Chapter 120 Sold out!

Author: Fat Bird Goes First

Chapter 120 Sold out!

The disturbance caused by Japanese pirates gradually subsided, and calm returned to Nanping County.

However, Yanping Academy and Fu Xue stayed in the county school and refused to leave.

The reason is naturally that King Lu has landed in the open sea. Everyone knows that the southeast is not peaceful, and it is still too dangerous to stay and study outside the city.

However, scholars are still restless. Since the death of Xu Shisheng, there have been no reports of Japanese pirates outside the city. The tense atmosphere in the county has relaxed. These scholars have begun to go out for outings in the city again, but they have to bring a few more things with them.

A guard.

Chen Moqun, the headmaster of Yanping Academy, was accompanying his friend He Liangjun on an outing on Jiufeng Mountain in the east of Nanping City.

He Liangjun is Mr. Tuohu. Mr. Tuohu has been an official and gentry for generations and is a native of Huating, Songjiang. In his youth, he studied poetry and essays and loved opera. Later, after becoming a Gongsheng student, he was awarded the title of Kongmu of Nanjing Hanlin Academy.

After his official career was not smooth, He Liangjun resigned and returned to his hometown to study folk art. He is now also a cultural celebrity leader in Jiangnan.

However, last year the Japanese pirates invaded Songjiang Prefecture, and He Liangjun's library was burned down by the Japanese pirates. In order to avoid disaster, he traveled south from Songjiang Prefecture.

Chen Moqun was a good friend of He Liangjun. At Chen Moqun's invitation, He Liangjun temporarily stayed in Nanping County for a month. He Liangjun also reciprocated by organizing a drama essay competition in Nanping County, which was regarded as helping Yanping Prefecture scholars to fight across the country.

Fame.

If a masterpiece can be published, the scholars of Yanping Prefecture can also show their faces to scholars all over the country.

There were Japanese pirates a few days ago, and Chen Shanchang did not dare to leave the city. Recently, the noise outside the city has gradually calmed down, and Chen Shanchang took his friends out of the city to play.

There are many scenic spots and historic sites on Jiufeng Mountain outside Nanping City. At this time, Chen Shanchang and Mr. Tuohu held bamboo sticks and climbed Jiufeng Mountain nimbly.

Accompanying him were professors and students from Yanping Academy, who followed him panting.

Master Chen raised his bamboo stick, pointed at the mountain and said, "Brother Yuen Long, in front of you is Huajian Pavilion."

He Liangjun, courtesy name Yuen Long, nicknamed Mr. Tuohu.

He Liangjun climbed up and looked at Yanpingjin below the cliff and asked: "Is this the Yanpingjin where two swords merge into one?"

Shanchang Chen nodded and said, "That's exactly where it is."

"I heard that there is also an inscription on Mr. Li in Huajian Pavilion. Can it be preserved now?"

"The inscription on Xianggong Li still exists. I will take Brother Yuen Long to see it."

Huajian Pavilion is a scenic spot in Nanping County. This is a legend from the Jin Dynasty.

According to legend, Zhang Hua, a famous official in the Jin Dynasty, was good at stargazing. He discovered a long purple rainbow between the bullfighting stars while observing the stars. He believed that a divine sword would be born and the person wearing the divine sword could become the prime minister.

So he entrusted Lei Huan, a native of Yuzhang who was also good at astrology, to go to Fengcheng, Yuzhang as the county magistrate to look for the divine sword shown in the astrology.

The ancients believed that the stars in the sky also corresponded to the locations on the earth, and the Bullfighting Constellation corresponded to the land of Yuzhang.

The sentence in the preface to the Tengwang Pavilion by Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty, "The treasures are rich and precious, and the dragon's light shines on the ruins of the bull fight" refers to the allusion of Lei Huan digging up the divine sword in Yuzhang.

Lei Huan dug out two swords, one said they were Tai'a and Longquan, others said they were Ganjiang and Moye. He gave one of the swords to Zhang Hua, while keeping the other sword for himself.

At this time, Lei Huan's son persuaded his father not to hide the sword to offend Zhang Hua, but Lei Huan said that the Jin Dynasty would be in chaos and Zhang Hua would be killed. The sword was a supernatural thing and would eventually turn into something else and disappear forever.

Weared by people.

Later, Zhang Hua died during the Eight Kings Rebellion, and the divine sword was missing.

Later, Lei Huan's son Lei Hua was working in Renzhou. When he was passing through Yanpingjin with his sword, the sword suddenly jumped out from his waist and fell into the water. Lei Hua asked people to go into the water to look for the sword, but they could not find it.

I saw only two dragons, each several feet long, coiled in the water, with patterns on their bodies. The man looking for the sword left in fear.

Lei Hua sighed: "The theory that my late father turned into something else, and the theory that Duke Zhang will eventually join forces, have been verified today."

After this incident, the Nanping people built the Huajian Pavilion on Jiufeng Mountain on the edge of Yanpingjin, which became a famous tourist attraction. There are many inscriptions and inscriptions on the Huajian Pavilion.

He Liangjun continued climbing with Chen Moqun, and they saw a stone tablet. The two of them walked to the stone tablet and looked at it. This was the inscription of Li Xianggong that He Liangjun was looking for.

However, this Xianggong Li was not the Xianggong of the current dynasty, but Li Gang, the Ming Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty (the one from the Shao Song Dynasty).

After reading Li Gang's inscription, He Liangjun looked at the intertwined stories of Yanpingjin, Zhang Hua, Lei Huan and Lei Hua below, which suddenly gave rise to a long-lasting emotion from ancient times to the present.

Chen Moqun said: "Brother Yuen Long, we are going to Huajian Pavilion soon."

When he thought of his home that was burned down by Japanese pirates, He Liangjun sighed and sat down and said:

"Let's go down the mountain."

Chen Moqun said in surprise: "We will arrive at Huajian Pavilion soon, why do we have to go down the mountain?"

He Liangjun said: "I think of the sentence in the preface to the Lanting Collection, 'The future looks upon the present as the present looks upon the past.' Will future generations still remember that we climbed up today?"

Chen Moqun was silent. Although he was the headmaster of Yanping Academy and a local celebrity, it would be difficult for a figure like him to be included in the "Local Chronicles".

Although He Liangjun is a famous folk artist, he is not as famous as the Four Wuzhong Sons. It is difficult for people like him to be written into the history.

And those who can be recorded in history, whether it is Zhang Hua or Li Gang, are the top figures of that era.

The story of Lei Huan and his son following celebrities can also be passed down through the ages.

And what about yourself?

He Liangjun's emotion made Chen Moqun lose interest in mountain climbing. He also raised his bamboo stick and said: "Go down the mountain, go down the mountain!"

The professors and students of Yanping Academy didn't know why the mountain leader had to go down the mountain before reaching Huajian Pavilion, but they could only follow him down the mountain and return to the city.

At the same time, Huang Shixing was waiting for the return of the mountain leader Chen Moqun, holding a tabloid with fragrant ink.

In order to become an instant hit, Huang Shixing printed 200 copies of "Wenyuan New Rhythm" and gave them to dignitaries in Nanping County for free.

When Mr. Huang published a newspaper, the scholars of Yanping Academy naturally wanted to support him.

"Wenyuan Xinyun" was priced at two taels of silver, and those with money in their families generously donated their money to buy it, while poor scholars who had no money would pool their money together to buy a copy.

This is not simply to flatter Huang Shixing, but "Wenyuan New Rhythm" will definitely become a grand event in the literary world of Nanping County. If you can't keep up, you may be looked down upon and isolated by your classmates.

Those who live in a social circle are naturally most afraid of being isolated from the circle.

This is why Jiangnan scholars carry so many greeting cards with them.

If you don’t know the hot spots in the local cultural circle, and if you don’t participate in important local cultural activities, other scholars will look down on you.

In the back house of the prefect's Yamen, Fang Ruolan looked at the beautifully bound "Wenyuan New Rhythm" and opened the first page to read the first article.

The first piece is naturally a play by Huang Shixing. In order to become famous in Shilin, this play was written by Huang Shixing and then invited famous folk artists from Fuzhou Prefecture to polish and revise the play, which was carefully prepared.

Fang Ruolan flipped through it and couldn't help but skip to the next article.

From Fang Ruolan's perspective, this is a standard opera with gorgeous rhetoric and perfect compliance with the format of opera.

But the only drawback is that it doesn't look good.

Yes, the boring plot and featureless characters really made Fang Ruolan unable to arouse any interest.

That's it? That's it? Is this the level of students in Yanping Prefecture?

Fang Ruolan continued to read, and the second article was about a well-known local scholar. This play was similar to Huang Shixing's, just as boring.

Fang Ruolan yawned again. The next article was just as boring.

The next one will be even more boring.

It's so boring.

Fang Ruolan flipped through the book from beginning to end, but she didn't see Su Ze's name. She didn't know whether she was happy or regretful.

I'm glad that Su Ze didn't write such a boring drama. It's a pity that Su Ze didn't participate in this essay competition.

Fang Ruolan directly threw "Wenyuan Xinyun" aside. Reading such articles was simply staining her eyes. She had to find some good articles to wash her eyes.

"Give it to me! Give it to me!"

The sound of maids playing around was heard outside the door. Fang Ruolan opened the door and saw the maids in her yard fighting over something.

Fang Ruolan treated her maids very generously. Many of the maids had children who grew up with her, and they would all be married to Fang Ruolan in the future.

However, the Fang family is also a big family and is strict in running the family, so the maids stopped playing around.

Fang Ruolan's personal maid came over, and Fang Ruolan asked: "What are you fighting over?"

The personal maid hesitated and said: "A servant bought a tabloid outside the house, and everyone was fighting for it."

"Tabloid?"

When Fang Ruolan thought of "Wenyuan New Rhythm", she first frowned.

A copy of "Wenyuan Xinyun" costs two taels of silver. The servants in the Fang Mansion must not be able to afford it. Is it necessary to get it by force?

Because Mrs. Li was beaten, Fang Ruolan was in charge of the family. As soon as she heard about this, she immediately asked with a straight face:

"What tabloid, where did you buy it from?"

Fang Ruolan showed the momentum of a lady in charge, and the maid immediately knelt down and handed over the newspaper she was fighting for.

Isn't it "Wenyuan New Rhythm"? Fang Ruolan has never seen such a random printed matter.

Four large, yellowed pieces of paper that have not been trimmed are printed with densely packed square characters and are not even bound. Can this be called a tabloid?
To be continued...