The next morning, Zheng Shi called Mao Xiaoer, the shopkeeper, to ask, and only then did he know that Ehu Academy is more than 30 miles away from the Bukou of Hekou Town. If you go to visit, you will have to travel for one day. Zeng Yu said: "Brother Sanchi, it is difficult to have fun when you are in a hurry. Why not wait until I return from Yuanzhou and then travel to Ehu with my brother? How about it?"

Zheng Shi also felt that it was not good to let Zeng Yu's mother and younger sister stay in the inn for a whole day, so he said, "Then come back next time. It's not far anyway. When you come back from Yuanzhou, I will take you to visit the Danya River in Guixi. The scenery there is quite interesting. I have a friend in the Qing Palace in Longhu Mountain. The Taoist priest is a wonderful person. He wrote a good handwriting and could recite a few poems. Last time I showed him your poems, and he praised you for your good handwriting and better poetry. He asked me to have the opportunity to lead you to meet him."

I had breakfast at Sihaiju Inn. My friend Mao Xiaoer had hired a ship for him. This ship was Mao Xiaoer's brother-in-law's boat. Mao Xiaoer took the business for his brother-in-law and got the ten-money reward from Zheng Shi and Zeng Yu. He was very happy. He helped Sixi carry his luggage on the donkey's back and sent it warmly, asking the two young men to stay in Sihaiju next time when they came to Hekou.

The ship left the mouth of Qianshan River and headed towards Guixi. The river surface was wide and the water flowed vastly. Because the water was deep, the boat no longer used bamboo poles, but instead used oars. The sound of rowing was "crunching". Niu Niu lay on the porthole and watched the big boats passing by on the river. It was very fresh. The boats here were obviously larger than those in Shitian, my hometown. Some boats were even sailing, and there were more boatmen paddling, and they looked very imposing.

Whenever a large ship goes over or crosses, Niu Niu will ask Zeng Yu: "Where did this big ship go from brother? What cargo is it on the ship?"

Zeng Yu was playing chess with Zheng Shi. Zheng Shi was very addicted to chess. How could he not play chess when he heard Niu Niu ask? When Zeng Yu asked, he casually told the place name along the Xinjiang River or on the edge of Poyang Lake. Niu Niu believed it. But once, Niu Niu noticed that Zeng Yu didn't even raise his head when he answered, and didn't even look at the boat passing through the window of the boat. He pouted and said that his brother lied. Zeng Yu quickly looked at the boat and changed his words and said, "Oh, it turns out that the boat is loaded with soy sauce. The boat has gone far, and went to Hangzhou."

Zheng Shi laughed and teased Niu Niu, "Ask your brother, how did you know it's soy sauce instead of tea oil?"

Zeng Yu said seriously: "When the boat passed by, there was a soy sauce fragrance in the wind. Didn't Niu Niu smell it?"

Niu Niu twitched her nose and said, "It seems to have the fragrance of soy sauce. It's really soy sauce. How long will it take to eat such a big ship of soy sauce?"

Zeng Yu, Zheng Shi, and Zeng’s mother Zhou were laughing. Zheng Shi said that people in Hangzhou liked to drink soy sauce and drink as wine. Niu Niu believed it and opened her mouth, very surprised.

The little girl Niu Niu is prone to getting close to people. As long as someone is more kind to her, she talks a lot. She hasn't been on the boat for a while and becomes familiar with Zheng Shi. She pointed to the scenery on the shore and asked Zheng Shi, and Zheng Shi answered patiently.

Zeng's mother, Zhou, smiled and said, "Young Master Zheng, don't pay attention to her. She talks a lot and likes to ask everything. Children are annoying."

Zheng Shi smiled and said, "Aunt Zeng, my younger generation also has a daughter. He is five years old this year and is even more naughty than a boy. How can Niu Niu behave like? You will meet you soon."

Niu Niu is looking forward to seeing Zheng Shi's naughty daughter. There are a series of questions. Zheng Shi, who is playing chess, always answers with a smile, without any impatientness. Zheng Shi likes children very much.

It took more than 180 miles from the Guixi Yingtanfang Waterway to Guixi, and it took four hours to go down the river. In the afternoon, Zeng Yu took out the Wufeng Yunwu Tea sent by Lu Hanlin and tasted it with Zheng Shi. This tea leaves look like the heart of lotus seeds, with a tall bud, green and moist color, and the aroma is savored after the soup is opened. Zheng Shi savored it and praised it: "Good tea is fresh, refreshing, sweet and mellow, not inferior to the famous tea in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It's a pity that it's not famous."

Zeng Yu said: "That's because no famous scholars and masters promoted it. Lu Yu did not have this kind of Wufeng Yunwu tea when he was in Shangrao. Otherwise, the price of this kind of tea would not be as low as it is now when he wrote it into his tea scriptures."

The two of them were chatting about tea. Zheng Shi asked Zeng Yu about martial arts again and asked Zeng Yu for advice. Zeng Yu shook his head and smiled, "I want to be a Feng Shui master, so I have to learn a few tricks to defend myself. What did Brother Sanchi learn to do?"

Zheng Shi said: "The dream of a literati and chivalrous man has longed for the kind of knighthood that comes and goes like wind and rain, is elusive, is willing to revenge, and is generous and righteous. I don't know if it is true. Recently I heard a strange story. Lu Bing, the prince of the Jinyiwei, who was in charge of the Jinyiwei, actually entered his mansion at night and took gold, silver and jewelry. Lu Bing saw it with his own eyes, held his breath and did not dare to say a word. On the next day, Lu Bing called the city inspector who was on duty last night, scolded him sternly, and ordered him to

The censor and the Five City Military Command solved the case within three days. Unexpectedly, that night, the thief sneaked into Lu Bing's bedroom again and grabbed Lu Bing and said that I wanted to kill you. Lu Bing was so scared that he was out of control. Lu Bing was so scared that he begged for mercy. The thief sneered and left suddenly. He didn't dare to investigate it anymore. The matter was left unresolved-Jiuli, do you think there is a strange hero like Konger in this world, even a powerful figure like Lu Bing, who can do nothing about him?"

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "The novelist Yan, do you believe Brother Sanchi? Of course, I dare not say that there is no. Anyway, I have never seen it. My uncle has traveled around forty years and has never seen it. I have encountered robbers. If only two or three, then my uncle will be defeated. If it is a group, my uncle will show his compass and umbrella, Feng Shui master, there is nothing to grab."

Zheng Shi also laughed: "If a blow in the Tang legend fails, he will escape thousands of miles away. People can turn into sword pills. It is obviously too ethereal, and I don't believe it very much, but I believe Lu Bing a little, and I hope it really does."

Zeng Yu said: "Guixi people have no good feelings for that Lu Bingying. It was Lu Bing and Yan Song who asked Xia Guixi to behead and search the house, so it is unknown what Lu Bing is doing."

In the notes of Ming people, the cabinet ministers often call them by the place. For example, Xia Yan is called Xia Guixi and Yan Song is called Yan Fenyi—

Zheng Shi nodded and said, "Jiuli said that many old men in Guixi have scolded Yan's father and son. In fact, when Xia Yan was in office, he did not benefit Guixi's hometown. His tribe had occupied land and sued many lawsuits. However, Yan Song did a lot of good deeds to Fenyi's hometown, donating silver to expand county schools and repairing roads and bridges. I heard that Yan Song and his son paid 20,000 taels of silver to build an eleven-hole large stone bridge at the east gate of Fenyi County. Yan Song wrote a stele inscription and named Wannian Bridge. Yan Song had a very bad public opinion in the Shilin, but in his hometown, he had a tide of praise. Jiuli, you are going to Yuanzhou to take the requisition exam this time, and you are about to pass Wannian Bridge. You must not say bad things about Yan's father and son in Fenyi, otherwise you can't cross the bridge. It is said that when Guixi people come to Fenyi, they dare not say that they are from Guixi. Of course, when Fenyi goes to Guixi, you have to shut up and avoid being beaten, haha."

Zeng Yu laughed loudly, and turned to see the boatman at the stern of the boat listening to the two of them while rowing. He also grinned and smiled. He asked, "There is no surname for the boatman?"

The boatman hurriedly said, "No more expensive, no more expensive, the villain's surname is Huang."

Zeng Yu asked again: "Is Mao Xiaoer from Sihaiju your relative?"

The boatman said: "Yes, Mao Xiaoer is my brother-in-law."

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "It's all my duty, thank you for your hard work."

When Zheng Shi saw Zeng Yu suddenly chatting with the boatman about family matters, he felt a little strange. He always felt slow about human relationships and worldly ways. It often took him a while to recover from other people's thoughts. Now, he became addicted to chess and said, "Jiuli, let's go to another game."

Zeng Yu moved the chess gear to the place near the bow of the boat and whispered: "Brother Sanchi, you reminded me that when I arrived at Fenyi, you should be careful, but you should also pay attention to your own words. Lu Bing and Yan Song are in power, and those who always joke around in the fields are fine. You are a student now, a person with status in the local area. If the treacherous villain who wants to seek credit says that you slander the officials of the court, it is a crime."

There was a record in the notes of Mingren. Four people drank at night, one of them drank, and they scolded Wei Zhongxian drunk, and the other three were silent and drank silently. The man was cursing, but suddenly the Dongchang man broke into the door and arrested all four people, scolding Wei Zhongxian for killing him, and the other three were rewarded by drinking silently.

The notes of Ming people often hearsay and preconceived ideas. This note may not be true. However, there were also so-called checking water meters and asking for tea. They were sentenced to be punished for five hundred years. Although it is not during Wei Zhongxian's reign, Lu Bing was also the leader of the Jinyiwei, so Zeng Yu's prudence certainly makes sense.

Zheng Shi said stunned: "Just talking, why is this?" Zheng Shi was very angry and always liked to discuss the government affairs. Whether or not a celebrity is hidden is the public opinion.

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "I'm timid, I'm just reminding Brother Sanchi, just be careful."

Zheng Shi was a little surprised: "When did Jiuli become so cautious? In the past, you and I always laughed at each other. In my opinion, you are even more cynical than me."

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "The situation is so constrained. I can now say that I am running away with the crime, swear, and whisper."

Zheng Shi laughed and then lowered his voice and said, "Hurry up and go to Yuanzhou to take the make-up exam. If you pass the student, then you will have nothing to do. If you fail the exam, you can only stay in the humble house to accompany your brother Yu to drink and play chess, and wait for three years."

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "Does Brother Sanchi want to keep his disciples?"

Zheng Shi said: "The guests on the seat are always full, and the wine in the bottle is not empty, which is also my dream."

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "Brother Sanchi really has many dreams. He wants to be a knight and Mengchangjun--"

Zheng Shikou said: "Life is short, just dreaming - Jiuli, teach me martial arts."

Zheng Shi was still thinking about practicing martial arts. Zeng Yu said, "Let's forget about practicing martial arts. This is something you have to practice since childhood. However, I can teach my brother Sanqi a set of eight-section brocade guidance methods. If you practice it for a long time, you can eliminate diseases and strengthen your body."

...

Two cups of tea, three games of chess, the red sun was about to fall, and the small passenger ship was moored on the right bank of Xinjiang River. Zheng Shi pointed to a cliff near the water not far ahead and said, "The mountain is called Longtou Mountain. There is a very deep water area at the foot of the mountain. It is a deep pool. There are often big eagles circling on the pond, ripples spiral in it, and eagles dance on it. This is the origin of the name of Yingtan."

Zeng Yu nodded and said, "Okay, OK, Yingtan is a good place."

Yingtan, which was called a good cave by a great man five hundred years later, is now just a small village under Guixi County. Four or five hundred families live on the south bank of Xinjiang River. The south bank is high in terrain and is not afraid of the floods of Xinjiang River. The north bank is low and flat, all of which are farmland and few are homes.

When the people on the dock of Yingtanfang saw Zheng Shi, they came to congratulate him, calling him the scholar's husband and Zheng Xiucai, and were very happy and were named on the list of gold... Yingtanfang has a population of more than a thousand people. The good news of Zheng Shi's scholars entering the school was sent back a few days ago. It is known to everyone in men, women, and young people. Zheng Shi should be the first scholar in Yingtanfang for the first time.

Lai Fu ran back to report the news first. Zeng Yu helped his mother and followed Zheng Shi to the dozens of stone steps on the pier. As soon as he reached the high ground on the shore, he saw Zheng Shi laughing and pointed to the cross neighbors in front and said, "Auntie, Jiuli, Niu Niu, look, that's the little girl Qianqian. She came on a bamboo horse, but she ran fast."

When Zeng Yu looked up, he saw a girl less than three feet tall and wearing a pink trouser, straddling a green bamboo, moving her feet quickly, and making a sound in her mouth:

"Ga, hike, horse run quickly, pick up dad, hike—"

The five-year-old daughter of the three foolish brothers came on a bamboo horse like a boy.
Chapter completed!