Chapter Nine: Traveling through the Seven Provinces, Swinging Qi Ileum
Deng Zhixin
thirty-six
After taking a boat day and night, Tang Bohu first came to Wuhu, Anhui, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where he stood on the shore of the lake and looked at the scenery different from Taihu Lake, where the smoke waves on the lake were vast and the fishing sails were dotted, with a unique atmosphere. Looking into the distance, there seems to be another lake in the lake, and the water of the lake blurs the island peaks, green trees and jungles, and the movement of human figures. Is it a mirage? Or another wonderland? Tourists told him: It is a lake in the lake, known as mirror lake. The mountain in the Mirror Lake, known as the Ochre Mountain, also known as the "XiongShan", the peak of the mountain, can be described as Wang Peak, is a must-visit place for people in the lower reaches of the sky.
Someone asked him, "Officer, can you go and have a look?" After being pointed out by tourists, Tang Bohu suddenly felt fascinated. He quickly stepped on the cruise ship and went straight to the ochre mountain, stopping to watch, it was really a mountain that was not high, and there were immortals and spirits. Look at the majestic peaks, the trees are green, and there is really a king's style. Looking at this Guanshan Mountain, I can't help but think of the mountains in my hometown of Suzhou, although the mountains in my hometown are good, but the mountains are not as famous as the temple. Such as Hanshan Temple, Yunyan Temple, etc., people only remember the name of the temple, almost forget the name of the mountain. In the face of such a landscape, Tang Bohu couldn't help but pick up a paintbrush and slowly sketch. That is to say, starting from the viewing of ochre mountain, every time he went to a place, when there was a charming scenery, Tang Bohu began to sketch, he not only had to collect the picture on the drawing paper, but also in the memory, for future re-creation according to the sketch.
Two days later, Tang Bohu took a boat up the river to Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and the must-see place after arriving in Jiujiang was naturally Lushan Mountain. Lushan north of the Yangtze River, south of Poyang Lake, the scenery is excellent, is the world's literati tourists must go, but the Jiujiang River is still far from Lushan, more than seventy miles. On this day, Tang Bohu borrowed the foot power provided by the donkey and rode a donkey to the foot of Lushan Mountain, looking at this legendary Lushan Mountain, which was named after the seven brothers of the Kuang clan during the Yin Zhou Dynasty, and the weather was different. Looking up at this mountain, the momentum is majestic, the peaks are towering, the peaks are magnificent, stretching endlessly, and the changes are endless. There are valley fairy caves, flowing water waterfalls, and there are large and small heavenly pools, and maolin bamboo cultivation, which is actually a fairyland on earth. When Tang Bohu first looked at Lushan Mountain, he felt that his breath was full of energy, and it was worth the trip. He decided to rest his feet, buy some food, and then follow the tourists to the heights and look far away.
After a short rest, Tang Bohu ascended to a high place, looking at the mountain rock, on the side of the cliff, countless historical and cultural relics appeared in front of him. Tao Yuanming, Xie Lingyun, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Wang Anshi, Lu You and other celebrity poems, each leading the way, wonderful. Among them, the poet Li Bai traveled to Lushan five times and wrote fourteen popular hymns. He wrote in front of the Horsetail Waterfall that the heroic verse "Flying down three thousand feet, suspected to be the Milky Way falling for nine days" is vividly remembered. Looking at the song Dynasty great writer Su Shi's dreamy sentence "I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, only because I am in this mountain", I wrote the magnificence of Lushan Mountain, which is really endlessly evocative and singing throughout the ages!
Ascending to the top is probably the common sentiment of the great poets of all generations. Today, when Tang Bohu ascended Lushan Mountain, it was inevitable that his poetry would flourish, only to see him watch the peak of the incense burner for a while, so he showed his paper and brushed his pen, and wrote a famous poem with the title of "Lushan Mountain" in one go. The full text is as follows:
How high is Kuang Lu Mountain, how heavy is the mountain rain? Thick and thick.
Burning Dan did not go to the wind and rode a donkey to see the incense burner peak.
Jiangshan black hat who crosses the water, rock inter-rock white people picking pine.
The ancient sentence grinds the cliff to leave the years, and the reading is diffuse for the contour.
After writing this poem, he roamed for a while, looked at the sun and tilted to the west, and hurried down the mountain with everyone, otherwise it would be very dangerous to stay on the mountain for the night. After descending the mountain, I found a nearby guest house to stay. Tang Bohu thought to himself, anyway, when he came out, he had to slow down, everywhere a person went, he was home, and the silver he earned in Yangzhou was enough to spend. Didn't Su Dongpo say in "Linjiang Xian Night Drink Dongpo Wake Up drunk" that "the boat has passed away from now on, and the river and sea have sent the rest of their lives"? In the future, it will be "the rest of your life in the river and sea"!
After breakfast the next day, Tang Bohu packed his bags on his back and continued to march to the foot of the mountain. It is a day, the sun is warm, the sky is high and refreshing, looking at the dangerous peaks of the mountains, or looming or appearing. At this time, some people have already made a quick start, climbing along the ancient boardwalk, and moving forward. Tang Bohu looked at it and lamented that tourists were seeking excitement and risked their lives. With a pen and paper, he sketched a "Boardwalk Map", so that the scene of these tourists climbing the boardwalk in the mountains will always be fixed on his painting paper. Then, Tang Bohu inscribed a poem on the screen:
The boardwalk is full of clouds, and the people are terrified.
Mo Yan said that this place is very rugged, and the turmoil in the world is even more uneven.
After the inscription of the poem, Tang Bohu was calm and relaxed, and moved to another scenic spot to prepare a sketch. He just opened the drawing paper, took out the paintbrush, only to hear a group of people behind him shouting: "Flash away in front, Wang Ye has arrived!" Tang Bohu looked back and saw that a big red official car had landed on the ground, and there were two four-clawed golden dragons wrapped around the top of the car, and the person who came out of the car was quite young, at first glance he was only in his twenties, dressed in an embroidered dragon python robe, wearing a black veil with wings spread, his face was white and innocent, his steps were calm, and his temperament was extraordinary. This prince was none other than Zhu Yuanzhang, the sixth grandson of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and the fourth generation heir of Zhu Quan, the King of Ning, named Zhu Chenhao, who was only twenty-one years old this year, and it was he who rebelled against the imperial court in the fourteenth year of Zhengde (1519) and almost subverted the throne of Daming. Before and after this prince, more than a dozen family members followed, like wolves and tigers, holding whips and sticks, shouting all the way, and sounding gongs to open the way. Two of them watched Tang Bohu unfold a paper painting in front of them, and without dodging, they rushed up and scolded: "Where are you from!" Don't you hear deafness? Do you dare to stop wang ye from driving to find death? Saying that the whip would come up, Tang Bohu instinctively dodged, the whip fell empty, and when the Ding family raised the whip to draw the second whip, he only heard Wang Ye shouting: "Stop! Those few people hurriedly withdrew their whips, nodded their heads and walked with Wang Ye to Tang Bohu, and one of them shouted, "You boy, you still don't kneel when you see Wang Ye!" Tang Bohu listened to the withdrawal of the paintbrush and did not kneel, but just clasped his hands in his fists and bowed down to give a salute: "The grass people did not know that Wang Ye had arrived, and this box made reparations!" ”
Wang Ye said, "Well, may I ask, you speak with a foreign accent, who is the one who came here to paint?" Tang Bohu replied: "The grass people are Gu Su Tang Yin, known as Tang Bohu is also, now traveling to guidi, seeing the beautiful mountains and rivers here, he painted it casually." When Wang Ye heard that it was Gusu Tangyin, he immediately smiled and said: "It turned out to be Jiangsu Tangyin who went to Beijing to test last year, you are erudite and talented, famous far and wide, but unfortunately you have been wronged, this matter has been slightly heard by the king, today here, fortunate to meet, fortunate to meet!" Saying that he had drunk Ling Jiading set up a table and stool in a flat part of the mountain, brewed tea, and invited Tang Bohu to drink and chat. Tang Bohu hurriedly stooped down and said, "The grass people are a cloth cloth, how dare they drink with wang ye?" ”
Wang Ye said, "Hey! How can I not drink? This king is accustomed to courtesy to corporals, not to mention that you Tang Yin is a talented man today, who does not know? Come on, but drink it. Tang Bohu was hindered by Wang Ye's hospitality, and if he did not drink with him, he was afraid that it would damage the majesty of Wang Ye, so he had to put away his paintbrush and sit down. After tea for a while, Wang Ye asked: "After I tried to leave Beijing and return to Suzhou last year, how can life be good?" Tang Bohu thought that when they first met, they could not have a solid reward in front of Wang Ye, so he pretended to be optimistic and said: "Prince Yu, the herbaceous people have no great ambitions, after returning home, they stoop to work, drink the water of mountain springs, eat grains and grains, have enough food and clothing, and do not ask about the future; in their leisure time, they travel in all directions, enjoy the leisurely scenery and water, and love the elegance of calligraphy and painting. ”
When Wang Ye heard this, he laughed and said, "Committed to the poor people's home, away from the struggle for authority, cannibalizing fireworks in the world, not asking about the affairs of the temple, food and clothing, although it cannot be compared with the gods, it is indeed fast!" I was born in the imperial family, although not for the king, but for the king of Ning. If one day, the king of Ning, who wishes for the peace of the world, one day, has a premonition that the world is not at peace, for the king and me, how can he do nothing and be at peace? alas! This king, I am born to worry about the fate, the affairs of the family, the affairs of the state, the affairs of the world, I worry about everything. Now I have the honor of meeting you, a talented man in the world, but do you have a brilliant plan to present to this king? Tang Bohu listened to King Ning's worried statement, and then listened to King Ning ask him to offer advice to relieve his worries. And is it a straw man who should be good at speaking? Thinking of this, Tang Bohu immediately smiled and complimented: "Although the grass people are in the folk, they have long heard of Wang Ye's great talent, all-round talent in literature and martial arts, and now ruling the party, and they are already rich and prosperous, rich and famous, singing and dancing, and the world yearns." As for the prince's long-term worries and near-term worries, forgive the grass people for being stupid, and there is really no good way. However, if the prince does not give up, the grass people are willing to offer a poem, and ask the prince to taste it carefully. ”
When Wang Ye heard it, he even claimed that it was good. He thought to himself that this Jiangnan talent was hindered by the majesty of the king, and he might not dare to offer advice in person, and he might be able to gain something by tasting his poetry. So he said, "Then ask your husband to offer poetry!" Tang Bohu pondered a little, and then wrote a poem that really made King Ning taste for a long time. The poem reads as follows:
Poetry to the King of Ning
Recite four rhyming poems, and who will you talk to?
The white head is also a good flower, and the bright moon will be difficult to take care of the wine.
Get a day of idleness, and be a thousand years of ridicule.
It is not full of things, ask me how I always don't know.
King Ning read it, and felt that the verses were fresh and tasteless, which was very different from those old and decaying works in the palace, and this poem was elegant and rhymed, and the meaning of the meaning overflowed on the paper. Busy smiled: "It is better to hear for a long time than to see it, today's reading of the poetry of the great talent really makes the king open his eyes!" Tang Bohu saw that Wang Ye's face was happy, and when he saw it, he accepted it, and hurriedly got up and resigned: "The grass people today have received the great love of Wang Ye and drank tea to teach them. However, the grass people still have to travel elsewhere, and they can't delay Wang Ye's precious time any longer. The prince said, "Or not!" Tang Bohu immediately made a farewell. Stepping out of Wang Ye's place, Tang Bohu was relieved, after all, he was unwilling to associate with the official family, let alone the Wang Ye nobles. Then Tang Bohu went to the place where Grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang fought Chen Youyi's small tianchi in the great war. On the Wangjiang Pavilion, you can see from afar, the meandering Yangtze River is mighty, and hundreds of boats come and go. Here, he continued to paint and sketch, compose poems and lyrics, and returned to the hotel at night, resting for two days, still riding a donkey back to the Jiujiang Inn. In the inn, Tang Bohu could not avoid remembering Wang Ye's hospitality for tea drinking and giving poems. I feel that this wang ye Zhu Chenhao, noble as a prince, brocade and jade food, what is insufficient? Jiangshan Sheji has his own emperor as the master, why should he say that he is worried about his life? In fact, Tang Bohu could not have imagined that this prince Zhu Chenhao had already rebelled against himself and plotted to overthrow the imperial court and become emperor himself. The purpose of entertaining him to drink tea and chat was to test Tang Bohu to see if he could use it for himself, which Tang Bohu absolutely could not have imagined.
A few days later, Tang Bohu left Jiangxi and went to Xiang'egan by boat, and when he arrived in Xiang'egan, he traveled for half a year.