Car clattering, horse Xiao Xiao, February spring wind like scissors.
This is at this moment, Zhu Pingan’s most intuitive feeling of the capital, the endless traffic, the spring breeze with a slight coolness.
Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen as a guide, to take Zhu Pingan to Xuanwumen Chongfu Zen Temple, which is the modern Fayuan Temple, the distance is not too far.Out of Xuanwumen, along the street has been walking south, does not need too long to Chongfu Zen Temple.
Practice is well, after the imperial examinations many candidates like to go to the temple to find the spiritual support, make a wish to burn incense and so on.
In addition, at this time when the apricot blossom season, Chongfu Zen Temple apricot blossom is also famous for its beauty.
Three people along the Xuanwumen outside the street has been walking south, this street is very many people, vendors are also many, very lively.All kinds of shops on the street, inns and guilds gathered, shops and teahouses, but the most is still the vegetable stalls and shops, although it is early spring, but all kinds of vegetables also began to sell on the street.
Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen are competent tour guides, walking while introducing Zhu Pingan to the local customs along the way.
“This is Vegetable Market Street, it’s no exaggeration to say that this is the biggest vegetable market in Daming, most of the entire capital city has come here to buy vegetables.”Zhang Siwei walked while introducing this street to Zhu Pingan.
Oh, this is the vegetable market street.
Zhu Pingan nodded at the words, it turns out that this is the latter day very famous vegetable market, in the Ming Dynasty this vegetable market street is still just the largest vegetable market, to the Qing Dynasty this place on the reputation of the big vibration, so that the main reason for the reputation of the vegetable market, is the Qing government will kill the execution ground from the Ming Dynasty, the West four pailou moved to Xuanwumen outside the mouth of the vegetable market, every winter solstice eve of the prisoners sentenced to execution after the autumn beheading.
However, it is still only the largest vegetable market.
“When you get here, there is one place you have to see.”Wang Shizhen was still walking behind, and when he came to a place, he suddenly got in the spirit, and while talking to Zhu Pingan, he led the way in a direction.
Just a few steps away, he arrived in front of a pharmacy called “West Hernian Hall”.
The pharmacy was grand.The pharmacy was grand and large in scale, but what attracted Zhu Ping An most was the pharmacy’s plaque, the three characters “Crane Nian Tang” were engraved on the plaque, in which the character “Crane” had more strokes than the other two, but it was not symmetrical with the other two characters.It is not symmetrical with the other two characters, but the three characters together have an excellent layout and look quite meaningful.
“The characters in this plaque are as graceful as a stunning goose, and the bones of the character are well connected.There is such calligraphy in the marketplace” Zhu Pingan looked up at the three characters of Hernian Hall, this person’s calligraphy seems to be above his own, and could not help but feel some emotion.
“Zi Hou, good eye.”Wang Shizhen originally wanted to point out this plaque to Zhu Pingan, but seeing that Zhu Pingan noticed it at a glance, he praised with a smile.
“Wensheng, Zihou, it is not advisable to stay here for long.”Zhang Siwei seemed to have some aversion to this Crane Year Hall.
“Why?”Zhu Pingan was somewhat puzzled.
“That’s right, Ziwei, what’s your hurry.”Wang Shizhen was also confused.This land was discovered by him only a short while ago, when he happened to pass by this pharmacy, he found this plaque, and was attracted by the font on this plaque at that time, because he had something to do at that time, he just hurriedly looked at it for a while and then left.This time, he couldn’t help but lead Zhu Pingan and the others over to admire the plaque.I wanted to take a good look at it this time, but when I heard Zhang Siwei say that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time, Wang Shizhen also found it hard to understand.
Zhang Siwei didn’t answer on the spot, but waited for Wang Shizhen and Zhu Pingan to finish looking at the plaque and leave Hernian Hall a little farther away.Only then did he give the reason to Zhu Pingan and Wang Shizhen.
It turns out that this is located in the north-west corner of the vegetable market street Crane Hall is Yan Song Yan family backyard, this pharmacy is that the harm and cure the old prime minister from the political side of the investment opened, named meaning “pine and crane to prolong life”.Yan Song’s reputation over the years is quite bad, despite the power of the heavens.However, in the eyes of some Qingliu, is to respect far away.
“What, that means the plaque was written by Yan?”Wang Shizhen’s face looked a little bad, as if he had swallowed a fly.
Zhang Siwei nodded, and after receiving confirmation, Wang Shizhen’s face became even more embarrassed.It was like seeing a pig gnawing on ginseng.
“Alas, it’s a pity.”Wang Shizhen shook his head and sighed.
In the evaluation of calligraphy through the ages, the character of the book and the character of the person are a flesh and blood whole, the character of the person is traditionally higher than the character of the book, and calligraphy is the embodiment of a high degree of fusion of the person’s learning, talent, and quality.For low character calligraphy works collectors, equal to the collection of evil gas, not only tainted the family style, but also detrimental to their own character.
That was why Wang Shizhen sighed.
“So that’s how it is, no wonder, it’s a pity.”
After listening to Zhang Siwei’s explanation, Zhu Pingan nodded his head, so it was written by Yan Song, no wonder, Yan Song is one of the three most treacherous calligraphers in history, in later times there is an allusion to Yan Song’s calligraphy: it is said that on the plaque in the main hall of the Tribute Academy in Beijing, the three big characters “Zhi Gong Tang” were written by Yan Song, during the Qing Dynasty when Emperor Qianlong learnt of this fact, he wanted to replace it, and when the Emperor Qianlong learnt of this fact, he wanted to replace it with a new one.When Emperor Qianlong learnt of this fact, he wanted to replace it, and then ordered the dynasty to write these three words, he himself as a preference for calligraphy and ink the Son of God, but also write several times.However, he found that his own imperial pen and other people’s books, are not as good as Yan Song, had to give up, still let the traitor’s words hanging high.
This shows that Yan Song’s font is indeed worthy of everyone, it is a pity that Yan Song’s character is too bad, because people waste word, font is also more despised.
From the reaction of Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen, it can be seen that these two brothers do not have much goodwill towards Yan Song.Two people from Zhu Pingan’s reaction can also be seen, Zhu Pingan to Yan Song also does not have much good feelings.
The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads as they came to the vegetable market street and continued to walk south.
After walking for some distance, at the entrance of a small alleyway connecting to Vegetable Market Street, there were several people gathered, mostly men.Gathered there in groups of three to five, surrounding an empty space, pointing at the empty space, there were exchanges of words and discussions.
What happened?
The three men curiously walked forward to see what was happening.
The crowd of onlookers to see the three people dressed in not vulgar, at a glance is not rich or rich and noble, also flashed a small road, allowing the three people through the crowd, walked to the front.
When they got to the front, they realised the truth of the crowd:
In the field of a wonderful young girl dressed in draft vegetarian clothes, facing the crowd kneeling there, hair long inserted a straw, black hair covered half of the face, revealing half of the face thinly powdered, hidden tear marks.
In this era, the head with a straw is not cute, ‘grass’ means cheap, that is, this thing for me is not ‘valuable’, insert the straw mark to be sold.In the ancient Chinese society in different periods of history, small to daily necessities, large to poor people because of hunger and cold sell their children, all use grass mustard (grass label).
This wonderful girl in front of me is sticking straw, which means she is going to sell herself.
This kind of plot is often seen in novels, just did not expect but also let himself see the real plot, I hope there is no dog blood plot, Zhu Pingan slightly shook his head.
