At noon, Xi returned from the East Hall of Taicheng, went to the apartment, reported Chen Caozhi and Zhu Yingtai to visit, and asked where the guests were? Answer: Go to the Qinhuai River to see the Chen family's house.

Xi took the sunshade hat and put it on, and led the servants to Chen's homestead, and saw Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun standing in the shade of the riverside from a distance. That Xie Daoyun wears a scarf and a white silk shirt, and his figure is obviously thinner than Chen Caozhi, although the wide robe is slow, but the summer shirt is light and thin, and the graceful posture looms-

Xi also knows that he has prejudices first, otherwise, there are many weak and charming men, Xie Daoyun in men's clothing is not very eye-catching, Wang Xizhi was praised for his graceful mental and physical posture and light steps when he was a teenager-

Presumably it was a reminder from Xie's servants, Xi saw Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun turn around together, Chen Caozhi bowed his hand to him from afar, and greeted him quickly, then Xie Daoyun was two steps behind and followed.

Xi slowed down and said in his heart: "Xie Anken let his niece come out, which means that Chen Caozhi's lobbying was successful last night, and Xie Daoyun will enter Xifu." ”

Seeing Chen and Xie approaching, Xi smiled and said, "Zizhong really lives up to the trust of Duke Huan, and he has a lot of credit for inviting Zhu Gongzi out of the deep courtyard." ”

Chen Caozhi didn't need to be polite in front of Xi, but Xie Yun was not, she was quite wary of this witty Xi guest in her heart, and said: "Shangyu Zhu Yingtai to meet Xi Shilang." ”

Xi smiled and saluted: "It's the second time I've met Zhu Gongzi, I had a relationship with Gu in Wu County three years ago, but I didn't expect that the Xu School at that time was hiding the dragon and crouching tiger, there were both famous talents like Xie Youdu and Chen Zizhong, and there were also high-minded and introverted talents like Zhu Gongzi. ”

Xie Daoyun said in his heart: "Guest Xi really remembered that hurried meeting, he really didn't have any suspicions?" But seeing that Xi's expression was as usual, he was a little relieved, thinking that even if he was as smart as Xi's guests, it was impossible for him to guess Xie Daoyun with Zhu Yingtai, and said in a thick nasal voice at the moment: "Xi Shilang is too famous." "A faint word, no more words.

Xi knew that Xie Daoyun didn't want to talk more, for fear that he would lose too much, so he pointed to the large homestead that was surrounding the earthen wall and asked, "Zizhong, when will your mansion be built?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Build the East Garden first, so that my Chen clan can have a place to live in Beijing, and it will be completed by the end of next year." ”

Xi asked: "Do you have all the money and things?" I'll help you with a million dollars. ”

Xi is generous, generous, and has a wide range of friends. "The Biography of Xi" records that Xi's father, Xi Su, was good at accumulating, accumulating tens of millions of money, trying to open the library, and letting Xi take it, Xi scattered tens of millions of money with relatives and friends within one day. "The World Speaks New Language. "Qiyi" also contains: "Every time Xi hears that he wants to retire noblely, he will do millions of dollars and build a residence." Later commentators thought that Xi was scheming and buying people's hearts, but for Chen Caozhi, those were all heart-wrenching theories, he thought that Xi could be a good friend, although Xi was not as easy and intimate as Gu Kaizhi and Xu Miao, Xi was a little unpredictable, if he said that he had a good name, he did not care about his reputation, and did not follow his father's orders to assist Huan Wen; If he is said to be profitable, he believes in Buddhism and is charitable, and his wealth is exhausted; As for lust, there is no way to talk about it, Mrs. Xi Zhou Matou is infertile, and he has not taken another concubine-

"The World Says New Words" recorded Xi on his deathbed made Chen Caozhi vigilant, Xi's ending was not his previous experience, Xi was dying and paid a box of books to his protégé, saying: "I want to burn it, I am afraid that the family will be merciful, after my death, if the family is so sad that it will greatly damage the sleep and food, you can present this box, no, burn it." After Xi's death, Xi Su mourned for illness, Xi Mensheng presented it according to the order, and Xi and Huan Wen in the box were all plotting against each other, and the plan to abolish the establishment was there, Xi Su was furious and said: "The kid hates late!" "I don't cry anymore - Xi Gan received the infamy of disloyalty and unfilial piety, the sadness in it makes people feel sorry, Xi is talented and talented, but in his life, he did not have the name of helping the world, but there was a ridicule of the party and the conspiracy to abolish the establishment -

Chen Caozhi arched his hand and said: "The money and things are ready, I don't need the guest brother to help me, after the East Garden is completed next year, please get drunk." ”

At this time, Xi's servants hurriedly came and reported that Xi Xuan, the wife of Xi's aunt Wang Xizhi, invited Xi to meet at the Wang's mansion in Wuyi Lane, and there was an urgent matter to discuss.

Xi frowned, and said to Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun: "Zizhong, Zhu Gongzi, I'm going to lose company, my uncle Wang Youjun is seriously ill, and he sent someone to ask Du Zigong to come for treatment, I don't know if it's here?" ”

When Chen Cao heard this, he said, "I'll go with the guest brother to visit Young Duke Yi." ”

Xie Daoyun said: "Yi Shaogong has a reward for me, and I will also visit." ”

Xi, Chen Caozhi and men's Xie Daoyun came to the Wang's mansion in Langya, Wuyi Lane, Wang Xizhi's five sons and one daughter are there, Wang Ningzhi welcomed the three of Xi into the house, came to a small courtyard, vine and plantain, green bamboo covering, chic and quiet, Xi entered the house, after a while, Wang Xianzhi came out, and said to Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun: "Thanks to the two of them to visit, but the family does not want to meet, the family has always been beautiful and clean, now the sick body is fragmented, the complexion is not good, the medicine is filthy, I really don't want outsiders to see it, the two forgive me." ”

Chen Caozhi asked: "Brother Zijing, is Qian Tang Du Shi not in the future?" ”

Wang Xianzhi said gloomily: "Master Du is in Yangzhou and refuses to come, but he says to his disciples, 'The right army is not bad, why use me!'" This means that my father will not be able to do so. ”

Wang Xizhi is a believer in the Taoist of the Heavenly Master, serving Wushi San for many years, practicing and eating with Taoist Xu Mai, resigning and retreating, collecting medicine stones not far away, there was a book post saying: "Serve the five-color gypsum scatter under the foot, and the body is light and act like flying." "When you are young and strong, if you take it properly, you do have a sense of being cheerful and fluttering, but if you take it for a long time, the toxins in your body will accumulate, and it will become more and more painful, Wang Xizhi is sixty years old, the toxicity is violent, and there is no cure, Du Zigong is well aware of this, so he refuses to come.

Chen Caozhi sighed deeply, knowing that this generation of book saints might not have a long life.

Chen Caozhi and Xie Daoyun said goodbye to the Wang family's house, and the two walked slowly along the bank of the Qinhuai River, Xie Daoyun recited softly: "Gu knows that life and death are illusory, Qi Peng's death is vain, and the future looks at the present, and the present looks at the past, sad husband!" ”

This is a sentence in Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Collection Preface", Wang Yishao, who was open back then, is now lying on the sickbed.

Chen Caozhi was also shrouded in the strong sentimental atmosphere of the Wei and Jin people, and there were too many deaths for him to face, the death of his father and brother, the death of his mother, and the death of Ge Shi...... A few ancient poems came to my heart, and I slowly chanted this: "There are times when there are times for prosperity and decline, and it is not too early to stand up." Life is not a golden stone, how can you live a long life? Dying with the materialization, the glory of the treasure. He also said: "I am in Dong'an Temple Meng Yi Shaogong to point out the penmanship, such as for the point must be received, expensive and heavy; For the painting of Bile, it is expensive and late; I've benefited a lot—"

Xie Daoyun blurted out: "Is it the time when you wrote 'Bodhi Benfei Tree'?" ”

Chen Caozhi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Yingtai has seen me inscribe on the wall of Dong'an Temple?" ”

Xie Daoyun said calmly: "I accompanied my third uncle and mother to Dong'an Temple to worship the Buddha, and I have carefully appreciated it, and Zizhong's calligraphy can be on a par with Wang Zijing." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "I might as well too." As soon as he looked up, he saw that the Xie family's mansion was in front of him, and said with a surprised smile: "I came here unconsciously." Well, even if I send Brother Yingtai home. ”

Xie Daoyun smiled and invited: "Zizhong, it's past noon, let's eat here." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "I have been a vegetarian for Master Ge for three months, so I won't bother." "Say goodbye.

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Chen Caozhi stayed in Jiankang for seven days, and never had the opportunity to see 6 Wei Rui again, and painted a small freehand "Galloping Horse Map" in his spare time, and asked Gu Kaizhi's wife Zhang Tongyun to hand over 6 Wei Rui to commemorate the sweet and warm ride with 6 Wei Rui that day.

In addition to the two things of merging officials and provincial positions, cutting officials and reading households, and implementing land judgment, the remaining five things have been ordered to be implemented, and the two things of merging officials and procuring the land are extremely implicated major events, which must be cautious, and a detailed plan is needed, Xi will collect the discussion of the government and the opposition and hand it over to Chen Caozhi, so that Chen Caozhi can sort out and summarize and report to Huan Wen Da Sima.

During this period, Chen Caozhi met with Sima Yu again, and on June 27, Sima Yu led him to meet the new monarch Sima Yi, although Sima Yu, the king of Huiji, praised Chen Caozhi and said that Chen Caozhi was brilliant and loyal, but the emperor Sima Yi was quite indifferent to Chen Caozhi, and asked a few words to let Chen Caozhi retreat, and the reward was there, three hundred silk horses, which must have been requested by Sima Yu, the king of Huiji.

Chen Kou's heart knows that 6 birds will not say good things about him in front of Emperor Sima Yi, and Zhu Lingbao and Xianglong, who were broken by Ran Sheng last time, will definitely slander in front of the emperor, even if Emperor Sima Yi is not mediocre, he is blinded by these people, and his impression of him is definitely not good, and it is the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic and the Huiji King Sima Yu who are in charge of the court, and now there is Xi, Emperor Sima Yi does not have much power, and he is not much different from a puppet.

On that day, Chen Caozhi came out of the Taiji Palace, and saw that the palace was busy, as if he was preparing for some celebration, Sima Yu said: "The day after tomorrow, Concubine Yu will be appointed as the queen." As he spoke, he shook his head slightly, as if he was quite worried.

Chen Caozhi went to see Xi that night, and when he talked about the appointment of the queen, Xi immediately sneered: "The emperor is so eager to be established, it seems that there is a intention to target Duke Huan, then Concubine Yu is the daughter of Yu Bing, the sister of Yu Xi, and Yu Yun, and the Yu brothers are the most taboo people of Duke Huan." He also said: "The matter of the palace is beyond the reach of our foreign ministers-when does Zizhong want to leave for his aunt?"

The Way of Exercise: "It's tomorrow." ”

Xi Dao: "I'm on duty in the West Hall tomorrow, so I won't send it off, I wish Peng Chu entered the West Mansion, you have to take care of it, don't let Hao Long despise it." ”

Chen Caozhi is the only one.