Early the next morning, Zheng Shi called the shopkeeper Mao Xiaoer over to ask, Fang Zhi Goose Lake Academy is more than 30 miles away from the port of Hekou Town, and it will take a day to go back and forth to play, Zeng Yu said: "Three idiot brothers, it is difficult to have fun in a hurry, why don't you wait for me to return from Yuanzhou and then swim with my brother in Goose Lake, how about it?" ”

Zheng Shi also felt that it was not appropriate to let Zeng Yu's mother and little sister stay in the inn for a whole day, so he said: "Then come again next time, anyway, it's not far, when you come back from Yuanzhou, I will also lead you to visit the Danya and clear water in Guixi, the scenery over there is quite enjoyable, I still have a friend in the Qing Palace on Longhu Mountain, the Taoist priest is a wonderful person, he writes a good word, and he can also chant a few poems, last time I showed him your poems, he praised you, praised your words and poems, and asked me to have the opportunity to lead you to meet him." ”

I had breakfast at the Sihaiju Inn, and the guy Mao Xiaoer had hired a boat on behalf of him, which was the boat of Mao Xiaoer's brother-in-law, Mao Xiaoer got the business for his brother-in-law, and got Zheng Shi and Zeng Yu's ten pennies, which was very pleasant, and helped Sixi to carry the luggage on the back of the donkey, and sent it warmly, and asked the two sons to live in their Sihaiju next time they came to the estuary.

The boat left the mouth of the lead mountain river and went to Guixi, the river is wide, the water flow is huge, because the water is relatively deep, the boat has not used penny, instead of using a oar, the sound of the swaying oar "crunch", Niu Niu lying on the porthole to watch the big boat on the river, it is very fresh, the boat here is obviously larger than the boat in the hometown of Ishida, some boats still have sails, and there are many boatmen who paddle the oars, and it looks very imposing-

Whenever a big boat overtook or staggered by, Niuniu would ask Zeng Yu: "Where is this big boat going, brother, and what kind of cargo is on board?" ”

Zeng Yu is playing chess with Zheng Shi, Zheng Shi is very addicted to chess, how can this long-distance boat not play chess, hearing Niuniu asked, Zeng Yu casually said a place name along the Xinjiang River or on the edge of Poyang Lake, Niuniu believed it, but once Niuniu noticed that Zeng Yu didn't even raise his head when he answered, he didn't even look at the boat that passed by outside the window, so he pouted and said that his brother was lying, Zeng Yu quickly looked at the boat, and changed his words: "Oh, it turns out that the boat is loaded with soy sauce, and this boat has gone far to Hangzhou." ”

Zheng Shi laughed on the side and teased Niuniu: "Ask your brother, how do you know that Lu Dao is soy sauce and not tea oil?" ”

Zeng Yu said seriously: "When the boat passed by, there was a kind of soy sauce fragrance in the wind, didn't Niuniu smell it?" ”

Niuniu twitched her nose and said: "It seems to have the fragrance of soy sauce, it's really soy sauce, such a big boat of soy sauce, how long will it take!" ”

Zeng Yu, Zheng Shi and Zeng's mother Zhou all laughed, Zheng Shi said that people in Hangzhou like to drink soy sauce, when it is wine, Niuniu believed it, opened her mouth, and was very surprised.

The little girl Niuniu is easy to get close to people, as long as anyone is kind to her, she talks a lot, and after a while on the boat, she became familiar with Zheng Shi, pointed to the scenery on the shore and asked Zheng Shi, Zheng Shi answered patiently.

Great-mother Zhou said with a smile: "Zheng Gongzi doesn't want to ignore her, she talks a lot, she likes to ask everything, and children are annoying." ”

Zheng Shi said with a smile: "Aunt Zeng, the younger generation also has a daughter, who is five years old this year, naughty is better than a boy, how can there be a girl who is well-behaved, you will meet soon." ”

Niuniu was looking forward to seeing Zheng Shi's naughty daughter, and it was a series of questions, Zheng Shi, who was playing chess, answered with a smile, without showing any impatience, Zheng Shi likes children very much.

Lead mountain estuary to Guixi Yingtanfang waterway more than 180 miles, down the river also has four hours, in the afternoon, Zeng Yu took out Lu Hanlin sent Wufeng cloud tea and Zheng Shi tasted, this tea is shaped like a lotus seed heart, the sharp buds are very beautiful, the color is green and oily, the aroma is fragrant after opening the soup, Zheng Shi tasted two mouthfuls of praise and said: "Good tea, fresh and sweet, not inferior to the famous tea of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but unfortunately not famous." ”

Zeng Yu said: "That's because there are no celebrities and masters to promote it, Lu Yu didn't have this kind of Wufeng Yunwu tea when he was in Shangrao, otherwise if it was written into his tea scripture, the price of this kind of tea would not be as low as it is now." ”

The two tasted tea and gossiped, Zheng Shi asked Zeng Yu about martial arts, and asked Zeng Yu for advice, Zeng Yu shook his head and smiled: "My brother wants to be a feng shui gentleman walking the rivers and lakes, so I have to learn a few tricks to defend myself, what do the three idiot brothers learn?" ”

Zheng Shi said: "The dream of the ancient literati and chivalrous guests, the foolish brother has been yearning for the kind of chivalrous realm that comes and goes like wind and rain, out of nowhere, happy and revengeful, bold and righteous, I don't know if there is really a way, I recently heard a strange news, the prince Lu Bing, who is in charge of the brocade guard, actually has thieves enter his mansion at night, take gold, silver and jewelry, Lu Bing saw it with his own eyes, held his breath and did not dare to make a sound, and the next day, Lu Bing called the imperial history of the city patrol on duty last night, and reprimanded him sternly, and ordered this imperial history and the five city soldiers and horses to solve the case within three days, unexpectedly that night, The thief sneaked into Lu Bing's bedroom again, grabbed Lu Bing and said that I want to kill you Yi Ru, Lu Bing was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, and he fell to the ground and begged for mercy, the thief sneered, and suddenly left, no, Lu Bing didn't dare to investigate anymore, and the matter was over-Jiu Li, do you say that there is such a strange hero in this world as empty and jing'er, and even a powerful person like Lu Bing is helpless against it? ”

Zeng Yu smiled and said: "The novelist said, do the three idiot brothers also believe it, of course, I don't dare to say no, anyway, I haven't seen it, my uncle has been going south and north for forty years, and I haven't seen it, but the robbers have encountered it, if there are only two or three, then my uncle will be defeated, if it is a group, my uncle will show his compass and umbrella, Mr. Feng Shui, there is nothing to grab." ”

Zheng Shi also smiled: "One hit in the Tang legend will be thousands of miles away, and people can turn into sword pills, which is obviously too ethereal, and I don't believe it much, but I believe a little bit in Lu Bing, I hope it is true." ”

Zeng Yu said: "The people of Guixi should not have a good impression of that Lu Bing, it was Lu Bing and Yan Song who asked Xia Guixi to kill his head and take his family, so it is unknown to make up Lu Bing's grievances." ”

In the notes of the Ming people, the cabinet ministers are often called by the name of the place, such as Xia Yan is called Xia Guixi, and Yan Song is called Yan Fenyi-

Zheng Shi nodded and said: "Jiu Li is right, there are many wild elders in the countryside of Guixi who scolded Yan's father and son, in fact, Xia Yan did not benefit Guixi's hometown when he was in office, and his clansmen occupied the land and took a lot of lawsuits, but Yan Song did a lot of good deeds for Fenyi's hometown, donated silver to expand the county school, repair roads and bridges, I heard that the year before last, Yan Song and his son paid 20,000 taels of silver to build a large stone bridge with eleven holes in the east gate of Fenyi County, Yan Song wrote a tablet in his own hand, named Wannian Bridge, Yan's father and son are very bad in Shilin, but in their hometown is rave reviews - nine carp, You are going to Yuanzhou to take the make-up exam this time, and you are about to cross the Wannian Bridge, you must not say bad things about Yan's father and son in Fenyi, otherwise you will not be able to cross the bridge, it is said that Guixi people dare not say that they are Guixi people in Fenyi, of course, Fenyi people have to shut up and avoid being beaten when they go to Guixi, halu ha. ”

Zeng Yu smiled, turned his head and saw the boatman at the stern of the boat listening to the two of them while rocking the oar, and he was also grinning, his heart moved, and he asked, "What is the boatman's surname?" ”

The boatman hurriedly said: "Don't be expensive, don't be expensive, the villain's surname is Huang." ”

Zeng Yu asked again: "Mao Xiaoer from the four seas is your relative?" ”

The boatman said: "Yes, Mao Xiaoer is my brother-in-law." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "It's all about duty, hard work." ”

Zheng Shi saw Zeng Yu suddenly chatting with this boatman, he felt a little strange, he has always been dull in terms of human feelings, and he often takes a long time to come back to his senses in other people's minds, and now, he is addicted to chess again, and said: "Jiu Li, let's go to the next game." ”

Zeng Yu moved the chess set to a place close to the bow of the boat, and said in a low voice: "Brother San, you remind me to be careful when I get to Fenyi, but you also have to pay attention to your own speech, Lu Bing and Yan Songquan lean towards the government and the opposition, and those old people in the fields and fields are just talking and laughing, you are now a student, a local figure with status, if the traitorous villain who wants to invite merit says that you slander the court officials, it is a crime." ”

There is such a record in the Mingren notes, there are four people drinking in the secret room at night, one is drunk, drunk and scolds Wei Zhongxian, the other three are silent, drinking silently, this person is scolding vigorously, suddenly Dongchang Fanzi broke in and arrested these four people, scolded Wei Zhongxian's immediate beheading, and the other three who drank silently were rewarded-

Mingren notes are often hearsay, preconceived opinions, this note is not necessarily true, but later generations also have the so-called check the water meter, please drink tea, to say that the crime has not changed for 500 years, although it is not the period when Wei Zhongxian was in power, but Lu Bing is also the head of Jinyiwei, Zeng Yu's caution is of course reasonable.

Zheng Shi was dumbfounded and said: "It's just a joke, why is it like this!" "Zheng Shi is a scholar, and he has always liked to talk about the government and politics, whether he is a celebrity, and the public opinion is out of school.

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "It's my brother who is timid, just to remind the three idiot brothers, just in case." ”

Zheng Shi was a little surprised: "When did Jiu Carp become so cautious, you and I used to laugh and talk to my heart's content, and in my opinion, you are more cynical than me." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "The situation is pressing, my brother can now be said to be on the run, shhhh ”

Zheng Shi laughed, and then lowered his voice and said: "Hurry up and go to Yuanzhou to make up the exam, and if you are admitted to the students, then there is nothing to do, if you don't pass the exam, you can only stay in the cold house to drink and play chess with the foolish brother, and wait for three years." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Do the three idiot brothers want to raise a doorman?" ”

Zheng Shi said: "The seats are always full, and the wine in the bottle is not empty, which is also my dream." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "The three idiot brothers really have a lot of dreams, and they want to be chivalrous and want to be Meng Weijun-"

Zheng Shi buckled the board and said: "Life is short, it's just a dream - Jiu Li, you teach me martial arts." ”

This Zheng Shi is still worried about practicing martial arts, Zeng Yu said: "Forget about practicing martial arts, this is to be practiced since childhood, but the younger brother can teach the three idiot brothers a set of eight-section brocade guidance method, long-term practice, can eliminate diseases and strengthen the body." ”

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Two cups of tea, three games of chess, the red sun is about to fall, the small passenger boat is moored on the right bank of the Xinjiang River, Zheng Shi pointed to a waterfront cliff not far in front of him and said: "The mountain is called Longtou Mountain, there is a water area under the mountain is extremely deep, it is a deep pool, there are often big eagles hovering on the pool, ripples swirl in it, the eagle dances on it, this is the origin of the name of the eagle pool." ”

Zeng Yu nodded and said, "Okay, good, Yingtan is a good mouth." ”

Five hundred years later, a great man called Yingtan is now just a small village under the jurisdiction of Guixi County, four or five hundred families live on the south bank of the Xinjiang River, the south bank is higher and is not afraid of the floods of the Xinjiang River, while the north bank is low and gentle, all are farmland, and there are few homes.

When the people on the Yingtanfang Wharf saw Zheng Shi, they came to say goodbye, saying that Xiucai Xianggong, Zheng Xiucai, Daxi Daxi, and the title of the gold list...... Yingtanfang has such a population of more than 1,000 people, and the good news of Zheng Shi's talent in school has been transmitted back a few days earlier, and all men, women and children in a square know that Zheng Shi should be the first talent in Yingtanfang to show his talents.

Laifu ran back to report the news first, Zeng Yu helped his mother to follow Zheng Shi up the dozens of stone steps on the dock, just arrived at the shore and the high ground, he saw Zheng Shi laughing, pointing to the cross neighborhood in front of him and said: "Aunt, nine carp, Niu Niu, look, that is the little girl Qianqian, riding a bamboo horse, she is running fast." ”

When Zeng Yu raised his eyes, he saw a girl less than three feet tall and wearing a pink gown, straddling a thin green bamboo, moving quickly with her feet, and her mouth was screaming:

"Drive, drive, horses and horses run, pick up Daddy, drive-"

The five-year-old daughter of the three foolish brothers came on a bamboo horse like a boy.

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