The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 44

The section of the road from the middle courtyard to the summer garden was long and short, but Xiao Qinzhi raised his head with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows fixed on his eyes, and he walked slowly, thinking carefully.

Chen Yunzhi held the white jade tail in his hands, pursed his red lips, raised his eyebrows with a slight smile, and his beautiful eyes lit up. Looking at the back of the person in front of him, he walked along with light steps without slowing down.

The two of them, one in front of the other, crossed rocks on one side, turned around a cluster of spring flowers, passed a patch of emerald bamboo, walked into a beam of setting sun, and when they reached a clear spring, Xiao Qin suddenly looked back and asked with a smile :
"Brother Yun, do you know when Xie Daoyun was born?"

Chen Yunzhi said without hesitation: "Eight years in Xiankang. What's wrong?"

"Well - let me calculate how old Xie Daoyun is. Xiankang, Yonghe, and Shengping should be [-] years old and [-] years old." Xiao Qinzhi calculated silently in his heart, and said in his mouth: "It's the great time of cardamom years."

However, when one of Xiao Qin thought that Xie Daoyun was only sixteen, and Wang Ning's capital was more than 20, he couldn't help but feel unworthy of Xie Daoyun, so he sighed.

However, Chen Yunzhi keenly caught it, and asked in confusion: "Brother Qin, why is this so?"

"Ah—" Xiao Qinzhi snorted softly, came back to his senses, turned his head, and came up with an excuse, pretending to be profound: "I'm sighing for the men in the world."

Chen Yunzhi frowned, more puzzled:

"Ok?"

"A woman like Xie Daoyun who is both talented and beautiful, stunning and amazing, is rare in ancient times and comes out once in a thousand years. It is expected that all the men in the world who want to marry Xie Daoyun may be able to line up from Jiankang to Kuaiji Dongshan. I don't know if it will be cheap in the end. I’m just lamenting for those who don’t get what they ask for.”

Xiao Qinzhi said again: "I'm afraid that on the day Xie Daoyun got married, the water in the Cao'e River rose more than three feet."

Chen Yunzhi smiled and asked, "Why did the Cao'e River rise by more than three feet?"

Xiao Qinzhi suddenly replied: "I'm crying—"

Chen Yunzhi hastily turned around, couldn't help it anymore, and laughed amusedly, her white teeth were bright, her lips were dimpled, and the belt in front of her body was little by little, like a fresh green lotus kissing the spring breeze, absolutely beautiful.

After taking a few breaths and calming down, Chen Yunzhi suppressed his smile, turned around, and with a lingering aftertaste, he said with a slight smile:
"Brother Qin is really 'for the country and the people, and cares about the common people', not to mention whether the Xie Daoyun I know is the same person as the Xie Daoyun that Brother Qin said, but he said that Brother Qin only lamented others, why not 'talk with the people' Let's enjoy together', 'Join the event together?'"

Xiao Qinzhi looked around, saw no one came, and whispered: "I know myself well, how dare I have such thoughts? There is no need to say Xie Taishou, Xie Anshi alone will not allow it, I am afraid that in the eyes of Chenjun Xie, I'm just a toad who wants to eat swan meat."

Chen Yunzhi said again: "Brother Qin said just now: 'Dreams still have to be realized if they come true. Talk about the beauty of Zhuo Wenjun."

Xiao Qinzhi shook his head quickly, pointed at himself, and laughed at himself: "I am an unknown pawn, jumping less than three feet high. She, a famous and talented woman in the world. Can she fall in love with me? What are you kidding? Unless the sun It came out from the west, and it’s almost the same.”

Immediately he waved his hand and said, "Ahhh——Stop it, stop it, it's too far away, it's too far away."

After all, Xiao Qinzhi walked forward on his own. After a few steps, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Looking back, he saw Chen Yunzhi standing still, looking at the Qinggang Mountains in the distance, his mind was erratic.

She was smiling just now, but in a blink of an eye, it was like a spring flower withering.

What is going on here?
Xiao Qinzhi thought to himself: "Could it be that you accidentally encountered brother Yun's sad incident?" Thinking again, combined with what Chen Yunzhi said just now: the beautiful matter between Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun suddenly became clear.

It is presumed that the two families of Xie and Chen have close contacts. Chen Yunzhi and Xie Daoyun have known each other since childhood. They are childhood sweethearts, and even have the word "yun" in their names.

But now the Chen family is lonely and the Xie family is thriving. The status of the two families is very different. Even if the husband is affectionate and the concubine is interested, this love is doomed to fall into desperation and flow ruthlessly.

Thinking of what he said just now, he undoubtedly hurt Chen Yunzhi, Xiao Qinzhi felt guilty, strode up to Chen Yunzhi, patted his shoulder, and encouraged him:

"Brother Yun, don't pay attention to what I just said, just pretend that I just farted."

Chen Yunzhi just felt that fate could not be decided by himself, so he was helpless, and couldn't help feeling unhappy, but he was confused by Xiao Qinzhi's sudden appearance, and subconsciously revealed a female voice:
"what?"

Xiao Qinzhi didn't care at all, took a deep breath, raised his finger and pointed to the mountains covered by clouds and mists in the distance. Bright."

"Brother Yun and the talented daughter of the Xie family, talented and beautiful, are a match made in heaven, but it is only blocked for a while, it is not a big deal, brother Yun, don't be discouraged. Besides, brother Yun may not have a chance. In terms of strength, the Chen family in Yingchuan is only better than Chen Jun. The Xie family is one line behind, in terms of background, the Chen family in Yingchuan is still above the Xie family in Chenjun."

Xiao Qin looked at Chen Yunzhi with stern eyes, and said forcefully: "You are born like an ant, you should have great ambitions, your life is as thin as paper, and you should have an unyielding heart. I think that Yunzhi's brother is far beyond comparison. Difficulties are temporary, as long as you don't give up, you will be able to embrace the beauty in the future."

A series of complex expressions flashed across Chen Yunzhi's face, ranging from bewilderment, to shock, to suppressed laughter, and finally he simply nodded his head and said, "Okay, I must remember Brother Qin's words, if I don't marry Xie Daoyun, I swear not to give up!"

"Ambition, that's what a man should say, why bother to behave like that gloomy woman." Xiao Qinzhi let out a sigh of relief, and continued: "If there is anything that needs my help, Brother Yun just mention it. I would like to do my best to facilitate a good talk.”

Chen Yunzhi bent down and cupped his hands, and said with a smile: "I am very grateful." In fact, the branches of laughter in my heart trembled, but I was very moved, and it happened that a geese blew from the yard next door.

"Quack quack-"

Chen Yunzhi smiled secretly: "It's really a goose." Seeing that Xiao Qinzhi was still chattering, he hurriedly said: "Brother Qin, don't talk about me, let's talk about you, have you finished your poem yet?" ?”

Xiao Qinzhi said: "I've thought about it a long time ago, let's go." Suddenly thought of something, and said timidly: "Brother Yun, you don't mind if I compose a poem for your sweetheart?"

Chen Yunzhi said sternly: "Why, I'm not a stingy person. However, if I don't do well, then I will be angry."

"Don't worry." Xiao Qin shook his head and walked forward carelessly.

Chen Yunzhi chuckled, hesitated a little, and said coquettishly in his heart: "Stupid goose, if you don't do well, don't blame me for ignoring you." After that, he followed Xiao Qinzhi's pace.

Xiao Qinzhi and Chen Yunzhi went back to the Summer Garden together, but there was no sign of Xiao Shu, Pang Laoba and others. Maybe they went to Taoyuan to watch the excitement. Brighten.

Chen Yunzhi entered the room, looked around for the layout, and then his eyes fell on the desk. On the paper was Xiao Qinzhi's "Yan Kai", which was vigorous and majestic.

Chen Yunzhi had heard about Xiao Qinzhi's "Bei Ya Ji Inscription [-]", which caused his father and Yan Zhongzheng to argue over who should be the first in calligraphy or poetry. Now that he looked at it carefully, he suddenly felt that it was extraordinary. gain.

"Brother Qin, how long have you been practicing calligraphy?"

Chen Yunzhi asked casually, seeing that Xiao Qinzhi didn't respond, he turned his head, his face flushed with embarrassment, his heart trembled, he turned his head quickly, kept his mouth shut, and closed his eyes to avoid it.

It turned out that the wet clothes stuck to his body, Xiao Qinzhi was very uncomfortable, so the first thing he did when he entered the room was to change his clothes behind the screen.

Xiao Qinzhi moved swiftly, changed his clothes quickly, and immediately felt dry and airy, and let out his hair, not noticing Chen Yunzhi's strangeness, he said casually:

"Brother Yun, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."

Chen Yunzhi looked at Xiao Qin's upper body, his face was already flushed, his eyes were closed, and he stammered:
"No—nothing? Brother Qin changed his clothes?"

"Okay, it's just a change of clothes, it'll be quick." Xiao Qinzhi didn't realize it, walked to the desk in a few steps, sat down abruptly, and was about to pick up a pen to write, when he saw Chen Yunzhi covering up his shame, he realized that Chen Yunzhi's face was red and his ears were red. There is Xiaguang.

Xiao Qinzhi joked: "Brother Yun, I didn't cover your mouth this time, what's wrong with you?"

"Uh——it's hot and stuffy." Chen Yunzhi randomly found an excuse, got up, walked to the window, opened the curtain, and a gust of fragrant air rushed over.

Chen Yunzhi sniffed the spring breeze outside the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, looked back, and saw Xiao Qinzhi writing a poem with his eyes fixed on it, peaceful and quiet, with a few dancing spots left by the setting sun, dancing hand in hand with the witty brush strokes, Together weave a moving movement.

The movement is slow and long, elegant and simple, noble and free.

Chen Yunzhi was fascinated by the music, smiled and said nothing, frowned and closed his eyes, opened his eyes suddenly, and glanced at the world outside the window. The freedom of the body is extremely precious, but the throbbing of the soul is even more charming, isn't it?

So, Chen Yunzhi walked slowly towards the performer of the music, leaned over and gazed, and saw a poem "Bei Ya Ji presents Dao Yun":
"Pingping curled up for more than fifteen years, cardamom tipped at the beginning of February."

"It's not as good as rolling up bead curtains on Qinhuai Road for ten miles in the spring breeze."

Chen Yunzhi thought to himself: "What a stupid goose." He reminded: "Ten li of Qinhuai, drunk and dreamed of death, it is not appropriate to use it here, Brother Qin should think about it."

"Yes—" Xiao Qinzhi realized that it was wrong, and immediately changed the word "Yangzhou". Kuaiji belongs to Yangzhou, so there is nothing wrong with using it here.

Chen Yunzhi murmured: "Ten miles of Yangzhou Road in the spring breeze," suddenly smiled, flicked the tail of the stag lightly, and said cheerfully: "Sure!" Pointing to the blank space, he said with a smile: "Brother Qin, leave the signature and just leave it behind." Write Xiao Qin's gift order Jiang."

"Who is Ling Jiang?"

"Her name."

"Oh!" Xiao Qinzhi followed the order, and left the signature formally.

When the ink was dry, Chen Yunzhi carefully put it away, full of joy, but pretending to promise, "Brother Qin, I will definitely give it to her with my own hands, and explain your purpose for writing this poem, so as not to make her angry."

However, he changed the subject and warned solemnly: "Brother Qin, don't write such poems in the future, don't let others look down on Ling Jiang."

Xiao Qinzhi thought about it carefully, what Chen Yunzhi said made sense, Xie Daoyun was willing to give face once because of Chen Yunzhi's affection, and maybe he would not give it the second time.

"Brother Yun, don't worry, this poem is finished."

Chen Yunzhi said: "Brother Qin is like this, so I feel relieved, don't bother me, I'll go back first." After finishing speaking, he took a few steps out of the door with his poems, and hurried back to the house. On the door, suddenly, a smile bloomed, gorgeous and gorgeous.

【It's not long since I came back again, eh】

(End of this chapter)