Out of Situ Mansion, the day has been dusk, Chen Caozhi and the third brother Chen Shang went to visit Xi Chao, just met Jia Bizhi is also in Xi Chao, Xi Chao will stay for three people dinner, during the national funeral, sparse food, Xi Chao knows that Chen Caozhi will send an envoy to Di Qin, admonished: "Since the second Northern Expedition of Huan Da Sima in the twelfth year of Yonghe to recover Luoyang, it has nothing to do with Di Qin, Xianbei Murong is at war from time to time, last October, Yan Zhennan general Murong Chen and I Chen Liutai Shou Yuan Phi fought in Changping, I Runan Taishou Zhu Bin took advantage of the void to attack Xu Jing, Kezhi; In December, Yan Taifu Murong Ping, Long Xiang General Li Hongluo Henan, and I fought several times, the cost was huge, Luoyang West refused Qin, Northeast and Xianbei Murong resisted, it was a place of war, it was difficult to hold, Zizhong both offered advice to Huan Gong, to watch Diqiang and Xianbei fight, I thought that Luoyang should be abandoned, stick to Xuchang and Xincheng, what do you think? ”

Xi Chao is good at strategy, and there are many things, and Chen Caozhi also knows that Shi Zailuoyang did give up like this, only Shen Jin is determined to survive in Luoyang, and soon after, Luoyang City was attacked by Murong Ke and Murong Chui brothers, and Shen Jin died unyieldingly.

Chen Caozhi was obviously unwilling to be deduced by history so immutably, and nodded on the surface: "What the guest brother said is extremely true, I am going to Qin this time, Luoyang is a must pass, if Duke Huan is willing to give me the power to do things cheaply, I can judge the situation and suggest that the champion general Chen You and the champion Shen Jin temporarily guard or give up Luoyang, and always be calm and unhurried." ”

Xi Chao said: "Zizhong joined the army in Xifu, and he already has the right to participate in the military, but most of the generals in Huaibei are unruly, so it depends on whether Zizhong can convince them." ”

After the dinner, Chen Caozhi saw that it was still early, or at the beginning of the year, he went to Wuyi Lane to visit Xie An, these important people in Beijing always have to visit one by one, Chen Shang went to the house on behalf of Chen Caozhi to get the "Dongshan Xingle Tu", Chen Caozhi went first.

Xie An, Xie Wan, and Xie Xuan were all there, and Xie Daoyun also came out to meet after a while, and the topic was naturally Chen Caozhi's envoy to Qin, although the envoy could be promoted, but it was also quite risky, after all, it was a place of war, and it was unpredictable what dangers would be encountered in Chang'an.

Xie An is over forty years old, still handsome, playing with the jade Ruyi in his hand, glanced at Xie Daoyun, and said to Chen Caozhi: "Ah Yuan is admittedly not suitable to be a deputy envoy to Di Qin, I am in favor of this." ”

Xie Daoyun was in her own house, just men's clothes, she had never applied powder, and she heard her third uncle call her by her nickname, which made her very embarrassed, and her delicate and slightly narrow face turned red.

Chen Caozhi saw that Xie An was no longer pretentious and covered up Xie Daoyun's identity, and he also felt a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to call Xie Daoyun for a while!

Xie An had insight into people's hearts and smiled: "You can call it how you want to call it, don't be restrained." ”

Chen Caozhi still felt embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Xie Peng's talent, I respect him, if it weren't for the difficulty and danger of the road, I would be willing to join forces with Xie Peng." ”

Peng refers to both subordinate officials, but also can refer to all officials, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was established, there are one hundred and two Peng, that is, there are more than 120 officials who were reused at that time, Chen Caozhi's mouth Xie Peng of course refers to Xie Daoyun, Xie An has already picked out Xie Daoyun's identity, and he is too hypocritical to be commensurate with the British and Taiwan brothers.

Xie An no longer mentioned Xie Daoyun's envoy, only with Chen Caozhi on the two Huai characters, Xie Wan also waved his tail to participate in the discussion, Xie Wan once served as the Xizhong Lang general, the Jiejie, the governor of Yu Ji and the four states of the military, Yuzhou Thorn History, leading Huainan Taishou, the two Huai generals naturally know everything about it, the Eastern Jin Prefecture Thorn History and the military, often with the general's number, can be said to be a collection of military and political power, two Huai and Henan Regions, the county Taishou also led the troops, called the general, Xie Wan came to these characters one by one, such as Chen Liutaishou Yuan Phi, champion general Chen You, Runan Taishou Zhu Bin, Xingyang guards Liu Yuan and Nanyang supervises Zhao Yi, Xie Wan said that the county prestige, history, qualifications, in-laws, and personal preferences of those important people in the two Huai are eloquent, Xie Wan focuses on some interesting and elegant things, like "The World Says New Words", Xie An often interjects, pointing out the temperament, likes and dislikes of these characters, and the trend of interests.

Chen Caozhi was very grateful, what he lacked was an understanding of the two Huai military and political officials, Xie An and Xie Shi told him in detail that it helped him a lot, even if Xi Chao was not as clear as Xie An and Xie Wan, of course Huan Wen was clear, but Huan Wen could not talk to him in detail like this, Chen Caozhi knew in his heart that this should be Xie Daoyun asking the two uncles for him to teach him.

Chen Shang came at this time and presented Chen Caozhi and Dai Kui's "Dongshan Xingle Map", Xie An laughed at the picture scroll, and praised the painting skills to convey the spirit.

Late at night, Chen Caozhi said goodbye, Xie Xuan sent out of the house, and Chen Shang and Chen Caozhi walked slowly in Wuyi Lane, the second quarter moon was as clear as a hook, and the Qinhuai River was flowing endlessly, Xie Xuan said: "Zizhong, I will go to Jingzhou at the beginning of next month." What else did he want to say, but seeing that Chen Shang was on the side, he only sighed, arched his hand, turned around and went back.

Chen Caozhi and the third brother Chen Shang reviewed the mansion in the same car, Chen Caozhi asked about the Chen Mansion on the bank of the Qinhuai River, Chen Shang said: "The map of the North Garden painted by the sixteenth brother is divided into two parts, the west is the hall and the residence, the east is the garden, the hall and the residence have been completed for the most part, and the garden is started in the new year, and it is expected to be completed by the end of the year. ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Very good, at the end of the year, you can bring the third sister-in-law and the little nephew, as well as the young sister-in-law, Zongzhi, and Run'er to live in Beijing, and it will be lively at that time." ”

Chen Shangdao: "The sixteenth brother is going to envoy to the Qin State, and it will take half a year to go back and forth, such a drudgery, why should the sixteenth brother ask for help!" ”

Chen Caozhi smiled and said, "Third brother, don't worry, I will return from meritorious service, I am not afraid of hardships when I am young, and I should work hard." ”

Chen Shang knew that it was too late to persuade now, so he didn't say more, and the two brothers returned to Gu's mansion, and the Gu Mansion official said that Liu Shangzhi would come to visit in the evening, and he would not leave until Chen Caozhi came back at the end of the day, and said that he would come back early tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, Chen Caozhi went to visit Gu Minzhi, Gu Minzhi was quite satisfied with the result of Gengxu's land break, the Gu family was not greatly affected, and Gu Kaizhi was about to enter the West Mansion for Peng, which was also Huan Wen's goodwill to his Gu family.

Visited Gu Minzhi out, Chen Caozhi asked Gu Kaizhi to see the Chen Mansion on the bank of the Qinhuai River, Liu Shangzhi also happened to come, and the three of them entered the Chen North Garden under the guidance of Chen Shang to watch, but saw the pavilions and pavilions, Langfang Terrace Pavilion, all of which were novel buildings that had never been seen in ancient times, and there was a moon cave door connecting the hall residence and the garden.

Gu Kaizhi praised: "Zizhong has its own hills and ravines in its chest, this is only the North Park, and the garden department has not yet been built, if the southeast and west are all built, this is the first mansion in Jiankang." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Build the North Park first, so that my Chen brothers have a place to live in Beijing, and the other three will be built ten years later, so as not to be ridiculed by the nouveau riche." ”

Liu Shangzhi laughed, and even said that the word "nouveau riche" is wonderful, and Qian Tang Chen can be called the first nouveau riche in Jiangzuo.

On this day, Chen Caozhi visited Zhang Ping, Shangshu Ling Wang Shu, Shangshu Servant Wang Biaozhi, Zhongjun Huan Secretary, and Protector General Jiang Sixuan, and sent people to send books to Xiaolu Shangshu Mansion to ask when they could come to visit? That night, Lu Na sent chestnuts to reply with a post, inviting Chen Shang and Chen Cao's brothers to go to Lufu for a luncheon tomorrow, and also invited Gu Kaizhi and his wife to attend together.

After the chestnut told Chen Caozhi about the recent situation of Lu Weirui's arrival in Beijing, he said goodbye and went back, but met Lu Fowl in front of the door, Lu Fowl was on behalf of the fifth uncle Zhu Shi to ask Lu Daoyu to Gu Mingzhi's daughter Nacai, some trivial etiquette to ask for the name, Lu Fowl has heard that Chen Caozhi went to Jiankang, and then saw the chestnut coming out of the Gu Mansion, he thought that the chestnut was for Lu Weirui and Chen Caozhi's song, and shouted angrily: "Chestnut, where to go!" ”

Chestnut hurriedly saluted and said: "It turned out to be Liulangjun, and the villain came to see Chen Langjun on the order of the head of the family." ”

Lu Yu didn't panic when he saw the chestnut, and he knew that the third uncle Lu Na had been deceived by Chen Caozhi so far, and he still admired Chen Caozhi, so he asked: "What happened to Chen Caozhi?" ”

Chestnut thought that he couldn't hide it from his neighbors if he set up a banquet, so he said: "The head of the family invites Chen Langjun to the banquet tomorrow, as well as Gu Langjun and his wife." ”

Lu Yu snorted coldly, waved his hand to let the chestnut go away, entered the mansion to meet Gu Minzhi, discussed the period of accepting and asking for names, and returned to the mainland Shangshu Mansion on the north bank of Hengtang after the agreement, and sent a steward to report Gu Minzhi's reply to the fifth uncle Zhu who lived in the third uncle's house, and he went to the study to see his father Lu Shi.

Nearly fifty years old, sideburns slightly spotted Lu Shi is copying his father Lu Play left behind under the south window of the study, although Lu Play's calligraphy is not as famous as his brother Lu Ji, but it is also valued by the world, the pen is thin and hard, and there is a Zhong Xiang style and bones.

Lu Shi must copy his father's last post every morning and evening, and he has been working hard for decades, but whether it is the late Wang Xizhi or Xie An, who is in high prestige, they all think that it is Lu Na who can inherit Lu's style of calligraphy, not Lu Shi, who is rigorous in family learning, which makes Lu Shi quite unconvinced.

Lu Yu saw that his father was practicing calligraphy in Linti, so he didn't dare to disturb, so he knelt down and waited quietly.

Lu Shishen finished the last word of the calligraphy, put down the pen, and ordered the little servant waiting in the study to clean up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and asked, "Fowl, what's the matter?" ”

Lu Yu told his father about the third uncle Lu Na's banquet tomorrow Chen Caozhi, Lu Shi was silent for a while, and said: "I don't care who your third uncle wants to entertain, but if you want to marry a daughter, you have to nod my brother." ”

Lu Yu said: "The child just didn't look angry, Chen Caozhi humiliated my brother in Huiji, and now he came to my Lu Mansion for a banquet with arrogance, outsiders don't know the difference between the mainland Shangshu Mansion and the Little Lu Shangshu Mansion, and they thought that it was the father who gave in to Chen Caozhi." ”

Lu Shi didn't look angry, just said: "Wei Rui was really delayed by Chen Caozhi, I have visited the three Wu families, no one dares to marry Wei Rui, I retreated to the second, visit the Nandu Shi clan, Langya Wang, Taiyuan Wang, and Taiyuan Wen, Langya Zhuge Clan, Chenjun Yuan have children of the same age, but there is no one to marry Wei Rui, I didn't expect Chen Caozhi to have such a network and prestige, so that the northern and southern clans are jealous, dare not take away their love. ”

Lu Yu said in a deep voice: "Daddy, there is one person who dares to marry Wei Rui." ”