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 has a quiet environment, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is a rare place to retreat.

In the previous dynasties, many famous scribes had 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, since more than ten years ago moved here, has been living a simple life, others only know that this house is open all the year round, the trees are luxuriant, the scenery is elegant, there will be a faint sound of eating and reading, and the next person is only buying things when he goes in and out, and he has little contact with others, and it 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. Someone in the carriage said, and the coachman stopped the carriage.

The carriage was followed by four servants, all dressed decently, and when they heard the words of their master, 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 robes, looking about thirty years old, with handsome facial features, a peaceful face, and an elegant and calm appearance.

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 and said to 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 your master. The entourage was just about to speak, but was stopped by Chen Qing, who took a few steps forward and said it himself.

"Ah, is it Uncle Chen?" Hearing Chen Qing's voice, the people inside immediately agreed, 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 carefully at it, stepped forward with a soft face, and said: "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 the 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 visited, and said, "It's okay, I have a car, just drive over to see him." Anyway, I often go to this bamboo forest, and I can find him as soon as I go, and I still have some wine and meat with me. ”

"That's fine, I ordered some more hazy food to be prepared below, and I will pick it up and serve it later. , The old servant nodded, and said, 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 hills, small 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 were possible, he would never let his friends continue to waste his years and talents here.

must pull his friends to the camp of the king of Chu, otherwise the old friends 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 is not far from Wujin Lane, and it is a horse-drawn carriage that has arrived at the place in a short time.

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 path, although it is November, it is still lush, refreshing, Chen Qing, who was slightly depressed and irritable, 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." ”

Passing through the bamboo forest while talking, I saw that there were more than a dozen children playing, and I felt that the scenery was still the same, but things were not human.

"You two are here watching the carriages and horses, and you two are carrying things with me into the forest.

"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, as soon as you enter the bamboo forest, you will 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, his movements paused, and a smile appeared on his face for a moment, and he pointed at Chen Qing with his hand, laughing: "You person, I just left in a hurry not long ago, and now Ju has run back again, tell me, 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 servants, and then sat on the opposite side, laughing: "Zhao Yuanjing, I haven't come to see you yet?"

"I don't believe it! You're going to look at me specifically? The general is furious, you dozen families, this time it's too much trouble. , Zhao Yuanjing shook his head, and said 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? Say, where are you settled now? Could it be "under the rule of the King of Chu?", "You really don't care about the world?", Chen Qing took the cup handed over by the other party, took a bite of half a chicken leg gently, 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 over with blazing eyes.

"I've said it a long time ago, I'm just an idle person, Mingjun doesn't know that you have much to do with me, unlike you, who has big ambitions" Tell me, what official position are you now?

The other party's ridicule, Chen Qing listened to it a lot, and he didn't care about it for a long time, and when he heard Zhao Yuanjing ask, he said: "Now it's the ninth grade."

When Zhao Yuanjing heard this, his eyes widened slightly, and he smiled casually: "You took refuge in the King of Chu, how can you be the ninth grade? ”

"It's different. Chen Qing said 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 lobbyist." , did not wait for an answer, and said: "If you don't want to recognize me as an old friend, just blast me out like someone else, if you are still willing to talk to me for a few days, you will take me in, but I don't plan to go anywhere except you." 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, it was impossible for him to really drive him out, so he had to say: "You come, it is impossible for me to let you live outside, and I say that my identity is embarrassing, if I let the arrester see it, it is inevitable that I will not arrest you 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.

"You used to live in seclusion here as a helpless man. Uncle was disheartened by the affairs of the court and the opposition, and took your family to Wujin Lane to live in seclusion, now almost twenty years have passed, and the former imperial court no longer exists, why do you waste your talent?, Chen Qing's words just made Zhao Yuanjing smile.

"Old friend, you lobbyist is really dutiful, when I first met, I talked about it, so I don't know how to answer. It's better to talk about the situation of the Chen family under the rule of King Chu?, Chen Qing nodded, knowing that for a while, this old friend would not change his mind, so he had to stop mentioning this matter 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 to house my old friend, and to add a few more dishes to the stove tonight.

, Walking inward, Zhao Yuan said instructed.

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

Zhao Yuanjing asked his entourage to arrange for Chen Qing's four entourages to rest.

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

"Thou shalt lead the way, and today thou shalt slain thy armor"

The two talked and 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 was as if just ten years ago, young people were playing chess.

Time ripples in the sun. ！~！