Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 17 Chanting Narcissus Qi Mu Fang Lan Yan Gong Ye Mo Chrysanthemum Controlling Pearl (1)
Gao Shiqi also took advantage of the situation and staggered out pretending to be drunk.After the cold wind blows, Fang regrets that today's move is very inappropriate.Suo'etu is the current prime minister, even if you don't expect him to support you, you can't blame him for trying to disappoint him.He was full of remorse, and the spirit of alcohol really surged up, he stumbled and walked with drunken eyes, and just turned out of the intersection of Yuhuangmiao Street, he bumped into a person full of arms.Taking a closer look, he bumped a blind beggar against the wall, with a big bump on his head.Gao Shiqi knew something was wrong, and he was about to slip away as soon as he backed up, but he was grabbed by the blind man and scolded: "You bastard! You hit me, Wang Laoxia, and you want to leave without saying a word?"

Gao Shiqi saw that he was not forgiving, and knew that he wanted money, but he was so poor that he didn't have a penny in his waist. Seeing the idle people around him gradually gathering to watch the excitement, he felt anxious and put his hands on his hips." "Bah" according to Wang Lao blindly spat over and scolded: "You are a bastard! I was hit by you, a tall blind man, and you didn't obey me. I was blind, so are you blind too?"

Seeing how clever he was, the people around couldn't help booing and laughing.Wang Laoxia let go of his hand, and said in a daze: "You are also blind? Speech! What a damn bad luck..." Gao Shiqi didn't dare to chat any more, and left in a hurry while the people laughed.

Back to the Xuanwumen inn, it's not too late.The shopkeeper saw him coming in with a face full of alcohol, and greeted him with a smile: "Grandpa, you are back? I can't find you anywhere! Our shop is opening today, and all the rooms have been rewarded..."

It's really unlucky for people to fart and hit their heels, Gao Shiqi sneered and said: "Hey! You are afraid that I will run away. I thought you were thinking about my master! Come to my room and settle the account!" Choking for a moment, he hurriedly followed behind and laughed repeatedly: "Where do you think you are? Gao Ye is a gentleman, and you can trust even a small one if you don't pay off your bills for a year! It's just that you know the city of Beijing. It’s called Xinzhumigui... There’s really nothing I can do..." Gao Shiqi ignored him when he heard what he was talking about, strode into his room, fell on the bed, stared and said: "Master, I'm dizzy right now. , you sit—er—wait. Don’t wait to hang yourself and jump into the river, why are you in a hurry? Look at that square inkstone...that potted flower...that bag of clothes...isn’t it all money? If you wait impatiently, Uh! Just take it..."

He was full of nonsense, nondescript, and said he was accountable, but he just used words to amuse the boss, which made the boss stare blankly. He was thinking about how to deal with this bachelor, but Gao Shiqi jumped up and picked up a post on the table. , eyes lit up and asked: "It belongs to Mr. Cha, when did you come here?"

"Oh, you mean that poor man?" Seeing him suddenly drunk and waking up, the shopkeeper replied inexplicably, "He came here at the right time, and left without waiting for you, saying that he would come to pay respects later in the day—" Gao Shiqi snorted. With a sound, he threw the post on the table and said: "Poor people? I really don't know gold inlaid with jade - that was Cha Shenxing, who was a researcher in the last department, and now it is the sacrificial wine of the Hanlin Academy! The house of the third-class servant of the Cha family Take half of it for you, and you will never be able to use it up for the rest of your life!" The owner of the store didn't believe it at all, and couldn't bear it anymore, so he said with a dry smile, "I don't want to eat as much food as I want, as long as the customer pays the bill seriously. It's going to be okay!" The two were arguing, but they heard someone shouting in the yard: "Brother Tan is back?" Gao Shiqi looked up, and said "Ouch", he walked out of the door and greeted him with arms, and said with a smile: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here! It’s been a long time, brother Zha—I haven’t seen you for three years, and you’re so elegant… Come in! Suo invites me today, I thought it was because of the 200 taels of silver, I don’t want to be a brother Let me tell you about Gao first—I hate this servant, you actually say you are a poor man!" When the shop owner saw it, Zha Shenxing was dressed very differently from when he came in the morning, wearing a sky blue satin waistcoat trimmed with white fox fur. , wearing a black poplin gown, a piece of Chinese jade tied on a maroon belt around his waist, and a beige necklace, followed in greeting step by step, the shopkeeper was already dumbfounded.

Cha Shenxing chuckled, waved his sandalwood fan and said, "It seems that it's not enough to just pretend to be cold - seeing Suo Zhongtang, are you still proud?"

"See you!" Gao Shiqi gave up his seat with a smile, and said to the shopkeeper, "Why are you so dazed? Why don't you ask someone to make tea for Mr. Cha!"Earlier, a buddy had brought tea respectfully.Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, Gao Shiqi sighed, "I went, I just didn't win the lottery, and I am ashamed to recommend it to my brother." Then he told a long story about the meeting in Suofu.

Zha Shenxing listened quietly, shaking his fan, and said with a smile: "Suo Xiang is also petty, worthy of being so domineering? That's it - Ming Xiang just asked me if I have any scholars to recommend - I will pay another visit to his mansion in the evening Let's go." Gao Shiqi and Zha Shenxing traveled together in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the past, although they were good friends, because one was poor and the other was rich, Gao Shiqi was unwilling to look up to him.Unexpectedly, Zha Shenxing was still so sincere and helpful when he went to Beijing. Gao Shiqi couldn't help being moved, but he refused to say "thank you" because he smiled and said: "Mingzhu seems to be eager for talents--I heard that He and Suo'etu are at odds—you can turn both ways!" Cha Shenxing said: "They are not seeking talents. The emperor is examining them every day and forcing them to learn, it is just a last resort—— — Me, sometimes they ask me for some textual research to deal with the emperor, and they can't really say that they have any face."

Gao Shiqi's heart moved, the emperor valued talents so much, it can be said that "the river map and Luoshu are published, and the world is full of rituals and music", and the prosperous age is coming.Just about to speak, the boss came in, and cautiously called Qian'er and said: "Master Gao, the flowers you ordered earlier were delivered by someone from the flower shop."

Just finished speaking, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl came in with a pot of two-color narcissus. The green leaves were against the water-red and snow-white two-color flowers. The red bijia and the moon-white pleated skirt are just like the cut-out pictures of Magu giving her birthday.Gao Shiqi couldn't help being stunned, at the flower market under the Dashilan corridor, he saw this girl buying flowers every day, but he didn't notice that she was a stunning beauty!Cha Shenxing glanced at Gao Shiqi, and couldn't help laughing: "Tanren, are you looking at the face of a person, or the peach blossom?"

"Oh? Oh!" Gao Shiqi came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Put it on the table—brother Shen Xing, let's enjoy the flowers!"

The girl smiled with twinkling eyes, put the flowers away, put her hands on her knees, and gave two blessings.Zha Shenxing teased: "If you talk about this flower, it's better if you hold Mr. Gao to appreciate it, but the pot is too heavy-what's your name?" The girl only heard that the two were praising her appearance, and she became popular immediately She turned her face and replied in a low voice: "The two masters made fun of you, and my slave's name is Fang Lan."

"Orchids are beautiful and chrysanthemums are beautiful, so I can't forget them." Gao Shiqi chanted, and said, "It's in Emperor Wu's "Autumn Wind Song", a good name!" Cha Shenxing said: "If you don't get drunk, everyone gets drunk, and flowers don't get drunk. Charming people are self-defeating—the two sayings are all called Jiangcun stalls in one day.” Then she asked Fanglan, “Are you from Fengtai? These flowers are so beautiful that it would be good to move them into Da Nei Now, how does Mr. Gao have such a good fate?" Gao Shiqi felt embarrassed when he heard that he was only joking, so he stood up and admired the narcissus, and said: "Brother Cha, have you finished editing Kong Shangren's "Peach Blossom Fan"? Listen Say you are looking for someone to rehearse, and when Shang Ren sees this pot of narcissus, he might come up with some good words—but it’s true, such a beautiful flower, and the tribute is full, why did it get it on the market, dare to be afraid of the deacon eunuch Didn't the annual ceremony go well?"

One sentence made Fang Lan's eyes turn red.It turns out that the flower shop in the capital, with Fengtai as the most important, is a family art handed down from the ancestors of the former Ming court.The flower handles each use their ancestral skills to cultivate different flowers secretly. There are chrysanthemums in spring and plums in summer, which can reverse the four seasons.Because Fanglan's father and brother were sick, she sold the money for medicine, so the flowers could not be sent to the palace. Seeing that Gao Shiqi and Zha Shenxing were open-minded and reasonable, she forced a smile and said, "Isn't what you said wrong? People are the same, if you don’t have money, it’s hard to see Long Live God!”

"Don't be sad." Gao Shiqi suddenly thought of himself, and couldn't help but feel a sense of confidant. While "appreciating the flowers" absent-mindedly, he said, "I will never let you fail today. Brother Zha, lend me ten taels of silver to reward her... Well, Mr. Cha is a flower explorer in the world, and today he published a poem, I will write a poem to praise your flowers, hang them in the shop when I go back, and discipline them to break through your door to buy flowers!" Fanglan couldn't help but said in amazement: "A piece of writing Is that amazing?" His bright eyes swept over Gao Shiqi's soul.But Cha Shenxing said with a smile: "You call yourself 'Fanglan' in vain! Leaving aside me, Cha, you can sell it to Liulichang for a handwriting written by someone from Gaodan!" Moaned slightly in his mouth:
The soul was originally ground with ice jade, and the plain stone in the cold pool is always pleasant.

The color of the snow reflects the mind and the rascal, and Mr. Po is stingy.

Gao Shiqi wetted the ink with his arms, and the dragon and snake moved the brush, while praising loudly: "Good! This is Bai Naixian, let's do another song!"

Cha Shenxing pondered, and then chanted:

The roots of green onions are cut and planted by hand, and the tender pistils are drawn from Qiongyao.

It’s good to add warmth to poor people——

"Brother Zha, I'm here to continue!" Gao Shiqi laughed and said, "——Look at the flowers blooming on a sunny day!"

Cha Shenxing applauded and laughed, "What a 'one room's bright sun'! It's auspicious and appropriate. Could it be that Jiangcun took the opportunity to double-knock, does he mean anything else?" After finishing speaking, he glanced at Fanglan.Although Fanglan didn't understand it very well, she also knew that it was not serious, so she quickly rolled up the paper, thanked her for the reward, and walked out quickly with her face down and her face blushing.

(End of this chapter)