On the autumn night, the rising moon shines in from outside the corridor, the light of the wild goose fish lamp spread on the ground is blurred and submerged, the autumn wind is sassy, and the dock fort is quiet.

Chen Caozhi pondered for a long time, and finally spoke: "Third brother, I can't go to Jiankang. ”

Chen Shang thought that Chen Caozhi was considering another thing, but he never expected that Chen Caozhi would say that he would not go to Jiankang, and exclaimed: "Sixteenth brother, why do you say this, going to Jiankang is the first major event of the family, your reputation has been spread in Jiankang, the magnates of the Beijing sergeant clan, some are jealous, some are appreciative, and some are disdainful, all looking forward to your trip to Jiankang, the big Situ Sima Yu is best to talk, every rest day, Situ Mansion is always full of friends, high-ranking officials, celebrities and monks gather, ~ tail, wishful waving, all kinds of arguments one after another, Yin Hao and Sun Sheng's 'easy image is wonderful to see the form', Yin Hao and Zhi Daolin's 'four books of talent' These classic debates are all from Sima Yu's Dasifu, ~ Joining the army once told Da Situ about your Confucianism, metaphysics and Buddhism attainments, saying that Chen Caozhi's Qing talk is wonderful, not under Yin Hao back then, it is to Da Situ sincerely looking forward to your Jiankang trip, and then you may not want to participate in the eighteen states of the big middle school assessment, as long as the witty words in the Situ Mansion Mingshi Qing talk are shocking, it is enough to make the Qian Tang Chen family among the scholars, Kang Seng Yuan, who is famous in the branch of the forest, has no reputation after crossing the south of the Yangtze River, almost like a beggar, and his reputation is greatly boosted by virtue of his debate with Yin Hao, and the sixteenth brother is talented, so why can't he go? ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Third brother, it's not that the younger brother refuses to go to Jiankang, the younger brother is exhausted for the family's registration, both for the clan and myself, even if Jiankang is a Longtan Tiger**, I will go, not to mention that this is a great opportunity to become famous-"

Chen Shangdao: "Yes, although my father and I are running for Jiankang to become a scholar, but we are just running errands, and it is the sixteenth brother who really makes a big contribution to the family, and it is the sixteenth brother who gets acquainted with ~ Joining the army to have such an opportunity now, but the sixteenth brother is now saying that he will not go to Jiankang, why is it?" ”

Chen Caozhi asked: "My brother has just met my mother, how does the third brother think my mother looks like compared to the beginning of July?" ”

Chen Shang was stunned, then frowned, and said slowly: "Compared with two months ago, Uncle Seventh has indeed aged a lot. ”

Chen Caozhi said: "I went to Qiguang Temple's branch master, Yangzhou famous doctor Yang Quanlai for my mother's diagnosis and treatment, all said that it is beyond the power of medicine to take care of, peace of mind and recuperate, last year Mr. Ge Zhichuan also warned me when he parted that I should not go out after May this year, without him, raising children to prevent old age, so I can not go to Jiankang." ”

Chen Shang's forehead sweated down and said: "The sixth brother's pure filial piety is commendable, but joining the scholar is the Chen family's hundred-year plan, and the matter of honoring the ancestors will go to Jiankang, and you can come back in two months at most, and the seventh uncle will definitely let you go, so I will go and tell the seventh uncle-" I want to get up.

Chen Zhi sat still and said, "Is the third brother trapped in unfilial piety?" People have no parents, my father died early and my widowed mother worked hard to support me**, now my mother is frail and sick, how can I bear to leave my mother! ”

Chen Shang sat down on his knees. He bowed his head and raised his head silently, and his face was full of tears. said: "Brother Sixteen knows that you are pure and filial. Seventh Uncle and Mother only have one son, you. I won't blame you. I just want my Qian Tang Chen to look forward to such an opportunity for more than 100 years. Such a missed opportunity. Qian Tang Chen has no chance to turn over. No matter how hard the descendants of future generations are, it will be difficult for them to come out. remembered that my father was waiting for the sixteenth brother to go in Jingqiao. But the sixteenth brother could not go with me. How should I deal with my father? ”

Chen Shang frowned, and the man couldn't cry. Chen Zhi also said with tears in his eyes: "Third brother." Let's put away the tears first. Listen to my brother. My brother is not the kind of pedantic person who easily gives up a good opportunity. I have been planning for the Chen clan for a long time. Will you give up—"

Chen Shang rekindled hope. Asked: "How did the sixteenth brother think about the land?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "For the family. I went to Jiankang for the benefit of my family. The whole family will support it. If my mother had known about it. I will definitely be ordered to go to Jiankang. But for others. I went to Jiankang to seek fame. The virtue of the scholar is more important than the talent. Even if I was in the Situ Mansion, I was shocked. But if I have ulterior motives, I will come to Jiankang despite the serious illness of my mother, waving ~ tail and boasting. So what am I right? ”

Chen Shang's cold sweat came down again. The sixteenth brother thought about it very much. Sima's most important filial piety. If the sixteenth brother is caught, it will be a stain against filial piety. That would be a waste of all the work. And the sixteenth brother's life was also ruined. All six exemptions may be withdrawn. Not to mention the fact that Qian Tang Chen's family was naturalized-

Chen Caozhi: "I won't go to Jiankang. There is still a glimmer of hope for Qian Tang Chen's naturalization. If I go to Jiankang, there will be no hope. So I walked the way of nature. Serve the old mother to take care of her for a long time. ”

Chen Shang nodded and said: "The sixteenth brother is far-sighted, the foolish brother can't do it, I will set off tomorrow to Jiankang to see my father, and the sixteenth brother's pure filial piety will reach the capital, so that the world will know, even if the Qian Tang Chen family can't enter the scholarly register, but it is also a Confucian family heirloom." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Filial piety is not a conspiracy, I only do what I should do, and the third brother should not deliberately preach it, the peach and plum do not speak, and the next is self-contained - I will not be at the mercy of fate, I must take care of my mother to fulfill my filial piety, and I cannot let the good opportunity of Qian Tang Chen's nationality to become a scholar be lost in vain. ”

Chen Shang also cheered up and asked, "What other good strategies does the sixteenth brother have?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "It's also a stupid method, that is, to submit my three metaphysical treatises to Da Situ Sima Yu, I believe Da Situ will be interested, I will polish it again tonight, recopy it, make a book, and hand it over to the third brother tomorrow." ”

Chen Shangxi said: "Okay, I'll pick it up tomorrow morning." ”

Chen Caozhi told Chen Shangmo to let his mother know about this, otherwise it would be bad if his mother strictly ordered him to go to Jiankang, Chen Shangzhi nodded again and again.

That night, Chen Caozhi kept writing and copied the three metaphysical treatises

Bound into a thin volume, titled "Ming Shenghu on Xuan San", respectively, Guan "Heavenly Tao Worry-free Theory", about Lao Tzu's "Successful Nature" and "Confucianism, Taoism and Concentric Theory", these three articles are all using the classical subject-object questioning style to carry out the discussion, "Heavenly Dao Worry-free Theory" is Chen Caozhi and ~ Xi in the fixed product assessment about Zhou Yi's questions, now refined and supplemented; "The Theory of Naturalness of Success" is Xie Dao, Xie Xuan's sister and brother when they first arrived at the Xu School and Xu Miao's debate Xu Miao couldn't resist, Chen Caozhi joined the debate, it was a very wonderful debate, at that time, Xie Dao who appeared in the name of Zhu Yingtai talked sharply, and analyzed the righteousness and reasoning, Chen Caozhi's response and counterattack were also quoted from the classics,-for-tat, and now there are 5,000 words in the collation; "Confucianism, Taoism, and Concentricity" is Chen Caozhi and ~ on the Tongxuan Pagoda about Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism on the three religions of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism on the same path to the same end-

The article added more than 13,000 words, and Chen Caozhi wrote until the fourth watch of the ugly time, and after writing it, he felt that Xiaochan was still sitting next to him, and said in surprise: "Sister Xiaochan didn't go to rest!" ”

Xiaochan patted her lips with her hand and said, "I didn't urge you to go to the sleeping room when I knew that Xiaolangjun had something important, and I brought you tea to drink, don't you remember?" ”

Chen Caozhi was ashamed and said: "It's too godly to write, the tea comes and opens my mouth, I didn't notice that Sister Xiaochan hasn't rested yet, I'm sorry, sister." ”

Xiao Chan smiled: "What's wrong with this, Xiao Langjun didn't deliberately ignore my favorite way of watching Xiao Langjun concentrate on studying, sometimes his eyebrows raised, sometimes the corners of his mouth moved, and sometimes he still had words——"

Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "I still have so many small actions, it seems that I can't cultivate at home, and I am too far away from Mount Tai collapsing before my eyes - Sister Xiaochan, go to sleep, don't worry about me, I will clean up the pen and ink." ”

Xiaochan said: "I'll come and wash, and when I go to the old master's room, be soft, don't let the old housewife know that you sleep so late." ”

Chen Caozhi returned to his mother's room on the second floor, and Chen's mother Li was very alert and asked, "What time is the ugly child?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "It's time to be a child, because my brother is still in urgent need of a manuscript, so I copied it to him, so I slept late." ”

Chen Li smiled and said, "Don't hide it from me, now that the ugly time has passed, you are not allowed to sleep so late in the future, okay, rest quickly." ”

Chen Caozhi knew that his mother had never fallen asleep, so he sighed softly and thought: "With a body like my mother, even if no one blames me, how can I rest assured that I can go to Jiankang, there will always be opportunities, but there is only one mother." ”

Cao Zhi slept for less than three hours, and heard his mother whispering to Zongzhi and Run'er on the corridor: "Don't make a noise to your ugly uncle, your ugly uncle slept late last night, let him sleep again." ”

Run'er said softly: "We don't make noise about Uncle Ugly, we are waiting for Uncle Ugly to wake up." ”

Chen Caozhi smiled: "I've woken up." The two children rushed in, laughing and asking Chen Caozhi to take them to climb Jiuyao Mountain, which has become a habit.

Chen Caozhi said: "Okay, let Laide go to the South Building and invite my third brother Chen Shang to climb the mountain together." ”

Laide and Ran Sheng took Zong Zhi and Run'er to walk in front, and Chen Caozhi and the third brother Chen Shang walked up the mountain slowly while talking.

It is late autumn, the west wind withers the trees, the trees of Jiuyao Mountain are green or yellow, and there are red and bright maple leaves, okra, osmanthus, bananas, pine leaf chrysanthemums, and the clusters are brightly dotted among the rocks and forests of the mountains.

Chen Caozhi asked: "The third brother came from Jiankang, can he know the news of Xie Wanshi's northern expedition in Yuzhou?" ”

Chen Shangdao: "I don't know the exact news, I only know that Taishan Taishou Zhuge Youfa Yan was defeated, and Xie Wanshi and Xie Wanshi marched north at the same time Xuzhou Thorn Shi ~ Tan retreated to Pengcheng due to illness. ”

~Tan is~'s uncle, then the general of Beizhong Lang, the leader of Xu, Yan Erzhou Assassin History, and Xizhong Lang General, Yuzhou Assassin Shi Xie Wan was ordered to the Northern Expedition at the same time, ~ Tan soldiers out of Gaoping, Xie soldiers out of Cai, reinforcements Luoyang, this Luoyang was Yonghe 12 years Huan Wen's second Northern Expedition from Yao Xiang recaptured, at that time Huan Wen suggested that the capital be moved back to Luoyang, the public opinion did not allow -

Chen Caozhi heard that ~ Tan was sick, which was confirmed by what he knew by later generations, and sighed: "Xie Wan's northern expedition is going to be defeated and returned, and the counties of Xuchang and Yingchuan are going to fall into the hands of the enemy again." ”

Chen Shang only remembered it in his heart, and didn't ask Chen Caozhi why he was so sure that Xie Wan would definitely fail, anyway, he would know the news when he entered Beijing this time.

Chen Caozhi asked again: "When the third brother passed through Wu County, did he hear about the condition of the son of the 6th envoy?" ”

Chen Shangdao: "I heard that I was bedridden, so I rushed back to Qiantang in a hurry and didn't go to visit. ”

Chen Caozhi said: "The 6 envoys and I have the grace of acquaintance, it stands to reason that I should go to visit the 6 sons, but my mother needs to be taken care of, I can't go, I will write a letter later, and ask the third brother to present it to the 6 envoys when he arrives in Wu County." ”

Chen Shang came down from Jiuyao Mountain, and when Chen Caozhi wrote a letter, he put the volume of "Three Essays on the Mystery of Mingsheng Lake" in his bag, and went to the south building to say goodbye to his mother and younger brother and go to Jiankang, which was the third time he went to Jiankang since May this year.

At the end of August, Lai Zhen's wife Huang gave birth, and Lai Gui's wife also gave birth to a son, Laifu is really a human Ding Wang, Laifu gave birth to sons, two sons and two grandsons, sons and daughters-in-law are young and healthy, and there are still births.

Chen's mother Li saw the chubby little baby boy, so she was not envious, thinking in her heart how good it would be if the ugly child married the 6 little lady and gave birth to such a strong baby boy!

The cold autumn September has come, Chen's mother Li's health has not been good, often coughing at night, unable to lie flat, always half-leaning on the bed during the day but fine, no cough.

At noon on the fifth day of the ninth lunar month, Cao Zhi was having lunch with his mother, and he heard the sound of ox carts downstairs, as if several ox carts were coming

Qin said: "Mother, I'll take a look, there should be a guest coming." I heard someone downstairs shouting: "Zizhong, Zizhong Kaizhi is visiting." ”

Chen Caozhi leaned over to take a look, and saw a handsome young man in a white silk shirt and a purple scarf looking up, this young man was nearly seven feet tall, his eyebrows and eyes were very open, and he was extremely surprised and full of interest when he saw everything-

"Changkang!" Chen Caozhi shouted, raised his eyebrows, waved his hand to the courtyard, turned back to his mother and said, "Mother, my son's friends are here, I will go to welcome them up." ”

Chen Caozhi rushed downstairs, only to see six ox carts parked in the courtyard, there were more than a dozen people, Gu Kaizhi strode over, saluted Chen Caozhi slightly, then took Chen Caozhi's hand and looked at it carefully, and said: "Brother Zizhong, last year's farewell to the moon, you seem to be more handsome, this Jiangzuo first beautiful man is none other than you, the first humane dedication, I think Wang Xianzhi is not as good as you, Wang Xianzhi is too pale and beautiful." ”

Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "There are three absolute tiger heads, how dare I call it the first." ”

Gu Kai said strangely: "Absolutely? Which three uniques, how can I not know. ”

Gu Kai's people are called "painting", "idiot", and "talent", and now there should be no such saying, Chen Caozhi: "Naturally, it is painting, poetry and tolerance." ”

Chen Caoyi greeted Gu Kai while looking at the other visitors, and followed by Gu Kaizhi was Liu Shangxing, who was tall and strong, and the figure was high, followed by Ding Chunqiu, who was good-looking, and the young man who stood by the ox cart and looked at him with a wide forehead, long eyebrows, and a dignified temperament was Xu Miao and Xu Xianmin.

"Immortals." Chen Caozhi pulled Gu Kai over, and without waiting for Xu Miao, he took his hand and said: "I'm waiting for my best friends, I don't have to be bound by vulgar etiquette, let's shake hands. ”

Liu Zhi and Ding Chunqiu walked over with a smile, five people and ten hands overlapped together, at this moment, the preciousness of friendship filled the young heart.

Gu Kaizhi was infatuated, and chanted loudly with his unique Gu Yong:

"Born less than 100 years old, often with a thousand years of worries.

The days are short and the nights are long, so why not travel with candles?

For the sake of pleasure, how can you stay?

Foolishness cherishes money, but scorns for posterity.

The fairy prince Joe, it is difficult to wait for the period. ”

This is an ancient poem sung by Chen Caozhi in Luosheng chant on the night of parting last winter, Gu Kaizhi is now chanting in the Jinling dialect, and Liu Shangzhi suddenly fell asleep.

Chen's mother, Li, leaned on the railing and asked with a smile: "Chou'er, are these your friends, how many of them are coming to Chenjiawu for the first time." ”

Gu Kaizhi, Xu Miao, Liu Shangzhi, and Ding Chunqiu lined up, and Chen's mother Li on the second floor gave a deep salute and said separately: "Jinling Gu Kaizhi——"

"Dongguan Xu Miao——"

"Junior Liu Shangwei-"

"Junior Ding Chunqiu - meet Aunt Chen."

Chen's mother, Li, was old and happy, and when she saw so many guests coming at once, she was very happy, and greeted: "Please come up and sit down, ugly, and entertain friends." ”

Chen Caozhi led the four of Kaizhi to the second floor, and the four of Gu Kaizhi visited Chen's mother Li again, Gu Kaizhi was confused, and saw Chen's mother Li's face purple, and thought that the blood was sufficient, and said: "The younger generation heard that Aunt Chen's health is not safe, and the son is worried, and the younger generation is also very worried. ”

Chen's mother Li said with a smile: "The old woman's body, it's okay, it's okay - Gu Gongzi is from Wu County, just live here for a while, my son is also lonely in a small county, you swim in the lake, climb the mountain, write and paint." ”

Gu Kaizhi said happily: "The younger generation is about to talk to Aunt Chen, this time, I have to live for a month, and I am willing to leave after moving all the green mountains and beautiful waters into my picture scroll." ”

Chen's mother, Li's Li family, liked Gu Kaizhi's heartiness and brightness very much, and said yes in a loud voice.

Run'er walked over and asked, "Which one is Uncle Gu Changkang?" Who is Xu Xianmin and Uncle Xu Shi? ”

Gu Kaizhi and Xu Miao were both stunned, they had always called others Uncle Shi and Uncle Shi, but now they were called Uncle Shi by a cute little girl from Yuxue, and they didn't come back to their senses all of a sudden.

After Gu and Xu said their names to Run'er, Run'er and Brother Zongzhi saluted Gu, Xu, Liu, and Ding respectively.

Gu Kaizhi praised Chen Caozhi and said: "Zizhong, Jiankang Waguan Temple asked me to paint murals for its main hall, I promised to paint it within three years, which will paint a dragon girl, there has been no image, today I see the niece Run'er little lady, the image of the dragon girl has." ”

Run'er asked: "Does Uncle Gu Shi also paint, is my ugly uncle good at painting?" ”

Gu Kaizhi laughed and said, "In two days, I will paint a painting for Run'er Little Lady to evaluate, and see who is higher than your ugly uncle's painting?" ”

Gu Kaizhi's four people and their servants did not eat, there were more than a dozen people, Zeng Yuhuan and his eldest daughter-in-law Zhao were extremely capable, their hands and feet were nimble, and in less than half an hour, all the meals of more than a dozen people were cooked.

Chen Caozhi accompanied Gu Kaizhi and the four of them to dine, and Chen Caozhi saw that Liu Shang, who had always been witty and good at laughing, was unhappy, so he asked why?

Gu Kaizhi said with a smile: "It's still time to resign, but I am reluctant to give up, so I am a little distressed." ”

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