On this day, at an ancient ferry at the county boundary of Jiande County, Zhu Zhifu, a follower of more than a dozen local representatives such as Fang Yingwu, stood on the shore, waiting for the ship of the prime minister.

It wasn't until it was past noon that I saw the handyman who had gone to the front to inquire about the news galloping on horseback, shouting: "It's here, the ship is already five miles away!" ”

When the people were in good spirits, they straightened their clothes and lined up neatly on the shore.

Shang Ge Lao's return to his hometown this time can be described as a light car, with only three large ships and four or five escort boats. When he appeared on the bow of the ship, Fang Yingwu finally saw what this legendary figure looked like.

I saw this old man, slightly tall, with a high nose bridge, and most of his beard had turned white. The eyes were very gentle, and the eyebrows were filled with a sense of relief and joy.

He was wearing a dark cyan robe and a scarf on his head, and he looked very simple. In addition, he holds an ancient wooden cane, and walks leisurely.

Fang Yingwu sighed after reading it, this is really the model of a retired old cadre. Indeed, as analyzed by some historical materials, Shang Xianggong was in the cabinet for a long time in his later years, and he was tired of heavy government affairs, and after resigning after becoming famous, his mentality was very relaxed and happy.

Seeing that the leader of the literary world and the three heads of the Yuan assisted to appear, after the representative of the Yanzhou Mansion of Zhu Zhifu visited him, everyone, especially the scholars who came to greet him, rushed forward and saluted the old man of the Shang Pavilion one by one.

Fang Yingwu waited quietly behind, waiting for everyone else to finish and only he was left, so he stepped forward unhurriedly and bowed: "Chun'an Tongsheng Fang Yingwu has seen Elder Ge. ”

This self-proclaimed claim attracted the attention of the merchant, and he was a little puzzled, how could this scene invite a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy to attend? I couldn't help but look at Fang Yingwu a few more times.

Zhu Zhifu hurriedly explained on the side: "This is the son of Xie Yuan. ”

Shang Zhen suddenly smiled and said: "There are people in the follow-up of my hometown, fortunately!" ”

Dutou is located in an ancient town, and there is a big family in the town, Zhang Squire, whose family has also been an official. This time to entertain the prime minister, the government borrowed a garden house from his family.

The banquet was held in the main hall. But this seat is very particular, of course, the guest of honor is the old Shangge, and the main escort is Zhu Zhifu and the host here, Squire Zhang, one on the left and one side.

There are two rows of seats below, one row for the elderly, and the other row for the scholars. It's very easy to arrange the location over there, and it's sorted by age.

But it's hard to rank up on the scholar's side, as the saying goes, there is no first, you know. And everyone wants to sit in the position closest to the guest of honor and escort, that is, the seat of the second escort.

Because this seat is closest to Shangge Lao and Zhu Zhifu, there is an opportunity to participate in a more intimate small-scale conversation during the banquet! It's a dream opportunity, and who wouldn't want to sit there?

For a while, everyone was humble to each other, but their eyes were all peeking at the seat of the second accompaniment, and they couldn't wait to give up their old face and rush up to occupy it.

Squire Zhang, as the host, said when he saw this: "The banquet is still early, don't be in a hurry, it's better for the gentlemen to offer poems to help the fun, and the best one sits at the second seat to praise it!" ”

Fang Yingwu is impatient and waits for others to read one by one, and those unknown passers-by in history will save it! Recite a quatrain first: "The green smoke and rain are the guests by the stream, and the white-haired articles are your ministers; Born in the Taiping Son of Heaven, and will be empty-handed silk silk. ”

However, as soon as he exited, it caused bursts of snickering laughter from everyone in the hall. Because this poem is not only mediocre in terms of words, but also fragmented and half-incomprehensible, the first two sentences are still in contrast, and the last two sentences are almost inferior.

The so-called silk fiber, fishing silk rope also. The sentence "Born in the world of the Prince of Taiping, and will palm the silk with empty hands", in the context of the business minister's public anger and indignation, is it to ridicule him for only deserving of fishing?

There are also many people who think in their hearts, but it is also a loss to be the son of the Xie Yuan family, who has a high posture along the way, and few reasonable people, but they don't even understand the minimum style of poetry.

At such a level, he dared to be the first to come out and be ugly, he was really a person who sat in the well and watched the sky!

Fang Yingwu was calm, glanced at everyone quietly, and when the laughter gradually became smaller, he seemed to say to himself: "The laugher doesn't understand the Five Classics? Don't you hear the cloud of "The Book of Rites": Wang Yan is like silk, and his output is like a lun. ”

Wang Yan is like silk, and its output is like Lun? Everyone gradually woke up and remembered this allusion!

According to this code, silk can also refer to the emperor's speech, and the Shang minister assists the Son of Heaven with the respect of the first assistant and admonishes the emperor's words and deeds.

Thinking of this allusion, the whole poem suddenly changed its taste, like an ugly duckling turning into a white swan in an instant.

The more detailed the product, the more interesting, the guests by the green and rainy streams can go to the palm of the silk, and the white-haired article Your Excellency can also palm the silk. The word pun, the sentence is double-sided, and two artistic conceptions are oozing at the same time, which is very long-lasting.

Thinking about it a little deeper, especially on the business minister in this state today, it is even more exquisite! There is also a hint of irony.

The irony of "Taiping Tianzishi" letting "Your Excellency the White-haired Article" go fishing here is indescribable, and it can only be understood.

In just four sentences, the words are still mediocre, but they have a lot of deep meanings, as if the effect of "looking horizontally at the side of the ridge and forming a peak". It can only be said that the beauty of words depends on each heart.

Shang Chen silently recited several times in his heart, "And will palm the silk with empty hands", and sighed: "The old man has only read books in his life, and has never learned to fish. But with the poem of Xiaoyou, I have to go to my hometown by the stream to learn to be a fisherman! ”

Shang Ge Lao said such a thing, everyone had to be convinced, there was nothing to say for a while, all the abdominal drafts that were written before coming were held in the stomach, if it was taken out at this time, it would really be ugly. This party is worthy of coming from the Xie Yuan family, and he has such a talent at a young age!

Fang Yingwu's quatrain technique overwhelmed the audience, he didn't care, he only bowed his hand to the old Shangge.

Shang Shi looked at the expressions of everyone in the hall, then pointed to the seat of the second companion, and said to Fang Yingwu: "Fellow villagers and friends sit!" ”

The old man of Shangge was very skilled, and said that Fang Yingwu was a "fellow villager and little friend", which could be regarded as taking care of the face of others.

At least on the surface, because Fang Yingwu is a fellow villager in the same county and has a closer relationship than others, he was asked to join the second companion seat, not that he is better than others.

The other scholars sighed with envy, this son of the Xie Yuan family was silent and not outstanding along the way, but at this time, it can be said that he was silent all the way, and he was really a dark horse.

Fang Yingwu glanced around, smiled on his face, and sat comfortably at the table, sitting directly in the second escort position of the head of Zhu Zhifu, and then nodded casually to the surroundings.

His natural behavior has caused everyone to be unhappy, even if it is a winner, at least a few words of humility. Such blatant triumph is not the way of a gentleman.

It's not happy, but it's not okay. There was nothing to fight for for in the other seats, so they all took their seats one after another.

Where can Fang Yingwu take care of the thoughts of passers-by, he is calm and calm, of course, he has his reasons.

Taking advantage of the fact that others were at the table, Fang Yingwu pretended to turn his head sideways and said to Zhu Zhifu: "The foolish students under the rule sit in this position, and they also have the courage to emulate the sages of their hometown. ”

What sage can teach you to grab a seat? Anyone who heard this sentence muttered in their hearts.

Fang Yingwu said: "I heard a story below. In the capital, there is a respected old man who travels alone in micro-clothes, and happens to meet a friend's family for a happy event. At this time, there was no one in the position of chief, and several gentlemen were humble to each other, but the old man sat directly in the chief without saying a word.

Others were dissatisfied when they saw this, and saw that this old man was dressed simply, but he was just a dark cyan robe, and he did not look like a dignitary. Then he sarcastically said: You, an old man, have you ever sat in the chief position in your life?

The old man stretched out his finger and counted: "In the decades of my life, I have only sat as chief about five times. The first time I sat in the chief was the first time I went to my father-in-law's house to drink after getting married, and I became the chief as a son-in-law.

Several gentlemen thought that this old man had never seen anything in the world."

Speaking of this, Fang Yingwu deliberately paused, and everyone in the hall didn't understand what Fang Yingwu wanted to express. Do you just want to say that a few scholars laugh at old men who have never seen the world?

Fang Yingwu continued: "At that time, when everyone finished laughing, the old man was still saying: The second time I sat in the chief was after winning the province's Xie Yuan, and I sat in the chief position at the Luming banquet.

The third time he sat in the chief seat was after winning the Huiyuan and sitting in the chief position at the Enrong banquet. The fourth time he sat in the chief position, after winning the champion, he sat in the chief position at the Qionglin banquet.

The fifth time he sat in the chief was the New Year's banquet of the Son of Heaven, and the old man was the foreman and minister, and he sat in the chief position in the Fengtian Temple. So counting and counting, the old man has only sat in the chief five times in his life, which is a bit less!

As soon as the old man finished speaking, the faces of the gentlemen changed greatly, and they all bowed to the ground, not daring to offend in the slightest! ”

After everyone in the hall listened, they hahadaxiao together, and looked at the old Shang Pavilion with their eyes.

Although Fang Yingwu told this story, he did not name the old man from beginning to end. But everyone can hear that the protagonist of this story is clearly the old Shangge!

Zhongjieyuan, Huiyuan, and Zhuangyuan, who sit in the three chief Tianxia Sanyuan, and can also sit in the chief position of the foreman minister, is the only one.

This story is really interesting, in just a few paragraphs, the glory of the life of the old Sanyuan and the first assistant of the Shang Pavilion is embedded. Moreover, it is extremely pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger and pretending to be a joke, which has been the most popular among the people since ancient times.

Fang Yingwu sighed in conclusion: "So today's kid is brave, there is a difference between heaven and earth in his deeds, which is really incomparable, but he has to follow the sages in words and deeds." ”

Shang Yu didn't care at first, but after listening to it, he became the protagonist of the story by Zuihou. And he is also the protagonist who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger to the extreme, if you want to talk about the sense of substitution, who can have a more real sense of substitution than him?

He was stunned for a moment. The calm kung fu practiced by decades of ups and downs in the sea and cultivation of the mind completely collapsed in front of this story, and he couldn't suppress the sense of pride and refreshment in his heart at all.

In the end, Shang Ge honestly couldn't help but laugh and scold, "Kid nonsense! How could the old man be so speechless and indiscreet! Who is so indiscriminately choreographed! ”

Fang Yingwu hurriedly left the table to apologize and said: "I am young and have little reading, so I can listen to rumors and stories, and there are many inappropriateness, thank you for correcting the elder Ge." ”

Shang Ge Lao waved his hand: "For the sake of the face of the fellow villagers, spare you." Let's go back to the table for the time being, and I'll teach you a lesson when I have a vacancy! ”

Zhu Zhifu looked at it sideways, this side should be a strange peak, stealing the limelight, not to be underestimated!

He seized the opportunity that the Shang Xianggong was very relaxed and would not put up a shelf after returning to his hometown, and as a junior villager, he easily broke the Shang Xianggong's defense!

His story is thousands of times higher than that of directly meeting the horse! If Shang Xianggong can really "turn around and get empty" to teach him, then he will be blessed!

Zhu Zhifu was secretly glad, fortunately, this party Yingwu was young and did not become an official, so he could only recite poems and lyrics and gag during the banquet, otherwise he was afraid that he would even steal the limelight of the prefect.