This questioning really made all the officials and officials outside the pavilion stunned and speechless.

Even Cai Yong had no choice but to hand over his hand and accuse him: "It's not that I, Uncle Cai, dare to do it, but I don't dare to do it. In fact, I think that I am already forty-seven years old, decrepit, and childless. The so-called uniqueness...

…”

"It would be even more ridiculous and sad to cry because of this!" Gongsun Xun became angry and became more and more angry. "I just ask you, when you, Cai Bojie, were crying, did you ever glance at Mr. Qiao who was sitting next to you?

?!"

Everyone looked at Qiao Xuan, only to see Qiao Xuan sitting calmly aside, his expression unchanged, just stroking his beard slightly... But everyone reacted with something in their clothes.

"Cai Gong!" Gongsun Xun continued to scold loudly. "You said that you are old and decrepit and everything is unbearable... I ask you what exactly is unbearable?"

"I..." Cai Yong was speechless.

However, before Cai Yong could reply, Gongsun Xun took the initiative to ask and answer his own questions: "In terms of punishment and denigration, don't you know that Mr. Qiao also once served as a Cheng Dan? And you only did it once, while Mr. Qiao rose and fell three times.

!As for children, don’t you know that Mr. Qiao still has a young son at the age of sixty? You are only forty-seven years old, you have enough concubines at home, and you already have a daughter. After working so hard for thirteen years, who knows what will happen in the future?

Having both children? As for being old and decrepit, it’s even more ridiculous!”

After saying this, Gongsun Xun stopped looking at Cai Yong, who was blushing. Instead, he turned his head to the various ministers with sad faces behind him. The famous scholar said: "Look at Mr. Qiao.

He is nearly seventy years old, but he is still the foundation of the imperial court and the backbone of the scholars. No matter how bad the situation is, I have never seen him show the slightest sadness... Now this Cai Bojie is only forty-seven years old, and he is here sighing.

Tears are streaming down my face! It’s fine if you don’t learn from Qiao Gong and don’t change his face, but why do you keep crying with a person like Cai Bojie?! I said at Cai’s house that day that the more serious the situation becomes,

It’s difficult, but we have to strive for self-improvement and work hard! Is it because I’m young, so you just ignore these principles?!”

After saying this, others didn't care, but Cai Bojie behind him repeatedly handed over his words, claiming that he was wrong.

Hearing this, Gongsun Xun quickly changed his expression. He turned around and helped the other party up, then picked up the scarf on the ground and wrapped it with his own hands, covering the half-bald head of the other party. Then he joined hands and explained:

"It's not that I look down on Mr. Cai, nor am I deliberately arrogant. It's just that I have been taught by my widowed mother since I was a child that I should not give up easily. She has had many... many words of encouragement. Mr. Cai, although this willow branch is a

It is a dead branch, but if you insert it into the soil, who can know that it will not sprout new shoots and eventually become a giant tree in the sky?"

Cai Yongyang sighed: "I didn't expect that today I met Wen Qi's full of ambition again! If we talk about the indomitable solar terms, then of course half of the world's solar terms belong to Qiao Gong; and if we talk about this unremitting ambition of self-improvement, I'm afraid it is also

Half of the world’s ambitions are dedicated to Wen Qi!”

After saying that, the two of them joined hands to insert the dead branch into the river beside the road. Then, Gongsun Xun called two more Yi Cong guards, saying that they were from Yanmen Wuzhou and happened to be returning home. He asked them to escort a group of people along the way.

Two... and shook hands and whispered in private that if there was any inconvenience in Shuofang, the governor Dong Zhuo would not tell him, and the other party would recognize him, but Yanmen Prefect Guo Jian could tell him the name of Gongsun Xun. And if he met a bandit on the road,

If there is a rebel army or something, you might as well flee to Yanmen Pingcheng. If you go there to find a man named Cheng Pu, you can always take shelter for a while.

In fact, when we got here, the farewell ceremony that was interrupted by crying was over, and Gongsun Xun breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to leave and watch.

Unexpectedly, Cai Yong, who was reprimanded in public, refused to let go. I don’t know if he was being petty: “Last time I asked Wen Qi to write a short poem with ambition for me, but you said that you had no ambition in your chest at that time.

, It really can’t be done. Today, you are so ambitious that you have taught me so much that I feel ashamed. You are obviously full of ambition, so why don’t you have any poems?"

Gongsun Xun's scalp was numb, so he could only try to explain: "My mother often said that poetry, prose, and poetry are all trivial matters. If you can't do it when you are away from home, don't do it..."

However, no matter how hard it was, Cai Bojie was unwilling to let go. Gongsun Xun was forced to do nothing, so he could only turn to look at Qiao Xuan, asking him to help him because he had praised him for so long. However, as the person with the highest status here,

Mr. Qiao Xuan Qiao, from the beginning to the end, his expression was as expressionless as a wooden sculpture. He didn't even look at him... How could he have the slightest intention of helping?

So, in desperation, Gongsun Xun had no choice but to nod: "There is only one unknown old poem, which was written by someone else in the past, but it was also used to suit the occasion..."

"No matter what, please come and chant to help me!" Cai Bozhe puffed up his nose, folded his sleeves with his hands, and looked forward to it.

Gongsun Xun raised his head and sighed: "Listen up, Mr. Cai... The yellow clouds are thousands of miles away and the sun is shining brightly. The north wind is blowing the wild geese and the snow is falling. Don't worry about the road ahead without any friends. Who in the world doesn't know you?"

In other words, Gongsun Xun was a little perfunctory when he recited this poem at first, but by the end of it, he couldn't help but feel a huge lump in his chest.

After finishing the poem, the surrounding officials and celebrities were silent and thinking. Even Qiao Xuan couldn't help but look at Gongsun Xun slightly before continuing to sit with his eyelids drooped.

"Thank you very much Wenqi!" Cai Yong thought about it again and again, and suddenly bowed and bowed to him. "Today Wenqi's ambition has been conveyed to my heart from a willow branch and two poems! Dear relatives and friends, today I, Cai Bojie,

I am already satisfied, so there is no need to trouble others to see each other off one by one... Excuse me, gentlemen, let's set off quickly!"

By the way, Cai Yong actually took the initiative to go on the road after listening to a poem?!

How could the escorting officials and officials dare to show off in front of so many distinguished officials? So they started working like domestic servants and actually escorted more than a hundred members of the Cai family along the official road to the north in search of a ferry.

Gongsun Xun was caught in the crowd and watched the other party go away. He breathed a sigh of relief but also had mixed feelings.

"I have admired Gongsun Wenqi for a long time as the White Horse Medalist. The battle with Huoshaobanhan was heart-wrenching. However, when I saw him today, I didn't expect that the doctor was actually both civil and military!" Just when Gongsun Xun was secretly sighing, the man who followed Qiao Xuan before was revealed.

The short young man with big eyes suddenly came over.

Gongsun Xun quickly returned the favor with his hands in hand: "This wise brother has misunderstood. This poem is really not written by me. It is a fragmented poem from the past, just borrowed flowers to indicate..."

"Why are you trying to scare me, Dr. Gongsun?" The man immediately squinted his eyes and smiled. "'Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and white sun', isn't this the scene of Luoyang today? 'North wind blows wild geese and snowfall', isn't it talking about the scenery of Shuofang Border County?

Is it? There is also the saying, 'Who in the world does not know the king'? Who else but Cai Gong can take this sentence seriously? No wonder Cai Gong was full of ambition after hearing these words, and his expression changed from sadness!"

"The scenery in Shuofang is not like this." Gongsun Xun recalled the beautiful scenery of Hetao he had witnessed but couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head.

Before the two men could continue talking, Gongsun Xun suddenly noticed something, and ran out quickly before he could care about the man, and then went straight to Qiao Xuan, who was about to get on the car: "Please stay, Mr. Qiao, I have something to say!"

The man raised his shoulders with a smile and followed back with a meaningless expression.

"Gongsun Wenqi, are you here to see Cai Bozhe off today or are you here to see me?" Qiao Xuan turned around in the car and asked indifferently.

For a person like this, there is no need to talk nonsense, so Gongsun Xun immediately bowed to the end: "Not only to see him off, but also to come to see Mr. Qiao... To be honest with Mr. Qiao, everything is ready now, except that Mr. Qiao is the minister!"

"

Qiao Xuan couldn't help but smile knowingly: "That's it. No wonder you flatter me so much in public today."

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but feel embarrassed: "Just do it based on the situation!"

"But... I am old and frail, and I don't want to be a minister!" After saying that, Qiao Xuan got into the car directly, and then motioned to the servant to drive the car. "Go and find someone else!"

Gongsun Xun stood on the spot stunned.

But at this moment, the short man narrowed his eyes, that is, the young man who went to talk to Gongsun Xun. He had already followed him. Then this man ignored the etiquette and actually got into Qiao Xuan's car.

.

"Mengde, get out and ride!" Following an angry shout from inside the car, Gongsun Xun was even more confused.

————————I am the dividing line between dead branches and leaves——————

"In the first year of Guanghe of Han Dynasty, the famous scholar Cai Yong and his family were demoted to Shuofang. On the eve of Yanwu, he broke willows and kept them in bottles to be given to others the next day. However, the willow branches withered overnight, the leaves fell and the buds withered. Everyone on the left and right thought it was an ominous sign and advised them to

Geng Zhi. Yan Wu said: "The difference between broken willows lies in the heart. If you see a withered branch and break it, you are deceiving yourself and others." He held the dead branch to each other and told the truth. Yong sighed and said: "I am forty years old."

There are seven unique people, and they go to Shuofang with their families under Kun Xing. They are like branches with no leaves or buds. Isn't this not God's will? There should be no corpses left in this trip!" Yan Wu said to him, "What's the need to worry about God's will? People should strengthen themselves, how can they know it?

"A dead branch cannot become a tree?" Yong felt what he meant. He cheered up and walked away. Before leaving, he planted a willow branch by the river, and new buds sprouted overnight. Over the years, the fruit on the riverside has grown into a tree. Over the past hundred years, the tree has grown as beautiful as a crown, and it remains the same.

Still here, there are many miracles. People on both sides of the Cai clan worship him, and they do so at all times. Everyone in the world calls them 'Cai Liu'!" - "Sou Shen Ji"
Chapter completed!