After the Kaifeng Mansion certified the contract, the money was paid, and the house immediately belonged to Chu Qian, of course, the matter was not so easy to end, the contract was just established, Pan immediately invited a few craftsmen from the market, and told them their ideas with great interest, hoping to realize their ideas for the house with the help of the skillful hands of the craftsmen, and Chu Zhen was also entrusted by Pan's to work as a supervisor in the house, and took time to come to inspect the cleaning and repair of the house every day.

In the early morning of this day, Chu Zhen took a leisurely turn in the courtyard, and instructed the craftsmen to work hard, not to cut corners, and strive to complete it as soon as possible, and then walked out of the mansion and went straight to the lively and bustling Little Sweet Water Lane.

"Young Master Chu is here, come in quickly." Hearing the knock on the door, the housekeeper of the He Mansion opened the door, and when he saw that it was Chu Qian, he immediately showed a kind smile.

"Old butler, please pass these gifts to the mountain chief." Chu Zhen said softly and presented the gift box in his hand.

"That boy is here for a moment, let me report it." Some doubts took the gift box, glanced at the gift list, the old housekeeper's eyes slowly lit up, the smile on his face became more and more intense, and he agreed very happily.

In the pavilion in the backyard of He Mansion, there is a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table, the pen has been stained with ink, but the rice paper is still white, He Shi is carefully observing the residual lotus in the pond, as if he wants to keep the scene in front of him in mind, and even the housekeeper approached the pavilion without noticing it.

"Bachelor, Master Chu is here." If it was in normal times, of course the housekeeper didn't dare to disturb it, but now he couldn't help it, and deliberately coughed lightly to wake up He She.

"Just let him in, why bother the old man." He Bu said in a deep voice, with a look of displeasure on his face.

"Young Master Chu brought a few gifts, and asked the bachelor to take a look." The housekeeper was not afraid, and handed over the gift list with a smile.

"Gifts?" Receiving the gift list with his hand, He Shi also felt a little puzzled, after getting along for so long, Chu Zhen should also understand his own personality, why would he make such a mistake, his eyes fell lightly on the gift list, He She's pupils suddenly widened, and a smile of joy bloomed at the corner of his mouth.

"Bachelor, Young Master Chu is still waiting outside." After the sound of the bucket, the old butler reminded.

"Let him wait for the old man in the study." Smoothing his beard, He Shi said in harmony.

"What about the gifts?" The old butler asked with a smile.

"Take it." He Shi waved his hand, as if he was in a hurry, and immediately hurried towards his bedroom.

He Shi's study, as Chu Zhen imagined, was full of books, occupying most of the space in the study.

"Childe, wait here for a while, and the bachelor will come later." The old butler said with a smile on his face, and retreated, wondering whether he should order the kitchen to set up a banquet.

The master didn't come, of course Chu Zhen refused to sit down and wait, looked around the situation in the study, went straight to a wall with a few calligraphy and paintings, looked at it carefully, and saw a residual lotus picture with the half-Zai Ailian that he wrote some time ago, Chu Zhen smiled, and seriously understood the essence of He She's painting, and after a while, it seemed that he had gained.

After thinking for a while, Chu Zhen moved two steps, and then looked at other calligraphy and paintings, and suddenly his eyes gathered, and he couldn't help but read softly: "If you live in the temple, you will worry about the people, and if you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about the king; The worries of the world are worried, and the joys of the world are happy. ”

Of course, Chu Zhen knew where this sentence came from, but what surprised him was that this word looked so familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Do you understand the meaning of that?" He She's thick voice sounded, and he walked in slowly, at this time he had already changed into a formal Confucian robe, and when he walked around, his wide robe fluttered in the wind, which really had a bit of Wei and Jin demeanor.

"Teacher." Chu Zhen turned around, took a few steps forward, and hugged his hands and bowed deeply.

A smile appeared on his lips, and it didn't disperse for a long time, He Shi agreed reservedly, walked to the wall, and stood with his hands in his hands, and his voice seemed to be a little emotional: "Fan Xiwen's mind, the old man is far inferior." ”

"Fan Xianggong is indeed the first-rate person in heaven and earth in history." Chu Zhen said sincerely, after all, he can write such a famous sentence that worries about the country and the people, and he is committed to practicing it all his life, no matter in any era, Fan Zhongyan has been affirmed and praised by the world.

"What you said may be a bit excessive, but the old man agrees in his heart." He Shi raised his eyebrows and said slowly, with a hint of approval between his eyebrows.

"Mencius said: Those who are happy with the people, the people are also happy, those who are worried about the people, the people are also worried about their worries, happy with the world, worried about the world, but those who are not kings are not there." Chu Zhen smiled and said: "Mencius's words are slightly inferior to Fan Xianggong's worries and worries of the world before the world and the joy of the world after the world. ”

After being silent for a moment, He She, who had respected the saint all his life, did not open his mouth to reprimand Chu Zhen for his careless words, but said with a chuckle: "Listening to your intentions, it seems that Fan Xiwen is very respected, why is this?" You know, he's just a degraded official. ”

"Fan Xianggong takes the world as his responsibility, and he is worried about the worries of the people, I respect it in my heart, but such a person has been demoted, which makes people regret it and deeply mourn it." Chu Zhen said seriously, people are like this, for things they can't do, they often admire people who can do it, but sometimes they hate and envy people who can do it.

"Jing Chun, you are still young, and there are some things that you haven't thought about yet." He Shi sighed and said quietly, thinking of Fan Zhongyan's current situation, he didn't have a taste in his heart.

Of course, Chu Zhen knew very well why Fan Zhongyan was demoted, in the final analysis, it was because of the failure of the Qingli New Deal, which was intolerable to many officials, although he knew that Fan Zhongyan was innocent, but Emperor Renzong could only do what most officials wanted in order to consolidate his rule.

"Jing Chun, has there been any progress in calligraphy and painting recently? What do you encounter? It seemed that he also felt that it was not suitable to continue this topic, He Shi coughed lightly, and asked kindly, since he accepted the gift of apprenticeship from others, he should have the responsibility of being a teacher.

Chu Zhen was naturally very interested in not mentioning Fan Zhongyan's matter, but seriously asked He Shi for advice one by one about the confusion he had encountered in his studies for many days, and He Shi pointed it out without reservation.

It was almost noon, and after sending Chu Zhen away, He Shi immediately returned to the study, took a few things, and prepared to go out.

"Bachelor, lunch is ready, where are you going?" Seeing this, the old housekeeper hurriedly chased after him and asked.

"Go visit a few friends." He Shi said with a smile, waved his hand and asked the old butler to prepare a sedan chair, and accepted a disciple, how could he say hello to those old friends.