Wumingwa white canopy boat left Qingpu on the second day of the lunar month, tossed a number of waterways, arrived in Hangzhou smoothly in the evening of the tenth day of the first month, since the ship passed through Jiaxing, the snow has hardly stopped, when moored at the port of the Hangzhou canal, the snow on the shore is a foot deep, although the weather is cold and frozen, but the porter and sedan chair man who beg for life at the port or three or three or two in the snow stamping their feet and waiting for the customer, the traces of birds and beasts have been extinct, but people can not rest - seeing a big boat docking, there is a group of porters, sedan chair men hug to the shore to ask if they want to work?

Zhang Yuan said to Zhang Dai: "Brother, Nanping Mountain should have suspended his studies in the thatched cottage, Mr. Huang Yuyong is a native of Hangzhou, and he should still be in the thatched cottage, why don't we visit now, we still have to hurry back to Shanyin, and we can't delay." ”

Zhang Dai nodded and asked Zhang Cao: "Third brother, do you want to go together?" ”

Zhang Cao said: "I'm too lazy to go, you two are his protégés, I'm not, this snowy day, it's so cold, last time in Donglin Academy, I almost froze out of the problem, and I won't fool around with you anymore." ”

These said that Zhang Cao was worried about Lumei's pregnancy, he himself was still very stubborn, and he really didn't want to be a father, and the reason he blamed Lumei was: The eldest brother's Suzhi and Jie Zi's Zhenzhen were not pregnant, and Lumei was pregnant, isn't it Lumei's fault - Zhang Dai shook his head and smiled: "Okay, we are all fools, only you Zhang Yanke is doing serious things-Jie Zi, I will go by myself." ”

Huang Zunsu, Ni Yuanlu, and Qi Biaojia only heard of Mr. Huang Yuyong's name but did not know him, and it was not easy to take the liberty to follow him to visit, so only Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan took Laifu, Nengzhu, and Wuling to go-Mu Zhenzhen hurriedly changed into the pair of gray-black felt boots in the cabin, tied the small Panlong stick to the outside of his right leg, chased out the bow of the boat, and called: "Young master, the maid wants to follow." ”

Zhang Cao smiled: "The female warrior can follow." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and instructed Laifu to hire another sedan chair, Mu Zhenzhen was really busy: "Young master, the servant doesn't sit in a sedan chair." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "They all take a sedan chair to Fu, and they can also take care of the business of the sedan chair drivers." ”

Mu Zhenzhen lifted her skirt, jumped ashore, and said, "Young master, the maid can't take the sedan chair, as soon as you take the sedan chair, you will get dizzy, and the maid is used to walking." ”

Zhang Yuan understood the thoughts of this fallen girl, so he said: "Okay, you tie your trouser legs, don't get your feet wet." ”

Ten sedan chair drivers, five sedan chairs, carrying Zhang Dai, Zhang Yuan five people to Nanping Mountain, Mu Zhenzhen followed Zhang Yuan's sedan chair side and walked briskly, although it has snowed for a few days, but the snow on the road has been trampled on the porcelain, just be careful not to slip and fall.

Laifu, Nengzhu, and Wuling have never sat in a sedan chair, which is very fresh at this time, but seeing Mu Zhenzhen walking, the three of them are cramped and uneasy, and the slave and maid are arrogant and indecent in the sedan chair. ”

The two palanquin drivers were afraid of losing their business, so they walked fast, and said, "It's coming soon, it's going to be there soon." "There are more than ten miles from the canal port to Nanping Mountain, how can you get there right away-Mu Zhen was really careful, knowing that Laifu was embarrassed to take a sedan chair because of her, and said busily: "Brother Laifu, I am indeed dizzy and dare not take a sedan chair, although you sit-"

Mu Zhenzhen looked at the feet of those sedan chair drivers are wearing felt boots, and then tied with straw shoes outside, her father used to listen to the sedan chair to carry the sedan chair, and on snowy days are barefoot and wear straw shoes, she can take a carriage, but she can't take a sedan chair, she will always think of her father when she sees the sedan chair driver, if she takes a sedan chair, it is like her father is carrying her, how can she bear it - "Well, Daddy is now in the army, he should be able to eat and dress warmly, can Daddy receive my letter a year ago?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen thought like this, holding the sedan pole and walking quickly, the back of his hand suddenly warmed, and the young master's hand covered the back of her hand - the group walked outside the Yongjin Gate, it was already dark, but the snow was clear, and the semi-circular bright moon hung in the middle of the sky early, reflecting the snow light, and the four sides were clear, and the road was clear - Zhang Dai looked at the Hangzhou Weaving Department not far away, and said: "Eunuch Zhong is really a good internal official, more enthusiastic, which one is succeeded now?" ”

Zhang Yuandao: "It is said that his name is Zheng Zhihui, but I don't know what the reputation is." ”

Zhang Dai said: "Regardless of him, should you get acquainted with this Zheng eunuch again?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "I don't have that leisure, this also depends on chance, Eunuch Zhong happened to go to Shanyin to see the Longshan Lantern Festival, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately gotten acquainted." ”

Zhang Dai said: "Do you remember the snow in Longshan the year before last, this year's snow seems to be bigger than the year before." ”

Zhang Yuan suddenly remembered the famous "Watching the Snow in the Huxin Pavilion" by the eldest brother Zongzi, and suddenly became interested, and said: "Brother, we visited Mr. Yu Yong and came back to the Huxin Pavilion to watch the snow and drink, how about it?" ”

Zhang Dai is the surname of seeking curiosity and novelty, and said happily: "Great, I have this intention." ”

After the Ningxiang Restaurant by the Leifeng Tower, Zhang Dai and Bao Han discussed the opera in the South Garden, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Cao drank in this Ningxiang Restaurant and waited for Zhang Dai, and later hired a boat to cross the West Lake together, and met the girl Wang Wei on a boat at the broken bridge under the moon - Zhang Yuan instructed Laifu and Nengzhu to stay in this Ningxiang Restaurant, hire a small boat and wait, and prepare a fire, wine and food on the boat, Zhang Dai advised: "The wine and food must be clean, and then prepare two pairs of big clogs, which can be worn outside the boots." ”

Laifu and Nengzhu stayed and paid the wages of the four palanquins, Zhang Yuan asked Mu Zhenzhen to stay, Mu Zhenzhen said: "The maid should follow the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan asked, "Are your felt boots wet?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "No, the upper of the maid's boots and trousers are surrounded by bamboo pieces." Saying that, stretching out a leg for Zhang Yuan to see, but saw that there was a thick bamboo tube around the calf to the ankle, which was to cut the thick bamboo into two, and then tie it tightly on the leg, and the snow road can be cold and humid, which was taught to her by her father Mu Jingyan - there was a sedan chair husband who said: "This method is good, and the villain will do it when he goes back." ”

A group of people stepped on the snow to the grass hall at the foot of Nanping Mountain, the school was closed at the beginning of the month, the school hall that can accommodate hundreds of people was dark and silent, only a few grass houses had lights, Mr. Huang Yuyong and his family members were here, and Mr. Huang's proud disciple Luo Xuanfu - seeing Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan stepping on the snow to visit, Mr. Huang Yuyong was very happy, Luo Xuan's father smiled: "Although Jiezi is not in Hangzhou, Hangzhou always legends the name of Jiezi. ”

Zhang Yuan heard these words familiarly, and hurriedly said: "Ashamed, ashamed." ”

Huang Yuyong said: "Zongsheng has been here in September, and I also know about you, Dong Xuanzai is self-inflicted. He ordered the servant woman to treat wine and food, and to entertain Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan -- Zhang Dai wanted to visit the West Lake on a snowy night, so he said: "Mr. Yu Yong doesn't need to tell his subordinates to treat wine and food, I didn't dare to drink anymore after dinner, and I have to rush back to the boat later." ”

Huang Yuyong said: "The snow is deep and the road is slippery, so why not spend the night here." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The students are eager to return home, and they will leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Huang Yuyong didn't force him to stay, asked the Zhang brothers about their studies in Guozijian, casually asked a few words, and asked about the Han Society, Zhang Yuan explained to Mr. Yu Yong that the Han Society was just an eight-share literary society, with the purpose of exchanging art experience and advocating loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, Huang Yuyong nodded and didn't say much.

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan stayed in the grass hall for half an hour, drank two cups of hot tea, then got up to say goodbye, and when they arrived at the Ningxiang Restaurant near Leifeng Tower, they had already knocked two drums, Laifu and Nengzhu had been waiting for a long time, and a small boat had been moored on the south bank of the West Lake and waiting, at this time there was no boat to solicit passengers in the West Lake, it was Laifu who invited the guys of Ningxiang Restaurant to find the boat - Zhang Yuan and the four of them got on the boat, Laifu and Nengzhu carried two big food boxes and then got on the boat, a red clay stove in the cabin, the charcoal fire was first burned, and Mu Zhenzhen dialed the fire to warm the wine, Zhang Dai impatiently scooped up a scoop of wine and drank it, and said with a smile: "Wait a minute, tell Yanke, let him regret it." ”

When laughing around the fireplace, the boat has already shaken the oar, the boat rowed to the center of the lake leisurely - at the beginning of the day, the people and birds in the lake are all silent, the rime is filled, the sky on a moonlit night is white, the distant mountains wear snow, the trees are frozen flowers, and the clouds, and the water, up and down a white, at this time, if you look down from the Leifeng Tower, you will see a trace of the long causeway on the white West Lake, a little pavilion in the middle of the lake, a mustard in the boat, and the number of people in the boat - the boat arrived at the island in the middle of the lake, Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan tied clogs outside the leather boots, and took the lead in going ashore, Mu Zhenzhen and Laifu four people carried boxes and pots, Cautiously walking towards the Huxin Pavilion - was walking step by step, Zhang Dai suddenly pulled Zhang Yuan's sleeve, made a gesture of relief, Zhang Yuan smiled "hey", the two of them just drank two cups of hot tea at Mr. Yu Yong's place, and drank warm wine in the boat, and their lower abdomen was already heavy, so they walked together under an old plum tree on the side of the road, and sprinkled it under the fertile, spoiling a large piece of snow -- Zhang Yuanxin said: "Well, this is the story behind the wonderful essay "Watching the Snow in the Huxin Pavilion", is this a big scene? ”

But I heard Wu Ling, who had already walked to the pavilion in the center of the lake, shouting: "Young master, there are people on this pavilion!" ”

Zhang Dai was surprised and said to Zhang Yuan: "Is there a more interesting person than my two brothers?" ”

Zhang Yuan and his eldest brother Zhang Dai came to the pavilion, and saw two people sitting opposite each other, a boy burning the stove and boiling warm wine, one of them stood up and said with a smile: "There are many people who are interested, please sit, please sit, drink a few glasses together." ”

Laifu and Nengzhu had also spread out the felt carpet, set up the stove, put the wine jug, and the food box - Zhang Yuan saw that these two people were both thirty or forty years old, and the person who greeted him and the eldest brother to drink was elegant and arrogant, and when he heard the other person call this person "little brother Xiu", his heart moved, and he said respectfully: "Rong Wansheng took the liberty to ask, is Mr. surnamed Yuan?" ”

The man was surprised: "Who is Your Excellency, and where do you recognize Yuan?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Zhang Yuan, who was born in Shanyin, was born later, and I have seen Mr. Yuan. ”

Zhang Dai was also pleasantly surprised: "It turned out to be the younger brother of Yuan Shigong, who was born to Zhang Dai later, and his eldest father Zhang Zhensuzhi." ”

This middle-aged man with elegant appearance and heroic speech is Yuan Zhongdao, the word Xiaoxiu, his brothers Yuan Zongdao and Yuan Hongdao have passed away, and only Yuan Xiaoxiu is the only one who survives.

Yuan Xiaoxiu said with a smile: "It turned out to be Su Weng's virtuous grandson, not bad, gratifying." Looking at Zhang Yuan, he said meaningfully: "You are Zhang Jiezi, I have been looking up for a long time." ”

Another person also smiled: "Tan Yuanchun in Xia Jingling, the word friend Xia, is also the name of Zhang Jiezi in Shanyin for a long time, and when I see it tonight, my name is well deserved." ”

(To be continued)