"Pieces of catkins flying red?"

According to the inspector Zhang Qilian and others were about to applaud, but they felt that it was not right, this poem did not make sense, the catkins were white, why was it red, everyone here was full of poetry and books, but no one knew the source of this sentence, it must not be the poetry of the ancients, but the eunuch Zhong made up nonsense, although it was said to flatter the eunuch Zhong, but the ugly thing of pointing out the deer as a horse really couldn't be done in a hurry, and everyone looked at each other for a while, waiting for others to praise first, and then echoed it.

Eunuch Zhong saw everyone's embarrassed faces, but also woke up to the fact that something was wrong, his white face was purple and swollen, ashamed and embarrassed, he was a vassal, elegant, very face-saving eunuch, supervising the weaving, familiar with 300 Tang poems, Song Ci, Yuan song, often recited, Ping said that he liked to associate with the literati, he thought that his knowledge was the top among the eunuchs, he didn't know how he could come up with such a poem, just care about embedding the words "flying, red" into it, and didn't care about the poetry - Zhang Qilian coughed, and smiled reluctantly: " The father-in-law's poem is surprisingly renovated, the artistic conception is wonderful, and the lower officials admire it, admire it-"

Seeing that Eunuch Zhong's face sank, Zhang Qilian said: "Oops, this eunuch is annoyed, flattering him at this time is ridiculing him." ”

Zhang Qilian was speechless, and other people naturally would not speak rashly, and some sneered in their hearts, just about to see the jokes of Eunuch Zhong and Zhang Fenshou - the stars were silent on the pavilion, and the atmosphere was as cold as ice, and when everyone in the pavilion was extremely embarrassed, they suddenly heard a clear voice outside the pavilion say:

"The catkins fly to a piece of red, this poem has a source, it is a poem of the Yuanren Yongping Shantang, which is used to deal with the 'flying red order', which is really wonderful."

Zhang Qilian hurriedly asked: "Who is it?" Come in—" If you meet a savior, if you are amnesty, quickly stand up and welcome you out of the cabinet.

…… Zhang Yuan watched the ancestor Zhang Rulin, the teacher Wang Siren, and the Xu Governor's Mansion and Hou County order a group of people to accompany a eunuch with a python robe and jade belt from the side of the Chenghuang Temple to the Xingsu Pavilion, and the official wearing the Phnom Penh Zhongjing crown next to the eunuch must have been the envoy Zhang Qilian, Zhang Yuan said in his heart: "This eunuch scenery, the high-ranking officials of the three grades accompany them to the mountains and enjoy the lanterns, what is the use of reading poetry and books, it is better to be a eunuch, hey." Glancing at Shang Ran - no matter how smart Shang Ran was, he couldn't guess what Zhang Yuan was thinking at this time, looking at so many people on the top of the mountain, he glanced at Zhang Yuan, and said to Shang Zhoude: "Second brother, are we still going up?" ”

Shang Zhoude said: "Now that you have arrived here, how can there be a reason to give up halfway, at the top of Longshan Mountain, you can overlook Huiji City, and you can see it in White Horse Mountain." ”

Xiao Jinghui said happily: "Okay, okay, go quickly, go quickly." ”

Zhang Yuan saw Nengzhu striding down from Penglai Gang, hurriedly stopped, and asked where the six lights were hanging?

Nengzhu scratched his head, and Zhang Yuan reminded: "The lamp is painted with frogs under peony flowers and colorful butterflies on rose flowers——"

Nengzhu patted his head and said happily: "The villain remembers, the six lamps are hanging outside the Star Pavilion." ”

Zhang Yuan said again: "Nengzhu, do you have a telescope, borrow it from me." ”

Neng Zhu said: "The villain is just going back to get the telescope, and the third prince scolded me." With that, he strode away.

Zhang Yuan said to Shang Zhoude: "Second brother, let's go up, it's only a few hundred steps from here to Xingsu Pavilion." Asked Xiao Jinghui: "Can Xiao Hui still walk?" ”

"Walk." Xiao Jinghui jumped a little, indicating that she had the strength to climb the mountain.

A group of people went up to Penglai Gang, all the way to see the lights, up and down a lot of people, a few servants of the Shang family carefully guarded the three young ladies around, Penglai Gang is quite wide, three or three people sit on the mat, advocate the sheng spring, banquet song string pipe, lively and extraordinary, there are several headlamp sheds, hanging headlamps in the shed, hundreds of small lamps, the headlights are painted with the story of "Four Books" and "Thousand Poems", Jinglan and Jinghui little sisters go to see them one by one, full of interest - when they are coiled on Penglai Gang for two moments, they climb to the top of Longshan, But I heard a few people behind him shouting in unison: "Let one, let one go." ”

Hao Nu shouted to open the way, didn't you see Feng Hu's ban lantern?

Zhang Yuan looked back, only to see a few grown-up family members shouting all the way and striding all the way, followed by a few Qingke and house slaves surrounded by a young man who walked up the mountain briskly - Shang Ran had already retreated to the side and turned his back, Zhang Yuan also stopped and stood beside her.

When the group of Haonu Qingke passed by Zhang Yuan, Shang Zhoude and others, the young man looked at Shang Ran's back with his eyes presumptuous, and saw Mu Zhenzhen beside Zhang Yuan, his eyes lit up, slowed down, and stared at Zhang Yuan again, walked up, and looked back as he walked, stumbling under his feet, and almost fell - Shang Ran was particularly beautiful under the shadow of the moonlight, and Mu Zhenzhen, who was wearing a black Songjiang cotton jacket and a black long skirt, had skin like snow, which was also extremely attractive to people's attention, and there were many people who came up and down the mountain along the way, It's normal to look at each other when they pass by, but the young man's eyes made Zhang Yuan quite uncomfortable, and he thought: "What kind of person is this, Shanyin shouldn't have such a person, maybe he will come to disturb——"

Up to the top of the mountain, Shang Ran saw that the six exquisite lanterns made of her paintings were hanging in front of the Xingzhu Attic, so he took the hands of the two nieces from left to right and stood by the pavilion to watch, Zhang Yuan accompanied the three of her - Xiao Xi Nu Wuling came out of nowhere and said happily: "Young master, I knew that the young master would come here to see his own lamp, and I have been waiting here for a while." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "Xiao Wu, you are coming quickly. ”

At this time, when he heard the flower and wine order in the Xingzhu Pavilion, Zhang Yuan's eyesight was not good, but his ears were extremely sharp, and he heard the nonsense of Eunuch Zhong's unusual voice chanting "The catkins are flying red", and the Xingzhu Pavilion, which was originally laughing and noisy, was quiet, and no one made a sound.

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Eunuch Zhong is making a fool of himself, should I help him?" Well, making friends with a powerful eunuch will definitely help me in the future, whether it is the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, as long as it is beneficial to me to do great things, I will not refuse, the national disaster is coming, I must use all the people and things that can be used, of course, it is not so easy to ride two horses to talk left and right, it is likely that both ends are not pleased, this, it depends on my means-"

Zhang Yuan's mind turned sharply, and he said loudly: "The catkins are flying red, this poem has a source, it is a poem of Yuanren Yongping Shantang, which is used to deal with the 'Flying Red Order', which is really wonderful." ”

Sure enough, someone in the cabinet immediately answered: "Who is it?" Come in. Seeing that Zhang Yuan was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and that he was a Confucian boy in Tsing Yi, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed and asked: "Do you really know the source of that poem?" ”

Zhang Yuan bowed and said, "Exactly." ”

Zhang Qilian couldn't take care of it so much at this time, it was better to let this young man go in and stir up the situation, maybe he would fool the embarrassing scene, and just begged Eunuch Zhong not to be too annoyed, so he beckoned: "Please come in." "Take Zhang Yuan into the Star Pavilion.

As soon as Zhang Yuan came in, he gave a spring breeze to his uncle Zhang Rulin, his teacher Wang Siren, to the prefect of Xu, and to the Hou County Order. ”

Zhang Yuan saluted the eunuch Zhong in the first seat, and saluted Zhang Qilian beside him, Zhang Qilian patted his forehead as a reminiscence, and said: "Zhang Yuan, I heard this name in Hangzhou, Wang Tixue once mentioned it, saying that Zhang Yuan of Shanyin wrote a good time at a young age, is you?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "That's the great grandmaster's reputation, the kid is only shallow in learning, how to deserve it." ”

It turned out that the young man in front of him was really Zhang Yuan, a young genius praised by Wang Xuedao, Zhang Qilian said happily: "Shanyin Zhang's talented son, then can you tell me which poem 'Willow Catkins Fly to a Piece of Red' comes from Yuanren?" ”

Zhang Yuan arched his hand to the first eunuch Zhong and said: "Gonggong Zhong is erudite, the kid is good and admired, this 'catkins fly to a piece of red' sentence is quite rare, no wonder the virtuous people here can't remember it for a while, this poem is the sentence of the Yuanren Yongping Mountain Hall, Guangling Slender West Lake has the Pingshan Hall built by Ouyang, monopolizing the victory of the lake and mountain, the descendants have a lot of inscriptions, and the kid can't remember who made it, but the four poems can still be remembered——"

He said: "Twenty-four winds on the side of the twenty-four bridge, and the old Jiangdong is still remembered by the railing." The sunset shines back on the peach blossoms, and the catkins fly in patches of red. ”

There was silence again in the Nakshatra Pavilion, followed by applause:

"Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

"The sunset is shining, the peach blossoms are scorching, and the catkins are flying to look red, wonderful!"

"This poem uses sharp and new words, which is the poetic style of Qiu Yuan and Yang Tieya."

“……”

Zhang Qilian was overjoyed, and hurriedly complimented Eunuch Zhong and said: "Gonggong Zhong is erudite and strong, and the lower officials are ashamed of themselves, but we think that the poetry is not clear, ashamed, ashamed." ”

Xu Shijin and others also shouted "ashamed", and the atmosphere was warm for a while, and the officials and gentlemen on the table examined themselves one by one, ashamed of Gonggong Zhong, and admired Gonggong Zhong's talent, only Zhang Rulin and Wang Siren looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile.

The eunuch Zhong was so badly praised by everyone, he had forgotten that this sentence was actually his temporary nonsense, and he really thought that Yuanren had such a poem, so he turned annoyance into joy, touched his smooth chin and said: "This and this, our family really can't remember clearly, only remember this sentence, this Zhang Gongzi remembers it all." ”

Zhang Yuan said modestly: "I accidentally turned to this poem in a collection of predecessors last year, I was young and didn't read much, so I still remember the whole poem, Zhong Gonggong is reading too much, and it is impossible to remember the poems I read many years ago, but as soon as I encounter the 'Flying Flower Order', this 'catkins fly to a piece of red' sentence will rise to my heart, isn't it?" ”

Eunuch Zhong nodded and said, "Yes, that's it." With a smile, he felt that this young man could really understand himself, and said to Zhang Rulin: "Su Weng, your grandson is smart and has an unlimited future." ”

Zhang Rulin said with a smile: "My father-in-law has won the award, Zhang Yuan is a disciple of Mr. Wang Jizhong, and he is mostly taught by Ji Chong. ”

Eunuch Zhong said to Wang Siren: "The nunnery is well taught, well taught, and taught. ”

Zhang Qilian saw that Eunuch Zhong was smiling and open-minded, so he let out a long breath, this elegant and moody eunuch is not good to wait, thanks to Zhang Yuan tonight, but is that poem really a poem of the Yuan people?

(To be continued)