Chapter 96: I am a low-key person

Li You really found it interesting about the time when Lu Shangshu came and went. When June was the hottest, I came to Jiangnan to visit my relatives. In August, the weather turned colder, so I had to go back to the northern capital. Do you want to go against the wild goose?

This banquet will naturally not be in the water pavilion, so it was placed in the county mansion to Chusi Hall. Li You and Juren Xue went in together and found that the people who saw him off in the hall were very different from the last time when they greeted each other. Most of them were young people in their twenties, and last time they were officials, gentry, and so on.

It turned out that before Lu Shangshu returned to Beijing, he wanted to meet the young handsome man in his hometown for a while, which was just to encourage the backwards. Today, Magistrate Chen went to the county school to inspect and select people. At this time, the student staff from these ten counties were talking in groups of three or five, and the atmosphere in the hall, driven by the high spirits, became lively.

Li You laughed at Xue Juren and said, "These young scholars...", and suddenly stopped talking.

Xue Juren asked, "What's wrong?"

Li You sighed and said, "I just realized that I was younger than them."

"Oh, Brother Wei has just remembered that my virtuous brother seems to be under thirty years old." Juren Xue realized great.

Thirty... It's obviously less than twenty.

Li You was a young man who was in the county government office and among the various old men in the government office, which led to the fact that most of the men who deal with were middle-aged uncles in their thirties and forties, such as Mr. Huang and Xue Yuanqing. The close-to-mouth man sometimes made him forget that he was only eighteen years old, and others often overlooked this point.

At this moment, he suddenly saw a group of young scholars. Li You subconsciously felt that they were young and energetic, and most of them were several years older than him... He really rarely had any interactions with the younger generation of scholars in the county. When he was thinking about whether to come forward to join in the fun, he recognized one of them, and immediately gave up his mind.

Tonight's banquet disappointed Li You. There was no prostitute to drink or singing and dancing to entertain him. I saw that Lu Shangshu, Chen County Magistrate and scholars talked about some classics and strategies during the meal, examined some articles and allusions, and a good scene that was supported by the predecessors and welcomed by the juniors.

This was both reserved and boring for Li You. It was really boring and could not sit still at the table. So I missed the banquet of Lord Zhao, which was a relaxed and casual and happy life. I couldn't help but look at Lord County Master with sorrow. Why did I call the lower official here in such an occasion?

It’s not that he can’t speak, and he can make a few nonsense, but it’s not necessary. First, with his current reputation, he doesn’t need to seize every opportunity to show himself, and not to mention that he had already made a big splash at the reception banquet of Shangshu Lu last time. Second, he has been thinking about the Huqiu Meeting on August 16th, which is a more important scene. Forget it today, we have to accumulate energy and cultivate our spirits. Third, everyone is discussing eight-legged articles, not what he, as a military officer, should interrupt, and his professional direction in his previous life was not the imperial examination and eight-legged articles.

So I'd be low-key tonight. Just when Li You was considering using some excuse to escape, he was already targeted.

It’s not someone else, but his old enemy Yan Xiucai. A few months ago, Yan Xiucai was recognized as the number one talented man in the county; two months ago, everyone began to argue about which one is more talented by Li You or Yan Xianggong. Now, they basically think that Li You is better than Yan Xianggong, but they are not lucky in their background and cannot achieve fame.

In addition, he was slapped in the face several times, and even the brothel girls ranked him behind Li You. The proud Yan Xiucai had no need to mention the resentment towards Li You.

What I can't understand even more is why this Li surnamed Li wrote some lustful poems and lyrics so popular that he was so popular that he covered him? He was so miserable that he had studied hard for more than ten years. Is this world really a noble and slim?

Yan Xiucai, who always paid attention to his old rival, found that someone was timid today. He was silent during the meal and did not say a word, so he laughed secretly. It was just that his true colors were revealed. How could the trick last long? Taking advantage of the time when no one spoke, he used the words to squeeze Li You and said, "Mr. Li is also famous and well-known. I am familiar with poetry. I wonder if there is any heroic writing in my writing to teach me what I have to do with my knowledge?"

Li You cursed a few words in his heart. When he was about to speak, he heard Xue Juren say to him: "Mr. Li does not seek fame and fortune. Although he is talented, he does not have to bury the scriptures and study articles."

But Yan Xiucai said: "How can you not learn the words of saints when you are an official?"

At this time, Lu Shangshu spoke, "It is understandable that Inspection Commissioner Li is not good at this, so there is no need to force it. But it's a pity that he has this talent, so why would he sigh? Otherwise, there will be someone in the subsequent examination hall in our county."

With Xujiang County's pretty good literary style, it seems like a Jinshi on average about two or three subjects. Lu Shangshu's words seemed to be a polite Li You, but he felt a pity that the relationship between fellow villagers in the officialdom was a great helper. The more Jinshi people from the villages gave, the better.

Unexpectedly, Shangshu Lu came forward to help Li You excuse him. Even if Yan Xiucai was not convinced, he couldn't say anything else.

Everyone thought that the matter was revealed like this, but Li You suddenly laughed three times, which caused a look of attention during the meal.

It is related to the fact that Talent, who is regarded as the foundation of life, can be allowed to slap in the face without fighting back? I was a low-key person, but I was too anxious to force it, Li You sighed in his heart.

According to the last observation, Mr. Lu was not the kind of fundamentalist who was extremely serious and serious. If he was occasionally slutty in front of him, he would not have any accidents. So... it was Li Mingshi's performance moment again.

Juren Xue asked very interestingly: "Why is Lord Li laughing?"

Li You pointed to Yan Xiucai and said, "I just heard Mr. Yan talking about it. I remembered a eight-legged article I wrote at home yesterday. I secretly matched it. I only felt that I saw something similar, so I felt aware of it."

The most surprising thing here is County Magistrate Chen. What is Li You’s article level? He has passed the school entrance exam, so he is naturally the clearest. Li You can’t write eight-legged essays at all. In this regard, Yan Xiucai is recognized as the first in county schools. If he has real materials, how can Li You compare to it?

Shangshu Lu also became interested and asked, "Does inspector Li also write timely writing?"

Li You bowed and said, "Please listen to my recitation. Although it is brief, I would like to use this article to discuss the level of the matter with Yan Xianggong."

Everyone listened quietly, and Li You said loudly: "Wen said: Only this is the case, so this is the case; since this is the case, why do you have to do this? If you want to do this, you must do this; if the saint is like this, I will do this! After thinking about it, this article of the eight-legged article is really consistent with the intention of Yan Xianggong, and it is worth drinking, please!"

Eight consecutive times, this was so ironic that it was silent for a moment, and everyone didn't know how to react.

The old Shangshu smiled without any scruples and said, "Inspector Li is really talented. With a few words, he expressed the essence of the eight-legged essay writing in just a few words. It's a pity that I can't take the imperial examination. I sighed again!"

Speaking of which, in these days, the eight-legged essays have only been regarded as the stepping stone for literati to sneak into the officialdom. Everyone knows that they are not so sacred. Although Li You’s jokes are short, they are vividly portrayed. Others want to refute them, but they find that it seems that this is the case and there is no way to argue.

Besides, I just laughed at me after getting drunk during the meal, so there is no need to be so serious. Li Xunyou was restricted by his background and had no chance of fame and fortune for life. Isn’t he allowed others to complain a few times?

The old man laughed, and everyone laughed with him. Even Chen Magistrate, the fifth most successful Jinshi in the imperial examination, rarely smiled bitterly. There were two or three people who were both county students, who may not have the biggest voice, but they laughed the happiest and sincerely, and sincerely congratulated Yan on his face again by Lord Li.

Only Yan Xiucai's face was flushed. Li You arranged such a ridiculous article, and pointed out that it was echoing him and recreating him again.

Li You raised the wine cup and said to Yan Xiucai: "Just just for the drunken words of the banquet, I offend you so much. I'll ask you again!"

From then on, Yan Xiucai was nicknamed such a scholar, and even if he was unfavorable, he directly called Yan Xuan. His reputation as a scholar in the county was wiped out a lot by Li You's understatement, and it was beyond the reach of regret.

Seeing that Li You deliberately humiliated Yan Xiucai, the old minister taught him, "Don't be so angry and mean at a young age. Even if you are not born well and cannot get fame, the opportunity is good. There is a patrol position that will make you have no worries about food and clothing. You can travel between the mountains, rivers and the countryside, and you can make your name famous by writing poems. How many people still remember what officials they have been? I think that there has never been a famous poet in our county since ancient times. I see that you have this talent, so you should cherish it yourself and not abandon it!"

Li You avoided the seat and said, "The elder is kind and kind, and the emperor remembers the kindness of teachings."

When the banquet came to an end, it was time for the scholars to take turns to present their farewell poems, but it was a cold...

There is a cynical inspector Li who seemed to be cynical because of his failure to achieve fame and fortune. He was eyeing him, grinding his teeth and claws. Who dared to stand up easily? Poetry is also the strength of Lord Li. Whoever wants to show off his poetry? Maybe he will be a real ugly person.

In fact, if the scholars scare themselves and don’t provoke Li You, he will not have the leisure to make enemies one by one.

County Magistrate Chen stared at Li You and asked you to do what? When you should leave and retreat when you appear, you should come out to save the scene quickly. County Magistrate Chen knew that his poetry and lyrics were mediocre, and he was not a jealous person. Calling Li Youlai was nothing more than this use.

The boss immediately turned a wink, and Li You had to come forward to smooth things over. He sighed again that I was low-key, but I was forced to do so. The path of plagiarism is really getting further and further, and I can't turn back.

In desperation, he had no time to carefully select and plagiarize and adapt a poem on impromptu: "The lower official has a poem and respectfully send his fellow villagers back to Beijing."

Everyone listened carefully and said, the first stanza was: "Youth is rushing to live in? It's already surging. The wanderer had no choice but to cross the river and leave. When will he return after going through thousands of mountains and rivers?"

I heard that this was Yu Meiren's lyrics, but before I could taste it, I came up with the next stanza: "The autumn sounds are filled with leaves falling, don't make a sound at the corner of the city! The floating clouds cover the moon are not clear, who can hold the Yangtze River and wash the sky with the blue sky?"

As soon as the last two sentences came out, a clanging sound was heard. Everyone looked at it, but the old Shangshu's wine cup fell from his hand and rolled on the ground. His originally relaxed and wishful face became dignified.

What does this mean? Should we applaud? No one understands it.

If someone goes to look at County Magistrate Chen at this time, he will find that the county master is also surprised.

Shangshu Lu ordered his left and right to say, "Come on the big cup, I will respect each other three cups with Inspection Commissioner Li."

Is the protagonist's halo appearing... Li You was surprised. Although the poem he copied casually is of good quality, he didn't find anything special, so how could he fulfill his wishes? It's inexplicable that the second-rank official valued it like this.
Chapter completed!