After his son Chu Wenbin came back to report to Dr. Xu Zao, who was not only rejected by Chen Caozhi, but was extremely courteous, he was so angry that he had no voice, waved his hand to let his son go out first, he was stuffy in the room alone, with strong anger suppressed in his chest, he was a scholar and a clean official who was despised by a poor and corrupt man, which is unbearable!

At this time, the most deliberate thing is to immediately use his power to dismiss Xu Zao and send him back to Jingkou, so that the rotten Confucian can understand what a stupid thing it is to oppose the noble scholars!

However, things are not always as expected, although the doctor of the county is not an official directly appointed by the imperial court, but he was personally hired by the county Taishou, the Taishou Lu Na respects Xu Zao's talent, and specially invited Xu Zao from Jingkou to teach Wu Jun students, and Lu Na's personal relationship with Xu Zao is not shallow, and it seems that it is not easy for him Chu Jian to punish Xu Zao immediately.

Chu Jian was circling around the room, and his anger could not be vented, which was really uncomfortable.

Chu Wenqian and Chu Wenbin were both waiting outside, hearing Chu Jian's heavy footsteps and depressed breathing in the door curtain, Chu Wenqian was particularly uneasy, lifted the curtain and went in, knelt in front of Chu Jian, and confessed: "It's all the nephew's incompetence, which makes the uncle anxious, and the uncle must not be anxious because of the little nephew's matter, otherwise the little nephew will die and will not be redeemed." ”

Chu Jian calmed down his blood and blood for a while, and said slowly: "Wen Qian, now this matter is not just your grievance, my Chu family is completely implicated, if you can't effectively attack Chen Caozhi and Xu Zao, then my Qian Tang Chu clan will have no dignity at all in this county and this county, I must come up with a way, I must hit them hard." ”

Chu Wenqian didn't dare to speak, Chu Wenbin also came in at this time, knelt down and said: "Father, Lu Ziyu has a very bad impression of that Chen Caozhi, can our Chu family use the power of the Lu family to make Chen Caozhi completely degraded?" ”

Chu Jianzheng wanted to say why he needed to borrow the power of the Lu family to deal with the Hanmen Chen family, but after thinking about it, he asked: "Why does Chen Caozhi have a gap with Lu Fowl?" ”

Chu Wenbin said in detail, Chu Jian muttered: "Lu Yu is rash and arrogant, but he can take advantage of it, this matter is not urgent, Bin'er, you continue to study in the Xu Academy, get a good relationship with the land fowl, and wait for the opportunity to let the land fowl and Chen Cao have a conflict, the bigger and more chaotic the better, although Lu Na is modest, but his brother Lu Shi is extremely protective, and has always sneered at the Hanmen Shu clan, if you learn that your son Lu Yu has been wronged in the Xu Academy, don't you be furious, and even Xu Zao will be punished together——"

Chu Wenqian complimented: "Uncle's wisdom, the little nephew will never be able to reach it." ”

Chu Jian is also a little proud, this conspiracy is sometimes like a poem will be inspired, Chu Jian is like this, the more he thinks about it now, the more excited he becomes, the previous anger turned into a belly of bad water, and said: "Isn't Chen Caozhi self-assured of his talent, he will definitely be playing in the school, Bin'er can wait for the opportunity to encourage Lu Fowl to compete with Chen Caozhi, I think that Chen Caozhi's left and right hands are two different book styles, Lu Fowl should not be able to compare, so, Chen Caozhi is not far from disaster." ”

Chu Wenbin nodded again and again, but said: "That land fowl is very arrogant, and he ignores the children, and he may not be able to compete with Chen Caozhi." ”

Chu Jian glanced at his nephew Chu Wenqian, Chu Wenqian remembered that he hastily agreed to compete with Chen Caozhi in calligraphy that day, and his reputation was discredited today, and he couldn't help but regret it, and lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his uncle.

Chu Jian said: "So you can't be in a hurry, you have to be kind and seductive, Bin'er, you can praise Chen Caozhi's talent intentionally or unintentionally, Lu Fowl is arrogant, and he may be disdainful at first, but there is always resentment in his heart, over time, and then you will add fuel to the fire on the side, with the self-confidence and rashness of Lu Fowl, he will definitely compete with Chen Caozhi." ”

Chu Wenbin was greatly impressed by his father's foresight and insight, there must be a father, Chu Wenbin's villain trick is because of his father's influence, words are not as good as example, and reading all the sage books is not as good as his father's words.

Chu Jian's despicable intentions were out of control, and he said to Chu Wenqian: "Wenqian, you are forty and four this year, don't wait for the price to sell, you are a five-grade scholar, your reputation has not been good these years, and you can't get a noble idle position, but the eight-grade county order is still no problem, and there is no example of avoiding the county and the township in the imperial court, you can seek the position of Qiantang County Order, the current Qiantang County Commander Wang Deyi's term of office will be limited in May next year, and my uncle can plan for you to take over this position." ”

Chu Wenbin suddenly realized: "Father means that after Chen Caozhi can't gain a foothold in Wu County and returns to his hometown in embarrassment, the eighth brother will slowly clean him up, yes or no?" ”

Chu Jian smiled at the corner of his mouth, was reserved, and waved his hand to let the two of them retreat.

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The gentleman does not say the fault of others, Xu Zao did not say to Chen Caozhi that Chu Jian's despicable intentions, but his son Xu Miao and Chen Caozhi are good friends, young people, and naturally know everything about friends, I thought that Chu Wenbin would not come to the school again the next day, but I didn't expect Chu Wenbin to come casually, and there must be a conspiracy if it was abnormal, Xu Miao reminded Chen Caozhi to be careful.

Chen Caozhi was secretly vigilant, and said in his heart: "This Chu family's ghost is not gone, from Qian Tang to Wu County, it seems that this is a dead knot." He took a deep breath, looked up at Lion Rock, and said to Xu Miao and Liu Shangzhi: "Xianmin, Shangwei, let's climb the mountain, there is a depressed atmosphere, climb high and look far away, sing and roar, then have a comfortable mind, and then look at those camping tricks, I feel that Chen Caozhi is here, and the junior can help me!" ”

Liu Shangzhi praised: "Zizhong's words are very heroic, I want to see what Chu Wenbin wants?" Qian Tang has eight surnames, and Chu is the worst, which is really not wrong. ”

Xu Miao said: "Zizhong, my father said, if Chu Jian is too forced, then he doesn't do it as a doctor of county studies, anyway, my Xu family doesn't live on this meager income, you go back to Beijing with us, my father will teach him what he has learned all his life, with your intelligence and diligence, within two years, when he is a complete student." ”

Liu Shangzhi said: "Then I will also learn from it." ”

Xu Miao glanced at Liu Shangwei and said, "It's okay." ”

Because of Chen Caozhi, Xu Miao's perception of Liu Shangzhi is now better, and he also knows that although Liu Shangzhi is a little impetuous and boastful, he is frank and righteous, still worth it, still worth it.

At this time, it was the afternoon of Shenshi, it was getting dusk, the sun was setting, Liu Shangzhi said: "This Lion Rock will come again tomorrow morning, and the two of you will accompany me to the north of the mountain to see the house first." ”

Liu Shangzhi accepted Chen Caozhi's proposal, did not build a wooden building, and was ready to rent a farmhouse to live, and the servant Alin went to the northern foot of the Lion Rock to visit for a day, and only then did he report back, saying that he had found a quiet and good place to live, but the rent was expensive, and the monthly rent was five baht and 1,600 yuan.

Liu Shangzhi said: "As long as the residence is really quiet and refreshing, 1,600 Wen is fine, and the two rooms of the Sanxiang Inn are more than 1,600 Wen a month." ”

Chen Caozhi and Xu Miao followed Liu Shangzhi to see the residence, Ran Sheng and Laide also followed, Liu Shangzhi's maid Gillian did not come today, saying that she was sick, but Liu Shangxin did not look worried.

Lion Rock is a lonely mountain, it really seems to be the mount of the ancient gods, abandoned between the farmland of this mirror lake, turned into a lion mountain that cannot be moved, the mountain has many strange stones, few trees, tenacious pines and cypresses and miscellaneous trees struggle out of the cracks in the mountain rocks, bent and premature, and the verdant green is dotted with Lei Lei mountain stones.

Chen Caoren and his entourage bypassed the Lion Rock from the lion's tail, along a gurgling stream to the east for three miles, saw a peach forest in front, hundreds of steps between the bank, there are no miscellaneous trees, it is now the late autumn and early winter, still can not see the beauty of this peach forest, but the flowing water is sparse forest, there is no one in the four homes, it is true that it is a quiet place.

The servant Alin went first, and at this time he came up with an old farmer, led everyone to go down more than ten zhang in the peach forest, and saw five thatched houses, neat and elegant, very different from the grass houses where ordinary farmers lived, much more exquisite than Xu's thatched cottage, and it was an elegant scenery in the Chinese painting.

Liu Shang was overjoyed and immediately decided to rent it, but the old farmer said: "If this Langjun wants to rent, he can only live until February next year, and as soon as the peach blossoms bloom, he must move out." ”

Liu Shangwei glared at the diamond-shaped eyes and said: "How can this be reasonable, the magic of this place is all after the peach blossoms bloom in March next year, otherwise who wants to rent you 1,600 Wen, just a few broken grass houses!" ”

When the old farmer heard this, he said that he would not rent it, and his attitude was resolute.

Chen Caozhi said: "It's still worth it, let's rent this year, we have to go back a year ago, and next year I am afraid that we will live in the city, when the peach blossoms bloom, we will meet here for a visit." ”

Ran Sheng interjected: "You don't have to spend money yet." ”

Liu Shangzhi laughed, thinking about it, he asked Alin to pay a month's rent in advance, and they would move in tomorrow.

This old farmer seems to be honest, but in fact he is cunning, seeing that Liu Shangxin agreed to rent only until the end of the year, he was secretly happy in his heart, accepted the money, and said that he would wait here early tomorrow morning, waiting for Liu Shangxin to move over.

Xu Miao and Chen Caozhi praised this peach forest thatched hut for being quiet and easy to read, Liu Shangzhi said happily: "Reading is one of them, we also have a place to talk, otherwise I don't know where to go on a school day, this Alin also has a good cooking skill, tomorrow is the school day, Zizhong, Xianmin, you both come here to have a few drinks, talk about art papers, it's not too fast." ”

Liu Shangzhi took the two servants back to the city, had dinner, and took an ox cart to listen to Dr. Xu's lecture on "Zhuangzi" at night, three trips back and forth every day, adding up to more than 40 miles, it was indeed very hard, and it would be easy to move to the peach grove hut behind the mountain tomorrow.

After teaching at night, Chen Caozhi accompanied Liu Shangzhi on the lakeside, watched him get into the ox cart, and then slowly walked back to the cottage, Xu Miao was already sitting there reading, Chen Caozhi didn't say much, sat down in the neighboring case, and began to copy the book.

Young people have a competitive heart, Xu Miao admires Chen Caozhi, but also has the intention of competing with Chen Caozhi, Chen Caozhi copied books and read until midnight, Xu Miao also couldn't let go of the volume, and studied hard.

Chen Caozhi remembered the advice of his mother and sister-in-law, and didn't dare to stay up too late, so he collected the book at the beginning of the day, washed and stopped the pen, washed and rested, and listened to Xu Miao in the compartment also fell asleep at about the same time, and couldn't help but smile, feeling Xu Miao's friendship, and Xu's father and son gave him a warm and peaceful feeling at home, it is really a wonderful thing to study in such an environment.

Chen Caozhi's habit of going to bed late and getting up early, and not washing up after getting up the next day, first run around Xiaojing Lake, Ran Sheng and Laide all ran with him, the wooden building on the south bank of Xiaojing Lake has several scholars from Huiji and Shangyu to live, and the son of the Huiji He family who got up early is leaning on the window to enjoy the lake and mountains, and was surprised to see Chen Cao's master and servant running after me, and then laughed and called the names of several other scholars and children, so that they all came to see the strange things.

He Gongzi said with a smile: "This Chen Caozhi is really extraordinary, no wonder Dr. Xu values him, here he does not forget to hone his physique, even if he does not succeed in learning Confucianism, he can still farm when he goes home with a strong body and bones. ”

The other children of the scholar clan all laughed, pointing at Chen Cao's master and servant, laughing and slandering.

Ran Sheng said angrily: "These wastes still dare to make fun of us, wait for me to go and knock down their wooden building at night!" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Xiao Sheng, don't come nonsense, let them laugh, these people are like "Zhuangzi. The frog at the bottom of the well in "Autumn Water" thinks that the sky is only as big as the mouth of the well, and he doesn't know how ridiculous he is and makes fun of others, they laugh at me, and I laugh at him even more. ”

Laide grinned widely, "Ho Ho" and smiled: "That's it, that's it, these people are even more ridiculous, I saw one of them walking around in a women's dress yesterday in a wooden building, it's really ugly to look at." ”

Ran Sheng glared and said, "There is such a strange thing, why didn't Brother De ask me to come and see!" ”

Chen Caozhi smiled slightly, thinking to himself, He Yan, a master of metaphysics in the early years, liked to wear women's skirts, walk around his own shadows, apply powder and incense, and was narcissistic to the extreme, fortunately, the Eastern Jin Dynasty scholars have such a habit after all, after all, it is very rare, otherwise such a scholar identity is really not worth pursuing.

Xu Zao and his son stood in front of the thatched cottage, watching Chen Caozhi run over from a distance, Xu Zao said to his son: "Cao Zhi is a person with great ambitions, there are many people for his father, Chen Caozhi is the only one, when Tao Kan, the first person in the cold door, served as the assassin of Guangzhou, he had nothing to do, and moved a hundred large urns outdoors every morning, and moved back at dusk, and people asked why?" He replied, 'I want to devote myself to the Central Plains, but I am too leisurely, and I am afraid that I will not be able to work hard in the future.' 'Attainment after the day, or not under Tao Kan. ”

Chen Caozhi ran over to greet Xu Zao, Xu Zao said with a smile: "Cao Zhi knows how to keep fit, very good." He said to his son Xu Miao: "You will also walk with Cao Zhi in the future, you can't run a lap of this small mirror lake, and you can run half a lap." ”

Xu Miao bowed and said, "Yes."

After breakfast, Liu Shangwei came from the city, his luggage was loaded on an ox cart, and Alin also carried a load of kitchen utensils, wine, meat, and the like.

Today is the day off from school, Xu Miao and Chen Caozhi asked Xu Zao to help Liu Shangwei settle his residence, and Xu Zao agreed.

Liu Shangzhi, Chen Caozhi, Xu Miao and others came to the Taoyuan hut yesterday, and the old farmer had been waiting for a long time, helping Liu Shangxin unload the luggage from the ox cart, and told him not to move the utensils in the house, and the reed mats in several cases must be carefully cared for-

Liu Shangwei was impatient and said: "My husband is so long-winded, I will compensate you for the damage to the utensils, okay, let's go, don't bother us." ”

Everyone entered the thatched hall to see, the windows were bright and clean, the ground was covered with thick wooden boards, the reed mats on it were exquisitely patterned, and the other four thatched cottages were also spotless, obviously someone cleaned them every day.

Liu Shangwei said with a smile: "Very good, very good, you don't need Gillian to clean up, you can live here when you move, the money is worth it." ”

The three of them sat down in the thatched hall in the middle, Alin Wenjiu came up, Gillian put the lamp, the three of them said some idle things, very pleasant, suddenly saw the old farmer sweating profusely and rushed over: "Disaster, disaster, the foolish gentleman is here, a few hurry up, hurry up, otherwise the old man will suffer." ”

Liu Shangzheng was full of interest, and said angrily when he heard this: "I paid the rent yesterday, how can I regret it!" ”

The old man was so anxious that he gave Liu Shang a lot of money, saying that he would return 1,600 wen in a hurry, and he didn't dare to miss a penny, and now he only asked a few people to leave here quickly with their belongings.

Liu Shangzhi was angry, sat still, and said: "I don't care what foolish Langjun and stupid Langjun you are, I will live in this thatched cottage." ”

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The desktop monitor is broken, and now I use the notebook codeword, which is quite unaccustomed.