At night, Chu Jian, the Chenglang of Wujun, saw his son Chu Wenbin coming back with a squirting of wine, and naturally thought that Lu Fowl had gone to the appointment, the misunderstanding was cleared, and the guests and hosts were happy.

Chu Wenbin had a stomach full of bitter water to confide in his father, seeing that he couldn't talk, the wine was rising, he washed a handful of people and fell asleep dizzily, and the more he woke up the next morning, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and the annoyed eyes of Lu Fowl when he left made him tremble, and first discussed with his brother Chu Wenqian, Chu Wenqian was stunned when he heard this, and quickly asked him to see his uncle Chu Jian.

Chu Jian was about to go to the county government to sit on the council, and when he heard his son stammer, he almost vomited blood on the spot, and gave this inferior son a blow to the head with the jade handle of the tail in his hand, and said: "I have thought about it behind closed doors, and I am not allowed to go out for half a step." ”

Chu Jian stabilized his mind and went to the county office to deal with official business as usual, but he was in a state of confusion, and when Taishou Lu Na saw him, he seemed to be much colder than before, which made Chu Jian even more uneasy.

At the end of the year, when the officials retired from the hall and returned to the mansion, Chu Jian calmed down and followed behind Lu Na and said: "Envoy, the dog is in the Xu Academy——"

Lu Na waved his hand and said: "Why mention that matter again, the same county and the same township, you have to live in harmony." "Bow your hands, get on the ox cart and go.

Chu Jian was even more uneasy, and returned to the mansion to think about it, relying on his son Chu Wenbin was no longer able to reconcile with Lu Yu, and he had to come forward to explain and apologize to Lu Na solemnly.

Chu Jian deliberately sent someone to collect a pot of Han Orchid and a pot of Mo Orchid, all of which are rare and famous species, and there is a volume of Sima Xiangru "Shanglin Fu" written by Wang Xi's son Wang Xianzhi, "Shanglin Fu" is for Lu Na's favor, two pots of precious orchids are for Lu Weirui, Lu Na dotes on his daughter, and it is easier to please Lu Na by sending Lu Weirui orchids.

At the beginning of the afternoon of the fifth day of November, Chu Jian came to the Taishou Mansion by ox cart, and waited for a long time in the entrance hall before seeing Lu Na come out, and quickly got up and saluted deeply: "Envoy, Chu Jian is here to confess." ”

Lu Naqi said: "Why did Brother Guangde say this? ”

Chu Jian was ashamed and humiliated, and told the suspicion between his son Chu Wenbin and Chen Caozhi and the matter involving land and fowl, and asked for the guilt on behalf of his son.

Lu Na was surprised: "It's just a battle of children's will, why is Brother Guangde like this!" ”

Chu Jian repeatedly confessed, and ordered his entourage to offer two pots of orchids and a book sticker, Lu Na heard that it was Wang Xianzhi's book sticker, so he hurriedly opened it and said happily: "Very good, I like this book sticker, let Chen Caozhi take a look at it later." He said to Chu Jian again: "Brother Guangde is too worried, I will teach him a lesson——"

Chu Jian hurriedly said: "Don't blame Lu Fowl, it's all the dog's fault." ”

Lu Na said: "Okay, don't mention those things, Brother Guangde came just in time, Chen Caozhi is playing the flute in the garden, you follow me to see him, you are a fellow villager, you have to bring him more in the future." ”

Chu Jian only said yes, he was ashamed and indignant, and followed Lu Na to the garden, and the two pots of orchids were moved together.

Cherish the garden Baihua Pavilion stone boat, the stone boat in front of the small pond, Chen Caozhi is kneeling on the red felt on the head of the boat to play the recorder, Lu Changsheng, Lu Weirui brothers and sisters, as well as several subordinate officials of the Taishou Mansion, sitting on both sides of the stone boat and listening to the recorder.

Lu Na stopped at the end of the boat, and waited for Chen Caozhi to finish playing a song before walking into the stone boat, and praised: "It's really wonderful, no wonder Hengyi wants to give the flute, Brother Guangde, I'll let you see the picture of the gift flute drawn by Wei Xie-Caozhi, come to see your fellow villager Chu Chenglang." ”

Chen Caozhi got up and said, "I've seen Senior Chu." ”

Chu Jian returned the courtesy, and reluctantly praised a few times, without the enthusiasm of the Zhenqing Daoist Academy that day, and his heart was depressed to the extreme, Lu Na completely demoted him to the position of being equal to the Hanmen Chen Caozhi, but now he can only endure it.

Lu Weirui was greatly surprised when she saw Hanlan and Mo Lan, and sincerely thanked Chu Shilang, so she greeted Chen Caozhi: "Chen Langjun come and see, what kind of variety is this pot of Hanlan?" ”

Chen Caozhi's understanding of flower varieties is actually not as good as Lu Weirui's, he looked at it carefully, shook his head and said that he didn't know, he only knew that it was Hanlan.

Lu Weirui was proud, and said: "There are four kinds of cold orchids, green cold orchid, purple cold orchid, red cold orchid and green purple cold orchid, among which the green cold orchid is the most precious, and this green cold orchid is particularly rare, called 'Guangxiang Suxin', the leaves are elegant, and the fragrance is long-" and pointed to Mo Lan and asked Chen Caozhi.

Chen Caozhi said: "I know this, it's called Phnom Penh Molan." ”

Lu Weirui said with a smile: "Yes, it is Phnom Penh Molan, these two pots of orchids are really fragrant, and Guangxiang is afraid of cold, so it must be placed indoors on this cold day." ”

Lu Na smiled and looked at his beloved daughter's happy appearance, and after she and the short hoe carried the orchids one by one, Fang said: ", come and see, this is the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi's seventh son Wang Xianzhi, Wang Xianzhi is also fifteen years old this year, the same age as you, do you think his calligraphy is better than yours?" ”

Chen Caozhi took the "Shanglin Fu" hemp note, and took a closer look at the scroll, this is Wang Xianzhi's italicic calligraphy, although it is not as graceful and free and easy as the thirteen lines of Wang Xianzhi's italic "Luo Shen Fu" handed down to later generations, but it is precise and ingenious, and the body is clear and beautiful, which is enough to rank among the great calligraphers, and said: "I am ashamed to be the same age, and it is not as good as being far away." ”

Lu Na smiled: "Don't be discouraged, Wang Xianzhi is a calligraphy genius, with the guidance of his father who is the first in calligraphy, and his own practice is extremely hard, it is rumored that Wang Xianzhi asked his father Wang Xizhi for calligraphy secrets when he was twelve years old, Wang Xizhi led him to the backyard, pointed to the eighteen vat in the backyard and said that the secret of calligraphy is all in these eighteen vats, you use these eighteen vat water to grind ink, the water runs out, and naturally understands the secret of calligraphy - its diligence is so, the younger generation of Jiangzuo takes him as the first, but, I also have high hopes for you, When you copy the names of all the families, painstakingly understand, after three years, you may not be able to compare with Wang Xian. ”

Chen Caozhi was neither humble nor arrogant: "Thank you for your appreciation, Cao Zhi dares not to work hard, although he can't reach it, his heart yearns for it." ”

Chu Jian reluctantly sat for a while, then said goodbye and returned home, scolding Chu Wenbin, saying that it was unfilial to give birth to a child, which caused his father to beg for someone in a low voice, which was really insulting to the family.

Chu Wenbin knelt on the ground, listening to his father's long sighs, and didn't dare to make a sound.

Chu Wenqian, who was on the side, whispered: "Uncle is angry, this is all my nephew's fault, and my nephew shouldn't compete with Chen Caozhi in calligraphy-"

"Don't talk about that now!" Chu Jian interrupted his nephew Chu Wenqian's words and sneered: "Didn't you hear, Lu Na praised that Chen Caozhi to the sky, saying that Chen Caozhi can be compared with Wang Yishao's son Wang Xianzhi, Wang Xianzhi is the first person in the younger generation of the scholar clan from the north, Lu Na compared Chen Caozhi with him, which means that Chen Caozhi is the leader of the younger generation of the Wu people, where do you put the children of the scholar clan in Jiangdong?" What a joke! ”

Chu Wenqian asked, "Uncle, what should we do in the future?" ”

Chu Jian said slowly: "Let's bear with it first, let that Chen Caozhi be proud for a while, and then give him a fatal blow, I don't believe that my Chu family is just a milky and undried poor scumbag - Wen Bin, you don't have to go to the Xu Academy, don't worry about that Ye Zhu anymore, these small means are useless, if you want to use ruthlessly." ”

Chu Wenbin asked: "Daddy is trying to find someone to kill Chen Caozhi?" ”

Chu Jian laughed angrily: "Stupid fool, if you don't agree with each other, you will draw a knife against each other, that is the only thing that the Beiling homeless people do, how can my Chu clan be so barbaric, besides, what is the meaning of killing Chen Caozhi, I just want to suppress him, and let him never come out of the Chen family, so that he can be happy!" ”