After Ye Chen walked out of the examination room, he wanted to go directly to Wang Kong's side and wait for the exam to go home, to see that the time was only nine forty o'clock, and there were still fifty minutes before the end of the exam, after thinking about it, Ye Chen decided to walk around, as if he had never been to the provincial library.

Due to today's exam, the provincial library is not open to the public, when Ye Chen came to the library, the door of the library was open, but there was no one inside, Ye Chen walked in, worthy of the provincial library, just from the rows of shelves that can't see the edge, you can see how rich the library's collection is, since coming to this world, Ye Chen has never had an in-depth understanding of the culture and art of this world, although Ye Chen has confidence in those classic literary works in his mind, but Ye Chen is not arrogant, this world has a history that is not inferior to the previous life, although there is a great degree of difference, but there is absolutely no shortage of amazing literary giants in the long history of thousands of years, Even if he didn't come here today, Ye Chen planned to take time to study the classics of this world, and college was the best stage.

But it's still too early to think about this, Ye Chen walked in front of the rows of bookshelves, and finally came to a row of bookshelves with "classics of Chinese culture" written on them, to Ye Chen's surprise, he didn't expect that there were still people in front of this row of bookshelves, an old man who was about sixty years old, thin, red-faced, and energetic.

Ye Chen glanced at him, didn't care, glanced at the bookshelf, took out a copy of "The World Speaks New Words" and looked through it carefully, there is a reason for choosing this book, the turning point in the history of this world is the Sui Dynasty, which means that many classic masterpieces have not appeared since the Sui Dynasty, and the four famous books have not come out.

Then the rest is the dynasties before the Sui Dynasty, "Analects", "Mencius" and other classics of Chinese culture have long been widely circulated, these do not need to be considered, and this "Shishuo Xinyu" is the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties period of the "Zhiren Novel" representative work, as a historical material also has a certain authority, but you can use this to understand whether there is any difference in this history.

However, there was not much time, Ye Chen opened the book, turned to the category of Chinese in "The World Speaks New Language", and carefully browsed it

Han Lao's real name is Han Xuan, he usually likes to read a lot of books, and his attainments in Chinese culture are also very high, he is one of the few masters of Chinese culture in the empire, plus his qualifications are very old, and he is also very respected in the literary world.

Han Lao is sixty-three years old this year, and unlike Wei Shu, after Han Xuan retired, he refused the invitations of various associations, including the position of president of some large associations, and returned to his hometown to serve as a provincial librarian, a position that was completely inconsistent with Han Lao's status in the eyes of others.

Of course, with Han Lao's status, no one would refuse to want such a position.

Although Han Lao is a master of Chinese culture and is usually obsessed with studying the classics of Chinese culture, Han Lao is even more of a history fan, especially more enthusiastic about this history of swords and swords in the Three Kingdoms period, even to the point of obsession. In the study room of his own home, there are most historical books.

5,000 years of history has a long history, and the bearer that can best reflect the historical and cultural heritage of a nation and a country is the history book, but compared with the vast history books, Han Lao still feels that his collection of books in his home is too small, so Han Lao took the position of provincial librarian, which also made the leaders above cry and laugh.

In order to facilitate reading, Han Lao even moved his own residence to the provincial library, and regarded the library as his home despite the dissuasion of his family.

As early as when Ye Chen came to this row of bookshelves, Han Lao had already discovered Ye Chen, Han Lao also knew that today was the day of the semi-finals of the National Youth Literature Creation Competition, and the library should have been temporarily closed today, but because Han Lao encountered a problem when studying the history of the Three Kingdoms period today, he came to the provincial library early in the morning to look for materials, and as a result, he searched through the history books of the Three Kingdoms and even the Wei and Jin dynasties and did not find the information he wanted.

Seeing Ye Chen at this moment, he immediately regarded Ye Chen as a student who did not seek progress, and his impression of Ye Chen was also a little worse. Han Lao knows that today's National Youth Literary Creation Contest starts at nine o'clock and ends at half past ten, and now students who submit their papers in less than an hour, isn't this not unmotivated?

And since the library is not open today, Ye Chen is obviously not a person who deliberately comes to read books early in the morning.

For a literati like Han Lao, who has been dealing with books all his life and takes teaching and educating people as his own responsibility, there is nothing more angry than seeing a student like Ye Chen who "does not seek to improve".

Seeing that Ye Chen was still holding a book and pretending to read, Han Lao couldn't help but "hum" lightly.

Ye Chen was reading a book and could see it, when he suddenly heard a cold snort in his ears, because the library was very empty, and there was no one now, although Han Lao lowered his voice, Ye Chen also heard it very clearly.

Turning his head, he saw the old man in front of him looking at him with an angry face, Ye Chen felt a little inexplicable, and after thinking about it, he recalled that the old man seemed to be looking for some book and didn't find it, and now he looked at himself like this, Ye Chen glanced at the book in his hand, and thought, "Could it be that this old man is looking for the book in his hand?"

Ye Chen was watching it with great interest, although he was a little reluctant, but looking at the old man's age and looking for a long time, he still smiled and handed over the book in his hand and said:

"Sir, are you looking for this book? ”

Han Lao was stunned, watching Ye Chen hand over the book with a smile on his face, thinking in his heart, "Hmph, finally can't you pretend?", just as he was about to open his mouth to refuse, Han Lao suddenly saw the name of the book in Ye Chen's hand "The World Speaks New Language", he had read the book himself, and he really had the information he wanted, thinking of this, Han Lao still stretched out his hand and took the book.

Ye Chen saw that the old man took it, and he didn't have any books he wanted to read now, so he turned around and wanted to leave, but at this moment, Han Lao said:

"Little doll, come and watch together. ”

When Ye Chen heard this, he was a little hesitant, but thinking that he hadn't finished reading the place he had just read, he still turned around and read the book with Han Lao.

I don't know if it was Han Lao's intention or coincidence, the place where Han Lao opened it was exactly the place that Ye Chen had just seen.

"Emperor Wen tried to order King Dong'a to compose poems in seven steps, and those who failed to do it did Dafa. In response, the poem said: "Boiled beans are held as soup, and soaked beans are used as juice." The beans are burning under the kettle, and the beans are crying in the kettle."

"It's a pity, it's a pity, Cao Zijian, who became a poem in seven steps, was killed by his own brother Cao Pi before he finished writing his desperate poem, it's a pity for eternity, if Cao Zijian is given two more steps, Xie Lingyun said that Cao Zijian is only eight times high, and Cao Zijian is worthy of the name, but it's a pity, it's a pity. ”

Han Lao closed the book, handed it to Ye Chen on the side, and said with a look of interest.

At this time, Ye Chen's heart was also full of questions, and it was also incredible when he saw this, and he thought that the last two sentences were omitted from the printing error of the book, but now from the reaction of the old man, it seems that the last two sentences of the famous seven-step poem in the previous life were actually missed in this world for some reason.

However, Ye Chen was a cautious person after all, put away the thoughts in his mind, and asked Han Lao: "Old man, haven't you finished writing the seven-step poem?"

Han Lao was still immersed in the regret that the seven-step poem was not completed, and when he heard the words, he said casually:

Judging from the later history books, the seven-step poem should have been completed, although it cannot be determined, but everyone generally agrees, but there is no complete seven-step poem recorded in the history books, alas. ”

After getting confirmation from Han Lao's mouth, Ye Chen had an idea in his heart, and smiled at Han Lao:

"Cao Zijian was persecuted to death by his own brother, he must have been very sad in his heart, if it was me, I would write like this. ”

Han Lao listened, glanced at Ye Chen, and was a little disapproving, thinking: "It's true that a born calf is not afraid of tigers, how can Cao Zijian's seven-step poem be so easy to continue." ”

However, Han Lao still appreciates Ye Chen's courage, this is the attitude that a reader should have, seeking truth and truth, therefore, Han Lao also looked at Ye Chen encouragingly.

Ye Chen didn't expect this, Ye Chen just felt that Cao Zhi in history was born in the emperor's family, and he was so talented, but it was a tragedy all his life, even the woman he liked was robbed by his own brother, and now it is even more tragic in this world, even the famous masterpiece of the seven-step poem has been questioned, and he made up the seven-step poem, which can be regarded as giving Cao Zhi a correct name.

"Boiled beans are used as soup, and soaked beans as juice. ”

"The beans are burning under the kettle, and the beans are crying in the kettle. ”

Thinking of this, Ye Chen paused, and seeing that Han Lao still looked disapproving, Ye Chen continued to read:

"This is from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other?"

Han Lao on the side had always been unimpressed, and at this time he didn't think that Ye Chen was a bad student who didn't seek progress, and even thought about how to comment euphemistically after Ye Chen finished reading the two lines of his "continued" poem, so as not to hit Ye Chen's enthusiasm, but he didn't expect that after listening to Ye Chen's two sentences, Han Lao felt as if Cao Zhi's poem should be written like this!

"This is born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other? This is born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other" Han Lao muttered a few times in his mouth, and the person was also like a demon.

After a while, when Han Lao finally came back to his senses, he asked Ye Chen with an excited face:

"Is this really what you wrote?"

It is no wonder that Han Lao is excited, Han Lao likes to study history, especially the history of the Three Kingdoms, and based on the nature of the literati, although Han Lao also appreciates the strategists of the Three Kingdoms period Ruyun all kinds of tricks, joint vertical and horizontal, and strategizing to win thousands of miles away, but he appreciates Cao Zijian such a pure literati, so he has always regretted Cao Zijian's unfinished seven-step poem in the history books, Han Lao has also tried to complete the seven-step poem, but always feels unsatisfactory.

And Ye Chen's two sentences are different, "This is born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other" not only matches the content of Cao Zijian's first four sentences, but also expresses Cao Zhi's inner grief and indignation, which is obviously questioning Cao Pi: You and I are brothers, why do you work so hard?

In Han Lao's opinion, Ye Chen's continuation of these two sentences is like a part of the seven-step poem, but he didn't expect that the eternal regret in the literary world was actually made up in front of his eyes today.

Ye Chen saw that Han Lao was so excited, and it was difficult to understand Han Lao's mood, but he still said modestly: "This is written by the kid when he saw that "Seven Steps Poem" was not finished before, and he was deeply sympathetic to the author's experience. ”

Han Lao saw that Ye Chen was very modest, and he appreciated Ye Chen a little more in his heart, he was talented, not arrogant or impatient, he was a good seedling.

"Don't call me any old gentleman, if you don't dislike it, just call me Han Lao. Han Lao looked at Ye Chen and said with a hearty face.

"That kid is better to be respectful, the kid's name is Ye Chen, and Han Lao calls me Xiao Chen. Ye Chen was not pretentious when he heard this, and said with a smile.

"Then I'll call you Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, you're here to participate in the competition today, right?" Han Lao asked.

"Hmm. ”

"How's it going?"

"It feels pretty good. ”

Han Lao nodded, didn't ask any more, and changed the topic: "Xiao Chen, I don't know how well you know about the history of the Three Kingdoms?"