A moment later, Xu He stood in front of the [Kong Huaitang] in the Xu family's big house, thinking in his heart what Xu Song was looking for himself to do so late.

Their Hailing Xu family originated from Xu He's great-ancestor Xu Kui.

The Xu family was originally from a military family, but because of his great-grandfather Xu Kui's study, he became a promoter, and later became a county magistrate in Yin County, Ningbo Prefecture.

The county is not a great official, but Xu Kui is very good at being a man, and he got acquainted with the Feng family, a local scholarly family.

The Feng family is a famous family of the "poems" of the national dynasty, and since the Tang Dynasty, there have been many famous Confucians.

In another time and space, many of the books in the [Tianyi Pavilion] are from the Feng family.

Since Xu Kui got acquainted with the Feng family, he got a copy of "Mao's Poems" from the Feng family, which refers to his family's experience in studying "Mao's Poems" for generations.

Since then, the Xu family has also taken the "Book of Songs" in the Five Classics as a family study, and Xu Kuizi, Xu Fan, and Sun Xu Songzhong have selected the "Book of Songs" when they were scholars.

At this time, the lights in Kong Huaitang were bright, and the maids who were waiting came and went.

Because he was waiting at the bottom of the stairs, Xu He couldn't see the situation in the hall clearly.

But after a while, a voice came from inside: "Jiangyan Pudong has recently come out of a group of strongmen, robbing merchants, selling smuggled salt, and many salt farmers in the salt field are also complicit with them, Zhou Futai said hello, let's be careful!" You restrain the people in your clan and tell them not to go over there if they have nothing to do lately! ”

"Got it, big brother!"

This passage, Xu He combined the memory in his mind, and seemed to have an understanding in his heart.

The Great Wei in this life was not peaceful, natural disasters were frequent, bandits were everywhere, and there were still Japanese robbers on the southeast coast where Hailing was located.

A hundred miles east of Xujia Village, there was a group of smuggler salt dealers who gathered as bandits and robbed passers-by and merchants.

Listening to what this man said, with the salt farmers joining, this gang of bandits is getting louder and louder!

At this moment, the two in the hall spoke again.

"Ahem! Yinxian sent another letter urging him, what did Erlang say? ”

"Big brother, although Luan'er is not as motivated as his eldest brother, but after all, he is also a concubine, let him go, he can't figure it out for a while!"

After these words, there was a moment of silence in the hall.

Xu He heard this passage in a fog at the bottom of the stairs, but he figured out the identity of the person who spoke.

The person who asked should be the patriarch of the Xu family, Jinshi was born, the official went to the right deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, the governor Ying Tian, and finally reprimanded Xu Song who returned to his hometown for his crimes, and the person who answered was Xu Song's second brother Xu Dai.

And the Erlang Xu Luan in their mouths is Xu Dai's second son, and Xu Que this evening is Xu Luan's companion reading boy.

At this time, Xu Song in the hall asked, "Ahem! Is Xu He coming? ”

As soon as the words fell, a person hurriedly walked out of Kong Huai Hall, saw Xu He standing in front of the hall and said, "Quick, the old man told you to go in!" ”

When Xu He entered Kong Huai Hall, he saw an old man in a Taoist robe sitting on the top, and he saw that his face was dark and thin, and his expression was neither sad nor joyful, but there was a majesty in his gestures, which made people dare not say much.

The other person who sat with him was also in his fifties, much richer than the one just now, but he was rich and rich, and he seemed to be full of official authority, but after all, he gave people a feeling of painting a cat and a tiger, compared with the people in the hall, Dong Shi imitated him.

Xu He stepped forward and saluted the two of them: "Uncle, second uncle, nephew Xu He has arrived!" ”

After waiting for a while, before Xu Song could speak, Xu Dai, who looked like a rich man, spoke up first: "I heard that someone in the county trial today said that you were cheating, but is there such a thing?" ”

Xu He glanced up at him, and then nodded: "This is indeed the case." ”

He thought that Xu Dai would help out and find trouble with the Huang family, but who knew that Xu Dai turned his words and said in a deep voice: "It must be that you didn't study seriously in the past and had a grudge with the Huang family in the village, otherwise why would people frame you alone?" ”

What kind of divine logic is this, don't ask about the cause and effect of the matter, first buckle your hat, why is this still a clansman? Is this still the work of the Patron people?

Xu Dai saw that Xu He didn't reply, and he didn't like him even more in his heart, and was just about to reprimand a few more words, but who knew that the patriarch Xu Song of the hall spoke.

"How many years have you been studying?"

Xu He was dissatisfied in his heart, and his tone naturally faded: "Three years!" ”

"Hmm, I heard that you are fifteen this year, although you are a little late in admission, but three years can make Li Zhijie's two lists of Jinshi praise your articles, it seems that you have worked hard!"

Suddenly, Xu Song pointed to the big plaque in the hall and asked, "Do you know what the word [Kong Huai] of my Hailing Xu family's [Kong Huaitang] is?" ”

Xu Hexin said that I came to the school for the exam, and he replied after a moment of silence: "The Book of Poetry: Tangtang: The power of death and mourning, brother Kong Huai, Yuan Xi (sound: Xi) 裒 (cut three sounds), brother begging." ”

"Oh?" Xu Song, who was sitting in the hall, was obviously surprised.

"Poems" is one of the Five Classics, and there are very few Five Classics questions in the imperial examination before the Taoist examination.

Therefore, in social studies, except for those who have already taken the examination and are preparing to take the Xiucai examination, they generally do not study the Five Classics.

And Xu He, who is in the next place, a junior of a small sect who is not even qualified for ethnology, can recite the content of "Poems" after reading social studies for three years, Xu Song is of course surprised.

I saw him Wen Yan continue to ask: "Then why do you want to take the word Kong Huai as the hall name?" ”

Xu He smiled faintly and said: "The word Kong Huai can be known from the title of this poem, Tang Tang, two or three flowers bloom, born next to each other, this is a poem describing brotherly love, and the two sentences just now can be interpreted as [When you encounter a death threat, your brother is the one who cares about you the most; Die and bury yourself in the wilderness, and your brothers will find their bones and bring them back home! 】”

"The word Kong Huai means care and care, which is to let our Xu family blood relatives care for each other, love each other, unite as one, and help each other when there is something!"

After Xu He finished speaking, he looked at Xu Dai quietly.

Xu Dai's chest suffocated when he saw this, and he almost didn't lift it up in one breath.

What does this kid mean?

"Is this the word [Kong Huai] to point me here?" Xu Dai was even more unhappy in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but become fierce when he looked at Xu He.

However, Xu Song was very satisfied with the answer of this nephew, and there was a hint of approval on his originally thin face.

"Ahem! Very good, can tell the origin of Kong Huaitang, it means that you have worked learning, do you plan to come to the clan to study? Xu Song smiled lightly.

Xu He's heart couldn't help but move when he heard this, according to his cognition of ethnology in his memory, there are Su Confucians invited by the clan to teach, compared to social studies, the teaching quality must be more than a step higher, and as long as he studies in ethnology, everything is from the clan, which is obviously great news for the current situation of his family.

But ethnography also has problems with ethnography.

This is very particular about respect and humility, on weekdays, Xu Song, Xu Dai's sons and grandsons are naturally the most valued in the family science, no way, the money is from the family, and the master's care is also the proper meaning of the question.

Next is the concubine of the two families, because it is from the big sect, and the treatment will be good.

Then there are the children of those families with better family backgrounds in the small sect, they are rich, and the master will not treat them badly.

The worst thing is that it is a small sect, has no money and is a concubine, such as Xu He.

He could imagine what kind of treatment he would be treated when he entered the clan society.

Rather than this, why should you be angry for no reason?

Thanks to his professional life in his previous life, he has studied the commentaries on the Thirteen Classics, and when it comes to understanding the meaning of the scriptures, he can't talk about comparing with the famous Confucian, but the average talent may not be better than him.

This is not Xu He's bragging, but the limitations of the times, every family's scriptures are heirloom treasures, and it is the norm to cherish oneself, which has everything on the Internet like later generations!

Thinking of this, Xu He shook his head: "My nephew thinks that Xie Fuzi has taught social studies very well, and he has no plans to transfer to ethnology for the time being!" ”

"Presumptuous! Let you enter the clan to study, this is a great favor from your uncle, do you dare to refuse? Xu Dai couldn't help but be furious when he heard Xu He's words.

Xu He glanced at Xu Dai, and said in his heart that he was giving a condescending look now, and he really wanted to enter the clan study, and he didn't know how to be handled.

At this time, Xu Song in the hall was already tired, and when he saw that a junior rejected his kindness, he was not angry, for him, this kind of thing was not even trivial.

Besides, Xu He's performance just now made him have a good impression of the young man in front of him.

He shook his head with a smile, waved his hand and said, "Tomorrow, I will go to the account and withdraw five taels of silver, which can be regarded as the reward of the clan for the head of your county trial, study hard!" Go ahead! ”

Hearing this, Xu He bowed and bowed, and then withdrew.