"Hanyu Pinyin" is really not so easy to create, the most important thing is that there is no fixed official dialect in these years. In the past dynasties, most of the dialects near Kyoto are the official dialects, and the official dialect of the Eastern Han Dynasty is naturally Luoyang dialect, according to what Xun once went to Wancheng to proclaim the edict and lobby Zhang Xiu, the Luoyang dialect is very close to the Nanyang dialect - of course, because the founding emperor Liu Xiu is a native of Nanyang - but the problem is that within a city, there are also differences in pronunciation, and there is no Mandarin standard, plus after repeated wars, it is not easy to find a native of Luoyang, and the pronunciation of the aborigines may not be the pronunciation recognized by the court officials......

Thinking about it back and forth, simply, let's take the habitual pronunciation of Liu Xie and Cao Cao as the standard - that is to say, the Luoyang dialect is mixed with a little bit of the Xianxian accent. So he first wrote a letter to report his plan to the emperor and Sikong, and then asked them about some words that he couldn't get - of course, the two of them had no knowledge of phonology, so how to put the pronunciation on the pen, and then spread it all the way to tell Shi Xun, that was also a big problem.

This work is easy to think about, but it is really difficult to do, do you have to wait for the Hedong affair and return to Xudu before you can finally complete this work?

The more he thought about it, the more headache he felt, and in the afternoon of that day, the school's subordinates sorted out some pronunciation rules, and he became sleepy while reading, so he couldn't help leaning back on the back of the chair and taking a nap - after coming to Hedong, he now found someone to make tables and chairs, and when he was in the inner room, he could naturally relax himself a little, and he didn't have to always kneel and sit.

As a result, I had a desolate dream, dreaming that the Son of Heaven issued an edict and promoted himself to become a scholar of the palace. When I woke up, I felt funny, I don't know how many years it will take for the position of university scholar to come about. But what's even more absurd is that the palace number I heard in my dream turned out to be "gossip" - "Jin Shixun is a scholar of Bagua Pavilion." Chin this. ”

He was woken up by the knock of the attendants outside the door. Ask what's going on. The attendant reported: "Wei sent another cart of oil over...... "He had just sold the oil mill to Wei, a big family in the county, two months ago. But it was decided that a cart of vegetable oil must be paid to the county government every month. At the moment, he snorted impatiently: "Take it, why bother me?" ”

The attendant said: "Wei Shi said that there is something important to report to the waiter." ”

The Wei family is also one of the few big families in Hedong, although Xun has always hated these big families, but since he guards Hedong, it is impossible not to be false and wronged with them, and it is impossible not to greet them with a smile. So he had to stretch out his hand and rub his face, and reluctantly ordered: "Please wait in the hall." ”

Wait until you come to the church. sat down at the back of the case and summoned the Wei family over - the man was acquainted, a distant member of the Wei family in charge of the oil extraction workshop, named Wei Xiao. Wei Xiao went to the hall to pay a visit, and then looked left and right, which means: Please get rid of the idle people first......

It's Xun Xin who said that just you, what else can you tell me confidentially? He didn't pay attention to it, but just beckoned: "Come closer." Wei Xiao had no choice but to walk forward on his knees and get close to the bookcase. He lowered his voice and said, "The head of the family ordered the villain to ask the ...... to guard the outside of the city."

Shi Xunyi frowned: "But why?" ”

Wei Xiao continued to suppress his voice and said: "There are people in Taiyuan who want to communicate with Taishou. Don't dare to enter the city, for fear of being seen by acquaintances...... Please go out of the city with the villain, and go to the north of the city with the villain. ”

Oh, listen to what this means, is there a big family in Taiyuan County who sent someone over, and wanted to pick up the Cao family's thief ship by himself - "Who is it?" ”

Wei Xiao smiled slightly embarrassedly: "This is not something that villains dare to know." ”

Thinking about it, this Wei Xiao's status at home is very low, and it is even very likely that he is not of the same clan, but he is attached with the same surname, it is estimated that the head of the Wei family is taking advantage of the opportunity he came to deliver oil, avoiding people's eyes and ears, and asking him to lead him out of the city. So, in Taiyuan County, which family sent someone over? The head of the Guo clan is now in his own hands, the Wang family has always been in contact through Wang Ling, is it the Linghu clan or the Li clan? The family that waits down may not be able to see it.

Listening to Wei Xiao's meaning, the identity of the person who came is not low, and he may have many acquaintances in Hedong County, so for fear that the news will be revealed - don't think that there are no eyes and ears in Anyi City - he didn't dare to enter the city, and asked himself to go out of the city to meet. Yes Xun doesn't doubt that he has him - first, he has a long-cherished acquaintance with this Wei Xiao, and second, the Wei family has no reason and courage to be unfavorable to him, and third, there is no "beheading action" in these years, besides, he has already handed over his military power and beheaded himself, how good can it be for Gao Gan?

So he said hello to Pei Hui, who stayed in the county government, and then quietly followed Wei Xiao. Dressed in regular clothes, he came out of the back door, escorted by four subordinates.

Following the empty oil truck, Wei Xiao guided in front, went out of the city to the north, less than two miles away, and turned onto a small road. Shi Xun looked left and right, suspicious, and shook his horsewhip: "I didn't know that there was also Wei's other business here." ”

Wei Xiao replied with a smile: "Not far ahead, there is a small courtyard, which can be avoided from the ears and eyes. ”

When I got closer, I saw that it was indeed a "small" village, with only seven or eight rooms surrounded by wooden hedges. Shixun dismounted in front of the door and asked, "Why is there no one to greet you?" Wei Xiao said in a low voice: "It's a matter of confidentiality, that person...... I really don't dare to show my face, the villain leads, please move in too much. ”

Since he has already come, it is not good to turn around and go back, and besides, he still has a trilogy guard, in the territory of Hedong and the suburbs of Anyi, who are you afraid of? It was Xun who strode inside, and the subordinates followed closely. Coming to the door of the main house, Wei Xiao stepped forward and knocked on the door: "It's Taishou who has been invited." An unfamiliar voice came from inside the door: "I dare not see the light of day, please forgive the sins." With a "creak", the door was open, it was dark inside, the windows were closed, and there were no candles.

It was Xun Xin who said that I should take a closer look, what does it mean to be so mysterious? He began to suspect that the house was not a representative of the Taiyuan clan, but probably a subordinate of Gao Gan, who had been ordered by Gao Gan to secretly ask for a meeting - after all, the two ends of the Hedong clan were not clear with the Yuan clan, which was also reasonable. It's just that what is the purpose of Gao Gan sending people over? Wanting to pull himself into the chariot of the Yuan family, it is quite unrealistic, is he trying to surrender?

In the original history, after Yuan Shao died of illness, Gao Gan took the initiative to surrender to Cao. Although later he rebelled again...... So. He had a different heart at the moment. I don't know if I sent someone to communicate with me secretly.

After a few steps into the house, before his eyes were familiar with the darkness, there was a sudden "creak", and the door closed again—and the tribes failed to follow up. It was Xun Yi who frowned, instinctively saying "not good", and only before he could make a move, suddenly a hard and cold thing was on his shoulder. It's only a centimeter or two away from the neck!

This has to be put aside, maybe he will be so frightened that he will sit on the ground, but fortunately, his courage has gradually been exercised recently, no matter how frightened he is in his heart, he does not show it on the surface - this person is going to kill himself, he has already stabbed down, since it is just a horizontal knife in the neck, then there must be something to say - just frowned, and shouted: "Who is Qing?!" ”

I heard the man sneer: "If you raise your voice again, it will be useless." Tell you to come in, your guards. Naturally, someone cleaned up. ”

When Shixun heard this, he couldn't help but shudder slightly. In these years, everyone has learned Confucianism, even if the two are opposite, unless they have a deep hatred, they are not easy not to speak ill. If the other party calls Shixun's surname and position, calls him his cousin, or uses "Qing" as a substitute, it means that the malice is not deep, and it is likely that he just wants to give him a disadvantage, or prevent him from disagreeing and ordering him to be arrested. But now the other party "you" comes and "you" goes, and it is very rude, this is ...... That's not quite right...... That's not right!

So I had to lower my voice a little and ask again, "Who is Qing?" "Anyway, give me an idea.

Hearing that the man sneered again, grabbed Shixun's neck by the collar, and slammed it into his arms. Shixun stumbled, and then felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen, a spasm in his stomach, and almost vomited out all the food, and involuntarily leaned over and shrank to the ground. When I finally swallowed the sour water, my eyes suddenly lit up - it turned out that the person had lit the lamp and candle in the room.

Shixun was half-kneeling on the ground, and looked up boldly, only to see that the room was not large, only ten square meters, and there was only one man in the room except himself, in his thirties, seven feet tall, although the skeleton was large, but there was no fat, his face was pale and yellow, and he seemed to have a sick face—perhaps it was candlelight—with a short beard. This man's top and bottom are dressed as scholars, but the sleeves are rolled high, the skirt is also lifted and tucked up on the belt, he is not wearing pants, and he is showing two hairy legs - this image is somewhat ridiculous.

However, Xun couldn't laugh, because the man held a candle in his left hand, and his right hand was still holding the ring-headed knife with a cold light.

Shi Xun stared at the man's face for a long time, and then carefully searched for his memory - who is this? It seems to be familiar, but I can't remember it at all, is my memory declining? I couldn't help but ask a third time: "Qing, who is Qing?" ”

The man's bright blade was less than a centimeter away from Shixun's face, his eyebrows were tightened, he glared at Shixun angrily, and scolded: "It's a thief, I don't want you to have today!" ”

It is said that the surname I deceived is really bad, it has the meaning of referential, and it should be followed by a good word, which sounds good, but it is a bad word, as if it has been determined - it is a thief, a thief, you are really a thief! Do you want to say hello to Kong Rong and change it back? In order to exercise his demeanor as a scholar who did not change before the collapse of Mount Tai, he recently came up with a good idea, that is, when he encounters something shocking and terrible, he should try to wander his mind - anyway, he is used to being distracted - jump out of the game and think of something else, just like this time I picked out the words casually, my stomach didn't seem to hurt so much, my heart didn't beat so wildly, and I actually ...... Ah, my legs didn't tremble this time!

He looked at the knife bearer suspiciously, and said in his heart that you look like you hate me to the bone, but you haven't cut the knife off yet, so it must be explained. When you finish explaining, I will be able to distinguish and clear up, so that I can find a way to save the day, and now you just say "you are a thief", and I can't grasp the situation at all. What's going on? Do we know each other? Why am I making you hate me so much?

Sure enough, the man explained: "A certain surname is Dong, also known as Xun, and the cursive character is auxiliary to the country!" ”

When Xun heard this, he felt that his head was "buzzing" - no! (To be continued......)