Several lanterns are shining, the fine snow is like a butterfly dancing, Huang Xiaotong can't wait to unfold two silk paintings for Chen Caozhi to see, one is two Yuxue's cute little babies lying on the brocade couch like two little frogs, their hands are trying to support, raising their little heads, the two babies are all lips like Zhu, eyes are like paint, eyes are smart and lovely, like twins-

The other is two little babies sitting opposite each other with red belly pockets, leaning forward, holding small hands, laughing sideways, with vivid expressions-

Huang Xiaotong said: "Run'er Little Lady specially told me to let Xiao Langjun guess which of these two paintings was painted by Run'er Little Lady?" Which one was painted by Xie Xiao's mother? Also, there are two babies on the painting, which one is the little Langjun born by Lu Xiaozhu? Which is the little lady born to Mrs. Xiaochan? ”

The joy in Chen Cao's heart was like boiling water, stirring and leaping, but knowing that Wei Rui and Xiaochan's mother and son were safe, the heart that had been worried about it was finally like a stone on the ground, stable, and seeing that the snow was getting heavier and heavier, he was afraid of wetting the silk paintings, so he put away the letter and the two paintings, and said: "Wait and take a closer look - Xiaotong, you and the five people have worked hard, I have a big reward, you go to eat first, and then go to my study to reply." ”

Chen Caozhi returned to the Bingjingtai apartment, sat down in the study, took a closer look at the family letter, and learned that Lu Weirui gave birth on May 29, Xiaochan was three days late, Lu Weirui's baby boy Xiaozi Bozhen, was taken by Weirui herself, to commemorate her and Chen Caozhi in the Zhenqing Taoist Courtyard under the camellia under the heart, originally wanted to be called Zhenqing, but because Qingzi committed the name of Chen Caozhi's brother Chen Qingzhi, and because he was Chen Caozhi's eldest son, he was called Bo Zhen, and the official name and words were left for Chen Caozhi to take; Xiaochan's daughter is the name taken by Xie Daoyun, called Chen Fangyu-

Chen Caozhi looked at a stack of family letters, laughing while reading, the third brother Chen Shang also added a son, the youngest son of the fourth uncle Chen Xian, Chen Tan had married Ding Huilan, a girl from Ding Yi, in May, and Chen Mo was recommended by Dai Shu of the Huiji Nei Shi as the Cheng of Bapin County——

Only Xie Daoyun's letter is a little sad, her fourth uncle Xie Wan has died of illness in early March, she returned to Qiantang only after attending the funeral of her fourth uncle, and saw that Lu Weirui and Xiaochan both gave birth to children, very lively, and the two babies are very cute, Xie Daoyun is inevitably a little lost, and knows that Chen Caozhi wants to stay in Jizhou, and I don't know when we will meet-

Chen Caozhi once mentioned to the elders of the clan and the two ladies Lu and Xie in his family letter that he wanted to accept Princess Murong Qinchen of Xianbei as a concubine, but now that he reads the reply letter, Lu Weirui and Xie Daoyun did not mention anything about Chen Caozhi's concubine, and his sister-in-law Ding Youwei said a few words in the letter, asking Xiaolang to take care of his body, not to be too lazy with women, and the old patriarch Chen Xian proceeded from the overall situation, thinking that since Huan Dasima agreed to the sixteenth nephew to take Princess Xianbei as a concubine, it was naturally out of consideration for governing Jizhou, and told the sixteen nephews to treat Murong Qinchen well, Don't dislike Murong Qinchen because she is a woman of different races-

Murong Qinchen followed Chen Cao into the study, she heard Huang Xiaotong say that Chen Caozhi was happy with the noble son and daughter, and now looking at Chen Caozhi's smiling appearance, her heart was a little tingling, these months with Chen Caozhi's Qingqing and me, Shuangfei and amphibious, she forgot that Chen Caozhi still has two wives and a concubine in the distant Jiangdong, only tonight I realized that Chen Caozhi did not belong to her alone, she was just a concubine of Chen Caozhi-

Murong Qinchen was a little sad and sat aside without saying a word.

Chen Caozhi looked at the letter from the family, ready to take a closer look at the two silk paintings, and raised his eyes to see Murong Qinchen sitting lonely in the light and shadow, so he called: "Qinqin-"

Murong Qinchen suddenly became happy, she was not a scheming woman, and Chen Caozhi gave her an unprecedented feeling of love, so although the country was broken and her family was scattered, her heart was not hurt too much, and she asked closely: "Husband, your two ladies have written a letter?" Did you talk about me? ”

Murong Qinchen doesn't know Chinese characters, only Xianbei characters, compared with Chinese characters, Xianbei characters are much simpler, only used for simple memorization, many of the Xianbei songs that Murong Qinchen can sing have tunes and no lyrics, and sing at will according to his mood when singing-

Chen Caozhi smiled: "My sister-in-law reminded me not to be too lazy to be a woman-"

Murong Qinchen blushed, she had her first taste of love, these days with Chen Caozhi are like glue, night and night, is this what makes her husband lazy?

Chen Caozhi said again: "My fourth uncle wants me to treat you well, don't dislike you-"

Murong Qinchen's tender lips pursed and pursed, and asked, "Why do you say you want to dislike me?" ”

Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "My fourth uncle has never seen a Xianbei person, and he thinks that he is red-haired and green-eyed, so he wants me to be patient." ”

Murong Qinchen smiled wildly, she was extremely confident in her appearance, and from Chen Caozhi's love for her, she could also see how beautiful she was, and said with a smile: "Fourth uncle is so good, I will give him a gift to the old man in the future." Then he asked, "What do the husband's wives think of me?" ”

Chen Caozhi said truthfully: "The two of them did not mention you in their letters. ”

Murong Qinchen's picturesque eyebrows furrowed, he felt despised and unhappy, and said, "I will never go to Jiangdong-"

Chen Caozhi said: "But I always have to go back, will Qin Qin be separated from me at that time?" ”

Murong Qinchen looked at Chen Caozhi and said, "If you want to protect me, I will go back with you." "Murong Qinchen was worried about being humiliated and despised by the two eldest women.

Chen Caozhi said: "Don't worry too much, Wei Rui and Dao Yun know the book and will not deliberately belittle you, but you also have to know the general etiquette, don't be petty, if you have a conflict with her, I will not support you, you have to remember, of course, if you go back to Jiangdong, I will not arrange for you to live with her, so as not to make you uncomfortable." ”

Murong Qinchen was silent, very aggrieved in his heart, in Chen Caozhi's heart, the position of Lu and Xie was obviously above her.

Chen Caozhi took a closer look at the painting, he identified that the painting of Bo Zhen and Fang Yu's little brother and sister lying on the couch should be made by Run'er, Run'er's brushwork was learned from him, iron line drawing, with the center, the brushwork is round, the outline is vivid, and the color is a small freehand rendering, Run'er is thirteen years old this year, and this painting has made great progress than before-

And Xie Daoyun studied under Tanxi Dai Kui, Dai Kui is not only good at painting, but also good at sculpture, he applies sculpture techniques to painting, the lines are continuous, refined and flattering, and the light and shadow are quite particular, the paintings are quite three-dimensional, Xie Daoyun inherited Dai Kui's painting style, and the painting of the two babies sitting on the hand is realistic and expressive-

At this time, Huang Xiaotong begged to see him under the corridor, Chen Caozhi called him in, and Huang Xiaotong came in and asked: "Did the general identify which painting was painted by the little lady Run'er?" Huang Xiaotong restored the title of Chen Caozhi in the army.

Chen Caozhi smiled and pointed to the picture of the second baby lying on his stomach and said: "This is it." ”

Huang Xiaotong was speechless: "The general is really amazing, and he can see it at a glance - so which of the babies in this painting is Bo Zhen Xiaolangjun?" Which is Fangyu Little Lady? ”

Chen Caozhi was a little hesitant, and looked at the two paintings carefully, Run'er and Dao Yun were painted realistically and expressively, although the baby on the painting looked white and cute at first glance, but if you look closely, the eyebrows are still very different, the baby lying on the left in Run'er's painting, the one sitting on the left in Daoyun's painting, there is a faint shadow of Lu Weirui between the baby's eyebrows, the eyes are especially like, the nose should be like Chen Caozhi, this baby is of course Chen Bozhen-

After identifying Chen Bozhen, then the other one is naturally Chen Fangyu, but Chen Bozhen in the two paintings has a similar appearance, and another baby who can lie and sit opposite Chen Bozhen is two appearances in the two paintings, of course, this can only be distinguished by Chen Caozhi, who is so careful and well aware of the painting theory-

Chen Caozhi instructed: "This is my son Bozhen, but why is Xiao Fangyu not very similar in the two paintings?" The one on the right side of this lying on his stomach should be Fangyu. Xiao Fangyu's face is round, quite similar to her mother Xiaochan.

Huang Xiaotong laughed: "The general is really discerning, he can't hide anything from the general, there are three people in these two paintings, except for Bo Zhen Xiaolangjun and Fang Yu Little Lady, the general guesses who the other one is, and he is also a little lady?" ”

Chen Caozhi flashed his mind and laughed: "I know, this is Gu Changkang's daughter, and she is Xiao Bozhen's little wife, holding the hand of her son, and growing old with her son, haha." ”

Huang Xiaotong also laughed and said: "The little lady of the Gu family is forty days older than Bozhen Xiaolangjun, and she came to Chenjiawu with her mother in mid-October, and Mrs. Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is also in Chenjiawu, which is really lively and festive." ”

Chen Caozhixi asked: "What is the name of the little lady of the Gu family?" ”

Huang Xiaotong replied: "My name is Gu Weiqing." ”

……

The gold in the Yongshou Palace was excavated, not only 50,000 catties, but more than 60,000 catties, Chen Cao's confidants sealed the gold and brought it back to Chenjiawu when he returned to Jiangdong.

Winter goes to spring, the ice and snow melt, the grass and trees of the Taihang Mountain in the west are becoming verdant and lush, at this time it is already Mengxia April, Chen Caozhi has been the assassin of Jizhou for nearly four months, although the imperial court edict has not yet been issued, but it is recommended by Huan Wen, Shang Shutai will not refuse-

In Yecheng, Chen Caozhi vigorously rectified the rule of officials, strictly rewarded and punished, eliminated redundant and inferior, and promoted talents, relying on Cui, Lu, Zheng, and Wang clans, as well as talented poor people, and striving to make the best use of talents and official titles; Chen Caozhi changed the original Yanguo Taixue in Yecheng into a state school, and the schools in the county and county should also be established as soon as possible, and the children of the illustrious Zhuhu Yidi were also enrolled in school and taught like the children of the Han people, and vigorously promoted Confucianism; Promote the Xianbei Zhuhu with prestige and talent as officials, and harmonize the relationship between Hu and Han; He also built water conservancy, persuaded farmers to teach mulberry, and encouraged the people to reclaim wasteland.

On the tenth day of the first month of April, news came from Wen County that the imperial court ordered Gao Song and Shi Xie Yan, the governor of the imperial court, to be envoys to Hebei to grant Chen Caozhi, Tian Luo, Huan Shiqian and others the edict and seal of the imperial court——

Chen Caozhi was overjoyed, and finally looked forward to the Jiangdong Qin envoy, that is, he ordered the governor Shi Cui and the state Sima Suqi to lead the crowd to Fangtou to greet him, on the 16th, the Qin envoy had arrived on the south bank of Zhangshui, Chen Caozhi led hundreds of county officials and military generals out of the city to greet him, and the relationship between Gao Song and Chen Caozhi in the service was quite good, not to mention Xie Yan, but one person behind Xie Yan made Chen Caozhi surprise -