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Without further ado.

All kinds of thoughts only flashed in Zhao Junchen's heart, and the rest of the people naturally did not know Zhao Junchen's true thoughts, they only saw Zhao Junchen's appearance of "tears in his eyes" and "choked voice" at this time, and they couldn't help but feel surprised, and they didn't know what kind of sacredness the old man in front of him was, and he would make Zhao Junchen so out of shape in front of the public.

On the other side, when Old Master Xu saw Zhao Junchen's appearance, his originally somewhat restrained expression gradually became excited, and he hurriedly held Zhao Junchen's arm, his eyes were also red, and he said in a trembling voice: "Junchen...... You think too much, I've had a good life in the past few years, you send me a lot of money every once in a while, I don't have to worry about food and clothing, where will you be ashamed of me? It's just that I am very happy to see you getting more and more promising, you are now an important minister of the court, and you can still care about me as an enlightenment teacher so much, and do not forget the old feelings, for me, it is very content...... I heard that you and the Zhao family have reconciled, I am also happy for you, today is a good day for you to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors, in front of so many distinguished guests, you have to behave happily and generously, don't make others laugh at me for my gaffe......"

Compared with Zhao Junchen's contrived performance, Old Master Xu's demeanor is all from the bottom of his heart, and on his slightly old face, the expressions of gratification, sadness, joy, excitement and other mixed emotions cannot be disguised in any way.

Seeing Old Master Xu like this, Zhao Junchen flashed a trace of guilt in his heart, and only felt that he had taken advantage of Old Master Xu's selfless dedication and sincere feelings for him.

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Repeatedly lost. His wife died early, and there has been no renewal over the years. Except for Xu Qingyan, there are no relatives in the world. has the grace of adoption, life-saving and teaching to Zhao Junchen - these are all Zhao Junchen's previous impressions of Old Master Xu, which are not only rough, but also simple.

However, in recent days, through the means of side knocking, Zhao Junchen has also learned a lot about Old Master Xu from Xu Qingyan's mouth, and knows that this Old Master Xu is different from Xu Qingyan, he is a kind old scholar who is just a little pedantic. Although he had no ambition in his life, he never did anything bad.

At the beginning, Old Master Xu adopted Zhao Junchen, who was about to starve to death on the streets, but only out of kindness in his heart, and there was no intention of speculation or use. In the years when he raised and taught Zhao Junchen, he treated Zhao Junchen like his own son, and he was no worse than Xu Qingyan.

Even, because Xu Qingyan doesn't like to read and Zhao Junchen is more competitive, Mr. Xu pinned all his expectations on Zhao Junchen. When Zhao Junchen was in Beijing to take the exam, because he was worried that Zhao Junchen was on the road alone, he let his biological son Xu Qingyan serve as Zhao Junchen's long-term entourage and scholar, serving Zhao Junchen's daily life. The weight of kindness can be seen from this.

It can be said that Old Master Xu's dedication and feelings for Zhao Junchen. It is absolutely selfless and sincere, the grace of saving lives, the love of nurturing, and the righteousness of teaching. It can't be overstated.

It's a pity that Old Master Xu's personality is kind and kind. But he is really pedantic, and he always takes the trouble to instill some Confucian "universal values" to Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan on weekdays, nagging, verbose, as if the magic sound permeates his ears, if Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan violate his bottom line, Xu Laofu will change his former duty and kindness, and become quite strict, so that Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan are avoided.

It is precisely because of this that after Zhao Junchen won the top prize in high school, although he had smooth sailing in his official career, he could be said to be on the rise, but he only sent a sum of money to Mr. Xu every once in a while to buy a house for Mr. Xu and ensure that Mr. Xu had no worries about food and clothing, but he never wanted to take Mr. Xu to live in the capital, because he was afraid that Mr. Xu would restrain his hands and feet.

Until now, Zhao Junchen has been a dove occupying the magpie's nest, Xu Qingyan also began to miss his father, and took the opportunity to accompany the southern tour, the two finally changed their minds and planned to take Xu Laofu to the capital to live for a long time.

Therefore, as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou, Xu Qingyan went to the countryside to pick up Old Master Xu, and only then did he rush to the ancestral house of the Zhao family.

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Thinking back to Old Master Xu's various situations, Zhao Junchen's heart certainly swelled with a little guilt.

But in the next moment, Zhao Junchen had already pressed all these guilty emotions in the depths of his heart, still looking guilty and excited, and continued to play: "In the past few years, Junchen has often been worried about the teacher, and now he sees that the teacher's body is still healthy, and he feels a little comforted in his heart. ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's words, a trace of hesitation flashed on Old Master Xu's old face, and it seemed that he was a little difficult to leave his homeland, but in the next moment, he nodded and said: "Since Junchen, you have this heart, then everything is arranged by you." ”

Obviously, for Mr. Xu, Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan are far more important than their "homeland".

Seeing that Old Master Xu agreed, Zhao Junchen looked happy and said yes repeatedly.

It's just that although the conversation between Zhao Junchen and Old Master Xu was warm and harmonious, Xu Qingyan, who has always been heartless, also had red eyes, but the rest of the people were more and more confused because they didn't know the past of Zhao Junchen and Old Master Xu, and they didn't know who Old Master Xu was, and they didn't know why Zhao Junchen was so "excited".

It's just that Zhao Junchen's identity is precious, and although most of the guests are curious, they don't dare to interject and ask at this time.

Fortunately, Zuo Lanshan and Su Changzhen are also second-class members of the imperial court, and their relationship with Zhao Junchen is also closer, but they are qualified to inquire about Zhao Junchen.

So, taking advantage of the pause between Zhao Junchen and Old Master Xu, Zuo Lanshan took a step forward and interjected and asked, "Lord Zhao, can you introduce ...... old man in front of you?" ”

After hearing Zuo Lanshan's inquiry, Zhao Junchen looked stunned. It seems that he has just discovered his gaffe, and then cautiously introduced to Zuo Lanshan and Su Changyi: "This is Old Master Xu. Not only is it my enlightenment teacher, but also has a life-saving grace and nurturing affection for me. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is as heavy as a mountain. Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity to accompany the southern tour, I plan to take his old man to live in the capital, repay his kindness, and do my filial piety. ”

Then, Zhao Junchen introduced to Old Master Xu: "Teacher, these two are my colleagues in the court, and they have a good relationship with me on weekdays, one is Zuo Lanshan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the other is Su Changyi, the governor of Nanzhili. ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's introduction. Whether it was Zuo Lanshan and Su Changyi, or Old Master Xu, they were all surprised in their hearts.

Zuo Lanshan and Su Changzhen never expected that the so-called "distinguished guest" in Zhao Junchen's mouth was just his enlightened teacher when he was a child and a life-saving benefactor when he was down-of-the-road - kindness is important, but can he make such a big move? not only led everyone out to greet him, but also deliberately postponed the celebration for his sake, which is inevitably a bit of a weight for politicians whose interests are paramount.

But. Because of this, Zhao Junchen's image of affection and gratitude has also been established in the hearts of Su and Zuo, and they disagree in their hearts. Zuo Lanshan and Su Changyi's impression of Zhao Junchen has also quietly changed somewhat, and even inexplicably increased a lot of favor.

That's how the world is. On the one hand, after all kinds of training. He has become more and more tactful and selfish, and regards qualities such as selflessness, affection, and justice as "childish". But on the other hand, there will still be some yearning for these "childish" qualities in the depths of their hearts, and if the allies or potential allies around them can be "naïve", they will also feel inexplicably relieved.

At least, at this moment, Zuo Lanshan, as an important friend of Zhao Junchen, has settled down a lot in his heart - before that, Zuo Lanshan has repeatedly witnessed Zhao Junchen's scheming and scheming, and he admires it in his heart, but he can't help but feel secretly worried, worried that Zhao Junchen will sacrifice himself as an abandoned son in the future, but at this time, after seeing Zhao Junchen so "attach importance to kindness", the worry in his heart instantly dissipated a lot, and he only felt that he only needed to do things for Zhao Junchen with his heart, according to Zhao Junchen's affectionate and old character, I will never abandon myself easily.

And Su Changzhen is the same, before this, although he wanted to marry and form an alliance with Zhao Junchen, but he was only forced to do so, deep in his heart, he still thought that a corrupt official like Zhao Junchen was not worthy of his daughter, and he was quite worried that his daughter would be treated coldly after marrying Zhao Junchen. But after Zhao Junchen's performance, Su Changyi's thoughts have quietly changed, and his thoughts about marrying and forming an alliance with Zhao Junchen have become more and more urgent.

At the same time, Zuo Lanshan and Su Changzhen also secretly made a decision in their hearts that in the future, they would "exchange feelings" with Old Master Xu a lot, so as to get closer to their relationship with Zhao Junchen!

On the other hand, after Old Master Xu heard Zhao Junchen's introduction, he was not only surprised in his heart, he was simply shocked, but he didn't expect that the two seemingly inconspicuous people behind Zhao Junchen turned out to be a scholar and a governor, both of whom were core ministers in the court, and even the Wupin prefect needed to kowtow after seeing it.

Old Master Xu has a pedantic personality and is a human being, although he also knows in his heart that Zhao Junchen's identity and status are not inferior to Zuo and Su, but after learning the identities of Zuo and Su, he still can't help but weaken his knees, and subconsciously salute and greet him.

However, before Old Master Xu saluted, Zuo and Su were already one step ahead, one left and one right held Old Master Xu's arm, and looked kind, as if they had seen their own parents.

Old Master Xu didn't expect Zuo Lanshan and Su Changzhen to treat him so politely, he was used to being a grass farmer on weekdays, and he couldn't accept it for a while, but he felt like a dream, under the cordial care of Zuo Lanshan and Su Changzhen, for a while, he only nodded and agreed.

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Not to mention the emotional exchange between Zuo and Su and Old Master Xu, with Zhao Junchen's introduction, the rest of the guests also understood the true identity of Old Master Xu.

Like Zuo and Su, seeing that Zhao Junchen was so "nostalgic for the old and affectionate", everyone didn't think so, but their impression of Zhao Junchen also quietly changed!

After all, although Zhao Junchen is notorious, it is only because of the reputation of corrupt officials, but although Zhao Junchen's corruption and bribery are very important, for ordinary people and low-level officials, after all, the distance is too far, and it has nothing to do with him, and there is no way to have any strong resonance.

However, Zhao Junchen's image of valuing love and righteousness, although it has nothing to do with "righteousness", is just a kind of "private morality", but for ordinary people and low-level officials, this "private morality" allows them to find an opportunity to reap benefits - as long as he can give Zhao Junchen some help, then Zhao Junchen will not be stingy in repaying - such an opportunity naturally reverses many people's views of Zhao Junchen.

For the world, selfishness is always inevitable, although the "righteousness" such as "justice and selflessness" and "serving the country and the people" will be praised by the world, but the "private virtues" such as "gratitude and gratitude" and "valuing love and righteousness" make the world more cordial.

Without him, the so-called "righteousness" is only beneficial to the imperial court, but the so-called "private morality" may benefit oneself!

The reason why Zhao Junchen is performing such a play now is precisely because he has grasped the psychology of the world.

I believe that as today's events gradually spread, the impression of Zhao Junchen in the hearts of the government and the opposition officials and people will also be reversed a lot.

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At the same time, several richly dressed and wealthy men were standing among the guests and watched Zhao Junchen's performance.

These people are Dai Fengfu, the big boss of Maosheng Commercial Bank, Bai Mingyu, the big boss of Darong Shipping Bank, and Lin Yunpu, the president of the Salt Merchants Association.

In fact, Cho Junchen's performance was very successful, and it also deceived their eyes.

Therefore, after knowing the identity of Old Master Xu, these people's impression of Zhao Junchen has also quietly undergone some changes.

"Unexpectedly, Zhao Junchen, a big corrupt official who is well known throughout the dynasty, actually understands Entu Bao...... It made my impression of him a little better. ”

Among the several people, Bai Mingyu, the youngest, said slowly.

As soon as Bai Mingyu's words fell, Dai Fengfu also nodded and said: "That's fine, let's contact with Zhao Junchen in the future, and we also have a place to start, we can establish a personal relationship with him first, give him more benefits, let him always miss our benefits, and then he will naturally give us enough returns...... Speaking of which, we salt merchants, what we are most afraid of encountering on weekdays are those dog officials who reach out for money and then turn their faces and deny people, such as Zhao Junchen, a corrupt official who will miss the old feelings, but it is a rare thing that can be invested in the long run. ”

Regarding Bai Mingyu and Dai Fengfu's comments, Lin Yunpu was noncommittal, but said: "Although Zhao Deqing has lost the position of the head of the Zhao family, he has not completely lost power, he has already helped us set up a line, after today's celebration, we can meet with Zhao Junchen, and please get ready." ”

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PS: Well, two-in-one chapter. (To be continued......)