The scorching sun slopes westward, the mountains shine, and the small lake at the foot of the mountain is steaming with dense water vapor, which decorates the "Dongshe Mountain Residence" covered by plum forests, pines and bamboos into a deep and ethereal fairyland.

Zhang Dai is extremely envious of Chen Jiru's secluded life in the mountains, and it is just a friend of Mei and Crane, there is such a beautiful female disciple, why should he go to the imperial examination to be an official if he is so happy like a fairy, but Chen Mei's public works in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and is famous in the sea, how can he compare, so he can't help but be a little depressed when he thinks about it - Zhang Yuan knows the eldest brother's thoughts, and said: "Brother, we are better than Mei Gong in our youth, why do we need to look back, and look at the distance and the sky." Chao Hong said Yunxia pointed.

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "Jie Zi is right, we are talented and romantic young people, we come to say that Fang Chang has a bright future, and Mei Gong must also envy my two brothers." ”

Zhang Yuan and his entourage of seven people rested for a while at the South Peak, and were about to go down the mountain to return to the Lu Manor, but they saw a boy with hair running up from the way he came, and called: "Two Zhang Xianggong, please wait a moment-"

When the boy ran closer, Zhang Yuan remembered his surname and recognized that the boy was the maid who accompanied the girl's crown to cross by the West Lake, so he told the eldest brother Zhang Dai, and Zhang Dai asked the boy: "What is the matter with the boy chasing him, do you want to pass a letter to your girl?" Zhang Dai also guessed that the girl was not a lady, but a woman from the Qinglou Song Boat - the boy gasped and said: "Two princesses, may I ask the girls of my family - when will you go to Nanjing?" ”

Zhang Dai asked, "What, do you want to take a boat again?" ”

Zhang Dai just said this casually, but the boy nodded very seriously and said: "Exactly, the two ministers asked the two fathers to take care of my girl all the way." "This boy looks like he is a teenager and very articulate.

Zhang Dai was quite surprised, glanced at Zhang Yuan, and motioned for Zhang Yuan to answer, Zhang Yuan said: "Our brother has to stay in Songjiang for ten days and a half months, can your girl wait?" ”

The boy said: "It just so happens that my girl is also about to ask Mei Gong for a few more words - the two ministers, then it is a word, please come and tell me when you want to leave." He gave a salute and returned the way he came.

Zhang Dai said: "Wait a minute. Zhang Dai asked the boy: "Let me ask you, what is your girl's surname, and where is her home?" ”

The boy smiled and said: "The surname is Wang, the villain calls her Aunt Wei, and her home is by the Changban Bridge in Nanjing-what else do the two ministers have to ask?" ”

Zhang Dai smiled: "Okay, you go." Watching the boy jumping away, he turned his head sideways and said to Zhang Yuan: "It's really a girl in the song-"

Zhang Yuan asked, "What do you say?" ”

Zhang Dai said: "Although I have never been to Nanjing, I have heard Zhou Menong say that the Changban Bridge is by the Qinhuai River and the Vermilion Bird Bridge, which is the old courtyard Lehu Settlement Area, this girl can travel freely, suddenly West Lake, suddenly Huating, not how can the girl in the song be like this." ”

Zhang Yuan said "um", didn't say anything, and didn't think that such a beautiful girl was a little lady in the old courtyard and a pity, and did not despise and despise because the girl was a woman in the Qinglou, different life circumstances, each with its own way of survival, with his experience in two lives, he has seen a lot of well-dressed evil, righteous hypocrisy, humble true feelings and a flash of brilliance in a filth, he has long learned to see people through the appearance of identity, in the late Ming Dynasty, most of the gentry are not more noble than the girl, Liu Ru and Qian Qianyi met to sink into the lake and martyred, Qian Qianyi said that the water was too cold, Li Xiangjun angrily scolded Ruan Dacheng, and Wang Yue scolded the thief and died, so don't have prejudices against anyone - Zhang Dai will not feel sorry for it, and said happily: "Wonderful, we won't be lonely when we go to Nanjing." ”

The old courtyard is famous, good at poetry and painting, and more with the celebrities of the Wuyue Party Society, it can be said that there is a relationship between men and women and the friendship of teachers and friends, Zhang Dai is very yearning for this kind of relationship between men and women who are also teachers and lovers, which is obviously impossible in everyone's girlfriends, if there is, it is cheating, it is against morality, and it will be ruined, and the relationship with the name is riddled with scandals, that is the romance of celebrities and men, and it is enough to be praised, and the atmosphere of the late Ming Dynasty is like this - Zhang Yuan joked: "In ancient times, there were two peaches to kill three soldiers, and now they are in the same boat, and the three of us brothers are going to break their heads." ”

Zhang Dai laughed and said: "Who does the beauty love, that is the freedom of the beauty, how can I force it, my generation is not the kind of cowardly vulgar guest who spoils the scenery, but Yanke is difficult to say, Jiezi, haven't you already made an appointment with Yanke to bet on who can get the favor of Li Xueyi, the Oiran of the old courtyard, I expect Li Xueyi to be inferior to this Wang Weigu-"

Zhang Yuan said: "This is also a joke, who is impatient to gamble on that seriously, Dong Qichang is hating me to the bone, I am still good, don't I know whether I live or die, I am going to Huating, step by step." ”

Zhang Dai nodded and said: "Of course, these can only be talked about when Dong Qichang is defeated, and fighting Dong is a serious matter." ”

The group went down to the Lu manor, had dinner in the manor, and walked back to Qingpu County, ten miles away, Zhang Cao liked wine and hospitality, and Liu Jingting and Hong Daotai, Jin Bozong and several Qingpu students also returned from drinking, and met on the street, Zhang Cao asked Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan about visiting Chen Meigong, Zhang Dai said: "I will talk to you in detail in a few days, there is a more important thing at the moment." Then he told Chen Mei's public servants what they had seen and heard when they went to Dong's mansion.

Hong Daotai exclaimed: "This is not good, Nabu Shicheng is a student in Shanghai, he should know Jin Langzhi and them, Dong Zu will often arrest Jin Langzhi and ask them." ”

Jin Bozong said: "Brother Lang, Brother Weng, and Brother Jiang are all famous, and neither the Fuzun nor the County Zun can be punished, so the Dong family doesn't dare to do anything to them——"

Zhang Cao pouted and said: "Brother Bozong, this is a roundabout, it's like I beat Bu Shicheng, and if I beat him, Dong Zuchang is arrogant and beats me, how can there be a reason not to lynch and torture, saying that Jin Langzhi and they will definitely have to suffer, we have to try to save each other quickly." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "We will rush to Huating early in the morning, and ask Qingpu Zhusheng to go together, so we will go to Songjiang Mansion to ask for help in the name of severely punishing the Qingshou." ”

Hong Daotai and others nodded yes, said goodbye on the street, and each contacted the students, the late Ming students did not have to worry about food and clothing, those who thought they were hopeless in the middle of the career went to seek a career, and the rest of the students still wanted to take a step further or even two steps in the imperial examination, but the whole thing was also annoying, and the township test was once every three years, and the county school instructor's academic management of the students was far less strict than in the early years of the dynasty, so the students were very idle, and it was easy to make trouble. These two successful suppression of the Wang County Order in the county government made the Qingpu Zhusheng feel their own power, so they were very enthusiastic about going to the Songjiang Mansion to petition...... Jin Langzhi, Weng Yuansheng, Jiang Shiqiao three people arrived at the Beicang Wharf in Huating County before noon on May 16, Jiang Shiqiao and Weng Yuansheng lived together on Chenghuangmiao Street, Jin Lang's home in Chengnan Township after the ancestral hall, and Weng, Jiang Ersheng made an appointment to meet at Wanghailou at noon tomorrow, then said goodbye, Jin Langzhi returned home, met his parents, saw his wife and children, the family was happy, that night, Jin Langzhi copied himself in the school "calligraphy and painting is difficult to be the voice of the heart" and copied two copies - the next morning, Jin Langzhi took this article to meet his friend Fan Chang, Fan Chang is a member of Huating County School, and Dong is considered an in-law, Fan Chang's wife Gong and Dong Zuhe's wife Fang are cousins, Dong Zuhe is relatively modest among Dong Qichang's three sons who have become a family, not as domineering as Dong Zuyuan and Dong Zuchang, Fan Chang and Dong Zuchang have an acceptable relationship, but Fan Chang and Dong Zuchang have old grudges, Fan Chang has a maid named Yumo, born beautiful, once with Fan Chang to Dong Zuhe's house, was seen by Dong Zuchang, Dong Zuchang wanted to buy jade ink from Fan Chang, Fan Chang was not short of money, naturally refused, Dong Zuchang said "toast and don't eat and drink", hateful and gone, not long after that, Yumo was lost, some people said that he was robbed to the house by Dong Zuchang, Fan Chang went to ask, but was scolded by Dong Zuchang, and ordered the slave to push Fan Chang out of the house, Fan Chang went to see Dong Qichang, Dong Qichang refused to see him, Fan Chang went to Huating County in anger to complain, and said that Fan Chang had no evidence, even if there was evidence, it was impossible for Huating County to search Dong Zuchang's mansion for a maid of Fan Chang, and the matter was over. Later, I learned that the maidservant Yumo was given to his father Dong Qichang by Dong Zuchang, and Jin Langzhi knew about it, so he came to contact Fan Chang - Fan Chang hated Dong's father and son, and when he saw this "calligraphy and painting is difficult to speak from the heart", he was amazed and asked who made it? Jin Langzhi told the truth that Fan Chang had bought the "Zhang Jiezi Shiwen Collection" engraved by the Fushui Shanfang Society and the "One Hundred and Twenty Essays of Zhang Jiezi's Selected Commentaries on Songjiang Shiwen" engraved by Qingpu Yang's bookstore, and admired Zhang Yuan very much, and what he admired the most was that Zhang Yuan dared to beat Dong Zuchang, and said happily: "Shanyin Zhang Jiezi has arrived, great, then this time there will be a big fuss, and it will make Dong's father and son ruined." ”

At noon, Fan Chang and Jin Langzhi went to Wanghailou to meet Weng Yuansheng and Jiang Shiqiao, both of whom were members of a county, and they usually knew each other, but they were only general friends, because there was a gap with Dong's, and the relationship suddenly became closer. ”

Jin Langzhi saw that although the bartender was large and had big ears, he looked a little stupid, and asked, "What are you doing in San'in?" ”

Laifu said sadly: "The villain originally lived by the Changsheng Bridge, is a bamboo craftsman, because the real estate was occupied cheaply by Dong Zuyuan, the old mother was bedridden in a fit of anger, and died in less than a month, the villain has nowhere to redress, I heard that Shanyin Zhang Gongzi dared to beat Dong Zuchang, so he went to run, Zhang Gongzi said that he would come to Huating, let the villain come back first, and wait for Zhang Gongzi to visit the villain is indeed good, and will take in the villain, the villain came back seven days ago, and there was nowhere to settle down for a while, so he went to this restaurant to help. ”

Jin Langzhi said: "Zhang Gongzi is now in Qingpu, and he will come here in two days." ”

Laifu said happily: "That's great, the villain must beg Zhang Gongzi to take him in this time." ”

Jin Langzhi thought that Zhang Yuan also needed manpower in Huating, this Laifu was generous, familiar with the Huating market, and had a good errand call, so he said: "Then you will stay in this restaurant, and when Zhang Gongzi arrives, I will let someone call you." ”

Come to the blessing and rejoice, and hurriedly kowtow.

Jin Langzhi, Fan Chang, Weng Yuansheng, Jiang Shiqiao and the four of them discussed for a while, and decided to contact each other first, and the people who had a good relationship with the Dong family first, and when Zhang Yuan was in Huating, the group rose up to accuse the Dong family - in the afternoon, Fan Chang returned home, and then read the "calligraphy and painting is difficult to speak of the heart" that Jin Langzhi left here, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was wonderful, as soon as this article came out, Dong Qichang's mask was stripped off, and the world knew Dong Qichang's ugliness, Fan Chang longed for Dong's disgrace and disrepute, and wanted Dong's father and son to see this article, Dong Qichang and Dong Zuchang will definitely be so angry that they will smoke.

The more Fan Chang thought about it, the more anxious he became, so he called three family members who were coarse and ink-like, together with himself, to copy more than a dozen copies of this inverted Dong Wei text, and wanted to let the family go to each other overnight to post it, but he was afraid that it would be discovered that it was posted by his Fan family, so he thought of a plan, and let a shrewd and capable domestic servant hold these dozen copies of Dong Yu Wen Wangyue Wanghai Restaurant to find a blessing, not to say who ordered it, just said that this was to spread the evil deeds of the Dong father and son, and let the blessing go to the City God Temple, Fuxian Shenming Pavilion, Xiangxian Temple, The Confucian gate and the north and south wharves and other lively places were posted, telling Laifu to be cautious and cautious, so as not to let people find out -- Laifu was illiterate, and when he heard that he was going to promote Dong's evil deeds, he agreed angrily, and rolled up these dozen pieces of paper with paste, and posted them everywhere in the dead of night.

Fan Changci said that he came to the nearest Xiangxian Ancestral Hall early in the morning, and sure enough, he saw a striking inverted Dong Wenwen posted on the powder wall in front of the ancestral hall, and there were already many people watching, but there were not many literate people.

Fan Chang staggered closer and asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

The person who knew Fan Chang said: "Fan Xiucai is here, Fan Xiucai is highly educated, please ask Fan Xiucai to take a look at this list, is it related to the government's collection of money and grain taxes, should it be apportioned again?" ”

Fan Chang read the list again, and explained it to everyone sentence by sentence, everyone looked at each other, and one of them said: "Isn't this what Dong Hanlin Dong said?" ”

The crowd said: "That's what I said about Master Dong." ”

Fan Chang saw that everyone understood, and immediately retreated and rushed to Huating Confucianism, where it was the cusp, and what the living beings were talking about?

Fan Chang came to the county Confucianism, as he expected, a group of students gathered in front of the school palace Lingxing Gate to discuss fiercely, talking about this "calligraphy and painting is difficult to speak of the heart", these students naturally do not need Fan Chang to explain, although this article does not mention Dong Qichang's name, but as long as it is a Huating person, you know that this article is pointing to Dong Qichang - the late Ming Dynasty is good at discussing current affairs, there is Dong Qichang such a "people's hearts are dangerous in the mountains and rivers" topic naturally to be hotly discussed, Fan Chang immediately discussed with the students, was discussing, suddenly saw two singles, stepped forward to unveil the article, Ask the sentient beings, "Who posted this?" ”

How could the living beings ignore it, they all shouted and scolded the singles for being rude, and the two young men didn't dare to provoke these talents, so they ran away after rolling up the list.

Fan Chang knew that Dong's father and son already knew about it, and secretly screamed in his heart, Dong Qichang must have jumped like thunder......

(To be continued)