Xu Guanzhong heard Xiao Tang ask, he forced a smile on his face, and said: "Brother Xiao is too worried, what can the younger brother worry about?" ”

Yan Qing paced to Xiao Tang's side and said in a low voice: "Guan Zhong is still entangled in the matter of this year's Eight Elements Student, although Brother Xiao intends to take care of Guan Zhong, but Big Brother, you also know that Guan Zhong is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and he is not used to the move of the court and the middle." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But Uncle Xu Shishu had high hopes for Guan Zhong, and Guan Zhong was a little hesitant under the dilemma. ”

Yan Qing probably talked about Xu Guanzhong's situation again, it turned out that although Xiao Tang intended to recommend Xu Guanzhong to Liang Zhongshu, Xu Guanzhong didn't want to borrow external forces, he just wanted to use his talent to test his fame.

The prefect and prefect who presided over the scientific expedition on Kehe 1 North East Road all knew that Xu Guanzhong and Xiao Tang seemed to have a great relationship, and they all wanted to be the master of recommending Xu Guanzhong, and they could also have a relationship with Xiao Tang and even Liang Shijie.

Xu Guanzhong is delicate, and he is a talented and high-minded character who is unwilling to bend his waist for five buckets of rice, so he disdains to be the protégé of Taishou County. But Xu's father is an honest scholar, and he wants Xu Guanzhong to get ahead with scientific examinations. Under the contradiction between principle and family affection, this talent who is still in the age of learning is at a loss.

Although Xiao Tang is well aware of Xu Guanzhong's temperament, it is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, this kind of thing can only wait until this Water Margin is full of thousands of clothes, and the free hermit who is full of thousands of miles has opened his mind, and Xiao Tang doesn't want to interfere with him too much now. Then he said: "Guan Zhong should have studied hard in the cold window, but he was too distracted by my matter of the music workshop, which is also my miscalculation. ”

Xu Guanzhong hurriedly said: "Brother Xiao, don't say that!" When I played with Xiao Yi in the piano flute of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Building, I really felt happy in my heart. Today was supposed to be a happy event for the return of my eldest brother, so there is no need to disturb my interest in such trivial matters. ”

Shi Xiu hugged his arms next to him and smiled: "Brother Guanzhong, you are a scholar, like a rough man like us who can't have as exquisite a mind as you." But after a few years of getting along, we are all brothers, and I only have one sentence to persuade you as an elder brother: how to be happy like this? If you don't want to be a little prince in the test, then you don't do it! What are you doing here? You also said that today is a good thing for Brother Xiao's homecoming, brothers celebrate, your worries are down with a few bowls of wine, and that's it! ”

Xu Guanzhong smiled abruptly and replied to Shi Xiu: "Brother Shi Xiu taught me a lesson. ”

Shi Xiu is decisive and capable, but if he spreads out these words, it will inevitably make Xu Guanzhong a little unable to get off the stage. Seeing this, Xiao Tang also said: "If this is an idea, find a place to eat and drink, and the brothers Hua Rong and Zheng Tianshou and Hou Jian, Shi Qian, and other brothers I met when I went to Mizhou also happen to be close to each other." ”

Xiao Tang then and Shi Xiu, Yang Lin, Xue Yong and other original stewards of the Xiao Mansion, as well as Hua Rong and Zheng Tianshou, who met and returned to the Daimyo's Mansion in Jingdong Road, as well as the newly recruited Hou Jian, Shi Qian, and Duan Jingzhu, found a restaurant in the Daimyo's Mansion to kill sheep and chickens, and made a feast to celebrate.

In the banquet, the flowers are heroic and restrained, Yan Qing is handsome, the tongue is lotus, and the stone is bold and capable. There are also Yang Lin and Zheng Tianshou, Xue Yong and Hou Jian, Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu, etc., who also drank in twos and threes, and the atmosphere was not lively for a while.

After Xu Guanzhong poured himself a glass of wine, he found that Xiao Tang was looking at him, Xu Guanzhong smiled and said, "Brother Xiao, I made you laugh again today." ”

Xiao Tang shook his head and said, "What's the joke?" You should also understand Ling Zun's hard work, after all, in his heart, getting a reputation is a major event for the glory of the ancestors. ”

"But my father doesn't understand!" Xu Guanzhong drank a few glasses of wine, and his emotions became a little excited: "I think that my Great Song Dynasty has also produced many virtuous and capable ministers such as Fan Wenzhenggong, Baosu Xiaogong, Chen Gongbi, etc., but now the party in the court is fighting for power, which is nothing more than flattering the favor of the saint, seeking power and wealth, and there is no half of the joy and joy of the world after the Duke of Wenzheng!" The treacherous and evil are in power, the jealous and the virtuous are jealous, and those who are like ghosts and ghosts are all eguanbo; Those who are faithful and upright are all framed in prison.

Confucius Xiansheng once said that the disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher, the teacher does not have to be better than the disciple, there is no noble, no cheap, no long, no less, the Tao exists, and the teacher exists. But in the current imperial court, which dignitaries and teachers still have the right way in the world? ”

Xu Guanzhong spoke impulsively, but he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, he was similar to Yan Qing, and he didn't have much to worry about talking to Yan Qing. But the opinions he hid in his heart were taken out and listened to by Xiao Tang, and he was still a little restrained.

Xiao Tang laughed and encouraged Xu Guanzhong: "Guanzhong can see it thoroughly, but he is not happy after reading all the books of sages, and what is the use of a fart?" People live a lifetime of grass and trees, of course, they must live a good life. If you follow your wishes, what will your ambitions be in the future? ”

Xu Guanzhong thought about it for a while and said: "If you can travel around the world in the future to open your eyes, it is a good thing to be accompanied by Qin Xiao Danqing and old friends and wine." But what ambition is there now? It is nothing more than supporting the father and mother well, and doing more filial piety. ”

Yang Lin laughed when he heard it on the side, and joked to Xu Guanzhong: "It seems that we won't see the time when Brother Guanzhong will be an official master, but this common saying is good: those who dare to subdue tigers should go to the mountains, and those who can descend dragons should go to the sea." Brother Guan Zhong has no intention of seeking fame and a future, isn't it a pity that he is full of knowledge? ”

Xu Guanzhong took a long sip of wine, shook his head and sighed: "Who is he, who lives in the river; No fist, no courage, the job is chaotic. ”

Yang Lin and Shi Xiu glanced at each other, scratched their heads and said with a bitter smile: "I am quite shrewd when I ask myself, but compared to Brother Guan Zhong, I look like an illiterate person, just like Brother Shi Xiu often said, Brother Guan Zhong may still know what every word he reads, but when I get together, I guess my head, and I don't know what he is talking about." ”

Yan Qing smiled slightly after hearing this, and explained: "Brother Yang Lin, Guan Zhong quoted the words of the poem "Xiao Ya Qiao Yan", which means that corrupt officials have neither the ability nor the courage, and they all rely on despicable means to seek power, so that this world is so chaotic, and it is Guan Zhong who is unwilling to join that group of people. ”

Yang Lin smiled and said to Shi Xiu: "Look, I'm just going to talk about some common sayings." But in front of Brother Guan Zhong and Xiao Yi, it was the class that got the axe. ”

After Xu Guanzhong pondered for a while, he slowly raised his head, his expression returned to his former chic and indifferent, and said to Yang Lin: "Brother Yang Lin, that common saying also said that it is better to lift shoes for a gentleman than to share wealth with a villain." I'm living happily under Brother Xiao, why bother with any fame and background? ”

Yang Lin and Shi Xiu laughed when they heard this, and said in unison: "We can understand this sentence!" That is long overdue. ”

At this time, Xiao Tang and the others suddenly heard someone at the table next to them sigh: "It's really been cold for 20 years, and it's been a long time!" I studied hard for my background, but I still haven't achieved anything, even if I get fame, what can I do? is a vacant candidate, and you have to shoot the sycophants of those bird officials, and you can only mix the errand of a petty official with a pickled anger, hum! Why should a man be subservient? It's better to eat and drink with your brother all day long and live happily in this life! ”

When everyone looked over, they saw the man dressed as a scholar dressed in white. The tall man who was drinking with the white-clothed scholar cocked his thumb and said: "Big brother, you are a learned person, it is rare for a rough person like me to talk about the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, with the intelligence of the eldest brother, and with the help of my strength, why can't you make a name for yourself?" Why should you be a petty official and a petty official to endure the anger of others? ”

Xiao Tang was amused when he saw it, and smiled at Xu Guanzhong: "It seems that that scholar is also a person who has nothing to do with fame." ”

Xu Guanzhong was also worried about the scientific examination, and when he heard the words of these two people, he asked with his hand: "This brother is not willing to serve the powerful in his life?" To tell you the truth, the younger brother is the same. ”

"Oh?" The white-clothed scholar turned his head to look over, and saw that Xu Guanzhong was a talent, and the people at the same table seemed to be not ordinary people, so he sang and asked: "Look at this little brother is handsome and upright, I don't know why he is angry?" ”

Xu Guanzhong replied: "Although I have passed the Spring Festival exam in recent years, I have encountered those troubles after that, alas, I don't want to mention it. ”

When the white-clothed scholar heard this, his face couldn't help but turn red, and he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Xiao Ke Wang Lun, the people in the rivers and lakes call him 'the white-clothed showman'." Hehe, this is my close friend 'touching the sky' Du Qian, drinking here and complaining indiscriminately, making everyone laugh. ”

Xiao Tang's face suddenly fell.

Wang Lun, the white-clothed showman, the first generation of Liangshanbo's big boss, has no ability, no mind, and no martial arts. It seems that he has not yet gone to Liangshan to fall into the grass, and the Water Margin wanted to bomb Lin Chong and Chao Gai away because of his poor ability, but he was attacked by Lin Chong and stabbed with a knife, making Chao Gai take away his position as the owner of Shuibo Liangshan.

Xu Guanzhong's reason for not being an official is by no means the same, with Xu Guanzhong's intelligence and knowledge, relying on the imperial examination to seek an official position is a safe thing, but now this child has some resentment and green attributes, and he has been playing with Yan Qing's little friend for a long time, and he is very nostalgic for the days of leisure. And Wang Lun is not a talented person, he will definitely not be able to pass the provincial test with his literary opinions, and he doesn't even know how many orders of magnitude there is a difference between him and the Zhiduoxing Wu Yong in the Water Margin.

However, this Wang Lun's appearance is really good, his appearance is delicate and dressed in white, and it is more than enough to fool the elders on the rivers and lakes in terms of mouth, plus "touching the sky" Du Qian is such a tall follower, it is no wonder that Chai Jin, who is good at making friends, will fund him and help him become the lord of Liangshan.

Wang Lun asked Xu Guanzhong again: "I don't know what to call this little brother?"

Xu Guanzhong replied: "Junior brother Xu Guanzhong, this is my eldest brother Xiao Tang. The dart from afar only returned to the Daimyo's Mansion today, so I celebrated here with my brothers. ”

Wang Lun was shocked when he heard this, and he and Du Qian hurriedly stood up and said to Xiao Tang: "Could it be Xiao Renxia of the Daimyo Mansion!" The villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, and hopes to forgive. ”

I didn't expect to be able to bump into this Xiao Tang here...... Wang Lun secretly thought in his heart, I am a talent who is not as good as the first. Because he couldn't stand the bird's anger, he and Du Qian planned to go to Cangzhou Chai into the Chai officials, if they could get some money from the Chai officials, they would have the capital to find a good place to fall and gather in the grass, but they would also be happy.

But although the Chai officials are well-known in the rivers and lakes, how can they be as powerful as this Xiao Tang in the two roads of He1 and the north? If you can tie him up, why worry about having no way out?