Wuyue Jinling City outside the city of thirty miles.

Wujin Lane is also famous in Jinling, not because of this real estate Wujin, this place is not an alley.

In fact, this place is a quiet environment, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is a rare place to retreat.

In the previous dynasties, many famous scribes lived in seclusion here, enough to live in a long alley, hence this name.

When the emperors of the Yan Dynasty were in power, the emperor's power was weak, the power of the court was falling, and the government and the opposition gradually could not tolerate upright officials.

There is such a family in this Wujin Lane, from more than ten years ago to move here, has been living a simple life, others only know that this house flowers bloom all the year round, the trees are luxuriant, the scenery is elegant, there will be a faint sound of food and books, the income and expenditure of the next person is only to buy tools, less contact with others, is a very mysterious family.

On this day, a carriage came up from the official road, crossed the streets of Ugin Lane, turned a few corners, and stopped directly in front of the mansion.

"This is it. There was a man in the carriage, and the coachman stopped the carriage.

The carriage followed by four servants, all dressed decently, and when they heard their master's words, they all dismounted, one of them stepped forward to open the door of the carriage, and one slowly walked down from inside, but it was Chen Qing.

Even after many days of trekking, Chen Qing still has wide sleeves and long robes, looks about thirty years old, has handsome facial features, and has a peaceful face, looking elegant and comfortable.

After getting out of the carriage, Chen Qing looked up at the mansion in front of him, and couldn't help but look nostalgic.

"Go over and call the door. Chen Qing stood in place, facing his entourage.

A retinue dressed in blue clothes answered the call and walked up the high stairs and slammed on the door.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps, and when they stopped at the door, a slightly old voice asked from inside the door, "Who is knocking outside?"

"I'm Chen Qing from the Chen Mansion, and I'm here to meet the master. The entourage was just about to speak, but was stopped by Chen Qing, who took a few steps forward and took it personally.

"Is it Uncle Chen?" Hearing Chen Qing's voice, the people inside immediately made a promise, and they were a little happy.

The door slowly opened from the inside at this time, and an old man in his early fifties dressed in navy blue came out of it, stood on the steps, looked at the people standing outside, especially Chen Qing, looked at it carefully, and bowed with a soft face: "If it's really Uncle Chen, you really haven't been here for a while, but today is not a coincidence, my master went to the bamboo forest over there, and he won't come back until evening." ”

The old servant pointed to the valley in the distance and said, "Why don't you go to the mansion first and wait?"

Chen Qing looked at the bamboo forest over there, which was a place he often went to, "It's okay, I have a car, just drive over to see him." I also go to this bamboo forest often, and I can find him as soon as I go, and I also bring some wine and meat. ”

"That's fine, I'll tell you to prepare some more hazy food below, and I'll pick it up and serve it later. , The old servant nodded his head, yes, they are all world friends, and they are very familiar, so they are not polite.

Chen Qing got into the car and ordered someone to drive towards the bamboo forest.

There are mountains, lakes and bamboo forests in Wujin Lane, the scenery is beautiful, and the literati live here, so it is inevitable that they often come to relax.

Watching the outside in the carriage along the way, Chen Qing felt a little emotional.

There are many secluds in this place, and when I was in Wu in the past, I often came to meet some talents, but now I come once, but I take a big risk.

If Wei Yue knew that he had sneaked back to Jinling, he would not let himself go.

However, this time, he was ordered by the king, but he came back with a serious matter, that is, he used his connections to contact the talents and families of Wu Di in response to internal response.

Now that the king of Chu has a solid foundation and a righteous crusade against rebellion, if it is possible, he will never let his friends continue to waste his years and talents here.

It is bound that the friend will be pulled to the camp of the King of Chu, otherwise the old friend will be forcibly recruited by Wei Yue in the future, and then the two of them will be their masters, which will not be beautiful.

The bamboo forest was not far from Wujin Lane, and it was a horse-drawn carriage that drove over, and it didn't take long to reach the premises.

The carriage stopped before stopping in a bamboo forest, and after the attendant dismounted, the door was opened, and Chen Qing walked down from the carriage.

Looking around, a bamboo forest, half-hidden a road, although it is November, it is still verdant, refreshing, Chen Qing, who was slightly depressed and anxious in the original conscience, looked cheerful.

Just then, a frolicking sound was heard.

Looking for prestige, the bamboo forest is tightly blocked, but you can still see a group of children playing hide and seek.

Chen Qing listened to it and smiled: "This is the children in the neighborhood, they have all slipped into the garden to play." ”

After talking through the bamboo forest, I saw that more than a dozen children were playing, and I felt that the scenery was still the same, but the things were different.

"Here they watched the carriages and horses, and they followed me into the forest with their tools.

"No. ”

Ordered two entourages to watch the carriage outside, one of them carried the dishes bought on the road, and the other carried a jar of wine, and entered the bamboo forest with Chen Qing.

There is no need to look for it at all, and as soon as I enter the bamboo forest, I smell a faint aroma of wine. I walked forward along the aroma of wine, and soon saw two people in a bamboo forest.

Confucian scholars and retinues.

The man in the Confucian robe was twenty-eight and nine-year-old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he had a strong bookish atmosphere, when Chen Qing saw it, this person was sitting on the ground, tearing half a chicken leg in his hand, eating slowly.

And the entourage warmed the wine on the stove, and the aroma of the wine slowly diffused, mixed with the aroma of meat, it was really a pleasure!

Seeing them coming, the man in the Confucian robe was startled at first, the movement in his hand paused, and a smile appeared on his face for a moment, and he pointed at Chen Qing with his hand, laughing: "This person, I just left in a hurry not long ago, and now Ju has run back again, look, what are you doing when you come back this time?", Chen Qing asked his entourage to hand over the wine and meat to the other party's servant, and then he sat down opposite, and smiled: "Zhao Yuanjing, I haven't come to see yet?"

"I don't believe it! This person will look at me specifically? The general is furious, and these dozen or so families have made too much trouble this time. , Zhao Yuanjing shook his head, like this, but the tone of reproach was not heavy: "When you make trouble in this situation, you come back at a big risk, just to visit my old friend? I'm afraid it won't be so simple, right, where are you settled now? Could it be "under the rule of the King of Chu?", "Really don't ask about the world?", Chen Qing took the cup handed over by the other party, took a bite of half a chicken leg, and asked.

"What, I expected it?,Zhao Yuanjing asked.

"Don't you think that the King of Chu is a generation of Ming Jun?, Chen Qing avoided talking about this topic, and looked at the past with blazing eyes.

"It's long over, I'm just an idle person, Mingjun doesn't know you and I don't have much to do with it, it's not like, I have a big ideal", what kind of official position is it now?

The other party's ridicule, Chen Qing listened to it a lot, and he was already careless, listening to Zhao Yuanjing asking, he: "Now it's the ninth grade"

When Zhao Yuanjing heard this, his eyes widened slightly, and he smiled casually: "Surrendering to the King of Chu, how can it be the ninth grade? ”

"It's inconsistent. Chen Qing seriously: "This is a strict royal system, with the spirit of the Son of Heaven, if the official character can be lightly awarded, this is not a grass coward, this time I came, I am a guest." , did not wait for an answer, more: "If you refuse to recognize me as an old friend, you will out like someone else, if you are still willing to talk to me for a few days, you will take me in, except here, I will not plan anywhere." "This guy, still so skinny" Zhao Yuanjing glared at Chen Qing helplessly, so he had to shake his head, although Zhao Yuanjing was unwilling to get involved in the dispute between the two kings, but when his old friend came, he couldn't really drive him out, so he had to say: "Come, I can't let me live outside, and then I'm embarrassed to be in the same identity, if I let the arrester see it, it is inevitable that I won't be arrested to see the official and receive the reward." , sat in the bamboo forest for a while, put out the fire, stepped on all the sparks, and then decided to return.

Zhao Yuanjing came on foot, and when he went back, Chen Qing accompanied him on the road slowly, and several entourages drove the carriage and followed behind.

"In the past, it was a desperate thing to live in seclusion. The uncle was disheartened by the affairs of the government and the opposition, and took the family to live in seclusion in Wujin Lane, and now it has been almost twenty years, and the former imperial court no longer exists, so why waste his body to adjust?, Chen Qing's words just made Zhao Yuanjing smile.

"Old friend, this guest is really dutiful, the first time I met, it was all about this, so I don't know how to answer. It's not as good as the situation of the Chen family under the rule of King Chu, right?, Chen Qing nodded, knowing that for a while, this old friend would not change his mind, so he had to stop mentioning it for the time being.

Along the way, the two just picked up some common things to talk about, and gradually became happy.

The bamboo forest is not far from the Zhao family's mansion, and it takes half an hour to walk.

The attendant went up to call the door, and after a while the old servant opened the door, and when he saw that it was his master who had returned, and brought the guests here, he hurriedly opened the door and let them in.

"Tell them to set aside a courtyard before the evening, set up my old friend, and add a few more dishes to the stove tonight.

, Walking inward, Zhao Yuanjing admonished.

"Got it, sir, I'm going to follow them. , the old servant immediately went to do it.

Zhao Yuanjing asked his entourage to place Chen Qing's four retinues to rest.

Turning his head, Zhao Yuanjing said to Chen Qing: "Come on, let's go to the hall and sit down first, I haven't played chess with us for a long time, and today I am going to kill a few games."

"Lead the way ahead, and today you will throw away your armor and armor for the slain"

The two laughed, walked through the courtyard, and came to the place where they used to play chess, Chen Qing sat down on the seat, facing a chessboard, and a familiar feeling was born.

It's like just ten years ago, two young people were playing chess.

Time is shining in the sun.