Yuan Jie turned his head and said with a smile: "What is the name?" ”

Xu You calmed down and replied casually: "Play, you can know the distance; The sea is vast. Listening to the word sea of plays, such as seeing Yuan Gong! ”

Yuan Jie laughed, his tone was extremely cheerful, and he pointed at him and said, "Qilang, Qilang!" ”

He had praised Xu You with Qunhong Xihai before, but he asked what the name of "Xihai Pavilion" was, which was actually deliberate, not embarrassing, but more about the meaning of the school examination. This is also a popular game among the corporal doctors, like to examine a person's words and deeds, talent and strength in the ordinary trivial questions and answers, if the question is skillful, the answer is wonderful, it will immediately spread to the Quartet, is the only way for the elderly to become famous after promotion.

Of course, it also depends on the social status and influence of the person who asked the question, otherwise no matter how clever the question is asked, no matter how wonderful the answer is, it will only be flattering and thrown to the blind, except for a small problem of squinting eyes, there is no practical benefit!

It is precisely because of the mystery hidden in this question that Xu Youzan is not, praise is arrogant, and it is not praise if he doesn't, it is clear that he is disrespectful to His Holiness, how to answer, it is really a dilemma.

In fact, a group of geese frolicking in the sea is often used to describe the vigor and agility of calligraphy. However, Xu You put aside the word "Qunhong" and literally dismantled the play and the sea to explain: the play has the meaning of debauchery and unruliness, so it is far away, and the sea is wide enough to accommodate hundreds of rivers, so it is taken to be broad, and Shengsheng stripped the relevance of this word and calligraphy. In this way, if the name of "Xihai Pavilion" is good, there will be no suspicion that Wang Po is selling melons.

Being able to do this step already shows Xu You's urgency, but he has a stroke of genius, and he actually linked the redefined word "Xihai" with Yuan Jie's personality, and quietly slapped a fresh and refined sycophant.

Yuan Jie naturally understood the truth of this, and he loved and used Xu You for a while, hesitated for a moment, seemed to have made up his mind, and said: "Since you think it's good, the plaque of the Xihai Pavilion will be inscribed by Qilang!" ”

Xu You was really startled this time, the plaque is the lintel of the pavilion, and it is also the face of the master's family, with the status of the Yuan family, he is not a famous calligrapher of Gaohua, and he is not qualified to write the plaque at all, not to mention that he is a household Qi Min?

"Yuan Gong ......"

Xu You thinks that there is still some merit in calligraphy, but he has no reputation and no scholarly status, how dare he risk the disapproval of the world, and he was just about to open his mouth to refuse, but was interrupted by Yuan Jie's wave of his hand, and said: "This matter is decided, Qilang doesn't need to say much." Let's go, write the words, enjoy the scenery, and then go to taste the delicacies of Jinling, life so far, what a regret! ”

Xu You smiled bitterly: "Can I refuse?" ”

"What do you say?"

The two of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time!

The chef of the Yuan Mansion may have been stimulated by Feng Tong's supervisor, and there was a big explosion in cooking. Xu You swept it slightly, and saw vinegared goose and duck soup, snakehead swallow, steamed porpoise, Hu cannon meat, Yulu group, Xianren Bay, five-flavor preserved food, etc., all of which are things that ordinary people can't eat in a lifetime. For example, the practice of preserved five flavors is very complicated, generally in October, take the most delicate venison cut into long strips, put in seasoning and broken bones to boil into soup, take out after soaking for three days and nights, dry to semi-wet, pinch tightly with your hands, repeat this several times, wrap it with Wucheng bamboo leaves for half a year before it can be formed. Then there is this Hu cannon meat, which was introduced to China from Persia during the Wei Dynasty, and the steamed pork is the steamed suckling pig, which is a famous dish with exquisite workmanship.

Xu You grabbed Feng Tong first and asked where the autumn equinox went. He originally thought that he would be able to leave the Yuan Mansion immediately after writing a letter of divorce, so he let the autumn equinox wait outside. I didn't want to get involved with Yuan Jie, and when I went out to go up the mountain, I didn't see her figure, so I thought that there would be no danger in this Yuan Mansion, and I should have been arranged elsewhere by Feng Tong.

Sure enough, Feng Tong saw that Xu You and Yuan Jie were talking happily, and knew that they would not be able to disperse for a while, so they brought the autumn equinox to the courtyard next to them, and they also sent meals to this meeting, and did not treat her slowly.

Xu You nodded, thanked Feng Tong for a few words, and then stared at the table full of dishes, his appetite was open, and he was too lazy to pay attention to his manners, so he was very happy to eat. Yuan Jie didn't eat much, most of the time he was stroking his beard and looking at Xu You and smiling, or asking the servants to add food and pour wine for him, and the harshness of the strict requirements for the children of the family in the past had all disappeared, if Feng Tong didn't know the inside story, he really thought that this was between Weng and his son-in-law, and they were happy.

However, fortunately, Yuan Jie also has to take into account various factors in reality, this banquet is only him and Xu You, if he really recruits the children of the family to accompany him, and sees the scene of favoritism, there is no reason to recruit Xu You.

The guests and hosts of the meal were happy, and when they had cleaned their hands and mouths, Yuan Jie and Xu You returned to the original house. Feng Tong had already prepared cinnabar and plaques, and asked Xu You to write the inscription. Xu You saw that the matter had come to this point, and he couldn't shirk it, not to mention the short mouth of eating people, so he smiled and said: "Fortunately, it's a wooden plaque, if it's a stone plaque, I have to say anything I have to say......"

Yuan Jie heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, but he didn't say anything. Feng Tong was confused when he heard it, and seeing that Lord Lang was in a good mood, he was also happy to have fun, and asked, "Why did Lang Jun say this?" ”

Xu You silently outlined the size of the wooden plaque and the frame structure of the word "play sea" in his heart, and said: "There was a famous calligrapher Wei Dan in the previous dynasty, who was the best at writing with large characters. It's just that at that time, they were all stone plaques, and it was very dangerous to hang people into the air for inscription after they were built. Later, a new Lingyun platform was built, twenty-five zhang high, Wei Dan was hung up and suffered a crime, and when he came down, his beard and hair were all white. As soon as he returned home, he warned his children and grandchildren that since he had been in the past, Webster was not allowed to learn big characters, and it was passed down as a joke by Shilin. ”

Feng Tong listened to what he said interestingly, and sneered: "This Duke Wei is really too timid......

"It's not cowardly, it's a good celebrity, being hung around every day, it's really insulting, and Wei Dan can't do it!" After Xu You finished speaking, his expression was condensed, he rolled up his sleeves and lifted the pen, and wrote the words "play in the sea" in an instant, and then threw the pen on the case, sighing: "Today's interest is exhausted!" ”

Yuan Jie stood beside the desk, looked at it for a while, and sighed: "The pen is thin if the ink is thin, and the Zhu is fat, this is nature, so the plaque book is often more round, and the vigor is insufficient." Shichiro can do the opposite, both round and thin, and the strength of the pen is strong, which makes people happy and convinced. Then he instructed Feng Tong: "Go find Jin Ling immediately...... No, the best craftsman in Yangzhou carver told him that whether it is the font or the penmanship, there must not be the slightest deviation, after carving, remember to paste the gold leaf. Also, wait for tomorrow morning, go to Chen, Yang, Qu, and Cui Sifu to send my name post, and invite a few old friends to come over to the house! ”

When Feng Tong came out of the room, Yuan You showed a little tiredness, turned around and sat on the three screen couches, and said, "Qilang, do you know why I asked you to write this plaque?" ”

"It's Yuan Gong who raises the ...... of love"

"It's natural to love you, but I'm not without a little selfishness." Yuan Jie rubbed his eyebrows and said: "When the plaque is ready, I will invite the celebrities of Jinling to come and play, I dare to guarantee that as soon as they see the font of the plaque, they will definitely ask who inscribed it......"

Xu You sighed and said, "Earlier, I wanted to reject Yuan Gong, but I was worried about this section!" ”

"It's okay!" Yuan Jie's eyes suddenly revealed a bit of naughtiness that only young people have, and said, "The more they asked, the more I didn't say anything, and only said that I invited a great hermit who didn't want to be named. In this way, within a few months, Shichiro's calligraphy skills, which are enough to trigger change, and this sense of mystery, will surely spread throughout Jiangzuo. At that time, people who want to see Shichiro's Mobao will come in an endless stream, and you just take this opportunity to silently raise hope. After a year or two, if there is a change in the DPRK and China, or when the time is right, if I tell you where you came from, won't you be able to make a name for yourself in the world in an instant? ”

Xu You snorted, isn't this the marketing planning skills in his world, making full use of the instinct of human nature to snoop, the more he hides it, the more it tickles the bottom of people's hearts, and then it can mobilize a huge spiral effect and spread it to more and more audiences.

This Yuan Jie, although he governs Confucianism, is not the kind of rotten Confucian, and there are really a lot of Xiao Jiujiu in his stomach. Xu You was engaged in finance in his previous life, and he was very familiar with these, and immediately understood the part that Yuan Jie did not say.

These are the benefits for Xu You, and of course there are also benefits for Yuan Jie himself, that is, a little selfishness as he himself said. As long as Xu You's name is not said for a day, Xihai Pavilion will become the most talked about place in the entire Chu State, and it is conceivable that in addition to Jinling County, there are many literati and scholars from other states and counties who will gather here thousands of miles away. These people came, Yuan Fu naturally wanted to entertain, to make people feel at home, and there was a friendship after coming and going, and these people also have their own social relations, there are fellow doors, there are relatives, there are friends, after going back, a little publicity, the name of Xihai Pavilion is even more known.

This is not only a reputation, but also a network, but also a resource, which may not be of great benefit to the Yuan clan, but it is a great benefit to Yuan Jie himself! You must know that in the Yuan family, there are seventeen men of the same generation as Yuan Jie, and four of them are in high positions, which is far from being comparable to him as a Jinling Taishou. And the current head of the Yuan family has returned to his hometown, frail and sickly, and he doesn't know when he will die, if he can improve his reputation before this, even if he can't win the position of the head of the family, at least when the power changes, his position in the family will not be weakened, and he can even go further.

This is not an infighting in the clan, but within a reasonable range, do your best to maintain your own interests, in fact, there is nothing to blame!

Xu You's eyes gathered slightly, Yuan Jie couldn't see any scheming on the surface, maybe he laid out such a big game between talking and laughing, and let him realize it later, the high level is really convincing.