Wen Zhengming was born in the same year as Tang Bohu, and was also a famous talent of the Ming Dynasty, and also lost the examination hall. Tang Bohu shattered the dream of Yuanyuan, Wen Zhengming was not much better, since he took the Xiucai examination, he once participated in the township examination, went to the provincial city to catch up with the examination, before and after the examination, he actually took the examination nine times, and at the end of the examination, he felt that he was old, and there was no meaning in the examination, and there was no official luck in this life. Therefore, Wen Zhengming decided not to take the tenth exam again.
Wen Zhengming's heart of merit and fame was originally weaker than Tang Bohu's, and he did not go through a wrongful imprisonment of Tang Bohu, so although the official field was hopeless, Wen Zhengming was open-minded and cheerful, in his opinion, true talent and practical learning were more important than anything else. After deciding not to take the imperial examination again, Wen Zhengming worked harder than before, and from then on, reading was to read for himself, he studied books, studied calligraphy and painting, although the sleeves were fresh, it was happy and leisurely.
Wen Zhengming and Tang Bohu are each other's confidants and appreciate each other, but there is one thing that is very different: Tang Bohu is a gentleman, with the first talent in Jiangnan to promise himself, Wen Zhengming is serious and stubborn, and he has a lack of interest in female sex throughout his life.
On this point, Tang Bohu felt very confused, and he turned his head to Wen Zhengming more than once to look at it carefully: "Strange, are men not lustful and not greedy?" I really don't understand. ”
Wen Zhengming always replied: "There are many interesting things in the world, and I don't understand why you like to drill into brothels." ”
"No, no, you must not have met the favorite, you are too closed to yourself."
Tang Bohu always did not believe that some people would not love beauty, in Tang Bohu's view, the ring fat swallow cover, each has its own advantages, in different beautiful women, you can find different characteristics. Wen Zhengming was so unremitting, this life was really in vain, so Tang Bohu decided to "rescue" Wen Zhengming.
In Tang Bohu's spirited youth, he once arranged a "yanyu" for Wen Zhengming, and Tang Bohu knew that if Wen Zhengming was invited to the brothel, it would really be to kill him as an old stubborn. So one day, Tang Bohu said to Wen Zhengming: "Today's spring is bright, you and I might as well go to Zhutang Temple, zhuzhishan will also come." ”
"Good!" Wen Zhengming did not doubt that he had him and went happily. Halfway through, suddenly halfway out of the way, two ambush prostitutes flashed out, one with fine white skin and picturesque eyebrows, one black and bright, and the smoke was flattering, the two were left and right, twisting their bodies, regardless of broad daylight, they were going to kiss Wen Zhengming's cheeks.
Wen Zhengming, an honest man, was frightened and ran straight forward, the two singers and prostitutes had never seen such a nervous and funny man, and they caught up with Wen Zhengming's hand and held it on the left and right, and kissed Wen Zhengming's body with affection. Wen Zhengming lost his temper, forcefully threw the hands of the two singers and prostitutes away, swollen his face, and pointed at Tang Bohu and Zhu Zhishan: "You two, you are extremely naughty." Then, as if he were running forward, as if a tiger was chasing after him.
Wen Zhengming was running too fast, and even tripped and fell, got up, patted the dust on his knees, and continued to run forward as if he was lifeless. He was a weak scholar, usually did not exercise, and the way he ran was clumsy and clumsy, Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, and the two singers and prostitutes all laughed.
Tang Bohu rubbed his laughing belly while he had a new thought, he rolled his eyes and said, "Next time, he will have no way to escape." After two days, Wen Zhengming's anger subsided, and Tang Bohu invited him to go to Shihu Lake to drink and sing poetry.
Wen Zhengming was peeling peanuts, and suddenly, a cold and cold hand reached out from behind and caressed Wen Zhengming's face, Wen Zhengming shouted and stood up, as if he had seen a ghost, Tang Bohu was very dismissive: "You are really incomprehensible, look at her jade hands, rich and more than enough, soft as boneless, such as jade shoots, like green onions, so beautiful." ”
Wen Zhengming hurriedly fled away, so as not to be caught by the jade hand, suddenly, seven or eight singers and prostitutes who had been hidden in the boat ran out together, yingying and swallows laughed incessantly, and the group surrounded Wen Zhengming, Wen Zhengming scratched his head and exclaimed: "My God! Turning around and about to throw himself into the lake, Tang Bohu was frightened and grabbed Wen Zhengming's shirt: "You can't swim again, and if you go down, you will die." ”
"Well, find a way to get me to leave quickly."
"Don't be so stubborn, learn to enjoy life." Wen Zhengming stood up and seemed to be ready to throw himself into the lake again, but Tang Bohu had no choice but to summon a small boat and let Wen Zhengming leave first.
Wen Zhengming walked away in a small boat, Tang Bohu continued to embrace the left and right, in his opinion, the beautiful people in front of him, each with its own abundance, he was intoxicated and fluttering, he could never understand what was going on with Wen Zhengming. However, after the second prank was fruitless, Tang Bohu was even more impressed with Wen Zhengming.
Especially in the future, when Tang Bohu was hit miserably, poor and destitute, and could not drink and drink every day, he admired Wen Zhengming's personality, Tang Bohu once wrote to Wen Zhengming, in which he frankly told: "Zhengzhong (Wen Zhengming Zi Zhengzhong) can be indifferent to the wine banquet, sound, color, flowers and birds, although the changes are also indifferent before, before Xiang Qi was seven years old as Confucius's teacher, I am ten months older than you, I am willing to take Confucius as an example, worship you as a teacher, this is not oral, this is also convinced." Regarding poetry and painting, I may still be able to compete with you, as for the scholarly conduct, when I see you, I am even more ashamed to hide my face and run away, I only want to sit with you in a corner, to eliminate the dirt in my chest, if I want to make the children of later generations admire the rules of the predecessors, it is none other than your excellency. ”
Although Tang Bohu and Wen Zhengming have different personalities, one is wild and the other is serious, they have always achieved the importance of literati, which is really not easy.