Probably the word "lose" is the first sore spot, they all glared angrily at the green-shirted scholar, and some of them did not hesitate to guess his purpose with malice: "If you have never known anything before, then now you take the initiative to defend the examiner, you must want to please him, make friends, and beg him to let you go to high school!" ”

The green-shirted scholar shook his head and said: "Although the roll call list is tomorrow, but now that the ranking of the Jinshi has been decided, how can it be changed again?" If I had the heart to make friends with Neihan, I would have come to pay my respects long before the Gongyuan lock test, how could I have waited until now? ”

Where were the people willing to listen to his explanation, and they all said: "Who knows if you have come to visit him before?" ”

"If cheating is clearly known, it's not cheating."

"Even if you have never been in contact with each other before, if you become officials in the same dynasty in the future, you will definitely become friends."

The more they talked, the more excited they became, and they turned to besiege the green-shirted man and began to push and shove him.

Seeing that the situation was not good, I immediately raised my horsewhip, swung it down, struck the poplar tree on the side of the road, and shouted: "Stop! ”

The lifters were stunned when they heard this, and they all stopped and looked sideways at me.

I looked around at them and said, "A gentleman has nothing to fight for, and a gentleman is a gentleman to fight." You are all scholars, but here you slander the division commander and besiege the same year, isn't it insulting? ”

They all looked me up and down in surprise, presumably guessing my identity, and no one responded for a while, so I continued: "Zi said: The way of a gentleman is four. He is also respectful in his deeds, respectful in his affairs, beneficial in his support for the people, and righteous in his people. Now you are gathering in the street market, and it is difficult to call it humble; openly denounced the teacher and was even more disrespectful to His Holiness. You should do so with the intention of assisting the king and seeking the well-being of the people. But if we can't even do what we do and respect what we do, how can we talk about 'benefiting the people and making the people righteous' in the future? ”

One person retorted: "In matters also respect the 'above', referring to the king and the saint, how can you replace the examiner?" ”

I replied, "The examiner is the teacher of the candidates, and the teacher is in the same rank as the prince of heaven and earth, and should be respected by the scholars of the world." If you don't respect the teacher, it will be difficult for him to be filial. A son said: 'He is also a filial brother, and those who are good at offending are rare; It is not easy to commit, and those who are good at making trouble are not there. If you don't know the way of respecting the teacher and filial piety, then you are not far from committing trouble. ”

At this time, Liu Ji sneered, walked to my horse, and said, "Mr. is well-dressed, it seems to be a thing in the palace?" ”

I bowed and said, "I do serve in the palace." ”

Liu Ji squinted at me and said, "The nobles quote the scriptures and admire them." However, I also think of a sage's words, which are very apt to describe the nobles. ”

I knew he wouldn't have good things to say, but I bowed my head anyway: "I want to hear about it." ”

He suddenly raised his arms and pointed at me, and said sharply: "Clever words, fresh and benevolent." ”

Before I could react, he said again: "You eunuch like you, usually servile and flattering, full of words to please the master, inside to invite the king, outside to flatter the minister, for personal gain, no integrity, even dare to quote the language of the saint to accuse the world!" ”

The people around him immediately echoed, and they all turned their spearheads to me:

"The attendants of the Yellow Gate also dare to read the scriptures of the saints in vain?"

"Little eunuch, what is the intention of reading? Don't you want to be a political harm? ”

"The previous generation of ministers, arrogant, we will return to the Taoist dynasty as a warning, there will be no such disaster, but you, the little yellow man, have dared to attack the scholars today, and it is conceivable that you will be involved in politics and harm to the people in the future."

"The Han Dynasty has the world for 400 years, and the Tang Dynasty has the world for 300 years, and the disasters of their demise began with the eunuchs. Emperor Taizong of my dynasty has a clear precept that eunuchs are not allowed to pre-empt political affairs. The selection of materials for tribute is also a kind of political affairs, and you openly criticize the new year's move, which is already a political interference, in order to prevent the slightest deterioration, it is not an exaggeration to kill you on the spot! ”

They approached one after another, and they pressed closer and closer. I didn't feel the horse retreating, and in the face of the flood of reprimands, I was dizzy and tinnitus, my cheeks were burning, and the uncontrollable shame seeped out layer by layer like the cold sweat on my body.

Suddenly, someone shouted not far behind me: "Deng Duzhi, arrest all these guys who have committed trouble!" ”

It was the voice of the princess. I looked back in amazement to see that she had gotten out of the car and had come up behind me at some point, without a maid's feather fan to cover her face, only a hat to cover her face.

Deng Baoji, who followed her, received the order, and with a wave of his arm, the guards of the Imperial City Division who were waiting not far away immediately jumped on horseback. Dozens of cavalry passed by smoke and dust, horses neighed and dogs barked, pedestrians exclaimed, and after a short period of commotion, a dozen or so people who led the crowd to make trouble were already on their knees.

Liu Ji and the others were not convinced, knelt and struggled desperately, and said angrily: "We just want to ask the examiner for an explanation, how can we say that we are making trouble?" ”

The princess pointed at me and said, "If you offend him, you offend me, if you offend me, you offend my father, and if you offend my father, you will make trouble!" ”

Liu Ji was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you?" ”

At this time, Deng Baoji explained from the side: "This is Princess Fukang. ”

When Ouyang Xiu heard this, he immediately dismounted and came over to give a salute, and the surrounding people also bowed down one after another when they heard it, and most of the troublemakers were silent, only Liu Ji was still asking angrily: "Today, the scribes of courtesy never punish indiscriminately, and now the princess vents her anger for personal grievances, and humiliating us like this is not only against the teachings of the monarch's father, but also against the gentleman's way of forgiveness!" ”

The princess smiled and said, "I am not a gentleman, but a woman, or a woman whom you saints say is as difficult to raise as you are." ”

Liu Ji still wanted to argue, but the princess was stunned, and first suppressed it: "If you talk nonsense again, I will immediately ask them to take you to Dali Temple to ask for guilt!" ”

Liu Ji bowed his head angrily and didn't speak again.

Seeing this, I wanted to speak and persuade me, but as soon as I opened my mouth, I was stopped by the princess: "You, don't say anything...... It's useless to put so much effort into reasoning with them just now, right? It's better for me to repay grievances directly and counter violence with violence...... These people, the more you read the book, the more tricky it becomes, if your reasoning makes sense, they won't besiege Ouyang Neihan......"

Before she could finish her sentence, we heard the sound of the horse's hooves again, and we looked to see that it was a horse that had not been fastened in time, and suddenly galloped wildly, and trampled to death a yellow dog lying in the street.

Ouyang Xiu saw it, thoughtful, and then stepped forward to the princess and said, "Please allow the princess to say a few words to the crowd." ”

The princess bowed her head and agreed, and Ouyang Xiu turned to the crowd, pointed to the dog that had just been trampled to death by the fleeing horse, and said, "You should have seen the scene just now. If you have the intention to borrow tribute, you are likely to enter the pavilion to repair books and govern history in the future. Revision, but please try to write this matter, in a word. If Xianjun's words are concise and straightforward, Xiu will resign from Hanyuan tomorrow, ask for release, and never pre-teach again. ”

Everyone looked left and right, slightly happy. After a moment of silence, one person responded first: "There is a yellow dog lying on the road, the horse is frightened, galloping and coming, and the hooves are dead." ”

Ouyang Xiu remained silent, and soon another person gave a second statement: "There are dogs lying in the thoroughfare, and they kill them with horses' hooves." ”

Ouyang Xiu was still silent, and turned to the rest of the people, so someone said: "There is a horse in the street, and the lying dog was killed." ”

Ouyang Xiu smiled lightly: "If you cultivate history like this, it will be difficult to do everything in one day." ”

When Liu Ji heard this, he raised his voice and said his answer: "Chi Liuyi, over the thoroughfare, lying dog." ”

As soon as these words came out, some people sneered, and followed the reputation to see that it was the green-shirted man just now.

Liu Ji said angrily: "Is my words ridiculous? ”

The green-shirted man bowed with a smile: "Where." I just heard too much of the good sentence at first glance, and I couldn't help but be happy, and I accidentally took it into shape. ”

Liu Ji snorted and said, "Presumably Brother Tai has another good sentence, listen to it." ”

The green shirt scholar said: "Ouyang Neihan has already made up his mind, I don't dare to make an axe, so I still ask Neihan for advice." ”

Ouyang Xiu asked the surrounding scholars if they had anything else to say, and those people probably saw that Liu Ji had already said it, so they didn't say anything more, and asked Neihan for advice.

So, Ouyang Xiu slowly said his answer: "Yima kills dogs in the Dao." ”

The six characters are concise and concise, quite similar to Taishi Gong's penmanship. After a moment of silence, the princess spoke first, and the crowd of onlookers gradually resounded with applause.

Ouyang Xiu turned to Liu Ji again, and said: "When you go out and enter the court, whether you are a museum or a speech official, whether you are repairing history or writing chapters, you should keep in mind the four characters of 'text from the word', and the writing must be concise and lawful, smooth and natural, neither superficial nor obscure." Simplicity and simplicity can accurately convey the meaning and make it easy for people to understand. Words are used to carry things, and words are used to embellish words, and the most important thing is to have something to say and a way to say. The winner of the Tao is not difficult to write. The truth is clear, you don't need to carve it, you will have your own literary glow. ”

Liu Ji was silent, seemed to move, lowered his eyes and groaned, and no longer argued. The rest of the people were the same, they were all stunned, as if they were still thinking about what Ouyang Xiu said.

Ouyang Xiu pleaded with the princess on behalf of the princess and asked the princess to let them go, although the princess was displeased, she still ordered the guards of the Imperial City Division to release them according to her words.

After the troublemakers retreated one after another, the princess asked Ouyang Xiu: "How can they not punish you if they offend you so much?" ”

Ouyang Xiudao: "Governing the people with punishment, although it can make the people know and fear, but their hearts are not touched, and they are not beneficial to the monarchy. ”

The princess said: "Even so, there are too many people who have offended Neihan this time, and not all of them can be influenced by Neihan, but I am afraid that there will be people waiting for the opportunity to make trouble." I'd better send some guards to escort you home. ”

Ouyang Xiushi bowed and thanked him, and the princess smiled: "Nehan doesn't need to be polite. If you really want to thank me, you can write less poetry in the future. ”

Seeing that Ouyang Xiu was puzzled, I explained with a smile that I wanted the princess to recite his masterpiece today, Ouyang Xiu had an epiphany, and couldn't help but feel relieved and apologized to the princess.

The princess waved her hand again and again, and said with a smile: "I mean to laugh. With so many ministers in the DPRK and China, my favorite thing to read is your poems and essays from Nehan. ”

After sending Ouyang Xiu away, after the princess got into the car, I suddenly remembered the green-shirted scholar again, and immediately looked around, and saw that he was striding with his sleeves outstretched, and he had walked a few feet away, and was busy riding a horse to chase after him. When I galloped to his side, I dismounted and arched my hand: "I am deeply impressed by the wonderful theory." Show talent respectfully, can you tell me? ”

The scholar smiled and returned the salute and said, "Student Meishan Su Shi." ”

I also told him my name, and then said: "I still have one more matter, I want to ask Su Xiucai: What is the source of what you said about Li Yishan's visit to Bai Letian?" ”

Su Shi laughed and waved his sleeves: "Why do you need a source!" ”

It turned out that he really made it up. I couldn't help but laugh.

"Thousands of scholars are on the side, but you are the only one who doubts it, which shows that Mr. is talented." He smiled and explained a little, "If you are intentional in writing about things, then you will use all the scriptures and history for my use, not to mention the true and false allusions!" ”