Zhang Yuan and his eldest brother Zhang Dai went out of the triple gate of Guozijian, and saw that Zhang Cao was already waiting outside, and Nengzhu and Feng Hu had been waiting outside, Zhang Cao went to the door and kicked the long pole, and walked back to Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan: "The plague official said that the long rod with people's heads is this, it's really hateful, as soon as you enter school, you will say this, and the bad people are interested." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The third brother is only suitable for being a gentleman in his hometown, and he can't go out, but fortunately it is now the forty-second year of Wanli, if it was two hundred years ago, it would definitely be a great hardship." ”

Zhang Dai was also worried that Zhang Cao would cause trouble, and said: "Third brother, why don't you come now under the pretext of illness, how can your surname stand the constraints of this prison rule, and make the eldest father feel sorry for him if he causes trouble." ”

Zhang Cao smiled and said: "How can this be true, am I Zhang Yanke a person who is afraid of difficulties and timid, I am biased to face difficulties, don't worry, the prison and the school officials are also people, see me use silver to knock them down." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Why bother, the third brother's silver might as well be spent on the Qinhuai River house." ”

Zhang Cao said: "I want to see their courtesy, righteousness and shame on the surface, and their faces behind the scenes, and there are thousands of prisoners in this southern prison, all of whom are children of rich families, I have to sell them myopia glasses, myopia glasses are too cheap for four taels of silver, six taels." ”

Zhang Dai said helplessly: "Then you play for two days first, if you can't do it, you will be released from prison due to illness, don't confront the prison officials and school officials, otherwise you will be blamed with a cane and count you as unlucky, can you still gather house slaves to fight back like Shanyin!" ”

Zhang Cao rolled his eyes and said: "Big brother, I'm not a fool, will I be so stupid and don't know the severity?" ”

Zhang Dai opened the folding fan to shade the sun: "Okay, let's not talk about you, let's go quickly, this is so poisonous." ”

The three brothers and Nengzhu and Feng Hu returned to the foot of Jiming Mountain to listen to the Zen residence, this listening to the Zen residence is their rented house, it is the name taken by Zhang Dai, isn't there a Jiming Temple on the Jiming Mountain, Sanskrit Zen singing when I hear it, so it is called Listening to the Zen residence - "Young master, you don't have to live in the Guozi Prison, right?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen saw that the three young masters came back together, so he thought that he was just going to study in Guozijian, and after finishing school, he went back to his residence.

Zhang Cao said: "It's just that I came back to move things, the four treasures of the study, and the utensils used to move to the prison room, as soon as the south prison enters the deep sea, this entry will not come out until the end of the year, which is equivalent to being imprisoned for half a year, and it is bitter." ”

"Ahh Mu Zhenzhen's eyes widened in surprise and looked at Zhang Cao, and then at Zhang Yuan.

Su Zhi and Lumei were also surprised: "If you go in, you can't come out, is it really fake?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "It's okay, but I really have to live in prison, and it should be okay to come out every once in a while." ”

The noon meal was cooked by Mu Zhenzhen, there were anchovies, salted duck, cucumbers, lettuce, Jinling tofu, straw mushroom soup, Zhang Yuan thought it was very delicious, praised Mu Zhenzhen a few words, but told Laifu to hire a cook and a washerwoman nearby, their master and servant a total of fourteen people, do need a special cook and washerwoman.

In the afternoon, the three brothers of Zhang Yuan went to the garden to explain the enrollment situation to Jiao Taishi today, and informed them of the matter of renting the Zen residence, Jiao Runsheng and Zong Yishan followed to the Listening Zen residence to see, the green mountains behind the house, the Buddhist temple is towering, the bamboo and old willows are repaired in front of the house, the flowers and plants in the courtyard, the small building is not new or old, and the guest house is really good.

Since leaving Shanyin after the Dragon Boat Festival, it has been a month and a half, and there is no home to write back, now it is said that he is in prison, and he has settled down, Zhang Yuan and the three brothers wrote letters to their families, reporting safety and saying the latest situation, Zhang Yuan also wrote a letter to Shang Zhoude and Shang Ran, Zhang Cao saw Zhang Yuan write a letter to the Shang girl, so he said: "I also wrote a letter to Miss Jing Qi, she will not die of shame, right?" ”

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "Yanke, don't come nonsense, the Qi family is strict, don't you see Qi Huzi's young and old appearance, you will be scolded for being frivolous and incompetent." ”

Zhang Cao shouted: "Why can I write, I can't, how can this be reasonable!" ”

Zhang Dai asked, "Have you seen Miss Qi, what letter do you write?" ”

Zhang Cao suddenly became angry and said: "I'd rather marry a girl than marry someone I've never met!" ”

Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan looked at each other, Jiao Runsheng and Zong Yishan pretended not to hear, and were discussing whether the evening drum and morning bell of Jiming Temple would be noisy here-the more Zhang Cao thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and he initiated the surname to come, shouting that he was going to marry Wang Wei or Li Xueyi back-"Third brother, Hugh is messing around." Zhang Dai shouted: "You can take a concubine, but it is absolutely impossible to regret marrying and marrying, no matter how much the third uncle and mother spoil you, it will not be such nonsense from you, the eldest father will really break your legs, don't be irritable, drink a cup of tea." ”

Zhang Yuan persuaded: "Third brother, Miss Shang and I met first because of an accident, there is nothing to envy, isn't it easy to gamble with the third brother, your marriage is like a big gamble, when you get married, the two sides have a showdown, and their appearance and surname are revealed, isn't this also very interesting?" ”

For the third brother Zhang Cao, Zhang Yuan only enlightened him like this - Zhang Cao said with bare eyes: "If the appearance is ugly, the surname is fierce, and the lion roars in Hedong, then I am not miserable." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "That is, you lost the bet, admit the gamble and admit defeat, there is nothing to say." ”

Zhang Dai and Jiao Runsheng both laughed, and Zhang Dai said: "Don't lose so badly, you see that Qi Huzi was born very handsome, and the Qi girl was carefully watched by the third uncle and mother, and they all said that it was a flower and a moon, and she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth." ”

Zhang Cao was moody, and when Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan said this, he really turned his anger into joy, and said: "Jiezi, the date for me and my eldest brother to welcome each other has been set, the eldest brother is the second day of February next year, I am February 16, both of us are going to admit defeat in the bet, when will you and Miss Shang get married?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The two brothers are nineteen years old, how dare the younger brother compete for the first, he must be nineteen years old." ”

Zhang Cao said: "That Shang girl is one year older than you, you are nineteen years old, and she is twenty years old." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The third brother is really talkative, is this also something that the third brother needs to worry about." ”

After writing the letters, I still ask Jiao Runsheng to send these letters by post, and if there is a reply, it will also be sent to Jiao Taishi's office.

Because the newly admitted inmates must have dinner in the prison hall, the dinner time is the right time, so Zhang Yuan's three brothers left the listening Zen residence at the beginning of the year to return to the Zijian, Zhang Yuan's side, Wuling carried a book, Mu Zhenzhen held the clothes and sent it to the gate of the Guozijian, on the way Zhang Yuan told Wuling to read more books, practice calligraphy, and the things of the Hanshe Bookstore can also help in the future, don't be satisfied with the duties of a small servant and a scholar, as for Mu Zhenzhen, Zhang Yuan said: "In addition to reading and writing, martial arts should not be deserted." ”

Mu Zhenzhen nodded and said, "The maid knows." He added: "The young master takes good care of himself in prison." ”

Zhang Yuan always had difficulty adapting to this prison, which was almost the same as in prison, and said with a smile: "Got it." ”

Guozijian did not allow idle people to enter, Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai had to carry their armpit clips on their shoulders, and moved the book and clothes to the Guangye Hall room, but Zhang Cao was leisurely, there was a prison handyman who was waiting early in front of Taixue to help him carry things, and money could make ghosts grind, it seems that Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan were worried that it was redundant, as long as they were willing to make money, Zhang Cao was definitely more comfortable in the prison than Zhang Yuan - for Wei Dazhong, who was the first loyal martyr, Zhang Yuan was of course very respectful, but he did not want to be in the same room as Wei Dazhong, and said to Zhang Dai: "Brother, who is in the same room as you?" It's better to swap it, I'm in the same room as my eldest brother. ”

Zhang Dai carried his hand on his shoulder, he had never been so tired, and panted and said: "Tongcheng Ruan Dacheng, the words are collected." ”

"Ruan Dacheng!"

Zhang Yuan was stunned, on the day at the end of October the year before last, he went to visit Shang Zhoude in Huiji, and when he came back, he heard that Brother Shi said that there was a visit from Ruan Dacheng, leaving a sentence "It turned out that he owed a life", which made him scratch his head, thinking that Brother Shi had misremembered, but he didn't expect to meet Ruan Dacheng in Nanjing Guozijian, and he was in the same room as the eldest brother, Wei Dazhong was the Donglin Party, Ruan Dacheng was the eunuch party, and if the number room was changed, Wei Dazhong and Ruan Dacheng would live in the same room - Zhang Yuan moved the book and clothes to the number room, and saw that Wei Dazhong had changed into a prison scarf, was reading on the bookcase, and when he saw Zhang Yuan coming in, he nodded and read by himself.

The furnishings of this room are very simple, two three-foot-wide wooden beds, two pine tables, two square chairs, nothing else, Zhang Yuan put the book on the pine table on the west wall, rested on the head of the bed, and arched his hand to Wei Dazhong: "Wei Zhaichang, in Xiashanyin Zhang Yuan, and my eldest brother Zhang Dai entered the prison to study together, and I want to live in the same room with my eldest brother, please allow Wei Zhaichang to change the room." ”

Wei Dazhong returned the salute, but said: "The prison rules are not allowed to privately borrow the number room." "Just say this, nothing else, still read the book.

Zhang Yuan knew that this Wei Dazhong was an extremely difficult person to accommodate, if he didn't change it, he wouldn't change it, he was too lazy to say, he sat on the square chair and shook his fan to rest, but he heard a hearty voice sounding outside the door: "Brother Jie Zixian, I have admired the name for a long time, and now I finally get to know Jing, and Ruan Dacheng in Tongcheng is polite." ”

Speaking of the five words "Tongcheng Ruan Dacheng", the person has entered the room, took a deep look at Zhang Yuan, and then stood up straight, smiling slightly, it is a chic and beautiful man, about twenty-six or seven, although it is an ordinary prison scarf, but the wide-sleeved soap silk on him has a different kind of elegant connotation, this Ruan Dacheng, who has been stinked by "Peach Blossom Fan", is it such a handsome and free appearance, much more pleasing to the eye than Wei Dazhong, and hearty and enthusiastic, it is simply like a home at first sight - Zhang Yuan also saluted: "Brother Ruan, long admiration, long admiration, Brother Ruan was in Shanyin the year before last." , I didn't have a chance to see it below, and I thought it was shocking, and now I said, there is no shock. ”

Ruan Dacheng laughed and said: "I didn't have a chance in Xia, and I deliberately went to Shanyin to visit Brother Jiezi, but I couldn't see it, and I am still melancholy." ”

Zhang Dai came in after him and said, "Brother Ruan asked me if I knew Shanyin Zhang Jiezi, and I said it, and Brother Ruan immediately jumped up and came over." ”

Ruan Dacheng said with a smile: "I have been thinking about Zhang Jiezi and Zhang Zongzixian Kunzhong for a long time." When he said these words, Wei Dazhong, who had been looking at Zhang Yuan - reading on the side, put down the scroll, stood up and shook his head: "Ruan Jizhi, your voice is not small. ”

Zhang Yuan was secretly surprised, listening to Wei Dazhong's tone, he and Ruan Dacheng not only knew each other, but also had a good relationship.

Ruan Dacheng smiled and said: "Senior Brother Wei, the younger brother is a friend who has been friends with God for a long time, and his emotions are in the middle and outside-" Seeing that Zhang Yuan's eyes were inquiring, he explained: "I am under the door of Mr. Jingyi of Donglin Academy with Brother Wei, and Senior Brother Wei's knowledge and character are what I admire the most." ”

Mr. Jingyi is Gao Panlong, this Ruan Dacheng and Wei Dazhong are actually brothers.

(To be continued)