Chapter 305: Modesty and low-key are virtues
When Peng Zeliang passed by the gate, he asked the servant if Qin Jing had returned to the house, and the porter told the eldest lady and Su Gongzi to enter the house with a few scholars.
Therefore, Peng Ze knew in his conscience, and when he walked to the first living room, his eyes were looking at the situation in the room.
When Su Chen saw his father-in-law coming back, he got up to greet him and arched his hand, "Su Chen has seen Uncle Peng." ”
Peng Zeliang still recognized and accepted this prospective son-in-law in his heart, and even treated him as a baby, showing a smile, putting one hand behind his back, and brushing his beard with his right hand and said: "It's good to come back, I have heard today that you were in the palace last night, treating the queen and the prince, stabilizing the condition of the nobles, and winning the praise of the officials, doing a good job!" ”
Su Chen modestly responded: "As a doctor, I will definitely do my best to save people, but fortunately, the condition of the queen and the prince was diagnosed by me, so I can prescribe the right medicine." ”
Peng Zeliang nodded, and didn't ask any more, after all, there were other outsiders at the scene, and his eyes swept the living room.
Jiang Tao, Xia Baosong, and Liu Dong immediately stepped forward and bowed: "I've seen Master Peng." ”
Peng Zeliang saw that the three of them had blue noses and swollen faces, and they looked ridiculous, but he didn't show any smile, just pretended not to see it, and still asked politely: "Who are these three young sons, Su Chen, how about you introduce the old man?" ”
Su Chen smiled and said, "Uncle Peng, these three are the apprentices of Tai Academy that I met on the way, and they are in the same class as me and are about to participate in the imperial examination in the fall. ”
"In Xia Jiangtao, grandfather Jiang Wenwei."
"Student Xia Baosong."
"Student Student ...... Liu Dong! ”
The three of them reported their names and were very respectful to Peng Zeliang, after all, this is the Yin of Jiangning Mansion, a member of the Sanpin, for them, it is enough to look up to the important ministers of the court.
Peng Zeliang nodded slightly, he didn't expect that after Jiang Tao was still the old waiter Jiang Wenwei, he could be regarded as a famous family and a scholarly family, as for the other two, although they were from ordinary backgrounds, since they could be invited into the family by Su Chen, they must have been recognized by him.
"A few sons don't have to be restrained, when they arrive at Peng's mansion, they will be no different from entering the Su house, Su Chen has a marriage contract with the little girl, and he will be the old man's fast son-in-law in the future, he is in the house, and he can completely make decisions for the old man."
Peng Zeliang said generously, which gave Su Chen enough face.
When Su Chen heard this, he was a little flattered, and thought: It's not the time to strictly prevent himself from coming into contact with his daughter.
Peng Zeliang asked the three of them to sit down first, and then he walked to the main seat and sat down, while Su Chen sat in the deputy seat, turning into a five-person discussion mode.
"The three of you are injured, this is because you were beaten by someone, why didn't you go to the government to report the case?"
Jiang Tao arched his hand and said: "Back to Lord Peng, it's really not a secret, the three of us couldn't see Cha Yuanxian's youngest son of Cha Fu bullying the people's daughters, and we spoke to stop it, but we were beaten by his family. Fortunately, Su Gongzi and Miss Peng passed by and came to the rescue, so there was no big problem, plus the Chafu was rampant, and the background was profound, we were just apprentices of the Tai Academy, and we had no power or power, even if we went to sue, at most we lost a little copper money, but we couldn't help Cha Yuan, so I didn't go to the official. ”
Peng Zeliang nodded, sighed and said: "So that's the case, there are more doors for the emperor's relatives and court officials in the capital, and there are a lot of various yamen and gentlemen, of course, most of them are still of good character, so don't be chilled because of this, the tree has no roots and no growth, people have no ambition and do not stand, with the right ambition, in order not to be affected by these ugly things, and strive to become the pillar of the court, contact the center, and then do more meaningful things for the people, in order to change the secular status quo." ”
The three of them were moved by Master Peng's far-sighted words, and they all looked like they were happy to be taught, and the scholars paid attention to "morality", and the more they carried the Tao, the more they said, the more noble they said, in line with the Tao of Confucianism, and the scholars were as respected as they were beating chicken blood.
Su Chen shook his head lightly beside him, thinking that if this Lord Peng knew about his daughter and beat the Zha family to death, he didn't know if he could be like this.
In terms of sense of justice, Qinqing is still the same Qinqing!
Next, Peng Zeliang asked about the preparation of the three of them for the preparation of the Autumn Festival, and casually chatted about some poems and Chu Ci, Jin and Tang Dynasty articles, these three people can often quote scriptures, answer fluently, and their basic skills are quite solid.
This time, Su Chen didn't listen to the book of heaven, because he had made up a lot of classical articles in the past two months, and with his unforgettable memory and graduate study methods, he memorized all this knowledge, so Su Chen could understand the allusions and article sources they said.
Peng Zeliang praised the three people: "Yes, you are very good at the study of scriptures and literature, you have real talent and real learning, it should not be a big problem to enter the scholar and the first, if you are lucky, maybe you can squeeze into the top three!" ”
Xia Baosong shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The top three will not be considered, this year's competition incentives, especially Su Gongzi's participation in this imperial examination, will definitely become the new champion of next year's spring." ”
Jiang Tao nodded and agreed: "That is, at present, the Spring Imperial Examination of the Tang Kingdom is often a test of one poem and one article, or one word and one article, and does not test scriptures and strategies, but compared to poetry and articles, who can write a splendid and beautiful opportunity to have a chance." Every time Su Gongzi's poems come out, they can cover the world's scholars, and they have to be the champion. ”
"Same as the same...... Meaning! Liu Dong followed and praised.
Su Chen felt the pressure doubled, and the people in Jiangnan seemed to be waiting for him to be the first in the imperial examination, and to hit the champion, if he fell off the list at that time, he probably wouldn't have the face to see people.
Peng Zeliang was overjoyed when he heard the three young scholars respect his prospective son-in-law so much, a smile appeared on his face, he turned his head to look at Su Chen, and asked, "Su Chen, how are you preparing for the exam these days in Runzhou?" ”
Su Chen said half-heartedly: "Back to Uncle Peng, the younger generation has been closed in Runzhou, studying the scriptures and literature hard, as long as the topic is not unpopular, he should be able to pass the exam, as for the champion and Xie Yuan, I didn't consider it!" ”
Jiang Tao and Xia Baosong looked at Su Chen's gaze, all with admiration, such a talented person can speak so low-key and modest, and his conduct is really unreasonable!
Peng Zeliang coughed and advised: "Young man, you still have to be ambitious!" ”
"This ...... The matter of the imperial examination, strength and luck are needed, and the younger generations should do their best! Su Chen still didn't dare to say anything, in the ancient imperial examination, he would definitely not be able to rely on his own strength, so he could only expect the exam questions to be linked to the articles he had memorized in his previous life.
At this time, Peng Jingqing walked back, but before anyone arrived, the shout arrived first: "Su Chen, the courtyard and room prepared for you have been cleaned up." ”
Peng Zeliang stood up, seeing that his daughter was walking in a hurry like this, without the appearance of a lady, he had a headache, and coughed dryly: "Qinqing, don't shout." ”
"Oh, Daddy's back." Peng Jingqing smiled at his father, but as for the questioning, he didn't care at all, he was used to it since he was a child.
Peng Zeliang said: "Okay, the old man still has something to do, go to the study to deal with some official affairs first, you young people talk, the three sons have become Su Chen's friends, you can stay for dinner at noon." ”
Jiang Tao and the others were flattered and politely refused: "I am already grateful to be rescued by Su Gongzi and Miss Peng, and no matter how much I bother, I really can't help it." ”
Peng Zeliang waved his hand, asking them to be more casual and not so restrained, and then left the reception hall and went to the study room in the second courtyard.
Peng Jingqing smiled at Su Chen and said, "Let's go, do you want to go over and see your yard, and by the way, bring a few friends over to talk, it's more convenient to talk." ”
Su Chen nodded and said, "Very good, you come with me, let's go to the other courtyard and make tea and discuss poetry." ”
Jiang Tao, Xia Baosong and others were also interested after hearing this, and their faces were full of joy, but when they matched the bruises and panda eyes on their faces, they looked nondescript.