"The mountains and forests are at a loss in the market, and the red leaves and yellow flowers are from a river. Wild water takes advantage of people's appointments, and Changpine does not know the year. A young man in Tsing Yi stared at the red leaves all over the mountain, and he was speechless.

"Good, good poetry! Brother Lihe's poem is full of the beauty of Xiangshan, but I can't sing in the face of the beautiful scenery, and the beautiful scenery in front of me can't be explained, regrets, regrets! ”

"Yes, I shouldn't have let Brother Lihe start if I knew it."

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On the top of Xiangshan Mountain, under a big pine tree hugged by several people, four or five students sat together casually, talking and laughing, pointing out the country, and there was a great posture of dung in the past. These students are the most prominent Luding Five Masters of Luding Academy, in addition to what Guo Xiu said about Qin, Shi, You, and Lin, the last one is Guo Pu, although Guo Xiu is proud of his son, but he is not embarrassed to say too much in front of Yinzuo, so he did not mention that his son is also one of the Five Masters.

Dozens of bookstores in the north and south of the river, there are not a few with a long history, if it is based on historical background, Luding Bookstore is not ranked at all, but Luding Bookstore has four major advantages that other bookstores can not compare: first of all, the reputation of Guo Xiu in Zhangshan, although Guo Xiu's knowledge level may not be as good as Wang Shizhen of Bailu Library, nor as good as Fang Bao of Tongcheng School, but the name of a generation of Qing officials is placed there, it is half a Baolong map; Secondly, the Shuyuan not only has a very high salary, but also has an open academic atmosphere, which can be taught by any Confucian, so it attracts many Confucians to come here; Third, it is located in Beijing, which is convenient for the exam; The most important thing is that Luding Academy is completely free, and there is a high scholarship to get if you read well; In this way, it naturally attracts the attention of many students, but it is not easy to get in, you have to pass the exam, and anyone who can enter the school has to have two strokes.

Qin Hao, the word of 戌, a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi; Shi Zhihao, the word is clear, a native of Taiyuan Mansion, Shanxi; You, the word is clear and honest, the capital people's family, his father served as a waiter in the ministry, and he is regarded as the son of an official eunuch; Lin Xuanyi, Zilihe, Jinling people; Guo Pu, a native of Jimo, Shandong; Although these five people came to Luding Shuyuan at different times, they were familiar at first sight, and often tasted literature and poetry together, and it happened that the pen was okay, so they were called the five masters of Luding. No, today's Yinzuo exam questions, classes have stopped, these five people went to the top of Xiangshan to write papers as usual, and they were chatting happily, and a person rushed out of the mountainside, panting and shouting: "Lin, Lin, Lin Lihe, Zhangshan has, please." ”

Luding Book Garden covers an extremely wide area, with a radius of 100 acres, four three-story buildings surrounded by a circle, and Guo Xiu's office happens to be in a small two-story building in the center of the library. Although Lin Xuanyi has been in Luding Shuyuan for less than a year, he has not been to Guo Xiu's office, and he has been here twice just to receive a scholarship, not to mention that Guo Xiu is also summoned and interviewed from time to time on weekdays, which can be regarded as a familiar way, although he doesn't know what is going on with the summoning of an old man Guo today, he is not nervous at all, and when he arrived at the door, he dressed up and walked in.

"Student Lin Xuanyi has seen Lord Zhangshan." Lin Xuanyi respectfully bowed his hand, and when he raised his head, he found that there was not only Guo Xiu in the room, but there was also a young man standing beside him, although the clothes were simple, but he couldn't hide the wealth and nobility on his face, and couldn't help but be curious, and secretly deduced the face of the young man, but found that he couldn't deduce a reasonable explanation at all: from the physiognomy, the young man's forehead is wide and thick, and it should be extremely rich, but there is a very shallow mildew in the middle of the forehead, which should be the appearance of early death, but it is not short in the person, there is a god in the eyes, and it clearly indicates that this person is blessed and long-lived. It's really weird. Just in doubt, Old Man Guo said with a smile: "Lihe, today's old man Wen has read it, and the writing is good, I called you here because I have a question to test you." ”

Lin Xuanyi hurriedly withdrew his searching gaze and replied respectfully: "Please ask Master Zhangshan to ask the question, and the students will do their best." ”

"Well, there are only two villages A and B in a certain place, and the people of Village A always speak true, and the people of Village B are false. He replied, 'A village. Later, a certain C passed by, and the traveler asked a certain Ding to ask a certain C what village he was from, and after a certain Ding asked, he reported to the traveler: "He said that he is a person from a certain village" and asked: What village is a certain Ding? Why? Guo Xiu stroked his beard and asked with a smile.

As soon as Guo Xiu's voice fell, Lin Xuanyi immediately said: "A certain Ding is from Village A. The reason is as follows: no matter what village a certain C is, he will always declare that he is a person from village A, and if a certain D is a person from village B, when he returns to travel, he should say that a certain C is a person from village B, so a certain D can only be a person from village A. ”

"Good!" Needless to say, this question is from Yinzuo, although it is not difficult, but it is not easy to find the key to the problem in a short time, Lin Xuanyi can come up with the answer so quickly, which shows that his reasoning ability is extremely strong, and Yinzuo's evaluation of Lin Xuanyi in his heart is much higher.

"Your Excellency's name?" Lin Xuanyi was very curious about Yinzuo, and couldn't help but look at Yinzuo again and again.

"Hehe, sir, you might as well guess." Yinzuo replied with a smile.

"Student Lin Xuanyi has seen Lord Baylor." Lin Xuanyi bowed to the end, his waist was bent, but he did not kneel.

Heh, this kid guessed who we were, and he dared not kneel, hey, could it be a blindfold? Yinzuo said with a smile: "Why can you see that it is Baylor below?" ”

"There are three reasons: first, the library was opened by Lord Belle, and it is not a strange thing that Lord Baylor appeared here; second, although Lord Belle is dressed in flat clothes, the wealth on his face cannot be covered; Third, those who can speak in front of Lord Zhangshan will inevitably have a higher identity than Lord Zhangshan; Based on the above principles, it is not difficult to guess the identity of Lord Belle. Lin Xuanyi murmured, without the slightest restraint.

Depend on! This kid is quite arrogant, it's interesting. Yinzuo also knows in his heart that most of the talented people like this are arrogant, as the so-called arrogance of talents, it is extremely difficult to subdue this kind of person, but it is precisely because of the difficulty that it is challenging, and once this kind of person returns to his heart, he can do the death of a confidant.

The matter of accepting is not in a hurry, and Yinzuo has no intention of returning to his heart today, but it is necessary to make a deep impression on this person. Yin Zuo sighed slightly: "Mr. Lin's handwriting is good, and the writing is also good, but there are two omissions in today's text. ”

Since ancient times, there is no first, there is no second, when it comes to the merits of the article, it is naturally that it is written well, if someone else is said in front of a child in his early tens, he must be furious, but Lin Xuanyi did not have the slightest emotion, just smiled and arched his hand and said: "Please advise." ”

"I can't talk about the advice, Your Excellency's text is as follows: 'It is advisable for the saint to hide, and it is also appropriate for the capable to show it at the beginning......" Yinzuo opened his mouth and came out, reciting the whole text in one breath, and then said with a smile: "There is one of them: those who are tired are not, and 'no tiredness' (1) is related to this question but is not as indicated in the title, and it is slightly off-topic; ”

Lin Xuanyi was stunned for a moment, and then saluted again: "Thank you Lord Belle for your advice, the student is ashamed." ”

Yin Zuo smiled and said: "You're welcome, it's a blessing to know Mr. today, it's not too early, Ben Baylor has to take the first step, and when Mr. Jinbang is titled, Ben Baylor will invite Mr. to get drunk." Farewell. As soon as the words fell, Yinzuo walked away.

Note (1) tireless means unremitting, this phrase comes from the "Analects", which is the following of the title "The First Labor" by Yinzuo, and the eight-strand text pays attention to the topic, not too much or less, although the word "tireless" is the following of this topic, but it appears in the text but has the meaning of digression.

(2) Worry first and then happiness comes from Fan Zhongyan's famous sentence - the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world.