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Winter in Langya seems to be getting colder and colder, and although there is no snow, frost can already be seen on both sides of the stone paths by the Bihu Lake after dark.

The courtyard where Zheng Xuan lives is a two-entry independent courtyard, entering the gate is a garden covering an area of half an acre, it is actually better to say that it is a garden, in addition to a few plum blossoms planted on both sides of the stone path, there is only a small pavilion and a huge rooting stone, I heard that Zheng Xuan likes this natural boulder with a height of four zhang and a radius of five zhang, so he took a fancy to this yard and planted a clump of bamboo under the boulder.

After dinner, Liu Cun came to the courtyard gate and dismounted, Zheng Xuan's proud protégé Guan Ning greeted him with a smile, holding a delicate hexagonal palace lamp in his hand, and led Liu Cun in very casually, like an ordinary scholar who came to visit, without any deliberate welcome.

Entering the warm main hall with a charcoal fire, the atmosphere is very different, Langya candles made of fish paste beeswax and other materials are lit more than a dozen, seven world-renowned celebrities kneel neatly around the charcoal fire in the center, Zheng Xuan on the main seat is talking in a low voice with a middle-aged celebrity beside him, it seems that he didn't see Liu Cun come in, Bing Yuan, who was sitting on the other side of Zheng Xuan, saw Liu Cun, stopped talking with Liu Ye, and greeted a sentence of "Zijian is here", and pointed to a weaving mat vacated by Liu Ye.

In front of everyone's eyes, Liu Cun arched his hand and walked to the weaving mat and sat down, took the hot tea handed by a young scholar and said thank you casually, drank two sips and put down the cup, looked at the hot teacup and sighed in a low voice: "It would be nice to change it to wine." ”

Bing Yuan looked at Liu Cun unhappily: "Zijian didn't eat? ”

"I ate, but I didn't eat well because I thought that I would face the most knowledgeable and noble group of Confucians in the world tonight, and the kid didn't even dare to touch the wine, who knew that when he first came in, he smelled the fermented taste of Langya wine wafting all over the house, and then he realized that he cared too much about it, and he lost a lot." Liu Cun replied truthfully.

Everyone burst into laughter, Zheng Xuan grinned and couldn't laugh, thinking that Liu Cun was still so frank and interesting, so he asked Liu Cun very kindly: "Do you want to drink more Zijian to make up for it?" ”

Liu Cun looked left and right, and found that there were only teacups and some apples, red dates and other snacks on the delicate low table in front of everyone.

The laughter slowly stopped, and the fifty-eight-year-old Zheng Xuan finally introduced the celebrities around him to Liu Cun: "Zijian, this is Chen Liu's famous scholar, Mr. Shen Tu Pan Shen Tu Zilong, who has just arrived at our academy. ”

Liu Cun looked at Shen Tu Pan, who had a square nose and tiger eyes and a beautiful beard, and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Mr. Gongsun Botao often talks about Mr. Shentu's arrogance and many anecdotes with him, and he has been looking forward to seeing Mr. Shentu who is mighty and unyielding, rich and unlewd, and today thanks to the blessing of Master Zheng, he finally got his wish." ”

Everyone was surprised, and they were immediately relieved when they remembered Gongsun Pei, the inconspicuous henchman behind Liu Cun.

Shen Tupan, who was nearly fifty years old, was very surprised, and politely stood up and replied very formally, his deep and bright eyes kept staring at Liu Cun, who was smiling sincerely, and praised loudly for a while: "It is rumored that Liu Zijian is benevolent and generous, full of splendor, honest and open-minded, and only pays attention to practical results and informalities. ”

"Sir is polite, sir, please sit, if you don't sit, you don't dare to sit down." Liu Cun has always maintained a respectful gesture of saluting with both hands, and the last sentence made everyone laugh again.

Shen Tupan couldn't help but smile and sat down generously.

Bing Yuan put away his smiling face and deliberately asked Liu Cun, who had just sat down: "What advice does Zijian have when he came tonight?" ”

Liu Cun glanced at Liu Ye, who was smiling and silent beside him, and said with a wry smile helplessly: "Give me Liu Cun ten dares, and I don't dare to go to Langya Academy, which gathers heroes from all over the world, to teach, even if I say something carefully, I have to think twice about the consequences first, and repeatedly weigh whether I will be drowned by the spit of the world's scholars." ”

Everyone laughed, full of pride and satisfaction, Guo Yuan on the opposite side laughed and said that he didn't expect Zijian to be so funny, everyone echoed it, Zheng Xuan's beloved disciple Xi Yu laughed and said that Liu Cun was not only funny but also cunning, which caused bursts of laughter again.

When everyone had laughed enough, Zheng Xuan coughed lightly: "Here, I wish Zijian a high promotion to the county guard, congratulations!" In the morning, Ziyang told us everything that happened, and everyone was happy for Zijian, because of Zijian, our Langya Academy had a guarantee, and teachers and students could devote themselves to learning, so that they would not be called by the court and local magnates, and they could concentrate on studying without distractions, so everyone was grateful to Zijian and was sincerely happy for Zijian's promotion. ”

Everyone nodded frequently with joy on their faces, Zheng Xuan said what was in everyone's hearts, and Bing Yuan, as the superintendent, also specially thanked Liu Cun.

Zheng Xuan continued: "Everyone understands the meaning of Zijian's coming, and there are a lot of regrets in my heart, Zijian knows that if you hadn't built this Langya Academy, which is second to none in the Han Dynasty, if it weren't for the Langya monarch, Mi Zizhong and Ziyang to mediate for us and others, and successfully avoided the troubles again and again, I am afraid that the old man and others have already been tortured by the requisition orders issued by the important ministers of the imperial court several times, and today everyone can still gather under the Langya platform, which can be called the pure land of the world, and easily focus on learning and drinking, and thank Zijian!" It's just that the old man no longer has the ambition of his youth, and he just wants to work with his colleagues to sort out the collected documents of the past dynasties as soon as possible, repair the ancient and modern classics, and leave something for future generations, so I can only say sorry to Zijian! ”

Liu Cun had already been mentally prepared, but he still felt deeply disappointed when he heard the words, and reluctantly gave up his hand, expressing respect for Zheng Xuan's choice, and then turned to the student standing behind him: "Please bring me a bottle of wine, senior brother." ”

The young student immediately looked at the teacher Zheng Xuan, and only when he saw Zheng Xuan nodding did he dare to get the wine, and quickly sent it to the low table in front of Liu Cun with a tray.

Everyone looked at the depressed Liu Cun with interest, Liu Cun poured a full glass of wine, and suddenly raised his head: "What are you looking at?" Don't you know that my heart hurts? ”

Everyone laughed again, but Liu Cun didn't care about it before he stopped after drinking three cups, and Shen Tupan, who was not familiar with Liu Cun, saw it straight. Liu Ye took the initiative to move to Liu Cun and sit down, pouring wine for Liu Cun while explaining in a low voice.

Zheng Xuan was quite apologetic, turned around and talked to Bing Yuan in a low voice, the two beckoned to call the disciples Guan Ning and Guo Yuan to their side, and the conversation between the four of them lasted for a quarter of an hour before it ended.

Bing Yuan waited for the two disciples to go back and sit down, and then smiled at Liu Cun:

"Zijian, we have received a lot of benefits from you, if you let you go back empty-handed, you won't be able to go, and there may be a lot of misunderstandings among people in the world, so I have to lend Guan Ning and Guoyuan to you, I hope it can help you."