The wall of the front yard of Zhang Xu's house, the outside is an earthen wall, but the inside is a blue brick wall, and then it is flattened with powder, and the huge courtyard is full of twenty steps. Wang Wei's little boy can still help him a little, but Tian Mo, who is a good at growing vegetables, is completely incapable of this kind of jīng fine work, and Du Shiyi can only work hard by himself. When he sweated profusely, and finally pasted all the three walls with silk paper with Wang Wei's master and servant, he only felt a sore back, and at the same time understood why the Zhang family hid immediately after Zhang Xu drank wine.

Not only must we prevent people from getting drunk, but we must also prevent people from pulling strong men to work as coolies!

And Wang Wei, who was ignorant and ran headlong into it, was also angry and funny, however, when he saw Zhang Xu, who came out of the wine urn, drunkenly looked around, and a rather satisfied smile appeared on his face, obviously he didn't mean to go crazy about it, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. But what he didn't expect was that Du Shiyi walked towards Zhang Xu again as if he hadn't suffered enough.

"Zhang Gong pasted silk paper on these three walls, could it be that he was preparing to make wild grass on the wall?"

"Huh? It's for writing! Zhang Xu raised the wine urn and took a sip, then smiled, "It's just that this silk paper is pasted, at least you have to know how to write, if you want to observe it on the spot, come back tomorrow!" Hmm, but the pipa has been brought, so you might as well play a song now, and let me mention the god jīng! ”

Without waiting for Wang Wei to agree or object, Du Shiyi said with a smile: "Zhang Gong is crazy and walks alone in the world, especially joy, anger, embarrassment, sorrow, pleasure, resentment, drunkenness, boredom, injustice, and emotion, and will be exhausted in cursive, which no one can match." Looking at things, seeing mountains, rivers, cliffs and valleys, birds, beasts, insects and fish, flowers and trees, rì moon stars, wind and rain, water and fire, thunder and thunderbolts, singing and dancing battles, and changes in heaven and earth, all in this dragon and snake. It can be said that Zhang Gong's book is like a ghost and a god, and it cannot be traced! ”

This judgment, Wang Wei behind Du Shiyi heard it and chewed it carefully, and couldn't help but marvel that this word hit the nail on the head, and it actually pointed out all the jīng subtleties in Zhang Xu's wild grass. And even Zhang Xu, who was drunk at the moment, couldn't help but put down the wine urn in his hand, stared at Du Shiyi thoughtfully for a long time, and then happily daxiao. After laughing, he actually bent down and put the urn on the ground.

"Good, good, that's a wonderful point! Originally, I only thought that you could play the pipa well and make a few good poems, but now it seems that you are young, and your heart is like a mirror and your eyes are like a falcon! Okay, what is the matter with this Wang Shisanlang who came here today, tell me directly! Just because of the change you just said, it is like a ghost and a god, no matter what word you ask, I will answer! ”

Seeing that Zhang Xu suddenly became easy to deal with, Du Shiyi laughed. He beckoned Tian Mo, who was holding something, to step forward, but said with sincerity on his face: "Don't hide it from Gong Zhang, today I and Wang Shisanlang came to ask to see, Mu Zhang Gong's name is one, and I want to ask Zhang Gong to try two things, but it is the second." Although my teacher Song Mountain Hanging Lian Peak Lu Gong once praised these two things, but in terms of painting art, Lu Gong can be called the best in the mountains and forests, but on calligraphy, especially the wild grass, no one in the world can be out of Zhang Gong's right. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Xu couldn't help but feel curious, and even Wang Wei couldn't help but step forward. Waiting for Tian Mo to untie the burden, Du Shiyi personally took out the box, and the two watched the box cover open, one of which was a stone inkstone standing tall and pine, and a rectangular ink ingot printed with famous landscapes, Wang Wei, who had originally heard Du Shiyi mention this matter, had some guesses, and suddenly realized at this moment, but Zhang Xu was looking at the stone inkstone from time to time, and sometimes looking at the ink ingot, to zuihou Suo xìng without saying a word stretched out his hand to copy a piece of ink ingot in his hand, and checked the weight at the same time, it seemed to have been worn and used, He used his hand again without hesitation to gently pinch the grinding mouth of the lower head.

"Zhang Gong be careful!"

Du Shiyi's reminder came a little late, and the tip of Zhang Xu's left index finger was already broken. But he put his index finger straight into his mouth and sucked it without any disdain, and his eyes lit up for a while: "Take this thing to my study, quick!" ”

This quick word exhausted Zhang Xu's impatient thoughts. When he took Du Shiyi and others into the study, and ordered to put the stone inkstone and ink on the high table, he immediately couldn't help but say that he drove away Du Shiyi, who was going to come forward to grind the ink, and rolled up his sleeves high, added a little warm water to the inkstone, held the ink in one hand, and held the inkstone with the other, and slowly studied the ink with gentle movements. In this way, he changed several postures successively, and when two-thirds of the ink had been stored in the inkstone, he solemnly chose a pen from the pen holder, and then said without raising his head: "Stretch the paper for me!" ”

Du Shiyi and Wang Wei glanced at each other, and hurriedly took a piece of paper from a long case on the side, and straightened it in front of Zhang Xu. But before Du Shiyi could barely recognize what was written, Zhang Xu had already made more than a dozen words in one fell swoop, among which the words were connected to each other and the pen was wild, even if he tried his best to recognize it, he only recognized a small half. But after a while, this long piece of paper has been

The experience is completely exhausted, but Zhang Xu actually said to himself: "Change the paper again!" ”

Since Zhang Xu is happy, Du Shiyi naturally won't complain, and Wang Wei stared at the imaginative cursive script that day, and he had long forgotten that he had been worried in his heart from before he came to the Zhang Mansion until he stepped into Zhang's house. The two of them stretched out a few pieces of paper in a row, and their wrists were already sore, only to see Zhang Xu casually throw the pen to the side of the high table, and the person who was originally standing suddenly sat down directly without grace, and then lay down on his back. After a long time, he looked up to the sky and let out a long breath.

"Happy, happy, really happy!"

Just listening to Zhang Xu's tone, Du Shiyi knew that the pine smoke ink made of this inkstone and the pine deer glue mixed by his own jīng heart experiment and special ingredients was really easy to use. He was feeling excited, Wang Wei first carefully put the piece of paper on the long case aside to dry, and then turned back to him, hit him lightly with his elbow and whispered, "Where did this ink come from?" There is a faint fragrance? It's not those vulgar spices, nor is it like musk borneol, elegant but not vulgar, light and tasteless, but really refreshing! ”

"Brother Wang recommended me two ink workers, I studied with them for several months in a grass hut under the extreme peak of Songshan Mountain, and after several failures, I finally got the most successful set of finished products today." Du Shiyi smiled slightly, and seeing that Wang Wei was really interested, he said unhurriedly, "This ink ingot is just one of them, and the whole set of ten squares is the ten zhi maps of the grass hall painted by Lu Shi." ”

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xu almost turned over in a carp posture, and asked with round eyes, "Are there any others?" ”

"Yes, there are two sets, one set was sent to Master Lu, and the other set I just asked someone to bring to Luoyang."

Zhang Xu stared at Du Shiyi for a long time, and suddenly picked up the ink ingot on the side of the small table, and looked at it over and over for a while, especially the sharp grinding mouth and the landscape above. After a long while, he let out a long sigh, but he looked up at Du Shiyi and asked: "Sure enough, it is good ink, but this stone inkstone is indeed a wonderful thing, otherwise with the strength of this ink, I am afraid that ordinary pottery inkstones and porcelain inkstones will be difficult to bear...... In a word, if you are asked to cut all this set of ten pieces of ink, you must be unwilling, but let me see that I should always be able to, right? Also, as long as you give me this piece of ink and this square stone inkstone, let me write you as many words as you want! ”

Seeing that Du Shiyi was silent, Zhang Xu suddenly became a little anxious: "If you can't give a word, otherwise I will know where you live, and I will come to the door every day!" ”

This is undoubtedly a bit of a scoundrel, however, although Wang Wei is a fool, he is also wondering if he can also learn from Zhang Xu, and make a hard soaking with Du Shiyi, striving for Taocheng's own use. He was rubbing his chin slightly, only to hear Du Shiyi smile and say, "It is very easy for Gong Zhang to see that set of ink, just go back to Cui's house with me." As for Shi Yan, I don't hide it from Zhang Gong, Wang Shisanlang also knows, in fact, he is from Duanxi, Guangdong. The masonry traveled thousands of miles to the Eastern Capital, and he wanted to find a bosom friend for his Duanyan, but he didn't expect that no one cared about me, if he hadn't met me in frustration, he almost sold things at a low price and went back. I told him that a good inkstone needs a good ink to appear, and sure enough, Zhang Gong thought so just now. ”

"I see. Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have! Zhang Xu nodded slightly, and then immediately rushed to say, "Okay, don't gossip, I'll go back to Cui's house with you to see that set of ink, you wait!" ”

Seeing Zhang Xu rushing out of the study in a hurry, Wang Weifang coughed lightly, and said to Du Shiyi with a smile: "Du Jiulang, you invited you into the urn with this trick, it is really wonderful, I really admire it!" I won't say those untrue words, you give me a set of ink inkstones at the market price, and I will help you promote its name when I go back! ”

"Since you Wang Shisanlang wants to buy words, you recommended the ink worker to me, and I should give you a set!" Du Shiyi smiled and raised her eyebrows, "Besides, you have worked hard to paste paper and roll paper today!" ”

Wang Wei was not polite when he heard this, and suddenly became daxiao. The two of them waited for a while, and then saw Zhang Xu, whose hair and face were a little wet, put on a robe very unsightly, but he still held a huge leather bag in his hand and walked into the house quickly. He couldn't help but stuff the skin bag in his hand into Du Shiyi's hand, and then said angrily: "This is a pipa that someone gave me when someone came from the Western Regions to ask for words in the past, saying that it was made of Luo Shatan. I only know how to listen to the rhythm, but I don't know how to play, this thing is worth it to you today, so you don't have to put it in my house to accumulate dust! ”

"Luo Shatan, how can it be Luo Shatan!"

This time, Wang Wei snatched the leather bag from Du Shiyi's hand without saying anything, and took out the pipa after untying it, he carefully held it in his hand as if he had obtained a treasure, looked left and right for a long time, sometimes frowned, sometimes muttered, zuihou stuffed it back into Du Shiyi's hand: "Du Nineteen, go back and take good care of it, otherwise such a treasure will really be ruined!" ”

"Who made the pearl secretly invest in it, but gave it to me? I can only listen to people play a song, but I can't play it for others! You know the rhythm, so use it! Zhang Xu shrugged his shoulders disapprerovingly, and then urged impatiently, "What's the matter, can you go?" If you don't leave, it's going to be dark! ”