Chapter 355 Poetic Beauty

Hearing that Meng Yuman understood what he said, Jiang Rumeng said lightly: "Well, he is not as talented as Qian Qianyi. He just works for a hedge fund in the United States, and everything is about money interests. Then He looks like he is welcoming the surrender, just like Qian Qianyi."

Although the tone is the same as before, Ding Mu, who has mastered the passive skill of Qianmen, still feels the resentment in Jiang Rumeng's words, and the life stories of Liu Rushi and Qian Qianyi flashed through his mind quickly, and followed When these educated people are together, if they don't have any ink in their stomachs, they don't know what the other party is talking about.

   Although Liu Rushi was in Goulan back then, he was the darling of thousands of celebrities. At the age of 14, she married Zhou, a bachelor who was over sixty years old, as a concubine. Zhou Zhuangyuan was born, and he often held her on his lap and taught her to read poetry and literature. The other wives and concubines became jealous. After Zhou's death, Liu Rushi was forced to leave court and resume her old career in brothels.

  After that, Liu Rushi lived in Songjiang, changed his old name, and called himself "Ying Lian", expressing his self-pity in troubled times. In Songjiang, he communicated with Fushe, Jishe, and Donglin party members. He often wore Confucian men's clothing, talked about current affairs, and sang poems with them. Liu Rushi has high requirements for choosing a husband, and she doesn't like many marriage proposals from celebrities, and she only stays at the stage of friendship.

  Until the age of 23, Liu Rushi married Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin and a well-known bureaucrat, and lived a happy life. However, Emperor Chongzhen soon hanged himself. After the Qing army occupied Beijing, Nanjing built the Hongguang small court, and Liu Rushi supported Qian Qianyi as the Minister of Rites of Nanming. Soon after the Qing army went south, when the soldiers approached the city, Liu Rushi persuaded Qian Qianyi to throw himself into the water with him. I want to sink in the pond", but Qian Qianyi insisted on it. So Qian Qianyi surrendered.

  Thinking of this section, Ding Mu interjected, and said, "It seems that the boyfriend of Miss Rumeng, who was finally chosen with great difficulty, has limited integrity. I didn't expect that you would be so patriotic."

  Jiang Rumeng seemed to feel that she was in a bad mood, so she changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this, we have already arrived, so let's get off."

   "Where is this place?" Meng Yuman got out of the car and looked around, seeing buildings with white walls and black tiles, she couldn't help asking curiously.

   "This is an extremely famous place. It was a wealthy area during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Let's start roaming the Qinhuai River from here today." Jiang Rumeng smiled slightly and asked, "Can you guess it?"

  Ding Mu and Meng Yuman looked at each other in blank dismay. They came to Nandu quite suddenly and did not do their homework beforehand.

  Jiang Ru dreamed that the two of them were confused, so he began to chant poems: "Weeds and flowers by the Zhuque Bridge, the sunset at the entrance of Wuyi Lane, and the swallows in front of Wang Xietang in the old days flew into the homes of ordinary people."

   "I'm going, this is Bird Clothes Lane!" Ding Mu sighed, "I really didn't know that Bird Clothes Lane looked like this."

"This is behind Bird Clothes Lane, we can go to the shore of Qinhuai River by passing through here." Jiang Rumeng is obviously familiar with this place, explaining, "Right now Bird Clothes Lane is not prosperous, tourists mainly come to imitate antiques. Look at the Huatang of the Wang and Xie families. The Wang family is famous, and there are great calligraphers such as Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi; You can hang on to it."

"When Liu Yuxi wrote that poem, Wang's family and Xie's family no longer existed, let alone today. When I look at this newly built former residence, it is nothing more than a handicraft store, but it's just a place to sell things." Ding Mu said Don't look at the reconstructed fake monuments.

  Jiang Rumeng Bingxue was smart, and immediately understood Ding Mu's preferences. She led Ding Mu and Meng Yuman through Wuyi Lane, and came to an ancient ferry and said, "This Taoye Ferry is the old site."

  Meng Yuman looked at the water flow near the ferry, and said disdainfully: "This is Taoye Ferry, I don't think the water flow is too urgent. Taoye must be acting like a baby."

  Ding Mu didn't understand what this had to do with the water flow, so he couldn't help casting a questioning look.

Jiang Rumeng said: "It is said that Taoye, the concubine of Wang Xianzhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, needed to travel frequently to this ancient ferry near Wuyi Lane. Because of the rapid current here at that time, Taoye, the concubine, was naturally a little scared. Wang Xianzhi wrote "Taoye "Ye Ge" presents: "Peach leaves repeat peach leaves. You don't need boats to cross the river, but you don't have to worry about crossing. I will welcome you." And every time I go to the ancient ferry to welcome and send peach leaves across the river."

"Hi. I know this poem." Ding Mu knew as soon as he heard it that the two girls had something in common. They both liked tender oaths and touching poems, imagining the ferry of farewell and the happy face of leaving, but he was very disdainful , what's the matter.

  Meng Yuman was very familiar with Ding Mu, and said coquettishly: "This is a romance that has been passed down for thousands of years, you are really a block."

   "Yeah, that's how my dad named me. It's Mu." Ding Mu said sarcastically.

Hearing the quarrel between the two, Jiang Rumeng couldn't help but giggled and said, "Let's take a look at that Wende Bridge over there. There is a saying that 'a gentleman does not cross a bridge, but a bridge is not a gentleman.' Why do you guys do this? As a reminder, we need to find the answer from the scenery on both sides of the strait.”

With a glance of his eyes, Ding Mu understood the difference between the two sides of the Qinhuai River, and said, "After you remind me, it will be easy. On the other side of the two banks are the serious Confucius Temple and the Jiangnan Gongyuan, which pay attention to not seeing evil. The order is strict. The Qinghuai brothel, which is full of luxury and gold, must be a place with short spring nights and red curtains in the attic. A gentleman must not be a bridge."

   Meng Yuman teased and said: "Ding Mu, you are already on the bridge."

  Ding Muman said nonchalantly: "I'm not a gentleman. I set my goal of becoming a gentleman, but I never work hard in that direction."

  Jiang Rumeng felt a little envious when she heard the two talking and laughing freely. She said, "Because it is not a gentleman to cross the bridge, a gentleman should not cross the bridge and take a boat instead. That's why Qinhuai's light boats are so famous."

   "The customer service of this brothel is really good." Ding Mu nodded, "It's a pity... that era has passed. I don't have the chance to experience the life of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies again."

  Meng Yuman's face darkened when he heard what Ding Mu said, and he really wanted to cover half of his face with his hands. This Ding Mu talked everywhere.

However, Jiang Rumeng smiled and said: "Although the brothel is gone, there are still Qinhuai boat dishes. It is said that the driving forces behind these Qinhuai delicacies are those Qinhuai women. Grab a man's stomach. Dong Xiaowan, one of the eight beauties of the Qinhuai River, is actually one of the top ten famous chefs in ancient China. Let's try Dong Xiaowan's authentic Qinhuai boat dishes today."

  (end of this chapter)