Chapter Eighty-Three: Good News

As soon as he entered the house, Yang Shen saw that everyone in the Sun Mansion was here, which was a little strange. He was originally a noble figure, and Sun Henian was a famous Taoist. According to etiquette, the Sun Mansion received such a distinguished guest as him, and people who had no official status and no fame were not qualified to stand in the hall as a companion, not to mention that there were many female dependents in the hall in the hall.

Yang Shen is a free and uninhibited person, different from Yang Tinghe, who was born with strict "sex", and was born in Xichuan, where the folk customs are fierce, and he was born with a wild "sex". When he was young, he also caused a lot of trouble to his family, and he also suffered a lot of whips from his father.

Although he felt strange in his heart, Yang Shen didn't take it to heart, only glanced at everyone slightly, and sat down on the main seat to talk to Sun Henian.

Because Sun Dan was standing in the corner of the wall, and there were too many people in the lobby, Yang Shen didn't see him. Sun Dan and Yang Shen were already acquainted, but he had just been punished by Sun Henian, and he was in a bad mood, and it was not easy for him to come forward to greet him.

Everyone in the lobby saw the world-famous Xiao Yang, and they all made a sound, and they all listened to him and Sun Henian with bated breath.

Sun Henian's voice was calm and calm, and Yang Shen's voice was loud and hearty, and the voices of the two formed a strong contrast, which was interesting to listen to.

Sun Henian: "Yongxiu, I heard that you recently went through all the county capitals in Shandong, and only returned to Jinan last night." The post house is simple, and a few post officials are rude, but they are afraid that the waiter will not come, so they may as well move to the cold house. Sun Henian is Yang Ting's protégé, and has a close relationship with Yang Shen, and the two often come and go in the capital. Of course, the two of them are still and moving, and their "sexual" personalities are very different, so they don't talk much about it.

Yang Shen smiled and said: "I heard that the Hou Sun family of Huichang is a prominent family in the sea, and it really opened my eyes when I entered your courtyard today." However, outsiders say that you have a lot of rules here, and Yang Shen is a Sichuan barbarian and can't stand your constraints here. It's better to be in the post house, drinking soju with a few old officials, singing a few new songs, this day is much more leisurely than in the capital. ”

Yang Shen's words shocked the people in the Sun Mansion, when had they heard someone say such a joke in front of the old-fashioned and serious Sun Henian, and only a famous person like Yang Shen dared to be so casual in front of the second master Sun.

What amazed everyone even more was that Sun Henian, who had always been cold-faced, suddenly had a rare smile on his face: "With cultivation, you are burying you as a brother again." You, in the future, you will enter the cabinet to be a public minister, and you are still so generous. ”

"Entering the cabinet......" Yang Shen gave a rare wry smile: "It is a taboo for father and son to be ministers of the same court, and they are cabinet scholars together, and I don't know what the officials of the Inspectorate will say." ”

Sun Henian "touched" the three strands of long beard and restored it to that dead face: "What you say is the work of hearing and saying things, the speaker is not guilty, and the person who hears is full of caution." By the way, why is it so good to come here today? ”

Yang Shen said: "Today is the day of the trial list of the hospital, presumably Brother Henian has already sent someone to see the list." This year, more than 10 children of the Sun family participated in the children's examination of the Shandong Political Envoy Division, and I heard that the Sun family has been prosperous in recent years, and has produced many outstanding children. Yang Shen came to you just to see how many talents the Sun family had won this time. Hehe, Brother Crane doesn't mind, right? ”

Sun Henian's heart moved, and there was a flash of light in his eyes: "Use the ...... to cultivate"

Yang Shen: "Wang Yuanzheng made a bet with me. ”

Sun Henian hurriedly waved his hand: "Use Xiu Shen Yan." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Yang Shen slapped his forehead: "By the way, some time ago, you wrote to Jinan saying that you wanted me to recruit the outstanding children of the Sun family." It's a pity that Wang Yuan is the teacher of the Academy of Sciences, and I snatched the students from him, and I couldn't get over my face. However, I have already agreed with Wang Yuanzheng about this matter, so don't worry. ”

Sun Henian's face flashed with joy: "That's fine, I'm still worried that I won't be able to look down on the puppy with Xiu!" As he spoke, he hurriedly looked up at his son and said, "Sun Yue, being able to worship under Mr. Yang is the creation you cultivated in your previous life, and you don't kneel down to apprentice?" ”

Sun Yue was greatly surprised, and hurriedly ran to Yang Shen, about to kneel.

"Slow, slow." Yang Shen smiled and stretched out his hand to signal Sun Yue to get up, but his eyes looked at Sun Dan who was standing in the corner. It turned out that as soon as Sun Yue ran out just now, Yang Shen saw Sun Dan, Sun Hao and others behind Sun Yue.

He seems to be a hearty and bold person, but in fact, he is extremely cautious, and he came to Sun Mansion this time to accept Sun Dan as a disciple. However, Sun Henian was his father's right-hand man, and many major affairs in the DPRK and China still needed to rely on Sun Henian's household department. And Sun Henian has said many times in front of his father that he wants to ask Yang Shen to be Sun Yue's teacher, even if Yang Shen no longer likes Sun Yue, he has to make compromises for the sake of his father's status in the court and the political ideals of their father and son.

This time, he made up his mind to bring Sun Dan back to the capital for careful training, as for Sun Yue, it was just incidental. In this way, everyone can get by on face.

Seeing that Sun Henian asked Sun Yue to kneel, Yang Shen hurriedly stretched out his hand to let him get up, and said to Sun Henian: "Brother Henian, what I said just now was to accept the excellent children of the Sun family to get started, hehe, according to me, there is more than one outstanding child of your Sun family!" ”

Sun Henian was greatly moved when he heard this, and his face was so excited that his expression became vivid: "Do you really use this to cultivate?" ”

"Nature."

"Okay." Sun Henian stood up, excited in his heart. What kind of person is Xiao Yang, that is the number one scholar in the world. The Yang family has a high position in the middle of the court, and as long as it is carried out a little, the children of the Sun family will be inexhaustible.

He hurriedly shouted to the children of the Sun family, "Come and see Master Yang." ”

"Wait." Yang Shen waved his hand again.

Sun Henian looked at him suspiciously.

Yang Shen: "I'm busy with affairs, and I'm a lazy person, so I'm not afraid that I'll be tired to death if I really accept so many students." In this way, the list will be released later. Among the children of the Sun family, if anyone is a showman, they can worship me as a teacher. As he spoke, he glanced at Sun Dan, with a hint of expectant smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sun Dan didn't think about anything else when he heard it, anyway, the reason why he participated in the imperial examination was just as a means of entering the office, and he didn't think about what kind of learning he wanted to do, and he didn't have any interest in worshipping under Yang Shen.

He is very confident. However, if he really wanted to study under Yang Shen, he couldn't stand that kind of constraint. The mental age is almost thirty, and when I go to study, I don't have that state of mind.

looked at Sun Yue and the others again, and they had a look of "color" expectation. Several schoolchildren in the Sun family who were sure of the talent in the show were all eager to try, and when they thought of the splendid future after worshipping under the Yang Damingshi, they could hardly contain the joy on their faces.

Sun Henian thought for a while: "It's true, you can't even be a showman, and naturally you are not qualified to worship under your door." With repair, and sit and watch tea, soon there will be news back. ”

"Okay, I'll just sit here and wait for good news." Yang Shen looked at the children of the Sun family one by one with a smile, and thought that he was about to accept Sun Dan, a talented and very interesting guy, to get started, and if he trained him for a few years, would he cultivate a great talent?

Yang Shen was still looking at Sun Dan with his eyes, and his eyes were full of joy.

His unusual behavior surprised everyone, and they all turned their heads away. But seeing Sun Hao, Sun Dan, and Sun Gui huddled together, everyone didn't think of anything else, thinking that Yang Shen belonged to Sun Hao. Some people are still very strange in their hearts, although this Sun Hao is the eldest son of the long house, he is a straw bag, and it is impossible to be a talent. And Sun Gui also has a little ability, it can't be him, right? As for Sun Dan, he has a great reputation in Jinan City, but he is low-key in Sun's Mansion, which is not very eye-catching. When everyone mentions Sun Dan, they only know that he remembers "sex" well. But these days, any reader's memory is good.

It didn't matter to him when he saw it, but Mrs. Hong and Aunt Jing were so happy that they almost burst into tears.

Mrs. Hong knows that her son is a straw bag, but Sun Hao has studied hard in the past few days, and he has changed his mind and become a new person. Sometimes luck is very important in the imperial examination, and maybe he may be a showman. The son with dysentery is good, Mrs. Hong still has a trace of fantasy in her heart, maybe her son Sun Hao is also a person with real skills, but he was too naughty before and his talent is not visible.

As for Aunt Jing, her son Sun Gui can read in his own right, even if he is not as talented as Sun Yue, but he is also a middle-aged person, and she heard from her son that day that he had met Scholar Yang on the ship. Although he couldn't speak, people may not have taken a fancy to him. As long as his son is a talented student of Yang Shen, his mother is expensive and his status in the house is different.

Thinking of this, Aunt Jing was proud. But when she looked back, she saw Mrs. Liu's face cold. Aunt Jing felt a chill in her heart, knowing that Mrs. Liu had begun to be jealous, she hurriedly shrank her body, and her expression became more and more respectful.

Everyone had different thoughts, and Yang Shen naturally didn't know this. didn't talk to Sun Henian, just stared at Sun Dan's direction and kept looking, like looking at the baby, the corners of his eyes were full of smiles.

Only Sun Yue knew Yang Shen's thoughts, and the situation of that night flashed in front of his eyes again, and a trace of worry surged up from the bottom of his heart, making the hatred in the young man's heart even stronger. He quietly clenched his fists, and his nails were pierced into his palms: No, this kid must not be allowed to be Bachelor Yang's protégé, otherwise with his talent, he will definitely be able to win Bachelor Yang's favor. For the first time, the arrogant Sun Yue admitted in his heart that Sun Dan's talent was not inferior to himself.

Yang Shen didn't speak, and Sun Henian was a gentleman who was a gentleman who was quick to talk and quick to act, and he didn't take the initiative to speak. That's all there is to it

He sat silently.

They didn't speak, and the people in Sun Fufu didn't dare to 'mess' and say 'chaos'. For a moment, the huge lobby was so quiet that only the sound of people's breathing remained.

In the uncomfortable silence there was a cacophony of footsteps. Someone's voice came from afar: "Second master, hit, hit!" ”

"Boom!" With a bang, everyone in the lobby was in an uproar, and everyone craned their necks to look out of the house.

I saw a man who looked like a house slave running out of breath and rushed in and knelt in front of Sun Henian.

Seeing that everyone was so noisy, Sun Henian raised his eyebrows and coughed fiercely.

Everyone in the room was startled and fell silent again.

Sun Henian was not in a hurry to ask the man's words, and turned his head to Yang Shen and nodded: "Sun Henian is not strict in governing the family, and his subordinates don't understand the rules, so let him use the jokes." After speaking, he slowly asked the slave, "What is the situation?" ”

The slave kowtowed heavily: "Congratulations to my lord, Brother Gui'er's name is on the list, and he is ranked ninth in the second class, and he has won!" ”

"Ahh Everyone sighed in low admiration again, Sun Gui is not bad at reading, although this talent is also reasonable. His ranking is not very good, but he has a good reputation, and he will definitely be cultivated by the patriarch and the second master of the family in the future.

When Sun Gui heard the news, he was stunned for a moment, and he just stood there blankly, not knowing what to do.

Sun Henian himself didn't like this obscene concubine very much, and when he saw him like this, he felt a little dislike in his heart. snorted heavily: "Useless thing, just won the ninth place in the second grade, and you were so happy that you lost your face in front of Lord Yang." ”

Seeing his father's dissatisfaction, Sun Gui's body trembled, and his heart was even more panicked.

Sun Dan sighed in his heart when he saw it in the back, and whispered in Sun Gui's ear: "Don't come forward to apprentice soon." After saying that, he pushed him behind the waist.

Sun Dan smiled bitterly in his heart, Sun Gui looks clever, but in fact, he doesn't have any scheming, he can't even hear the meaning of Sun Henian's words, what eyesight!

Sun Gui ate Sun Dan to push like this, and he was caught off guard for a while, and stumbled forward, "Plop!" He knelt down, but he didn't dare to speak, so he kept kowtowing.

Yang Shen accepted his great gift calmly, and accepted Sun Gui into the door, and said with a smile: "This kid is also simple." ”

Hearing Yang Shen say that he was simple, everyone was funny in their hearts, but if you think about it carefully, it is also appropriate, this child is stupid enough.

"It's just an epiphyte, shame!" Sun Henian stroked his long beard and shouted: "Don't hurry up and stand aside, it's only a matter of brother nun who can take a fancy to you, for me, you will be killed by a disgusting thing like you." ”

Sun Gui hurriedly got up from the ground and stood behind Yang Shen tremblingly.

On the contrary, Aunt Jing and Sun Jia had tears in their eyes, and there may not be a trace of pride and show-off in these tears.

Sun Gui is considered to be successful, and Sun Yuezhong's talent should not be surprised.

Everyone turned their eyes to Sun Yue again.

After only waiting for a moment, another slave from the Sun Mansion rushed in and knelt in front of Sun Henian, "Second Master, Young Master Yue has also been hit." ”

"Oh, this rebel didn't disappoint me." Sun Henian "touched" his beard again, and he couldn't see any change in the "color" of his face, but there was a smile in the corner of his eye.

Mrs. Liu also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Brother Yue, why don't you come over to apprentice soon." By the way, how many places did you win, but the head of the current case? ”

Sun Yue shook his clothes proudly, walked up to Yang Shen gracefully, and was about to bow down. But the servant's reply made him stiffen.

"Back to Madame's words...... Brother Yue'er...... Brother Yue is the nineteenth in the first class. ”

"What?" Liu Fu exclaimed in a low voice: "You read it right, it's not the head of the case." ”

"Mrs. Hui's words, it's really the nineteenth, and the little one is really real."

Sun Yue had a "buzz" in his head, and he almost fainted. There was no trace of blood on his fair face, and a strong sense of humiliation and frustration rose from his heart.

"Little brute, I actually won the nineteenth place." Sun Henian stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the coffee table, "Come on, tie up this useless thing and take it to the ancestral tablet to ask for sin." ”

Several subordinates looked at each other, but they didn't dare to make a move.

was so angry that Sun Henian couldn't stop shouting: "Tie up, tie up." ”

"Second master, hit, hit." Someone ran back to report: "Brother Hao won the second place in this department." ”

"Ahh Now the order in the lobby is even more chaotic, and everyone didn't expect that Sun Hao, such a stupid overlord, not only won, but also won the second, and pressed Sun Yue alive.

"Haha, haha, hit, hit." Sun Hao jumped up violently and rushed to the middle of the lobby and couldn't stop laughing.

Sun Yue didn't expect Sun Hao to do better than himself, and he couldn't even compare to a straw bag.

With a pain in his heart, Sun Yue gritted his teeth fiercely, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth innorantly.

Sun Henian snorted: "Sun Hao, don't be presumptuous in front of Lord Yang." ”

"Yes, the second uncle has taught him a lesson." Sun Hao stuck out his tongue, then knelt in front of Yang Shen and kowtowed three times, saying, "Lord Yang, I don't want to be your student." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

Yang Shen was surprised and asked with a smile: "Sun Hao, do you look down on me and don't want to worship under me?" ”

"Not really." Seeing Yang Shen's kind attitude, Sun Hao also became bolder, and said with a smile: "I know best what level Sun Hao is, and people say that I am a stupid overlord." This time, he was able to show his talent and won the second place, because of Brother Dan's urging and good luck. But with this bit of ink in my stomach, it's already over the end of being able to take the test. If you really enter the door of Mr., you will not be able to lift people in the future, isn't it a shame for you, and it will ruin your reputation. Besides, for Sun Hao, reading is the most painful errand in the world. Anyway, I have a reputation now, so naturally I don't need to read any more. ”

Hearing Sun Hao mention Sun Dan, everyone looked at Sun Dan at the same time.

Sun Henian roared angrily: "Useless things! He was also annoyed in his heart, the two sons-in-law of the Sun family, Sun Yue did not do well in the exam, and Sun Hao said nonsense in front of Yang Shen again. What happened to this son of the Sun family?

Yang Shen laughed: "Sun Hao, you are so simple and cute, you are a pure person." Since you don't want to study, that's it, don't blame him, Brother Henian, you still need talent for reading. In this way, since Sun Hao is unwilling to take the path of the imperial examination. When I went to Nanjing to meet the Son of Heaven, I asked him for a favor to see if I could get a knighthood, and then find a position in the capital, and I might not have a good future in the future. There is a shortage in the Yizhou Mountain Factory of the Ministry of Industry, if the Son of Heaven is gracious, he may as well let Sun Hao make up for it. ”

The so-called Admiral Yizhou Mountain Factory is a petty official who is in charge of the imperial firewood and charcoal of the inner court. In the Forbidden City, from the emperor to the eunuchs and palace maids, the charcoal and coal had to be handled by him.

This position is not of high grade, only seven grades. But because of the abundance of oil and water, and often in and out of the palace, it is generally held by the sons of the nobles.

Sun Dan is now famous, and he doesn't need to take the road of the imperial examination anymore, he can become an official if he directly attacks the title.

Sun Henian turned his anger into joy: "In this way, I will thank my brother for using the repair." ”

As soon as Sun Hao heard that he could be an official, and he was going to the kind of flower world in the capital, he was pleasantly surprised. Hurriedly kowtowed a few more times: "Thank you, Lord Yang." ”

Sun Henian glanced at his son Sun Yue with a decadent face, and became even more angry in his heart, and patted the coffee table again: "Rebel, you don't know anything, what are you doing here, don't kneel down to apprentice." ”

When Sun Yue heard this, he knelt on the ground like a marionette and kowtowed a few times, which can be regarded as officially becoming a student of Yang Shen.

Yang Shen was also disgusted with Sun Yueben in his heart, but because he couldn't get rid of Sun Henian's love. Besides, although Sun Yue's character is not very good, his talent is also outstanding, and it is acceptable to accept him as a beginner. He calmly accepted Sun Yue's gift.

Sun Henian was relieved to see that his son finally worshiped under the door of Scholar Yang, and said: "Thank you for repairing, there is a lotus pond in the mansion with a very good view, why don't you and I go to talk about the wine." ”

"Wait, maybe there are still talents among the people in the Sun Mansion, and Yang Shen still wants to accept a few students!"

"No one should be hit." Sun Henian said with certainty.

"Not necessarily, I don't have to wait." Yang Shen laughed and looked at Sun Dan again.

Sun Dan's previous side, Sun Gui, Sun Hao and others had all left, leaving him standing there alone, and he couldn't attract attention.

Sun Dan watched from the side for a long time, and when he saw Yang Shen staring at him, he was also distressed in his heart: Yang Shen is really persistent, he wants me to be his student, and he really can't do anything about him.

Only then did Sun Henian realize that Yang Shen had been looking at Sun Dan all along, and his heart suddenly moved: Could it be that Yang Shen thought that Sun Dan could show off talents, could it be that the student he had been waiting for was Sun Dan?

It's impossible, a house slave who has studied for two or three months will also be a talent?

But Sun Henian also knew that although Yang Shen was a liberal person, he was a cautious person.

I remembered that he went back to Jinan last night, but he didn't come to Sun's mansion. Could it be that he went to the Gong Courtyard and had already gotten the news in advance?

Sun Dan was able to be taken by Yang Shen, and he must be a talent. Perhaps, this man can be of my use.

A century-old wealthy family must continue to absorb new people in order to maintain the prosperity of the family. If he is really a talent, he might as well be pulled into the core of the family to focus on training.

Sun Henian is the de facto patriarch of the Sun family, and in the face of family interests, he has always been fair and just, even ruthless. As long as it is a child who uses something, no matter whether it is close or not, it will all be blue-eyed. On the contrary, even if it is a biological son, it is not used at all.

Originally, after the recommendation of the big housekeeper Sun Zhong, Sun Henian was very optimistic about Sun Dan. However, in his mind, Sun Dan is just a housekeeper candidate to succeed Sun Zhong in the future, and he has not yet risen to the level of a real talent. Now, Yang Shen values it, Sun Henian is shocked, and this is why he really attaches importance to Sun Dan.

Sun Henian fell into deep thought.

Sun Henian pondered, and the room fell silent again. Everyone looked at Sun Dan fixedly, feeling that something big was about to happen.

There was another chaotic sound of footsteps, this time louder than the previous three.

A group of subordinates came from outside, and the slave at the head knelt on the ground and shouted, "Second master, great joy, great joy." Sun Dan, a son of my Sun family, won the first place in the Shandong College of Middle School Undergraduate Examination! ”

Sun Henian stood up suddenly, "Have you looked carefully?" ”

"If you can't even see this clearly, the second master can gouge out the villain's eyeballs and feed the dog."

"Good, good, good!" Sun Henian suddenly laughed: "Ancestor bless!" ”