It was already dusk, and the sunset spread over Mingsheng Lake in the west.

Chen Caozhi and his sister-in-law Ding Youwei, as well as Zong Zhi and Run'er sat upright in the small hall on the third floor, Chen Caozhi held a painting scroll in his hand and congratulated: "Sister-in-law, I wish you a happy birthday!" ”

Ding Youwei had never heard such a birthday greeting, and was a little flustered, and said with an "ah" and saluted: "I also wish Xiaolang a happy day." ”

Run'er pursed her mouth without saying a word, sat in a beautiful position, looked at Chen Caozhi and said to her, "Run'er, I wish you a happy birthday!" "I also hold a picture scroll.

Run'er smiled and said, "Uncle Ugly is also happy - Uncle Ugly, is this a gift for my mother and Run'er, is it Uncle Ugly's painting?" ”

Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "Zi, Run'er, I can't prepare other gifts for you in Jade Emperor Mountain, so I painted two paintings for you." ”

Run'er had already unfolded the scroll, and her pupils widened suddenly, and she said in surprise: "Ah, it's me who painted it, Run'er, it's so beautiful." He added: "It's to say that Uncle Ugly's paintings are so beautiful." ”

Xiao~, Qingzhi Si all went to look at the painting, only to see that on the three-foot picture scroll, a girl with a drooping hair was holding a line of paper kites in her hand, which was a running posture, the girl's eyebrows were picturesque, and her demeanor was like-

Xiaochan praised: "The painting is really like, and the beauty and cuteness of the little lady are drawn." ”

Ding You: Moved his knees to look at it, nodded and said, "Xiaolang's painting skills have made great progress, and his expression is Bi Xiao."

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Run'er said: "Mother." Uncle Ugly gave a gift to his mother. Let's see how my mother is drawn. ”

I don't know. Ding Youwei was a little afraid to unfold this picture. Then he handed the scroll to Run'er. smiled: "You open it and look at it." ”

Run'er slowly unfolded the scroll. Soon the small mouth formed an "O" shape. Raise your eyes and look at the mother in front of you. Look at the person in the painting again. exclaimed: "Uncle Ugly painted his mother so beautifully!" ”

Xiaochan, Qingzhi, Swift, and Ah Xiu were all amazed. They all said: "The lady is so beautiful!" ”

Ding Youwei's face turned crimson and he was very curious. I don't know what Xiaolang painted her into. Lean over and take a look. The painting depicts a plain woman kneeling on a green mattress. In front of him, a dragon body and phoenix shape, golden color green algae; :。 The plain-clothed woman's eyes are like autumn waves, and her eyebrows are like distant mountains. The face and body are slightly to the left. is playing <: the wrist is like jade reflecting the golden color emerald algae ground <, the plain skirt and the turquoise mattress are contrasting. The color is gorgeous and textured, a quiet beauty—

Ding Youwei's heart is "pounding", it is indeed very similar to the painting, and the elegant and gentle temperament has been expressed, since Gu Kaizhi came to Chenjiawu last year, Xiaolang's figure painting techniques are really familiar and sophisticated, and what makes Ding Youwei's heart "pounding" is not these, but the small mole on the left ear and neck of the person in the painting Although it is only faint, if there is no point, but Ding Youwei knows that it is a mole, because there is such a grain in her left ear, which can be clearly seen in the front and back of the mirror, now, Xiao Lang painted all her little moles, although it is the observation ability that a painter should have, but Ding Youwei still felt a little shy-

Chen Caozhi smiled and asked, "Is my sister-in-law painting okay?" ”

Xiao Lang's eyes were deep and quiet, and looking at it made people feel at ease and smiled slightly: "Okay, sister-in-law is very happy." ”

Laigui's wife, Zhao, came up and said that the water cake was cooked, and the young master's mother and Xiao Langjun went to eat it.

Chen Caozhi and Ran Sheng ate a few bowls of water cakes, then walked back to Jade Emperor Mountain, and Ding Youwei took the two children to the gate.

The semi-circular moon has risen, there is no need for a lantern, the road is bright and visible, when Chen Caozhi is about to turn, Chen Caozhi looks back, and his sister-in-law is still standing by the gate with Zongzhi and Run'er, thinking that his mother used to send him like this or wait for him to return, and he can't help but feel a pain in his heart-

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Jia Bizhi and the officials of the ancestral hall and the officials of the Ministry of Sixteen people also went to other states and counties to give official fields to the Lu family and the Zheng family, and left Qiantang on April 15, Chen Caozhi and Chen Shang went to the post pavilion to see each other, and Jia Bizhi did not mention anything about thanking him.

Wang Shao continued to stay to try the case, Lu's impersonation of the scholar case had been tried last year, except for the relationship between Lu and Chu's was deliberately concealed, the rest of the case is very clear, Chu Jian has already sent someone to intimidate several of Lu's insiders, saying that if Lu dares to climb indiscriminately, he will be demoted to the Danshu subordination, the subordinate household comes from captives and criminals, the household registration is made of red paper, which is the so-called Danshu subordinate, the most despicable, if it is demoted to the subordination, it is really miserable, and the Lu family naturally does not dare to say anything. And dragging the Chu clan down the quagmire is not beneficial to them, and the Chu clan will not fall, and they can take care of the Lu clan in the future, for this, the Lu clan still understands, so when Wang Shao's subordinate officials interrogated them, they never mentioned that the impostor had anything to do with the Chu clan-

But the Lu people are quite angry, and there are constantly other farmers who come to complain, bullying men and women, and taking people's land, many evil deeds are actually done by Chu Shi's instructions, and most of the land and property that are occupied belong to Chu's family, Lu Shi can't hold on, if all these evil deeds are taken, then Lu's family is really going to be demoted to the subordination, so he finally confessed that the impostor is because of Chu's support, the first two inspections have been successfully avoided, and Chu's through Lu's encroachment on the land has reached as much as 100 hectares, and Chu's own has about 150 hectares of land, Plus these hundred, which have been annexed in the past ten years

The Chu family is already the richest man in the Qian Tang Dynasty, and Tian Chan is better than the first in the Qian Tang clan—

Chu Jian saw that the matter was revealed, and used his last killer move, that is, the twenty hectares of land given to the Chen family, April 21, Chu Jian came to see Wang Shao at night, falsely claiming that the Chen family of the Waitang Dynasty also colluded with the Lu family, Chen Caozhi's brother Chen Liu had a close relationship with the Lu master book, last autumn Chen Liu because his wife had an adulterous affair with the Lu master book, Chen Liu killed the Lu master book, and then committed suicide, which is a well-known thing in Qian Tang, the relationship between the Qian Tang Chen family and the Lu family is entangled, and this time the Chen family also used the case of the Lu family to impersonate the scholar to get rid of the Chu family, Approaching the Chu family to cede 20 hectares of fertile land to the Chen family, these are all well documented, if Wang Shao wants to investigate this case strictly, then the Qian Tang Chen family will not be able to escape responsibility.

Chu Jian knew that Wang Shao's reputation was the most important for a high-ranking disciple, Wang Shao praised Chen Caozhi ten days ago for being comparable to Xiahou Xuan and Liu ~, and now Qian Tang Chen was suddenly involved in the Lu Shi case, and it was spread out to Wang Shao's reputation and would be ridiculed by his clumsy ignorance, so Wang Shao should treat the case lightly, so that he Chu could also get out calmly, of course, Chu Shi will definitely be hopeless in his career in the future, but it is better than depriving him of his Shi status; Even if Wang Shaofu is short-tempered and has no regard for the damage to his reputation, he will definitely investigate this case, it will be much better to drag it to the Chen family, and if he wants to sink, he will sink together-

This is Chu Jian's sinister and deep intentions!

Yangzhou Neishi Wang Shao gently waved the jade handle in his hand ~ tail, and listened to Chu Jian's words with a smile, and suddenly begged for mercy, and suddenly wanted to be cut, only felt funny, and secretly admired Chen Caozhi's wisdom, Chen Caozhi seemed to expect Chu Jian to come to this trick in the end, haha, in the case of knowing what happened, Chu Jian's words and deeds at this time were really as funny as Lingyou's performance.

Chu Jian's mouth was dry, Wang Shao just smiled, and he didn't get angry, which made Chu Jian frightened, and he didn't understand why Wang Shao could be so calm, so he also shut up, and the room was quiet for a while.

Wang Shao~ flicked his tail and asked, "Chu Chenglang, what do you have to say?" I listened to it. ”

Chu Jian was a little panicked and said: "Wang Neishi Mingjian, what Chu said is true, Chen Liu and the head of the Lu family died together, and the Chen family wanted to coerce my Chu family to cede twenty hectares of fertile land, Wang Neishi sent someone to find out, of course, the Chen family will quibble and deny, but the fact is so, no matter what, it can't be changed."

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Wang Shao tapped twice on the mahogany case with the ~ tail jade handle, and then an attendant brought a stack of books and put it on the case, Wang Shao said gently: "Chu Chenglang, look at it, this is the book and the field deed of the twenty hectares of fertile land?" ”

Chu Jian's eyes were dark, and he simply fainted to the ground, but he didn't faint, but he heard Wang Shao say coldly: "On the day you sent the deed book to Chenjiawu, the Chen clan sent Chu Chenglang's generous gift to me, as for Chen Liu, he had been expelled from the clan by the Qiantang Chen clan the year before last, this is a matter that can be known as soon as you ask - what else does Chu Chenglang have to say?" ”

Chu Jian struggled to sit up, he knew that this time was over, Chu's was completely finished, no one could save Chu's, drowning was about to die, and the last straw slipped out of his hand, Chen Caozhi, didn't you say that you should repay your grievances directly, you are falling into a well!

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On April 25, Chu Wenqian's embezzlement of the official treasury to expand the county house, and the case of Lu's impersonation of the scholar's registration were all concluded, Chu Wenqian was dismissed, and Lu Jun, who had been detained in the county prison, was sentenced to exile to Guangzhou for life of hard labor, because Chu Jian was a six-grade gentleman, Wang Shao had no right to dispose of it, and had to report to the Yangzhou Assassin History and the Ministry of Officials, Wang Shao's judgment recommended that the Chu family be removed from the scholarly register, and Chu Jian was reduced to a concubine - with Wang Shao's qualifications and prestige, these two judgment recommendations will definitely be adopted, and the Qian Tang clan is still the eighth surname, but the Chu family has been eliminated, In his place was the Chen clan, a new scholar clan.

Wang Shao is a wonderful person, before returning to Yangzhou, he visited Chen Caozhi again, and brought the deed of the Chu family's twenty hectares of fertile land to Chen Xian, the patriarch of the Chen family, and said with a smile: "This is the Chu family's generous gift, the Chen patriarch must accept it, the Qian Tang Chen family is only fifty hectares of land, hate less and hate less, these twenty hectares of fertile land can make up for the shortage, haha." ”

This is really an unexpected joy, in order to lure the Chen family to accept these twenty hectares of land, Chu Jian chose the most plastering place on the south bank of the Qiantang River, and it is not far from Chenjiawu-

Wang Shao only asked one thing when he saw Chen Caozhi: "Chu Wenqian has been dismissed, who does he think can temporarily replace the position of Qiantang County Commander?" "This is building momentum for Chen Caozhi again.

Chen Caozhi said: "Thanks to the king's question, Cao Zhi will be brave and say a word, and he thinks that Feng Mengxiong, the prime minister of Qiantang County, has good character and knowledge, and can take on this responsibility." ”

Wang Shao returned to the county pavilion, that is, invited Feng Mengxiong to meet, Feng Mengxiong Botong Confucianism, You Shan Zhouli, =: Wang Shao was quite satisfied with the conversation, and immediately appointed Feng Mengxiong to temporarily replace the Qiantang County Order, and a year later, if the political voice is quite good, the official appointment of the imperial court.