The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 57

The spring orchids in the courtyard bloomed gorgeously, and each flower bloomed exquisitely. The dew in the early morning wet the surface of the flowers, covering them with a gorgeous veil, but also slightly lowered her body.

However, the morning dew will only make her stronger, and the flower buds are still in bud.

It doesn't matter if no one cares about it, so it doesn't matter if the world is hot or cold, she always blooms in the morning sun.

Xiao Qinzhi walked among the orchid bushes, sniffing the fragrance of the garden, bent down suddenly, and gently wiped away a drop of dew. Every time he wiped off a drop of dew, his clothes were stained and he felt heavy.

The fragrance of the garden, the blossoming orchids, and the dewdrops, when Xiao Qinzhi felt his waist sore, his clothes were already wet inadvertently.

Flowers don't stick to clothes, people stick to them, clothes don't stick to water, water comes naturally, how can a person return safely after leaving the world?

There are some things that cannot be avoided. It is better to face up to the difficulties and attack with all your strength.

Mr. Hua sent his servant to Lanyuan, Xiao Qinzhi gave Kong Qing a word, then led Mangu out of the gate and headed towards the hall.

The morning sun had already appeared, and the morning air was fading away. After passing a clump of willows, facing the direction of the light, there seemed to be three figures approaching. Suddenly, someone shouted:

"Brother Qin!"

Xiao Qinzhi was familiar with this voice, he stopped and said with a smile: "Brother Xianmin, we meet again."

The people who came were Xu Miao, Zhao Yunfei, and Hua An.

Hua An is not tall, and his body shape is similar to that of the fat old eight.

From the inside and outside of sister's words, Xiao Qinzhi learned that Hua An took care of sister a lot on weekdays, so he bowed to Hua An first and said, "Thank you!"

Hua An understood what it meant, and was a little ashamed. Hua Yanzhi was his elder brother, and it was right for him to take care of the widow. Hua Yanzhi is my mother's elder brother, please forgive me."

Xiao Qinzhi said: "It's beyond the reach of human beings, I understand, and I don't blame you."

It would be shameless to speak out about such family matters, Hua An would not tell Xu Miao and Zhao Yunfei, as long as he and Xiao Qinzhi knew it in their hearts.

Seeing you again after tens of days, seeing that the Taihu Art Fair is about to start, there will be a lot of topics to talk about. After exchanging a few words with Xu Miao, Xiao Qinzhi bowed his hands and dismissed:
"Sorry everyone, I still have business to do, I'll talk about it later."

Hua An's mind was clear, he looked at the boy who was leading the way, his expression was anxious, he hesitated to speak, he vaguely guessed something, thought it was his uncle who wanted to see Xiao Qinzhi, fearing that something might happen, he immediately told the boy:
"Go back and tell your uncle that I want to talk to brother Qin."

"Thank you!" Xiao Qinzhi declined, and calmly said: "If you have nothing to do, you can go with me. I heard that Cheng Ying is coming, so I'm going to see his demeanor."

Xu Miao asked, "Who is Cheng Ying?"

Xiao Yunzhi had previously asked Hua An to inquire about Cheng Ying, so Hua An knew Cheng Ying better, seeing Xiao Qin's going here calm and composed, he quickly asked tentatively: "Brother Qin, what is going on here-?"

Xiao Qinzhi shook his head with a smile, but said nothing.

Hua An understood instantly, and said with a smile: "Xianmin, Yun Fei, let's go together. I wish I could go to Bei Ya Ji to see the demeanor of Qin's brother. I didn't realize it. I am lucky to see you today."

Although Xu Miao and Zhao Yunfei were confused by what they heard, they happily went together.

The four of them followed the young man to the hall, and upon entering, they immediately felt an indescribable atmosphere. The fat old eight immediately moved to Xiao Qinzhi's ear, and spoke a few words quickly.

Xiao Qinzhi's sharp eyes suddenly looked at Cheng Ying, an old widower with a powdered watermelon head, and at the same time, three eyes gathered on him, sizing him up unscrupulously, namely Cheng Ying, Hua Shijun and Zhao Wenyuan.

Zhao Wenyuan looked at Xiao Qinzhi with a smile, his eyes showed admiration, and he was full of anticipation.

Hua Shijun Dingding took a look, quite surprised, and said with disdain in his heart: "Fengyi is not bad, but he is a poor family, so what if he is capable, in terms of knowledge, he must not compare with the sons of the noble family who have been passed down from family to family."

Powdered watermelon head Cheng Ying felt a little more nervous, and kept comforting herself, how can the skill of 30 years be so poor?

The envoy Hua saw that Hua An came with two friends, and he was immediately displeased. Xu Miao and Zhao Yunfei were from poor families, and Hua An spent all day hanging around with them. , but not today.

Looking at Hua An coldly, he said, "It's inconvenient to take them elsewhere today."

Xu Miao and Zhao Yunfei blushed, and after bowing their hands in salute, they wanted to leave, but they were stopped by Xiao Qinzhi.

"Mr. Hua, before I came, I already knew that he was competing with Mr. Cheng Lang on behalf of my elder sister. It was originally a matter of elegance, so why not have two more people listening?"

Xiao Qinzhi stood tall and straight, his waist was like a green pine, his gaze was unbiased, he looked at Hua Shijun squarely, without fear.

"Chen Langjun has been practicing art for thirty years, and he is not a famous person. The old man originally wanted to care about your face. After all, it is not easy for you and Bei Yaji to gain a reputation. You should cherish it."

"Comparing art with art is naturally a 'comparison', how can there be no reason to be timid without comparing?" Xiao Qinzhi looked at Cheng Ying again, and asked with a smile: "This Mr. Cheng, what do you think? "

The powdered watermelon head was tapped in public, how dare you show a little timidity, forced your face, pretended to smile and said: "It's no problem."

Mr. Hua squinted his eyes tightly, and said: "Since that's the case, it's up to you." He also said: "You can compete with the children of the gentry and increase your knowledge. This opportunity is hard-won, and you must treat it well."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qin refused to give up any ground, and replied: "Mr. Xie Hua reminded me that when I went to Jingkou a few days ago, I just discussed with the two young gentlemen of the Chen family in Yingchuan, and I learned a lot."

Hua Shijun snorted coldly: "It's good that you know." Instead of arguing with Xiao Qinzhi, he greeted people: "Bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

Two rows of waiters placed two desks and two pairs of the Four Treasures of the Study, one behind the other, in the hall. Cheng Ying walked to the upper desk, and Xiao Qinzhi walked to the lower desk.

Hua Shijun looked at Xiao Qinzhi coldly, and asked, "Which one is more important?"

Xiao Qinzhi smiled back, and said generously: "Please choose Mr. Cheng, I can do anything."

Cheng Ying laughed heartily, thinking: "You dare to trust me, you asked for it." Immediately laughed and said: "I have no other specialties, only calligraphy, and I have some virtues, maybe I can give you some pointers." Fan, for rewards."

Zhao Wenyuan secretly ridiculed Cheng Ying in his heart, it was really embarrassing, completely disregarding the seniority.

Hua Shijun glanced at Xiao Qinzhi and snorted coldly.

But Xu Miao and Zhao Yunfei smiled knowingly, Hua An was puzzled, and asked in a low voice. Xu Miao explained in detail one by one. ?
Xiao Qinzhi didn't panic at all, he had learned from his elder sister that Cheng Ying was the best at calligraphy, so today he is more skilled than others, and Cheng Ying decided to choose calligraphy, everything was expected, and he didn't deliberately push it too far.

Without even thinking about it, Cheng Ying rolled up her sleeves and picked up her pen to write the "Xiping Stone Classic", which she was best at. With one stroke of the pen, the tip of the pen danced, leaving characters in Han Li script on the paper.

Cai Yong's "Xiping Stone Classic" has a total of more than 500 characters and is divided into multiple steles. One piece of paper can only accommodate two steles, so it took a while for Cheng Ying to complete the work.

reason to the end

Yi Liu draws into chapters
Emperor Zang came from Zhen Qi and Xun

People face the south and listen to the world and the countryside
The place where things return is also called Laohu
Dishes are harmonious with morality

Divide yang and use softness and rigidity so it is easy to six

To do is to be a gentleman, to be a gentleman

Seeing the hexagram of the south is also the sage south

The hexagram of Zhi is also the hexagram of Lao, the hexagram of all things

Cheng Ying started writing first, so Zhao Wenyuan and Hua Shijun came to watch. After finishing writing, they saw the half-inch square Hanli characters neatly written on the entire Zuo Bo paper, dense but not chaotic, with well-controlled spacing and square fonts Level up.

"Xi Ping Shi Jing" is a typical representative of the Chinese official style in the mature period of the Han Li.

However, Cheng Ying's Han Li can be seen from a distance, but cannot be studied in detail. Obviously, it only has the surface, and the essence is not deep enough. On the surface, it is actually soft and weak.

Cheng Ying still didn't know it. After finishing writing, he looked at the work with satisfaction, and found that it was better than before. Seeing Hua Shijun and Zhao Wenyuan behind him, he quickly moved away from the side, cupped his hands and smiled, "I'm writing this, I'm laughing."

Hua Shijun said indifferently: "That's right, I've just seen the way, and I need to have enough strength. Cai Yong's words focus on momentum, and you can get the shape, which is already good."

Zhao Wenyuan saw the disadvantages at a glance, and after a closer look, he couldn't help showing a hint of ridicule, and ignored Hua Shijun's comments. These common characters are called calligraphy, rather than paintings, but painted calligraphy.

On the other side, Xiao Qinzhi had finished writing, Cheng Ying followed Hua Shijun and Zhao Wenyuan, and wrote a strange five-character poem on the farsighted paper, named "Climbing Wuxi Fenglin Ferry - Yonghuai".

Zhao Wenyuan spread the poem in front of his chest with both hands, and immediately recited:

"The leafy maple is rustling, the autumn wind is rustling."

"Competing for thousands of miles of spring, hiding deep and red."

"Thirty to the west of the river, forty to the east of the river."

"No one is young forever, don't bully young people into poverty."

After reciting the poem, Zhao Wenyuan's eyes lit up, looked at Xiao Qinzhi, and immediately praised: "Good! It's really good. It's better than your previous three capitals. Thirty Hexi, forty Hedong, the chances in life, what can be difficult It may be ups and downs, or low, when the fallen leaves of the maple tree fall in the spring breeze like this maple forest ferry, it is difficult to compete with thousands of flowers, but when the flowers are all gone, they can dance with the autumn wind, and only then will they show their broadness and redness."

"No one is wise for a lifetime, and there is no prosperous life. The ups and downs are just passers-by. How can you look down on young people? Youthful spirit, full of ambition, thick accumulation, and corresponding movement, just like the fallen leaves and maple dancing with the autumn wind, you should call it up A sentence of 'Don't bully the young and poor', this is called great kindness!"

Xiao Qinzhi clasped his hands in salute, and said humbly: "Officer Zhao is absurd."

Hua Shijun stared at Xiao Qinzhi with trembling lips with his old eyes wide open, how dare he ridicule Huashi?
After reading the poem, Zhao Wenyuan naturally understood Xiao Qinzhi's current state of mind and the indignation he wanted to express, and secretly said: "Fahrenheit's dog looks down on me from the north. This time I lost my wife and lost my army. I'm afraid that once this poem comes out, Fahrenheit will His prestige plummeted, and if Xiao Qinzhi becomes famous in the future, Fahrenheit will be ridiculed for the rest of his life, so he will step on it, so as to teach the southern raccoons to be ashamed."

Glancing at Mr. Hua, adding oil and vinegar, he said, "Xiao Qinzhi, with this poem, you can be promoted to the Taihu Lake Collection."

When Hua Shijun and Cheng Yingwei just commented on "Xiping Shijing", Zhao Wenyuan didn't say a word, but now he was holding Xiao Qinzhi's poem, but it was a long speech, full of praise, which was very unexpected.

Cheng Yinglian said:
"The comparison is calligraphy, how about it?"

Zhao Wenyuan pursed his lips and smiled, excited for a moment, he only cared about himself admiring, but he forgot that there were two other people, he glanced at the whole work, was startled, and couldn't help admiring: "This regular script is unique, it comes out of its own mind, Excellent."

After listening to this poem, together with Zhao Wenyuan's accusations and cursing, Hua Shijun's heart lingered, and he swallowed it back as if he was overflowing with blood. Different from the current regular script, it should be a school of its own. Compared with "Xiping Stone Classic", the result is self-evident.

Suddenly, Mr. Hua felt that the world was shaking, but he was helped by the maid to sit down and rest.

Of course, Zhao Wenyuan, who is sharp-eyed, could see the three-point skill of Xiao Qinzhi's Yan Kaicai, and commented: "Although it is new, the skill is far from enough. The brush is thick and uneven, and the bones are not deep. , Vigorous and unrestrained but not smooth, vigorous but weak, rich and thick but poor, I think you are only a teenager, you have this skill, it is already extraordinary, if you are not arrogant or impetuous, and you work hard on calligraphy, you must have your name. "

He said again: "There is no doubt about the entry."

Xiao Qinzhi took notes one by one, and thought to himself: "This chief official Zhao is a man who knows calligraphy, and every sentence hits the key point." He said: "Thank you chief official Zhao for your comment."

Zhao Wenyuan pointed to the empty space and said with a smile: "Sign up, don't forget to sign up."

Xiao Qinzhi understood it instantly, picked up the pen and left the money, rolled up the poem, and handed it to Zhao Changli with both hands, the poor Xu Miao behind him was really jealous for a long time, after all, he swallowed his saliva and looked at Zhao The chief officials are in the bag.

Zhao Wenyuan still didn't forget to slap Cheng Ying, who felt that he had lost his face and blushed, looked at Xiao Qinzhi, and said with a smile: "Your elder sister has a younger brother like you, I'm afraid it will be difficult to marry in the future, haha—— —" Then he dismissed Mr. Hua and walked away.

Hua Shijun covered his chest, glanced at Cheng Ying with disgust, and said in his heart: "It's not even as good as a poor family, decades of living in vain." Then he looked at Xiao Qinzhi who was calm and composed with a gloomy expression. Said: "As long as the old man is still alive, you will never get ahead."

However, Xiao Qinzhi was not afraid at all, ignored Cheng Ying, met Hua Shijun's gloomy gaze, smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "I'm bothering Hua Shijun Qingxiu.

He also said: "Thanks to your family for taking good care of my sister for several years, I am very grateful. However, now that everything is over, the two families have concluded, there is nothing else, and I should bring my sister back together, and see you again by fate."

Hua Shijun was choked up, turned his back angrily, with an angry face, waved his sleeves and said, "No!"

More than a dozen members of the Xiao family, with Xiao Yunzhi and thousands of volumes of books, Haohao Tangtang walked out of Huayuan, passed through the east city, and then passed through the bustling west city, and arrived at Fenglin Ferry, and the huge Huayuan came to see them off Only Hua An, Xu Miao, and Zhao Yunfei were the only ones.

Such a big battle has attracted the attention of many people in Wuxi City along the way. After passing on by the good people, it was just learned that it was Mrs. Xiao's reconciliation with Hua's, and the fresh poem "Climbing Wuxi Fenglin Ferry - Yonghuai" also Then spread the praises.

Besides, after Xiao Qinzhi and others left, Hua Shijun couldn't bear it any longer, spat out a mouthful of old blood, and fell into a coma.

(End of this chapter)