Su Chen was discovered by Han Xizai, and it was not easy to go again, so he stepped forward to meet him and arched his hand: "I've seen Lord Han." ”

"The old man is not an official for the time being, and he is not an adult." Han Xizai waved his hand and said with a smile.

Su Chen walked up to him and said, "Sir, are you painting here again?" ”

Han Xizai sighed softly: "I came to fish with my old friend, and I felt it for a while, and wrote a poem, Su Chen, come and take a look." ”

"Written words?" Su Chen was stunned, and looked at the rice paper on the drawing board, there was indeed a poem written on it, and the name of the word plate was "Appeal to Heartfelt Love".

This is the song of the Tang Dynasty, which was created by Wen Tingyun in the late Tang Dynasty to take the meaning of "everyone can not talk about it, and the clouds observe the rest of the feelings" in "Lisao"; Forty-four characters in double tone, three flat rhymes in the upper and lower pieces.

That Wen Tingyun is proficient in music and rhythm, and works part-time in poetry, but he is as famous as Li Shangyin in writing poetry, and is called "Wen Li" at the time. His poems are gorgeous, glamorous and exquisite, and the content is mostly written about boudoirs.

His words are deliberately refined, focusing on literary style and vocal feelings, and his achievements are above the people of the late Tang Dynasty, and he is the primary lyricist of the "Huajian School", and is respected as the originator of the "Huajian School", which has a great influence on the development of words. In the history of words, it is as famous as Wei Zhuang and is called "Wen Wei".

Su Chen is also a senior student of the Chinese department, and he also has an understanding of this unpopular word card, and after calmly scanning it, he smiled and said: "Mr. is talented, the words are simple, but the emotions are true, if the juniors guess correctly, this word is a portrayal of Mr. 's life." ”

"Hahaha, Su Chen's little friend, what a discerning eye!" Han Xizai smiled, turned to the man beside him and said, "Brother Xu Xian, let me introduce you, this is Su Chen's son." Last night in my house, didn't you praise the poem of Pi Rixiu, the font is timeless, and the pen is unique, it was written by him. ”

"Oh? It's this young talent! The man surnamed Xu looked at Su Chen with his eyes, seeing that he was dressed simply, his face was full of Chinese characters, and he was not wearing the shirt of Shizi Gongshi, and he was a little curious.

Su Chen bowed and said, "Don't dare to be, the younger generation has seen this gentleman." ”

Han Xizai continued to introduce: "My brother Xu Xian, my surname is Xu Mingkai, and the word is Chujin; When I was in the imperial court, I had a good relationship, I was also the secretary of the provincial school Shulang, and now I am a bachelor of Jixian Palace, and I came to Runzhou to visit my old friend. ”

"It turned out to be a scholar of Xu." Su Chen's heart moved slightly, this is one of the two Xus of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Xu Kai and Xu Xuan are the two humeral talents of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

However, Xu Kai's political ability is average, but he is rich in learning and proficient in text exegesis, which is equivalent to a living dictionary in the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is rumored that Li Yu got an ancient "Zhou Zai Qi Zhiyi", no one in the whole Jiangdong knew this book, he consulted Xu Kai, but this Xu Kai can annotate and answer one by one, and forget everything.

Xu Kai was deeply impressed by Su Chen's self-contained "thin gold body" calligraphy, quite a legacy of Chu Suiliang and Xue Yao in the Tang Dynasty, but it was more special, the handwriting was thin, and the flesh was thin without losing its flesh, and the bones were beautiful, giving people the feeling that the blue was better than the blue.

"How old is Su Chen's son, but did he participate in last year's imperial examination?" Xu Kai had a heart of love for talent and asked with interest.

Su Chen was embarrassed, shook his head and said, "I didn't participate, in fact, I ...... It's just a state academy apprentice, and he dropped out of school without graduating. ”

"Apprentices?" Xu Kai was a little surprised, the state capital has a academy, and studying in the academy is the status of an apprentice, if you don't graduate, drop out of school, you will drop out.

Because the imperial examination in the Southern Tang Dynasty imitated the old system of the Tang Dynasty, although there were some reforms, it was generally the same, mainly set up the Jinshi department, and it was not like the three-level imperial examination system in the Song and Ming dynasties. And the Xiucai of the Tang Dynasty and the Xiucai of the Song Dynasty and the Xiucai of the Ming and Qing dynasties all have different meanings.

The Jinshi Department of the Southern Tang Dynasty followed the Yu Xi of the Tang Dynasty, and poetry was the main content of the scientific examination.

However, the three emperors of the Southern Tang Dynasty had different attitudes towards the imperial examinations, so there were some changes in the content of the examination. For example, during the reign of Liezu Li Yu, he attached great importance to Confucian officials, and took scholars as officials with the laws of righteousness and righteousness, trying to eliminate the disadvantages of military officials as officials. Soon after ascending the throne, he issued an edict saying: "The previous dynasty lost its power, and the four sides rose in many directions." Martial artists use things, morality is strong and inappropriate, and I mourn very much. The doctor of the three things is to use Confucian officials for me, remove the harsh government, and start with the people. ”

On the basis of the scriptures, Li Sheng paid more attention to the use of law to select scholars, which became a new trend in the imperial examination during the Liezu period. However, this trend did not develop, because Li Jing and Li Yu were both people who loved literature and preferred to use poetry to endow scholars, so after Li Sheng returned to the West, he abolished the content of this law examination.

And this Xu Kai is the Southern Tang Dynasty scholars among the knowledgeable generation, temper is also special, in the Li Sheng period of the imperial examination system quite disdain, according to the history of the five dynasties of the later generations in the "Xu Kai Biography" contained: "In the Shengyuan Dynasty, the speaker is superficial with literati, and uses the law of righteousness to win scholars, and he is ashamed, and Du Men does not seek advancement." ”

This simple explanation is: Xu Kai consciously disgraced the literati and disdained the behavior of the ancestors at that time by law, closed the door and studied at home, not seeking a career.

In fact, in the Li Sheng Dynasty, Xu Kai did not come out to be an official, until Li Jing ascended the throne, Xu Kai did not come out to participate in the township tribute, entered the imperial court with exceptional learning, and became the school secretary of the secretary province, at that time, he became a colleague and close friend with Han Xizai.

"Yes, it's a dead apprentice!" Su Chen generously admitted.

Xu Kai frowned, and his gaze turned to Han Xizai, a little surprised and inquiring.

Han Xizai was a little embarrassed, because he met with Su Chen that day, chatted for a while, mainly around the picture scroll and font, and did not ask him about his identity as a scholar. Moreover, Han Xizai is a person who is not informal, and often only looks at people based on their talents, whether their personality is suitable for their spleen and stomach, and they don't care about their specific identity.

"Haha, it doesn't matter if you don't participate in the imperial examination, seeing that you are not very old, you are just passing the weak crown! Even if you drop out, you can go back to the academy, pay a certain amount of money, receive the entrance examination, and re-register for the imperial examination. ”

Su Chen smiled in his heart, although he studied in the Chinese department and memorized some Tang poems and Song lyrics; However, if you want to participate in the imperial examination, Tang Fu, who writes pun essays, pays attention to different rhymes and transitions, and writes splendid articles, it is impossible. After all, he is not a pure ancient person who grew up reading scriptures, and his educational environment is different.

"In terms of the imperial examination, the younger generation has no ambition." Su Chen said truthfully.

Han Xizai was stunned when he heard this, and Xu Kai frowned even more, as if he was surprised by his remarks.

This Su Chen has no talent, a plaything, and is incapable of participating in the imperial examination?

Or is this person self-possessing talent, not optimistic about the current court and situation, so he deliberately avoided entering the office?

Xu Kai didn't know which kind of Su Chen was; But Han Xizai once had a relationship with Su Chen, and the conversation was very speculative, and he didn't think he was a talented person.

Han Xizai smiled and said: "Fame and fortune are all external affairs, don't talk about these, the old man is also a white Ding now, haha, but I feel more leisurely and free, moisturizing and comfortable!" Su Chen, I don't know if you know the lyrics of "Appealing to the Heart", have you ever written lyrics and songs in this regard? ”

Su Chen said modestly: "Not very familiar!"

Xu Kai glanced at Han Xizai, and suddenly sneered beside him: "You can't have never done this word card, right?" ”

Su Chen felt the contempt of this Lord Xu, and thought in his heart, he didn't want to just meet, so he lost face here, and let Han Xizai lose face, at least he still lives in Nantang Runzhou, so he smiled and said: "I haven't written it before, but after seeing this poem written by Mr., I also have some feelings, how about writing a poem now?" ”

Han Xizai's eyes lit up, and he handed out a bamboo brush and said, "Su Xiaoyou, please!" ”

"That's a clumsy offering." Su Chen nodded and took the pen, muttered for a while, and then picked up the pen and wrote Lu You's popular poem "Appealing to the Heart".

"Back then, I was looking for a marquis and a horse was in Liangzhou. Where is Guan He's dream? Dusty old mink fur. Hu is not extinguished, the temples are autumn, and tears are empty. In this life, who expected, the heart is in the Tianshan Mountains, and the body is old in Cangzhou. ”

After Han Xizai and Xu Kai finished reading it, they glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's serious surprises; This poem is much stronger than the one just now, this kind of talent is definitely not an ordinary scholar.