After Chen Liu was expelled from the "Orderly Hall", the atmosphere in the hall was solemn, and the patriarch Chen Xian looked around at the children on the fourth floor of the east, west, north and south, and said solemnly: "Cao Zhi is right, my ancestor Changwen Gong is ranked as the third prince, but the descendants are not allowed to be scholars, it is a shame, this is of course due to the fact that Situ Mansion does not observe and the score of the division is sloppy, but it is an indisputable fact that the Chen family has not had outstanding figures in the past hundred years.

Chen's mother, Li, thought of her dead son, tears dripped on the reed mat one by one, and Chen Caozhi stretched out his hand to gently cover the back of his mother's hand, indicating comfort.

Chen Xian continued to say in that solemn tone: "Although the Qiantang Chen clan is not a scholar clan, its reputation is not under Du, Dai, Ding, and Zhen. It's because Chen's poems and books are endless, but now, except for the uncle and nephew of Xilou Cao, who still insists on reading and practicing characters every day, the rest of the children on the third floor are just coping with things, who is really willing to study and seek progress? are just seeking some small profits in front of them, taking the amount of money and silk as the gain and loss, and the sadness and joy of Tian Gufeng's apology, completely forgetting that in this world, in addition to eating and dressing, there is still a way to seek knowledge and self-cultivation? Like Chen Liu, he is even worse, he is a boss who is obsequious, and he will be punished by the criminal law sooner or later, which is also a mistake that I usually tolerate——"

As he spoke, Chen Xian knelt down to apologize to his clansmen, and then asked, "Do you have any objections to expelling Chen Liu today?" ”

There was silence in the hall, and after a while, Chen Man said angrily: "There is no objection, as long as the patriarch can cope with the master of Lu." ”

Chen Xian, who has always been gentle and almost cowardly, finally has the responsibility and courage of the head of the clan today, and said in a deep voice: "What about Master Lu's book? Although I have left my post, but the county Wang Fujun will call me Brother Liu when he sees me, and Master Lu is only from a humble family, can he cover the sky with one hand? - You must understand that the bullying of Master Lu is bullying my Qian Tang Chen clan, if my clan cannot unanimously control the outside, the Qian Tang Chen clan is in danger. ”

Chen Man was silent, and the rest of the clansmen naturally had no objections, Chen Liu was usually annoying, and even his own compatriots and brothers were annoyed with him.

At the end of the clan discussion, Chen Xian left Chen Caozhi's mother and son to speak alone, Chen's mother Li thanked the patriarch for presiding over justice, Chen Xian said: "A family, as long as there is an outstanding person, the whole family will be colorful, this is my expectation for Caozhi." ”

Chen Caozhi knelt and sat down, and Jin Shengyu said, "Caozhi will work hard." ”

Chen Xian nodded, and asked Chen Caozhi about his visit to Baobao Mountain yesterday, and learned that Ge Hong Ge Xianweng promised that Cao Zhi could borrow his collection of books at any time, and said in surprise: "Ge Zhichuan despises fame and is arrogant, he doesn't have many people to look at, and he can be so similar to you, it can be said that he is fated, he has entered Taoism from Confucianism and is extremely knowledgeable, you have to ask him more in the future." ”

Chen Caozhi responded: "Yes." The impression of this fourth uncle changed greatly, and he immediately told the conjecture that Master Lu might collude with Zhen Wenqian to attack the Chen family, and also told Feng Mengxiong what Master Lu said about the Shi clan.

Chen Xian pondered for a while, and said: "Speaking of which, this Lu master book was not on good terms with me back then, and now he has the support of the Yu family, which is worrying, but he himself has a bad character, and he wants to bully my Chen family, and he is in a hurry, I will go to the county to see Lu Envoy Jun in person, and see what will happen to him Lu Shi - you don't have to worry, don't delay in studying and learning words, you have a small reputation now, and you have to strive to stand out on the ninth day of September. You no longer have to worry about miscellaneous labor, and even if you are not awarded an official position, you will no longer have to serve as a laborer. ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Thank you uncle for teaching, I remember it." ”

Chen Xian frowned, and said: "But I'm afraid that the shade of Laifu can't be saved, Master Lu wants to make trouble on this point, my Chen family is unreasonable, there are still two months before the July inspection, you can arrange it yourself." ”

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Chen Caozhi carried his mother back to the West Building, and the father and son saw Chen Liu drive away from Chenjiawu with anger and shame, and didn't understand what was going on.

Chen's mother Li looked at the simple smile of the Laifu family, and her heart was heavy, the Laifu family lived and worked here for more than ten years, Laifu's eldest son Laigui was married here, his wife Zhao was pregnant, and the second son Lai Zhen was discussing marriage with the daughter of the Huang tenant household, everything took root in Chenjiawu, if it was driven away and moved to Qiaozhou, it would be like a towering tree to be uprooted, you can know how painful and difficult!

"If it is really irretrievable, the only way to give more money and corn to Laifu will be."

Chen's mother, Li, was unhappy, her body was weak, and she was worried, and she fell ill the next night, shortness of breath, dizziness, and couldn't sit still.

Yinggu woke up Chen Caozhi in the middle of the night, Chen Caozhi went to his mother's room to say hello, saw that he was not lightly ill, he was very anxious, and wanted to go to the county to seek medical treatment, so he went downstairs to let Laifu prepare the car.

Laide woke up Chen Caozhi with a word: "Xiao Langjun, isn't that Ge Xian Weng a miracle doctor, there is an elixir." ”

Chen Caozhi "hey", secretly scolded himself for being confused, how could he forget this famous medical scientist in history, the day before yesterday, he also saw Ge Xianweng's hundred-volume masterpiece "Golden Prescription" in the Chutai Daoyuan, and wanted his mother to be sick and couldn't ride in the car, so he had to ask Ge Xianweng to come to Chenjiawu for diagnosis and treatment, and he was ordered to drive to Zhen, and he and Laide walked to Geling to seek medical treatment.

The young man Ran Sheng rubbed his sleepy eyes, and also said that he wanted to follow, walk at night, and have one more person.

There is a lantern hanging on the ox cart, Lai De is holding a lantern in his hand, and he and Ran Sheng are holding a hardwood stick in their hands, beware of wild beasts that forage at night, tigers and leopards are rare in the area of Jinsheng Lake, and there are many bears and wolves.

Chen Caozhi sat on the ox cart for a while, and the mountain road was rugged and bumpy and uncomfortable, so he got out of the car and walked with Laide and Ran Sheng.

This day is the tenth day of the first month of May, the moon has been so thin, in the night sky between the clouds reluctantly to the west, faint and clear light sprinkled, the four fields are empty, the West Lake not far from the right is sparkling, there is a moist water vapor attacking, the mountain road under the feet seems to be particularly clean, I really want to step on it barefoot, there is moonlight, the lantern is not needed, you can walk very briskly.

Chen Caozhi thought that the ox cart was moving slowly, so he told Lai Zhen to drive and arrive, and he and Laide and Ran Sheng took the first step.

It was about early in the morning when we set off from Chenjiawu, when we arrived at Baobao Mountain, the lack of moon had set down the mountains in the west, the sky was dark, and I couldn't tell the road under my feet.

Chen Caozhi signaled Laide and Ran Sheng not to make a sound, and the three of them sat down on the Panasonic stone pier in front of the Taoist courtyard, waiting for the dawn.

The heavy darkness was pulled away by a thread, the sky gradually brightened, the big chirped, and the wooden door in the Taoist courtyard was opened, and the footsteps started, and someone chanted: "The carefree person is long, the treasure is not dead, how miserable is the old age, the principle of nature, what is the foreign object?" The voice is vigorous and full of energy, it is Ge Hong's voice.

Chen Caozhi got up and stood in front of the gate of the Taoist courtyard and waited, and for a while the door did not open, and Ran Sheng behind him suddenly coughed violently, so the door opened.

When Ge Hong saw Chen Caozhi, he was very surprised, and learned that he had come overnight because of his mother's illness and had been waiting for nearly an hour, so he nodded, stroked his white hair, and recited: "The triumphant wind comes from the south, blowing his thorny heart." The thorny heart is dying, and the mother's family is laborious-" The waiter immediately ordered the waiter to take the green sac he loaded with medicine and go to Chenjiabao with Chen Caozhi.

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I wish book friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is good, you can go out to admire the moon, and the trail has to continue to code, and the moonlight will shine in the window.