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It was still early in the twilight, and the two people sitting opposite each other in the courtyard, one was Liu Xin, and the other was wearing official uniforms, who were about forty-five or sixteen years old.

The two of them poured and drank, and before they knew it, they were already slightly drunk.

On the small coffee table between them, there were several wine bottles. Two or three were empty, and only one had some wine. Beside him, there was a glass full of wine. And an empty cup.

The appetizer is grilled drunken crab. On the plate in front of each of them was salted and grilled sweetfish.

The aroma of freshly grilled crab meat spreads into the clear atmosphere.

Liu Xin reached out to the charcoal stove, warmed his palm, and rubbed his stinging face.

The man who sat opposite him sat against the pillar on the verandah, with his right knee propped up, his right arm resting on it, and his eyes were cast into the courtyard as if he were not looking.

"Deputy editor?" the man asked, raising his raised eyebrows curiously.

Liu Xin took a sip of the wine in the glass and nodded.

The man shook his head and asked with a smile: "Wang Anshi has no merit yet, so asking Sima Jun to be subservient, is it too aggrieved?"

Liu Xin disagreed: "It doesn't matter who succumbs to whom. The top priority is to prevent Wang Anshi from entering the office. ”

"I have also read "Bianjing Magazine" in Luoyang, and the literary style and knowledge of 'Fu Jie' are not bad, why do you regard it as a flood beast?"

"Uncle Yong, you don't understand," Liu Xin sighed and said, "Over the years you have been in Luoyang, the things in the capital have ......" He paused, and then said: "The things in the capital have really changed a lot, and they are completely different from the thirteenth year of Chongning." ”

The man picked up a piece of drunken crab and ate it with a few mouthfuls before replying, "You are right." Speaking of which, Xing may have stayed in Luoyang for too long, and when he returned to the capital, he was a little uncomfortable. ”

"Huh?"

"The most uncomfortable thing is that there is also good wine in this capital. The man added another glass of wine and drank it all. In an instant, the hot sensation rushed straight to his head, and he happily stuck out his tongue, fanned it with his hand, sighed contentedly, and lifted the bottle to look at it carefully.

"Is this your word?"

The three words "Ma Qiu Wine" on the wine bottle are written in a rich and ancient way, vigorous and elegant, and you can know at a glance that it is Liu Xin's handwriting.

This is not so much a question as an affirmation.

Liu Xin nodded, and was about to introduce him to the origin of Ma Qiu wine, but he heard the housekeeper Zhang Shou walk in, and said respectfully: "Master, Master Sima of the Guozi Prison asks to see you." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Xin raised his eyebrows and said to the guests beside him: "Asking to see you at such an hour will never be for the court, so ...... It must be for the sake of the editorial department. ”

"Such an embarrassment, but afraid that he will regret it?"

"Those who know me, Uncle Yong. ”

The man laughed, "Then just avoid it." ”

Liu Xin thought for a while and said, "It's okay to see it. ”

After that, he said to Zhang Shou again: "Bring him in." ”

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The afterglow of the setting sun shone obliquely on the courtyard.

On Liu Xin's mansion, Sima Guang came for the first time. He followed behind Zhang Shou and looked around secretly. Different from the imaginary magnificence, the governor's mansion is very quaint.

After a few moments, they entered the courtyard.

The aroma of wine and the unique umami of crab meat fill the air, making people can't help but appetize.

Liu Xin and the other person sat on the verandah, as if chatting about something.

- "Why is it so sweet?"

Two or three feet away, the person with his back to Sima Guang was sitting against the pillar, and he asked as he killed the crab meat with the chopsticks in his hand.

Liu Xin introduced the method of this drunken crab with great experience: "You need to marinate the crab meat with plums, minced garlic and sesame oil, then soak it in horse fur wine for half an hour, and then roast it with charcoal fire to ...... it."

Halfway through his speech, he saw Sima Guang enter the courtyard, and hurriedly gestured to the position beside him: "Junshi, please come here." ”

When the person with his back to Sima Guang heard this, he also turned his head, greeted him and asked, "Junshi, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you okay here?"

Sima Guang immediately recognized the person, he was both surprised and delighted, and hurriedly strode forward a few times, and excitedly arched his hand: "Lord Ouyang!"

Three years, three years.

The legendary figure in Bianjing in front of him, since he was convicted of his words three years ago and was demoted to Luoyang to serve as the Taishou, Sima Guang has only seen him again.

"It turned out, before I knew it, it had been three years. That Lord Ouyang stroked the long beard under his chin, shook his head and sighed.

He turned his head and said to Liu Xin with a smile: "When we meet to drink in winter like this, I feel the passage of time painfully. ”

"Hmm. Liu Xin listened to their answers, and couldn't help but think of the case three years ago, and nodded thoughtfully.

"Brother Okino?"

Chongzhi is Liu Xin's expression.

Seeing that he was silent, Ouyang called him softly.

"Well," Liu Xin came back to his senses and asked Sima Guangdao, "Why did Junshi come?"

Sima Guang didn't know where to start for a while: "This matter is a long story......

……

By the time Sima Guang finished speaking, the sky had completely darkened.

The bright moonlight shrouded the slightly snowy courtyard, as if casting a thin veil over the place.

"Debate, that's a good idea. ”

Ouyang took a sip of wine and couldn't help but admire.

Liu Xin's fingers tapped the coffee table rhythmically, nodded to himself, and said, "It's indeed a good thing!"

Sima Guang asked, "However, is it inappropriate to use the debate to make money and earn money from the students?"

"Hmm......"

Unlike Sima Guang, who sits upright like a rock, Liu Xin seems very casual.

I saw him cross his arms and stretch into his left and right sleeves, sitting cross-legged. After a moment of silence, he said: "Le Lang is such a person, Junshi, you have to get used to it slowly." ”

"Huh?"

Sima Guang originally thought that Liu Xin would share the same hatred with him, or he was heartbroken about this matter, but he never thought that he would be so light-hearted.

Ouyang's right elbow was propped up on his right knee, his chin rested on his right hand, and he drank another glass of wine before he drunkenly accosted: "Brother Chong, wouldn't it be more beautiful if the debate could be held for students for free?"

Sima Guang hurriedly echoed: "What Lord Ouyang said is very true. ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said, "If there is no charge, Le Lang will not take care of this matter." ”

Although Sima Guang and "Le Lang" have only met once, they can also see that his style is philistine, and he deeply agrees with Liu Xin's words, so he has to shake his head and sigh.

Liu Xin persuaded again: "He doesn't regard himself as a scholar, what is 'business and business' when he opens and closes his mouth, and you don't use the rules of a scholar to look at him, so that you won't be so angry." ”

Ouyang nodded and said, "In business, this kind of practice is understandable. It's just that tickets for the debate are ridiculously expensive, but who really wants to go?"

Sima Guang replied: "The tickets have been sold out this morning, and there are still twenty or thirty students who have not had time to buy tickets, so Lelang has set up thirty more places to stand and watch the game. ”

"Ah, there's no charge for standing and watching the game?" Ouyang asked curiously.

Sima Guang replied disdainfully: "Three dollars per person." ”

Ouyang Yan smiled and said to Liu Xin: "Brother Chong, you are right, the capital is changing with each passing day, I really don't understand it anymore." ”

He said curiously: "Listening to you say this, I really want to meet the new Marquis An for a while." ”

"That's right," Liu Xin raised his eyebrows and said: "Didn't Junshi just say, the total number of judgments must be singular, and those who are qualified and willing to serve as this referee, except for me and Wen Yanbo, still owe one person." ”

"What do you mean?"

Liu Xin smiled and complimented: "With the talented Ouyang Xiu as the referee, this debate competition has authority at all." ”

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