Chapter 52: Lanting travels far away, and the heart chases the hand
In the main hall, Lu Yizheng was staring at the sand table in front of him with a frown, Li Mubai stood by his side with an anxious face, Zhuge Chongyi shook the feather fan and smiled, Zhuge Ning and Zhuge Zhi stood on his left hand with their hands down, staring at the sand table without blinking, and they were also meditating, but Zhuge Jing and Zhuge Yuan were standing on his right hand scratching their ears and cheeks, with a look of chagrin and impatience. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Third brother, you're going to lose this time, hahahaha!" Suddenly, a wild laugh came from outside the hall, and with the sound of earthquake-like footsteps, a big man with a sloppy beard and a dirty suit shook his head and broke in with a smug face.
"Uh," the dirty-clothed man broke into the hall and saw that there were still two people he didn't know, and he was stunned on the spot, and when he saw that it was not Ning Jingzhiyuan's four nephews standing next to the sand table, he couldn't help but "Huh", and blurted out to Lu Yi: "Who are you?" How can it be in my Zhuge Mansion? ”
Although he doesn't like the way of martial arts, he is resourceful and strategic, and is in charge of the three major organizations of listening to the wind, peeping clouds and flowing in, and is extremely familiar with the people in the ancient town, but he has never seen Lu Yi and Li Mubai, so he immediately became suspicious.
Lu Yizheng was concentrating on the ancient strange array under Zhuge Chongbu in the sand table, and just had a clue in his mind, but he was disturbed by Zhuge Wen who suddenly broke in, and his heart was suddenly angry, and when he was about to scold, he looked up and saw that the person who came was dressed as a flower child, holding a scroll of calligraphy and paintings like a treasure in his hand, and he was stunned there.
Li Mubai was standing next to Lu Yi facing the door, the first to see the dirty-clothed man coming in, he was also shocked at first, but soon saw that although the dirty-clothed man was flying, he didn't know martial arts, and he thought that the dirty-clothed man shouted "Third Brother" before entering the door, looking at his outfit and age, he was obviously calling Zhuge Chong.
The person who calls Zhuge Chong "third brother" in the Zhuge clan and can come and go freely in the house must have an unusual identity, Li Mubai thought about it and prepared to come forward to salute, although Zhuge Chong favored Lu Yi, but it was because he mistakenly thought that Lu Yi was Yu Mian, so he must be careful everywhere in Zhuge Ancient Town, and he must not lose his manners, otherwise something will go wrong.
Zhuge Chong was also stunned when he saw Zhuge Wen, thinking that there were still Lu Yi and Li Mubai in the hall at this moment, but the clan brother looked like he hadn't taken a bath for ten days and a half months, and couldn't help but scold: "Fourth, there are distinguished guests, what kind of system are you like this?" Hurry back and clean up and change the pair. ”
The Zhuge clan is the founding prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty after Zhuge Kongming, although after thousands of years still admire the Han style, in this small ancient town, people dress up, stand and sit to welcome, and the etiquette also follows the etiquette system, Zhuge Wen's dress is indeed shocking enough.
Zhuge Wen really hasn't bathed in a bath and changed clothes for half a month, since he got the Tang Dynasty calligrapher Feng Chengsu's copy of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", he regarded it as a treasure, devoted himself to studying, and also made a bet with the third brother Zhuge Chong to copy a pair of "Orchid Pavilion Preface" that surpassed Feng Chengsu within a month, and since then he has begun to study all day long without sleep and food.
At this time, the copy was finally successful, since Feng Dianyi's version was full of confidence, it was the time to be ecstatic, where to care about the messy hair, sloppy beard, and the smell of clothes, the fault is that it is now the turn of winter and spring, if it is summer, it is estimated that lice are running all over the body, and the smell of sweat can stun all the people in the hall.
Zhuge Wen was already itching when he thought of the bet with the third brother, where could he take care of any customers? Not to mention letting him shower, change clothes, and dress up. So he was stunned for a moment and then strode in front of Zhuge Chong, carefully unfolded the calligraphy and painting scroll, looked at Zhuge Chong with a smug face, and said clearly: "Look, you will lose this time!" ”
Zhuge Chong's love for poetry, calligraphy and painting is not as good as that of his brother, but his appreciation ability is also good, his eyes lit up when he saw the first two sentences, and after he read it word by word, he couldn't help but stroke his palms and praised: "The gesture is exquisite, sparse and simple, floating like a floating cloud, like a dragon, sure enough, the world's best, compared to Feng Chengsu and Yu Shinan, it is still three points, and the foolish brother is here to congratulate the fourth brother." "But it's a thing that doesn't mention the stakes.
Zhuge Wen heard Zhuge Chong's praise, first grinned, and waited for a long time and didn't hear that he was willing to gamble and lose, and offered the bet, he was immediately anxious, only to see him roll up the calligraphy and painting scroll, carefully insert it behind his back, cross his waist with his left hand, and point at Zhuge Chong with his right hand, and said angrily: "Third child, since you have admitted that my "Lanting Preface" is better than Feng Dianyi, why don't you quickly hand over the "Far Away Post" to me for safekeeping!" (Editor's note: Feng Chengsu once served as a provincial ceremonial officer, so later generations called it this.) )
Lu Yi's thoughts were disturbed by Zhuge Wen and he was about to get angry, when he looked up and saw Zhuge Wen dressed like this, chatting with Zhuge Chong about calligraphy as if no one was in the hall, and even made a fuss because of a "Far Away Post", he couldn't help but ask Li Mubai next to him curiously: "Brother Li, what kind of treasure is this "Far Away Post"? ”
Li Mubai has a lot of research on qinqi calligraphy and painting, although most of them are the works of "poet immortal" Li Bai, but "Far Away Post" is the best cursive script, he has seen the copy of the version, the number of words in the whole paste is not much, but it is smart and elegant, full of fun, so he whispered to Lu Yi and said: ""Far Away Post" is Zhuge Kongming's cursive calligraphy, calligraphy in the long lines are very many, as if a word will involve the whole article, silk and lingering, the pen is continuous, the words are not finished, between the words is more looking forward to lingering, rhyme, flying and elegant, Such as hibiscus out of the clear water, such as the autumn moon into the empty mountain, the end is a cursive masterpiece. ”
"Hey, you actually know about "Far Away Post"?" Zhuge Wenzheng and Zhuge Chong were arguing, and when they suddenly heard Li Mubai's words, they suddenly grabbed his arm as if they had obtained a treasure, "Boy, come over and give a comment, see how I wrote this "Lanting Preface"?" It turned out that between Lu Yi's questions to Li Mubai, Zhuge Chong reluctantly handed over the "Far Away Post" and repented of his mind, and Zhuge Wen screamed angrily.
In the past two days, Zhuge Chong didn't know what kind of crazy thing he had to force Lu Yi to learn the formation with him, Li Mubai didn't like the formation, but he was afraid of falling into all kinds of strange formations, so he didn't dare to wander around the town, so he could only accompany Lu Yi and a few people, and all he heard every day was a strange formation, and the terms were almost crazy, and at this time, he suddenly heard Zhuge Wen ask him to taste and copy the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", and suddenly came to the spirit, and let Zhuge Wen drag him to the table.
"Huh!" As soon as Li Mubai's eyes fell on the calligraphy and painting, he couldn't help but sigh softly, his eyes stared unblinkingly, and his whole body was motionless as if an old monk had settled down.
Zhuge Wen heard Li Mubai's "huh", and his heart immediately rose to his throat, but he didn't hear the following after waiting for a long time, and suddenly scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, and couldn't help asking: "Boy, you should hurry up and say, how is my calligraphy?" ”
When Li Mubai heard Zhuge Wen's words, he came back to his senses, his eyes reluctantly moved away from the calligraphy and painting, and he tried his best to calm down his excited mood, and suddenly bowed to Zhuge Wen and said: "Mr. This article, chasing the sage of calligraphy, can be described as a masterpiece in the world, Mu Bai can see it today, and he is really fortunate to have three lives!" ”
Zhuge Wen is a straight man, although Li Mubai praised his calligraphy endlessly, but he didn't hear the answer he wanted, and suddenly said urgently: "Can you kid stop selling Guanzi, hurry up and tell me which is better than my "Orchid Pavilion Preface" and Feng Dianyi's?" ”
"I said that your calligraphy is straight after the sage, of course it is better than Feng Dianyi's!" Li Mubai thought depressedly, but said sincerely, "Nature, nature is better than him." ”
Zhuge Wen was satisfied, and laughed and said: "Third brother, this little brother said that I was better than Feng Dianyi's copy, I think you are still playing tricks this time?" Happily, the title of Li Mubai directly changed from "boy" to "little brother".
Although Lu Yi doesn't know much about calligraphy, he sees the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" on the table in one go, as chic and elegant as flowing clouds, and the words between the lines are even more sparse and dense, the bones are delicate, and the dot paintings are beautiful.
Zhuge Chong didn't pay attention to the provocation of his clan brother Zhuge Wen, but smiled faintly at Li Mubai and said, "I forgot that Hall Master Li is also a gentleman here, so tell me what is so good about this "Orchid Pavilion Preface"?" ”
Since the Tang Dynasty, calligraphers regardless of grass, line, Kai, Lizhi and the like, are very respectful of the calligraphy of the sage Wang Xizhi, especially Tang Taizong had personally ordered Feng Dianyi and other famous calligraphers at that time to copy the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", legend has it that after the death of Tang Taizong, the true handiwork of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" was also put into his grave, which made the later generations love calligraphy sigh.
Li Mubai is also one of them, there is also a copy of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" at home, often chasing hands, today by chance to see Zhuge Wen's copy of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", at a glance it is like being fascinated, at this time I heard Zhuge Chong ask about this copy of the good place, he can't wait to say that the whole article is good, and even Zhuge Wen deliberately wrote the wrong "lofty mountains and mountains" four words are also like nature, beautiful.
Li Mubai read this calligraphy again, and then commented: "Everyone looks at this article, the writing is fresh and elegant, the writing is like the wind on the water, there is no sense of stagnation, if the weight is light, obvious and hidden, and like a deep pool, it is beautiful."
I wonder if Mr. Zhuge drank alcohol when he wrote this article? Just looking at this spiritual snake, the rabbit rises and falls, and it is swept away, as if after a feast, Shen Yun is better than Feng Dianyi by three points. And the seventeen "zhi" words in this article, as much as possible to change, sprinkled, there is no same, so the calligraphy is Wang Xizhidu admits that it is difficult to write it anymore, but Mr. can do it in one go, how can it not be emotionally respectful? ”
When Zhuge Wen heard Li Mubai's evaluation, his old face suddenly turned red, and he peeked at the third brother Zhuge Chongzheng looking at him with a smile, he hurriedly turned his head away, and couldn't help coughing lightly twice to hide his embarrassment.