Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 122 Taoist in Straw Clothes
Only then did Lin Hai realize that the person in front of him was Liu Rushi's famous dog licker Xie Sanbin.

This man was Qian Qianyi's disciple, but he turned against his master because of Liu Rushi, and almost resorted to a knife. It can be regarded as a bloody anecdote in the late Ming Dynasty.

Xie Sanbin's character was quite despicable. As early as the Chongzhen period, Liu Rushi broke off relations with him because he despised his character.

In the Southern Ming Dynasty, this guy once harmed the Ningbo rebels and was surrendered to the Qing Dynasty twice. In terms of integrity, he was worse than Qian Qianyi, who was complained about in later generations as "itchy scalp with braids, and the water for his country's death was too cold. He wrote books to persuade his friends, and was the minister of money in the Ministry of Rites." Far.

Although Qian Qianyi surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he soon regretted it. He not only planned strategies for the Yongli court, but also secretly helped the anti-Qing people, risking his life many times to inform the Ming army about the true and false strength of the Qing army.

Regardless of whether it was because he was looked down upon by Dorgon, at least Qian Qianyi was much stronger than most officials who were demoted to the Qing Dynasty. This is an ironclad fact.

And Xie Sanbin took the initiative to inform the Qing army twice and betrayed the rebels and anti-Qing people. He was a complete traitor.Not to mention Qian Qianyi, Hong Chengchou's integrity can be surpassed by him.

When Lin Hai heard the name Xie Sanbin, a look of disdain suddenly appeared on his face, and he retorted: "Aren't you just a Jinshi? What qualifications do you have to look down on warriors? The whole world has been brought to this state by poor people like you."

At this time, Feng Yidao and Waizui also gathered around, staring at Xie Sanbin with unkind expressions. Waizui's hand was already pressed on the handle of the knife.

Xie Sanbin wanted to scold Lin Hai angrily, but when he saw that these two people were not good quarrels, he felt a little frightened for a moment. In the spirit of a good man not taking advantage of the situation, he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

Feng Yidao asked Lin Haidao: "This person is rude, sir, can you ask your subordinates to fix it?"

"Forget it, if a dog bites you, will you bite it back?" Lin Hai shook his head. After all, Xie Sanbin is a new scholar. As long as he does it, these thousands of households will definitely not be able to get it.

But it doesn't hurt to scold this guy a few times. Just thank a villain like Sanbin. Even if you don't scold him back, the feud has already been settled today.

If he had any dirty tricks behind him, it would be nothing more than soldiers coming to cover up the water and the earth. Lin Hai even killed an angel in the court, fearing that he would rebel.

Seeing that Lin Hai didn't do anything, Xie Sanbin couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't dare to offend Lin Hai anymore, and instead scolded the little Taoist nun: "You little whore, you are clearly the one causing trouble here. I don't believe that the Taoist priest in grass clothes will not To see me, you have to see this..."

He originally wanted to say vulgar martial arts, but he swallowed his words again and paused before saying: "I want to see this Lin Qianhu."

The little Taoist nun was furious when she heard this. Ever since she became a disciple of the Taoist priest Cao Yi, she had not seen any famous people in the past few years. She really didn't pay attention to a new scholar. When she heard this, she immediately started to curse:
"My son, who are you scolding? Who raised you, a forgetful little kid, to be so naughty? Even your own mother dares to scold you. Watch out for thunder and lightning, and chop your unfilial son into 1 yuan and soak him in the lake. She’s so bloated and fed fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs that your mother still has to do something to save you, such an unfilial and forgetful kid..."

This little Taoist nun didn't know what her background was before she followed Wang Wei. She had learned a lot of cuss words at a young age, and now she spewed out all the idioms. People are just so angry that their chests are rising and falling.

"Miaozhen, who are you arguing with?" A smooth and soft female voice suddenly came from the inner courtyard. It turned out to be the young Taoist nun's scolding voice, which was sharp and loud, finally alerting her master, Taoist priest in grass clothes.

Lin Hai looked intently and saw the door of the thatched house being pushed open, and a woman in her thirties slowly walked out.

This woman is wearing a silk robe and a yellow crown on her head. She is quite tall. Although her face is red, her eyebrows are quite heroic like a man's.In terms of her appearance, she is quite mediocre. Although it is not ugly, it is definitely not beautiful, and it is not commensurate with her status as a famous prostitute.

Lin Hai only took one look and knew why Mao Yuanyi was not as good to her as Yang Wan. Men all have the same virtues, and they must prefer those who are beautiful.To be honest, with Wang Wei's appearance, Zhu Niang can kill her instantly, although Wang Wei's skin is still a little whiter.

The crooked mouth on the side was even more disappointed. What kind of peerless woman, she still indulged in lust all the way thanks to him? This is far worse than Chongming's top ten taels of silver, okay?
In fact, for famous prostitutes in ancient times, beauty was only second, and talent was first.The Eight Beauties of Qinhuai have a great reputation in later generations, but at least Ma Xianglan's appearance is very ordinary. Historical data clearly records that she "looks like an ordinary person", which is mostly praise.

As for Cao Yi Taoist Wang Wei, apart from his bright red face, there is no record of his appearance.

Chen Meigong did give her a compliment about her talent and beauty, but that was a compliment to her face, and it was too much to say, not to mention that the two of them were close friends.Just like when Qian Qianyi later wrote a biography for Wang Wei, he also concealed the fact that she had married Mao Yuanyi as his concubine.

Wang Wei once traveled to Wu and Chu alone with a cloth robe and a bamboo stick. In addition to his outstanding courage, he must also be relatively safe.

After Xie Sanbin met Wang Wei, he was quite disappointed. Later, during the period of mourning, this guy also searched for beautiful women. He could be called a lustful ghost. Therefore, he came to see Cao Yi Taoist not because he admired her talent, but because he wanted to see her. Do you have a chance to kiss Fangze?

Unexpectedly, upon meeting him, he realized that the appearance of this famous Taoist priest in straw clothes was not as good as that of his maid, and he immediately lost his temperament.

However, he also knew that Taoist Cao Yi and his master Qian Qianyi were close friends, so he bowed to Wang Wei with all due etiquette: "Xie Sanbin, the Simen family, has met Taoist Cao Yi."

Wang Wei also cupped her fists and returned the salute like a man, instead of tucking in her lapels like an ordinary woman, and then asked the little Taoist nun named Miaozhen what was going on.

After asking about the reason, Wang Wei first sent Xie Sanbin away. This guy had no intention of staying here for a long time after seeing Wang Wei, so he got on the carriage and drove away without any entanglement.

After Xie Sanbin left, Wang Wei invited Lin Hai and others to enter the courtyard, and asked the Taoist nun Miaozhen to arrange for Lin Hai's entourage to rest in the outer courtyard, while he took Lin Hai to the inner courtyard.

After Lin Hai entered the inner courtyard, he first took a look at the tomb next to the thatched house, and saw the words "Tomb of Taoist Cao Yi" engraved on the tombstone. Only then did he know that this was the life-saving temple built by Wang Wei for himself. It seemed that She planned to be buried beside the West Lake after her death.

Then, he was taken into one of the thatched houses by Wang Wei.There is a bookcase in the room, which lists the four treasures of the study. There is also a row of bookshelves against the wall. Most of them contain books such as Buddhist scriptures and Taoist canons. In addition, there are some books written by Ban, Ma, Sun and Wu, as well as some handwritten poetry collections.

Among the famous prostitutes in the late Ming Dynasty, Wang Wei was mainly famous for her poetic talent. Chen Meigong said that her poetry was comparable to that of Li Qingzhao and Zhu Shuzhen.Qian Qianyi compared her with Liu Rushi. In his poem on art, he once praised Wang Wei, "Cao Yi lives in the east of Duanqiao, and his good sentences are as clear as the wind above the lake."

"Is Lin Qianhu really the master of the mourning hall?" Wang Wei asked Lin Hai while taking out a handwritten booklet from the bookshelf. He saw three big characters "Dream of Red Mansions" written on the front page, and another one on the left There are four slightly smaller characters "Mourning the Lord of Hongxuan".

This is what was in the package that Lin Hai asked Ruan Mei to deliver before. The only person who can impress a talented woman like Wang Wei is someone more talented than her, and the author of Dream of Red Mansions is undoubtedly one of the few in Chinese history. Great talent.

Not to mention anything else, just the poems in Dream of Red Mansions can be used to criticize Taoist Cao Yi who was famous for his poetic talent.

There is a private folder in Lin Hai's watch memory card. This folder has a very long history. It was created as early as when he was a student and has been in his personal computer ever since.

Shortly before he traveled through time, due to some computer malfunction, he was worried that this folder would be lost, so he temporarily imported it into his watch.This includes the installation files of the sailing game, the Newport ship model tutorial, and some novels, among which "A Dream of Red Mansions" happens to be included.

When he was in the country of Japan, he copied the first five chapters himself on his watch, and then asked Wang Minzheng to copy them again. This eunuch was from a clerk's office, and his handwriting was very beautiful. This was what he used to impress the Taoist Wang Wei. trump card.

The reason why I only copied it five times was because coding was so damn tiring. Lin Hai thought it would be better to leave this job to Zhu Niang in the future.Of course, the more important thing is that the fifth chapter is when the verdict of the Twelve Beauties in the Red Mansion appears, which can be said to be the general outline of the entire book.As a reader who has read several time-travel novels, Lin Hai decided to follow the example of those dog authors and break the chapter at critical moments to whet the appetite of this straw-clad Taoist.

After hearing Wang Wei's question, Lin Hai said calmly: "Lin is not the master of the mourning hall. The reason why he said that in front of the door just now was because he was afraid that the disciple would not let me in. Now that I have met the Taoist priest, I should Tell me frankly, I hope the Taoist priest won't be surprised."

If possible, Lin Hai would like to pretend to be the author of Dream of Red Mansions, but the problem is that it is too easy to cheat.

Ancient literati often played improvised games such as rhymes and couplets when they got together. It was impossible to get past this by being a copycat, so Lin Hai simply gave it up.

Wang Wei had a look of relief on her face when she heard this. In her opinion, just the "good song" in the first episode could not have been written by someone of Lin Hai's age.

She then asked: "In that case, can Lin Qianhu recommend the Master of Mourning Hongxuan to Pindao?"

Lin Hai shook his head: "The Master of Mourning Hongxuan is no longer alive. He entrusted me with his manuscripts before his death. The remaining manuscripts are in my hands."

"It's a pity that the Master of Mourning Hongxuan was so talented, but he was unknown during his lifetime. People like Pindao, on the other hand, have lived up to their fame in vain." Wang Wei asked with a sigh, "Lin Qianhu came to see Pindao, but he wanted to take advantage of poverty. Tao's mere name spreads "Dream of Red Mansions" to the world?"

"Yes, this was the last wish of the Master of Mourning Hongxuan. Lin came here just to ask the Taoist Priest to criticize "Dream of Red Mansions". Lin is willing to pay for the original work and the approval to be published in the world. I don't know if the Priest is willing. ?”

"Thanks to Lin Qianhu's respect, I will do my best." Wang Wei said, "I wonder where the remaining manuscripts are now?"

"Lin cannot give the remaining manuscripts to Taoist Master yet. We have to wait for Taoist Master to approve the first five chapters. After Lin publishes the first five chapters to the world, he can give the next five chapters to Taoist Master."

"Why is this so?" Wang Wei was a little confused.

"This is the last wish of Lord Mourning Hongxuan. Maybe he thinks it is more appropriate to approve it this way." Lin Hai couldn't make up a suitable reason, so he could only blame the last wish of Lord Mourning Hongxuan.

In fact, the reason why Lin Hai adopted the serialization mode was because he wanted to start a newspaper at an appropriate time in the future.By then, Dream of Red Mansions will become his trump card for promoting the newspaper. This trick was learned from Jin Yong. "Ming Pao" became popular by serializing Jin Yong's martial arts.

This is the main purpose of Lin Hai coming to see Wang Wei this time, He Rubin, Mao Yuanyi and so on are secondary.

In the late Ming Dynasty, an era of unprecedented freedom of speech, the position of public opinion cannot be overemphasized. Sometimes the pen can kill more people than the gun.

In particular, Emperor Chongzhen was a man of great dignity. He was led by public opinion on several occasions. The most typical example was that the two major decisions of negotiating peace with Hou Jin and moving the capital to Nanjing were stillborn.

"Since it is the last wish of the Master of Mourning Hongxuan, Pindao should abide by it." Wang Wei continued, "It seems that Pindao can only approve the first five chapters as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know when I will be able to see the following chapters."

Okay, here comes a reminder.There's no point in just talking. You should be more practical, even if it's a physical bribe.

After the most important goal was achieved, Lin Hai added: "In addition to fulfilling the last wish of the mourning master of Hongxuan, Lin himself also has a merciless request, and I hope that the Taoist priest will fulfill it."

Wang Weidao: "It's okay for Lin Qianhu to just say it."

"It's like this. He Shenjiang of Zhoushan is compiling "Zhoushan Chronicles". Lin heard that the Taoist priest had a good relationship with Mr. Yushan. I wonder if the Taoist priest can ask Mr. Yushan for a preface on Lin's behalf."

"It's easy to talk about it." Wang Wei agreed, "I wonder when Lin Qianhu will ask for it?"

"Lin has an urgent matter, and he must ask for help, so the sooner the better."

"Lin Qianhu, please rest assured. Mr. Yushan just visited Pindao a few days ago and is currently meeting friends in Jiaxing. Please ask Lin Qianhu to stay in Hangzhou for a few days. Pindao can bring Mr. Yushan's calligraphy treasures with him within two days." Come back."

That afternoon, after Wang Wei, Lin Hai and others had lunch, they rode alone to find Qian Qianyi.

Lin Hai originally wanted to go back to the inn outside Wulin Gate, but suddenly thought that Yue Wang Temple was nearby, so he decided to pay homage to Yue Fei.

He led his entourage westward from Broken Bridge, passing Baidi, Gushan, and Xiling Bridge. Along the way, he saw the winter plum blossoms in Lin Hejing's paintings, the rime in front of Su Xiaoxiao's grave, and finally arrived at the Yuewang Temple at the southern foot of Qixia Ridge. .

Later generations of historians often regarded Han Bai and Li Yue as the first echelon of famous generals in ancient times, but Lin Hai privately believed that Yue Fei was the only one.

Because Yue Fei was the only one who was held back, people in later generations often said that even a tied dog would be better than Wanyan Gou on the throne of Lin'an.

It is a pity that the person tied to the throne of Lin'an is not a dog, but a biological person. Otherwise, the direction of Chinese history and even world history may be completely different.

If the trend of changes in the Tang and Song Dynasties continues, there is a high probability that capitalism will appear first in the East and the industrial revolution will occur.

And without the Mongol Western Expedition, the European Middle Ages would have been far away.

Not to mention these historical trends, just the fact that Yue Fei was able to train a Yue family army that "won't tear down the house even if it freezes to death" while doing business in the army was enough to make Lin Hai admire him.

This is also one of the major issues Lin Hai will face in the future, because like Yue Fei, he will also rely on business to support his army.

"Your Majesty, King Yue, my boy Lin Hai, hereby swear to King Yue that in this life I will wipe out the Jiannu slaves and sweep away the dust. I hope King Yue will bless me to succeed." Lin Hai held incense and prayed in front of the statue of Yue Fei.

Suddenly, a drunken voice came from behind the statue: "Which bird is blowing the air here?"

　Thanks to the new account Xuantian Fengyu for the reward of 800 taels, and thanks to Jiang Yu and Jiang Yu for the reward of 500 taels again.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)