Chapter 243: The county lieutenant is attacked

The next day, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and it was a rare good weather, the identity was different, and he did not pay attention to pomp, but would make others feel surprised, in order not to show his maverick, Chu quality made people prepare a generous gift, with a few entourages, and set off to the Shen family in a sedan chair.

Soon after, the sedan chair came to the door of the Shen family's mansion, according to the etiquette and rules of worship, a moment later, the door opened, under the invitation of the Shen family's door, Chu Zhi walked forward, admiring the garden scene that was very different from the architectural style of Bianliang.

The garden in the south of the Yangtze River, the layout is very ingenious, closely combined with the terrain, highlighting its landscape advantages, being decorated, and finally constituting a gorgeous and beautiful scene, and Shen Garden is exactly like this, the house building is cleverly hidden in the lush trees and jungles, the pond is connected, the pavilions and pavilions are dotted among them, the corridor turns, the corridor wall is hollowed out, the limited space is infinitely expanded, every few steps, you can see the different scenery "color", it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a winding path to the secluded.

On the post, Chu Zhen did not write the identity of the county, but only came to visit Shen Liao in the tone of a friend of the same generation, and the servant only knew that Qiantang had newly appointed the magistrate, but he did not know his name, thinking that Chu Zhen was an ordinary scholar, admiring Shen Liao's talent, and specially came to ask for advice, according to the previous practice, he was invited to the side hall.

"Young Master Chu, please sit down for a while, and the little one will go to report to the second son." Walking into the hall, there were naturally servants serving tea and entertaining guests, and then politely retreated.

The hall is elegantly furnished, several dusty and elegant landscape paintings are hung on the walls on both sides, the tables and chairs are scattered, and a delicate copper stove is placed on a few, the first floor seems to have a light smoke rising from near nothing, the elegant fragrance is permeated, and after waiting for a while, but no one came, Chu Zhisuo got up, approached the wall, and carefully watched the landscape paintings.

In a delicate attic in Shen Yuan, Shen Yao, who was plain and lightly dressed, sat cross-legged lightly, a pair of white and delicate hands, pressed on the strings in front of the table, her beautiful eyes were overflowing, charming, and a little bit of the beautiful and refined atmosphere of a flower girl, and several pretty maids were serving, holding her breath and concentrating, for fear of disturbing her interest in practicing.

After a while, I saw Shen Yao's right hand delicately buckle the strings, a few dingdongs, ten slender fingers like butterflies frolicking in the flowers, fluttering in the strings, elegant and graceful, the sound of the piano is pleasant, people are intoxicated, at the end of the song, the maids suddenly woke up from the dream, and hurriedly served tea and water for Shen Yao, a few small fans shook slightly, attracting a gentle breeze.

Lightly opening up the rich and seductive red lips, taking a sip of the elegant and lightly fragrant tea soup, Shen Yao slowly thought about whether there was something imperfect in his actions just now, and after a while, he smiled as if he had gained.

"Bottle, what time is it?" Shen Yao asked softly, stretched her body slightly, her upper clothes were slightly tight, her chest was towering and proud, and the mature charm of female "sexuality" was undoubtedly displayed.

Quietly glancing at the hourglass, the bottle hurriedly replied, "It's a moment." ”

"Well, there are guests at home, but I don't know how the second son greeted." Shen Yao said leisurely: "Bottle, you go and see, if you have a good conversation, then directly order the kitchen to prepare a luncheon for guests." ”

The bottle obediently agreed, and the small steps were turbulent, and it was only a few minutes after going out, and then he came back with a quick run, and the delicate little Qiong's nose gasped slightly.

"Stupid girl, it's not a hurry, what are you doing in a hurry." Shen Yao said with a smile, her slender hand slightly brushed off a few green silks that fluttered in the wind, and her beautiful face swept a trace of lazy style.

"Big lady, in the hall." The bottle didn't care about the soft body and pleaded guilty, and her pretty little face showed a little doubt, took a deep breath, and continued: "The guests are still waiting in the hall, but they don't see the second son. ”

As Shen Yao's personal maid, Bottle'er naturally knows more things than ordinary servants, and she is no stranger to the name Chu Qian, she has heard the eldest prince mention it almost every day these days, and just now the servant reported that a guest named Chu Zhen came to visit, and she immediately understood that it was the parent official of the county who came.

I was still a little curious, I wanted to take the opportunity just now to witness the dignity of the county lord, but I didn't expect to be outside the hall door, but I saw a personable son admiring the landscape calligraphy and paintings on the wall in the hall, and after inquiring, I learned that this person was a guest who came to visit the second son, and he actually made the county order wait for so long, this is worth it, how can he say that he is also the biggest nobleman in the county, and he is also a friend of the eldest prince, how can he be so lazy, he is anxious, and hurriedly returned to Shen Yao to report.

"It's been an hour now." Shen Yao'e frowned slightly, she wanted to test people's patience and sincerity, and she didn't have to be so long, not to mention his identity, it was Wentong's best friend, so lazy, after Wen informed, she must have been unhappy in her heart.

"Bottle, go and invite the second son." It seems that thinking about something, Ruida should be practicing calligraphy and painting at this time, paused, and pondered for a moment, Shen Yao ordered: "Invite the guests directly to the second son." ”

It's been two hours, and he is still calm, Chu Zhen also admires his patience a little, and is also thinking about whether to say goodbye first and go back next time, after all, Liu Bei has to take care of himself before he can ask Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain to help, and he only came once, and it is normal not to see anyone.

"Childe." walked in lightly, the bottle was soft, and a pair of wonderful eyes quietly looked at Chu Qian, this is the county official who is full of praise from the eldest prince, he is really young, and he is very handsome.

"Is there anything wrong with this girl?" Chu Zhen turned around slowly, a warm smile appeared on his face, and when he saw the bottle, he was indeed relieved, it was good for someone to come out, no matter whether Shen Liao wanted to see him or not, it was better to have a clear result, than to wait for a dull one.

"The second son is in the backyard, please move." The bottle whispered, her little face drooping slightly, as if she was a little ashamed.

Hey, it's really unexpected, I thought I was here to let myself go back, it's really bright, Chu Zhen of course has no opinion, happily go, in the Shen Garden, I saw a lot of elegant landscapes, and finally came to the backyard, only to see that in the small pavilion in front of me, there was a person wearing a robe and a Confucian robe, who couldn't see his face clearly, holding a pen in his hand, coming back to move, and I didn't know whether he was writing or painting.

"The second son is in front, and the little maid has retired." The bottle saluted slightly and quietly left.

Chu Zhi returned the salute to express his gratitude, slowly walked across the winding pond bridge, and came to the small pavilion, but saw that the people in the pavilion were concentrating on painting, and they didn't seem to notice that someone was approaching.

He was about twenty years old, with a handsome face, somewhat similar to Shen Yu, his eyes were bright, and a trace of coldness flashed from time to time, it should be Shen Liao, he looked at it quietly for a moment, Chu Zhen felt a little at ease, and did not bother with words, he approached slightly, and carefully looked at the paintings on the stone table.

This is a picture of enjoying flowers in the middle of the night, a person in the painting, untidy clothes, seems to be hurriedly draped, standing in front of the courtyard, bowing his head down, looking at a slowly opening epiphany, the sky starlight is dim, faintly flickering, the sky "color" seems to be a little bright, a crescent moon that seems to be absent faintly emerges in the air, in the corner, a rooster shakes its wings, seems to stretch its neck and crows, the painting renders a kind of silence, although it has not yet been completed, only a few strokes of decoration, but on the whole, it is indeed a masterpiece, a pity

"But there is a clerical error." Chu Zhen sighed lightly, shook his head slightly, suddenly noticed that something was wrong, raised his head slightly, but saw that Shen Liao had already put away his pen and turned back, his eyes flashed a little stunned and a trace of "confusion" and "confusion".

Too lazy to investigate why Chu Zhen appeared here, Shen Liao asked directly: "You just said that I made a mistake in this painting, where is it?" ”

Chu Zhen groaned, carefully observed the picture, thought about it for a moment, felt that he should not have made a mistake in judgment, smiled, and asked softly, "When are you in this painting?" ”

"At the end of the day." Shen Liao said, that is, around four or five o'clock in the morning.

"That's right." His physics grades were still passing, Chu Zhen nodded lightly, stretched out his hand and pointed to the crescent moon in the painting and said: "The mistake is here, after midnight, it should be the last quarter moon in the sky, but you painted it as the first quarter moon." ”

The first quarter moon is the moonrise at noon and the moon sets at midnight, from noon to dusk because it is in the daytime, the moon phase cannot be seen only from dusk to midnight, while the second quarter moon is the moonrise at midnight and the moonset at noon, which can be seen from midnight to early morning, and from early morning to noon it is during the day, the moon phase is not visible, only the second half of the night is visible.

In order to memorize this, he almost didn't faint himself, so Chu Zhen remembered this vividly, and it was definitely not easy to forget, and the moon in Shen Liao's painting was D-shaped, which was clearly the first quarter moon, and you must know that the first quarter moon was already gone at the time of the child (twelve o'clock), where would it appear at the end of the year.

Knowing from Shen Yu that Shen Liao also heard the "sex" of instant joy, Chu Zhen was relieved to point out his mistake directly, and was waiting for Shen Liao's thanks proudly, but heard him "confused" and "confused" and said puzzledly: "Upper string, lower string, what do you mean?" ”

The knowledge of the moon phase has not been forgotten, but he does not remember the generation gap between ancient and modern times, Chu Zhen was depressed in his heart, and hurriedly explained, pointing fingers, and finally let Shen Liao understand, of course, the relationship between the sun, the earth and the moon, it is not yet when Copernicus, Chu Zhen will definitely not say it, but clearly tell Shen Liao that there is a difference between the shape of the moon in the sky in the first half of the night and the second half of the night.

"Brother Ruida, is this painting a fiction?" Chu Zhen asked tentatively, if it wasn't an imaginary diagram, it would mean that Shen Liao usually didn't pay attention to observation.

"Yes, yes." After a pause, Shen Liao nodded in acknowledgement.

As expected, because the first quarter moon appeared in the first half of the night, many people did not sleep at this time, and they were naturally impressed by the moon in the sky, while the second quarter moon was in the second half of the night, most people slept, and naturally few people paid attention to what shape the moon was, so when drawing the moon, most people liked to draw the moon that was not a full moon as the first quarter moon, and obviously Shen Liao also made the same mistake.

"I don't see and hear things, but I guess whether they exist or not, but what?" Chu Zhen shook his head and said, secretly refreshed in his heart, this kid made himself wait for a long time, and now he finally found a chance to take revenge and come back.

Mainly because he was afraid that Shen Liao would ask him how he knew so clearly, Chu Zhen naturally wanted to find a reasonable explanation, and it was indeed a good excuse to be careful and observant in everything.

"Taught." Shen Liao bowed his hand gently, and his attitude seemed to be a little stiff.

Chu Zhi is very knowledgeable and accepts it when he sees it, so as not to provoke "Mao" people, and smiled when he heard this: "In Xia Chu Quality, the word Jingchun has seen Brother Ruida." ”

"I know, the cousin of Qiantang County is polite." Shen Liao said, there seemed to be a hint of a smile in his voice, after all, this title is really inappropriate to use on Chu Zhen, who is not yet twenty years old.

"Just call me Jing Chun." Chu Zhen smiled bitterly and said, I am in my prime, don't call yourself old.

"Sit down." Shen Liao said, tearing the painting on the stone table away, "crumpleing" it into a ball and throwing it away, not feeling a pity at all, the ancient literati generally had very strict requirements for their own works, and they absolutely could not tolerate failures, and this action also showed that Shen Liao chose to believe in Chu Zhen and admit his mistakes.

"I just heard that Brother Wentong said that Brother Ruida likes gold and stone calligraphy and painting, but I didn't expect my attainments to be so high." Chu Zhi sat down calmly and said with a chuckle: "The brushwork is smooth and organized, and it seems to be a school of painting style. ”

"Well, I've seen your paintings from my eldest brother too." Shen Liao nodded slightly, and his cold face seemed to ease slightly.

Hobbies of gold and stone calligraphy and painting, which is similar to Gao Shilin, his "temperament" is cold, just like Chu Jue, one is a friend, the other is a brother, just treat it as talking to them at the same time, Chu Zhen secretly thought, and his smile became brighter and brighter.

After chatting for a while, Shen Liao had to admit that Shen Yu's words were right, and there was no mistake in describing Chu Zhi with being well-informed, especially for the understanding of calligraphy and painting inkstones, although he didn't want to admit it, it was indeed above himself, and they originally communicated with each other, but now they only have a share.

Looking at Shen Yu who was listening carefully, Chu Zhen hooked a smug smile between his lips, Shen Liao is certainly extraordinary, but he is a little arrogant, obviously he rarely communicates with people, his knowledge only stays in books, and he is naturally not so clear about some remote anecdotes, and the literati of Bianliang City, what they like most is to gather and chat, in order to "show" their faces in front of everyone, it can be said that they racked their brains, and they showed off what was out of the way, and they listened to it more times, and Chu Zhen, who had a good memory, naturally wrote it down.

"Oh, I didn't pay attention, it's almost noon, and it's time to say goodbye." Speaking of the key point, Chu Zhen looked up at the sky and quickly got up in amazement.

"Don't worry, stay and eat." Shen Liao said subconsciously.

Waiting for this sentence, I was secretly happy in my heart, just when Chu Zhen wanted to push the boat down the river, but saw a servant rushing in from outside the pavilion, and said in a panic: "Second son, there is a messenger in the house, and he keeps saying that he wants to see the county magistrate, no matter how I explain it, I won't listen, how can the magistrate be there." Obviously, this servant didn't know Chu Zhen's identity either.

"There must be something urgent in the yamen, otherwise it wouldn't have come to the door." Chu Zhen frowned slightly, and arched his hand towards Shen Liao: "Brother Ruida, I am entangled in mundane things, so I have to say goodbye and leave, and I will visit you next time to talk to you." ”

"Walk slowly." Shen Liao returned the salute and shouted lightly: "Don't send it to the county magistrate soon." ”

Looking at Chu Qian's figure gradually moving away, Shen Liao sat down, and after a while, he came back to his senses, thinking of the situation just now, and secretly hated: "What a mistake." ”

"Ruida, what are you doing?" Shen Yao smiled, and Ying Ying walked over.

"Eldest sister, you've been here all along?" Shen Liao's face changed slightly, and a hint of ruddy swept through.

"Well, there are guests at home, so naturally I want to come and take a look." Shen Yao smiled and said: "In the end, I still can't rest assured of your temper, no matter what people say, they are also county magistrates, and we are small families, so we can't afford to offend." ”

Shen Liao quietly rolled his eyes, if even the Shen family is a small family, then the landlords of Hangzhou City are all people's homes.

Glamorously ignoring Shen Liao's movements, Shen Yao continued to smile: "What I didn't expect is that Ruida has grown up today, and he is willing to chat with the county magistrate for a long time, which really makes me happy." ”

Sarcasm, definitely sarcasm, Shen Liaojunyi's face was a little fiery.

"Not only that, but also a rare let go of his posture, did not open his mouth The county magistrate ridiculed the shallow and ignorant, leaving a little face for the other party, this is what I feel the most gratifying, Ruida finally understands the world." Shen Yao sighed faintly, raised her sleeves and stroked her snow-white cheeks a few times, and said softly: "Presumably Wen has been informed, too." ”

"Sister Yao." There was a hint of pleading in Shen Liao's voice.

After a silence, Shen Yao laughed, her beautiful eyebrows and hairs bent into a half moon, and her full and ruddy seductive cherry lips hooked a coquettish smile, and said: "Ruida, how about it, this little county official is not very old, and he does have a bit of talent, otherwise if you don't look at Wentong's face, you will reluctantly obey others." ”

"Kneaded" rubbed his forehead, Shen Liao's expression was very helpless: "Sister Yao, first, the eldest brother doesn't need me to give face, and second, I am not a young lady in the painting boat." ”

"Alright, let's be serious." After laughing for a moment, Shen Yao said softly: "This small county official has a good character, as Wentong said, his talent is also extraordinary, you can consider it." ”

Shen Liao was silent, his head rested lightly on the railing of the pavilion, and his eyes flashed with complex "colors", seeing this situation, Shen Yao knew that Shen Liao had moved his mind, chuckled in his heart, got up, and was about to leave.

"Sister." Suddenly speaking, after a pause, Shen Liao said, "You are in such a hurry to find him to return to the Ya, do you know what's going on?" ”

After looking at Shen Liao carefully for a moment, seeing that his eyes flickered and he didn't dare to look at himself, Shen Yao smiled slightly and said, "Who is missing from the Qiantang County Yali now?" ”

With a flash of his eyes, Shen Liao said slowly: "Li Shida." ”

"What? You repeat. Chu Qian, who hurriedly returned to the county office, was full of hesitation, and some couldn't believe what he heard.

"My lord, County Lieutenant Li was beaten." A certain official said cautiously.

Although the county lieutenant is only a petty official from the ninth grade, and his status in the county government is still ranked behind the main book, but he is in charge of the armed forces of the county, and there are dozens of foot archers under the wield, and they generally only beat people, but now they are beaten, it is really unusual, of course, no matter how small an official is, someone dares to attack the imperial court official, and the matter is not trivial.

"What's going on, tell me in detail."