On the fourth day of the first month of March, 6 Weirui asked Zhang Tongyun to go to Waguan Temple to see Chen Caozhi and Gu Kaizhi painting murals, and Zhang Tongyun was happy.

Yesterday, the banana leaf boat on the bank of the Qingxi River sent Yu Pei. After being lost and regained, Zhang Tongyun and Gu Kaizhi's relationship became much closer, from the misty friendship of childhood to the love between men and women, respectively, their eyes intersected, and their hearts were inexplicably happy, looking forward to meeting again tomorrow-

That night, Gu Kaizhi was excited and couldn't sleep, so he came to Chen Caozhi for a long talk, telling the subtle and uncertain joy in his heart, and said with great emotion: "It turns out that this is 'My Fair Lady, Gentleman is good'. ”

Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "Very good, very good, Changkang is enlightened, hurry up and copy "Guan Ju" 10,000 times." ”

Gu Kaizhi didn't copy the poem, but chanted loudly in Chen Caozhi's bedroom, "Guan Guan Ju Dove, in Hezhizhou" over and over again, getting more and more energetic, it seems that he is planning not to sleep tonight.

Ran Sheng had already gone to sleep, only Chen Caozhi praised "wonderful" alone, and Xiaochan's Xiaowan was in Chen Caozhi's bedroom at night, and he couldn't rest in peace. She cooked tea and waited, and then sat beside Chen Caozhi. Listening to Gu Kaizhi's recitation of Guan Ju with a smile, he glanced at Cao Zhi Xiaolangjun from time to time, and he was very happy.

Gu Kaizhi paced around the small case, shaking his head and chanting poetry, full of thoughts about Zhang Tongyun, and his heart was fascinated. The soul is not here—

Gu Kaizhi suddenly stopped moaning and said, "Zizhong, I'll go back to rest, tomorrow Little Lady Zhang will go to Waguan Temple to see me painting." "Pull out your feet and go.

Chen Caozhi sent Gu Kaizhi out of the small courtyard and came back after closing the courtyard door, but saw Xiaochan lying on the small case and falling asleep, sleeping soundly, Chen Caozhi couldn't bear to wake her up. So he went outside to get the futon on Xiaochan, spread it on the reed mat, and gently put Xiaochan's body down-

Xiaochan is not tall, about six feet three inches. It is about 1.55 meters in later generations, and his body is round and plump. Like a ripe and juicy fruit, the dissolved bun hangs down, and the sleeping appearance is quite sultry-

Chen Caozhi pulled the cloth and covered it for Xiaochan, breathed a long sigh of relief, and then undressed and fell asleep, at first he didn't fall asleep for a while, but somehow suddenly remembered Jin Sheng's essay "In the empty and poor valley, there are ten thousand taels of gold; The white leaves are out of the way. There is a beautiful person, let me ask if the master is tempted? Jin Sheng sighed in a book with thirty-nine "moving" words. It means that you can't be unmoved until you're forty years old. And now it's going to be big and special.

Chen Cao thought to himself: "How old is the master? Twenty-seven in the past life, nineteen in this life, is it tempting? He smiled in the dark and fell asleep.

Xiaochan woke up, morning dawn into the house, about the beginning of the year, now she is sleeping on the reed mat next to the bookcase, a little recall, I remember that I fell asleep on the bookcase last night, this mattress, cloth is naturally Xiao Langjun for her paved, covered, so I think about it, I feel that my cheeks are red, that is, happy and moved, get up and open the curtain to see Xiao Langjun who is still asleep, Xiao Langjun lies on his side, there is a slight snoring, a large piece of uncovered shoulder, Xiao Chan folds the quilt for Xiao Langjun, Then I tiptoed to move the futon on the reed mat to my outer room. Sitting cross-legged on the couch and thinking about it for a long time-

The white drawing of the Asura painted by Chen Caozhi has been completed, the Asura is dressed with two heads, one head is extremely ugly, which is the appearance of a rough man, and the other head is a delicate and beautiful woman, with a yao nose and cherry lips. The outline is extremely delicate -

Zhang Mo and Zhang Xuanzhi also came to see Chen Caozhi and Gu Kaizhi's paintings, although Gu Kaizhi once stated that "I haven't finished painting and don't like onlookers", but Zhang Tongyun wants to see it, he naturally agrees, his Vimala Bodhisattva statue has been completed for more than half of the time, and after the main statue is completed, there are other smaller Arhats and waiter statues, and the task is quite complicated-

Elder Zhu Fatai learned that Mr. Zhang Mo and Zhang Andao, who were as famous as the Health Association, came to the temple, and hurried to meet him, and asked Zhang Andao to point out the Buddha statues on the two walls of this thing. ”

Gu Kaizhi said to Zhu Fatai: "Elder, this mural is grand, the Buddha's birthday is imminent, I am afraid that Zizhong and I will be difficult to complete, if you come to paint every day, you will be too tired, and I am afraid that the painting will not be satisfactory——"

Zhu Fatai frowned when he heard this, if he could not complete the murals of the Daxiong Treasure Hall before the eighth day of the first month of April, this had a great impact on the Waguan Temple, and the Buddhist Temple also talked about comparison, this Waguan Temple was to compare with the Dragon Palace, and to compare with the Heavenly Master Taoist Hall of Jiankang, at that time, Jiangdong Buddhism was far less prosperous than the Heavenly Master Dao, so it was a matter of duty to attract believers, and the annual Buddha's birthday was the best time to declare Buddhism to the people.

Gu Kaizhi said again: "Elders don't have to worry. It's not impossible, just ask two assistants. ”

Zhu Fatai hurriedly said: "The matter of the mural is all up to Gu Tanyue and Chen Tanyue. Gu Tanyue thought that which assistant was suitable, so the old monk went to ask for it. ”

Gu Kaizhi gestured to 6 Wei Rui and Zhang Tongyun and said, "Elder, (a few words are not clear) are these two good women. ”

6 Wei Rui and Zhang Tongyun saluted Zhu Fa Tai, Zhu Fa Tai knew that 6 Wei Rui was the daughter of 6 Na, Zhang Tongyun was the daughter of Zhang Mo, and Gu Kaizhi's fiancée, Zhang Tongyun came to help Gu Kaizhi paint, but 6 Wei Rui was subtle. It is said that 6 Shi was severely opposed to 6 Wei Rui's marriage to Chen Caozhi -

Zhu Fatai hesitated for a moment, looked at Mrs. 6 Zhang Wenjun, and said, "What does Mrs. 6 think?" ”

Zhang Wenjun smiled and said, "It's okay." I'm afraid that I won't be able to draw well. ”

Zhu Fatai also had such worries, although he heard that 6 Weirui and Zhang Tongyun were both descendants of Zhang Mo. However, when different people work together to paint a painting, it is inevitable that there will be inconsistencies.

Chen Caozhi said: "Master Zhu rest assured, the main part of the portrait is painted by me and Changkang, 6 Little Lady and Zhang Xiaoniang can help draw some fold lines, magic instruments, auspicious clouds, it is not difficult to draw these." It takes a lot of time, and with the help of two little ladies, it will definitely be able to be painted before the Buddha's birthday. ”

Zhu Fa is good at practicing and practicing, and retreating. Zhang Mo looked at his sister Zhang Wenjun and smiled: "This can be regarded as a story for the ages." ”

Zhang Wenjun smiled, feeling quite uneasy, if Wei Rui and Chen Caozhi's painting together was known by the second uncle 6, I am afraid that it will be very bad, she is not confident now, if she is pregnant, she will be much bolder, and I don't know what the effect of the diet prescription is? But these days, 6 Lang seems to be in a lot of interest-

6 Mrs. Blush, hurriedly turned the new year, and asked Chen Caozhi: ", do you know Shangyu Zhu Xie?" ”

Chen Cao was stunned: "Who is Zhu Xie?" ”

Mrs. 6 added: "I wish you all the best. I heard that you are classmates in Kure? ”.

Chen Cao's heart beat faster and replied, "Yes." ”

Gu Kaizhi said: "Zhu Yingtai and Zizhong are good friends, this person is extremely talented, but he has the ambition to hide." Why did Aunt Zhang say something else? ”

Mrs. 6 said, "I heard Wei Rui's father say. Yesterday, Tianque Mountain was gathered, and I wish Yingtai a blockbuster. It has won the appreciation of Wang Youjun and Yuan Changshi. ”

Chen Caozhi's ink eyebrows frowned slightly, and he thought: "Why is Brother Yingtai suddenly so sharp!" ”

Gu Kaizhi was sincerely happy and said: "Zhu Yingtai's talent is not under Zizhong, it is very easy for him to become famous, it seems that he is influenced by Zizhong, and he also has the ambition to use the world." ”

Mrs. 6 said with a smile: "It is said that this Zhu Yingtai is a distant relative of the Xie family of Chen County, and he came to Jiankang to propose to the Xie girl. ”

"Propose!" Chen Caozhi was surprised, "Which Xie girl?" ”

Mrs. 6 said: "Naturally, it is Yongsu Xie Daoyun." ”

Gu Kaizhi didn't know what was going on, and praised it: "Perfect match!" A perfect match. The Xie girl is arrogant, and Zhu Yingtai is also arrogant. ”

Chen Caozhi pondered for a long time, he understood Xie Daoyun's thoughts, Xie Daoyun thought that he was using Zhu Yingtai's identity to fight in this era of male superiority and female inferiority. Why would she do it? Will Xie An and Xie Wan agree?

In the afternoon of the next day, Chen Caozhi went to Wuyi Lane to visit Wang Xizhi and told him that he could not go to Tianque Mountain for some reason. apologized to Wang Xizhi, Wang Xizhi said with a smile: "It's a pity to be a participant, but this elegant collection has a great harvest, Shangyu Zhu Yingtai, a genius, did you know this person?" ”

Chen Caozhi: "Brother Yingtai and I were classmates in Wu County, and we are knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and I admire them very much. ”

Wang Xizhi said happily: "It turns out that Cao Zhi and Yingtai are classmates, he came to Beijing recently, have you ever met you?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "I haven't had time to visit, I don't know where he lives?" ”

Wang Xizhi said: "Xie is his distant relative, Zhu Yingtai lives in Xie Mansion, and I will accompany Cao Zhi to see Zhu Yingtai." ”

Wang Xizhi and Chen Caozhi came to Xie Mansion and sat down with Xie Wanfen, Wang Xizhi immediately said: "Brother Wanshi, please let Yingtai's nephew come out to see, I just learned that Yingtai and Caozhi are classmates, and they have both been taught under the Jingkou Confucian Xu Zaomen." ”

When Xie Daoyun and Xie Xuan were studying in Xu's Thatched Cottage in Wu County, Xie Wan was preparing for the Northern Expedition in Xuzhou. didn't care, and didn't blame Dao Yun, but I didn't expect Dao Yun's classmate Chen Caozhi to come to the door to ask for a meeting a few days ago, which really embarrassed Xie Wan, but Wang Yishao was here, and he couldn't shirk it, so he had to ask Xie Shao, who was standing next to him, to ask Zhu Yingtai to come out to meet.

Xie Wan knew that his cousin couldn't come out for a while, and he had to put on powder and disguise, so he asked Chen Caozhi and Zhu Yingtai about their classmates in Wu County. Chen Caozhi only talked about his friendship with Xie Xuan, and downplayed Zhu Yingtai, saying that Zhu Yingtai lived in a simple place, and it was difficult to get a grass hall to listen to the lecture only a few times, and he was deeply convinced of his talents-

Wang Xizhi said: "I heard that King Huiji intends to hire Zhu Yingtai as a housekeeper, and Yuan Yandao recommended it. ”

Xie Wanlian shook his head and said: "It's not proper, this son is frail and sickly, although he is quite talented, he is not suitable for being an official, only suitable for seclusion and self-cultivation." ”