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Time passed by in a leisurely manner. Ever since Xiao Wen had slaughtered everyone at his doorstep without suffering any punishment, all the rangers had known that their county governor and disciple were standing behind Xiao Wen.

If it was in the Darkhan Kingdom, there might be some rangers who, with a trace of courage, would kill the county governor in the streets. However, in the border city of Cloudsoaring City, if a adventurer had the courage to join the army, would they still end up being a ruffian or scoundrel?

In the clouds, no ranger dared to offend Heshen.

During this time, Xiao Wen also began to teach the three little Roman phonetic symbols.

Even though he knew that the scholars of this era had their own way of pronunciation — usually tangent and backtangent, as well as the Chinese pinyin commonly used in later generations. However, Xiao Wen felt that the Roman phonetic signs on the convenience and entry threshold, but these ancient methods.

The so called tangent method, is to use homonym method.

For example, a lemur who uses the word "Xiao" to pronounce the word "Xiao" can write the word "Xiao" on the word Xiao. And when the text annotation, can also be marked on the text "reading as if I heard".

There is a clear drawback to this attention.

If a word that requires a note has many homonyms, then this word can naturally be used with a common homonym for the note.

However, if the number of homonyms for this word was too few, and the words that could be used to pronounce it were remote, then there was no way to pronounce it.

After all, the pronunciation of ancient languages was more complex than modern languages.

For example, the Song Dynasty's official language had a total of seven to nine tones, which far exceeded the four syllables of the modern era.

In contrast, the Reverse Chop was much more convenient.

The so-called backcut method is to use two simple Chinese characters to mark a foreign Chinese character.

At the time of labelling, the previous word's requirements were the same as those of the marked Virgin and Turbid. The last word was the same as the rhyme and tone of the marked word.

For example, when Xiao was using the backcut method, it would be called Xu Kou. The combination of Xu's' x 'and his' iao 'made him a little' xiaojie '.

However, this method required the user to be very proficient in the pronunciation of the basic characters, without any mistakes. For those who had just entered the sect, it was impossible for them to master this technique.

As for the Chinese Pinyin that Xiao Wen was currently learning, that was even worse.

After all, Chinese Pinyin is a kind of character used to mark the modern Chinese phonetic sounds. However, there are serious differences between ancient Chinese and modern Chinese pronunciation.

In the past, if Qin Yeyin, Ya Yin from Shaanxi Province, Ya Yin from Central Plains, Song Dynasty's official language, and Ming Dynasty's official language were all learned, it would make a modern man doubt his own life, and he would even learn how to walk without being able to speak modern Chinese.

Therefore, Xiao Wen used a Roman phonetic symbol that could identify any syllable that the human voice system could produce. In any case, he had learned the Roman phonetic alphabet when he was in elementary school, so it wasn't difficult.

It was still hot on the last day of the month. However, because it was the middle of the month, Xiao Wen had people build an ice cellar with the help of ice cubes. Thus, Xiao Wen no longer needed to go to the workshop every day to process the orders for the day.

All he had to do was fill up on the ice in the icehouse and sit around the house and count the money the rest of the time.

At this moment, Xiao Wen was just like the past few days, teaching the three kids at home.

"Speaking of which, sir knows so much, but you only teach us three. Compared to Teacher, the teachers of Ying Chuan Academy were all foolish. However, they were actually able to teach so many disciples. It's too unfair. " Looking at Guan Yu, who was on the bar made by Xiao Wen's hired carpenter, and Zhuge Liang, who was practicing turning left and turning right under the scorching sun, Shangguan Wan'er pouted and said.

"That's right!" At this time, Guan Yu also said, "If Teacher can accept a student who can fight with me, then I can exchange pointers with him."

To him, Zhuge Liang was simply too weak. Since Guan Yu beat him down with one hand, the two of them had a tacit understanding not to talk about sparring.

The difference in strength between the two sides was too great. There was no point in sparring at all.

Xiao Wen smiled bitterly, "If you can learn the results and let everyone see that my reputation has spread out, then I will naturally be able to recruit many disciples."

Suddenly, Xiao Wen felt something poke his back. He turned around and saw Zhou Wei standing behind him.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Wen asked gently.

"There's someone looking for you outside." Zhou Wei said. Then, without waiting for Xiao Wen's reaction, she turned and left.

Xiao Wen rubbed his nose as he watched Zhou Wei's departing figure. He couldn't help but let out a sigh. When she had first arrived here, Zhou Wei had treated her very badly. However, it was much better now.

Although it was still very cold, but considering her previous degenerate appearance, he didn't blame Zhou Wei for her attitude.

"Forget it!" I'll go and see who's coming for me. "

After telling Wan'er to watch the other two kids carefully and not to be lazy, Xiao Wen walked from the backyard all the way to the front door. When he opened the door, he saw a servant dressed in simple clothing.

"You are?" Xiao Wen was a little doubtful.

"I am a servant of the Grand Guardian. My lord wants me to pass this invitation to you." As he spoke, he took out an invitation from his bosom.

On the 30th of June, for the banquet of the Grand Guardian, please come.

30 June … Wasn't that today?

Xiao Wen curled his lips but didn't say anything. He only said to the servant: "Tell your family's master that I, Xiao, will arrive on time."

Watching the servant leave, Xiao Wen put on a set of decent clothes.

Ever since he had been looked down by others because of his simple and crude clothing, he had ordered a relatively decent piece of clothing that did not exceed the requirements.

Anyone who wore these clothes would be able to see Xiao Wen's current status and family situation. Most people would not treat him as a beggar and would look down on him.

However, Xiao Wen felt that it would be better if he met someone who still looked down on him even after knowing his identity and wealth.

He also did not want to purposefully dress himself extravagantly in order to avoid conflict. He dressed himself like a fox or a tiger.

In Xiao Wen's three views, looking down on a beggar with arms and legs was a question of the beggar's ability. It was well-deserved that he was looked down upon. However, if he looked down on an ordinary person who was able to survive, it would be a different story.

However, very quickly, Xiao Wen encountered this exotic flower.

When he arrived at Heshen Mansion, a servant stopped him.

"Halt!" That servant stopped Xiao Wen and said: "A banquet is being held at the Residence of He Xing. No random person is allowed to enter."

Looking at this arrogant servant, Xiao Wen felt a little unfamiliar. Otherwise, it was impossible for him to not recognize him.

Helplessly, he said, "Master He Wu has invited me to the banquet today."

"Humph!" Hearing Xiao Wen's words, the servant said disdainfully: "You are a scholar without any status, yet you want to participate in this banquet? You know what? The incense that the big figures inside pull out is worth more than your life. "

"You are lacking discipline!" Xiao Wen replied angrily, "I have an invitation."

"Invitation card?" The servant thought that Xiao Wen was fooling him and didn't believe him immediately. He looked at Xiao Wen and said in a loud voice, "Take it out if you have the ability! I don't believe that Lord Heshen would invite someone like you. "

Without saying a word, Xiao Wen took out the invitation card and threw it at the other party's face.

"Did you see that? The invitation card! " Xiao Wen used the invitation to pat the servant's face. After he finished speaking, he pushed the servant away and walked into Heshen Mansion.

"Has the world changed? How could a white-clothed scholar actually participate in such a banquet? " The servant looked at Xiao Wen's back and muttered.