"Today's Keju match between the Youzhou Army and the Shuofang Army is not exciting, and it wastes most of the day's time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" said goodbye to Chengdu Hou, Kong Xun complained to Wang An.

"They're just tools for two powerful people to fight. In the eyes of the powerful, it is like horse racing, greyhound racing and cockfighting. In that case, why do they have to fight to the death with all their might. Everyone is happy, and it is the wisest thing to do without offending both. Wang An was still thinking about the tactics of the Shuo Fang army, since that military Sima had the leisure to use the tactics on Keju, he was either a person with a heart or had a lot of time.

"Duwei said that there are still more than ten days to go to the scientific examination, Mr. Er, you haven't read a book during this time." Kong Xun was worried about Wang An.

"How can you know when the gentleman reads? Besides, the general Shuai Ke is not a Ming Jing subject, and he doesn't take the "Five Classics", as long as he does it and writes a strategy. Wang An waved his horsewhip.

"Will Mr. Two be able to do Fu?" Kong Xun asked.

"No, it won't." Wang An replied very simply.

Wang An and Kong Xun returned to the inn, Li Tong was already waiting here, and the time was almost up, and there were several boxes on the table in front of Li Tong. Li Tong pointed to the box and said: "This is a tea set made according to the requirements of my uncle and grandson, and I invite my uncle and grandson to inspect it." He instructed his attendants to take out the tea set and place it on the table. These tea sets were made by Wang An according to the tea sets of Kung Fu Tea. Wang An picked up a teacup and looked at it, it was very light, knocked it, the sound was very crisp, Wang An was very satisfied. Li Tong introduced: "These two sets are made by Ding Zhu, and the uncle and grandson are made by Li Ju. ”

"How much does it cost?" Wang An asked. Ding Huan and Li Ju were both world-renowned craftsmen, and Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty once ordered them to make items for Zhao Feiyan's sister Zhao Jieyu, and the things they made were ingenious.

"Four sets of tea sets and two gold cakes, this is still in the name of the new capital marquis, they are willing to take over, otherwise they will not be moved if they have money." Li Tong replied. Wang An took out some tea leaves, put them in a teapot, poured boiling water, poured the first pot out, and poured the second pot into the teacup. Only then did Li Tong ask him to taste: "How does it taste?" ”

Li Channel: "Only people from Yizhou are good at this thing." ”

Wang An also laughed, this tea is really not good, no wonder he has to add something, and after laughing, he said to Li Daodao: "Tomorrow, please ask Brother Yuan to visit Mr. Yang with me." ”

"That's what I want." After Li Tong left, Kong Fu told Wang An that the Prime Minister's Mansion had sent someone to inform him that the examination would start on the 21st, and that he would have to go to verify his identity three days in advance, and that he would not be allowed to go out until the examination was over.

"The person who reported the message didn't say how many people took the test?" Wang An asked.

"About three hundred people."

"So little?"

Kong Fu looked contemptuous: "Most of the generals are the sons of nobles, and there are not many scholars. "If a scholar wants to fight, he can't compete for honor, so it's better to give up. As for the clan, how dare they stretch out their hands to the army, in case His Majesty is unhappy one day, the crime of rebellion is not far away, even if they dare to recommend, others dare not come, everyone wants to live longer.

The next day, Wang An and Li Tong took Kong Xun under the leadership of Shi Duan to visit Yangxiong, the waiter of the Yellow Gate. Yangxiong's residence is located in Shangguanli, which was given to him by Li Xiong, the former assassin of Yizhou. Otherwise, Yang Xiong's meager income would not be able to afford this dwelling. The Huangmen squire is also estranged from each other, Yangxiong is famous all over the world by his articles, and his relationship with the emperor is not close, not to mention that Yangxiong also has a stutter, which the emperor dislikes.

The three of them were led by Shi Duan to the gate of a simple courtyard, with a plaque of "Yangfu" hanging on the door, and the gate was closed. In such a place where officials gather in Shangguanli, Yangxiong's mansion is actually closed, which is really an outlier.

Kong Xun stepped forward and knocked on the door, and it took a while to open it, an old servant opened the door, and Wang An stepped forward to salute: "I have heard the name of Mr. Yang in Xia Jiu, and I am here to visit today." After that, he took out a famous thorn and handed it to the old man, "Please also ask the old man to speak up." The old man took the thorn, dropped the sentence "Please wait", and closed the door again. After a while, he came out again: "The head of the family is entertaining, and I invite Lang Jun to come back tomorrow." "Saying that, I returned the famous thorn to Wang An." The boy is set to come tomorrow. ”

"Junshan seems to know the person who came to visit?" Yang Xiong slowly asked the young man opposite, it was the young man Huan Tan Huan Junshan who was drinking in the wine shop that day. Yangxiong spoke very slowly because of his stammering.

"A few days ago, I heard from the shopkeeper of the wine shop that he was invited to demonstrate the tea art for someone, and I accidentally heard that this person was preparing to visit Mr., because Mr. is from Chengdu so he wants to vote for Mr." Huan Tan then repeated the words of the shopkeeper of the wine shop.

"Junshan went to see Miss Zhao again?"

Huan Tan nodded.

"Miss Zhao is an official slave, and it takes tens of millions of dollars to redeem herself. Junshan should give up early is the best policy. Yang Xiong persuaded.

"The disciple is a Taile Lang, a hundred stones, if it weren't for those nobles to reward, this Chang'an City would not be able to stay, where did the money come from to redeem Miss Zhao. As long as he sees that Miss Zhao is good, the disciple will feel at ease. ”

"Junshan often goes in and out of that kind of place, and the scholars say that Junshan is good at advocating music and destroying vulgar Confucianism, and he doesn't want to be with you, and it will be difficult for Junshan to be an official in the future."

"The disciple is an official, and the highest official position is only to be a Taile Ling like the adults of my family, and the salary is no more than six hundred stones, so why care." Huan Tan said.

Yang Xiong sighed, Huan Tan said so, but he was good at being with the powerful and giving advice to them, obviously unwilling to be just a Lang official. It's a pity that Fu Yan, the Marquis of Kong Township, who admired Huan Tan, resigned from the post of Great Sima at the beginning of the year.

"This is also surnamed Wang," Yang Xiong pointed to the sky, "can it be related to this person?" ”

"Just now the old housekeeper said that there was a little fat man next to him, and the person the disciple met that day also brought a little fat man, and the carriage that this person was riding in that day was hung with a lantern from the Hou Mansion of Chengdu, if it was the same person." Huan Tan nodded, "There must be a connection." ”

"If you are courteous to others, you will ask for something." Yang Xiong touched his beard, "I just don't know what this son wants, and what the old man likes." ”

Yixing Yanshan came out of Shangguanli, Kong Xun saw that Wang An's face was not very good, so he asked, "Mr. Er, are you going back to the inn?" ”

Wang An saw that it was still early, and said to Li Daodao: "I heard that there are all kinds of things from all countries in Chang'an East City, and I yearn for them, so let's go to East City to have a look." ”

Walk straight along Zhangtai Street, pass the North Palace, turn left into Xiyin Street, you can see a tall flag pavilion building, Li Tong pointed to the flag pavilion and said: "There is the East Market, you need to find a place to keep the horses, livestock is not allowed to enter." Everyone, put away your valuables, there are many thieves inside. ”