Suzaku said, "I'm also new to hearing about it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info——'Shaoxing Six Scholars', it should be the name that has only emerged in Lin'an City in the past few months, and even in the court and among Wenchen, referring to the six Jinshi in the Shaoxing period - the special thing is that these six people are all people who have a good reputation and a very high reputation in the school, but for various reasons, they have twists and turns in their careers and are not good officials. If you know how to protect yourself, you should stay away from these six scholars - since the officialdom is not going well, I think it is always because I have offended the dignitaries and ministers. However, the Tai students are not more sophisticated than the officials of the DPRK and China, and they still regard them as role models, and the mention of the six Shaoxing scholars in the post must also be to attract the attention of this group of Tai students. ”

"Isn't Master Fan a member of the Ministry of Officials?

Suzaku sneered, "Don't you know? Fan Chengda's foreign man was dismissed and returned to his hometown for less than two months. So- I think it's weird. The prince dared to invite him back to the inner city, even if it was under the pretext of 'clear talk', it was really bold. Luckily—he didn't invite all six of them this time—I'm afraid he wouldn't have dared either. Fan Chengda is not the most famous among the six scholars, if they are all invited, I am afraid that even the prince will not be able to bear it. ”

"Who are the other six scholars?" Xia Yan was half curious, half tentative, "Is there anything more famous than Master Fan?"

"I don't know about the others, but I've only heard people talk about the head of the six scholars - if compared to him, Fan Chengda can indeed only give up the first position. ”

"Who is it?"

"You might as well guess. ”

Xia Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Master, I don't know much about these things, Shaoxing has been thirty-two years, and how many jinshi have been produced - who has been an official and who has not been an official, where do you want me to guess." ”

"But you've heard of this man. He and Fan Chengda took the Rite Hall Examination in the same year, and they were the top of the list that year, but they waited until eight years later, when Jinzi ascended the throne, to be given the Jinshi background. The two of them really seem to be brothers and sisters, not only have they both been edited by the Privy Council, but they have been removed from their posts this year. The prince did not dare to invite this person back, probably because he had always advocated recovering the lost territory to the north, and it would be too ostentatious to give him the opportunity to speak in front of these many students in the capital. ”

He paused. "So, you can't guess who this person is?"

Xia Yan's eyebrows and eyes moved, "Could it be the land affairs concept of 'thousands of miles of heart in life, and the precursor of the king of Ge'?"

Suzaku sneered, "It's this Lu You." ”

Xia Yan sighed softly. "It turned out to be him. ”

"Last year, when Lu You was still in office, he mentioned that he wanted to reform the scientific examination, and he also nodded his head today - the prince was canonized last year, and the palace examination last year and this spring was the first time he really presided over, and the name of 'Shaoxing Six Scholars' may not have been thought up by the strategists under him. If he guessed from the merits, he might really want to change the situation of such insightful people who were frustrated and powerless, but if he guessed from the disadvantages, maybe the prince just needed a few people for his own use, and these talented people were the best stepping stones. Before, he recruited a wide range of martial artists, and there were already Mo Lost, Ge Chuan and others around him, and he also got the Blue Dragon Sect and the Phantom Life Realm on the rivers and lakes, and now it was always the turn of the scribes - if the six warriors could not be counted all under his command, it would be good to have the 'three warriors'. ”

As he spoke, he had arrived at the door of the mansion. Xia Yan hurriedly asked: "Then-the other two people who also wrote 'Six Scholars' on the post - one is named Meng Weiliang and the other is Song Ran, does the master know each other?"

"Those two don't recognize them. Suzaku didn't reply, "You just go to meet tomorrow to see what kind of character it is." The remaining two who didn't come also asked to clarify. ”

Xia Yan had no choice but to die and replied, "Yes." ”

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He arrived a little earlier the next day. The first to preside over the meeting were Si Ye and a doctor of Taixue, two seats and one seat, and the rest of the four seats and one seat. The two greeted him a few words, but because they didn't know each other well, they didn't say much. Xia Yan found a side seat and sat first.

The rest of the people came in pairs, not too many students, but there were nearly twenty. Among the officials, there are more people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, but most of them are not of high rank. Suzaku guessed correctly: the gathering of the "Shaoxing Six Warriors" was somewhat bold, and the prince really did not show up - if there was any mistake in this matter, he would always have a chance to stay out of it.

Fan Zhineng also came quite early, and sat down with another doctor of Taixue. The officials had a few of his old friends, so they chatted with him freely. Xia Yan's side was deserted at first, but the two officials of the Ministry of Rites met him at that time when King Gong chose the concubine last year, and they were also old acquaintances, so they exchanged a few words of greeting, and they sat at the same table with him quite nowhere to be seen.

During the conversation, I heard that although several princes could not come in person, they would send people who could understand the mansion to come. One said: "Most of the prince's mansion is always Lord Tian coming." ”

The other coughed quickly, with a very strange expression. Xia Yan had already said: "Prince's Mansion - which Lord Tian?"

The two looked at each other, and one of them said tentatively: "Xia Gongzi still doesn't know?"

Xia Yan shook his head, "I've been in the inner city less recently, it seems that I've missed something important?"

The two of them looked more and more embarrassed, and one had to say: "You always know Lord Xia Junfang from the Prince's Mansion......, right?" was originally the eldest son of Xiajiazhuang. ”

"Yes. Xia Yan said, "What?"

Suddenly, he was stunned, "That 'Tian' - is it?"

"It's not him. The two of them didn't know whether to sigh or laugh.

Xia Yan didn't ask any more questions, his consciousness was confused for a while, and he sat in a daze. He had a vague feeling that Xia Qi might be reluctant to take the surname Xia anymore because he heard that he had changed his surname to Xia.

There was some unexpected sadness welling up. Regardless of whether the rumors about Xia Qi's life history are true or not, at least, for so long, although he impulsively defected to the crown prince, even if the rumors of his life history were boiling, he never changed his surname. But now—he must have hated himself so much that he didn't want to share the same surname with him.

Xia Yan understood that he had indeed never carefully considered Xia Yan's state of mind in this insistent change of surname. In the inner city and on the rivers and lakes, everyone knows that he and Xia Qi have been fighting each other, and the rumors will only relish it - Xia Qi has lost to him far from him from any point of view - he also returned to the vulgar and snatched away his fiancée who originally belonged to Xia Qi in a grand manner; he changed his surname and openly interfered in Xiajiazhuang, which originally belonged to Xia Qi. Although he never thought of targeting Xia Qi, for the old "Xia Dagongzi" who was already under the guidance and ridicule of everyone because of his background, this was not only worse, not only did it fall into the well, but even brought a kind of overt ridicule and too clear malice. No one will tell the truth behind it, the ins and outs. No one cares that it wasn't him who really took away all of Xia Qi's own.

He never came forward to clarify. He doesn't care as much about how others interpret him now. But at this moment, he suddenly realized - it turns out that the world bullies the weak and does not bully the evil, and what most people really despise and ridicule in their hearts is actually not the "evil" side, but the down-and-out loser - it is far from the self who is regarded as a wicked person who has really suffered humiliation and pain from this, but the Xia Qi who was forced into a desperate situation.

What would I do if I were him? He couldn't think of it. He wondered if he should be like Xia Qi - he had never had such a hatred for anyone. But he could understand him—understand his gnashing of teeth as he lost everything overnight, falling from the clouds into the mud.

If I see him, I will explain a few words to him. He thought about it for a moment. But then he erased this thought of himself. Even if some things are carefully considered from the beginning, what should be done is always done, and explanations cannot change the outcome—the world is never perfect, think about it—no matter what, he will always hate me. It is better to be estranged all the time, and to see each other like before, perhaps he will feel better in his heart—no one must be able to bear the fact that others have clearly taken away everything from him, and he has been humiliated, but suddenly he has no malice to force him to share a surname and call him a brother.

Fang thought to himself, Xia Qi had already walked in.

Xia Qi - or, now, it should be called Tian Qi. Everyone knew that he was from the Prince's Mansion, so they all stood up and bowed their hands, and said with a smile: "Lord Tian is here." ”

Tian Qi seemed to be in a good mood, smiled and raised his hand to return the salute, especially with Si Ye, Fan Zhineng and several officials of the Ministry of Rites. The two officials of the Ministry of Rites beside him had also stood up to greet him, although Xia Yan sat sideways, Tian Yan finally saw him when he turned his eyes.

His face stiffened slightly, his eyebrows twitched, a sneer suddenly squeezed out of his mouth, and he said loudly: "Hey, Lord Siye, I thought that today is a gathering of scholars and scholars, and only scholars are invited, how-why do I seem to see that the martial artists of the Forbidden City Division are also here?"

Many of the people present were too students, and they didn't recognize Xia Yan, so they looked at him when they heard the words. Although Xia Yan is gentle and does not look like a rough martial artist, his hair in Tsing Yi is indeed very different from the shirts and hats of many scribes. Since the beginning of this dynasty, the trend of emphasizing literature over military force has prevailed, and the status of civil officials is much higher than that of military officials, and most of the literati also think that they are higher than military officers.

Xia Yan stood up and waved at him, but his tone was deliberately ridiculed: "Lord Tian, last time I was outside the Qinglong Valley, I remember telling the adults that when I returned to Lin'an, I would talk to the adults in detail, and I didn't have a chance to meet today, it was really a coincidence-there is still a vacant seat on my side, if Lord Tian doesn't dislike it......"

He also knew that the other party would definitely not pay attention. Sure enough, Tian Qi snorted heavily, and walked quickly to sit down on the vacant seat on Fan Zhineng's side. Everyone expected that the two seats were reserved for Meng Weiliang and Song Ran, and no one would occupy them, but Tian Qi was a person from the Prince's Mansion, and Si Ye couldn't say anything, so he had to say: "Everyone, this time the invitations are widely sent out and talents are invited all over the place, and it is also for the sake of helping the same family, so that everyone can better talk about the scriptures." That one is Lord Xia Junli in the mansion of Lord Zhu of the Great Interior, last year he gathered in the inner city with all the adults, and discussed it together, he has his own insights, and several princes appreciate him very much, but he rarely participates in our activities, and even the lower officials are the first time to meet today, and they are snub to each other, and they are really the lower officials. ”

Tian Qi snorted, "It turns out - it turns out that this is last year's Junli Dao Chief, forgive me for being clumsy for a while, the Dao Chief has changed his outfit, I can't recognize it." I don't know—since the Taoist chief has studied metaphysics so deeply, why did he abandon his cultivation and become a layman when he talked about it that day?

Before Xia Yan could speak, a person outside the door suddenly smiled and said, "It's already so lively, it seems that we are really late!"

"Master Meng, Master Song, the two of you told us to wait!" Two people came in from the building, both in their early thirties, in ordinary thin white shirts, and of medium stature. The face of the one who spoke was slightly darker, his cheekbones were slightly shrugged, and his face was a little thinner, and he lost a little bookish atmosphere, but the smile on his face was still enough to make him look energetic, and as soon as he entered the door, he made a series of gestures, and greeted Dr. Taixue and Fan Zhineng;