Chen Caozhi greeted Xi to the main hall and sat down, pointed to the apprenticeship Shu Xiuli sent by Li Jingshu and said, "Brother guest, I want to ask you for help-"

Xi Xiao asked, "What's the matter?" ”

There are some things that Chen Caozhi is inconvenient to say to Huan Wen, but he has no scruples in front of Xi, and he shows his intimate trust when he says it, and Chen Caozhi will meet Li Jingshu on the bank of Guxiao River that day.

Xi laughed and said: "Zizhong is tired of Jiang Zuowei's fame, and everywhere he goes, he will cause love, then Li Jingshu is twenty-eight this year, and he is also chasing after Zizhong, haha, it's really interesting!" ”

Jin people's ethos, it is not rude to talk about other people's concubines, but after all, this is Huan Wen's favorite concubine, and her original identity is also special, she is a princess of the dead country, which is very different from ordinary concubines.

Chen Caozhi said: "Brother Guest, don't just make fun of me, teach me how to deal with it." ”

Xi picked up a piece of jasper pendant sent by Li Jingshu, looked at the light, and said: "Shuzhong specialty, high-grade green jade, this bouquet of cultivation is worth a lot of money, it has been fifteen years since the destruction of the Li family of the Cheng Han Dynasty, but there are still people who support it, and every year someone goes to Jiankang to send Shuzhong specialties to Guiyi Hou Li Shi-" The words changed and said: "If it is an ordinary concubine and has no children, what does it matter if the Duke of Huan County gives you this concubine, this is also a romantic affair, but this Li Shimei is not good." ”

Chen Caozhi said shamefully: "Brother guest, I am asking you for advice on how to deal with this matter, how can I be that lustful apprentice, even if I am lustful, how dare I covet the concubine of the Duke of Huan, but this Li Shimei is moody, and she can't get close, and she refuses to complain, and I am afraid that there will be trouble." ”

Xi smiled and said: "Zizhong don't worry, Duke Huan is very elegant, and he relies on you very much, so I will never blame you for this, so let's go to see Duke Huan Jun with me, just pick out the matter, and there will be no trouble." ”

Chen Caozhi needed exactly what Xi said, immediately went to see Huan Wen with Xi, and sent Li Jingshu's Shu Xiu gift back, this recorder teacher still didn't do it as a wonder, but as soon as he talked about the Gu Xi River, Huan Wen laughed and said: "This matter has been told to me, Tan Tan laughs, Chen Peng doesn't have to care, she likes your recorder, you have promised to teach her, you don't have to refuse, I can come to the General's Mansion to teach her for half an hour, I can also listen to Chen Peng's wonderful sound, Huan Ye Wang praised your recorder music, I haven't heard of it." ”

It turned out that leaning was Li Jingshu's small character, Chen Caozhi heard Huan Wen say this, he couldn't shirk anymore, and he was vigilant against that Li Jingshu in his heart, this woman was very scheming, it seemed that he expected him to go to Huan Wen to excuse himself, and first told the matter in front of Huan Wen, as for how to say it, how could outsiders know that the woman was slandering, isn't that it? And Huan Wen actually connived at her, and Huan Wen's meaning was unpredictable.

Huan Wen said: "The Shu Xiu Ceremony is prepared for the ceremony, and I also know that since Chen Peng has come here, he will call the Tilt to come out to worship the teacher-" immediately ordered the maid to invite Li Jingshu to come out.

After a moment, Li Jingshu, who was wearing a snow-white Shu long skirt, burst out, Ying Ying bowed down in front of Chen Caozhi, and said: "Master Chen-"

Li Jingshu is not a Han person, but a member of the Ba Yi people in Shu, the Ba Yi people and the Han people have no difference in appearance, it is said that the men are rough in appearance, and the women are snow-skinned, quite similar to the Buddhist scriptures of the so-called Tianlong Eight Divisions of the Asura tribe, this Li Jingshu is the stunning beauty of the Ba Yi people, the black and rich long pull a towering high bun, the skin is particularly white, against the snow-white Shu long skirt, like ice and snow jade, the nose bridge is beautiful, the lips are ruddy, because the eyelashes are dense and long, so the eyes are extraordinarily faint and deep, said to be twenty-eight years old, But compared with the nineteen-year-old 6 Weirui, Li Jingshu has no traces of time at all, of course, 6 Weirui's pure beauty and quiet temperament is what Li Jingshu does not have, is Li Jingshu beautiful? It is indeed very beautiful, kneeling in a long skirt stretching the outline of the legs and buttocks, slender and round, which makes people can't help but feel excited, but the most beautiful is Li Jingshu's hands, ten fingers are slender, the shape is extremely beautiful, as if the high-grade jade is carefully carved, and the nails are also the true color, faint and light red, like translucent red jade-

Huan Wen said: "Tilt, Chen Peng will enter the capital on business in two days, and if you have time today, please ask him to point out your recorder first." ”

That Li Jingshu didn't look hysterical on the bank of Guxiao Creek at dusk, put her hands on her knees, and said respectfully: "Please teach Master Chen." ”

Chen Caozhi hesitated for a moment and said, "Then please ask Mrs. Li to play a tune for me first." ”

Li Jingshu smiled at Huan Wen Yanran, and nodded to Xi and Chen Caozhi, holding the purple bamboo flute tube, and whined and blew half a tune, but it was the "Red Bean Song" that Chen Caozhi played in Xi's apartment that day, Li Jingshu of course could not blow it completely, but she only listened to it once, it is rare to be able to blow it like this, and Li Jingshu's appearance of blowing the flute is very moving, her lips are slightly pursed, and her slender and delicate fingers are pressed up and down, which is very amorous.

Chen Caozhi said: "Li Niangzi plays very well, I don't need my guidance in terms of skills, I went to Jiankang to record a few pieces of music for you, in addition, these songs of mine are difficult to bend with ordinary recorders, to the pipe diameter is thicker, the pipe diameter is thicker, you can control the lip shape change, play four or five different timbres, the pipe body does not need to be too long, not more than three feet three inches, too long is cumbersome." ”

Li Jingshu said that she was taught, and said: "Can the concubine take a look at Ke Tingdi, which Huan Taishou gave to Master Chen?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "This girl is really annoying, maybe Ke Tingdi who saw me wants to have her again." Then he said: "Huan Tai Shou Ya gift, in the next pity if it is a treasure, never willing to borrow." ”

Huan Wen smiled: "Chen Peng is stingy, how generous is the King of Huan Ye - tilting, that Cai Zhonglang Keting flute is unique in the world, it is impossible for you to want that kind of flute, I will send someone to find you a high-grade recorder as Chen Peng said." ”

Li Jingshu's thin and long eyelashes covered her eyelids like a curtain, and she said, "Thank you, General." His eyelashes flashed, and his eyes swept across Chen Caozhi's face.

……

On June 15, Chen Caozhi and Xi Bai bid farewell to Huan Wen to Jiankang, Chen Caozhi was ordered to recruit Zhu Yingtai into the West Mansion, Xi is to serve in the court, the same generation Huan Wen on the seven things, urging the division to implement as soon as possible, Mrs. Xi Zhou Matou also went with him, and Zhou Matou's brother Zhou Lin also went with him, Zhou Matou and Xi are the same age, 27 years old this year, have not yet given birth, persuade Xi to take a concubine, Xi refuses, only wants to stay with Zhou Matou.

Xie Xuan sent Xi and Chen Caozhi over Baiyun Mountain, and asked Chen Caozhi to take a letter to his uncle Xie Wan, and secretly instructed Chen Caozhi that if his sister Xie Daoyun could really only go out, please ask Chen Caozhi to help him hide his true identity, and Chen Caozhi would naturally agree.

Those who followed Chen Caozhi to Jiankang were Lai Zhen and Huang Xiaotong, and Huan Wen ordered Ran Sheng to lead ten sergeants under him to protect Chen Caozhi.

More than 300 miles from Gu Xiao to Jiankang, the scorching heat in June, the scorching sun is like fire, Chen Caozhi and Xi and his entourage are in a hurry at dawn, and they will find a post station to rest in the middle of the day, forty or fifty miles a day, on June 18, Chen Caozhi's order came to Zhen to rush back to Jiankang in advance, and brought his text message, asking Gu Kaizhi's wife Zhang Tongyun to hand over the letter to 6 Wei Rui, about 6 Wei Rui met in Xinting before noon on the 21st of this month, Chen Caozhi knew that once he returned to Jiankang, it was not easy to see 6 Wei Rui, and it was most appropriate to meet in Xinting.

Unexpectedly, a few days after a succession of heavy rain, blocked the trip, Mrs. Xi Zhou Matou knew that Chen Caozhi was in a hurry to see the 6 girls, June 20 this day ordered the coachman to rush in the rain, to the night rushed to the Xinting twenty miles away from the old Sheng shop, Lao Sheng shop is also a post station, are Huan Wen moved to the town of Gu Gu to facilitate the establishment of Jiankang exchanges.

After eating and bathing, Xi came to Chen Caozhi's room and said with a smile: "Zizhong, tomorrow morning, you will rush to Xinting first and make love with the 6 little ladies, and I will come slowly." ”

Chen Caozhi smiled slightly and said, "Sister-in-law Zhou has worked hard today, so anxious to go." ”

Xi Dao: "The beauty of becoming a * person, how dare you quit your work." Thinking of something, he said: "Zizhong, Xie Anshi has returned to Jiankang, Da Situ intends to promote Xie Anshi to the fourth rank of the imperial history, you were ordered to recruit Zhu Yingtai into the West Mansion this time, I am afraid that you will have to meet Xie Anshi first." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "The hope of Anshi Gongshilin, I should go to meet him." ”

Xi Dao: "Then the Xie family doesn't know what to think, but he actually pushes Zhu Yingtai to make a move, is he afraid that Zhu Yingtai is talented and will suppress Xie Youdu?" Zi is important to persuade Xie Anshi to do it, and Huan County loves talents, so that Zhu Yingtai can not enter the Western Mansion. ”

After Xi went back to the room, Chen Caozhi began to copy books under the oil lamp, copying books before going to bed has become Chen Caozhi's habit, he can't sleep without copying thousands of words, tonight he copied Zhuge Liang's military book "General Yuan", which he borrowed from Xie Xuan, and was going to copy two, one for himself and the other for Ran Sheng.

A "Jiang Yuan" has more than 5,000 words, more than half of which has been copied in the first two days, and the remaining 1,000 words will be copied tonight.

When Chen Caozhi copied the book, Ran Sheng knelt on the other side of the bookcase, holding and reading Chen Caozhi's copied "Jiang Yuan. Military power", I asked Chen Caozhi if I didn't understand something, Chen Caozhi put down his pen and explained word by word, Ran Sheng listened attentively, and studied much harder than before.

After transcribing "Jiang Yuan", Ran Sheng rushed to wash the pen inkstone, okay, and then went back to the room to rest.

Chen Caozhi undressed and went to the bed, listened to the sound of rain outside the house, and said in his heart: "I hope to get up tomorrow morning and the sky will be sunny after the rain." He thought again: "Rain or shine, Wei Rui will wait for me in Xinting, I'm not in Jiankang, Wei Rui should be free to move, will she still ask her stepmother to accompany her, well, Mrs. 6 has been getting my kidney prescription for almost four months, I don't know if Mrs. 6 insists on taking it, if Mrs. 6 can't give birth to a son and a half daughter, she will be despised by the 6 family, and her protection will be powerless——"

Thinking about it, Chen Caozhi fell asleep.