Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 239
Five years ago, literati and celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River had nothing to do and gathered together for a seminar on classics.These people read the Four Books and Five Classics every day, and it would be boring to discuss a subset of classics and history.Someone suggested: Why don't we comment on the talented scholars since the founding of the Ming Dynasty?

Hundreds of well-known scholars in the south of the Yangtze River deliberated for ten days and finally selected the three great talents of Ming Dynasty.

The first place is Xie Jin from the Yongle Dynasty.The second place is Yang Shen, the son of Yang Ting and the old chief assistant.The third place is Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang.

Since ancient times, literati have been indifferent to each other.Hundreds of famous scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are all proud of their talents.They are willing to list Xu Wenchang as one of the three great talents of Ming Dynasty, which shows that Xu Wenchang is indeed a person with great talent and learning.

Xu Wenchang's evaluation of his ability is: My books come first, followed by poems, articles, and paintings.

This "book" is not a subset of classics and history, but a book of war!

Others regard Xu Wenchang as a madman, but Hu Zongxian knows that Xu Wenchang is a military genius with a strategy in mind.He did not hesitate to condescend, and personally invited Xu Wenchang to come out of the mountain to be his staff.

During these years when Xu Wenchang entered Hu Zongxian's shogunate, he offered countless tricks to Hu Zongxian and helped him pacify the Southeast Japanese plague step by step.

Scholars die for their confidants, which has been the character of literati since ancient times.

Hu Zongxian was taken into Beijing by He Liusuo, and Qi Jiguang, the governor of Zhejiang Province, was in a bad mood.He knew that Xu Wenchang must be in a worse mood than him.So Qi Jiguang sent someone to invite Mr. Xu to drink in his barracks.

After drinking for three rounds, Xu Wenchang stood up suddenly and raised his glass: "This glass of wine is for Hu Ruzhen who is about to travel westward on a crane."

Qi Jiguang was shocked when he heard the words: "Mr. Xu, what are you talking nonsense about? There has been news from Beijing that the emperor is just an official of Hu Butang. Hu Butang should be in Jixi's hometown now, eating rice and drinking Yuqian tea!"

Xu Wenchang smiled and said: "Qi Jiguang, Qi Jiguang, you are a good fighter in war. But you don't understand the dangers of the officialdom! How many people has Hu Butang offended these years? Now that he has lost his position and power, those people can make him Are you recuperating comfortably at home?"

Qi Jiguang shook his head: "Mr. Xu, don't forget that He Liuye of Jinyiwei is Hu Butang's close friend. From now on, even if someone finds fault with Hu Butang, He Liuye will protect him!"

Xu Wenchang took off his shirt, sat in front of Qi Jiguang, drank three more bowls of wine, and then said: "He Liu? No matter how powerful he is, he is just a domestic slave raised by the emperor! When will the emperor want What can He Liu do to kill Hu Ruzhen?"

Qi Jiguang added wine to Xu Wenchang: "Mr. Xu? You said the emperor would kill Hu Butang? If the old man wanted to kill Hu Butang, why would he let Hu Butang go back to his hometown?"

Xu Wenchang said: "The emperor doesn't want to kill him now, but it doesn't mean he doesn't want to kill him in the future. Hu Ruzhen has offended too many officials. If they speak ill of Hu Ruzhen in front of the emperor every day, one day, the emperor's ears will soften. Yuan Jing Brother, you are also a Confucian general who got on his horse to kill thieves and got off his horse to write poetry. Don’t you know the allusion of three people becoming a tiger?”

After finishing speaking, Xu Wenchang went out of the barracks with his shirt in his hand, shirtless, and returned to his home.

In the dead of night, everything is silent.Xu Wenchang tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

For Xu Wenchang, there are two most important people in the world: one is his confidant, Hu Zongxian; the other is the woman he loves deeply, Wang Cuiqiao.

Wang Cuiqiao has thrown herself into the sea to die in love.Hu Zongxian was dismissed from office again, and in the eyes of Xu Wenchang, he was already half dead.

Xu Wenchang suddenly thought: The two people I care about most in the world are gone.What's the point of living by yourself?
Li Shizhen once said to Hu Zongxian that Xu Wenchang suffered from depression and liked to dig into the horns of everything.This statement is true.

Xu Wenchang decided to commit suicide.

Xu Wenchang is a weirdo.The way he killed himself was also weird.

The easiest way to commit suicide is to hang yourself, throw yourself into water, or wipe your neck with a knife.

Xu Wenchang didn't prepare the hemp rope to hang himself, he didn't go out to find a pond to jump in, and he didn't prepare a sword.

He prepared three things: an axe, a hammer, and a nail.

Standing in front of these three things, Xu Wenchang thought: Since it is suicide, there must be a suicide note or something.Who can leave the suicide note to?My Cuiqiao is dead, and Hu Ruzhen is half dead.Forget it, the three of us will meet in Xitian sooner or later.So what's left?
Xu Wenchang first picked up the axe, closed his eyes, and chopped off his own head with the axe.

Mr. Xu not only has a brilliant literary talent, but also has a strong skull.He beheaded himself three times in a row.Suddenly his head was bleeding profusely.

Blood trickled from the wound, blinding his eyes.

Xu Wenchang was in great pain and passed out.

Two hours later, Xu Wenchang woke up unexpectedly.When he opened his eyes, he realized that he had not gone to the west sky, and there were no colorful clouds under his feet.

"Oh? I didn't die!"

Xu Wenchang picked up the second thing, an iron nail one inch long. He took a bronze mirror, and by candlelight, illuminated the bronze mirror, and put the iron nail on his forehead.

"Well, from here, nails should be able to enter the brain."

Xu Wenchang gritted his teeth again, and hit the iron nail hard with a hammer, "Ding, ding, ding."

Xu Wenchang is not Li Shizhen, and he doesn't know the structure of the human skull.He actually nailed the iron nail into the skull without hurting the brain.

But there is an inch-long iron nail stuck in his head, which is really enough for Xu Wenchang to drink a pot.He passed out again.

Xu Wenchang was in a coma for another hour and a half.

An hour and a half later, Xu Wenchang opened his eyes again.There is no soul-inducing Meng Po in front of me, and there is no Naihe bridge under my feet.

"I'm not dead yet? God, are you playing tricks on me?"

Xu Wenchang decided to commit suicide for the third time.

"The five viscera are the foundation of a person. Oh, I smashed my own five viscera, how dare Lord Hades refuse to accept me?"

Xu Wenchang picked up the sledgehammer and slammed it into his stomach.Until the smashed mouth vomited blood. . .He passed out for the third time.

After tossing all night, it was already dawn.

Qi Jiguang was afraid that Hu Zongxian would be dismissed as an official, and Xu Wenchang, the master, would not be able to live without his salary.He asked the tigress at home to prepare 100 taels of silver. Early in the morning, he brought a few soldiers and made a special trip to deliver the silver to Xu Wenchang.

As soon as he entered Xu Wenchang's house, Qi Jiguang was stunned by the sight in front of him!

I saw that Xu Wenchang's head was covered with blood, as if there were traces of cutting with a knife and an axe.A big nail was driven into the melon on the head, and blood was vomited from the corner of the mouth.

Qi Jiguang's first reaction was: there are remnants of Japanese pirates to take revenge on Xu Wenchang.Xu Wenchang's conspiracy and how many Japanese pirates were killed must be held by their people. . . .

Thinking of this, Qi Jiguang shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Search around! There must be Japanese pirates here! They murdered Mr. Xu!"

After finishing speaking, Qi Jiguang stepped forward and hugged Xu Wenchang: "Mr. Xu, I am not dead yet. How did you, a scholar, die before me?"

Qi Jiguang suddenly heard Xu Wenchang's voice: "Why howling, I'm not dead yet!"

Qi Jiguang saw Xu Wenchang's big gong-like eyes staring at him.His first reaction was: Could it be that Mr. Xu is cheating on the corpse?
He stretched out his hand to check Xu Wenchang's breath: he's breathing evenly, he's not dead.

Xu Wenchang said angrily: "I'm not dead yet, what are you doing breathing on me?"

Qi Jiguang wept with joy: "Mr. Xu, where are the Japanese pirates?"

Xu Wenchang replied: "Japanese pirates? Where are there Japanese pirates? The Japanese pirates are all in my conspiracy, Hu Ruzhen's strategizing, and your bravery and skillful fighting. They all died."

Qi Jiguang pointed to the big nail on Xu Wenchang's head and asked, "Who hurt you then?"

Xu Wenchang said: "Ah, this one. I had a whim last night and wanted to commit suicide. I nailed it myself."

Qi Jiguang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Self, commit suicide? Hit your forehead with a nail?"

Xu Wenchang said: "Yes. I also chopped off my own head with an axe, and beat my internal organs with a big hammer. Damn Xipier, the King of Yama didn't accept me! Forget it, since he doesn't accept me, then I I will not seek death in the future. General Qi, do you have any military affairs today? If you are not busy, how about going out and finding a doctor for me?"

When Qi Jiguang heard the words, he wanted to cry and laugh at the same time.He sent someone to find the famous trauma doctor in Qi's army, and also the most famous carpenter in Hangzhou.First let the carpenter pull out the big nail on Xu Wenchang's forehead, and then ask the doctor to stop the bleeding. . . .

Half a month later, Xu Wenchang's injury was healed.

Since then, Xu Wenchang has been wandering around the world like a wild crane in the clouds, and he can see the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty. . . .

The strange incident that Xu Wenchang failed to commit suicide reached Jin Yiwei's ears.

When Fatty Xu told this matter to a group of Jinyiwei colleagues in He Liu's duty room, all the colleagues were shaking with laughter.

He Liu said meaningfully: "Xu Wenchang committed suicide in such a weird way. There are only two possibilities. One is that the scholar died for his confidant. Hu Butang lost his official position, and he was sad for Hu Butang. Sadness turned into despair again. "Secondly, this smart man deliberately pretended to be crazy and self-mutilated, so as to avoid Hu Butang being convicted again in the future, and he would be implicated. Of these two possibilities, I am more willing to believe in the first one."

(End of this chapter)