Neighbors with powerful ministers

On the first day of the Fang family's exposure book meeting, not only tea and snacks were provided, but also meals.Delicious food, delicious wine, accompanied by song and dance performances to add to the fun, and occasional literati activities with various propositional poems and impromptu words, it can be regarded as a standard template for elegant collections.

The name of the Yaji is also based on the venue - Jiuyu Yaji.

In other words, they are currently in the old Yushui pavilion of the Fang family.

This water pavilion is the largest place for people to enjoy the scenery in Fang's entire mansion.It is connected by two short corridors and built at the corner of Qushui.Some of the vermilion pillars of the water pavilion are erected on the land, and some extend into the curved water, cleverly forming a volley structure that is convenient for enjoying the sparkling water, which is a common pattern of water pavilions in many gardens.You can chant poems and paint with your friends indoors, or you can lean on the fence and look far away. Each season has its own beauty, which meets various needs and is highly sought after by literati.

The name of the plaque "Old Rain" was naturally given by the real owner of the mansion, Xie Jie.

In fact, above the Qushui, there are two water pavilions, symmetrically distributed along the central axis.Now I can only see one in Fangzhai because the other one is in Xie's house.At that time, the two courtyards had not been divided into two by building a wall in the middle, and there was no plan to sublet them out. Even now, the two courtyards are actually connected under the curved water.

The front and back feet of the two water pavilions were completed at the same time, and it happened to rain for two consecutive days.

There are such matching names as "Old Yushui Pavilion" and "Today Yushui Pavilion".Of course, Xie Jie is also unavoidably arty. After he decided on the name, he found out that the old rain and the present rain can also be said to be from the "Autumn Book"-"Often the guests of the car and horses, the old rain comes, but the present rain does not come." .

This means that old friends will come when it rains, but new friends will not come when it rains.

Actually it’s not a good meaning, but Xie Jie doesn’t know, he just thinks this explanation is very compelling, and when others ask, he can also draw an allusion and tell a story.It can be said that I am very proud, and I feel that the name he chose is really great.

Now the guests gathered are all people with high literary attainments and well-read poems and books. Sure enough, after a while, some people thought that the old rain in this old rain pavilion came from the "Autumn Statement" of the poet sage.Then, someone went to the master Fang Chaoci to ask if this was the case.

As a result, before Fang Chaoci could answer, another gentleman stepped forward.

This gentleman's surname is Zhang, with a single name and a single name, and the word Shendu.Coincidentally, Zhang Du was also wearing a green skirt today, but unfortunately, he could neither show Xie Shizi's smart beauty, nor Fang Chaoci's gentlemanly spirit.In things like dressing, one is not afraid of ugliness, but the contrast. Even though Zhang Du knew that it was impossible for Zhang Du to imitate Fang Chaoci on purpose, it still gave people a sense of absurdity.Zhang Du was already very upset about this.

What's even worse is that Zhang Du was originally a Tanhua in the same class as Fang Chaoci. He was born in a family, worshiped famous scholars as teachers, studied hard at the top of the four major academies for more than ten years, and traveled thousands of miles from the south to Beijing. He thought he was going to end He is sure to win the championship in one fell swoop, but he doesn't want to be robbed of all the limelight by Sanyuan Jidi's Fang Chaoci.

Zhang Duyi unilaterally marked Fang Chaoci as an old enemy, and has been secretly saying goodbye to Fang Chaoci, and today he was compared because of his shirt, and he has been suppressing a evil fire in his heart since he entered the door.

After finally finding a reason to release it: "This name is really... Tsk."

it is more than words.

For people like Zhang Du, Xie Jie has always been extremely incomprehensible. He doesn't know where the other party's self-confidence comes from, and he feels that if there is no Fang Chaoci, everything about Fang Chaoci today will belong to the other party.The simplest example is that Fang Chaoci was the number one scholar in the imperial examination (first), and he was Tanhua (third).

But Zhang Tanhua didn't think so, he would only single-mindedly believe that Fang Chaoci had robbed him of his reputation, his Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, and his attention.

Let's put it this way, every success of Fang Chaoci, in Zhang Du's eyes, is a humiliation to him, which was snatched from him by Fang Chaoci. peaceful.He always wanted to have a showdown with Fang Chaoci, knowing that he couldn't compare, but he had to find faults and respond, even if it was just a small verbal fight, winning was victory!

The first time he saw the name Jiu Yu, Zhang Du took it to heart, waiting secretly for someone to ask him, so that he could point out that the name was not a good one.

After finally waiting, Zhang Du inevitably let himself go. The voice of criticism and contempt was too loud, and it was directly transmitted to the ears of Xie Jie who didn't care about most people at the banquet.

As the real namer, Xie Jie got angry all of a sudden, he got up suddenly holding Fei Lian: "What's wrong?!"

Xie Jie has lived a life full of stars since he was a child, and even if he talks to him, he may not like the other party for some strange reasons, let alone this kind of love in front of him. Criticize him for the bad name.

Zhang Du didn't understand what was going on, and when he saw Xie Jie standing up, he was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Xie Shizi, who had always been a quiet and beautiful boy, suddenly became so excited.Is his relationship with Fang Chaoci so good?Even if someone criticizes Fang Chaoci, he should come forward?

On the contrary, Fang Chaoci was not in a hurry, he walked up to Xie Jie's side in a few steps, and secretly pressed Xie Jie's hand under the cover of his big sleeves, signaling him to be calm and not to be impatient.After properly arranging Xie Jie, Fang Chaoci asked Zhang Du generously for his advice: "Why is the name inappropriate?"

"Old rain and new knowledge, you haven't heard of it, right? The sage of poetry made the autumn statement, originally to express the warmth and warmth of human relationships, which are constantly changing. Today, the house is full of guests, all of whom are people with both ability and political integrity. I am not talented, but I have already heard the names of the guests. I yearn for it. Please tell me, Fang Lang, who among us are you implying that the villain with a changeable heart?"

Xie Jie was very uncomfortable listening to the other party's nonsensical words, but he also understood the other party's meaning - he used the wrong allusion for his name.At the beginning, Xie Jie only thought that the name was suitable for the occasion, but he made a joke out of nowhere.

Xie Jie wanted to speak again, explaining that he was the one who was ignorant and had nothing to do with Fang Chaoci.

But I didn't expect that Fang Chaoci had already got stuck in front of Xie Jie's soap boots, and he still smiled calmly facing everyone, and replied to Zhang Du in a calm and unhurried manner: "Zhang Lang doesn't know something. There are two waterside pavilions, one is at the Shizi’s house, and the other is at my place, we enjoyed a pool of autumn water together, and then discussed the old rain and the present rain, which meant that old friends and new acquaintances gathered here.”

"You, you are far-fetched and preposterous!"

"No, no," Zhan suddenly stopped writing, and stood up to help his friend, "New meanings in old words are an inevitable change of the times. The ancestors created good sentences, and later generations gave them new interpretations. Isn't this a very good thing? Take "Qingqing Zijin, leisurely my heart" as an example, this is a poem used to praise love in the "Book of Songs", and later it also refers to the thirst for talent If Zhang Lang wants to drop the book bag, why not tell me your understanding of Qingqing Zijin, you are a guest today, and you are wearing a green hat and green hat, for which beautiful woman?"

Apart from the dancers and maids, there was not a single woman in the Gathering this time, and a group of old men didn't know who could be called the most beautiful lady.

Xie Jie couldn't help laughing because of that "green hat".He is such a person with a low laugh point, and he can't help it.

The atmosphere was quite tense, but after Xie Yanei laughed regardless of the occasion, everyone couldn't help laughing too.For a while, I really felt a little bit of the heroic joy in the poem of "opening a qiong feast to sit on flowers, flying a wine glass and drunk on the moon" in the poem.Of course, they only have the sun in full bloom now, without the moon, and they can only be drunk at the sun if they want to get drunk.

The little episode passed like this.

For Xie Jie, the trouble he caused Fang Chaoci has not passed.Xiao Shizi blushed like blood jade, very ashamed.He stroked the cat with one hand, and grabbed Fang Chaoci's sleeve with the other to prevent him from leaving, but he faltered and couldn't say a word of apology for causing Fang Chaoci's trouble for a long time.

No one taught him how to apologize to his friends.Or he will give him the house?

Fang Chaoci didn't know that he just passed by a house like this.It's just like a monster who can see through people's hearts, at least a monster who can perceive Xie Shizi's emotions. Before Xie Jie could figure out how to speak, Fang Chaoci had already raised his other free hand, quite boldly Shizi poked his face and relieved Xiao Shizi.

Xie Jie was stunned by the poke, and this scene also made him feel familiar.

Before Xie Jie came back to his senses, Fang Chaoci had already said with a smile: "I really think the name sounds nice and has a good meaning, you can't live without me, I can't live without you, only when we are together can the dragon and the phoenix be prosperous. "

"Longfengchengxiang? You used the word absolutely wrong!"

"Really? Thank you, His Royal Highness, for reminding me." Fang Chaoci still looked calm and easy no matter what he did, and he didn't know where he came from. People couldn't help but Want to believe him, "You embarrass yourself once in front of me, and I embarrass you once in front of you, we're even?"

Even Xie Jie, who has a bad mind, understood that Fang Chaoci was letting him in on purpose.

Most people would probably not be happy to be so blatantly humbled, but Xie Jie has a very clear mind. He likes others to hold him and let him go. He is like a symbol of treasure.

When I was a child, my uncle did something stupid like carrying him to the court and was scolded by the officials, and my cousin also said that "Pu'er should be sad" which has caused him mixed reputation so far.This can be regarded as doing bad things with good intentions and causing all kinds of troubles for Xie Jie, but he doesn't care, he can only remember that his uncle hugged him to court because he had just entered the palace, thinking that his mother didn't want him, and left No sir; he only remembered that his cousin said that because he had promised him that he would never let himself have trouble again.

No matter what, it was a sincerity held in front of him by one person, and he only needed this sincerity to be happy for a long time.

Xie Jie stared blankly at Fang Chaoci, even though the other party let go, he was still thinking that the reason his uncle and cousin were so kind to him was because they were relatives who had known him for many years. What is it for?They have no blood relationship, and they have only known each other not long ago. He even hated Fang Chaoci unilaterally at one point. Isn't the progress between them a little too fast?

For the first time, the eldest son, who has never worried about anything, began to feel a kind of nervousness.

Fang Chaoci has left Xie Jie and walked towards Zhan Huanran, who is the recorder of this gathering.Somewhat similar to Wang Xizhi who wrote the Lanting Preface to the Lanting Collection, Wang Bo who wrote the Tengwang Pavilion Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion, and Mi Dian who wrote a note on the Xiyuan Collection that highlighted the great talent of Su instead of the owner of the collection.

Generally, there will be many recorders of this kind of literati collection, some are responsible for writing the preface, and some are responsible for painting, so it must be good to have both pictures and texts.Then it will be compiled into a book by one person, and the good poems and essays in the collection will also be included by the way, hoping that it can be handed down to future generations.

Zhan Huanran is a master of both poetry and painting, and his writing speed is astonishingly fast.Therefore, when he was recording Jiu Yu Ya Ji, he was able to do two things at once, and secretly drew the interaction between Fang Chaoci and Xie Jie.The young man is gentle, the young man is amazing, the young man raised his hand and poked the young man's cheek like porcelain, the young man turned his head halfway, surprised and funny, through the ink and rice paper, one can feel the dynamic interaction between them.

Fang Chaoci didn't know how long he stood behind Zhan Huanran and watched, until Zhan Huanran's animal instincts sensed the danger, and then he turned his head, his handsome face was stiff, and he couldn't find a word to justify himself .

On the contrary, Fang Chaoci was in a good mood, and encouraged his friend a few words: "Not bad, give it to me after you finish the painting."

"Okay." Zhan Huan nodded obediently, there was no one more honest than him, and he didn't know how a royal and grandson family like him became the young painter of today.

Fang Chaoci made an aggressive request: "Don't want these people as backgrounds, and don't want the second master...to show fairness, Fei Lian will also be fired."

"...It means let me redraw."

Fang Chaoci raised his eyebrows: "Do you have an opinion?"

"Don't dare, I just want to ask Shangguan for instructions, and I want to draw another ten or eight of them!"

"Tsk," Fang Chaoci gave Zhan a sudden glance, "Why don't you go to heaven?"

Does Zhan Huanran understand, what is the meaning of God?

Xie Jie's emotions are also adjusted very quickly. He has always been a "I have no worries" boy. Big things are not a problem here, because he has a very magical way of self-hypnosis.What attracts him now is the idea of ​​"he is participating in the Yaji!"

Xie Shizi has held various lavish banquets at his home, as well as festivals that challenged the imagination. This is the first time he has participated in a literati fair as a guest in such a serious manner.It is inevitable that there is some uncontrollable excitement, like the feeling of finally getting mother's permission to go to a friend's house for the night. It is obviously not a big deal, but I can't help but look around, hiding the joy that only I understand.

When the sun rose to the highest point, the noon banquet officially started. Everyone sat at the low table, with the blue sky and clear water behind them, and beautiful women like clouds in front of them.

Before the Great Enlightenment, most people had two meals a day, which is the legendary morning food and feeding; after the Great Enlightenment, the eating habits became three meals a day.As for Da Qi, who is at this historical point of inappropriateness and righteousness, he has two meals a day and three meals a day mixed.Poor people naturally still maintain the tradition of two meals a day, and rich people just want to eat as many meals as they want.Three meals a day are the mainstream, but it is not uncommon for people like Xie Jie to have a bowl of porridge when he wakes up in the morning and a supper before going to bed.

Xie Xiaosi once wondered where Xie Jie's food went, why his husband always looked thin and small no matter how much he ate, only a little bit bigger.

Xie Jie was actually quite curious. In the early years, he firmly thought that he would grow up to look like his brother-in-law.

The banquet was very long, and the first thing to do was the fruit feast, which was a plate of various seasonal fruits, candied meat, sweet and salty, everyone had an appetite first.After eating, I have to leave the table to take a rest, change clothes, read a book or something.

Then re-seat to continue, open dinner.

The dinner is divided into appetizers, snacks, counter meals, and appetizers.The order of serving dishes is very particular. Cold dishes and hot dishes are eaten separately. People are dazzled by the variety. The names of the dishes are relatively simple, and the simplicity of the raw materials can be seen from the names.Obviously, these were prepared by Xie Yanei. He has no experience in holding gatherings, but he is very good at eating and drinking, and he doesn't like to name fancy dishes without knowing the essence.

It can also be seen from the satisfied faces of most people that Xie Shizi is still very popular in terms of food taste, and there are very few things he likes that are unacceptable.

Xie Shizi specially invited Mrs. Liu, who is in charge of the spoon, from the palace, which is also indispensable.

Lady Liu is a cook who specializes in cooking for Shenzong. In the early years when Shenzong was not the emperor, but just a prince, she served Shenzong's food and drink in the prince's mansion. The level of cooking can be shown from Shenzong's physique .Later, when Shenzong became emperor, he let Liu Niangzi into the imperial dining room, because only her cooking was the most appetizing.Lady Liu is also called Shangshi.

Shangshi is actually an official title, the fifth grade, and is in charge of the emperor's meals.It's a pity that the official position can only be held by a man. Lady Liu is the only special case in so many years. Although Shenzong can't really make her an official, there is a way to prevent anyone from being this Shangshi. What does the official mean? Everyone Everyone knows.

Being able to invite this woman Shangshi not only explained Xie Jie's position in his uncle's heart, but also explained Fang Chaoci's position in Xie Jie's heart.

Mrs. Liu cooks good dishes, and she also has a preference for Xie Jie, and the most prepared ones are those that His Royal Highness Xie will like.For example, if a dish can be prepared in both sweet and salty ways, it must be made into the taste Xie Shizi likes.

One way and two ways, everyone can't see anything. After waiting too much, it suddenly dawned on me.Because it is actually very easy to divide. Although Xie Jie’s hometown is in the south, he grew up in the north and has a stomach that can’t be more northern. The north is salty, heavy and greasy, which is completely different from the sweet and light southern eating habits.Most of the people here are northerners, or southerners who have been to Yongji for many years as officials, and their tastes have already been assimilated.

But there are also many local scholars in Jiangzuo. Although the food is delicious, they still have a subtle feeling of being overthrown.

For example, for Xie Jie, eggs should be salty. If someone asks him to eat sugar water eggs, even those are actually delicious, but he needs to reshape his three views.And feel awkward everywhere.

Among the scholars, there are those who have the courage to try, and naturally there are also those who are not angry, especially Zhang Lang who just lost face.

Zhang Du saw that he was not intelligent enough, otherwise he would not have understood until now that it was Fang Chaoci who rescued Xie Jie just now, not Xie Jie who was helping Fang Chaoci.He felt that Fang Chaoci flattered the rich and powerful to the extreme. Just because Xie Jie was from the north, could he disrespect other people's appetite like this?

As picky as he was on the sidelines, Xie Jie was furious just watching from the sidelines.

Is this your attitude when someone invites you to dinner with good intentions, or invites the celebrity in front of the official to cook?The most important thing is, for Xie Shizi who has already arranged his diet, this person is simply slapping him in the face.

Before Xie Jie could attack, Fang Chaoci had already changed the topic.

Well, how could there be no link of writing poems to add to the fun?Fang Chaoci sang with Uncle Nan, and invited Uncle Nan to set a topic.In fact, before Master Nan came, Fang Chaoci had already communicated with him in private, euphemistically and implicitly expressing his good wish that this time the book will only talk about romance and not about state affairs.

After Master Nan saw Xie Jie at the house price, he also understood Fang Chaoci's painstaking efforts.

When we talk about state affairs, we must talk about Yongji and talk about the country's collapse, which will inevitably involve the battlefield of Ying Tianfu, and Xie Jie's mother-in-law, Princess Zhenguo, is fighting for her in the most dangerous place in the country. They fought bloody battles.It's really inappropriate to talk about other people's uncle and mother in front of their son.

Uncle Nan said the topic he had thought up before he came: "It suddenly occurred to me that when the late emperor was alive, he would often organize such gatherings, and they would always use his precious falcons as the theme. Now teaching insects and ants is widely popular, presumably Everyone has something to keep or prefer, why not take this opportunity to share one or two."

Uncle Nan glanced at Fei Lian and Er Ye who had a strong sense of presence at the banquet, and felt that this was very appropriate.

Zhang Du was even more angry, because he also had grudges with Mr. Chen.He looked like he was ready to make trouble at any time, and he didn't hide his expression at all.

The second master had already eaten and drank enough, standing on the golden bird stand, jumping up and down, suddenly opened his mouth and raised the paw with the small gold medal hanging on it, pointed in Zhang Du's direction, and said in a shrill voice: "There is nothing in the world! And such a fool!"

Everyone was stunned.

Only Xie Jie laughed out loud, he didn't even care about losing his composure, and naturally fell on Fang Chaoci's shoulder next to him.Physical contact, warm and unfamiliar.Both of them were taken aback, but Xie Jie blushed and struggled to get up, but Fang Chaoci was nostalgic for the familiar dependence on the boy.

……

"If you can become a human, just hug me."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if you can't hug me."

"I can hug you. Holding you is considered a hug, right? Why are you so cold?"

The author has something to say:

Exposure Book Club*: This is very famous in the Song Dynasty. Sima Guang likes to publish books. By the way, let everyone come to see his big garden 23333 Speaking of which, Sima Guang is also a leader in the rental house industry. Really It's all kinds of money.Officials like Guange will publish books every year, but only officials are allowed to enter, and they cannot be small officials with sesame and mung beans.

A Meandering Path Through Flowers in Search of Nymphs*: This is a poem by Yue Ke, who is the grandson of Yue Fei.

Morning schedule*: Almost all of them come from the information checked by stupid authors. The ancients went to bed early, so they also woke up early. There is almost a feeling that there are two time zones behind modern times 23333

Empress Dowager Hanging Curtain*: There really was one in the Song Dynasty.

Academy: It was very important in the literati circle in the Song Dynasty, and many literati also had different factions and circles because of the academy.

Old Rain Pavilion*: This building refers to the water pavilion in the Summer Palace. Because the author is from the north, he has seen many historical gardens in the north and is familiar with them.Although I have also visited the garden buildings in the south, but... the memory is not very deep, QAQ, please forgive me.

Old rain, new rain*: The article written by Du Fu derived the idiom "old rain, new knowledge". "Old friends and new knowledge" comes from "Chu Ci".

Xiyuan Gathering*: A well-known gathering attended by Su Shi brothers and other celebrities.Mi Dian is Mi Fu's alias, a painter who is a top-notch painter, and Su Shi's little fan [Hello].At other people's banquets, the magical figure who highlights Su Shi's presence must be life and death 23333

The ancients ate*: Two meals a day and three meals a day were overdue from the Song Dynasty. It feels that many modern habits are overdone from the Song Dynasty.The order of eating at the banquet is also a reference to the records in the ancient book "Old Stories of Wulin" describing the Southern Song Dynasty.

Shangshi Liu Niangzi*: This is also a real person in history, but in the 23333 article she cooked for Song Gaozong, she became a cook for my uncle.