The next day, Xu Shuo woke up and got up to ask Xiu'er, who had already returned from fetching water, what time it was.

"Husband, it's already hour, it's almost noon soon, I see that my husband stayed up too late last night, and I can't bear to wake up my husband in the morning, and I want my husband to sleep a little longer."

Xu Shuo was shocked for a few seconds when he heard this, and immediately jumped up to pack up his clothes, and said while cleaning up, "Xiu'er misunderstood me, Xiu'er misunderstood me, today is the day for me to get out of trouble, why don't you wake me up earlier, what if I am late." ”

"Ah, then the husband hurry up and wash up, and I'll help the husband tidy up his clothes."

After speaking, Xiu'er immediately ran to Xu Shuo's side to help him sort out his clothes.

"What kind of clothes are there in ancient times, it's really troublesome to wear, hey, it's better for the future generations, how convenient the clothes are, no, I'm going to promote the clothes of the later generations, hehe, this is also a way to make money, yes."

After washing, Xu Shuo wore socks and hurriedly ran outside before putting on his shoes.

Behind him, Xiu'er chased after Xu Shuo's shoes and shouted: "Husband... Husband... You forgot to put on your shoes. ”

At this time, Xu Shuo never thought that he was not wearing shoes? Because he was afraid that it would not be good to leave a bad image with Taiwei Yang Biao because he was late, he was very anxious and didn't hear the shouts of Xiu'er who chased him out behind.

Halfway through the run, he stopped suddenly, knocked his head with his hand, and thought embarrassedly, "No, how to go to this Yang Mansion?" Yesterday, it seems that I forgot to ask Yang Xiu how his house is going, hey, why did this forgetful personality still follow. ”

Xiu'er saw that Xu Shuo suddenly stopped there, panted and ran to Xu Shuo, squatted in front of Xu Shuo to put on Xu Shuo's shoes, and said, "Huhu... Husband, the concubine was screaming at her husband behind her, but she forgot to put on her shoes, why didn't you hear it. ”

Xu Shuo came back to his senses and realized that he was not wearing shoes, touched his head awkwardly, and said to Xiu'er: "Hehe, the main thing is that your husband and I have a big event today, and I was too impatient so I didn't pay attention to Xiu'er, I'm sorry." ”

Put on Xu Shuo's shoes, Xiu'er got up and said, "It's okay, husband, today my husband has a big event, Xiu'er will not follow her husband, Xiu'er will prepare meals at the inn, and wait for her husband to bring joy back to share with Xiu'er, I wish your husband a victory in chess today, and get a big official for her husband to display his ambitions." ”

"Borrowing Xiu'er's auspicious words, the husband will go."

After saying that, she couldn't see anyone anymore, Xiu'er shook her head, "My husband is always so reckless, hehe" covered his laughing mouth and returned to the inn with a smile.

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"Uncle, how do you get to this Yang Mansion?"

"Childe, I can't remember where the Yang Mansion is, or I might be able to remember if you buy something."

"No, just the miscellaneous things in your place, what do I buy, besides, I am really in a hurry now, please tell me about it, uncle, I am grateful!"

"Uh... Don't buy? I can't really think of that. ”

Xu Shuo had just arrived at the entrance of the road, and saw an old man setting up a stall on the side of the road, so he walked towards the old man and asked the old man for the way, but the old man had to ask Xu Shuo to buy his things, so he said, which made Xu Shuo so embarrassed.

"Old man Li, you are domineering again, young man, don't buy Old Man Li's things, those things are broken and rotten, and he sells them expensively, be careful not to be cheated by him, come to me, I won't let you buy things, I'll tell you where the Yang Mansion is."

Hearing this, Xu Shuo turned around and walked towards the lady who was setting up the stall next to him, and turned around and made a grimace at Old Man Li.

"Yikes! Yikes! Yikes! I'm angry, it's just that, I don't know like a little doll, hum. After saying that, he turned his head and shouted to himself.

"Auntie, how to go to this Yang Mansion!"

"Young man, look, go straight from this street, turn a corner and it is the palace, the road on the right hand of the palace keeps walking, and you can see the Yang Mansion when you walk inside, young man, the old woman is here to remind you, don't look inside the palace too much, otherwise it will be terrible if the guards arrest you, you know?" The eldest lady said earnestly.

"Thank you, auntie." Xu Shuo clenched his fists and bowed, and then rushed in the direction that the eldest lady said.

Passing by the palace and looking at the golden splendor of the palace, Xu Shuo, who wanted to stop and admire, suddenly remembered what the eldest mother said, and ran quickly across the palace.

When I arrived at the gate of Yang's Mansion, I looked over and saw that there was a flat sign hanging on the gate, and the two big characters "Yang's Mansion" on it finally arrived.

Xu Shuo walked to the door and knocked on the door.

After a while, an old man opened the door and asked, "But is Xu Gongzi?" ”

"Yes, yes, I am Xu Shuo, yesterday Brother Yang asked me to come to the house today, and let Lord Taiwei give me a half-official position so that I can contribute a little bit of my own strength to the Han."

The old man opened the door and said, "Master Xu, go to the main hall, my young master and master have been waiting for a long time." ”

Hearing this, Xu Shuo walked into the main hall with steps, and saw an old man sitting on the main seat, with a long beard, and Yang Xian was sitting on the left side below, looking at Xu Shuo a little strange, and he looked complaining.

Xu Shuo gave Yang Xiu an embarrassed look, and now he bowed in the middle and said loudly: "Senior Xu Ziqian greets Lord Taiwei." ”

Yang Biao was sitting on the main seat and was closing his eyes to recuperate, and was startled by Xu Shuo, but his body expression was still the same as before, he slowly opened his eyes, first looked at Xu Shuo, and saw that Xu Shuo was untidy and said, "Hurry, hurry, how can you achieve great things?" ”

Xu Shuo said angrily when he heard this: "The appearance is just a false ear, and the memory is real, why don't you be afraid that you can't achieve great things?" Jinjin trivial things, don't worry, if the Taiwei only looks at the surface, it is nothing more than a vain, the outside has been rumored that the Taiwei is as wise as a bead, if you only look at the appearance of the small things and decide whether the person acts, it is too rash, right? ”

"Xu Shuo, you..." Yang Xiu's face was red and his neck was thick, and he was about to get up and defend himself.

"Brother Yang, don't worry, Shuo is just saying what he thinks in his heart, if there is anything offended, Lord Shuowang, Brother Yang, bear with me." After speaking, Xu Shuo looked confident.

"Hmph, you are honest, okay, then I will test you, since ancient times, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, you can interpret them to the old man one by one? If you can't interpret it clearly, then you are just a mediocre person's ear, these seven words are just the seven words of life since ancient times, and today I just want to see your skills, to see if you are an arrogant mediocrity. ”

Xu Shuo said freely: "I can explain these seven words to the adults one by one, benevolence, Yan Yuan once said: "Fan Chi asked Ren." Zi said: 'Lover'. Again, "self-denial is benevolence." One day of self-denial and revenge, the world will return to benevolence. and "Wei Linggong": "Zi said: 'Men with lofty ideals are benevolent, there is no survival to harm benevolence, and there is killing to become benevolent. "Zhuangzi. In You": "Those who are close to each other must be widespread, benevolent." Qing Tan Sitong "Renxue. The world said: "Benevolence is the source of all things in heaven and earth, so the heart is open, so the knowledge is empty." "Benevolence is benevolence, benevolence means."

Hearing this, the lieutenant touched his long beard and nodded.

"And righteousness, since the Analects. Liren": "The gentleman is also in the world, there is no suitability, there is no Mo, and righteousness is compared." Again: "The gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable." "Mencius. "Leaving Lou Shang": "Adults, words do not have to be believed, deeds do not have to be fruitful, but where the righteousness is, the righteousness is the righteousness, justice, justice, and justice." ”

Etiquette is the first time that the children of the Spring and Autumn Period took "etiquette" as the norm of behavior. Confucius also demanded that people's words and deeds conform to etiquette, which refers to both the etiquette and rituals of Zhou rites and the moral norms. He made a comprehensive exposition of "rites" and put forward the view of "self-denial and retribution", "The reason why mortals are human beings is also etiquette." "It has also been said in the Book of Rites, so etiquette is politeness, etiquette, etiquette and so on."

Hearing this, the Taiwei said in his heart: "Yes, yes, the son can be taught." ”

Xu Shuo said again: "Wisdom is the knower, wisdom, wisdom, and wit." Confucius once put "wisdom" and "benevolence" and "bravery" at the same time, positioning it as the way of a gentleman, that is, the so-called "those who know (wisdom) are not confused, those who are benevolent are not worried, and those who are brave are not afraid." "Wisdom", that is, wisdom, intelligence, talent, and resourcefulness. Confucius once believed that only a wise person can realize that "benevolence" is beneficial to him, and only then can he practice "benevolence". Only the Son of Heaven is the "wise man", and the vast majority of them can become "benevolent", while the "villain" is unwise. ”

The lieutenant waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, it's okay, I understand all of you, can you tell me why there are thieves and cholera everywhere in the world now, so that my Han people are not happy?" ”

Xu Shuo was very unhappy when he was interrupted by Yang Biao, he was recalling last night's memorization one by one, but he was interrupted by Yang Biao and forgot about it later, fortunately Yang Biao was not taking these exams, but he thought that he was lucky and came to such a question again, which made Xu Shuo embarrassed, touched his head, stared at Yang Biao in the hall and said, "Lord Taiwei is sure to let me say, then please let me say it, then please give Taiwei an innocence." ”。

Yang Biao said: "Just let you say it, you can say it, I'm afraid of it in my house, okay, I'll give you no guilt." ”

After hearing this, Xu Shuo said: "Then I'm not afraid that the wall has ears, today I lost the Taiwei to look down on it, and then I said it in the next, why are the people not living now, is it not clear to the Taiwei in his heart, it's nothing more than the emperor is mediocre, only greedy for fun, and the country that Gaozu worked so hard to beat down has been ruined, and the traitorous ministers are in charge, and now the emperor above the court is like a fictitious, how can such a court do things for the world, how can the people live a good life?" And under the view of the court, there are many families, the land in all cities and counties is owned by the family, and the people can only enter the family as farmers and slaves, and they can barely eat with their mouths. The literati all have families, and these poor people like me have already come out, so it can be said that the demise of the Han family is only a matter of time, why can there be hundreds of thousands of people in the Yellow Turban Uprising, and those hundreds of thousands of people are nothing more than forced by the Han family and the family to have no way to survive, so they can only pin their hopes on the Yellow Turbans being pushed to the Han family so that the people can have a full meal. ”

After speaking, Xu Shuo closed his eyes helplessly, shook his head, and sighed.

The two people in the lobby were speechless in shock after listening to Xu Shuo's comments, and they were speechless for a long time.

After a stick of incense, Yang Biao stroked his head and said to Xu Shuo: "You go back, how to arrange you later, tomorrow I will ask Dezu to go and talk to you, today I am tired, ready to rest, and what I said just now, you must not talk outside, otherwise you will be killed, this is all you say, you go back and wait for the news." So saying, he got up and walked to the back bedroom.

Yang Xiu saw that his father was gone, and ran to Xu Shuo and said tightly, "Ziqian, you must not say what you just said, otherwise we will all be exterminated by the Nine Clans, you go back first, and I will come to you tomorrow." ”

Xu Shuo was very happy after speaking, and said to Yang Xiu with a smile: "Okay, then I'll go back and wait for Brother Yang's good news tomorrow, Brother Yang, please stop here, don't send Shuo, see you tomorrow." ”

After speaking, he smiled and walked out of the Yang Mansion behind the old man.

Yang Xiu shook his head helplessly and said: "This Xu Ziqian, I really don't know what misfortune comes from the mouth, hey, Ziqian is a person of temperament, I'm afraid of the future, take care of him, and I'll talk about it later." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards Yang Biao's bedroom, ready to discuss what official position to give Xu Shuo. …………………