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Published at 29th of December 2022 06:50:18 AM


Chapter 11

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Three poles in the sun, the warm sunlight shone on Chen Luo’s face through the wooden window of the study.

A small cat-like purr circulated in Chen Luo’s ears. Chen Luo slowly opened his eyes, only to find that he was lying on the desk and fell asleep, and beside the desk, Xiaohuan was also lying on the table and sleeping soundly on the table. A crystal clear saliva flowed down the fleshy face to the desk.

“Cough cough…” Chen Luo coughed twice, Xiaohuan opened her eyes suddenly, glanced at Chen Luo who was looking at her, and quickly wanted to stand up, but she didn’t want her legs to go numb, lose her focus, and fall down into Chen Luo’s arms.

“Sure enough, she’s still a child.” Chen Luo confirmed again.

Xiaohuan’s pretty face blushed, and she quickly stood on the desk, then said, “Young… young master… are you awake? I’ll serve you to brush your teeth and wash your face!”

Chen Luo noticed that Xiaohuan and Chen Ping only called him the head of the house in front of outsiders, but they still called him the young master in private. Chen Luo waved his hand and asked, “Why are you in the study? Where’s Miss?”

Xiaohuan replied: “Miss and Uncle Heping went out of the city early in the morning. The tenants who lived outside the city for so many days fled several houses. Uncle Ping said that since the matter is resolved, the lady has to go to calm down the hearts of the people.”

Chen Luo frowned slightly: “Reckless, isn’t there something wrong with the eyes of Miss? Why didn’t you call me?”

Xiaohuan pouted: “Miss said it’s enough for her to wear a hat. The young master worked hard all day yesterday, so he doesn’t need to do more work… Uncle Ping also said that the young master can’t compare to the young lady’s efficiency!”

Chen Luo was suddenly speechless!

”That…you go and fetch a basin of water for me, just put it at the door, I’ll do it myself. In addition, today’s food will also be delivered to the study, so I won’t go out of the room.”

Xiaohuan glanced at Chen Luo suspiciously, then nodded, turned, and walked out, mumbling, “Miss also said that the young master has changed, isn’t he still the same nerd?”

Hearing Xiaohuan’s muttering, Chen Luo suddenly remembered that his predecessor seemed to be like this. He often locked himself in the study and did not contact anyone.

”Do you think I don’t want to go out and roam around? But the amount of work on the book in my head is a bit heavy, so I have to work overtime…” Chen Luo lamented in his heart.

After sending Xiaohuan out, Chen Luo spread out the rice paper, chose a brush that was handy, and wrote on the rice paper.

”The gentle breeze smokes the willows and the fragrance of the flowers is intoxicating. It is the season of spring in the southern country. Ximen Street, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, the bluestone road stretches straight out to the west gate… The red lacquer gate of the mansion, the copper nails the size of teacups on the door gleaming, the top of the door The plaque reads ‘Fuwei Escort’ in large gold lacquer characters, and below it is written in two small characters ‘total number’…”

That’s right, in the Dreamland Flower Forest, the book Chen Luo picked up was “Laughing in the Wind” by Mr. Jin Yong!

”Laughing in the Wind” is one of the rare works of the old gentleman that does not clearly indicate the dynasty. It tells the story of Linghu Chong, a disciple of Hua Sect, who went through a turbulent battle all over the country, and finally embraced the beauty and retired from the world. In Chen Luo’s mind is the more classic trilogy version, with about one million words…

Not knowing how long it took to transcribe, Chen Luo shook his sore wrist, only to find that the paper full of Yawen had been piled up to a finger’s thickness, and he took a short rest.

Chen Luo is still looking forward to what kind of calligraphy spirit will be summoned after “Laughing in the Wind” is completed. According to Zhong Kui’s situation, there is a high probability that it will be “Linghu Chong” and “Ren Yingying” is also okay, if up to no choice then even “Ren Woxing” is also mighty and domineering.

Only……

A thought flashed in Chen Luo’s mind: “I won’t summon the two eunuchs Dongfang Invincible or Yue Buqun… No, no, they are not the protagonists!” Chen Luo shook his head and this idea was thrown out of his head. ”



Just when Chen Luo was still in the study room to transcribe “Laughing in the Wind”, the county magistrate Cai Tongchen and Master Li had been standing respectfully in the open space outside the main hall of the county government office for a full hour, but the two of them did not become impatient at all. Only Master Li’s eyes looked up to the distant horizon from time to time.

Master Li suddenly shouted, “Sir, he’s come…”

Cai Tongchen followed Master Li’s line of sight, his eyes flashed with blue light, and in the distant sky, an ancient carriage broke through the clouds and was heading towards the county office. It can be seen from a distance that the ancient carriage has a red carriage body and a black carriage cover…

”A high noble’s carriage!” Master Li was startled, this type of ancient car was not created mechanically, but it uses Daxuan qi to operate. For example, Cai Tongchen’s qi investigation belongs to the seventh-rank official skill, which is also the rank of the county magistrate. And “A high noble’s carriage” is a third-rank official technique!

When Master Li was still pondering which court official was coming, the ancient car crossed the line of sight almost instantly and landed in front of Cai Tongchen. The ancient carriage turned into a burst of qi and dissipated, instead a middle-aged scholar with a height of eight feet, a face like a crown of jade, and a three-inch long beard on his chest, standing with his hands behind his back, not angered and arrogant was seen.

Seeing the person who came, Cai Tongchen was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the end, with a tone of admiration: “Student Tongchen, I have seen my teacher!”

Hearing Cai Tongchen’s name, Master Li finally understood who was coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and followed Shi Li: “I joined Li Ruye after the end of school, and I have seen Master Wei!”

Wei Yan, courtesy name Tianyi, is a scholar with three qualities, a scholar in the realm of Confucianism, and a senior student at Wenchang Pavilion.

Wei Yan nodded slightly, and said gently, “No need for formalities, show me that Literary Heart…”

Only then did Cai Tongchen stand up, and Master Li stepped forward quickly, holding the brocade box containing the immortal literary heart in both hands, and handing it to Wei Yan. Wei Yan opened the lid of the box. Before the dazzling blue light was about to spread out from the brocade box, Wei Yan stroked it lightly with his hand, and the blue light was immediately suppressed in the brocade box and was no longer released.

Wei Yan felt it for a moment, and said, “There is a righteousness qi in the chanting of scriptures and meanings, this should be an upright word literary heart.”

Cai Tongchen nodded in agreement and said, “Does master know which senior it belongs to?”

”Let’s go inside…” Wei Yan lifted his legs and walked into the county office. Cai Tongchen and Master Li looked at each other and quickly followed…



After serving the tea, Cai Tongchen returned to his seat, Wei Yan took a sip of tea, and then said: “Since the Blue Bird Division received your ‘Book of Brocade in the Cloud’ early this morning, and learned about the immortal literary heart, Wenchang Pavilion has never stopped working.”

”Wenchang Pavilion checked the traces of all the great Confucian scholars in the book, and used qi to explore the 1026 immortal literary hearts of the entire Great Xuan Dynasty, and found that there was no strange movement.”

”Obviously, this literature belongs to a hermit Confucian scholar.”

”In this regard, Wenchang Pavilion has three opinions. First, bring it back to Wenchang Pavilion to suppress Daxuan’s literary movement; secondly, enter the treasure house of Daxuan and reward those who have merit; third, take the modern science examination as the basis, and reward the academy with the collection of literature styles! But it was all rejected by the literary minister!”

Cai Tongchen was puzzled: “What does literary minister mean?”

A smile appeared on the corner of Wei Yan’s mouth, and he said, “According to the ancient etiquette, Literary Hearts have no master, so let the Literary Heart choose the master itself!”

Master Li’s hand holding the teacup suddenly trembled, and he looked at Wei Yan in surprise, before hesitatingly said, “This is the immortal Confucian scholar’s literary heart, carrying the ‘Dao’ of the great Confucian life, this… how will the court agree?”

”That’s what ancient rituals are like!” Wei Yan took another sip of tea, and then said, “The Literary Minister asked His Majesty for an edict. According to the ritual system, Wen Xin was discovered in Wan’an County, and Wan’an County was the hidden abode of the hermit Confucian. Three days later, Wan’an County will hold a ceremony for the selection of the literary heart’s master. If the Literary Heart has not made a choice in Wan’an County, I will take it back to the Confucian Temple, and let the Confucian scholars from all over the world go there on their own, for the Literary Heart to choose its master! Here In the meantime, Tongchen, Wan’an county government is under my control for the time being!” Wei Yan said, his gentle tone also became serious.

”In three days?” Cai Tongchen murmured, he understood that his teacher was worried that he would not be able to handle the officiating ceremony, so he came here in person…



At the same time, in the study of the Chen residence.

“Crying pitifully: ‘You are getting thinner and thinner every day, I…I…I don’t want to live anymore’. Linghu Chong said it very sincerely and sadly. He couldn’t help but feel very grateful. The world is spinning, and there is blood rushing from the throat, then he no longer knew what happened to the world.”

Chen Luo put down the pen, stretched out, and looked at the thick stack of paper with Yawen written on the side of his hand. He didn’t expect that this body actually has the talent of “code character maniac”, using his full speed to write, he can match the speed of a typewriter…

“To completely write it, it will probably take three days.” Chen Luo estimated, “But…”




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