Zeng Dun left, Wang Xiao hunted the trail: "Xiangyang is a major transportation route between the north and the south. There are actually many scholars and generals living here. I was originally from the royal army, with few soldiers and horses and no great contributions, so these people looked down on me. This year, I was not favored by the king.

I won two games in a row, no more than before, or it should be different."

Chen Yuyi was originally wandering in Xiangyang, and after hearing this, he deeply agreed. He said: "If you send a notice to the defense and recruit officials, many people will inevitably come out to apply. The journey is in a mess, and life is actually very difficult."

Wang Xiaoli nodded: "That's right. I'll call the monk from Zhike tomorrow to see how many people live in Lumen Temple now."

Lumen Temple is the largest temple in Xiangyang, next to it is the main transportation route between the north and the south, so there must be many people living there. In addition to the Zeng family, there should be other officials and scholars living here. Last year, the Jin army went south, and a large area of ​​land in Jiangnan became a rampant area for bandits.

, Xiangyang settled down instead.

After dinner, Wang Xiaoli returned to his residence. Sitting by the window, watching the rain outside in a daze.

Before entering the yard, I only saw a skirt, a pair of eyes, and a strange feeling. I didn’t see clearly what kind of person he was, what age and what he looked like. There was only that feeling, as if it was

Bringing it out of the soul, it has been through thousands of years without any change. It is like looking for the husband's cliff, a woman turned into a stone, waiting for her family to return.

After picking the lantern flowers lightly, Wang Xiaoli sighed. Today, he entered Lumen Temple and first met Zen Master Fadeng, which scared himself. He didn't expect that he would meet such a person.

Women in the world are different, and there are always some beautiful things that are so beautiful. It is not unusual to fall in love at first sight and to be lustful, and there are all kinds of strange things. But like myself, when I meet each other, I don’t see the other person’s appearance clearly.

, and it is very strange that I can't forget.

Wang Xiaoli sat under the lamp, holding his chin, and looking at the rainy night outside, he couldn't help but feel insanity.

The next day, the rain stopped, but the sun did not come out, and the mountain road was still slippery and difficult to walk. In order to prevent accidents, Wang Xiaoli did not leave in the morning.

The monk from Zhigu came to ask for the ceremony. Wang Xiaoli asked him to sit down and said, "From the Jin army heading south, the world is in the throne. Many people from the Central Plains have to leave their hometown and go south to take refuge. Xiangyang is located on the important roads in the north and south, and I want to come here.

There should be many scholars."

Zhike clasped his hands together: "Defense is about it. In the past two or three years, at least dozens of officials and scholars who settled in Lumen Temple. Most of them left after living there for a few days, but not many people stayed for a long time. Last year, Jin Lu

Crossing the river, turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River, and the roads were blocked, so many people had to live there. Now, in addition to the more than ten members of the Zeng family, there are also children of the Deng Chengfan Zheng family, children of the Zhang Taishi family in Yincheng, and dozens of people.

The original imperial officials had failed, and there were twenty or thirty people."

Wang Xiaoliu said: "It is not easy to serve one or two hundred people every day."

Zhike said: "If the guests who live here have been in a long time, they will always pay some money to supplement the temple. Otherwise, how can they afford it?"

Wang Xiaoli nodded. This is the right thing to do. No matter how rich the temple is, it cannot support so many idle people.

At this time, Fan Zongyin, who was in power in the court, was from Dengcheng, with all kinds of relatives and tribes, and dozens of people were considered small. Now Xiangyang is a dangerous frontline area, so they naturally have to look for Fan Zongyin. Zhang Taishi of Yincheng is

Zhang Zongxun, the prime minister of Renzong's dynasty, even though nearly a hundred years have passed, the Zhang family is still a big family in the local area. As for other small people, the monks of Zhigu were too lazy to mention them.

After asking about the situation of the scholars in the temple in detail, Wang Xiaolie did not find that he had a familiar name, so he was too lazy to pay attention to it. After several years of turmoil, there were countless scholars who were wandering among the people, so how could they care about it?

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After seeing off the monk from Zhike, Wang Xiaoli said to Chen Yuyi: "When the rain is lighter, we will go back to the city. After going back, the government office will issue a notice to recruit talents. The Xiangyang area north of the Yangtze River is stable, so it should be

There are many talents."

Chen Yuyi said that he was.

While the two were chatting, a soldier came in and said with his hands crossed his hands: "There are two old and young outside, please see them for defense."

Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Who are they?"

The soldiers said: "It was said that it was the waiter of the former Hanlin Academy of Calligraphy and Calligraphy, and he was temporarily trapped in Xiangyang."

"Advisor and calligraphy?" Wang Xiaolie thought for a while, "Let them come in."

Although Emperor Daojun did not govern the country well, his artistic attainments were extremely high. During his tenure, the Hanlin Academy of Calligraphy and Painting was highly developed, and many famous painters appeared. However, Wang Xiaoli was not proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he was also not proficient in these people.

Not familiar with it.

Jingmen won a great victory and grabbed a lot of money from the Jin army. Wang Xiaolie wanted to print paper money by himself. With experience in later generations, Wang Xiaolie did not want to be as rough as the paper money printed now. If you want to print well, you must have a good painter.

Unfortunately, there has been no suitable staff, so this matter has been delayed.

Soon, two people came in. One was in his sixties or seventies, with white hair and beard. The other was less than twenty years old, with childishness on his face.

Looking at the two, Wang Xiaolie asked, "Are you all the attendants of the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting?"

The two of them called each other. The older man said, "The following is Li Tang, and my name is also in the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. I know a lot in the world. This person is Li Di, who looks younger, but has extremely high talent.

”

Wang Xiaoliu didn't believe that there was such a young attendant in the Painting Academy, and turned his head to look at Chen Yuyi.

Chen Yuyi nodded: "When I was in the capital, I heard that there was such a person. I entered the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting at the age of fifteen and sixteen, which caused a sensation."

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but look at Li Di up and down. Seeing that he looked pretty, there was a sense of heroism between his eyebrows and eyes. Seeing that Wang Xiaolie didn't believe it, he looked at him with a bit provocative meaning.

Wang Xiaolie smiled and said, "Since he is a good student, he can draw well, and his life will not be bad anywhere."

Li Tang sighed: "Observe, after the war, there are not many people in Xiangyang who know goods, so our paintings are hard to sell. These days, I have painted some murals in the temple to make a living. After a long time, I have been given the monks in the temple.

Sarcastically, life is actually sad.”

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolei said, "What do you mean by Guanzhao?"

Li Tang said: "When I was in Lumen Temple, there was a young lady from Lin Guanren who moved south with the Zeng family. She followed me to learn painting. I heard from her that Zeng Dun wanted to do an errand in the yamen and would not live in Lumen Temple.

The young lady was talented and very smart, and she was a little reluctant to let it go. So she discussed with Li Di that if there were suitable chores in the yamen, we would not stay in Lumen Temple anymore."

Wang Xiaoliu said: "The attendance of the Calligraphy Academy is the best painter in the world at this time. You are willing to have your own duties for you. Even if you can't be rich, you will always have no worries about food and clothing."

After hearing this, Li Tang bowed and said, "Thank you so much for observation."
Chapter completed!