Cui Yunqing led Li Jing to a man in a crimson official robe in his forties, and introduced: "This is the state Sima Yu Gong, Yu Gong is a father and son five jinshi, and they are all handsome who can be civil and martial arts, you can ask Yu Gong for advice in the future." ”

Zhou Sima Yuxuan is indeed a thunderous name. Because, in the past few years before this year, Yu Xuan was still the envoy of Ziqing and Pinglu Jiedu, and he was the highest military and political governor in the five states of the entire Shandong Peninsula. Yu Xuan's four brothers are all from Jinshi.

His father, Yu Xi, was an observer of Xuanhui. The eldest brother Yu Gui, the Hunan observer. The third brother Yu Cong, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao, first married Princess Guangfu, and later the emperor changed Princess Guangde to marry him. The fourth brother is in the ball, and Lingnan is a little bit of a manager. He himself was originally an envoy of Ziqing and Pingluping.

The five fathers and sons of the family are all Jinshi, and all of them are appointed as festival envoys, observation envoys, and economic strategy envoys, which can be seen in the glory of the family at the beginning. However, two years ago, Yu Cong was framed by Wei Baoheng and degraded the history of Shaozhou. Then the Yu family was also implicated, except that Yu's father was dead, Yu Gui was demoted to Yuanzhou Thorn History, Yu Xuan was demoted to Dengzhou Sima, and Yu Qiu was also degraded to Yazhou Thorn History.

As Sima, who was demoted, ordinary local officials were reluctant to associate with them, because if they entered, they might be attacked by Sima's opponents. And if you neglect these degraded Simas too much, it is not appropriate. Because there are many Sima who have been demoted, they have all been reactivated after the last, and it is even possible to pay homage directly to Sima like Yang Yan, who proposed the two tax laws.

However, Cui Yunqing obviously didn't take these things seriously, and was still very enthusiastic about Xuan, and even Cui Yunqing said some words of comfort to Yu Xuan in front of Li Jing. Li Jing also knew whether these words were true or false, because Wei Baoheng, the former prime minister who had been trapped in the family, had been given death by the new emperor. Next, the large number of officials who were demoted from the imperial court by Wei at the beginning may be reactivated.

Yu Xuan didn't seem to care about the truth or falsehood of Cui Yunqing's words, he just smiled slightly, more like a pot of old wine, just getting closer, he could already be influenced by him. Yu Xuan didn't give Li Jing any gifts, but gave Li Jing a word.

"I don't have a sword to give you, and I don't have gold or silver for you, so I'll give you a word today" Yu Xuan stroked his beard and said: "Keep a normal heart, you are a free person in the world!" Indifferent and ambitious, quiet and far-reaching. Be at ease with your fate, and be at peace with what you encounter. When he spoke, Yu Xuan was very bland, the Yu family was once prosperous, and he was once degraded, perhaps it was these ups and downs that made him see through many philosophies in this world.

Hearing a senior official who used to be in charge of the military and politics of the five states say this, Li Jing couldn't help but feel that Yu Xuan seemed to be a warning to Li Jing to be appreciated by Cui Yunqing and ascend to the sky in one step. Although it was only a few words, to Li Jing, it was more valuable than the one hundred taels of silver given by Feng Yanqing. Today's series of changes, he has indeed begun to feel a little fluttering in his heart.

Fortunately, Yu Xuan woke up. Looking back, Li Jing couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Cui Yunqing's appreciation of him is indeed important, but the most important thing is to be steady. Now it is the late Tang Dynasty, even if it is high, what is the use, for example, Yu Xuan's family is a feudal official, but the result is not that Wei Baoheng has a piece of paper, and they are all demoted.

There is no stable foundation, it is all in the air. It seems to be glorious, but it can't withstand the wind and rain.

"Don't be shocked by honor and disgrace, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; Go and stay unintentionally, looking at the clouds outside the sky. Li Jing suddenly popped up in his mind with a couplet from the Mingren Hong Yingming's "Caigen Tan", and couldn't help blurting it out.

"Don't be shocked by honor and disgrace, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; Go and stay unintentionally, looking at the clouds outside the sky. Well, that's a good point. Yu Xuan's eyes showed a look of surprise, although there was no literary form of couplets in the Tang Dynasty, but it did not affect the appreciation and admiration of Yu Xuan and Cui Yunqing, two officials who were born in Jinshi.

A few words, but it profoundly expresses the attitude that life should have towards things and things, fame and profit: not happy to gain, not worried about loss, not surprised by humiliation, and unintentional to stay. In this way, it is possible to be in a peaceful and natural mood. The three words in front of the court have the meaning of picking chrysanthemums and seeing Nanshan leisurely, and the three words looking at the sky show the broad feelings of magnifying the eyes and not seeing the general knowledge with others; A sentence of clouds and clouds is more sublime than the lofty realm of a big husband who can bend and stretch, and has the spaciousness of Wei and Jin figures. That's right, I really didn't expect that Ji Yu not only has outstanding martial arts skills, but also shoots good arrows, and he actually has such talent. It's rare, it's rare, if it weren't for Cui Yuanjun's first step, the old man would have wanted to accept him as a protégé. ”

Cui Yunqing was also very happy when she saw Li Jing being praised by Yu Xuan so much, and said quite proudly: "The hand is fast, but the hand is slow." ”

Yu Xuan kept shaking his head at Li Jing, and sighed: "This talent has joined the army, it is really a tyrannical thing." It's better for you to read the scriptures and historical classics again, and wait for the imperial examination next year. Wouldn't it be better to seek a Jinshi background, and in the future to enter the temple, to assist the king, and to go down to An Lishu. ”

Li Jing was slightly moved, with the current situation, it was only a matter of time before Yu Xuan was reused, and if Yu Xuan was willing to help him go through the imperial examination and enter the office, with such a huge power of the Yu family, I am afraid that this road will be smoother than the current choice. It's just that his heart was moved for a moment, and Li Jing immediately thought again, it's the late Tang Dynasty, damn it, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao will rebel next year, and even Luoyang and Chang'an will be broken in a few years. At this time, it is really inappropriate to take the road of imperial examination.

Shaking his head, Li Jing thanked Yu Xuan for his kindness, and then refused. The reason for his refusal was a bit far-fetched, and it made Yu Xuan a little unhappy. In the end, Cui Yunqing was still helping to talk on the side, and also proposed to let Li Jing also worship Yu Xuan as a teacher, saying that if he had time, he would let Li Jing come to Yu Xuan for advice. He also said that now that the eunuchs in the DPRK and China are in power, it is not a good way to stay in Dengzhou and take the road of the army, which can be regarded as calming Yu Xuan's unhappiness.

After chatting for a long time, Li Jing left the two teachers and went to toast the other officials alone. After a round of wine, Rao was drinking some low-alcohol wine, and Li Jing was also a little dizzy. He walked to the staircase where no one was there, and wanted to hide for a while, but he didn't expect to see Feng Liang standing there, looking inside with a shrunken head. As soon as he saw Li Jing coming, he was full of smiles, took Li Jing's hand and said, "My brother was about to come and invite my brother to go down and have a few drinks with the robes in the army, but when I saw you with the envoys, I didn't dare to come up and disturb." You're here, so go down with your brother! ”

Li Jing really didn't want to mix with Feng Liang, but it was not good to shirk too obviously, and he was a little drunk, so he was still half-pulled downstairs by Feng Liang.