Twelve-year-old Zong Zhi and ten-year-old Run'er are both dressed as children, with eyebrows in front and shawls hanging down, Zong Zhi is wearing a delicate white silk skirt, with a dark jade waist, a face like a bright moon, red lips and white teeth; Run'er is slender. Wearing a long skirt with embroidered patterns in the clouds, her eyebrows are picturesque, and her face is carved like mutton fat and jade. There is also some baby fat on the cheeks, and the pink is extremely cute. The two big eyes were bright, and the long and dense eyelashes blinked and blinked, and the green branch came up and said, "Zongzhi, Run'er." I went downstairs for breakfast, and today I want to go to Lingyin Temple to make incense. Come out early. ”

Run'er said crisply: "My brother and I remember it firmly." Grandmother had told Uncle Ugly before. Every year on the eighth day of April, the Buddha will go to Lingyin Temple to worship the Buddha. Uncle Ugly is in Qiantang today and can't come back. The mother will go to Lingyin Temple on behalf of Uncle Ugly to make incense and make a vow, and add sesame oil to Uncle Ugly's longevity lamp. ”

Zong Zhi and Run'er went downstairs, and their mother Ding Youwei was already waiting for the two of them, Ding Youwei combed the ring style, wearing a longevity embroidered long skirt, with a smooth and delicate complexion, like a high-grade porcelain, moist and shiny, with a thin waist and a beautiful neck, and a graceful figure, looking like a twenty beauty.

The mother and son had breakfast, and Laifu and Laide each drove an ox cart, followed by Qingzhi, A Xiu, and Yuchan, and Jing Nu led six soldiers with knives to protect and go to Lingyin Temple in Wulin Mountain to make incense.

At the beginning of the year, before Chen Caozhi went to Jiankang. Jing Nu suggested to Chen Caozhi that he should form a Chen family army. The huge family, more than 10,000 acres of land, without a strong private soldier to protect is not possible, at that time there are quite a lot of bandits in the mountains, often lead the way to rob the merchants and even rob the house, the big families of the scholar family have the protection of the family soldiers, those small bandits dare not covet. In the past two years, the Qiantang Chen family's land production has increased sharply, and they can't help but be on guard against those who take risks, and Chen Caozhi has long had the intention of forming a private army. Immediately discussed with the fourth uncle Chen Xian and the sixth uncle Chen Man, Chen Man had a narrow vision, felt that the formation of a private army cost a lot, and was a little hesitant. Chen Xian gave an example of a Shu surname in Shangyu County being attacked by thieves at night, the money and silk were looted, and the women in the clan were also humiliated. The matter of the formation of the family soldiers of the Qian Tang Chen family was decided, Jing Nu was born in the Chen Nai soldier household, and the matter of scraping and training the family soldiers was taken care of by Jing Nu After Chen Caozhi and Ran Sheng left Qian Tang, Jing Nu began to form the Chen family soldiers, and selected forty strong and agile young children from more than 100 tenants of the Chen family, as the Chen family soldiers, forty short knives and forty spears were created by the Chen forging and smelting shop, and they practiced between Jiuyao Mountain and the Jade Emperor every day. The thirty tenants' sons were in great awe of Jing Nu. They are all born in farm work, and they are willing to endure hardships, and after two months, they dance knives and spears, and they are already very good, and now the Chen clan goes out, and there are private soldiers to follow and protect, just like the head of the family.

Jing Nu felt that the peasant family's training was always lacking in blood. Elite soldiers are rare, last month he suggested to the young master's mother Ding Youwei that he wanted to go to Jingkou and Huainan to recruit sixty homeless people as Chen's private soldiers, and the Chen family will have a private soldier in Qiantang Ding Youwei discussed with the patriarch Chen Xian. felt that this matter was delayed, and with the current family property of the Qian Tang Chen clan, it was not yet able to support a hundred-person tribe. In another two years, the family industry of the Qian Tang Chen family will grow. Expand the Mingsheng Lake of the early summer of the private soldiers again not later, the lake and the mountains are beautiful, the red sun is rising, the ten thousand rays of light are spread out on the thousand acres of the big lake, the golden wave is the river, the Chen's Wang boat in the distance casts the net to fish, and the lotus leaf pavilion near the shore is like a cover. There are already pink buds that want to cover and dew a Ding Youwei mother and son Sanlu, did not take a car, walked to enjoy the scenery, Run'er said happily: "It's good." Such a big lake belongs to our Chen family. ”

Zuo Min's Shangshu Department, the ancestral hall and Yangzhou, Wu County to manage household registration, agricultural officials came to Qiantang at the beginning of this month, and explicitly ordered the Mingsheng Lake to be given to Qiantang Chen, and another 20 shade households were included in the Chen family's register, and now the Qiantang Chen family has forty shade households, and the number of shade households of the inferior scholar clan has only ten less than the first clan of Qiantang Dynasty, and the remaining six surname clans are not as good as Chen's lake The wind blows, Ding You's sideburns are slightly chaotic, and he stretched out his hand to sweep the messy silk behind his ears, and looked at the general on the right. Smiling and thinking: "Xiao Lang went to Jiankang on the sixteenth day of the first month, and it has been less than two months since he arrived in Jiankang, and he has done these two major things for the family, and the officials of the Zuo Min Shangshu Department said to the fourth uncle Chen Xian that Xiao Lang is deeply appreciated by the King of Huiji, in addition to rewarding Mingsheng Lake and Twenty Yin Hu, Xiao Lang will also be promoted to a second-grade official, although he has not yet received Xiao Lang's family letter, it can also be known that Xiao Lang is very smooth in Jiankang. ”

Run'er suddenly sighed faintly. said: "Today is the eighth day of the fourth month, and three more days are the birthdays of Run'er and her mother, but Uncle Chou has not sent us a gift yet, will Uncle Chou forget Run'er and his mother's birthday?" ”

Zong Zhi said unhurriedly: "There are three days left, Uncle Ugly will send someone to deliver the gifts."

Ding Youwei knew that Jiankang was thousands of miles away from here, and there were many changes, but she knew Xiaolang's temperament very well. Xiaolang is meticulous and thoughtful. will not forget her and Run'er's birthday, so she said:

"What's the hurry, maybe when we return from the Lingyin Temple, Uncle Xinrang's messenger will already be waiting in the dock fort."

Run'er opened her eyes wide and asked, "Mother, seriously?" ”

Ding You smiled and said, "Maybe d"

Run'er said: "Definitely, Uncle Ugly will never lie to us." ”

In this way, on the mountain road to Lingyin Temple, when worshiping the Buddha and entering the incense, Run'er thought that when he returned to Chenjiawu, he would see the gift sent by Uncle Ugly, and he was faintly worried, if he returned to Chenjiawu and did not see Jiankang coming, Run'er would be very disappointed and sad, the child actually didn't care about the gift, but wanted to know the news of Uncle Ugly, and wanted to know that Uncle Ugly was worried about her, and the two children were extremely attached to Uncle Ugly, but the world was obedient, and there were often unsatisfactory things, so it was good to disappoint Run'er once Although he thought so, But looking at Run'er's pure and expectant eyes, Ding Youwei was always a little unbearable.

In Lingyin Temple, with a meal and a little rest, Ding Youwei and his party embarked on the way home, Run'er was like an arrow, and she didn't say anything, but her eyes were full of expectation.

The red sun was slanting westward, and the ox cart turned through the willow forest on the west side of the dock fort, and saw the foreign lord of the dock fort looking this way. As soon as he saw the ox cart driving out of the willow forest, he strode over and said loudly: "Young master, young master." Ah Zhu is back and brings Xiao Langjun's letter and gifts! ”

Ah Zhu was a servant of the Chen family who followed Chen Shang and K Chen Caozhi into Beijing, and heard that Ah Zhu was back. Ding Youwei's heart "pounded" and jumped. At this time, I realized that she was also full of expectations like Run'er and Zongzhi.

Run'er was already so happy that her little face was red, she jumped out of the ox cart, and ran towards Wubao with Zongyi, shouting: "Ah Zhu Ah Zhu Yi"

When the servant Ah Zhu heard the voice, he hurriedly came out and saluted the little lady of Zongzhi Xiaolangjun Xiao Run'er, and came over to salute Ding Youwei.

Ding Youwei smiled and said gently: "Ah Zhu." Great work. ”

Ah Zhu said: "Young master, the villain returned to Qiantang on February 25 with Zhishi's full attendant, and I thought that I would be able to rush back to Qiantang before the end of March." However, the whole attendant could not bear the bumpy road, and only traveled thirty or forty miles a day, and only returned to Qiantang until now. Fortunately, it did not delay Xiao Langjun's trust. Finally sent the letter and gifts back before the birthday of the young master mother and Run'er little lady, by the way, 6 little ladies also sent gifts. ”

Zongzhi and Run'er followed Ah Zhu to see the gifts sent by Uncle Ugly and Uncle Ugly's mother, and Ah Zhu presented four letters, one each for Ding Youwei, Zong Zhi, and Run'er, and one for Ran Sheng to Jing Nu.

Jing Nu heard that Xiao Sheng had written to him. Excited to no longer lead the coldness and majesty of the private soldiers, one arm trembled, and finally unfolded the letterhead, and wrote three lines of Lizi on the one-foot-square Zuo Bo paper. Jing Nu didn't recognize a word, but he looked at it upside down for a while, and asked Ah Zhu if this was written by Ran Sheng himself, and asked Zong Zhi Xiaolangjun to read the letter to him Zong Zhi took the letter and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Uncle Jing, let Run'er read it to you." ”

When Run'er received the letter, she laughed and said crisply:

"Is Uncle Jing safe? I'm in Jiankang and I'm safe, and I have nothing else to do, but is Uncle Jing still hurting when he hurts his arm on a rainy day? ”

Old Jing Nu had tears in his eyes. muttered: "The little lord has finally grown up, grown up, I should tell him those things, the little lord should be able to afford one by one"

When Ding Youwei personally added sesame oil to Chen Caozhi's lotus longevity lamp in front of the Buddha, the Buddhist believers on the Daxiong Treasure Hall of Jiankang Waguan Temple thousands of miles away. It is witnessing the miracle of the vimalaya bodhisattva statue of Vimalaya.

Chen Caozhi and Gu Weizhi painted murals for Waguan Temple has already been coaxed inside and outside Jiankang, and when the murals were painted, the temple door was closed and outsiders were not allowed to visit, which increased the mystery and expectation, so on this day of the Buddha's birthday, there were thousands of believers who came to Waguan Temple to rejoice, pay homage to the murals, and worship the Buddha.

Chen Caozhi's painting of the eight heavenly dragon statues on the west wall of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, or solemn, or ugly, or pure, or terrifying eight sentient beings, so that the good men and women deeply feel the vastness and compassion of the Dharma, worship and not the east wall of the worry painted by the Vimala Bodhisattva statue is magnificent and exquisite, but the main image of the Vimala Bodhisattva eyes are empty, people are surprised, the elders explain to the believers that Gu Tanyue has not yet put the finishing touch to the portrait. Immediately invited Gu Fear to the upper hall one by one Gu Zhi and Chen Caozhi to come to the Daxiong Treasure Hall together, the two of them were listed in the left side of the river, and the good tolerance attracted everyone to admire.

Gu Zhizhi raised his pen and looked at the eastern mural statue. Turning his head to the believers gathered in the audience, he said: "Today I am consecrating the Vimala Bodhisattva, looking forward to copying millions of dollars to build the Heavenly King Hall for the Waguan Temple. If, after the eye-dotting, the believers feel that the mural is mediocre and not much different from before the dotting, then I am not good at painting, and you can cancel the almsgiving. I, the Gu family, will be responsible for building this Heavenly King Palace! ”

The second shift arrives, although it is late, but it can also be seen that the trail's efforts are already very close to the concave ticket that the trail is looking forward to, and I hope to get up tomorrow morning to see that the field ticket has passed the trail tomorrow to continue the second watch. Ask for a ticket.