Masuda Shinta finally met Pan Yun this time. On behalf of the Yamana clan, he invited her to Cuyu City.
Pan Yun refused, saying that her vacation was limited and she still had many matters on hand, so she had no time.
Masuda Shinta did not insist that she go to Cuyu City. What he truly wanted was for the Masuda Family to represent the Yamana clan in communicating with Pan Yun. Still, his lord had ordered him to extend the invitation, so once Pan Yun refused, he immediately had his answer.
As soon as Masuda Shinta met Pan Yun, the local magnates around them became certain that Pan Yun was indeed in Omori village, and they flocked there to offer incense.
Once the daoist temple became lively, Pan Yun set aside a day to remain there so people could see her. Then, with a wave of her hand, she took Zhang Weiliang and the others, who had been stranded there for a long time, back to the academy.
On the sixth day of the sixth month, the Scripture Drying Festival, the academy did not grant a holiday, but neither did it hold classes. It simply required the students to take out all their scriptures and air them, thoroughly clean the library, classrooms, and other places, and open the doors and windows so the blazing sun could shine inside and dry away every trace of mold and dampness in the air.
From late March through early May each year, Jiangxi encountered the plum rains. It was humid and hot, and the floors and walls were damp enough to seep water. Clothes washed at such times would not dry after three days; even when they finally did, they carried a clammy, moldy smell.
That was why the Scripture Drying Festival on