Yang He saw that the other party's answer was similar to what Liu Keguan said, whether it was true or not, he didn't care too much about it. Yang He said these words just to knock a few people a little, and it didn't mean anything else, so he changed the topic and said something else.

Talking, Yang He and several leaders started a family routine. He asked a few people how their families were doing now, and whether they had any small families. But in this year of famine, the subject's profession is also quite awkward, and these conversations will inevitably slip into seriousness.

Finding that the atmosphere was not right, Yang He changed his way again. He was going to open the deadlock through Zhang Mengcheng, so he asked Zhang Mengcheng: "Leader Zhang's nickname is Zhang Xiucai, and this official has heard people mention your affairs before. Your three brothers are all quite famous, and you Zhang Mengcheng also have some talents, and you were able to be a talent at the age of fifteen, I don't know if this is true or not. ”

Liu Jin and Liu Hongru saw Yang He suddenly mention the matter of the Zhang brothers, and they also raised their spirits and listened on the side, trying to see if they could use Yang He's attitude towards the Zhang brothers as a standard to measure their own treatment in this recruitment. As for Zhang Mengcheng's talent at the age of fifteen, although they were a little surprised, they didn't care too much.

Although Zhang Mengcheng was very curious about who Yang He heard about, he still didn't ask directly, but only replied to Yang He respectfully: "I'm ashamed to say that when I was fifteen years old, I was indeed fortunate to be a talent in the year of the Apocalypse, but the government has already stripped me of my fame." ”

After Yang He heard that Zhang Mengcheng admitted that he was fifteen years old and had a show, he jokingly asked Zhang Mengcheng a question. Yang He dipped his hand in wine and drew a circle on the table, and asked Zhang Mengcheng how to solve the problem.

Zhang Mengcheng was a little surprised by Yang He's actions, but when he heard Yang He ask him to solve the problem with this, Zhang Mengcheng still picked up the sage book he had read for several years, quickly flipped it through his mind again and said: "Before the sage speaks, he will also get the heavenly phenomena." ”

Yang He was just thinking about a topic casually, just to find a topic to talk to Zhang Mengcheng about briefly. But he didn't expect that after thinking about it for a while, Zhang Mengcheng would immediately be able to solve the problem he had improvised about. No matter what the level of his problem-solving is, having this quick wit also shows that Zhang Mengcheng can show off his talent at the age of fifteen, and he does have some real skills.

So Yang He asked with some curiosity: "Since Leader Zhang was selected for Xiucai at the age of fifteen, his future should be very bright. But why don't you feel at ease to study at home, but instead fall into such a situation? ”

Zhang Mengcheng didn't know how much Yang He knew about the Zhang brothers, but seeing that Yang He was a little curious about his Xiucai's identity, he said in a true and false way: "The little one also wants to take the test to serve the imperial court, but in the first year of Chongzhen, one of my nephews had some disputes with people because he drank some wine. My nephew beat the man up in a drunken state, and I didn't expect that the man was actually a servant of the patrolman who was passing by the security guards. After the enemy of my family's security guard learned about this, in order to occupy my family's villa property, he colluded with that person to file a complaint with Master Li and framed our three Zhang brothers for committing illegal acts. Forced by the pursuit of the local government, we had no choice but to fall into the grass. ”

Yang He recalled Du Wenhuan's statement, which was slightly different from Zhang Mengcheng's, but it was roughly the same. He didn't care whether what Zhang Mengcheng said was true or false, and asked directly about Zhang Mengcheng's words. Yang He also said that Zhang Mengcheng could talk back in the tone of a student, and he didn't have to care about other things. "Then I don't know what Leader Zhang's words are, you can use Xiucai's tone to reply to the official's words."

"Thank you for your love, I was given a letter by my teacher in my later life." Zhang Mengcheng did have a table character, and when he was fifteen years old, a gentleman who taught him the scriptures and righteousness took a table character as a letter of the table.

"Meng Cheng" and "Zixin" are also a good match, in fact, there are other stories about this table. At that time, Zhang Mengcheng, who was a human being, also realized that Zhang Mengcheng had hidden many secrets in his heart. Mr. also hopes that Zhang Mengcheng, a disciple with good qualifications, can open his heart to others more.

Zhang Mengcheng naturally understood the deep meaning of Mr. to some extent, so he also tried his best to make some changes. However, some things buried deep in his heart are still inconvenient to announce to others, and the result is that Zhang Mengcheng is still fundamentally difficult to change. For this reason, Zhang Mengcheng's usual discerning actions can only be covered up with one lie after another.

However, later Mr. died of illness, and the Zhang brothers also fell into the grass together. The people on the mountain are all big and coarse, and no one knows the word Zhang Mengcheng at all, and everyone is more used to calling him Xiucai or Mr.

So in ordinary days, Zhang Mengcheng is like this, and the contradiction of wanting to be honest and trying his best to cover up the facts has grown, and finally he has become the person who has been wearing a disguise. Whether this kind of growth is good or bad for Zhang Mengcheng will be seen in the future.

After receiving Zhang Mengcheng's reply, Yang He continued: "Zixin, if this recruitment is successful, you will continue to work the scientific examination. If Zixin is interested, this official may be able to help you restore your fame. ”

Regarding the inquiry of the trilateral governor, Zhang Mengcheng could somewhat understand what Yang He meant. If the Zhang brothers and their gang are successfully completed, they will be touched, and then even the brother of Zhang Mengjin, the chaotic monkey, will go to the examination, and the other leaders will naturally not be willing to rebel again.

It's just that Zhang Mengcheng is more or less skeptical about whether Yang He can restore his fame. Although the trilateral governor is indeed considered a high authority, the matter of the imperial examination is not within his purview after all. Therefore, Zhang Mengcheng's performance was not so enthusiastic, but he did not want to give up all hope, so he said with some eyes.

"It's naturally good to let the late students continue to gain fame, but the later students know that they are deeply guilty, and if the court can spare our lives, it will be extraordinarily gracious. The late life didn't dare to think about it anymore, and it was enough to be able to return to his hometown to teach the middle son and nephew of the late life clan. ”

Seeing that Zhang Mengcheng had the idea of continuing to chase fame, but did not take the restoration of fame as a condition for appeasement, Yang He was very satisfied with Zhang Mengcheng's attitude. After that, Yang He chatted with Zhang Mengcheng for a few more words, and finally used Xiucai as a breakthrough point to talk with Liu Jin and Liu Shangru again.

Liu Jin and Liu Shangru saw that Yang He was thinking about himself everywhere, and even kept the matter of Xiucai's fame in mind. So they immediately understood the sincerity shown by Yang He, and they talked to Yang He very sincerely.

And Zhang Mengcheng was not idle in the future, Ningzhou Zhizhou Sunday Qiang took over the topic of Yang He at this time and continued to chat with Zhang Mengcheng about various things. From time to time, there are also some topics of scripture and righteousness, which are discussed with Zhang Mengcheng and Liu Keguan.

On the fifth day of the third month of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the talks between the two sides ended in such a harmonious atmosphere. And the imperial court's soothing action against the Shenyi Kui people also took a good first step with Yang He's efforts.