Folk Tales: Companion Zhang Yushu

The Qianlong Emperor went down to Jiangnan, and Zhang Yushu served as an escort. Zhang Yushu is a native of Zhenjiang, familiar with Jiangnan customs, coupled with his flexible mind and witty speech, which is valued by Qianlong. However, he had strong self-confidence, and when he replied to Qianlong, he was inevitably competitive. Qianlong could not do without him, nor did he want to give him the upper hand in knowledge, and he was bent on finding difficult problems to cure him.

Once, they came to Zhenjiang. After playing on the shore for a few days, Qianlong felt that the Yangtze River was magnificent and better than on the shore, and he wanted to play on the river. Zhang Yushu then ordered that the boat be prepared immediately for the feast.

This day is the mid-autumn festival in August, and the moon is as bright as day. Everyone was drinking heavily, and Qianlong suddenly put down his wine glass and said, "Zhang Manzi, eating dumb wine is too boring, I will give you a pair." The upper link of the pair is: 'Dragon King Night Feast, Moon Candle Star Lantern, Mountain Cuisine Sea Liquid Land As a Plate.' You're right now. ”

Zhang Yushu drank the wine slowly and methodically, without making a sound.

Qianlong was very proud, he had been thinking bitterly all night about this shanglian, thinking that I would compare myself to the Dragon King and lay down a feast of this scale, which was a "absolute" pair, and see how you Zhang Manzi was against the Law.

At this time, he saw Zhang Yushu take a sip of the wine in the cup, and then said, "I am interested in 'The Jade Emperor Xingbing, the Thunder Drum Cloud Banner, the Wind Sword and rain sword heaven'. ”

Zhang Yushu's lower style was even greater, and Qianlong couldn't help but secretly admire it in his heart.

The next morning, they came to the river again, and suddenly saw a small boat in the center of the river full of goods, covered tightly with oilcloth. Qianlong had another problem and asked Zhang Yushu to tell what was on the ship. This is even harder to do. But Zhang Yushu replied as soon as he moved, "Long live our Lord, the ship is loaded with 'things'." ”

What the? Qianlong couldn't understand it for a moment. Zhang Yushu explained: "The reason why the subject is not called 'north and south' is because this ship comes from the east and goes to the west. I had to call it 'stuff'. I wonder if there is a better name for Viva? ”

Qianlong thought in his heart, there was indeed no more appropriate name, so he had to say: "Well, then call it 'thing'." ”

In the afternoon, Qianlong heard that there was a Jingdan Mountain in Zhenjiang, outside the East Gate, old and tall. Zhang Yushu accompanied him here to watch the mountains and waters of Zhenjiang.

Just halfway up the mountainside, Qianlong suddenly asked Zhang Yushu, "Zhang Manzi, what are we counting like this?" ”

Zhang Yushu said casually, "This is called step-by-step ascension." It turned out that Zhang Yushu had observed the color of his words, and he already knew that Qianlong was calculating him, so he paid attention to it. Because Qianlong was afraid to say the word "climbing" to climb a mountain, he avoided not saying it.

When he went down the mountain, Qianlong dragged Zhang Yushu again and asked, "Zhang Manzi, what do we mean by this?" In fact, Zhang Yushu had already calculated in his stomach, and when he heard Qianlong ask a question, he replied busily: "This is called the back head is still higher than the front head ◊."

Needless to say, Qianlong was most taboo to say the word "down" down the mountain, and whoever accidentally associated the word "down" with his emperor Lao Tzu would be "guilty of death." But Zhang Yushu knew himself and knew the other, so he did not fall into Qianlong's trap.

Qianlong could not defeat Zhang Yushu, so he had to admit defeat in his heart. He asked again, "Zhang Manzi, what do you produce in Zhenjiang?" Zhang Yushu said: "Produce pickle fish and crabs." Qianlong said, "No, I said loach production." This made Zhang Yushu inexplicable. Qianlong smiled and said, "If you Zhang Manzi hadn't grown up with a snack loach, how could it be smoother than a loach?" ”