This river is one of the sources of the Jishui River in Jiangxi, and because it is countercurrent, the boat speed is very slow.

During the slow voyage, people sit bored, so they talk and gossip. One of the most influential figures is a young scholar with a folding fan and an arrogant face, who claims to be the number one talent in Jiangxi, and says that he is going to compete with Ouyang Xiu...... On this ship, most of them went to visit Ouyang Xiu, but there were few who dared to say that they were going to compete.

Because at this time, Ouyang Xiu was already the leader of the literary world and the most prestigious scholar in the world, this scholar dared to challenge, thinking that there must be two brushes, and the people on the boat looked at him with admiration.

This made the scholar very proud, he pointed out the country, and arrogantly crossed Erlang's legs, so that the old man sitting opposite had to shrink his legs.

At that time, when people talked about the Three Kingdoms, they talked about the joke of 'Zhuge Liang captured seven and subdued Meng Huo'. I heard this scholar shake his head and say: "This Meng Shu is so barbaric, disobedient to the teachings of the royal road, Kong Ming has been caught seven times and released seven times and still refuses to accept it, I can't imagine that the descendants of Mencius will have such a violent temperament and difficult to tame people." ”

When everyone heard this, they all covered their mouths and laughed secretly. The old man opposite him said: "It turns out that Meng Shu is a descendant of Mencius, so whose descendant is Kong Ming?" ”

"This still needs to be asked, of course, it is the descendants of Confucius." The scholar opened the folding fan, and it was written 'Hu Buliu, three big characters, I don't know if it's his name or ambition.' But seeing his face, "You are so ignorant, he said: "Yasheng is really not as good as the whole saint, and even the descendants are not as good!" ”

"In this way, let the little old man stretch his feet too." The old man laughed and changed his legs to a comfortable position.

It was not the first time that the scholar had made such a joke, and when he saw this, he knew that he was timid again, so he closed the folding fan and said, "Just kidding, don't take it seriously." After speaking, he still couldn't hang up, so he simply got up and went out of the cabin, and saw a big tree by the river, and suddenly became poetic. In order to get back on the field, he read aloud:

"One tree, two big girls."

Everyone inside knew that he was a straw bag, and when they wanted to hear a joke, they couldn't help laughing and waited for him to get down.

Who knew that he was desperately searching for dry intestines, and it was difficult to continue. This bud is the most suffocating, not only the poetry of the suffocation, but also the listening, and finally someone kindly picked up the Tao for him:

"The spring solstice moss is the leaves, and the winter snow is the flowers."

The scholar followed the sound and saw that there was a middle-aged man in plain clothes outside the cabin. The middle-aged man was thin and small, but his eyes were bright, and he was not too old, but his temples were gray. Judging by the outfit of his Tsing Yi Jiao, he should have sat outside during the mourning period, which was not suitable for the laughing atmosphere in the cabin. The scholar not only didn't feel ji, but was a little annoyed, and said in his heart, "What if you want to go against me?

I saw a flock of ducks plunging into the river, quacking and quacking. He continued to chant in a loud voice:

"A group of good duck women, jumping down the river together."

The following was stuck again, and the middle-aged man groaned:

"The white hair is green and the water is green, and the red claws are clear and clear.

Seeing that the other party pressed him twice, the scholar was immediately annoyed, and the person said, I have to embarrass him, so he chanted again:

"Everyone took the same boat to visit Ouyang Xiu."

After saying that, he stared at the man to see what he was right. I saw the middle-aged man smile and continued:

"Xiu already knows you, and you are not ashamed." After a while, the scholar realized that this was Ouyang Xiu, who he was going to challenge, and his face was suddenly flushed, and he couldn't wait to find a place to drill down. But listening to Ouyang Xiu's kind smile: "You don't have to be like this, when the old man was young, he was also generally frivolous, go back and study for a few years, let's compare again." ”

"The student has been taught..."The scholar was ashamed of his face, and said with a deep smile.

"You are Ouyang Gong?" When the boat boarded, it was lively, people surrounded Ouyang Xiu'an, or begged for words, or asked for poems, and many people, holding their own collections, begged Ouyang Gongneng to help write a preface.

I don't know if he is idle and bored, or if he is warm, but he doesn't refuse to come, and he responds to everything.

Knowing that the middle-aged man was Ouyang Xiu, Chen Ke also moved, what are they here for, aren't they just looking for help from this old gentleman? It doesn't look that old, though.

But at this time, there were many people around him, so a few people did not join in the excitement and whispered on the side. Song Duanping was worried: "You say, this old gentleman has written so many prefaces, will it be worthless." ”

"It's possible", Chen Ke smiled bitterly: "Put aside the dictionary in advance." ”

Xu is in this era, it is not easy to see a celebrity, let alone a big celebrity like Ouyang Xiu. Until the Shaao ferry, Fang Ke didn't interject.

The ferry port was very small, Ouyang Xiu got off the boat, hugged his fists at everyone and said: "Those who serve the mourners, I will not welcome you to your home, look at Haihan." ”

The visitors pestered Ouyang Xiu all the way, and they were already satisfied, so they said goodbye to him according to their words, and they didn't even get off the boat, and waited to return to the county seat.

Leaving the ferry, Ouyang Xiu put on a straw hat and carried a bamboo cane to the old house, followed by a child with a basket on his back. It seems that it is very compatible with the surrounding paddy field farmhouses, but there is not much taste of literary leaders.

Feeling that someone was following behind him, he stopped, turned his head, and smiled at Chen Ke and the others: "There are friends from afar, don't you say it?" When he saw Zhao Zongji, he obviously sighed lightly and said, "You are from Bianliang?" ”

"Back to Ouyang Gong, only I am from Bianliang." Zhao Zongji respectfully sang a fat song and said: "I am indeed very much like my father." ”

"Sure enough, it's you?" Ouyang Xiu frowned and said, "Don't you go to Jinghu South Road, why did you come to my poor country." ”

"I'm here to ask you for help." Zhao Zongji saw that Ouyang Xiu was displeased, and hurriedly explained: "They came to find Ouyang Gong, and I led the way for them." ”

"Let's go home." Ouyang Xiu said in a deep voice.

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Ouyang Xiu has been underestimated since he was a child and his family is poor, which left a good story of 'sand table learning words. And his real hometown is not in Luling, but in Guzhou, which is just his ancestral hometown. So after becoming an official, Ouyang Xiu did not buy property in this place again, and this time the burial was approved first, only to find that the old house of the family had already collapsed, so he had to borrow it to live in the ancestral hall.

In the backyard of the ancestral hall, there were cut watermelons on the low table: on the scattered bamboo chairs, there were several Chen Ke, all holding their breath and looking at Ouyang Xiu.

Ouyang Xiu was concentrating, reading the materials given to him by Chen Ke.

After reading it, he paced the yard for a long time with his hands behind his back before he sighed and said, "You have a big problem for me." ”

Hearing this, Chen Ke's heart sank, could it be that even the conscience of the Great Song Dynasty thought that it should be appeased?

"Could it be that Ouyang Gong also thinks that the overall situation should be taken into account?" Chen Ke said in a difficult voice, what is the difference between the hearts of the people of this dog day and the future generations?

"What's the big picture?" Listening to Ouyang Xiu asked rhetorically.

"The overall situation of counterinsurgency." Chen Ke said with difficulty.

"Of course, counterinsurgency should be the priority...... Ouyang Xiu's words made everyone hear the sound of heartbreak, but his next sentence made people's hearts reshape. I only heard this drunkard who had told the truth for half his life say: "However, with the rotten gang of people in Lingnan, the more peaceful and chaotic they are!" If you don't believe it, there will be defeats in the near future",

"What does Ouyang Gong mean?" Chen Ke and others were in high spirits.

"From generals to soldiers, from civil to military, all replaced!" Ouyang Xiu sighed and said, "Such a difficult thing, you say, can I not worry?" ”

The ......" young men looked at each other, stunned at first, and then woke up and said with great joy: "So, Ouyang Gong agreed to help us?" ”

"So-and-so isn't helping you." Ouyang Xiu shook his head and said, "This is just the duty of a courtier. Saying that, he sat back on the bamboo chair and said: "But the old man Ding is worried at home, and he has no right to play, and when my Qin Zhang arrives in the capital slowly, it will be impossible to take Lingnan well." ”

"Ouyang Gong means ......"

"Let me think, let me think." Ouyang Xiu touched a lot of beard and thought hard: "How to be the safest." ”

This kind of high-level matter, including Zhao Zongji, no one can help him come up with ideas, so he can only think about it himself.

After a while, Ouyang Xiu patted his thigh and said, "There you have!" Fan Wenzhenggong's son, I wrote Wen Zhenggong's Shinto monument, and I wrote to Han Xianggong in this name and asked him to be Yazheng. ”

"Can this be fast?"

"Of course, don't underestimate the prestige of Fan Gong and the authority of Han Xianggong." Ouyang Xiu smiled meaningfully: "You just wait to see the show." ”

"Ouyang Gong." Chen Ke was bitten by a snake for three years and was afraid of the well rope, and sighed lightly: "Yu Wenshuai also said something similar to me at the beginning...... ”

"It seems that in the past ten years, Yu Wuxi has thought a lot." Ouyang Xiu was in a trance and said: "Actually, sometimes, although we suffer bad luck, the wrong person is not necessarily us. After speaking, he came back to his senses and said in a deep voice: "If I could lower my head, I would have gone back to Bianliang a long time ago." ”

"It's me who lives the belly of the king with the heart of a villain." Chen Ke bowed his head and said.

"It's okay, it's human nature." Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "What's the problem?" ”

"May I ask Ouyang Gong." Chen Ke said in a low voice: "Could my father have been killed in prison?" ”

"Don't worry, they won't kill your father until they find that book." Ouyang Xiu shook his head, and said angrily: "Lang Lang Qiankun, a civilized country, it is really mad that such a thing should happen!" Yu Wuxi pointed at these people to quell the rebellion, it was really a head grout! ”

"I hope so......" Chen Ke's heart relaxed a lot.

"If it's not too shabby, you can stay here for two days." Ouyang Xiu looked at Chen Ke a few more times and said, "I believe that in a few days, the results will come back." ”

(To be continued)