Fang Xuanling served as city captain in Hu County. Hu County is about 20 miles away from Nanshan. Due to the rugged mountain roads, they set out early in the morning and took more than an hour to reach the county seat of Hu County.
The carriage stopped in front of a house in the south of the city, and Li Zhiyun and Liu Yinglian got out of the carriage.
This is a one-story house made of blue bricks and tiles, with a small yard in front of the house. The two entered the courtyard and saw freshly dyed cloth drying on bamboo poles in the courtyard. In a corner of the yard, there was a middle-aged woman wearing coarse clothes, sweating profusely, stirring the fabric in the dye vat with a thick wooden stick.
Liu Yinglian stepped forward and said, "Yinglian has met the teacher's wife." The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "Come to see your teacher? He is in the room." Liu Yinglian thanked her and led Li Zhiyun into the room. This is a hall, not too big, with a few simple pieces of furniture, but no one there. There is only a rooster looking at them with its head raised and clucking.
Liu Yinglian said loudly: "Teacher, I am Yinglian, are you at home?"
After a short time, a man walked out of the west wing. He looked to be about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, of medium height, wearing a blue-gray robe, with a scarf on his head. He had a rectangular face with sharp edges, a pair of sword-shaped eyebrows, sharp eyes, and a three-inch long beard under his chin.
Liu Yinglian stepped forward and saluted: "Teacher, Yinglian is here to visit you, and I would like to introduce you to someone by the way." After that, she pulled Li Zhiyun forward and said, "This is Mr. Li, a young man with many talents and profound knowledge. You will definitely be able to talk. Close."
Li Zhiyun hurriedly saluted and said: "Master Fang, this junior is here to greet you!" After returning the courtesy, Fang Xuanling invited them to sit down at the Eight Immortals table, then brought a teapot, placed three teacups on the table, poured tea, and sat down. After coming down, he made a "please" gesture.
Fang Xuanling picked up the tea cup and took a sip. After putting down the tea cup, she first said hello to Liu Yinglian's father, then turned her eyes to Li Zhiyun and said, "Mr. Li, what is your age this year?"
"Fourteen."
Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Young Master is mature and prudent, and has a majestic air. Fang has a question. Are you willing to answer it?"
Li Zhiyun said unceremoniously: "Master Fang has something to say, but it's okay to say it!" Fang Xuanling asked: "Master, what do you think is the most important thing in governing a country?" Li Zhiyun thought for a while and said: "The most important thing in governing a country is to govern the officials. When officials govern, the world will be safe. As the saying goes, 'propriety, justice, integrity, and shame are the four dimensions of a country. If the four dimensions are not open, the country will not be a country.'"
"Rites, justice and integrity are the four dimensions of a country. If the four dimensions are not open, the generals will not be the country." Fang Xuanling recited silently, nodded and said: "Okay, okay, the young master really has something beautiful in his belly, Fang has learned a lesson!"
Liu Yinglian on the side was happy after hearing this. On the way here, she was still a little worried, fearing that she might have misjudged Mr. Li and that Mr. Li could only talk and have no real talent or knowledge. Now even the teacher said that he was taught, it seems that Mr. Li has real talent. As a result, the look she cast towards Li Zhiyun became a little more loving.
Liu Yinglian said with a smile: "Master Li has the world in mind. He also said that he should 'worry about the world's worries first, and be happy after the world's happiness.'" Li Zhiyun said hurriedly: "I'm just talking, I can't do it. !”
"Be worried about the world's worries first, and be happy after the world's happiness." Fang Xuanling repeated it, his eyes lit up, and he nodded: "This sentence is well said! This motto should become the 'motto' of us scholars.… ...I met my close friend today, and Fang is in a happy mood. Later I will cook myself, cook a few plates of good food, and have a few more drinks with the young master!..."
After lunch, Li Zhiyun and Liu Yinglian left Fang Xuanling's home and visited the county town for a while. They did not return to Nanshan until Shen.
In the next few days, Li Zhiyun felt very uncomfortable staying in the Wei family annex. He and Liu Yinglian were already inseparable, and not seeing each other for one day felt like three autumns apart.
Fortunately, within a few days, he received an invitation: Liu Hong was hosting a banquet at the annex at Youshi that day, and he was invited to the banquet.
Nowadays, the world is in chaos, wars are going on everywhere, refugees are everywhere, and people are starving and dying everywhere, but it does not affect the enjoyment of these dignitaries at all. Li Zhiyun didn't care about drinking and eating meat. He was happy to see Liu Yinglian again.
This time Wei Yijie and Wei Xiaobao went with him. The three of them arrived at the Guitang annex in a large carriage. As night fell, the banquet began, and there were several more tables. The guests chatted happily over wine, played guessing games, and laughed.
Li Zhiyun was a little absent-minded. When no one was paying attention, he sneaked out of the back garden hall and came to the backyard. He walked around the courtyard and found a small independent building twenty feet away from the main house. It might be Miss Liu's embroidery building. Close to the west side of the small building, there is a terrace, about three feet high, with stone steps that can be climbed up. At this moment, there seemed to be light on the stage, and there was also the faint sound of the music.
Li Zhiyun walked up the stone steps to the terrace and saw Liu Yinglian sitting in front of a table playing the harp, with two maids holding lanterns next to her for lighting.
He stood aside and listened quietly. After the song was finished, he clapped quickly.
Liu Yinglian smiled and said: "I'm a little tired today, let's stop here." After saying that, he ordered the maid to take away the brocade embroidery, and then pointed to the embroidered pier opposite: "Master, please sit down!"
Li Zhiyun sat down on the embroidered pier. Liu Yinglian asked: "Young master is not drinking in the back hall, why are you here?"
"I felt bored staying in the back hall, so I went for a walk in the courtyard. I heard the beautiful music of the piano, so I followed the sound and found it." Li Zhiyun lied.
Liu Yinglian didn't care, and the two chatted wordlessly.
The night was dark and the moon was bright in the sky. Under the hazy moonlight, "Qin Lan" looked more and more charming.
Li Zhiyun's heart surged with impulse, and he wanted to immediately step forward and take her into his arms. However, he still knows the principle of not touching someone who is not polite.
However, he still said shamelessly: "Miss Liu, if I make you king, can you be my queen?"
When Liu Yinglian heard this, she glanced at him shyly and lowered her head.
Li Zhiyun asked again and again without shame.
Liu Yinglian couldn't be forced, so she raised her head and said shyly: "Sir, you are good at poetry and writing. Can you write a poem for Yinglian?"
When Li Zhiyun heard this, he was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "What's so difficult about this? I'll wait for you with pen and ink!"
Now that the flowers are blooming and the moon is full, it is the time to create masterpieces. In the back garden not far away, the noise of guests and the sound of guessing and playing orders could still be faintly heard...
Liu Yinglian immediately ordered the maid to get paper, pen and ink and lay them out on the table. Li Zhiyun moved the embroidery pier closer and started writing without thinking. After writing it in a moment, hand it to the other party.
Liu Yinglian took the paper and the maid moved the lamp to illuminate it. Liu Yinglian looked at it and glanced up at him in surprise. This is a standard action that everyone who sees his calligraphy for the first time must do, and the meaning is self-evident.
There was no other way. Although he had practiced calligraphy for several months, calligraphy was not accomplished in a day. He could only pretend that he didn't see it, raised his head and counted the stars, pretending to be an idiot.
Liu Yinglian lowered her head again and read carefully:
Tonight the stars are shining, the wind is blowing, the painting building is on the west side and Guitang is on the east side.
There is no colorful phoenix flying wings in the body, but there is a clear understanding in the heart.
Separate seats are given with spring wine to warm them, and red candles are spread over the seats.
Sighing, I listened to the drum and went to answer the official's request. I walked around Malantai and turned around.
After Liu Yinglian finished reading, she was stunned for a long time before she raised her head and looked at the other person in surprise - she asked him to write a poem, and he just started writing without thinking for a moment. Although she didn't quite understand the last sentence, but "I don't have the wings of a colorful phoenix, but I have a clear mind." These two sentences are the eternal quatrains! Gosh! Who is he? Could it be that Wenquxing really came down to earth? !
Liu Yinglian was stunned for a long time and then said: "Sir, what does 'Lantai' in this last sentence refer to?"
When Li Zhiyun heard this, he thought, "Oops!" "Lantai" only existed in later generations. He accidentally forgot to tamper with it. In a hurry, he started to make nonsense: "Oh, Lantai is the government office that my father will set up in the future. I think I might work there as an errand in the future.”
After hearing his explanation, Liu Yinglian understood and asked again: "What is the title of this poem?"
"untitled"
Liu Yinglian nodded after hearing this, picked up her pen and wrote the word "Untitled" in elegant small regular script.
This is undoubtedly a masterpiece, be sure to collect it! She just wanted to order the maid to put it away, but someone snatched it away.
It turned out that Wei Xiaobao ran onto the terrace at some point. As soon as he looked at the handwriting, he knew it was Li Zhiyun's masterpiece, and he immediately read it loudly.
After Wei Xiaobao finished reading, he praised repeatedly: "What a poem! What a poem!"
"Brother Li, 'I don't have the wings of a colorful phoenix, but I have a clear mind.' Are you referring to you and Miss Liu, Brother Li?"
When Liu Yinglian heard this, she lowered her head shyly. Li Zhiyun smiled innocently and said repeatedly: "That's right! That's right!"
"You two, there is poetry and harmony being recited in the back hall at the moment. I will take this poem over and show it to them. The oiran who will win the poetry competition tonight will undoubtedly be Brother Li!" Wei Xiaobao said and ran down to the terrace excitedly. .
