The moment he walked into the hook bar, Shen Shuren still felt a little unreal in his heart.

"I didn't expect that when I came to the Ming Dynasty and set foot in entertainment venues for the first time, it was because of this kind of coincidence. In the future, you need to leave a little more room for your back. ”

After some introspection, Shen Shuren finally adjusted, and by the way, under the introduction of his cousin, he met some talents who gathered together.

Shen Shuren's cousin can be regarded as the number one person, named Zhang Huangyan, called Cangshui, a person from Ningbo Mansion. is a little distant relative of Shen Shuren's late mother, Zhang. So when Shen Shuren introduced Zheng Hongkui just now, he reported "Zhang Cangshui".

Zhang Huangyan's relationship with the Shen family is actually quite far away, and he can't get much resources from the Shen family.

However, Shen Tingyang is righteous and squanders money, and likes to promote the latter. He saw that his deceased wife's distant nephew was able to write and martial arts, and was quite talented, not only good at reading but also riding and shooting, and he had been funded a lot over the years.

Zhang Huangyan is two years older than Shen Shuren, just twenty, and he also has a reputation for talent.

This year is the year of the township examination, he should go to Nanjing to catch the exam, so he went to his uncle in Suzhou a few months in advance, while waiting for the boat in Taicang, while looking for his own house to charter a meeting and make friends with other candidates waiting for the ship.

In history, this Zhang Huangyan is also famous in history. In the second year of Yongli, when Shen Tingyang's troops were defeated and martyred, Zhang Huangyan and another general, Zhang Mingzhen, were both in Shen Tingyang's army. But they relied on disguise, pretending to be ordinary soldiers, and successfully broke through to save their lives - of course, they did not break through for their lives, and they still insisted on leading the troops to resist the Qing Dynasty after that.

Zhang Huangyan persisted for another seventeen years after Shen Tingyang's death, and insisted until even Zheng Chenggong died of illness, he realized that the general trend had gone, and he didn't want his subordinates to die in vain, so he disbanded the remnants of the army. But he himself still insisted on not surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, but lived in seclusion on overseas islands, and was finally captured by the Qing army, and would rather die than be killed.

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Thinking that this distant and cheap cousin would also be regarded as the No. 1 national hero in the future, Shen Shuren quickly adapted to it after the initial rustiness.

And Zhang Huangyan didn't know what plans his uncle and cousin had, he just temporarily got the request of the Shen Mansion steward, asking him to help drag his cousin and Zheng Hongkui for a while.

Fortunately, he is also a clever person, and he doesn't ask much, and he soon talks and laughs with Zheng Hongkui, which greatly reduces Shen Shuren's social pressure.

Especially Zhang Huangyan still has some martial arts, and when chatting with a military attache like Zheng Hongkui, he will not put on a literati stand, which makes Zheng Hongkui also have a sense of acquaintance.

Seeing that the situation was under control, Shen Shuren finally relaxed. Subsequently, out of curiosity about entering the Goolbar for the first time, he was soon really attracted by the Kunqu opera on the stage and enjoyed it with great interest.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the hook column was also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and those who sang private dramas behind closed doors had a larger scale, and there were many skin and meat transactions. And this kind of venue that opens the door to the literati for church meetings is more like a theater garden for later generations.

It's just that there was no "selling tickets to watch a play" in the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of church had to have a benefactor first, who was willing to pay for the charter and save up the game. Then meet friends with texts and let others play.

The one who rubs the play is not completely in vain, and will give a few dollars to the singer as a reward, but he does not force it.

A gentleman doesn't say anything, and it's vulgar to sell tickets.

Today is Zhang Huangyanbao's venue, so several of them are in the elegant seats on the second floor, and the people who are playing are all in the hall downstairs.

At this moment, a few sisters downstairs are singing hard, they are average-looking, and their singing is quite tactful and poignant, and it can be seen that this sub-grade is not high-grade.

Shen Shuren listened for a while, and heard the black joke that seemed to be sung by Yan Song, the late traitor of this dynasty.

This play is actually famous, called "The Legend of the Phoenix". It was created by Wang Shizhen, a local literati in Taicang, in the early years of Wanli, so it was performed a lot in the local area.

Especially today's serious literati elegant collection, it is not suitable for singing obscene lyrics and beautiful songs, so they prefer to choose dramas that are acupuncture and politics.

It's a pity that Shen Shuren is not cultural enough and doesn't know these stories very well.

He listened to Kunqu opera without a pair, and rested for a while, during which he secretly glanced out the window and into the street several times.

About half an hour later, Shen Shuren saw that Shen Fu, who was on the side, came back in a hurry, and gave him a look at the staircase, so he took advantage of the excuse to change his clothes and hung Zheng Hongkui in place to chat with Zhang Huangyan.

After releasing the water, Shen Shuren took advantage of the time to wash his hands and asked softly: "Have you cleaned up all the neatness on the dock?" ”

Shen Fu replied while pouring hand sanitizer: "It's already done, you can go at any time." ”

Shen Shuren took a handkerchief and wiped it carefully: "What about the sailor who caused trouble?" How to deal with it, after all, he didn't make any mistakes, it was all a coincidence. ”

Shen Fu: "Don't worry, he has been transferred, and he said that he was on sick leave to the other sailors, and secretly rewarded him with a few dollars to reward him for his devotion to his duties." ”

Shen Shuren nodded: "That's good, you prepare the car first, and leave after this song is sung." ”

Shen Shuren said, and returned to the elegant seat on the second floor and continued to listen to the play.

He was thoughtful, and knew that after listening to half of it, he went out to change his clothes, and suddenly flashed, which was easy to arouse Zheng Hongkui's vigilance. Anyone with a little common sense of intelligence work understands that at this time, at least they have to listen to the song in front of them quietly.

Not long after sitting down again, the fold "The Legend of the Ming Phoenix" in front of me also sang to the climax, and the plot was roughly "Zeng Milling, a famous anti-Tatar general in the Jiajing Dynasty and a squire in the military department, was victimized by Yan Song, and finally got the snow of grievances".

The talents downstairs applauded, and couldn't help but talk and criticize the government.

After all, the current Ming Dynasty is also facing a multi-front battle. Many civil officials and supervisors were convicted by Chongzhen, and this plot saw that the talents had a sense of substitution, so they started spraying, thinking that the emperor should not kill the doctors indiscriminately.

I saw a showman, threw a copper coin on the stage, slapped the table, and said indignantly:

"The court does not distinguish between merit and fault, loyalty and goodness are wronged, hateful and lamentable! Since Zuo Liangyu was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong at the beginning of the month, I heard that His Majesty had dismissed Xiong Wencan, the governor of the six provinces, and sent him to prison.

Now that the thieves are so rampant, the Li thief Zhang rebelled and rebelled, but surrendered, and was defeated repeatedly. But the court supervisor was immediately questioned as soon as he was defeated! In the long run, wouldn't it be chilling! I'm afraid this Daming is going to end! ”

This was originally none of Shen Shu's business, but when he heard that Xiucai thought of Xiong Wencan from the murder case of Zeng Milling in the Jiajing Dynasty, he suddenly secretly screamed in his heart, and hurriedly peeked at Zheng Hongkui with the rest of his eyes, lest the Zheng family think too much.

Three days ago, when Shen Shuren first crossed over, Suzhou had not yet received the news of Xiong Wencan's imprisonment, but as time passed, the situation was obviously deteriorating day by day.

And Zheng Hongkui's expression really changed slightly, and the corners of his mouth twitched, but he quickly returned to normal, obviously knowing the secret.

Shen Shuren was so bitter that he had to pretend that he didn't understand, so he couldn't persuade him personally, so in a hurry, he had to quietly kick his cousin Zhang Huangyan under the table, giving him a look, suggesting that he stop the showmen downstairs.

Zhang Huangyan was stunned at first, although he didn't understand which one the Shen family was playing, but he was very intelligent. In addition, he has been taken care of just now, and he wants to help drag Zheng Hongkui down.

So after a little thought, he also realized that most of the topics that Shen Shuren wanted to stop were related to the Zheng family.

So Zhang Huangyan got up and confessed: "Brother Zheng, I can't listen to people talking about the government, and I can't help but argue with others when I hear it." You talk, I'll go down and see. ”

Shen Shuren also took the opportunity to pick up: "Even so, we still have something to go to the dock, so let's get here today." ”

Zhang Huangyan said cooperatively: "It's okay, then I won't send it, I have to move around more when I have time in the future." ”

However, after all, it was too late, Zheng Hongkui was already attracted by the comments of those talents, and said in a cold tone: "Don't worry, we've been talking for so long, it's not bad to do this, it's good to listen to their opinions." ”

Shen Shuren was helpless, in order to maintain his character, he had to keep his mouth shut and watch the show, and let his cousin deal with those talents.

The only thing he could do was to hold Zheng Hongkui: "Since Uncle Shi is interested, it doesn't hurt to listen to it, but if I don't learn and don't know how to do it, I won't be ashamed." ”

Zheng Hongkui also has no culture, and he is impatient to drop his bookbag with the talents, this arrangement is exactly what he wants, so he followed Shen Shuren to watch the play on the second floor.

After Zhang Huangyan went downstairs, he arched his hand to Xiucai, who was talking about it just now: "In Xia Yuyao Zhang Huangyan, dare to ask Brother Taigao's surname?" The elder brother was talking about it just now, but the younger brother was a little puzzled, and he still had to ask for advice. ”

Na Xiu was only about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he was also waiting for the ship here. When he saw that Zhang Huangyan was the host of today's treat, he was not rude, but just arched his hand indifferently:

"Kunshan returns to the village! Don't dare to be instructed! I think that although Xiong Wencan is reckless and credulous, Zhang Xianzhong's deception has been more than a year, and the court has not taken any action to remedy it during this period, is this Xiong Wencan's fault alone? If the ministers do so much and make so many mistakes, don't do well, and don't give the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, who will dare to give advice to the court in the future? ”

Zhang Huangyan listened quietly and retorted casually: "Brother Gui's words are wrong. Li, Zhang and other thieves are capricious and well-known to the world. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Chen Qiyu of Shaanxi suffered this loss, mistakenly believed in fraud, and the thief went out of the carriage gorge Jedi, and then encountered repeatedly. Xiong Wencan has learned from the past this time, and he has repeated the mistakes of the past, so it is not unjust to go to prison to ask for the crime. ”

Na Guizhuang listened to him take out Chen Qiyu's previous experience, and he didn't think of how to refute it for a while, and was speechless for the time being.

However, there was another talent next to him, who looked of the same age and had a clear appearance, but he took over the conversation and talked eloquently:

What Zhang Xiandi said was quite inspiring, and he was in Kunshan Gu Jiang. foolishly thought that even though Xiong Wencan deserved his crimes, the court's disposal was really not a strategy for the country. ”

Zhang Huangyan obviously had also heard the other party's name, and returned the salute: "It turned out to be Brother Tinglin, just ask Brother Tinglin for advice." ”

Gu Jiang was also not polite, and analyzed straightforwardly: "Xiong Wencan's misconduct of the country is undoubtedly true. But if you distinguish carefully, it is not difficult to find that he has successfully recruited seven or eight thieves in the past two years.

And now that he has come back to the front, Zhang Xianzhong is the only one, and the other thieves still want to settle down at the beginning. This shows that Xiong Wencan's vision is at least seven or eight points accurate. ”

Zhang Huangyan frowned and corrected: "What Brother Tinglin said doesn't seem to be consistent with the facts, right?" The imperial court newspaper clearly wrote that Luo Rucai, the third battalion of Junzhou, and the fifth battalion of Gezuo were all reversed, and Hubei, Henan, and Anhui were all eroded. How can it be said that only Zhang Xianzhong is unrepentant? ”

Gu Jiang shook his head, he had the ability to never forget, and he was very sure of the number of family treasures: "You don't read the Di newspaper carefully, the original text clearly reads 'Dedication to loyalty is against Gucheng, robbing you of talent in Fang County, so the nine camps are all against you'."

See a problem? Luo Rucai is indeed the opposite, but there is a difference in order, cause and effect, the key is in the word 'robbery'. If the court is clear and does not become angry and suspicious, those thieves may not be able to rebel because 'the other thieves who were appeased with me have rebelled', and they will think of 'whether the court will be suspicious of me or not', and finally they will be suspicious of each other and forced to rebel.

From this point of view, did the imperial court's eagerness to take Xiong Wencan increase the fear of other thieves who were ordered by Xiong Wencan?

When Zhang Xianzhong robbed Luo Rucai and robbed the fifth battalion of the left, I don't know what kind of coercion he said. But in terms of common sense, most of the above is the truth. That's why I said that the recklessness of the imperial court fueled the thief's power. ”

When Zhang Huangyan heard this, he didn't know how to refute it for a while, and even his cousin hinted at his mission, but he couldn't care about it for the time being.

After thinking about it, he could only express his admiration for Gu Jiang's high opinion for the time being, and wanted to invite him to have a few drinks, close the door and ask for advice.

And Shen Shuren, who was watching from the railing on the second floor, was also sinking more and more.

When he saw Zhang Huangyan stop Guizhuang just now, he felt that the situation was controllable, mainly because he had never heard of such an unknown person as Guizhuang.

But after Gu Jiang appeared and refuted Zhang Huangyan, Shen Shuren immediately secretly shouted that it was not good.

He could hear that this Gu Jiang was very knowledgeable, and he looked at problems very dialectically, not an easy person.

What's more, this is a great philosopher who has left a name in history - Gu Jiang is Gu Yanwu!

Shen Shuren sweated slightly on his forehead, lest the situation be completely out of control.

And Zheng Hongkui, who was next to him, also had an increasingly ugly expression, and at the last look of a broken jar, he suddenly opened his mouth to criticize: "This talent downstairs is knowledgeable, isn't the court unloading the mill and killing the donkey, and accompanying the king like a tiger!" ”

Speaking of this, Shen Shuren's mind was racing, his brain was calculating rapidly, and he finally came to his heart.

He knew that it was too fake to continue to pretend to be foolish, so he put on a look that had just dawned on him:

"Why is Uncle Shi so upset about Xiong Wencan's experience? Yes! Come to think of it, your Zheng family seems to have relied on Xiong Wencan to appease you back then, right? No wonder, seeing that the benefactor is in trouble and unjust, he is also righteous. ”

Zheng Hongkui couldn't help but be stunned.

If Shen Shuren continued to pretend to be stupid just now, then he should be vigilant against the Shen family.

But Shen Shuren suddenly made his words clear, and he was a little unsure. When Shen Shuren is really unlearned, he really doesn't know how to react, and he is indeed so slow to react.

He adjusted his expression, seemed to touch his steel needle and beard roughly, and laughed: "It was seen by the virtuous nephew, yes, our Zheng family was also the governor of Xiong Zhao'an back then, so I was a little indignant." ”

Shen Shuren's eyes rolled, pretending to have just thought of it, and he lowered his voice and exclaimed: "Since you are also appeased by Xiong Wencan, then according to what Mr. Gu said, you should also be careful recently, be cautious and humble, so as not to be suspicious of the imperial court."

By the way, a few days ago, my little nephew read the letter from Guozijian inviting me to study in Nanjing, and I also invited Governor Zhu's nephew and nephew Zheng Sen. I don't know how you arrange your nephew's studies?

I have already reported my illness, and if my nephew delays any longer, I am afraid that the face of the country will not look good. Alas, I originally wanted to be a classmate with Brother Zheng Xian, but unfortunately I couldn't let go of the woman here in Suzhou. ”

Zheng Hongkui was beaten so frankly that he couldn't get down the steps, so he gritted his teeth and said: "How is it possible, my nephew has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his body is very healthy, I heard that the family has arranged for him to go north on the same day." However, the southerners are not accustomed to the water and soil of the north, and before going to Nanjing, it is estimated that they will have to spend a few days in Suzhou to get used to it. When the time comes, I will have to walk around with my nephew a lot. ”

Shen Shuren arched his hand: "What should be should be, I can't ask for it." ”

After a lot of temptation, everyone simply opened their words, and forced the Zheng family to express their attitude, and they would not directly refuse the court's summons.

Shen Shuren also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect to turn harm into benefit, and take advantage of Gu Yanwu's opportunity to refute his cousin Zhang Huangyan, but instead picked out his words and pushed things forward.

The follow-up arrangements are also logical, the fold of "The Legend of the Phoenix" on the stage has been sung, Zheng Hongkui and Shen Shuren got on the car successively and went straight to the dock.

Before going out, Shen Shuren also said goodbye to Zhang Huangyan by the way, and then got to know Guizhuang and Gu Yanwu, who were discussing with Zhang Huangyan, and also said a few words of his own opinion.

Gu Yanwu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said that he would definitely ask for advice next time he had the opportunity.

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After getting on the bus, it didn't take long to arrive at the pier. The follow-up plan finally went well.

As soon as Shen Shuren got out of the car, he summoned the captain of a Shen family passenger ship, handed him the letter in a grand manner, and asked him to take it to Nanjing.

And the captain of the Shen family also said with embarrassment on his face, before setting sail today, he just found that the process of beating hemp paulownia oil during the last maintenance was not in place, and he was afraid that the part of the hemp would seep water, and he was afraid that he would delay the day of sailing.

Shen Shuren pretended to be angry and blamed: "How can you make such a mistake? That's it, fortunately, I'm not in a hurry with this letter, you can collect it first, and then take it to Nanjing after two days. ”

Zheng Hongkui was on the side, his eyes lit up when he heard this, and he took the initiative to take care of it: "Eh, it's not a big deal, it's just that we need to take a boat to carry a letter, we have a ship to Nanjing today, virtuous nephew, it's better to let your messenger take our ship." ”

Shen Shuren put on a face-saving expression: "How embarrassing is this?" Our Shen family is also a large household with hundreds of sea vessels, in fact, there are usually five or six big ships at this Liujiagang wharf every day. Today is really unfortunate, just yesterday a large number of ships loaded with Su embroidery set sail. In fact, another ship will come back tomorrow. ”

Zheng Hongkui raised his hand and pressed it weakly, and said with a kind smile: "I know, why bother with the virtuous nephew, no one doesn't believe that you Shen family ships are many, but it's just a letter, it's a gesture." ”

Only then did Shen Shuren return to the appearance of "self-esteem has been satisfied": "In this case, there is labor." ”

With that, he let the messenger get on the Zheng family's ship.

Everything that follows is naturally logical. After the letter arrived on the Zheng family's ship, it was dismantled and read not long after, and the content was indeed Shen Tingyang asking Shen Shuren for a long leave.

said that he was not in good health, and he would not be able to get naturalized before the township examination this year. After missing the schedule, anyway, the enrollment in the next three years will not be bad, so there is no need to be too anxious.

Of course, all this news, Zheng Hongkui and even the Zheng family in Fujian, will not know immediately, because they have to wait for the Zheng family ship to arrive in Nanjing before returning to Suzhou to bring the news back, and it will take several days to count the days.

On the other hand, confirming that the Shen family was so cooperative, Zheng Hongkui also reported back the situation of the Shen family overnight, and wrote down some of his own observations, thoughts, and rumors.

It is recommended that the eldest brother Zheng Zhilong send his eldest nephew Zheng Sen to Suzhou as soon as possible, so as to put on a sincere gesture of cooperating with the imperial court first and give the imperial court a little face.

He didn't know that what he saw and heard was what Shen Shuren wanted him to see and hear.

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Again, 5,000 words, please be patient, I will enter the intense plot as soon as possible. In the beginning, some characters needed to be played and shaped, so I had to rely on piling up the word count to make sure that each chapter had a moving thread.

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