Chapter 13 The Twelfth Celebrity Banquet

It is said that Yang Zhizhong said to the two sons: "Mr. San and Mr. Si are so good scholars. What is the importance of carrying a car like a younger brother? I have a friend whose surname is Quan. Don't use his first name. His name is Qianzhai. He is from Xiaoshan County. He lives in the mountains. If this person is invited to come, talk to the two gentlemen, and then you will see his knowledge of management and music, and the knowledge of Cheng and Zhu. This is the first class person in the world." The third son was shocked and said: "Since there are such high sages, why don't we go to visit?" The fourth young master said, "Why don't you make an appointment with Mr. Yang to buy a boat and go with you tomorrow?" As he spoke, the gatekeeper came in with a red card and said : "Master Wei, the new street hall, came to invite the two masters. He has a letter from the master in Beijing, saying that he wants to see the two masters, and he has something to say." Come, let's go for a while." Then he went in, changed his clothes, and walked out of the hall.The street hall crown came in, after the ceremony, the guests and the host sat down.

The two sons asked: "When will the old father be appointed in Beijing? I haven't offered congratulations yet, so I will do it first." Wei Ting official said: "Don't dare. The late student was in Beijing on the third day of the first lunar month. The government newspaper is here, please come and invite the third and fourth masters to Taian." He presented the family letter with both hands.The third son took it over, opened it up, read it, handed the book to the fourth son, and said to the hall official: "It turns out that it is for measurement. Is the old father going to do this measurement when he first arrives?" The hall official said: "Yes Yes. This morning, Wansheng received a letter from Shangxian, urging the stars to be measured. So today, Wansheng came to report to the two masters, and asked to explain the foundation of the tomb passage of Lord Xian Dabao. Wansheng will kowtow there in a few days. It must be passed on to the Qi Dibao to check carefully. I am afraid that some ignorant people will practice woodcutters near the left, and late students will have to show them." The fourth son said: "Did you go to the father's station?" Report to the Shangxian within a day, and measure everywhere." The third son said: "Since this is the case, tomorrow, old father Qu will have a meal at the altar, and when the measurement reaches the barren mountain, the younger brothers will naturally go to the mountain to accompany him." Then, after changing the tea three times, then The hall official bowed and bowed again, and said goodbye.

The two sons sent it back.Taking off his clothes, he hesitated in the study and said, "There are so many unlucky things! We were going to visit Mr. Quan, but we met this official to measure. Tomorrow, we will have a meal with him and measure to the tomb of Xian Taibao. But Brother Yu is going to go on his own, how long will he have to delay, if he doesn't go to Xiaoshan, what can he do?" Yang Zhizhong said: "The two gentlemen are very thirsty for talents. If you are eager to ask for Mr. Huiquan, maybe you don't have to. I have to go in person, but the two gentlemen actually wrote a book, and the younger brother also attached a letter, and sent a grand envoy to the mountain to meet Qian Zhai, and invited him to come to the mansion for a meeting, and he should be happy to order." The fourth son said: " I'm afraid that Mr. Quan will see the arrogance of my younger brother." Yang Zhizhong said: "If it is not the case, there are official affairs in the family. After this incident, there will be another incident. When will we get separated? Don't you often hang on to this thought, and you can't fulfill your wish in the end? " Qu Gongsun said: "Forget it, my cousin wants to meet Mr. Quan, and he has free time, but it is not inevitable. Nowadays, those who write books should go to others, and besides, there is Mr. Yang's handwriting, so Mr. Quan may not be out of sight either. "It was agreed at the moment, to prepare some gifts, and send Huancheng, the son of his family Jinjue, to pack his luggage and take letters and gifts to Xiaoshan.

The eunuch boarded the boat in Hangzhou according to his master's order.The boatman saw that his luggage was neatly packed and his figure was elegant, so please sit in the middle cabin.There were two people wearing square scarves sitting in the middle cabin first, and he cupped his hands and sat down together.We had dinner that night and put our luggage on the bed.The next day, there was nothing wrong with the boat, and we chatted with each other.Huan Cheng heard that the two men wearing square scarves were talking about Xiaoshan County.Everyone on the boat as they got off the road called each other "guests", because they asked, "Is Xiaoshan where you are?" The bearded guest said, "It's Xiaoshan," Huan Cheng said, "There is a powerful master in Xiaoshan. Recognize it?" The young guest said: "I don't hear any master Quan there." Huan Cheng said: "I heard that the name is Qianzhai?" The boy said: "What Qianzhai? We don't see this person in the school. " The beard said: "Is that him? It's ridiculous!" He said to the boy, "You don't know his story, let me tell you. He lived in the mountains, and his ancestors were all farmers. He earned some money from his father and sent him to study in the village school. When he was 17 or 18 years old, the village teacher had no conscience. He made him take the exam. His father died after him, and he was useless. He didn't know how to farm or do business, so he sat on landslides and wiped out all the fields. After more than 30 years of examination, he never took the re-examination of the county examination. He didn't pass, and he trained a few Mongolian boys in a land temple. He took the exam every year and passed it in a mixed way. He was unlucky again. That year, he met a guy named Yang in the Shangyan shop in Xinshi Town, Huzhou. The old man came to collect debts, lived in the temple, was dumbfounded, and said nonsense about astronomy, geography, and economics. He heard that he was crazy like a god, and he should not take the exam from now on. He wanted to be a master. As soon as people do it, these students don't come anymore. Those who are poor at home are just cheating people to live in the village. , What’s mine is yours.’ These few words are his verse.” The young man said: “Just lie to others, but there are so many people who lie to you?” The bearded man said: “Didn’t he just lie to you? Yes! I'm in the same village, so I can't go into details." Yin said to Huan Cheng, "Your guest asked this man what's wrong?" Huan Cheng said, "It's nothing, let me ask." He agreed , I thought to myself: "The two masters of my family are also ridiculous. How many high-ranking officials and big houses come to visit, I am afraid that they will not get along well. There is no reason. What are you doing all the way to find such a bastard?" A boat came across, and there were two girls sitting on the boat, like Mr. Lu's Caiping sisters. They were startled, and they quickly stretched out their heads to see that they had nothing to do with each other.The two of them didn't talk to him anymore.

In a few days, I changed boats and came to Xiaoshan. After searching for half a day, I found a few broken thatched huts in a valley with white stickers on the door. I knocked on the door and entered.Quan Wuyong was dressed in white, with a tall white summer cloth filial hat on his head. After asking why he was here, he left Huan Cheng in a room behind him, opened a straw shop, and ate some beef and white wine with him in the evening.The next morning I wrote a letter of reply, and said to Huan Cheng: "Thank you for your kindness, but I am a filial piety, so it is inconvenient to go out. You go back and pay homage to your two masters and Master Yang. I have the right to accept the generous gift, and then I will give you a gift. In more than 20 days, my old lady's 100 days will be over, and I will meet at the man's house. Butler, how slow you are, the two cents of money are just for the wine, "handed a small paper package to the eunuch Cheng, Huan Cheng took it and said: "Thank you, Master Quan. On that day, Master Quan must come to the mansion, lest the young master look forward to it." Quan Wuyong said: "Naturally." He sent Huan Cheng out.

Huan Cheng still took the boat and took the book back to Huzhou to reply to the two sons.The two young masters were very melancholy, so they changed a plaque on a large pavilion behind the study room, which read "Qianting", to show that they were waiting for Quan Qianzhai to live there, so they left Yang Zhizhong in a room behind the pavilion. live in the room.Yang Zhi is a middle-aged man suffering from phlegm and fire, and needs company at night, so he called his second stupid son, Lao Liu, to live with him. Needless to say, he gets drunk every night. In January, Yang Zhizhong wrote another word to urge Quan Wuyong. After seeing this word, Quan Wuyong packed up and took a boat to Huchuan.I went ashore outside the city without changing a piece of clothes, holding a quilt cover in my left hand, dangling a big cloth sleeve in my right hand, bumping my feet high and low on the street.He ran across the suspension bridge outside the city gate, but the road was crowded, and he didn't know whether to go out of the city to the left, or to enter the city to the right, so as not to hinder the road, he kept shaking his arms sideways, and there happened to be a villager in the city After selling the firewood, he came out with a pointed pole across his shoulders. He bumped into the opposite side and put his tall filial piety hat on the pole.The villagers walked with their heads down, and they didn't know it, so they went on their shoulders.He was startled, touched the top of his head, but the filial hat was gone.Seeing the man on the shoulder pole, he waved his hands wildly and shouted, "That's my hat!" The villagers walked so fast that they couldn't hear him.He didn't know how to walk in the city, but at this moment he was in a hurry and ran wildly without looking at the front. He ran more than one arrow, bumped into a sedan chair, and threw the sedan chair into the air. The officer almost fell down.

The official was furious, asked who it was, and ordered the two night servants in front to be locked up with a chain.He was unconvinced again, pointing fingers at the official and arguing arbitrarily.The official got off the sedan chair and wanted to interrogate him. The night servant told him to kneel while drinking, but he opened his eyes and refused to kneel.At this time, there were sixty or seventy people in the street, and they were all watching.A man came out of it, wearing a samurai scarf on his head, wearing a green silk arrow jacket, a few yellow beards, and two big eyes. He approached the official and said, "Master, please calm down. This man is Although the guest invited by Lou's mansion has offended the master, if he is dealt with, Lou's mansion may know that it will not look good." The official is the old Wei of the street hall. Hearing this, he will make a noise and lift the sedan chair up.

When Quan Wuyong looked at that person, it was his old acquaintance Zhang Tiebi, a chivalrous man. Zhang Tiebi asked him to sit down in a tea room, told him to calm down, and after drinking tea, he said to him: "I came to your house the day before yesterday. Condolence, your family said, Lou's mansion has already invited you. Why are you alone at the gate of the city today?" Quan Wuyong said: "Mr. Lou has invited me for a long time, but I am only going to his house today. Go, I don't want to bump into this official and make a scene, thanks to you for untying this knot. I will go to Lou Mansion with you today."

At that moment, the two of them came to the gate of Lou's mansion together, and the gatekeeper saw that he was dressed all in white, without a hat on his head, and was leading a valiant man behind him, who kept saying that he wanted to meet the third master and the fourth master.When the person at the door asked his name, he refused to say it, but said: "Your master has known it for a long time." The doorkeeper refused to pass it on, so he yelled at the door.After making a fuss for a while, he said, "Please invite father Yang Zhizhong out!" The gatekeeper had no choice but to invite Yang Zhizhong out.Yang Zhizhong was startled when he saw him like this, and said with a frown, "Why can't you even lose your hat?" He told him to sit on the bench at the gate, hurried in, took out an old Fangzhong, and shared with him. After wearing it, he asked: "Who is this strong man?" Quan Wuyong said: "He is the famous Zhang Tiebi I often tell you about." Yang Zhizhong said: "Long time, long time!" The three came in together, Just tell Caicai what happened at the gate of the city.Yang Zhizhong waved his hand and said: "Young master, you don't need to mention this." The two young masters were not at home these days, and they followed Yang Zhizhong to the study to wash their faces and eat, and their own family took care of them.

In the evening, the two young masters went home from a banquet and came to meet in the study. When they hated each other, they pointed to Qianting and looked at him, expressing their admiration.Seeing that he brought a chivalrous man, he felt that his behavior was different from others, so he set out the wine again: Don't use the right to be the chief, Yang Zhizhong and Zhang Tiebi are facing each other, and the two princes are in charge.Asked about the reason for this "iron arm" during the banquet, Zhang Tiebi said: "When I was born late, I had a few catties of strength. Those friends bet against me and asked me to sleep in the middle of the street with my arms stretched out, waiting for the car to come. The ox cart was moving, and it came with a force of four or five thousand catties. The hub happened to pass over his shoulder, and it was pressing on his shoulder. At that time, Wansheng pulled his arm, and Ji Ding let out a sound. , the car passed dozens of steps away. Look at the shoulders, and there is no white mark, so everyone added me as a nickname." The third son applauded: "After listening to this happy event, it is enough to drink away Dou, everyone, pour a big cup!" Quan Wuyong said: "You don't drink alcohol when you are in mourning." Yang Zhizhong said: "The ancients said: 'Old people don't stick to etiquette, sick don't stick to etiquette', I just saw that I also use some food, or It's okay to drink two cups of wine so that you don't get intoxicated." Quan Wuyong said, "Mr. Absolutely not to drink." The fourth young master said: "Of course I don't dare to compete with each other." He hurriedly called for tea to be poured.

Zhang Tiebi said: "The master of the night has a lot of martial arts, eighteen on horseback, eighteen off on horseback, whips, coppers, hammers, knives, spears, swords, and halberds. They are all a little more particular. It's just that he has a bad temper and is used to it. Seeing injustice on the road, he draws his sword to help. He likes to fight the world's capable heroes; when he has money, he likes to help the poor. So he has no home in the world, and now he is living in a noble place." The fourth son said: "This is the true nature of a hero." Quan Wuyong said: "Brother Zhang just talked about martial arts, and his figure in dancing swords is particularly impressive. Can you please ask me face to face?"Pull out the iron arm lamp, and the light is shining. Even if you take off the arrow jacket on the top, put on a waist, hold a sword, and walk out of the courtyard, all the guests will come out.The two sons shouted: "Hold on! Order to light the candles." After saying that, more than a dozen housekeepers and servants, each with a candle slave in his hand, lit candles brightly and lined up on both sides of the courtyard.Zhang Tiebi went up and down, left and right, dancing with many avatars, when the dance reached the point of happiness, he saw a cold light, like thousands of silver snakes fluttering around, and he didn't see anyone there, but he felt that the wind was blowing. , making the hair of the viewer stand on end.Quan Wuyong took a copper plate from the table and asked the housekeeper to fill it with water for dipping and sprinkles, and no one was allowed to enter it.After a while, with a loud cry, the cold light suddenly dissipated, and a sword was still held in his hand.When looking at the iron arm, his face is not red, and his heart is not beating.Everyone praised and drank until the fourth watch, and they all stayed in the study to rest.Since then, Quan Wuyong and Zhang Tiebi have all been guests of the Xiangfu. One day, the third son came to all of you and said, "A meeting will be held in a few days, and all the guests will be invited to visit Yingying Lake." At this time, the weather is getting warmer. At this time, I thought about how much money I should spend to buy some blue cloth and sew a single straight gown, so that I can wear it as a guest on a tour of Yingying Lake.I have made a plan in my heart, and without telling the young master, I entrust Zhang Tiebi to pawn five hundred Wen, and put it beside the pillow on the bed.I looked at the hidden pavilion during the day, and went back to the room to rest at night. I touched it, and all the five hundred coins were gone from the bedside.Thinking that there was no one else in the room, but Yang Zhizhong's stupid son was hanging around there, because he searched all the way to the concierge at the gate, and seeing him sitting there talking nonsense, he called out, "Lao Liu, talk to you." He was so drunk that he asked, "Old man, what do you want me to do?" Quan Wuyong said, "Have you ever seen the five hundred coins by my pillow?" The old six said, "Yes." Quan Wuyong said: "Where did you go?" Lao Liu said, "It was in the afternoon. I took it out to gamble and lost, and there were still a dozen of them in the money bag, which I saved for a while to buy soju." Quan Wuyong said: "Lao Liu , This is also strange, how did you lose my money in a bet?" The old six said, "Old man, you and I are one person, what's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours, why should we divide it?" After all, as soon as he turned his head away, he stepped out in a few steps.It is really unspeakable suffering to keep one's eyes wide open, dare to be angry but dare not speak out.From then on, Quan Wuyong and Yang Zhizhong were at odds with each other. Quan Wuyong said that Yang Zhizhong was an idiot, and Yang Zhizhong said that Quan Wuyong was a lunatic. Seeing that he had no clothes, the three princes took out a light blue silk shirt and gave it to him. The two young masters invited all the guests, and called down two big boats. The cook prepared the banquet, and the person who served tea and wine was on the other boat;It was mid-April at this time, and the weather was clear and peaceful. Everyone changed into single-folded clothes and held fans.Although this time was not considered a meeting, many people gathered.Those present at the meeting were: the third son of Lou Yuting, the fourth son of Lou Seting, Sun Gongfu, Niu Gaoshi Buyi, Yang Sixun Zhizhong, Quan Gaoshi Qianzhai, Zhang Xiake Tiebi, Chen Shanren and He Fu, please edited by Lu never arrived.During the banquet, eight celebrities and Yang Laoliu, Yang Zhizhong's stupid son, were also on board, totaling nine people.At the moment Niubuyi is reciting poems, Zhang Tie is fencing swords, Chen Hefu is coaxing and laughing, accompanied by the grace and elegance of the two young masters, the handsome and romantic Yun Gongsun, Yang Zhizhong is old-fashioned and old-fashioned. The windows of the boat were opened all around, and the small boat played fine music, and slowly swam to Yingyu Lake.The banquet is complete, and more than a dozen housekeepers in broad clothes and high hats are pouring wine and serving dishes on the bow. The food is so clean and the tea and wine are fragrant. Sixty ram horn lamps, reflecting the moonlight and lake light, shine like daytime, and a school of music is loud, which is even louder in the open space, and it can be heard for more than ten miles.The people on the shore on both sides looked like gods, who wouldn't envy them?Swimmed all night. When he came back the next morning, Yun Gongsun went to see editor Lu, and the editor was fair: "Ling Biaoshu should only close the account at home and do some business, so as to inherit the reputation of the family. Why do you just make friends with such a group of people? I'm afraid it will be too arrogant for you to be so ostentatious." Not suitable." The next day, Yun Gongsun briefly explained to his two uncles.The third son laughed and said, "I don't understand that you have made my uncle so vulgar to this position!" Before finishing speaking, the doorman came in and said, "Master Lu opened a workshop and was promoted to be a servant, and the imperial order has been ordered. The report has just arrived, and the gentlemen need to go to congratulate." Hearing this, Yun Gongsun hurriedly went to congratulate first.In the evening, Gongsun sent his family members to run away and said: "It's not good. Mr. Lu is continuing his orders. He is celebrating with his family and preparing wine to celebrate. I don't want to get a big phlegm disease. He will get dirty immediately and lose consciousness. Hurry up." Please go over there, gentlemen!" The two young masters couldn't wait for the sedan chair, so they went to see it.When I arrived at Lu's house, I heard a lot of crying when I entered the door, and I knew that I was no longer there.All the relatives have arrived, and they negotiated to set up a son in the family room, and then they will be buried for funeral.The son-in-law mourns for the broken bones, and tries his best to show his friendship with his son-in-law. After a few more busy days, Lou Tongzheng arrived at a store, and the two young masters discussed and wrote letters to Beijing in the inner study.This is the 24th and 5th, and the moon is not yet up. The two young masters hold a candle and sit opposite each other to discuss.At the middle of the second watch, suddenly heard the sound of tiles on the roof, a man fell from the eaves, covered in blood, with a leather bag in his hand.The two sons were shocked and said: "Brother Zhang, why did you come into my inner room in the middle of the night? What is the reason? What is in this leather bag?" Zhang Tiebi said: "Please sit down, gentlemen, and let me explain in detail. I have a benefactor and an enemy in my life. This enemy has been hated for ten years, and I have no way to start. Today, I have taken his head. Here is a bloody head in this leather bag. But my benefactor has already Ten miles away, I need five hundred taels of silver to repay his great kindness. From now on, my mind is over, and I can sacrifice myself for my confidant. I think I can handle this matter, only two masters , Besides, how can that have such a mind! So I dare to ask in the dark night, if I don't get rescued, I will run away from now on, and I can't see each other again." Then he took the leather bag and wanted to leave.The two young masters were so frightened that their hearts were broken, they hurriedly stopped them and said: "Brother Zhang, don't panic, don't mind the trivial matter of five hundred gold! But what should we do with this thing?" Zhang Tiebi said with a smile: "What's so difficult about it? I will use a little swordsmanship to destroy its traces. But I can't do it hastily. After paying the five hundred gold, I will come back in only two hours. Because of the water, there is no hair left. The two masters can prepare a banquet and invite guests, and watch me do this." The two young masters were shocked when they heard this.The brother hurried inside and took out five hundred taels of silver and paid it to Zhang Tiebi.Iron Arm put the leather pouch under the steps, tied the silver around his body, shouted thank you, jumped up, went up to the eaves, and walked like flying, only heard the sound of tiles, and disappeared without a trace.That night, everything was silent, and the moonlight just came up, illuminating the bloody head in the leather wrap under the steps.Because of this, there are different teachings: I don't know what the head is like, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down.