In the end, Pang Guoning really picked it up.
Who makes Pang Guoning work in the master's house all the time? The master doesn't have to worry about his character.
Even if I have a wife at home, can I be an equal wife?
Anyway, Pang Guoning doesn't go home usually, so it doesn't affect his wife back home.
At worst, give me another hundred taels of silver!
That's all right!
So Pang Guoning took the young lady back to Maminggou, intending to have a good discussion with Pang Niang.
Who would have thought that Pang Pangshan would be successful and pass the scholar examination this year. Now Pang Pang's mother is not the one who can be manipulated at will.
The people from the master's family asked Pang Guoning and the young lady not to act rashly.
Let Pang Guoning go home and see Pang Pang's mother's attitude in Pangshanhe.
So in the past few days, although Pang Guoning went home, he did not tell Pang Niang about the affairs of his master's family.
"What a fool!" Zhou said to himself, "It's fine if I don't have a wife at home, but I still have three children at home. How can I do such a thing for one hundred and fifty taels?!"
"Four hundred taels is not a small amount of money." Zhong Zhixian guessed Pang Guoning's thoughts, "After all, he is not at home usually. For Pang Pang, there is no difference in life with or without that young lady."
"It's such a thing, but it's really embarrassing to say it." Zhou Ziyan felt that it couldn't be done, "I have to tell Dashan about this, and I can't let Dashan hide it."
"Tell Dashan well," Zhong Zhixian said. "Be sure to let Dashan know that the Yamen is on his and his mother's side. As long as they are not willing, Pang Guoning will not even think about such a beautiful thing."
"Thank you so much, magistrate." Zhou Ziyan collected the letter and said goodbye to Magistrate Zhong.
When leaving the Yamen, Zhou Ziyan did not expect that such a thing would happen before he left.
But it's easy to solve.
In Daqing, there is indeed a saying of equal wives.
But the so-called equalization of wives requires the consent of the original wife before the marriage can be equalized.
As long as Pang Pang Niang, his original wife, and Pang Pang Shan, his eldest son, don't let go, Pang Guoning will never have this sweet dream.
Either reconcile with Pang Pang's mother and give up Pang Pangshan, the scholar's eldest son, and a pair of children.
Or just give up thinking about four hundred taels.
I hope that Pang Guoning is not really a fool.
Chapter 97
Zhou Ziyan went back to Xinyang Academy, found a time when no one was around, and told Pang Pangshan about the incident alone.
Before speaking, he was actually very worried about the child Dashan.
Pang Pangshan's attachment to his family and his admiration for his father are not fake.
Zhou said he was afraid that this incident would break the image of 'family' in Pang Pangshan's mind.
But it's okay not to talk about this kind of thing.
It is absolutely impossible to hide something.
Contrary to Zhou Ziyan's expectation, Pang Pangshan was silent for a long time at first.
Then he sighed, "I understand, Master."
"Aren't you angry?" Zhou Ziyan asked.
Pang Pangshan, a child who was only ten years old, touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "I can't tell you how it feels. Maybe I have already imagined it since my father stopped sending letters home."
"But I didn't expect that my father would do such a thing for four hundred taels."
Zhou said he was not trying to excuse Pang Guoning, "Four hundred taels is indeed not a small amount. It is normal for your father to be excited."
"I know." Pang Pangshan nodded, "If you give me four hundred taels, I will be moved. But the Master said that a gentleman loves money in a proper way. You can't take some money even if it is given away for free."
"Then how are you going to deal with this?" Zhou Ziyuan saw that Pang Pangshan was so sober, and he was half relieved.
"Master, can you accompany me home tomorrow?" Pang Pangshan asked.
Zhou Ziyan nodded, "Of course."
This matter was a family matter of Pang Pangshan, and Zhou said that no one had told it except Pang Pangshan.
So the next day, they both took leave together and returned to Chunliu Lane.
It was a coincidence that Pang Guoning happened to be at Pang's house to have a showdown with Pang Pang's mother.
Pang Pang Niang stared blankly at her husband, whom she had not seen for many years, never expecting such news as what was waiting for her.
Fair wife?
Pang Guoning thought well!
You have to raise a son for others for nothing, even if you don't have to pay for it yourself. How can there be such a thing? !
Pang Guoning thought very well. He sat on the bed and analyzed the feasibility of this matter with Pang Pang Niang in detail, "Ah Wu, look, it's only ten years. It may be fifteen years, but that's four hundred taels." ! And the master said that we don't have to worry about the food and clothing expenses of the young lady and the child, as long as they are kept in our home."
"And Awu, don't worry, I have absolutely no thoughts about the young lady. People look down on us. There is another man's child in my belly. Am I stupid? I just want the four hundred taels of silver."
"Think about it, with those four hundred taels, wouldn't it be possible for Dashan to take the imperial examination and for his younger brothers and sisters to get married and start a family?"
Pang Pang Niang wrung her hands and had just collected half of the soles. She seemed to think what Pang Guoning said made sense.
But it doesn't make sense.
"That's an ordinary wife..." Panda Niang said, "And in fifteen years, if something happens in fifteen years, how can our family afford it?"
"What could have happened!" Pang Guoning didn't understand why no one understood such a good thing.
Pang Pangshan opened the door to his house. At the age of ten, he had grown to the position of Pang Guoning's chest. He exclaimed: "Dad, in fifteen years, how do you know whether your lady's sweetheart will come back in these fifteen years?" "
"Will your host family completely change their mind because of the rumors outside and let her become your serious wife?"
"In fifteen years, can you guarantee that they will not affect my mother even once in fifteen years? Can you guarantee that she will not have other thoughts and make my mother feel wronged?"
Zhou Ziyan followed Pang Pangshan, then entered the house and closed the door.
Inside the house, Pang Guoning looked at Pang Pang Mountain.
His eldest son is now wearing a finely crafted scholar's robe. Although he is still young, he already has a scholarly style.
He is no longer the little meatball in memory.
Pangshan has grown up.
He is now a scholar, and he is also a talented person in the town who has learned about the favor of the county. He also has a large group of scholar friends around him...
Pang Guoning suddenly realized that he had missed Pang Pang Mountain for so many years.
Pang Pangshan supported Pang Pang's mother and reassured Pang Pang's mother, "Dad, I don't agree with what you said, and mother won't agree either. Just give up."
"That's four hundred taels!" Pang Guoning was heartbroken. He made four hundred taels in vain. Why didn't he agree?
"Is it so easy to catch a pie falling from the sky?" Pang Pangshan didn't expect his father to be so short-sighted. He frowned, "Why don't they be greedy for you, but give you four hundred taels? Dad, don't forget Yes, if you really agree, she will be your wife, and she is also my mother in name. If she even thinks about it, our family will be destroyed. In this way, can you be willing? "
"...This is impossible." Pang Guoning was just greedy for money and did not want to abandon his wife and children.
What's more, the eldest son has just passed the scholar examination and has a bright future. He would be stupid to give up Pang Pang Mountain.
"Father, think about it for yourself, but I tell you, my mother and I will never agree." Pang Pangshan felt that he might not be able to suppress Pang Guoning, and he added, "Zhizhi County will not agree to such a thing, Dad." ."
When he mentioned Zhongzhi County, Pang Guoning immediately thought of what happened in the Yamen before. Only then did he see Zhou Ziyan who had been standing at the door.
"You...you, you, you are not that one?" Pang Guoning was shocked.
Zhou Ziyan leaned against the door and greeted with a smile, "Zhou is the master of Dashan."
Pang Guoning: "..."
Pang Pangshan frowned: "Dad, have you met the Master?"
His father wouldn't talk nonsense to offend Master Zhou, would he?
"No, it's nothing..." Pang Guoning was embarrassed to tell Pang Pangshan what happened before, fearing that he would not be able to support his image as a father.
Pang Guoning didn't even speak, and Zhou Ziyan didn't bother to be the bad guy, just pretending that he didn't know him before.
Pang Guoning wanted to talk to Pang Pangshan about the four hundred taels again, but Pang Pangshan had already started working for the family.
Sweeping the floor and tidying up the house, taking care of his younger siblings, not one ear was listening to him.
Pang Guoning was furious, but Pang Pangshan could not listen to him now.
As a father, he seems to have no other use than sending some money home.
No matter how big the mountain becomes in the future, he probably won't need his money.
Pang Guoning looked at his eldest son bending over to do the work, and it seemed as if the child was still at home when he was a child, riding a horse with his only eldest son on his back. Both fathers were extremely tired, but extremely happy.
And Awu was lying on the bed, resting, holding his newborn siblings, watching them misbehaving at home.
What next?
He seemed to have left home and never came back except when necessary.
Even if Dashan passed the examination to become a scholar, he knew about it from other people's mouths.
Pang Pangshan heated up the tea and brought it to Zhou Ziyan first, then brought a chair for Zhou Ziyan to sit down.
Then I cleaned the house inside and out.
There were a lot of things to do, and he had to take care of his noisy younger siblings from time to time, but apart from the beads of sweat on Pang Pangshan's face, there was no sign of impatience.
This was the first time that Zhou Ziyan didn't have any help and relied entirely on Pang Pangshan himself.
As the oldest child among the children, Pang Pangshan can already handle many things independently and does not need his wife to hold him hand-in-hand.
When Zhou Ziyan saw this, he suddenly had the mentality of an old mother letting go.
Very nonsensical.
But this kind of mentality happened at that moment.
In Daqing, marriage can be discussed at the age of fifteen, so one can be considered an adult at the age of ten.
Maybe his letting go this time will help his children grow up better.
Zhou Ziyan believed for no reason that when they meet again, these children will give him a big surprise.
They took a day off, but Pang Pang's mother didn't want Pang Pangshan to waste time at home.
She urged Pang Pangshan and Master Zhou to return to the academy to continue their studies.
Before leaving, Pang Pangshan asked Pang Pang's mother not to agree to her father's affairs.
Panda's mother nodded, "Don't worry, mother will never hold you back."
Pang Pang Niang may not be smart, but one thing is that as long as it threatens her child, she will not be vague at all.
Pang Guoning's four hundred taels were destined to fly away.
On the way back, Pang Pangshan put his hands behind his back and kicked away the stones on the roadside as he walked.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?" Zhou Ziyan asked.
Pang Pangshan was a little puzzled: "Master, my father was not such a person before, why would he have such thoughts now? It was obvious that he went out to endure hardships and hardships just to earn more money. But now he starts to think about getting something for nothing..."
"The environment will have more or less influence on people." Zhou said to himself, "Think about it, you are in the academy now, and everyone around you is studying diligently. Are you also working harder?"
"...It seems so." Pang Pangshan suddenly realized, "So that's the case. My father must have made a lot of messy friends outside, so he started to think about getting something for nothing."
Dad was not such a person before. Anyway, he can make money by copying books now. How about not letting Dad go out again in the future?
At his current age, how many years can his father continue to work outside?
You can also do work in town.
Zhou said to himself: "Then what are you going to do about this matter?"
Are you just dragging it on like this?
"Master, don't worry, I'm not a child anymore." Pang Pangshan stopped and patted his chest, "I'm a scholar now. As long as I block my father's unreasonable idea, he won't be able to achieve it."
"Master, don't worry about me, and don't worry about us. If something happens in the future, we will find a way to solve it ourselves. If we can't solve it, there are so many people in the academy who can always find a way."
"Master, you just need to leave here in peace and go to the Imperial College to study!" Pang Pangshan seemed to have seen the Master flexing his muscles in the Imperial College, "Master is so powerful, even the people from the Imperial College may not be able to compare with the Master!"
Zhou Ziyan was amused by Pang Pangshan's innocent words, "Okay! Master must lay the foundation in the Imperial College in advance and wait for you to come to the Imperial College together."
Zhou Ziyan and Pang Pangshan quietly asked for leave and left, then quietly returned to the academy.
No one knows what happened to the Pang family.
By the time they found out, Pang Pang Shan had already left his father behind.
The children had a great time playing around, complaining that Dashan was unloyal and did not tell them such a big thing.
At this moment, Lin Fanji finally remembered that he still had a great apprentice at Ma Ming Academy.
When he came to the door, he discovered that Liao Wei'an had left for the capital half a month ago.
I guess I've reached the outer mansion now.
Lin Fanji: "..."
Touch the tip of your nose.
Just in time, go back to find Douding and the others to play throwing sandbags.
Zhou Ziyan had already set a departure date when he decided to leave.
As the days came closer, his heart that had sunk began to beat again.
The children noticed that Zhou Ziyan had become more and more nagging recently.
"Dou Ding, you can't act like this anymore. You have to think twice before you speak or act!"
"Girl, if you like playing chess, find a master and learn from him honestly. Don't play chess with Zhong Qiao all the time. You two are both bad chess players. You will start regretting each other's moves after just a few games."
"Zhong Qiaoyi, it's you. If you are arrogant for a while, you will be cute. If you are arrogant for so long, you will be annoying!"
"Ergun, you have to learn to use your original name...your name is Liang Hefei, you can't be called Ergun for the rest of your life!"
"Da Shan, although you are the eldest child and their eldest brother, you can't wipe their butts every time..."
"Jiang Qingqing, you know you don't work hard, why don't you take class seriously? You must have fallen asleep in class today!"
Zhou Ziyan was chattering behind him, while the children covered their ears and ran in front.
He chased and they fled.
It has become a beautiful scenery of the academy.
The children ran to another study room and gathered together, chattering.
Song Douding lay down on the stone table and raised his heels, "I think Master is afraid of leaving."
"The Imperial College is so wonderful, Master, why are you so anxious?" Zhong Qiao couldn't figure it out, "If I could go to the Imperial College now, my grandfather would be able to set off firecrackers for half a month!"
"Master is different from us." Wang Xiaoniu thought more delicately, "Since we met Master, Master has taken care of us as his own children. Now that he is leaving, he must feel uncomfortable."
"Yes, it's not like we can see each other again in a few months." Ergun also felt the same way, "It's just that we didn't live up to expectations and couldn't go to the Imperial College with the Master."
"I heard that there are many relatives of the emperor and the country in the Imperial Academy. If the master goes there, will he be bullied?" Pang Pangshan was more worried about this.
Song Douding suddenly had an idea, "Okay, let's each write a tips bag! If Master encounters difficulties, take it out and take a look!"
"Is the tip bag we... wrote useful?" Zhong Qiao looked at him with contempt.
Song Douding laughed, "If it's not useful, it's useless. It's okay to write a few more words of encouragement for four years!"
"I think it's good." Wang Xiaoniu picked up her skirt and ran to her study room, "I want to go back and write first!"
"Little girl Wang, you cheated!"
Others ran back after Wang Xiaoniu.
They must write more so that Master can feel their thoughts in the distant capital.
Song Weifeng has also been thinking recently, Brother Zhou is leaving, what should he give as a gift?
According to the relationship between the two of them, no matter what they give, it seems to be too light.
But now he has no wealth and doesn't have much money to buy expensive things.
The children's clever tips gave him a good inspiration.
The beginning of his relationship with Brother Zhou seems to have originated from a poem that Song Douding stole from Brother Zhou.
Since it starts with a poem, let's send it off with a poem.
Even though we are reluctant to leave, the day of departure comes quickly.
Zhou Ziyan and Lin Fanji went back together. They also wanted to record the situation on the waterway on the way. They wrote the records and took them back to the capital, so they rented a passenger ship.
Zhou Ziyan relied on his own lack of wealth, so Lin Fanji paid for it.
Zhou Ziyan stood on the pier. He found a new beginning at this pier, and finally left from this pier.
What a wonderful fate.
Song Weifeng stood behind Zhou Ziyan with his children.
Song Douding was the first to take out his little tips bag and hung it on Zhou Ziyan's waist. "Master, here are all the good ideas I wrote. You can't peek. You have to open it when you miss us the most."
"Master, master, this is mine." Wang Xiaoniu also hung up her kit.
Others followed.
Zhou Ziyan spread his arms, and after a while, six kits were hung on his waist.
He shook his head and laughed, "Do you use me as a gourd to hang on a skewer?"
"We have been writing for a long time!" Song Douding patted their little tips, "Master, you must open it when you miss us the most."
"Then what if I don't miss you?" Zhou Ziyan deliberately teased, "The capital is so prosperous, maybe I will forget you when I go."
"No way, Master is not that kind of person." Song Douding covered his mouth and smiled. Master was just being tough, he had already seen it.
Zhou Ziyan touched Song Douding's forehead, and there was indeed a lot of reluctance in his eyes.
Song Weifeng held a small wooden box and said, "Brother Zhou, this is for you."
"What a coincidence." Zhou Ziyan also took out a small wooden box from his luggage, "I have one here too."
"What's inside you...?" Song Weifeng didn't expect that he and Brother Zhou thought of going together.
Zhou said to himself: "Whatever you pretend to be, I will pretend to be."
He and Song Weifeng could always think of going together.
Song Weifeng had the answer in his heart. He hugged the wooden box tightly, his dark eyes full of autumn light, "Brother Zhou, have a safe trip. When you get to the capital... you must remember to write a letter back."
"I will." Zhou Ziyan turned around and took out another thing. This time it was a small bundle. He put his hand on the bundle and rubbed it gently, as if he was very attached to it. "This... you can open it after I leave."
"If it's something important to you, don't leave it to me." Song Weifeng pushed the baggage back, "It's not like we can't see each other."
"It is indeed quite important. To me before." Zhou Ziyan stuffed the baggage into Song Weifeng's arms, "But now I have something more important. If it is gone, it can be found again. Now...if you lose it, find it." It's not here anymore."
As he said that, he deliberately winked at Song Weifeng.
Blushing and heart-pounding.
"..." As expected, Song Weifeng no longer refused and accepted this little burden.
Before the boat sailed, everyone in Chunliu Lane hurried to the dock to see their Master Zhou off.
"Master Zhou! Don't forget us when you go to the capital!"
"Master Zhou, Master Zhou!"
"Master Zhou, these are the pickles and bacon we pickled at home, can you take them with you?"
Although Zhou Ziyan only stayed here for a few years, he brought huge changes to Chunliu Lane.
The fact that the children can recognize so many words is all thanks to Master Zhou.
Although the young scholars in the alley now go to the academy and can no longer go to the alley for classes every day, they will not forget who made everyone readable in the first place.
However, Zhou Zi said that it was like that spring breeze that came quietly and left quietly.
The spring breeze has its own course, and no one can hold it back.
The neighbors were so enthusiastic that Zhou Zi said that his original luggage increased a lot as he went there again and again.
A Sui hurriedly packed into the cabin.
Wenxiu came over with a light-colored baggage, "Miss Asui, I don't have any other skills. These are two pairs of clothes I sewed. If you don't mind, take them."
"The journey is long, so be careful."
"Thank you." A Sui took Wenxiu's baggage but did not open it in front of Wenxiu.
On the contrary, Wenxiu unpacked the baggage himself.
The clothes in the bag have fine stitching and excellent embroidery work. If you look carefully, you can see that they are still embroidered inside and outside.
This kind of stitching method is not as good as double-sided embroidery, but it also tests the embroiderer's basic skills.
The embroidered things have beautiful patterns both inside and outside, so that people's clothes can only be seen from the outside but not from the inside.
Wenxiu must have been wearing these two clothes for a long time.
Ah Sui felt grateful in her heart, held Wenxiu's thoughts in her arms, and hugged Wenxiu gently, "Miss Wenxiu, take care."
Others may be able to pass the scientific examination to reunite in the capital.
But if there were no other accidents, she and Wenxiu would probably never have the chance to meet again in this life.
Wenxiu also knew that she and A Sui had to say goodbye today and might never see each other again in this life, so she hugged the girl A Sui from the capital heavily.
Although Wenxiu could not stay together hand in hand, Wenxiu had suffered many hardships in his early years and had been resold many times. He had long understood a truth: people are inherently impermanent when they get together and disperse.
It was enough for her to be able to spend these days together with Miss A Sui.
The ship's whistle sounded three times, and no matter how reluctant you were to let go, you had to let it go completely.
Zhou Ziyan finally hugged Song Weifeng, stroked his head in front of everyone, and said solemnly: "If you want to come to the capital to find me... If you don't come, then don't blame me for coming to find you. Until then, you can come again I can't leave either."
"Talk about yourself like a bully..." Song Weifeng grabbed Zhou Ziyan's clothes and choked with sobs, "Don't worry, I will definitely go to the capital. You should also be careful. If I find out that you have done something outrageous, you... With such a small body, I'm afraid he won't be able to take a punch from me."
"Ha." Zhou Ziyan stroked Song Weifeng's long, smooth hair and raised the corners of his lips, "Don't worry, in my eyes, no one else is as good as you."
Lin Fanji stood on the rudder and waited for a long time without seeing anyone. He frowned and said, "Boy Zhou, are you still going to leave? How long will the love between your children last if you are tired of it?"
"coming!"
Zhou Ziyan let go of Song Weifeng and waved goodbye to everyone.
Just like a spring breeze, it leaves the lives of everyone in Chunliu Lane again.
As the passenger ship gradually moved away, Zhou said to himself at the rudder of the ship, loudly: "It's fate that we gather and disperse. Everyone, we will see you in the future!"
"Master, you must be waiting for us!"
The children ran to the edge of the pier and clawed at the railing.
No matter how strong the wind on the sea blew their hair and clothes, they never took a step back.
I really want to see my master again, for the last time!
The past two years flashed in Song Weifeng's mind like clouds. He looked at the passenger ship gradually moving away, and suddenly realized that he had already missed Brother Zhou as soon as he left.
Song Weifeng couldn't help but open the small baggage given to him by Zhou Ziyan. There was nothing else in it, only a brocade ribbon with four colors of clouds, phoenix and flowers.
He tightly grasped the cloud, phoenix and four-color flower brocade ribbon, and couldn't help but run to the dock, trying to find the familiar figure in the misty sea.
The fog rises from the sea and the waves roll.
As soon as the passenger ship sailed away, it was no longer visible.
"..." Song Weifeng clutched Yunfeng's four-color flower brocade ribbon, and finally understood why Brother Zhou said this was the most precious thing before.
In Daqing, only first- and second-grade officials can use Yunfeng's four-color flower brocade ribbon.
His Brother Zhou...that's it, that's it!
Chapter 98
Imperial College in Beijing.
Jiang Nanxing, wearing a red peach and apricot blouse, was in the doctor's hall sorting out the list of students who would come to the Imperial College this year.
Among the four halls and six halls of the Imperial College, their doctor's hall has the best location.
The front is ventilated, the back is sunny, and there are flowers and plants planted on both sides of the path in front.
It allows the doctors to relieve the anger of the supervising students after work.
The students who will enter the Imperial College this year have already entered the branch hall to study.
The local supervisors from Zhengyi Hall, Chongzhi Hall, and Guangye Hall accepted only a few, but there were quite a few candidates from out of town.
"..." Jiang Nanxing put down the ink pen and rubbed his forehead.
The article in her hand was written by a supervisor at Chongzhi Hall.
The supervisor's name is Gu Siwen, the son of a local official. His family has complicated clan relations. He is a direct descendant and the future sole heir of the clan, so he has a bad character.
If they don't read the books well, they will bring other supervisors and professors and assistants against them every day, giving them a lot of headaches.
Jiang Nanxing wrote a "bad" comment on the article with a red pen.
Gu Hongwen held the fan in his hand and walked into the doctor's hall angrily.
"I'm so mad, so mad at me, so mad at me!" There was a large ink stain on Gu Hongwen's blue t-shirt. He pointed at the stain on his chest and raised his eyebrows. "The supervisor of Chongzhi Hall complained to me, saying That boy Si Wen was causing trouble in class and disrupting their class schedule. As soon as I walked to Chongzhi Hall, a bowl of ink fell on the door and hit my chest. Look, look, such a big ink stain !"
"Si Wen and the students who complained were standing behind the door laughing! It really pissed me off!"
Gu Hongwen was so angry that he really thought that boy was bullied by Si Wen and came to complain.
It turns out that they are the same people!
"Don't you understand yet? Now the entire Chongzhi Hall is Gu Siwen's follower." Jiang Nanxing collected the remaining articles and put them in a box to be taken to the next class for distribution.
Gu Hongwen pointed to the sky and felt sad: "I still have a little extravagant hope for human nature!"
He is the secretary of the Imperial College and is usually in charge of teaching.
Perhaps he was usually a bit harsher. He scolded Gu Siwen for not following the dogma on the first day of school, and formed a quarrel with Gu Siwen. Now he has become Gu Siwen's primary target.
During the ten days of class, Gu Siwen was able to bully people for nine of them.
It just so happens that they are all innocuous little actions that can be done by just being in confinement.
Not too harmful, but annoying.
Today's shirt is already the sixth piece of clothing he sacrificed under Si Wen.
He couldn't bear it anymore, "I am Si Ye who is under the imperial wine ceremony! Si Ye! Gu Siwen bullies people too much!"
"Okay, at least Gu Siwen can listen to what he said. If it were the people from the Hall of Justice, you would not be able to keep your clothes today." Jiang Nanxing fetched a basin of water and tried to help Gu Hongwen wipe it. Take off the ink stains on your clothes.
But the ink used by Gu Siwen was all high-quality Hui ink. How could it be wiped off, but the ink stains became bigger and bigger.
Gu Hongwen was so angry that he punched the air, "Si Wen! Gu Si Wen! How can you live up to this name? You are not even polite at all! You are so angry with me, so angry with me!"
"It would be great if Brother You was still here. He would definitely have a way to cure Si Wen." Seeing that the ink stains couldn't be removed, Jiang Nanxing threw the cloth into the basin, "Do you still remember? In our class, there was also a guy like It's really funny that a child like Gu Siwen spends all day playing with cats and dogs, jumping up and down, and then ends up rubbing wood with You Di."
"Yes, if Brother You was still here, why would I do this?" Gu Hongwen sacrificed another t-shirt. All his money this month was spent on buying the t-shirt. He really wanted to cry without tears.
Jiang Nanxing held the four-legged basin stand, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, "You said, Brother You... was he really sent to the frontier by His Majesty?"
"How is that possible?" If you can't wash your clothes, then wash your face. Gu Hongwen wiped the dust off his face and said, "It's not like you don't know You Di's abilities. He has always been close to His Majesty. Maybe he was sent somewhere. I'm going to pay a private visit incognito, and I'll be back after completing the tasks assigned by His Majesty."
"Yes, maybe at some point he will suddenly come out like before and scare others." Jiang Nanxing couldn't help laughing when she thought of You Di's ghostly appearance.
"When You Di comes back, we can go to Siniang's place to eat hot pot." Gu Hongwen touched his belly, "I haven't eaten for a long time and I really miss it. If You Di doesn't follow, Siniang won't give us an extra meat plate."
Jiang Nanxing rolled her eyes at Gu Hongwen, "Who told you to eat four large plates of meat slices every time? If I give it to you for free, Siniang's business will not be able to continue."
"Hehe, I have a big appetite, so I can't help it." Gu Hongwen touched the back of his head and smiled shyly.
While the two were chatting, a teaching assistant walked in and bowed, "Dr. Jiang, Gu Siye, a student has signed up with a letter of recommendation."
"At this time?" Jiang Nanxing looked surprised, "It's already winter, why are there still students signing up?"
"Maybe it took a while to get the recommendation letter fee." Gu Hongwen asked the teaching assistant to bring the person in first, "I'll go change my clothes."
Before Gu Hongwen had changed his clothes, another teaching assistant ran over and said, "Dr. Jiang, Gu Siye, go to the front yard and take a look. Gu Siwen, the supervisor of Chongzhi Hall, is having a quarrel with the supervisor of Zhengyi Hall."
Jiang Nanxing had a headache: "Are you making a fuss? Are you taking action?"
"That's not true. At first, Gu Siwen was showing off a cylindrical thing everywhere, but then he ran into the supervisors of the Hall of Justice. The supervisors usually didn't deal well with each other, and they started arguing without even saying a word. "The assistant teacher also had a headache, "Then it became a big incident in two classes. You two, please go and take care of it."
"Sooner or later I will be pissed off by them and my life will be shortened by ten years! Ten years!"
Gu Hongwen changed into new clothes and hurried to the second hall with Jiang Nanxing.
As for the new supervisor?
Let it be! Anyway, they are not responsible for the admission of supervising students!
When Gu Hongwen and Jiang Nanxing arrived at the small garden in the middle of the second hall, there were more than a dozen people in Zhengyi Hall and Chongzhi Hall, rolling up their sleeves and stepping on the stools, as if they were going to fight.
In the middle of the crowd, Gu Siwen, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, held a cylindrical object and shouted: "This is something my father bought from overseas, it is not a useless stick!"
His father is the Minister of Taipusi Temple, and he can often bring back some new things from outside, so he doesn't just bring a useless stick!
"You said it's not a stick, so why don't you show it off and let us see the world?" The supervisor opposite Gu Siwen was as big as Gu Siwen. He was not afraid of Gu Siwen at all and clamored to make Gu Siwen look embarrassed.
So it doesn't matter that Gu Siwen's father is the Taipu Temple Minister. His father also holds a third-grade official position and is not in the same camp. Who is afraid of whom?
"Me!" Gu Siwen was speechless. He stole this thing from his father. He didn't even know what it was. How could he show its original appearance?
"Gu Siwen!" Gu Hongwen and Jiang Nanxing called Gu Siwen's name from a distance.
Hurrying over, Gu Hongwen grabbed Gu Siwen's ear directly, "Gu Siwen, Master, it's just time to change clothes, and you actually got into trouble with someone else again?"
"Ouch! It's not my problem this time!" Gu Siwen frowned, "Gu Hongwen! Gu Siye! They provoked me first this time!"
Another supervisor stood up and said respectfully: "Back to Siye, Brother Gu did brag about what he had in his hands, but it was just words. But after hearing what Brother Gu said, several people from the Justice Hall came out to ridicule Brother Gu for not knowing how to pretend. I understand, and he also said that he stole things from the Daqing treasury to support the scene."
"Who said this?" Gu Hongwen frowned directly. It was okay to just fight and fight. How could he directly say that Gu Siwen stole the Daqing treasury? Is this something he could say casually?
"It's me." Another supervisor walked out from the Hall of Justice. He was tall and thin, with eyebrows like paint, but very arrogant, "Wen Zhao."
Wen Zhao shook his neck casually, "Gu Siwen, your father is the minister of Taipu Temple. He is one of the third rank and one of the nine ministers. He is in charge of all official and business routes in Daqing. Everything he gets should belong to Daqing. Where did you get this thing?"
"Don't say it was given by your father. Whatever your father got, it all belongs to the emperor."
"You!" Gu Siwen was speechless.
He really secretly took this thing from his father. He wanted to show it off before putting it back, but he didn't expect that Wen Zhao from the Justice Hall saw it and almost got into trouble with his father.
"..." Gu Hongwen and Jiang Nanxing looked at each other, both feeling that this matter was not easy to resolve.
Wen Zhao was a direct descendant of the Wen family in Quzhou. Not only his father and brother were officials in the previous dynasty, but his cousins were also on the official list.
From the third-rank official to the ninth-rank local official, all were members of the Wen family. There was even a noble concubine of the Wen family in the harem.
Except for the nobles Wang and Sun, Wen Zhao can be said to be able to walk sideways in Daqing.
If it were other people, Gu Hongwen and Jiang Nanxing could still talk about it, but when it came to Wen Zhao, they couldn't do anything.
The huge Imperial College is entangled in these sectarian relationships and chooses sides. The power behind the students is greater than that of the masters, making the students not like students and the masters not like masters.
Jiang Nanxing missed You Di even more at this time.
If You Di was still here, he would not care about Wen Zhao's connections behind his back. He would only use the most ingenious knowledge to resolve these conflicts, and then persuade everyone to study hard.
Jiang Nanxing felt that she missed him too much, otherwise why did she seem to hear You Di's voice?
"This thing is called a telescope. It is a kind of mirror that sees things." A familiar voice came from the back of the crowd.
Clear as spring water, bright as a morning bell.
Jiang Nanxing's left chest began to beat uncontrollably.
Across the crowd, Gu Hongwen and Jiang Nanxing couldn't see clearly the person's appearance, they could only see a thin figure.
The crowd slowly dispersed, allowing the last person to move smoothly to the center position.
The visitor was wearing a simple gray robe and had a big bundle on his back. He raised the corners of his lips and smiled like a spring breeze turning into snow, "Long time no see."
Jiang Nanxing and Gu Hongwen looked at this man blankly, "You... You brother?"
Are they asleep?
How come they saw You Di? !
Wen Zhao frowned and looked at this person, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said, "Hey, who are you?"
"The student came to the Imperial College to report today." Zhou Ziyan took out the recommendation letter from his arms and handed it to Gu Hongwen, "This is the student's recommendation letter."
Lin Fanji had dinner, and while washing up, he took a stick of incense and wrote two words of recommendation.
This is his letter of recommendation from Zhou Ziyan.
"Gu Hongwen is now the sixth-grade Imperial College Doctor. He is the biggest under the sacrificial wine. Who else, Jiang Nanxing, is also the eighth-grade Imperial Doctor."
"What's your relationship with Gu Hongwen and Jiang Nanxing? Do you still need a letter of recommendation? It's great if I'm willing to help you write these two sentences! You even picked it!"
"No time to write more, no time!"
After Lin Fanji said this, he slapped the recommendation letter on Zhou Ziyan and went to sleep.
Zhou Ziyan could only bring this letter of recommendation, which did not look like a recommendation letter, to the Imperial College to report alone.
Fortunately, he still had an impression of the Imperial College, so he followed the road to find the registration office, put his name on it, and received the Imperial College Student uniform.
He was assigned to Suixing Hall and was about to check out the location. As soon as he reached the Justice Hall, he encountered a familiar scene from the Imperial College.
ah!
Zhou Ziyan looked at this tense scene with special nostalgia.
After all these years, there is still so much passion in the Imperial College, and there is no room for quarrels.
"Are you just a supervisor who came to sign up?" Why is Wen Zhao so unbelieving.
If the supervisors from other small places saw a group of them quarreling, they would be so frightened that they would not know what to do.
But the prison guard in front of him remained calm in such a messy place, and he wasn't surprised at all by what they were doing.
Is this the demeanor that an ordinary prison student should have?
Zhou Ziyan did not answer Wen Zhao's words, but just took the thing in Gu Siwen's hand, "What's your name?"
While asking, he adjusted the scale on the telescope.
Today's telescopes are far from the modern simple telescopes.
It is a telescope that is just starting out, bulky and difficult to use.
If someone who doesn't know it gets it, they might really use it as a stick or a mallet.
"I...my name is Gu Siwen. My father is the Lord of Taipu Temple." Gu Siwen watched blankly as the supervisor took away his things, but he did not dare to take them back at all.
Too strange! When did his young master Gu become so obedient? !
Zhou Ziyan paused when he heard this official position, "Master Taipusi, are you Gu Dawang's son? Are you so old?!"
Gu Dawang and he were classmates back then, but Gu Dawang was seven or eight years older than him, and he already had a wife and children at home.
He only met Gu Dawang's child once, and he was already a handsome young boy at that time. Why has this child shrunk after so many years?
Gu Siwen was even more stunned, "I am my father's second son...but how do you know my father's nickname!"
His father's real name is not Gu Dawang, but his father said that only close relatives know this name.
Could this prisoner in front of him be a close relative of his father? !
... Could it be that he is some kind of cousin!
"Oh, second son, no wonder." Zhou Ziyan fixed the telescope in his hand and gave it back to Gu Siwen, "You can try it out."
Gu Siwen took the telescope and looked at it, and was shocked: "I, I actually saw my home! Why is it so close? It's like being in the Imperial College!"
When the others heard this, they were also shocked, "Brother Gu, Brother Gu, let me see, let me see!"
"Oh my god, is it really so magical?"
"Telescope, telescope, make it clear!"
Wen Zhao gritted his teeth and said: "No matter what kind of telescope it is, this thing is not yours! You stole it!"
"That's not yours either." Zhou Ziyan looked at Wen Zhao and frowned, "What's your name again?"
"Who should I tell you?" Wen Zhao looked at Zhou Ziyan's clear eyes and couldn't help but take two steps back.
Damn it, where did this man come from? Why does he look so much like his father in his training style?
Gu Hongwen and Jiang Nanxing held the letters of recommendation in their hands, looking at the pitiful looks of Gu Siwen and Wen Zhao, they both shook their heads and chuckled.
So what about the Demon King? He's not even a child to Shangyou!
"There are many waterways in the south. Telescopes have been used in the south for a long time. It is not a rare thing." Zhou Ziyan glanced at Wen Zhao and said, "Next time I want to ask someone to ask questions, I need to know in advance what this thing is. Do you understand?"
Wen Zhao still refused to admit defeat. He bit his lower lip and said: "You say it is, why should I believe you?!"
"Whether you believe it or not, it has nothing to do with me." Zhou said he just came to class and didn't care about their other business. He just saw Gu Hongwen and Jiang Nanxing being embarrassed, so he changed the topic so that the two friends would be less nervous.
"You!" Being pushed back like this, Wen Zhao felt aggrieved for the first time.
"You wait!"
Wen Zhao said a meaningless sentence and wanted to leave. Before leaving, he glanced at the telescope in Gu Siwen's hand.
Damn it, he wants to take a look at that telescope too.
Zhou Ziyan grabbed Wen Zhao's back collar and said, "Don't you want to take a look at a telescope that can see far, far away places?"
"..." Wen Zhao slapped Zhou Ziyan's hand away and pursed his lips, "Gu Siwen won't give it to me."
Zhou Ziyan and Gu Siwen had just met, and they had already called him by his first name, "Gu Siwen, bring it."
"Ouch." Gu Siwen also obeyed and gave Zhou Ziyan the telescope.
Gu Siwen: "..."
Is he possessed by demons? !
Could this man be...is he really his cousin?
Otherwise, why would he be so obedient? It must be due to bloodline suppression!
Zhou Ziyan put the telescope on Wen Zhao's eyes and told him to close the other eye tightly, "Did you see it?"
"I saw..." Wen Zhao looked at the strange scenery in the telescope and murmured in response.
Zhou said to himself: "What did you see?"
"I saw places far, far away..." The article found it unbelievable. "How can this thing see so far away? If people from other countries get it, wouldn't they be able to spy on the situation in Daqing locally?"
"You kid, you think a lot." Zhou Ziyan was shocked. This kid's thinking was unusual. He didn't seem to be an ignorant playboy.
"Hmph." Wen Zhao raised his arms and raised his head, "I am not that mindless supervisor. I will definitely become a minister of Daqing in the future."
"Since you care about Daqing so much, why were you so aggressive with Gu Siwen just now? Gu Siwen is not from Daqing? His father is not a Daqing official?" Zhou Ziyan asked again.
"I...I just don't like him. He walks around in swagger all day long and is annoying!" Wen Zhao snorted.
Gu Siwen jumped to his feet angrily, "You're the one who's annoying! What you like most is stabbing people in the back, you gutter bug!"
"No matter what grievances you have, you can no longer speak out your doubts about Daqing officials just now." Zhou Ziyan held down the two teenagers and glanced at them lightly, "Not to mention that Daqing's laws and regulations stipulate that you are not allowed to make arbitrary comments about important officials of the imperial court. Speaking of other things, it is precisely because Gu Siwen's father is out there clearing the trade routes and ensuring the smooth flow of official and commercial roads that the commercial goods in Daqing can be so abundant, and you can see the telescope that just came to the south in this distant capital."
Wen Zhao lowered his head, but didn't take it seriously, "It's just a few business roads...what's so big about it."
"Just a few commercial roads?" Zhou Ziyan smiled, "Do you know how many official roads and commercial roads there are in Daqing now? Do you know how many roads there are to choose from from Beijing to the nearest Guangyang Prefecture? How many inns are there, who are the inn masters, what is the surrounding situation, and if bandits are robbing the road, where are they most likely to come from?"
"When a trade road is abandoned, how should we consider how to use the shortest distance and how to distribute it so that we can reconnect the towns along the abandoned trade road?"
"This is only a small part of the problem of dry roads. Do you still want me to ask you about water roads, huh?"
"...Me!" Wen Zhao was speechless, "Then do you know?"
"I don't know either." Zhou Ziyan shook his head, "But Gu Siwen's father knows, because this is all his father's responsibility."
When Gu Siwen heard this, even though it was the first time that he knew that his father had to do so many things, he still puffed up his chest shamelessly.
"If you don't like Gu Siwen, you can have an argument with Gu Siwen. You can tell who is stronger and which is weaker at a glance. But you must not involve the Taipusi Qing behind Gu Siwen." Zhou Ziyan looked at Wen Zhao. He had the consciousness to weaken his momentum and added, "Taipu Temple Minister, from the third-grade official, he is an official who really does practical things for Daqing. Just now you have considered the harm of the telescope to Daqing, how can you directly say harm to such a person?" A Daqing official?"
"..." Wen Zhao really lowered his head this time and said in a muffled voice, "I... I just got excited for a moment."
"Then I'll forgive you on behalf of my father." Gu Siwen seized the opportunity and rushed over to take advantage, "By the way, I'll forgive you too, hee."
"You!" Wen Zhao clenched his fists again, "Gu Siwen, you are indeed mentally ill."
"Okay, okay, if you continue to make trouble, be careful and I will put you all in solitary confinement." Gu Hongwen stood up and said to Xini, "Don't stand here anymore, go back and study."
"Wait a minute!" Wen Zhao pointed at Zhou Ziyan and asked, "Who are you?"
Zhou Zi said that he bowed to Gu Hongwen and Jiang Nanxing, "Student Zhou Zi said that this time Yue Nanfu Township Examination will be held in the Yuan Dynasty."
"Zhou Ziyan...?" Gu Hongwen read this unfamiliar name and didn't understand why You Di changed his name.
Jiang Nanxing, however, reacted quickly. She raised her spirits and nodded, "I understand. Let's study hard in the Imperial College from now on."
"Yes." The former classmate was now so serious, Zhou Ziyan lowered his head and suppressed a smile.
"If you are Jieyuan in the provincial examination...don't you come to Suixingtang to study." Wen Zhao and Gu Siwen were both shocked, "You are Jieyuan at such a young age?!"