Cheng Yuan remembered that since he said the sentence "saved" at the south gate, although Cao Zheng had lost his previous anxiety, his expression had increased a trace of seriousness. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAll this made Chengyuan think more and more in that terrible direction.

Chengyuan guessed who the father of the king was again: the surname Wang, who took care of the affairs of the three divisions in the court, maintained close correspondence with his son, and asked him to pay attention to the movement of the "Kuixing" incident when he went to Beijing.

"Dare to ask this brother Wang, is Ling Zun's name a word that has been established early?"

Although it was a little presumptuous, Chengyuan couldn't help but be convinced: whether this Wang surnamed Housheng was the son of Wang Zhang, the third envoy known as "Ji Xiang".

Wang Sheng smiled: "Brother Cheng is only afraid that there is some misunderstanding, Jia Yan is the deputy envoy of the third department in the court, and his name is the word "Zuo" of "Fu Zuo is long".

Chengyuan's heart was horrified: "It's terrible, I also said which one is this surnamed Wang, huh...... It turns out that this person not only knows how to dance and write, but also has some courage. ”

Dou Ranlan asked through the words: "Yes, when I first met today, I only heard Brother Wang's words, but I don't know why?" ”

Wang Sheng smiled: "It's leaked, it seems to be rude, under a single name, under Putian, it is not Wang Tu (Note 1), it is the first word "Pu". ”

This Wang Sheng is the two generations of famous Wang Pu in later generations.

Cheng Yuan thought to himself: "Dou Dye Blue, Dou Dye Blue, you were going to enter the capital of Daliang to play the exam, do you know that the top spot in the provincial exam in the first year of Qianyou is in front of you at this moment?" ”

For Wang Pu, Chengyuan, who has studied historiography, is of course familiar with him, and he has read some of the materials compiled by Wang Pu in the "Tang Hui Yao" and "Five Dynasties Hui Yao". Cheng Yuan has always admired the inventor and advocate of this important history book, in contrast, he believes that although the "History of the New Five Dynasties" compiled by Ouyang Xiu is concise and beautiful, it is full of "private goods" that are cobbled together, and there are even a lot of bloody nonsense. Cheng Yuan sometimes even thinks: "The reason why our later generations study history is actually trying to cross the traps set by Ouyang Xiu, those ditches and bumps?" (Note 2)

When Cheng Yuan was reading, he often savored the brushstrokes in the "Five Generations Meeting", as if this could create an impression of Wang Pu in his mind. Generally speaking, he imagined Wang Pu to be a rather pragmatic person, not the kind of literary youth with no talent.

This person is in front of him at the moment, but his true meaning is elusive. When he said "Pu Tianxia is not the king's land", Wang Pu flashed a look of pride, but immediately withdrew this expression, and at this time, in the face of Dou Ranlan, a slight apology appeared.

Dou Ranlan will feel embarrassed, this is natural, as a Chu person, he came to the Central Plains to participate in the test, which originally had the meaning of "coming to the next state". The scholars of this era only advocated loyalty and filial piety, and rarely had the concept of a state, let alone modern concepts such as nationality and patriotism. Despite this, they are very easy to feel the geographical superiority of the people of "Heluo China", especially Dou Dyed Blue, who was born in the Jingchu region.

The gap created by regional differences is difficult to bridge in any era......

Wang Pu knew that the words had been spoken, and it was difficult to take them back, and then he saw that Dou Ranlan really had a slight displeasure, and for a while, no one in the car said anything, and it was extremely dull.

Cheng Yuan just wanted to make a round, he secretly thought in his heart that he could carry the sedan chair for the Chu people, his black eyes turned three times, and his mouth cannon kung fu was immediately caught:

"Do you know where the world was unified back then?"

Dou Ranlan only said that he wanted to divert the topic, so he replied with a smile: "Yang Jian, the prince of Suiguo, the family of Tang Lihu, are all in the Eight Pillars Kingdom, Emperor Wen of Sui is Weide Huanyu, and Tang Zong is peaceful in the future. Well...... The benevolent see the benevolent, I'm afraid this is a little difficult to say. ”

"Brother Dou is right, but what I asked is the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the princes of the troubled times each dominate one side, who is under control?"

Dou Ranlan opened his eyes wide and said strangely: "This still needs to be asked, could it be Emperor Qin?" ”

"Otherwise, no," Cheng Yuan was waiting for Dou Ranlan's words.

Cao Zheng listened with displeasure on his face, and vaguely guessed what he was going to say, and when he peeked at it, Wang Pu's face beside him was also slightly uneasy.

"According to the opinion of the talent, the world is unified in Chu." Cheng Yuan smiled, "What is unification? The Qin Emperor swallowed up the six countries, stopped the annexation, hundreds of millions of people were displaced, there was no way to live, there was no temple to sacrifice to die, and there was really no place to bury. The people have no way to live, and the country can survive? It is the restoration of the six countries in fifteen years, and it is not unified."

Dou Ranlan nodded again and again: "It makes sense to say this, the world is not unified with Qin, what can you say about this from Chu?" ”

Cheng Yuan coughed lightly twice, and said complacently: "Chen Wangshe, Xiang Wang's nationality, and Gaozu are all Chu people!" It is Zhang Chu, Xiang Chu, Han Chu, all three. The world of Qin died in Zhang Chu, died in Xiang Chu, and was set in Han Chu, so there is this saying. Chu Zhi ............"

Cheng Yuan was talking happily, and suddenly found that Cao Zheng was glaring at him fiercely, and Wang Pu was also full of strange expressions. He thought to himself, "It's me running the train again." ”

Cao Zheng reluctantly smiled: "The death of Qin must be Chu, the mandate of heaven returns to Han, Chu and Han, all came into being, I succeeded the orthodoxy of the former Han Dynasty, and the two Han Dynasty were separated by thousands of years but they were divided into two lives, Yin and Yang, which should show the way of heaven, Yin and Yang and the harmony." What the old man said, are you right? ”

Everyone had no choice but to nod. Before successive dynasties carry out replacement, they usually look for some legal basis, first of course, to establish the country, and then to replace the world with the country, and then to find the alternative basis for their own regime in the five virtues of yin and yang for the previous dynasty. Chengyuan remembered that the Zhou Dynasty of the Zhao Song Dynasty was the Yan Song Dynasty of "wood makes fire", and the Later Zhou Dynasty Han Dynasty was the "Mude" of "aquatic wood", so it was calculated backwards, Liu Zhiyuan's dynasty was really "water virtue", Cao Zheng was using the crooked theory of yin and yang life numbers to end the topic with thin mud, and the former Han Dynasty was pretending to be still fire virtue to replace the Qin of black iron, Cao Zheng pulled out what "two Han people before and after, water and fire and two lives", in order to emphasize the dominance of the Mandate of Heaven for the rise and fall, which can be regarded as ingenious.

Chengyuan originally wanted to play a round on a whim, but who wanted to make more taboos the more he talked, but it made him even more embarrassed, after all, it was Cao Zhenglai who collected the troops. In this way, everyone felt very bored, Dou Ranlan took out this scripture book and hugged before the exam, Wang Pu yawned and closed his eyes and took a nap, how could he fall asleep in such a bumpy car? Chengyuan guessed that he could only pretend to be asleep.

I just talked about it, but I didn't expect these guys to be uninteresting at all. Chengyuan only felt that this Tang and Song scholars were so weird? He didn't think much of it—if these people guessed that he had traveled back in time from the People's Republic, they would definitely ask, "Are modern people as insane as you?" ”

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Two days later, in a tavern in Zhengzhou. The traverser and the future of the two dynasties sit opposite each other.

"Isn't Brother Wang robbed?" Cheng Yuan asked with a smile, "A sip of tea has to be paid for by Dou Dye Blue, but at this time, you can invite me to drink?" ”

"My carriage and horses were all taken captive by thieves along with the domestic servants, and before I went out of the south gate that day, my clothes were already in rags, so in order to make Liu Xin recognize me at a glance, I had to buy a few luxurious clothes, these things need money."

"Brother Wang naturally has a way."

"It's all in this book."

Wang Pu took out a copy of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty from his arms, threw it on the table, Chengyuan took the grass and flipped it, it turned out to be the last volume of the manuscript, and when he turned to the middle and back parts, the two pages were slightly hard, and the original two were glued together, with a very thin gold leaf.

Cheng Yuan laughed: "This kind of thing is inconvenient in the village, and you can only exchange it after entering Xuzhou City, you still hide such a mystery when you are in crisis, don't you spare your life?" ”

"There are three books in my carriage and horses, each of which has seven or eight pieces in it, but this one is only two sealed in it, and the thieves are overjoyed to rob those who have more gold, and the book in my hand is shaken by them and empty, of course, it is cursed and thrown aside."

Cheng Yuan sighed and shook his head: "Although this kind of virtual and real psychological trick can work, Brother Wang's courage is outstanding. Why did you bring so much gold when you entered the capital to pay tribute? ”

Wang Pu was stunned twice, but he quickly thought about the accurate meaning of the word "psychology": "In order to save his life, Xuzhou is close to Gyeonggi, how can there be any thieves?" It's just Liu Xin's trick to rob, his subordinates saw me dressed as a scholar, of course he went to Beijing to take the exam at this time, since he was born in a scholar and is not a businessman's family, but he carries a huge amount of money, then this person is from a wealthy family. They threw rat bogeys, so naturally they didn't dare to hurt people's lives. ”

Chengyuan thought to himself: "As long as you don't kill my family, I won't be able to compete with you, the clan of Xuzhou, and I won't lose some money, and everyone will not be out of sight and out of mind in the future, which can be regarded as the so-called equilibrium between thieves and good men." ”

While speaking, a waitress brought a pot of wine and put it on the table, Wang Pu filled the wine, pretending to be mysterious: "My father has a problem in the court, and he loves to give nicknames to people in the court. ”

"Oh? For a minister like Ling Zun, isn't Cao Gong a small person? ”

"You're gone! Cao Shuzhi's alias is called "Cold Bottle". ”

Cheng Yuan frowned and interrupted him: "Brother Wang, don't say it yet, and let me try to solve it!" ”

Wang Pu took a sip of wine and looked at him with a smile.

"Hmm...... He sometimes spoke as if it were sweet, but it always sounded cold, mellow but cold, like cold wine that had never been hot, but no? ”

Wang Pu stroked his palm and said: "Exactly!" Solve it well! ”

Chengyuan reached out to grab the wine glass, but retracted it suddenly, his fingers had been scalded, it turned out that the wine had been scalded, and when he saw Wang Pu on the other side, he smiled evilly, knowing that he was put on a table by him.

"Guo Shumi in the court, alias "Queer", right? ”

"Guo Shumi's family was in trouble when he was young, and there was a flying bird on his neck, so he had this nickname. It's not because of family strictness. ”

"Weisheng Junjie envoy Liu Yanseng, can you have a nickname?"

Wang Pu said: "When this person speaks excitedly, not only will he not stare, but he will squint his slender eyes, like a lazy cat under the sun, so he is called "Afternoon Tiger". ”

Chengyuan squirted out a mouthful of wine, he coughed and stretched out a hand to swing desperately, his nose was full of wine, but he was afraid that Wang Pu would continue to say these jokes.

Wang Pu didn't stop him, and chased after him: "Also, the courtier Feng Dao is nicknamed "Nine-Tailed Fox", and martial arts make Li Ye handsome, alias "Nine Niangzi". After every conversation between Su Fengji and others, he always has to sneak a glance at the other party's face, and his father calls him "the god of peeping at the wind".

Chengyuan knew that Zishen was a mouse, and finally couldn't help laughing, and many guests next to him were stunned when they saw this person's gaffe.

"Does the history of Dengzhou Hu Thorn have a nickname?"

Wang Pu looked up at the clouds and was silent, and after a while he turned to the flower garden behind him and said: "Hu Gong's alias is a kind of wild flower called Shuanghan grass, this kind of flower is said to be a lot in the Han Dynasty, and now only the east of Jingluo is rarely found, this flower garden is there, this nickname is not convenient for me to say, you look at yourself, self-explanation." ”

Cheng Yuan turned his head to look, it turned out that it was a few small flowers that looked very strange, this flower has five petals, it doesn't look very delicate, strange in its color, the five petals are red and white, and each other alternates with each other.

Chengyuan asked, "What are the characteristics of this flower?" ”

"This flower is said to have a healing effect on asthma."

Chengyuan thought about it for a while, but he didn't understand much.

"Since it's a wildflower, it's no big deal to pick some, I'll take some flowers from Hu Gong's alias and put them in the book that Hu Gong gave me, which also matches."

Chengyuan wanted to pick those wild flowers, but it was difficult to pick them across the bamboo fence, so he had to pout his ass and work hard to reach them, which seemed very unsightly. Wang Pu moved slightly to cover him. Suddenly, I heard him bend down and ask, "Brother Wang, if Dou Guanghai has a nickname, how should he call it?" ”

Wang Pu was silent for a moment and replied: "If you want to say goodbye, look at him first, what does Gongdou think of Dou Guanghai?" ”

Cheng Yuan straightened up, and he already had a large handful of "Double Cold Grass" in his hand.

"In my opinion, Brother Dou is a decent person, but sometimes he is straightforward, sometimes he is unbroken, sometimes he is a little arbitrary when he is careful, and sometimes he needs to be convinced, but he is suspicious, what happened before leaving the city the day before yesterday can be seen."

Wang Puliang was silent for a long time......

"Brother Cheng does have some truth in what he said, huh...... I don't have any ideas about Dou Guanghai, but I have some opinions about the name of a brother. ”

To be able to get an alias from Wang Pu, Chengyuan was of course very happy: "Brother Wang, please speak!" The foolish brother can't wait. ”

Wang Pu drank a glass of wine, pointed to the side of the double cold grass and said, "Be this thing." ”

Cheng Yuan saw him pointing to a big red peony, and couldn't help but panic: "The crown of peony flowers, how can the little brother be it?" ”

Just like people can't always notice when the spring rain stops, Wang Pu's expression has calmed down somewhere, and the smile just now has disappeared unconsciously.

"There was a poem in Suizhou, which was dedicated today as a gift to a brother."

Wang Pu stood up, his eyes slightly closed, pacing and chanting:

"Although the jujube flower is small, it can bear fruit,

Although the mulberry leaves are soft and silky.

Laughable peony is as big as a bucket,

If it doesn't work, it's empty. ”

After Wang Pu chanted this simple and straightforward poem, he stared at Chengyuan with a smile, and the other party had a blushing face, obviously at a loss.

"Gongdou, the day before yesterday, there was no wine in the carriage and horses, but he was drunk, why did he drink a few taels today and was speechless?"

Cheng Yuan was surprised, this future champion of Qianyou, the two generations of famous ministers, pulled himself alone for no reason today, originally he was flattered, who wanted him to talk about it in a twist and turn, but he wanted to introduce a topic to knock on his mouth.

He had no choice but to force a smile and said, "Brother Qi Wu is really joking, I'm ...... Hehe......"

"He only joked today, and when he returns from his fate, it will be too late to think about it."

Seeing Chengyuan's stammering appearance, Wang Pu knew that he had nothing to do, so he made a salute and said: "I am no longer strong enough to drink, I can drink as much as I can, and then go back to the car after I have fun." ”

Wang Pu patted Chengyuan's shoulder and walked away slowly.

Note 1: Pu and Pu are connected here.

Note 2: Cheng Yuan's thinking is only an attitude set for the characters, and the author himself does not have a partial dislike or criticism of Ouyang Xiu.