The guards around Li Xiuyuan were naturally loyal, and even the servants of the imperial court did not hesitate to stop them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the eyes of the guards, they are only loyal to the Li family, and even if the imperial court wants to take people, they will not allow it.

This kind of die-hard loyalty that can only exist in ancient times is difficult to understand for later generations.

"We are ordered by Lord Yu Zhizhou to gather all the scholars in the city, and this young master of your family is also a scholar, so we naturally have to gather together and advise you not to resist, otherwise the consequences are not something you two guards can bear. The officer scolded severely.

With the orders of the prefect and the status of the court officials, they have nothing to fear.

The guards glared at them, "If you dare to move, see if I will cut off your arms." ”

After speaking, he wanted to pull out his waist knife.

The officers were immediately startled and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

I didn't expect these guards to be so fierce, and they would draw their swords against each other if they didn't agree with each other.

"Stand down, and don't draw your sword here. ”

Li Xiuyuan came back to his senses at this time, waved his hand, and motioned to the two guards around him.

It was not a wise choice to clash with the officials of the imperial court in the city, but he did not blame the guards, on the contrary, the guards were loyal to them, and he was quite moved.

"Yes. Gentleman. ”

The guard replied and put back the half-drawn waist knife, then took a few steps back.

"It's still this son who is sensible, worthy of being a scholar, but the small one is also ordered by the prefect to convene the city's readers, the prefect has an order, if the scholars in the city cooperate with us, they will not be rude, if they don't cooperate, they will use force to gather all the readers, I hope this son understands, cooperate with us. ”

The errand officer also sees people and speaks to people, and when he sees Li Xiuyuan's tall posture, dignified appearance, and a scholar, there are guards around him to protect him, and his tone is also a lot more polite.

"I see, I'll just go with you. Li Xiuyuan said.

"Master Da, be careful, these servants don't know what to do again. The guard reminded.

"It's okay, so many people are here, it's going to be fine. Li Xiuyuan was not worried at all.

The guards didn't say anything more.

"This son, please go to the grass hut in front, the prefect is already waiting inside. The officer pointed to the hut road ahead.

Li Xiuyuan nodded, ordered the guards to wait here, and then followed the messenger.

At this time, other scholars in the city were also brought into the grass huts one after another by the servants from all directions.

When he first entered the grass hut, he saw that the corpse of the old sacrificial wine had been carried in by the messenger and placed beside it, surrounded by soldiers.

Li Xiuyuan entered the grass shed and stopped when he passed by the corpse of the old sacrificial wine, and then bowed his hands, bent down to salute, and bowed three times to the corpse of the old sacrificial wine.

"Bad luck, how come there is still a dead body here. ”

At this time, a passing scholar was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly dodged.

"Smack~!"

As soon as the scholar finished speaking, he didn't know where to shake off a piece of slimy stuff outside the grass hut, and it fell on his face with a click.

The scholar wiped his face, suddenly trembled with anger, and shouted loudly: "I am a local talent, a person of merit, and I don't need to kneel down when I see officials. ”

"This Xiucai, this person who died here is the capital sacrificial wine in front of him, not to mention that you have a meritorious reputation, that is, you have won the top prize, the title of the gold list, and it is inevitable to salute the sacrificial wine, and the sacrificial wine lord is close to ancient times, this time he is responsible for the dragon king's sacrifice, in order to calm the anger of the dragon king, he lost his life, the prefect ordered me to wait here to guard, you must not talk nonsense here, otherwise the people nearby will not only take cow dung and throw you away. ”

A squad leader with a knife said seriously in a suppressed voice.

Na Xiucai trembled when he heard this, immediately covered his face with his sleeves, and hurriedly left in shame.

Li Xiuyuan glanced at that Xiucai, didn't say anything, and after giving the salute, he sighed lightly and turned to leave.

At the moment, the hut is full of scholars, and the number of them is still increasing.

Look at this, it seems that this prefect is about to order something again.

"Hey, it's you, Li Gongzi, you're here too?"

At this time, a scholar in the crowd raised his hand and waved his hand and shouted.

"Guorong?" Li Xiuyuan saw that familiar face, and suddenly froze.

Ning Caichen came over and said, "Li Gongzi, you have made a mistake again, Xiaosheng is not called Guorong, Xiaosheng is called Caichen"

"I'm sorry, I couldn't help but shout out, by the way, Guorong, were you brought here by a messenger?" Li Xiuyuan said.

“......”

Ning Caichen said with a strange expression: "Exactly, I didn't expect to meet Li Gongzi here so coincidentally, so Xiaosheng came to say hello." ”

"Li Gongzi, I'm afraid that something is going to happen in the city today, the priest in charge of the Dragon King's sacrifice has died, I'm afraid that the matter of the Wujiang Dragon King has not been calmed down so easily, and I don't know what happened to the prefect this time when he summoned us scholars, didn't he want us to work together to fight with the Wujiang Dragon King?"

Li Xiuyuan's eyelids jumped: "Where did you get the courage to dare to fight with the Dragon King of Wujiang, all the scholars here together estimate that they can't even catch a dog, let alone a dragon." ”

"Hehe, I'm just talking. Ning Caichen scratched his head embarrassedly and smiled.

"Quiet, quiet, all quiet, the prefect has something to say. ”

At this time, the messenger strode over, shouting loudly, signaling the people to be quiet, and not to talk to each other and make noise.

Hearing that the prefect was about to speak, all the scholars immediately quieted down and stopped talking to each other.

The slightly chubby prefect was supported by the official beside him and stood on a chair, and then gestured and said: "This official is the prefect of Guo Beicheng, please wait for one thing today, that is, to continue this dragon king sacrifice, calm the anger of the dragon king, and let the rainstorm that was supposed to fall for thirty days end early. ”

"The old sacrificial wine lord is almost old, and he unfortunately died for this sacrifice, but the old sacrificial wine lord said before his life that there is only one last way to calm the anger of the dragon king this time, that is, to ask a scholar with a very noble life, write the sacrificial text, board the treasure temple next to it, burn the sacrificial text, and pray for the forgiveness of the dragon king, so that it is possible to stop the rainstorm. ”

After speaking, the prefect gasped and said: "But the official said in front, there is a certain danger in this climbing on the treasure temple to worship, and you still need to consider one or two in your heart, but what the official wants to say is that you are all people who have read the books of the sages, and now the people are in trouble, and the official does not want to see you all timid, taking care of yourself, and completely ignoring the life and death of the people, so the official pleads with you for the safety of the people of a city, do not be stingy with yourself." ”

The words are moved with emotion, and the righteousness is quite inflammatory.

This official who can sit in the position of prefect, regardless of his virtue, at least will not be a mediocre person.

No matter how corrupt the court is, this official must at least be admitted step by step, and to be an official, he must at least be promoted in the examination.

Let's ask how it is too bad for a person who stands out from countless scholars and becomes a child, a talent, a person who lifts people and then becomes an official.

Sure enough, after the prefect's words, these scholars were full of enthusiasm one by one, and they volunteered one by one.

"It is my life's wish to ask for the people's life, and even if the prefect doesn't say it, he is willing to write a sacrifice in his later life, worship at the treasure temple, and appease the anger of the dragon king. ”

"That's right, I've read the books of the sages and sages, and now that the people are in trouble, how can I not stand up, and ask the prefect to give me pen and ink, and I'll write a sacrificial text, and burn incense and worship at the treasure temple. ”

"Late life is also willing. ”

These scholars shouted one by one, for fear of falling behind.

Li Xiuyuan is a person with a mature mind, and he will not be instigated so easily, he sighed for a while and felt that the person whose life is extremely noble that the old sacrificial wine lord said should not be himself.

Although the identity of his natural saint is known to the ghosts and gods, he only knows a little bit about the ghosts and gods of a very high status, and the little ghosts and demons are not clear, and ordinary people cannot know even if they have Taoism.

"If the old sacrificial wine doesn't refer to oneself, then is there anyone else here whose life is extremely expensive? Or maybe the old sacrificial wine is not clear, whose life is expensive, just a big net to scatter fish, let me try it?"

Li Xiuyuan thought about it for a while and felt that the latter was more likely.

If the old sacrificial wine knew whose life was extremely expensive, he would have to name and name him, and he would not let the prefect gather all the famous scholars in the city.

As for why he wants to find someone with a noble life, Li Xiuyuan also knows a thing or two.

Because a person with a noble life is a person with deep fortune to put it bluntly, and this kind of person is sheltered in the dark, and the Dragon King of Wujiang will still have some scruples.

With scruples, there is the possibility of conversation.

If he is sincere, he may have a chance to calm the anger of the Wujiang Dragon King.

This may be what the old priest wine thought.

But Li Xiuyuan felt that if things were really as he guessed, then there was little chance of success.

This Wujiang Dragon King is too domineering, domineering to the point of being unreasonable, if it is communicated, the old sacrificial wine will not die here.

For a while, Li Xiuyuan fell into deep thought.

At this time, the prefect stroked his palm and said: "Okay, there are all of you who have the heart of the people in this fist, the official is very pleased, come to the people, prepare the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, please each write a sacrificial text, submit it to the official for viewing, then the official will select the best few sacrificial texts, and you will personally ascend the treasure temple and burn the worship, I hope someone can have a paper of sacrifice to calm the anger of the dragon king." ”

Soon, the messenger carried a dozen wooden tables into the grass shed, placed them neatly, and prepared pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, just waiting for the scholars to be vivid.

"I'll come. ”

A Xiucai volunteered, rolled up Zang Xiu and strode to a wooden table, twisted the pen and dyed the ink, and immediately wrote the sacrificial text.

"Such a great thing for the country and the people, how can I not be missing? ”

There are also children who are unabated in their enthusiasm, squeezing through the crowd to occupy a place and writing sacrifices.

Ning Caichen, who was beside Li Xiuyuan, also seemed to be infected, squeezed towards the front, and then picked up the pen and splashed ink, and wrote a sacrificial essay without thinking.

Thesis talent, Ning Caichen's literary talent is definitely one of the best among this group of scholars, and I don't know if it is related to the fact that he often copies books for others.

"Don't worry, don't worry, every person who reads here needs to leave a sacrificial text, no need to fight, come to someone, and then add pen and ink. The prefect spoke.

The messenger answered and quickly left, and after a while, he moved the table from nowhere, adding a place to the scholar's door.

"Since you're here, let's try it. ”

Li Xiuyuan said secretly in his heart, walked to a wooden table at random, muttered a little, and began to write a sacrifice.

For a while, there was only the sound of pen and ink swaying in the grass shed.

But Li Xiuyuan's sacrificial text had just been written, and a scholar came over angrily, pulled away the unfinished sacrificial text, and said: "What kind of sacrificial text are you writing as a scholar, the dragon king is angry, and it rains heavily, and the sacrificial text must be moved with affection and reason, but your sacrificial text is full of killing threats, if this sacrificial text is seen by the dragon king, he will definitely be even more angry, you get out of the way, stand aside and watch, and see how I write the sacrificial text." ”

After speaking, the scholar snatched the ink pen again, took a piece of rice paper and spread it on the table, and began to write by himself.

"Huh?"

Li Xiuyuan frowned, what is this?

Looking at the scholar again, it seemed to be the Xiucai who had been thrown away from cow dung before, but now his face was stained with rain, and he seemed to have found a place to wash the cow dung.