After New Year's Day, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Xin sent his son and daughter-in-law to the carriage and waved goodbye with a little reluctance.

Zhao Yan smiled and said, "Let's go, if there is something at home, you must tell us." ”

Now the top priority of the Zhao family is not Zhao Yan's small couple, but Zhao Yan's stepmother Yan's family, according to the town's doctor Qian, Yan's due date is around New Year's Day.

Now Zhao Yan's marriage leave has ended, and the annual leave is only to the fifth day of the new year, so Zhao Yan must arrive in the capital before the fifth day of the new year.

Among the crowd of people who saw them off, a slightly plump, white and delicate girl was flirting with Li Ermei, she and Li Er had already made a marriage through the Zhao family's chef, and they would get married in just a few months.

Zhao Yan patted Li Er's shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't look at it, I am even more reluctant to leave if I look at it again, or you don't want to go to the capital with me, how good it would be to stay at home and wait for you to get married." ”

Li Er shook his head violently when he heard this, and said, "That's not good, only Xiao Xiang'er is alone with the son and the young lady, and the little one is not at ease." ”

Li Er's attitude was resolute, and Zhao Yan did not force it.

The carriage slowly disappeared into the corner of the street under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Xin turned to the housekeeper Wang An and said, "I'll go to the workshop to have a look, if there is something at home, you can ask someone to call me, and you have to pay more attention to the lady." ”

Wang An nodded yes.

Li Yun left the Shenzhou boundary for the first time, and after waiting for the official road, everything was fresh, but the carriage was not fast, she was tired of looking at the scenery outside for a while, so she snuggled up to Zhao Yan's side, whispered a few words with Zhao Yan from time to time, and took a nap when she was tired, so she could barely pass the time.

The next afternoon, when they finally arrived in the capital, Li Yun and Xiang'er were almost dazzled when they looked at the prosperity outside the window, and Li Er acted as a tour guide, explaining the street buildings and so on to the two people in the carriage while walking.

After returning to the rented courtyard, Zhao Yan settled Li Yun well, and promised to take her out to shop, and then told Li Yun to have a good rest, while he carried some sustenances in his hand and walked towards Yao Kui's house.

Yao Kui's official position is still in the middle of the bureaucracy, Zhao Yan often visits when he has nothing to do, Yao Kui and Yao Kui ask for some knowledge in the officialdom when he is there, Yao Kui chats with Yao Kui's two sons when he is not there, and by the way, he supervises the two teenagers to read and practice calligraphy, and after a long time, he has become an acquaintance with Yao Kui's family, and Zhao Yan and Yao Kui's teacher-student relationship, Yao Kui has gradually acquiesced.

Gently buckled the door, Yao Kui's wife Wu came to open the door when she heard the sound, and when she saw that it was Zhao Yan outside the door, she was immediately happy to let him go to the yard, and said in her mouth: "I haven't seen Guomei for a few days, I heard that I went home to get married, and I can bring the bride back to the capital this time?" ”

Zhao Yan nodded and said, "I wanted to bring her to the recognition door, but the carriage was tiring, and Neiko was a little tired, so I thought about bringing her to my wife another day." ”

"But Gome is here? Come to the hall. Yao Kui's voice came from the hall, and Zhao Yan hurriedly responded: "It's me, sir, wait a minute." ”

Familiar with the souvenirs in his hand into the kitchen, Zhao Yan clapped his hands, tidied up his clothes, and then walked into the hall, but saw that there was another person in the hall besides Yao Kui.

This person is thin, about fifty years old, with a square face, sparse eyebrows, and three short beards.

Zhao Yan only glanced at it and it was inconvenient to take a closer look, and after exchanging salutes with Yao Kui, Yao Kui introduced with a smile: "Brother Jie'an, this son is Zhao Yan and Zhao Guomei mentioned by the junior brother and you, and now he is studying history with Su'an in the Hanlin Academy. ”

Immediately, Yao Kui said to Zhao Yan again: "Guomei, this is Yu Tingyi, who was a senior and friend of the teacher, and was recalled by the imperial court to the capital at the end of last year to serve as the left waiter of the military department. ”

Yu Tingyi? Zhao Yan thought about it and suddenly realized, isn't this Yu Qian?

Yu Qian, the word Tingyi, the number of the Jiean, this is the entire Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, second only to the existence of the sage Wang Yangming in terms of fame, and his actions are still praised and admired by people until hundreds of years later.

Zhao Yan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said respectfully: "I have heard the name for a long time, and the student Zhao Yan has seen Yu Gong." ”

Yu Qian saw that Zhao Yan was very respectful, and his face and demeanor did not look like a slippery person, and he already had a good impression of him, so he got up and said weakly: "No need to be polite, the old man heard that the song "Bamboo and Stone" was made by Gome, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Zhao Yan was a little ashamed in his heart, that "Bamboo and Stone" was plagiarized by himself, he couldn't pull his face and say that the matter of the reader is not called stealing, but the matter has come to this point, if he denies it, it will be hypocritical, so he has to nod and admit it.

"Everyone in the world only knows the softness of bamboo, but Gome's "Bamboo and Stone" does the opposite, exhausting the fortitude of bamboo, borrowing things to metaphor people, with far-reaching implications, and the old man loves it very much." Yu Qian said with a smile on his face.

"Yu Gong praised falsely, and the students were ashamed." Zhao Yan modestly continued: "Yu Gong's "Lime Yin" is bold and fearless, and the students only feel surging after reading it, and they can't forget it for a long time. ”

Yu Qian laughed, and Yao Kui joked beside him: "You two don't have to praise each other there, the two poems are well written, let's sit down quickly, and I'll cook wine and talk about heroes when Su'an comes." ”

Shang Chen, the word Hongzai, the number Su'an, like Yu Qian and Yao Kui, are both from Zhejiang, Zhao Yan has never heard Shang Zhi and Yao Kui mention each other before, but I didn't expect the two to seem to be very familiar.

The three fellow villagers gathered, and they didn't notify themselves before, but they came recklessly, and they felt a little awkward when they thought about it, so Zhao Yan found an opportunity to say goodbye, but Yao Kui said: "Guomei doesn't need to worry too much, you can't spare time when you return to your hometown to get married before, otherwise the teacher would have introduced you to Brother Jie'an, and you are no stranger to Su'an, you and I have a similar temper, why do you need to be this little daughter?" ”

Yao Kui said so, and Zhao Yan was naturally happy to stay and communicate with Yu Qian, Yu Shaobao, and the future cabinet chief assistant to enhance their relationship.

After drinking a meal, several people were still sober, mainly because the wine was rice wine, and several people had good self-control and did not drink more.

At the gate of Yao Kui's mansion, watching Yu Qian and Shang Qian leave one after another, Zhao Yan also said goodbye to Yao Kui, and walked slowly to his home, on the way he saw a little beggar kneeling on the street, Zhao Yan's good mood was suddenly discounted, and he sighed slightly, and then walked over and put a few copper plates in the broken bowl in front of the little beggar.

"Thank you, Childe, thank you." The little beggar kowtowed like pounding garlic, he had been kneeling here for most of the day, and there was no one to give him alms, he originally thought that he would definitely be hungry tonight, but he didn't expect that when it was almost dark, there would finally be a kind-hearted person, and if these copper coins were saved, even tomorrow's meal would be settled.

Zhao Yan shook his head, staggered past a big man with a meaty face, and after taking a few steps forward, there was a conversation between the big man and the little beggar behind him.

"Boss Song, this is given to me by the son in front of me, you ...... Why do you take it? The little beggar's voice trembled a little, but he still insisted on facing the big man in front of him.

"Why? Just because you are a beggar, Lao Tzu can take it if he wants, and you damn little bastard dare to question Lao Tzu? The big man was very arrogant and pushed the little beggar to the ground, and was about to leave when he raised his leg, but as soon as he raised his leg, he felt a tightness in his leg, and the little beggar had already hugged his thigh, looking like he would not let go.

"Hey, you little bastard, you want to die, don't you?" The big man dragged the little beggar but didn't pull it away, and when he saw the group of people around him pointing at him, he suddenly became angry, clenched his fist and hammered it down on the little beggar's thin back.

Seeing this, there were passers-by who couldn't see it and wanted to stop it, but it was too late, and their fists smashed on the little beggar, and a mouthful of red blood suddenly sprayed out.

"Boss Song, are you still not human? Can you do it with such a young child? A middle-aged woman couldn't look at it and opened her mouth to reproach.

Boss Song snorted and replied, "It's not your child, why are you distressed?" Isn't this the illegitimate child of your man behind your back, you and another man? ”

The middle-aged woman's face turned red, and she pointed at Boss Song and scolded her twice for 'fart' and 'lack of morality', but she stopped talking.

The old man said: "Da Lang, you didn't have a father or mother when you were a child, and you still survived by eating hundreds of meals given by our neighbors, why bother this child?" ”

Boss Song glanced at the old man, and said in a vicious voice: "Old immortal, don't worry about it, or I'll let Pahuazi shoot your grandson another day." ”

"You ......" The old man couldn't speak angrily, and finally he was afraid of Boss Song's threat, forced his anger, and was about to open his mouth to persuade a few more words, when a young man's voice suddenly came from the side.

"Your name is Boss Song?" Zhao Yan didn't think that the few copper coins he gave to the little beggar would actually bring disaster to him, and he couldn't rescue him, which made him angry, and his tone of voice at this time was extremely cold.

Boss Song looked at it when he heard the voice, and saw Zhao Yan dressed as a scholar, with a bookish look on his face, and he was a little unsure of Zhao Yan's origin, so he slowed down and said, "Yes, my name is Boss Song." This is my business with him, the avenue goes to the sky, you scholar still don't have to meddle. ”

Zhao Yan sneered: "The world is in charge of everything, and the road is uneven, and some people are stepping on it, and the official is really in charge of this matter today." ”

This officer? Boss Song was taken aback, Zhao Yan's face was immature, he looked like he was sixteen or seventeen years old, Boss Song guessed that he was just a showman at most, but he didn't expect this opening to call himself his own official, which really surprised Boss Song.

With a roll of his eyes, Boss Song suddenly laughed and said: "Joke, although my Boss Song has never read a book, he also knows that pretending to be an official of the imperial court is going to kill his head, and you are a teenage doll who is actually an official on the street, so you are not afraid that I will go to the yamen to report you?" ”

"That's right, anyway, Shuntian Mansion is not far from here, this official should ask how Shuntian Mansion Yin is governed, why can a lawless and weak ruffian like you be so rampant." Zhao Yan lined up the crowd and came to the front of Boss Song, and his righteous appearance immediately won the applause of everyone around him.