Legend has it that Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty dreamed of two golden bodies at night, and the god man with the white light hanging on his head flew from the sky in the west, and he did not know what the lord was auspicious, but the large group of ministers interpreted the dream, and learned that the god in the dream was the great sage of the West - the Buddha, and the Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty sent Cai Tan and other 18 people to Tianzhu to seek the Dharma, so there were Mo Teng and Zhu Falan not far away, willing to wade through quicksand to come to the Middle Earth to spread the Dharma, and there was the first Buddhist temple in the Middle Earth - Luoyang White Horse Temple.

In Tianzhu high monk Zhu Falan for the Tianzhu scholars of the teacher, well-read and strong memory, can recite the scriptures millions of words, Zhu Falan in the White Horse Temple when the death of the proverbs, once the Central Plains chaos, Shamen practitioners can go to the "two fires and one knife" of the land to avoid the disaster of fire, promote Buddhism.

The rebellion of the eight kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Luoyang Buddhist Temple was completely destroyed, the monks scattered, there was a monk in the White Horse Temple who found the last words of Zhu Flange when he checked the scriptures, and said that "two fires and one knife" is a "剡" word, this matter spread among the monks, there were several senior monks who led their disciples to the south to gather in Xi, Huiji County, and the degree of support was also a high monk in Nandu, the Buddhist temples in Yan County were built in that period, among which the famous Buddhist temples have Yinyue Temple, Yuanhua Temple and Qiguang Temple, Qiguang Temple is under the mountain of Wozhou in the southeast of Yanxian County.

Chen Caozhi took Lai Zhen and Jing Nu to set off in an ox cart, but Lingyou, a walker of Qiguang Temple, was on foot, Chen Caozhi didn't know that Qiguang Temple was in Yan County, only thought it was in the area of Huiji Shanyin County, and it was only one hundred and forty miles, when he learned that Qiguang Temple was in the east of Yan, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Qian Tang is not far from going to Yan County and Wu County, how can he go back and forth in five days?" ”

Walker Lingyou said: "Chen Tanyue don't have to worry about the long distance, my master has ordered, if you invite Chen Tanyue, you will go to Xie Anshi Villa in Huiji Dongshan, before the 20th of this month, my master is in Xie's Villa." ”

Chen Caozhi asked: "I don't know how far away is Xie's villa?" ”

Xingshi Lingyou has served the famous monk for many years, and his speech is good, saying: "Xie's villa is in the southwest of Shangyu County, bordering Shanyin County, in the east mountain, on the bank of the Yan River, nearly two hundred miles away. ”

Chen Caozhi nodded, and said in his heart: "Two hundred miles back and forth, although the five-day time is urgent, you can get up early and rest late." Then he hurried away with peace of mind, listened to the wheels, and thought: "It turns out that Xie's villa is in Shangyu County, no wonder Zhu Yingting will be invited to participate in the Dongshan Yaji, I wonder if Zhu Yingtai will attend the meeting?" Brother Zhu—no, it's Sister Zhu, Sister Zhu is talented, and should not be under the children of the Xie Family—"

Lai Zhen, who was driving the car, said at this time: "Xiao Langjun should still be able to catch up with the elegant collection of Dongshan Xie's villa." ”

Walker Lingyou said: "My master is going to participate in the Dongshan Yaji, three days before and after, and it will be dispersed on the nineteenth. ”

Lai Zhen said: "Today is sixteen, it's still too late." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "I asked Master Zhishudu to treat my mother's illness, and I didn't have time to participate in the Silk and Bamboo Collection. "Having said that, I still feel very sorry in my heart, and there is an indescribable doubt, I always feel that there is something I haven't figured out, but what is it, but I can't think clearly, sometimes it seems to think of a little sprout, and then when I think about it, but I have no clue, like looking for a fragrance in the fog, a gust of wind comes, the fog changes, and the prospect changes.

The summer solstice has passed, the days are long and the nights are short, just in a hurry, when the sky is completely dark, Chen Caozhi and the four people rushed to Yuji County, rested overnight, and re-embarked on the road the next morning, passing Shanyin County, Gujian Lake is everywhere, and Wu County is the same Jiangnan water town, and the beauty of the peaks and mountains is better than Wu County——

Wang Xi's tour will be ji, leaving a poem: "The mountain ** goes up, such as swimming in the mirror." ”； Wang Xianzhi traveled to the meeting and said: "From the mountain**, the mountains and rivers reflect each other, so that people are overwhelmed. ”； Gu Kaizhi returned to Wu County from Shanyin, and when people asked about the beauty of mountains and rivers, he replied: "Thousands of rocks are showing, thousands of ravines are contending, and the grass and trees are covered with clouds, and the clouds are steaming." ”

Although Chen Caozhi was worried about his mother's body and was depressed, he didn't feel comfortable when he saw the picturesque mountains and rivers from the mountains.

Walker Lingyou pointed to Lanzhu Mountain and said, "Chen Tanyue, that's where Lanting Yaji gathered six years ago. ”

Chen Caozhi looked at the mountains and mountains, the lush forest and bamboo, recalling the Lanting grand meeting in the ninth year of Yonghe, when Xie An, Sun Sui and other celebrities had attended the meeting, the ritual of repair, drinking and writing poems, and later Wang Xizhi gathered each person's poems and texts into a collection, and wrote a preface, this is the famous "Lanting Collection Preface", Wang Xizhi took advantage of the wine on the occasion of the party, with silkworm cocoon paper, rat whisker pen disease book this preface, the whole article 28 lines, 324 words, there are heavy ones, all change differently, exquisite.

Chen Caozhi silently recited the "Preface to the Lanting Collection", thinking: "I know that death and life are illusory, and Qi Peng's death is vain - although Wang Xizhi is open, he can't let go of death, life and death." ”

On this day, I hurried until the night, and arrived at Dongguan, a small town in the eastern suburbs of Shangyu County, and the traveler Lingyou said: "Dongguan is only twenty miles away from Dongshan Xie's villa, and you can arrive tomorrow morning." ”

On the morning of May 18, Chen Caozhi bathed and changed clothes, wearing a small crown of black lacquer light gauze, with a crown belt lightly strangled under his chin, wearing a fine kudzu single shirt, wide robe and big sleeves, plump and handsome, walking through the streets and alleys of Dongguan Town, eye-catching.

At three o'clock in the morning, Chen Cao and his entourage came to the left bank of the Yanxi, in front of which is the East Mountain of the green cage, the mountains are undulating, the radius is dozens of miles, and the Yanxi River that goes around the mountain is the territory of Xie's villa.

There is a villa gate at the foot of the mountain, like the mountain gate of the temple, there are several rows of wooden houses on both sides, there are Zhuang Ke to take care of it, the traveler Lingyou Dao Ming intention, there is a Zhuang Ke to lead the way, leading the traveler Lingyou and Chen Caozhi into the villa.

Walking through more than 100 wide stone steps, several tall dragon claw pines welcome guests, the terrain here is relatively flat, dozens of zhang forward, there is a short wall of red mud, surrounded by a small manor, Zhuang Ke entered for a while, and came out of a Xie manor's manor, looking at Chen Caoyi, he smiled with a smile on his face: "This is Qian Tang Chen Langjun, Du Gong set off to Qian Tang yesterday, Chen Langjun didn't meet on the road?" ”

Chen Cao was stunned, Du Gong was a supporter, but how did he go to Qian Tang?

Xingshi Lingyou hurriedly asked, and said: "Duke Du learned that Chen Langjun's Lingtang was ill, so yesterday he was accompanied by my family and went to Qiantang to treat Chen Langjun's Lingtang. ”

Chen Caozhi was overjoyed, so he wanted to rush back immediately, catch up with Master Zhishudu halfway, and go back to Chenjiawu together, but he thought that since he arrived at Xie's villa but didn't go to see Xie An, it would be too rude, so he said: "Dare to bother to inform An Shigong, Qian Tang Chen Caozhi is waiting to see you." ”

The pawn led Chen Caozhi up the mountain road on the left side of the small manor, walked through a gentle slope, and heard the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras passing through the forest and trees to his ears, which was particularly ethereal and beautiful.

On the slope of the cliff, a wide wooden building with eight windows on eight sides, behind the wooden building is a large bamboo forest, there is a large cluster of roses on the left side of the wooden building, the roses are blooming at the turn of spring and summer, but the roses in the Xie manor in Dongshan have always bloomed late, now it has passed the summer solstice, June is approaching, these yellow and red roses are still competing to open.

The pawn went in to report, Chen Caozhi stood at the bottom of the steps, smelled the fragrance of roses, listened to the music in the building, and said in his heart: "An Shi does not come out, what is the life of the world?" ”

Shi Zai Xie An once asked his sons and nephews, what is the best sentence in "Mao's Poems"? Xie Xuan replied, "In the past, I went back, and the willows followed"; Xie Daoyun said, "Ji Fu is a song, Mu is like a breeze, and Zhongshan Fu is forever in his heart to comfort his heart." Xie An thinks that his niece Xie Dao has a deep sense of elegance, Xie An himself chose "to make a fate, far away from the morning", from this sentence it can be seen that Xie An's political ambitions are by no means willing to die in the mountains and forests, but last month Xi Chao came to invite Xie An out of the mountain, Xie An is still a silk and bamboo banquet, it seems that there is no idea of going out of the mountain to engage in politics for a while.

Chen Caozhi suddenly remembered that when he was talking about "Mao's Poems" with Zhu Yingtai, Zhu Yingtai also praised the two sentences "Jifu is a song, Mu is like a breeze"-

Before Chen Cao could think too much, the music in the building suddenly fell silent, and then two beautiful young men came out, and the young man on the left with a slightly pale face and a beautiful face stood on the corridor, first looked at Chen Cao and looked up and down, and then arched his hand and said: "Brother Zizhong, my father is invited." ”

Chen Caozhi returned the salute, walked calmly, went up seven steps, took off his shoes and entered the wooden building, only to see the brocade vain, several cases listed, and more than a dozen young children on the seat looked at Chen Caozhi together.

Chen Caozhi's eyes did not squint, only looked at the man sitting in the north, this man was in his forties, his face was like a crown of jade, three locks of long hair, slender eyes, raised eyebrows, open eyes, clear eyes, holding a palmetto fan, several female prostitutes sat on both sides of the man, with fragrant clothes and sideburns, flowers and branches, all paying attention to Chen Caozhi.

Chen Caozhi slammed towards the man, and said in a clear voice: "Qian Tang Chen Caozhi, please see An Shigong." ”

This man is Xie An, who is known as the first famous man in Jiangzuo, at this time he got up slowly, about seven feet four inches tall, half a head taller than Chen Caozhi, tall but not strong, very extraordinary, looked at Chen Caozhi, and said with a smile: "Since the guests talked about Qian Tang Chen Caozhi last month, for more than a month, I have heard the name of Chen Caozhi from time to time. ”

Chen Caozhi was not seated, and said: "Wang'an Shigong forgives Cao's faux pas, Caozhi wants to rush back to Qiantang immediately, Jiaci's health is not safe, I am here to ask Dugong to treat Jiaci, only to learn that Dugong has gone to Qiantang yesterday, so I want to rush back immediately, and I have come to Zhi'an Shigong, so I will leave." After that, he took a deep bow again, and then saluted the people in the seat, and then withdrew and strode away.

Xie An walked to the long window, looked at Chen Caozhi's back, and said: "This son is sick of his mother and his eyes are worried, but his speech and demeanor are still calm, and his demeanor is good, which is rare to see. He turned his head to the people in the seat and said: "Ning Zhi, Hui Zhi, you two said that Chen Caozhi played the recorder with the flavor of King Huanye, but unfortunately he can't smell it today." ”

Wang Huizhi said with a smile: "Chen Caozhi is like a frightening and comes and goes, Uncle An Shi has regrets. ”