Mu Zhenzhen came in with tea and asked, "What else does the young master have to order?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Really, sit, I have something to ask you." ”

Mu Zhenzhen sat down on the other side of the mahogany desk, and moved the white porcelain high-legged lamp to Zhang Yuan's side, the snow-white face of this fallen girl was clean, her eyebrows were fine, and her eyes were as bright as two pools of bitan, she looked at Zhang Yuan and said, "Young master-"

Zhang Yuan said: "Really, just now I want to push you off the pretend, why did you agree to come down again?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen lowered his eyelashes and said in a low voice: "The third prince said that young master, maid-"

Zhang Yuan said: "Are you afraid that I will be embarrassed so I would rather wronged myself, what can Zhang Cao make me embarrassed, he is the kind of person who is straightforward and fast-talking, Yang Xiucai and Jin Xiucai were here before, I am inconvenient to say more about this." ”

Mu Zhenzhen's eyelashes flashed, Ying Ying looked at Zhang Yuan, and said: "Young master, the maid has no grievances, since he has promised the third son, then go and pretend, and this is not acting on the stage, just marching with everyone to pray for rain, praying for rain is also a big deal, and the maid is reluctant because he doesn't like that one zhang Qinghu Sanniang." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and asked, "Why?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "The maid didn't know who Yizhang Qing was, but she asked the eldest lady to find out, this Zhang Qing Hu Sanniang's family was killed by the people of Shuibo Liangshan, she didn't want to take revenge, but she married someone from Shuibo Liangshan, which really made the maid can't figure it out." ”

Zhang Yuan looked at Mu Zhenzhen with a smile, and saw that this fallen girl was blushing and panicked: "Young master, did the maid say the wrong thing?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "No, Zhenzhen said it very well, the women in the Water Margin are either silver women or heartless, and Hu Sanniang is heartless - if you really say this, then don't pretend to be Hu Sanniang, let Zhang Cao find someone else." ”

Mu Zhenzhen was surprised: "Didn't that young master offend the third son." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "No, the third brother was originally blind and lively, and he didn't have a surname, so I told him early in the morning to let him find another person." ”

Mu Zhen really thought about it and said: "Young master, since the maid has promised the third son, then he can't be discredited, the fallen people have always made a promise, the young master is worried about the matter of building a righteous warehouse, and the maid is also willing to make a little effort to pray for the rain, I just hope that the rain will fall early." Mu Zhen really believes that praying for rain can move the heavens, and most of the people of Sanyin are like this, so they are keen to pray for rain and race gods.

Zhang Yuan said: "Okay, I'll go with you to have a look." ”

…… June of the forty-first year of Wanli is a small month, after the twenty-ninth is the first day of the seventh month, the first day of the seventh month is said to be early in the morning Zhang Cao asked Nengzhu to come over to call Mu Jingyan father and daughter to go to Xizhang, Zhang Yuan invited Yang Shixiang and Jin Bozong to go over together, came to Xizhang Opera Garden, and saw that the crowds were crowded, and the Water Margin one hundred and eight generals basically arrived, all of them were farmers, fishermen, painters, merchants, stonemasons, Taoist priests, and monks from all over Shanyin and even neighboring prefectures and counties, these people were black or white, tall or short, fat, thin, beautiful and ugly, all kinds of people, And like the intelligent star Wu Yong, the divine machine military master Zhu Wu, the holy hand scholar Xiao Rang, and the iron fan Song Qing, these elegant Water Margin characters are simply played by the Qing guests under the West Zhang Gate, and Fan Zhen is Wu Yong - Zhang Yuan saw Zhang Rulin, the ancestor of the clan, sitting on a bamboo chair under a camphor tree at the edge of the garden, holding a tea cup and looking at it with a smile, Zhang Dai's father Zhang Yaofang stood aside, Zhang Yuan led Yang Shixiang and Jin Bozong to come forward to visit, Zhang Rulin heard that Yang and Jin Ersheng came from Qingpu to ask Zhang Yuanying to edit the time, and said with a smile: "Tong Sheng's administration is unheard of. ”

Yang Shixiang had great respect for Zhang Rulin, and said respectfully: "Brother Jiezi, this child is extraordinary, the county test and the government test are the first of the double cases, and it is expected that the student will be a make-up student next year. ”

Zhang Rulin said with a smile: "Yang Xiucai wants to ask Zhang Yuan to compile a book, so don't blame him for eroding the book." ”

Yang Shixiang said with a smile: "Never, never, I want to take advantage of the reputation of the head of the case of Shanyin Zhang and Brother Jiezi." ”

Zhang Bingfang and nephew Zhang Dai are the most busy, this Water Margin one hundred and eight will be faced, clothes, and canes must be decided by the two of them, and the two of them said that which one is not like the people in the Water Margin will find another person, according to Shi Nai'an's book and Li Longmian's paintings, the French brocade palace satin used in the clothes customized for the characters is specially purchased from Yangzhou, Zhang Yuan saw a black man with two plate axes, which is even more Li Kui than Li Kui in the TV series in later generations, and the black dwarf in Song Jiang doesn't know where to find it, and he seems to be more loyal than Li Xuejian, In addition to the Water Margin, there are also the gods of the Thunder Department, Guanyin Dashi and the Dragon King's subordinates, and the makeup is extremely gorgeous, and Zhang Yuan feels that he is overwhelmed by it.

At this time, Mu Jingyan and Mu Zhenzhen's father and daughter came over, Mu Jingyan's beard and hair were dyed red, a broad face, a cinnabar mole was glued to the sideburns, a few black hairs grew on the mole, and he was holding a wooden simple knife brushed with silver lacquer, which was no different from the description in the book - look at Mu Zhenzhen again, but she was dressed as a female general, wearing soft armor, wearing a lion belt, carrying a Yueyue double knife, heroic, looking at her feet, stepping on a three-inch high-heeled crested shoes, she was really tall and beautiful-Zhang Yuanxin said: "Maybe there is a saying, I really want to go to the battlefield with me as a female general. ”

This said that the Xizhang Opera Garden made a fuss, Zhang Yuan took the time to write a "Yang and Yicang Ji", asked the calligraphy of the West Zhang Qingke Wu Ting to write on the yellow silk with Yan Zhenqing Magu tablet in large characters, the next morning, the grand prayer for rain parade began, starting from the champion around Shanyin City and then passing through the Yuewang Bridge to the Qiansu Wang Temple, and then going back, this is the first day's itinerary, and then a few days to go to the Jianhu Lake and Shanyin villages Guo parade to pray for rain, the eye-catching "Yang and Yicang Ji" is also picked up by two Xizhang servants to promote everywhere - Zhang Yuan, Yang Shixiang, Jin Bozong waited at the west end of Yuewang Bridge early in the morning, to see the Water Margin characters praying for rain parade, the morning sun is rising, the crowd praying for rain is coming, the gongs and drums are noisy, the silk and bamboo are full of ears, first there are two big cards, on the book "timely rain" three big characters, one on the left and right, Yang Shixiang smiled: "No wonder to pray for rain with the water margin characters, but it turns out that Song Jiang's nickname is timely rain, which is appropriate." ”

After the "timely rain" brand, it is the "wind and rain" and "stealing the rest of the people" two big cards, the onlookers are happy and admired, all say that this brand is good to pick the head - then the water margin characters came, the red beard, the beautiful hair, the black dwarf, the big man, the fat monk who lifted the Zen staff, the head of the knife with the ring, the scholar who played the iron flute, the shirtless tattooed young man, it was really like the Water Margin characters painted by Li Longmian were blown alive by the gods, one by one from the painting down, the spectators along the way were blocked, the eyes were distracted, and the cheers were endless, This kind of prayer for rain is also a kind of optimism and confidence in the face of natural disasters - Zhang Yuan is wearing crystal glasses, he saw Mu Zhenzhen, Mu Zhenzhen is really red and wipes his forehead, wearing battle armor, holding a double knife of the moon, his eyes are blue and bright, his brows are slightly frowned, quite serious, his eyes slowly scan the crowd, and suddenly he saw Zhang Yuan, who was wearing glasses and was very eye-catching, this fallen girl suddenly looked ashamed, turned her eyes away, and after a while, she turned her head to look for it, and saw that the young master with glasses was still looking at her with a smile, and her face was even redder- On the left of Mu Zhenzhen is a strong woman, it should be Gu's sister-in-law, and on the right is Mu Jingyan, originally Mu Jingyan's red-haired ghost Liu Tang should not be with Hu Sanniang, but at this time, no one cares about this, and the obscene dwarf who pretends to be a king dwarf tiger doesn't know where, he is short, and he is drowned in the crowd.

Wu Ling suddenly shouted: "Young master, look, the third prince is also in the Water Margin." ”

Zhang Yuan took a look, and sure enough, Zhang Cao was wearing a tasseled hat, wearing green Luo pleats, shaking a sprinkled Jinchuan fan in his hand, accompanied by a woman with glamorous makeup on the left and right, these two women were Fu Fan Shi Zhu, wearing button-down shirts to show a bewitching posture, doing Zhang Zuozhi, Qiao looked like Qiao, and at a glance he knew that it was a woman in the Qinglou - Yang Shixiang and Jin Bozong also saw Zhang Cao, Zhang Cao's picture of a floating prodigal son in the market was dressed, did Shuibo Liangshan have such a person, both of them were very puzzled, and asked Zhang Yuan who the third son of Zhang played was?

Zhang Yuan smiled: "I know, my third brother is pretending to be Ximenqing." ”

Jin Bozong said: "Ximen Qing is not in Liangshan Tiangang, wasn't he killed by Wu Erlang early?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "My third brother is playing the Ximen Qing in another book, the Ximen Qing in that book was not killed by Wu Song, but the wives and concubines are in groups, enjoying all the blessings, and my third brother admires that Ximen Qing very much." ”

Yang Shixiang said: "There are such strange books, what is the title of the book?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's called "Golden Bottle Plum". ”

Zhang Cao saw Zhang Yuan and a few people, so he came over with a smile, and the two fans also followed, Zhang Cao asked with a smile: "Brother Yang, Brother Jin, do you know who I am pretending?" ”

Yang Shixiang and Jin Bozong shook their heads together and said, "It's really hard to guess." ”

Zhang Cao laughed and asked Zhang Yuan: "Do you know who I am?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "I know who the third brother is pretending to be, Ximen is a big official, but I don't know that these two are pretending to be pushing?" He pointed to the two fans, one of whom had seen them in Baihualou last time.

Zhang Cao smiled proudly, reached out to hold up the pink-headed chin on the left, and said, "This is naturally Pan Jinlian who is funny." He hooked the thin waist of the powder on the right and said, "She is a good white-ass Li bottle." ”

The two fans grinned, and used a fan to cool Zhang Cao, which was extremely flattering.

Zhang Yuan said: "Third brother, where are you disturbing Liangshan, where do you let Wu Erlang's face go." ”

As soon as he said this, Zhang Cao held a grudge and arched his hand: "I'll go first, it's important to pray for rain, see you later." Caught up with the two powderheads, inserted behind the flower monk Lu Zhihe, who was carrying a Zen staff, and Wu Song, who was carrying a sword, held the shoulders of the two fans, jumped and kicked down, and kicked that Wu Song down - the one who pretended to be Wu Song was a joke peddler, got up and asked in surprise: "Third son, what are you doing kicking villains so well?" ”

The woman who pretended to be Pan Jinlian had already received Zhang Cao's instructions, and stepped forward and said: "Uncle is frightened, since your brother died, the slave family married this Ximen official, and he is very happy - Uncle has something to say?" ”

Wu Song, who was dressed as a peddler, was inexplicable and stunned on the spot.

(To be continued)