Chapter 5 chapter Five

Di Gong walked into Gao Shiye's yamen, and saw Gao Shiye crouching on the desk reviewing official documents. "Oh, Mr. Di, please sit down. Stay down and make a cup of cloud and mist tea." When Master Gao saw Di Gong, he hurriedly greeted him. "Mr. Gao, please take it easy. I'm going to the Nei Ya to see Luo County Magistrate. Has Luo County Magistrate told you the investigation results of the crime scene?" Di Gong asked. "Master Luo is busy entertaining distinguished guests. He only wants me to submit a report to the Ministry of Rites of Chang'an, asking them to search for Song Yiwen's relatives."

"You'd better ask the Ministry of Rites to tell us the scholar's family history in detail. Mr. Gao, how did you know Meng Shuzhai?" "We are old acquaintances in the game of chess. Meng Shuzhai is a very strict and conservative person. His mother is a famous poet. Meng Shuzhai himself is in business, and his son is smart and intelligent. , was only fourteen years old and entered the county school." "Well, shopkeeper Meng also gave me the impression that he is quite a scholar, like a high-class person. Mr. Gao, take your leave." Just as Mr. Di was about to enter Luoyingyuan's inner yamen, he suddenly saw an official come in a hurry to find Mr. Gao and asked Mr. Gao to lead him to see the magistrate of Luo County.The officer wears a round bronze badge on his chest - this is the symbol of the state government's assignment to the capital to carry out the escort mission.Di Gong pondered in his heart, what is the important criminal who is being escorted to the capital through Jinhua.

In order not to interfere with Luo Yingyuan's business, Mr. Di casually walked into the back garden.There is a pleasant autumn scene in the garden: the sky is high and the clouds are far away, the golden wind is refreshing, the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, and the maple leaves are like fire. It suddenly occurred to Di Gong that it would be better to take this opportunity to pay a visit to Shao Fanwen and Zhang Lanbo. Although they had already retired from their posts, they still left a lot of fragrance, and their official prestige was still high. Di Gong found out that Shao Fanwen slept in the large study on the left side of the water hall in the east courtyard, while Zhang Lanbo lived in an independent abode in the west courtyard.Di Gong turned into the east courtyard and came to the door of the big study on the left side of the water hall. He knocked on the door of the vermilion lacquer carved room with his hand, and a deep voice came out: "Come in!"

Di Gong went into the study and looked up, and saw that the scholar was sitting on the couch and reading a book seriously.The burly body is wearing a sea blue brocade robe, and a yellow ribbon is tied around the waist. The long ends of the ribbon are dragged on the thick camel hair felt blanket from the Western Regions.Behind the couch is a large red sandalwood bookshelf, on which antiques, books, porcelain vases, and scrolls are neatly displayed.In a large porcelain pot in front of the bookshelf, precious black and blue chrysanthemums are planted. Shao Fan Wenlong had a plump chin and an imposing manner, with a square face surrounded by beards, and a piece of jasper embedded in the middle of a black silk square hat on his head.The eyes of tigers and tigers are full of spirit.Seeing Di Gong come in, he put down the book in his hand.

Di Gong stepped forward and bowed to salute.Hand over the name card.Said: "The late student Di Renjie kowtowed to Mr. Shao." Shao Fanwen read the famous post and put it into his sleeve, and said, "You are Di Renjie from Puyang County! I heard that you destroyed Buddhist temples in Puyang, sent monks and nuns to prison, and arrested a bunch of scum who corrupted Buddhist rules. Appreciate it. Sit down, this is not an imperial court, so there is no need to stick to any etiquette. Di Renjie—do you also write poetry?" "I only wrote one poem in my late life. In the past, I also worked hard to learn the style of lily needle poetry. However, my talent is meager, so I don't see much progress. From now on, I will be in county affairs, and I will have no time to spend on poetry."

"Magistrate Di didn't hear that many poets are famous for their one poem. Are they famous for their masterpieces through the ages? I don't know what the title of your poem is." Your Excellency, that is a "Poem to Encourage Farmers", with five words and a hundred rhymes, it is nothing more than pointing out that agriculture is the foundation of the country and the first thing in a hundred deeds. " The bachelor looked at Di Renjie curiously: "Why did you choose this title?" Wansheng just wanted to express the principle of persuading farmers to pay more attention to capital in poetry, which rhymes and is full of rhythm, which can be understood by ordinary people, and farmers may be more happy to hear it. "

The university student laughed out loud: "It's novel, interesting, and interesting. Poetry must be understood by people, but the most important thing is to express emotions. In the process of expressing emotions, one's own pulse and breath Rhythm. Rhythm is the most important thing. Magistrate Di may wish to recite a few lines of your "Poetry to Encourage Farmers" to listen to this old man." Di Gong felt a little hesitant, and replied: "Scholar, that poem was written more than ten years ago, and I'm afraid I can't recite a single sentence of it now. If you must read it, you can find it when Wansheng returns to Puyang." superior."

"Haha, forgive me for being straightforward. It must be a bad poem. If there are good lines and warnings in the poem, the whole body will naturally shine. Your poem is already mediocre, and without good lines and warnings, you will not be able to recite it after a long time It came out. Didn’t the ancients say, “Water contains pearls and rivers are beautiful, stones are rich in jade and mountains are brilliant”? ——Have you read the holy edict of the Holy Majesty on the Western Army?” "My lord, this late student can recite it." Di Gong replied. "It was an inspiring oracle given by Emperor Gaozong to the army that had lost military power. This oracle changed the situation of the entire Liangzhou battlefield. My lord, the opening sentences are solemn and majestic, and they are so bold People think of Zhou Xuanwang's apprenticeship in the Spring and Autumn Period."

"Exactly, exactly. County Magistrate Di, I guess you will never forget the full text of that edict. Because it is really the best text since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. The pulses of the soldiers are beating together, which makes people excited and excited. They can't help themselves. It's really the so-called 'worthy to be moistened by clouds and rain, like changing by ghosts and gods'. I'm ashamed to say that this oracle is exactly the grass that this old man drafted for the Holy One. Okay, Don't talk about this. County magistrate Di knows that the post of county magistrate is often the starting point of the ups and downs of the officialdom. The old man who was born in Sanbang was only a county magistrate at first, and later he was promoted to Lingnan Road as the governor, and was transferred to Jinhua Mansion in three years. Eight years ago, the nine princes rebelled and rebelled, and the place was really chaotic for a while. Later, the evil spirit was eliminated, and it happened that some of the old man's writings on literature shocked Chen Ting, so he was called as a scholar of Jixian Hall, and later represented Jixian The Zhiyuan of the palace is in charge of the edicts and edicts of the emperor. In that year, I had the honor to accompany the emperor to Sichuan and Sichuan to proclaim grace. That is the best article in my life, and it is also the pinnacle of my glory."

Shao Fanwen was beaming with joy as he spoke, and the veins on his neck were twitching faintly. "Oh, County Magistrate Di. Talking to you is such a pleasure that the old man almost forgot about it. Well, see you tonight. I'd like to hear your young officials talk about yamen topics tonight." Di Gong bowed his farewell, left the study, went to the water hall, turned out of the east courtyard, and hurried to the west courtyard to pay a visit to Mr. Zhang Lanbo. When Di Gong entered the west side courtyard, he saw Zhang Lanbo watching the fish in the pond. Di Gong bowed to him and handed over a name card.The lord Zhang was offering his condolences to a dying goldfish in the pond, exchanged a few words with Di Gong, and chatted about tonight's banquet, then hurriedly sent a message to rescue the dying goldfish.Di Gong took advantage of the situation to leave, but Zhang Lanbo didn't want to stay.

When Di Gong paid a visit to Bi Shao and Zhang, he felt his tongue was dry, but the incident that Zhang Lanbo accidentally revealed just now aroused a lot of curiosity in him.There will also be a great poet who was famous all over the world and then notorious in the evening banquet.He never expected that Luo Yingyuan's gourd had this medicine buried in it, and the banquet at night was very exciting.Furthermore, Di Gong is also very interested in the Master Ruyi who has not met yet. As he walked and thought, he had arrived at the head of the inner yamen, and Mr. Di suddenly remembered that he hadn't reported the result of asking the maid at Meng Shuzhai's house to the county magistrate Luo.

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