Chapter 113: All the dukes on the throne are ashamed
"The catkins are happy and the catkins are red?"
The inspector Zhang Qilian and others were about to cheer, but they felt that something was wrong. This poem didn't make sense. The catkins were white, so why were they red? Everyone here was a well-read poet, but no one knew the origin of this sentence.
It was not an ancient poem, but a lie made up by Eunuch Zhong. Although he wanted to flatter Eunuch Zhong, he couldn't do such a scandal in a hurry. For a while, everyone looked at each other, waiting for others to praise first, and then echoed.
When Eunuch Zhong saw the embarrassed faces of everyone, he also realized that something was wrong. His face turned pale and purple, and he was ashamed. He was an arty eunuch who cared about face. Besides supervising the weaving, he had read 300 Tang poems, Song lyrics, and Yuan operas by heart.
Reciting, he likes to socialize with literati and elegant people on weekdays. He thinks that his knowledge is top-notch among the eunuchs. He doesn't know how he came up with such a poem. He just embeds the words "flying and red" into it, without thinking.
Gu Shang was confused about the meaning of poetry. Zhang Qilian coughed and said with a forced smile: "My father-in-law, the wording of this poem is amazingly rewritten, and the artistic conception is wonderful. I admire him and admire him."
Seeing Eunuch Zhong's face darken, Zhang Qilian thought to himself: "Oh no, this eunuch is angry. To flatter him now is to ridicule him."
Zhang Qilian was speechless. Naturally, others would not speak rashly. Some sneered in their hearts. They were about to watch the joke of Eunuch Zhong and Zhang Fenshou. There was silence in Xingsu Pavilion. The atmosphere was as cold as ice. Everyone in the pavilion was talking.
When I was extremely embarrassed, I suddenly heard a clear voice outside the pavilion saying: "The willow catkins are flying in patches of red. This poem comes from a Yuan Dynasty poem about Pingshantang. It is really wonderful to use it to deal with the "Flying Red Order"."
Zhang Qilian asked hurriedly: "Who is it? Please come in quickly." If you meet a savior, like a méng amnesty, quickly stand up and welcome him out of the pavilion.
Zhang Yuan watched as his clan uncle Zhang Rushuang, his teacher Wang Siren, as well as Magistrate Xu and County Magistrate Hou accompanied a eunuch in a python robe and jade belt as they passed by the Chengyou Temple to Xingxiu Pavilion.
The official of Jingguan must be Zhang Qilian, the inspector. Zhang Yuan thought to himself: "What a sight to behold as a eunuch. What's the use of a third-grade official accompanying him on a tour in the mountains, admiring lanterns, and studying poetry and books? He might as well become a eunuch." He glanced at Shang Danran.
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No matter how smart Shang Danran was, he couldn't guess what Zhang Yuan was thinking at this time. Looking at so many people on the top of the mountain, he glanced at Zhang Yuan and said to Shang Zhoude: "Second brother, are we still going up?"
Shang Zhou Dedao said: "Now that we have arrived here, there is no reason to give up halfway. From the top of Longshan, you can overlook Kuaiji City and White Horse Mountain."
Xiao Jinghui said happily: "Okay, okay, go quickly, go quickly."
Zhang Yuan saw Neng Zhu running down Penglai Hill and stopped him quickly, asking where the six lamps were hung.
Neng Zhu scratched his head, and Zhang Yuan reminded: "The lamp is painted with a frog under a peony flower and a colorful butterfly on a rose flower."
Nengzhu slapped his forehead and said happily: "I remember, little man, those six lamps are hanging outside the Xingxiu Pavilion."
Zhang Yuan said again: "Nengzhu, do you have a telescope? Lend it to me."
Neng Zhu said: "The villain was going back to get the telescope. The third young master scolded me."
After that, he strode off.
Zhang Yuan said to Shang Zhou De: "Second brother, let's go up. It's only a few hundred steps from here to Xingxiu Pavilion." He asked Xiao Jinghui: "Can Xiao Hui still walk?"
"I can walk." Xiao Jinghui jumped a little, indicating that she has the strength to climb mountains.
A group of people went up to Penglai Gang and looked at the lights along the way. There were many people going up and down. Several maidservants of the Shang family carefully guarded the three ladies. Penglai Gang was quite spacious, and people in twos and threes spread out mats and sat on seats to play the sheng.
The banquet of singing string instruments was very lively, and there were several large lamp sheds with big lights hanging in the sheds.
There were hundreds of small lamps, and the stories of "Four Books" and "Poetry of Thousands of Families" were painted on the big lamps. Jinglan, the little sisters Jinghui looked at them one by one. After lingering on Penglai Hill for two moments with great interest, they climbed to the top of Longshan Mountain.
I went, but I heard several people behind me shouting at the same time: "Make way, give way."
Haonu shouted to clear the way, didn't you see Feng Hu's ban lantern?
Zhang Yuan turned around and saw a few tall servants striding towards him, shouting and shouting. Behind him were several servants and servants, surrounding a young master who walked quickly up the mountain. Shang Danran had already stepped aside and turned his back.
Go, Zhang Yuan stopped and stood beside her.
As the group of powerful slaves passed by Zhang Yuan, Shang Zhoude and others, the young master looked at Shang Danran's back with wild eyes and then saw Mu Zhenzhen next to Zhang Yuan. His eyes lit up, he slowed down, and then
He stared at Zhang Yuan and walked up, looking back as he walked. He stumbled and almost fell. Shang Danran was especially beautiful under the moonlight, and was wearing a black Songjiang cotton tangerine and a black long skirt.
Mu Zhenzhen's skin is as snowy and very eye-catching. There are many people walking up and down the mountain. They will look at each other when they pass by. This is normal, but the young man's gaze just now made Zhang Yuan quite uncomfortable.
, I thought: "Who is this person? There should be no such person in Shanyin, maybe he will come to harass me."
When they reached the top of the mountain, Shang Danran saw six exquisite lanterns made from her paintings hanging in front of the Xingxiu Pavilion. He took the hands of his two nieces, one on the left and the other on the right, and stood by the pavilion to watch. Zhang Yuan accompanied the three of her.
The little Xinu Wuling next to him came out of nowhere and said happily: "Young Master, I knew that the Young Master would come here to look at his lights. He has been waiting here for a long time for the bus."
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Xiao Wu, you got here quickly."
At this time, when he heard the Jie Gu in the Xingsu Pavilion passing the order of drinking wine, Zhang Yuan had poor eyesight, but his ears were very sharp. He heard Eunuch Zhong's unusual voice chanting the nonsense sentence "The catkins are flying here and they are red."
, Xingxiu Pavilion, which was originally bustling with laughter and chatter, fell silent, and no one made a sound.
Zhang Yuan thought: "Eunuch Zhong has made a fool of himself, should I help him? Well, making friends with a powerful eunuch will definitely be helpful to me in the future. Whether it is the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, as long as he treats me well
I won’t refuse if something big is beneficial to me. When a national crisis is approaching, I have to make use of all the people and things I can use. Of course, it’s not easy to ride two horses and talk to both sides. It’s very likely that I won’t be able to please both sides. This depends on me.
The trick...
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Zhang Yuan's mind suddenly changed and he said loudly: "The willow catkins are flying red. This poem has its origin. It is a Yuan Dynasty poem about Pingshantang. It was used to respond to the "Flying Red Order." It is really wonderful."
Sure enough, someone in the pavilion immediately responded: "Who is it? Come in quickly." What came out was Zhang Qilian, the chief of the Zhejiang Provincial Police Department. Zhang Qilian saw that Zhang Yuan was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was a scholar in blue.
, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and asked: "Do you really know the origin of that poem?"
Zhang Yuan bowed and said: "Exactly."
Zhang Qilian didn't care so much at this time. He might as well have let this young man go in to stir up the trouble. He might have made the embarrassing situation pass. He just asked Eunuch Zhong not to be too upset, so he waved: "Please come in."
Zhang Yuan entered the Xingxiu Pavilion.
As soon as Zhang Yuan came in, he was greeted by everyone. He bowed to his clan uncle Zhang Rushuang, his teacher Wang Siren, Magistrate Xu, and magistrate Hou. He was very familiar with them, and even confused the inspector Zhang Qilian. Rushuang stood up and said with a smile:
"Eunuch Zhong, Zhang Fenshou, all of you Suoda, this is my grandson Zhang Rushuang, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Jiezi, Zhang Yuan. Please pay your respects to Eunuch Zhong and Mr. Zhang, the envoy to the inspection."
Zhang Yuan saluted the first eunuch Zhong and saluted Zhang Qilian beside him. Zhang Qilian patted his forehead as a recall and said: "Zhang Yuan, I heard this name in Hangzhou. Wang Tixue once mentioned it, saying Shan Yin Zhang Yuan
You are the one who writes well at a young age?"
Zhang Yuan crossed his hands with a smile and said: "That is because the great master is too praised, and the young man has little talent and little knowledge. How can he deserve it?"
It turns out that the young man in front of him is really Zhang Yuan, a young talented man whom Wang Xuedao praised. Zhang Qilian said happily: "The Zhang family in Shanyin produces talented people. Then tell me, "catkins flying red, which poem by Yuan people comes from?"
Eunuch Zhong, who was the leader of Zhang Yuan Dynasty, cupped his hands and said: "Eunuch Zhong is so knowledgeable that I admire him so much. This sentence of "The catkins are flying red" is quite uncommon. No wonder the wise men here can't remember it for a while. This poem is a Yuan Dynasty man's poem about Pingshan.
As for the hall, Pingshan Hall built by Ouyang in Slender West Lake, Guangling, dominates the lake and mountains. Later generations wrote so many poems that I can’t even remember who wrote it, but I can still remember the four lines of the poem.
He chanted: "The wind is blowing by the Twenty-four Bridge. I lean on the railing and still remember the old Jiangdong. The setting sun shines back on the peach blossoms and the catkins flying across the river are red."
There was silence again in Xingxiu Pavilion, followed by cheers: "Wonderful! Wonderful!"
"The setting sun is shining back, the peach blossoms are scorching, and the catkins flying here look red, it's wonderful!"
"The wording used in this poem is cutting-edge and novel, which is exactly the poetic style of Qiu Yuan and Yang Tieya of the Yuan Dynasty."
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Zhang Qilian was overjoyed and hurriedly complimented Eunuch Zhong and said: "Eunuch Zhong is so erudite and has a strong memory that I am ashamed of myself as a low-ranking official. However, we think that such excellent lines are not poetic. I am ashamed and ashamed."
Xu Shijin and others also shouted "Ashamed" loudly. The atmosphere was heated for a while. All the officials, gentry and celebrities in the audience reflected on themselves. They felt ashamed of Eunuch Zhong and admired Eunuch Zhong's talent. Only Zhang Rushuang,
Wang Siren looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile.
Eunuch Zhong was so praised by everyone that he had forgotten that this sentence was actually a random joke by him. He really thought that the Yuan Dynasty had such a poem, so he turned from anger to joy, and rubbed his bare chin and said: "This
Our family really can’t remember this clearly. We only remember this sentence, but Mr. Zhang remembers it all.”
Zhang Yuan said humbly: "I came across this poem by chance last year in a collection of works by my ancestors. I am young and haven't read much, so I still remember the whole poem. Eunuch Zhong has read too much and read it many years ago.
It is impossible to remember the poems one by one, but once you encounter the sentence "Flying catkins and flying catkins, red patches are flying," the sentence will come to your mind, right?
Eunuch Zhong nodded and said: "Yes, that's it." He smiled happily, feeling that this young man really understood him, and said to Zhang Rushuang: "Weng Su, your grandson is smart and has a limitless future."
Zhang Rushuang said with a smile: "My father-in-law praised me. Zhang Yuan was a disciple of Mr. Wang Jizhong, and he was mostly taught by Jizhong.
Eunuch Zhong then said to Wang Siren: "*An teaches well, teaches well, and teaches well."
Zhang Qilian took a deep breath when he saw Eunuch Zhong's cheerful smile and cheerful look. This arty and moody eunuch was in a bad time. Thanks to Zhang Yuan tonight, is that poem really a poem by a Yuan Dynasty person? @