Divine Book Era

Chapter 67 Golden Valley Garden

Liu Xiu frowned slightly, feeling a trace of contempt from the housekeeper.

I couldn't help but smile wryly in my heart, it seems like riding a donkey, it really won't work.

It's like a leader of a country is entertaining guests, but he came on a bicycle. Naturally, he looks down on it and doesn't blame others.

At this time, another guest appeared in the Golden Valley Garden, and this guest came here with high spirits.

This war horse is extremely tall and mighty, and it is the Yunmeng horse from the north.

This guest came on a Yunmeng horse. Seeing Liu Xiu coming on a donkey, he couldn't help but smiled and said: "You are also here to attend the church meeting! Why come on a donkey? If you don't have money, I can give you a gift Thousand-mile horse!"

One is a tall horse and the other is a low donkey.One is an angry horse in fresh clothes, and the other is simply dressed.

Riding a horse is in stark contrast to riding a donkey.

Officials and white clothes, in office and out of office, in contrast, it is extremely dazzling.

Liu Xiu didn't show any embarrassment, but said solemnly: "Donkeys are cheap and easy to raise. And your Excellency, even if you give me a good horse, I can't afford it. If you have a good horse, you need to learn how to ride it." , It’s a pity that I don’t know how to learn riding skills, and I’m too lazy to learn riding skills.”

"Riding a horse is mostly galloping, but donkeys walk slowly. Riding on the donkey's back, you can sleep leisurely and avoid the pain of bumps!"

Liu Xiu said leisurely.

There was no trace of anger or embarrassment in his tone, but only calm, as calm as boiled water.

Since getting bone china, the situation of the family has greatly improved, moving towards the landlord class.It is also economically affordable to buy good horses and raise good horses.

However, Liu Xiu was too lazy to buy it, too lazy to do face-saving projects.

With a good horse, you need to learn riding skills, which is equivalent to taking a driver's license test in ancient times; but you don't need a driver's license to ride a donkey.

Riding a good horse looks tall and powerful, but the road is bumpy and bumpy, and it is not uncomfortable at all; but riding a donkey, you walk slowly and not bumpy at all.

Riding a good horse, you must be careful, so as not to fall off the horse and die, which is an ancient traffic accident; but riding a donkey, even if you fall asleep, you don’t have to worry about a traffic accident.

Now that he is poor and lowly in status, he likes to ride a donkey; when he becomes prosperous and a saint, he still likes to ride a donkey, and it has become a habit in his life.

"Golden Valley Garden is the manor of the Third Prince, all of whom are noble and elegant. Your Excellency likes donkeys, so you can ride them as you like; but it is impolite for the Third Prince to bring donkeys to his banquet guests!" said the guest.

"Donkeys bray like weeping, and horses bray like laughing." Liu Xiu suddenly laughed and said, "In ancient times, a sage had a friend who liked donkey braying. When he was funeral for this friend, the sage was very sad and couldn't help saying: "He Good donkey braying, braying each other, let's send him the last journey!As he spoke, the sage took the lead in imitating the donkey bray.And all the guests also brayed one after another. "

"The third prince is the Jade Prince. Jade is a gentleman, gentle and moist like jade. The beauty of the Golden Valley Garden does not lie in the beauty of the mountains and rivers, nor in the splendor of the manor, but in the virtue of the Jade Prince, who is as virtuous as jade. So what if you come on a horse, but when you come on a donkey." How, not in the beauty of the mount, but in virtue!"

"Great virtues carry things. As long as the virtues are deep, it doesn't matter if you come riding a donkey!"

The guest frowned slightly, cupped his hands after a while and said, "You've been taught!"

Liu Xiu's expression turned serious, if the guests in front of him were looking for various reasons to laugh at him; organizing all kinds of words to refute him is nothing to be afraid of.It's just that the guest in front of him accepted it with an open mind when he heard it was reasonable, which is not easy.

"Your Excellency, how do you address him?" Liu Xiu asked.

"Jing Yun!" said the guest, "I don't know how to call you brother?"

"Liu Xiu from Donglai County!" Liu Xiu said calmly, "The name is Wolong Layman!"

"You are Liu Wudou from Yingzhou!" Jing Yun was slightly surprised: "Yingzhou has ten talents, and you monopolize five. In the Dragon Boat Festival Poetry Festival, Princess Hanyue was the last ink, overwhelming all the heroes. "Bu Suanzi? Yongmei" two The first word can be regarded as the pinnacle of plum blossom poetry. When two poems come out, the poems of plum blossoms are sad between heaven and earth; they also wrote "Qinyuanchun? , turned into a great Confucian treasure..."

Jing Yun looked at Liu Xiu again, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

"Liu Wudou, it's nothing more than flattery!" Liu Xiu said lightly, as if those compliments were not aroused at all, and her heart fluctuated, "There are so many talented people in Yingzhou. And I'm just a scholar, not even Juren!"

"You can't say that, if your talent doesn't match the truth, then it's flattery; if your talent and learning surpasses your fame, it's not flattery!" Jing Yun said, "Your Excellency is only 13 years old, and still young. After a few years, you will definitely be named on the gold list , high school champion!"

At the age of 13, you can marry a wife and take concubines, you can join the army, you can show your talents, and you can attract everyone's admiration. However, in the eyes of most people, 13 years old still belongs to the type with a hairless mouth and insecure affairs.

Gold also needs years of precipitation to bloom its brilliance.

As he spoke, his tone was full of admiration.

And Liu Xiu also responded, but her heart was full of vigilance.

The children of the big family were born in a place of conspiracy and calculation since childhood, and all of them are extremely shrewd and unparalleled in calculation; but Liu Xiu was born in a poor family and has never experienced conspiracy and calculation, so he is much worse than his mind.Might be sold, don't know yet.

And those children from big families, if they shouted to beat and kill, they would not be afraid; if they were afraid, they would be afraid, with a smile on their faces, and their lips were extremely intimate, but they stumbled secretly.In the end, he was cheated to death and thought he was a friend.

With limited wisdom, Liu Xiu often cannot see through these conspiracies and calculations.

However, Liu Xiu thought of a stupid way, one is to quit greed, and the other is to quit timidity.

As long as you are not greedy, as long as you are not afraid, no amount of conspiracy will be of use.Many conspiracies and schemes succeeded in the end, not because the schemes were too clever, but because they were too greedy or fearful.

If there is a flaw in the mind, it is easy to fall into a conspiracy and it is difficult to extricate yourself.

After talking for a while, the two separated.

Under the guidance of the housekeeper, they lived in a courtyard. ?
On the lintel of this courtyard gate, there are three characters of "Natural Residence" written in dragons and phoenixes. It is not a house, but a garden.

After entering the garden, the front of the gate is used as a screened rockery, and behind the stone is a lake. The banks of the winding lake are full of silk-like weeping willows. The willow branches are also much softer, dancing with the wind, with various gestures.

There are all kinds of famous flowers in the courtyard, competing for splendor and beauty. The layout is reasonable, and it looks elegant and delicate.

Entering the room, it is even more luxuriously furnished.

The butler asked: "My dear guest, are you satisfied?"

Liu Xiu said: "White jade is like gold and horses, pearls are like earth and gold is like iron. Naturally, I am extremely satisfied!"

"It is said that Qin Shihuang built the Afang Palace to rule the world, but it was later destroyed. And the prince got a part of the drawings of the Afang Palace and built the Golden Valley Garden!" said the steward.

(End of this chapter)