During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. Where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village.

In March, after Qingming, the rain is gradually abundant, and a cloud floats over Runzhou City from time to time, hanging down the sky and raining down, endlessly.

After Han Yunpeng was full of wine and food, he pulled Su Chen, held an oil-paper umbrella, walked out of the small alley with white walls and gray tiles, and came to the magnificent Han Mansion.

Even if he made an appointment to visit the door for a follow-up appointment today, Su Chen did not miss the appointment, and was led to Han Xizai's room by Han Yunpeng.

Han Xizai leaned in front of the bed, holding a copy of the Tao Te Ching in his hand, but his eyes did not read, but looked at the beam of the room in a daze, thinking about the situation in the northwest, worried.

He thought of his southern crossing, full of Lingyun's ambition at the beginning, and now he has spent most of his life, after the year of the sixtieth year, four out of sixty, dismissed and suspended at home, witnessing the strength of the Song State in the north and the decline of the Tang Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River, he couldn't help but sigh and regret.

This Han Xizai was born in a wealthy official family, and his great-grandfather Han Jun was once Tang Taichangqing; grandfather Han Yin, served as the imperial history; His father, Han Guangsi, served as the secretary and young eunuch, the envoy of Ziqing Observation, and the deputy envoy of Pinglu Jiedu; Generations of ministers are ranked.

Therefore, Han Xizai hit the small after the cultural edification of the ancestral family and the minister, he set up the ambition of going out and going into the prime minister, studied hard since childhood, and then lived in seclusion in Songshan to study, about 20 years old to study in Luoyang, in the later Tang Dynasty Tongguang four years to climb the Jinshi, can be described as a young ambition.

But later, his father Han Guangsi, because he was the adjutant of the Pinglu Jiedu envoy Wang Gongyan, the latter refused to accept the appointment of Li Siyuan of the Later Tang Dynasty Mingzong Dengzhou Assassin History, and was defeated by the general Huo Yanwei led the army, and finally Wang Gongyan, Han Guangsi and others were all beheaded, the family road collapsed, and Han Xizai was forced to flee the Central Plains and cross the Huai land south into Yang Wu.

Decades have passed, Han Xizai's temples have turned white, his ambition has faded, and he can't help but feel a lot of emotion.

"But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. Poor white happens! ”

Han Xizai muttered to himself, with a wry smile on his face, and at this moment, Han Yunpeng knocked on the door and entered with Su Chen.

"I've seen Han Lao!" Su Chen carried the medicine box and bowed.

Han Xizai was upset when he saw his youngest son, but when he saw him taking Su Chen into the room, he was calmer, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "Young Master Su, come here." ”

"Give Han Lao a follow-up examination, if there is no major problem, just come once every few days in the future."

Han Xizai nodded when he heard this: "I bothered you." ”

"As it should be!" Su Chen put down the medicine box, stepped forward to the collapse, and gave Han Xi a pulse and listened to the heart rhythm.

Han Xizai had something to say to Su Chen, so he waved his hand unceremoniously at his youngest son and asked him to go out and wait, don't be an eyesore here.

Han Yunpeng was shaking his head, and when he saw this, he quit with interest, don't look at him as usual squirrel, but people are not stupid, and they are even a little clever and know how to read words and feelings.

After Su Chen took the pulse, he smiled and said: "Old Han, your body is recovering well, your heart rhythm and pulse are normal, and your blood pressure has also come down a little, as long as you don't stay up late and don't drink alcohol for half a month, you'll be fine. ”

Han Xizai nodded, and he was relieved to hear that there was no big deal.

"Master Su, what books do you usually read?"

Su Chen thought about it, "Analects", "Spring and Autumn", "Book of Rites", "Shuowen", "Pifu" and "Hanshu...... I don't usually look at these.

He didn't come back to take the top prize, and he also had some prejudice against the content of the ancient imperial examination, so he didn't have much interest, besides, it's too late for him to start learning from scratch, so it's better to make money, it doesn't matter if he is an official or not.

In the future, he will be able to have thousands of money, his wife and concubines, and live a harmonious and happy life together, which is what he yearns for in this life.

What Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger; What kind of vertical and horizontal striking, the court is treacherous, he has no great interest, fighting, killing, fighting, why bother!

"Except for reading medical books, writing books, and memorizing poems, I am not interested in other books." Su Chen said.

Han Xizai thought about it for a while, deliberately tested the teaching, explored the depth of his learning, and said: "Why don't you let the old man say some articles and sentences, and you can tell the author's source?" ”

"Don't want it......" Su Chen's expression was a little unnatural, this kind of teaching examination is a bit difficult, although he was a Chinese department during his graduate studies, he was a clinical medicine in his undergraduate degree, and his major was not proficient, let alone memorized ancient texts since he was a child, how could he memorize sentences from all the articles of the Hundred Schools of Thought, Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties...... The concubine can't do it!

Han Xizai shook his head and smiled: "How elegant it is to meet friends with literature, come, listen to my sentence: self-nature is the city, and self-study is the city." The civil and military Zhou Gong, who became by his own nature, is unattainable without his nature. Yan Zi travels in the summer, and those who are honest and self-aware are also ......"

This sentence comes from the Tang Dynasty writer Ouyang Zhan's "Theory of Self-Evident Sincerity", in which he emphasized the importance of having "sincerity", and with sincerity, you can cultivate yourself and govern the country. After the Anshi Rebellion, the social trend of thought in the Middle and Tang Dynasty began to shift from emphasizing loyalty and filial piety to focusing on honesty and honesty, which began to pay attention to the problem of the heart; It can be regarded as a more important treatise of Confucianism after the Middle and Tang Dynasties.

It's a pity that this article is not a famous article with gorgeous rhetoric, and it is not included in modern textbooks, Su Chen has not heard of it.

At this time, Su Chen looked confused, shook his head with a wry smile, and didn't know the source of the article and the author.

Han Xizai saw that he didn't know, and comforted: "It's okay, maybe this article is a bit biased, it involves changes in Confucianism, and the content is a little bitter, let me say another paragraph that is easy to understand: The article is based on education, the form is in chaos, and it is related to the national style." Therefore, the heart of a gentleman is the will, the words of the gentleman are the text, and the way of the gentleman is the teaching. "Yi" cloud 'looks at humanity to turn into the world', this gentleman's text is also. You should have heard this paragraph, right? ”

In the Middle Tang Dynasty, Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan carried out literary innovation, advocated the ancient literature movement, and promoted the combination of literary thought and literary creation.

Han Xizai thought to himself that since Su Chen was not good at pun fu, but he had a talent for poetry, he should be on the side of Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan, and he was a supporter and supporter of the style left over from the ancient literary movement, so he should be familiar with Liu Mian's article.

Su Chen also looked confused, he could understand the general meaning of this paragraph, as for what the title of this article was, which ancient author wrote it, he didn't know at all, it was too unpopular!

"Haven't heard of this either?" Han Xizai's face was a little unnatural, and he forcibly said, "It's okay, listen to the following ...... again"

"Stop, stop...... Han Lao Han Lao, the kid is only a shallow learner, maybe he has turned it before, but his memory is not deep, and he has long forgotten it. After Su Chen found an excuse, he stubbornly arched his hand and said: "That, I suddenly thought that there was an urgent matter at home, so I retired first!" ”

After Su Chen finished speaking, he didn't wait for him to stay, he got up directly, and hurriedly grabbed the door with the medicine box, if he didn't leave, the embarrassment would be even greater, and I was afraid that he would be regarded as illiterate by the other party.

Han Yunpeng happened to come to the door, and when he saw Su Chen leaving in a hurry, he didn't have time to say hello, shook his head and wondered, and then stepped into the house and said: "Father, Su Chen braved the wind and rain to treat you, this kindness, we can't be lazy, please Daddy give me another hundred yuan, I'll treat Xiao Engong well!" ”

"Get out-" Han Xizai was in a mood of disappointment and annoyance, with nowhere to vent, Han Yunpeng's appearance added fuel to the fire, and he just hit the muzzle of the gun.

Han Yunpeng saw that his father Han Xizai was angry, and he picked up a pillow and smashed it over, so frightened that he hugged his head and fled in a hurry.