There is a high-rise building in Yangzhou, called "Shede Building", which means to give and take.

Xiao Yan took Bai Qiaoshui to this place, and I heard that this place was the favorite place for literati in Yangzhou to gather.

Xiao Yan brought her here, her heart is obvious, Dayan has now changed to a new emperor, and it is estimated that the imperial court will not be stable, and now is a good time to change new blood, so it is better to bring Bai Xiaoshui out to play, it is better to help Qi Jue...... Oh no, help the new emperor Xiao Wei select talents.

It just so happened that Yangzhou, where Bai Qiaoshui was coming, was one of the gathering places for talents, so Xiao Yan also stopped by.

Shede Building was built in the water of Slender West Lake, so it is surrounded by water on all sides, and then a bridge erected from the shore can lead to this Shede Building.

The two of them had only reached the bridge when they heard the sound of people playing and others dissuading them.

"Why don't Brother Wen Yuan come and play together?"

"Brother Wen Yuan is not like you, you know two things all day long - women and wine."

As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed.

After the laughter dissipated, a somewhat clear voice came out: "Brother Zidu, Wen Yuan has been trapped by something recently, I wonder if Brother Zidu can solve Wen Yuan's doubts?" ”

"Eh, Wen Yuan, your doubts may not be solved, didn't Brother Ziyuan say it just now, Brother Zidu knows about women and wine all day long."

After saying that, everyone laughed again.

"Go, go, I call it timely fun, you know."

"Okay, good, be happy in time, be happy in time, just be happy in time, just be a brother for the time being, you should be happy in time."

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you, Brother Wen Yuan, what are the doubts you are talking about, everyone will listen to them, maybe I really can't solve them, but we have talents here, I don't believe I can't help you solve them, right, Fluttershy?"

"That's what Liang Gongzi said."

This delicate voice caused everyone to laugh again.

Bai Xiaoshui and Xiao Yan glanced at each other, but neither pushed the door in.

This is called Liang Zidu and that Wen Yuan, they should not be simple people, let's wait and see how it gets better, probably Xiao Yan thinks the same way.

"Lady, we really bumped into a good time, this lotus is blooming." Xiao Yan hugged her and looked at the pink and white petals on the lake.

When a small boat appeared, the woman on the boat glanced at them, Xiao Yan immediately lowered his head and said in Bai Qiaoshui's ear: "Be careful of that woman, she is the lonely eyeliner of all directions." ”

"I see." Bai Xiaoshui smiled and turned his head to look at Xiao Yan.

To outsiders, the two are like whispers between husband and wife.

"Wen Yuan has two sentences here, both of which have been passed down by the older generation, and everyone must have heard them."

"As the saying goes, 'A manly man would rather die than give in', but there is also a saying - 'A manly man can bend and stretch', what do you think?"

"This ......" For Wen Yuan's words, everyone seemed to be in trouble.

The two people who heard it outside the door both laughed.

"That's a good question, this Wen Yuan is really a person with a heart, and he can even notice this."

"It's true that he is a careful person, suitable for doing some compilation work, these sayings or something, people also use them often, but no one can raise such doubts like this Wen Yuan, it's interesting and interesting."

"His Royal Highness King An, do you want to recommend Wen Yuan to work in the Hanlin Academy?"

"Not bad."

"But the work of this Hanlin Academy is not something that ordinary people can do, if it is not for the first class, there is absolutely no chance to go to the Hanlin Academy, does the prince want to open the back door for others?"

"Does the princess think that such a talent still needs this king to open the back door, as long as he goes to participate in the imperial examination, he is not calculated, let alone winning the first class, he is the champion in the first class, it should be in this person's bag."

"There is still a black-box operation in the imperial examination?"

"How did the princess think an official like Deng Ziqi was selected?"

"This king can listen to King Su say, Deng Ziqi's character is not very good."

Indeed, Deng Ziqi is very resistant to the fact that women enter the court as officials, and he also suppresses female officials to the fullest.

So later, one of the last two holy decrees promulgated by Xiao Yan on the throne was to demote his official position and let Song Qingwu, who was a woman, take office, which made her happy for a while.

On the other side of the East China Sea, there is a special existence in Dayan, and it is normal for there to be female officials there, but among the current Beijing officials in Dayan, there will never be female officials, perhaps, the time is not ripe enough.

"What's the matter, suddenly it's a sad look." Xiao Yan reached out and pinched Bai Qiaoshui's jaw, forcing her to raise her head to look at him.

"Is there one?"

She thought about things just now, and the emotion on her face was so obvious?

"Of course, otherwise this king is guessing, what's wrong?"

"When you mentioned Deng Ziqi just now, I was thinking, there are indeed many talented men, but some women are not inferior to these men, why can't their talents be displayed?"

"It would be nice if one day there would be another woman as an official in Beijing, just like when Empress Renxu was there."

"Don't worry, there will be, this king assures you, it will be soon, and this day is not far off."

Regardless of whether Xiao Yan was comforting her or not, Bai Xiaoshui nodded, hoping that it was really as Xiao Yan said, this day was not far away.

After a burst of discussion spilled out of the Shede Building, everyone was silent.

Then I heard the voice called Liang Zidu suddenly sound: "Brother Wen Yuan, I don't know if what I think is right or not." ”

"It's okay to talk about it first."

"This ...... I'm afraid you'll have to laugh at me again if I say it. ”

As soon as Zidu said this, another somewhat feminine voice sounded: "Eh, why do you say that you are such a mother-in-law, everyone else is happier than you." ”

"That's right, Zidu, say it quickly...... everyone echoed the man.

"Okay, you guys calm down first, I'll think about it later."

As soon as the words fell, everyone stopped coaxing.

Before half of the incense was burned, Zidu spoke: "Actually, these two sentences are not contradictory at all. ”

"What, not contradictory?"

"Is it not contradictory to be able to bend and stretch and rather die than to give in?"

……

Many voices questioned Liang Zidu's words, but Wen Yuan smiled and asked him, "Zidu, what do you mean?" ”

"What Brother Wen Yuan said is all done by the big husband, he would rather die than give in, which means that the big husband should rather die than give in in the face of righteousness, for example, if the country is broken one day, in the face of invaders, the big husband should rather die than give in."

After listening to Liang Zidu's explanation, everyone let out an epiphany.

"What about bending and stretching?"

"Can this bend and stretch......" can be heard from the voice, when Liang Zidu said this, it was very meaningful.

When the two people outside the door heard this, they looked at each other and smiled, not knowing what explanation Liang Zidu would give for these four words.

"This is a word for bending, the husband has to be tolerant and take care of women, everyone says that this is not a bending, what does Fluttershy think?"

"Liang Gongzi, you are not serious again." Fluttershy's voice is a little shy, and she doesn't know what Liang Zidu has done.

"Indeed, that's a pretty good explanation."

"As for this stretching word, if someone wants to rob your wife and children, do you still want to give in?"

As soon as Liang Zidu's words fell, Xiao Yan pulled Bai Qiaoshui and pushed the door open: "This example is wonderful, it is indeed a manly husband." ”

"May I ask who your Excellency is?"

The first to speak was the man named Wen Yuan, whose appearance was enough to be described clearly in two words - Qingxiu.

"In Xia Yan Xiao, this is an insider, I passed by here just now, and I was admiring the early lotus with my lady, but I was attracted by the conversation between the sons, so I came in, I took the liberty to disturb, and the sons were not strange." As he spoke, he bowed to everyone, and Bai Qiaoshui also saluted.

Everyone also replied at the same time.

"Brother Tai and Mrs. are polite, we are just people in the same way who have nothing to do here to chat and learn skills, Brother Tai is coming, welcome at any time."

"Then you're welcome, sons, please continue, and study here first."

"Brother and Mrs., please take a seat."

"Thank you."

After speaking, Xiao Yan pulled Bai Qiaoshui and chose a corner position to sit down, these people were unexpectedly enthusiastic.

Perhaps, the literati originally had a gentlemanly demeanor in it, a gentleman, but he believed in others the most, and he was also the most defenseless against people.

So when Xiao Yan and the others came in, these people didn't even wonder if they had already squatted outside to "listen to the corner".

They were also warmly invited to sit down.

The atmosphere after that did not become strange because of the addition of Xiao Yan and Bai Qiaoshui, the group of people seemed to have never been disturbed, and the discussion became more and more enthusiastic.

After solving the doubts in their hearts, everyone began to learn other skills, and some people were learning chess skills, such as the beautiful boy named Wen Yuan.

There are people who learn the piano, such as Liang Zidu and the Fluttershy girl.

But this ...... It's better to take the opportunity to eat other girls' tofu.

Xiao Yan gently poked Bai Wanshui's waist next to him, and at the same time leaned over and whispered in Bai Wanshui's ear: "Why does the husband think that this Liang Zidu Liang Gongzi is like someone?" ”

"How can I be like me, when it comes to rubbing oil, I have a lot more professional ethics than him."

"The husband didn't say that he was similar to the lady, why did the lady dig a pit and jump down by herself?" After speaking, Xiao Yan shook the folding fan in front of him, and laughed in a low voice in a good mood.

"Why did Brother Yan Xiao suddenly laugh, didn't he find something funny?" Liang Zi, who was rubbing Fluttershy's oil, looked towards Xiao Yan after hearing Xiao Yan's laughter.

When everyone heard what he said, they also looked at Xiao Yan.

"Where did I find something funny, it's just that the insider below is very similar to the behavior of someone present."

As he spoke, Xiao Yan glanced at Bai Qiaoshui with a pair of eyes, and someone's face seemed to be a little unpleasant.

Everyone glanced at Bai Weakshui, and then at Fluttershy, the only girl present, and even with so many pairs of eyes, they couldn't see any similarities between the two of them.

"Brother Yan Xiao is talking about Fluttershy?" Wen Yuan asked as he dropped the sunspot.

"No, no, no, in the next refers to Brother Zidu, when Brother Zidu was flirting with Miss Fluttershy just now, where is there a little bit of beautiful man's demeanor, it is completely crazy and acting, and it just so happens that the person in the next is also a person who loves beauty."

"Whether it's a man or a woman, as long as it's what she likes, she hasn't been molested by her, even in the next, it's because she was molested, so she reluctantly married such a lady and went home, wronged, wronged."

This book was first published on Kanshu.com