"Mr. Shui Jing..." Mi Yan pondered for a moment, "I have heard a little bit about it, so you can try it."

Xun Yu nodded: "Then I will set out to find him tomorrow morning."

"So soon?" Mi Yan sighed, "After all, I can rest for the next six days. I thought I could stay with Wen Ruo, but Wen Ruo didn't plan to accompany me."

Xun Yu:  …

He looked at this person helplessly, and couldn't figure out how some people could be so thick-skinned and say all kinds of shameful things.

It's not just him here, there's Zhou Ci too!

Just thinking about it, Zhou Ci retreated wisely.

Xun Yu had no choice but to say, "Then I'll wait for Zisu to return to court before going."

He didn't struggle anymore, anyway, he couldn't beat this person every time.

Just like this afternoon, he obviously didn't want to agree, but he still softened his heart after hearing this man's sighs, and ended up being caught by this man in the study like this.

Let him concentrate on working in the study in the future!

So for the next few days, both of them stayed in the mansion.Trim the route about the future, or read a book, play around.It seems that the combination of work and rest is really useful, and Mi Ren is full of energy and radiance every day.

Six days later, Mi Ren returned to the court to deal with government affairs, and Xun Yu got into a carriage and went to Yangdi, Yingchuan.

After driving for many days, we finally arrived at our destination.

When approaching Mr. Shui Jing's manor, Xun Yu got out of the carriage, went to the edge of the field and asked the farmers who were working in it: "This Tian Gong, dare to ask which road can lead to Mr. Shui Jing's mansion?"

"Mr. Shui Jing," the farmer who was weeding in the field turned his head to look at him, "Just go straight to the end of this road. What do you want him for?"

Although he called Xun Yu "son", his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, and he did not have the sincerity and fear of ordinary peasants towards gentry.

Xun Yu took a careful look at him.

Seeing that this man was about 40 years old, although he was wearing coarse linen clothes, his hands and feet were covered with mud, but he had a restrained demeanor all over his body, and he had a guess in his mind.

He made a salute: "My surname is Xun and my name is Yu. I am originally from Yingchuan Yin County. I would like to meet Mr. Shui Jing."

"Mr. Xun can see it." Sima Hui smiled, "You are looking for the old man."

He had heard the name Xun Yu before. The next generation of the Eight Dragons of the Xun family is also a follower of the current national teacher Mi Ren.Not long ago, this young man led the migration of the Xun family in Yingchuan, and persuaded several young people to go to Jingluo to join the Mi Guoshi.

As for the national teacher Mi Ren, he doesn't know much about it, and many past events in Jingluo are also somewhat distorted when they are transmitted to Yingchuan.However, judging from this person's words, deeds and deeds, he is definitely comparable to Li Si.

In any case, these have nothing to do with him as an old farmer.

Sima Hui said: "There are a lot of miscellaneous tasks in the field, forgive me for being rude. What is the purpose of Mr. Xun coming here this time?"

He didn't seem to plan to go back to the mansion to meet the guests, but only planned to listen to Xun Yu's words in the fields.

Xun Yu didn't care too much, and just respectfully said: "I heard that Mr. Shui Jing has mastered the ancient and modern times and has extraordinary attainments. I would like to invite Mr. Shui Jing to come out of the mountain."

"I can't do it." Sima Hui waved his hands full of mud, "I'm just a loafer in the mountains and can't be reused."

Xun Yu looked at his appearance and saw that his refusal did not seem to be false, so he asked, "Since you have the ability to rule the world, why don't you want to go out to benefit the world, but live in seclusion here?"

Sima Hui laughed when he heard the words, and replied: "In the past, Bocheng would rather farm than be a prince; Yuan Xian would rather live in a thatched hut in a grassy marsh than in an official residence. Not everyone in this world wants to be Jiang Taigong. Hermits like Xu You and Chaofu." [1]

This was already very clear, so Xun Yu didn't say any more, but pointed to a handful of grass in his hand and said, "What is this that Mister pulled out?"

Mr. Shui Jing looked down at the weeds planted from the field, "Oh, this, this is barnyard grass, which looks very similar to rice. If you don't pull it out, the rice will not have ears."

Seeing Xun Yu nodding his head to express his understanding, Mr. Shui Jing said: "Young Master Xun, let's go back. I am old and I am very satisfied with my life now, and I don't want to travel around."

After the words, go back and continue to weed.

He thought Xun Yu would retreat, but after waiting for a while, what he heard was rustling in the fields.Looking back, Xun Yu actually rolled up his sleeves, took off his shoes and socks and followed him down to the field.

Sima Hui was stunned: "Mr. Xun, what are you doing?"

Xun Yu smiled and said, "Learn from Mr., and experience the joy of farming."

"Here," Sima Hui was at a loss for words for a while, before he could hold back a sentence, "...well, this barnyard grass looks very similar to autumn rice, so please don't make any mistakes, my lord..."

"Don't worry, sir," Xun Yu buried his head in careful identification, pulled out a barnyard weed, and replied, "You don't have to."

He is a careful person, although he pulls very slowly, there is nothing wrong with it.Sima Hui looked at it for a while, and thought that Mr. Xun's thin skin and tender flesh would not be able to bear the hardships of farming, so he let him go.

At dusk on the western mountain, Sima Hui didn't say anything, but asked Xun Yu to go back quickly and change his clothes.

He thought that after working for half a day, Xun Yu, who was sore all over his body, would definitely retreat in spite of the difficulties.Never thought that when he came to the edge of the field the next day, Xun Yu was already waiting here.

He even greeted him: "Morning sir, are you still weeding this mu of fields today?"

Sima Hui: "..."

For the next four days, Xun Yu and his attendants followed Sima Hui to pull out the weeds in the three-acre field.

If so much farm work is done by one person, it will take at least seven days.Sima Hui was very grateful and asked Xun Yu to go to his village to rest for a while.

Sima Hui was born in a noble family. Although it is now in decline, Zhuangzi is still made of wood and stone, and it is very clean.A few peach trees were planted around, and a row of chrysanthemums were planted outside the fence, but the flowering season had just passed and it had already decayed.

Sima Hui ushered Xun Yu into the living room, handed him tea cake soup, and said in shame, "My mansion is so shabby, I made Wen Ruo laugh at it."

Yes, after a few days of farming, their friendship has grown a lot, and Sima Hui has completely changed his view of this young gentry.

——When you are rejected, you are neither arrogant nor impetuous, but calmly think about the solution.Don't give up easily, even if he knows that he has a purpose, it is difficult to refuse his kindness.

Such a young man, no wonder He Yong called him "the talent of Wang Zuo"!

Xun Yu took a sip of tea soup with a smile: "You are welcome."

He didn't think it before, but after he got used to drinking Longjing tea, he realized that the taste of the brewed tea soup was really weird, and he couldn't get used to it at all.

He took a few sips politely, and then put down the tea bowl: "Sir, can I have a look at your collection of books?"

Due to the decline of the family, there are not enough rooms in the house, and now this living room is also Sima Hui's study.Scrolls of scriptures made of wooden slips are neatly stacked on the bookshelves against the wall, extremely bright and free from dust.

Obviously, its owner cherishes these books.

Sima Hui agreed, "Okay."

Xun Yu got up, went to the bookshelf and took a scroll of wooden slips.Opening it carefully, he saw the text written on it, which he didn't quite understand, it was an ancient scripture.

"Guwenjing" refers to the Confucian classics left before the unification of the Qin Dynasty. These old books were written in the scripts of many countries at that time, and the content of the chapters is mostly the same as the popular official script "Jinwenjing" different.

Those who are still studying these things today are all great Confucians.

Xun Yu generously admitted: "Sir, I don't understand this scripture, can you explain it to me?"

There was a little joy on Sima Hui's face: "Okay!"

He walked to Xun Yu's side, and quickly explained the content of this volume of scriptures for him.

Xun Yu said a few words after listening to his thoughts, and Sima Hui's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he praised: "If you are talented in literature, if you can devote yourself to the study of ancient Chinese scriptures, you will definitely become a master in this respect."

He obviously loved talents, and took a few volumes of scriptures from the bookshelf to explain to Xun Yu. When someone expressed his opinion, he praised him.

The more he looked at Xun Yu, the more he fell in love with him, and he even wanted to accept him as a closed disciple and pass on all his housekeeping skills to him.

"The books you read are all ancient Chinese classics, not the popular popular classics today. Although you have the joy of farming here, there is no one around you who can share your strengths." Xun Yu looked at him, " Working alone behind closed doors is actually very lonely, right?"

Hearing this, Sima Hui's eyes froze with joy.He wanted to say negative words, but he didn't, because what Xun Yu said hit the nail on the head, and he really felt lonely because of it.

Even if he doesn't want to make friends with powerful people, even if he can get the fun of farming.But occasionally when he is free, he thinks of a certain exquisite sentence in the ancient scriptures, and when he looks around, no one can understand his happiness.

He had no choice but to tell the crops in the field, the fish, insects, birds and animals, and himself.

Xun Yu slowly rolled up the ancient book in his hand and put it back on the shelf: "Let's go to Xuzhou and have a look, Mr. Shui Jing."

"Farming is fun, but it's extremely difficult. You also said in the past few days that if it weren't for these farm tools promoted by Mi Guoshi, you and your family would have to spend more time working in the fields." Xun Yu said, "That's the case, Why not go to Qu County to see the local busy farming.”

"You are a hermit, you must know the truth of hiding in the wild and hiding in the world."

He smiled slightly.

Obviously, he has won this game.

"Mr. Zheng Xuan, the dean of the Confucian Classics Academy, is a great scholar who knows everything about the past and the present. You must have heard his name, and you know that his attainments in ancient scriptures are not inferior to yours. You don't want to talk about scriptures and Taoism with him, listen to him. His opinion of these ancient scriptures?"

Three days later, Xun Yu set off for Jingluo.

He succeeded in persuading Sima Hui to teach in Zheng Xuan's academy, but he had to wait a little longer until his batch of autumn rice matured.

It was agreed that in late September, someone would be sent to harvest waterways for Sima Hui and send their family to Qu County, and Xun Yu got into the carriage.

He wanted to tell Mi Ren the good news himself, but when he arrived in Jingluo, he heard the bad news first.

——The emperor set up an army of [-] people in the West Garden, and set up eight school lieutenants, who directly obeyed his orders.When the army is formed, the first battle is to go to the states to quell the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army who caused chaos.

Among the eight lieutenants, Jian Shuo, Lieutenant of the Upper Military Academy, Lieutenant Bao Hong of the Lower Military Academy, Feng Fang, Lieutenant of the Right Xiaojun of the Assistant Army, and Xia Mou, Lieutenant of the Left Xiaoxiao, have already served.

Without exception, all are officials from Shangshutai.

As for the remaining four seats, no one is qualified for the time being, but even Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others who resigned because they did not want to pay the palace repair money, all received the edict of appointment.

It can be seen that on the surface, he may be a force that wants to divide He Jin, but behind the scenes, he is actually an influence that restrains Mi Yi.

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