Zhao Ta looked at the person on the wooden couch in front of him, and saw that this person was in his thirties, with eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a nose like a hanging gall, a clear beard under his chin, a face like three rivers and autumn water, and a demeanor like a bright moon.

He saw that this person was dressed, which was completely different from the Jurchens he had seen along the way, he was actually dressed in Hanfu, with large sleeves in a gauze robe, a Confucian belt around his waist, a Pisces pendant, and a letter of recommendation in his hand.

Zhao Ta knew that it must be Wanyan Xiyin, so he hurriedly put the gift box in his hand on the ground, bowed down and said: "Caomin Yuanyi, meet Dadutong." ”

Wanyan Xiyin looked him up and down, didn't speak, put aside the letter of recommendation in his hand, and seemed a little tired when he moved.

Zhao Ta didn't feel a little embarrassed, reached out and touched the gift box next to him and picked it up, and whispered: "The gift that the grass people gave to Dadutong." ”

"Puff ......" someone laughed behind the case next to him.

Some people said to themselves: "Talent learning is not a gift can make up for it, there is a real talent, no courtesy, no real talent, what is the use of courtesy?" ”

Zhao Ta turned his head to look, and the one who smiled was a white-faced fat man, but the one who was sarcastic was a withered old man.

Zhao Ta's face was a little frightened, he didn't know how to answer, and he was at a loss for a while.

Wanyan Xiyin opened his mouth at this time: "Yuan Yi? ”

Zhao Ta seemed relieved when he heard this: "Back to Dadutong, it is the grass people, the Yuan of Yuan Henry Zhen, and the Yi of the Book of Changes." ”

Wanyan Xiyin looked at him: "Could it be that he is proficient in the Book of Changes?" ”

Zhao Ta's face was a little panicked immediately, and he lowered his head: "Slightly...... A slight gain. ”

Wanyan Xiyin couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw his demeanor: "I saw that Mu Zaha's letter praised you several times, but I know that Mu Zaha is a person who can't even make poems, and his praise is mostly for the world's friends." ”

Zhao Ta lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, but just lifted the gift box of salted venison leg meat upwards again.

Wanyan Xiyin said: "But...... Since he is a favor, he doesn't know if you really have the ability or not, and you have to ask me to see if you have or not. ”

Zhao Ta's arms trembled slightly when he raised the gift box: "Most of them are wise and martial, in a word." ”

Wanyan Xiyin looked at his arms and said, "But salty deer legs?" ”

Zhao Ta hurriedly said: "Exactly." ”

Wanyan Xiyin nodded: "Accept the gift, you get up and talk." ”

Zhao Ta stood up and handed the gift box to the soldiers on the side, and Yan Xiyin said: "I read that the letter said that you have been studying since you were a child, but you have not achieved the slightest fame?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "Most of the capitals don't know, the Liao State is corrupt and erosive, and every step of the way has to make money, if there is no money, it will be cut off." ”

"Oh?" Wanyan Xiyin smiled: "So you don't meet Huaicai?" ”

Zhao Ta blushed and said: "Although Yuan Yi doesn't dare to say that he has Wang Zuozhi's talent, he thinks that he is better than those who make money, those people rely on the gold and silver at home to do whatever they want, but they don't have half the skills, and the Liao Kingdom will die in the hands of these people sooner or later." ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "I see that Muzha Ha said in the letter that you are a descendant of the Bohai royal family, isn't there more gold and silver in the family than those people?" ”

Zhao Ta pursed his lips and said stupidly: "Back to the capital, the ancestors are like this, but it has come to the generation of grass people, and the generation of grass people......

Wanyan Xiyin's face flashed with a hint of interest: "How?" ”

Zhao Ta thought for a long time and said, "It's all because the grass people didn't marry a good wife!" ”

"Huh?" Wanyan Xiyin was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then laughed, and the three people behind the wooden case below also laughed.

Zhao Ta blushed and said: "Most of them don't know, those who make money are not all wealthy families, a few of them are married to good relatives, and their wives and families marry a lot, unlike the grass people who married a butcher's daughter, Mo De's family property is not to mention, and his temper is still big, and he quarrels with the grass people from time to time, how can the grass people be willing to see her in general, only blame the insulting Sven." ”

Wanyan Xiyin smiled: "Your wife can be outside the village?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "I am waiting outside the village." ”

Wanyan Xiyin nodded and said, "Yuan Yi." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Most of the capitals, please command." ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Do you know what I am doing to recruit literati, I want to create words, and I don't want to imitate the Khitan font, so I won't use it without real talent." ”

As he spoke, Wanyan Xiyin pointed to the side: "The three of them all have fame, and one of them is still a Jinshi of the Song Kingdom, I have heard of your so-called spending money to buy fame, but it is not as unbearable as you said, and there are always those who are admitted with their own skills." ”

The Jinshi of the Song Kingdom? Zhao Ta's heart moved when he heard this, but he didn't believe it, and looked at the three people, in addition to the fat man and the old man, there was also a dark and thin middle-aged man, and Wanyan Xiyin should be referring to this person.

Although there are many scholars in the Great Song Dynasty, there are also many scholars, but there will always be positions, even if Cai Jing also includes the prison students in the election of officials, but even if there will always be idle positions, not to mention the extremely high status of the scholars in the Great Song Dynasty, who will run here across the sea without idleness?

Unless you make a big mistake and get away, or you are lying at all!

Zhao Ta looked at the three of them, and the three of them also looked at him, their eyes were slightly unkind, after all, a monk is good at drinking water, and there are too many people to drink water.

Wanyan Xiyin said: "So I don't believe your words, and I have some doubts about your talent." ”

Zhao Ta's face changed: "Dadu Tong, but the talent of the grass people is real, otherwise how dare you boast in front of Dadu Tong, and please take the Dadu Unified Examination." ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Since you recommended you, it is not difficult for me to do it for you, you can tell me what you are good at, if you can pass the test, you will stay, if you can't pass the test, I will let you go." ”

Zhao Ta thought for a while and said, "Most of the capitals are unified, and the grass people are good at poetry and calligraphy. ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Since it is to make words, calligraphy is naturally good, but as for poetry, it is the embodiment of talent, that is, the imperial examination must also do poetry first, you will make a poem first, I will see how you can learn." ”

Zhao Tali said: "Please also ask most of the questions to be asked." ”

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Let's take the imperial examination as the topic." ”

Zhao Ta was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Wait for the grass people to think about it carefully, think about it carefully." ”

Zhao Ta sneered in his heart, where is this poetry test, it is clearly a temptation, if one does not do well, he may be arrested as a spy, and as for Namu Zaha, I am afraid it will not be good.

At this time, he must show his talent and make a blockbuster, which shocks Wanyan Xiyin, and then he is happy to accept the account, but if he really does this, it will be a dead end, how can he come to Dajin, a poor place with that kind of talent, and why is his family completely ruined?

As for doing four or six points, it is not good to be able to get into the eyes, it is too bad to always cover up the traces obviously.

Zhao Ta walked around the ground a few times, pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "Dadutong, the grass people have it!" ”

"Oh?" Wanyan Xiyin nodded, and looked at the three people behind the table, these three people were all surprised, although Zhao Ta took more time, not to talk about seven steps and ten steps, but to be able to make a poem in such a short period of time, it is indeed considered to be learned.

"Tell me about it!" Wanyan Xiyin said.

Zhao Ta nodded, with a look of reminiscence, as if he had returned to the examination room, and then said with a heavy expression: "I have never mentioned the pen and tears, and I have been studying hard for more than ten years, if the examiner doesn't take me, the student will go home and go to Huangquan." ”

After a poem, the lobby was silent, and the needles could be heard.

After the case, the three of them stayed for a while, and then frowned, wanting to laugh but not daring to make a loud noise, just lowered their heads, and the folds of the clothes on their bellies twitched.

Wanyan Xiyin looked at Zhao Tan, took a slow breath, and said, "You ...... poetry."

He didn't comment, a pair of eyes shiningly looked at Zhao Ta, Zhao Ta sneered: "Dadutong, how is this poem?" Or the grass people are busy, which is not the best. ”

Wanyan Xiyin said lightly: "Yuan Yi, are you still good at calligraphy?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "I have practiced calligraphy since I was a child, copied Yan Liu, and I have achieved success in ten years, and now I am a family, which is ...... It's okay. ”

Listening to Zhao Ta's words, his heart became more and more empty, and Yan Xiyin said: "I'll give you another chance, just write the poem you just wrote." ”

Zhao Ta's eyes lit up when he heard this, and for a moment a soldier held a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and he came to a case, laid out the paper, and then filled it up, and began to put down the pen after thinking about it.

A poem was written quickly, and when he dried the ink at home, a soldier came to pick it up and sent it to Wanyan Xiyin.

Wanyan Xiyin took it, but was slightly stunned, then his eyes narrowed, and his eyes looked up and down at Zhao Ta.

Zhao Ta hurriedly said: "Most of the capitals, what do you think of the grass people's words?" ”

After Yan Xiyin was silent, he handed the paper to the side, and the fat man among the three immediately took it, and then looked at it with disdain, but it was only an instant, his face changed greatly, and then his fingers trembled slightly and passed the paper to the old man next to him.

The old man frowned, but after his eyes fell, he was stunned: "This, this ......"

The dark and thin middle-aged man also came over to take a look, and in just a moment, sweat broke out on his forehead.

This character is written in Khitan and Chinese scripts, the Khitan and Chinese writing methods are basically the same, the Khitan text is born from the Chinese language, the so-called Khitan calligraphy is actually all imitated Chinese calligraphy, the pen is exactly the same.

After the three of them finished reading it, the eyes that looked at Zhao Ta all changed, and Zhao Ta looked at the three of them and said shyly: "Brothers, do you think that my talent is enough to be promoted?" ”

The three of them were willing to speak at this moment, and looked at Wan Yan Xiyin in an instant.

But after seeing Yan Xiyin, he shook his head and said, "Yuan Yi, you have taken a fork in the road in this imperial examination." ”

Zhao Ta was puzzled: "Most of the capitals are unified ......"

Wanyan Xiyin said: "Yuan Yi, sit down and talk." ”

(End of chapter)