The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 22 Punctuation
Mrs. Wang was also a little puzzled by Xuan Lindao's words, and immediately asked: "You have already joined the Li family, and Shiqing also has the surname Li, why did you change it back?"

Xuan Lindao wanted to change Li Shiqing's surname back, and Wang's heart was naturally willing, after all, he was the blood of the Xuan family.

"This..." Xuan Lindao just lowered his head, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that Xuan Lindao was silent, Mrs. Wang lowered her head, smiled, and called Xuan Shijing over: "Shijing, come here."

Xuan Shijing heard Wang calling her, so she got up and walked to Wang's side: "Mother."

Wang patted Xuan Shijing on the shoulder, and his eyes fell on Xuan Lindao: "You want Shiqing to return to the family tree, and Jing'er is now the head of the Xuan family. You have to ask his opinion on this matter."

"Shijing..." Xuan Lindao looked at Xuan Shijing expectantly.

It turned out that this was Xuan Lindao, his nominal cousin, Xuan Shijing was extremely disappointed in his heart, timid, fearful, and his adopted son would not teach him, this was Xuan Shijing's first impression of Xuan Lindao.

Xuan Lindao wants Li Shiqing to return to the genealogy, Xuan Shijing really needs to think about it carefully, he has met Li Shiqing before, he is young, arrogant and domineering, although young age is still very plastic, but Xuan Shijing has no time He put all his energy and energy on Li Shiqing. Ever since he found out that Xuanweihou's mansion was poor, he put all his thoughts on how to make money in Datang, so as not to make people doubt his own affairs.

"This matter is important. I have to think about it carefully. It's getting late today, so let's go here first for ancestor worship." Xuan Shijing said: "Mother, I'm going back to the study first. Let Longer bring me dinner." Just go to the study." After speaking, he turned and went out alone, but was stopped by Mrs. Li at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

"Presumably this is the young master Xuanwei." Seeing that Xuan Shijing was only four years old, in her subconscious mind, Li Shi was just a child: "It's been so long since we've been here. How about Master Hou, why haven't you seen Master Hou come to visit your cousins ​​and aunts?"

Xuan Shijing felt a little funny in her heart. This cousin of hers really competed with those ordinary citizens in later generations. Although she felt that there was no need to be angry in her heart, she still had a look of displeasure on her face: "Oh? Cousin? I don't know Cousin What is the purpose of stopping Benhou here, Benhou remembers that when my uncle and aunt's family were in Shanxi, they had a lot of resentment towards my mother."

Hearing this, Mrs. Li couldn't hold back, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Nephew, what's the matter, the previous things are over, why are you talking about it?"

"That's right, the past is the past, so, cousin, make room for a moment, the Marquis is going back to the room." Xuan Shijing walked past Li Shi and returned to the study with a straight face.

Not long after Xuan Shijing left, someone ran to the gate of the ancestral hall to look for Zhong Zisuo, saying that His Majesty had arrived, Zhong Zisuo hurried into the ancestral hall to tell Wang.

"Your Majesty is here~~" As the servants sang, Li Shimin, dressed in white clothes and a black gauze scholar's hat, walked in with fast pace, and the two servants followed behind him. He stayed at the gate of the Hou Mansion.

Wang Shi and others hurried forward to salute.

"I have seen Your Majesty before."

Li Shimin raised his hand and said: "There is no need to be too polite, I am not the emperor today, but I just want to pay homage to Mingde as a friend."

"Yes." Mrs. Wang replied, stood up and moved out of the way.

Li Shimin cast a sideways glance at Xuan Lindao and his wife who were kneeling beside him, and walked into the ancestral hall without saying anything.

Xuan Lindao and his wife came to Chang'an to live in the Hou Mansion, wouldn't Li Shimin not know?Li Shimin vaguely knew some inside information about some things in Erxian Village back then, and he didn't like it in his heart, but this is the family affairs of the Hou Mansion after all, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to intervene, otherwise what the two did in Erxian Village back then would Li Shimin will not let it go, after all, he is the widow of Paoze who is close to him, how can he be bullied.

Li Shimin entered the ancestral hall, sent out the two servants around him, and stayed alone in the ancestral hall, sitting on the futon just like that, looking at Xuan Mingde's spiritual tablet.

Because Li Shimin is still in the ancestral hall, people outside naturally have to stand outside the ancestral hall to accompany him. When Xuan Lindao and Li saw that His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty came to worship Xuan Mingde in person, the idea of ​​letting Li Shiqing recognize his ancestor and return to his ancestor was even more important. Much eagerly.

After a long time, Li Shimin came out of the ancestral hall, looking a little tired, and looked at Wang: "Where's Jing'er?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Jing'er is in the study, I'll let someone call him here." Wang said.

Li Shimin waved his hand: "No need, I just go there once. The study here is the place where I stayed the longest. Thinking about it, I really miss it." Go to the study.

Xuan Shijing in the study was concentrating on his earning business. Hearing the sound of the door being opened, he looked up and saw Li Shimin walking in with two servants, and quickly got up to respond.

"I don't know His Majesty is here, so I'm far away to welcome you. I hope Your Majesty will make amends." Xuan Shijing walked up to Li Shimin and bowed in salute.Having been in the Tang Dynasty for such a long time, I may still have a little understanding of other things, but Xuan Shijing has never lacked in etiquette under Wang's teaching.

"Jing'er, you don't need to be too polite. Today I came to worship your father. I heard your mother say that you are in the study, and I miss you a little. You know, this study used to be mine." Li Shimin said with a smile, crossing Xuan Shijing walked to the desk and found Xuan Shijing's "Spring and Autumn" in front of the desk, with a look of surprise on his face: "Jing'er is reading "Spring and Autumn"?"

"I had nothing to do, so I looked through it." Xuan Shijing replied.

Li Shimin flipped through this university, but found that there were some dots and circles between the sentences in the book. He just thought that Xuan Shijing was writing and drawing in the book when he was free, but after reading the whole article, he found that The whole book is drawn like this.

"Jing'er, what do you draw in the book?" Li Shimin turned a page and faced Xuan Shijing.

"Um...Your Majesty, that's the mark made by the minister, which is used to punctuate sentences. All the books in this study, which the minister has read, have this mark."

"Sentences?" Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "Come and explain these symbols to me."

Xuan Shijing stepped forward and pointed to the symbols on the book and said: "Your Majesty, look at this solid one with a small tail. It is called a comma. This means that the whole sentence is not finished. It is used to break a sentence. This small A circle is called a full stop, which means the end of a sentence, and this point is a comma, which is the same as a comma, and it also indicates a pause in a sentence, and is mostly used for word breaks." Xuan Shijing turned two pages and found an exclamation mark. Mark, point to it and say: "This is an exclamation mark, which is used to express the exclamation of the sentence."

He picked some of the most commonly used punctuation marks for His Majesty Li Er and explained them. Seeing that His Majesty Li Er was thinking seriously, Xuan Shijing stood aside quietly.

According to Xuan Shijing's explanation, Li Shimin gambled for two pages, and found that the sentences are usually incomparable, and the cadence is more obvious. He said in surprise: "Shijing, your punctuation is a good thing."

The enlightenment of young children, what Mr. taught in the school, is the sentence sentence first. Now with this punctuation mark, the students no longer have to suffer from the sentence sentence. The meaning of a sentence, if the sentence is wrong, the meaning will be It's completely different. If this punctuation becomes popular, how many students in the world will benefit from it. Li Shimin is a little excited when he thinks about it.

"Jing'er, I will take this book back first, and I will give you a task to sort out all the punctuation marks you mentioned, compile them into a book, and then hand them over to me." Li Shimin looked at Xuan Shijing burningly .

Xuan Shijing nodded, then rolled his eyes, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, is there any reward?"

Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, and knocked the book in his hand on the table: "You boy, it's a good thing to learn, let you say it so vulgarly, it can be regarded as a good thing to educate the people, you You came to ask me for a reward, if you weren't young, I really wanted to beat you up to relieve my anger, and I didn't inherit your father's demeanor at all."

Xuan Shijing curled her lips. In Datang, this could be regarded as a patent. I worked hard to make a set of punctuation marks, but in the end I couldn't even get the patent fee. I secretly slandered His Majesty Li Er. He was stingy, but with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty said so."

"Okay, it's getting late, I'm going back to the palace, Jing'er, you really surprised me today." Li Shimin picked up the "Spring and Autumn" on the case, took two servants, and left laughing.

　I made a fatal mistake before, that is, the book "University" was written by Zhu Xi in the Ming Dynasty
　　
　
(End of this chapter)