Chapter Thirty-Seven Ziyong
Wen Chou and Yan Liang came to Wen Yu's house. The servant sang a promise and reported to Wen Yu.
At the end of the day, Wenba trotted out and shouted excitedly: "Brother, Brother Yan Liang, why are you here?" However, Wenba's injuries were getting better and he couldn't help himself. He was working hard in the yard. Seeing the servant running all the way to Wenyu's residence, he stopped him. When he asked, he learned that it was Wen Chou, Yan Liang came and ran out to greet him excitedly.
"Brother Ba, I've been cured recently. How's your injury?" Wen Chou asked with concern.
"It's almost done, look!" "Bang bang!" Wenba said while thrusting his chest twice.
"You..." Wen Chou hadn't finished speaking yet.
"Let's go, let's go through two moves!" Yan Liang yelled carelessly.
"Peng Ji, have you forgotten the purpose of waiting here? You are not here to compete with Brother Ba!" Wen Chou said solemnly and grimly.
"I understand, brother, aren't it just here to visit Mr. Wen Yu?" Yan Liang said unhappily. Then he rubbed his hands excitedly and said to Wen Ba: "After a while, we will gesture again!"
"Brother, are you here to visit my father?" Wenba asked. But where did Wenba talk about Wenchou? Yan Liang ran out at the door and didn't hear the following words. So he asked this question
"Yes, can the family master be at home?" Wen Chou replied accurately.
"Since that's the case, why are you still standing at this door? Let's go and go in!" Wenba heard this, and then stepped forward and pulled Wen Chou and Yan Liang's sleeves and walked into the yard.
Without waiting for the literary tyrant to pull him, Yan Liang had already stepped forward and took a step, leaning against the literary tyrant's shoulder and said, "It should be like this! It should be like this!"
Wen Chou saw Yan Liang and Wen Ba and the other two, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking: "After all, they are still young. Although they suddenly saw that they were all Ang Zang, they were actually very immature inside! If Wen Chou did not come here through time and had an adult soul, I think it would be the same as them." Wen Chou smiled bitterly again and let Wen Ba pull him to the back hall.
When the servant got his life outside Wen Yu's room and came to invite Wen Chou and Yan Liang and the other two entered the hall, they saw Wen Chou, Yan Liang and Wen Ba on the way, and they had already come. After telling them a situation, Gong Jin retreated!
"Brother Ba, Gong Ji, can't you walk well?" Wen Chou finally couldn't stand this state and spoke. He pulled his sleeve off Wen Ba's hand.
"Brother..." Wenba was still about to say.
"Today we are here to visit the family master, so we must not lose our etiquette!" Wen Chou said in a deep voice. He tidied up his clothes again and said, "You must not let the servants laugh at me!"
"I know, brother." Wenba said unhappy when he heard this. After all, he had never considered this at home. This is what happened! His father was born in his old age and was very spoiled by him. Everything was followed by him. Therefore, no one in the family could take care of him, but he obeyed Wen Chou. Perhaps he was afraid of Wen Chou when he was a child, and then he turned from fear to respect, which led to the situation today.
As a result, the three of them respectfully came to the door of the back hall and sang the name before entering.
There were not many prosperous decorations in the hall, with a few table couches, mats, and some artful literati calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and nothing else. Wen Yu sat upright behind a table couch with four or five volumes of bamboo slips under the window in the hall, looking at the bamboo slips in the sun. Seeing Wen Chou and others coming in, they looked up and put down the bamboo slips.
Wenba entered the hall and turned from the right to behind Wen Yu.
Wen Chou and Yan Liang came from the left to the desk where Wen Yu was, standing with his hands down.
"Ba'er, bring the case for your two brothers." Seeing this, Wen Yu turned around to Wen Badao.
"Is it because my uncle is so elegant?" Wen Chou asked with a smile.
"Haha, there is no elegance. I just have nothing to do when I am old, just imitate the ancients and read books!" Wen Yu laughed loudly.
"Brother, Brother Yan Liang, sit down." Wenba brought the desk and spread it out. He said to Wen Chou, Yan Liang.
"Two nephews, I took the time to visit me in my busy schedule. What's the matter?" Wen Yu smiled at Wen Chou, and Yan Liang said.
"No, I'm here to thank my uncle!" Wen Chou said that, and took out a brocade box from his sleeve and placed it on Wen Yu's bed.
I saw that the brocade box was one foot square, wrapped in red exquisite brocade, with two dragons embroidered on it, with fangs baring their mouths and fangs, and lying horizontally!
"Thank you for me, why do you thank me? What is this?" Wen Yu pointed to the brocade box and said.
"For the past three years, my uncle has adhered to the Wen family, which has made the Wen family flourish." Wen Chou said with a smile. He also said: "This is a jade wall carved from beautiful jade in the Western Regions. It was purchased by a few days ago from vendors in the Western Regions of Jizhou for many years."
"Oh, the jade from the Western Regions?" Wen Yu couldn't help but his eyes shone, and he was very interested when he heard this!
"I heard recently that my uncle likes to collect jade and antiques, calligraphy and paintings of literati, so I came here to honor you! I just don't know whether it is true or false, so I asked my uncle to identify it." Wen Chou looked at Wen Yuyan who was a little excited and opened the brocade box and pushed it towards him.
When the brocade box is opened, there is an exquisite bracket inside, and a crystal clear jade is placed on it. Its color is round, the jade is warm and delicate, and its shape is majestic and lively. Its shape seems to be symmetrical on the left and right, but when it is carefully examined, the dragon patterns and the dragon patterns are different. They are stretched in moderation and twisted and powerful. It not only gives the jade a strong sense of agility, but also has no imbalance. It is a double dragon wall! It is a rare and good jade wall!
The Han Dynasty jade wares were rich and colorful, with magnificent shapes, and the patterns were lively and sporty. First of all, it was thanks to the further improvement of jade control tools. Based on the Warring States jade control technology, the use of iron tools was more mature and handy. The craftsmen skillfully used various techniques such as high relief, bas relief, multiple carvings, round carvings, line engravings, borings, live rings, inlays, etc., which can be said to be the best of carving and creating a large number of exquisite jade wares.
Furthermore, the social politics and political stability during the Han Dynasty were relatively stable and the ideological environment was loose. Huang Lao was inaction, Confucianism valued jade, Taoist concept of immortality, anti-evil and victory, as well as the prophecies and divination of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yin and Yang and Five Elements, etc., all had an impact on the creation of jade art. However, what is rare is that there is no restriction on the innovation of jade art. When craftsmen carved jade, they were less bound by forms and patterns, and they fully exerted their imagination and creativity. Therefore, a large number of classic works appeared in the Han Dynasty, and reached an unprecedented peak in patterns and molding art. Therefore, many of the most popular jade artifacts carved with dragon patterns and phoenix patterns.
Wen Yu looked at it and knew it was rare! He held up the brocade box with his hand and carefully watched it and praised: "Its color is round and milky white, like a slim and white, as if it is full of autumn water, its quality is delicate and gentle, as if it is a gentleman's virtue. Good jade! Good jade!"
"Is that true?" Wen Chou asked.
"Really, really...you want to give it to me?" Wen Yu took out the jade wall from the brocade box and kept playing with it, saying.
"That's right, I wonder if my uncle is satisfied?" Wen Chou Gongjin replied.
"Haha, satisfied, satisfied!" Wen Yu laughed loudly, and the more he looked at Wen Chou, he became more and more pleasing to him. How could he not be satisfied? This was the time when Confucianism in the Han Dynasty was laid down. Confucianism most praised jade virtue, thinking that it was a gentleman's weapon. However, ordinary people in Guizhou were rarely seen, let alone having such an exquisite jade wall.
Confucian jade virtues were finally realized after Liu Che, the Emperor Wu of Han, proposed "respecting Confucianism alone", and officially established his dominance. "A gentleman compares virtue to jade", "a gentleman does not lose his body without reason", and the final refinement of the five virtues of jade "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and purity" made the functions of jadeware in the Han Dynasty more and more. Love jade and wearing jade became the fashion of the aristocratic class in society. From ritual instruments to embellishments, daily necessities, funeral jade, and even gifts given to each other are jadeware.
However, at this time, the use of jade was limited to kings and nobles, and its value was very high. Therefore, after the "Heshi Bi" in the Warring States Period, which could be exchanged for fifteen cities was changed to the imperial seal by Qin Shihuang, it was still a symbol of state power in the late Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, and became a thing that all princes wanted to compete for. This strong hierarchy made it impossible for ordinary people to use jade casually.
"Just be satisfied," Wen Chou thought to himself: "I originally wanted to keep this jade wall for the future, and give gifts to the Shangguan in the head, so I can leave a good impression. If I am not satisfied, I can't do anything about it."
"Jade virtue, jade virtue, a gentleman's weapon." Wen Yu was still looking at the jade wall and sighed endlessly.
"Cough!" Wen Chou coughed lightly and said to Wen Yu who was watching Yubi: "Uncle, do you have a saying that you should say or not?"
"Oh, what are you talking about, let's hear it." Wen Yu put Yubi back into Jinbo with a little embarrassed look.
"I have heard of it when I come in. There are many cases in it that relying on the name of Wen, taking advantage of the refugees to invest in the country, and buying and selling slaves and land. I wonder if my uncle has heard of it?" Wen Chou asked tentatively.
"Oh, if it is true, it would be contrary to my Wen family's moral character!" Wen Yu frowned. Since his settlement, Wen family has adhered to the ethics of not disturbing the people and benefiting the people, and is believed to be supported by the villagers.
"I have the same idea. I can see if you can come forward to discipline me?" Wen Chou Gongjin said.
"Well, this matter is indeed prohibited." Wen Yu pondered for a moment and said again: "Now, you are the leader of the clan, so you can make drastic remediation! I will let Ba'er follow you!"
"Thank you for your support." Wen Chou said with a gaze. This is Wen Yu's intention to support Wen Chou, and it is also an attitude to let Wen Chou follow Wen Chou.
"Now, I am the leader of the clan and also the orderly ones. Can I have the words?" Wen Yu suddenly remembered to ask.
"Uncle Xie is concerned about it. My father was granted the name Zixiao when he was dying."
"Your son is filial, your son is filial, okay, your eldest brother is wise!" Wen Yu whispered a few times and sighed. Then he turned around and said seriously to Wenba: "In the future, you should follow your brother and help him take charge of the countryside. Now I will give you a word for your courage. Remember not to lose your reputation as the Wen family!"
"Jin respects the order of his father!" Wenba could always follow Wen Chou's side after hearing this, and was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down and said loudly.
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In this way, the four of them talked for a while, Wen Chou, and Yan Liang stood up to say goodbye.
Wen Yu looked at Wen Chou who was gradually moving away, Yan Liang and the excited Wen Ba sighed, thinking: "Wen Chou was the priest of the village at such an age. He was still not arrogant or impatient, had a basis for advance and retreat, mature and steady, and would become a great player in the future! Letting Ba'er follow him is also a good future for Ba'er! I hope I read it right."
Chapter completed!