There is a lot of sand in front of my eyes for no reason, and empty dreams always make the wanderer confused.
When Xun Yuantuo escaped from one empty dream after another, it was already three o'clock in the morning outside, and the sound of water splashing by handymen outside the street could be heard, but it was very abrupt, as if a person was awake, but his thoughts were threatening his soul and he still stopped in the dream. Inside, when I woke up, I still didn't feel any relief, but I felt heart-wrenching. After getting up, I coughed several times. It took a long time to stabilize my mind and break free from the endless dream.
It has been a while since I entered the capital. During this period, the saint invited Xun Yuantuo to enter the palace several times. In addition to discussing whether he could get a few articles recently, he also chatted about the recent changes in Na'an's literary world. Although it is summer, everything is blooming wantonly. At this time, there are still two old literati who lived from the previous dynasty to the present. After all, they could not survive their illness. They passed away not long ago. They only left a few articles that were famous for a while. Even to this day, they are still talking about it. According to legend.
When this matter was mentioned, even the saint shook his head repeatedly, but he had no choice but to say that things in the world are impermanent.
But other than that, the emperor of Shang Qi always kept silent about the big and small things that Xun Yuantuo did in Sutai County. Even if Mr. Xun mentioned it in a vague way several times, he seemed to have never heard the words at all. The meaning in the poem is that he only talks about literary and ink matters, or is very happy to unfold his newly acquired calligraphy and painting, and invites Xun Yuantuo to watch and comment on it. He does not have much of an emperor's attitude, but rather like a man who is obsessed with poetry, calligraphy and painting. The literati who printed the seal aroused Xun Yuantuo's suspicion. Fortunately, in the early years, my husband taught me what it means to be happy and sad without expressing it, and what a city is. After being trained in Sutai County, Xun Yuantuo never asked him directly from beginning to end. Instead, he was extremely patient and asked every question. When entering the palace, the rules are extremely strict. Not to mention the etiquette of bathing and changing clothes, even the minor and indispensable behavioral rules in the court are quite sufficient. When accompanying the emperor, they do not mention political affairs at all, only talk about things. Guan Wenmo's words made the emperor happy every time.
After all, even though he was favored by the Holy Emperor and the Emperor, after all, he is now a minister, and he is a humble official. Many seemingly dispensable rules must be fulfilled. Even if the Emperor is kind, he must not be arrogant in the slightest. Suspicion.
In addition, after returning to the capital for a long time, Xun Yuantuo had never heard from Mr. Zhou, let alone received any letters. Even Xun Yuantuo could not figure out how busy his master was, so that he was clearly already dead. I sent the letter to Qiliang Academy, but there was no reply. It was like a mud cow drowning in the sea. It was hard to wait for the news. According to Xun Yuantuo's guess, based on Zhou Kefa's skills, it was probably because he had never been tricked, but because he had important things to do and he didn't have time to spare. He thought he would be in trouble, but he was not tired of dealing with it, and he felt relieved for the moment. , waiting for a reply.
"Brother Xun is afraid that he has overworked himself in the past few days. He has been very troubled and troubled. He is probably tired and tired, so he slept until this hour. After I woke up, I was very tiptoeing, not daring to disturb Brother Xun's dream."
Next to him, Li Kuang had already changed into satin-smooth clothes. He just wanted to freshen up. He had a hairpin inserted crookedly on the back of his head. Seeing that Xun Yuantuo was still thinking with his eyebrows lowered, he rarely thought of teasing and teasing. He came forward and whispered, "The Li family has a lazy horse. The other horses wake up very early, but this horse takes a long time to wake up and has a very bad temper. That horse has long pointed ears and small hooves." It is strong and has a strange cry, and now it seems that it is really similar to my brother."
When Xun Yuantuo came back to his senses, he almost cursed, but then he thought about the word "extremely bad temper" and forced himself to endure it. He glared at Li Situation who had a bad temper and shook his head helplessly. Dao Lai said, "Although I have entered the capital and been given this house, I still don't have much gold and silver in my family. The salary of a humble official is really low. Now my family has only four walls and cannot afford to support the big Buddha. Since Brother Li is so capable, You might as well go out on your own to earn some money for food and clothing. I think with your talent in calligraphy and painting, you can always have enough to eat."
Li Kuang's color immediately changed again and again. He remembered that when he went out to the capital, he was still a wealthy man wearing gold and jade, and the parcels were all full of money. However, he did not expect that the thief was a skilled craftsman. In addition to his clothes, he was also wearing jade and parcels. After everything was plundered, only the scattered silver coins left, which were enough loess after eating for many days, were worthy of seeing Xun Yuantuo who had returned from Sutai County, not to mention that most of the broken silver was picked up for others. The girl who came here bought food, food and clothes. If she had met Mr. Xun a few days later, she would probably have starved to death on the road.
The Li family is not as good as the Xun family, but little Li Kuang has never suffered the hardship of having no money in his waist. After this incident, he was naturally very frightened. Now when he heard Xun Yuantuo's words, he was frightened. He hurriedly approached Mr. Xun with a sneer, bowed and apologized, saying that he was a villain who knew he was speechless. Now that he thought about it, he was more like that weird horse, doing nothing all day long, regardless of his talent, family background, or even his face. This is inferior to Brother Xun. Please show me your noble hand and don't drive me out of this place.
The two had known each other since childhood, and Li Kuang was envious of Xun Yuantuo's almost demonic talent. Although he was also smart, he was still inferior to the Xun family master who had a photographic memory of reading and could read and write clear and wonderful articles with ease. After a while, he was still dissatisfied, so he often went to Xun's house to compete on essays, ranging from comparing famous ancient poems and essays in his heart to fighting verbally. Unfortunately, he always lost miserably, no matter what. Whether it is writing an essay or reciting a famous article with tens of thousands of partial words, it is always difficult to win. Li Kuang can often win twice if he can only defeat others.
"In the past, you, Li Kuang, were very envious of me for my ability to read as well as drink. You even made a lot of jokes because of this. Other children often went out to play, playing Cuju and fighting with hundreds of herbs. There was always a time when they couldn't afford to lose. We were beaten back home with a bruised nose and swollen face, weeping, but you and I are the most interesting. We are obviously very young, but we are fighting over the poems and essays in our hearts. Even many older literati are intimidated by this."
It was rare that he had free time today. Xun Yuantuo got up, fully dressed, and walked to the window lattice of the second-story building. He looked out at the scorching summer weather. He squinted and scanned the hot and sweaty mess beside the street of the small building. The servant boy was pouring water in the middle of the street, which provoked the angry glares of two pedestrians. He had no choice but to prop up his tired body and salute repeatedly. This made the pedestrians calm down slightly and walked away.
But whether it was because several servants kept apologizing that they calmed down the anger, or whether it was because he saw the government officials hanging knives on both sides of the street that he had to suppress his anger. Xun Yuantuo didn't know how to distinguish, so he looked at it with both eyes. Looking aside, Li Kuang continued with a slight smile.
"Although it was ridiculous when I thought about it, it seems that I have also envied it. Why is the Li family not the largest family in Qingchai? Why are you imprisoned at home all day long, except under the guise of coming to me to compete with me for literary talent? I haven't left home for a year, but I don't have any resentment or resentment at all. On the contrary, my temperament has become more open-minded and free-spirited. Although I am not very serious, I still envy him very much."
"How did you get through it?"
Li Kuang twirled a strand of hair, frowned and thought again and again, "Probably including all my friends in the capital, you should be the one who has observed my Li Kuang's temperament most carefully, and you know that I have been with you since childhood. Generally speaking, they are reluctant to stay at home, and even knowing the four seasons can only be barely discerned from the thickness of their clothes. Even a talented man like you did not like to study when he was young, let alone me. When I first came to heaven and earth, there were so many sights and objects I had never seen before, and who would want to get a glimpse of this world from those articles that can be called complicated and unfamiliar? It is very rare."
"But there is one thing I am better than you, Xun Yuantuo." Li Kuang grinned and pointed at his nose, "I have lost a lot of times when I competed with people like you. Firstly, I became heartless, and secondly, I lost. I learned one thing early on that it is normal to compare with others. There is always a mountain higher than the other, so there is no need to worry too much about comparing with others. Comparing yourself with others has allowed me to see many people of the same age who clearly like to dance and write. , many of them had to throw away their desks and books because their families were poor, so they had no reason to think that they were favored by God, so that they had enough food and clothing, no physical exertion, no sophistication, and they just relied on words to keep going. When I saw the scroll, I was very happy."
Xun Yuantuo didn't expect that Li Kuang could really say these words, so he blinked and smiled.
Although they were rare playmates in childhood, they would often quarrel until their faces turned red, and they would argue with each other. There were many times when they even got into a scuffle without talking to each other, and they tried to keep the noise down as much as possible to avoid being overheard by Xun Ji, who would then hear what he is saying today. These words are like sighing that the years are like running water.
But Li Kuang never smiled. Instead, he became more serious and spoke every word.
"You, Xun Yuantuo, are also an ordinary person with a lot of flesh and bones. Although you have not told me what important things you have to do when you come to the capital this time, I secretly speculate that it is also an extremely important matter, so I must not Don't worry so much that you can't care too much. But even if God has given you great talents, you are just a human being. If things go on like this, life will be too strenuous. A bow that falls into anyone's hands is a precious treasure. It needs to be relaxed and relaxed to be the most suitable.”
Avoiding the sunlight outside, Xun Yuantuo raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Can you tell? Then it seems that I have been too busy with mundane duties recently, which can make the careless master see the clues."
The two were still joking, but this time it was Xun Yuantuo who deliberately took the lead.
"It doesn't matter. When you think about it clearly, you want to tell me what you want to do in the capital. When you come to the capital, you can explain it clearly to me. If a person as talented as you, Xun Yuantuo, remains unknown for the rest of his life, wouldn't it be a waste of heaven? The talents he has given me." "I am me, and the Li family is the Li family."
Li Kuang propped his elbows on the window lattice and looked out the window, seemingly saying something unintentionally. However, Xun Yuantuo, who had his back to the window lattice and had a somewhat sullen expression, shook his head slightly in a place where no one could see him.
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