Lin Dai didn't speak, didn't let go, and didn't make any further movements. In fact, as long as she leans on Shen Xi's shoulder, the little girl will feel comfortable in her heart, as if she has the whole world.

The girl only has the mind of Huaichun, only seeks spiritual sustenance, and does not ask for anything else, plus Lin Dai does not know much about men and women, so she is already very happy to hold Shen Xi like this, and after a while, people fall asleep.

But this is bitter for Shen Xi, after the boy is sensible, many things cannot be controlled.

Shen Xi tossed until late before falling asleep, and when he woke up in the middle of the night, Lin Dai still hugged him tightly. When I got up the next morning, I was still in the same position as last night, but Lin Dai didn't hug him as tightly as last night, leaning on his back, sleeping like an octopus.

Shen Xi wanted to free her from herself, but she just moved, and Lin Dai woke up.

"Hmmm......"

Shen Xi turned around and looked at Lin Dai.

Xiao Nizi didn't know what to say in a shy way, because she was just wearing a little dirty clothes on her upper body, looking shy and lovely, full of spring.

Shen Xi got up and dressed, and Lin Dai helped like a little wife, but Shen Xi was not used to being waited on.

Because he didn't sleep well last night, Shen Xi felt like his body was falling apart after getting up, and after washing up, he simply ate something and went out.

After Su Tong saw it, he felt that Shen Xi's behavior was a little awkward, and he joked with a smile: "I said that Brother Shen, you have to moderate some ......"

Shen Xi glared at Su Tong: Temperate your mother, can't you see that I am a stiff neck?

Su Tong's spirit was very good, and he was followed by Yu Bucheng and a scholar named Ling Zhongjie...... Today, I went to visit Xie Duo, and the four of them walked together.

Shen Xi had never been to Xie Duo's mansion, but the other three, including two local scholars, didn't know either, because this was Xie Duo's temporary rented house, and people who weren't close to him didn't know the specific location.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing officials could be assigned to the orderly, men, grooms, doormen, scribes and other soap laborers according to the rank of the order, and if they did not want these personnel, they could be converted into food and silver for themselves. "Yutang Congyu" once recorded the allusion of Xie Duo raising funds to buy a house: Xie Duo has been renting a public house to live, because the housing price in Nanjing costs 600 taels of silver for a courtyard. Xie Duo's annual salary of 200 taels could not afford it at all.

So Xie Duo thought of a way, that is, to "discount" all the horsemen, men and other servants assigned to him by the imperial court, and finally bought the house.

But as far as Shen Xi knew, Xie Duo did not buy a house at this time.

Shen Xi didn't know if it was because of Xie Duo's intersection with him. Changed the course of history. When he arrived at the address indicated on the invitation, Shen Xi found that there were many acquaintances and servants in the Xie Mansion, which showed that the old man was also a person who knew how to enjoy life, and he also had the financial resources to do so.

In the "Book of Rites, Qu Li", it is said: "The doctor is seventy and does things. This means that officials have to retire after the age of 70. When the Ming Dynasty was founded, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered officials to retire at sixty. Liu Bowen, the founder of the People's Republic of China, also took the initiative to propose Zhishi when he reached the age of 60 and was rewarded by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the fourth year of Hongzhi, the imperial court ordered: "Voluntarily retire officials, regardless of age, and give orders." Just after this decree was issued, Xie Duo happily applied for Zhishi, when he was only fifty-six years old and had not yet reached the statutory retirement age, which shows that Xie Duo was really not interested in being an official.

Originally, Emperor Hongzhi wanted to clear the redundant officials and redundant personnel of the imperial court, but he did not retreat. Those who shouldn't have retreated retreated, and the words they said couldn't be taken back, and Emperor Hongzhi had nothing to do except secretly scold this husband in his heart for not knowing what to do.

As a result, in the second year, a plague broke out in Fujian, Zhejiang and Liangguang, and Emperor Hongzhi appointed a messenger to find out the situation, and the first one thought of Xie Duo.

You old puppet, you don't want to do things for me, do you, now you are asked to serve the country and the people's livelihood, you dare to disobey the holy decree?

Originally, Xie Duo had inspected the Lingnan plague. After the implementation of the pox method began, the imperial court was ready to entrust the important task, but as soon as the old gentleman finished the tolerance, he directly wrote a note to explain the specific situation. I didn't even go to Jingshi, and went home to enjoy my life again.

Emperor Hongzhi was very annoyed, and someone recommended Xie Duo in front of him every once in a while, as if he, the emperor, had forced his loyal ministers away.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, officials who are promoted in advance will be rewarded with promotions. Generally, it is upgraded by one level. Xie Duo was from the fourth grade before, but when he reached Zhishi, he was promoted to a level, and his income was a lot. In this way, Xie Duo had more money, and he rented a public house, so he did not cut down on his attendants.

Outside the door of the Xie family's house, the little guy I saw yesterday was already waiting.

When Shen Xi delivered the famous post, Su Tong was a little nervous, afraid that Xie Duo would not allow anyone other than Shen Xi to enter, who knew that the little guy had just read the famous post, and he didn't even ask, and directly led the way in front and let the four of them enter the courtyard.

The courtyard is simple and simple, there are only two entrances before and after, there is not even a main hall in the front yard, and the courtyard is directly opposite Xie Duo's study, and the backyard is the bedroom of Xie Duo and his servants.

Because of the early death of his wife and the absence of his children and grandchildren, Xie Duo is almost a lonely old man who lives alone, but he has a cheerful personality, raises flowers and plants in the yard, and even opens a small nursery to grow some herbs.

Shen Xi didn't know if this was related to Xie Duo's investigation of the plague back then.

"Four, wait a minute, I'll go in and pass it on."

After saluting respectfully, the little servant left the four of them in the courtyard and went into the door by himself.

Su Tong couldn't help but be a little disappointed after looking at the courtyard, this is simply the courtyard of a small family, which really doesn't match Xie Duo's reputation. He looked at the herbs grown in the nursery, and couldn't help but glance at Shen Xi: "Brother Shen, do you know what this kind of thing is?" ”

Shen Xi runs a pharmacy at home, and of course he is clear about herbal medicines, but he doesn't want to explain too much, so he just shakes his head and pretends not to know.

As for Yu Bucheng and Ling Zhongjie, they were also full of surprise at Xie Duo's mansion, at this time they simply thought that they had gone to the wrong court, this "Mr. Xie" is unlikely to be the former Nanjing Guozi priest Xie Duo, right? Otherwise, even if Xie Duo wanted to keep a low profile, the imperial court would not treat him so badly.

After a while, the little servant walked out with an old man on crutches.

Shen Xi looked over, although he was a little older than when he met six years ago, Shen Xi still recognized at a glance that this was the Qin Cha who had no official pretensions.

As for why Xie Duo was on crutches and seemed to be unable to move, Shen Xi thought that Xie Duo was old and unable to support him, but after careful observation, he found that Xie Duo's pace was steady, his hands and feet were steady, and this aging appearance was mostly deliberately pretended......

Or Xie Duo wants these descendants to spread it after they go out. To say that he was indeed too old and too old to even walk, and that it was impossible for him to go out of office, was just to achieve his intention of avoiding unseen or absent guests.

"Ning Hua raised his son Shen Xi. I've seen Xie Lao's sacrificial wine. Shen Xi stepped forward and saluted, and at the same time revealed Xie Duo's identity to dispel the doubts of the other three.

Although Su Tong and the others muttered in their hearts, they still stepped forward to salute respectfully.

Xie Duo smiled: "Are you really the little guy Shen Xi at the beginning?" I haven't seen each other for years, but I've grown up a lot all at once. If you don't say hello, I won't dare to recognize you! ”

Xie Duo was very kind to Shen Xi, just like his own parents were to his juniors.

Yu Bucheng was full of suspicion: "This old gentleman doesn't look like Xie Lao's sacrificial wine, could it be that these two people from Fujian are looking for someone to collude with them to act, cheat money and sex?" ”

But then he thought that he took the initiative to find Su Tong to ask for "joining" to see Xie Duo, and the other party, especially this young one, did not have the slightest words of persuasion, and felt more and more that things were strange.

The point is, how could Xie Duo be so familiar with a twelve-year-old offspring? Could it be that there is a relationship between Shen Xi and Xie Lao's sacrificial wine?

"What the old priest said was that the students had grown up. In the first year, the Tingzhou Prefecture was the second in the examination, and this year's Fujian Township Examination, I was lucky to understand the yuan. ”

Shen Xi reported his achievements in recent years to Xie Duo, no matter how he said that Xie Duo was also courteous to him. When people behave close to you, you have to behave appropriately, in short, it is not strange to be polite.

Xie Duo nodded with satisfaction and stroked his beard: "The old man has heard about this matter, and he is really happy for you." Walk, go inside and talk. ”

Shen Xi went up to support Xie Duo, just like a real grandson.

Su Tong and the three followed. Even Su Tong was suspicious: "How could Brother Shen meet Xie Lao Sacrificial Wine in his early years?" Could this be another Mr. Xie? ”

But when they arrived at Xie Duo's study, when Su Tong, Yu Bucheng and others saw the dazzling collection of books on the shelves, they were suddenly surprised and couldn't close their mouths: Song edition books and even out-of-print books abound.

Xie Duo was the most famous bibliophile of the Ming Dynasty, and was in the fourth year of Chenghua. His father built the "Zhenze Hall" in his hometown of Taoxi, and later he built a library pavilion in the east of the "Zhenze Hall" as the "Chaoyang Pavilion". After resigning for the first time, Xie Duo purchased the book of the Chinese secret and the Quartet in the "Chaoyang Pavilion".

Some books, such as "Shangshu", "Book of the Western Han Dynasty", and "Hanliu Li Du Collection", are incomplete, and they are collected by many doves, and other collections are collected according to categories. The collection of books reaches tens of thousands of volumes. He has compiled "Chaoyang Pavilion Bibliography", and is the author of "Taoxi Collection", "Yiluo Origin Continuation", "Zunxiang Lu" and so on.

Books in the book house today. It's just what Xie Duo has recently collected, but even so, it is far from what ordinary "old gentlemen" can do.

Su Tong and the three of them were speechless: "No wonder you can't even afford a house when you become a court official, and you use all the money to collect books." ”

Xie Duo was also very satisfied with his collection of books, and when he saw that Su Tong was about to stretch out his hand after seeing the book, he immediately realized what he had and immediately took it back, and couldn't help laughing:

"Books are meant to be read, and if you want to read them, you have to read them, but you are not allowed to take them out of the house. If you have a fire letter on you, stay outside the door first. ”

In this year, many people will go out with fire folds, because there are many books in this study, which are flammable items, not to mention fire folds, and even candlesticks are not prepared.

It can be seen that Xie Duo will not read at night in this study.

Su Tong and the three of them were very happy, this time they came to visit Xie Duo, and they could see the true faces of many out-of-print books, which was enough to boast for a lifetime.

Xie Duo said with a smile: "Xiao Shenxi, I haven't seen you for many years, I have planted a few herbs in my backyard that are not common outside, it just so happens that you know these, how about helping the old man take a look?" ”

"Yes."

Shen Xi knew that Xie Duo was going to take a step to speak, so he respectfully responded and went to the backyard with Xie Duo.

Before he left the back hall, Xie Duo handed over the crutches to the little servant waiting next to him, his body stood straight, and his legs and feet also regained their dexterity. Shen Xi pretended to be surprised, Xie Duo reactivated his muscles and bones, and said, "Don't tell outsiders!" ”

"Students understand." Shen Xi Road.

Xie Duo said with emotion: "I heard that this Fujian Township Trial Xie Yuan, named Shen Xi, I was also surprised, count your age, but you are only twelve or thirteen, just want to or something is a coincidence?" But then I heard that this Shen Xi was from Ninghua, so I knew that it was you. Fujian Township tried to solve the yuan, it is really young and promising! ”

Shen Xi didn't expect Xie Duo to be far away in Nanjing, and he inquired about him so clearly, and couldn't help but feel a little grateful in his heart: "When the student first arrived in Yingtianfu, he should have come to see him immediately, but he was just ......."

"It's just that you're afraid of eating behind closed doors, aren't you? But I can't blame you. Xie Duo smiled, "If you arrive in Nanjing and can't enter the door, I won't forgive you." Fortunately, the servant found ...... It's good, you're going to Taixue soon, and studying hard in it for a few years will help you a lot. ”

"I've read all the articles on your government exam and the township exam, and I'm learning well...... By the way, I heard that you met with Zhu Yunming yesterday? ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, Mr. Xie has such a clear understanding of things outside, where is the taste of escapism?

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PS: Fourth Update!

The Son of Heaven also wants to be faster, but when it comes to historical figures, there are many things to verify, and it really can't be fast. However, there are a lot of four watches, with 13,400 words, and I hope to write the plot smoothly as soon as possible and accelerate it again.

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