Chapter 157: The Seven Grades Master Book

---- Xuanwu Gate

Wei Xian was helped up by Xu Qing, but when he saw that Xu Qing said that you had lost weight, he was grateful, and immediately said: "Ah, Lord Xu, the disciple will do his best to be a loyal minister, and then repay Lord Xu with death......

The sentence "You have lost weight" is to forgive Wei Xian for not writing a reply.

But Xu Qing laughed twice at this time and said: "Hehe, it's okay, Wei Xian, you get up and speak first, tell me why you don't write to me in return, if you really forget me as a teacher, I will definitely let you eat a few whips!" ”

"Sir, alas!" Seeing Wei Xian's eyes full of helplessness, he sighed heavily, and then said: "That day, I met my emperor in Chang'an, and sent the "Disciple Rules" to him, and the emperor was very happy, and immediately appointed me as an official deployment order, and several other people were also sent as official ......."

"In this way, you were promoted, what happened later, let's hear it......" As he spoke, Xu Qing asked Wei Xian to sit down.

"A few days before I went to work in the Ministry of Officials, other people were okay with me, but a few days later, I went and heard some whispers, saying that the disciples were just messengers, and they had the ability to be on an equal footing with them, but in fact, they were ...... In fact, he has no knowledge and ability. Wei Xian sighed, and then said, "I don't care about them, it's just that they never do anything for me." I was in the Ministry of Officials, although I signed the order, but I danced a page of paperwork in my hand, and there was no envoy under my command. Relying on some rewards from the court and the emperor, I only took root in Chang'an. ”

Xu Qing asked, "Then why don't you take advantage of this time to write me a letter?" ”

"The disciple was about to talk about this, at that time, although Mr.'s "Disciple Rules" was adopted by the emperor, neither Guozijian nor Taixue had ever seen it used, but Chang'an's private school and other students were vying to learn." Wei Xian said slowly: "I took advantage of the fact that I had nothing to do, so I went to investigate quietly, inquired about their opinions, and thought of sending them to Mr. together." So I didn't rush to write a reply, but at that time, I fell seriously ill. ”

Xu Qing nodded and said, "Yes, you have a heart." ”

"An illness, illness until the end of last winter." Wei Xian said with sadness in his eyes, as if he had a deep psychological shadow on the illness he had just recovered: "Later, I heard that my husband had left Cangzhou, so I didn't write a letter."

After speaking, the two of them were silent for a while, Xu Qing also believed what Wei Xian said, it is common for people to be sick in this era, and it is common for them to recover for such a long time. Xu Qing asked, "What disease do you have?" ”

"Gout."

It turned out to be this, no wonder the letter couldn't be written, at this time, Wei Xian added: "Now, my fingers are good, and the handwriting will not be bad, and if the adult has any words, give it to the student to write,"

Xu Qing said suddenly: "Speaking of this, I just have two letters here for you to write, I'll read them, you can write them." ”

At that moment, Wei Xian took a pen and paper to listen to Xu Qing's dictation, and then he wrote the full text in the literary format. After writing the two letters, it was time for Xu Qing to seal the big seal again, he took a cursory glance, and then said to Wei Xian: "Yes, there is indeed a shortage of talent like you around me, well, okay, you will be responsible for my exchanges in the officialdom in the future, and sort out the situation of the ministers in the court." ”

"Huh," Wei Xian bowed his hand, but at this time, his face suddenly looked embarrassed, and Xu Qing saw it and asked, "Xian, what else is going on?" ”

Wei Xian immediately said: "Sir, when I was sick, the officials only gave Lu rice, and there was no silver servant silver, but I was seriously ill this year, and I borrowed a lot of debt, which is ......"

Xu Qing smiled dumbly, the red envelope for this meeting has not been given yet, but Xu Qing really doesn't have much money in his hands, but seeing that he took out a few points of his private money and handed it to Wei Xian and said: "This money will be used as a dowry, and tomorrow you go to hand over Guan Wen, just say that General Yun Lu will be the chief bookkeeper, and when the time comes, I will still take the imperial court, and I will give you another curtain money." ”

Wei Xian bowed and said: "The grace of the gentleman is like regenerating Wei Xian!" ”

Xu Qing smiled and said, "Don't be polite, let's stay for dinner tonight......"

"Wow,"

stayed to eat, but saw that Xu Qing drank a pot of tea, boiled rice, boiled a pot of water, cut the mutton into thin slices, and put a lot of seasonings in the water, but did not cook the meat, Wei Xian didn't know what Xu Qing was doing. He was also puzzled in his heart, looking at Zhao Gong, he only sat on the side and burned firewood, but he looked like a master.

After Xu Qing finished cutting the meat, he scooped a lot of lard into the water, and the lard was boiled and tumbled in an instant, and the fragrance was overflowing in Xu Qing's small mansion. At this time, Xu Qing took the lid of the pot and closed the pot.

Just when Wei Xian was puzzled, there was a knock on the door. Xu Qing said with a smile: "It's here, tonight's dinner, it's here!" ”

Zhao Gong naturally wouldn't sit anymore at this time, jumped up, opened the door and saw that it was Li Chengqian and Li Chengdao, but there was another person behind the two of them, Zhao Gong saw it, that called a seven souls and six spirits all flying!

I saw that the man was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, wasn't he today, or who was it? Everyone in the hall also got up in a hurry and bowed: "The lower officials don't know that the saint has arrived, so they can't meet him from afar, so they ask the emperor for forgiveness,"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm in the palace of Concubine Wan, and this Chengqian Chengdao is clamoring to come here for dinner, so I will come with me." I'd like to see what kind of chef you can have in your little mansion. ”

Wei Xian and Zhao Gong had seen King Lu'an and King Zhongshan again, while Er Xiao had seen Xu Qing, and after saluting, everyone went inside and sat down. This time, not to mention that Zhao Gong didn't dare to come close to eat, Wei Xian didn't dare to sit down, and stood aside respectfully.

At this time, several eunuchs outside came over and put down a bunch of chickens, ducks, and fish, all of which were cut into thin slices.

Li Yuan looked at Wei Xian and asked, "Are you the one who sent the "Disciple Rules"?" ”

Wei Xian immediately knelt down and said, "The ministers are remembered by the saints, and they are afraid of the honor." ”

Li Yuan nodded and said: "You are Xu Qing's old subordinate, it is suitable to be by his side now, well, I will give you a seven-grade master book, and another hundred taels of silver." ”

Wei Xian kowtowed: "Your Majesty, long live my emperor." ”

Xu Qing's stove here is not built up, but a hole is dug in a spacious place in the house, about two fingers deep, called the ground stove. The cave has a lot of ashes because of the frequent fire, and now a three-legged dome iron frame is used to stand on the ash, and firewood is placed under the iron frame, and a large cauldron is placed on it. On the stove, there is a buckle made of wood and iron, which can grow and shorten, and a copper teapot can be hung on it.

Now the firewood is burning, and the water in the pot, or the soup, is also burning, and the aroma spreads out when the lid is lifted. On the edge of the pot, Li Yuan, Er Xiao and Xu Qing sat around. At this time, Li Yuan looked at Erxiao, and saw that the two of them were full of longing, he suddenly became curious, and asked, "What delicacies of the mountains and seas are cooking in this pot?" ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for Xu Qing to answer, he went to open the lid of the pot to check, but saw a burst of mist rising, and there was nothing else in the pot except water, which was the lard floating on the noodles.