After Meng Feng finished assigning the matter, he was about to pick up the "Analects" and read it carefully, when he saw Zhu Dashan hurriedly come to report, saying that someone was looking for the sect leader.

Meng Feng didn't want to pay attention to it, and directly asked Zhu Dashan to send him away, he was very busy now, while dealing with the trivial matters of the art garden, he was still thinking about getting a child qualification.

It's not that Meng Feng wants to be an official, anyway, the officials selected from the imperial examination must at least be a jinshi, he just wants to be qualified to be a showman, and he seems to have some identity!

To be an official, it is a thankless task, unless you don't do things, but if that's the case, why should you be an official? Meng Feng is not short of money to spend, but with the dividends at the end of last year, he has tens of thousands of incomes, and now he is very rich.

Although Meng Feng's talent is average, Dong Ce has already explained the topic of the imperial examination to him in the letter!

Of course, it is impossible for Dong Ce to know what questions the Great Confucian of Taiyuan will make, but the format of the questions is formulated by him, there is no way, if he doesn't do this, one day something similar to Baguwen will appear, which will make the path of the imperial examination more narrow.

The current college examination questions test the Analects, arithmetic and the content of the first three volumes of the Taiping Sutra, and the test questions must be printed on paper, and then let the candidates answer them below, except for the arithmetic questions, they must write their own opinions, and then let the local Confucian and the examiner and the shaman cross-review.

Of course, the first session should be a test of the waters, from simple to deep, the future imperial examination topics will be more involved, and it will become more and more difficult, with Meng Feng's talent, if this session can not be examined, the hope will be more and more slim in the future.

Without waiting for Meng Feng to be silent in the book, Zhu Dashan came again.

"Yuan Master, that person refuses to leave, he has to see the sect leader, his subordinates have already told them that the sect leader is not there, but they actually said that it is okay not to do it anymore, let us give them a hundred taels!"

"What!" Meng Feng was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Such a scoundrel, you just drive him away, why talk nonsense." ”

"No, the garden master, they have the Vermilion Bird Flag!" Zhu Dashan smiled bitterly.

Meng Feng was taken aback, and after thinking about it, he said, "I'll take a look." ”

When Meng Feng came to the gate of the art garden, he saw a carriage with a Vermilion Bird flag at a glance, and he was sure that the other party was a member of the Lu family nine times out of ten! Because only three families in Jiangnan can enjoy the Vermilion Bird Flag, except for the Lu family, which is closer to them and has some relationships, the other two families are very far away, and they are all in Hangzhou.

In the past, there were three scholars in Jinling who could make the Vermilion Bird Banner, but they were served by King Huan, otherwise Jinling would not have the grand scene of a hundred flowers blooming today.

"Brother Meng, long time no see!" A handsome young man who looked white and clean and was dressed as a scholar bowed to Meng Feng.

Meng Feng was stunned for a moment, took a few closer glances at this beautiful young man, and after half a sound, he suddenly smiled bitterly, directly took out a money bag and threw it to the other party, and arched his hand: "Brother Cao, it's easy to go!" ”

"Excuse me!" The young man opened the money bag and saw that the pieces of golden light inside were shining, and he immediately smiled, arched his hand at Meng Feng, and got into the carriage.

Looking at the back of the car in the distance, Zhu Dashan was a little shocked and asked, "Who are they?" ”

"Troublesome people!" After Meng Feng finished speaking, he turned around and entered the art garden.

Zhu Dashan looked puzzled and thought, "What is the trouble for people?" Can the owner be so afraid? I even gave the money directly! ”

Like Zhu Dashan, he was also shocked by the coachman Feng Bo!

Cao Niangzi said that he came to a friend to get money, he didn't take it seriously at the time, but when he heard Cao Niangzi speak, it was hundreds of taels, which scared Uncle Feng, but what shocked him even more was that the other party actually gave it honestly! What exactly is this......

Feng Bo is deaf to the things outside the window, and works diligently in Liufu, how can he know that Cao Niangzi has an inexplicable relationship with the big owner of this art garden!

Meng Feng did not go back to the attic, but went to the ferry next to the teahouse, took a small boat all the way to the back of the Xuezi Temple, and then went ashore to enter the back gate of the Xuezi Temple.

"Why is the garden master here?" After Kong Lican saw Meng Feng, he got up and arched his hand.

Meng Feng said bluntly: "What is the situation in Shanghai? ”

"Hard to find! There are guards guarding all the main roads in Shanghai, and there is not only a curfew in the prefecture and county, but also that you cannot move around at will even during the day, and there are time regulations for the people to buy and sell, and at other times, you must stay at home honestly, so it is very difficult for our people to communicate. ”

"It seems that something big is about to happen in Huzhou!" Meng Feng thought for a while and said, "Send the matter of Huzhou, together with the arrangements of the Hall Master Zhong, to Luoyang and hand it over to the sect master." ”

Meng Feng faintly felt that these two things were very likely to be related! But he can't deal with it here at all, so he can only hope that Dong Ce will come up with a foolproof strategy.

On the other hand, after Zhong Xiaoshi led fifty Xingtang disciples to cross the river and go north, he had been going in circles!

"Which way did Mr. Fang go? How to dress? Zhong Xiaoshi said to a boatman.

"Back to the hall master, Mr. Fang is going in the direction of Zhongli Mansion, dressed up, coarse and gray clothes and white turbans, his face has not changed much, and he is carrying a brown burden." This boatman is a disciple of the Nine Streams.

Zhong Xiaoshi was a little puzzled when he heard this, and secretly wondered what this Fang Mu was doing? I only came out of Zhongli Mansion yesterday, why did I go back today?

But in order to fulfill the sect leader's instructions, he could only catch up with the pastor under the guidance of the disciples of the Nine Streams Hall.

When Master Zhong Xiaoshi returned to Zhongli Mansion, a disciple of Jiuliutang approached and said that Mr. Fang had changed his clothes and was heading west!

This can make Zhong Xiaoshi depressed, if it weren't for the disciples of Jiuliutang to tease him, it was that this Fang Mu was too cautious, not only turned left and right, but sometimes after leaving the prefecture, he actually turned back and changed his clothes.

But the former is obviously impossible, he knows very well the ability of Jiuliutang, especially after Kong Lican became the hall master, Jiuliutang has never lost his target, even if Fang Mu left Jinling, they didn't have to rush to follow, but as long as three or five days have passed, it is not difficult to catch up.

Unless, Fang Mu swam across the river by himself when he went north, or chose to cross the mountains and mountains when he traveled westward, otherwise, whether you left by car or boat, it would be difficult to escape their eyeline, because in the prefectures, post stations, and ferries within a hundred miles of Jinling, there were Jiuliutang's eyeliner mixed in.

But Fang Mu is still too able to toss, he is alone, but Zhong Xiaoshi is a team of people, in order to cover up, Zhong Xiaoshi is transporting real goods, and the action is very inconvenient, but fortunately, Fang Mu is too cautious, wasting a lot of time, after leaving Jinling on the fifth day, Zhong Xiaoshi finally caught up.

"Hey, this ...... Isn't it Mr. Fang? In a tea stall outside the county, Zhong Xiaoshi looked at Fang Mu with a surprised expression.

Fang Mu frowned when he heard this, and suddenly turned his head to look at Zhong Xiaoshi and Zhong Xiaoyi on the side, he didn't know the Zhong family brothers, but he recognized the banner of the caravan behind them, "Jinling Art Garden".

Suddenly, Fang Mu breathed a sigh of relief, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, and suddenly laughed, and said, "I said why can't you get rid of the farts wherever you go, it turns out that you are following!" ”

Zhong Xiaoshi was stunned for a moment, but Zhong Xiaoyi smiled, asked the disciples of Xingtang to sit down and rest, and after beckoning the stall owner to serve tea, he pulled the eldest brother to sit opposite Fang Mu together, and wondered: "Why did Mr. Fang say this?" ”

"You really don't know what your Nine Streams Hall is capable of?" Fang Mu had seen Dong Ce's strange moves, played Wei Zheng around, forced out one hiding point after another, and finally could only fight to break the net.

But Zhong Xiaoshi said righteously: "Mr. Fang may have misunderstood something, we didn't follow Mr. Fang, but sent a dowry gift to our sect leader to the capital, it was just a coincidence." ”

Fang Mu's expression did not move, he looked at Zhong Xiaoshi with a righteous face, and then his eyes swept the bottom of the caravan carriage, and found that the wheel traces were very deep, not like an empty car.

"Is it really a coincidence?" Just when Fang Mu was thinking like this, Zhong Xiaoyi, a thin black man, suddenly asked with a smile: "By the way, our sect leader wrote a letter saying that he would also send a dowry gift to your house, this matter is ......?"

Fang Mu suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, shook his head and sighed: "Your sect master is marrying a little girl, so naturally you want to give me a gift!" ”

"Ahh Our sect leader is in Zhongdu! Zhong Xiaoyi was surprised.

"The little girl is also in the middle capital!" Fang Mu couldn't laugh or cry.

"No wonder, in this way, Lord Hunt is also going to Zhongdu to drink happy wine!" Zhong Xiaoyi said with a smile.

Fang Mu smiled and nodded, "Exactly!" ”

"That's not as good as your peers!" Zhong Xiaoyi invited directly.

Fang Mu frowned, and after thinking about it, he nodded again: "I can't ask for it!" (To be continued.) )