The entire text of “Gift to Governor Zhou” was thirty-two words, like a dragon and snake, written in a single stroke.
From the time Zhu Pingan got up to the time the poem was written, it was just a few breaths of time. When Zhu Pingan put up his pen to write, Sheriff Zhang used a spoon to stuff a handful of boiled peanuts into his mouth, and by the time Zhu Pingan finished writing, the peanuts in Sheriff Zhang’s mouth hadn’t finished chewing.
What? Not writing?
When Zhu Pingan closed his pen and put it back on the pen holder, Sheriff Zhang froze with the peanuts chewing in his mouth. What’s going on, isn’t Lord Zhu a famous scholar in the capital, how come he just picked up the brush and gesticulated twice and then stopped writing? Is it because he can’t write? No, I don’t think so! Isn’t it as easy for a scholar to write and paint as it is for us to drink and eat?
Luckily, there are no outsiders here, otherwise it would be so embarrassing if you can’t continue halfway through the poem, wouldn’t it be like smashing your own reputation as a Scholar. If it were me, I would have to finish it.
“Lord Zhu, you have a cup of tea to rest before writing ……”.
Sheriff Zhang was very discerning and got up to pour a cup of tea, handing Zhu Pingan a step down. He simply did not think that Zhu Pingan had finished writing, in his opinion, the literati writing poems and lyrics are all about nudging, a poem written down yellow flowers and vegetables have to be cold. For example, the government honourable sir is, once I have something to look for the government honourable sir, the government honourable sir happened to be in the writing of poems, said to himself to wait for a moment. As a result, he waited for half a day. ……
Oh!
Wait a minute.
Just as Sheriff Zhang was handing the tea cup to Zhu Pingan, his eyes glanced towards the rice paper on the table, and then he was shaken, staring in disbelief, as if he had been electrocuted.
Only to see that on the rice paper, a “Gift to Governor Zhou” suddenly appeared in front of him. A short thirty-two words, like riding the wind and breaking the waves, with a vast and righteous spirit, almost wanting to break through the paper.
“Zhu, Lord Zhu, this is also written too quickly!”The teacup that Sheriff Zhang was holding was almost thrown out, as if he had seen a ghost.
“Very fast?”Zhu Pingan took the teacup handed by Sheriff Zhang and said thank you, then rubbed the back of his head and asked.
“Of course it’s fast, don’t believe you ask the Prefecture Zun Da …… Adults ……” Zhang constable nodded vigorously and said as he turned his head towards Zhi Fu Zhou.
Ah
Zhang sheriff turned his head, the words in his mouth almost did not swallowed to the stomach, only to see in the line of sight Zhou Zhifu with a stroke like, eyes burning staring at the table of the “Gift Zhou Zhifu” a poem, inside the mouth also read the words.
“Vast departing sorrows white sun slanting, gin whip pointing east is the end of the world. Zi Hou, you and I are the same as those who have fallen to the end of the world. People are not grass and trees, who can be merciless, this official away from his hometown for more than ten years as an official, every time the moon is full, can not help but breed feelings of homesickness.”
“Falling red is not an unfeeling thing, turned into spring mud more protective flowers …….These two lines are even more wonderful, although in the pain of separation, but the heart of serving the country for the people does not diminish, Zi Hou this line rebound Lu Fang Weng’s ‘fall into mud and grind into dust, only the fragrance as the old days’, more show for the country for the people to do their best heart, Zi Hou this poem is very good, very good ……”
“ZiHou this poem words pearl, will be able to be famous for thousands of years, just Zhou mou shame, can not afford to be this a masterpiece. Zi Hou had better change the name of the poem.”
Zhou Houjie looked at Zhu Pingan’s poem “Gift to Governor Zhou” with burning eyes and praised it, comparing Zhu Pingan’s poem to Lu You’s “Bu Jian Zi – Winged Plum”, and vaguely appreciating Zhu Pingan’s poem even more.
“Can afford it, if Lord Zhou can’t afford it, who can?”Zhu Pingan said at the right time.
“Increase Zhou Zhifu” this poem from the late Qing dynasty poet Gong Zizhen’s “Ohio Miscellaneous Poems – Vast Sorrows White Sun Slant”, just change the name of the poem, when Zhu Pingan to participate in the examination to do the song “do not stick to one pattern of descending talents” of the Qing dynasty is adapted from Gong Zizhen’s another “Ohio Miscellaneous Poems”.
This poem was made by Gong Zizhen when he left the capital, and it is a symbol of the will to serve the country and the spirit of dedication from the feelings of parting. Zhou Houjie had just talked about the ambition to serve the country from the sorrow of leaving his hometown, and the two were very similar, instantly ticking the poem out of Zhu Pingan’s mind.
“Zi Hou, don’t flatter me, this official is still self-aware. Not to mention the previous dynasty, just speaking of my present day Ming, there are countless people who are more worthy of this poem than me, Zhou Houjie. Zi Hou should not underestimate the people of the world. The other day with some of the same year party, from a do the mouth of the same year of the imperial historian heard of a Chun’an named Hai Rui magistrate, the same year to its praise, curiosity I asked a few moments, learned a few allusions to the sea know the magistrate, thought deeply. This person is far more clean than me several times.”Zhou Houjie waved his hand and said, citing an example of Hai Rui.
Zhu Pingan heard Hai Rui’s name, there was a slight surprise, it turned out that Hai Rui was already a little famous at this time, the fame has reached the capital, it is true that the wine is not afraid of the deep alley.
“What’s wrong Zihou?”Zhou Houjie saw this and asked.
“Oh, the Hai Zhixian that your lordship is talking about, Ping An has had a chance to meet him this time on his way back to the capital from his hometown down the river.”Zhu Pingan explained while carrying a teapot to refill the tea for Zhou Houjie and Sheriff Zhang.
“Oh, tell me about it.”Zhou Houjie got interested.
“It’s like this, when Ping An was travelling down the Yangtze River ……,” Zhu Ping An simply told the scene ……
While Zhu Pingan was having their meal, the hunter, Liu Dazhou, clutched a bundle as tightly as a miser and went into a pawnshop not far from the Shun Tian government office.
In Liu Dazhou into the pawnshop when, from behind quietly followed a steward-like people, it is in the north of the military division of the hutong Zhao House of a steward, sneakily followed Liu Dazhou behind into the pawnshop.
Pawnshop outside the wall there is a large round “when” word, inside the layout with some similar to the money shop, the counter is a row of single room, Chao Feng sitting in the isolation out of a single room, leaving only a wicker window and guests transactions.
Chaofeng is the pawnshop is responsible for identifying the valuation of the steward, because the pawnshop counter is high, come to the pawnshop people have to hold up things to pass through the window to them, just like “on the imperial court to worship the saint” the same, so called Chaofeng.
“Boss, you give palm eyes, see how much money it can be worth.”Liu Dazhou shoved the bag from the window to Zhang Chaofeng as if he was offering a treasure, as if there was something precious inside.
“Put it gently, let me take a look.”
Zhang Chaofeng carefully took over, hand from the table picked up a corner frame magnifying glass, this magnifying glass is the house from the red hairy barbarians “Franco-Japanese” people acquired in the hands of the expensive, Zhang Chaofeng are in the identification of precious objects only when they are willing to use.
This shopkeeper’s sitting town pawnshop more than ten years, accustomed to will be able to observe, from a person’s expression will be able to roughly guess when the value of the object how, at the moment looking at Liu Dazhou so baby nervous look, thought it was the heirloom of this country bumpkin’s family, so this is why the use of the horn frame magnifying glass.
However, when the shopkeeper’s 10,000 ready to open the package, two eyes rolled over, almost not be smoked over!
Caught off guard!
A stench of feet hit his face, and the flavour was so strong that it reached the point of going up to his head!
“You this guy is bullying me Tong Feng Pawnshop no one, with a package of broken shoes to play old man?!”Zhang Zhaofeng was smoked face white, angry questioned Liu Dazhou, hate to this package of shoes one by one all stuffed into Liu Dazhou’s mouth.
Broken Shoes
That’s right, it’s this packet of broken shoes that the master ordered to be taken down no matter what. In another window pretending to pawn Zhao House steward glanced here, see did not lose the object, the heart is greatly determined.
