Before noon on March 6, Lu Na sent someone to inform Dr. Xu and Chen Caozhi that Chu Jianyan had said that there was no one in his house to fight and make trouble, and the matter was over.

Xu Zao comforted Chen Caozhi and let him study with peace of mind, with Lu Taishou to maintain it, Chu Jian didn't dare to go against the grain.

Chen Caozhi said: "The last time Lu Yuanjun asked me to meet Chu Jian in Xiyuan, I hoped that Chu Jian could get along with me in the future, but how could Chu Jian have any restraint? Otherwise, he would not have recruited Chen Liu to his door, this time Chu Jian denied that Ran Sheng beat Chen Liu in front of the Chu Mansion, naturally because Lu Zhijun came forward, Chu Jian was not good at taking advantage of this, so he simply continued to forbear, undoubtedly to wait for Shi Yu Xiyu Dazhongzheng in Yangzhou to come to Wu County and then make trouble - what is the way to deal with it now, you can't sit back and wait for Chu Jian and Chen Liu to frame him, who knows what despicable and shameless methods Chen Liu will make? It doesn't work to be the same, it's too passive, something has to be done. ”

That night, Chen Caozhi wandered on the peach forest path, on the night of the sixth day of the third month, the first quarter moon had not yet come out, and the stars flashed one after another, staying in the darkness for a long time, and the road could be identified without lanterns.

The two friends Xu Miao and Liu Shangzhi accompanied him silently, they all felt the strong grievances of being a poor family, Zizhong's diligence is what everyone sees, but there are so many tribulations, it is really difficult for a poor child to get ahead, even if he pays ten times more effort than Lu Yu and He Zhu, it is difficult to achieve his wish.

After a stroll by the stream, Chen Caozhi said: "Shang Shi, Xianmin, the tenth day of the first month of March is my mother's birthday, I want to copy the "Five Thousand Texts of Lao Tzu" in the Zhenqing Taoist Academy from tomorrow, copy it for ten days, three times a day, and then bind it into thirty volumes, and distribute it to the believers of the Heavenly Master Dao in the county town, so as to pray for my mother's birthday." ”

Xu Miao praised: "Very good, the gentleman is virtuous, and the name will follow." ”

Liu Shangzhi said: "Zizhong's move is not only filial piety, but also a powerful counterattack to the rumors that Chu Jian and Chen Liu's generation may slander you. ”

Chen Caozhi immediately went to Dr. Xu to take leave for ten days, Dr. Xu expressed his approval, most of the monarchs of the previous dynasties advocated "ruling the world with filial piety", the two Han Dynasty Wei and Jin Dynasty especially emphasized filial piety, and the pure filial piety of this move made people moved, you must know that copying "Lao Tzu Five Thousand Words" three times a day, is to write 15,000 words with a brush, which is extremely hard, and the daily copying time is estimated to be more than six hours, that is to say, in addition to the necessary rest and meals, the rest of the time should be used to copy "Lao Tzu Five Thousand Words".

The master of the Li Yuan of the Zhenqing Taoist Academy was overjoyed when he heard this, Chen Caozhi's reputation in Wu County is not low, and he did this act of pure filial piety, which is very beneficial to the promotion of the reputation of the Zhenqing Taoist Academy, and it will definitely be able to absorb more Heavenly Master Dao believers.

The master of the Li Yuan immediately ordered the deacon of the Taoist Academy to sprinkle and clean out a quiet room for Chen Caozhi to copy the "Five Thousand Texts of Lao Tzu", and the original intention of the master of the Li Yuan was to provide pen, ink, paper and inkstone by the Taoist Academy, but Chen Caozhi said that even if the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for copying the scriptures were given to the Taoist Academy on behalf of his mother, he did not need a penny from the Taoist Academy.

The lord of the Li Yuan sent the little Taoist servants to the county town to report the matter to the Gaomen of the scholar clan who believed in the Tao of the Heavenly Master, and let the believers who often come to the Taoist Academy to preach everywhere, one spread ten, ten to the hundred, to the eighth day of the third month, that is, the second day of Chen Caozhi's copying of the scriptures, there was an endless stream of disciples who came to the Taoist Academy to watch Chen Caozhi pray for his mother and copy the "Five Thousand Texts of Lao Tzu", everyone was five steps away from Chen Caozhi, trying not to make a sound, looking at the handsome and graceful young man holding a pen in his left hand, his hand did not stop writing, and he wrote for half an hour in one go, before he got up and paced two steps, rubbing his fingers, But after a quarter of an hour, he sat down again and continued to copy—

There are particularly devout Heavenly Master Taoist believers, who accompany Chen Caozhi all day long, and when Chen Caozhi finishes copying a volume in two hours, he begs Chen Caozhi to give him this volume of "Lao Tzu's Five Thousand Texts", and these believers who ask for "Lao Tzu's Five Thousand Texts" will often give a lot of incense money to the Taoist Academy.

On the third day, Chen Caozhi copied the three volumes of "Lao Tzu Five Thousand Texts" I don't know how to give it, there are too many people who ask for it, Chen Caozhi's calligraphy is excellent, this is even Lu Taishou has praised it, this full of filial piety for the mother to pray for the blessing of the scriptures copied out of the scriptures is really precious, a day twelve hours, a day to copy three volumes of "Lao Tzu Five Thousand Texts" to more than six hours, rare is that the handwriting is always clear and spiritual, there is no fatigue, this young spirit is really amazing, if it is not for the support of pure filial piety, the protection of the Emperor of the Three Officials, Who can persevere?

Therefore, Chen Caozhi's copy of "Lao Tzu's Five Thousand Texts" has become a sought-after commodity, and the lord of the Li Yuan is not shrewd, whoever gives more money in incense will give this volume of scriptures to whom, but no one has complained, because the master of the Li Yuan stated that he would build a Daoji Yuan to provide food and clothing for the lonely believers in the suburbs of the county town when they ran out of food in the disaster year, which was suggested by Chen Caozhi to him.

Copying scriptures is necessary to abide by the precepts and fasting rituals of the Heavenly Master, so since the seventh day of the first month of March, Chen Caozhi has eaten and lived in Zhenqing Daoyuan, copying scriptures for three hours in the morning and afternoon every day, and reviewing the "Little Dai Li Ji" at night, Xu Miao and Liu Shangzhi will come to study with him.

Early in the morning, Chen Caozhi will still take Ran Sheng and Laide to run around Xiaojing Lake, then the Lion Mountain will not be climbed, but instead climb the mountain behind the Zhenqing Taoist Academy.

There are more and more people who come to Zhenqing Taoist Academy to see Chen Caozhi's copying of the scriptures, and they are almost about to break the threshold of the Taoist Academy, although the Gaomen surname of Wu County will not join in the excitement to fight for Chen Caozhi's copying of the Taoist scriptures, but there are people from all the high-ranking families of the Zhenqing Taoist Academy to see the upright posture of this beautiful young man from the poor door who is known as Jiang Zuo Weiyu copying the scriptures, and the focused, meticulous, and persistent demeanor is moving-

The women and girls of Wujun wanted to come to see Chen Caozhi, accompanied by close friends, in groups of three or five, admiring Chen Caozhi's demeanor and demeanor, and whispered to each other: "So Ning Xin'er, I don't know which lady will be cheaper in the future?" ”

On the afternoon of the day when Chen Caozhi copied "Lao Tzu's Five Thousand Texts", Lu Weirui came to Zhenqing Daoyuan, at that time there were not many people who came to the Taoist Academy, Lu Weirui calmly sat in front of Chen Caozhi's case, adding water and grinding ink, Chen Caozhi looked up at her, she smiled slightly, and said softly: "I will come to see you every day." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Don't come if there are too many people." ”

Lu Weirui said: "It's okay, I'll look at you from a distance when there are more people." ”

In the eighty-one chapters of "Lao Tzu's Five Thousand Essays", Chen Caozhi rested for a while every twenty chapters he wrote, rubbing his hand that was sore from holding the pen.

Lu Weirui looked at his knuckles that were a little red and swollen, frowned and said: "Three times a day "Lao Tzu's Five Thousand Texts", it hurts to write in your hands, by the way, Chen Langjun, can't you write with both hands, change your right hand." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "My right hand can only write the line of grass, chapter grass, not good writing italics, copying the Taoist scriptures can not be used in cursive, I use the "Lanting Collection Preface" line, if you use a stroke of italics, it will be even slower. ”

After resting for a while, Chen Caozhi continued to concentrate on copying, and didn't notice that Zhu Yingtai, who was standing on the edge of the big bronze tripod in the courtyard outside the door, was looking at him and Lu Weirui, Zhu Yingtai saw Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui's eyes intersecting with a knowing smile, only to feel a tremor in his heart, raised his eyebrows in surprise, and stared at Chen Caozhi's side for a while before turning around and leaving the courtyard.

Lu Weirui saw that there were more and more people coming to the Taoist Academy, so she sharpened another inkstone, and then got up and left.

Since then, the ink inkstone on Chen Caozhi's book case is about to dry, and some people have come forward to sharpen the ink for him, both men and women, young and old, and Chen Caozhi is smiling and thanking each other.

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Last year in the Zhenqing Taoist Academy, Chu Jian tried in vain to frame Chen Caozhi, Chen Caozhi skillfully coped, and the framing did not succeed but created a lot of reputation for Chen Caozhi, and this time in the Taoist Academy to copy the scriptures, Chen Caozhi's reputation is simply a household name, Chen Caozhi did this is also to protect himself, for the sake of family interests, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is normal to use some grandiose means to expand his reputation, fame and hope are complementary to each other.

In the Chufu guest house, Chen Liu lay on the couch and moaned endlessly, his left shoulder blade collapsed, the pain was so crooked that his mouth and eyes were crooked, although he was treated by the doctor, but the doctor said that the injury would also be disabled after the injury, this left hand was wasted, and it was inevitable that one shoulder would be high and one shoulder low in the future, and the officials of the Qiantang County Bureau were afraid that they would not be able to do it.

Chen Liu really regretted and hated, what he regretted was that he shouldn't have listened to Master Lu instigating Wu Jun to falsely accuse Chen Caozhi, what he hated was that Chen Caozhi was so vicious that he wanted Ran Sheng to beat him to death with a stick!

Chu Wenbin comforted him and said: "Brother Ziquan, you don't have to worry too much, I am seeking the position of Qiantang County Commander from my brother Wenqian, if he takes office, he will definitely reuse you, so that you can have enough food and clothing, and after Chen Cao's body is ruined, my Chu family will come forward, and I will let you return to Chenjiawu, even if you are the patriarch of the Chen family." ”

Chen Liu endured the pain point, but he was sighing in his heart, his father Chen Manlai told him to be cautious in his words and deeds, and at the end of this year, he begged Chen Caozhi and the patriarch Chen Xian, so that he Chen Liu could recognize his ancestors and return to Chenjiawu, and now, he has completely cut off his retreat, only to act as the pawn of the Chu family rushed forward, gritted his teeth and said: "Chen Caozhi, I, Chen Liu, and you are not together." ”

Chu Wenbin said: "Chen Caozhi recently copied "Lao Tzu Five Thousand Texts" in Zhenqing Taoist Institute to pray for his mother's birthday, and sell his reputation and reputation——。 ”

Chen Liudao: "I have already thought it through, I just climbed and climbed in front of Yu Neishi to accuse Chen Caozhi, he wants to set a product, don't think about it!" ”

Chu Wenbin said: "Also, you must not show the slightest tone and say that it was my Chu family who instructed you, otherwise my father will not be able to help you, do you understand?" ”

Chen Liu was also a little scared, and at this time he could only bite the bullet and say: "I understand, I have to fight hard with Chen Caozhi anyway, my wife and children are taken care of by Master Lu, I have no worries, if it doesn't work, I won't involve Chu and Master Lu, this is my grievance between Chen Liu and Chen Caozhi." ”

How did Chen Liu know that Master Nalu had been taking care of his wife who was still a little beautiful two years earlier, and kept Chen Liu in the dark, even if Chen Liu's three-year-old son was Chen Liu's blood and bones.