Three Kingdoms

Fei Qian sat on the horse and staggered forward, still calculating and calculating in his mind, just like a landlord and a wealthy man calculating the crops of his own land.

It's not easy for anyone these days.

Even though Fei Qian doesn't have to go to the front line in person now, he actually has quite a few things to worry about.

Take the sentence reading as an example. As early as Pingyang, Fei Qian tried to promote it, but like many new things, in the early stages of growth, the rain of criticism always watered it more.

Some people say that reading a sentence means taking off your pants and farting. Well, although it is not so vulgar, the meaning is similar. Reading a sentence means that you understand it. It is the foundation of a scholar. Does it need to be specially marked in the book?

Some people say that reading without marking sentences is to allow readers to study more and recite more. If everything is simple, what is it called studying? Those who get it easily will not be cherished. Only those who have learned hard can remember it for a lifetime.

Are these statements wrong?

It sounds somewhat reasonable, but it cannot be said to be completely wrong.

Is it just...

Qin shared the same text, but only the shape of the characters was the same. Only when the sentences were read out did they truly unify the meaning of the characters. In the earliest sentence reading, the teacher pointed out where a sentence was broken. Therefore, in Han Yu's time, there was still a saying that "you don't know how to read a sentence, and you are confused about it".

The initial sentence readings were marked with symbols similar to ticks or with pauses. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that solid dots appeared. Until the Republic of China, many people still did not use sentence readings. Even some newspapers have no punctuation marks throughout.

Why is this happening?

Fei Qian feels that every profession has a threshold, and the first threshold for classics is sentence reading. Those literati who were devastated by sentence reading in their early childhood and grew up are accustomed to articles without sentence reading. On the other hand, they may not have suffered the same hardships that I experienced back then. Shouldn’t the next generation of young people have a taste of it? idea……

Fortunately, we are still in the Han Dynasty.

"Heaven and Earth Lord, Father and Master", or in other words, "Heaven and Earth Lord, Father and Master" has not been around for too long, and has not yet grown into an unshakable behemoth...

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in "Guoyu", the elaboration and concepts of "jun", "kin" and "teacher" first appeared. Later Xunzi added "heaven" and "earth" and added "heaven" and "earth" to The five "Heaven, Earth, Lord, Prince, Teacher" were elaborated and officially appeared in the "Taiping Jing" of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then continued for thousands of years.

Perhaps many people have not noticed that sentence reading is a very important link in the Chinese "Heaven and Earth, Lord, Prince, Teacher", and it is also a very important authority for the master to control the right to speak. Without the teaching of the master, even if you can learn to read by yourself, you will not be able to read. I can’t finish sentences and I can’t understand the article!

To break the prophecy, you also need to read it clearly.

As the horse was riding freely, Fei Qian suddenly saw that the mansion in front of him seemed familiar. When he looked up, he saw two big words "Cai Mansion" written on the plaque on the front door of the mansion...

Hey, how did you get here?

Fei Qian looked at the closed door of Cai Mansion, scratched his head, swung his saddle and dismounted, raised his head slightly, "Go, let me know, and say that so-and-so is here..."

The guards around him took the order and quickly stepped forward to knock on the door.

Fei Qian suddenly felt a little guilty. Although he returned to Chang'an, he almost immediately fell into the endless government affairs, especially the Qinglong Temple lecture during this period, which occupied most of Fei Qian's energy. Forgot Cai Yan...

well!

Just when he was feeling a little emotional, Fei Qian suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He looked around and saw nothing special except for the pedestrians passing by in the distance.

After a while, the guard came back with an indescribable expression, and said: "Qi... Qi, Lord Cai, Dr. Cai said it is inconvenient to meet..."

Feiqian(⊙□⊙)? Why is this so fat?

Huang Xu quickly turned his head to the side, saying that he heard nothing and knew nothing.

Fei Qian touched the back of his neck, coughed, and said, "If you go again, just say you have something serious to do!"

The guard responded, then ran back with lowered eyebrows and eyes. The cowhide boots stepped on the stone steps and made a "puff" sound. Fei Qian couldn't help but shake the cloak on his body and coughed again...

When Fei Qian sent someone to report, Cai Yan was painting.

If we judge it by the standards of later generations, Cai Yan is basically the kind of complete homebody who can stay home for ten days and a half as long as she has a book to read. So Fei Qian didn't show up during this period, and Cai Yan didn't think anything of it. He read books, drew some pictures, played the piano, and the years were quiet.

So when she suddenly heard that Fei Qian was coming, Cai Yan's first reaction was not joy, but shock. She subconsciously refused to meet him, just like a homegirl who always prefers to go out no matter what the reason is. Some resistance is the same.

It wasn't until Fei Qian asked someone to send a message for the second time that Cai Yan came to his senses. Then he heard that there was something "serious" and he suddenly felt his face getting slightly hot...

(????) "Then... then please come in..."

Suddenly he lowered his head and saw that he was dressed in casual clothes, with disheveled hair, and his hands were stained with some ink paint. Cai Yan was immediately startled, "Wait a minute... No, you can't come in... No, Feng Shu! Follow me quickly. I’m going to change!”

Feng Shu also reacted and quickly helped hold up Cai Yan's skirt and ran into the backyard in a hurry.

"call……"

Fei Qian looked at the lintel above the gate of the mansion, slightly lost in thought. This was assigned to Cai Yong when he was in Chang'an. Although it was not big, it was still exquisite. He visited it several times that year.

And now...

After opening the door, the old housekeeper of the Cai Mansion quickly lay down on the ground to apologize to Fei Qian. Although he obeyed Cai Yan's order and could not open the door, he was still disobeying the wishes of the Hussar General. His guilt could be large or small.

Fei Qian stepped forward, helped him up, and asked, "No need to be polite, old housekeeper, where is Dr. Cai?"

The old housekeeper smiled and said: "I am painting in the courtyard...waiting for the old man to lead the way for the general..."

Entering the front yard, passing the study room, walking slowly through the two curved corridors, and then passing a small bamboo forest, on the side of the bamboo forest, I saw the corner of the Hexagonal Pavilion.

Fei Qian's heart suddenly jumped.

Everything in front of me seems to overlap with a certain scene in my memory. However, although the current single-story hexagonal pavilion still looks like a painted pillar with carved beams and high corners, the colors on the red tiles are a bit dull. Colorful, with little change in form, the colors are a little less bright and a little more aged.

Cai Yan was not in the pavilion.

The old housekeeper was a little flustered. Fortunately, the maid next to him said she was going to change clothes, so she exhaled. Then she felt rude and wanted to apologize to Fei Qian...

Fei Qian said it was okay and didn't care too much. After all, he came suddenly. If Cai Yan followed the etiquette among noble clans, it wouldn't be a big mistake if Cai Yan turned him away.

On the table placed in the pavilion, a piece of half-drawn paper was weighted with jade. Next to the drawing paper, there was an inkstone carved into the shape of a flying bird, with several tail feathers separated. Ink pool. In addition to ink, there seems to be some cinnabar and indigo in the ink pool.

Next to the inkstone there is a pen holder and a water urn. Several wolf-hair, rabbit-hair, and rat-hair pens are either in the pen holder or immersed in the water urn. It must be because Cai Yan was halfway through the painting when he heard Fei Qian coming and hurriedly ran to change clothes without cleaning up. Just throw it here.

What did Cai Yan draw?

Fei Qian came closer with interest.

At this stage, due to the large supply of bamboo in Sichuan and Sichuan, paper production has also increased a lot. Painting projects that were originally performed on silk can also be transferred to paper, but due to changes in materials For some reasons, some inks and pigments are not very compatible, and it may take a while before a variety of pigments suitable for paper will appear.

For example, the cinnabar and indigo that Cai Yan is using now are good when used on silk, but when used on paper, on the one hand, the paint is too thick, and on the other hand, the paper is more permeable, so it looks a bit weird, but not very good. nice.

Is this...

It looks like some cavalry?

The color of this horse seems a bit like his own green horse.

If it comes to writing, Fei Qian still has two or three skills, but if it comes to painting...

Most of the paintings in the Han Dynasty pursued the pursuit of both gods and forms, and if I had to choose between gods and forms, I would still prefer "gods" with a slightly exaggerated approach, just like these cavalrymen painted by Cai Yan. Those horses, if there really are such horses, they have such a fat belly and such short and thin legs, let alone running, I am afraid it will be difficult to walk...

Well, art, that’s understandable.

Looking at this painting, are these cavalry going out to fight, or are they preparing for an outing? The flag is raised so high, and such a big flag is used. Are you afraid that the wind will blow the flag off? Even if the flag didn't blow down, if I carried it hard, my hand would probably be dislocated...

When the cavalry charges, because the horses are so fast, if the wind is strong, they cannot hold up the big flag at all. They basically replace it with a smaller cavalry flag, and even only rely on the small identification flag behind the cavalry to identify and command.

Fei Qian blinked and pinched his beard.

Well, art is understandable...

Fei Qian twisted his left side and looked at his right side. After waiting for a long time, he felt that Cai Yan's paintings seemed to be like this, so could he try painting them twice?

How about adding two little birds on top of these cavalry?

Forget it, I just drew birds on these fat-bellied horses. Fei Qian felt that he couldn't draw the elegant and agile feeling of birds. At most, he could draw a few embarrassing fat crows.

Why don't you add a few strokes and draw some flowers and plants to make it more interesting?

Or put a few dots on the side of the horseshoe and write something about "horseshoe fragrant"? It doesn’t seem to go well with the cavalry...

Just when Fei Qian was about to pick up his pen and show off his pitiful painting talent, he suddenly heard some soft sounds coming from the corridor...

A figure came in full, her hair was like clouds, tied up high, and her black hair playfully hung down, sliding down the side of her face and falling on her chest, jumping with joy as she walked. Wearing a light green tunic with a pattern, the color is light and elegant. Only the red and green embellishments on the side of the slender waist make the whole figure more elegant.

It seemed that the Hexagonal Pavilion, which was originally a bit dim, suddenly became brighter.

"you……"

Then the two people looked at each other and said almost at the same time, "I..."

"Pfft..." Cai Yan smiled, bowed his head slightly and curtsied, "I've seen the general..."

Fei Qian frowned slightly. This title seemed to bring out some resentment...

When Cai Yan raised his head, he saw Fei Qian staring at him intently. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. The tips of his thin ears turned red. His eyes moved and he changed the topic: "General, is he also going to paint?"

"Ah, ah?" Fei Qian then realized that he was holding the pen in mid-air, neither up nor down, feeling a little embarrassed.

After pondering for a moment, Fei Qian laughed twice, put the pen back, and said, "Forget it, I won't show off my embarrassment..."

Cai Yan covered his mouth and smiled, his eyes swept across the table, and then he glanced at Fei Qian quickly as if he had been burned, brushed a few stray strands of black hair behind his ears, turned around and ordered: "I also drew them at random... I'll accept the book and collect them all..."

"What...ahem, the painting is very good, very good..." Fei Qian's mind was a little short-circuited for a moment, and he didn't know what to say, so he complimented casually.

But Fei Qian's compliment did not open up the topic. For some reason, it made Cai Yan lower his head, his small and delicate ears turning redder, and trembling slightly in the wind.

Um?

What did I say wrong?

Didn't I say anything?

Do you want to say that the painting is not very good?

Fei Qian was confused for a moment, and the situation was a bit awkward. When Feng Shu and others removed the paintings and put up tea stoves, incense burners and other things, Cai Yan seemed to be feeling better.

Fei Qian saw the fallen leaves piled up in the bamboo forest nearby, and it seemed that they were not being swept. He frowned and said, "Why aren't these fallen leaves being swept away? Is it because there are not enough manpower?"

Cai Yan took a look and whispered: "No, I asked someone to keep it..."

There was another moment of embarrassment.

"Hi!" Fei Qian decided not to ramble and let's get down to business, so he said bluntly, "Have you heard anything about the big talk at Qinglong Temple these days?"

Cai Yan was stunned, raised his head, looked at Fei Qian, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Could it be...could this be the reason why you came to me?"

"Uh..." Fei Qian looked at Cai Yan's shining eyes and suddenly realized what he was doing. He quickly glared to remedy the situation, "Of course not! I came... because I missed you..."

Cai Yan's eyes moved, he tilted his head slightly and said softly: "Let's talk about Qinglong Temple..."

this……

Well, as long as you're happy.

Fei Qian coughed twice and continued: "In a few days, I wonder... if you... can..."

Cai Yan lowered his head lower and lower.

"Lecture on Sentence Reading at Qinglong Temple..."

(??v?v??) Cai Yan raised his head and stared at Fei Qian with bright eyes.

Feiqian(◎_◎;)?