Happy Little Scholar

"Xiaguan has really eaten at home just now." County Magistrate Liu looked at the plate of green vegetables in front of him, and said, "Master Li, I want to ask..."

"I suddenly had an idea just now and came across a poem. Why don't you, Mr. Liu, help me analyze it?"

County Magistrate Liu was startled again, and he cupped his hands and said: "Master Li is the most talented person in the dynasty, and his poetic talent is unparalleled. Liu has little talent and little knowledge, so how can he dare..."

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "It's just communication. Mr. Liu, there is no need to belittle yourself. It's nothing."

Magistrate Liu had no choice but to cup his hands again and said: "I am all ears."

Li Yi smiled and said: "I traveled to some places in my early years and went to a place called Chilechuan under the Yin Mountain."

"Yinshan?" Magistrate Liu asked in confusion: "Your Excellency, have you ever been to the North Country outside the Great Wall?"

Li Yi nodded and said: "Chilechuan, that is a good place. Seeing this plate of green vegetables, I suddenly thought of the endless green grassland there, and I couldn't help but feel a little poetic. Magistrate Liu might as well listen... "

Li Yi's face showed a thoughtful look, and he spoke after a moment: "Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the surrounding fields..."

"Thousands of miles of Yinshan Mountain, Chile Plain, the sky is vast and boundless, covering the fields in all directions..." After listening to the previous sentence, County Magistrate Liu nodded and said, "Master Li has really covered a wide range of topics. This poem has a broad realm and majestic tone, which is quite a bit... The feeling of northern folk songs during the Northern and Southern Dynasties..."

"The sky is vast and the wilderness is vast..."

"These two sentences follow up and express the magnificence of the picture and the magnificence of the sky and wilderness..."

"I live next door and my surname is Wang."

"Ah..." Magistrate Liu was stunned and said with some uncertainty: "The sky is blue and the fields are vast. I live next door and my surname is Wang?"

The previous sentence had been talking about the openness of the world, but this sentence turned too sharply, and the strong contrast made him not believe his ears for a while.

"Why, Mr. Liu, do you think this sentence is bad?" Li Yi thought for a while and then said: "Then change it. The sky is blue and the wild fields are vast - a branch of red apricot is about to come out of the wall, Mr. Liu What do you think of this sentence?”

"Master Li's poetic talent is beyond the reach of this official." Magistrate Liu shook his head in shame and said, "I just want to ask Master Li..."

He couldn't understand the deep meaning of such an obvious hint, so it seemed he could only say it clearly.

Li Yi sighed, walked over, and said, "No matter what, the child is innocent. I can't help you in this matter. Mr. Liu, think twice."

Magistrate Liu was stunned and asked, "Could it be that if both parents have single eyelids, it really means they can't have a child with double eyelids?"

"Not necessarily..." Li Yi thought for a while and said: "Double eyelids and single eyelids are both determined by genes. Logically speaking, it is impossible for parents with single eyelids to give birth to a child with double eyelids, but there are no absolutes. , maybe the child has double eyelids due to an autosomal chromosomal gene mutation due to Mercury retrograde and Halley’s Comet also retrograde?”

Fortunately, after practicing martial arts, he deliberately exercised, and even his lung capacity improved a lot. He couldn't even breathe when he said a lot of words. Li Yi took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then looked at Magistrate Liu. Asked: "Master Liu, do you understand?"

"Mercury, comet, Xuan...Ke, chromatic...body?" County Magistrate Liu looked at Li Yi blankly, nodded and said, "I understand."

"Do you understand?" Li Yi looked at him in surprise and said, "Since you understand, please tell me, Mr. Liu."

"..."

Magistrate Liu coughed dryly and said, "What Mr. Li means is that parents with single eyelids are also very likely to give birth to children with double eyelids..."

Under normal circumstances, the probability of a gene mutation controlling eyelids is one in a few million, or less. Li Yi is not sure about this, but the other possibility is much greater.

Li Yi nodded and said: "It's quite big. Jingguo, Qiguo, and maybe Zhaoguo... should be able to make up two or three."

"Jingguo, Qiguo, Zhaoguo..." County Magistrate Liu stood there as if he had been struck by thunder.

Seeing his lost look, Li Yi sighed and said, "Master Liu, things are unpredictable, so you have to be strong..."

I don't know how long it took for Magistrate Liu to wake up from his daze. He cupped his hands to Li Yi and said, "Master Li, I have to retire first."

Watching him stumble out, Li Yi glanced at Lao Fang and said, "Go and send Mr. Liu back."

Lao Fangzheng was holding the plate of green vegetables and eating fiercely. Hearing this, he raised his head and said, "He is such an adult, why do you need me to deliver it? Don't you think so, Lao Liu?"

Magistrate Liu crossed the threshold, swayed, turned around and said, "Fang, brother Fang, you'd better give me a gift."

When Li Yi followed him out, a servant informed him that Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, asked to see him.

An official walked in quickly, bowed and said: "Master Li, the birthday of the imperial concubine is approaching, and I have come here specially to send you an invitation..."

Royal rules are strict, and there are corresponding etiquette procedures for birthdays of concubines in the harem and so on.

Concubine Cui's position as a concubine in the palace is second only to that of the queen, so her birthday is naturally a big event every year. Of course, this does not require all officials to participate. According to the rules of previous years, Concubine Cui will be allowed to leave the palace on the day of the birthday banquet. Relatives gather together for a long time, and then rush back to the palace in the middle of the night.

This banquet was actually hosted by the Cui family.

Although Li Yi and the Cui family have never dealt with each other, with his current status, even if he really has any grudges, the Cui family will still send him a copy of the invitations sent to officials on a routine basis.

When the official from the Ministry of Rites saw Liu Dayou, he was startled, and then immediately said: "Master Liu is here too, but the provincial official should make another trip."

He rummaged around, took out another invitation, and handed it to Magistrate Liu.

Although the official position of this capital magistrate is small, the power he holds now is not small and cannot be ignored.

After the official from the Ministry of Etiquette left and saw Magistrate Liu looking at the invitation in his hand, Li Yi casually asked: "It's Concubine Cui's birthday, Master Liu is also going to go?"

"I was invited last year and went there once." County Magistrate Liu nodded and said, "It's not easy for lower officials to shirk things like this..."

His eyes flashed, "I'm afraid I have to go and see it again this year."

Li Yi nodded and said: "It's Concubine Cui's birthday, so I won't go there, but the gifts still have to be delivered. Do you think...if fifty eggs are given, isn't it a bit too much?"

The Cui family had just been defrauded of millions of taels of silver. Not long after this, there was no spare money to throw a grand birthday banquet for Concubine Cui. The gifts were heavy, but I couldn't take them back...

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"Okay, we've arrived at the Yamen. Lao Liu, you can go in by yourself." The carriage stopped at the door of the Yamen. Lao Fang jumped out of the carriage and waved his hand, "I still have to go to Qunyu Courtyard to discuss a big business, so I won't go in. Already..."

He shook his head in confusion. When he left, his uncle specifically told him to look at County Magistrate Liu and not to let him do anything stupid. As a grown man and a county magistrate, he could do anything stupid. …

In a quiet courtyard behind the county government office, County Magistrate Liu was lying on a recliner, holding the invitation in his hand and looking at something blankly.

It was a small garden.

My wife likes red narcissus, my second mother likes yellow chrysanthemums, and the unnamed blue flower next to it was transplanted by my daughter just a few days ago.

However, at this moment, all he saw was black.

Because the sky is falling.