After walking along the river bank for a long time, at the edge of a big willow tree, Lin Wanwan, who was lost in thought, met an old man with white hair who was quietly fishing. Not far from the old man stood a middle-aged servant.
The old man looked to be over seventy years old, thin and ugly in appearance. He was wearing a dark crimson round-neck robe. The style was the most common men's clothing style in the Tang Dynasty, but the color was very unusual.
Around Chang'an City, at the feet of the Emperor, men in the Tang Dynasty were relatively well-behaved and would not dress indiscriminately.
Dark crimson is the color that belongs to the fourth-rank official, which means that the fishing guy in front of you is a fourth-rank official!
But at this time, all the fourth-rank officials should be busy working in the imperial city. This person who can come out to fish will either die without a meal, or he will not be reused.
But being able to reach the fourth rank despite not being reused can also mean that the other party has at least one very obvious strength, whether it is literature or martial arts, and he is definitely from a famous family.
But why would this fisherman show up here to fish? This is in his own territory.
As her mind raced, Lin Wanwan was ready to step forward to pay her respects.
If a fourth-grade official appears on your territory, you will definitely have to get to know him for a while. Maybe he is a familiar celebrity.
"I am Hou Taolin, I don't know how to call this old father-in-law?"
The old man turned his head and looked at Lin Wanwan. He looked at Lin Wanwan quickly and did not speak. Instead, the middle-aged servant behind him stepped forward and bowed to Lin Wanwan and explained: "I have met Lin Le'an. My husband is Linxiang Ouyang Zedeng. I am here today."
I’m sorry to bother you about this fishing.”
Wow! Ouyang Shugeng, isn’t that the boss Ouyang Xinben and Ouyang Xun!
This big shot had a bumpy career and poor political vision. When the prince was competing for the throne, he sided with Li Jiancheng. After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he was transferred from the central government agency and was promoted from a fourth-rank official position to the prince's vassal residence. He was promoted openly and secretly.
But in the history of calligraphy, he is a great master, standing side by side with Yu Shinan. The calligraphy font that Lin Wanwan copied most when she was a child was Ouyang style!
Ouyang Xun was indeed as unattractive as recorded in history books, and he also had some signs of sluggishness, old age, illness, and sadness. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, he was very unhealthy physically and mentally.
However, Lin Wanwan didn't care about the old man's ability in life!
Suddenly meeting one of the four great masters of the early Tang Dynasty, she almost jumped up with excitement.
National treasure, national treasure! The living national treasure was standing in front of her with such gleaming gold! Just write a few words to her and it would be a family heirloom!
Those sentimental thoughts of love and love were instantly thrown away from her mind.
At this time, she stepped forward to salute again with a face full of joy: "It turns out that it is Ouyang Zhidajia who came to visit. Le'an missed the welcome. I apologize! Please give me a chance to make up for my mistakes and stay at the manor for a drink."
Walk."
Ouyang Xun was often looked down upon when he was an official in the court because of his ugly appearance and family circumstances.
He was not a good dancer, so his situation was quite unsatisfactory. In his later years, he was directly disliked by Li Shimin because he chose the wrong side.
After Yu Shinan died in the tenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin lamented that no one could discuss calligraphy. He did not even think of Ouyang Xun, who was as famous as Yu Shinan's calligraphy. Instead, he directly promoted Chu Suiliang, who was still unknown at the time. How unpopular he was with Li Shimin.
It's obvious.
Because of his low emotional intelligence and low self-esteem, he often offended high-ranking officials and dignitaries - historical records record that he offended two dignitaries, including Changsun Wuji and Xiao Yu.
But at this moment, Xiao Yu's prospective granddaughter-in-law in front of her looked extremely excited to see him. Weird, weird!
Of course, this is just Ouyang Xun's middle-aged slave who finds it strange. Ouyang Xun himself has no feeling.
If he was someone who could think of so many things, he wouldn't have offended Xiao Yu by writing a poem to ridicule him because he followed Li Shimin on a hunt but got nothing.
What do you think it has to do with him? What is Xiao Yu’s life experience and yours? Is it your turn to ridicule them? The following reasons are so nonsensical.
So with his emotional intelligence, how can he be successful in officialdom?
But as the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. Lin Wanwan, who is already charming, warmly greeted her at this time. There are not many people in the world who can face such a smiling face and put on a bad face.
Ouyang Xun also got into trouble with someone that day, so he went out to go fishing to relax in anger, and he rode on horseback to a place far away from Chang'an.
Because I saw that this place was much quieter and cleaner than elsewhere, I stopped and entered Lin Wanwan's territory without thinking.
It's just that Ouyang Xun is not good at socializing and has a dull personality, and because of the time and space gate, Lin Wanwan doesn't look like a twenty-nine girl, so he is even more lazy to talk to her.
At the moment, she turned a deaf ear to her invitation.
Lin Wanwan is not discouraged. It is a rare opportunity to meet a "national treasure" by chance. The probability is comparable to the lottery jackpot. This slight neglect is nothing!
She rolled her eyes and had an idea in her mind. She turned to look at the weeds on the side and leaned over to pull them out regardless of the mess. Although the three servants Hongyan, Jiyue and Kunlun who were following her didn't know she wanted to,
But I also followed her for a while.
"Kunlun, give me the hammer in your hand." The skull-crushing hammer is a weapon Lin Wanwan specially bought from modern times for Kunlun to use. This gravity type is very suitable for a strongman like Kunlun.
"Well." Kunlun handed over his treasure without saying a word.
Lin Wanwan took it and smashed it against the piles of weeds. Then she took a piece of pastry from the cloth bag Hongyan was carrying, crumbled it, mixed it in, and threw it into the river.
Ouyang Xun finally couldn't help but speak: "Wuna, what are you making trouble for?"
Lin Wanwan smiled sweetly and explained: "To tell you what, I'm not causing trouble. I'm helping you build a nest, so I can quickly lure the fish to the bait."
"Make a nest?" Ouyang Xun frowned, what is this?
What a coincidence, you say. Xiao Chong has a hobby of fishing. He often takes time off from work to fish, and he also fished in the pond dug by Lin Wanwan in Linjiazhuang several times. She learned something by the way, and she just used it to show her courtesy.
I don’t know if Lin Wanwan was lucky, but shortly after she made her nest, a fish caught the bait on Ouyang Xun’s fishing rod.
Although it was only a small river crucian carp, it was already an unexpected surprise for Ouyang Xun, who had not caught anything after fishing all morning.
Ouyang Xun calmly caught the fish from the hook. After watching it for a while, he found that the crucian carp in the river was full of fish roe. Finally, he threw it back into the river and chose to release it.
Lin Wanwan pretended to be confused and exclaimed: "Uncle, why did you throw away such a big fish?"
"How can I eat it with thousands of fish roe in my belly?" Ouyang Xun was actually a little interested in Lin Wanwan's "nesting" behavior just now, which he didn't know was just bad luck, so he started to talk to her.
It's good if you can speak. Lin Wanwan immediately hit the snake and put it on the stick. While ordering Jiyue to go back to get a small bench and corn (that is, millet) and other bait, she helped Ouyang Xun in a very stupid way.
Finally, he successfully assisted Ouyang Xun in catching a big snakehead fish by making a nest with the newly brought bait.
Then Mr. Ouyang Xun was abducted back home by Lin Wanwan and became a guest.