Chapter Ninety-Nine: Selecting Talents to Establish Prestige (4)
Li Xuanba's uplink was not something he came up with in a flash of inspiration.
When Lin Xuan was in college, he participated in an event, the content was couplets and poems, and the couplet he got was this, because he didn't match it at that time, he later went to find the answer, so he was extremely impressed.
"You can't even come up with such a simple uplink, so what qualifications do you have to question it?" After waiting for about a stick of incense, Li Xuanba said contemptuously.
The young man's sideburns were all sweaty, and he stood in place at a loss, and others threw sympathetic glances at him, but he didn't dare to speak casually, even if someone came up with the next link.
"The student is stupid, please ask Zhou Guogong for advice!" The young man racked his brains and couldn't think of the next link, so he bet that Li Xuanba might not be right, so he arched his hand and said.
"Guanyun Pavilion, Guanyun Xing, Guanyun Pavilion on Guanyun Xing, Yunting Quartet, Cloud Quartet." Li Xuanba recited aloud: "Are you satisfied with this, if you feel bad, my father will give you another pair of couplets: listen to the rain pavilion, listen to the rain complaint, listen to the rain pavilion in the rain pavilion, the rain pavilion for ten thousand years, the rain for ten thousand years!" ”
Seeing Li Xuanba coming, the young man's face turned blue, and he only felt that the eyes around him were full of ridicule, smiled bitterly, bowed down, and sat down on his knees.
"Lord Zhou Guogong, the students have a couplet." Some people felt that the children of the Shi clan had lost face, stood up, and arched their hands: "Enjoy the snow ridge, enjoy the snow scene, enjoy the snow scenery at the head of the snow ridge, the snow ridge will be winter, and the snow scene will be winter." ”
"You're right, it's neat, it's good." Li Xuanba nodded and praised: "What's your name?" ”
"Wei Xueling." The man was also knowledgeable, and he didn't dare to be arrogant, so he replied respectfully.
"It turned out to be a couplet based on his own name." Li Xuanba looked Wei Xueling up and down, and said with a smile: "He is indeed handsome, and he is worth a reward." Even though those scholars didn't want to see Li Xuanba, they were amused by his words. Wei Xueling's face flushed, bowed, and knelt back on the futon.
"Master Wei, my father said that you can be rewarded, why did you sit down? Don't you look down on the rewards of the imperial court? Li Xuanba pretended to be angry and said.
Wei Xueling originally thought that Li Xuanba's so-called worthiness was making fun of the first sentence of his next link. Unexpectedly, he was about to reward him, so he quickly stood up, even more cramped.
"Your Majesty, this son of the Wei family has a subordinate link to Weichen, and Weichen begs His Majesty to reward him." Li Xuanba said to Yang Tong. Although Yang Guang is dead, he once allowed Li Xuanba to salute without saluting anyone, even if Yang Tong is now the emperor, no one will say that Li Xuanba does not know etiquette.
"Then give ten horses of silk." Yang Tong was not ambiguous and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wei Xueling bowed and bowed. He came from a family. Ten silk brocades are nothing to him, but to be able to stand out among dozens of talented people, this honor is irreplaceable.
After Li Xuanba finished his performance, he threw a wink in the direction of the curtain, and then handed over the rest of the matter to the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others, while he sat down with Yang Tong to drink tea and chat.
Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng were officials in the court, and those children of the scholar clan had already heard of their great names and did not dare to provoke. However, the eldest grandson Wuji was not famous, and everyone pointed the finger at him. But he didn't want the eldest grandson Wuji's knowledge to be above Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, so he was embarrassed.
"I originally thought that Zhou Guogong was just loyal and brave, and bravely crowned the three armies, but I didn't expect to be so talented." In the curtain, Xiao Liu Liangdi smiled and said to Yang Ling: "Sister Ling'er's vision is really good. ”
"Sister-in-law, don't make fun of Ling'er." Yang Ling's face was flushed, and he lowered his eyebrows and said, "He's just a coincidence." ”
Look at his confident look. What is like the Lord by chance? Seeing that Yang Ling was shy, Xiao Liu Liangdi chuckled and said: "Your Majesty has issued an edict that you can get married before the mourning period is over, you are not young, it is time to get married one day." ”
In fact, Xiao Liu Liangdi thought too much. With Li Xuanba's character, if he still has goods in his stomach, how can he let go of those children of the scholar clan, he seems to be calm, but he is actually very worried that someone will test him in turn, so he is in a hurry to drink tea with Yang Tong.
No matter how bold the children of the scholar clan are, they don't dare to disturb the emperor and the prince of the dynasty, right?
"My father's bones are not cold, how can Ling'er do such a thing?" Yang Ling didn't expect Xiao Liu Liangdi to suddenly say such a thing, and he was shocked.
"It is precisely because you are the daughter of your father that you should marry Zhou Guogong." Xiao Liu Liangdi looked at the simple-minded Yang Ling and sighed: "You are the princess of the Great Sui, if even you refuse to obey His Majesty's edict, what will the people think in their hearts?" Moreover, although Zhou Guogong is loyal to the imperial court, if you don't marry him for a day, he will still be a foreign minister. His Majesty can trust him, others may not be able to trust him, General Zhang and others are leading the troops outside, and Zhou Guogong is left alone in Jiangdu, there must be people who artificially speculate about the holy will and intend to offend Zhou Guogong. ”
Yang Ling's face changed, she had never thought about these problems, and when she heard Xiao Liu Liangdi say this, she instantly understood, and said nervously: "Sister-in-law, what should I do?" ”
"Zhou Guogong is strong-blooded, if you marry him as soon as possible, how can he have an ambiguous relationship with the maidservants around him?" Xiao Liu Liangdi held Yang Ling's hand and said, "Listen to this palace, don't let Zhou Guogong wait." ”
Yang Ling hesitated, glanced at Li Xuanba, who was talking and laughing with Yang Tong, and thought, he had let him suffer so many grievances? Then why didn't he tell me? Xiao Liu Liangdi's eyes also looked at Yang Tong and Li Xuanba through the curtain, and shook her head slightly.
"Brother Wuji's identity is special, why did you still let him come forward?" On the other side, Yang Tong said to Li Xuanba with some uneasiness: "If the news spreads, the Jingshi side may be angry. ”
"It's okay, it's not my real name." Li Xuanba smiled evilly and said, "Brother Wuji is going to Hebei soon, I want him to show someone some skills before he leaves." After speaking, his eyes were aimed at Yang Yuan intentionally or unintentionally.
"Yang Yuan is a good person." Yang Tong understood. smiled heartily, as if he thought of something happy: "If Brother Xuanba wants to match them, why don't I give them an edict to marry?" ”
"With their temperament, will Your Majesty's edict work?" The two spoke very softly, and Li Xuanba was not worried that someone would be involved in his great disrespectful crime: "Let's let them get acquainted slowly, I have always seen that the two of them are not pleasing to the eye, if they can be put together, it will undoubtedly be a pleasant thing." ”
Yang Yuan and the eldest grandson Wuji were quite respectful in front of Yang Tong, so Yang Tong didn't have the feeling of Li Xuanba, so he smiled and didn't answer.
Li Xuanba's so-called unpleasant look is not because he hates Yang Yuan and the eldest grandson Wuji.
Since meeting Yang Yuan, Yang Yuan has often sneered at Li Xuanba, which made Li Xuanba very unhappy, and the eldest grandson Wuji is always calm and unfazed, which makes Li Xuanba very curious, what will happen if the eldest grandson Wuji is planted in Yang Yuan's hands.
Of course, the main reason why Li Xuanba wants to match Changsun Wuji and Yang Yuan is because he likes the two of them. (To be continued.) )