Chapter 004: Famous Jinling

"This son, you said that you wanted to learn from your sons, why did you speak like this, the little girl read your answer, but she is not like the kind of person who steals poems and steals." Li Fengchun was also a little annoyed, in addition to recruiting guests at her poetry meeting, the most important thing was to strengthen the world's talents, in order to be like Ma Xianglan and become famous all over the world, so naturally she would not offend people, but she also had to say two good words for Zhao Cheng.

At the same time that everyone was criticizing and writing, Chen Cao stood up and said with an innocent face: "A certain person just speaks according to the facts, you can't tolerate people, how can you be the prime minister?" ”

For a while, this group of people was speechless, and Zhao Cheng said: "Then I don't know what masterpieces such a brother has, can you write it out and let me wait and see, even if Zhao admits defeat, he has to lose convincingly." ”

Scholars in the Ming Dynasty were notoriously cautious, and if you said one sentence to him, he would refute you with ten sentences, otherwise it would seem that he had not learned the Confucian knowledge he had learned well, and on the contrary, he would be ridiculed by his peers.

Zhao Cheng's fellow villager, the young man who had been helping him speak, also stood up and said: "No, Gu Linsheng, a person from Suzhou, the forty-sixth person of Wanli, Gu Dazhang, the father of the family, is a member of the Criminal Department, and Gu Yuncheng, the secretary of the Nanjing Taifu Temple, is my grandfather." ”

Hiss...

Everyone in the cabin gasped, and Gu Linsheng reported to himself that the meaning of the house was that you kid be careful, there is someone above me.

Who Gu Yuncheng is Chen Cao doesn't know, but Gu Dazhang is Men'er Qing, the first Donglin Six Gentlemen who died in the Apocalypse Dynasty, Chen Cao still likes Wei Zhongxian in his heart, after all, this guy is ruthless in suppressing the Donglin Party, if not, it is estimated that the life span of the Ming Dynasty will be shortened by the Donglin Party by a few years.

"It turned out to be Gu Gongzi, disrespectful and disrespectful." Chen Cao smiled and arched his hand towards Gu Linsheng.

Gu Linsheng also quickly realized in his heart when he saw this, and he was right, all the sons and brothers here were highly talented, either they were talented or talented, there was no noble gentleman, and those who could come up to the second floor were all people who were familiar with the Confucian classics, and there was really no one like Chen Cao.

Before Gu Linsheng was happy enough, Chen Cao said again: "Although so, Zhao Gongzi's literary talent still thinks that it is still only a lifter. ”

"You guy..."Zhao Cheng didn't speak, then Gu Linsheng was about to do it as he spoke.

Who is Chen Cao? The Wei Guogong Mansion was born in the family, not to mention the family martial arts, and if he took off his clothes and was full of tendons, he had to make the powerless Xiucai in front of him lose half of his courage, not to mention that there was also Song Che, the chief flag officer of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, beside him.

Seeing Gu Lin's vivid hand at the moment, regardless of his identity and the family behind him, he blocked in front of Chen Cao, Song Che was already taller than Gu Linsheng, and this time he condescendingly broke his wrist.

"Pain, pain, pain..."Gu Linsheng shouted three times, he suddenly understood, this young man in front of him is definitely the son of a noble and high-ranking official, this person who is not afraid of his background and dares to do it with himself has a military posture, and at first glance he is a family general guard.

"It's really Sven sweeping the floor..."Chen Cao shook his head with a smile.

As the so-called gentleman doesn't move, Gu Linsheng suffers a loss, and a large group of talented men in the cabin are watching how this high-ranking official's son suffers a dumb loss as if watching a play, but this group of scholars has a characteristic, they don't know what to say, and they will gather in groups as soon as they are instigated.

Zhao Cheng saw that Gu Linsheng had suffered a loss, so he shouted: "Brother Ren of the same year, this guy is here to make a big fuss, and he wants to beat people, how can my generation let it go?" ”

In Chen Cao's era, to incite national sentiment, you had to be arrested and locked up for fifteen days, but now it is the most popular method for scholars, and the rest of the people in the cabin were instigated by Zhao Cheng so much, they rolled up their sleeves and were about to do it, and then the interesting thing is that these people were kicked by Song Che coldly, and they all stopped in place and shouted blindly, and they were not willing to take a single step.

Chen Cao sneered when he saw this, if it was really 'Xiucai rebelled for three years', this group of people would not take the initiative except for shouting slogans, not for their own interests.

Seeing this, Zhao Cheng shouted at Song Che angrily: "You reckless man, let go of Brother Gu." ”

"Shi Xiu, don't hurt anyone," Chen Cao let go of Song Che's hand, let go of Gu Linsheng, and then arched his hand: "My brother has great strength, if he hurts Gu Gongzi, I hope Gu Gongzi will forgive me, and I will compensate Gongzi here." ”

The steps were given, and now he suffered a loss, Gu Linsheng had to go down the steps, so he said angrily: "This brother, if you make a better poem than Brother Zhao today, it will be fine, if you can't do it..."

Looking at Gu Linsheng, who was looking at him coldly, Chen Cao sneered and shook his head: "The pen and paper are here." ”

Li Fengchun, who had been watching the excitement and had never spoken, heard that Chen Cao wanted paper and pencils, and suddenly became interested, and moved his pink buttocks lightly, wanting to see what Chen Cao wrote.

After writing in minutes, Chen Cao left the paper on the table where the ink had not yet dried, and then arched his hand to everyone: "Everyone, I have taken my leave." ”

Hidden merit and fame...

Gu Linsheng grabbed the undried rice paper, looked at it at a glance, the more he looked at his face, the greener he became, the faster the anger in his heart dissipated, and then sat on the chair like a deflated ball.

Zhao Cheng took the paper from Gu Linsheng's hand and said word by word: "If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan, waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable." Lishan said that it was half a night away, and the tears and rain and zero bells did not complain. How is Bo Xing Jinyilang, who wishes on the same day. ”

After reading it, Zhao Cheng, like Gu Linsheng, sat softly on the chair, and recited the word 'impossible' in his mouth.

And after listening to Zhao Cheng's recitation, the well-educated people in the cabin secretly gave a big perfect score to the poem titled Mulan Ci written by Chen Cao.

The maid Xiaolan stepped forward to pick up the rice paper and handed it to Li Fengchun, after Li Fengchun read it, she was silent for a long time, and then a crystal clear tear fell on the already dry paper.

The four big characters ----- Nalan Rongruo...

"He is Nalan Rongruo, the popular Nalan Rongruo in Jinling, and there is still an unfinished Dream of Red Mansions behind him..."Li Fengchun read in his heart in a daze.

After seeing the inscription on the rice paper and the Mulan speech written, the students in the cabin praised it one after another, which was completely different from the previous indignation with Chen Cao.

"Gao Cai, it turns out that he is Nalan Rongruo, and now no one in Jinling City has a copy of the Dream of Red Mansions and the Legend of the Condor Heroes, and today he actually sees a real person."

"This Mulan is tactful and heartfelt, it can be described as sad and mournful, I don't sigh to myself, it's better to be..."

"It's not as good as it, it's not as good as it..."

"Even if you say those words, it's a fact..."

Being mentioned like this, Zhao Cheng, who was originally soft, hated Chen Cao even more in his heart, and made it clear that he had made himself a great shame, and it was uncomfortable for anyone to put him, not to mention that he also had a second-generation friend who was a cautious official.

The maid Xiaolan walked to the middle of the cabin and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, my young lady said that the first person today is Mr. Nalan, please go back." ”

The crowd dispersed like birds and beasts, obviously, the situation that occurred today will spread throughout Jinling City in a short period of time, and the Mulan Ci written by Chen Cao will also be popular throughout the Ming Dynasty.

...

After Nalan Rongruo's Mulan resigned and became famous, a holy decree came from Beijing, Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo died, the whole country mourned for three months, and the new emperor was also decided, and Zhu Youxiao, the son of Taichang Emperor, ascended the throne and chose the era name Apocalypse.

Nanjing has a special status, and after the emperor's death, the city will be the same as Beijing, and it will be forbidden for a month, including marriage and all entertainment and life in the restaurant and Qinglou. However, as the so-called Tiangao Emperor is far away, in addition to mourning, Nanjing has a lot of entertainment life in private.

And it is rumored that after Li Fengchun saw Nalan Rongruo, he stopped painting and stopped seeing anyone, Chen Cao naturally did not know that he had won the heart of the Yiren, and Li Fengchun also sent his maid Xiaolan to inquire about Chen Cao's residence.

There are three people who know that Chen Cao's name is Nalan Rongruo, namely Li Xiang, the owner of Juxianju, Zhou Decai, Song Che, and the half-clear shopkeeper of Shuxiangfang, so unless Li Fengchun has good luck, how can he find out who Nalan Rongruo is and where he lives.

What Chen Cao didn't expect was that Li Fengchun was not a group of people, she first thought that the first bookstore to come out of the Dream of Red Mansions should be able to know Nalan himself, and after asking around, she really let her find out that the first person to come out of the Dream of Red Mansions was Juxianju in the west of the city.

"Miss..."Xiaolan quickly ran into Li Fengchun's room, gasping and said: "Miss, I have inquired, Juxianju in the west of the city is the first bookstore to come out of the Dream of Red Mansions, and it is rumored that Mr. Nalan himself went to Juxianju to discuss the publication of the book. ”

Li Fengchun was overjoyed, so he wanted to go to Juxianju to inquire in person, but when he thought of his identity, he became embarrassed, so he said: "Xiaolan, this matter is handed over to you, if you find Mr. Nalan, give him this thing." ”

In Juxian's residence, Li Xiang was looking at the rice paper in his hand, and what was written on it was the Mulan Ci that Chen Cao made some time ago: "If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan... Why do you make such a poem about a woman in the dust? ”

The words were pure vinegar, Xiaochun looked at his young lady and looked at the rice paper motionless, and then said: "Miss, that Chen Cao is just a, how can he make such a poetic conception, maybe it was plagiarized from a great talent." ”

"Xiaochun, which talented man is willing to be used as a gunman by a villain all the time?" Li Xiang looked at Mulan with a resentful expression and said: "Now it seems that it is a pity that he has no chance to participate in the imperial examination, if he reaches the top once, he will be like Mr. Yangming, and he will be famous in my Ming Dynasty." ”

"Snort..."Xiao Chun sneered: "Miss, these people say that he is a soldier and they all promote him, and now I have a great talent in the Ming Dynasty who is not from a Jinshi, a general of the Guogong Mansion, it is said that he is still famous, and the position of the Jinyi Wei General Banner is also graceful, no power and no power, how can he be the center?" ”

"In the future, if you dare to speak ill of Mr. Nalan in front of me again, I will not spare you."

Xiaochun had never seen his own young lady angry, and now when he saw that Li Xiang was really angry, he also secretly snorted, nodded and sneered, but in his heart he was even more disdainful of Chen Cao.

"Miss," the maid Xiaoxue walked into the back hall quickly and said, "Miss, there is a woman outside who came to inquire about Nalan Rongruo, saying that she was looking for an old man." ”

"Miss, the maid recently heard that Li Fengchun of Qinhuai River asked around about Nalan Rongruo, could it be?" Although Xiaochun didn't deal with Chen Cao, he could obviously see that his young lady was in love with Chen Cao, and naturally became hostile to a woman from a dusty background.

Sure enough, Li Xiang frowned slightly after hearing this, and then said: "Xiaochun, you go and tell her in person, just say that Mr. Nalan himself said that he didn't see anyone." ”

Chen Cao has an important thing today, that is, he came to Juxianju to take out the bonus after taking out the book, just arrived at the gate, and saw Li Fengchun's maid Xiaolan standing at the door with a burden, the woman Chen Cao basically never forgets, not to mention this fifteen or sixteen-year-old little Lori: "Yo, this is not Xiaolan girl," Chen Cao quipped: "Your young lady is not happy in spring, so I let you come here to buy books to spend the day of lovesickness?" ”

In Chen Cao's era, this was a typical teasing language, but in Xiaolan's heart, it was the friendship for her own young lady, of course, Xiaolan saw that Mr. Nalan, who made the young lady think about tea and dinner after appearing that day, actually appeared in front of her eyes, and immediately burst into tears: "Mr. Nalan, I... My young lady..."

Xiaolan's tongue was knotted for a while, and she couldn't speak happily, and Zhou Decai, the shopkeeper in the door, saw the old acquaintance coming in, so he laughed and arched his hand: "Ouch, how can I say that the magpie can't stop calling today, it turns out that Chen Zongqi is coming to the door, please hurry up, the owner is waiting for Chen Zongqi..."

"Mr. Chen?" Xiaolan recited it silently in her heart.

Chen Cao didn't continue to tease Xiaolan, he really didn't have any interest in this kind of maid, and occasionally the idea of being strong in his heart was just a whim.

The speaker was unintentional, and it sounded intentional, Chen Cao's words of teasing Xiaolan happened to be heard by Xiao Chun, who came out to spread the word, and immediately felt disgusted with Chen Cao, and then had evil thoughts, and then turned around and went towards the inner courtyard.

"Chen... Mr. Nalan..."Xiao Lan shouted loudly, seeing Chen Cao turn to look at her, and then said with a red face: "My young lady asked the maid to inquire about Mr.'s residence, and I am fortunate to meet Mr. here today. ”

Regardless of whether Chen Caotong agreed or not, he handed over the burden to Chen Cao, and then trotted away with a red face.

Zhou Decai is proficient in the world, and said with a smile: "It seems that Chen Zongqi is quite popular with women in this life, and he actually let a young lady in the boudoir have such a deep affection for you, so good..."

Chen Cao glanced at him, and the words that came to his mouth did not come out, and then he reacted to one thing, in the Ming Dynasty, it was a good story to be promised by the Qinglou woman, and it was a good thing in the eyes of the readers. That's a fashion thing in this era, even if it's the last years of Chongzhen, it's still the same, not to mention that this is the Taichang period.

At the same time as Xiaochun turned around, Chen Cao also followed him into the inner courtyard, and saw Li Xiang sitting at the stone table in the inner courtyard reading the script, so he smiled and said, "Ouch, Boss Li is really good Yaxing." ”

Li Xiang had a good impression of Chen Cao from the first sight, and now Chen Cao is famous for half of Nanzhili in the name of Nalan Rongruo, who doesn't want to see his true face, if those who boast of great talent see that Chen Cao is only seventeen years old, they will not be angry.

"Mr. Nalan, please be seated." Li Xiang's title for Chen Cao also changed, which made Chen Cao feel very comfortable, and seeing Chen Cao holding a burden in his hand, he smiled and said: "Did Mr. think that his bonus silver could not be fit, so he specially took the burden to pack?" ”

"What, miss, this was given to him by the prostitute's maid." Koharu said with a look of disgust.

Li Xiang doesn't look down on the woman very much, let alone a prostitute that everyone wants to ride: "It seems that Mr. is very popular." ”

Chen Cao actually doesn't like Xiaochun very much, and often has an urge to press her to the ground and rub it: "I don't know what it is, I haven't opened it yet." ”

"Koharu, pour tea for Mr."

Chen Cao glanced down at the tea stalk floating in the teacup, his heart suddenly became angry, and he looked up at Xiaochun, who was squinting at him, and wanted to do it, but in front of Li Xiang, thinking about his silver again, he forced it down, and still smiled: "Boss Li is really polite, I won't drink the tea, I'll take the silver, and then leave, I still have important things." ”

"Xiaoxue, go get Mr.'s silver ticket." Li Xiang nodded and ordered, then looked up at Chen Cao faintly and said: "I really didn't expect that Mr. Yijie Wufu is so powerful in the script, even if he can write such a masterpiece, the little woman has a reluctant request here, I hope Mr. agrees." ”

"You say..."Chen Cao was obsessing Xiaochun, and he didn't know what Li Xiang was talking about.

"Can you write a poem for the little girl?" After Li Xiang finished speaking, she lowered her head and drank tea, because her face was red.

"Hey, I thought it was a big deal," Chen Cao looked at Li Xiang with a smile and said, "Boss Li is so bold, we are old acquaintances again, how about sending you a song?" Immediately said casually: "Hmm... Pregnant... The vast and sorrowful day is oblique, the whip points to the end of the world, and the red is not a ruthless thing, turning into spring mud to protect the flowers. How is it? ”

Chen Cao looked at Li Xiang with great interest, and then admired how much he memorized the poems, but she didn't know Li Xiang's mood at the moment, and she couldn't describe it, this poem was in a good mood in Chen Cao's opinion, but in the eyes of this ancient person, especially a talented woman, Li Xiang immediately heard the poem expressing his love and liking for women, so he blushed even more, causing him to be speechless for a long time.

Chen Cao took the silver ticket, 1,500 taels, so much, if it is exchanged for silver, it is not bragging, Chen can't take it at all, so he has to use the car: "Then thank you Boss Li here, Chen said goodbye." ”

Chen Cao turned to leave, thinking that he was going to hide his merit and fame again, when a servant girl chased after him with a teacup, looked at Chen Cao cautiously and said, "Sir, your tea..."

Originally, Chen Cao was in a very comfortable mood, but when he saw this bowl of tea with white gas and tea stalks, the fire started at once, and then he took the teacup, looked around, and pointed to the thatched house in the distance and said, "Little sister, is that a thatched house?" ”

The maid nodded a little frightened, and saw Chen Cao walking over, and spilled all the tea into the closed thatched door with a very handsome backhand, and was about to scold, when she heard a scream in the thatched house behind her, followed by a painful sound of scratching the thatched door.

Chen Cao calmly turned his head to look at the maid and said, "You didn't see anything, do you know?" ”

The maidservant nodded blankly, and Chen Cao continued: "You won't say anything, will you?" ”

The maid still nodded, and Chen Cao said again: "If I say that, I will strip off your clothes and beat your ass..."

"Ahh

Chen Cao smiled and turned his head to look at the thatched house, scratching loudly, indicating that the people inside were not lightly injured by the hot tea, and Chen Cao looked around to see that there was no one. He put the teacup on the side of the flower stand, and then disappeared without a trace with a smoke.