Although the face is not so serious, it is not a vegetable market, and anyone can speak.
This sound came and everyone was startled.
The county magistrate and chief registrar beside the magistrate immediately looked towards the source of the sound.
Upon seeing this, County Magistrate Li coughed twice and said in embarrassment: "That's a friend of mine. I have asked him to come and help me recently when I have something to do!"
Mr. Li had already talked about this, and the county magistrate named Hu and the chief clerk named Ma quickly laughed.
The fat Prime Minister Hu Xian even said: "My friend must be a well-educated person. It is normal to hear this poem and scream loudly! Haha, haha!"
This sentence complimented County Magistrate Li and helped him resolve the crisis. Xu He couldn't help but admire the county magistrate's art of speaking.
During the last county examination, he also said a few words and asked him to call the county magistrate teacher.
Xu He made up his mind to get to know such a thoughtful person in the future.
Here, County Magistrate Li suddenly became interested when he heard what Hu County Cheng said: "Oh? Hu County Cheng also thinks this son's poems are good?"
Hu Xian Cheng was stunned when he heard this. Although he was born in Juren, his knowledge was just that. His writing skills were only so-so, but his use of allusions to poetry and Taoism was not his specialty.
I saw that he hesitated for a long time before stammering and replied: "The first two lines of the poem written by the head of this county are very wonderful, [The duck's head is warm when the water is new, the duck is a prophet in the warm place]. The previous article is based on Li Taibai's poem [Looking at Han Dynasty from afar] The classic of "Teal Duck Head Green"! The last sentence is wrong, this new student accepted by your Excellency is really an urgent talent!"
The test poem is not written blindly. It is just like the eight-legged composition, and it also has the emphasis on starting, continuing, turning and combining, breaking the topic, and continuing the topic.
Therefore, Hu County Magistrate showed his timidity in front of County Magistrate Li with one sentence. He only said the first sentence correctly, and the so-called breaking of the topic in the latter sentence was just to find something to say.
But County Magistrate Li didn't expose it, but thought in his heart: "After all, he is just a judge..."
However, Xu He's poem does use a lot of allusions, and even he, a Jinshi, cannot know them all. However, in terms of literary talent, it is not as interesting as the poem he wrote during the county examination.
At this time, another candidate wrote a poem. Magistrate Li asked Xu He to go to the second hall to wait while he was busy being the interviewer.
When Xu He came to the second hall, a white servant had already brought tea out. As soon as he took a bite, he saw the curtain on the side was lifted, and a middle-aged man in his thirties walked in.
This man was wearing a black round-neck robe and had a slender figure, like a hemp pole.
He sat down on the master's seat, crossed his hands and looked at Xu He without saying anything.
You must know that the chief seat of the second hall of the county government office. If no Shangguan comes to the government office, this is the seat reserved for County Magistrate Li, who is the head of the county. But the person in front of him is not only sitting there, but also looking very leisurely.
Seeing this, Xu He quickly stood up and saluted: "I don't know your name, I'm rude!"
The man laughed when he heard this: "I am not an adult, you are mistaken!"
Hearing this, Xu He was even more confused and couldn't figure out the direction of the person, but from the sound of his voice, he knew that this person was the person he had just applauded after reciting the poem.
"I heard that Brother Shenxing said that he has recently recruited a new case master disciple. Is he talking about you?" The person asked lazily, eyes half-squinted, as if he was asleep.
The ancients had a saying of "Know the moral integrity and be cautious in conduct". The wise brother who the other party said was cautious in conduct was probably County Magistrate Li.
Xu He nodded: "The boy is not talented. Teacher Meng personally selected him as the head of the case in the county test!"
The visitor smiled: "Li Zhijie is arrogant and arrogant. Even if you get the case, if you don't have some real talent, he won't let you call him teacher. You don't need to be humble!"
Xu He was silent. This man said everything he could say. The key was that he didn't know the other party's identity, so he really couldn't answer the question.
Fortunately, the other party is talkative.
"You little guy, you use allusions in every sentence of your poems. Where do you find the time to read so many [miscellaneous books]?"
"The word [Looking for Spring] in [Looking for Spring on the River] comes from Meng Haoran's [Ten Steps to Seek Spring in vain], right?"
"[Putting Stacks in Front of the Column] comes from "The Biography of Wu Zhi Lu Xun"!"
"[Ping Yin] comes from "Yunlin Strange Scenery"!"
"[Flower Letter]..."
"[Rudder Tail]..."
"[Book Foil]..."
The more Xu He listened, the more he admired the person in front of him.
This poem is a sung harmony between him and his fellow poets in his previous life.
At that time, in order to show that he had read a lot, he deliberately added many allusions to it.
For example, putting stacks in front of the fence is indeed from "The Biography of Lu Xun". The original text basically says this: Sun Liu, the Marquis of Jianchang, likes to make stacks of duck fences (a weird hobby). The key is that they are very small and cute.
When Lu Xun saw it, he seriously advised Sun Lu: "A prince should diligently read the classics in order to benefit from it. What is the use of this?"
Unless you are very familiar with "History of Wu", you cannot use this kind of allusion casually.
Xu He himself had read it carefully because the Three Kingdoms style was quite popular on the Internet, but the person in front of him was also familiar with the allusions, which was not easy.
Yes, although there is movable type printing now, the price of books is still very expensive. Ordinary scholars don’t have enough money to buy reference books on classics, study and crafts. Where can they buy so many miscellaneous books?
But the person in front of him could tell all the allusions in Xu He's poems one by one without missing a beat. This only shows that the other person is not only talented, but also has a fortune of tens of millions and cannot escape.
At this point, the man finally opened his eyes and said with a smile on his face: "But the whole poem is not without its highlights, for example, "The heart is dipped in green shampoo, and the sun is playing with the tail of the rudder. Sleeping with the chicks in the grandeur, with the wings sunbathing ] These two sentences are the finishing touch.”
Xu He couldn't say anything during the whole process. When he was praised, he could only say "hey" twice to show his presence.
"My surname is Xie, my given name is Kun, and I am from Jinan, Shandong Province!" the visitor said with a smile.
While waiting for Xu He to announce his home, Xie Kun stopped talking. He picked up a book on the table next to him and started reading.
After waiting for about half an hour, Magistrate Li changed into his official robe, lifted the curtain and walked in.
When he just walked in, he didn't seem to be surprised at all by Xie Kun. Instead, he asked Xu He with a sad look on his face: "Can you pay your respects to Mr. Xiao Shi on weekdays?"
The "Little Shigong" in Li Zhijie's mouth was the nickname of Xu He's uncle Xu Song. Xu Song's courtesy name was Zhongwang and his given name was Xiaoshi. Li Zhijie was a junior, so he called Xu Song "Little Shigong."
"I gave up my first exam that day, and my uncle called me to Kong Huai Hall that night to encourage me to study hard!"
County Magistrate Li nodded and said: "You go back today and take a detour to Kong Huai Hall to send me a greeting card. Tell me that junior Li Zhijie will come to visit Xiao Shigong tomorrow!"
Xu He saw his solemn expression, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions and quickly took the greeting card handed over by County Magistrate Li.
But Xie Kun, who was in charge, sneered: "I think you are in a hurry and seek medical treatment, Xu Song... Even if Mr. Xiao Shi is highly virtuous and highly respected, what's the use of the little rural courage he recruits, which will collapse when encountering the enemy?"
When Xu He heard this, he immediately remembered the conversation he heard between Xu Song and Xu Dai outside Kong Huai Hall that night. They said that there were bandits gathering in Jiangyanpu east of Xujiacun to cause chaos. The prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture privately informed Xu Song and asked him to restrain the tribesmen. It was okay. Don't run around.
It seems that what County Magistrate Li and Xie Kun said must be related to that incident.
