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Chapter 42 Chapter 41 Zhuang Zhuojiang's Story: Shen Qiongzhi Escorts Jiangdu County in the Old Qinhuai River

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It is said that in the city of Nanjing, after April and a half every year, the scenery of Qinhuai River gradually improves.All the boats on the outer river got off the building, put on awnings, and got in.In the middle of the cabin, there is a small square gold-lacquered table, on which there are Yixing sand pots, very thin Cheng kiln and Xuan kiln cups, and excellent rainwater Maojian tea.The boatman prepared wine, delicacies, and fruit plates to swim in the river. Even the pedestrians bought Maojian tea for a few dollars, simmered it on the boat, and walked slowly.When it was getting late, each boat had two bright corner lanterns, one back and one back, reflecting the river, bright up and down.From Wende Bridge to Lishe Bridge and Dongshuiguan, there are endless singing and dancing every night.There are also those tourists who bought water mouse flowers and released them in Hanoi.The water splashes stood in the river, and when they were released, they were like a pear tree, and they didn't rest until the fourth watch every night.

Wu Shu of Guozijian was born in April, and his family was poor, so he couldn't invite guests.Du Shaoqing prepared a table of fruit plates, bought a few catties of wine, ordered a small boat with awning, and went swimming in the river with Wu Shu.Early in the morning, Wu Shu was invited, had dinner in the river room, opened the water gate, and got off the boat together.Du Shaoqing said: "Brother Zhengzi, you and I will go for a walk in the indifferent place first," and asked the boatman to swing all the way to Jinxiang River, then swing back, and drink slowly.By the afternoon, both of them were slightly drunk.Swing to Lishe Bridge, walk ashore, and see a sign on the horse's head, which reads:

Shen Qiongzhi, a lady from Piling, is a master of embroidery and writes fans and poems.I live in Wangfutang Handkerchief Lane.Fortunately, the caretaker recognized the signboard of "Pilingshen". Wu Shu read it, laughed and said: "Mr. Du, you see that there are many strange things in Nanjing. These places are occupied by women who open private doors. Isn't it ridiculous!" Du Shaoqing said: "What do we care about such a thing? Let's go to the boat to simmer tea." Then they got off the boat together, stopped drinking, and simmered the best tea, and the two of them ate chatting.After a while, I looked back and saw a bright moon rising up, shining brightly on the boat, and the boat kept swinging up.

When I arrived at Crescent Lake, I saw many cruise ships setting off fireworks there. There was a big boat in it, with four bright corner lanterns hung on it, covered with mats, and a table was placed in the middle of the boat.There are two guests sitting on it; below the host sits a man with a square scarf on his head, a white gauze gown, sandals on his feet, a yellow and thin face, and three white beards; Fair-skinned, with a slight beard, and lost eyes, he looks at the women on both sides of the boat.The small boat approached the big boat. Du Shaoqing and Wu Shu recognized the two guests, one was Lu Xinhou and the other was Zhuang Shaoguang, but they couldn't recognize the two people.Seeing the two, Zhuang Shaoguang stood up and said, "Brother Shaoqing, please come and sit down." Du Shaoqing boarded the big boat with Wu Shu.The master greeted the two, and asked, "Your surname?" Zhuang Shaoguang said, "This is Brother Tianchang Du Shaoqing. This is Brother Wu Zhengzi." The master said, "Mr. Tianchang Du, there was a governor of Ganzhou at the beginning. But your family?" Du Shaoqing said in shock: "This is the first emperor." The host said: "Forty years ago, I met with the lord all day long. As for the ancestors, the lord is still my cousin." Du Shaoqing said: " Isn't it cousin Zhuang Zhuojiang?" The master said: "How dare I am." Du Shaoqing said: "my nephew was young and never met. I am honored to meet my cousin today. I am sorry." Narrated the ceremony.Wu Shu asked Zhuang Shaoguang, "Is this old gentleman a nobleman?" Zhuang Zhengjun smiled and said, "This is still a nephew, but he is a disciple of the late king. I also said goodbye to him for forty years. I just came from Huai recently. Come here." Wu Shu asked again: "This person?" Zhuang Zhuojiang said: "This is the child." He also came to meet the ceremony and sat down together.

Zhuang Zhuojiang asked Congxin to bring fresh wine and serve it to you.Zhuang Zhuojiang asked: "When did Brother Shaoqing come? Where does he live?" Zhuang Shaoguang said: "He has lived in Nanjing for eight or nine years. Your honor lives in this river house now." Zhuang Zhuojiang said in surprise: " Everyone in the Zunfu, the garden pavilion is the best in Jiangbei, why are you willing to move here?" Zhuang Shaoguang said a few words about Shaoqing's heroism, and now the gold is gone.Zhuang Zhuojiang sighed, and said: "I still remember that seventeen or eighteen years ago, when I was in Huguang, Mr. Niaoyi Weisi sent me a letter, saying that he was drinking more and more. To be drunk, I had to eat a jar of nine-year-old wine in the Tianchangci Library. I was drunk all night, and my heart was so happy, so I sent a letter from three thousand miles away to tell me. At that time, I didn't know who was the master of the house. Speaking of today, it must be Brother Shaoqing." Wu Shu said: "Except for him, who would be willing to be this Yadong?" Du Shaoqing said: "Old Uncle Wei is also a good friend of his cousin?" Zhuang Zhuojiang said: "This is I met him when I was young. When the elders were young, everyone admired him as the first virtuous son. I still think of it, and the description of the smile is still the same as now." Lu Xinhou talked with Wu Shu about the great sacrifice of Taibo Temple thing.Zhuang Zhuojiang patted his knees and sighed: "It's a pity that such a grand ceremony is late, and I can't take advantage of it. I will find something important in the future. I will be interested in meeting you gentlemen for a while."

At present, four or five people chatted with each other and drank until midnight.In front of Du Shaoqing's river house, watching the lanterns and people in the river fade away, and the singing and singing gradually stopped, I heard Yuxiao in my ear.Everyone said: "Let's break up separately." Wu Shu also went ashore.Although Zhuang Zhuojiang is old, he is very polite when dealing with Zhuang Shaoguang.At present, Du Shaoqing passes by the river house and goes up to go home.Zhuang Zhuojiang sent Zhuang Shaoguang all the way to Beimen Bridge on the boat, and went ashore by himself. His family lit lanterns, and he and Lu Xin waited to be sent to Zhuang Shaoguang's house before returning.Zhuang Shaoguang stayed with Lu Xinhou for one night, and went to the lake garden the next day.The next day Zhuang Zhuojiang wrote "Zhuang Jie leads Zi Feixiong" to pay homage to Du Shaoqing.Du Shaoqing went to the Lianhua Bridge to worship back and forth, and stayed for a day to talk.

Du Shaoqing met Zhuang Shaoguang again in Houhu.Zhuang Shaoguang said: "My nephew is not an idle person. Forty years ago, he opened a pawn in Sizhou with a co-worker. The co-founder was poor, so he handed over the 20,000 gold and the pawn he managed. Letting that person go, I left Sizhou City with my own luggage and a tired donkey. Over the past ten years, I traveled to and from Chuyue, changed my business as a disciple, and spent tens of thousands of gold on my own before buying a property and living in Nanjing. On weekdays, he is a very good friend Dun Lun. He respects others for his funeral. He never asks his brothers to pay a single penny. He does everything alone. Many old friends die and have nothing to return to, so he will bury them. He also respects the ancestors in the past. The lesson is to respect the literati and linger on ancient sites. Now I am taking three or four thousand silver to build the Temple of King Cao Wuhui in Jiming Mountain. When he is finished, Shaoqing will also invite Brother Hengshan to make a big sacrifice for him." Du Shaoqing listened , happy in my heart.Say goodbye and go.

In a blink of an eye, the long summer is over, and it is new autumn, with a cool breeze and cold weather, the Qinhuai River has another scene.All the people in the city ordered a boat, and invited great monks to hang Buddha statues on the boat and lay out scripture altars. Starting from Xishuiguan, they gave food all the way to Jinxiang River. Within ten miles, Jiangzhen incense was burning like smoke.The sound of drums, cymbals and fan chant is endless.At night, the exquisitely made lotus lanterns are lit and float on the water.There is also a huge dharma boat, according to the theory of pardoning sins in the Yuan Hell in Buddhism, to save these lonely souls and ascend to heaven, turning the Qinhuai River in Nanjing into the Tianzhu Kingdom in the Western Regions.On July 29th, there will be a Ksitigarbha victory meeting in Qingliang Mountain——people say that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva closes his eyes all year round, and only opens his eyes on this night. If he sees the fragrant flowers and candles placed all over the city, he will As long as it is like this all year round, I am happy that these people are kind and willing to bless others.So on this night, every house in Nanjing set up two tables, two all-night candles, and an incense bucket. From Dazhong Bridge to Qingliang Mountain, one street is seven or eight miles long, lit like a silver dragon, It was bright all night, the cigarettes were endless, and the strong wind couldn't blow them out.All the ladies and gentlemen of Qingcheng came out to burn incense and watch the meeting.

Shen Qiongzhi lived in Wangfutang's house, and she also went to burn incense with the owner's wife.Since Shen Qiongzhi came to Nanjing, some people came to ask for poems, some came to buy Dou Fang, and some came to ask for embroidery.Those good things and bad ones are all passed on to two, two to three to find out, not just for one day.One day when he came back from burning incense, people saw that he was dressed up for the road, and there were a hundred people walking behind him.Zhuang Feixiong also followed along the way and saw him go to Wangfutang.Zhuang Feixiong was a little doubtful, and came to Du Shaoqing's house the next day, and said, "This Shen Qiongzhi is in Wangfutang. If there are wicked young people talking nonsense, he will scold him angrily. This person's background is very strange, why don't you go, brother Shaoqing?" Take a look?" Du Shaoqing said: "I heard this too, how many frustrated people are there at this time, how do you know if they came here because of refuge? I'm going to ask him."

Right now, Zhuang Feixiong stayed in He Fang to watch the new moon.Two more guests were invited: one was Tuiheng Mountain and the other was Wu Shu.When Zhuang Feixiong saw him, he chatted some gossip, and then talked about Shen Qiongzhi selling poems and essays in Wangfutang.Du Shaoqing said: "No matter what he is, if he can really write poems, that's rare." Chi Hengshan said: "What a place in Nanjing! There are countless famous people from all over the world, and the one who went to ask for women's poems Wen? This is obviously using this to seduce people. Don’t worry about whether he can do it or not." Wu Shu said: "This is strange. A young woman is out alone without a companion, and she lives by selling poems. I am afraid there will be no such reason in the world. I'm afraid there is some reason for it. Since he can compose poetry, we invited him to do it." As he spoke, he ate dinner.The crescent moon had hung obliquely from the bottom of the river, gradually shining across the bridge.Du Shaoqing said: "Brother Zhengzi, what I just said, it's too late today, and we will go for a walk together after breakfast in the dormitory tomorrow." Wu Shu promised to stay away with Chi Hengshan and Zhuang Feixiong.

The next day, Wu Zhengzi came to Du Shaoqing's house. After breakfast, he came to Wangfutang together.I saw a low house in front of it, with ten or twenty people around the door making noise there.Du Shaoqing and Wu Shu went up to look, and there was a woman of eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a sapphire fur and a sapphire gauze cape with a large collar, chattering inside.After listening to it, Du Shaoqing and Wu Shu realized that it was someone who came to buy embroidered sachets. A few shopkeepers in the local area wanted to come to get the whole head, but they didn't have any real ones, so they were scolded by him.The two heard it clearly before going in.Those people gradually dispersed when they saw the two go in. Shen Qiongzhi saw that the two men had different styles, so he hurriedly continued and worshiped Wanfu.Sit down and chat a few gossips with each other.Wu Shudao: "Mr. Du Shaoqing is here to sacrifice wine in the poetry altar. Yesterday, someone said that there are good works, so I came to ask for advice." Shen Qiongzhi said: "I have been in Nanjing for more than half a year. Anyone who comes to me does not treat me as a door The prostitution is to suspect that I am a thief in the rivers and lakes. Neither kind of person can speak. I saw the two gentlemen today. They neither meant to play with me, nor doubted my heart. I usually heard my father say: "There are many celebrities in Nanjing." , only Mr. Du Shaoqing is a hero.' That's a good sentence. But I don't know if you live here as a guest, or if you are also in Nanjing with your wife?" Du Shaoqing said: "Chuo Jing also lives in the river house," Shen Qiongzhi said: "That's the case. I'll go to the mansion to pay respects to my wife, so that I can tell you what's on my mind." Du Shaoqing agreed, and said goodbye to Wu Shu first.Wu Shu said to Shi Shaoqing: "I think this woman is really strange. If you say that she is a villain, she does not have a lewd air; if she is said to be a concubine sent by others, she does not have a low air. Although he is a woman, he has many heroic appearances. Although his light and clear decoration feels soft and charming, his fingers seem to be exquisite in hooking, moving, and punching. In terms of the atmosphere at this time, there may not be a woman in a car As soon as the red thread flowed in. Chabo escaped because he was fighting fiercely. When he comes, question him and see how my eyesight is." As he said that, he had already returned to Du Shaoqing's house, and saw Grandma Yao selling flowers with a flower cage on her back.Du Shaoqing said: "Grandma Yao, it's just in time for you to come. I have a strange visitor at my house today, so you can take a look here." Let Wu Zhengzi sit in the river room, go in with Grandma Yao, and tell the lady.After a while, Shen Qiongzhi sat in a sedan chair, went to the door and came in. Du Shaoqing greeted him into the inner room, and the lady followed, after seeing the ceremony, she sat down and served tea.Shen Qiongzhi went up, Mrs. Du took the lead, Grandma Yao accompanied her below, and Du Shaoqing sat in front of the window rail.After exchanging greetings, Mrs. Du asked: "Ms. Shen, you are so young. You are alone with the guests. Do you have a companion? Is there a respectable person at home? Have you ever spoken to someone?" Shen Qiongzhi said : "My father has been sitting outside for many years, and my first mother has passed away. I have learned some hand-made needlework since I was in elementary school, and I came to this place in Nanjing Dabang to make a living. It is suitable for Mr. Du to take care of him and meet at the mansion. Mrs. Cheng fell in love with each other at first sight. It is really true I have a confidant at the end of the world." Grandma Yao said: "Miss Shen is surprisingly good at stitching. Yesterday I came to the official's house in the opposite door and saw his father-in-law bought an embroidery of 'Guanyin Sending a Child'. She said it belonged to the girl who bought it. The painting is not as good as that!" Shen Qiongzhi said: "Just do it randomly, it's hard to laugh." After a while, Grandma Yao walked out of the room.Shen Qiongzhi knelt down in front of Lady Du.The lady was shocked and helped her up.Shen Qiongzhi tricked him into being a concubine with the salt merchant. He said once again that he had stolen something and escaped, "Now I'm afraid he won't let go of his feelings and will come after him. Madam may save me?" Du Shaoqing said: "The salt merchant is rich and luxurious. How many scholars and bureaucrats will be fascinated when they see it; you are a weak woman, and you are like a mustard, which is very respectable! But he will follow, and you will not be far away. But it is not very harmful." Just as he was talking, the servant came in and asked Shaoqing, "Master Wu has something to say." When Du Shaoqing walked into the river room, he saw two people standing at the window door with their hands down, like two messengers.Shaoqing was taken aback, and asked, "Where did you come from? How did you come here?" Wu Shu answered, "I called you in. Strange! Now the county is here according to the arrest documents of Jiangdu County. Take someone and say that he is a concubine who escaped from the Song Yan merchant. How do I look?" Shaoqing said: "At this moment, he is at my house. My family took him with him, as if my family ordered him; spread it to Yangzhou, It's like my family kept him. It doesn't matter if he escapes or not, it's a bit inappropriate." Wu Zheng said: "My little brother called the messenger to come in first, that's why. At this moment, brother Shaoqing, if you reward the messenger with a little money, Tell him to go to Wangfutang, and wait for him to go back, and then make sense to take him." According to the martial arts book, Shaoqing rewarded the messenger with four silver coins.The messenger didn't dare to disobey, so he went. Shaoqing turned around and went in, and said these words to Shen Qiongzhi.The lady and Grandma Yao were taken aback.Shen Qiongzhi got up and said, "That's okay. Where is the messenger? I'll go with him." Shaoqing said: "I've already sent the messenger, so you'll have a quick meal. Mr. Wu also has a poem for me to present, wait He finished writing." At that moment, I asked my wife and Grandma Yao to accompany me to eat, and went to the river room to check a collection of poems I carved, and waited for Wu Zhengzi to finish writing the poems, and then weighed four taels of silver, and sealed it as Cheng. Yi, ask the boy to hand it over to the lady, send it to Shen Qiongzhi and take it away. Shen Qiongzhi said goodbye and went out, got on the bridge, and returned to Handkerchief Lane.The two messengers were already at the door, stopped them and said, "Is it better to carry the original sedan chair away, or come down and go with us? There is no need to go in." Shen Qiongzhi said: "Are you from the Dutang yamen? Are you from the patrol yamen?" I don’t break the law, and I don’t sue the Qin case, so there’s a reason why the gate is not allowed to enter! You make such a fuss, you have to frighten the villagers!” Saying this, he got off the sedan chair and walked in slowly.The two policemen let him down a bit.Shen Qiongzhi put the poems and silver in a jewelry box, came out and called: "Barrier, take me to the county." The bearer was about to add money, and the messenger hurriedly said, "There are thousands of differences, and there are no shortage of people who come here." , we got up early in the morning and waited at Du Xianggong's house for half a day to save your face and wait for your sedan chair to come back. You are a woman, don't you even eat tea?" Twenty-four sedan chair money were carried all the way to the county. The messenger had no choice but to go to the gate of the house and report back, "The Shen family you took has arrived." When the magistrate heard about it, he asked him to take it to the third hall to answer.When he was brought in, the county magistrate saw that he looked good, and asked, "Since he is a girl, why didn't he keep his boudoir style, escaped privately, and stole the Song family's silver, what are you doing sneaking around in this county?" Shen Qiongzhi said: "Song Weifu took his beloved man as his concubine. My father was involved in a lawsuit with him. He bought the county magistrate and lost my father. This is my sworn enemy. Besides, although I am not talented, I am also quite knowledgeable about writing. Are you willing to send Zhang Er's wife to the Huang servant? So you escaped. It's true." The county magistrate said: "Jiangdu County will ask you about these things, but I don't care. Since you know how to write, you may Make a poem face to face?" Shen Qiongzhi said: "Please choose a topic at will, you can ask for advice." Zhixian pointed to the pagoda tree under the hall, and said: "Just use this as the topic." Shen Qiongzhi calmly chanted Come out with a poem of seven words and eight sentences, which is fast and good.The county magistrate saw the appreciation, and then called two original messengers to pick up the luggage from his lower place, and check it in the hall.In the box in front of his head, there is a bag of broken silver, an envelope with "Cheng Yi" written on it, a book, and a volume of poems.The magistrate saw it and knew that he also advocated peace with local celebrities.Signed a piece of approval, prepared a corner of the customs document, and told the original messenger: "You escort Shen Qiongzhi to Jiangdu County, you have to be careful all the way, there are not many things, so you have to get the approval to pay." He wrote a book densely and put it in the Guanwen, asking him to release the daughter, return Yi's father, and choose another son-in-law.This is nothing to do with future affairs. At that moment, Shen Qiongzhi and two messengers left the county gate, hired sedan chairs to carry them outside Hanxi Gate, and boarded Yizheng's boat.The messenger's luggage was placed on the bow and rested under the lock board.Shen Qiongzhi was sitting in the middle cabin, when two more hostesses came to board the boat with the awning, and they entered the official cabin together.When Shen Qiongzhi looked at the two women, one was in his twenties and the other was seventeen or eighteen years old. Qiao Su dressed up in a chic way.Followed by a man with a face of distiller's grains, a broken felt hat and eyebrows, he picked up a load of luggage and sent it to the middle cabin. The two women sat down with Shen Qiongzhi and asked, "Where is the girl?" Where did you go?" Shen Qiongzhi said: "I am Yangzhou, and I want to go the same way as you two." The middle-aged woman said: "We will go ashore in Yizheng when we don't reach Yangzhou." After a while, the boatman came to weigh the boat. money.The two messengers spat, took out the batch and said, "Look! What is this? Our office workers don't need to ask you for money, but come and ask us for money!" The boatman dared not After weighing the words to others, I sailed to Yanziji. A night of southwest wind, we arrived at the yellow mud flat early in the morning.The messenger asked Shen Qiongzhi for money, and Shen Qiongzhi said: "I understood yesterday that you don't need shipping money for your business." The messenger said: "Miss Shen, you are too old! Tell us to take care of the mountains and water The draft is as sticky as your hair, we drink the northwest wind!" Shen Qiongzhi said after hearing this: "I won't give you money, what do you dare to do!" Walking out of the cabin, he jumped ashore, his two little feet seemed to be flying, and he wanted to I went by myself.Two policemen hurriedly moved their luggage and rushed to pull him, but he beat him upside down in a four-door bucket.Pick up and quarrel with the policeman.The noisy boatman was doing evil with the man in the ragged felt hat, hired a sedan chair, and two policemen followed. The man took the two women through the head gate and came to Fengjia Lane.Facing Wang Yi'an face-to-face, he shouted: "Miss Xi and Tongshun are here, and Li Laosi also sent it in person. How is the business at Nanjing Shuixi Gate recently?" Li Laosi said: "Recently, those Huaiqing bridges have opened their mouths. The line is crowded, so I come to my father." Wang Yi'an said: "This is very good, I am missing two girls here." Immediately, I took two whores and returned home. The thatched cottages are all separated by reed mats, and behind them is the kitchen.A man in the kitchen was washing his hands alone, and he was either happy or not when he saw these two bitches come in.Because of this, there are different teachings:
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