Qingming is approaching, drizzle, Chen Caozhi copied "A Chapter" under the north window of the West Wing, Xie Daotao returned the book yesterday morning, when Chen Caozhi was summoned into the palace, Xie Daoshu handed the book to Chen Shang and went back, and another article she recently wrote "Loose Theory", and asked Chen Shang to transfer it to Chen Caozhi.

Yesterday afternoon, Chen Caozhi returned to Gu's house, just after the meal, Fan Ning came to visit, and saw the "Thirteen Chapters of Yili" on the desk, and was overjoyed, and wanted to borrow it and copy it overnight. He was going back to Wu County the day after tomorrow, so he happened to bring it back and present it to his father Fan Wang.

Chen Caozhi said: 'I can't go with Brother Wu Zi to see Fan Shibo this time, so I will copy another copy of this volume of "Thirteen Chapters of Yili" and forward it to Fan Shibo as a sign of respect. ”

Fan Ning knew that the volume of "Thirteen Chapters of Yili" that had been copied was promised by Chen Caozhi to give it to Jiang Sixuan, the general of the protector army, and nodded: Okay, I'll pick it up tomorrow evening."

The spring rain outside the window is continuous, and the window is quiet and warm, "Bu Chan gently rested a cup of tea on the rosewood case. The fragrance of tea rises and dissipates Chen Caozhi took two sips of the tea cup, smiled slightly at Xiaochan who was sitting on the side, and concentrated on copying, Chen Caozhi likes this feeling of writing very much, Zhang Zhi's pen is small left value paper, Wei Danmo, the soft pen end is dotted on the clean paper, as if dancing in response to the season, there is a wonderful rhythm, which should be from labor to art creation.

After writing the last sentence, 'The gentleman is safe and does not forget the danger, and the survival does not forget the death.' Chen Caozhi put down his pen. Rubbing his fingers, he said, "That's it." ”

Xiaochan put the needlework girl in her hand back into the bamboo basket to help Chen Caozhi bind the more than 20 pages of Zuobo paper full of rope head Xiaokai into a book, and went to clean the pen and inkstone.

Gu Zhi came over and said, "Zizhong, go to Waguan Temple with me tomorrow, Elder Gan Fatai has sent someone to ask for advice on when to start making murals?" ”

Chen Caozhi: Okay, then go tomorrow. Changkang accompanied me to see Jiang Hujun in the afternoon, and I sent this volume of "Thirteen Chapters of Yili".

In the afternoon, Chen Caozhi and Gu Weizhi went to visit the general Jiang Sixuan's mansion, but Jiang Sixuan was not in the mansion. His son Jiang Kai responded to the guest on behalf of his father, and Chen and Gu sat down for a while before leaving the house.

Chen Shang also happened to come back from Situ Mansion, and he was overjoyed by Sedao, the sixteenth brother, the head of Situ Mansion, and the officials of Zuo Minshangshu and Ancestral Hall had already decided. Since the first day of the first month of March in the first year of Longhe, the Qian Tang Ming Holy Lake belongs to my Chen family, and the twenty shade households rewarded by the king of Huiji are determined by my Chen family, and they can be registered for the record. The sixteenth brother's second-grade official exemption has not yet been issued, and it will be a matter of time before it is a matter of time."

The free rider who had sent a steward to inform Chen Caozhi that he would leave for Qian Tang in three days, and Chen Shang, Chen Cao's brother, if he had a letter or something to bring, he would prepare it early in the morning.

Chen Caozhi and Chen Shang discussed it, Chen Shang served as a scholar in Situ Mansion, and it would be difficult to return to Qian Tang in the future, so it stands to reason that his wife and children should be taken to Jiankang for reunion, but Chen has no place to live in Jiankang, and it is not a long-term plan to live in Gu Mansion. Chen Shang decided not to take his wife and children to Jiankang for the time being, and it would not be too late to buy a property in Jiankang next year and then bring them for reunion.

Chen Shang wrote another long letter, suggesting that his father, Chen Wei, use all these twenty shade households to recruit craftsmen and hundreds of craftsmen, not necessarily limited to this county, as long as the craftsmanship is exquisite. Displaced people from other counties can join the family and become Chen's shadow household, and Chen Shang asked his father Chen Xian to discuss it with his sixth uncle in the letter. Send reliable people to bring money into Beijing, at the beginning of the year, the two brothers brought two catties of gold to exchange for 200,000 money, only the He Yi of the king of Huiji married his daughter cost 75,000 yuan, and it seems that he is going to be shy in his pocket, and the court awards a meagre salary, all relying on the support of the family, and the big family must have a clansman to protect the interests of his family, otherwise no matter how much money and silk is in the field, it is for people to knock on it, so the poor families of the poor family are unable to support their children as officials, and it is okay to be a small official.

In the evening of that day, Chen Caozhi took Xiaochan to the market on the south bank of the Qinhuai River in the rain to buy gifts for his sister-in-law Ding Youwei and Zongzhi Xiaorun'er. Ding Youwei and Run'er had the same birthday, April 11, and Zong Zhi was June 18, and the whole permanent servant set off at the end of February. At the end of March and the beginning of April, he should be able to return to Qiantang, just in time to send birthday gifts to his sister-in-law and Run'er, this year is the sister-in-law's thirty-year-old Xiao Run'er's ten-year-old birthday, but unfortunately Chen Caozhi can't celebrate his sister-in-law and Run'er's birthday in person.

In the past, Wang Rin went to the bazaar to buy hats, and the hat shop was a donkey woman who was pleased with her appearance and gave new hats instead of charging its value. Today's shopping of Chen Caozhi, although it is a rainy day. Still the audience is blocked, most of the things purchased are half bought and half sent back to Gu Fu Xiaochan for liquidation, and spent 5,000 yuan to buy various gifts worth 10,000 yuan" I Xiaochan smiled and said: If you want to shop in the future, please ask Xiaolangjun to accompany me. ”

Chen Caozhi smiled and said, "But you can't do it again." If you go a few more times, you will be blinded and stinky chickens. ”

Ran Sheng laughed as he listened.

That night, Fan Ning came to Gu's Mansion to pick up the "Thirteen Chapters of Yili" and left, Chen Caozhi wrote three letters to his sister-in-law and Zongzhi Xiaorun'er under the lamp, and the letter to Zongzhi and Run'er was to introduce the experience and health customs on the way to Beijing and some interesting things, while the letter to his sister-in-law Ding Youwei was very long, detailing the Zhongzheng assessment and the 6 Weirui things. and the longing for his relatives in his hometown When Chen Caozhi wrote the letter, Ran Sheng sat on the side and watched. said: "Bu Langjun, I also want to write a seal for Uncle Yu"

Chen Caozhi said: 'Okay, take your own pen and paper. Sit next to me and write. ”

Ran Shengli carried the pen for more than a thousand pounds, and he didn't dare to put down the pen for a long time, and the sweat on his forehead came out.

Xiaochan snickered and said, "Xiaosheng, let's ask Xiaolangjun to write for you." ”

Chen Caozhi didn't raise his head and said: Write it yourself! Uncle Guess asked you to follow me, didn't you just want to learn Gong Shu, Uncle Jing saw that you could write to him with a pen, and he would smile and answer, "Yes." I thought about it for a long time, just when Xiaochan thought that he might not be able to write. Ran Sheng suddenly put pen to paper and wrote, stroke by stroke, it is Han Li's "Cao Quan Monument" style, in the past in Qian Tang, Ran Sheng often practiced words with Zong Zhi's Xiao Run'er, Ran Sheng did not learn Zong Zhi's "Zhang Qian Broken", but learned Run'er's "Cao Quan Monument". The font of "Cao Quanbei" is beautiful and beautiful, it is a book suitable for women to learn, Ran Sheng writes naturally without grace, the pen is domineering, and often makes Run'er laugh.

Chen Caozhi's long letter to his sister-in-law Ding Youwei has not yet been written, but Ran Sheng's letter to Jing Nu has been written. There were only three lines, and Xiaochan probed over and said:

'Uncle Jing's is it?' I'm in Jiankang. There is nothing else to do, but does Uncle Jing still hurt on a rainy day? Uncle Jing is illiterate, and let Run'er's little lady read it to you. ”

Ran Sheng said abruptly: 'I can't write it, so I write these mouths"

Chen Caozhi looked sideways and said with a smile: "Bu Sheng writes well, it has the simplicity and distantness of the Jin people, and there are no typos. The strokes are not lost, and Run'er will praise you when she sees it. ”

Ran Sheng was praised, happy, when he looked at the first letter written by his sheep, the more he looked at it, the more wonderful it became, on the 23rd day of February, Chen Caozhi and Gu Hengzhi went to Waguan Temple to meet the trench Fatai.

Waguan Temple is outside the Qingxi Gate of Jiankang City. Shamen Huili Qi begged to build a temple, at the beginning there was only one hall and one tower. Earn the Fa to cross the south of the Yangtze River, live in the Siwaguan Temple, and start preaching the "Radiant Prajna Sutra", which is believed by the laity. Expand the temple, build the industry, Waguan Temple has become one of the four famous temples in Jiangzuo.

Some of the Fa Tai and the branch of the Dao Lin do not division, the Zhi Dao Lin is a famous man in a robe, good Fa Tai is a Buddhist monk since childhood, less with the 'lacquer people. Shi Dao'an a teacher of the Western Regions monk Buddha Tucheng, after the Buddha Tucheng passed away, some of the Dharma Tai to Shi Dao'an as a teacher, Shi Dao'an in Xiangyang, sent some of the Dharma to Jiangdong to promote Buddhism, some of the Dharma Tai is the representative of the six families and seven sects of Prajna Learning, the representative of the sect, advocating the "study of the heart" is quite close to the later generations of Zen Buddhism, some of the Dharma is good at the petal, once in Jingzhou and some Taoist ancestors on the petal for a day and a night, impressed by some Daohuan, and was warmly respected, so he sent someone to send some Dharma Tai in Jiankang.

Seeing that Chen Cao came before, the village law was very happy, and led Chen Caozhi and Gu Worry to the newly built Daxiong Treasure Hall to pay homage, pointing to the east and west walls. This is waiting for Gu Tanyue and Chen Tanyue to paint the wall"

Gu Chazhi: I mural Vimala statue in the east, and Zizhong murals the eight heavenly dragon statues in the west. Let's see who draws it first, how?

Chen Caozhi: I have never made a mural before, and this time I want to learn from Changkang and paint at the same time. ”

Gu Zhizhi: 'I am also the first time to paint on the wall, five years ago in the Jinling Buddhist Temple painted the 'Seven Buddhas' Seven Buddhas "painted for more than three months, I have always observed. I have a lot of experience, and I know it with Zizhong when I paint. ”

Chen Caojian: "According to Changkang, it will take about a few days for my eight Heavenly Dragon Statues to be painted?".

Gu Zhizhi thought for a while and said: "Zizhong paints a lot, painting for two to three hours a day, and it can be completed in about 30 days, and he will definitely be able to catch up with the way of Chen Cao, the mouth of the eighth Buddha's birthday celebration in early April: Okay, I will paint while studying with Changkang." ”

Gu Zhizhi's interest came up, and he said: "Zizhong, the two of us will start painting today."

Chen Caozhi: 'Okay, I'll observe first'

The elders immediately summoned the monks of the temple and recited the "Great Peacock King Divine Mantra", "Radiant Prajna Sutra", and "Guangzan Prajna Sutra" in the main hall, and then Gu Yizhi began to paint.

The east wall is about two zhang high, five zhang wide, it is difficult to paint in such a large position can be imagined, Gu is afraid of a few days in advance, he asked Cai Fatai to make two wooden ladders, on the wooden ladder can sit and stand, it is convenient to paint on the wall.

In order to paint this Vimala mural well, Gu Weizhi earlier painted two Vimala portraits on paper, the two paintings are large, so as to compare the similarities and differences in the painting methods after the image is enlarged, and then he passed on his experience to Chen Caozhi. While using a bald pen to begin to sketch the outline on the wall, Gu Huizhi painted. Chen Caozhi observed until the evening before the two left the Waguan Temple to return to the city, the next morning the two went to the Waguan Temple, Chen Caozhi also began to paint, from the eight parts of the Emperor Shakti began to draw is also the first to outline the outline, with the spider web white drawing method taught by the Health Association, this painting is on the day, can be able to outline the head and upper body of the Emperor Shakti, after the painting, the Emperor Shakti will be two zhang high.

Returning to the city in the evening, Chen Caozhi said to some Fa Tai: "Elder, Cao Zhi has mundane affairs tomorrow, and he can only come to paint the next day." ”

Gan Fa Tai Shi said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The two Tan Yue painting is very hard, and they will come to paint every two days in the future, and rest at home on a single day."

Gu Zhi said: "That's fine, I have been painting for four hours today, and my back is sore, so I can paint every other day, and I can paint by the end of March." ”

The mural has not been completed, some of the Dharma does not want outsiders to see, so they cover it with a curtain, and when all the paintings are completed, the Buddha's birthday celebration will be taught to the believers, which will be able to play a role in alerting the foolish and stubborn to promote the effect of Buddhism mouth, early in the morning of February 25, Chen Caozhi and the third brother Chen Shang rushed to the free riding Chang Shi Quanli residence to see off the whole Chang Shi, Liu Shangwei also came, Fan Ning Fan Wuzi originally set off for Wu County yesterday, I heard that the whole Chang Shi left Beijing today, and he also postponed a day to walk with the whole Chang Shi, Chen Ran Xiao Chen Caozhi also arranged for the servant A Zhu to follow the Quan Chang Shi back to Qian Tang, both for the news, The next time the Chen family sent someone to Beijing, Liu Shangwei's family letter and some gifts to his father were brought back by the Chen servants.

The whole family is a thief of the three Wu, and there are many people who see off the whole gift. Xu sent his brother Zhang Mo, as well as 6 Shi Xiao 6 Na brothers, Wang Biaozhi, Wang Tanzhi's Xiao Huan Mi, and Sima Yu, the uncle and nephew of Crazy Ji, and Shi Yuantan, the head of Situ Mansion, to see off the whole gift, and each had a gift increase.

The ministry said to Chen Cao: 'I went to Dong'an Temple yesterday to visit the Zhigong, the Zhigong praised you, I have been with the Zhigong for ten years, and I have never heard the Zhigong praise a person so much, Wang Yishao and Xie Anshi have not been so blue-eyed by the Zhigong. ”

Chen Caozhi said humbly. That's one of the Buddhist scriptures I know, just like being able to support the public, how can I be better than Yi Shaogong and An Shigong. ”

Po Dao's lack of the door, the family and seniority, and the door is small at one time and the other at the same time. "And said: 'The day after tomorrow, I will send Huan Zhongdao and the county lord of Xin'an to my aunt to see the cabinet and then go to Jingzhou to see Princess Nankang.'"

Chen Caozhi said: 'The day after tomorrow, I will see off the guest brother and Huan County. ”

When Chen Caozhi was talking to the ministry, he saw 6 Na's entourage Chestnut and Lai Zhen whispered, handed over a large package to Lai Zhen, Lai Zhen handed the package to Ran Sheng, and came to Chen Caozhi: , Xiao Langjun, Lai Zhen has something to report"

Chen Caozhi had already guessed what was going on, and said to Lai Zhen, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Lai Zhen said in a low voice: "6 Little Lady learned that Ding Shao's mother and Run'er Little Lady were born on the first day of ten years, and they prepared special gifts for chestnuts to bring."

Chestnut would come to the Gu Mansion every two or three days to deliver the news, and yesterday evening when he came to the Gu Mansion to hear that Chen Shang's servant Ah Zhu would follow the Quan Chang to return to Qiantang tomorrow. I also knew that April 11 was the birthday of Ding Youwei Chen Run'er's mother and daughter, so I hurriedly went back and asked the short hoe to tell the 6 little lady, 6 Wei Rui discussed with her stepmother Zhang Wenxi, and prepared two gifts for the chestnuts to bring over in the morning, and the gifts given by 6 Wei Rui were much more valuable than the gifts that Chen Caozhi gave to his surname and niece.

Chen Caozhi said: Come to Zhen, hand over the package to Ah Zhu and tell him a few words. ”

They were all smiling on the side, thinking in their hearts what method would Chen Caozhi use to marry a girl from the 6th clan? So what should the Xie girl do?

Chen Caozhi arched his hand and said: Brother guest, I'll go and explain a few words. ”

Chen Caozhi walked over and said to Chestnut: "Thank you for your wife and little lady on my behalf." He asked again: "Little 6 didn't go to the Zhiyu Mountain Dojo, did she?" ”

Chestnut Road: The Zhidu Mountain Dojo has been dispersed, and then Lu La has returned to Xuzhou. ”

Chen Caozhi nodded. I thought that Mrs. 6 was going to the doctor everywhere because of infertility, and it was not a way for Mrs. 6 to have no children. Mrs. 6's land in the 6 family will also be reduced, Mrs. 6 loves Wei Rui and is willing to marry Wei Rui to him, he has to find a way to help Mrs. 6 only listen to Chestnut said: 'Chen Langjun, my little lady still wants to meet you, I don't know if Chen Langjun has a way?' ”

Chen Caozhi also misses 6 Wei Rui, since Dong'an Temple farewell, there are five days without meeting, more than two years have not seen each other in the past, now a few days do not feel lovesick unbearable, love bitter and not content, said, "After a month. Every double day I paint Buddha murals in Waguan Temple, and Mrs. 6 and the little lady have time to come to Waguan Temple to rejoice. ”

One chestnut. Overjoyed, bowed and retreated.

Xie Wan Xiao Wang Xizhi saw that the whole ceremony was talking to Sima Yu and Yuan Changshi, and the two walked to Chen Caozhi's side, Xie Wan asked: "Why didn't Caozhi come to my Wuyi Lane for many days?" The sound of the recorder that night still lingers around the beam."

Wang Xizhi smiled and said: Go to Xie Mansion. I also came to our house to take a look. ”

Chen Caozhi: Yi Shaogong, Wan Shigong, these days with Gu Changkang to paint murals for Waguan Temple, never visited, don't blame, don't blame"

Wang Xizhidao: Do you also paint Buddha statues? Another day, I must go to the Waguan Temple to watch, my son also likes to paint, but he is not good at painting people. ”

Xie Wanxin said: "In terms of painting skills, my A-Yuan is not under Gu Weizhi and Chen Caozhi, but it's a pity that she is a woman." Well, let the third sister-in-law and Ah Yuan go to Waguan Temple to worship the Buddha tomorrow, and let Ah Yuan see how Chen and Gu's painting skills compare to her? Chen Caozhi, Chen Shang, and Liu Shangwei wanted to give one more ride, and talked with Quanli and Fan Ning all the way, and sent them ten miles away, so they waved goodbye.

Chen Caozhi's little Chen Shang returned to Gu's mansion. But seeing that Jiang Kai, the son of Jiang Sixuan, the general of the army, had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Chen Caozhi, Jiang Kai arched his hand and said: "The family has been gifted by Chen Gongzi "The Thirteen Chapters of Yili", and I read it carefully overnight, and the case was amazing. Jiazun felt that he was uneasy to receive this generous gift for no reason, so he increased the yield of forty acres of land on the south bank of the Qinhuai River, although there was no house, but Chen Gongzi could build it according to his own preferences. This is a little bit of family respect, Chen Gongzi must not refuse. "The steward immediately held a brocade box. There are land deed documents in it, and he ordered the steward to stay, and led the Chen brothers to Qinhuai River to see the real estate.

Jiang Kai said, Chen Caozhi was not allowed to shirk. That is, to give up and leave.

Chen Shangxiao Chen Caozhi went to the south bank of the Qinhuai River with the steward of Jiangfu to identify the real estate, and saw that it was a wasteland, overgrown with weeds, and there was a pond of two acres in size, which was not far from Wuyi Lane, and the northeast was adjacent to the mansion of Zhonglang Wang Tanzhi, and the small southwest bordered the manor of the Wen family in Taiyuan, and the Qinhe River flowed through in zigzags, which was a good place to stay.

Although the monthly pass has not caught up with the monk of the three precepts, the trail is 5,000 per day, and book friends are invited to continue to encourage the trail to update more than 5,000 words tomorrow. (To be continued.)