Zhang Yanke looked languid on the outside, but was actually extremely shrewd. He was particularly good at catching people's emotional changes in a split second. However, he still maintained an unserious look and said jokingly: "Miss Zheng, from my first name to my first name, I am quite... Is there an aura of greatness?"
Zheng Haizhu did not answer his words immediately, but looked at Mr. Tao and said, "Well, I have an abrupt question. My cousin's surname is Zhang, but why is my surname Tao?"
Mr. Tao's embarrassment has faded, and he lowered his eyes and said, "Tao is my mother's surname. My body, hair, and skin are all inherited from my parents. My surname is Zhang and my surname is Tao."
"My dear brother," Zhang Yanke teased him mercilessly, "Stop quoting scriptures. In my opinion, you concealed the identity of the nephew of my Zhang family in Shanyin because you were afraid that the incident of befriending a famous prostitute in Yingtian Mansion would spread to the public. Is it in my uncle’s ears?”
After listening to this, Zheng Haizhu was 89% sure of his judgment.
The Zhang family in Shanyin, Zhejiang, named Zongzi, has a younger brother named Zhang Yanke, and his mother's surname is Tao...
Looking at several factors together, Zheng Haizhu is almost certain that the young master in front of him is the last famous person in history.
Seeing that Mr. Pianpian was being undermined by her brother Xiong again, she pursed her lips and smiled, interrupted Zhang Yanke and said: "Brother you are really well-educated. If I had a brother like you, I would kick him off the boat."
"Haha, Miss Zheng turns out not to be a reserved person, good, good!" Zhang Yanke clasped his hands and praised.
Zheng Haizhu said: "Why don't you let me guess your brother's real name? Mr. Yanke's name is Gu. I guess this generation in your house is from the generation of Shan? Just now, I called your brother's eldest son. How about Dai Zongfu? Qilu is still young. , then, does your name have the single character 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 that those two lines of Du Fu's poems were very popular among the people. Since Miss Zheng also came from a family of scholars, it was not unusual for her to deduce her real name, so she nodded with a smile: "Miss Zheng guessed it right."
Zhang Yanke was even more interested: "Young lady is very good at talent, so let me ask you to guess something. There was a famous prostitute in Yingtian Mansion, Wang Yuesheng, who had a noble temperament and looked down on the common people. Even though she was forced by the madam to take the job, she accompanied her. She didn't say a word either. A wealthy businessman finally asked her to leave the palace and stay with him for more than half a month. Wang Yuesheng actually opened his mouth to talk to him. The wealthy businessman was so happy that he came closer and said, "What do you mean, please speak louder." What does the girl think Wang Yuesheng is talking about?"
Zheng Haizhu said: "I guess she only said two words: go home."
Zhang Yanke stared with astonishment: "Oh, that's exactly word for word. You, do you know Wang Yuesheng?"
Zheng Haizhu thought to himself, I don't know any famous prostitutes in Nanjing. It's not because your brother Zhang Dai is very good at writing. From official and unofficial history to prose travel notes, and then to the city life in the late Ming Dynasty, his pen taught us modern people how to write. Be in the situation. Your brother specifically wrote the anecdote about the famous prostitute Wang Yuesheng in his "Tao'an Dream Memories", so I know the answer. However, this collection of essays, which will amaze future generations, has not yet been published.
Zheng Haizhu, who had opened the perspective of God, made a sincere expression and said to the Zhang brothers: "I came here from Fujian to seek life, and I have only been to Suzhou as far north as I have not been lucky enough to go to Nanjing. I just think of a woman. Putting yourself in his shoes, what Wang Yuesheng looked forward to most at that time was to go home."
Zhang Dai noticed that the girl in front of him had compassion for others who hurt others, so he didn't want his brother to talk about this anymore, so he changed the topic and asked Zhang Yanke: "Third brother, have you found a good craftsman today?"
Zhang Yanke said proudly: "Sisters love beauty, and bustards love money. Famous craftsmen are just like famous prostitutes. If you have enough money, you won't be able to hire them. Don't worry, my eldest son, brother, I will bring back the gardening craftsman from Shanyin this time. I will satisfy my uncle."
Zhang Dai said: "Now that this matter is done and it's still early, come with me to see Sister He. When you had serious illnesses when you were a child, Sister He gave you medicine and porridge. Once she was infected by your disease. I almost lost my life when I got there.”
But Zhang Yanke waved his hands repeatedly: "I won't go to the nunnery. After dinner, I have to play horse tag. If I meet a nun, I will lose every bet."
After a short pause, he took out a small brocade bag from his arms, handed it to Zhang Dai and said: "Here are five taels of silver. Please say hello to Sister He for me. I don't want to go, but in fact I am afraid that I will see Sister He in a miserable condition." sad."
Zhang Dai shook his head, sighed, and took the money.
When boarding the ship in the afternoon, Zhang Dai briefly told Zheng Haizhu that the person visiting the nunnery was called Sister He, and she was 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. The Zhang family then released her from the contract and allowed Sister He to marry. The painter took Sister He to Suzhou and stayed there for ten years. Last year, Sister He wrote a letter to Shanyin, and the Zhang family learned that Sister He's husband and children had all died of the epidemic. Sister He escaped into Buddhism and followed her master to a small nunnery in Songjiang Prefecture.
At this moment, Zheng Haizhu saw that Zhang Yanke took out a large amount of silver ingots, and secretly thought that this young man who was full of fireworks and seemed to have no seriousness might not be a cold and cold person.
The water of the moon river is sparkling, and there is a faint chill in the autumn wind, which is quickly dissipated by the warm sunshine.
Zhang Yanke was no longer interested in chatting with Zheng Haizhu, who revealed her identity as a maid of the Han family. He turned his attention to several Jiading bamboo carving pen holders that Zhang Dai picked up in Songjiang Market.
In real history, Zhang Yanke was indeed a player with a wide range of interests and loved to play with everything. In order to have fun and think thoroughly, he could even bake the Xuande stove he finally found in the fire.
As for Zhang Dai, he spent a lot of time recording interesting things about Zhang Yanke's life in his collection of essays. It can be seen that he actually liked this cousin quite a lot.
On the small fairy boat, Zheng Haizhu, who was pretending to watch the scenery quietly, had already experienced ups and downs in his heart several times.
In Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty, celebrities emerged in large numbers. Taking root in Songjiang Prefecture, there will be big gains. This was Zheng Haizhu's plan, and it was also the reason why she was determined to go north from Quanzhou after crossing.
I didn't expect to get to know Zhang Dai and Zhang Yanke.
If the memory is correct, the great-grandfather of Zhang Dai and Zhang Yanke was an official, and his great-grandfather won the first prize. The Zhang family not only has deep roots in Shaoxing Prefecture, but also has friendships with key figures of the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party. Zhang Yanke's father, Zhang Lianfang, was a collector and his family was extremely wealthy. Otherwise, he would not have been able to afford the luxury of Zhang Yanke, a dandy.
Zhang Dai's father, Zhang Yaofang, was a clerk in Prince Lu's Mansion in Shandong. Many years later, when the Qing army moved south, Prince Lu fled to Shaoxing. Zhang Dai came forward to receive him with great fanfare. It can be seen that although Zhang Dai failed in the imperial examination and was only a scholar when he was old, his status as the grandson of Zhang's family has always been stable.
Zheng Haizhu looked back at the various people who had formed friendships through his own efforts or chance since time travel, and slowly figured out how to integrate these resources bit by bit.
