Chapter 34 The 33rd round of Du Shaoqing and his wife traveling in mountains Chi Hengshan friend discussion ceremony

It is said that since Du Shaoqing sent Mrs. Lou home, no one has persuaded him since then, and he has become more courageous to spend money.The previous item is over, and Wang Huzi is asked to sell another piece of land, more than two thousand silver, and use it casually.Bao Tingxi was sent across the river with one hundred silver coins.The matter of Wangzhi County has been cleared up, the house was returned, and he left and went back.Du Shaoqing lived at home for more than half a year, and the money was almost used up. He thought about combining the house he lived with with his family, and wanted to live in Nanjing. He discussed with his wife, and she agreed.People persuaded him, but he always refused to listen.After half a year of trouble, the house was merged.In addition to repaying the debt, I also left more than a thousand silver, and said to my wife: "I will go to Nanjing to meet Lu's nephew first, and I will find a house, and then I will pick you up." Immediately packed up my luggage, took a king's beard, and went with me. The young fellow crossed the river with a noble.Wang Huzi saw that it was not a problem on the road, so he abducted twenty taels of silver and left. Du Shaoqing laughed it off and took Jiajue across the river.

When I arrived at Zulu's house in Cang Lane, my nephew Lu Huashi came out to welcome my uncle in and greeted him in the hall.Du Shaoqing went upstairs to worship the gods of his grandfather and grandmother.When I saw Lu Huashi's mother, I asked the boy to bring out ham and tea leaves and send them over.Lu Huashi, please serve meals in the study, and invite a gentleman who is the professional teacher Huashi invited this year.The gentleman came out to greet the ceremony, and Du Shaoqing asked the gentleman to sit down.Du Shaoqing asks, "what's your surname, sir?" The gentleman said: "Chi, my surname is Jun, and his name is Hengshan. May I ask what your surname is, sir?" Lu Huashi said, "this is the uncle of Du's family, the student Tianchang." Mr. Chi said, "it's Shao Qing? Mister is a hero in the country, a fast-growing scholar! You can only meet because you are famous, so why did He Tu meet Gao Xian today!" Stand up and salute again.Du Shaoqing saw that the gentleman was thin and thin, with straight eyebrows and long claws, and piercing eyes, and knew that he was not mediocre, so he hit it off.After dinner, Chi Hengshan was overjoyed when he mentioned that he wanted to find a house to live in, and said, "Sir, why don't you find a few river houses to live in?" Du Shaoqing said: "This is also very good. You and I will take this opportunity to go and have a look first. Qin Huai." Mr. Chi told Hua Shi to sit down at home, and he and Shaoqing stepped out.

When I walked to the No. 1 Scholar Realm, I saw how many new covers had been posted in the bookstore. One of them wrote: ""Li Ke Cheng Mo Zhiyun". Qu Yanfu is the grandson of Nanchang Qu prefect, and my elder brother. Now that I am here, why don't I go in and meet him?" So he went in with Mr. Chi.The husband-in-law came out to talk about the friendship, and said some words of admiration to each other.Ma Chunshang came out to recite the ceremony and asked, "Sir, what is your surname?" "This is Mr. Du Shaoqing, Yuan Gongsun of Tianchang Palace, and this is Mr. Jurong Chi Hengshan. They are all leaders of the Jiangnan famous altar. The younger brothers hate to meet each other." It's late." After tea, Chi Hengshan said: "Brother Shaoqing wants to find a place to stay, we can't talk for long at this time, we have to say goodbye." When he walked out together, he saw a man lying on the counter reading poems, pointing He wrote a book and said: "This poem is mine." Four people came over and saw a white paper poetry fan beside him.Fu Yanfu opened it and saw that "Mr. Lan Jiang" was written on the money.Fu Yan said with a smile, "It's Jing Lanjiang." Jing Lanjiang looked up and saw the two of them, bowing to each other and asking for their names.Du Shaoqing pulled Chi Hengshan and said: "I'll look for a house every now and then, and then I'll meet these people."

Now walking across the Huaiqing Bridge, Chi Hengshan is familiar with the road, looking for Fang Yazi, I saw several river houses along the way, I didn't like it, and I kept seeing Dongshuiguan.This year is the year of the township examination, and the house in the river is the most expensive, and the rent for this house is eight taels of silver per month.Du Shaoqing said: "That's all, let's rent it first, and then buy him." The custom in Nanjing is to pay one to enter the house and one month's deposit.At present, Fang Yazi's roommate went to Lu's house in Cangxiang to sign a lease agreement and paid sixteen taels of silver.The Lu family set up wine and stayed with Chi Hengshan to sit with Du Shaoqing. At night, Chi Hengshan also stayed here.

The next morning, I didn't wash my face, only to hear a person calling in from outside the door: "Where is Mr. Du Shaoqing?" Du Shaoqing was about to go out to see, when the man came in and said, "Don't mention the name, just wait for me to guess." Wait!" After concentrating for a while, he walked forward, pulled Shaoqing and said, "You are Du Shaoqing." Du Shaoqing smiled and said, "I am Du Shaoqing. This is Mr. Chi Hengshan, and this is my cousin. Sir, what is your surname?" The man said: "Shaoqing is a noble man in the world, with a heroic spirit, my younger brother is frightened at the first sight, unlike Mr. Chi who is mature and respectful, so I recognize it well. My younger brother is Ji Weixiao." Chi Hengshan said: "Yes Mr. Ji who made the Liyuan list? Long time, long time!" Ji Weixiao sat down and said to Du Shaoqing: "Brother Ling is already heading north." Du Shaoqing was surprised: "When did you go?" Ji Weixiao said: "I just went It took three or four days. The younger brother sent it to Longjiang Pass. He paid tribute and went to the capital to try it out. Brother Shaoqing spends money like water, why hide it at home and use it instead of bringing it here? We are all stubborn?" Du Shaoqing said: " I'm here now. Now I've decided on the river house and come to live here." Ji Weixiao clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful! I'm also looking for two river houses to be neighbors with you, and I'll bring my wife to live with you too. As a companion. The money to buy the house in the river comes from you!" Du Shaoqing said: "Naturally." After a while, the Lu family set out a meal, leaving Ji Weixiao to eat with him.During the meal, when they talked about coaxing Shenqing to see a Taoist priest, everyone laughed and spit out the food.Just after the meal, Ma Chunshang, Yun Yanfu and Jing Lanjiang came to worship.We talked for a while and sent it out.Just after coming in, Xiao Jinxuan, Zhuge Tianshen and Ji Tianyi came to worship again.Ji Weixiao also came out to sit with him.After talking for a while, Ji Weixiao went with the three of them.Du Shaoqing wrote a letter to his family and sent people to Tianchang to pick up his family members.

In the early morning of the next day, just as they were about to pay homage to Ji Weixiao and the others, Guo Tiebi came to pay homage to Taoist priests again.Du Shaoqing came in, saw the appearance of the Taoist priest, remembered what he said yesterday, and couldn't help laughing again.The Taoist gave a full respect and took out a volume of poems.Guo Tiebi also sent two books.Du Shaoqing accepted them all.Had tea, said goodbye and went.Du Shaoqing just went out to pay homage to these people.They lived in Lu's house for seven or eight days in a row, and talked with Chi Hengshan about rituals and music.Du Shaoqing bid farewell to the Lu family and moved the luggage.

The next day everyone came to congratulate.At this time, in the first ten days of March, the river house was getting better, and there was also the sound of Xiao Guan.Du Shaoqing prepared wine to invite these people, and there were four tables in total.That day, Ji Weixiao, Ma Chunshang, Yun Yanfu, Ji Tianyi, Chi Hengshan, Lu Huashi, Jing Lanjiang, Zhuge Tianshen, Xiao Jinxuan, Guo Tiebi and Lai Xia scholars were all present.Jin Dongya is a neighbor of Hefang, and he has paid homage to him.Also please come.Today the tea kitchen arrived first, and Bao Tingxi sent the Protestant three-yuan troupe to kowtow, met Du Shaoqing and Du Niangzi, and went to enjoy a lot of fruits.Immediately, the owner of the house recommended a flower seller named Grandma Yao to see him, and Mrs. Du asked him to sit down.By morning, all the guests had arrived, and the windows of the river house were opened.All the guests sit scattered, or lean on the railing to look at the water, or sip tea and chat, or read books according to the case, or sit on the floor for comfort, whatever they want.I saw a Jiaozi outside the door, and Bao Tingxi followed, sending his wife Wang to say hello.Mrs. Wang got off the sedan chair and passed by. Grandma Yao couldn't help laughing when she saw him, and said to Mrs. Du, "This is our famous Mrs. Wang in Nanjing. How could he come here too?" Mrs. Wang was really careful when she saw Mrs. Du. , dare not resist.Lady Du also asked him to sit down.When Du Shaoqing came in, Grandma Yao and Mrs. Wang kowtowed to the young master again.When Bao Tingxi met all the guests in the river room, he joked and laughed.After a commotion for a while, the table was ready. Du Shaoqing came out to serve the table and sat down. After a midnight drink, they dispersed.Bao Tingxi lit the lantern by himself, took the sedan chair according to Mrs. Wang, and went back.

A few days later, the lady wanted to go outside to see the scenery because she had just arrived in Nanjing.Du Shaoqing said: "This makes it so." At that moment, he called for several sedan chairs, and asked Grandma Yao to accompany him, and two or three family members followed in sedan chairs.The cook chose a banquet and borrowed a Yao Garden from Qingliang Mountain.This Yao garden is a huge garden, which is entered by a hedge gate.Inside the gate is a road made of cobblestones, with vermilion railings along the way, and green willows on both sides.The past three halls were where he sold wine, and all the wine tables were moved that day.Through the hall is a mountain path, and when you reach the top of the mountain, there is an octagonal pavilion.The seats are placed on the pavilion.The lady and Grandma Yao went up to the pavilion to watch the scenery.On one side is Qingliang Mountain, with tall and low bamboo trees; on the other side is Lingyin Temple, where the red wall is exposed among the green trees, which is very beautiful.After sitting for a while, Du Shaoqing also came in a sedan chair.He brought a red gold cup in the sedan chair, put it on the table, poured out the wine, and held it in his hand, taking advantage of the warm spring weather, he leaned against the railing and lingered to drink.This day, Du Shaoqing was so drunk that he went out of the garden gate with his wife's hand and a gold cup in one hand, laughing loudly, and walked for more than a mile on Qingliang mountain.Three or four women followed behind, giggling and laughing, and the people watching on both sides were dazzled and did not dare to look up.Du Shaoqing and his wife got into the sedan chair and went.Grandma Yao and these women picked many peach blossoms and put them on the sedan chair, and followed.

When Du Shaoqing returned to Hefang, it was getting late.I saw Lu Huashi still sitting there, and said: "Cousin Zhuang, Beimen Bridge, heard that his uncle is coming, and is eager to meet. Tomorrow, please sit at home for a while and don't go out. Cousin Zhuang is here to worship." Du Shaoqing said "Mr. Shaoguang is my teacher. I didn't invite him the day before yesterday because he couldn't bear to get together with this group of poets. I was going to see him. Why should he come to see me instead? Nephew, Go back as soon as possible and send someone to pay your respects, I will go to his house tomorrow." Hua Shi promised to go.

Du Shaoqing sent it out.When the husband opened the door, he heard the door knocking again.The boy opened the door and went out, and came in with another person, and said, "Mr. Lou is here." Du Shaoqing looked up and saw Lou Huanwen's grandson dressed in filial piety, crying and praying to the ground, and said, "My father has passed away. Come to report." Du Shaoqing said: "When did you die?" Mr. Lou said fairly: "On the 26th day of the previous month." Du Shaoqing cried a lot and ordered the preparation of the sacrificial ceremony overnight.In the early morning of the next day, I took a sedan chair and went to Taohong Town.Ji Weixiao inquired about Tiaoyuan, and came to visit early in the morning. Knowing that Tao Hong had passed away, he returned disappointed.

When Du Shaoqing arrived in Taohong, he cried several times in front of Grandpa Lou's coffin, and spent a few days doing Buddhist rituals with money to save Grandpa Lou from birth.The Lou family invited many relatives to accompany them.Du Shaoqing stayed for four or five days, crying and crying.All the people in Taohong town sighed and said: "The sky is long and Du's mansion is kind." Another said: "This old man must be a very good man, that's why Du's mansion respects and repays him so much. He must be like this old man to be a good man." You deserve it." Du Shaoqing took dozens of taels of silver and gave it to his son and grandson to buy land to bury Mr. Lou.From the Lou family, men and women came out to say thanks.Du Shaoqing wailed again in front of the coffin before returning. When I got home, the lady said to him: "Since the second day you went, the governor of a messenger palace, and a gatekeeper in Tianchang County, took a corner of the document to look for it. I returned that he was not at home. He lives in a hotel, every day. Come and ask, I don't know why." Du Shaoqing said: "This is strange again!" Just as he was in doubt, the boy came and said, "The messenger and Mendou want to meet in the river room." Du Shaoqing went out and talked with the messenger. The official sat down.The official said congratulations, and Mendou sent a corner of the document.The document had been disassembled, and Du Shaoqing took it out to read, only to see that it read: Governor Li, in order to recommend talented people: according to the imperial decree, interview Confucianism cultivators all over the world.The Headquarters interviewed Du Yi, a Confucian student in Tianchang County, with a mellow character and elegant writing.For this reason, I know the Confucian instructor in the county, and I urge the student to go to the academy in full clothes on the same day, so that he can be tested, apply to the imperial court, and be introduced for recruitment. Do not violate! Hurry up! Du Shaoqing looked at it and said: "Master Li is a disciple of our ancestors. He was originally my uncle, so he recommended me. How dare I be? But your lord is so kind, I immediately got up and went to the gate to thank you." He gave him a few taels of silver for the meal, and Mendou also gave him two taels of silver, and sent him away first. I tidied it up at home without entanglement, pawned that gold cup for thirty taels of silver, took a servant, and boarded a boat to Anqing.When we arrived in Anqing, I didn't want Mr. Li to come back after a few days because he was on a business trip.Du Shaoqing handed in the handbook, the door is open, please come in, please go to the study.When Mr. Li came out, Du Shaoqing paid his respects and greeted Mr. Li. Mr. Li invited him to sit down.Li Daren said: "Since the teacher passed away, I have always missed you elder brothers. I have heard for a long time that elder brothers are outstanding talents, so the imperial court imitated the ancient excavation ceremony. My students should borrow light and don't refuse." Du Shaoqing said: "My little nephew Fei is a widow. Learning, the adults mistakenly choose a false name, fearing that it will tarnish the recommendation letter." Li Daren said: "You don't have to be too modest, I will take the knot from the prefecture and county." Du Shaoqing said: "My lord loves me, but my nephew doesn't know? But my nephew is the elk Nature, Kusano is used to him, he is near and sick, so please ask your lord to visit him." Li Daren said: "Young man from a noble family, how can you say that he refuses to be an official? My visit is not bad, and I want to recommend it!" Du Shaoqing did not dare Besides, Mr. Li stayed overnight and took out many poems and essays to ask for advice. Say goodbye to me the next day.He took fewer trips this time, and stayed for a few more days. He was asked for a lot of wedding money at the gate, and he ordered a boat back to Nanjing, and he owed three taels of silver for the boat.Encountering headwinds along the way, we walked for four or five days before reaching Wuhu.When we arrived at Qiang Lake, the boat couldn't move anymore, and the boatman asked for money to buy rice for cooking.Du Shaoqing asked the boy to look for it, and there was only five coins left. Du Shaoqing planned to pawn the clothes.Feeling bored, I went to the shore for a walk and saw that it was Jixiang Temple. I sat on the tea table and had a cup of tea.I was hungry again, and after eating three sesame seed cakes, it cost six dollars, and I couldn't get out of the teahouse.I saw a Taoist priest walking in front of me, but Du Shaoqing never recognized him.The Taoist looked back and hurriedly approached and said, "Young Master Du, why are you here?" Du Shaoqing said with a smile, "It's Brother Laixia! Sit down and have tea." Laixia said, "Young Master, you Why are you here alone?" Du Shaoqing said: "When did you come?" Lai Xiashi said: "After I bothered, I was here because old father Zhang in Wuhu County wrote books and took me to write poems. I just stayed. In the Shizhou Pavilion, there is a great view, and you can look at the river. Young Master, come and sit next to me." Du Shaoqing said: "I also went to see a friend in Anqing, and passed by here when I came back, blocking the wind. Now I will respect you with you Stay stubborn and go." Lai Xiashi received the tea money, and the two entered the Shizhou Pavilion together. The Taoist priest in the temple came out and asked the respected guest who came from there.The Taoist came and said, "It's Mr. Du in Tianchang Du Zhuangyuan's mansion." The Taoist listened and was very respectful. Please sit down and worship tea.Du Shaoqing saw a Dou Fang posted on the wall, a poem nostalgic for the Zhou Pavilion, which read: "Xiashi Daoist Brother Jiaozheng" and "Yanli Wei's Xuansi Proposal" below.Du Shaoqing said: "This is the poem of Mr. Wei Si, Wuyi Town, Chuzhou. When was he here?" The Taoist said: "Mr. Wei is upstairs now." Du Shaoqing always said to Xia Tu: "In this way, I will go upstairs with you Go." Then they went upstairs together, and the Taoist shouted first, "Master Wei Si, Master Du Shao is here!" Fourth Master Wei promised, "Is that one?" He wanted to go downstairs to have a look.Du Shaoqing came up and said, "Old man! My nephew is here." The Fourth Master Wei wiped his beard with both hands, laughed loudly, and said, "Who am I? Sit down, wait for me to cook tea, and talk about it. Where did you come from?" Du Shaoqing told Mr. Li a few words, and said: "My nephew has less travel belts this time, and there is only one left today. Five bucks, what I just ate was brother Laixia's tea, and I have no money for boat or food." Fourth Master Wei laughed and said, "Okay, okay! The old man is finished today! But you are a hero, so why bother with such a thing Anxious? Let’s sit and eat wine under me. Because I have a student who lives in Wuhu, he entered the school the day before yesterday. I came to congratulate him. He thanked me for twenty-four taels of silver. You eat here Wine, let’s see if the wind turns, I’ll give you ten taels of silver.” Du Shaoqing sat down and drank wine with Mr. Wei Si and Lai Xiashi until the afternoon, watching the boats in the river passing by outside the building window. The Dingfeng flag gradually turned.Mr. Wei Si said: "Okay! The wind and cloud have turned!" Everyone leaned on the window to look at the river. After looking at it for a while, the sun went down, and the half of the thousands of masts were red in the backlight.Du Shaoqing said: "The sky is clear and the northeast wind has subsided. My nephew said goodbye to the old man and got off the boat." The Fourth Master Wei took out ten liang of silver and handed it to Du Shaoqing, and Xia Shi sent it to the boat with him.Lai Xiashi asked him to pay tribute to all the friends in Nanjing.After saying goodbye, the two went ashore. Du Shaoqing rested on the boat.It was five drums at night, and indeed there was a slight southwest wind. The boatman pulled up the awning and took advantage of the favorable wind. After walking for half a day, he arrived at the mouth of Baihe River.Du Shaoqing paid the boat fare, carried his luggage ashore, and came home in a sedan chair.The lady continued, and he told the lady the joke that there was no travel on the road the day before yesterday, and the lady laughed when she heard it. The next day, I went to Beimen Bridge to visit Mr. Zhuang Shaoguang.There it was said: "Master Xu, the governor of Zhejiang, has invited you to visit the West Lake, and he will come home in a few days." Du Shaoqing then went to Lu's house in Cangxiang to meet Chi Hengshan.The Lu family stayed for dinner.Chi Hengshan gossiped: "Nowadays, friends who are studying are just talking about their careers. If they can write two lines of poems, they are considered extremely elegant. They don't ask about rituals, music, soldiers, and agriculture in the history of classics. The Taizu of my dynasty ruled the world, and his great achievements are as good as Tang Wu, but he never made rituals and music. Brother Shaoqing, you went to conquer this time and do some serious things for the court. You are worthy of what I have learned. "Du Shaoqing said: "I have already resigned from this matter of enlistment. Just because I am going out, I can't do anything. It will only make the superior laugh, so I would rather not go out." Chi Hengshan took out another one in the room. The hand scroll said: "This matter must be discussed with the master." Du Shaoqing said: "What's the matter?" Chi Hengshan said: "In our Nanjing, the first sage in ancient and modern times is Wu Taibo, but there has never been a special temple. There are Wenchang Hall and Guandi Temple everywhere. My younger brother wants to ask some friends to donate a little money to build a Taibo Temple. In the Spring and Autumn Period, we will use ancient rituals and music to offer sacrifices. Through this, everyone can learn rituals and music, and achieve something. Talented people can also help government and education. But it takes thousands of gold to build this temple. I have framed a hand scroll here, and write on it what I would like to donate. Brother Shaoqing, how much are you willing to donate?" Du Shaoqing said happily: "This is what should be donated. Yes!" He took the scroll, let it go and wrote: "Tianchang Du Yi donated three hundred taels of silver." Chi Hengshan said: "It's not a lot. I saved the money for building the museum over the years and donated two hundred taels. "It was written on it, and it was called: "Hua Shi, you also try your best to pay fifty taels." It was also written on the paper.Chi Hengshan rolled up and put it away, and sat chatting again.I saw a servant from Du's family come and report: "Tianchang has a messenger who wants to see the young master in the river room. Please go back." Du Shaoqing resigned from Chi Hengshan and came back.Because of this, there are different teachings: