Zhang Yuan and his eldest brother Zhang Dai walked out of the third gate of the Imperial Academy and saw Zhang E already waiting outside. Neng Zhu and Feng Hu had been waiting outside. Zhang E went to the door and kicked it with a long pole, then walked back to Zhang Dai.
Zhang Yuandao: "The plague official said this is the pole on which people's heads are hung. It's really abominable. They said this as soon as they entered school. The bad guys are in a mood. The latest chapter of the Holy Church.com"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Third brother is only suitable to be a dandy in his hometown and cannot go out. Fortunately, it is the forty-second year of Wanli. If it were two hundred years ago, he would definitely have suffered a lot."
Zhang Dai was also worried that Zhang E would cause trouble, and said: "Third brother, why don't you come now because you are ill? How can you withstand the constraints of prison rules and regulations of yours? If you cause trouble, you still have to worry about me."
Zhang E laughed and said: "How can this be true? I, Zhang Yanke, am a timid person who is afraid of difficulties. I just face the difficulties. Don't worry, brother, the eunuchs and academic officials are all human beings. Watch me knock them down with money."
Zhang Yuandao: "Why bother? Third brother, this money is better spent on a house on the Qinhuai River."
Zhang E said: "I want to see how polite and honest they are on the surface, but how money-minded they are behind the scenes. Also, there are thousands of students in the South Prison who accept grains, and they are all children of rich families. I have to sell them myopia glasses, which cost four taels of silver each."
The pair is too cheap, only six taels."
Zhang Dai said helplessly: "Then you have to play for two days. If you can't do it, you can get out of prison because of illness. Don't confront the supervisors or academic officials. Otherwise, you will be punished with a cane and you will be unlucky. How can you still gather the slaves and beat them like Shanyin did?"
go back!"
Zhang E rolled his eyes and said, "Brother, I'm not a fool. Could I be so stupid that I don't know what's important?"
Zhang Dai opened the folding fan to shade out the sun: "Okay, I won't talk about you anymore. Let's go quickly. The sun is very hot today."
The three brothers, Neng Zhu, and Feng Hu returned to the foot of Jiming Mountain to listen to the Zen House. This Zen House was the house they rented. It was named by Zhang Dai. Isn't there Jiming Temple on Jiming Mountain? Sanskrit Zen Singing
Shi heard, so it was called Ting Zen Ju——
"Master, you don't have to live in the Imperial College, do you?"
When Mu Zhenzhen saw the three young masters coming back together, he thought they were just going to the Imperial College to study during the day, and they would go back to their homes after school. The fallen girl was filled with joy and hurriedly brought tea. Shengtang.com
Zhang E said: "I just came back to move things, the four treasures of the study, and daily utensils to the cell in the prison. Once you enter the south prison, it is as deep as the sea. You will not be able to come out until the end of the year. It is equivalent to being in jail for half a year, which is very painful."
"Ah." Mu Zhenzhen looked at Zhang E and Zhang Yuan with his eyes widened in surprise.
Suzhi and Lumei were also surprised: "You can't come out if you go in. Is this true?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "That's not the case, but I do have to live in prison. It should be okay to come out every once in a while."
The lunch meal was cooked by Mu Zhenzhen. It included anchovies, salted duck, cucumber, water shield, Jinling tofu, and straw mushroom soup. Zhang Yuan thought it was delicious and praised Mu Zhenzhen a few words, but then ordered Laifu to go nearby.
Hire a cook and a washerwoman. There are fourteen masters and servants in total. They really need dedicated cooks and washerwomen.
In the afternoon, the three brothers Zhang Yuan went to Danyuan to report today's enrollment status to Taishi Jiao, and told them about renting Tingchan House. Jiao Runsheng and Zong Yishan followed Tingchan House to see the green hills behind the house and the towering Buddhist temples.
There are bamboos and old willows in front of the house, there are flowers and plants in the courtyard, and the three couplets in the small building are neither new nor old. It is indeed a good place for guests to live outside.
It has been a month and a half since I left Shanyin on the day after the Dragon Boat Festival, and I have not yet received a letter from my family. Today, I went to prison, and I have settled down. The three brothers Zhang Yuan wrote to their families respectively, reporting that they were safe and talking about their current situation. Zhang Yuan returned to
Shang Zhoude and Shang Danran each wrote a letter. When Zhang E saw Zhang Yuan writing to the Shang girl, he said, "I will also write a letter to Miss Zhuo Jingqi. She won't die of shame, right?"
Zhang Dai said with a smile: "Yanke, please don't act recklessly. The Qi family has a strict family tradition. Haven't you seen that Qi Huzi is young and mature? If you write this letter, you will be scolded as frivolous and incompetent."
Zhang E shouted to Qu Dao: "How come Jie can write, but I can't? How can this be unreasonable?"
Zhang Dai asked: "Have you met Miss Qi? What letter did you write?"
Zhang E suddenly became angry and said: "I would rather marry a prostitute than marry someone I have never met!"
Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan looked at each other in confusion, Jiao Runsheng and Zong Yishan pretended not to hear, and were discussing whether the evening drums and morning bells of Jiming Temple would make any noise here——
The more Zhang E thought about it, the more annoyed she became. He lost his temper and shouted that he was going to marry Wang Wei or Li Xueyi back...
"Third brother, don't mess around. (""网.com)" Zhang Dai shouted: "You can take a concubine, but it is absolutely impossible to regret the marriage and marry another. No matter how much third aunt dotes on you, she will not let it go.
If you do such nonsense, my uncle will really break your legs. Stop being angry and go have a cup of tea."
Zhang Yuan persuaded: "Third brother, Miss Shang and I met first by accident. This is nothing to envy. Third brother, isn't it good to gamble? Your marriage is like a big gamble. On the day of the wedding, both parties will have a showdown.
Appearance and temperament are revealed, isn’t this also very interesting?”
For his third brother Zhang E, Zhang Yuan could only enlighten him in this way——
Zhang E said with bare eyes: "If I have an ugly appearance, a fierce temperament, and roars like a lion from the east of the river, then wouldn't I be miserable?"
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "That means you lost the bet and accepted the bet. There is nothing to say."
Zhang Dai and Jiao Runsheng both laughed. Zhang Dai said: "We can't lose so miserably. You see, Qi Huzi is very handsome. Moreover, the Qi girl was looked at carefully by someone entrusted by her third aunt. They all said that she is beautiful. I guarantee it."
On the day you got married, I was so happy that I couldn’t stop smiling.”
Zhang E was moody. When Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan said this, he actually turned his anger into joy and said: "Jiezi, my eldest brother and I have already set a date for welcoming him personally. The eldest brother will be on the second day of February next year, and I will be on the second day of the second lunar month."
On the sixteenth day of the lunar month, we both have to admit defeat. When will you and Miss Shang get married?"
Zhang Yuandao: "Both brothers got married at the age of nineteen. How dare I compete with the younger brother? He must be nineteen years old after all."
Zhang E said: "The Shang girl is one year older than you. She is already twenty when you are nineteen."
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Third brother is so stupid. Is this something that third brother needs to worry about?"
After writing the letters, I still asked Jiao Runsheng to send them by post. If there were any replies, they would also be sent to Jiao Taishi's office.
Because the newly admitted prison students must have dinner in the dining hall in the prison, and the dinner time is at the first hour of Youshi, so the three Zhang Yuan brothers left Tingchan Residence and returned to the Imperial College at the first moment of Youshi. On Zhang Yuan's side, Wu Ling was carrying a bookcase on his back.
, Mu Zhenzhen carried the dowry to the gate of the Imperial College. On the way, Zhang Yuan told Wu Ling to read more books and practice calligraphy. He would also be able to help with the affairs of Hanshe Bookstore in the future. Don't settle for a boy, a book boy.
Duty, as for Mu Zhenzhen, Zhang Yuandao said: "In addition to reading and writing, Zhenzhen must not neglect his martial arts."
Mu Zhenzhen nodded and said, "My maid understands." He then said, "The young master is taking good care of himself in prison."
Zhang Yuan always found it difficult to adapt to this prison. It was almost the same as prison. He smiled and said, "I know."
The Imperial Academy did not allow idlers to enter, so Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai had to carry their books and clothes to the room in Guangye Hall, while Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai were leisurely.
Help him carry things in front of the door. If you have money, you can push the devil. It seems that Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan's worries are unnecessary. As long as they are willing to use the money, Zhang E will definitely be more comfortable in prison than Zhang Yuan and the others——
Of course Zhang Yuan had great respect for Wei Dazhong, who was the most loyal and martyr, but he did not want to share a room with Wei Dazhong. He said to Zhang Dai: "Brother, who is in the same room as you? Why don't we exchange it? I am in the same room as the eldest brother."
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Zhang Dai carried the handbag on his shoulder. He had never been so tired. He panted and said: "Tongcheng Ruan Dacheng, a collection of calligraphy."
"Ruan Dacheng!"
Zhang Yuan was shocked. At the end of October the year before last, he went to Kuaiji to visit Shang Zhoude. When he came back, he heard from Brother Shitou that Ruan Dacheng was visiting and left a sentence: "It turns out that I owe you a life." He was confused. He thought it was Shitou.
Brother, I misremembered what I said. I didn’t expect that I would meet Ruan Dacheng in the Nanjing Imperial College, and he would actually live in the same room as his eldest brother. Wei Dazhong was from the Donglin Party, and Ruan Dacheng was from the eunuch Party. If the room numbers were changed, Wei Dazhong and Ruan Dacheng would be living in the same room——
Zhang Yuan moved the bookcase and clothes to the dormitory room, and saw that Wei Dazhong had changed into the prison uniform and was reading on the desk. When he saw Zhang Yuan come in, he nodded and started studying by himself.
The furnishings of this room are very simple, with two three-foot-wide wooden beds, two pine tables, two square chairs, and nothing else. Zhang Yuan placed his bookcase on the pine table on the west wall, and his clothes on the
On the bedside, he cupped his hands to Wei Dazhong and said: "Chief Wei Zhai, Zhang Yuan, my eldest brother in Shanyin, went to prison to study together with my eldest brother Zhang Dai. I want to live in the same room with my eldest brother. Please allow me to change rooms."
Wei Dazhong returned the gift, but said: "Prison regulations do not allow private transfer of cells." He just said this, said nothing else, and continued reading.
Zhang Yuan knew that this Wei Dazhong was an extremely difficult person to be accommodating. If he didn't want to change, he would just change. He didn't want to say anything more, so he sat on a square chair and fanned himself to catch his breath, when he heard a hearty voice ringing outside the door: "Brother Jie Zixian, long time ago."
I admire your name, and today I finally get to know Jing, Ruan Dacheng of Tongcheng is so polite."
When the words "Tongcheng Ruan Dacheng" were mentioned, the man entered the room, bowed deeply to Zhang Yuan, then stood up straight with a slight smile. He was a handsome and handsome man, about twenty-six or seventeen years old. Although he wore an ordinary prison student turban,
But the wide-sleeved soap sash on his body has a different kind of elegance. Ruan Dacheng, who is notorious for his work in "The Peach Blossom Fan", is so handsome and free and easy. He is much more pleasing to the eye than Wei Dazhong, and he is cheerful and enthusiastic.
, it makes people feel like old friends at first sight——
Zhang Yuan returned the courtesy and said: "Brother Ruan, I have admired you for a long time. I have admired you for a long time. I was in Shanyin two years ago and I had no chance to see you. I was deeply shocked. Today, I am not shocked."
Ruan Dacheng laughed heartily and said, "I just didn't have a chance. I went to Shanyin specifically to visit Brother Jie Zi, but I couldn't see him. I'm still feeling melancholy."
Zhang Dai followed him in and said, "Brother Ruan asked me just now if I knew Zhang Jiezi from Shanyin. I told him that Brother Ruan immediately jumped up and came over."
Ruan Dacheng smiled and said: "I have longed for Zhang Jiezi, Zhang Zongzixian and Kunzhong." When he said these words, he kept looking at Zhang Yuan——
Wei Dazhong, who was reading on the side, put down his book, stood up and shook his head: "Ruan Jizhi, your voice is not small."
Zhang Yuan was secretly surprised. Hearing Wei Dazhong's tone, he not only knew Ruan Dacheng, but also had a close friendship with him.
Ruan Dacheng smiled and said: "Senior Brother Wei, I am a good friend who has been with you for a long time. I am moved by my feelings and express my feelings outside." Seeing the questioning look in Zhang Yuan's eyes, he explained: "I am with Brother Wei.
Under the tutelage of Mr. Jing Yi of Donglin Academy, Senior Brother Wei's knowledge and character are the ones I admire the most."
Mr. Jing Yi is Gao Panlong, and Ruan Dacheng and Wei Dazhong are actually brothers from the same school.
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