Gai Jun took a shower, tied up his hair, and walked out of the bathroom hand in hand with Cai Wan, all dry, and walked to the cafeteria.
The food in the hall is ready, waiting for the arrival of Gai Jun and Cai Wan.
Before the meal, Bian Wei and Cai Yan sat across from each other and exchanged calligraphy in low voices. The former mainly asked questions in his mind, and the latter answered based on his own understanding. As the saying goes, there is no priority in learning, and the master is the teacher. Cai Yan, as the leading calligrapher in the world today,
The daughter of Yong, who has been practicing calligraphy since she was a child, has a very high talent. She draws inferences from one example and is qualified to give guidance to Bian Wei.
Gai Yi and Gai Mo sat side by side, hand in hand, neither of them saying anything, staring at the sumptuous food on the table with their big eyes, swallowing saliva, as if they had not eaten meat for dozens of days. In fact, this is really the case, great-grandmother
After Mr. Cao passed away, they also had to observe mourning for twenty-five days. They just took off their mourning clothes yesterday. At their age, they are growing up and need to absorb a lot of nutrients from food every day. They have not eaten meat for nearly a month.
It's too cruel for them.
Great-grandmother Cao, the two children who were born and raised in the Central Plains have never been seen before. Not to mention them, even Gai Jun has not been back for nine years. There is no way, Dunhuang, his hometown, is too far away and remote.
The one-way trip is five thousand miles, and it takes two to three months by carriage alone. The round trip takes even more time, and I have no time or energy to go back.
Gai Luan, who is thirteen years old this year and is already a slim girl, is accompanied by her somewhat uneasy mother A Bai. Gai Yin was recently appointed as Henan Yin by Gai Jun. When the two met, there must have been some exchanges between them. A Bai was eager to
I wanted to know something from Gai Jun's mouth, but I was afraid of hearing bad news, so I was anxious and restless.
Gai Jun and Cai Wan walked in through the door, and everyone stood up one after another.
Gai Jun's eyes were sharp and he could see A Bai's thoughts at a glance. After sitting down, he considered it and said, "A Bai, let me tell you some news. Well, at the beginning of the year, my concubine Wei's daughter is pregnant."
Abai's originally pale complexion suddenly turned extremely pale, his body was shaking uncontrollably, and his eyes were like those of a poor swimmer drowning in water, full of helplessness. Abai didn't know how to read, but he was not a stupid village woman, so he followed
Gai Jun has been with Gai Jun for more than ten years, and he knows everything. Wei is pregnant, and her future status is in jeopardy. What should we do?...
Gai Luan's eyes were filled with anger and helplessness, and he softly comforted his mother.
Gai Jun said again: "Ah Bai, don't worry, you are my sister. I personally entrusted you to your uncle back then. If your uncle dares to let you down in this life, I will be the first to forgive him."
"..." A Bai's mouth barely curved, and his smile was extremely ugly.
Gai Jun picked up the chopsticks, put a piece of beef into his mouth, and said while chewing: "Things are not as bad as you think. I will pack up in the past few days and go to Luoyang with Little Phoenix."
A Bai was immediately stunned and did not react for a moment.
Gai Jun picked up another piece of beef of a moderately fat and thin size and put it into Cai Wan's bowl next to him, and said calmly: "In addition, I agreed to Yunchang's request. Xiao Fenghuang and Guan Ping are still young now, so they should arrange their marriage first.
Set it down."
This is undoubtedly a kind of protection.
A Bai finally came to his senses and said that it was all up to his uncle to make the decision.
When Gai Luan heard that she and Guan Ping were engaged, she was neither happy nor indignant. She accepted it calmly. It was not that she was dissatisfied with the marriage or had an indifferent attitude. She and Guan Ping's childhood sweethearts had no mystery to each other.
I knew there would be such a day.
This matter has come to an end at this point. In the Han Dynasty, it was a rule to eat without saying a word and sleep without speaking. Everyone ate the food in silence. Occasionally someone made a sound during the meal, and everything would soon fall into silence.
Gai Jun is a big eater, but he was really hungry this time. He downed three bowls of wheat rice and two plates of beef. As the saying goes: "Like father, like son." Gai Yi and Gai Mo are good at eating.
They have a fatherly demeanor, and in recent months they don't know the taste of meat. They really eat with chopsticks like flying, wolfing down the food, as if they are afraid that someone will snatch it from them.
Cai Wan and Gai Jun's father and son were just the opposite. Their meals were always light and the taste was bland. After eating almost half a bowl of wheat rice, they would stop to pick up vegetables for her husband or persuade their two sons to eat slowly. After Gai Jun finished eating, he would stop for a while.
He poured a glass of water down his throat.
Cai Wan's every move is seen by Cai Yan. In her heart, her sister is beautiful, elegant, kind, and virtuous. She is good at playing music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She also has vision and strategy, and can ride horses and chariots... There are so many advantages.
I can't finish talking day and night. There is a saying that "no one is perfect." In fact, it is not necessarily true. My sister is the embodiment of perfection. At that time, only my brother-in-law Gai Jun was slightly worthy of her. If he had a more upright character, he would be a perfect person.
That's right...
Cai Yan secretly made up her mind that she would be like her sister in the future. She never lacked confidence in herself, but could her future partner be as good as her brother-in-law?...
Gai Jun didn't know what his sister-in-law was thinking. He drank some water and burped. How could he feel so comfortable? He turned to Cai Wan and asked, "By the way, Wan'er, how is Tzuyu's performance in the governor's department?" Tzuyu is Cai Wan's younger brother Cai Wan.
Gui's cousin, after long consideration a while ago, finally agreed to serve as an official in Bingzhou. Because of his special status, Gai Jun was away on an expedition. Wang Xin could not arrange it at will, so he was temporarily allowed to follow Li Zhizhong as a Zhizhong official.
He is familiar with state government affairs.
Seeing her husband mention her younger brother, Cai Wan couldn't help but smile on her face and said: "Li Zhizhong is erudite and knowledgeable, and he is well-versed in political affairs. My brother stayed with him and learned a lot, and his temperament is also calm and condensed..." Li Zhizhong was an official in history.
In the Han Dynasty, Jiuqing Da Honglu was equivalent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He taught a son Li Xi who was granted the title of Marquis and duke in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. How could it be bad? Although due to Gai Jun's intervention, Li Xi changed his original position.
The trajectory of life, but one's own outstanding talents cannot be changed.
If you are not a person who studies the history of the Jin Dynasty, you will never know who Li Xi is, let alone his father Li Mo. Gai Jun naturally doesn't know either, but from his perspective, Li Mo's talents are still incomparable to Wang Xin and Wang Jiran
Above. Gai Jun took another sip of water, put down the cup, and said: "Li Zhizhong is a good official in the state, and there are still some inappropriate things about Ziyu. This year, I will train more with Li Zhizhong. If he performs well, I will give him another county next year."
Let him manage."
Cai Wan nodded in agreement. He was suddenly promoted to a high position without any background to help, which may not be good for his younger brother. Her husband Gai Jun's arrangements were very good, not too hasty, not too slow, and step-by-step. The younger brother was very young and was dissatisfied with the weak position.
What is missing is time.
Gai Jun subconsciously glanced at Bian Wei and saw that she lowered her eyebrows and was worried. It was obvious that she was thinking of his brother Bian Bing through Cai Wan and Cai Gui's siblings.
Gai Jun withdrew his gaze and tapped several boxes with his fingers.
The year before last, he borrowed Dong Zhuo to go to Beijing. When everything was troubled, he led his army south and forced him to be granted the post of Muxiong of Bingzhou. Before taking over Jinyang, he first married Bian Bing to the Wang family of Xihe, and then worshiped him as the captain of Xihe, with a price of two thousand stones.
For a nineteen-year-old boy, his official position is not low. The main reason why Gai Jun didn't keep him by his side was because he didn't want him to rely on his status as his wife's younger brother and become arrogant and complacent.
Hope he can grow up soon.
It should be said that Gai Jun's goal has been achieved. Judging from the recent information coming from Xihe, Bian Bing has been guarding Xihe for two years and has a family. He has changed a lot. He has the prototype of a good general. As long as he fights a few battles, he will definitely become Gai Jun.
He is an indispensable member of Jun's command. Therefore, even if he is not Gai Jun's brother-in-law, he will still be reused. However, bringing him back now is purely superfluous and unnecessary. He will go south to King Qin next year, and he will know how to do it by then.
Take him along with you.
Gaimo didn't like such a quiet atmosphere. He put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth. He walked around the table and came to the hall. He stood upright with his feet together and said seriously: "Father, Wei Nu wants to read a poem to you.
OK?"
Gai Jun smiled hoarsely and said, "Okay, father, listen carefully."
Gaimo coughed lightly, adjusted his voice, and chanted: "Polygonium and Polygonum belong to E, and bandit E and Yihao. I'm sorry for my parents, it was labor that gave birth to me. I'm sorry for my parents, it was labor that gave birth to me. I'm sorry for my parents, it's labor that gave birth to me.
Exhausted. The bottle is empty, the shame of Wei Lei. The life of ordinary people is not as long as death. Without a father, how can you parent? Without a mother, what can you rely on? When you go out, you will hold your shirt, and when you enter, you will be exhausted. When my father gave birth to me, my mother came.
Bow me, hold me, animal me, grow me and nurture me, take care of me and return me, go in and out of me. The virtue of repaying me. Haotian is so fierce that Nanshan Mountain is fierce, and the wind is blowing. The people are all in the valley, how can I harm the law of Nanshan?
The law is like a breeze. The people are all in the harvest, and I alone cannot die."
Gai Mo's pure and clear child's voice echoed in the hall, and also echoed in Gai Jun's heart. This poem comes from Xiaoya in "The Book of Songs", named Liao'e. It was originally a sacrificial song, with a total of six chapters and one hundred and thirty words, dedicated to his son.
A true love for his parents. Of course, there are other things in the poem, but what Gai Jun sees is the meaning his son conveys to himself and Cai Wan through this poem.
After Gaimu groaned, his little face tensed up and he looked at his father without blinking, feeling extremely nervous.
"Exactly, okay, okay, Wei Nu is so smart. Come on..." Gai Jun smiled freely and waved to his son. Gai Mo grinned, cheered immediately, and threw himself into his father's arms.
Gai Jun pinched his son's rosy little face and said loudly: "As a reward. If you ask for anything, as long as my father can do it, I will never shirk it."
"I want my father to ride with me." Gai Mo whispered in Gai Jun's ear. After saying this, he glanced at his mother Cai Wan. The latter was immediately made dumbfounded by his son's childish tricks. It was so obvious.
The idiot also knew that he must have suggested something to Gai Jun that she didn't like him to do. It was not difficult to guess that it was nothing more than horseback riding and archery.
Gai Jun ignored his wife Cai Wan's murderous eyes, hugged his son tightly, and said with a smile: "Okay, father, I promise you, well - it's just for today, how about tomorrow?"
Gaimo nodded obediently. Although he wanted to go now, he knew that his father had come back from a very far away place and was very tired. It was not appropriate to go out at this time.
Afterwards, everyone chatted about trivial matters. Ah Bai and Gai Luan chatted for a while and got up and left, preparing to pack up and go to Luoyang. Cai Yan soon left the table on the excuse of being sleepy, leaving only Gai Jun and his family in the hall.
Looking at Gai Yi's shy yet expectant eyes, Gai Jun didn't know why. He smiled and said, "Fu Ping, how have you been doing in your recent studies? Let my father test you."
"Nuo." Gai Yi suppressed his excitement and walked out with a straight face. He is two years older than Gaimo and has already memorized the Book of Songs. He is currently learning to analyze chapters and sentences and explore the meaning expressed in the poems of the Book of Songs.
In today's era, there is no printing technology, so copying is all based on copying, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. During this period, Cai Yong spent many years browsing the royal library, forgetting sleep and food, working day and night, and could only copy thousands of volumes. But if you want to copy books, you must also
Can you borrow books first? How many people in the world can borrow books from the Royal Library like Cai Yong?
There is a famous saying in the Han Dynasty: "The legacy of a son full of gold is not as good as a single scripture." The meaning is very simple. Money is useless, and scriptures are the shortest way to get ahead. It also illustrates the preciousness of scriptures. And the great Confucian scholars of ancient and modern times have annotated them.
The scriptures can no longer be described as precious. Those who are lucky enough to have them must hide them at home and use the knowledge passed down by writers to pass on their knowledge. They are not willing to show it to others easily. This is why there are always people who travel thousands of miles and travel long distances.
The fundamental reason for worshiping someone as a teacher is because only from someone can you learn unique knowledge.
Gai Yi is undoubtedly lucky. He has a good grandfather and a good grandmother. The former is Ma Rong's beloved disciple, and the latter is the granddaughter of Ma Rong's clan.
Ma Rong can be said to be one of the top ten Confucian scholars in the hundreds of years of the Han Dynasty. If he talks about the hundreds of years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he can easily enter the top five or even the top three. His annotations include "The Classic of Filial Piety", "The Analects of Confucius", "Poetry"
", "Book of Changes", "Three Rites", "Shangshu", "Biography of Lienv", "Laozi", "Huainanzi", "Li Sao", written poems, odes, steles, poems, books, notes, tables,
Twenty-one essays, seven words, qin songs, countermeasures, and testaments. Ma Rong annotated many books throughout his life, but only "Spring and Autumn Annals", where he found Jia Kui and Zheng Zhong's annotations in the "Spring and Autumn Annals of the Zuo Family".
"Jia is good but not knowledgeable, and Zheng Bo is not good. The two books correspond to each other. They are both good and knowledgeable, so there is nothing to add to them."
It is said that it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree. Gaiyi has Ma Rong's annotations explaining the meaning of the poems in detail. Once you learn it, you will get twice the result with half the effort, which is much better than ordinary people.
As a beneficiary of the same, Gai Jun never felt that this was such a lucky thing because he had no intention of studying the scriptures at all. He believed that reading was useless as long as he roughly understood its meaning.
It is conceivable that his level is only limited to taking a test against a child. After a few years, Gai Yi's Japanese skills will be improved, and he will be able to just stand aside and stare in confusion. However, Gai Jun did not
Worried about this, who allowed him to marry a perfect wife? Thinking of this, Gai Jun looked at his wife's almost perfect profile with emotion. The more he looked at it, the more he fell in love with it.
"Well, Fu Ping, your understanding of this sentence is correct, but..." Cai Wan was talking, and suddenly noticed a different kind of gaze coming towards her. To be honest, she was not unfamiliar with such a situation. Her husband Gai Jun
He is a person who never hides his true feelings in front of his family.
She likes this feeling internally, but will not deliberately ask for it.
Cai Wan pretended not to see him and continued to explain the chapters to Fu Ping. Fu Ping listened very carefully, nodding and memorizing.