Chapter 61: Baqiao Breaks the Willow and Leaves
When Gu Yan arrived, there were already many people in the place where he was sent off. www.biquge.info In fact, in terms of the talents and character of the two brothers, Su Xun and Su Shi, there are theoretically more people to send off, but Ouyang Xiu's extremely high evaluation of Su Shi also brought some trouble. Su Shi is just a fledgling now, but he is so praised by literary giants at this time, thinking that Su Shi's achievements will surpass his own in the future, and the sensation of public opinion can be said to be huge. You must know that Gu Yan, who has gained great prestige because of a "Commentary on the Four Books", has never been praised like this, and public opinion is in an uproar. There are disdainful, there are jealous, and there are mocking...... It can be said that there are all kinds of people. However, Gu Yan and Su Shi are good friends, putting aside Su Shi's reputation in history, when it comes to Su Shi alone, Gu Yan also thinks that he is indeed a friend worth making. At least, when many scholars belittled Su Shi in the name of revenge for Gu Yan, Su Shi did not complain and alienate. This time, Su Shi heard the news of his mother's unfortunate death as soon as he was awarded the official, and he had to go back to his hometown to worry about it, and I don't know how many people gloated behind it.
Gu Yan walked over, Su Shi was chatting with a person, and when he walked in, that person was Lin Xi, Lin Xi saw Gu Yan coming, and suddenly stopped, and said to Su Shi with a forced smile, "I still have some things to look for, let's talk about it first." Then he left in a hurry.
"Meet the ......," Su Shi explained to Gu Yan with some apologies, "He didn't mean to...... The rumors have indeed gone a little too far ......these days. ”
Gu Yan nodded, indicating that he didn't care about this matter at all, and Su Shi breathed a sigh of relief. After the provincial test, the embarrassing relationship between the two friends, and the bad news a few days ago, Rao is Su Shi, a rather optimistic person, couldn't help but feel exhausted.
Where there are people, there will be rumors, and a major event like the imperial examination will always produce all kinds of rumors, and Gu Yan, with his fame, is undoubtedly at the center of the rumors. Because Gu Yan's "Notes on the Four Books" has been praised by a lot of people, the rumors do not mean to belittle Gu Yan, but for some of the characters in the rumors, the rumors are obviously not very good. After the provincial test, Su Shi and Gu Yan's remarks about which is higher or lower are in an uproar, and because Gu Yan stands on the commanding heights of fame, remarks about promoting Gu and suppressing Su abound, so that Gu Yan always has to clarify in public, praise Su Shi's character and knowledge, and show that Su Shi's future achievements will definitely be higher than his own. Gu Yan said these words sincerely, but the people who listened didn't think so, and only said that Gu Yan was humble and scared of face. Once, Gu Yan, Su Shi and a few others in the same year were drinking in the restaurant cubicle, and suddenly heard someone saying something like "Su Zizhan is not as far away as Gu Yu", which made Gu Yan both embarrassed and annoyed. Thanks to Su Shi's generosity, it was only revealed with two laughs.
After the palace test was announced, the topic of Su Shi and Gu Yan slowly faded away, but there were all kinds of rumors circulating, but this time it was related to Lin Xi. Gu Yan also heard a lot, and some said, "Gu Yan was originally ranked second, and Lin Xi was ranked first, but when the official family visited the palace, the rankings of the two fell one by one." Others said, "Gu Yan could have been the champion and come to Lianzhong Sanyuan, but when the official family saw Lin Xi's article, they were very angry, and Gu Yan, who was also a young man and was only one foot away from Lianzhong Sanyuan, was also affected by the pond fish." "That's all there is to it, and there are many more outrageous claims than these rumors. Su Shi's palace test, although he is also the second class, but the ranking is not very bad, and Lin Xi is also a first-class popular figure in the middle of the two yuan, but the ranking is not very good-looking, and it is understandable that public opinion has turned to Lin Xi. Lin Xi is obviously not as optimistic as Su Shi, and his friendship with Gu Yan is not very deep, so as soon as the rumors spread in the palace, Lin Xi could not be seen almost everywhere Gu Yan could be seen, which also confirmed the rumors of discord between the two.
Although Gu Yan could understand Lin Xi's actions, such actions still made Gu Yan feel a little uncomfortable. However, such dissatisfaction naturally cannot be said to Su Shi. It was difficult enough for Su Shi to be caught in the middle, he was indeed a good friend, and he almost said all the good things about Lin Xi in front of Gu Yan, and it must be the same with Lin Xi. However, Gu Yan could ignore these rumors, but Lin Xi couldn't. There's no way around it.
Gu Yan looked at Su Shi's appearance, he was indeed a lot haggard compared to a few days ago, and he thought that the blow of his mother's death was too great. Then Wen Yan comforted: "Zizhan, don't mourn too much, I don't want you to do this if I want to come to Ling Ci." ”
As soon as he heard this, Su Shi couldn't help but reddened his eyes again: "I read "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty" in the past and decided to be a fan. My mother once said that she could be a mother, how to ......"
Only then did Gu Yan realize that he still far underestimated Su Shi's sadness. I couldn't say anything for a while, and when I thought of my parents, I seemed to have an incomparably distant memory that I avoided for a while.
After a while, Su Shi adjusted his mood and smiled reluctantly: "A momentary gaffe made Yu Zhijian smile." ”
Gu Yan came to his senses at this time, "Zizhan is pure and filial, how can you talk about laughter?" As soon as these words came out, Gu Yan and Su Shi were both startled. Without him, the voice was too hoarse.
Only then did Gu Yan realize that he had unknowingly shed two lines of tears. Hurriedly wiped it with his sleeve. Qiang smiled, "Now it's me who makes Zizhan laugh at you." ”
Su Shi suddenly remembered, it seems that he heard that Gu Yan's mother died early, and his father also died a few years ago. If you stay in the capital, what are your plans? ”
Gu Yan found out that Su Shi changed the topic, but he didn't break it, comforting others became others comforting himself, his comfort skills are really not bad, but changing the topic may be beneficial to both of them, so he followed the topic: "I don't have any plans...... Everything is subject to the will of the Holy Will, Zizhan wants to take that subject? ”
Su Shi pondered for a while: "Virtuous and Fang Zheng can speak outright, presumably this is also ......" halfway through speaking, but shook his head with a wry smile and stopped talking.
The two chatted for a while. Because the three of Su's father and son are returning to their hometowns to keep filial piety, naturally there is no farewell such as banquets, singing and dancing. Gu Yan went to greet Su Xun and Su Zhe again. I watched the carriage and horses slowly move away.
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