After Yan Xing discovered Cai Zhaoji around him, he sympathized with her miserable life experience, admired the fame of his father Cai Yong, and admired her courage and talent. Therefore, she was placed in Anyi, Hedong with a guest ceremony. In daily life, officials were often sent to her residence to express condolences with food, silk, bedding and other daily necessities.

Speaking of which, the Cai family in Chenliu is also a family of poets and books. The Wei family in Hedong whom Cai Zhaoji married is also a local family. Her only relative in the world, and the Yang family in Shanyang whom her sister Cai Zhenji is also a local family.

Logically, Cai Zhaoji, who returned to the Han area, would not have nowhere to go, but in reality, the world is still cruel and there is no compromise on this ill-fated talented woman.

In the civil strife in Yanzhou, Cao Cao's army gradually gained the upper hand. Chenliu County had become the main battlefield. Cao's army was besieging Zhang Chao's last stronghold in Chenliu. In order to escape the war, most of the members of the Cai clan migrated and exiled, so it was not feasible to rely on their relatives.

In Hedong, a branch of Wei Zhongdao, a branch of the Wei family in Cai Zhaoji's husband's family, suffered severe damage due to the Wei Gu Rebellion, and gradually declined. In addition, the relationship between Cai Zhaoji and his husband's family was not handled well, so it was not feasible to rely on the husband's family.

As for the fact that wars in Taishan County, Yanzhou are still frequent, it seems that it is not feasible to travel thousands of miles to the sisters who are isolated from the news.

Therefore, staying in Hedong temporarily became the only choice for independent Cai Zhaoji.

Yan Xing could place Cai Zhaoji in Hedong without worries about food and clothing, but he could not comfort a very severely damaged heart. After listening to the officials sent to visit and condolences, he reported to everyone's sorrow and his recent situation of getting thinner, Yan Xing was helpless for the time being.

It was not until after hearing that Wang Can, who had escaped from Chang'an, passed by Henan and was treated with courtesy by Henan Yin Peiqian and stayed in Luoyang City for a while, Cai Zhaoji suddenly asked to see Yan Xing and asked to go to Luoyang City and meet Wang Can.

Wang Can was born in the Wang family in Shanyang and was also a family of famous families. His ancestors had two generations and three generations. When Cai Yong was still working under Dong Zhuo, he was amazed that Wang Can, who had entered the pass with him, was a genius of the world. He became friends with him and wanted to give all the books and articles in his family to Wang Can.

Now Cai Yong died early in disaster, and Cai Zhaoji was also suffering from military disasters. All the plundered soldiers in her family were robbed and destroyed. Cai Yong's collection of books and works probably only remained the part that was given to Wang Can in Chang'an.

Therefore, Cai Zhaoji's request was to go to Luoyang City to meet Wang Can, borrow his father's collection of books and articles, and copy important ancient books and his father's works so that later generations can inherit and continue to flourish his father's legacy.

Listening to Cai Zhaoji's crying request, Yan Xing sympathized with it very much. Moreover, the emergency repair and rescue of important ancient books and documents in troubled times did require a well-educated scholar like Cai Zhaoji, so Yan Xing agreed and sent someone to Henan Yin to explain the reasons to keep Wang Can, and placed Cai Zhaoji in a convoy inspecting Hanoi and Henan.

It is essential to repair and save ancient books and do academic research, a good external environment is necessary.

This is why Yan Xing asked Pei Qian to arrange Cai Zhaoji in an exquisite villa.

Everyone talked about Wang Can, and Yan Xing was also attracted by Wang Can. After all, a talented man like Wang Can who came from a prominent family and became famous young people would definitely be of benefit to the Hedong County Government if he could be recruited.

"Wang Zhongxuan is in the mansion, how about this person?"

Hearing Yan Xing's concerning inquiry, Pei Qian of course knew Yan Xing's thoughts. He only smiled bitterly before continuing:

"Wang Zhongxuan is not in the mansion. Although he is short and ugly, he has outstanding literary talent and quick thinking, and can be regarded as a talented person in the world."

"Oh, not in the mansion? Then where is the other person now?"

Yan Xing also saw Pei Qian's bitter smile, and his heart moved and continued to ask.

"Since he learned that everyone in Luoyang was going to meet him, although he did not rush to leave, he was unwilling to enter the mansion to live. Instead, he chose to stay in the inn and guard his pile of books."

After hearing Pei Qian say this, Yan Xing of course also heard his implicit meaning: Wang Can had no intention of serving in Henan and Hedong County.

But since such talents are stranded in Luoyang City and I happen to be in Henan, if I don’t fight for it, it seems that I will be too despising the talents.

Yan Xing touched the short moustache under his jaw and asked again:

"Have you ever sent officials and soldiers to take Wang Zhongxuan to observe the politics of Henan and the customs of the people under the rule?"

In today's world, not only the king chooses ministers, but also the ministers. If you want to recruit talents, the important point is that the political affairs under your rule and the scenery must make talents yearn for.

Yan Xing thought that the reason why Wang Can was unwilling to become an official in Henan and Hedong was probably because he had seen Dong Zhuo in Chang'an and Li Jue's tyranny, he also classified himself, who was originally a quarantine general of the Western Liang army, as Dong and Li.

Perhaps after he could see the politics of Henan and Hedong, the people who are harmonious and live and work in peace and contentment, he would be able to develop a yearning for him in this chaotic world and then choose to change his mind.

But Pei Qian shook his head this time and said with a wry smile:

"Qian has sent officials and soldiers in the mansion to this matter. However, after Wang Zhongxuan went there for half a day, he returned to stay in the inn and no longer wanted to set foot outside the inn."

"Haha." Hearing Pei Qian's reply, Yan Xing couldn't help but laugh dryly. It seemed that he was too confident about the rule of law, so he had to ask:

"What are Wang Zhongxuan doing when he stays in the inn all day long?"

In addition to being embarrassed and laughing, Yan Xing was also a little curious about Wang Can's resistance, who was staying in the inn in the city, what could this otaku who stayed in the city do all day long?

Pei Qian heard Yan Xing’s inquiry, and his expression became richer. He held his breath and said:

"Wang Zhongxuan stayed away from home. In addition to studying, he also raised a donkey in the inn yard. He sat next to the donkey waiting for the donkey to scream. Every time the donkey sounded, Wang Zhongxuan would definitely dance and not be very happy. He also called it the sound of nature!"

After listening to Pei Qian's words, Yan Xing was speechless for a while. He finally understood the reason why Pei Qian smiled bitterly and his awkward expression.

In this Han Dynasty, for various reasons, some scholars no longer followed the traditional Confucian thoughts, but instead turned to the Laozi and Zhuangzi style, and they showed various otherworldly crazy behaviors such as indulgence, drinking and drunk, and singing for funeral songs.

Wang Can likes to hear the donkeys screaming. Maybe it was his strategy to resist the government's career in Henan, maybe it was his use of the donkey to express his emotions, or maybe he had some traits that ordinary people could not find, and could hear the sound of nature from the donkeys' screaming.

In short, no matter what, Yan Xing had the idea of ​​recruiting Wang Can to serve in Hedong.

However, other political questions that should be asked still need to be asked.

"Since Wang Zhongxuan has no intention of living in Henan for a long time, where is the place where he belongs to his heart?"

If Wang Can had no ideal place to belong in his mind, how could he risk his life to run out of Chang'an City under the control of Li Jue? However, his hometown, Shanyang County, Yanzhou, has not yet subsided, and the level of peace is not as good as that of Henan, which has stabilized. So I believe that what he wants to join must be other prefectures and counties.

"Although Wang Zhongxuan did not say it clearly before, from his words, he could hear that he wanted to go to Liu Jingzhou!"

"really!"

When Yan Xing heard that Wang Can wanted to join Liu Biao, he smiled coldly.

There are poems and distant places in the world and in troubled times. In the Han Dynasty, poems and distant places are Luoyang City, which is the first choice for scholars all over the world. However, in the Han Dynasty and in the troubled times, in the eyes of many scholars who escaped war, Luoyang City has fallen into pieces and ruins. The place of Jingzhou under Liu Biao is the current poems and distant places.

Pei Qian looked at Yan Xing and added:

"Liu Jingzhou is a famous scholar of the age, known as the "Eight Jun", and a relative of the Han Dynasty. He has a noble status. He rode alone into Jingzhou, quelled the rebellion of the powerful generals of the Zongshu, rejected Yuan Shu in the north, and seized the four counties of Jingnan in the south. He defeated the powerful general Sun Jian in the previous period, and recently defeated Guo Gong in Yuzhou. It can be called a literary and military strategy and a generation of heroic masters. It is reasonable for the scholars and people to look forward to it."

Although Yan Xing had the label of Liu Biao as "sitting for a guest", in reality, he had to admit that Liu Biao's current actions are indeed like a generation of heroes in troubled times.

The Jingzhou he ruled was no more than Yizhou ruled by Liu Yan, who was also a relative of the Han Dynasty. The territory under his rule was a place of four battles. However, Liu Biao, who claimed to have entered Jingzhou alone, was able to recover the major clans of Jingzhou such as Kuai, Cai, and Huang, and use their family power and influence to quell the rebellion of the local Zongshen.

After initially stabilizing Nanjun, Liu Biao repeatedly defeated the military threats of Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and Guo Gong from the north. During this period, he even killed a generation of powerful generals Sun Jian, and then had the spare energy to go south to develop, collected the four counties in Jingnan, and established his true rule over Jingzhou.

In addition to Cao and Yuan from the north and south of Henan, it can be said that he is the most powerful county chief officer in the Central Plains.

It is no wonder that Du Ji in Guanzhong, Sima Zhi in Hanoi, Xun You in Yingchuan and others all went to Jingzhou one after another, and they flocked to him. It is no wonder that Pei Qian, who has a very bright eye, praised him so highly.

After asking where Wang Can went to, Yan Xing changed his mind and asked another question.

"I heard that when Wang Can fled Chang'an, he also wrote a poem "Seven Sorrows"?"

"Yes." Speaking of Wang Can's poem, although Pei Qian could not understand Wang Can's behavior of a nice donkey, he praised the poem, saying that Wang Zhongxuan's writing was strong, and that the description of just a few words made people feel immersed in the scene and in love. He couldn't help but sigh at the tragic fate of the orphan and widowed mother, and was saddened by it.

At that time, he even copied the poem from Wang Can with his pen, ink, paper and inkstone. He immediately sent someone to his bedroom to find the "Seven Sorrows Poems" by Wang Can, who had copied it, and started reading it in front of Yan Xing.

There is no chaos in Xijing, and there is no sign of jackals and tigers.

He abandoned China and devoted himself to Jingman.

Relatives are sad about me, and friends are chasing each other.

I saw nothing when I went out, and my bones covered the plains.

There is a hungry woman on the road, holding her son and abandoning the grass.

Gu heard the clamor and cried alone and refused to return.

"How can we finish the two sides of our lives and deaths?"

I drove the horse away and couldn't bear to listen to this.

Climbing the shore of Baling in the south, looking back at Chang'an,

I realized that the person who came to the spring was sad and sad.

After reading aloud, Pei Qian was still in love with the poem and was moved by it. However, Yan Xing seemed to have heard it, with a calm expression. After Pei Qian finished thinking about it, he slowly spoke up and raised questions with political purposes:

"Is it already in chaos in the outskirts of Chang'an under Li Jie's rule?"
Chapter completed!