The early morning of the old courtyard in the song is extremely quiet, and the night of wine entanglement, red teeth and blue strings, wonderful dance and light songs, and prosperous and glamorous Ye are all precipitated into the layer of fat and greasy on the surface of the Qinhuai River at this time, and it flows away silently - the knock in front of the door of Xiangzhen Hall broke the condensation of silence, and the girl Wang Wei stood under the plum tree in front of the door, watched Xue Tong knock on the door, and said with a smile: "Don't knock too quickly, are people waiting behind the door, and open the door as soon as they hear the knock." ”

In the middle of the night, a hunchbacked old servant came to open the door, and said with a smile on his face: "Aunt Wei, my girl has just gotten up, and she hasn't freshened up yet." ”

Wang Wei said: "I'll go in and watch her make up." ”

This time, Wang Wei helped to pull the hair and comb the bun, a little faster, at the beginning of the morning, Li Xueyi dressed up beautifully, and Wang Wei went out of the Xiangzhen Pavilion with Wang Wei, Li Xueyi's little sister Li Ko'er also followed, got off the boat on the banknote street, and went ashore on the Tongji Bridge, Uncle Yao had already hired two sedan chairs to wait by the bridge, Wang Wei and Li Xueyi got on the sedan chair, all the way to the foot of Jiming Mountain to listen to the Zen residence, but saw that the door was like a city, and the Guozi prisoner who saw off the Zhang brothers was bustling, Dozens of mouths were talking at the same time, it was cold, and one by one there was white air - Li Xueyi was as beautiful as a peony, Wang Wei was as beautiful as a white plum, these two famous concubines in the old courtyard got out of the sedan chair, and when they heard the Zen residence, there was silence, dozens of white gases disappeared, and dozens of prisoners closed their mouths to look at these two beautiful girls-Zhang Cao greeted him and said happily: "Girl in snow, Miss Wang Wei, come so early, and Kou'er, please come in, please come in." ”

The prisoners laughed at this time, they had all heard of the reputation of Li Xueyi and Wang Wei in the old courtyard, but they didn't expect that these two concubines would come to see off the Zhang brothers.

Wang Wei has always wanted to come to see Zhang Yuan's residence, today I finally saw it, listening to the Zen residence, very Zen ah, the three Zhang Yuan brothers will soon leave here, and it is impossible to live here again in the future, people go to the empty building, Wang Wei is more melancholy than Zhang Yuan and Zhang Hao - Nanjing Guozi Jian has been suspended from the fifth day of the winter month, because those prisoners who are far away in Lingnan and Fujian should almost have to go on the road if they want to rush home for the New Year, otherwise they will not be able to catch up with their hometown before the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhang Yuan wants to detour to Qingpu, so he also set off as soon as possible - Wang Wei saw that there were many noisy people here, whispered a few words to Li Xueyi, Ershu said goodbye to the Zhang brothers, wished a smooth journey, and went out to get into the sedan chair - the prisoners were surprised, this farewell was too bland, didn't they come to hold hands and look at each other, or was Qinglou ruthless, are they all acting on the spot?

The girl Li Ko'er quietly stepped back and said to Zhang Dai: "Zhang Daxianggong, Aunt Wei and my sister are waiting for you at the Taoye Duwen Old Tea Shop." After that, she smiled prettyly, twisted her small waist and walked away - Zhang Dai looked at the girl's back and said in his heart: "She is quite charming at a young age, and she is also a stunner." ”

Two carriages, twenty porters, in and out of the utensils, at the beginning of the time, the move was moved, the three brothers of the Zhang family together with the servants and the five or sixty people who saw off the prisoners left the Tingzen residence to Tongji Bridge, the owner of the house surnamed Xu locked the door, and the noisy Tingzen residence was suddenly cold and silent - when passing through the garden, Huang Zunsu, Ruan Dacheng and the three brothers of the Zhang family went in to say goodbye to Jiao Hong, Zhang Yuan handed over the long letter he wrote to Xu Guangqi to Mr. Jiao, and asked Mr. Jiao to forward it to Xu Guangqi, and the white-haired Jiao Hong encouraged Zhang Yuan a few words and sent him out of the door, Let his son Jiao Runsheng give him another ride.

Arrived at the Tongji bridge, a five-mingwa white canopy boat has been waiting for a long time, this is two days in the morning Laifu with twenty-six taels of silver hired, with the three Zhang brothers together with the boat in addition to Shangyu Ni Yuanlu, and Yuyao Huang Zunsu, are all from Shaoxing Mansion.

Ruan Dacheng held Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai's hands and said: "I can get to know Xian Kunzhong, Ruan Dacheng is lucky, on March 3 next year, see you at the Shanyin Society." ”

Ruan Dacheng knew that Zhang Yuan was the main league of the Han Society, and decided to participate, Zhang Yuan was enthusiastic about it, and now Ruan Dacheng is a disciple of Gao Panlong, the leader of the Donglin Party, the ancestor is Ruan Xian of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, and the fellow villager is the famous Zuo Guangdou, the root is Miao Hong, the communication is extensive, and the name is good, and Li Xiangjun, who is splashed with blood, has not yet been born, Ruan Dacheng is really unlucky, in the early years of the Apocalypse, there was a vacancy in the department, Zuo Guangdou called fellow countryman Ruan Dacheng to Beijing to fill the vacancy, but at that time, the Donglin Party itself was also infighting, [***] Xing and others were not on good terms with Zuo Guangdou, Don't use Ruan Dacheng, reappointed another disciple of Gao Panlong, Wei Dazhong, as the official branch to give the matter - at that time, Wei Zhongxian heard of Ruan Dacheng's name, in line with the principle of working against the Donglin party, he appointed Ruan Dacheng as the official to give the matter, Ruan Dacheng's life was ruined, and he was saddled with the notoriety of betraying the division and the eunuch party, and he was not able to bear the terrible pressure of the division and the Donglin party for a month, and abandoned the official and fled back to his hometown in Tongcheng, two years later, Wei Zhongxian monopolized the power and summoned Ruan Dacheng into Beijing to serve as the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, Ruan Dacheng is a disciple of Gao Panlong, Cui Chengxiu and other eunuchs did not trust him, the Donglin party people spurned him, Ruan Dacheng was not pleasing on both sides, and within a few months he abandoned the official and returned to his hometown to live idlely, Emperor Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, Ruan Dacheng was listed in the Wei eunuch rebellion case, and was taken as a target by the Fushe figures, in fact, Ruan Dacheng has always wanted to return to Donglin, and the Donglin party people are deliberately flattering, but the Donglin party people are either white or black, and refuse to give him a chance, and finally Chongzhen Ruan Dacheng has never been an official, and Ruan Dacheng served as the right attendant of the military department during the Southern Ming regime, and the scenery lasted for a few days, and then surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and died on the Xianxia Ridge - Ruan Dacheng's life tragedy is Zhang Yuan's previous experience, Zhang Yuan wants to wander between the eunuch and the Donglin party is really a dangerous road, a little carelessness will be like Ruan Dacheng is not a human being, of course, now the eunuch party has not yet been formed, the struggle between the parties has not yet reached the point of life and death, in fact, the so-called eunuch party, is dependent on Wei Zhongxian's Zhejiang, Chu, Qi party, with the Zhejiang party as the biggest, Zhang Yuan's ancestor Zhang Rulin is the Zhejiang party, it seems that Zhang Yuan became a eunuch party is very basic——...... The three Zhang brothers and Huang Zunsu said goodbye to the shore at the bow of the boat, and the Wumingwa white canopy boat left the Tongji Bridge, going up against the Qinhuai River, the sky was overcast, the north wind was cold, the river was sinking and cold, and there might be heavy snow in the near future - Zhang Dai instructed the boatman to go to Taoyedu for a while, and smiled at Zhang Cao and Zhang Yuan: "Li Xueyi and Wang Wei are in the Wenlao Tea Shop for us. ”

Zhang Caoxi said: "I said, the two of them won't say goodbye to us so hastily." ”

Ni Yuanlu smiled: "What are you going to do, do you want to be affectionate and make a hundred-year covenant when you leave?" ”

Zhang Cao deliberately asked: "Brother Ruyu, didn't that Meiji who took seven baths in one night come to see you off?" ”

Ni Yuanlu has been teased by Zhang Cao many times about this, and said: "Hugh has to make fun of it, how can there be seven baths in one night, at most six times." ”

Zhang Cao said with a smile: "I only heard of seven times a night, but I didn't hear about six baths a night, Brother Ruyu is famous for this incident in Jinling Old Courtyard Pearl City, the name Ji Meiji, looking at Ni Ruyu and changing color." ”

Everyone laughed.

The boat arrived at Taoyedu, and saw Xue Tong and Lao Yao waiting at the ferry, Zhang Yuan and the eldest brother and the third brother went ashore and went to Min's tea shop, Wang Wei and Li Xueyi tasted tea in the Ming Window elegant room, Min Wenshui cooked it himself, Zhang Dai said: "Wen Lao, say goodbye today, I don't know how to taste Wen Lao's tea again!" ”

Min Wenshui was like snow, holding a pot to pour a hot tea for Zhang Dai, and said: "The three Zhang Gongzi have a great future, and they will pass by Jinling in the future, and they will be happy to come to the old tea shop again." ”

The three Zhang brothers said in unison: "Certainly, definitely, definitely come to visit Wenlao again." ”

Although it is not as noisy as listening to the Zen dwelling before, but the return boat is waiting at the ferry, Zhang Yuan and the three of them can not stay for a long time, sip a cup of tea, and Wang Wei, Li Xueyi said a conversation, then got up to say goodbye, Li Xueyi has a gift to the three Zhang Xianggong, to Zhang Dai is a good tea and a hole flute, to Zhang Cao is a famous wine and a folding fan, to Zhang Yuan is a duanyan and a lake pen, the girl gave a bequest, there are no vulgar things - Wang Wei's gift to Zhang Dai is a pot of famous Hanlan, it is her hand plant, Zhang Dai is very happy, the gift to Zhang Cao is Wang Wei's hand-copied "Forget Worries and Qing Music Collection" Two volumes, this is a Go score, Zhang Cao is also very happy, what he gave Zhang Yuan is a painting, the roll is not opened, I don't know what the painting is?

The three brothers of the Zhang family also have gifts in return, Zhang Yuan to Wang Wei, Li Xueyi is each Western cloth, three satin each, vulgar and vulgar, fortunately practical, Zhang Yuan to Wang Wei also wrote at the request of Wang Wei "On public security, Jingling and the poems of the seven sons before and after" - Wang Wei helped Li Xueyi to the Taoye ferry to send Zhang Yuan and the three people on the boat, Li Xueyi said: "Three Zhang Xianggong, next year is the year of the autumn wind Guizi, the three Xianggong must be high school, then you have to enter Beijing to test, please come to Jinling, the concubine and Xiuwei toast the three Xianggong. ”

Zhang Cao said: "I will definitely not be successful, my eldest brother and Jie Zi are determined to win, and when the time comes, the two of them will be matched with you two by two, and it is just right to be one less than me." ”

Li Xueyi hid her face and smiled, and said: "Yan Ke is a great talent, and he can also be successful." ”

Zhang Cao said: "Regardless of whether he is in the middle or not, he will also go to Beijing to watch the excitement when the time comes, and he can't let the two of them have fun alone." ”

Wang Wei only said one sentence, "The three ministers are cherished", looked at Zhang Yuan, his beautiful eyes were bright, and he had nothing else to say.

The three brothers got on the boat, the Wumingwa white canopy boat sailed back from the shore, the peach leaf crossing, the peach leaf pavilion, and the shore stood side by side, gradually all of them were far away, the mountains were cold and cold, the sky was cloudy and snowy, and even the happy Zhang Cao felt melancholy, and sighed: "This time in Nanjing for half a year, it is really nothing!" ”

Zhang Dai said: "What did you say, Yanke? ”

Zhang Cao said: "Today, I saw Li Xueyi's delicate appearance, I was very excited, I was very moved when I saw Li Xueyi for the first time, but I never had the opportunity to have a fragrance, and I only drank flower wine once on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Nanjing for half a year, which was really restrained." ”

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan laughed.

But I heard Zhang Cao say again: "That Wang Wei is even more a pity, you have to regret your death, what kind of Taoism is pretending, Eunuch Zhong funded you to comb Wang Wei, you just laughed at it, although Wang Wei scolded you, it was also a fake scolding, and I must be secretly happy in my heart, Wang Wei has already promised you, but you have failed others, in the future, this pretty, tender and tender famous Ji is cheaper What Mao Zhisheng, Wang Ruqian, what do you mean by even six yuan!" ”

Huang Zunsu and Ni Yuanlu on the side shook their heads when they heard this, how many scholars have given up the imperial examination for the imperial examination, who has ever seen someone who gave up the imperial examination for a memory, Zhang Yanke, who has no long surname, wants him to be obsessed with a woman, and it is impossible for him to say this on a whim, anyway, he doesn't like to read - Zhang Yuan frowned, didn't say anything, looked at the flowing water on the bow of the boat, and said in his heart: "From my own surname, how to come how refreshing, this is only a person who is not deeply involved in the world and wishful thinking will think so, The world is full of all kinds of rules, constraints, contradictions and compromises, if you want to come with your own surname, you will only run into walls everywhere, and you will only cause a lot of trouble, just say that this Wang Wei, she seems to have affection for me, then I should hit it off and comb her, don't say that Wang Wei, a girl with a surname, is not necessarily willing, even if she is willing, how to get along after combing her, throw it aside, or bring it back to Shanyin as a concubine, well, bring it back to Sanyin There are many things, my father will definitely scold me, what will I think, the house is not peaceful, I still save the country, the fart—"

Zhang Dai put the pot of cold orchid that Wang Wei gave him at the door of the cabin, admired it endlessly, and said: "Wang Xiuwei, elegant and profound, the gift is more attentive than Li Xueyi, right Jiezi, look at the painting she gave you?" ”

Ni Yuanlu heard that there was a painting, so he came over to look at it, and saw that the painting was a cliff, the cold orchid on the cliff was hanging upside down, a few sparse brushstrokes, and the mood was vivid, and he couldn't help but praise: "Good brushwork!" ”

Zhang Dai recited the poem inscribed on the painting: "The cliff sprays strange fragrance, and the weeping liquid is empty and makes passers-by busy; If it weren't for the high position, it would be inevitable that Zhumen would be accompanied by evening makeup. Raising his eyes to look at Zhang Yuan, he said with a smile: "Jiezi, Wang Xiuwei Lan has a good heart, this is to show you his heart through poetry and painting——"

Zhang Cao didn't quite understand, Zhang Dai explained: "Wang Wei compares himself to a lonely orchid on the cliff, which means that he is lonely and miserable, Lansheng is in the wild, and passers-by can see it, but because he is on the cliff, not everyone can blaspheme and pick. ”

…… Zhang Yuan and his entourage left Jinling before noon on the seventh day of the winter month, from the Qinhuai River into the Jurong River, and then from the Jurong River to the Grand Canal, passed the Beitang at noon on the seventeenth day of the winter month, in front of the prosperous and rich Wuxi County, the ten years on the boat is not lonely, Zhang Yuan and Huang Zunsu read papers, especially get along, each other's strength, all feel beneficial, Huang Zunsu is very smart, and studious, he is looking at the six volumes of "Geometric Original" sent by Xu Guangqi to Zhang Yuan, which has nothing to do with the natural science books of Shi Yunzi, Huang Zunsu actually reads with relish, every difficulty, Zhang Yuan was able to answer his questions, which made Huang Zunsu extremely surprised and asked, "Brother Xian has read this book before?" ”

The original fifteen volumes of "Geometric Originals" were brought by Matteo Ricci from Italy, and the first six volumes were translated in cooperation with Xu Guangqi, and the last nine volumes may not be proficient in Matteo Ricci himself, so he could not translate them, the first six volumes of "Geometric Originals" belong to the category of plane geometry, which is basically the knowledge learned in junior high school and high school. "Hey, you might as well shock and shock this extremely smart Huang Zunsu - Huang Zunsu was really shocked, and exclaimed: "Brother Xian is really the most intelligent person I have ever seen." "Carefully study the "Geometric Original", ask Zhang Yuan if you don't understand, every time you know, you dance, this is the real person who seeks knowledge, not the kind of person who reads only for the imperial examination or empty talk about righteousness, it is precisely because of such a father that there can be China's Voltaire - Huang Zongxi.

Zhang Yuan is looking at the water conservancy engineering book "Taixi Water Law", this book is also six volumes, the first four volumes respectively introduce the dragon tail car that extracts the water of the river, the Yuheng car that extracts the water of the well and spring, the Hengsheng car and other water lifting tools, as well as the reservoir construction method that collects and stores the water of rain and snow, as well as how to find the water source and determine the method of digging the well, the fifth volume discusses the irrigation and drainage problems in the form of questions and answers, and the sixth volume is the atlas, teaching people how to make these water conservancy projects and appliances - the drought and flood disasters were frequent in the late Ming Dynasty, this "Taixi Water Law" It is very useful, judging from the "Heavenly Creations" compiled by Song Yingxing later, the science and technology of the late Ming Dynasty reached a very high level, and the key is to promote it - Zhang Yuan closed the book, rubbed his somewhat sour eyes, and suddenly heard Zhouzi shouting: "It's snowing." Looking sideways at the canopy window, at first there was nothing, and when I looked at it again, small pieces of snowflakes flew like white moths, fluttering for a while, and disappeared, as if I was testing - at dusk, the snow gradually fell heavier, and when the boat arrived at the mouth of the Wuxi Canal, a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the bank, and Zhang Cao said: "I don't know if my brother-in-law Qi Huzi is still in Donglin Academy?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It should be there, Ruan Jizhi said that Donglin Academy will not be closed until the end of winter." ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Let's go to meet Mr. Jingyi together." ”

Zhang Dai said: "Let's go early in the morning, now the rain and snow are twilight, I'm afraid I won't find it for a while." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "First ask the porter on the shore, Donglin Academy is far from here, if it is not far away, go now, there is nothing to do left and right, and it is also fun to walk in the snow." ”

Laifu went ashore to ask someone, and came back and said, "It's on the north shore, four or five miles away." ”

Zhang Dai, Zhang Cao, Zhang Yuan, Huang Zunsu, Ni Yuanlu five people each with a healthy servant, led by a local porter, walking four miles in the snow, far away to see two flagpoles in the north wind fierce exhibition, get closer, see the left flag on the four characters is "sound through Qionglin", the right flag is "Xiang Piao Gui Palace", behind the flagpole stone is a tall stone archway, the stone is very new, it is only built in recent years, behind the stone archway is the Donglin Academy Yimen, a gatekeeper greeted out and said: "A few sons please stay, the academy has been closed, The lecture period is every three days after Ding, and a few sons will come to listen to the lecture when the time comes. ”

Zhang Yuan arched his hand and said, "May I ask which gentlemen are in the courtyard?" ”

The gatekeeper: "Mr. Jingyi is here, and Mr. Nangao from Jiangxi is also in the courtyard." ”

Mr. Nangao is Zou Yuanbiao, and one of the leaders of Donglin, and Gu Xiancheng, [***] Xing together called the three monarchs, Wanli five years of Jinshi, because of opposition to Zhang Juzheng's love was demoted, from Wanli eighteen years has not been out of office, gathered to give lectures, Liu Zongzhou once asked Zou Yuanbiao for advice on "Zhou Li", Qingpu Yuan County Order Li Banghua is Zou Yuanbiao's disciple - Zhang Yuan's five people handed over the name post, asked the gatekeeper to report on their behalf, the gatekeeper showed embarrassment, Laifu did not wait for Zhang Yuan's orders, just stuffed two cents of silver, the gatekeeper did not accept it, Zhang Cao looked at it, too little? Let Nengzhu take out a tael of silver, and the gatekeeper closed the door with a "bang" - Zhang Yuan and the others looked at each other, and Huang Zunsu smiled: "You bribe before going to Donglin Gate, you have hit a wall." ”

Zhang Cao said: "One tael of silver is still less, if you smash a hundred taels or a thousand taels, I don't believe he won't report it." ”

Everyone laughed, and Ni Yuanlu said: "Only Zhang Yanke, a big gentleman in Shanyin, would think of giving a bribe of 100,000 taels to a gentleman, haha." ”

Looking up at the two big flags under the twilight, Zhang Dai smiled and said: "If I go back after eating such a closed door, how can I wait for face." ”

Zhang Cao didn't believe in authority, and said: "Jie Zi, really eldest brother, the two of you will not be inferior in knowledge to any Donglin Sanjun, let's talk about debating with Gao and Zou and let that person open the door." ”

Huang Zunsu hurriedly said: "How dare you do it below." He glanced at Zhang Yuan and said with a smile: "Maybe Jie Zixian can argue with Mr. Jingyi." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "How dare you argue, I just want to ask the two sages Gao and Zou for advice." ”

Gao Panlong and Zou Yuanbiao are the characters that Zhang Yuan is eager to understand, and he wants to see these two Donglin leaders with his own eyes, talk to them and understand them in depth, and corroborate what he has learned from history, Liu Zongzhou said, "The affairs of the world can be taken care of by one person?" ”； Gu Xiancheng said, "What outsiders are, temples must think wrong; If the temple is not, outsiders will think it is. This kind of consensus on the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband makes the Donglin Party consciously or unconsciously antagonistic to the emperor, and the opposition to the [***] reading is an important political proposition of the Donglin Party, even if the Donglin Party people have their own selfishness, even if the Donglin Party people do not recognize the internal and external troubles that have led to the evil consequences, but this kind of anti-reading is always progressive, and it must not be said that the anti-reading will lead to the death of the country, and the evaluation of the Donglin Party by later historians is mostly positive, but under the influence of the wind of overturning the case and a certain strange trend of thought after the summer of his own life, The Donglin Party members below Gu and Gao were maliciously scandalized - Huang Zunsu said: "I'll knock on the door and try it." ”

Huang Zunsu took the name card of five people and then went to knock on the door, said a few words to the gatekeeper through the door, handed the name card in, and turned back to Zhang Yuan and the four people: "I have already gone to report." ”

Zhang Cao was greatly impressed and asked Huang Zunsu what he said to the gatekeeper? Huang Zunsu smiled but did not answer, and was forced to ask by Zhang Cao, but said with a smile: "I praise the person who refuses to bribe Gao Jie, and is worthy of being the gatekeeper of Donglin Academy, it can be seen that everyone can be a sage and sincerity, and said that we are Qi Biaojia's fellow villagers, and I came to see Mr. Jingyi in the snow, please report, if Mr. Jingyi refuses to see, then I will come back in two days." ”

Zhang Cao asked with bare eyes: "It's that simple?" ”

Huang Zunsu smiled and said, "Well, it's as simple as that. ”

Zhang Cao didn't like to listen to what he said, and said: "Sometimes flattery is indeed better than silver. ”

Zhang Dai hurriedly said: "The third brother is talking nonsense again, the real eldest brother is an insight into human feelings, how can it be said to be flattery." ”

Huang Zunsu didn't contact Zhang Cao on the first day, he already knew this gentleman's surname, Huang Zunsu is a smart person, and he won't take Zhang Cao's words to heart, just laugh.

When the ten masters and servants waited outside the Yimen of Donglin Academy for about a moment, the door opened, and out came a twelve- or thirteen-year-old young scholar, who was a square scarf and a shirt at a young age, and had already made a name for himself, and it was Qi Biaojia, a prodigy from Shanyin

(To be continued)