Outside the courtyard of an ordinary private house in Yangzhai City, Liu Miao took Li Jing to visit here for the third time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When I came the first two times, I didn't see anyone I wanted to see, only an old man came out to deal with it.

"I hope I can get something out this time." Liu Miao is actually not very sure in his heart, but this person is one of his important goals in Yingchuan, and it will be a great pity if it fails.

"Knock knock!" Li Jing stepped forward and knocked on the door.

It took a long time for the door to open a crack, revealing a face with a white beard.

Liu Miao is very familiar, and he is still the old man who claimed to be a servant two times before.

"It's you again!" The old man also has an impression of Liu Miao and the others.

Liu Miao hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Old man is well!" I am Liu Miao, the incoming Taishou of Jiujiang County, and I have come to visit your son-in-law, please let me know. ”

"It's unfortunate that my son-in-law didn't return from visiting friends, so Mrs. Liu, please go back. The letters left by Taishou the first two times are still there, and the old decay will be handed over to the childe. The answer was almost the same as the previous two times.

"What a coincidence!" Liu Miao sighed in a low voice.

"Humph! This man is so rude, the lord has visited him three times in a row, but he has never seen him. I didn't say it the first two times, but today I'm obviously at home. Li Jing complained angrily.

Of course, Liu Miao knew that the man was at home, and when he found out the address here, he sent someone to keep an eye on this place day and night, and he came to visit today when he got the exact news that the man had returned home. The man let the subordinates refuse, and it seems that there is no possibility of success.

However, Liu Miao still stopped Li Jing's complaints, first gave a salute to the old man, and then handed over a piece of wood with Liu Miao's name written on it, and said: "Thank you, uncle, please be sure to hand over the next name to your son." I'm about to leave here in the near future, and it's a pity that I can't meet your son! ”

The old man politely agreed, and closed the door again.

"Lord, who do you want to see? Do you need to be so whispered? Li Jing said angrily again.

Liu Miao smiled and sighed: "Because that person's name is Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao, and he is a well-known scheming person in the world!" For the sake of such talents, no matter how low the posture is, it is worth it. ”

"Such an arrogant and rude person, I think his talent is limited." Li Jing still had some pimples in his heart, and muttered, "At least it's far worse than my husband." ”

Liu Miao knew that the gentleman Li Jing said was the mysterious Taoist priest, and he also had a strong interest in that person, but unfortunately Li Jing said that the person didn't want to see Liu Miao yet, and Liu Miao was not too eager.

At this time, in the small courtyard where Liu Miao had just left, a young man in a white shirt was playing with three famous thorns, on which words such as "Jiujiang Taishou Miao Goodbye/Three Worships" were vaguely written.

That young man is Guo Jia, whom Liu Miao has been seeing but has never seen.

"Childe, Liu Taishou has been here three times, and his attitude is very sincere, why does Childe keep refusing to see him?" The old man asked on the side.

"I know what it means, and since I can't agree to what he wants, what's the difference between seeing it and not seeing it?" Guo Jia seemed to be answering the old man, and seemed to be talking to himself.

The old man didn't understand much, so he shook his head and walked out.

"Let's go to Hebei first, I hope to gain something!" Guo Jia threw Liu Miao's name thorn aside, and instead picked up the wine in front of him and drank it.

Liu Miao didn't know that Guo Jia, whom he was pursuing, was admiring others, and he was already ready to go to the next stop, Changshe, and he had already received news that there were two great talents there who were still "waiting for the word boudoir".

The first thing Liu Miao wanted to find was Zhong Xuan.

The Zhong family is also a famous family in Yingchuan, and Zhong Hao, the great-grandfather of Zhong Xuan, is a famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Xun Shu, Han Shao, and Chen Yu are called the "Four Chiefs of Yingchuan". It's just that his descendants are not out of office because of the disaster of the party, and they are not good at raising fame, so the Zhong family gradually lags behind other major families in terms of fame.

In Zhong Xuan's generation, there are no other celebrities except Zhong Xuan. This is also the reason why Liu Miao chose to visit Zhong Miao instead of Xun Yu, Chen Qun and others.

According to Xu Jing, Zhong Xuan was once investigated as filial piety, served as Shang Shulang and Yangling Ling for a period of time, and later left his post and returned home due to illness.

Zhong Miao has the experience of being an official, and it is also a relatively high starting point like Yangling Ling, it is said that Liu Miao's chance of successful recruitment is not large, but Liu Miao also has his own strengths.

With Xu Jing's letter of introduction, Liu Miao easily met Zhong Miao.

"The Marquis of Yangdu is a nobleman of the Han family, and it is really an honor to be able to come to the cold house." Zhong Xuan spoke very politely.

"Zhong Jun's name has been heard for a long time. Miao is about to go to Jiujiang, so he came to pay a visit, and asked Zhong Jun to give advice. ”

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The lengthy courtesy between the two finally came to an end when Liu Miao felt tired and couldn't hold on.

Liu Miao took the opportunity to say his intention first.

"His Majesty will not give up, and he will be promoted to Jiujiang Taishou. Ke Miao knew that he was young and inexperienced, and he was afraid of betraying His Majesty's trust, so before taking office, he visited talents everywhere, hoping to get help. A few days ago, I met Mr. Wenxiu and listened to his introduction to Yingchuan's talents, and Zhong Jun was among the best. Miao asked him to introduce him on his behalf, which led to today's meeting. If Zhong Jun can deign to go to Jiujiang, the following positions can be chosen by Zhong Jun, and Miao should also be a teacher. I don't know what it means? ”

"Mr. Wen Xiu is really holding up Zhong Xuan too much. After leaving his post due to illness, he has been recuperating at home, just writing all day for fun, and has long developed a lazy temperament, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to be competent in officialdom affairs. Zhong Miao didn't expect Liu Miao to value him so much, but he still couldn't see the slightest fluctuation on his face.

Liu Miao was not discouraged when he heard Zhong Miao's tactful refusal. This was originally expected by him, if he could shake the tiger's body, the other party would fall to the ground and surrender, and he would not need to come to the door in person.

He took out the animal skin scroll that he had prepared before from his arms, handed it to Zhong Xiang respectfully, and said: "Miao has heard that Mr. is a calligrapher, Miao also loves calligraphy since childhood, and wrote a few words before coming, just ask Mr. to criticize and give advice." Miao's self-knowledge level is limited, if you stain the eyes of Mr., please forgive me! ”

Zhong Miao was puzzled at first, and then heard that it was written by Liu Miao, so he took it with great interest.

Zhong Xuan opened the animal skin scroll and found that there were not many words on it, there were three lines in total, but the configuration of this word was different from what he had seen before, and there were a few words that he didn't recognize.

Liu Miao looked at Zhong Miao and frowned for a while, and for a while he was happy as if he had gained, but he was relieved. As long as Zhong Xuan is really a word idiot, then he is more sure.

In fact, the words on the animal skin scroll are also simple, that is, "the rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible" and "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world" are two sentences. These two sentences were known to almost everyone in later generations, but they became Liu Miao's original during this period.

There are reasons why Liu Miao used these two sentences, one is to show Zhong Miao his ambition to the world, and the second reason is that there are fewer strokes in these words, and he can write with confidence.

Liu Miao in the previous life was an otaku, he knew calligraphy, and he copied a lot of posts, and Liu Miao in this life also had some calligraphy skills, but he was not very proficient. Combined, the handwriting is still the best among ordinary people, but for Zhong Xuan's calligraphy, it is a little reluctant.

However, Liu Miao's purpose was not to let Zhong Miao see how well he wrote, but that there were things in these words that attracted Zhong Miao. To put it simply, Liu Miao uses simplified characters in italics.

Italics are still in their infancy, and were finally perfected by Zhong Xuan more than ten years later, and simplified characters were only available after 2,000 years.

Italics are naturally used to attract Zhong Xuan, the master of the collection, with simplified words Liu Miao wants to test Zhong Xuan's acceptance of innovation and reform, after all, he will do a lot of subversive innovations in the future, if Zhong Xuan's thinking is too traditional and conservative, then he would rather give up this talent.

As it turned out, Liu Miao's idea was correct.

Italics are the fonts that Zhong Xuan has been studying, which was developed from the Lishu style. Zhong Xuan only has some ideas at present, and he is not yet fully mature. As a result, when he saw Liu Miao's font, which had become a family, he was immediately surprised. He repeatedly studied the structure and operation of the strokes, and constantly painted with his hands, completely forgetting Liu Miao.

When Liu Miao estimated that he was about to touch it, he coughed lightly, interrupting Zhong Miao's addictive state.

Zhong Miao raised his head angrily, and when he saw Liu Miao, he realized that he had lost his temper, so he gave Liu Miao an apologetic smile awkwardly, "I'm really sorry that I forgot that there are still guests here." It's just that these words are too surprising, Yang Duhou, you wrote them? ”

"Not bad." Liu Miao nodded.

Zhong Miao hurriedly asked: "I see that the structure of these words looks like a lishu but it is not a lishu, but what do you say?" Where did Yangduhou learn it? ”

Liu Miao admired it, and said that professionals are different, and they can always see the essence at a glance, but Liu Miao wants this effect.

Since Zhong Miao asked, Liu Miao didn't mind continuing to pretend.