"Lord Niu, worship the name, take care all the way." The prefect Wang, who was standing at the ferry, waved his arm and shouted, if they hadn't stabbed the matter of the fat man this time, the prefect wouldn't know how many subordinates he would have to suffer from in the capital.

"My lord, you can rest assured, hehe." Shen Chongming limped to the side of the cow waiter and asked with a smile.

Niu Shilang smiled slightly, and said with some emotion: "Yes, a few years ago, because of this Huang Dongli as a hindrance, it was not enough to repair the river embankment for two years, and each time I could only repair the place that the official thought needed to be repaired, and the rest that was not very serious could only be left for the second year." So every time I left and returned to Beijing, I was scared, for fear that I didn't take into account a big accident somewhere. ”

"Having said that, but this is not a long-term solution, according to the student's point of view, this kind of repair is only a symptom rather than a cure, and the adults must ask the imperial court to allocate a large sum of silver to renovate all these hundreds of miles of embankment, this is the way to do it once and for all." Shen Chongming suggested.

Although the imperial court is now short of silver everywhere, repairing the Yellow River embankment is a major event related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, even if other things are delayed because of this matter, it should be.

"It's not easy to say, after all, this official is just a small waiter, and he can only report this matter, and what to do depends on a few adults in the cabinet, in their eyes, there are many important things in the world than repairing the Yellow River embankment." Niu Shilang smiled bitterly and said, if he is not in his position, he will not seek his own government, and the entire court may be the only one in the court who thinks that this matter has more to do with the sky than the sky.

Seeing Shen Chongming fall silent, Niu Shilang hurriedly smiled: "Don't talk about these disappointments, anyway, this renovation is much better than the previous ones, there should be no big problem in three years, let's take a step at a time, maybe when the treasury is abundant, the cabinet adults will put this matter on the agenda, hehe." ”

After a pause, Niu Shilang patted Shen Chongming's shoulder and said with a smile: "Chongming, you have made a great contribution to Xinji Town this time, I think Master Gao will be very happy when he knows about it." ”

"Hehe, the adult won the award, if it wasn't for your proper command at that time, even if the student put this life into it, it would be useless, in fact, it should be the adult who really helped the people of Xinji to survive the catastrophe, and the student's small work is really not enough to worry about." Shen Chongming said very modestly.

"Hey, it is the duty of the official to command the people to fight the flood, and how can it be regarded as a credit for fulfilling his duties. But you, regardless of your own safety, saved the embankment, this is not a great achievement, then what is a great achievement, this official must submit this matter to the cabinet, so that the court can praise you well. Niu Shilang said very solemnly, this is the only thing he can do, I believe that with such a great achievement on Shen Chongming, it will definitely be of great benefit to his future career.

After nearly a month of getting along, Niu Shilang's attitude towards Shen Chongming has also undergone a complete change, at first he treated him politely in the face of Prince Yu, and slowly the more he looked at Shen Chongming, the more pleasing he became. Insightful and with a deep background, it is really rare for such a talent to still be humble to everyone.

can get the praise of the imperial court, Shen Chongming naturally knows that such a thing will be of great benefit to his future career, so he did not push it back, but just hugged his fists and said: "Thank you for your love." ”

Because Shen Chongming's legs were not good, Niu Shilang was not in a hurry to take care of him, anyway, there was still nearly half of the funds for one hundred taels of silver, plus the sustenance that Shen Chongming received was not afraid of being hungry on the way, so that the journey that could be completed in ten days took half a month to return to the capital.

And Shen Chongming didn't have to jump up and down after nearly a month of cultivation, but he was a little lame, and Niu Shilang was very polite and ordered a handyman to drive the carriage to send him to the Guozijian.

"Brother Shen, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Shen Chongming's limping appearance, Xiao Pengcheng was immediately dumbfounded.

"It's nothing, you guys go outside and get something, it's all a gift for you to bring back, hehe." Shen Chongming said with a smile, what is a small injury to a big man.

"Gifts?" Xiao Pengcheng looked in front of him, raised his feet and ran towards the gate of Guozijian, Brother Shen is too much of a friend, and he didn't forget to stay at home when he went out. This excitement left Shen Chongming's lame leg behind.

"Ah, lame, how could it be, Brother Shen." Shi Bingzheng, who ran out of the dormitory on his back foot, supported Shen Chongming and said in horror.

"It's nothing, something went wrong when I was inspecting the embankment, and I didn't know how to do it in the water and broke my leg." Shen Chongming said with a smile, pulled up Shi Bingzheng and walked into the dormitory. It didn't take much effort to see Xiao Pengcheng walking in with the stolen goods brought back by Shen Chongming with an excited expression.

"Ah Bing, let's see what good things are there." Xiao Pengcheng, who put down the things, also looked at Shen Chongming, and immediately started to look at it.

"Oh, Diamond Sutra. Brother Shen, why did you go on a long trip and start believing in Buddhism? Xiao Pengcheng said without raising his head, and threw the Diamond Sutra to the side.

Then he picked up Tang Bohu's group picture, his eyes immediately widened, and he exclaimed: "Good girl, Tang Bohu's real handiwork, beautiful, really beautiful." ”

Seeing that he liked it so much, Shen Chongming was also happy, and said, "This is for you, hehe, how about it, it's enough brother." ”

"Ah, for me?! Brother Shen, you are even closer than my own brother. Xiao Pengcheng sat beside Shen Chongming shamelessly and sprinkled coquettishly.

"Mercenary, huh." Shi Bingzheng said disdainfully, and hurriedly stepped forward to look at it.

"Brother Shen, isn't this the smoke and ink in the Hui ink?" Shi Bingzheng exclaimed with the Fang Mo that Shen Chongming had brought back.

I don't know about this Shen Chongming, and I'm not interested. got up and said, "You guys watch first, I'll go and see Lord Gao." With that, he got up and picked up the manuscript of the Diamond Sutra and walked out.

As soon as Shen Chongming left, Xiao Pengcheng, who was holding Tang Bohu's true handiwork, couldn't bear the loneliness, and ran forward to check it out. "Ah Bing, what do you think this is?" Xiao Pengcheng's mouth was wide open, and he pointed to the small box in which he exclaimed.

The one who knew that Shi Bing Zhengli ignored him, looked at this lacquer smoke and ink and said to himself: "Good thing, this ink is made of tung oil smoke, musk, borneol, gold leaf, pearl powder, etc., used for calligraphy with dark and moist color, used for painting thick but not sluggish, light but not gray, and distinct layers, but it is a necessary good ink for calligraphy and painting in ancient times." ”

"Ah Bing, isn't it just a piece of ink, can it be so powerful?" Xiao Pengcheng was a little unconvinced.

"You know what, this is the best in the ink, the price is better than gold, and there is no market, you can't buy it with silver! Tsk, Brother Shen is really amazing, you can get such a good thing. Shi Bingzheng said with admiration.

"Cut, isn't it just a side of ink, how can it be so mysterious. Look at this thing, just aim at you, pull this thing, and you're done. Xiao Pengcheng grabbed a small fire gun at some point, pointed at Shi Bingzheng and smiled.

"Don't, then you're still facing me." Shi Bingzheng was startled and hurriedly dodged to the side.

"Wha, Ah Bing, look at the move!" Xiao Pengcheng laughed and chased after him with a small firecracker.

"Tsk, good word." Gao Gong looked at the Diamond Sutra intently and exclaimed.

Seeing that he liked it, Shen Chongming was also happy, "My lord, who copied this thing, the students also think this character is beautiful, and they have the opportunity to learn from him." ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid you don't have a chance, judging from the inscription and handwriting, this is very likely to be the work of Mr. Zhongyue, a calligrapher in the Northern Wei Dynasty." Gao Gong said with emotion.

Most people in the world only know Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but they don't know that Mr. Zheng Daozhao, who is the same name as him, has the best book in the world, and few people in later generations can compare with him, but his works are mostly stored in the inscriptions, this written thing is extremely rare, if this is a genuine handiwork, it is a priceless treasure.

"Northern Wei?" Shen Chongming is sweating profusely, this old guy is afraid that he can't even find a bone now.

"For the Northern Wei Dynasty, it used to be the priest of the country, so it seems to have some fate, hehe." Gao Gong smiled, and looked down again to admire the Diamond Sutra.

"By the way, Chongming, how did you get this Diamond Sutra manuscript?" Gao Gong suddenly looked up and asked.

"This ...... When Lord Wang, the prefect of Guide, was ordered to raid Huang Dongli's family property, he found it out, and the student saw that this thing was good, so he brought it back to you. Shen Chongming said with a dry smile, it's not a big deal, there is no need to hide it.

Gao Gong smiled, and didn't blame, after all, this intention is very rare. "And what's going on with your legs?" After half a day, Gao Gong remembered that Shen Chongming's leg was still lame.

This is a great achievement, Shen Chongming naturally will not hide it, and he is very indifferent to tell the matter of sacrificing his life to save Xinji Town, and he is so shocked that Gao Gong's face is full of disbelief.

"It's a good job, the thing of eating the king and being loyal to the king, giving up ourselves for the people of the world is also what we should do." Gao Gong said with a solemn face. I didn't look at the wrong person, wouldn't a person who could sacrifice his life and forget his death for the sake of the people be a good official?

"Okay, then you hurry back and rest, you must take care of your body, understand?" Gao Gong said with a kind face, there is such a good student, he also has a lot of face, this matter must be told to the prince.

"Yes, thank you for your attention." Shen Chongming said sincerely, Gao Gong really cared about himself.

"Hehe, don't call adults in the future, just call the old man Mr. like King Yu." Gao Gong said with a smile.

Shen Chongming was overjoyed and called him sir, didn't that mean he recognized himself as his disciple? After that, he was a true student.