After Su You left Laifu, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, firstly because he solved the problem of getting along with Yunfan and Lai Yanbei, and secondly, because he had ventilated the matter of Turandot to Lai Yanbei.

Due to the rush of time, Turandona as a concubine can only be put on the agenda, which can be regarded as giving her an explanation.

At first, Su You thought that there was a saying that there was a girl in this era, and he thought that the maid Shuang'er who came to Yanbei would sooner or later have a round room with him under the hint of coming to Yanbei, but later he realized that this was a misunderstanding formed after watching "Dream of Red Mansions".

The word Tongfang maid does not belong to the Sui Dynasty, nor does it belong to the Tang Dynasty or Song Dynasty after that, it first appeared in the form of text in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, in the Wanli period of Zhejiang's "Xinchang County Chronicles" recorded, "the family is rich, more servants and maids and through the room, and the scholars take the maid as the concubine" - to "the maid as the concubine" This sentence actually expresses the tendency of the scholar at that time.

However, Wang Yangming, a famous scholar at the time, once criticized this tendency, and his wording probably said, "Huaxia is a country of etiquette, and pulling people to bed is to go through a ritual drop, and the maid who has sex is 'not married and married, which is not rude. He' is the habit of animals brought by the Mongols. ”

Because of Wang Yangming's whipping, coupled with the fact that the "Da Ming Law" has never recognized the existence of the Tongfang maid, so in the entire Ming Dynasty, the Tongfang maid not only has no status in the law, but the law does not recognize its existence at all; If the scholar dares to claim that he has a room in his house, then he basically does not want to be an official, and the imperial history will say that he is an unvirtuous beast.

Cao Dada should be regarded as the first person to write "Tongfang maid" into literary works, because he lived in an era where the law recognized the existence of Tongfang maids.

Su You misread "A Dream of Red Mansions", but he was finally an unruly person, and he wouldn't care about marrying without telling him during the Wei and Jin dynasties, so the little between him and Turandot became a matter of course with the tacit consent of Lai Yanbei.

After three days of chaos like this, Su You went to pick up Yanbei and go home as agreed.

After coming to Yanbei and returning home, he felt sorry for Turandot, hugged and cried, of course, this was only a superficial phenomenon, Su You didn't have much courage to understand the truth of the matter, so he went out early under the pretext of caring about the imperial examination and martial arts.

There is nothing to say about the imperial examination, and it is still the same as when Su You took the exam, first using the piano and chess to audition, then the examination of strategy, and then chanting poems and painting during the palace examination

As for the martial arts, it is divided into two examination rooms, the children and nephews of officials above the fifth grade are on the first list, and the children of officials below the fifth grade and the wild children recommended are on the second list, which is similar to the popular division of the upper and lower grades in the Wei and Jin dynasties.

Su You knew that this was a means for vested interests to protect their interests, but he shamefully kept silent; First, it is because there is no conflict of interest with me, and secondly, I weigh that I can't fight those who make the rules on my own.

What's more, there is such a saying in the world that "poor literature and rich martial arts", even if those children who take the martial arts exam can't make it to the list, they don't have to worry about not being able to eat.

In a daze, another five days passed.

At noon on this day, as the sun gradually climbed to the highest place, the major wine shops in the eastern capital began to be lively, and the warriors with weapons could be seen everywhere. Many of the candidates relaxed, and they were in groups of three or five, drinking and having fun.

Su You is now a big tyrant, so naturally he can't avoid vulgarity, he has already set up a feast in the Great White Building, in order to let Qin Shubao and others relax and relax.

Taibai Building is a place where literati come and go, and Su You claims to be a literati, so the banquet is set here; The most important reason, I'm afraid it's because Taibai Mansion is close to Su You's house, right?

Su You sat on the main seat, and below him were Su Yunfan, Wang Bodang, Lu Sheng and others, and the other row was Wen Dayou, Qin Shubao, Shan Xiongxin, and Li Tianyi.

After sitting down, after Su You finished his opening remarks, everyone started drinking.

Su You hadn't been drunk for a long time, but except for him and Su Yunfan, the rest of the people at this table were all teenagers with guns and sticks, and swords, fast horses, and spirits were the only ones that matched them best.

After all, Su You's age was there, and after drinking a few rounds of toasts from them, he began to be in a trance, listening to everyone chatting about today's exam.

Su You took the wine glass and asked Wen Dayou and the others with a smile, "How did you do in the exam today?" ”

Wen Dayou smiled and nodded, so did Qin Shubao and Shan Xiongxin, but Li Tianyi said a little depressedly, "Sir, I'm afraid I have failed your recommendation." ”

"Oh, what's going on?" Su You looked at Li Tianyi, who looked like a mournful woman, and couldn't help asking.

"The test of riding and archery is actually very simple, with a full score of 10, riding a horse and running a thousand steps, completing three simple horse control movements, each action is worth one point; Then there are three arrows each shot at the cavalry and foot shooting, for a total of six points; If you hit the bull's-eye and add another color, you can get up to six colors, I have no problem riding and shooting, all three arrows are hit, but the foot shooting is an eight-bucket bow, I can't do it with the foot bow, three arrows shoot two arrows, alas! It's over. ”

As soon as Li Tianyi finished complaining, Qin Shubao and Wen Dayou both sighed, "Actually, many people are planted on the bow today!" ”

Su Yunfan asked with some puzzlement, "Brother Tianyi shot two arrows, can he still score eight points?" ”

Li Tianyi forced a laugh, "I can only get eight points at most, but the comprehensive score must have been deducted, and it would be good if I could score seven points; If it is lower than 7 points, I am afraid that I will not be eligible for the next subject. ”

Wen Dayou was sad when he heard Li Tianyi, so he comforted, "The main thing is that we didn't know that we were going to test the foot bow in advance, and we only talked about riding and shooting, so we didn't do this practice before; The most disgusting thing is that the bows they provide are uncomfortable to use, and the wind is strong this morning, so many people are aiming at the head and tail. Although I was lucky enough to hit the target, I only had one arrow in the bull's-eye. ”

After saying this, he couldn't help but turn to Qin Shubao, "But there are also people who play very well, such as Shubao, no matter how he steps the bow or rides the bow, the arrow hits the bull's-eye, and even adds six colors, and even the examiner applauds him." ”

Qin Qiong shook her head a little embarrassedly, "Brother Dayou only saw my shining points, but he didn't see my abnormal performance, when I did the horse control action, there were two mistakes, I'm afraid I will be deducted one or two; The people in front of me in the exam are proficient in everything, and I'm afraid they will be ranked first. ”

"Is there anyone better than Shubao? Didn't Uncle Bao ask him his name? Su You listened to Qin Qiong's words, just as he was modest, Su You had the impression that there were also several Sui and Tang Dynasty heroes who were better than Qin Qiong, but Yuwen Chengdu, Li Xuanba, Pei Yuanqing, Hou Junji, these people no longer need to take the exam, and Li Xuanba Luo Shixin These people are still young

"His name is Xu Shiji, he just turned sixteen, and he is still my fellow countryman."

"Xu Shiji?"

Su You muttered to himself, he couldn't be more clear about Xu Shiji, Xu Shiji's words are Maogong, in "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", he is a wise and brave character; In the official history, he was given the surname by Li Yuan after he descended to the Tang Dynasty and changed his name to Li Tao, and later made great achievements in the war of annihilating Goryeo and the Turks, and he was also listed as the "Twenty-four Heroes of Lingyan Pavilion".

Xu Shiji is talented, there is no doubt about it, but his character is not seen by Su You.

In the original history, Dou Jiande broke through Liyang and captured Xu Shiji's father, and Xu Shiji, who had already fled, surrendered to Dou Jiande in desperation; Dou Jiande treated him very well and let him command the people of the headquarters, but he was bent on returning to Li Tang, and he actually thought of sending troops to attack Dou Jiande.

After the defeat, Xu Shiji fled alone and left his father at Dou Jiande's place; Compared with Xu Shiji, Dou Jiande is really generous, Dou Jiande not only did not kill his father, but also returned his old father to him.

But Xu Shiji didn't know how to report it, and when Dou Jiande was captured by Li Tang and taken to Chang'an to be beheaded, Xu Shiji did not come forward to say half a good word.

In addition to this incident, there is another thing that can be seen about his character.

That is, during the Wagang period, after Li Mi killed Zhai Rang, he released Xu Shiji, and Xu Shiji stationed troops in Liyang, and still recognized Li Mi as the master; But after Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong, he did not lead the army to take the initiative to rescue, and Li Mi had no choice but to go west to Guanzhong and vote for Li Tang.

When Wei Zheng came to appease Xu Shiji on behalf of Li Tang, he decided to surrender and made a book of land, population, and the number of soldiers for the envoy to send to Chang'an, however, under the banner of Li Mi, the Duke of Wei, said that it was dedicated to Li Mi, and then asked Li Mi to hand it over.

Li Yuan was a little strange and hurriedly asked the reason. The envoy said that Xu Shiji was a subordinate of the Duke of Wei, and today the Duke of Wei descended to the Tang Dynasty, so the land and population under his jurisdiction should be personally dedicated to the Tang Emperor by Li Mi, the Duke of Wei, and he did not dare to dedicate it to the Tang Emperor without authorization.

Li Yuan was overjoyed and thought that Li Shiji was a pure minister, so he gave Xu Shiji the surname Li, and was named the Duke of Laiguo, the governor of Liyang, and later the general of the Right Wuhou, commanding the troops of Henan and Shandong to reject Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande.

Xu Shiji showed his pure courtier's heart, but Li Yuan was suspicious of Li Mi because of this.

If this doesn't explain the character, there is one more important one, that is to say, Xu Shiji follows that master, and that master will fail in the end, such as Zhai Rang, Li Mi, and Dou Jiande

From this level, Xu Shiji is no longer just a slave with three surnames, he is obviously a broom star that everyone hides.

After Su You heard the name Xu Shiji, he began to wander, and when everyone saw him pondering, his voice became much quieter.

Su Yunfan asked a little puzzled, "Dad, have you heard of this Xu Shiji?" ”

Among the people in the audience, only Su Yunfan and Su You are traversers, and Su Yunfan's question obviously has a subtext, that is,—— if Su You had heard Xu Shiji's name before, maybe this Xu Shiji would be a historical celebrity, and the next thing he had to do was of course to have a relationship with him before he made his career.

Of course, Su You didn't forget that he told Su Yunfan some fragments of "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" when he was a child, but at that time, Xu Shiji in his mouth was still called "Xu Maogong", and because he had some prejudices about Xu Shiji, he could always omit his deeds.

Now, Su You shook his head decisively against his will.

Su Yunfan was a little disappointed.

PS: According to "Historical Records": Confucius is Shu Liang Su and Yan Zhengye. The result of the combination