Song Zhi officials travel, especially slaughtering and executing travel, need to clear the street first, followed by the official sedan chair, the official sedan chair before the officials, carrying "quiet", "avoid" and other signs, while walking in front of the shouting, gongs to open the way, shouting to fight.

Today, Song Shangshu's left servant shot and Zhang Dan, the servant of the right gate, came to Cai Jing's residence in a light sedan chair.

"The late Cai Jing greets the Prime Minister." Cai Jing, who was dressed in civilian clothes, had already been waiting with his eldest son Cai You at the middle gate for a long time, and Cai Jing respectfully bowed his hand and saluted.

"Cai Chengzhi doesn't have to be polite." Zhang Dian nodded, looked at Cai You and asked, "Who is this..." ”

"Dogs." Cai Jing replied with a smile.

"What a handsome little gentleman." Zhang Dun opened his mouth and praised.

Although Cai You is relatively weak, his appearance is still with his father, his eyebrows are clear, and he still looks like a jade tree in the wind.

"Thank you, Prime Minister Dami, please." Cai Jing thanked with a smile, and then welcomed Zhang Dian into the mansion.

Zhang Dian is about sixty years old, Cai Jing is about fifty years old, both of them have passed the age of youth, but both of them were born in the family, erudite and literate, and at the same time the two were handsome and tall when they were young.

The two walked side by side, walking unhurriedly and with extremely chic movements.

What a pair of suave old men... The people of Cai's house all secretly said in their hearts.

Entering the guest hall, after the two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, the guests and hosts sat down, Cai Jing picked up a bowl of tea and asked, "I don't know why Duke Zhang came to the place?" ”

"Today, the old man is in a good mood, and he is happy, and he visits Cai Chengzhi, I don't know if it is abrupt?" Zhang Dian asked with a smile.

"Zhang Gong is tormented and late!" Cai Jing hurriedly said: "Zhang Gong can come to the Burrow in the middle of all the opportunities, and the disdainful room is full of brilliance, is it an abrupt move?" ”

"Hehe" Zhang Dian couldn't help but smile and said: "The old man recently heard that Cai Chengzhi has a new work, so this time I came to ask Cai Chengzhi for some ink treasures, I don't know if I can give it away?" ”

The star-studded literary circle of the Song Dynasty caused a trend of combining literati painting and calligraphy, from the Son of Heaven to the common people, who especially loved to study calligraphy and painting. The so-called "art is not pressing", the talented Cai Jing practiced calligraphy and painting in addition to studying scriptures, and his cousin Cai Xiang taught him.

At this time, Cai Jingkaishu was introverted, bold in writing, charming and steady, with extraordinary momentum and unique style.

Cai Jing is not only good at calligraphy, his painting can also be called a must, whether it is painting mountains and rivers, or flowers and birds, all can be allegorical shapes, random to get, the pen drives the creation, hair at the milliend, all things have their own physiology.

At this time, Cai Jing's work was praised by the subjects of Jingshi, and if he occasionally got it, he would regard it as a treasure, and even the princes and ministers did not hesitate to ask for it.

"Late clumsy is nothing more than scribbling." Cai Jing said humbly: "Since Duke Dezhang values it so much, he will be ugly today." ”

Without Cai Jing's instructions, Cai You walked out of the door, and after a while, he ordered someone to prepare the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

People say that Cai Jing's life is extremely exquisite, and now it seems that this is the case, Zhang Dian slowly tasted the tea, watching Cai Jing's father and son busy, and thought in his heart.

Although Cai Jing tried his best to hide it, the clothes on his body were ordinary silk fabrics, but the clues can be seen from the four treasures of his study.

Its pen is the Xuancheng Zhuge brothers made by the deer pen, is the best brush in the world, a branch can rival several other pens or even dozens of branches. Not only the pen, but also the pen that holds the brush is made of gold, and it is decorated with several longan-sized beads.

Its ink name is "Ink Trick", and the "Ink Ink" with the addition of dragon musk deer incense is made by Pan Valley, which is known as "Ink Fairy", which is actually a divine product in ink. Before Cai's father and son began to study ink, Zhang Dian smelled a faint fragrance in the air, which was refreshing.

The paper tiled on the wooden table is the Chengxintang paper produced in Shudi, which is also a kind of extremely precious paper, known as the "king of paper".

The inkstone used by Cai Jing is also extremely precious, it is Gexian inkstone in Fangcheng County, Tangzhou, Gexian inkstone is exposed by a few rays of sunlight from the wooden window, such as jade, such as Jianguang, and the ink is not slippery like clear mud, slightly grinded, the ink has been down and not hot and foaming.

There is also a pair of inkstones made of jade next to Gexian inkstone, but it is discarded, just for ornamentation, the reason is that insiders know that the hardness of jade inkstone is high, and it is not easy to ink, so it can only be viewed, and it is not suitable for grinding ink.

Cai You, who was grinding ink on the side, had slowly poured the ground ink into the jade inkstone at this time.

Although the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone used by Cai's father and son are extremely valuable, the imperial historian can't hold the handle of Cai's father and son...

The literati poured everything they had into buying expensive pen, ink, paper and inkstone, which ordinary people can also do, not to mention Cai Jing, the brother of Cai Bian, the vice minister of the imperial court?

This is also one of Cai Jing's cleverness, Zhang Dian sighed secretly in his heart.

Cai Jing splashed ink, and after a stick of incense, a pair of calligraphy and painting of "Green Pine Welcoming Guests" was completed, and he took out his private seal and stamped it with his own seal.

"It's ugly to be born late." Cai Jing put down the brush, washed his hands and said with a smile.

"Cai Chengzhi's painting is really extraordinary, and it is really immortal." Although Zhang Dian disagreed with Cai Jing, he still sincerely admired Cai Jing's calligraphy and painting.

"As Zhang Gong said, he was terrified in his later life." Cai Jing arched his hand and smiled: "Since Duke Zhang likes it, he will be framed and sent to the Prime Minister's mansion." ”

"So the old man is disrespectful." Zhang Dian then touched his long beard and smiled: "Come and don't be rude, Cai Chengzhi is like this, the old man also has a reward, come on, carry it up." ”

When the business came, Cai Jing secretly said in his heart, this time Zhang Dian came to Cai's Mansion by no means just to ask Cai Jing Mobao for such a simple matter, he must have other plans.

But to the surprise of Cai Jing's father and son, what Zhang Dian ordered someone to carry up was a box of fruit...

While Cai Jing's father and son were surprised, Zhang Dian pointed to the fruit that was brought up and said: "This box of fruits and vegetables comes from Xifan, which is an extremely rare childless pomegranate, and it is said that the taste is extremely sweet. The old man doesn't want to enjoy it alone, how about Cai Chengzhi please taste it with the old man? ”

Childless pomegranates? Pomegranates are common, childless pomegranates, Cai's father and son have never heard of it, let alone eaten it, although Cai Jing is still puzzled in his heart at this time, but it is difficult to be gracious, he does not dare and does not want to be a gift from the prime minister of the dynasty, so Cai Jing happily accepted this box of childless pomegranates from the Western Regions.

After a pleasant conversation between the two sides for half an hour, Zhang Dian took his leave, and Cai Jing respectfully sent him out of the mansion.

"My lord, what does he mean by that?" Cai You was holding a pomegranate and looking left and right, and he couldn't guess what Zhang Duan meant.

The pomegranate in Cai You's hand is no different from an ordinary pomegranate except that it is slightly larger, which makes Cai You puzzled.

"Dissect it and see." Cai Jing said after thinking about it.

Hearing this, Cai You found a knife and cut the pomegranate hard, and after looking at it carefully, he asked, "My lord, is it still ordinary?" ”

Not only is the appearance of the pomegranate not much different from the others, but even the inside, not only have seeds, but also many seeds, which are no different from other pomegranates.

Cai Jing stood up and paced back and forth a few steps, his expression solemn, as if there was something important that was extremely difficult to decide.

"My lord, what are you?" Cai You asked suspiciously.

"Da Lang, what color do you see in this thing?" After a while, Cai Jing didn't answer, but asked Cai Youdao.

"Crimson... Yes? Cai You understood a little, so he stammered and asked.

"That's right, it's Crimson." Cai Jing nodded and said, "In my court, who can wear crimson clothes?" No one dares to do this except today. ”

"My lord, what do you mean ... Is he referring to Imajo? Cai You asked in surprise.

"Hmm... Cai Jing nodded and responded: "Childless pomegranate, he means that there is no child today." ”

In fact, it is not that Zhao Xu has no queen, Zhao Xu still has a son and four daughters, but his only son Zhao Mao died three months after birth, and then he can no longer get a son, which has always been Zhao Xu's heart disease, and it is also Song's heart disease.

"He... What does this mean? Cai You asked in a trembling voice: "Even if you don't have a child today, but you are in the prime of youth today, and sooner or later there will be one, what does he mean?" ”

"It's easier said than done." Cai Jing said in a low voice: "Today's illness is difficult to heal, and the dragon body is not as good as a day, if it is true... Zhang Gong refers to the deer as a horse, and he takes precautions, and his father has to admire his deep meaning. ”

"My lord, he means that he wants to talk to you, my lord..." Cai You pressed the wooden door of the study again uneasily, and asked in a low voice.

When it comes to the emperor's heir, there is not much difference from licking blood from the knife, if you don't pay attention to it, you will be wiped out, of course, it is possible to ascend to the sky in one step.

Therefore, the sound of Cai's father and son's conversation is getting smaller and smaller, almost inaudible.

Cai Jing nodded.

"My lord, if it is true ... If that's the case, who do you think can sit in that position? Chapter... Who did he think it was? Cai You then asked.

"What Zhang Gong thinks, I don't know yet." Cai Jing replied: "But the person my father thinks he can do is none other than King Shen, King Duan, and King Jian. ”

Zhao Xu has no children. Song Shenzong Zhao Ji has a total of fourteen sons, of which he died early, including Zhao Xu, a total of six sons are alive, including Zhao Xu, there are nine sons Shen Wang Zhao Ji, the eleventh son Duan Wang Zhao Ji, the thirteenth son Jian Wang Zhao Qi and others, among which Shen Wang Zhao Yan is the oldest among the descendants of Shenzong in addition to Zhao Xu.

"My lord, in that case, what should we do?" Cai You asked again.

Cai Jing thought for a while and said: "In this case, we should befriend the three kings, and the three brothers Dalang, Erlang, and Sanlang will go to make friends with the three kings separately, and this matter should be carried out secretly." ”

"The child understands." Cai Yu responded.

"I don't know what Zhang Gong means." Cai Jing continued: "But the most important thing at the moment is in the palace, and this matter is sorted out by my father." ”

"Where is Zhang Gong, what about adults?" Cai You asked.

"I've got my own hands on this." Cai Jing replied.

Cai You nodded and finally asked, "Why did your lord deliberately use this precious four treasures of the study today?" ”

Cai Jing smiled slightly when he heard this: "He thinks I'm a greedy person, what do you think he thinks?" ”