The housekeeper Liu Fu finally regained his breath and replied: "Master, it's the madam who is back." Liu Ziguang has married three women in total, but the only one Liu Fu can call his madam is Peng Jinrong. When he heard that the madam is back,
After hearing the news, Liu Ziguang breathed a sigh of relief. Someone finally cleaned up this mess. Liu Ziguang is not good at handling family conflicts and often makes things worse. Peng Jingrong is well-educated, smart, virtuous, and older. She is the most suitable person to come forward to sort out the relationships between all parties.
Yes.
"Where is Madam?" Liu Ziguang asked eagerly.
"I met you on the road. I heard something happened here and I have already come here. My horse is fast, so I got there first." As Liu Fu said this, he turned around and pointed, and sure enough he saw a carriage coming from a distance.
, it is the four luxurious carriages of Zhenwu Hou Mansion, with knights guarding them on both sides.
The carriage drove up and the curtain was lifted, revealing Peng Jinrong's smiling face: "Why, my sister is in trouble again?" Liu Ziguang sighed deeply and climbed onto the carriageway: "Let's talk as we walk."
It turned out that Peng Jinrong had just returned from Suzhou and had invited the famous scholar Gu Yanwu out of the mountain. Now he was staying at Baoen Temple. She originally wanted to invite the old gentleman to live temporarily in the Marquis Mansion, but he was not grateful and insisted on living in the temple.
Literary people these days like to live in monk temples or Taoist temples when they go out, to show their elegance and refinement. Peng Jinrong did not force it anymore. After settling Gu Yanwu's house, he met Liu Fu on the way back home, so he rushed over.
After listening to Liu Ziguang's introduction to the situation, Peng Jinrong frowned and said: "Master, this is your fault. Why did you hit each other fifty times indiscriminately? At least it's not too late for you to ask the whole story before you beat him up. Even though it's all you Liu Ziguang."
My daughter-in-law, but Zhao Wen represents the face of the imperial court in the Song Dynasty after all. Why are you scolding me like this? Although my sister is naughty, it’s not easy to hit her casually. The little girl couldn’t think of anything and did something stupid. I’ll see how you end up.”
Liu Ziguang was dumbfounded and said, "What should we do?"
Peng Jingrong burst out laughing: "Ms. sir, I'm scaring you. It's okay. Women, just coax you. You can't speak, but you still have me as your wife. Don't worry, leave this matter to me. You can come back to me."
Go see Mr. Gu and go about your men's business."
After hearing this, Liu Ziguang felt relieved, and the carriage returned to Zhenwuhou Mansion. The two of them went to the back hall hand in hand, and found that Zhao Wen and his party, who had arrived first, were packing their bags and preparing to open the way. Liu Ziguang said curiously: "This is where we are going.
Where?" A eunuch replied: "My lord, your majesty has a decree to move to the residence of our diplomatic mission." Liu Ziguang became anxious at once: "You just want to leave, this is too temperamental." He looked at him again.
About to get angry, Peng Jingrong advised: "Mr., don't be impatient. I'll go talk to the Zhao girls while you go about your business."
Liu Ziguang had no choice but to retreat temporarily. He did not forget to ask the servant: "Have the Second Miss and Miss Cat come back?" The servant said: "I haven't seen them back yet." Liu Ziguang sighed, the whole family was in chaos, and he simply didn't care.
Then he rolled up his sleeves and went out to see Gu Yanwu.
Gu Yanwu was a great scholar of the time, but he did not belong to the Donglin Party. He was knowledgeable, noble in character, and had a respected status in the Confucian community. If he was asked to come out and found an academy, he would definitely be able to compete with Donglin Academy. This person had been there during the invasion of the Qing Dynasty.
He once said a famous saying, "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." It was so iron-clad and resonant that it was often cited by heroes all over the world. Although he was very talented, he did not want to become an official and volunteered to devote himself to writing books and educating the world. This time he was
Please come out, I don’t know how much effort Peng Jinrong spent.
Regarding Gu Yanwu's files, Peng Jinrong compiled a pamphlet and asked Liu Ziguang to take a look at it temporarily so that the conversation could be smooth. Liu Ziguang flipped through it and found that this old gentleman was indeed different from other talented people. He was not only famous in literature, but also in philosophy.
He is quite accomplished in various fields, such as Confucian classics, history, phonology, primary school, epigraphy, archeology, local chronicles and geography, as well as poetry and literature. He has made great contributions to the past and the future. He inherited the anti-Confucianism trend of scholars in the Ming Dynasty and not only
He made a review of Lu Wang's philosophy of mind, and showed his academic interests that were completely different from Cheng and Zhu's Neo-Confucianism in many areas such as nature and heaven, regulating qi, Taoism, knowledge and action, and natural principles and human desires. He wrote "The Book of Benefits and Diseases of All Countries and Prefectures under Heaven"
and "Zhaoyu Zhi". He also advocated "benefiting the country and enriching the people" and believed that "those who are good for the country will be hidden among the people." He boldly doubted the monarchy and put forward the concept of "government by the masses" with the color of early democratic enlightenment thought.
Advice. In short, this person is very suitable for Liu Ziguang and is a practical talent.
Marquis Zhenwu's car arrived at the gate of Bao'en Temple, and the monks rushed to greet him. The monk Zhike rushed back and forth, and the little novice monk was pissed. The old abbot also came out to welcome him. Who doesn't know that Marquis Zhenwu is famous for not believing in ghosts and gods?
, returning to the temple greatly brought glory to the faces of the monks. The fat face of the old abbot Mengyin was full of smiles, and he asked Liu Ziguang: "Master Hou, do you want to offer incense or return your wish?"
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Liu Ziguang said: "I'm here to take care of you. Please ask the abbot to guide you."
Mengyin's face changed slightly, but she quickly covered up her disappointment and said, "Master Hou, follow me." He personally led Liu Ziguang to a simple Zen room in the backyard and said, "Mr. Gu lives here."
Baoen Temple is a famous royal temple in Beijing. It covers an extremely large area and is clean and elegant. Literati and poets often like to stay here when they come to the capital and have nowhere to stay. The monks are also discerning and have built many Buddhist temples to specialize in this business. The rich ones
The master had to live in the Zen room, and those who had no money had to rent a room. Although Gu Yanwu was a well-known scholar, he did not have a few taels of money in his pocket, and he was determined not to let Peng Jinrong come forward to help, so he was arranged by the monks in the worst room.
The group of people arrived at the door and were about to go in when they suddenly saw a little boy walking out and asking, "Who are you looking for?" Liu Ziguang said, "Please let me know, little brother, that student Liu Ziguang is here to pay a visit to Mr. Gu."
The child was only eleven or twelve years old, and his face was still covered with clear snot. He was not afraid at all when he saw Liu Ziguang in a python robe with a jade belt and Mengyin in a brocade cassock. He wiped his snot with the sleeve of his cotton-padded jacket and said, "Teacher, you are going to bed.
Come again."
Monk Mengyin was furious and just about to scold the boy, Liu Ziguang said: "It doesn't matter, Liu will just wait. Come, please give three thousand taels of silver to the temple. It will be regarded as the sesame oil I donated to Mr. Gu."
For three thousand taels of silver, Meng Yin, the host, trembled, his fat face, which had been stern and cold just now, turned into a chrysanthemum smile, and went away with a thousand thanks.
It was still early, only about 5:30 in the afternoon. Gu Yanwu must be a little tired from the journey. Liu Ziguang asked kindly: "Little brother, when will Mr. Gu get up?" The child said: "I don't know." As he said that, his stomach growled.
Liu Ziguang made a cooing sound, smiled, and asked the guards to run out and buy two meat buns. He lifted up his robe and sat at the door to sit quietly. The child ignored him and took a broom to sweep the yard.
After a while, the guard arrived with two delicious big meat buns. When the child smelled the fragrance, the sound in his stomach became louder. Liu Ziguang called the child over with a smile and stuffed the big meat buns to him. The child looked at hesitantly.
The kind-hearted Liu Ziguang thought about it and finally couldn't resist the temptation of the glutton in his stomach. He ate the buns with big mouthfuls and murmured: "It's so delicious." Liu Ziguang said: "Eat slowly, don't choke." He also gave in.
The guard brought the kettle to the child to drink.
The child ate two big meat buns, put his oily hands on his buttocks, and looked at Liu Ziguang with a much more friendly look. Liu Ziguang struck while the iron was hot: "Mr. Gu went to bed so early, so he must not have had dinner yet?"
When talking about eating, the child had an aggrieved look on his face: "The teacher goes to bed early and likes to get up in the middle of the night to drink and read, which makes me often hungry." As soon as Liu Ziguang said this, he felt confident, and suddenly there was a cough in the room, and the child whispered.
He said in a loud voice: "Sir is about to get up to relieve himself. I have to go and take care of him quickly." He said and quickly ran into the house.
After a while, the sound of rushing water came from the room, which sounded like Mr. Gu was peeing. At the same time, there was an old man scolding: "Xiao Ming, are you brave? How dare you eat meat in the pure land of Buddhism?
Who gave you the meat buns!" Then his voice dropped, as if he was having a conversation, and then he raised his voice again: "No, I'm going to bed."
The door opened, and the bookboy Xiao Ming came out with a urinal in his hands and a sad face. He didn't dare to talk to Liu Ziguang. He walked to the latrine and poured urine and continued to sweep the floor. Liu Ziguang didn't take it seriously and continued to sit at the door and wait. Anyway, he didn't want to go back now.
Home, thinking of those wives gave him a headache, he might as well sit in this pure temple for a while and soak up the spiritual energy.
They waited for three hours. At about eleven o'clock at night, Gu Yanwu woke up. As soon as he got up, he shouted: "Xiao Ming, hurry up and prepare some food and drinks for me." Xiao Ming agreed and started to clean the table. Gu Yanwu put on his clothes
I put on my cotton-padded jacket and went out to admire the moon. When I saw the bright moon in the sky, I couldn't help but recite a poem. As I finished reciting, cheers came from the door: "Mr. Gu really recited a good poem."
Gu Yanwu was short-sighted and could not see clearly. It was not until Liu Ziguang walked up to him that he saw the jade belt of the python robe. Although Old Gu regarded powerful people as dirt, he was still very moved by the fact that the Marquis sat outside and waited for three hours in the cold weather.
"Master Hou has been here?" Gu Yanwu's expression remained as usual.
"Exactly, Ziguang didn't dare to leave until he saw your husband." Liu Ziguang smiled.
"Sure enough, Corporal Lixian, what Mrs. Liu said is true." Gu Yanwu thought to himself. He was a bold and free-spirited man who traveled to famous mountains and rivers. He was used to not sticking to trivial matters. He immediately said: "It happened that Gu was going to have a late night supper, and the Marquis returned it without abandoning it.