There is a proverb: "A white head is like new, a top is like old." It means that although some people have known each other for a long time, it is still as if they have known each other for the first time, while some people have just met, but they feel as if they have known each other for a long time.
Du Xi's mood now is the latter.
Liu Jing's thoughts, knowledge, and conversation were nothing like that of a young man. Talking to him was as if Du Xi was communicating with talented people of the same generation.
While chatting, he forgot about the time. Fortunately, someone he knew passed by and reminded him. Du Xi then remembered that the banquet was approaching. In order not to miss the appointment, he had to say goodbye to Liu Jing and agreed to visit again another day. Apparently, he had already decided that Liu Jing was in his heart.
Jing is a person worth dating.
Du Xi came from Yingchuan County, where people gathered together. He had a family worth two thousand shi and had a very high vision. He had been coming south to Changsha for more than a year, and only a few people from Huanjie and Liu Pan were able to treat him differently.
Du Xi was sitting in the car, carefully recalling Liu Jing's "Persuading Farmers". Until now, he still found it incredible. He could only sigh that people like Liu Jing and Wang Can were really talented people given by heaven and could not be cultivated by mortals.
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The cart drove slowly into Liu's Wu and arrived at the door of Liu Pan's house. Du Xi ordered the driver to go to the door and assassinate him. The slaves of the Liu family had already received the message from their masters and led Du Xi directly to the door.
Under the leadership of Liu's prison slaves, Du Xi walked through many courtyards and walked into a bright and spacious hall. At this time, there were more than ten people sitting in the hall, and they were laughing and laughing.
Liu Pan is thirty-four years old this year. He is of medium height, has an elegant face, and has a fine and beautiful beard. Today, when he returned from a break, he took off his high crown and official uniform, put on a silk scarf, a robe, and big sleeves hanging down.
It adds a bit of elegance.
Seeing Du Xi's arrival, Liu Pan stood up to greet him and said, "Mr. Du is here to visit me. I failed to go out to greet you in time. I was rude. I forgive you."
Others in the hall also stood up one after another to greet Du Xi.
Du Xi returned the courtesy one by one and asked, "I was delayed for a while on the way. I wonder if I'm late?"
Liu Pan smiled and said: "Du Jun came at the right time."
Du Xi nodded and was led by the attendants in the hall to Liu Pan. He came from a famous family in Yingchuan and was also a famous scholar in Yingchuan. Even Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, could not make him surrender. He was the object of admiration of the nobles in Changsha, so he
Sitting at the head of Liu Pan, no one had any doubts.
The person who reminded Du Xi on the road just now said: "When I came down, I saw Du Jun chatting with a young man on the side of the road."
Liu Pan and others couldn't help but asked curiously: "Oh? I wonder what's so surprising about that young man?"
Du Xi did not answer directly, but said: "Today I happened to see a poem called "Encouraging Farmers". I liked it very much and wanted to share it with you. I will try to recite it for you."
Then he chanted in Luoyang Zhengyin: "In ancient times, the people were born. They were proud and self-sufficient, embracing simplicity and truth. Wisdom and cleverness are cute, but they have to wait for unreliable causes. Whoever supports them is really thanks to the philosophers."
As the saying goes, "people of the same kind flock together, things are divided into groups." Liu Pan is a famous scholar in Changsha, and the guests at today's banquet are all well-educated people. He soon told three allusions about Jue, the first born of the people, Baopu, and the philosopher, and there are also
A new discovery, wisdom and cleverness, comes from "Han Feizi Yang Quan": "The way of a sage is to get rid of wisdom and cleverness. If wisdom and cleverness are not eliminated, it will be difficult to live normally."
A poem called "Encouraging Farmers" is written in almost every word. Everyone here interpreted every paragraph and every sentence. They became more and more aware of the profound knowledge of the author of this poem and admired it deeply.
Liu Pan thought about it for a long time and asked Du Xidao: "Du Jun, which master wrote this poem?"
Du Xi laughed loudly when he heard this and said, "Why would Mr. Liu Peng abandon the near and seek the far away to ask me?"
Liu Pan was confused, "Could it be someone I know?"
"The author of this poem is Liu Jing and Liu Zhongda, the younger brother of Liu Yujun, whom I met by chance on the road before."
Liu Pan couldn't help but say "ah", with a look of shock on his face, and asked urgently: "Is this true?"
Du Xi smiled and said: "How can this be false?"
"Impossible." Even though Du Xi said it himself, everyone still couldn't believe how a young man could write such a majestic and amazing poem.
Everyone was whispering and discussing.
Liu Pan groaned and said: "So this son is the younger brother of Liu Yuan and Liu Boming."
Everyone in the hall was surprised and said: "Ah, it turns out he is Liu Boming's brother."
Liu Yuan not only won the trust of Cao Huanjie, but also was a younger brother of Liu Pan with good features. He also had outstanding talents and his future was limitless. In fact, before his death, Changsha Prefect Zhang Xian intended to make him his chief registrar.
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Zhubo is a confidant of the prefect. Since its establishment, his status has been continuously improved, and now he can be on par with the great officials in the county such as Gongcao, Wuguanbu, and Postal Supervisor.
Liu Pan continued: "This man traveled to Xiangyang two years ago to study and became a disciple of Song Zhongzi, who was engaged in the Five Classics."
"Zhongzi of the Song Dynasty was a great Confucian scholar in China and was proficient in the words of various schools of thought. This poem may have been written by Zhongzi of the Song Dynasty." Some people speculated this way, and many people responded.
Liu Pan sighed and said: "Well, I am also very busy with official duties and rarely at home. I hardly know much about him. I only heard a little about him from my servants when I came back from Xiumu yesterday.
Not long ago, a guest in his family suffered from swollen feet. His stepmother wanted to expel the guest's family from the house. He couldn't bear to see the guest's family living outside without food and clothing, and they actually farmed for the guest. Two days ago, his neighbor was raped by a thief.
He was falsely accused and arrested. This son signed a pledge in the city and loaned him 20,000 yuan to rescue him."
"Work hard to support customers", "Quality books to save neighbors"
Those sitting looked at each other, speechless for a moment.
They asked themselves that they could not do such a thing. How could such a noble person steal other people's poems? They couldn't help but feel extremely ashamed of their previous suspicions.
Du Xi already knew about the matter of "working hard to support customers" when chatting with Liu Jing, but Liu Jing didn't mention "rescuing neighbors by pledging letters". Du Xi thought highly of him and said to Liu Pan:
"Congratulations to Mr. Liu Yu, your family has a genius like Liu Zhongda. Your family will surely prosper because of him in the future."
"Then let me borrow Du Jun's auspicious words." Liu Pan stroked his beard and laughed, feeling very happy.
With the arrival of Du Xi, the banquet officially began. During the banquet, everyone drank, chatted and laughed. The banquet lasted until sunset.
Liu Pan was a little drunk when he went out to see off the guests. When he was blown by the wind, his mind immediately became clearer. He turned to the prisoner beside him and said, "I wonder if Liu Zhongda has returned home at this time. Go to his house and invite him."
come over."
"No." The prison slave accepted the order and left.
Liu Jing had been prepared for this, so he was not surprised.
As the slaves came to Liu Pan's house, Liu Jing saw Liu Pan leaning on the desk with his forehead on his hands. He bowed and said, "Brother Cong, my dear brother Jing."
Liu Pan looked slightly drunk and said with a smile: "Zhongda, you are here, sit down quickly."
Although the two were of the same generation, they were more than ten years apart and had rarely had the opportunity to interact before. His only impression of Liu Jing was that he was Liu Yuan's younger brother.
As far as Liu Pan knew, Liu Jing was not a precocious child prodigy like his late master Huang Wan or Du Xi's great-grandfather Du An. Before he tied up his hair, he was just a relatively ordinary playful boy with nothing extraordinary.
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Unexpectedly, after two years of studying abroad and receiving guidance from famous teachers, his knowledge would improve so much. At least, it would be extremely difficult for him to compose a poem like "Encouraging Farmers".
Therefore, Situ Wang Yun studied hard when he was young. Every time he met Guo Linzong, a great scholar from the same county, he made great progress, so he was extremely surprised. He praised Wang Yun's academic performance as "a thousand miles forward". The same words must be applied to Liu Jing.
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Liu Pan was really happy that the Liu family of Longqiu could produce such a talented person, but when he thought about the results, his face sank and he complained to Liu Jing:
"Zhongda, why didn't you go to the county to find me when my clan members were unjustly imprisoned? Am I going to turn a blind eye when my clan members are in trouble? That clown who got his grades for nothing makes me so angry!
"Book" says: "It is better to be innocent than to kill innocent people." Confucius said: "If the punishment is not correct, the people will be at a loss." As a thief, Cao Tu, but he is good at joy and anger, or the case is not punished.
, coercing innocent people and causing the people to suffer, the people are not angry enough that these cruel officials do not kill them!"
At the end of the sentence, Liu Pan gritted his teeth and wished he could kill him immediately.
Liu Jing knew that Liu Pan and Ji Ji had always been at odds with each other and had deep grievances. He did not explain more, but followed his words and said, "Ji Ji is a villain. Greedy and ignorant people like him have never been able to die well."
, Brother Cong, why should I see him like a dead person?"