Li You returned to the hall, and before going to bed, he suddenly remembered the joke of Zhao Daguan a few months ago: "Looking at your fighting stone and participating in politics, my second brother said that it is a pity that you don't go to be Zaifu Jiuqing..."

Time also, life also!

September 20 is the third day of Li You's entry into Beijing. Master Li got up early, stood in the courtyard and looked at Xu Yue slowly rising eastward, facing the purple qi coming from the east, sighing a few times.

Since arriving in the imperial capital, there have been a bit of unplanned "surprises" every day, what will happen today?

Today, he said that he would first go to the Ministry of Rites to register and register, and then go to the Guozijian to show off, and if he could do it, he would be able to do it.

The sedan chair man who lent the hall to Master Li was also sighing, his patron was too embarrassing. Either to the northernmost part of the city or to the westernmost part of the city, a twenty-mile long distance every day, back and forth is almost to break the villain's leg, and it is only right to go back and find the owner to ask for more wages.

Leaving Xiaozhu in the museum, Li You took the four King Kongs on the road. Two were Zhang San and Han Zong, and the other two were sent by Zhao Dazhong to "guard".

Along the way, Zhang San accosted his new companions and explored the bottom: "Two noble surnames? ”

"Don't dare, my brothers Wang Dalang and Wang Erlang."

"Wang Er... What a coincidence! Zhang Sanfu traced the past and said: "I think that when the old man first debuted, there were me and two other people on the left and right, one of whom is also named Wang Erlang, it is such a coincidence." ”

The two didn't react, but Han Zong was very interested in the master's past, and couldn't help asking, "I have seen you and Uncle Li, where is the senior Wang now?" ”

"Dead!" Zhang San's words are concise and to the point.

Wang Dawang and Wang Qi snorted coldly, disdainful of Zhang San's low-level deterrence.

However, it was said that Li You went to the Ministry of Rites next to the Daming Gate, found the official of the Ritual Department to check his identity, registered his name, received the ticket, and needed to stamp a mark.

There are officials such as Lang Zhong, Wai Lang, and the director in charge of this matter, and the person in charge of this matter is a member of the Etiquette Department, who has his own money to point out to Li You where this person's public house is. Li You looked for the past and walked to the terrace outside the house, and heard the "stay and stay" inside, as if there was something to usher in.

Master Li stopped and waited for the people inside to finish sending off the guests before he could go in to greet him. looked at it, but saw a scarlet jade belt back tilted back and exited the hall, and said as he retreated: "Please also say that you will appreciate the light." ”

Li You, who was standing at the foot of the stairs, was suddenly extremely strange, wearing a scarlet robe above the fourth grade of the crown belt system of the national dynasty... What kind of big man is inside, can make this official above the fourth grade grovel and exit the door when he says goodbye?

When the person who had regressed and said goodbye turned around and resumed his posture of holding his head high, Li You took the opportunity to glance at the toner on his chest, and he was still a third-grade high-ranking official.

The three products that appear in the six parts, nine out of nine are squires... Seeing that he was about to go down the steps, a certain seventh-rank official hurriedly lowered his head and avoided the road and stepped aside.

Who could make a squire behave like that? When he avoided it, Li You muttered in his heart, shouldn't this be an outsider? Could it be that there is a Shangshu or a bigger character sitting inside? Could it be that the cunning official deliberately coaxed him to come here to eat and hang?

For a while, he flashed in his mind the terrifying story of the head of the Nest Sect who broke into the White Tiger Hall by mistake and died... I couldn't help cursing in my heart, the foot of the car and ship shop (not the tooth here) should be killed if he is not guilty!

"Oh? What about you? A somewhat familiar loud voice came into his ears, and after hearing this, Li You raised his head and said in surprise: "It turned out to be you!" ”

The person who sent the guest out before the door of the hall was the one he had seen in Tongzhou Post Station a few days ago, the scholar with a loud voice in the same hospital!

At this time, he was wearing the same cyan round-necked regular official robe as Li You, but the complement on his chest was of a higher grade.

Li You was not idle for a moment, and launched the lightning and thunder speed to make two judgments, one is that this person is indeed an outsider, and the little official did not lie to him; The second is that this person is extraordinary! The one who can make the squire indecent and self-defeating will be a simple person?

Lord Li immediately made a decision, stepped forward and said, "Thank you for your righteousness in solving the siege the night before!" Otherwise, it is rare for the lower officials to be spared. ”

"You say this for the sake of doing things! What a disobedience! That night, the official was bored! The man laughed and said, without waiting for Li You to be embarrassed, and said: "But this official knows that it is difficult for you foreign officials to bow your head everywhere when you come to Beijing, and I am very considerate of this!" Last time, the official was also unaccustomed to seeing the plague official in a difficult place! ”

This adult is still as straightforward and cheerful as the night before, Li You commented in his heart... In fact, Li You's evaluation the night before was three words - two stunned.

Different words come out of the mouths of people with different identities, and the effect is naturally different..."Since you are destined to be a person, please come in!" The still unknown Wai Lang invited.

Li You sat down on the side after entering, handed over the ticket slip and asked by the way: "Dare to ask the surname of Bu Lang?" ”

"Inevitably, your surname is Zhu." The etiquette department member of the Ministry of Etiquette is a serious way.

Zhu Naiguo's surname is indeed not easy to avoid expensive... Li You saw that the other party wanted to read the ticket slip, so he was silent.

"Are you Suzhou Li You?" As soon as Zhu Bulang saw the name on the ticket, he suddenly said loudly.

Li You, who was thinking about his thoughts, was startled by the loud voice, and he didn't know what Zhu Bulang meant by shouting, so he could only reply: "Exactly." ”

Zhu Bulang patted the case and said: "Lord Li! Someone once said, Xujiang Li You, the first in the world in poetry and kung fu! ”

What a big top hat, does Jingshi also have his reputation? After all, a classic work is a classic work, Li You suppressed his joy and said modestly: "It's really too prestigious, how dare you afford it, and the little talent of the lower officials is just happy with themselves." But in the end, I couldn't help asking, "Who did you say this?" ”

"Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of War."

It turned out to be his old man, and Li You suddenly realized that this fellow townsman has a strong sense of geography, and he must tout something outstanding in his hometown.

Zhu Bulang continued: "Some people also say that Lord Li of Suzhou, poetry can hook the soul, words can capture the soul, and it is unparalleled in the world!" ”

"That's an exaggeration, who said that?" Li You asked as if he had been scratched on an itch.

"Jiangnan Qiyan."

Li You was confused, he had only heard of the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan... Zhu Bulang explained: "When Master Li first arrived in Beijing, he didn't know anything. A few months ago, a good deed person collected a group of famous people from the Jiangnan area to stay in Beijing, and the courtyard was opened in the east of the city. All of them are stunning, their skills are outstanding, they are called Jiangnan Qiyan, and people all over the city flock to it, even me... Oh, but they said in unison, the poetry of Lord Xiao Li in Suzhou is unparalleled in the world, and there is nothing else to see. ”

Li You couldn't help but sigh, it's an old routine again... Zhu Bulang slapped the case again and said: "It's not a secret, this official is also praised by the Beijing Division for his poetry, and some people are praised as the first in the Beijing Division." Many people who have read your poetry collection say that I am not as good as you, which is not convinced. ”

Li You is speechless, you have this status, what are you still thinking about in the poetry trail, it's so inexplicable that it's too tasteless? To take an extreme example, who has ever heard of Prime Minister Shangshu competing with others on a poetry level? It's just that boring literati will compare these, and there are some people who need the skin of talent.

Zhu Bulang got up and took out a stack of books from the pavilion behind him, handed it to Li Youdao: "This official is ugly, Lord Li looks at each other." ”

What a straightforward person... Li You had no choice but to take it, flipped through it roughly, and kept pondering the rhetoric in his heart.

Zhu Bulang saw that Li You stopped and asked, "How?" ”

Li You pondered for a moment, "In my view, the atmosphere is majestic, the momentum is majestic, and the sincerity is also a famous master." ”

This is not a sycophant, Zhu Bulang's poetry is indeed a bit level, and it can be regarded as a bold and majestic road.

"How does it compare to you?"

This is difficult to answer, if Li You wants to think that he is not as good as others, first, he is unwilling, and second, he is suspected of being too low. I had to say vaguely: "There is no first, the way of poetry and the lower officials are different, each has its own merits, and each has its own wind, how can you determine which is higher and which is lower?" is like Li Du, how can you talk about high and low? ”

"That's right!" Zhu Bulang praised the case for the third time, "Looking at it from the king's point of view, why do others say that I am not as good as you?" ”

The questions are more difficult to answer than the other, if it weren't for the connotation of this surname Zhu, Li You would have thrown off his sleeves and left. "When talking about poetry, we should look at the wind of the world, otherwise it is like a tree without roots and water without a source. Nowadays, the world is novel and changeable, and the poems are also seeking novelty and curiosity, which is secretly in line with the world. The poetry of adults adheres to the original character, and the vicissitudes of righteousness are naturally not as popular as those in the world. ”

"Wonderful!" Zhu Bulang didn't know how many times it was filmed.

The real reason is that the Tang and Song dynasties wrote all the essence of the poems, and they couldn't surpass it at all. Li You's serious copying of several capitals is a few classics in later generations, Zhu Bulang is confined to the times even if he is a momentary romance, can he compete with the combined efforts of several famous artists? Of course, Li You would not be stupid enough to say that.

"Today, I will make a banquet for the east, and I will go with me at noon, and I hope that I will not refuse."

Li You discussed: "If there is something in the daytime, can it be changed in the evening?" ”

Zhu Bulang said with a smile: "When I see that people are happy, I can't wait for the evening." ”

"Xia Guan said that he still has to go to Taixue today..."

"Then what is there to go, this official is in charge of school affairs in the ministry, and he can't mistake you!"

The Department of Ceremonies is the core department of the Ministry of Rites, in charge of the four affairs of the ceremony, tribute, zongfeng, and school, listening to the tone of Lord Zhu, he seems to be the official in charge of the affairs of the school in the world, of course, including the Guozijian.

I was very pleasantly surprised by this Li You, it can be regarded as a hook-up with the organization, and it is expected that he will skip school and cheat on exams in the future. In order to test the weight of the other party, he deliberately said: "The lower officials also have to go to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War to send letters..."

Zhu Bulang was slightly stunned, waved his hand casually and said: "It's okay to be late, you have the face of the official, and the two books are not counted!" ”

Rao is Li You is used to him speaking straightforwardly, and he can't help but sigh a few times in his heart. Jingshi really hides the dragon and crouching tiger, look at this tone, what he knows is a foreigner, and those who don't know think that the old man of the university is speaking. Who is he sacred?

At this time, several people came in together to do business, and they were also logged into the prison. Li You got up and said to Zhu Bulang: "Don't hinder the official business of the adults, the lower officials will sit and wait in the outer hall first." ”

Of course, Master Li didn't really sit idle, he went to the front hall to find a small official to spend money to inquire about Zhu Bulang's background.

The results were extremely unexpected. He originally thought that Zhu Bulang was a noble descendant who didn't have much of a city government, maybe he had an ancestral title, otherwise where did a mere foreigner come from such a big appearance? It is also estimated that because of his good literary talent, he crossed over to become a civil official after winning the imperial examination.

However, the reality is more dramatic. Zhu Bulang is a member of the royal family at all, although he is far away in blood... What's even more exaggerated is that he is still a first-class tanhua on the emperor's list five years ago, which can be called the pride of the entire royal family, and the Son of Heaven also calls him a royal brother when he sees it.

It is said that although this person is literary and elegant, he is not luxurious, he is simple in and out of the car, he dares to speak up, and he can be praised for his chivalrous spirit in the capital.

Li You is envious and jealous, the distant imperial brother plus Tanhua Jinshi is really a transcendent existence in this dynasty... Although he will never be a scholar and a scholar in order to avoid suspicion. It's no wonder that he is diligent in the matter of poetry.

(To be continued)