novelraw Chapter 397 Autumn Moon of the Four Great Talents
Chapter 397 Autumn Moon of the Four Great Talents
Su Xueyun chatted with the Taishi's wife for a few more words before leaving, and the Taishi's wife ordered Qiuxiang to send her out.When the two sisters walked outside, Qiuxiang let out a long breath, patted her chest and said, "Sister, you really scared me to death just now, brother-in-law is capable and we should just know for ourselves, why bother arguing with the Grand Master?"
Su Xueyun smiled, and comforted her: "The Grand Master and Madam are not unreasonable people. If it were someone else, I won't talk about it. In the future, your brother-in-law may also be an official in the court. The most powerful minister, his opinion is very important. Qiuxiang, don’t worry, I will only speak when I am sure, even if the grand master disagrees with my statement, the big deal is that I will not appear in front of him in the future.”
Qiuxiang said: "Fortunately, the matter of Zhou Wenbin has been taken care of by the grand master. Sister, Madam asked you to bring your brother-in-law and Zhou Wenbin tomorrow. Will it be all right? The grand master and madam are usually very kind, but when you get serious It's really serious, I was bought back to the Grand Master's Mansion when I was three years old, and I have been with the Grand Master and his wife all the time, they are like my family, I don't want them to be unhappy."
Su Xueyun took her hand and said with a smile: "Qiuxiang, don't think too much, they raised you, and I will definitely repay them. Just now I saw that they were very concerned about Hua Wenwu's love of miscellaneous learning. Worrying about this, your brother-in-law has a lot of attainments in miscellaneous studies, if all goes well, it should relieve their family. I'm not boasting, the four great talents have real skills, you can rest assured."
Qiuxiang suddenly remembered that Su Xueyun had only mentioned three people just now, and she was surprised: "Why didn't my sister mention Tang Bohu? When I was in the restaurant last time, I saw that my sister seemed a little displeased with him. Is there something wrong with him?"
Su Xueyun's smile faded, and she said simply: "He is my fiancé, who knows that he has no respect for women, and compares me to clothes that can be thrown away whenever he wants, and even his family members make things difficult for me. I naturally looked down on him, so I broke up with him. Maybe what I can’t get is good. Since then, he has been entangled with me from time to time. I have torn face with him the day before yesterday, and I will never communicate with him again. You saw him Just be a stranger, don't bother, if his words and deeds harass you, just teach him a lesson, don't show mercy, remember not to get too close to him, lest he ruin your good reputation."
Qiuxiang said with some fear: "So he is such a person! Thanks to him and his brother-in-law, he is also known as Jiangnan talented person, which is really a superficial appearance. Sister, don't worry, I will help you teach him when I have a chance in the future. He wants to ruin my reputation. Not that big of a deal."
Su Xueyun nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, you go in quickly, I should go back too, and I will come to see you tomorrow."
"Well, sister, be careful on the road." Seeing that Su Xueyun was thinking of her everywhere, Qiuxiang's eyes were filled with joy, and she made up her mind to make that Tang Bohu look good.
Su Xueyun told everyone the good news when she got home. Seeing Zhou Wenbin and Zhu Xiaolian stunned, she said amusedly: "What's wrong? Are you scared? Xiaolian will wait at home tomorrow and ask Zhengming to go with us. That little Zhu Zijian People wholeheartedly want to hire Princess Ting to take over the position, but Xinyi Zhengming, the princess of Ting County, I think he will find an opportunity to play tricks, why don't you guys make a good impression on Grand Master Hua first, so that when you wait for Enke, no one will Can't fake it."
Zhu Xiaolian laughed happily, "Sister-in-law, you are so amazing. You can solve the problem once you go to the Grand Master's Mansion. If Grand Master Hua can't understand King Ning's selfishness, he will definitely restore Zhou Wenbin's examination qualifications. Yes, my brother is so capable, once he becomes the teacher of Mrs. Hua's young master, he will definitely be rich and prosperous in the future!"
Su Xueyun pinched her cheeks, and said with a smile: "If you know that sister-in-law is good, learn what I taught you well, and no one will be able to bully you in the future."
Zhou Wenbin came back to his senses, quickly got up and bowed deeply to Su Xueyun, and said solemnly: "Qiuyue, Wenbin can't repay such a great kindness. In the future, he will go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of fire at his command."
Chen Xiaosheng helped him up, and said with a smile: "Okay, my brother, don't be so ignorant. You have been bothered by this matter for the past two days, right? I think you ate two bowls of food, remember what's going on in the future Let’s talk it over, don’t worry about it alone. As the saying goes, three cobblers can beat Zhuge Liang, even if the three of us can’t, Qiuyue alone can solve everything.”
Several people laughed, and Zhu Xiaolian joked: "Brother, are you promising? Sister-in-law is so powerful, why don't you feel ashamed at all?"
Chen Xiaosheng opened the fan and fanned it, sat next to Su Xueyun and smiled and said, "It's a man who is worthless to be ashamed of himself. To marry such a good woman, which man in the world is happier than me? If you really have a wife, what more can a husband ask for?" ah!"
Su Xueyun patted him, and said with a smile: "Don't be poor, everyone is ready to prepare. Although tomorrow is not a school exam, you'd better show your abilities unintentionally. If you can make Master Hua appreciate your talents, you will be better off in the future." If you become an official in the court, you can get a lot of convenience. Even if you don’t plan to be an official in the court in the future, we have nothing to lose. There is no need to ask Zhengming, he has a good personality, and Taishi Hua will definitely like him. Instead, it lost its true colors.”
Several people agreed with her statement very much, and after discussing a few more words, they went to prepare separately.On the second day, Zhu Xiaolian went to the Six Arts Hall to find Wen Zhengming, and happened to meet Wen Zhengming at the entrance of the Six Arts Hall, and found that he was dressed in white and looked very handsome.
Zhu Xiaolian walked around Wen Zhengming, looked him up and down, and said in amazement, "Is this your best suit? What day is it today? Where are you going when you dress like this? Don't you know?"
Wen Zhengming tugged at his sleeves uncomfortably, "Know what?"
"I know I have something to do with you!" Zhu Xiaolian looked around to make sure no one could hear her, then whispered, "I tell you, don't shout loudly. My sister-in-law went to Hua Taishi's residence yesterday , After talking about you and Zhou Wenbin, the Grand Master asked her to take you there today."
Wen Zhengming was surprised and said: "Really? The Hua Taishi we saw on the street that day was obviously very fierce, how could he agree to see us? Qiuyue didn't make things difficult for him, did he?"
Zhu Xiaolian said slightly proudly: "Is my sister-in-law comparable to others? Nothing is a problem in my sister-in-law's hands."
Wen Zhengming smiled and said: "That's great, I don't have to intercede with the princess. To be honest, I'm really embarrassed to ask a big man like me to say this, not to mention that the princess's father doesn't know it is what kind of person."
Zhu Xiaolian frowned, "I beg the princess? Zhou Wenbin's examination qualifications were done by Zhu Zijian. How could his adoptive father help Zhou Wenbin? Are you stupid? No, you definitely can't think of such an idea. I know! It’s Tang Bohu, right? He’ll come up with bad ideas, and he doesn’t think about the consequences at all.”
Wen Zhengming said: "Bohu is also kind, forget it, don't talk about it. When are we going to the Grand Master's Mansion?"
"Let's go now, let's go, don't let the grand master wait." Zhu Xiaolian glanced at the Liuyi Guild Hall, and dragged Wen Zhengming away, hating Tang Bohu even more in her heart, and she was very glad that she didn't see him.
Wen Zhengming didn't dare to delay going to the Grand Master's Mansion, so he asked Zhu Xiaolian to explain the appointment with Princess Pinting.When Zhu Xiaolian saw Princess Pin Ting, she naturally told Princess Pin Ting what Zhu Zijian had done. He quickly appeased Princess Pinting, and analyzed that head-to-head would not do any good, and would only make Zhu Zijian hate Wen Zhengming and Zhou Wenbin even more.
Zhu Xiaolian learned all these twists and turns from Su Xueyun. Although she hasn't learned the essence yet, it is enough to deal with such things.After hearing this, Princess Pinting nodded repeatedly, expressing that there were plenty of opportunities to trouble Zhu Zijian, and since Zhu Zijian had trouble with Wen Zhengming's friends, she must make Zhu Zijian have a hard time too!
Zhu Xiaolian praised Princess Pingting, and when she returned home after drinking tea, Su Xueyun and the others had already gone to the Grand Master's Mansion.
Mrs. Taishi and Hua Wenwu have been waiting for them, especially Hua Wenwu. When he sees Chen Xiaosheng, he can't care about others and directly drags him to his study to discuss inventions.Chen Xiaosheng was almost shocked when he saw Mrs. Taishi's appearance, but fortunately he was pulled by Hua Wenwu to stabilize his emotions.Hearing that Hua Wenwu wanted to discuss those inventions with him, he immediately followed the trend, apologized to the Taishi's wife, and left with Hua Wenwu.Arriving at Hua Wenwu's courtyard, the two discussed the things Hua Wenwu had invented, and soon became immersed in it.
Su Xueyun and the three of them chatted with the Grand Master's wife about the family affairs, and talked about many common people's affairs. The Grand Master's wife was particularly interested in Zhou Wenbin's experience in Persia.Not long after, Master Hua came back from court.Mrs. Taishi said: "My lord, Qiuyue has brought three talented scholars here. Do you have a copy of King Shen Ning?"
Grand Master Hua glanced at Su Xueyun and the others, without any expression, and said, "Of course not. How could this old man randomly read a copy of the prince's book in the hall because of Qiuyue's one-sided remarks? I have to ask myself what's going on." Asked Wen Zhengming and Zhou Wenbin to go to the study, and ordered someone to call Chen Xiaosheng and Hua Wenwu.
Su Xueyun was left behind and wandered around the backyard with Qiuxiang and Mrs. Taishi.When Su Xueyun saw the exquisite rockery pavilion, she would praise a few words, and the grand master's wife was a little surprised by her calm appearance, and she couldn't help asking: "Aren't you afraid that they will offend the grand master by saying wrong things and destroy their future? It should be the first time they have met an official with such a high official position, right?"
Su Xueyun smiled faintly: "If they will offend others when they see the grand master, they will not be able to go far in the officialdom in the future. It is better not to take the imperial examination and go home as soon as possible."
Mrs. Taishi smiled and said: "I see you, you look like a person who has seen the world. You have the kind of calmness. You are very good."
Su Xueyun said a few words modestly, and Mrs. Taishi didn't say any more, she just took her to the garden to bounty fish.
On the other side, in Taishi Hua's study, Chen Xiaosheng, Zhou Wenbin and Wen Zhengming stood side by side opposite to Taishi Hua, and Hua Wenwu sat on the side.Taishi Hua stroked his beard and looked at them slowly, and asked, "Zhou Wenbin, Qiuyue said that you were disqualified from reference for no reason, is this true?"
Zhou Wenbin saluted respectfully, and said: "Teacher, Caomin used the recommendation letter written by Zhou Chen, the owner of Suzhou Six Arts Guild Hall, as a reference, and never expected to be hindered by Zhu Zijian. I also blame Caomin for revenge. Sincerely, I mistrusted this person and brought about today's disaster."
Taishi Hua narrowed his eyes, and pondered: "So it means that King Ning did not abide by the rules and bent the law for personal gain? How was the situation that day? Let's talk about it in detail. Can King Ning's adoptive son really speak lightly about the qualifications of candidates?"
"Yes, what happened that day was like this..." Zhou Wenbin lowered his eyes halfway, and unhurriedly stated what happened that day, even Zhu Zijian's swearing words that called him a dog were verbatim When he came out, he didn't make any fuss, and he didn't cover up at all, but he didn't have the slightest expression on his face, as if what he said had nothing to do with him, which was more trustworthy than the righteous indignation.
Hua Taishi became more and more annoyed when he heard it, he slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "A mere adopted son of Ning Wang, who has no fame and no official position in the court, can decide the candidates' reference qualifications in private! Don’t the high school students all become members of King Ning’s sect? How can they serve the emperor wholeheartedly? Enke is recruiting talented people for the emperor and the court, but now he has become a stepping stone for King Ning to expand his power, it’s simply abominable!”
Wen Zhengming couldn't help but took a step forward, and said: "That's right, it's so hateful! The so-called Confucius said to be benevolent, and Meng said to get righteousness! Zhu Zijian is the son of the prince, and he can barely be regarded as a relative of the emperor. He doesn't want to serve the emperor. Well, he actually used this status in private to do whatever he wanted. He not only ruined the reputation of Prince Ning's Mansion, but also the royal family. Those who were bullied by him were afraid of power and did not dare to resist, so they could only swallow their anger. If things go on like this, who will be single-minded Doing things for the royal family? The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in an ant's nest, and Zhu Zijian's words and deeds are destroying the prestige of the royal family among the people, and not punishing this person is not enough for the common people to complain!"
Both Chen Xiaosheng and Zhou Wenbin looked at Wen Zhengming who was full of righteousness, while paying attention to Taishi Hua's reaction, and only waited for something wrong to find a way to remedy it.Unexpectedly, after Wen Zhengming finished speaking, Grand Master Hua suddenly shouted, "Okay! Well said!"
Grand Master Hua got up and walked in front of Wen Zhengming, and said with a look of relief: "Your name is Wen Zhengming? As expected, you are worthy of being Wen Tianxiang's descendants. We study wisely to serve the country wholeheartedly. Otherwise, what are we doing reading so many books? I hate the court. Many civil servants and military generals dare not tell the truth because of the status of King Ning. If there are too many such people, won’t the emperor be kept in the dark by them? Wen Zhengming, you are very good. Remember what you said today, the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in an ant's nest, there is no rule without rules, and a courtier must not make the slightest mistake."
Wen Zhengming responded immediately: "Zhengming remembers the teachings of the grand master! Since I was a child, I have determined to serve the court and plead for the people. No matter when in the future, I will never forget my original intention!"
Master Hua stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction.
Chen Xiaosheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Listening to the grand master's words is better than reading ten years of books. It is an honor for the three of us to meet the grand master today. If there is a chance to become an official in the court in the future, we will definitely follow the grand master as an example." , to serve the country faithfully.”
Grand Master Hua thought of Su Xueyun's remarks when he saw him, glanced at Hua Wenwu, and said, "Old man, I heard from Qiuyue that you are proficient in miscellaneous learning? Miscellaneous learning requires a lot of thought all the way. You are addicted to such strange tricks, and what else is there?" Concentrate on reading?"
Chen Xiaosheng said with a smile: "There is no such thing as classifying knowledge in the world. It is people who classify knowledge into three, six or nine grades. However, in the eyes of students, practical knowledge is the best knowledge, and whether it is practical or not depends on each person's knowledge." chosen."
Hua Taishi didn't quite agree and said: "You husband and wife are a good match, even your ideas are the same, so just tell me, how practical is the knowledge you have learned? Is it more practical than your brother?"
Taishi Hua pointed to Wen Zhengming, stroked his beard and sat back in his seat.Wen Zhengming and Zhou Wenbin looked at each other, and immediately became nervous for Chen Xiaosheng. They felt that this question was too tricky, and no matter how they answered it, it would not be good.