The maid accepted the letter, and the next day she asked the housekeeper Lin Duowen's residence, and the housekeeper told the maid that Cao Xixiong still needed to be asked about this matter.

The maid had no choice but to ask Cao Xixiong and tell Cao Xixiong that Cao Chifeng felt remorse for yesterday's incident and wanted to apologize, but it was inconvenient for her to come forward as a woman, so she asked herself to go on her behalf.

After Cao Xixiong heard this, he smiled happily and said to the maid: "This is a serious matter, I will let you send you there." ”

"Young Master, I am a lady of the boudoir, if I go to find Uncle Xin Wu with great fanfare, not only will the young lady's reputation be at a loss, but even the reputation of Uncle Xin Wu will be hindered."

Cao Xixiong thought about it and thought that this was reasonable, so he told the maid the address, and when the maid went out, pay attention to it so as not to be noticed by others.

The maid was ordered to go out, and when she arrived at Lin Duowen's residence in Hailan City, she knocked on the back door, and the backdoor handyman saw him a woman and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Trouble your cousin to tell Uncle Xinwu, just say that someone in the Cao family wants to see him."

The handyman nodded and told the housekeeper, and the housekeeper told Lin Duowen again, Lin Duowen was in the study, because he was annoyed by yesterday's events, and thought that he shouldn't have written his father's poems yesterday, so it was better to admit that he was not as good as Cao Chifeng.

After the housekeeper came to pay his respects, Lin Duowen was worried and asked the housekeeper to bring the favor in, because he was a maid, Lin Duowen did not entertain him in the living room, but met him in the study.

The maid entered the study, after saluting, looking around, Lin Duowen asked the maid on the side to go down to prepare the tea, and after everyone retreated, the maid sent Cao Chifeng's letter.

Lin Duowen was in a complicated mood, opened the envelope and opened the letter inside, he never thought that Cao Chifeng would say anything good, but he didn't expect that Cao Chifeng would say that.

After Lin Duowen finished reading it, his body shook for a moment, his face was bloodless, and he said weakly: "Trouble tell your girl, Ben Bo just admires her talent, and he doesn't want to." As for what Cao Xixiong wanted, Ben Bo, Ben Bo never had. After Lin Duowen finished speaking, he personally wrote a reply, first of all, he was sorry, saying that he should not have entered the inner courtyard and collided with Cao Chifeng, and then he should not use the poems of his ancestors as his own work. Finally, he talked about Cao Chifeng, he said that he absolutely did not have this idea, and asked Cao Chifeng to rest assured that he would deal with this matter properly and would not embarrass Cao Chifeng.

Lin Duowen handed the letter to the maid, and after the maid took it back, Cao Xixiong first asked Lin Duowen how to answer, and the maid told Cao Xixiong that this letter Wubo is worthy of being the son of Wen Zhenggong, and he is knowledgeable, and this little thing has long been unmindful.

After Cao Xixiong heard this, he smiled and said: "That's good, that's good, you take good care of the big girl, you also persuade the big girl, there are a few people in the world who are just like her, and now it is rare to have the good fate of Xinwubo, it is better to become Qin and Jin as soon as possible, so as to enjoy the joy of harmony with the qin." ”

The maid said that she knew, returned to Xiulou, and handed the letter to Cao Chifeng, after Cao Chifeng read it, she sighed and said: "This letter Wubo is a loyal person, but unfortunately it is not like his father." ”

Cao Chifeng got this letter and was relieved.

And Lin Duowen only felt that it was no fun to stay here, so he set off to return to Haining City.

After returning to Haining City, Lin Duowen locked himself in the house and looked out the window in a daze all day long.

Chen Jingjing asked the slave who went together, and the slave said that he didn't know, but that day, Lin Duowen went to visit Cao's house, and after he came back, he was very worried.

Chen Jingjing asked the Cao family, and after learning that Cao Xixiong's sister was a talented girl, she probably had a score in her heart, she found Yuan Lihua and told Yuan Lihua about it.

After Yuan Lihua listened, she asked people to inquire about the specific situation.

On the 16th of February, Chen Shihong took the time to visit the academy, he visited Chen Jingjing, greeted him for a while, and then went to find Lin Duowen.

When Lin Duo heard that he was coming, he barely cheered up, and after saluting Chen Shihong, Chen Shihong saw that Lin Duowen was worried, and couldn't help but ask Lin Duowen what was on his mind.

"Brother Shi, you are not an outsider, I might as well tell you about this matter."

Lin Duowen has been struggling to find someone to talk to these days, and the two mothers must be inconvenient, as for the next person, if there is a difficult encounter, only Chen Shihong, a peer, can confide.

Lin Duowen told the truth of the matter, then looked at Chen Shihong and said, "Brother, I'm ashamed, I have nothing to do here, and I lost my soul for a woman." ”

Chen Shihong thought in his heart that this Cao Chifeng was noble, if it was an ordinary woman, she would have married Lin Duowen, a rich and noble son, from her brother's wish.

This woman who doesn't admire wealth and nobility, like Qiu Ju, is really what he dreams of, and he even has the idea of seeing him in his heart, but it's a pity that he can't go to Hailan City.

Lin Duo heard that Chen Shihong had not answered, and thought that Chen Shihong was not comfortable with himself, so he said self-deprecatingly: "Brother Shi, say whatever you want, I am not a person with a small belly." ”

When Chen Shihong heard this, he came to his senses and told Lin Duowen that this is the style of a celebrity, and this poetry is headed by Guan Ju, and the university has an outline of the Qi family.

This fair lady, a gentleman is good, it is human nature, and now Cao Chifeng rejects Lin Duowen, because he doesn't know Lin Duowen, and asks Lin Duowen not to mind.

When Lin Duo heard this, his heart felt a lot more comfortable, he thanked Chen Shihong for his persuasion, and said that although he did not have a seven-step talent, he could study hard and practice hard, and he would definitely become a poet in the future.

"Three years of good sentences, a sigh of tears." Chen Shihong sighed, this person who composes poetry now, with his own talent, composes poems at will, without the intention of the ancients, even if his skills are shocking for a while, he will not pass on in the future. As for Li Qinglian and the like, after all, they are a minority.

Chen Shihong also read Lin Duowen's poetry collection in Yamen, and he asked Lin Duowen to learn Du Gongbu, as long as he is familiar with Du Gongbu's poems, he will naturally write poems in the future.

Lin Duowen thanked Chen Shihong for his kindness and talked about poetry with Chen Shihong, Chen Shihong saw that Lin Duowen had no foundation in poetry, so he just read some collections, memorized some poems, and then changed them.

Chen Shihong is very familiar with this set, this is the so-called 3,000 poems that Shizi often says, and he will steal if he can't compose poems, but what he stole is not his own after all.

So Chen Shihong selected a collection of basic poems for Lin Duowen, as well as some ancient texts, and taught them grammar.

Chen Shihong told Lin Duowen that poetry has something in common, and he naturally found the key to it, if he wants to compose poetry, he will compose poetry, and if he wants to compose, he can also learn from it.

After Lin Duo heard this, he said that Ding Yuli had also said this, but it was not as thorough as Chen Shihong said.

Chen Shihong didn't dare to exaggerate, and told Lin Duowen that what Ding Yuli said was the right theory, which has always been the most difficult, and he was just a first glimpse of the door, so what he said was easy to understand.

Chen Shihong also politely persuaded Lin Duowen, this Ding Yuli is Mr. Lin Mensi, who is very knowledgeable, and has the most Lin Quan's mantle, Lin Duowen should ask Ding Yuli more than to ask himself for advice.

Lin Duo was noncommittal, saying that if he had a chance, he would ask for advice.

Chen Shihong didn't stay long, and answered the yamen after lunch.

When he arrived at the Yamen, it was considered lucky, the prefect sent someone to come, and the prefect summoned the prefect, saying that he wanted to convey the will and let Chen Shihong go to the prefect's yamen to listen to the order before February 20.

Chen Shihong handed over the matter to the county Cheng, who was temporarily transferred by him, and was a well-known student in the vicinity, who handled government affairs in an orderly manner, and was considered a talent.

The county Cheng said that this Haining County is not far from Hailan City, so it is better to go again at eighteen.

Chen Shihong said that he would go first and inquire about what happened, which is called taking precautions, so as not to get something sudden and mess up.

Naturally, the county didn't want to say anything, and on the morning of seventeen, Chen Shihong and Siyun got up and went to Hailan City.

Along the way, they arrived at Hailan City at 10 noon.

Chen Shihong found an inn, did not go to the yamen first, but changed into Confucian clothes, and inquired with Siyun about the Cao family's residence.

When he arrived at the door of Cao's house, after Chen Shihong knocked on the door, the porter came out, looked at Chen Shihong, and asked Chen Shihong what was the matter.

Chen Shihong said that he admired Cao Chifeng's talent and wanted to ask for a poem.

The porter directly rolled his eyes, saying that those who asked Cao Chifeng for poetry were all big names in the city, and Chen Shihong was a sour talent, so don't think about this.

When Siyun heard this, he took out a piece of broken silver and said to the gatehouse: "This, my young master has come all the way from Fengcheng, if you can't get Miss Cao's poem, you have traveled thousands of miles, wouldn't it make people come in vain." ”

When the porter saw the silver, he immediately smiled and said: "Since this is the case, let you run for nothing and don't want to go, but the small one is a gatekeeper, and this matter can't be the master, and I also ask this young master to give a small one, and the small one is handed to my young master, and my young master is willing to see it." ”

Chen Shihong took out the prepared prayer post, took it in the porter, and handed it to Cao Xixiong, Cao Xixiong saw Li Changji's name written on it, and immediately became angry, he wanted to refuse, but he thought that he was humiliated by this Li Changji that day, and now it is the time to use his sister to fall into his face.

So Cao Xixiong asked the porter to invite Chen Shihong in, Chen Shihong came in, saluted Cao Xixiong and said, "Brother Cao, Jiushu Yajiao, forgive me." ”

"Brother Li didn't prepare for the spring exam in the capital, why did he come to the disdain?"

"It's not a secret, it's not enough for Xiaosheng to lift people, how can this spring be entered."

When Cao Xixiong heard the news, the smugness on his face was not concealed at all, and he said with a smile: "I didn't expect that even Brother Li's talent would not be able to pass this green money choice, which is really regrettable." ”