Chapter 399: Master Zheng
Maybe it's because of the recent development of the imperial court, so when Yun Shen walked these roads a few years ago, there were still many potholes, and now it has become a straight and flat road, and there are a lot of carved monuments next to this road, Yun Shen walked to a carved monument and took a look, only to find that these inscriptions were written on the people who donated money to build this road at that time.
"It turned out that everyone built the road together, and also, although those people in the court are managing the country better and better, how many of them have this kind of idle time to manage small places!" Yun Shen sighed, and then walked forward slowly, of course, because the words on those carved tablets were too small, so he didn't stop one by one to look at the names written on them.
It's just that when he passed a slightly larger inscription, he suddenly stopped his steps, not that there was anything very different about this inscription, but because a person's name was clearly written on it, so the characters became bigger, and it was more eye-catching.
"Zheng Si, I think he should be doing well now!" Yun Shen looked at this inscription, and then showed a smile, "But it's a pity, I didn't pay attention to the results of the imperial examination at the beginning, otherwise I would have been able to know some news!" ”
"Little Master, do you also know Master Zheng?" As soon as Yun Shen's words were finished, a voice came from behind him, "Lord Zheng is one of the few good officials we have here, we ordinary people like him, this inscription is specially built for Lord Zheng, it is bigger than the others, and only the name of Lord Zheng is written, when this road was built, there have been all kinds of troubles, and in the end, Lord Zheng came forward, got permission from the Ministry of Industry, and then persuaded those rich businessmen to donate money, and this road was slowly built!" When he said this, there was more excitement in the voice behind him, "And when the road was being built, Lord Zheng took out all his savings, which was much better than those rich businessmen who picked and searched!" ”
Yun Shen stopped, looked at the name on the inscription, and slowly spoke, "This Lord Zheng is already very famous?" ”
"Yes, to be able to ask this, it seems that the little master is not from us!" It was a farmer who spoke just now, and after he had to look at Yun Shen's appearance and dress up a little, he said with confidence, "This Lord Zheng here of ours only came to us a few years ago to be an official, and the magistrate before us, although he said that he was fair, he was just so-so, and he didn't do much practical things, but after this Lord Zheng took office, he has been doing something good for our people, although our people are illiterate, but their hearts are clear, That's why everyone likes this adult in their hearts! It's just that what worries us is that this adult has reached the age suitable for marriage, and he is not in a hurry about his life's events, and our local matchmakers have taken the initiative to come to the door several times, without a penny, and want to help Master Zheng talk about matchmaking, but he turned them away! ”
"I know some of this Lord Zheng's previous stories, and it makes sense that he doesn't want to get married!" Yun Shen smiled lightly, "I should be friends with this Lord Zheng, and now I come here again, but I didn't expect to have such a fate, I don't know if this big brother can tell me where Lord Zheng is now!" ”
"This is easy to find, little master, you just need to walk forward to our town, find a random person in the town, ask a word to find where Lord Zheng is, although I don't study with the little master, I have to hurry up to talk, those crops to plant, the little master can go straight forward, there are a lot of people busy on the way, if the little master can't find the way, ask them as soon as possible, the people in our town are really warm and simple, I won't talk to you about the little master, I have to hurry up to plant those crops, the little master can just go forward, there are a lot of people busy along the way, if the little master can't find the way, just ask them, the people in our town are the most enthusiastic and simple! ”
"Okay, thank you!" Yun Shen made a Buddhist salute to this person, and waited until the person left, and then continued to walk forward.
Thinking that after the imperial examination, Zheng Si should have played well, so he became an official, but there has been no contact, which is a pity.
Yun Shen walked forward unhurriedly, and it didn't take long to get to the town, he also followed the advice of the farmer just now, found someone casually and asked where Zheng Si was, and then walked over there.
When he arrived at the place, he didn't see any adults in official uniforms, only a man standing in the water in his usual clothes to help an old woman.
Seeing that the other party was busy, Yun Shen didn't speak immediately, just stood quietly on the side and waited, the other party should also sense that someone was coming, and after looking up, his eyes were full of surprise, "Little Master, why are you here here?" ”
"This trip down the mountain, originally I was thinking of walking the roads I had walked before, but I didn't expect to see your name on the road, and then I said a few words to an uncle, knowing that you are an official here, I thought that we may not have met for a long time, so I changed direction, come here to see you first!" Yun Shen slowly spoke, "Don't you still have something on your hands, let's find a place to sit down and talk slowly!" ”
Hearing Yun Shen's words, Zheng Si nodded, and then his hands continued to get busy, perhaps because he knew that someone was still waiting for him, his movements were much faster, and it didn't take long to get what he needed to do.
"Mother-in-law, I still have some things to deal with here, so I won't send you back!" Zheng Si came up from the water, then took the cloth on the side and wiped the water on his body, cleaned up a little, and then walked in front of the old woman and said, "If it's inconvenient, just wait here for a while, I'll call someone to come and see you off!" "Read
"Master Zheng will be busy if he has something, I don't have to worry about it here, and I am not old enough to need someone to help me!" The old woman patted Zheng Si's hand, "Lord Zheng has been here for so long, but it is the first time that a friend has come over, so you should treat you well!" ”
Zheng Si stood and nodded, "I know, this friend of mine is not small, I will definitely not slack off!" ”
"It's not small, it can't be those big officials in the capital, right? Your Excellency has been here for a long time, and you have done so many things, they shouldn't have come to trouble you, are they going to let you be promoted? The old woman said with some worry and some expectation, "Although we are also very reluctant to praise you, Lord Zheng, but if the court really lets you be promoted, your lordship must not refuse, you have already refused once, if you refuse again this time, what if those people above embarrass you!" ”
Zheng Si smiled and explained, "Mother-in-law, you don't have to worry, there will be no such thing, this time it is not a big official from the imperial court, he is the apprentice of Master Wuxian, Master Wuhate, you should know, it is the monk who is very famous, and he has been to our side before!" ”
"So that's the case, it's better if it's not those big officials in the capital!" The old woman said with relief, "I still remember the master before, but I didn't expect him to have an apprentice, but since he is a friend of an adult, he should be a good person, my lord will go and entertain a friend first, and I will stay here for a while!" ”
Zheng Si should know the temper of this old woman, so he just nodded, and told the old woman to go home early, and then walked to Yun Shen's side, "I haven't seen you for so long, but the little master is the same as before, not much has changed!" ”
"I haven't seen you for so long, but Lord Zheng is more imposing than before, I think I must have done what I wanted to do!" Yun Shen smiled and opened his mouth, "When I was in other places before, everyone heard that I was Master's apprentice, and they all assumed that I was also a very powerful person, but I didn't expect that when I came to Lord Zheng's side, I still had to touch the light of Lord Zheng's spirit!" ”
Hearing Yun Shen's joke, Zheng Si also laughed slowly, "Little Master has always been able to joke, I haven't seen him for so long, Little Master should have a lot to say, why don't we find a place, sit down well, and talk!" ”
"Okay, I've heard that Lord Zheng rarely goes back to his mansion to stay, I don't know if I, a monk, have the honor to be able to make an exception for Lord Zheng today!" Yun Shen opened his mouth and said, "Although I have seen a lot of people, but if I really want to live in the official mansion, I have never done it, I wonder if Lord Zheng can fulfill my little wish?" ”
"Little Master, you have said so, if I don't agree again, wouldn't it be too much!" Zheng Si smiled and said, "It's just that my family doesn't enjoy it, so don't dislike it when the time comes, little master!" ”
Yun Shen smiled and said, "I'm a monk, how can I dislike these!" ”
The two walked to Zheng Si's mansion with a smile and a smile along the way, and they were stopped by many people along the way to talk, and when they really arrived at the place, it took a lot of time.
"I've only heard of those good-looking young ladies going out, and they will be stopped when they take two steps, talking, giving things or something, but I didn't expect that now when I meet a good official like Lord Zheng, I can also enjoy this kind of treatment!" As soon as he walked into the mansion, Yun Shen smiled and said, "Maybe when I meet other people in the future, when I talk about this kind of thing, it can still be a kind of talking point!" ”
"Little Master, don't make fun of me, these people are not usually like this, maybe today I saw that Little Master had a kind face and a Buddha light shining on his body, so I stopped and said a few more words!" Zheng Si instructed the people in his house to prepare food, and at the same time brought Yun Shen in the direction of the living room, "I didn't have the opportunity before, and I didn't have that kind of condition, I was able to invite the little master to live at home, now that I have met it, the little master can't shirk, he must live here with me!" ”
Yun Shen smiled and said, "I've already come here, even if Lord Zheng doesn't want me to live, I guess I can't do it!" Look, my lord, I'm even coming in with my luggage! ”
"Look at my memory, I forgot to let the little master hand over your luggage to the others!" Zheng Si patted his forehead, "My guest rooms in Foshan have always been neat and clean, because there are usually colleagues who have passed through this, and they all live on my side, but I don't know if the little master dislikes it or not?" ”
"There is no reason to dislike it, people like us have a place to live!" Yun Shen opened his mouth and said, "I think that in the past few years, Master Zheng has been much more polite, far less free and easy than when we first met!" ”