Daming Yinghua

Chapter 47
Zhang Yanke looks weary on the surface, but in fact he is extremely shrewd. He is especially good at catching changes in people's moods in an instant, but he still maintains an unscrupulous appearance, jokingly said: "Miss Zheng, from the name to the word, everything is quite There is a sense of majesty, right?"

Zheng Haizhu didn't answer his words immediately, but looked at Mr. Tao and said, "Uh, my lady asked an abrupt question. Your cousin's surname is Zhang, but why is your surname Tao?"

Mr. Tao's embarrassment has faded away, and he lowered his eyes and said: "Tao is my mother's surname. The body, hair and skin are inherited from the parents, and the surname Zhang and Tao are all here."

"Got my elder brother," Zhang Yanke teased him mercilessly, "don't quote the scriptures, in my opinion, you hide the identity of my nephew of the Zhang family in Shanyin because you are afraid that the news of making friends with famous prostitutes in Yingtian Mansion will spread to the public. Uncle's ears, right?"

After listening to this point, Zheng Haizhu is [-] to [-]% sure of his own judgment.

The Zhang family in Shanyin, Zhejiang Province, whose name is the eldest son, has a younger brother named Zhang Yanke, and his mother's surname is Tao...

Looking at several elements together, Zheng Haizhu is almost certain that the young man in front of him is the last celebrity in history.

Seeing that Young Master Pian Pian was torn down by her brother Xiong again, she pursed her lips and smiled lightly, interrupted Zhang Yanke and said, "Brother Ling is really self-restraining, if I had a brother like you, I would kick him off the boat."

"Haha, Miss Zheng is not a pretentious person pretending to be reserved, okay, okay!" Zhang Yanke clapped his hands together and praised.

Zheng Haizhu said: "Why don't you let me guess Brother Ling's real name? The son of Yanke is named Gu. I think your family is from the generation of Shanzi? Just now you called Brother Ling's eldest son. How about Mr. Dai Zongfu? Qilu is still young." , then, is your brother's name a single word Dai?"

It turned out that Mr. Tao who traveled with his mother's surname was none other than Zhang Dai, a great talent in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Dai thought to himself, those two lines of Du Fu's poem are very popular, and since Miss Zheng was also from a scholarly family, it is not uncommon for her to deduce her real name, so she nodded with a light smile: "Miss Zheng guessed right."

Zhang Yanke became even more interested: "Young lady is very talented, so let me ask you to guess again. There is a famous prostitute in Yingtian Mansion, Wang Yuesheng. She was also silent. A wealthy businessman finally invited her out of the library. After going to Bieye to accompany him for more than half a month, Wang Yuesheng actually opened his mouth to talk to him. The wealthy businessman was so happy, he approached and said, what are you talking about, speak up. Zheng Miss, what did Wang Yuesheng say?"

Zheng Haizhu said: "I guess, she only said two words: go home."

Zhang Yanke stared at him with a surprised look on his face: "Oh, it's verbatim, you, you know Wang Yuesheng?"

Zheng Haizhu thought, I don’t know any famous prostitutes in Nanjing. It’s not because your brother Zhang Dai is very good at writing. From official history and unofficial history to prose travel notes, and then to the city scene in the late Ming Dynasty, through his pen, he taught us modern people how to write. Immersive.Your brother wrote the anecdote about the famous prostitute Wang Yuesheng in his "Tao An Meng Yi", so I know the answer.However, at this time, this amazing collection of essays has not yet come out.

Zheng Haizhu, who opened the perspective of God, showed sincerity, and said to the Zhang brothers: "I came here from Fujian to seek a living, and I have been to Suzhou as far as the north. I have no luck to go to Nanjing. I am just thinking of a woman. Put yourself in the situation and think about the situation at that time, the thing Wang Yuesheng looks forward to the most is to go home."

Zhang Dai sensed that the girl in front of him felt sympathy for hurting others, so he didn't want his brother to talk about it, so he changed the subject and asked Zhang Yanke: "Third brother, did you find a good craftsman today?"

Zhang Yanke proudly said: "Sisters love beauty, bustards love banknotes, and famous craftsmen are just like famous prostitutes. If you have enough money, you won't be able to please. Don't worry, eldest son and brother, I will bring back the gardener in Shanyin this time. Teach my uncle to be satisfied."

Zhang Dai said: "Since we have finished this matter, it is still early, you and I will go to see Sister He together. Sister He gave you medicine and porridge for those serious illnesses when you were young, and once she was caught by your plague I almost lost my life."

But Zhang Yanke waved his hands again and again: "I won't go to the nunnery. I will go to play horse tags after dinner. If I meet a nun, I will lose every bet."

After a short pause, he took out a beautiful small bag from his bosom, handed it to Zhang Dai, and said, "Here is five taels of silver. Please say hello to Sister He for me. I don't want to go, but I'm afraid of seeing Sister He's miserable situation. sad."

Zhang Dai shook his head, sighed, and took the money.

When boarding the boat in the afternoon, Zhang Dai briefly told Zheng Haizhu that the person who visited the nunnery was called Sister He, the daughter of the old housekeeper of the Zhang family.When Sister He was fifteen or sixteen years old, she fell in love with the painter invited by the Zhang family, so the Zhang family let go of the contract and let Sister He marry.The painter took Sister He to Suzhou for ten years.Last year when Sister He wrote to Shanyin, the Zhang family knew that Sister He's husband and children had died of the epidemic. Sister He escaped into Buddhism and followed her master to a small nunnery in Songjiang Mansion.

At this moment, Zheng Haizhu saw that Zhang Yanke took out a large amount of silver ingots, and secretly thought, this young man who is full of fireworks and willow lanes and seems to have no seriousness may not be a cold and cruel person.

The water of the Moon River was sparkling, and there was a faint chill in the autumn wind, which was quickly washed away by the warm sunshine.

Zhang Yanke was no longer interested in talking to Zheng Haizhu, who was clearly a maid of the Han family, and turned his attention to several Jiading bamboo carving pen holders that Zhang Dai had picked up in Songjiang City.

In the real history, Zhang Yanke is indeed a player with a wide range of interests. He loves to play with everything. In order to have fun and think thoroughly, he can even take the Xuande stove that he finally found and bake it directly in the fire.

As for Zhang Dai, he spent a lot of time recording the interesting stories of Zhang Yanke's life in his collection of essays, and it can be seen that he actually likes this cousin quite a lot.

On the little fairy boat, Zheng Haizhu, who pretended to be quietly watching the scenery, had already had several ups and downs in his heart.

In Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty, celebrities emerged in large numbers.Taking root in Songjiang Mansion will bring great rewards. This is what Zheng Haizhu planned, and it is also the reason why she is determined to go north from Quanzhou after crossing.

I don't want to be able to get to know Zhang Dai and Zhang Yanke.

If the memory is correct, Zhang Dai and Zhang Yanke's great-grandfather was an official, and his great-grandfather won the number one scholar. The Zhang family not only has a deep foundation in Shaoxing, but also has friendship with the key figures of the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party.Zhang Yanke's father, Zhang Lianfang, was a collector, with a wealth of wealth, otherwise he would not be able to afford Zhang Yanke, a dude, to work hard.

Zhang Dai's father, Zhang Yaofang, was an official of Lu Wangfu in Shandong. Many years later, when the Qing army went south and Lu Wang fled to Shaoxing, Zhang Dai came forward to receive him with great momentum.It can be seen that although Zhang Dai did not go well in the imperial examination and was a scholar when he was old, his status as the grandson of Zhang's parents has always been stable.

Zheng Haizhu looked back at all the people who have formed friendships through his own efforts or by chance since time travel, and slowly figured out how to integrate these resources bit by bit.

(End of this chapter)