dhibooks Chapter 30
Chapter 30
There was a sound in Qi Yuan's head, and he suddenly looked up.
"At the Dongchi meeting, your senior brother deliberately covered you up, and I felt weird at that time." Taifu Yang sighed softly, and asked, "Qi Yuan, I don't even ask you what you have been doing for the past six years. Let me say something."
He paused when he said this, and looked up at him; "How much of what you have learned in the past is left?"
Qi Yuan opened his mouth in a daze, his mind went blank, his body was hot and cold, and he was unable to speak for a long time.
Fang Chenghe looked at him worriedly, but Taifu Yang didn't urge him, he just poured water and tea slowly.
After a long time, the tea had already been poured three times, and it was tasteless, so Qi Yuan calmed down and said in a low voice, "I...I, I forgot all about it."
Taifu Yang's movements suddenly stopped, and he couldn't help but asked in a loud voice: "What?"
Seeing that Qi Yuan's face turned pale with fright, Fang Chenghe hurriedly left the table to apologize, and pulled Qi Yuan off along the way.
Qi Yuan followed behind him, and before he knew it, large beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.Although it is also about falling into the water, the feeling of facing Taifu Yang is completely different from that of facing Fang Chenghe.
"I..." Qi Yuan's throat tightened, as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt Fang Chenghe lightly squeeze his wrist.
"Teacher, forgive me!" Fang Chenghe stood in front of him, apologizing for Qi Yuan, and explained, "Brother Qi Xian fell into the water in the canal when he was out last month, and his life was almost lost. Later, his life was revived, but the past and the past are not. He forgot most of it, not only forgot everything he had learned before, but other things...he can’t remember it either.”
Taifu Yang's expression suddenly changed, but now he couldn't hold the kettle at all, and hurriedly put it aside.
"Is this true?"
Fang Chenghe said: "Students dare not lie."
Qi Yuan is much better now, so he also murmured and replied: "Return to Taifu, it's true."
Taifu Yang frowned, and asked again: "Then how is your study in the Imperial Academy?"
Qi Yuan's face became hot: "I just read "Four Books"."
Taifu Yang let out an "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" but couldn't help it, and slapped the tea table heavily.
Back then, Xiao Qiyuan, who was only ten years old, was the first to hand in the papers in the Shuntian Mansion Dao Examination in just two hours. At that time, he wrote a Four Books and a Spring and Autumn Question, with hundreds of words in it, the style of writing was extremely gorgeous, but the textual research was precise and detailed. , The thoroughness and thoroughness of the analysis amazed everyone.
Taifu Yang hadn't seen such a genius in decades, and when he saw Qi Yuan who was only ten years old, he was even more fond of him.The school exam was done on the spot, although Xiao Qiyuan was young, he had no fear, quoted the scriptures, and answered the questions calmly. The school officials, magistrates, county magistrates and even the scribes in charge of order were all impressed by his talent.
Back then, Xiao Qiyuan's romantic and literary talents were not inferior to Fang Chenghe and Ren Yan today.
Taifu Yang especially cherished him, and later often called him into the Taifu's residence, but Qi Yuan was arrogant, he neither made friends with Tongnian, nor did he bother to kneel down and salute others.Taifu Yang liked him for his extensive knowledge of grave codes and knowledge of military strategy, but he couldn't help worrying that he was famous at a young age, and he was famous in the forest, so he would attract trouble.
Later, the three child prodigies went to the palace to face the saints. Seeing that Xiao Qiyuan was angry with Emperor Yuanzhao, he was ordered not to take the imperial examination for six years.Taifu Yang's heart was pulled up, fearing that he would be frustrated and depressed.
For the past six years, Qi Yuan stayed behind closed doors, and Taifu Yang also prepared for the worst, thinking that if his temperament changed, he would take advantage of the few years he still had to live, so that he could guide and release him, and then let other disciples be in court. More help and care, how can I think...
Who would have imagined that Qi Yuan would suffer such a catastrophe and lose all his talents and learning!
Qi Yuan timidly hid behind the formula and he was completely different from that high-spirited little child prodigy who looked down on the world. Taifu Yang sighed repeatedly, his eyes were red, and he was unable to speak for a long time.
Fang Chenghe knew that the teacher must be feeling uncomfortable at this time. Although he was regarded as Taifu Yang's favorite student, he had heard his teacher praise Qi Yuan all these years.So that day when he saw Qi Yuan appreciating the paintings at the Dongchi meeting and opened his mouth to comment "ugly things are fat", he was very surprised.
"Brother Qi Xian suffered such unforeseen misfortune, and it is a great blessing to survive the catastrophe." Fang Chenghe thought about persuading the teacher, and said, "What's more, luck and misfortune depend on each other. Brother Qi Xian didn't feel depressed because of this, but instead looked at the good and the bad, forgetting both joy and sorrow, This kind of mind is more worthy of the teacher's comfort."
Yang Taifu shook his head again and again, and after a long time, he secretly wiped his tears and said straightly: "That's all, that's all."
The atmosphere in the study gradually eased down.
Qi Yuan gave Fang Chenghe a grateful look.Taifu Yang calmed down a little, and asked him again, "Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, it's true. Qi Yuan, do you remember the matter of facing the saint back then?"
Qi Yuan shook his head.
Taifu Yang's complexion changed slightly: "How much do you remember about that year?"
Qi Yuan thought for a while, and said simply, "Actually... when the student woke up, he didn't even know his mother and sister. Now let alone the matter of meeting the saint back then, even the acquaintances from the past, the student looked unfamiliar very."
Taifu Yang was taken aback: "You don't remember at all?"
Qi Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded.The original body walked very thoroughly, he was very unfamiliar with the people and things here, even the old master didn't know him at the time, so it's not a lie to say that.
Taifu Yang fell silent again, and after a while, he let out a long sigh: "Maybe it's God's will..."
But in the bottom of my heart, I feel uncomfortable, Qi Yuan is originally a talent for writing freely, and all the old and old officials in this dynasty can't match it, and now he has come to such a place, even the ordinary four books of the Imperial College have to be written by someone else.
"Xu Zijing would write a ghostwriting for you." Thinking of this, Taifu Yang suppressed his worries, and said to Qi Yuan, "Zijing is a sincere and honest person, but he is a good friend."
Seeing the grief on the old lady's face, Qi Yuan also felt a little sad, and responded in a low voice: "Mr. Xu takes good care of the students."
Taifu Yang nodded, sighed again, and said to the two of them: "So the old man took the names for both of you." After speaking, he got up and walked to the desk under the south window.
There were two sheets of rice paper pressed by a paperweight on the desk, Taifu Yang took out the upper one, hesitated for a moment, turned around and glanced at Fang Chenghe first.
Fang Cheng and Zao glanced at the two characters on it, and his eyes showed joy.Qi Yuan was also a little excited in his heart, he had always envied that other people had words, and even thought about picking one up if he couldn't do it, but he didn't know how to write and ink, so he might not be able to pick it up.
Taifu Yang was also the number one scholar back then, so the words given to him must be very nice.
He and Fang Chenghe looked at each other, and they waited happily.
Taifu Yang didn't give them directly, but turned his head and glanced at them, thought for a while and asked: "Speaking of which, the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, Fang Chenghe, you have Cao E in Kuaiji, do you know?"
Fang Chenghe hurriedly bowed and replied: "Cao E saved her father because she was extremely filial. The students grew up listening to her stories since they were young."
Cao E was a native of Shangyu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. She lost her mother when she was young, and lived with her father who was a priest.On May 14th of the second year of Han'an, Cao's father sang to welcome the gods on the river as usual, but suffered an accident and lost his body.Cao E was [-] years old at the time. She cried and guarded by the river for seventeen days, and finally jumped into the river to find her father. Finally, she surfaced the river with her father's body in her arms, and Cao E also died.
This incident caused a sensation, and the county magistrate of Shangyu asked his disciple Handan Chun to write a monument for him.Although Handan Chun was only 13 years old, he was also a young prodigy. The eloquence was so extraordinary that literati and poets flocked to it. Famous calligraphers successively rewrote it, including Wang Xizhi and others.
Fang Chenghe knew that the teacher must have other intentions when he mentioned Cao E, if he only talked about Cao E's filial piety, or Handan's pure talent, he would not specifically mention it at this time.He thought secretly, didn't want to understand, then looked at the old master, and sure enough, the latter was squinting at him, as if to see if he could guess it.
Fang Chenghe didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and simply admitted defeat: "Student is stupid, tell the old teacher clearly."
Taifu Yang stroked his beard, snorted softly, and then said: "Behind the Cao'e stele, there is the Chinese character 'yellow silk young woman, grandson Jijiu', do you know?"
Fang Chenghe nodded: "Reading Cao E's stele with a smile, meditating on the yellow silk language. This eight-character puzzle is indeed mysterious."
Taifu Yang snorted coldly: "You're showing off again, you just say whether you know it or not. Why are you talking so much?"
Fang Chenghe choked, shook his head helplessly and smiled.
"At that time, Emperor Wu of Wei led the army to pass under the stele of Cao E. When he saw the eight characters, he asked Yang Xiu if he knew what it meant. Yang Xiu answered that Emperor Wu of Wei couldn't think about it. After marching for thirty miles, he suddenly realized it." Yang Taifu said this, with a slight look on his face. He looked dignifiedly at Fang Chenghe, "I know that you are talented and conceited as a teacher, but since ancient times, people who have seen disasters because of your talents have never been ordinary. Now the situation in the court is treacherous. You are so arrogant before you win the exam, so don't be afraid." Sow the seeds of disaster for the future?"
Fang Chenghe hurriedly said: "Students dare not!"
Taifu Yang sneered: "Why don't you dare? You dare to cut off the remains of Huashigang and the Seven Star Inkstone, what else are you afraid to do?"
Both of these are Cai Xian's favorite things. Fang Chenghe actually asked Ruan Hong to intercept them. Being able to get to where he is today, he has always flirted with Eunuch Cai and given gifts.
What's more, if the two of them didn't pay attention to Fang Chenghe at this time, Fang Chenghe would become an official in the court in the future, such behavior would easily provoke enemies.
Fang Chenghe knew that the teacher was thinking of himself, so he bowed his head to be taught.
Only Qi Yuan was at a loss, watching the two of them chatting with each other with a hammer and a hammer, he felt confused.However, Fang Chenghe was being scolded, and he didn't dare to do anything else, he simply stood up obediently, lowered his head and pretended to be ashamed.
Taifu Yang didn't say anything else, just handed the piece of paper for writing to Fang Chenghe, "I hope you learn from the past and don't be complacent."
Qi Yuan peeked at the word "Jin Zhi" written on it, and he read it silently in his heart, thinking that the word Big Brother Fang fits well with Ruan Hong, and being cautious means being cautious.
Fang Chenghe obviously liked it very much, and bowed down solemnly.
Taifu Yang received his gift, and then looked at Qi Yuan: "Qi Yuan, I originally took a word for you, but now it seems that it is inappropriate. I will take another one for you later."
After he finished speaking, he bowed his head in thought, and walked to the desk.Fang Chenghe winked quickly, signaling Qi Yuan to go over and grind the ink.
Qi Yuan hurried to wait on him, and Fang Chenghe brought over tea again.After a while, the old matriarch had an idea, raised his pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote two large characters with a swish.
——Every boat.
Qi Yuan was taken aback, vaguely guessing the meaning,
Sure enough, Taifu Yang said in a deep voice: "You probably don't remember. After you were taken as the head of the case, an old Taoist once gave you orders, saying that you need to avoid water..." Back then, everyone was an old Taoist talking nonsense. Once thought that Qi Yuan would actually be in trouble, thinking of this, the old lady Fu sighed lightly, and said in a low voice, "The word "Feng Zhou" means that you will turn bad luck into good fortune when encountering water in the future, and turn adversity into good fortune. "
Qi Yuan secretly read it twice in his heart, the more he read it, the more he liked it.Busy learning Fang Cheng and bowing down, thanking the teacher.
At noon, Taifu Yang stayed with the two of them for lunch.
Qi Yuan gradually lost his restraint, and he really liked Xinde's characters, so he showed [-] points of obedience.During the dinner, when the old lady Fu talked about people of different places, Qi Yuan would talk about everything in a joking manner.He is already proficient in eating, drinking, juggling, etc., and he deliberately showed off today, and he talked eloquently when he met what he knew, and the coaxing old lady Fu and Fang Chenghe couldn't stop laughing.
The old matriarch did not expect that although he had lost all his talents and learning, his personality would also change drastically, he was much more lively and cute than before, and he felt so sad again, he couldn't tell whether the change was good or bad.
Qi Yuan had a full meal here, and coaxed the old master to drink fruit wine to his satisfaction.The fruit wine only felt sweet when he drank it, but it had a lot of stamina, and when he returned to prison in the evening, Qi Yuan was already a little drunk.
Fang Chenghe carried him back into the car, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and patted him on the face: "You are good enough, the teacher only has three jars of wine in total, all of which are cheap for you."
Qi Yuan was already motion sick, but now he felt dizzy, so he put his arms around his neck and whispered: "I haven't drunk this wine before, so I'm greedy."
Fang Chenghe just thought it was funny, and thought to himself, what kind of wine could you drink before?But seeing Qi Yuan's blushing cheeks and dazed look, he couldn't bear to reprimand him, he just muttered: "You've had a good time, let Jian Cheng catch you later, what will you do?"
There are regulations in the Guozijian that the students in the prison cannot drink and have fun, nor can they make noise.
Qi Yuan pouted, a little unhappy: "I don't like Jian Cheng."
Fang Chenghe gave a "hmm" and comforted him: "If you don't like it, you don't like it."
For some reason, Qi Yuan felt aggrieved again: "I want to go back to Yangzhou. Yangzhou's Qionghua wine is delicious, and grandmother's fruit wine is also delicious."
Fang Chenghe didn't understand, he just thought it was good for Ruan Hong not to teach all day, and comforted him: "Master Zheng is from Yangzhou, you can find him for whatever you want in the future."
Qi Yuan let out an "ah" and was about to jump up, "Are you serious?"
Fang Chenghe hurriedly pulled him to sit down, said with a headache, "If you can calm down, you can take this seriously."
The carriage soon arrived at the archway, and from here the only way to go was on foot.Fang Chenghe helped Qi Yuan down, glanced at the long street, and sighed, thinking that Brother Qi smelled like alcohol, so he could only pray that he would not meet the chancellor or any good people on the road for a while.
Indeed, Qi Yuan was much better off.Fang Chenghe told him to stand still, and was about to squat down and lift him up, when someone shouted from behind: "Brother Fang."
Fang Chenghe turned his head and saw Xu Yu coming from the other side, getting off his horse.
At the memorial archway, civil servants got off their sedan chairs and military officials dismounted from their horses. Xu Ting could only lead the horse on foot here. The two bowed their hands to salute, and Xu Ting looked at Qi Yuan suspiciously again.
At this time, the latter's face was flushed, his eyes rolled, and he was looking at Fang Chenghe with his arms around his neck.
Fang Chenghe explained helplessly: "I went to visit the teacher today, brother Qi Xian was greedy for a while and drank too much. How can I take him back when I have a headache."
Xu Xuan understood, and hurriedly took a step aside, making it easier for Fang Chenghe to squat down and carry someone on his back.
Unexpectedly, Fang Chenghe nodded at him, but sighed while squatting down slowly, and said, "Is this going to change? Why did my back injury flare up again..."
Seeing his distressed face, Xu Yu could only ask along the way: "Brother Fang, is there any injury?"
"Isn't it? It's been a chronic illness for many years." Fang Chenghe just squatted down with his waist supported, and saw Qi Yuangou crawling up.
Fang Chenghe propped his hands on the ground, yelling "Ai ai ya ya ya ya", letting him lighten, complaining that he was too heavy, and when Qi Yuan became honest, he staggered again and struggled to get up.
Xu Yu felt that his behavior was fake, like acting.However, after watching for a while, Fang Chenghe still didn't pick him up.
Xu Yu finally couldn't stand it anymore, so she had to take the initiative to say: "So, let me carry Mr. Qi on my back."
"Is it possible?" Fang Chenghe smiled shyly, "Will this embarrass Mr. Xu?"
"It's okay." Xu Yu glanced at him, then turned her back, lifted her robe, and landed on one knee.That movement is smooth and flowing, which is very pleasing to the eye.
Fang Chenghe's treachery succeeded, he secretly praised in his heart, hurriedly tore Qi Yuan away, and pushed him onto Xu Yu's back.
Qi Yuan looked at Fang Chenghe in a daze, then lowered his head and turned his head to look at Xu Xuan.
The scorching breath with the smell of sweet fruit wine sprayed on the side of the ear without warning, Xu Yu only felt that his face was red and his ears were hot, as if the area was almost on fire.Fortunately, Qi Yuan didn't look at him for too long, after mumbling a few times to himself, he laid his arms around his neck and lay down.
Fang Chenghe had already picked up the red-maned horse, he couldn't stop thanking Xu Yu along the way, and picked up a lot of words to say, the sky was dark, Xu Yu kept his head down and walked quickly, at least no one could see the strangeness on his face.
A few of them were lucky, they didn't meet Jian Cheng, and although there were a few students, they didn't have any good people to ask.Xu Yu hurried back to the number room with Qi Yuan on his back, helped him to the bed, and lit the lamp again.
Qi Yuan seemed to be a little confused, looked at his face for a long time, and asked doubtfully, "Mr. Xu?"
The hot flashes on Xu Yu's face hadn't dissipated, luckily Qi Yuan was drunk, so he let him stare at him and poured him another glass of water, "It's me. Are you feeling uncomfortable now?"
Qi Yuan shook his head: "It's not uncomfortable."
He usually slanted his body and crossed his legs, and rarely sat obediently like this.
Seeing that he was so curious, Xu Yu didn't have the previous embarrassment because Qi Yuan was drunk, so he simply sat down and looked at Qi Yuan as well.
Who knew that Qi Yuan opened his mouth and asked, "What do you see me doing?"
Xu Yu was stunned, and couldn't help asking: "Then what do you see me doing?"
"Of course it's because you are beautiful." Qi Yuan said, "If I could have this look, I would just look in the mirror when I think about it, and I wouldn't look at you either."
Xu Yu couldn't laugh or cry, "Why do you drink so much?"
Although Qi Yuan looked peaceful, his mouth was even sharper than usual, so he took it for granted, "Wine is the essence of wheat koji, the essence of rice spring, why can't you drink more? What's more, wine is a broom that sweeps away worries, drinking it can relieve worries."
Xu Yu was stunned for a moment, and was almost stopped by him, so she could only ask: "Do you have any worries to solve?"
Qi Yuan tilted his head and thought for a while, then nodded vigorously.
Xu Yu opened her mouth, wanting to ask him what worries him, but after thinking about it, she hesitated again——Qi Yuan was extraordinarily obedient because he was drunk at the moment, answering every question, but in case he accidentally asked Wouldn't it be offensive to reveal his private thoughts?
He also thought of his recklessness a few days ago. Others just wanted to ask the test questions, but he thought of such things, and even read a book passionately to prepare...
The heat that had just disappeared on her face came back suddenly, and Xu Yu felt a little uncomfortable all over her body.
He coughed lightly, pursed his lips, and could only persuade vaguely: "Everyone has worries, Mr. Qi should take it easy."
After finishing speaking, after a light pause, he wanted to persuade Qi Yuan to rest early.
Who knew that when Qi Yuan heard the word "Mr. Qi", he was suddenly taken aback for some reason, and shouted, "Don't call me Mr. Qi from now on!"
Xu Yu was startled by him, and hurriedly raised her head to look, only to see Qi Yuan hastily stood up.The figure of this person was still a little swaying, but his face was full of joy, he straightened his clothes, and bowed to Xu Yu in a serious manner: "Mr.
Xu Yu was taken aback for a moment, and said "ah".
After Qi Yuan saluted, he couldn't hide his color any more, happily crossed his waist and said, "I have words too!"
Xu Yu: "..." He was stunned for a while before realizing that the old lady might have taken it.Qi Yuan has always disliked calling him Mr. Qi, but now he finally has a word.
But this elated look is too cute...
Xu Yu couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Qi Yuan became anxious and pulled him up.
Xu Yu laughed and said, "I know, you have words."
Qi Yuan said "En", but still raised his head and urged him, "Then hurry up!"
Xu Yu was taken aback: "What are you doing quickly?"
"Call me! Call me!" Qi Yuan was still holding his hand, his eyes sparkling, and he said expectantly, "Hurry up and listen!"
Xu Yu lowered her eyes slightly, for some reason, her face suddenly burned like fire.He opened his mouth, and after a long time, he called softly, "Feng Zhou?"
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What a fat chapter!
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[1] Handan Chun, who wrote the stele of Cao E, was a young genius and good at calligraphy."Laughing Forest" and "Book of Arts" written by him inadvertently are the earliest monographs on jokes and juggling in China, so he is also nicknamed "Laughing Forest Patriarch"
[2] Wang Xizhi’s handwriting on silk of Cao’e Stele is now in a museum (looks like it’s the Liaoning Museum? Haven’t checked yet), and the current version by the riverside was written by Wang Anshi’s son-in-law Cai Bian.
[3] Fengzhou is the name of the original protagonist. There is an allusion "Light in a dark room, boat in a desperate crossing" is good, but it is a vocabulary that only existed in the Qing Dynasty, so I won't quote it here (⊙v⊙).mean hot