The back garden of Fan's villa sits by the Yin Pavilion. The original colorful purple bamboo, red bamboo, Xiangfei bamboo, piano silk bamboo, jasper bamboo, and dragon scale bamboo look a little dim. There is a layer of twigs and broken leaves on the ground. The heavy snowfall two years ago has eased.
After the drought in the land of Sanwu, bamboo shoots sprouted out of the ground, full of vitality.
There is a flat lawn beside the Zuiyin Pavilion. The spring grass has not yet sprouted and the grass is withered and yellow. Ran Sheng and Liu Laozhi came to the lawn and met to compete for victory. Fan Ning was the referee.
Jiaotai was called Chiyou Opera in ancient times and has a long history. It was separated from boxing in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was also called gladiatorial fighting or sumo wrestling. It was very popular in the martial arts and among the people during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. There was a famous Jiaotai master Deng Zhan in the Wei State. Cao Pi praised him as "good with arms and capable."
"Empty hands enter the sword", from which the judo and karate of later generations came.
Ran Sheng had never practiced jousting before entering Xifu. After joining the army, he practiced riding and shooting every day. Jingjing was also popular in the army. The masters of jingjing were highly respected by the sergeants. At first, Ran Sheng only knew how to use brute force and had no skills.
Yan, but there are very few people who can defeat him. After all, the use of skills can only work when the strength is not much different. Otherwise, Ran Shengli has long arms and grabs it, and any skills will be useless, but
Gusxi Prefecture is full of talents, both literary and military. It is impossible for Ran Sheng to survive through brute force alone. After being defeated by several masters in the army one after another, Ran Sheng began to study the skills of confrontation seriously.
, I understood very quickly. Now, except for General Ningyuan Huan Shiqian and two other corner masters, there are very few people in Gusxi Mansion who can deal with Ran Sheng. However, the Liu Laozhi Ran Sheng met today is a powerful enemy. Liu Laozhi is a powerful enemy.
Liu Jian, Lao's father, was well-known for his bravery in the Beifu army, and Liu Laozhi was even more outstanding. Under his father's strict supervision since childhood, he practiced martial arts, and was proficient in riding, archery, ordnance, and horn fighting. Although he was young,
, already known as the "Jiangbei Tiger".
At the beginning of the fight, Liu Laozhi shook hands and knew that Ran Sheng was powerful. Ran Sheng was eight feet tall, but he was not clumsy. His waist was like a snake and his hands were like shooting stars. If Liu Laozhi hadn't been taller, his strength would not have been the same as Ran Sheng's.
There are not many, and I am afraid that I will be overthrown by my opponent as soon as I meet him.
Fan Ning was with his father in Xuzhou when he was young. He often saw soldiers fighting each other. He had some eyesight and knew that Ran Sheng and Liu Laozhi were both masters. Seeing that the two of them had been fighting for a long time and could not give in to each other, he said: "That's it, you two don't know what the fight is about."
When will it be considered a tie?"
Ran Sheng smiled and gave up. Fan Ning told the two not to fight again, and then went back to watch his father Fan Wang and Chen Caozhi, and Xie Xuan went to play chess.
Liu Laozhi wanted to fight Ran Sheng again, but Ran Sheng didn't refuse. When his arms were crossed, Ran Sheng suddenly exerted his strength. Liu Laozhi struggled to resist, but Ran Sheng roared, clasped his wrists and pushed his shoulders, and rushed forward.
The force of the collision was astonishing and irresistible. He fell down on the grass, quickly turned over and got up. Before he could fight again, he saw that Ran Sheng's eyes were completely red, and he couldn't help being surprised.
Ran Sheng let out a long breath and said calmly: "Luckily, how about you and I competing in archery?"
Liu Laozhi came from Pengcheng to visit Fan Wang this time. He brought two servants with him. They were all equipped with bows and horses, so he took bows and arrows to compete with Ran Sheng. Liu Laozhi had been practicing riding and archery since he was a child, and he was better than Ran Sheng in archery. Ran Sheng
Sheng knew that this Liu Laozhi was someone Fan Wang had recommended to his brother Chen Caozhi, so he decided to make friends with him. He was about the same age in twenty years and had similar strength. It didn't take half a day to establish an irreversible friendship.
In the afternoon, Ran Sheng followed Chen Caozhi, and when Xie Xuan said goodbye to Fan Wang, Liu Laozhi was very reluctant to leave and said to Ran Sheng, "It's a pity that Brother Zisheng is in Xifu, otherwise I would like to join the army with you." Liu Laozhi's father Liu Laozhi said.
The old generals who built these Beifu were squeezed by Huan Wen, so of course Liu Laozhi would not go to the West to serve Huan Wen.
Fan Wang smiled and said: "Don't worry about being imprisoned. The Beifu Army will be rebuilt one day, and you can show your talents at that time."
Xie Xuan, Chen Caozhi, Ran Sheng and others returned to Gu's manor. It was already dark. Gu Kaizhi said that Zhu Taishou of Wu County would visit in the afternoon and invited Xie Xuan, Chen Caozhi and others to attend the banquet tomorrow.
Xie Xuan asked: "Changkang, hasn't Miss Lu arrived yet? We can't afford to delay." He glanced at Chen Cao and said, "I will definitely leave tomorrow afternoon, otherwise we won't be able to arrive in early February.
Girl."
Gu Kaizhi said: "The steward I sent came back and said that Madam Lu has left for Wu County in the morning, and her younger brother Lu Daoyu will accompany her to Beijing and will probably arrive at night."
At midnight, Chen Caozhi, Xie Daoyun, Xie Xuan, Gu Kaizhi, and Liu Shangzhi were having a long conversation under the lamp. A servant of the Gu family brought a man in. When the man saw Chen Caozhi, he quickly saluted and said, "Chen Caozhi
Langjun."
Chen Cao took a look and saw that it was Banli. Banli bowed to Gu Kaizhi and others again, then followed Chen Caozhi to the small room next to him and said, "Chen Langjun, my young lady has arrived at the Lu Mansion in the city. This time, except for Dao Yu Langjun,
Dao Yu’s mother Zhu will also go to Beijing to visit my wife, and I’m afraid that even though we are traveling together, we still rarely see each other.”
When Chen Caozhi heard that Wei Rui's fifth aunt was also coming to Beijing, he frowned slightly and thought, "How long will Wei Rui and I keep secretly in love like this? Time and time do not wait for us to make great achievements."
But I heard Banli say again: "Tomorrow morning, my little lady will go to Zhenqing Taoist Temple and invite Chen Langjun to meet her."
After Banli returned home, Chen Caozhi did not go back to continue talking with Gu Kaizhi, Xie Xuan and others, and went back to his room to rest.
Early the next morning, when it was still dark, Chen Caozhi got up and washed himself. He said something to Xiao Chan, then rode alone out of Gu's manor and headed towards the west gate of Wujun City. After running for three or four miles, Ran Sheng rode on his big horse.
The white horse chased after him. Chen Caozhi knew that it was Xiaochan who reminded Ran Sheng to come, so he didn't say much and rode towards Zhenqing Taoist Temple with Ran Sheng, one behind the other.
From a distance, I could see two cypress trees in front of Zhenqing Taoist Temple. An old Taoist was sweeping fallen leaves in front of the door. The courtyard was deserted. It was still mid-morning, and some lazy Taoists had not yet gotten up.
Li Daoren, the old master of Zhenqing Taoist Temple, has passed away. The current master is Li Taoren's disciple Huang Taoren. Four years ago, Chen Caozhi prayed for his mother in Zhenqing Taoist Temple and copied thirty volumes of "Laozi's Five Thousand Essays".
There was such a sensation that every Taoist in Zhenqing Taoist Temple would not recognize Chen Caozhi!
The new master of the courtyard, Huang Daoren, is in his forties and is as sophisticated as his old master Li Daoren. Li Daoren got two paintings from Chen Caozhi. The "Peach Tree Picture" was sold to the Lu family for 100,000 yuan.
Qian, another painting "Tao Yuan Camellia" at the end of last year, Miss Lu only came to see it for a long time, but did not buy it, and donated another 100,000 yuan. Chen Caozhi's painting is simply a money tree, and Chen Caozhi was in
The copying of "Laozi's Five Thousand Essays" in the Taoist Temple made Zhenqing Taoist Temple famous. There was an endless stream of people from nearby counties and counties who came to offer incense and observe Chen Cao's hand-copied scriptures, so Huang Taoist saw Chen Cao's early arrival.
, was overjoyed and accompanied Chen Caozhi to worship at the Sanqing Hall, and then asked for calligraphy and painting treasures.
Although Chen Caozhi was a little impatient, he couldn't bear to refuse and said, "I don't have time to paint, so I'll leave a picture." He went to the left wing of Sanqing Hall and sat down. The Taoist waiter brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Chen Caozhi realized that
Feeling restless, I slowly polished my ink and calmed my mind. After a while, I finally started writing, writing sixteen words in cursive script:
"The cave is cold and cool, the wind is clear, the immortal dwelling is eternal, and the flowers and trees are everlasting."
This is the four-character poem "Washing Medicine Pond" written by Ge Hong when he was refining alchemy in Pinghu Mountain. Master Ge has very few poems in his collection. Chen Caozhi loved this one the most, so he wrote this poem at that time. After writing it, he felt dissatisfied.
Frown and look closely.
With the sound of footsteps, Banli walked in quickly. When he saw Chen Caozhi, he said happily: "Good morning, Mr. Chen, my little lady is here."
Chen Caozhi put down his pen and said to Huang Taoist: "This picture is not well written. I will write it again later." After saying that, he and Banli walked out of the Taoist temple and saw an oil-burning car under the ancient cypress in front of the door.
The car just stopped, and there were several servants and strong women following the car on foot. When the car curtain was lifted, a round-faced maid came out first. She turned her eyes and saw Chen Caozhi, she suddenly smiled and called out.
: "Chen Langjun."
Chen Caozhi stepped forward to greet him and said, "Short hoe is good." Then he saw Lu Weirui getting out of the car and looking at him with a smile.
It was a cold day when she got up early. Lu Weirui was wearing a black lamb's fur coat and a foundation blue and white underskirt. She wore a simple Sui pony bun with no makeup. She wore clear water hibiscus. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains and her eyes were like autumn water. Her expression was calm.
Being gentle and gentle makes people forget their worries.
Lu Weirui looked at Chen Caozhi carefully and asked, "Mr. Chen, did you have a hard time traveling?"
Chen Caozhi responded: "It's okay." He stretched out his hand to take Lu Weirui's hand, but suddenly found that his left index finger was stained with a trace of ink. Chen Caozhi wrote calmly and rarely had ink stains on his fingers, so he said:
"Just now, at the request of Daoist Huang, I wrote a piece of calligraphy, but it was accidentally stained with ink."
The Huang Taoist on the side quickly ordered the Taoist boy to get water to clean Master Chen's hands. Lu Weirui looked at Chen Caozhi and said, "Let me see the calligraphy written by Chen Langjun." Then she and Chen Caozhi entered the Taoist temple and paid three respects first.
Qing Dynasty, and then went to the left wing of the palace to read Ge Zhichuan's "Medicine Washing Pond" poem recorded by Chen Caozhi. Huang Taoist wisely did not enter the room to accompany him. The two maids with short hoe and hairpin flower only waited on the corridor and talked quietly with Ran Sheng.
Lu Weirui sat upright and knelt down, looking carefully at the sixteen characters "Dong Yin Ling Ling". After a while, her eyelashes raised, she turned her head and stared at Chen Caozhi beside her, and said in a soft and pleasant voice: "Chen Langjun, you are so
When the calligraphy is written with a sharp pen on the paper, the transitions are quite dry and not as lively and elegant as before. Why?"
Chen Caozhi didn't answer, but held Lu Weirui's hand, raised it to his lips and kissed it, thinking: "Weirui's thoughts are really delicate."
Lu Weirui's cheeks were flushed, she reached out and gently stroked Chen Caozhi's stern face downwards with her fingertips, and asked softly: "Chen Langjun, are you anxious?"
Chen Caozhi looked at the beautiful and elegant girl in front of him. What kind of exquisite and clear heart did she have?
Lu Weirui said: "I know what happened to Chen Langjun in Kuaiji, and I also know that Chen Langjun had a conflict with my fourth brother Lu Chu. Chen Langjun did nothing wrong. It was my second uncle who wanted to deliberately criticize you, Chen Langjun."
Do you find it more difficult to marry me?"
Chen Caozhi looked at Lu Weirui's beautiful eyes and replied: "It is difficult, but I am still working hard."
Lu Weirui smiled and said: "Then don't worry, I'm waiting for Mr. Chen." She recited softly: "The bond between life and death is broad, and I will be happy with you; if you hold your hand, I will grow old with you."
Chen Caozhi's originally impetuous heart miraculously settled down, as if he had gone back to the time when he was studying in Wu County and first fell in love with Lu Weirui four years ago. They were beautiful, peaceful, their love lasted for a long time, and all difficulties could be overcome.
