Banli came in from the side door and asked: "Madam, a heavy rain is coming, should we rush back?"
Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenwan said: "I'm confused, so naturally I have to wait until the storm has passed before going back."
"Yes, yes." Banli exited the hall.
The strong wind passed over the double eaves of the main hall, making a roaring sound and the crisp sound of broken tiles falling to the ground.
Monk Tanyi said: "It's such a strong wind! Dear believers, the young monk is accompanying me. I have to go to various halls to see if the tiles are lifted by the strong wind and cause rain to leak." After that, he hurried away.
The dark clouds were getting lower and lower, and the hall was as dim as dusk. The lights in front of the Buddha became brighter. Chen Caozhi looked at the row of seven longevity lotus lanterns and couldn't help but think of Lingyin Temple on the bank of Mingsheng Lake in his hometown. Lingyin
There is a longevity lamp in the temple that his mother promised him fourteen years ago. It is because of that lamp that two souls separated by thousands of years merged into the current Chen Caozhi. It has been four years now——
Chen Caozhi walked to the Buddha, knelt on the futon and prayed silently.
Lu Weirui looked at her stepmother, then walked over and knelt beside Chen Caozhi, praying together.
Gu Kaizhi and Mrs. Lu were sitting at the small pine table on the west wall and talking. Mrs. Lu told some interesting stories from her niece Zhang Tongyun's childhood.
Tongyun was the same age as him, a beautiful little girl who was already good at calligraphy and painting at a young age. At that time, Zhang Tongyun was better at painting than Gu Kaizhi. Gu Kaizhi was not convinced. Gu Yuezhi originally wanted his son to worship Zhang Mo as his father.
He studied calligraphy and painting with his teacher, but for some reason, Gu Kaizhi refused. Later he studied under the Wei Xie. Over the years, Gu Kaizhi has been thinking about competing with Zhang Tongyun in painting——
Gu Kaizhi asked: "Aunt Zhang, has Zhang Tongyun's appearance changed? I still remember her appearance. Her eyelashes are very long."
Mrs. Lu smiled and said: "You met her ten years ago, how could her appearance remain unchanged?"
"How has it changed?" Gu Kaizhi asked, his insanity showing.
Mrs. Lu smiled and pointed at Lu Weirui, who was kneeling in front of the Buddha: "As beautiful as Weirui."
Gu Kaizhi looked at Lu Wei, and the back of him kneeling there was also very beautiful. Gu Kaizhi smiled even more happily.
Mrs. Lu looked at Gu Kaizhi and thought: "Gu Hutou and Rui'er are about the same age. If it weren't for the old grudge between the Gu and Lu families, Gu Hutou would most likely marry Rui'er and get engaged early. Now it's just
It can be said that Rui'er is destined to Cao Zhi, and Gu Hutou is destined to Tong Yun——"
Gu Kaizhi kept asking about Zhang Tongyun, and Mrs. Lu smiled and said, "Gu Hutou, didn't your Gu family say you would never talk to the Lu family?"
Gu Kaizhi said: "Aunt Zhang's surname is Zhang, she is not from the Lu family."
Mrs. Lu didn't like hearing this very much, and said, "Since I marry the Lu family, I am a member of the Lu family."
Gu Kaizhi scratched his head and said, "I don't have any ill feelings towards the Lu family, just because my parents told me not to associate with the Lu family."
Mrs. Lu said: "Wouldn't it be good if this old grudge could be resolved? I'll ask Cao Zhi later if there is any way for the Gu and Lu families to reconcile?"
Gu Kaizhi said: "Reconciliation is a good thing. Zizhong and I are good friends, and Zizhong has become the son-in-law of the Lu family. Do I have to break up with Zizhong too?"
"Son-in-law of the Lu family!" Mrs. Lu laughed and sighed: "If you really want to marry Wei Rui from my family, it's not as good as you marrying Tong Yun. I'm very worried."
When Mrs. Lu and Gu Kaizhi were talking here, Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui in front of the Buddha were also talking softly.
Chen Cao said: "...My mother told me that on the eighth day of April, on the Buddha's birthday, I should go to Lingyin Temple to offer incense and add sesame oil to the longevity lamp. This year, I am thousands of miles away, so I cannot follow my mother's instructions."
Lu Weirui said: "Ding's sister-in-law must remember this, she will go to Lingyin Temple to offer incense on your behalf."
At this moment, a "swish" sound was heard on the top of the hall, and dense raindrops fell. Chen Caozhi stood up and said: "Wei Rui, let's go to the back hall to watch the rain."
Lu Weirui's eyes lit up and she responded: "Okay." She ran to her stepmother Zhang Wenwan and said, "Mother, I'm going to the back hall to watch the rain."
Mrs. Lu said "hmm" and said, "Don't get caught in the rain."
Lu Weirui responded and followed Chen Caozhi.
Gu Kaizhi stood up and said, "I want to see the rain too." He also walked to the back hall.
Mrs. Lu smiled and shook her head, thinking: "Gu Hutou is really crazy." She took out the dietary prescription written by Chen Caozhi in her arms and looked at it, her face turned red.
There are corridors around the main hall of Waguan Temple, and there is an open space behind the hall. Facing the Medicine Master's Hall, white raindrops splash on the square brick floor, water mist rises, and the wind blows over, bringing with it fine raindrops.
Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui stood side by side on the corridor of the apse, looking at the gray-black clouds surging in the sky and the dense raindrops shooting down with thousands of arrows. Water accumulated everywhere on the ground, with rain flowers blooming and water bubbles floating on the water.
Born and destroyed——
It’s a very beautiful scene: a Buddhist temple, heavy rain, and beautiful young lovers looking at each other hand in hand under the eaves...
"Good rain!"
Gu Kaizhi came over and praised: "The rain scene is the most difficult to paint. It is difficult to copy it in detail and express its meaning."
Lu Weirui was a little shy and wanted to free her hand, but Chen Caozhi didn't let go, so Lu Weirui quietly let Chen Caozhi hold it.
Chen Cao said: "It is not difficult to draw. If you can draw a person who is soaked, you will know that it is raining heavily."
Gu Kaizhi said: "Otherwise, getting soaked might be caused by accidentally falling into the water."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "You can draw another person holding an umbrella."
Gu Kaizhi also laughed and said: "The person holding the umbrella is disgusting, how can you bear to see others get wet in the rain?"
Lu Weirui chuckled softly.
Gu Kaizhi looked at Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui holding hands. He didn't think of avoiding it, he just felt envious and said: "Zizhong, just now Aunt Zhang told me that Gu and Lu Er should put aside their past feud and ask if you can do anything about it?"
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Chen Caozhi then asked: "Changkang, who among the Gu clan still remembers the old grudge from forty years ago?"
Gu Kaizhi said: "I don't have any particular resentment, it's just that I have become a habit of not having contact with the Lu family for decades."
Chen Caozhi asked Lu Weirui again, and Lu Weirui also said the same thing as Gu Kaizhi.
Chen Caozhi thought to himself: "The Lu family and the Gu family are the top families in Jiangdong. Why have the two surnames been at odds with each other for many years but no one has reconciled them? The feud between the two surnames Gu and Lu is probably something that the court and the Nandu gentry would like to see. Otherwise, Jiangdong will be in trouble."
The gentry united and their power increased, which was not good for the northern gentry living in Jiangzuo. The Eastern Jin Dynasty was really perilous. There was Qin in the north, and Yan Hu was eyeing it. There were also many conflicts in Jiangzuo. The aristocratic families were at odds with each other, and the southerners and northerners hated each other.
, and even the people at the bottom who are being exploited, if they are not living in poverty, how can Sun Tai and Sun En of Tianshi Tao be able to respond to everything!"
Chen Caozhi asked: "Can Changkang know how to recite the famous "Poetry for the Wife as a Gift to the Grand Duke Yan"?"
Yanxian Gong was Gu Kaizhi's great-uncle Gu Rong and Gu Yanxian. Together with Lu Ji and Lu Yun brothers, they were also known as the Three Heroes of Jiangdong. When they were in Luoyang, Gu Yanxian had a very good relationship with the Lu brothers. Gu Yanxian missed his wife, and the Lu brothers all wrote for Gu Yanxian.
Writing lovesickness poems can be said to be irreversible friends——
Gu Kaizhi said leisurely: "Shi Henggong's wonderful poem, how can I not recite it!" He immediately used his Jinling dialect Gu Shengyong to recite the poem about his wife that Lu Ji had drafted for his great-uncle Gu Rong:
"There is a longing woman in the southeast, and her long sigh fills the secluded gate.
May I ask why you sigh? The beautiful woman is at the end of the world.
After traveling for a long time, the officials did not return, and the mountains and rivers were built and wide.
The shapes and shadows are good, but the sound is far away.
The clutch and the clutch are not permanent, just like the string and the string.
I wish to protect my body of gold and stone and comfort my concubine when she is hungry and thirsty."
After Gu Kaizhi finished reciting, he said again and again: "What a poem! What a poem! Mr. Heng wrote the poem on behalf of his wife who missed his wife. He paid close attention to the details and sounded like he was missing his wife. It is indeed wonderful!"
Chen Cao said: "Shi Henggong also has Zhang Cao's Ping Fu Tie. Did Chang Kang copy it?"
Gu Kaizhi said: "I have never copied it, but I am familiar with this post. My great-uncle Yan has a serious illness. In the "Pingfu Tie", Shihenggong expressed deep concern about my great-uncle's illness. The friendship can be described as sincere."
Chen Cao said: "The two families of Gu and Lu want to reconcile. On this poem about missing a woman and the "Pingfu Tie", Chang Kang can draw a picture of "Three Heroes of Jiangdong". The scroll is left largely blank. I use the "Pingfu Tie"
"The postscript written in Shizhang, describing the friendship between Gu and Lu in the past, was forwarded by Mr. Zhang Andao to Lu Shijun. Lu Shijun is grateful for Changkang's kindness and will definitely persuade the mainland ministers to reconcile with the Gu family."
Gu Kaizhi raised his palm and said: "How wonderful! This is an elegant thing. I don't expect my father and uncle to blame me for making opinions - but I don't know the appearance of Duke Shi Heng and Duke Shi Long. If I create an image out of thin air, it will definitely be distorted."
Lu Weirui said: "I have two portraits of my uncles in my house. I will borrow them from Gu Langjun tomorrow."
Gu Kaizhi said happily: "It's very good. I paint the "Three Heroes of Jiangdong" at home on one day, and I come here on two days to paint Buddha statues." After saying that, he happily rushed back to the main hall to report the matter to Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenwan.
After the heavy rain passed, the clouds became thinner and the sky became brighter, but the light rain continued to fall, and the wind was still very strong, making the rain curtain flutter and feel slightly cold.
Chen Cao said: "Wei Rui, go back to the main hall."
Lu Weirui said "hmm" and suddenly asked: "Has Mr. Chen ever seen Mrs. Xie before?"
Chen Caozhi hesitated and asked, "Why does Wei Rui ask that?"
Lu Weirui said: "I think she looks familiar. I must have seen her somewhere before, but I just can't remember her."
