Although Zhao Ji acquiesced to Master Li's courtyard, in addition to receiving him Zhao Guan's house, he could also let others come to the door, listen to Master Li's songs, or ask for a pair of calligraphy and paintings.

But everyone should also be sensible, and don't stay in Master Li's courtyard for too long—otherwise, no matter how magnanimous the official family is, it will inevitably take some unseemly retaliatory actions.

For example, Zhou Bangyan, who once promoted Dasheng Mansion, as a talented son of the Shenzong Dynasty and a lyricist grandmaster of this dynasty, was idle and had nothing to do as a paparazzi under Li Shishi's small building, writing something "Jin Hao is warm at the beginning, frost is thick and the horse is slippery", but Zhao Ji honestly kicked out of Dasheng Mansion and told him to go to Hebei to eat sand.

After learning the lesson of Old Zhou Caizi, Master Li's old acquaintances are also much more cautious. Among them, there are also the worship of the painting academy, there are also artists from the teaching workshop, and several of them are still teachers in the early years of Master Li, in terms of status and status, they may be much worse than Zhou Bangyan, the Dasheng Mansion, but Master Li also takes more care and protection of these friends, lest they follow the footsteps of the old genius of the previous week.

The one who walked around most diligently was an old lady Xing, who had almost become Master Li's attending doctor over the years, conditioning her body, which was deteriorating half because of willfulness and half because of irregular living habits.

And after Zhou Bangyan left Beijing, most of the Dasheng Mansion lyricists who thought of Li Shishi's good sale here had the ambition to list the small building of the second wife of the official family as a forbidden area. Only a few old musicians from the Teaching Workshop Division, as elders who have passed on the art to Master Li, can avoid those gossips and come to the small building openly and honestly.

Among these old musicians, Yuan Xuan, the judge of the teaching workshop, known as the "King of the Flute", is the most special one. The official position of the Faculty Secretary is not very valuable, but a miscellaneous current among miscellaneous streams. But Judge Yuan is a bit special, this famous flute player who is nearly eighty years old, once had Su Shi's blue eyes, and also has the talent to fill in the lyrics according to the song, at least in Bianliang, no one treats him as a musician.

In addition to the two elders, Judge Yuan and Imperial Physician Xing, among the people who came to celebrate Master Li today, there were also Lei Zhongqing, the ambassador of the teaching workshop, Liu Ji'an, a famous pipa artist, and Jin Shiming, a chess player, which became an elegant gathering.

The two little maids beside Master Li, Yu Chuan and Jing Hong, were busy running in and out, their toes not touching the ground.

Doctor Xing sat down opposite Master Li with an unhappy face, diagnosed her pulse, and asked two more carefully, only then did she reproach with half relief and half regret: "Master, if you don't pity yourself, how can you let those Taoist priests treat your wounds indiscriminately? These Taoists have never studied medical skills seriously, but their ancestors have passed down a few grass recipes, and they rely on swagger and deception. And I'm glad you have luck this time, otherwise the old man ......"

Regarding Imperial Physician Xing's self-blame, Master Li smiled apologetically: "Uncle Xing, it is the master who has worried you. ”

On the side, the old judge Yuan hurriedly smiled and interrupted: "Today's good day, what else does Brother Xing say about this? Master, the old man came to the door today and brought a junior to open his eyes, don't blame the old man for bringing outsiders." ”

Old Judge Yuan said, walked down in person, pulled a tall and handsome young man, and stood in front of Master Li: "This Langjun is Ma Xuanzan, the envoy to the Liaodong Jurchen, the old man passed by Fengle Building today, and saw him pouring himself a drink there, so he was lonely, so he made his own decision and pulled him to you to dissipate and dissipate." ”

Master Li glanced at the handsome but slightly shy young man in the green robe in front of him, got up slightly, and bowed his head: "It turned out to be the 'Yeli Mali' admired by the Jurchen nobles, but unfortunately the concubine was cramped here, and she didn't have the opportunity to see Ma Xuanzan's divine shooting, but it was the master Bo Fu." ”

In the past two years, the Song and Jin countries have been in frequent contact, and all the envoy matters have fallen on the Jurchen "also Li Mali" Ma Xuanzan.

His name is Ma Kuo, his words are full, and his family's three generations of military registration are all located on Xihe Road, and he can be regarded as a general of the Western Army.

Three generations of the Ma family have participated in the opening of the Xihe River, and since he can remember, Ma Kuo has experienced the changes of his uncle and brother who died again and again in the king's affairs. In the Great Song Dynasty, the middle and lower-class generals like the Fan Ma family were all exchanged for the death of the men in the family one after another. Ma Kuo has been exposed to such things and has always focused on side affairs.

But compared with Wu Strategy, Ma Kuo is more like a debater of the pre-Qin and Han dynasties. Since he rode alone and said that he had surrendered to the Qing Tang Qiang Zang Zheng Brother's Division, he has gone farther and farther on the road of diplomats, and most of the maritime alliance concluded between the Jurchens and the Song Dynasty is the credit of his negotiations.

Such a character is naturally curious to Master Li. But this girl who silently guards herself in the small building has a much broader vision than those so-called "famous tricks" who have learned a few small orders and only know how to accumulate money. She is reluctant to deal with those court officials who come to the door to ask for advice, but she has a natural affection for such heroic men who go deep into foreign lands alone, such as Zhang Qian and Ban Chao:

"Ma Xuanzan is a newcomer, and forgive me for being inconsiderate, please take a seat first. The teacher took the liberty of listening to Ma Xuanzan talk about how the east of Liaodong was. ”

As Master Li's mentor, Old Judge Yuan couldn't know much more about herself, a smart and wise female disciple, and since she was willing to stay as a guest, Ma Kuo was one of the few people who could enter her eyes. At that moment, Judge Yuan said with a smile: "In the past two years, Bachelor Zhou has been released as an official, and the style of words has changed greatly, and there is a faint majesty in the romance. If Mr. Zhou is here today, seeing Ma Xuanzan, maybe he can fill in a good word again, and it will add a lot of color to today's good meeting!"

But when Zhou Bangyan was mentioned, all the guests present were silent. After Zhou Bangyan was kicked out of Dasheng Mansion, he has been serving in other places. Chess Zhao Jin Shiming served in the Hanlin Academy, and the most well-informed was that he knew that Zhou Bangyan's term in Hebei had expired, but he was sent to a more remote Jiangnan prefecture as an official, and obviously had no intention of letting him return to Bianliang at all.

This news made everyone miss the old man who was gentle and elegant but couldn't control the pen.

This time, is it really as his own Xiaoling described, asking Bianliang's friends to "return to the spring of the water station, and hope to send me Jiangnan Meicao"?

Even if Master Li's courtyard didn't want to be polluted with the dust of the outside world, the dust naturally came to the door.

Just when the guests were nostalgic for Zhou Bangyan, they heard someone outside the small building knocking on the bamboo with their fingers, and with the crisp sound of the fishing drum, Mansheng sang:

“...... Sigh and chase the lonely Hong, the body and the pond Pu are all night, striving for knowledge to this, the journey is long, standing in the dust. Reading Zhu Yan and Cui Fa, once everywhere, the old place makes people sigh......"

The man didn't sing very loudly, and the fishing drums didn't play very well, and the audience was full of guests, who wasn't the saint of the music room? But the lyrics were unique, and they had never been heard before.

The man outside the building, beating the fishing drum, continued to sing: "...... The road is connected with three Chu, the sky is low and the four fields are wild, the arbor is in front, and the road is oblique. Thinking about it, Tanglin is obscure, Peng Ze is back, the left and right piano books are self-enjoyed, and the pine chrysanthemums are dependent on each other, not to mention the romantic sideburns......"

Hearing this, Old Judge Yuan jumped up and shouted: "This style of words, beautiful and clear, no less than Ou Jiu (Ouyang Xiu) and Da Su Bachelor, deep and graceful, and Yan Yuanxian (Yan Shu) atmosphere, it must be made by Bachelor Zhou!"

With that, he ran straight to the window and shouted, "Who is singing down there?

He shouted here, and the man singing outside the courtyard was silent for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Wei thinks that he is incomplete in five tones, and he is not a material to participate in the voice draft." Upstairs uncle, Wei is not the first person in the store, please invite me to eat and drink, but singing is not a fantasy. ”

While the two were talking, Master Li stood in front of the window and responded: "With the new words of the honorable guest, you can be a distinguished guest on the concubine's seat, and please come upstairs, how about a meeting with the concubine?"

The man laughed outside the courtyard and slapped the fishing drum in his hand: "Li Nushi doesn't dislike me for being a villain, that's good, that's good." You must know that it is not easy for our generation of Taoist priests to meet Li Nushi than to meet the official family, but thanks to Mr. Zhou's newly filled "Xiping Le". ”

While speaking, I saw a Taoist priest wearing an iron hairpin on his head and wearing a coarse linen Taoist robe, full of gray hair, a pair of longevity eyebrows almost covering his eyes, a long beard fluttering to the ground, holding a green bamboo fishing drum in his hand, swaggering into the small building.

When I entered the room, I saw this Taoist priest pointing at the tip of Ma Kuo's nose: "Ma Zichong, Liaodong and his party, when you know that the fall of the Liao State is just around the corner, why don't you hurry up and say that our official family will work together to capture the Liao State, but you will hide here in Li Nushi? If you wait until the Jurchens attack the entire Yanyun, although Bianliang is big, where can such an elegant gathering be arranged?"

This one made everyone stunned, and Old Judge Yuan was even more confused.

Everyone just remembered Zhou Bangyan for a while, and heard this Taoist priest sing a new word, with a bit of Zhou Bangyan's style, so they simply asked him to come up for a while and ask about the current situation of his old friend.

But this Taoist priest unceremoniously came to the door and slapped his face!

Everyone has seen those students who are good at talking about themselves on weekdays, but there are really few people who are not interested like this Taoist priest!

However, Ma Kuan's face was solemn, he stood up suddenly, and arched his hand: "Daozhang accuses, I don't dare to argue." Today, thanks to the guidance of Yuan Lao, I was fortunate enough to sit here for a while at Li Nushi......

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the old Taoist priest and said: "And then take advantage of Li Nushi's way to reach the official family?

As he spoke, he didn't care what others thought, so he pulled a small table, sat down, and drew a circle towards the small building: "Li Nushi just encountered such a dangerous situation, at this time, the farther away from the cannibal demon cave in the forbidden area, the better, why do you still call a delicate little lady to plan for you as a big man?

Speaking of this, the old Taoist priest arched his hand to Master Li and said: "Li Nushi, you don't think the old Taoist is too reckless to listen to, but on the day of the Duanyang Festival, you suffered from the misfortune of the flying sword piercing your heart. At this time, you have faintly become the center of the turmoil here, and Cui Guifei's family has a big case of extermination, which is linked to the harem battle. Li Nushi is too busy to take care of herself now, where does she have the strength to help others? besides——"

Speaking of this, the old Taoist priest glanced at Ma Kuo again, patted the fishing drum in his hand and said: "Ma Zichong, you have the heart, ambition, and a rare talent. However, in this kind of business, how can you force a girl to take risks for you? Stealing talismans to save Zhao, although it is known as a beautiful talk, and it is credible that Lingjun has deceived the name of the eternal sages, how can you know how much risk Ruji who stole the tiger talisman? If you have the backbone, you will leave with the old way, and the old way will naturally have a way to help your career. If you think you are a first-class hypocrite of Xinling Jun, you might as well lie in the boudoir of the girl's house!"

This series of cannons made Ma Kuo's face red, and he stood up and said: "Daozhang has learned a lesson, but Ma Kuo has thought badly." ”

The old Taoist priest didn't care about others, he jumped up all of a sudden, grabbed Ma Kuo's hand and dragged him out: "Since you know that your family is wrong, why are you still disturbing Li Nushi here?" and go out with the old way, naturally there is a clear way to guide you!"

The old Taoist dragged Ma Kuo out of the small building, and did not forget to look back at Master Li: "Li Nushi, if you are in trouble in the future, you will go to Liquanguan, naturally find a voice to help the suffering, and do everything - farewell!"

is a good end, but it was made scattered by such an inexplicable old Taoist.

Everyone looked at the hostess here, Master Li, but saw that this bright-eyed and kind wise woman just shook her head, gritted her silver teeth gently, and smiled stubbornly: "I never take such crazy words to heart." It's a pity that Ma Xuanzan, such a good man, was pulled away by that person in vain. Anyway, everyone has their own experience. ”

Regardless of Master Li, Ma Kuoren was inexplicably dragged out of the courtyard, but saw the old Taoist priest stuffing a yellow bamboo card as warm as jade into his hand: "Ma Xuanzan, you took the bamboo talisman of the old way, went to the Yuxian Temple outside the sour jujube gate, and asked to see the new Xu Shichen." He is now a newly favored Taoist official, but he is also a veteran and junior, and he often accompanies Zhao Guan's family. With him to introduce you, it's not better than you taking the path of Li Nushi?"

After that, the old Taoist priest didn't care about Ma Kuo, beat the fishing drum in his hand, sang Taoism in his mouth and left: "The five generations hurriedly changed the Zhao family, but it was a praying mantis paw on the pepper tree." More than 100 years of anger and more than 100 years of anger, and the articles of the hanging mouth can't be killed. Hua Shigang has disturbed the Jiangnan Road, how can the Sea Alliance restrain a bone? The empty underworld coldly looked at the north wind, and the iron bucket-like rivers and mountains collapsed in a blink of an eye!"

While singing, the old Taoist priest was already mixed in the crowd, and he couldn't be found in an instant.