Chapter 279 The Way of Hospitality
There is no special treasure in the box. According to Li Mu's previous life, this thing can be called "Five-year Simulation Three-Year College Entrance Examination" or "Huanggang Secret Scroll". Kong Yingda brought the last imperial examination, which was recorded in the first imperial examination in Chinese history after the founding of the Tang Dynasty and during the Wude period. This imperial examination was responsible for Kong Yingda. All the questions were written by the professor of the Imperial College, and then selected by Kong Yingda and presented to Li Yuan for the final decision.
The thing in this box is a note written by Kong Yingda. There are three books in total. The first one is all the research topics published by professors from the Imperial College, including those that have not been used and used. In addition to the questions, there is also a sample essay written by the professors who set the questions. This was used to explain the ideas of the emperor to the emperor, and it is no different from the best reference for candidates.
The second book mainly introduces the meaning of the scriptures. Although the meaning of the scriptures is mainly memorized by rote memorization, the topics are biased. Confucius and Mencius have many remarks and cover a wide range of aspects, many of which are dialogues. The imperial examination focuses on the so-called great meaning, while some small meanings will hardly appear in the title. This excerpt of this book is Kong Yingda's years of experience, and it can also be regarded as his "lecture plan". After memorizing this book, one of the meanings of the scriptures will be sure to get it.
The third book is a collection of articles by those who were outstanding in the last imperial examination. Although Kong Yingda did things in a regular manner, he also had the benefits of being rigid. He was rigorous and serious. He attached great importance to the first imperial examination he was responsible for, so he privately copied the articles of those who were outstanding in one volume, and now he gave them to Li Mu.
Li Mu was very happy to see these three books. Originally, he was not so serious about the top scorer. He had to take the exam, but he had already made the worst plan and could not be the top scorer. That is, if he lost to Wei Zheng for one thousand taels of gold, it was no big deal. But if he could win, who would want to lose? After all, it was a good thing to ask Wei Zheng to call himself his mentor.
Li Mu had analyzed this before. He was familiar with "Three Hundred Tang Poems" and "Two Hundred Song Poems Selected Song Poems". He also memorized a lot of famous classical Chinese in "Chinese" since childhood. As an orphan, he took the middle school entrance exams in elementary school, high school entrance exams, and high school entrance exams. He usually took the monthly exams every month in school, twice a week in class, mid-term, final exams - the college entrance exams for CET 4, CET 6, computer qualification certificates, etc., and he was also very experienced. At least he was very confident and had more exams experienced by himself than all students combined.
Li Mu was fearless about the exam. The only thing he was worried was that he didn't know what the Tang Dynasty exam was. Now with the "tutoring materials" produced by Kong Yingda, Li Mu was not panicked. Isn't it just to do the questions? It's too simple. You should know that the college entrance examination in the previous life was a comprehensive Chinese language, mathematics and English. The "college entrance examination" in the Tang Dynasty only took one Chinese language. If you don't understand the exam, you will be sorry for the night I spent in the previous life.
Wei Zheng also saw what was in the box, but he didn't say anything. Although Kong Yingda was a Shandong gentry, he was a descendant of Confucius. He had a transcendent status and the officials in the court were all against him without hesitation. He called him Lao Kong, who was neither big nor small. When others saw Kong Yingda, who wouldn't call him Confucius's sacrificial wine? Confucius?
Li Mu happily took the box, called the waiter to order the food to serve.
During the Tang Dynasty, the meal system was implemented in separate meals. The meal system only appeared in civilian homes or lower-level places like the "soup and cake shop". There were almost no high-gate houses in Li Mu's mansion that had been combined for meals. This is also something that Li Mu was criticized. People who looked down on him believed that as a marquis of the Tang Dynasty, he was still so unruly. He was indeed a rural villager and could not be put on the table.
Li Mu likes this kind of scene where everyone gathers at a table and is happy. He doesn't care what others say, and does what they do. However, when he is having a banquet, he still has to take care of the guests' feelings. Therefore, after the opening of the Heavenly World, Li Mu often comes to the Heavenly World. He can have a meal here and a separate meal, which saves a lot of trouble.
If there were no old men Wei Zheng and Kong Yingda today, they would have had a meal together. However, when they came, they would not be able to sit on the same table with a group of juniors, so they had to change the meals temporarily.
Li Mu greeted the private room in heaven and earth in advance, but the specific arrangement was handled by Wang Ou. She had arrived early and had nothing to do, so she showed the hostess' sense of responsibility and arranged the table today.
Eunuch Chen observed his words and expressions. If he had known that Li Mu and Wang Ou had a different relationship, he would naturally not dare to disobey her words.
Today, there were four private rooms, one from Zhangjiazhai, one from the Marquis' Mansion, one from the female family, and one from the hospitality of foreign guests. The dishes in each private room were slightly different, such as the private room where the people from Zhangjiazhai were, with big fish and meat. The private room where the female family was located was relatively light and delicate, and it was obvious that Wang Ou had put some thoughts on it.
The private room where Li Mu is located is for entertaining foreign guests, Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda, Changsun Chong, Li Tai, Tang Guan and Wang Pu are all in this private room.
For the sake of Wei Zheng's gift, Li Mu specially asked the waiter to add a bowl of vinegar celery. It is the middle of winter and celery is very rare. There are some in the entire Chang'an City, and only the cellars in the heavens and earth, and they can't be found anywhere else. Just this bowl of vinegar celery costs five cents of money. Not to mention Wei Zheng, even Changsun Wuji, you have to consider it if you want to eat it.
If you want to say that the vinegar celery is prepared in heaven and earth, it is also thanks to Wei Zheng. Last time when he fought with Wei Zheng, Li Mu bought all the celery in Chang'an to disgust him, which caused the price of celery in Chang'an to soar, and spent a lot of money, so that Wei Zheng could not afford it. Wei Zheng really couldn't afford it, because he was fined afterwards, not to mention vegetables or steamed buns. If there was no money that Wei Yingluo had taken back, he would almost have to stop eating it now.
Li Mu asked the waiter to bring vinegar qin, pretending to be casual, but secretly looked at Wei Zheng. He had only heard that Wei Zheng liked vinegar qin, but had never seen Wei Zheng jealous. He wanted to know if it was as rumored.
He saw it today, and the rumors were not false at all.
When the waiter probably walked to the stairs, Wei Zheng sniffed twice. Li Mu almost laughed out loud, held back, and talked to Li Tai next to him, but his eyes kept aiming. When the waiter walked to the door, Wei Zheng had already looked at the door, as if he was expecting something, looking like he couldn't believe it. The waiter opened the door and came in with Viagra. Wei Zheng actually stood up and left the table and headed straight for Viagra.
"Is there celery at this time?" Wei Zheng was surprised and stared at the vinegar celery in the bowl, his eyes straightened.
Li Mu waved and said, "Come on, come here, I won't share this five-ton chunk of vinegar celery with everyone, I will eat it myself."
As soon as this statement was spoken, everyone knew that Li Mu did it on purpose and couldn't help laughing.
Wei Zheng also knew that Li Mu did it on purpose, but he really wanted to be jealous of celery. Calculate the days, he hadn't smelled celery for almost two months. It would be fine if he didn't smell it, but he couldn't eat it. He felt so uncomfortable in his heart.
Seeing that the waiter was about to pass by and brought vinegar to Li Mu's table, Wei Zheng couldn't help it. He reached out and took the bowl from the waiter's bowl and placed it on his table.
"Old Wei, why did you even get it? This bowl of food is not for you. I ordered sheep elbow for you. How delicious is sheep elbow-"
"I'll change with you." Wei Zheng put chopsticks into his mouth, and the taste burst out when the vinegar celery was in his mouth. Wei Zheng felt comfortable, and the refreshing feeling spread to his limbs and bones, which made people feel as if they were floating like immortals.
"As for it..." Li Mu looked at Wei Zheng's expression, it was really hard to understand. Is this vinegar celery so delicious?
"Come on, come on, one bowl for each person!" Li Mu waved his hand and asked the waiter to give a few more bowls. Everyone waved their hands quickly, and Li Tai said, "Brother, don't bother, we don't love that smell."
"If you don't eat, I have to try it. Is it so delicious..." Everyone didn't eat it, so Li Mu asked the waiter to bring another bowl. This time Wei Zheng didn't snatch it. He had not finished his bowl yet. He ate very slowly, one small bite after another, which reminded Li Mu of the orphanage when he was a child. Occasionally, kind-hearted people sent some eggs. The children were divided into half of each one, and they couldn't bear to eat it. They had to wait until the bowl of rice was eaten up and then ate the half egg in one bite. Wei Zheng looked like he was eating that half egg.
It was the first time that Li Mu saw the true face of the dish Vinaigrette. He originally thought that Vinaigrette was a cold dish, but otherwise, Vinaigrette was a soup dish. It was cooked with fermented celery and mixed with five flavors.
Li Mu picked up the spoon and didn't want to eat it before he could finish his mouth. He had eaten spinach soup, cabbage soup, and radish soup. The celery soup was still fermented, and he didn't dare to put it in. Li Mu looked at Wei Zheng again, and he still looked comfortable. He was cruel and cruel. He put down the spoon, picked up the chopsticks, picked up one and stuffed it into his mouth.
"puff……"
A strange smell hit my mind, and Li Mu vomited instantly.
"What the hell is this! This is also something that humans eat?"
The waiter was so scared that his face was pale and explained repeatedly: "Mr. Marquis, this bowl is made by the same chef, and the taste should be the same."
Li Tai smiled and said, "Brother, this is the taste of vinegar celery, which is a bit weird."
Li Mu threw away the chopsticks and said, "I can't eat this thing, throw it away!"
"Don't throw it away!" Wei Zheng heard this sentence with real heart. He stood up and came to Li Mu's table, and snatched away the vinegar celery: "What a pity I'll give it away, I'll help you eat it."
Li Mu gritted his teeth: "Old Wei, you are so embarrassed. You have eaten inside and outside and I have paid ten cents of money. Can you get ten cents of money after buying your broken house?"
Wei Zheng returned to his seat and sat down, took a sip of the soup, and still looked like he was smoking a big smoke: "Marquis Zhulu, don't get angry, this is not a way to entertain guests."
"You are so thick-skinned..." Li Mu laughed furiously, called the waiter over and said, "Do it again, let him have another bowl after he finishes eating. Today I will vomit him! I'll see how much he can eat!"
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Chapter completed!