Thirty-seven, it is enough to have a confidant in life
Xie Daoyun, who was wearing a turban and jacket, walked out slowly, first saluted his uncle Xie Wan, then saluted Wang Xizhi, and finally came to Chen Caozhi. His slender eyes turned on Chen Caozhi's face, and he smiled slightly.
He smiled, bowed and said, "Zizhong, I have been away from Wu County for three years. I heard that Zizhong became famous and became a classmate. Yingtai is also honored."
Naturally, Chen Caozhi also had a good talk and expressed his joy and admiration for Yingtai brother Tianqueshan Yaji's success in one fell swoop. Xie Wan could not see any flaws in the two of them.
Wang Xizhi saw that Zhu Yingtai was slender and frail, indeed much thinner than the tall and tall Chen Caozhi. It seemed that Xie Wan was not lying when he said that this son was frail and sick, so he kindly said: "My nephew Yingtai, I was the same in my early years."
I was frail and sick, so I got a health prescription from Xu Mai, a hermit from Youzu Mountain. I took it all year round and it was quite effective. However, this prescription must be taken together with Hanshi Powder. My nephew, would you like to give it a try?"
Chen Caozhi frowned slightly, but he saw Xie Daoyun bowing to Wang Xizhi and said: "Thank you so much, Master Yi. Please give me the prescription."
Wang Xizhi ordered him to take pen and ink and write the hermit Xu Mai's health prescription as a gift to Xie Daoyun. He also mentioned the matter of King Kuaiji recruiting talented people. Xie Daoyun glanced at his uncle Xie Wan. Xie Wan stared at her.
I have no desire to advance in officialdom."
Wang Xizhi smiled and said: "Marriage comes first." Seeing the hesitation on Xie Wan's face, he must have thought that the Xie family in Chen County was unwilling to marry the Zhu family, so he stopped talking about it and only discussed poetry with Xie Daoyun and Chen Caozhi.
Xuan, unaware of the sunset, bid farewell to Chen Caozhi.
Xie Wan saw off Wang Xizhi, and Chen Caozhi left the house. He returned to the hall and wanted to scold Xie Daoyun. This was all the trouble she caused in Tianque Mountain the day before yesterday. Now she, a woman, has classmates going back and forth. How unbecoming is this!
Xie Daoyun was not in the hall, and the waiter said that Madam Yun had returned to the inner courtyard. Xie Wan had no choice but to give up. Thinking that someone would visit Zhu Yingtai again in the future, he said that he had sent her back to Shangyu, and then sternly warned Xie Daoyun not to go out in men's clothing for half a year.
Zhu Yingtai's name will be forgotten.
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After Chen Caozhi said goodbye to Wang Xizhi, he felt very unhappy and did not take the ox cart. Instead, he and Ran Sheng walked beside the cart. When they were crossing the Zhuque Bridge, they heard someone calling from behind: "Zizhong, stay here." Looking back, he saw that his undershirt was fluttering.
Xie Daoyun walked quickly under the sunset.
Xie Daoyun ordered two servants to wait at the end of the bridge. She and Chen Caozhi walked leisurely across the Suzaku Bridge, and then said to Ran Sheng: "Xiao Sheng, please don't follow me. I'll have a few words with your husband alone."
Ran Sheng stood in the west of Zhuque Bridge and watched Xiao Langjun and Zhu Langjun walking slowly by the river.
"Zizhong, you seem to have something to say to me."
"Well, yes, don't take Hanshi Powder."
Xie Daoyun smiled slightly and said: "Zizhong told me about the many dangers of Hanshi Powder when I was in Wujun. How could I not remember it? It's just that I don't accept Young Master Yi's kindness. How can I get better for this frail and sick person!"
Xie Daoyun does not pretend to have a man's voice when she speaks now, but her original low-pitched female voice.
Chen Caozhi looked sideways at Xie Daoyun. Xie Daoyun was of medium height among men. Of course, he was still nearly four inches shorter than him. However, because of his slender figure, he looked taller and the powder on his cheeks was not evenly applied.
Reveal your delicate true colors.
"Is Brother Yingtai really going to become an official?"
"Exactly, does Zizhong think it's appropriate?"
Chen Caozhi pointed at Xie Daoyun's left cheek and said with a smile: "There is something wrong."
Xie Daoyun reached out and touched his cheek gently, understanding what Chen Caozhi was referring to, he couldn't help but blush and said: "Why bother with this detail? Today is because we are in a hurry."
Chen Cao said: "I don't think there is anything deviant about women being officials. Brother Yingtai is more talented than a man. There is nothing he can't do. It's just for Brother Yingtai's plan. I always feel it's inappropriate, because Brother Yingtai is still a man after all."
A woman."
Xie Daoyun looked at the sparkling Qinhuai River under the setting sun and said: "Being a woman is too restrictive. I am less than 100 years old. Why not give it a try?"
Chen Caozhi was silent for a long time and asked, "Would the Wanshi Guild agree to your order to uncle An Shigong?"
Xie Daoyun said: "I wrote a long letter yesterday, which contained the 'Three Strategies for ZTE'. I sent someone to Guzhe to present it to Sima Huan. If nothing unexpected happens, Sima Huan will probably send someone to Jiankang to appoint me as an official.
When the time comes, as long as I persist, my uncle will not go against the wishes of Huan Da Sima, after all, the Xie family of Chen County still wants to befriend Huan Da Sima."
Chen Caozhi shook his head and smiled. This Xie Daoyun really dared to think and do. The "Three Strategies for ZTE" she proposed must be related to the strategy of governing Jiangdong and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. Huan Wen valued practical talents, and Zhu Yingtai's name had already spread.
My cousin Huan Wen knew everything about Beijing, so he would definitely recruit Zhu Yingtai to the Xifu. The year before last, Xie An came out of the mountain, and in order to make peace with Huan Wen, he condescended to join the Xifu as an eighth-rank marching commander, so Huan Wen wanted to make Zhu Yingtai his vassal.
Officer, it’s really hard to evade the Xie family in Chen County. Xie Daoyun can be said to have a comprehensive plan——
Chen Cao said: "Wouldn't it be terrible if someone discovered that you are a woman?"
Xie Daoyun smiled sweetly: "When I go to Xifu, I don't interact with others except for official duties. How can others know that I am a woman? Even if there is some suspicion, there is no way to verify——"
As soon as the words came out, he felt that the words were inappropriate, blushed, turned his back to Chen Caozhi, and continued: "The only people who know my true identity are Ah Ke and you. In Xifu, you and Ah Ke can help me cover up. This
It shouldn’t be difficult.”
Chen Caozhi was silent for a while and said: "I support you."
Xie Daoyun turned around, stared into Chen Caozhi's eyes, and said, "I knew you would support me. If there is anyone in this world who knows me, it is you."
Chen Caozhi recited softly: "It is enough to have a confidant in life, and the rest of the world should treat him with sympathy."
Xie Daoyun also recited it again, his eyes were filled with light, and he suddenly smiled and said: "Zizhong, I heard that you exchanged "Yili Thirteen Times" for forty acres of land by the Qinhuai River. Is this possible?"
Chen Cao said: "The chess records are a priceless treasure, and I lost money."
Xie Daoyun laughed, his cheeks sunken, and said: "Then if I get your chess record for nothing, wouldn't you be even more at a loss?"
Chen Caozhi looked at Xie Daoyun's smile and said with a smile: "What's wrong with having a close friend?"
Xie Daoyun stopped laughing and asked: "How is the painting of Zizhong's Buddha statue going?"
Chen Cao said: "Two out of ten paintings."
Xie Daoyun said: "I will come and appreciate the painting after it is completed." After a pause, he asked: "Does Miss Lu often go to Waguan Temple to watch you paint?"
Chen Caozhi nodded and said, "Yes."
Xie Daoyun smiled and said: "It seems that good things will come true for Zizhong."
Chen Cao's way: "Difficult."
"Zizhong is really concise and concise."
Xie Daoyun looked towards the other side and said, "I'm going back first. My fourth uncle will be angry if he can't find me later."
Chen Caozhi walked with Xie Daoyun back to the Zhuque Bridge. Xie Daoyun said: "Zizhong, please come back. I will stand on the bridge for a while and watch you off." When he said this, he couldn't help but think of the moonlit night in Wu County that year, when the two of them
I walked from Xiaojing Lake to Zhenqing Taoist Temple, and then walked back from Zhenqing Taoist Temple to Xiaojing Lake——
At this moment, Xie Daoyun felt like yesterday had reappeared. Watching Chen Caozhi's bullock cart go away, he felt extremely happy.
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In the next half month, Chen Cao devoted himself to painting the Buddha murals in Waguan Temple. Lu Weirui and Zhang Tongyun would come every day to help Chen Caozhi and Gu Kaizhi paint. Both women had extraordinary painting skills. They painted necklaces, pillars, auspicious clouds, and seats.
There will never be any concern about the quality of chariots being mixed.
Zhu Fatai was relieved. He visited the Main Hall several times and found that the two pairs of painters worked together to create a perfect match. The progress of the murals was greatly accelerated and the paintings were excellent. Zhu Fatai was greatly relieved.
Mrs. Lu, Zhang Wenwan, accompanied Lu Weirui a few times at first, but since mid-March, she has asked Lu Weirui to come alone. Lu Weirui did what she wanted, so she took three or five servants with her to Zhang Tongyun every two days in the afternoon, and then came to Waguan to make an appointment with Zhang Tongyun.
After painting for more than an hour in the temple, they took a break and went to the back hall to talk. Zhang Tongyun and Lu Weirui walked together at first, but gradually they went their separate ways——
Lu Weirui felt that the month she spent painting in Waguan Temple was the happiest time she had grown up. She came happily and returned sweetly. She dreamed about being with Chen Langjun at night——
On March 24, Chen Caozhi's eight-part Tianlong mural sketch has been completed. Gu Kaizhi's Vimalakirti Bodhisattva statue can be completed in one day. Now it is time to start coloring and rendering. Buddha statues pay attention to exaggerated and strong colors.
, in order to achieve a shocking effect, Chen Caozhi felt that although the commonly used three colors of vermilion, garcinia and cyan were mixed with each other and the color expression was quite rich, they were still a bit monotonous. He knew that the colors used in later generations of traditional Chinese paintings were more diverse.
There were azurite, stone green, ocher, lead powder, chalk, rouge, etc. He and Gu Kaizhi had tried them many times at his house in the past few days, and Gu Kaizhi was greatly impressed by the color effects.
In the afternoon of this day, Chen Caozhi began to decorate the colors of Emperor Shitian while waiting for Lu Weirui to arrive. Now that the sketch was completed, Lu Weirui and Zhang Tongyun could only watch from the sidelines. It does not mean that her painting skills were not as good as Chen's.
, but the coloring and rendering must be done with an overall view. Painting by some people will affect the performance of the mural.
When Chen Caozhi was mixing colors and painting, he saw a short hoe coming in a hurry. His beauty was pale and he was panting. He said that two young ladies, Wei Rui and Tong Yun, had been entangled by a libertine in front of the temple and had injured her brother's chestnut.
Come on, please Chen Langjun and Gu Langjun to come to the rescue quickly——
When Chen Cao heard this, he put down the brush in his hand, jumped down from the stairs, opened the main door of the hall, and ran out in large strides. He scanned the square in front of the hall, and when he didn't see Ran Sheng, he asked Lai Zhen to find Ran Sheng quickly. He and he
Gu Kaizhi left the temple first. Because he was painting in a Buddhist temple, Gu Kaizhi only brought two servants with him, both of whom were skilled in martial arts. When they heard the sound, they all followed him out.
Ran Sheng rushed over and asked urgently: "Xiao Langjun, what happened?"
Chen Caozhi looked outside the mountain gate and saw three or four ox carts parked there. Four or five people in front were blocking the way, so he said: "Xiao Sheng, go and drive away those people who are blocking the road, and let Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Zhang
come over."
Ran Sheng agreed and strode down, faster than a galloping horse. Gu's two servants also hurried forward.
