However, it was said that after the prefect of Ma's mansion was preached by the clouds and mountains, Xu Yan took the initiative to retire.

By the time he left the palace, his back was soaking wet.

It's also too difficult to deal with people above officialdom. It's okay if you are familiar with each other, there are words like Ma Zhifu, and it is really not good to understand the meaning hidden in the words without a little understanding.

However, Chen Maoli's matter should be over, and Governor Ma does not seem to have any intention of continuing to entangle in this matter.

After Xu Yan returned to the Tailai Inn, he went straight upstairs to his room.

Hearing that Xu Yan was back, the little scholar Shuangxi and Chen Maoli both greeted him.

"Brother Shixian, the people in the government didn't embarrass you, right?"

Xu Yan was "taken away for questioning" because of his matter, and Chen Maoli was naturally very upset.

"Brother Luqing, didn't I come back well."

Xu Yan smiled and said, "Lord Fuzun just asked me some questions and asked me to come back, and he didn't embarrass me." ”

"That's good, that's good."

Chen Maoli was overjoyed when he heard this: "In this case, you and my brothers might as well have a drink." ”

Shuangxi also said on the side: "The food prepared in the store is useless, just waiting for the young master to come back." ”

Xu Yan also happened to be a little hungry, so he nodded and said, "This is exactly what I mean." ”

Double Happiness took the meals and put them on the table in turn.

Red sloppy anchovy, fried kidneys, steamed willow mackerel, bad goose gizzards, whitebait bream, dry steamed split chicken, fried gluten, roasted bones, spread eggs, braised red meat balls with yam, braised bamboo shoot chicken, roasted lychee meat with garlic, roasted duck in the oven, donkey meat with yellow buds and leeks, fried winter bamboo shoots in spring, fried fresh fish, fried quails......

As far as the eye can see, there are all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Don't talk about Chen Maoli now, Xu Yan and Shuangxi are dumbfounded.

This little two is bringing a table of banquets, right? There were only three of them, and where did they eat so much.

This table of dishes costs two or three taels of silver, although Xu Yan is not bad for money, but it is not such a bad practice.

"This killer must be seeing Brother Xian's bold move, and he wants to spend the money given to him as soon as possible, and then care about Brother Xian!"

Chen Maoli hugged Xu Yan unfairly.

Xu Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's also to blame me for trusting him too much." Forget it this time, next time I'll ask Double Happiness to go out and buy it. ”

At this point, there is no need to be angry with yourself.

What's more, Xu Yan was already a little hungry, so he feasted with Chen Maoli and Double Happiness.

The delicacies of the mountains and seas are paired with Jinhua rice wine, which is indeed a unique taste.

After half an hour, the three of them were full of wine and food, and there was still more than half of the dishes on the table.

"Don't hide it from my brother, this is the most luxurious meal my brother has ever eaten in his life."

Chen Maoli patted his stomach and said.

Xu Yan was full, and said with embarrassment: "Let Brother Lu Qing smile." ”

It turns out that sometimes it's not a good thing to have too many options, because you'll always want to try each one......

After another while, Chen Maoli got up and said goodbye.

Xu Yan sent him out of the house with his front foot, and lay down on the bed with his back foot.

"Young master, wipe your face."

Shuangxi twisted the soaked handkerchief and handed it to Xu Yan.

Xu Yan wiped his head and said, "Let me rest first." ”

Shuangxi sighed, took a quilt and prepared to lay on the floor.

A person calmed down, recalling the conversation between the government and the prefect Ma today, Xu Yan felt very strange.

First of all, the prefect of Ma asked Xu Yan to go to the government office on the grounds of questioning the matter of "guaranteeing Chen Maoli". But in fact, apart from a few symbolic questions, Governor Ma did not pay much attention to this matter.

On the contrary, after that, the prefect led the jackdaw with the title of "Zhan Wu Zhan, in whose house", and ordered Xu Yan to compose lyrics. After Xu Yan made a resignation, he induced Xu Yan to talk about serving the country for the official. It also leads to the "virtuous and virtuous; Parents can do their best; The king of things can lead to his body. Make friends with friends, and believe in words, although I have not learned, I will say that I have learned. ”

Now that I think about it, the connection between the two is extremely reluctant, as if it was a hard drag.

It stands to reason that the prefect's standard would not do such a thing. Could it be that the prefect means something else?

Xu Yan thought of the last sentence of Ma Zhifu, "This mansion is here, you have to think about it", and felt more and more that this matter was not simple.

Xu Yan closed his eyes and began to carefully recall every detail, "Zhan Wu Zhan, in whose house" comes from the Book of Songs, which belongs to the Five Classics. "Virtuous and virtuous; Parents can do their best; The king of things can lead to his body. Make friends with friends, and believe in words, although I have not learned, I will say that I have learned. "From the Analects, it belongs to the Four Books.

The Four Books and the Five Classics, of course, may be a coincidence, but there is also another possibility, that is, it was planned in advance by the Ma Governor's Mansion and led Xu Yan to connect step by step.

At this point, Xu Yan had a bold idea in his heart......

Does this count as Governor Ma hinting at the government exam questions to him?

Of course, Ma Zhifu said at most to this point, as for what level Xu Yan can comprehend, it is Xu Yan's own business.

However, Xu Yan still felt that it was better to believe it than not to believe it.

He got up abruptly and began to analyze the angles that could be used in these two verses of the Book of Songs and the Analects. I don't want to know, I want to be scared, these two sentences are really suitable for the topic.

But there was one question he couldn't understand. Even if Governor Ma gave him four book titles, how did he know that Xu Yan's scripture was the Book of Songs?

After all, Xu Yan chose one of the five classics, and Xu Yan did not tell Ma Zhifu that the scripture he governed was the "Book of Songs".

Could it be that Zhao County Commander mentioned it to Governor Ma?

The more Xu Yan thought about it, the more restless he felt. The government test is imminent, and I can't look at anything else. It's better to practice these two questions as government exam questions. If it is really a government exam question, Xu Yan will naturally earn blood, even if it is not Xu Yan, it is not a loss to practice his hands.

"Double happiness, pave paper and grind ink!"

Shuangxi was laying out the quilt, and when he saw that his young master was so late and had to write an article again, he was distressed and said, "Young master, can't you rest for a while." ”

"Quick, young master, I'm not tired!"

Shuangxi was helpless, so he had to clean up the table and lay out the paper for Xu Yan, and stood aside to study the ink.

Xu Yan closed his eyes and meditated quietly.

Ma Zhifu is a dignified official of the fourth rank of the imperial court, and it is impossible to directly tell Xu Yan the subject at the risk of ending his career for the sake of a child, at most through this kind of chat. In this way, even if Xu Yan guessed anything, he would "guess" it himself.

Ma Zhifu's sudden gesture of favor to Xu Yan must be related to Xianxiangrui, but it is not only because of this. The relationship between the governor Zhu Kun and Xu Yan is also a major reason for the prefect Ma's goodwill.

If you connect these antecedents and consequences in detail, you will find that everything can be explained.

The Ming officialdom has always been linked, since the governor is optimistic about Xu Yan, what reason does the Ma Governor's Mansion have not to push the boat down?

Of course, these are just Xu Yan's guesses.

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