The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 72

The wind is light, the people are light, and the night is clearer.

In the early morning, when the sky was slightly bright, Manjing opened her beautiful eyes and glanced quietly, Xiao Lang was sleeping peacefully, with a hint of sweetness in the corner of her mouth, she gently took Xiao Lang's bad hand, tucked in the corner of the quilt, and put on her clothes Get down and start a busy day.

After Manjing left, Xiao Qinzhi's monopoly collapsed, and he could be considered to be able to sleep soundly, but something was missing in his hand, and he was empty, and his heart was not strong.

Then I thought in my heart that there must be another collapsed room in the room, otherwise it would be easy to misfire. May I ask which decent person can stand such a test?

At Chenshi, it was just dawn, and he was teased by a group of women in the west building all morning. Manjing, who was already flushed with shame, came to wake him up. Xiao Qinzhi stretched his waist and dressed, and suddenly found that Hibiscus didn't come, so he asked One voice: "Why are you alone? Where's Hibiscus?"

Manjing took the clothes and remained silent, which aroused Xiao Qin's curiosity. Looking at it again, it turned out that Manjing had already made a woman's bun, with a bun on the top of her head, decorated with emerald pearls, her temples were as thick as a finger. It hangs to the shoulders and spreads to the chest behind the ears, which are called tassels.

Xiao Qinzhi understood instantly, and said with a smirk, "Congratulations, Hexi."

Surrounded by a group of women in the morning to ask questions, and now being laughed at by the instigator, Manjing was annoyed, her face was pink and fair, she paced her feet, and said in a low voice: "Hey—Xiao Lang—don't say any more gone."

"Hey." Xiao Qinzhi teased a few times on purpose. A good day starts with molesting the maid. After washing, he went to the dining room to have dinner. still sleeping.

Xiao Qinzhi sat down beside Xiao Yunzhi, took a few bites of a mustard pancake, but saw Xiao's mother and Xiao Yunzhi didn't eat it, just stared and laughed, Xiao Qinzhi was stunned, The hand holding Hubing was a little awkward.

Xiao Yunzhi chuckled lightly and said, "Mum, brother has grown up, it's time for a kiss."

Mother Xiao said with a smile: "The fifteenth day of next year, and the sixteenth year after next year, it's time to talk about marriage. In the past few days alone, many people have asked someone to ask!"

"My younger brother is famous far and wide, and he is handsome. It is normal for someone to come to look for him. However, I have to listen to my younger brother's opinion." Xiao Yunzhi looked at the dumbfounded Xiao Qin Therefore, he laughed and said, "Brother, what do you think?"

Xiao Qinzhi didn't want to marry prematurely and become a short-lived ghost. Moreover, he had the concept of free love to resist, so he hurriedly stopped it, and said with a smile: "Mum, sister, I'm only fourteen, and I'm still young. I don't care about this beforehand. Urgent. Besides, getting married is a major event in a lifetime, let me think about it carefully."

Xiao's mother said seriously: "Why not hurry? A man can start a family and start a business first, and then he can start a business. Besides, your father is your only son. You should get married as soon as possible and fulfill the responsibility of passing on the family line."

Xiao Yunzhi said tactfully: "You can book it first."

It was normal for a 16-year-old man in the Jin Dynasty to get married. Even if he was not married, most of them had a marriage contract. If they were not married at the right age, it would be abnormal. Xiao Qinzhi saw that he couldn't refuse, so he came up with a plan, looking at Xiao Yun's way:

"It's not impossible. Since you want to get married, you have to marry someone like a sister. You have to be both talented and beautiful."

Hearing this, Xiao Yunzhi's face was covered with blush, she glanced annoyed, and was eager to turn her head away, covering her face with black hair, and said shamefully: "Brother, mother is looking for a marriage for you, don't mention me!"

Xiao Qinzhi braced his face, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and said impatiently: "I don't care, I want to marry someone like my elder sister, it doesn't matter whether I am talented or young."

He turned to Xiao Yunzhi and boasted: "Your brother, I am famous only because I am talented. If I don't marry someone who is both talented and beautiful, wouldn't it be a big loss in this life?"

Mother Xiao and Xiao Yunzhi laughed abruptly, but they remembered these words in their hearts.

Xiao Qinzhi finished his meal quickly and fled to the study room. He hasn't returned for more than ten days, but the study room is still clean and tidy. The bookshelves are full of books, and the room is filled with the fragrance of ink. The hanging slogan reads: "Two years of hard work, a lifetime of happiness" Very eye-catching.

There were two more things on the book case, which caught Xiao Qinzhi's attention. When it was opened, it turned out to be the Calligraphy "Declaration Form" promised by the prefect Xie, and there were also two "He Jie Biao" and "Ji Ji Zhi Biao". Really overjoyed, Xiao Qinzhi's heart was bursting with joy, his eyes stared straight.

Presumably, it should be sent by Taishou Xie when he returned to Jinling.

These three pieces of calligraphy have carried out the early stage, middle stage and mature stage of Zhong Yao's regular script, and the context is straight and clear, which can be called a grand gift.

Xiao Qinzhi suppressed his excitement, knelt down in front of the desk, and carefully unfolded "He Jie Biao". At the first glance, he felt that it contained some cursive style of writing, and at the same time, the official script was full of meaning, which seemed "four different".

Looking at "Jian Ji Zhi Biao" again, the first feeling is that it is neater than "He Jie Biao", more like a small regular script, the writing style is fatter, a bit deviated from Zhong Yao's "thin" style, but it is full of ancient rhyme, and contains a kind of universal tolerance of grandeur.

The last is "Declaration Table", which is a masterpiece of regular script. Compared with "Ji Ji Zhi Biao", it has a clear sense of order and regularity. The characteristics of "two copies of Li" in italics are fully displayed.

Xiao Qinzhi thought about it carefully, and suddenly found a small problem, that is, these three calligraphy pieces are obviously written by the same person, but the brushwork is a little restrained, especially the "Declaration Table", which inexplicably gives people a sense of "thinness" while emphasizing "thinness". This kind of handwriting has a beautiful feeling, the strokes are slightly tough and soft, and there seems to be a woman's freehand brushwork in it.

It may be that Xie Taishou did not copy the original post, but copied Mrs. Wei's copy, so there is a woman's freehand brushwork in it, and Xiao Qinzhi gave a satisfactory self-explanation.

Xiao Qinzhi only cared about the three pieces of calligraphy, and almost ignored a letter hidden in it, which was originally written by Chen Yunzhi, but when he opened it, there was no writing, only a delicate small painting.

After noon, the sun slanted slightly, and the sun leaked down, covering a pool, and the pieces of clear lotus and dark fragrance surged, but there was no blooming lotus, but there was a big white goose, pouted its buttocks and inserted its head into the pond. In the mud, it looks dull, except for that, there is nothing else on the painting.

Xiao Qinzhi stared at it for a long time, but he was stupefied, he didn't understand what it meant, and thought: "Brother Yun, does it mean that you want me to write a poem for this small painting?"

"Goose Goose Goose" Xiao Qinzhi immediately thought of this poem, but the big white goose in the painting has stuck its head into the mud, which is obviously a bit silly and does not match the meaning of the title.

Xiao Qinzhi fell into deep thought and began to conceive poems that fit the picture.

Xiao Yunzhi happened to pass by the study, saw Xiao Qinzhi looking at a painting with fascination, and was driven by curiosity to take a look. After thinking for a while, he immediately covered his mouth and smiled.

Xiao Qinzhi asked suspiciously: "Sister, do you understand this painting?"

Xiao Yunzhi pointed out: "The sun is Weishi, and there is a lotus pond below. If you connect them together, it is "Weihe", which is a homonym for "Why? "

It was Chen Yunzhi who was asking Xiao Qinzhi why he left without saying goodbye in Jingkou earlier, Xiao Qinzhi finally understood, the secret thought was interesting, a few words clearly showed it, and he had to draw a small picture for people to guess.

"Then what about this stupid goose?" Xiao Qinzhi asked again.

Xiao Yunzhi looked at his younger brother, with a look of ignorance, a big smile, self-explanatory, Xiao Qinzhi stood up with a "huh", laughed and said: "Okay, this Chen Yunzhi, dare to call me a fool Goose, see if I don't scold you back."

It's just that Chen Yun's people are no longer in Jinling and have gone to Kuaiji. Xiao Qinzhi wanted to write a letter, but he didn't know where to send it, so he had to give up.

(End of this chapter)