Thirty, face covered with moss and hair like tangled grass
Xu Miao was careful and felt that Chen's mother, Li, was in poor health and living here would disturb her rest, so he discussed with Gu Kaizhi and told Chen Caozhi that he was willing to find a house nearby. When Chen Caozhi mentioned this to his mother,
, Chen’s mother, Mrs. Li, said: “How can this mean that only the tenants at the southern foot of Jiuyao Mountain have houses nearby, six or seven miles away from here, how can we let our distinguished guests live there?”
Chen Cao said: "Gu Changkang loves to recite poems at night, but he is afraid of disturbing you, the old man."
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, said: "Let Mr. Gu and Mr. Xu live on the third floor. My mother likes to be lively. She will feel at ease listening to you reciting poems and talking and laughing from a distance."
Chen Cao said: "Well, let's arrange for Changkang and the immortals to live on the third floor."
After dinner that day, Liu Shangzhi wanted to go back to Liujiabao and surprised his parents. He also said that Liujiabao was only fifteen miles away and could be reached in less than an hour. He could come here to meet him at any time.
Liu Shangzhi said goodbye to his mother, Mrs. Li, and left Chenjiawu with two servants and one maid, accompanied by Chen Caozhi, Xu Miao, Gu Kaizhi and Ding Chunqiu.
At this time, the sky was not yet dark, and there was no moon on the night of the fifth day of September. The stars on the autumn night began to flash one after another, and autumn insects were chirping in the grass on the roadside.
Gu Kaizhi said: "Brother Shangzhi, you don't have much to do when you go home. Let's meet here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Wouldn't it be nice to watch Zizhong and I painting, talking or reciting poems at night?"
Liu Shangzhi responded: "Okay, I'll come over early the day after tomorrow."
Xu Miao still remembered the eloquence and arrogance of brothers Zhu Yingtai and Zhu Yingting, and asked Chen Caozhi: "Zizhong, do the Zhu brothers of Shangyu still have contact with you?"
Chen Caozhi hesitated for a moment, wondering if he wanted to tell the true identities of the Zhu brothers, but Ding Chunqiu replied: "Zizhong and Zhu Yingtai are close friends. The last time Zizhong came back from Wujun, he and
Zhu Yingtai went with us all the way and also spent the night at my Ding's villa."
Xu Miao was very surprised and said to Liu Shangzhi: "Last time we saw off our son in Wu County, we did not see Zhu Yingtai. When my father and I returned to the foot of Lion Rock, Zhu Yingtai came.
He said goodbye to my father and said he was going back to Shangyu. Just like his brother Zhu Yingting, he also said goodbye in a hurry. It's really strange."
Liu Shangzhi also felt strange and asked: "Zizhong, Xianmin and I sent you to Qingpu, thirty miles away, that day, but we didn't see Zhu Yingtai. How did he show up later?"
It would be difficult for Chen Caozhi to tell Zhu Yingtai that he was Xie Daoyun. It would be better if Xie Daoyun was accompanied by his younger brother Xie Xuan. Now it is only Xie Daoyun who walks with him for a long time, which will inevitably arouse various suspicions from others. Liu Shangzhi,
Xu Miao may not be able to spread the news, but it is hard to tell Ding Chunqiu. Gu Kaizhi is even more unscrupulous in his words. It is not good for this matter to spread. Xie Daoyun is going to marry Wang Ningzhi. The unfounded accusation is very scary——
Chen Caozhi said calmly: "I stayed in Huating for half a day, and happened to meet brother Yingtai, so I came back on the same road. His brother Zhu Yingting also came to me at the end of May, accompanying Master Zhimindu from Qiguang Temple.
To treat my mother’s illness.”
Gu Kaizhi asked: "Can Zhu Yingtai also paint?"
Chen Caozhi was slightly startled and asked, "Has Changkang met Zhu Yingtai?"
Gu Kaizhi said: "Listen to what Shang Zhi said, didn't Zhu Yingtai paint a picture of "Panasonic Game", where he painted you as a little Taoist with a feathered coat and a crown. It is said that the painting is very good?"
Chen Caozhi said: "Yes, I still have this painting here. I will take it out for you to see later."
Gu Kaizhi was anxious to look at the painting and stopped on the road: "Brother Shangzhi, we will send him off not far away. You can come early the day after tomorrow."
Liu Shangzhi smiled and got on the bullock cart, and the cart rolled away in the night.
Chen Caozhi and the four returned to Chenjiawu and went up to Chen Caozhi's study on the third floor. Zongzhi and Run'er were waiting there. Run'er asked Gu Kaizhi: "Uncle Gu Shi, do you still want to paint at night?"
Gu Kaizhi said: "I'll paint again tomorrow. I'm tired from traveling today. I'm worried that I won't be able to paint well. I'm sorry for Miss Run'er."
Runer smiled "gege", and together with Zongzhi, he saluted everyone and went back to the study over there to practice calligraphy.
Chen Caozhi took out the "Picture of Panasonic Game" given to him by Xie Daoyun. Gu Kaizhi opened the scroll and took a closer look. He saw on the three-foot scroll were strange pines and curved rocks, and two young men in feathered clothes and Taoist crowns were playing chess against each other. The strange rocks were
The figure is a wooden platform, the pine cones are the pieces, and the players are as calm as stones. The whole painting has an ancient and strange atmosphere.
Gu Kaizhi glanced sideways at Chen Cao, pointed to the young man in feathers kneeling on the left side of the painting and said, "This is Zizhong, is the one sitting opposite Zhu Yingtai?"
Gu Kaizhi smiled and said: "Zhu Yingtai's self-portrait, what do you think of the painting? Are you asking if it looks like it?"
Chen Caozhi smiled and said nothing. Xu Miao looked at the scroll carefully, and Ding Chunqiu replied: "It's not very similar, but Zi Zhong has both form and spirit."
Xu Miao said: "No, Zhu Yingtai didn't paint his arrogant and aggressive demeanor."
Gu Kaizhi said: "Self-portrait is the most difficult. This painting is quite wonderful. The brushwork is better than Zi Zhong. It has the brushwork style of Dai An Dao in Shanxi. Zhu Yingtai should be a disciple of Dai An Dao. He is from Liang'an Dao in Kuaiji. He has Zhang Mo, Zhang An Dao and flowers and birds. Dai Kui
Dai An is more talented and knowledgeable, good at literature, calligraphy and painting, and can play the piano. I also want to pay a visit to Dai An when I come here this time."
Chen Caozhi heard Xie Daoyun say at Cao'e Pavilion that day that she had learned drums and harp from Dai Andao. It seems that Xie Daoyun's painting skills were also learned from Dai Andao.
Gu Kaizhi added: "The meaning of this painting is ancient. If an old vine is added to wrap around Zizhong's feet and moss grows under Zhu Yingtai's knees, it will be even more wonderful as if there is no sun and moon in the mountains and it lasts for hundreds of years."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "Why is there moss on your face and tangled grass on your head?"
Gu Kaizhi laughed loudly and said, "If you look like that, you and Zhu Yingtai will achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven together."
Although Xu Miao was cautious and taciturn, he had a young mind and was very interested in talking and arguing. He was defeated by the Zhu brothers many times in Wu County. After a few months, his desire to win was not diminished, and he still wanted to argue with the Zhu brothers again, saying:
"Why don't Zizhong invite the Zhu brothers to get together here? It's a rare event to have a conversation about painting."
Gu Kaizhi also urged Chen Caozhi to quickly write a letter inviting the Zhu brothers to come, and then he would ask the Zhu brothers to recommend him to visit Dai Andao.
Chen Caozhi thought to himself: "Xie Daoyun sent a letter last time to say that she would come to Chenjiawu after the cool autumn, but now it is already the ninth month of cool autumn and she has not come yet." So he wrote a letter explaining that Xu Miao and Gu Kaizhi were here.
, please come and get together, brothers Zhu Yingtai and Zhu Yingting.
Early the next morning, Chen Caozhi sent Lai Zhen to deliver the letter to Xie's Manor in Dongshan, Kuaiji. Last time, Lai Zhen and Jing Nu went with Chen Caozhi, secretly instructing Lai Zhen to deliver the letter to Mr. Xie Xuan, Lai Zhen.
Shocked by the good news, I strode off.
Gu Kaizhi and Xu Miao climbed up Jiuyao Mountain. The sky was high and the clouds were clear, and the golden wind was blowing. Not far away, the Mingsheng Lake was as blue as a mirror, and the mountains on the lakeshore were green and green. The beauty of the lake and mountains made Gu Kaizhi dance with joy.
That day, Gu Kaizhi concentrated on painting for Run'er. Gu Kaizhi's figure paintings were very different from those of later generations who painted while looking at models. He did not look at Run'er. Sometimes he painted a few strokes, and sometimes he looked at the void, as if he was looking at the underworld.
Another Runer in the underworld——
Chen Caozhi carefully studied Gu Kaizhi's brushwork on the side. Painting figures was his weakness. The last time he painted Lu Weirui, he was very unsatisfied. This time, he benefited a lot from observing Gu Kaizhi's painting of Run'er.
Ding Chunqiu and Xu Miao were looking through the books and reading notes copied by Chen Caozhi in the study. Chen Shang's two younger brothers, Chen Mo and Chen Tan, also came to ask Xu Miao for advice on Confucianism.
Chen's mother Li asked Xiaochan and Yinggu to help her come to the third floor to watch Gu Kaizhi painting Run'er. Seeing the bustle, Chen's mother Li felt very happy. She liked her son to make friends, relatives and friends. In this world, you are welcome
Apart from relatives, the people who helped him the most were friends. Chen Caozhi had no brothers or sisters. Chen's mother, Li, always felt that her son was too lonely. She loved to see her son's lively scene full of friends.
On the morning of the seventh day of September, Liu Shangzhi came from Liujiabao. As soon as he sat down to talk, he saw a servant from Feng Mengxiong's house rushing to see Chen Caozhi. Chen Caozhi asked what happened?
Feng's servant said in a panic: "The county's Chief Lu was killed by Chen Liu, and Chen Liu is also dead!"
Chen Caozhi was shocked and hurriedly asked what happened. Feng's servant said: "I don't know the details. I only know that Chen Liu killed Master Lu and then committed suicide. The head of my family asked the villain to report the news to Chen Langjun."
Make preparations in advance, I'm afraid the Lu family will come to provoke you."
Since Chen Liu failed to frame Chen Cao in Wu County in March, he has not returned to Qiantang. For some reason, he came back this time and died together with Master Lu!
Chen Caozhi asked Lai De to invite his sixth uncle Chen Man. When Chen Man heard from Feng's servants that Chen Liu had killed Master Lu and then committed suicide, he burst into mourning. Although Chen Liu was expelled from the clan, why?
If Chen Man is said to be his own flesh and blood, how can Chen Man not be sad?
Chen Cao said: "Sixth uncle, my nephew will go to the county with you. No matter how you say it, Chen Liu is a blood descendant of my Chen family. Naturally, he killed Master Lu because he knew that he had been deceived by Master Lu.
With coercion and coercion, he did something that was unworthy of his ancestors, so he killed Master Lu in anger. Now we must beware of Lu's provocation and lawsuits."
After Chen Liu ran away, Chen Man knew that Chen Liu had made a big mistake and would never return to the clan, so he gave up and pretended that he had never given birth to this rebellious son. He was thinking about Chen Liu's three-year-old son and begged the clan leader to take him in.
, but the patriarch Chen Xian reminded him to identify whether it was Chen Liu's flesh and blood, and told him about rumors in the county that Chen Liu's wife had an affair with Master Lu. Chen Man was half-believed and dubious, but Chen Liu's wife refused to return to Chenjiawu.
It's a fact, this woman is an adulterer.
Chen Caozhi told his mother that he was going to the county for a visit. Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, had heard about Chen Liu's killing of Chief Lu and was very worried. She told Chen Caozhi to be careful and not to conflict with others.
Chen Caozhi comforted his mother and said: "Mom, please don't worry. Wang Fujun of the county has not left office yet, and he will judge impartially. Moreover, it is well known to everyone that Chen Liu was expelled from Chenjiawu. Chen Liu killed someone and even died. He can't even sit still."
If you come to the head of the Chen clan, I will accompany Liu Bo to the county to deal with the funeral affairs and then come back."
Just as he was talking, he heard Ran Shengsheng shouting from downstairs: "Xiao Langjun, Xiao Langjun, a large group of people have come outside Wubao, holding sticks and harpoons, looking menacing. We must prepare early."
