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Chapter 12 The Eleventh Round of Miss Lu's Martyrdom Bridegroom Yang Sixun's Mansion Recommends Talents

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It is said that when Gongsun Zhaozhu came to Lu's house, he was fascinated when he saw that the young lady was very beautiful. He didn't know that the young lady was also a talented woman, and that she was different from ordinary talented women.Because Lu editor had no son, he regarded his daughter as his son. When he was five or six years old, he asked a gentleman to enlighten him, and he studied "Four Books" and "Five Classics". The manuscript was read fluently.Teach him to do "breaking the topic", "breaking the inheritance", "starting the lecture", "comparing the topic", and "comparing the middle" to complete the article.The Shuxiu who sent the teacher, and the teacher who supervised the class, are the same as men.This young lady is very talented and has a good memory. Up to this time, Wang, Tang, Qu, Xue, and other great masters have written more than 3,000 essays, including Cheng Mo, and the examination papers of the masters of various provinces.The articles I wrote are true to the pharaoh, and they are full of flowers.Editor Lu often sighed: "If it were a son, dozens of Jinshi and champions would have come!" Poetry is poetry, if you want to write, you can write, it is a whip, a scratch, a slap, and blood. If the stereotyped writing is not exquisite, whatever you do, it is a wild fox Zen, a demon heretic!" After listening to her father's lesson, the young lady said, Next to the Xiaozhuang table and in front of the embroidery bed, there are articles one by one, which are bright and yellow every day, and they are carefully reviewed.The poems and songs sent by others don't look at him directly.Although there are a few books at home, such as "Xie Xue Tu Poems", Dongpo, Xiaomei's Poems, etc., I read them with the accompanying maids, Caiping and Shuanghong;This time, he recruited his wife, Gongsun Yun, who was from a suitable family, as well as in talent and appearance. He was really "talented and beautiful, a pair of two good".It is expected that Gongsun's career has been accomplished, and he will be a young scholar in a few days.But since Zhu came in for more than ten days, the shelf in the incense room was full of articles, but Gongsun didn't care at all.The young lady said straight in her heart: "Of course he is familiar with these things." Then she doubted: "Because he is newly married, he is greedy for laughter, so he still can't reason about it."

A few days later, I saw Gongsun go to the banquet and return to the room, with a book of poems wrapped in his sleeve to sing under the lamp, and he also sat with the young lady to watch.The young lady was still shy at this time, so it was not easy to ask him, so she forced to watch for an hour and then fell asleep with each other.The next day, the young lady couldn't bear it any longer. Knowing that Gongsun was sitting in the front study, she took a strip of red paper and wrote a line of title, which was "Cultivate the body and make the family well". She called Caiping over and said, "Go and send the My son and I said that the master wants to ask for a text." Gongsun took it, smiled, and said, "I'm not very good at this matter. Besides, I have to go to Zun's mansion before the full moon, and I have to do two elegant things. It's so vulgar. I'm impatient to do it!" Gongsun only said in his heart that it's extremely elegant to say such things to talented women, and he didn't want to violate the taboo.

That night, the adoptive mother came into the room to see the young lady, only to see frowning and tearful eyes, and long sighs.The adoptive mother said: "Miss, you are just congratulating. You have recruited such a good son-in-law. What's on your mind to act like this?" The lady told the day's affairs and said, "I only know that he has accomplished his career, no The day is to raise people and Jinshi, who would think that such a situation would not delay my life?" The adoptive mother persuaded once.When Gongsun came in, he treated him with bad words, Gongsun knew he was ashamed, and it was inconvenient for each other to speak out.From then on, looking at Qingqing, the young lady was puzzled, but when it came to her career, Mr. Gongsun didn't try to recruit her, so she tried to persuade her, but instead said that the young lady was vulgar.The young lady became more and more bored, frowning all day long.

The lady knew it, and came to persuade her daughter, "My son, don't be so dumb. I think the new uncle is a very good character. What's more, your father loved him as a young celebrity." The lady said: "Mother, since ancient times and now How many times have you ever seen a person who can't be a Jinshi be called a famous scholar?" As he spoke, he became more and more annoyed.The wife and the adoptive mother said: "This is a major event in your life. Don't be like this. Besides, there are two heydays. Even if my son-in-law doesn't win the Jinshi and become an official, don't you have less use in this life?" The lady said: "Okay Boys don’t eat separate meals, and good girls don’t wear wedding clothes. According to my child, I always have a good reputation. If I rely on my grandfather and father, I can’t do anything!” The lady said: “That’s the case, so I have to Persuade him slowly. There is no rush." ​​The adoptive mother said: "If you really don't win, you will give birth to a young son. Follow your teaching since childhood, don't learn from his father, and you are a good gentleman at home. Afraid that if you can't teach a number one scholar, you will argue for you? Your patent is stable." As he said, he and his wife laughed together.The lady sighed, that's all.After hearing these words, editor Lu Lu also asked Gongsun two questions for advice, and Gongsun barely finished the article.The editor read it, and found that they were all words from poems, and there were two lines like "Li Sao" and two lines "Zi Shu", which were not serious words, so I felt bored and couldn't say them.But it's all thanks to Madam who loves this son-in-law like a piece of her heart.

Look at the end of winter.On the first lunar month of the new year, Gongsun went home to worship his grandfather and mother.On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the two young masters of the Lou Mansion invited them to have spring wine.When Gongsun arrived, the two sons sat in the study and asked how the prefect was at home.Said: "There are no outsiders today, because it is the festival, and my nephew is here, and I have three family banquets." Just sitting down, the gatekeeper came in and said, "Zou Jifu, who looked at the grave, is here." He has been busy with the affairs of Gongsun Bi's marriage for more than a month, and spent the year in a mess, leaving Yang Zhizhong's words out of the blue.Seeing Zou Jifu coming now, I suddenly remembered, asking to come in.

The two young masters and Yun Gongsun both walked out of the hall, and saw that he was wearing a new felt hat on his head, a green cloth thick-root Taoist robe, and warm shoes on his feet.His son Xiaoer, Qianli took a cloth bag, filled a lot of fried rice and dried tofu, and put it down.The two young masters saluted him and said, "Jifu, you're just walking around empty-handed. Why did you bring the general ceremony? It's hard for us not to accept you." Zou Jifu said: "You two young masters tell this joke, don't you?" Shame me to death! Bring something from the country and give it to the master as a reward." The two young masters ordered to put the gifts in, and Second Brother Zou please sit outside and let Zou Jifu into the study.Jifu asked, knowing that it was the young master Yun, and asked about the well-being of the uncle, because he said: "It was the same year when my grandpa was buried and met with my uncle. It has been twenty-seven years, how can we not grow old! Is my aunt's beard all white?" Gongsun said: "It's been three or four years." Zou Jifu refused to take the seat of Gongsun, and the third son said: "He is our cousin, you are a respectable old man, just sit down. "Jifu sat down as ordered, had dinner first, set the plates down again, and poured wine.The two sons talked about the two visits to Yang Zhizhong from the beginning to the end.Zou Jifu said: "Of course he doesn't know. This is because I have lived in Dongzhuang these few months and have never been to Xinshi Town, so no one has said these things to Mr. Yang. Mr. Yang is a very honest person, how could he pretend His identity is deliberately hidden? He is very willing to get along with others. Hearing that the two young masters are visiting him, he can't wait to meet at night! Tomorrow I will go back and tell him that I will come with him to see the two young masters." The fourth son said: "You have lived in the Ting Festival. On the fifteenth day, go to the neighborhood with my nephew to look at the lights. We simply go to the seventeenth or eighth room. We will call a boat and go to Mr. Yang's house with you." It's better to pay homage to him first." Jifu said: "This is better." After finishing the wine that night, he sent Yun Gongsun back to Lu's house, and left Zou Jifu to rest in the study.

The next day was the time for lamp testing. A pair of large bead lamps were hung on the main hall of the Lou Mansion. They belonged to the Wuying Hall and were bestowed by Emperor Xianzong.Zou Jifu asked his son Zou Er to come and see Guangda. On the 14th, he was sent to the countryside first, saying: "I have passed the Lantern Festival, and I want to go to Xinshi Town with the gentlemen. By the way, I will visit your sister." I won’t go home until twenty miles away. You go first.” Zou Er promised to go. On the evening of the fifteenth, Gongsun Yun was having a family dinner with his wife and young lady in Lu's house.After the banquet, Lou Fuqing came to drink and play together in the street.There is a turtle mountain lantern in front of the Yamen of the prefect of Huzhou Prefecture.In the rest of the temples, there was a parade of social fires, and the sound of gongs and drums. The ladies and gentlemen all came out to watch the lanterns and step on the moon.The next morning Zou Jifu told the two sons that he would go to his daughter's house in Xinshi Town first, and agreed that the two sons would go to the countryside on the 18th and go to Yang's house together.The two sons agreed and sent him out.Take a boat to the new town.The daughter went on to kowtow to Lao Tzu's head, and packed up the wine and food.

On the 18th, Zou Jifu will first go to Yang's house to wait for the two young masters.I thought to myself: Mr. Yang is a very poor man. What will the young masters do when they arrive?Because I asked my daughter for a chicken, I counted the money and went to the town to buy three catties of meat. I also sold a bottle of wine and some vegetables. I borrowed a boat from a neighbor and took the wine with chicken and meat. They put them all in the cabin, propped themselves, and came to the door of Yang's house, moored the boat on the shore, went up and knocked on the door.Yang Zhizhong came out, holding a stove and a handkerchief in his hand, and wiped it vigorously.Seeing that it was Zou Jifu, he threw down the stove and sang promises.After meeting each other, Zou Jifu moved those things in.Yang Zhizhong was startled when he saw it, and said, "Ouch! Father Zou, why did you bring all this wine and meat? I used to spend so little on you! Why are you so sentimental!" Zou Jifu said, "Old man, you And take it in. Although I am these Xucun vulgar things today, I am not for you. I want to wait for two nobles here. Tell your wife about the chicken and meat, and clean it up, so I can tell you. These two people."

Yang Zhizhong put his hands in his sleeves and said with a smile: "Father Zou, I can't tell you. Since I came out of the county last year, my family has nothing. I only have a meal of porridge on weekdays. Until New Year's Eve, my town In the Wang's shop, which opened a small bet, I thought about my beloved stove, and paid twenty-four taels of silver. It was clearly calculated that I didn't have any firewood and rice under the festival, and I wanted to come to ask for this coincidence. I said: "If you want my stove, It needs to be three hundred taels of silver, and even a cent less can make it. Even if you stay there for half a year, it will cost a hundred taels. The few taels of silver like yours are not enough for me to burn the stove and buy charcoal!' That man I took the silver back. There was no firewood and rice this night, so my old wife and I lit a candle and rubbed the stove all night, and the new year will be celebrated." Yin took the stove in his hand and pointed at Zou Jifu. Look, and said: "Look at the color of the bread on this! It happened that there was no breakfast today, so I just fiddled with this stove to pass the time. I don't want to meet you. I have all the wine and vegetables, but I don't have any." Rice." Zou Jifu said: "So that's the case, so what's the matter?" He opened the money bag at his waist and searched, found more than two coins, handed it to Yang Zhizhong, and said, "Sir, quickly ask someone to buy a few liters of rice. Come on, so I can sit down and talk." Yang Zhizhong took the silver, called out the old woman, and took a guy to the town to bring rice.Not long after, the old woman came back from buying rice and went to cook in the kitchen.

Yang Zhizhong closed the door, sat down and asked: "You said those two noble people came today?" Zou Jifu said: "Mr., you are tired in the county because of the business in the salt shop, but how did you get out of it? "Yang Zhizhong said: "Exactly, I don't know either. The parents of the county suddenly let me out that day. I asked at the gate of the county, and they said that a man surnamed Jin had guaranteed me to come out. Thinking about it myself, I never recognized this surname. From Jin. Dad, where do you know some shadows?" Zou Jifu said: "Who is there with the surname Jin! This man is called Jinjue, and he is the housekeeper of the third young master in Lou Taishi's mansion. Two young masters and brothers Because I heard your old man's name from here, I exchanged my silver for 700 taels and put it in the treasury, so that my family can be promoted to the title of a guarantee. After these things, after my husband returned home, the two young masters personally went to the mansion to appeal Twice, sir, don’t you know?” Yang Zhizhong suddenly realized: “Yes, yes, this matter was misunderstood by me, an old woman! The first time I came back from watching fishing, the old woman said to me: ‘There is a surname in the city Liu's, I wondered if it was the original messenger surnamed Liu the day before yesterday, so I was a little afraid of meeting him. The last time he went back to his hometown at night, he said: "The man surnamed Liu came again today, and I went back to him." As he said That's all. Now that I think about it, Liu Zhe, Lou Ye, I guess it's the Lou Mansion? I just wonder if it's the original fault of the county." Zou Jifu said: "Your old man has filed a lawsuit this year. As the saying goes: "I was bitten by a poisonous snake three years ago, and now I am afraid even when I dream of a rope." I just wondered if it was a policeman. That's all, because the two young masters said this when I kowtowed at the Lou Mansion on the twelfth day before yesterday, Invite me to the Zunfu today, I'm afraid my husband won't be ready for a while, so I will bring this thing to be your master, okay?" Yang Zhizhong said: "Since the two husbands fell in love wrongly, I should go to the city to meet him Why bother him again?" Zou Jifu said, "Since we've said it, there's no need to go first, we'll just wait for him to come."

After sitting for a while, Yang Zhizhong cooked tea and ate it.Hearing the sound of knocking on the door, Zou Jifu said: "Young master is here, go and open the door." After opening the door, a drunken man came in. He stumbled when he entered the door, picked it up, and touched his head. , ran straight inside.When Yang Zhizhong took a closer look, it was his second son, Yang Laoliu, who had lost a bet in the town, had a few more cups of shochu, and was so drunk that he wanted to come home and ask his mother for money before he gambled, and kept running in. .Yang Zhizhong said: "Bastard! Where are you going? Why don't you come over and see Father Zou's gift!" The sixth child stumbled, made a bow, and went down to the kitchen.Seeing that the chicken and meat cooked in the pot were fragrant, and there was a pot of delicious food stuffy, and there was another bottle of wine in the room.His mother slapped the lid on the pot.Yang Zhizhong scolded: "You don't suffer from gluttony! This is something brought by someone else, and you have to wait for a treat!" He was willing to slump around drunk, but just grabbed it and ate it.Yang Zhizhong scolded him, but he replied with drunken eyes.Yang Zhizhong was in a hurry, he rushed with a fire fork, and beat it all the way out.Father Zou tried to persuade him for a while, and said, "The food and wine belong to the two young masters of Hou Lou's house." Although Yang Lao Liu was stupid and drunk, he didn't dare to mess around when he heard Lou's house. Seeing that he was a little sober from the wine, mother tore a chicken leg, filled a big bowl of rice, soaked some soup, and passed it to him without telling me.After eating, go to bed and feel quite good. The two young masters did not arrive until sunset, and so did Gongsun Yun.Zou Jifu and Yang Zhizhong went out to welcome him.The two young masters came in with Yun Gongsun and saw that it was a guest seat, with six old bamboo chairs on both sides, a desk in the middle, and a painting hanging on the wall was Zhuzi's "Motto of Governing the Family" in regular script, and a couplet on paper on both sides. It read: "Three crooked houses, a person with a southern accent and a northern accent." A poster was pasted on it, which read: "Successful news that the master of your family, Yang Yuyun, has chosen the main hall of Confucianism in Muyang County, Huai'an Prefecture. Beijing News..." Before he finished watching, Yang Zhizhong came up to pay his respects and sat down, then went in to get a plate and brought out tea, offering it to everyone. After tea, we said something to each other.The third son pointed to Shan Bao's post and asked, "Is this honor election a recent letter?" Yang Zhizhong said: "It happened three years ago when my younger brother was not in trouble. It was just because I accidentally made up a granary and passed the provincial examination. Sixteen or seven times, I couldn't be listed at the bottom of the list. This instructor is so old that he has to hand over the manuscript and go to the court. It took a lot of setbacks to go through the examination of the local officials. How did you know that not long after you resigned from the office, you were hit by this unforeseen misfortune and bullied by the villain! At that time, it would be better to go to Muyang to avoid the troubles. The prison guards are in the company. If the third gentleman and the fourth gentleman did not reward each other outside the world and help each other with great strength, these old bones of the younger brother would have to die in prison! When will this kindness and virtue be repaid!" The third son Said: "It's such a small matter, why worry about it! Listening to Mr. resigning from office today, it is more worthy of high moral character." The fourth son said: "My friend originally meant to make money, so why worry about it. My younger brothers still hate to know this It's too late, I can't get rid of my husband earlier, and I'm very worried," Yang Zhizhong listened to these words, became more respectful, and exchanged a few words with Yun Gongsun.Zou Jifu said: "The two young masters and young master Yun have come a long way, I think they are hungry." Yang Zhizhong said: "The rotten rice has stopped, please sit in the back." Now please stay in a thatched cottage, it is a small study house repaired by Yang Zhizhong, facing a small courtyard, there are several plum trees, the weather is warm these days, and two or three branches have bloomed.The study room is full of poems and paintings on the wall, and there is a paper couplet in the middle, which reads: "Smell the number of plum blossoms in front of the window, and let me lean up to play; climb a branch of osmanthus in the moon, and make people dance for a long time." When the young master saw it, he couldn't help but sigh, his body floated like a fairyland.Yang Zhizhong took out chicken wine and rice, and immediately drank a few glasses of wine. After eating the rice, he stopped eating and moved away, cooking tea and talking.Talking about the two visits, the words that were misrepresented by the deaf old woman laughed at each other.The two sons wanted to invite Yang Zhizhong to stay at home for a few days. Yang Zhizhong said: "There are a few common affairs in the New Year. After March and April, we should respect and build a high feast for ten days in the plain." The window of the book is illuminated, and the plum blossoms are picturesquely similar on it. The two young masters linger and can't bear to say goodbye.Yang Zhizhong said: "Mr. San and Mr. Si should stay on thatched couch. They live in the countryside in Nai. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for you two gentlemen." . The two young masters and Yun Gongsun arrived home, and the gatekeeper said, "Master Lu has something important to do. Please go back, Young Master Yun. You have been here three times." Yun Gongsun went back in a hurry and saw Mrs. Lu.The wife told me that the editor was angry because his son-in-law refused to start a career, and he discussed that he would marry a Rujun and raise a son to teach him to read, so as to receive the scholarly fragrance of Jinshi.Madam said that he was getting old and advised him not to, so he became very angry. Last night, he fell down, half of his body was numb, and his mouth and eyes were a little crooked.The lady next to her was teary-eyed and just sighed.Gongsun had no choice but to go to the study to greet him, where Chen Hefu was feeling his pulse.After cutting the pulse, Chen Hefu said: "The pulse of the old man is slightly slippery in the right inch. The lung is the master of qi, and slippery is a sign of phlegm. The old man is always in the rivers and lakes, and his heart hangs on Wei Que, so you are worried, angry and depressed. , this disease appeared. The treatment method is mainly to smooth the qi and eliminate the phlegm. In late life, every time the doctor thinks that Pinellia is dry, and when the phlegm is forced, he will switch to Fritillaria. For this disease of the old man, you should use the Four Gentlemen, add Erchen, and take it warmly before meals. Only two or three doses are needed to make the kidney qi normal, and the deficiency fire will not act rashly, and the disease will disappear." So he wrote a prescription.After taking four or five doses in a row, the mouth was not crooked, but the root of the tongue was still a little strong. Chen Hefu checked the pulse again, and changed to a pill prescription, adding a few wind-dispelling medicines, and it gradually took effect. Yun Gongsun stayed with him for more than ten days in a row, but he didn't get any meat.That day, the editor-in-law was taking a nap, so he walked to the Lou's mansion and went into the study door. He heard Yang Zhizhong talking inside, and knowing that he had come, he went in and bowed to each other, and sat down together.Yang Zhizhong went on to say: "I just said, the two gentlemen are so respectful and kind, how can you be like a younger brother! I have a friend who lives in the mountains of Xiaoshan County. It's 'You can be a true Confucian if you go out, and you can be Wang Zuo'. Why don't you get acquainted with him?" The two young masters asked in surprise: "Where is such an expert?" Yang Zhizhong folded his fingers and named this person Come.Because of this, there are different teachings:
I don't know who Yang Zhizhong mentioned. Let's listen to the next chapter.
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