Xu Qianxue and Yu Guozhu stood on the ground as if they had been struck by lightning, their faces like ashes. Half a day later, Xu Qian Xuecai said: "What does this matter have to do with our Beijing officials? It's not that Ge Li took advantage of Suo Xiang's momentum and instigated the governor of Jiangnan to come out! This is too much, do they have less money? Of course, Mingzhu knew that because Suo Etu was behind his back, Ge Li dared to instruct people to make trouble. He thought, things have come to this point, Xu Qianxue has to clear up, and he has to come out and ask for the theory of the forehead, so angry that his legs and stomach twist and twist straight tendons. Angry is angry, after all, the pearl of Nanfu's affairs is intervened, the top three are all done according to their own hints, the handbook falls into Xu Qianxue's hands, once it is shaken out, he is the first to kill the head. When you are in the same boat, you can't shoot in the nest. Thinking of this, Mingzhu sighed and said: "The Holy Lord is determined to handle this case, and it is difficult to escape the catastrophe, the more he intercedes, the more he will be unavoidable, and the more he seeks the forehead, he is even more conspiring with the tiger!" Fortunately, Guozhu and Ge Li are good friends, holding Ge Li's handle in his hand, writing a letter to Ge Li, taking some blood books out, and asking him to take care of it, so as not to involve the two of you. The rest of the people don't care. ”

Speaking of this, Mingzhu suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He suddenly realized that after Suo Etu returned to office, Kangxi treated him far less intimate and confidant than he used to be - such a big matter had to be discussed with him first. Thinking of this, Fang Cun was confused, and sat silently. Yu Guozhu and Xu Qianxue didn't really understand the seriousness of the situation until this time, and they couldn't help but be so anxious that they begged Mingzhu to say: "Always ask Zhongtang to find a way for us!" Mingzhu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "As soon as this case happens, I have to avoid suspicion." I might as well beg that stinky scholar who begs for food! He had an idea, and suddenly thought of Gao Shiqi, "That's right! You go to see Gao Shiqi immediately, and buy this monkey for 20,000 silver, he is loud in front of the saint! ”

Yu Guozhu's official rank is two levels higher than Gao Shiqi, begging him to feel wronged, and he has to bribe, his face is a little unbearable, and he muttered: "What a big appetite, get 20,000!" Xu Qianxue is a university scholar, and he feels that his legs are noble, so he doesn't want to go, so he blushes and doesn't say anything.

"You put the stinky shelves away!" Mingzhu sneered, "When you enter the study, you will be the prime minister of the court, but I am afraid that he will not accept the cash!" I have to exchange the money for antiques, and then exchange for his two bad calligraphy and paintings! As long as this monkey says two words, everything will be fine! After that, he called: "Huang Mingyin, Huang Mingyin!" ”

"The minions are here!" Huang Mingyin crept in cautiously, and said to Qian'er: "Xiangye......"

Mingzhu regained his composure and said lightly: "Don't play this play in my house, send it to the Prime Minister's mansion, October 26 is the day of his wedding, and he can use it." Let's just say what I said, excellent drama, excellent team, maybe the emperor will also be happy - also, send my Huizong "Eagle View" and the pair of Xuande furnaces sent by Xia Qitong, saying that it is to congratulate the high school hall on getting married. Do you understand? ”

"Huh? - Understood, chick! ”

Gao Shiqi'an sat in the house, accepted the antiques worth 40,000 silver from these three people for no reason, and set up a big play, he also "laughed" together, wrote a few words to Xu and Yu, and drew a picture for Mingzhu, tacitly to solve the problem for Mingzhu.

As Mingzhu said, Gao Shiqi never collects cash. What is Duan inkstone, ancient ink, Song paper, Han tile, cloisonne, Jun kiln porcelain...... These things are elegant, and they do not have a reputation for taking bribes, which is indeed more clever than receiving money. It's not that he is not afraid of killing his head, he knew from Kangxi's hesitation that Kangxi was trying to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger. At present, Kangxi is dedicated to governing the country and using troops, and he will not blatantly kill ministers regardless of the overall situation.

After receiving the gift, Gao Shiqi wrote and painted at home, and after thinking about it for two days, he had already made up his mind to take the opportunity of his own marriage the day after tomorrow to do this matter. Kangxi said that he was going to come to the "main marriage" that day, but the nobles had a good mouth, and they forgot about it, Gao Shiqi was a little afraid that he would not come, so he thought about it and thought of Aunt Su Mala.

For the convenience of Aunt Su Mala, Kangxi listened to Gao Shiqi's "doctor's advice" and built a villa for her in Changchun Garden. Gao Shiqi immediately ordered the sedan chair to go. The villa is located in the garden under the head of the cow peak, Gao Shiqi checked the card into the forbidden garden, came in a roundabout way, but saw that the peak is full of pine and bamboo Bodhi, vine and cypress cypress, Bisen Sen, green and secluded, cypress hanging frost, pine tower is full of ground, both quiet and not as depressed as the Zhongcui Palace Buddhist Temple. Gao Shiqi walked slowly, and saw Su Malagu and a woman playing against each other from a distance, and several nuns gathered around to watch the battle. Because he often came and went, but he knew that the woman's name was Kong Sizhen. Kong Sizhen saw Gao Shiqi coming in with a large roll of paper, and said with a smile: "Gao Langzhong is here!" I will stir up this Buddha land again! Last time I had a fever, thank you for the medicine! ”

"It's a joke in the four grids, what a little skill of carving insects!" Gao Shiqi laughed back at Kong Sizhen's words, and looked at Su Malagu's expression and said, "I don't think the master's illness is irrelevant at all. Quiet and empty, cultivating virtue and self-cultivation, this is the essence of Buddhism, the temperament brought by the master congenitally, what kind of disease will be good, unlike us laypeople, we can't get a positive result in a lifetime! Kong Sizhen couldn't help but smile when she heard this, and said: "The official has made such a big deal, and he still came here to shoot the horse, we don't have the official to reward you!" ”

Su Malagu is already very familiar with Gao Shiqi, although he thinks this person is a little slippery, but he has no talent to learn, and he is very talkative, and he speaks like a river, and he has a kind of elegance, so he has a good impression of him. Listening to Gao Shiqi's greeting, a smile flashed on Su Mala's face, and she let go of her hand and said, "Gao Jushi, please sit on the futon over there-Yun Jing tea!" ”

A little nun promised to come out with tea, Gao Shiqi sat down while taking the tea, and said with a smile: "It's so fragrant!" Thank you, Master, for the tea! Aunt Su Mala asked, "What kind of wind blew you here as a busy man?" What is it that you are carrying such a large roll of paper? ”

"The students come to make a fool." Gao Shiqi said embarrassedly, "The last time the master mentioned my words, he was so busy that he forgot about it when he went back. The day before yesterday, I was eating wine at Wudan's place, and Zixu begged me to write. took advantage of the strength of the wine to scribble out, but I was afraid that it would be difficult to enter the master's eyes. Kong Sizhen had already heard that Gao Shiqi had a good calligraphy, so he got up and took it over and showed it on the case. When Aunt Su Mala looked at it, she couldn't help but be shocked.

There are three calligraphy and paintings. A painting in the middle hall is not pine, not bamboo, not plum, nor is it a unicorn, deer and crane and other rare beasts, only a hook in the sky, the moon is surrounded by a halo, a clear pond under the head, a green ping, accompanied by a lonely towering lotus, a slender waist bee flutters its wings next to the flower. A couplet of calligraphy shows the spirit even more:

Kasumi is the soul of the clouds

Bees are flower spirits

Aunt Su Mala looked at it, and didn't say good or bad, she was already stupid. At this time, there are really many things, God does not keep aside, I don't know where I am and where my heart is. Gao Shiqi's heart was on his throat, for fear that this fart would be slapped on the hooves.

It turns out that this couplet has a great origin. Fourteen years ago, Wu Ciyou also wrote this couplet in public as a gift.

"It's not well written, not as much as Mr. Wu!" Gao Shiqi said with a smile, "However, according to Gao, in terms of pushing the heart, the master's illness is actually caused by this. Hanging in the middle hall is more beneficial to the body than staying in the heart. ”

Su Malagu was stunned, came back to her senses, and felt that Gao Shiqi's words were not unreasonable, holding the paper with both hands and smiling, "Who dares to say this word badly?" But I don't have anything to repay you for this favor. Unlike that cadre, who is not a dirty official, the round and flat ones just fill your courtiers who go to the study. Today's world is very different from what it used to be, and it's truly amazing - I just have to accept it, and the monks are all empty, and you don't expect me to do anything for you! ”

Her spirit was refreshed at this moment, and Gao Shiqi was taken aback by her mean and sharp words—how could he have thought that this stone bodhisattva who was silent and cold was so spicy! He didn't know that Kangxi's Aunt Su Mala nine years ago was like this-he was stunned, and said with a smile: "That's that!" I never take money from people, and I have nothing to do with the master. The master received the calligraphy and painting is my face, and Gao and his friends have bragging capital again. Oh, I almost forgot, there have been a few new groups of actors in Jingshi, and they have made up good drama texts, and I heard that Lord Huchen is very appreciative of them. The cheap man came to the door in a few days, and he wanted to invite the master to go over and relax, but the master was in the mood? If Sigege is also willing to appreciate his face, the emperor may be able to move, this is the virtue of the ancestor of the high family, and it is not in vain to give Fang Lan a heart of respect! Su Malagu was still looking at the calligraphy and painting, and said: "I have never watched a play, the emperor asked me to go to Changyin Pavilion to watch a play, and I am too lazy to go!" It's nothing more than Feiyan, Yuhuan, Purple Hairpin, Peony, or Fengshen, Journey to the West, and Bao Longtu Breaking Yin Cao at night, what's the fun? - You didn't move the emperor eighty percent, but you actually used calligraphy and paintings to hit the wooden clock, right? Kong Sizhen was bored in the palace for a long time, but he wanted to go out for a walk, so he smiled and said: "Master Huizhen is still 'all in vain', such a delicate and clear mind, it is difficult to become a Buddha in one life!" If you go, I want to accompany you, I haven't seen your smiling face for many years! ”

Gao Shiqi blinked, and suddenly laughed for a while: "Master, if you are a man and you are not a monk, people like Shiqi really have to go back to their hometown to study for ten years!" - I'm getting it! It doesn't mean that! With Shiqi's ability and face, where can he move the emperor! - This play is not an ordinary script. Huchen said in the letter that Mr. Lian Wu read the draft back then, and he loved it so much! He had an idea, and moved out of the god Wu Ciyou.

"What play?" Su Malagu was really moved.

"Peach Blossom Fan!" Gao Shiqi's eyes lit up, and he came to his senses, "Shandong genius Kong Shangren's proud handwriting has been written for a full twenty years!" tells the rise and fall of the former Ming generation, the joys and sorrows of Hou Chaozong and Xiangjun. The poems, songs, style, and artistic conception inside are all excellent! It's not all about stammering when I invite the emperor, but the emperor should have accepted it; Second, the style of the drama is very positive, although the sacred learning is profound, it is not unhelpful to watch a little bit of such a affectionate and disciplined drama in the spare time! ”

Aunt Su Mala listened to him and was very fanciful, thinking that he had always treated the disease very carefully, and he was really kind, so he should not be too faceless, so he said: "You go back and listen to the letter." Si Gege is the adopted daughter of Lafayette, and I accompanied her to invite her. Please move is your creation, please don't complain if you don't move. ”

Gao Shiqi spent a long time talking and getting her such a promise, for fear that she would change his mind again, so he hurriedly agreed to leave and go home.

Sure enough, the sound of the Admiralty hitting the flood was abnormal. The love between these two women is staggering. At the end of the second day, He Guizhu came to pass down the decree and ordered the study to take a vacation on the 26th. Lafayette will bring the emperor, the crown prince, the noble concubine Hulu, the Hui concubine Nalan, the Rong concubine Ma Jia, the German concubine Wu Ya, the Yi concubine Guo Luoluo, the Cheng concubine Dai Jia, the Liang concubine Wei, and the prince Yinyu, Yinzhi, Yinzhen, Yinqi, and Yinzuo to watch the play together, and asked Gao Shiqi to prepare for the pass. He Guizhu also brought the Empress Dowager 20 taels of gold and 30 pieces of Ning silk to appreciate Fanglan.

As soon as Gao Shiqi heard it, he knew that this was to move the concubines of the prince and the elder brother who was over three years old. Since the Empress Dowager is coming, I am not afraid that the emperor will not come, and the emperor will come, Suo Etu, Mingzhu, Xiong Cixu, Tang Bin, Li Guangdi and the editors of the Hanlin Academy will also have fun. Who has ever undertaken this great dignity and such a big pomp and circumstance in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty? The more Gao Shiqi thought about it, the better it became. called Lao Guan and immediately allocated 2,000 taels of silver to reward his family.

More than 100 people from the top and bottom of the Gao Mansion got the silver, and they were all elated. After running forward and running like a lantern for a night, he was still energetic and tireless - he had almost turned the mansion upside down: the main hall was changed into a place for the queen mother and the palace family to feast, and a gauze screen was set up in front of it; In the middle of the hall, a soft couch was set up for Kangxi; The wings on both sides were also set up for the cardinals. Two doors and one slip imitation palace wall are demolished into the flat ground, the front and rear yards are made into an empty field, and the east side is built into a mountain-style stage with bamboo, as if the Qiongge Sendai stands in the courtyard. In a large open space in front of the stage, there are many low tables, which are reserved for drinking tea while watching the play. A delicate palace point, tea, wine and food, pen and ink, paper inkstone are also ready to stop, and even the female relatives are thoughtful when they go to the toilet - they can't be too far away, and they can't smell anything.

The next day was the twenty-sixth, and Gao Shiqi hurriedly became the groom's official for a while. Kangxi served the Empress Dowager to drive the Gao Mansion. A large group of ministers and ministers came with the car, and it was really very lively.

After a burst of gongs and drums, the jumping officer thanked the emperor. First performed a hat play called "Xia Meng Pass", Shengjiao Guan Yu "watched the Spring and Autumn Festival under the lamp", and when it was folded down, the Empress Dowager sent a decree behind the screen to tell Kangxi: "This play is good, enjoy something!" ”

Kangxi is also fascinated, since entering the Dingding, Wensheng has already determined Confucius. Only the martial saint decided who, and after several discussions, there was no result. The Ministry of Rites drafted three - Wu Zixu, Yue Fei and Guan Yu. Due to the continuous war, Kangxi did not make a decision, so he let it go. At this time, I saw Guan Yunchang, who was brave and calm on the stage, reading history under the lamp, and Zhou Cang holding the Qinglong Yanyue Sword majestically guarding the side, the loyalty and righteousness, and the demeanor of the general were really pleasing to the eye. Hearing Lafayette call for reward, Kangxi woke up from his reverie and hurriedly instructed Li Dequan: "Take a handful of golden melon seeds to reward him!" He turned his face to the next group of Wenchen and said, "For this play on the stage, with Guan Yu as the theme, you each have a couplet to give to me to see." ”

Gao Shiqi and the others retreated to the palace in accordance with the order, but saw that Cha Shenxing was also there, and they had not seen him for many days, so they were busy and wanted to say a few words of self-consideration. Cha Shenxing held the pen tube and said with a smile: "Brother Jiren is in heaven, everything goes well, and he forgot the love of the old man's incense?" "Don't talk nonsense, how dare you forget the virtue recommended by my brother?" Gao Shiqi picked up the pen and laid the paper and smiled: "I know your thoughts, I didn't perform the "Palace of Eternal Life" that you commented on today, and I feel aggrieved, isn't it?" ”

"Where's the word!" Cha Shenxing said with a smile, "The ending of Hong Fangsi's "Palace of Eternal Life" is too depressing, why should I make my master unhappy? - Write a couplet tonight, don't fight with me, be careful that the beauty is too much! Gao Shiqi was writing, and when he heard Cha Shenxing say this, he scribbled it with one stroke and said: "Okay, you say, I'll record it on my behalf, let's not be a list of people - don't hurry up, the Hanlin over there have handed in the papers, and it's too late to go, what kind of 'smoke wave fisherman Cha Hanlin' can it be?" ”

After writing, the two of them followed to Kangxi, the hat show on the stage was finished, and "Guan Yu" led "Zhou Cang" to kneel on the stage and kowtow to thank him. Kangxi saw the two of them coming together, and said with a smile: "The big deal is here!" I'm waiting to see you! Gao Shiqi hurriedly said: "The slave was dizzy, and he didn't have a literary thought, but he was cautious and the slave was a word." Kangxi smiled: "Okay, are you going to win the first place?" As he spoke, he began, but it was:

Wearing a green robe, reading the green history of the green lantern, the green dragon, the glaive moon knife, and the Liuhe, full of loyalty

Born with a red face, a red heart, a shining Dan phoenix, riding a red rabbit chasing the wind, a horse through the ages, a Confucian general, a wind vane

Kangxi couldn't help laughing: "Okay! Took the lead. However, two people can only reward one volume! Looking at Tang Bin again, it is:

Zhongyan Han Chamber is divided into three points

Aiming for a book in the spring and autumn

Kangxi was silent when he saw it, and thought to himself: It seems that Wu Zixu and Yue Fei are not as good as Guan Yu. Wu Zixu avenged his father and brother, whipped the corpse of King Chuping, although he had filial piety, but he lost his minister's way and was not loyal; Yue Fei is loyal and filial, but his opponent is "Jin", and he is committing the ancestral scorn of this dynasty. However, Guan Yu combines loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, and is indeed worthy of the word "martial master". This man, okay!