"Brother Chen, this painting of yours is really wonderful!"

At the same time, in a well-appointed house, a man dressed in strange clothes was looking at a painting and exclaiming with emotion and praise. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is said that he is dressed strangely because although he is wearing a Central Plains shirt, the clothes do not fit, and when he moves, he often shrinks his neck and shrugs his shoulders, obviously not used to this outfit.

At the same time, on the hem and cuffs of the shirt, you can also see some ornaments made of small bones, some of which are directly sewn onto the clothes, and some are tied with a short thread, hanging down, and shaking with the swing of the arm, which looks nondescript.

However, Chen Zhi on the side understands that this kind of nondescript dress, in the eyes of Xianbei people, is actually a kind of beauty of clothing, which is like the later generations, many foreign costumes were spread to the Central Plains, and they should be localized and modified according to local tastes and aesthetics.

Xianbei people usually use bone ornaments as a dress when they live, and feel that this is a beautiful performance, so when wearing Middle-earth clothing, they will also feel that such decoration is the icing on the cake, and they don't realize that this kind of change is a snake in the eyes of the Central Plains people, and it is nondescript.

"However, this also reflects from a certain angle that the hunting industry of the Xianbei people, or at least the Tuoba Xianbei, has reached a certain height, but it has not yet fully affected the influence of slavery."

Thinking like this, Chen Zhi became modest in response to the man's words, and praised Tuoba Xianbei's artistic achievements in pottery painting, which made the other party smile.

Yes, the person standing in front of Chen Zhi and praising the painting was the person who Tuoba Xianbei, and he was the chief envoy of the Xianbei envoy group this time, named Tuoba Yulu, and was the nephew of Tuoba Xianbei's leader, Tuoba Yilu.

This person is tall, with a majestic face, with a thick beard, but the voice is not rough, but there is a peculiar rhythm, his Central Plains official language is very standard, and he is also good at Central Plains etiquette.

Of course, this way of etiquette is relative to other frontier Hu people, if you meet the Central Plains etiquette masters, in their eyes, there must be a lot of mistakes and omissions.

However, for foreigners, the Central Plains people tend to relax their standards, and they have always been strict with themselves and lenient with others.

After Tuoba Yulu arrived in Luoyang, he had just rested, and he hurriedly made a request-

He wanted to see Chen Zhi.

At that time, Chen Zhi was running back and forth between Honglu Temple and Taichang Mansion, and the errands were heavy, whether it was the arrangement of the Danqing Evaluation, the practice of the errand service during the evaluation, or the arrangement of the reception of the envoys in the Honglu Temple, Chen Zhi had to worry about it.

I want to insert a sentence here, the reason why the great Honglu Zhao Min attaches great importance to Chen Zhi is because Chen Zhi once gave him a letter of proposal, which mentioned the reception specifications, the occasion to be greeted, the manpower formation and so on.

These matters, the new Han Dynasty and the two Han Dynasty before it, in fact, some people have already noticed that Honglu Temple, as a foreign institution, has maintained close contact with the Taichang Mansion, and has done a good job in etiquette and specifications, etiquette is originally an important means to show the majesty of a great country and show legitimacy, and no one dares to despise it.

However, compared with the formalism and attention to detail habits of later generations, the hospitality of this era still seems a little rough, rough, and even rudimentary.

After all, the etiquette of later generations, no matter which country, has gone through hundreds of thousands of years of accumulation, and at the same time integrated the characteristics of multiple countries, and finally summed up a set of norms, which is of course different from the decoration at the time of the reign of this man, and the difference in material and spiritual pursuits also expands this difference.

Therefore, as soon as Chen Zhi's proposal was sent, Zhao Min saw the value and asked Chen Zhi to inquire, and after the two talked, Da Honglu immediately made a decision and asked Chen Zhi to take someone to arrange and improve the details.

Chen Zhi really completed it to his satisfaction, so Zhao Min changed his previous attitude, regarded Chen Zhi as an arm, and wanted to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, but he didn't expect to be disrupted by Deng Meng's order, and he was very annoyed.

Now, under the quarrel between the two Jiuqing, Chen Zhi has to coordinate and take care of both sides, and the burden is not ordinarily heavy, so when Zhao Min asked him what he meant, and asked him if he would like to receive Tuoba Xianbei's envoys, from Dahonglu downwards, they all felt that Chen Zhi would refuse politely, but what he didn't expect was that he actually agreed.

After he arrived, he also heard some rumors, knowing that Chen Zhi was busy with official business, so he was mentally prepared, thinking that Chen Zhi would refuse his request, but he waited for an unexpected joy, and he was very grateful to Chen Zhi, but he also knew how to advance and retreat, so as not to delay Chen Zhi's time too much, he counted the time and invited Chen Zhi to come out.

Today, he invited Chen Zhi out in the name of tea tasting and visiting friends, and his friend Chen Zhi also knew, and he also had some exchanges and exchanges, it was the famous people in the capital who were unique in calligraphy and painting, everyone, Zhao Yuan.

It turns out that Tuoba Yulu's clan brother, but also the son of today's Tuoba leader Tuoba Yilu - Tuoba Liuxiu, is in accordance with the usual practice, studying in Luoyang, this Tuoba nobleman likes to make friends with celebrities, and Zhao Yuan has a good relationship, the two sides often have contacts, and Tuoba Yulu has stayed in Luoyang in the past, through the relationship between the brothers and Zhao Yuan has a friendship, this time in order to come, he went out to visit friends, found Zhao Yuan.

Of course, in this process, Tuoba Yulu inevitably heard a story about Xunmei Lou from Zhao Yuan, and learned that Chen Zhi was proficient in many skills with the power of one person, and he couldn't help but yearn for it, so as soon as Chen Zhi came, he didn't say a few words, Tuoba Yulu couldn't help it, and asked Zhao Yuan to take out Chen Zhi's painting, and after observing it, he praised it sincerely.

"It's ridiculous, it's not a skill," Chen Zhi shook his head, "It's just that such heroes and heroes are admirable, and they have gained from attacking the Huns." ”

Tuoba Yulu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Chen Taile is a false praise, I am not a skill, but I am just fighting the autumn wind when the Huns are at war with the upper kingdom and it is difficult to be distracted." ”

"Don't be humble to each other, I'm tired of listening."

The master of this room, Zhao Yuan, sat on one side, looked at the two people in front of him, and laughed out loud, he faced Tuoba Yulu, a Hu nobleman, without a little arrogance and contempt in his words, and in the face of Chen Zhi, the current celebrity, he did not see humility and respect, but it was this style that made people feel that this person could be a friend.

Hearing his words, Chen Zhi and Tuoba Yulu looked at each other and smiled, and they both felt that their relationship with each other was a little closer.

After stopping the two of them talking, Zhao Yuan said to Chen Zhi: "The few people who helped Shouyi contact before, can they help?" They are all good at music and danqing, and according to you, it is the most suitable to use them for consultation. ”

Chen Zhi replied: "Zhang Jun and Li Jun are all talented people, and with their help, the Taile Department is like a tiger with wings, and can get twice the result with half the effort." ”

Zhao Yuan smiled, nodded and said: "That's good, a few of them, don't look at the weekdays of spending all day drinking, like to mess with flowers and grass, and are reprimanded by many people, in fact, they are all talented, but they don't like the officialdom, so they don't want to be officials, they are happy to be at ease, a few guys are not famous enough, let them give people a review and make comments, that is definitely not qualified, but just to help Taile Department prepare, that is more than enough, don't you know, these people have been noisy since they heard Shouyi you do in Xunmei Building, Let me introduce it, and now I can get what I wanted. ”

The few people Zhao Yuan and Chen Zhi talked about were Zhao Yuan's friends, and most of the people who could be his friends were talented people in Luoyang City, who had a skill in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and most of them had extraordinary backgrounds, either the sons of officials or the queens.

In Xunmei Building, Zhao Yuan had mentioned before he provoked the competition with Chen Zhi that if he lost, he would do his best to help Chen Zhi and provide him with convenience, which was not a false statement.

After all, whether it is a literary review or a danqing, if you simply rely on the preparation of the officials, you can make some formal preparations at most, and when it comes to the fields of culture and art, you should always pay some attention to the feeling, taste and style of the layout, otherwise you will not be looked at by the people of the academy, you know, what is valued in today's world is often these.

Therefore, the friends contacted by Zhao Yuan were of great help to Chen Zhi, and invisibly allowed Chen Zhi to gradually integrate into the circles of Luoyang City, at least these days, there have been a lot more invitations to invite him to the banquet.

"Speaking of which, these friends of Brother Zhao are all free-spirited people, and a certain family has also heard of it in the Northland, saying that it is the same as Brother Zhao and you, and there are many red faces," Tuoba Yulu listened to the two talking, and couldn't help but interject in, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he talked about the matter of the red Yicui, "I heard the six cultivators mention it, saying that Brother Zhao also gave people a lot of advice, and there are many famous people in Luoyang City, asking you for advice on the art of persuading women." ”

"This is not true, but it is a lie." Zhao Yuan laughed and shook his head, if another person heard these words, he would reprimand Hu Ren for not knowing the number of etiquette, but Zhao Yuan was not angry, he looked at Chen Zhi and saw that the other party did not have a look of disdain, so he continued: "Most of my friends don't like to be bound at home, and they don't want to follow the wishes of their elders, because they want to find their own pleasure, knowing that I am good at this, I often come to ask, but I don't say anything, because there is no need." ”

Tuoba Yulu was puzzled and asked, "Why is this?" ”

"People in the world think that most of the people who seek women's skills are jackals, but in fact, it is fallacious, the people who really want to seek help are often good people, because they are good-hearted and not good at picking their hearts, so they ask for teachers," Zhao Yuan sighed slightly as he spoke, "My friends are versatile, and they are good at provocative words, and they are already favored by people, where do you need me to put their beaks?" They asked me just jokingly. ”

Tuoba Yulu tasted it for a moment, couldn't help but praise it, and then thought of something, looked at Chen Zhi, and asked, "I heard that Taile Ling hasn't married a wife yet?" ”