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The little girl is eight or nine years old, and she is already a little marked, and on her slightly flat face, her facial features are vivid, revealing indescribable intelligence.

Standing in the courtyard, blinking at the strange boy in front of her, the girl did not forget to take care of the chick in her hand.

On the third day of March in the forty-fifth year of Wanli, the second day after the Qingming Festival is the birthday of the Northern Emperor, the Han people have swept the tomb on the first day, and today they are busy going to the palace on the outskirts of the city to burn incense to restore, and the Wanshou Palace in the west city is also holding a grand ceremony to pray for the Emperor Zhenwu to make this year's wind and rain smooth, including the Queen Mother Xiao.

The Miao people, Yao people, and Buyi who do business and work in the city have rushed back to the villages outside the city one day earlier, and the third day of March is also the festival of the native people, each village does not interact with each other for several days, and the people in the village meet to fish and hunt, and then gather in the village to fight bulls, fight horses, sing, step on the hall, and share the food.

However, at this time, the hustle and bustle everywhere had nothing to do with Wang Xingping, he was standing in the courtyard next to the governor's office in the west of the city, not moving at all, and staring at the little girl.

"Where did you come from, a disciple of the waves, staring at people like this."

The old mother in the plain skirt was dutiful and vigilant against all covetous glances at her young lady, even if the young lady was less than ten years old.

"My surname is Wang, I came to meet Mr. Ma, I have been waiting here for a while, I don't know if it is Miss Guijia, but I am offended."

Although the old Si Yan who guarded the door was dazzled, he was not so good that he would casually put a big living person in.

I saw that this show was polite and polite, and it was not as big as the people who were waiting for the knotting in the past, they were all long and short. This person just calls himself a gentleman, and this kind of offspring can be more valued by the head of the family.

Looking behind the mother-in-law, he saw a servant come out of it, and a quarter of an hour ago he had handed over the prayer note to him, and he went in to pass it on. Wang Xingping recognized the soap-colored stickers worn by the servant, and hurriedly saluted the young lady and mother-in-law, "I'm bothered." ”

Looking at the back of the back hall, Yun Niang, the youngest daughter of the Ma family, was full of curiosity.

Thinking that when there was no one just now, when he saw the girl holding the chick, the young man made fun of himself and recited a crooked poem.

"Raising chickens and indulging in chicken food, chicken fat is cooking. The owner is good, and he can't know with the chicken. ”

But now when there are people, they look like a moral gentleman, and the little girl is a little annoyed when she looks at it, and her face changes quickly.

Yun Niang asked the mother-in-law beside her, "Mother Yang, who is that person?" ”

The mother-in-law only heard a few irrelevant words randomly, and she couldn't be sure, but the old man had been closed after returning home, and he didn't ask about mundane affairs.

"Just now, his surname is Wang, and I heard that it seems to be a student that the master has just accepted."

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"Students meet teachers."

The Confucian scholar sitting on the chair in front of the hall looked forty or fifty years old, with a black face and a long beard, a casual robe and a light square scarf at home, looking very refreshing, it was Ma Wenqing, who had just retired from his post and returned to seclusion.

"Sure enough, it's a young talent, Zhang Suzhi didn't talk nonsense this time."

Wang Xingping's appearance is not bad, and he has a temperament that does not match his age, so people will not despise it.

Wang Xingping said modestly: "Mr. is too famous." ”

Ma Wenqing waved his hand, "Although Su Zhi does not follow the rules, it is not wrong to look at people, which is also the cause planted by Li Wenjie back then." ”

Li Tingji is a famous minister of this dynasty, Wanli 19 years when he presided over the Zhejiang Township Examination, he won Zhang Rulin in the paper, because of this, Zhang Rulin presided over the scientific examination has always liked to find talents in an eclectic way, Li Tingji passed away last year, and was called Wenjie.

When he was the deputy envoy of Shandong, Zhang Rulin once tried his best to win the famous man Li Yansheng in the paper, of course, because of this section, he was attacked in the DPRK and China, and was impeached by Wang Ruolin in the matter of Like at the time, and he was resigned and returned to China.

But after arriving in Guizhou, Zhang Rulin is still the same, supporting young talents, in Ma Wenqing's opinion, it is really normal for him to recommend Wang Xingping, who is not yet an adult, as for Zhang Rulin's vision, he can also trust it.

asked the servant to take over the Yi sent by Wang Xingping, and the status of the teacher and student was decided, but Ma Wenqing had no intention of letting Wang Xingping go.

"Xingping can have a table word?"

"I took one myself, and it was called Tiancheng."

"Heavenly ...... Yes......? Ma Wenqing pondered the words.

Wang Xingping explained: "Taken from the sentence of Diping Tiancheng in "Zuo Biography". ”

I heard Ma Wenqing blurt out: "'Shun Chenyao, lift eight Kai, make the Lord the back of the land, in order to take care of all things, in a timely order, the earth is flat." ’”

After pondering for a moment, he smiled and said, "Get good, get good." ”

It seems that Ma Wenqing has already appreciated his talent and learning, and he is also a lot more relieved to see this gentleman speaking casually. After all, at this time, the scholars have always regarded themselves as clear streams, and there is a problem called 'leniency and self-discipline, strict treatment of others', down to the teacher teaching students, up to the courtiers advising the king, all of them have this face, their wives and concubines are in groups, and they are constantly feasting and drinking every night, but they require others to observe etiquette and etiquette. And this Mr. Ma doesn't seem to have such a problem, here in Guizhou, Jinshi is mostly from a military background, and it is a place where Han Yi lives together, since it is not as peaceful as the south of the Yangtze River, but not many scholars are contaminated with such bad problems.

Ma Wenqing valued Wang Xingping a little more in his heart, and he became serious when he spoke.

"Tiancheng, I have just returned to China, and there are still many important things, so I am afraid that I will delay your studies and mislead people's children."

"It's Xingping who is abrupt, the teacher has just returned to his hometown, and he knows that there will be no less."

Ma Wenqing just came back before the Qingming Festival, and he also worshiped his ancestors by the way, and he was tired all the way. After all, for scholars, all entertainment can be classified as secular affairs, only preaching and teaching should not be neglected, and a good student will inherit the mantle, which will help both public and private in the future. What's more, Zhang Tixue also publicized Wang Xingping's deeds in the book of recommendation, and even said that he would visit on a later date, but he didn't expect this young man to come first.

After talking in the hall, Wang Xingping followed Ma Wenqing up and went all the way to the backyard, where there was a small building on the side of the courtyard, which was the Ma family's library building.

Ma Wenqing proudly introduced, "After my uncle passed away, half of the family moved half of the books in front of him into my library, and in this Guiyang City, this building is also a little famous." ”

Ma Wenqing's eldest uncle was frustrated and lived in seclusion in the valley seven forts in the north of the city, specializing in learning, and the family was full of books, and later Ma Wenqing was admitted to the Jinshi, and his uncle left his last words to entrust all the books in the family to him, and built a library for the children of the clan to read, but the name of this uncle is not very elegant and tame in Wang Xingping, called Ying Long.

As soon as I entered the door of the study, I saw a person crouching on the desk, as if he was looking through books, but he didn't notice anyone outside.

Ma Wenqing said loudly at the door: "Chongran." ”

The young scholar turned his head when he heard this, but he was also a young man, his green shirt and ink-colored scarf were a little shabby, but they were quite neatly tied.

Mr. Ma said proudly, "Tiancheng, this is my nephew and your senior brother." ”

In the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, Ma Wenqing's father Ma Yunlong died, Ma Wenqing returned home to guard the system for three years, and the children of the clan had more than he professors, this plain scholar, who was ten years old at the time, was the age to work hard, because of the teaching of Master Ma, his knowledge was getting better and better, and he had to be promoted after ten years.

Wang Xingping stepped forward to salute: "Wang Xingping has seen senior brother. ”

The scholar turned around and bowed solemnly.

"Ma Shiying."

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"Went to Ma Jinshi's mansion?"

Gu Fengming went to the counter early to finish his official duties, then reported his illness and returned to his other business in the city, and invited Zhang Changgeng to question.

"The villain asked clearly, and he did go to Ma Jinshi's mansion."

Zhang Changgeng replied simply, there is no need to hide such trivial things, just find a reason on the counter and ask the palace.

Master Gu frowned and said, "You Wu, this dog, did you not explain to him or did he make his own decisions?" Li Lao Liu, just knock and knock, what do you do to dig people's ancestral graves? ”

Master Gu didn't pity the Li family, but it was really a bit plain about this trouble, because the tenant rent, whether it was a dispute between the tenant and the landlord, or between the tenant, was only civil, as long as the two sides negotiated properly, the government would not be too harsh. It's just that destroying people's tombs has always been a felony, or before sweeping the tombs during the Qingming Festival, this is a vicious case, and the local government has to investigate.

"Fortunately, this matter is vigilant, only You Wu and Wang Qi do it, and no one else knows."

Zhang Changgeng looked nervous, the matter was explained by him, originally he just wanted to knock the Li family, but he didn't choose the two flutes of You Wu and Wang Qi, although these two have always been the only ones who look forward to the family, and they have a lot of benefits, but their brains are not good, and he didn't let the two of them go to dig people's ancestral graves. This matter can be big or small, if you really want to get to the root of it, he can't get rid of it, and when the time comes, Gu Erji will only shirk it, and he will never help others take care of it.

Fortunately, there are many villages that are unhappy to find the Li family, except for You Wu, Wang Qi, Lin Jinsheng and Cai Jian who were personally explained, the other tenants who listened to the instigation also had some words about Li Lao Liu, and the two of them were selfish, thinking that there should be no loss, Zhang Changgeng felt a little calmer.

Gu Fengming was thinking about Wang Xingping's attitude at the moment, I heard that Li Lao Liu had already fallen on the bed, and his son went to the Wang cemetery outside the city early yesterday morning to complain, and many people in the Wang family saw it, but after a day, there was no movement at all. This morning, the proprietor didn't even take a look at the counter, and Gu Erji was uneasy, so he asked Zhang Changgeng to go to the house to check.

"Have you asked the owner what he is doing at Ma Jinshi's mansion?"

Gu Fengming remembered that the Wang and Ma families didn't seem to have much in common, that Ma Jinshi heard that he was going to work and returning to his hometown, and it was only a few days since he returned to Guiyang Mansion, and the last time he returned to his hometown was sixteen years ago, and after the expiration of three years, Wang Xingping should not have been born yet.

"I also inquired about this, I heard that the great master of the province recommended the young master to be a disciple of Ma Jinshi, and he went to apprentice today."

At this time, although the local area is still commensurate with the state, but the folk follow the Yuan system, and they are all accustomed to calling it a province, the so-called Great Tomorrow, two capitals and thirteen provinces, but it is also a folk saying, and the folk name Tixue official is called the great master.

Gu Fengming leaned back on the chair with half-squinted eyes, waiting for Zhang Changgeng's answer, but when he heard this, he suddenly got up from the chair and stared at the guy in front of him with wide eyes.

"What? You said that Ma Wenqing accepted Wang Xingping as a student? ”