Yuanbiao and Gao Panlong of Donglin Academy, with the purpose of asking Zou and Gao what they thought of Zhang Yuan.

In mid-June, Qian Qianyi was formally appointed by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials to preside over the Zhejiang Township Test, on the eve of his departure from Beijing, Dong Qichang, who lived in the capital, came to visit him, Dong Qichang was sick for half a year, and his condition improved at the end of last year. Dong Qichang also said that Zhang Yuan took advantage of the fire to rob and took away half of his life savings, not to mention the gold and silver property, among which there are a large number of antiques and calligraphy and paintings, Zhong Yuan's "Return to the Table" and "Force Life Post", Dong Yuan's "Xiaoxiang Map", "Yunshan Map", Fan Kuan's "Journey to the Mountains and Mountains", "Snow Mountain Map", as well as a lot of Su Huang Mi Cai's authentic works and a large number of Yuan and Ming Dynasty famous paintings and calligraphy were robbed by Zhang Yuan -- Qian Qianyi also loved to collect ancient books and paintings. Hearing Dong Qichang say this, he said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, why didn't Xuan Zaigong accuse that Zhang Yuan?" ”

Dong Xuanzai sighed: "The rumors are terrible, that Zhang Yuan is good at bewitching the people, and using the heart of the people to hate the rich and the officials, so that my Dong family can not gain a foothold in Huating, and I am sick again, and I can't reason with him, so I have to give up, even so, I still have to hold the public opinion, this Zhang Yuan, there is a talent to learn-" After a pause here, he listened to Qian Qianyi's interface: "Talented people are doing evil, and most of the people who have annihilated evil in ancient times are talented people, not to mention far away, isn't that Yan Donglou a genius, and the green words are a thousand words." ”

Qian Qianyi is young and vigorous after all, Dong Qichang was secretly happy in his heart, and echoed: "What Qian Hanlin said is very true, this Zhang Yuan and the Han Society, he is the leader of the alliance, and in March Shaoxing Society, there are thousands of members, and the momentum is not small, threatening that the members of the Han Society will take the lead of the Five Classics of this year's Zhejiang Township Examination——"

The township test should be divided into rooms according to the Five Classics, and each of the scriptures should be one of the leaders, which is the Five Classics Kui, and Xie Yuan will be selected from the five classics - in fact, from Dong Qichang's arrival, Qian Qianyi roughly guessed his intentions, since the Ministry of Rites said that he was going to preside over the Zhejiang Township Examination, there have been Zhejiang squires living in the capital who have come to ask for their children's relatives and friends to ask for the joints, some send silver, some send land property, Qian Qianyi declined one by one, this Dong Qichang is not for his children, but to discredit Zhang Yuan - Qian Qianyi smiled: "Is there such a talent in the Han Society? Then I'll see. When it comes to the township test, he is going to be vague.

Dong Qichang didn't say much about Zhang Yuan, and ordered the accompanying servants to present a book, saying: "Here are a few clumsy paintings and hand-copied Buddhist scriptures, please Qian Hanlin correct." As he spoke, he opened the book and took out a painting, which was his painting of "Yanjiang Stacked Peaks" - Qian Qianyi even called "how dare you", stood up to admire, and praised: "Xuan Zaigong's painting has a beautiful composition, the ink is dyed with clouds, and the color is like the Tang Dynasty Li Sixun, and the blue is blue, which really makes the Xia admire and admire." ”

Dong Qichang said with a smile: "Qian Hanlin is really Dong's bosom friend. After a few words, he took his leave.

Qian Qianyi sent Dong Qichang back, and then looked at the book, in addition to the opening of this "Yanjiang Stacked Peaks" is Dong Qichang's handwriting, the rest are all Song and Yuan Dynasty paintings and rare books, there are Mi Fu father and son, Zhao Songxue, Huang Gongwang's calligraphy and painting, as for the rare books are Qian Qianyi's favorite, Qian Qianyi since the weak crown will like to collect the Song version, Yuan version of the book, at this time I saw Dong Qichang sent these Song and Yuan old carved rare books, I can't put it down - if Dong Qichang sent a field deed, gold and silver, then Qian Qianyi will immediately refuse, Changshu Qian's family, family wealth, I really don't care about taking bribes, but this rare ancient painting is what Qian Qianyi likes, and I want to ask the servant to carry this book to catch up with Dong Qichang and return it, but I am reluctant, thinking: "Well, I will return it now so that Dong Xuanzai will not look good, I will keep it for appreciation, and I will return it next time I return to Beijing. ”

But there is this thing in my heart, it is always a mustard, I heard that Zou Yuanbiao and Gao Panlong had attended the meeting when the Shanyin Han Society gathered, so when he arrived in Wuxi, Qian Qianyi went to Donglin to visit Zou and Gao, at this time Donglin Academy was relatively deserted, and most of the students from all over the world returned to their provinces to take the township test, Qian Qianyi studied in Gu Xiancheng when he was a teenager, and then worshiped Taicang Confucianism Guan Dongming as a teacher, although Qian Qianyi did not participate in Donglin's lectures, but he has a lot of roots with Donglin, Qian Qianyi asked Zou and Gao about the talents of Zhejiang?

Zou Yuanbiao said with a smile: "Does President Qian want to promote the talented son of Zhejiang as his protégé, I will list three people, and President Qian will take these three people, and he will get the good name of Bole." ”

Qian Qianyi asked, "I don't know which three people Mr. Nangao wants to promote?" ”

Zou Yuanbiao said: "Shanyin Zhang Yuan, Yuyao Huang Zunsu, Jiashan Wei Dazhong, these three will glorify the master." ”

Qian Qianyi said: "I heard that Shanyin Zhang Yuan's actions are too sharp, and his name is there, and criticism will follow. ”

Zou Yuanbiao said: "Is it because of Dong Xuanzai's matter, I thought it was caused by Dong Xuanzai's inability to restrain his sons, nephews and domestic slaves-"

Gao Panlong said: "Qian Bian doesn't care about those gossip, he only talks about the art in the field, and only selects the good articles that are not empty and have been used in the world." ”

Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "Mr. Jingyi is right. ”

In order to avoid suspicion, Qian Qianyi did not dare to rest overnight in Donglin Academy, and took a boat to Hangzhou overnight...... On July 26, at the end of May, 165 Shanyin students who had obtained the qualifications for the township examination gathered in the county to listen to the lectures of Liu County Decree and Sun Jiao, and Liu County Decree also issued two taels of silver to each candidate to go to the examination. He once said that he wanted to go to the exam with Zhang Yuan, and he was good at guiding Zhang Yuan in some rules, but the old Xiucai was in the third class in this scientific examination, and he lost the qualification to go to the exam, so he could not guide Zhang Yuan - Wang Yingzi's brother Wang Binglin was in the second class, and he came to Shanyin to ask Zhang Yuan when he would leave for Hangzhou, and he wanted to go with Zhang Yuan, and casually said that his sister Yingzi was sick for several days, and only recovered from fever yesterday, Zhang Yuan knew that the younger sister of Yingzi was wet and wet from the water and did not change the dress in time to feel the cold, but fortunately he had recovered, and Zhang originally wanted to visit, just heard that Senior Brother Binglin said that Yingzi had now returned to the city mansion, and it was inconvenient for him to visit, so he asked Wuling to send a basket of apples and two jars of honey

(To be continued)