The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Zhu Tong and Liu Shu attended the banquet at the Chunfeng Pavilion, the largest brothel in Chang'an City.Because there was a drinking order at the banquet, Liu Shu couldn't understand writing and ink, so he invited a poetic prostitute with eyebrows to help him.Zhu Tong said with a smile: "My brother-in-law is a military general. He is best at arranging troops, marching and fighting, but he is not good at poetry."

Mei girl said: "Su Zizhan said, if you don't have one, you won't be professional, if you are not professional, you can't. People like Zhang Daguan must be not ordinary people, and they can accomplish great things."

Everyone said: "We are all ordinary people."

Mei girl said with a smile: "It's my family's slip of the tongue, I punish myself with a glass." Then she poured out a glass of wine and drank it down.All the guests and fans clapped and laughed.Liu Shu originally thought about not wanting her to help him, but he was fined with drinking.Before he could speak, everyone had already raised their eyebrows. The girl sat beside him.Thinking about it, I am no longer the young master of the Lu Kingdom, so I can only endure it.

The host issued a wordless poem order, held his wine glass and said solemnly: "Only recite the sentences of the ancients, and you are not allowed to compose poems to pretend to be the sentences of the ancients." Everyone laughed.

Someone explained to Zhu Tong in a low voice.It turned out that there was a time when Miss Mei made orders with people, and now she has written a few poems saying that they are sentences from people in Yuan Dynasty.The Confucian scholars all thought that they had read few poems, and none of them became suspicious.Zhu Tong praised: "It's so urgent! It's very rare."

All the people acted.With Miss Mei's help, Liu Shu can only drink a door cup every time.There was a lot of noise for a while, and half of the people in the house were drunk.Coincidentally, the wine order arrived at Liu Shu's place, and Miss Mei took off a plum blossom piled on her head and said, "There are three hundred plum blossoms outside the door."

Zhu Tong said: "I've never heard of it. When did the ancients make this?"

Mei girl said: "It was made by Yuan people." Everyone laughed.Miss Mei couldn't help laughing, "It's really written by Yuan people. This is the last line of Zhu Shi Shannong's "Send Uncle Lin to the Dajia Pavilion to Beijing." Then she read the poem.Everyone laughed again.

During the banquet, a gentleman praised: "Wang Yuanzhang's poems and paintings are carved with three masterpieces, and he monopolizes the romantic style in one day. It's really rare." I am also looking for talents, Brother Zhu must be on his way to success soon."

Zhu Tong was a little drunk, staggered and said: "I only study to cultivate my character, and I don't want to be an official."

The host said: "Brother Zhu Xian is shocking the world, why doesn't he want to become an official?"

Zhu Tong waved his hand and said, "Even if he becomes an official, he is not in Qin State." But he waved his fingers, "Qin State is different from Lu State."

Mr. Caina immediately asked, "What's the difference?"

Zhu Tong half-opened his eyes and said: "The king of Qin is very sincere. I am really helpless. Let him go shopping in Huizi Street tomorrow..."

Liu Shu drank less, walked around Miss Mei and patted Zhu Tong on the shoulder twice: "Okay, okay, I just promised my sister An Ansheng to cut flowers and cook tea last night. Don't drink so much if you don't have the capacity for alcohol." "Bring him hangover soup."

The gentleman looked at Liu Shu and said, "A man should put his career first..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Shu said coldly: "What is the most important thing for a man, the man has the final say, there is no need for others to make noise."

Others and fans interrupted immediately.But Miss Mei said: "Liu Guanren's words are reasonable. Everyone goes his own way. He only sees people conferring titles and worshiping ministers. Maybe they are trembling like walking on thin ice. Besides, don't men have to be real men?"

Liu Shu faintly sensed that what the woman said was inappropriate.Before he could figure it out, a fan smiled and said, "A man is not a man, so is he still a daughter-in-law?" Everyone laughed.The host hurriedly stood up and greeted for more food and wine, and diverted the matter away.

There was a flying flower order in the back seat, which was more lively than before.This girl Mei is talented in poetry and has never lost.Therefore, most of the banquet was drunk, and only Liu Shu was sober.Zhu Tong has long been drunk and ignorant.After the banquet was over, Liu Shu grabbed Zhu Tong's back and skirt with one hand, and carried it away with a little disgust.The old bustard, Fentou, and others escorted them out of the gate of Chunfeng Pavilion.Mei girl stood gracefully, and after a while, she praised softly: "That official surnamed Liu has great strength." The old bustard took a look at her.

In the afternoon of the next day, Liu Shu was teaching his two nephews how to practice martial arts. Menzi came in and replied, "Someone is looking for Mr. Tong and Mr. Liu." Then he handed over a name card.Zhu Tong took it in his hand, and Liu Shu stretched out his head to look at it. It read: Chenyang Qiu Xing is sincerely coming, and pays homage to Mr. Zhu Tong.

Zhu Tong said: "The person who sang with Miss Mei yesterday is Qiu Xingzheng."

Liu Shu thought for a while: "He's pretty tall. Few of you scholars are taller than me. He's taller than me."

"Not bad." Zhu Tong looked at the top of Liu Shu's head, "It's half a head taller than you."

"Who is this?"

"I don't know." Zhu Tong called a servant next to him, "Go and ask Second Master Nan, who is Qiu Xing." Then he told the doorman, "I woke up late at noon today, and you haven't woken up yet. Grandma I heard that someone asked me to get up, and I have to rectify it. Let him go first..." He paused.

Liu Jing came out of the house: "Uncle is in the yamen right now."

Zhu Tong nodded: "Please wait in the study outside." Menzi followed the order and left.

After a while, the boy came back and said, "Master Nan said that Qiu Xing came to Chang'an at the end of the year before last. He said that he was a child of the Qiu family in Shengzhou and came to Qin to discuss his future. Because there are too many people with the surname Qiu in Shengzhou, Nan The second master didn't have time to verify it. But this person is thoughtful, his literary talent is outstanding, he has a lot of talents, and he has power skills. Now he has no real job, and he is a Qing guest under the second master Yu. It is said that he is a Qing guest, Yu Yu The second master listens to him in everything."

Liu Shu blurted out from the side: "This person has a problem!"

Zhu Tong looked at him with a smile and said, "What's the problem?"

Liu Shu thought for a while: "Everyone rushes to go home to celebrate the New Year at the end of the year, but he came to Chang'an at the end of the year, isn't that right?"

Zhu Tong said: "Maybe he has fallen out with his family?"

Liu Shu was taken aback.He thought about it again: "Shengzhou is in Yue State, why didn't he go to Yue State to ask for an official? He came to Qin State to be a guest for my uncle."

Zhu Tong said: "The protector of the Yue Kingdom, Zhen Zangzhu, was born in a reckless family, and he doesn't think highly of scholars. Confucian scholars have no advantage in seeking officials in the Yue Kingdom. This section is also reasonable. What else can you think of?"

Liu Shu was originally a warrior.A while ago in the capital, after Jia Cong analyzed to him why Zhu Tong was working carefully, he began to think about these things.Then he stared and said, "It's gone."

Zhu Tong said: "My cousin Zhu Nan is not a person who likes to praise people. Brother, listen to these words: careful thought, extraordinary talent, and power skills. The ghosts believe that he has never been an official! He is clearly the confidant of Uncle Guo. , but hangs the signboard of Qing Ke, and outsiders sound like he is a liar who makes money. Brother, this person is more thief than I was back then."

Liu Shu rolled his eyes: "You scholars are all liars! So he was sent by Yue?"

"No."

"How do you know it's not!"

"Because Zhen Zangzhu didn't tell me that he sent such a person over."

Liu Shu was stunned for a long time, then suddenly shouted: "Could it be that Zhen Zangzhu is also one of yours!"

Zhu Tong opened the folding fan with a "swish" and shook it twice: "It's 'us'. We are all in the same group."

Liu Shu snorted, "It's such a cold day to play with a fan, and you won't be afraid of the cold!" Looking back to his nephew, the two children had gone somewhere to play.Zhu Tong has changed into the clothes for meeting guests, so he goes out to the study.

It took more than half an hour for Zhu Tong to come back.This Qiu Xing was here to persuade Zhu Tong to become an official on behalf of Master Yu, and by the way, tried to find out what he meant by "let him go shopping in Huizi Street by himself" yesterday.Zhu Tong naturally refused the persuasion, and didn't remember what he said about shopping.Qiu Xingzheng spent half a day talking, but left with nothing.It's just that Zhu Tong didn't guess what he was here for.

Liu Shu suddenly remembered the smug look when she first met the girl with eyebrows last night, so he told Zhu Tong to know. "I thought it wasn't quite right for her to look down on my rudeness."

Zhu Tong asked about the process carefully, and thought: "I have also checked the origin of this woman, but I can't find out the truth. She heard that someone is not good at poetry, she looked at the people at the table, and judged that it was you. This section is fine. Problem. Because only the eldest brother is a military general at the full house, and the others are either Confucian scholars or dudes who have studied. In this case, she is not proud of the fact that the eldest brother is illiterate, but for other reasons. It’s just that the eldest brother came to Chang’an for the first time, and she shouldn’t recognize him. You are right."

Liu Shu said, "I don't know her either!"

"It's hard to say." Zhu Tong said, "There are always people who recognize you, but you don't."

Liu Jing came out from the back room, and Zhu Tong recounted the meeting with Qiu Xingzheng just now.After hearing this, Liu Jing frowned and said, "Have you been talking about such an idea for more than half an hour?"

"That's right!" Zhu Tong said, "There's nothing new to talk about."

Liu Jing said: "Isn't he here to dawdle?"

Zhu Tong and Liu Shu looked at each other, and clapped the table and said: "He came here by order! Last night, the Spring Wind Pavilion was absolutely indispensable to King Qin's people, so Master Yu sent him to inquire about 'shopping'. This person didn't even want to persuade me to go out of the mountain. Most of the time An hour, go back to fool the boss."

Liu Jing said: "Didn't Brother Nan say that he has real talent? He definitely wants Master Yu Er to recommend him as an official. It's better if you don't come out of the mountain."

Liu Shu said: "Since that's the case, why didn't he go to Qin King Mao and recommend himself?"

Zhu Tong said: "How can it be so easy to meet King Qin."

"Didn't Liu Feng meet King Qin by chance?"

Zhu Tong smiled and said: "You also know it's a chance encounter. It takes so many people and effort to meet it!" Liu Shu suddenly remembered that he had met Jia Cong, Zhu Tong and others back then, and rolled his eyes.

Liu Jing thought: "Since this is the case, the officials should go out of the mountain earlier. Qiu Xing arrived in Chang'an at the end of the year before last. In the autumn of the year before last, Zhao Guo announced that he would join the federation of Yan and Malay. Malay is a foreign country. Not to mention; Yanzhao Federation, Zhao is weak and Yan is strong. It seems that Zhao Guo is looking for a backer, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Yan Guo is preparing to expand. The world has been divided into feudal states for more than ten years. Before that, all the big princes were dismantled into small pieces; The small pieces merged. King Qin was young, and there were only a dozen phoenix sons and grandchildren left in Qin State and they were even younger. It is inevitable that an ambitious prince will plot against Qin State. This Qiu Xing must have been sent by another country. Let's start. Right now, the King of Qin is in a hurry because he can't find out why the tax has been reduced. If you push him harder, maybe the one named Qiu will get there first."

Zhu Tong nodded and said, "Ma'am is right. Since that's the case—" He looked down at his clothes, "I'm leaving."

Liu Shu was taken aback: "Where are you going?"

"Prefect Yamen."

Zhu Tong immediately called for someone to pull the horse, and went straight to the prefect's yamen.Zhu Wei was busy with official business, when he heard that his nephew was coming, he ordered him to come in.Zhu Tong came in to salute his uncle.All the officials and small officials recognized Zhu Tong, and they all came forward to meet each other.Zhu Wei stroked his beard and asked, "What are you doing in the yamen now?"

Zhu Tong said: "My nephew wanted to understand something, and I came here to ask my uncle to recommend my nephew as an official."

Zhu Wei was startled: "Do you want to be an official?"

"Yes." Zhu Tong said, "Uncle, please ask the prince for an official position on behalf of my nephew."

Zhu Wei frowned slightly: "Didn't you say you want to study well?"

Zhu Tong glanced at the officials from the corner of his eyes, and seeing them all prick up their ears, Fang Lang said in a loud voice: "My nephew has figured it out. Hiding under the protection of my uncle seems to be at ease, but in fact it is in danger. Home is the country, A country is a family. If the country is not good, the family will not be good. No one can be alone."

Seeing the solemnity of his words, Zhu Wei said seriously, "Crisis is everywhere? What crisis?"

Zhu Tong shook his head: "My nephew doesn't know. However, my nephew has just lost a big battle. General Liu has worked so hard to manage the territory for more than ten years so that outsiders can easily leave. Theoretically, even if the prince wants to use his nephew, he should wait for two or three years. , Waiting for my nephew to calm down. But just after my nephew returned to Chang'an, the prince sent many people to persuade him. All of my nephew's classmates and friends who were still in Chang'an came here. As the saying goes, the common people have In the danger of being upside down, the monarch and his ministers are in a hurry. I am afraid that something difficult will happen to Qin. Uncle and nephew are people of Qin after all. Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, and nephew should not stand idly by. Fang deserves to treat his elders in his hometown."

Zhu Tong spoke impassionedly, and the officials who were watching applauded unconsciously: "Zhu Xianggong said well!"

Zhu Wei nodded and said, "It's not in vain for you to have such insight. You have practiced outside. Since that's the case, I will write a letter to seek an official for you."

Zhu Tong bowed to the ground: "Thank you uncle."

Zhu Wei immediately rolled out the paper, and Zhu Tong grinded the ink for him.Not long after, Zhu Wei wrote a recommendation note in a profuse manner.Blow it dry and fold it, and order someone to send it to Prince Qin's mansion immediately.

Xiao Qin Wang is also working at the moment, and the paperwork on the desk is piled up like a mountain.Hearing that Zhu Wei had an important document coming up, he said tiredly, "Bring it here." After opening it, he rubbed his eyes, "Zhu Wei begged for an official for Zhu Tong?!"

It was Zhu Weizhi's confidant Literary Official who came to deliver the booklet, and said with a smile, "Exactly."

"Didn't Zhu Tong talk about cutting flowers and cooking tea?"

The civil servant then detailed what Zhu Tong said in the prefect's yamen just now. "Mr. Zhu is currently in our lord's yamen to ask about Qin's government affairs."

The King of Qin clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay! This Zhu Tong is really impressive, no wonder he can support the State of Lu with his own strength." He thought for a while, and ordered someone to bring some unobtrusive clothes.

Some eunuch guessed that he was going out, so he hurriedly said, "My lord, bring more guards."

The king of Qin waved his hand and said: "It's not good to bring too much. Besides... the lonely king might go for a walk on the street with Zhu Tong." Nai ordered the guards and eunuchs who were accompanying him to pretend to be servants of ordinary wealthy families.

Not long after, the king of Qin led his men out of the mansion in low clothes through the back door, jumped on their horses and headed for the prefect's yamen.