At five o'clock in the afternoon, the flowing water banquet in Xujia Village began, more than a dozen tables were set up on the barn field in the village, the villagers of Xujia gathered together, and the people with a little face in the nearby villages were invited, of course, the thick-skinned people who were not invited can also run to rub the rice, anyway, the flowing water seats are all eaten when they sit down, and the second batch will be changed immediately after eating, no one will say about you.

Xu Jinyou went to the ancestral hall at three o'clock to finish the incense, and then went to the barn field to greet and toast table by table, fortunately there were two brothers-in-law to escort him, otherwise Xu Jin would have to drink and lie down.

After greeting the villagers, Xu Jin went to the patriarch Xu Deming's house, where three tables of wine were set up to entertain people with higher status, such as Liu Qingyuan, the county magistrate who still stayed in the village, Xu Jin's Mengshi Guo Baichuan, and the patriarchs, Lizheng, and Baochang of other surnames in nearby villages.

When Xu Jin arrived at the patriarch's house, Liu Qingyuan, Guo Baichuan and others were already seated, and the patriarch Xu Deming and a group of clan elders were talking together.

"I'm sorry, I made the county lord and the elders wait for a long time." Xu Jin hurriedly apologized to Xi Zuo.

Liu Qingyuan smiled and said: "It's okay, after all, the head of the Xu case wants to greet all the villagers, come, sit here." ”

Liu Qingyuan was respected, so he naturally sat on the top position, followed by the Mengshi Guo Baichuan, who was on the left side, and the patriarch Xu Deming was on the right side, and there was an empty seat next to Guo Baichuan, which was obviously reserved for Xu Jin.

"The student has seen the Master!" Xu Jin saluted Guo Baichuan, and then sat down next to him.

Guo Baichuan's old-fashioned old face was rarely red tonight, and it was estimated that he had drunk a lot of wine, and asked Xu Jin some things about his studies with a pleasant face, and spurred Xu Jin a few words with a strict attitude, which roughly meant that he should guard against arrogance and rashness, and make persistent efforts.

Strictly speaking, Guo Baichuan only gave Xu Jin two days of classes, but Xu Jin was still very grateful to Guo Fuzi for recommending him to Xinjiang Academy, although the recommended Fang Jiaoxi did not accept him, but after all, the opportunity was given by Guo Fuzi, so at this time Xu Jin listened to Guo Baichuan's teachings respectfully.

Everyone present looked at Guo Fuzi with a smile to educate his disciples, even Liu Xianling, respecting teachers is the moral standard of scholars.

After Guo Fuzi finished "educating" Xu Jin, the banquet began, after three rounds of wine, and the five flavors of the dishes, they opened up the conversation with each other, and the topic was naturally inseparable from the hottest lead mountain bandits recently.

It is said that on the evening of the eighth day of the first month of May, Governor Sun commanded the Ming army to break the lead mountain bandits led by Wu Sanba, killing nearly 200 people and capturing more than 600 thieves alive, but the bandit leader Wu Sanba escaped without a trace, and the officers and troops are now searching the nearby mountains and forests and villages along the Xinjiang River, and all major roads are set up to check the cards.

In the bandits' nest in Lead Mountain, the officers and soldiers seized a large amount of food, liquor, and medicine, and it was found that these materials were transported from Shangrao County.

Governor Sun was furious, and had sent troops to take over the city defense of Shangrao County, and ordered people to investigate the whole city, arrest the merchants suspected of collaborating with thieves and thieves in Shangrao County, and the owners of rice shops, wine shops, and pharmacies have been arrested, and a number of officers and soldiers and captains responsible for guarding the city have also been arrested.

It can be said that a thunderstorm is brewing in Shangrao County, just waiting for the arrival of the "Thor" Governor Sun, and Xu Jin is the "thunder boy" of this thunderstorm.

After chatting about the current situation in Shangrao County, Liu Qingyuan stroked his beard and said with a spring breeze: "This county heard that after the government test that day, Xu Case Head held a thank-you banquet in the Linjiang Building, Zhao Jiaoxi asked about Xu Case Head taking words, Xu Case Head said that after returning to the village, he would ask Master Meng Guo to take one, I don't know if he had taken it?" ”

These words suddenly tickled Guo Baichuan's itch, saying that he had been thinking about how to lead the topic to this aspect, but he was a little embarrassed to mention it himself, and at this time Liu Qingyuan took the initiative to mention it, but he was in the middle of it.

Guo Baichuan put down his chopsticks and coughed lightly: "Brother Jin is young and smart, and he has not yet won the county test and the government test. But the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it; Heaped out of the shore, the waves will hit it.

So it's not a good thing to be too prominent, so the old man named Brother Jin Ziqian. What does Lord Liu think? ”

Liu Qingyuan smiled slightly: "Great goodness, Xu Jin, Xu Ziqian." Guo Fuzi bothered. ”

Guo Baichuan arched his hand proudly, which he had to determine after thinking hard for a night.

Xu Jin hurriedly stood up and said deeply: "Student Xie Guo's master." ”

It is said that the ancients did not take the words randomly, quite exquisitely, mainly to see the relationship between the "name" and the "word", among which the two methods of complementing each other and contrasting are the most commonly used.

For example, Guo Fuzi, whose surname is Guo Baichuan, and the word Dongliu is "Baichuan Dongliu", which is a complementary relationship.

The Yuan Dynasty poet Ma Zhiyuan, the word Qianli, together is "Zhiyuan Qianli", which is also a complementary relationship. Similarly, Qu Yuan's name is Ping, the word Yuan, which together means "plain".

The words that Guo Fuzi gave Xu Jin are the second way: contrast.

First of all, Xu Jin's surname is Xu Mingjin, and the literal meaning of "Jin" is the meaning of progress and promotion. However, the progress is too fast and does not conform to the Confucian golden mean, and you have to step back and be modest, so the word is Ziqian.

Of course, maybe it would be more appropriate to use the word "retreat", but that would be a collision with the predecessors, because Han Yu, one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, is the word retreat.

The more the healer, the more it means, so Han Yue takes the word as a retreat, which is in line with the Confucian golden mean, neither to be the first bird, nor to be the bottom of the role, just stand in the middle.

Xu Jin himself is also very satisfied with this word, Xu Ziqian, it reads atmospheric and elegant, very good!

At this moment, there was a sudden muffled sound outside the courtyard, as if a heavy object had fallen to the ground, and everyone in the house looked up, just to see the chief Xu Youguang getting up with an embarrassed expression, obviously falling when he entered the door.

Xu Deming couldn't help frowning, the chief Xu Youguang is the most transparent among the younger generation in Xujia Village, he has always been steady, and he is the best candidate for the next patriarch, so he was so frizzy and rude at this time, so he asked unhappily: "Youguang, what happened?" ”

Xu Youguang trotted in, and his tone changed excitedly: "Patriarch, Lord Governor has arrived...... It's here! ”

"Patrol ...... What the! Xu Deming stood up in shock and knocked over the wine bowl in front of him.

However, at this time, he didn't care about Xu Deming's rudeness, because everyone in the house stood up, and Liu Qingyuan, the county magistrate, walked out without saying a word, and the others followed suit.

Xu Deming hurriedly chased out on crutches, and asked, "There is light, where is the governor?" ”

Xu Youguang replied anxiously: "I have already entered the village and am coming here." ”

Xu Deming complained with a toothache: "Oh, the governor has already entered the village, you ...... Why didn't you come early to report it! ”

Xu Youguang smiled bitterly: "The governor is wearing civilian clothes, and he only brings a few entourage, I can recognize it." ”

It is really no wonder that Xu Youguang said, Sun Sui passed by with a team of soldiers and horses today, preparing to go to the county seat of Shangrao County, and the people and horses brought were stationed several miles away, while he himself was wearing civilian clothes and only brought a few guards to Xujia Village.

In addition, Xujia Village is lively at the moment, and a few people suddenly came not particularly noticeable, until Sun Sui's subordinates asked if this was Xujia Village, which attracted Xu Youguang's attention.

Besides, as soon as Xu Jin and the others walked out of the courtyard, they saw a villager from Xujia Village leading several people to come, the first one was about fifty or sixty years old, with a Chinese character and a mouth, his eyebrows were eight down, and the long beard under his chin was already gray, but his spirit was shining, and he walked quite majesticly, and this person was Sun Sui, the governor of Jiang.

Liu Qingyuan arched his hand and asked, "Dare to ask the person who came, but is it the governor?" ”

Sun Sui stood firm and glanced at Liu Qingyuan, nodded and said, "I am Xun Sui!" ”

Liu Qingyuan hurriedly bent down and saluted: "Xiaguan Shangrao County Commander Liu Qingyuan, see Lord Governor!" ”

"The grass people knock to see the governor!"

Xu Deming, Guo Baichuan, and a group of clan elders knelt on the ground one after another, although Xu Jin was extremely reluctant, but he could only pinch his nose and kneel, of course, he was only half-kneeling and half-squatting.

Sun Sui stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "You folks don't have to be polite, get up!" ”

Xu Jin took advantage of the situation to stand up, grandma's, you still have to hurry up to get the fame of Xiucai, so that you have the right to see the official and not kneel, as a modern person, psychologically you really can't get past the level of kneeling and kowtowing.

Sun Sui swept everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Xu Jin's face, and nodded secretly: "Young and old, it should be this one." ”

"Presumably you are the head of the Xu Jin Xu case, right?" Sun Sui asked with a smile.

The people around consciously leaned aside slightly, revealing Xu Jin. Xu Jin stepped forward and bowed his hand: "The junior is Xu Jin." ”

Sun Sui nodded and said: "Fei Zichong (Fei Hong) praised you in the letter to the official, I saw you tonight, I really am a young talent, young and calm, and before the crown, he even won the county test and the government test, Fei Zichong himself is a prodigy, and even his protégé is a prodigy, which is really envious of others." ”

The governor praised Xu Jin so highly, even Liu Qingyuan was surprised, and the others were even more shocked, the patriarch Xu Deming was so excited that his old face turned red, as if the governor praised him, glory, with the words of the governor, the name of Brother Jin's prodigy is confirmed!

Xu Jin said modestly: "The governor has an overreputation, how dare the younger generation be compared with Master Fei, he really deserves the name of a prodigy!" ”

Sun Sui smiled slightly, after all, Xu Jin was the key person who could successfully exterminate the bandits in Lead Mountain this time, and Sun Sui had naturally heard of the song "Picking Wood".

Governor Sun was upright and unyielding, and as soon as he took office, he personally came to the door to persuade King Ning, and Xu Jin, a scholar, dared to write poems in front of King Ning's son to persuade and satirize King Ning, this kind of courage and talent naturally made Sun Sui extremely appreciative, so he gave such a high evaluation to Xu Jin in front of everyone as soon as they met.