Return to the Song Dynasty

"Brother Huang, what kind of dishes did you cook in the recipe you gave the teacher last time? I think..." Looking at the cat and the person who were drooling.Zhao Bi was completely speechless. Ever since Zhao Ji saw that he wrote a lot of recipes he had never seen before in his letter to the teacher last time, he started to try hard and insisted on trying them.

Of course, the big black cat is indispensable for eating this kind of thing. That guy is very clever, as if he can understand human words. (Black cat language: I can understand it.)

"Just thinking about it casually, who do you want me to find to do it for you in the palace? You don't want me to be found out, do you?" Zhao Yu replied helplessly.

"Huh", "Meow~" One person and one cat turned their heads at the same time, and their movements were uniform.There were expressions of disdain and contempt on the two faces at the same time. If you want to ask Zhao Bi how to see this expression from a cat's face, Zhao Bi said that he just saw it.

"The Empress Dowager has arrived~The Empress Dowager has arrived~" The eunuch's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Chicken, quickly put away the words on the table, and I'll put these on the coffee table." Zhao Bi and Zhao Ji hurriedly cleaned up.

These characters are Huang Tingjian's cursive script "Zhushangzuotie" written by Zhao Bilin. Zhao Bi is actually not a person who likes calligraphy. He always thinks that as long as he can read and write, it is enough. The handwriting should be neat and legible.But ever since I saw Huang Tingjian's cursive script once, and saw the free and easy and unrestrained lines between the lines, Zhao Bi was deeply fascinated.

Being in the deep palace for a long time, being unrestrained is what Zhao Bi has dreamed of for more than six years. Although the 30 years in the modern society have already become a blurred fragment, the feeling of freedom is deeply imprinted in Zhao Bi's heart. Deep down.

Helpless, I can only write my emotions in this way, which is also a kind of sadness.Although Zhao Bi's cursive script mainly imitates Huang Tingjian's calligraphy, he has also formed his own unique style. His free and easy style is beyond this era, and his brushwork is bolder and more coherent.

The letter Zhao Bi wrote to Su Shi used this kind of cursive script, and he didn't dare to write to Su Shi with his original handwriting.That's purely looking for death, how could Su Shi not know the characters of His Highness Nine?What's more, he taught it by himself.

In fact, only lovers like Zhao Ji and Li Lin know that Zhao Bi can write this kind of cursive script. It is an exaggeration to say that seeing characters is like seeing people, but handwriting can indeed reflect some characteristics of a person, so it is better to be careful.

"Grandmother Wan'an, Queen Mother Wan'an." Zhao Bi and Zhao Ji greeted the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager at the door.

"Get up, get up, and see what good things I brought you today." The Empress Dowager knew that Zhao Ji and Zhao Bi were on good terms, so she always came to Liuyunxuan.I was a little worried at first, but after seeing that the two children were indeed having a good time, I was relieved.

The children are all their grandchildren, so it would be great if they all play together well.The empress dowager is getting old, and now she especially likes the feeling of her children and grandchildren around her knees.So I especially like Zhao Bi and Zhao Ji who are not afraid of people.

Zhao Bi and Zhao Ji also often make some small things, or tell a little joke to make the Empress Dowager happy.The empress dowager also often came to sit with the empress dowager, and she became acquainted with Zhao Bi and Zhao Ji a lot. Compared with other princes, Zhao Bi and Zhao Ji were also very good in the empress dowager's heart.

"Come on, come and have a look. This is the Hetian jade that was newly tributed this year. Your mother made a jade pendant for each of you children, and engraved your name on it. Although this year's jade is big It's a bit smaller, but the quality is good, and it's all moist, so you little fellows can take advantage of it." The empress dowager ordered Wenhui and Wenxiu to bring the jade pendant, and at the same time called Zhao Bi and Zhao Ji to come and have a look .

"Look, this one belongs to Ji'er, this one belongs to Ji'er, do you like it?" The Empress Dowager asked pointing to two jade pendants.

"I like it, I like it so much, thanks to the emperor's grandmother and queen mother." Zhao Bi's eyes were straightened when he saw the jade pendant, it was a high-quality suet jade.I have seen a lot of good things in the palace these years, but Zhao Bi still can't change the habit of being a money fan.

Zhao Ji was not as good-for-nothing as Zhao Bi, and thanked the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager with a smile.Looking carefully at the jade in his hand, the palm-sized jade pendant has the character "吉" engraved in seal script on the front, which is ancient and fragrant, but when it is turned over, the back is blank.Going over to see Zhao Bi's is the same, only one side has the word "佖", and the other side is also blank.

"Don't look, it's all like this. Aijia only asked the craftsmen to engrave your names. As for the pattern on the back, you can tell the craftsmen what you want to engrave, so that everyone is the same. How boring. Well." Seeing Zhao Ji's actions, the Empress Dowager smiled and said, "It's just a beautiful pattern to be engraved, don't engrave it ugly, you will be laughed at."

The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager returned to the palace after sitting for a while, leaving behind a pair of little brothers who were racking their brains to figure out what to engrave on their jade pendants.

"Chicken, I think you don't have to think about it, just carve a chicken on it and it won't be long. Lucky stars are shining, hahahaha."

"Brother Huang, don't go too far, the teacher's reply letter to you is still here, hehe."

"Why didn't you say it earlier, the letter? Give it to me quickly."

"If you don't mention the chick anymore, I'll give it to you."

"Use this trick every time, forget it, let's talk about what to engrave. How about I engrave a turtle? Longevity."

"Are you trying to scold yourself, or our whole family?"

"Forget it then, what should we engrave?"

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Later, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager asked the brothers to take out their jade pendants to have a look.Needless to say, Zhao Xu's engravings are five-clawed golden dragons, and Zhao Yu and Zhao Si's engravings are all bats, unicorns and the like.

Zhao Ji engraved the Bamboo Announcement of Ping An. Both the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager laughed at him for pretending to be old-fashioned, and engraved such an old-fashioned pattern.But that clump of pruning bamboos is tall and strong, I wish for peace, and also hope that there will be no death...

Seeing Zhao Bi's jade pendant, both the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager couldn't help laughing.It turned out that Zhao Bi actually carved a big peach on the jade pendant. The peach was carved very vividly, as plump and plump as if it could squeeze water out of one bite.

"My son, if people want to carve peaches, they always carve patterns of good luck and longevity. Why do you carve a huge peach all over the place? Do you want to eat it?" The Empress Dowager joked.

"Grandmother, the grandson is here to pray for longevity for you and the queen mother. Look at how big this birthday peach is. Why are you still laughing at the grandson?" Zhao Bi squinted his mouth, blinked his big eyes, and had a flushed little face , little boy, extremely cute.

"Okay, okay, I'm not kidding you, haha, when Taozi comes down, I'll give you more, hahaha..."

The corner of Zhao Ji's mouth twitched as he stood at the side. He didn't believe that the peach carved by the emperor was asking for longevity. Oh, you asked for longevity for others, but you hung the jade pendant on yourself?He also asked Zhao Bi why he wanted to carve peaches, but Zhao Bi just laughed and didn't answer.

'Peach, peach, peach, run away... brother emperor, do you want to run away?But where can you escape to? Zhao Ji looked at Zhao Bi who continued to pretend to be good, but said nothing.

Su Shi lived a very carefree life during this period. Every day he went to visit the Zhaijiao to teach students, read books at home, raised flowers, and studied food.However, when someone mentioned yesterday that his good friend Zhang Dun was demoted to another county, Su Shi couldn't help worrying about his situation.

(Zhang Dun, Zihou, in the second year of Song Shenzong Xining, Wang Anshi Bingzheng, appreciated Zhang Dun's talent, and used it as an officer to compile the third division regulations and assist in the implementation of new laws. Later, he served as the imperial court and county officials. Zhe Zong Zhaoxu Ascended the throne, moved Zhang Dun to know the affairs of the Privy Council. At that time, Empress Dowager Xuanren came to the court, using Sima Guang and Lu Gong to rule in power, and tried to stop the new law. Zhang Dun fought hard, so he was deposed from other counties. ——Excerpt from 360 Encyclopedia Zhang Dun’s biography)

Although Zhang Dun has different political views from himself and had disputes, after all, his friendship is unusual. Now that he is demoted outside, Zhang Dun's proud personality will be hit hard.Thinking of the friendship in the past, Su Shi felt more and more that he should persuade him to do his best as a friend.

So Su Shi also learned from Zhao Bi and wrote a letter to Zhang Dun.The letter didn't mention current events, nor asked about Zhang Dun's current situation, but just talked about poetry with Zhang Dun, just like in the past.Su Shi even copied a few poems of his friends with great interest, and asked Zhang Dun to comment together.

Zhang Dun was really surprised when he received the first letter from Su Shi.Although I and Su Shi are old friends, they have different political views, and they are both arrogant people. When the old and new parties fought, the relationship between the two went to a freezing point, and they both refused to bow their heads.As a result, when Su Shi was demoted, he never spoke for him.

The so-called icing on the cake is easy, but giving charcoal in the snow is difficult.Now that I am being demoted, there are those who fall into trouble, and those who are like strangers, and those who take the initiative to write letters to themselves are really the first ones.

Zhang Dun spread out the letter paper carefully, and the familiar notes came into view.I thought that even if Su Shi, a stubborn donkey, did not forget the friendship of the past and wrote to himself, he would have to sarcasm himself.Thinking about it now that Su Shi has already returned to Beijing, it is really a turn of events.

Unexpectedly, Su Shi didn't mention these words, and didn't even ask about his current situation, but only attached a few poems to invite himself to comment.Zhang Dun looked at the several poems attached to the letter. It can be said that the styles are very different, some are even in vernacular and do not rhyme. "Winter is coming, can spring be far behind?" Is this also poetry?I really don't know where Su Shi met this little friend, a weird elf, very interesting.

'But who says it's not, winter is coming, can spring be far behind? Looking at the melting snow outside the window, Zhang Dun tightened the letter paper in his hand.

So back and forth, winter and spring, the two stubborn donkeys (this statement comes from Mrs. Zhang Yurou Zhang Dun) finally regained their old friendship and became close pen pals.

Zhang Dun also often received novel arguments from Su Shi's friends through Su Shi.

Once Su Shi couldn't help discussing the pros and cons of the reform with his little friend. He said that the late Prime Minister Sima Guang advocated inheriting the law of the ancestors and opposed the new law.Xiaoyou wrote back and said that in fact, you don't know Sima Guang. Prime Minister Sima really advocates destroying the old and creating the new.

Seeing this, Su Shi was stunned. Sima Xiang was famous for adhering to the laws of his ancestors. How could he destroy the old and establish the new?But seeing the following line, Su Shi couldn't help clapping his legs for joy.

"Wonderful, wonderful! Hahahaha!"

Su Shi's hearty laughter startled Su Zhe who had just entered the door, "What made the eldest brother so happy? Let my younger brother and I be happy together." Then he moved to Su Shi's side.

"Look, look at this sentence, it's ridiculous to hurt me." Su Zhe looked over and saw the paper written, "Sima Guang smashed the tank, he smashed the old tank, it's not like breaking the old and creating a new one." .In fact, Sima Xiang also knows that if the tank is not broken, his playmate will drown. If it is broken, it will not stand. Isn’t this the same thing as the new law and the old law? Sima Xiang knew this truth when he was a child Well, the teacher said yes or no?"

"Well, who wrote this, this is really... um..." Su Zhe wanted to be happy but felt that it was inappropriate to laugh at Xiang Sima. After struggling several times, his shoulders twitched, and his face also twitched strangely.

"You can be happy as long as you want, but you still feel aggrieved like this at home?" Su Shi hated Su Zhe's cautiousness the most.Although the two brothers of the Su family are quite talented, their personalities are indeed completely different.Su Shi was bold and unruly, but Su Zhe was diligent and low-key.

The author has something to say:

In history, Su Shi and Zhang Dun were indeed friends when they were young. Su Shi and Zhang Dun were one year old, and the two traveled together.

According to Song Zeng's "Gao Zhai Man Lu", Su and Zhang Youxian traveled to the pool, "there is a cliff next to the cliff, the bank is very narrow, and a bridge is built across the wood. Zi Hou pushed his eyes across the wall of the pool, but Zi Zhan dared not pass. Hou passed by at a flat pace, using cables to guide him up and down, without moving his face, and wrote on the stone wall in a large lacquer ink writing, "Zhang Dun and Su Shi are here to swim." Zi Zhan scratched his back and said, "Zi Hou must be able to kill people. " Zi Hou said: "Why? Zi Zhan said: "Those who can fight for their lives can also kill." " Zi Hou laughed.