"What, the old man can't speak well, right?" Yu Wenshu saw Wang Shichong's hesitation and said with some dissatisfaction.

Wang Shichong was so frightened that he hurriedly bowed down and said, "No." There's no problem here, just a little worried about your majesty."

"Don't worry about it, the Jinshi exam has a test paper as a handle, but the martial arts exam is different, everyone has a time when they don't play well, right? As long as you do a good job, no one can say anything. When Yuwen Shu said this, he remembered something again, and asked with a smile: "In today's riding and archery test, have you found any talents who are really capable?" ”

"Yes! There are two. ”

Wang Shicheng immediately opened the file, and said to Yuwen while checking the results, "The wind is a little strong today, which affects the performance of the candidates, but there are also two candidates who have performed well, both of them are fifteen or sixteen years old, one is called Qin Qiong, and the other is called Xu Shiji, both of whom are candidates on the B list. ”

"What is their family background, and who recommended them?" Yu Wenshu sat up straight, and suddenly became interested.

"I have specially investigated, this Qin Qiong is a native of Qi County, who once studied martial arts with Zhang Xutuo, the Cheng of Qi County, and studied literature at the starting point academy of Qi County, which seems to have something to do with Su You; As for this Xu Shiji, back. Jing is much simpler, he is a native of Dongping County, his family is quite wealthy, he likes to make friends with heroes, and his martial arts are very strong. ”

After hearing that Qin Qiong had some relationship with Su You, Yuwen Shu's face inevitably showed resentment, just like Su You had robbed something that belonged to him, and because Su You was the culprit who guided his grandson Yuwen Cheng and couldn't go back, so he had always been unapologetic to Su You.

Yu Wenshu has wanted to kill Su You countless times, but he has never had a chance.

Yu Wenshu regretfully ignored Qin Qiong, and immediately became interested in Xu Shiji, "I have a family of assets, and I like to make heroes!" I like such people. ”

Wang Shichong was empathetic, guessing that Yu Wenshu was afraid that he would move the idea of accepting a fake son again, and immediately smiled, "Why don't I talk about it for the general?" ”

Yu Wenshu shook his head, "You are the examiner, just do your duty." Check out this person's test, and go about yourself! ”

Wang Shicheng did as he could, and then took his leave.

As soon as Wang Shichong left, Yuwenshu's third son, Yuwenshu, hurriedly broke into Yuwenshu's study, and asked with an expectant face, "Father, good news!" ”

Yu Wenshu's face sank, "Do you have any rules?" ”

Only then did Yu Wenshi remember that he had forgotten to knock on the door in a moment, and although he was stubborn in his heart, he still withdrew from the door and knocked on the door again, and asked, "Father, can the child come in?" ”

"Come in." Yuwen Shu responded, and after seeing his son come in in an orderly manner, he said earnestly, "As the saying goes, small things are big, although knocking on the door is a small thing, but if you don't pay attention to small things, how can you do big things?" ”

"The child knows it's wrong." Yu Wenshi and hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake, it was better for their brothers to be at this point; Knowing your mistakes and admitting your mistakes, and then continuing to make mistakes, is really not beating, nor is it scolding.

After hearing his son's confession, Yuwenshu's anger disappeared a little, and he immediately asked, "Tell me, what good news makes you so carried away?" ”

"Report to my father, there are already five or six buyers of the jade that we just put on the shelves in the antique shop, and they are all children of the family."

"How much do they pay?" Yuwen is absolutely unambiguous about money.

Yu Wenshi immediately replied excitedly, "The highest price is 10,000 guan, three are 8,000 guan, and the remaining two are 5,000 guan." ”

Yu Wenshu nodded, and said in an undoubted tone, "If you reject those two who are out of 5,000 yuan, just say that I don't just ask about martial arts." ”

If someone who doesn't know the inside story hears the conversation between their father and son, they must mistakenly think that Yu Wenshu is an upright high-ranking official; Those who know a little bit about the inside story will understand that Yuwenshu has now clearly marked the price of the quota for martial arts, and the medium is jade from the antique store.

The price of those jade artifacts was only a few tens of cents, but after the secret transaction, the price increased by millions of times.

"What if they're willing to go up to eight thousand?" Yu Wenshi and the concubine of Princess Nanyang, the daughter of Yang Guang, is not stupid, and he is as greedy for money as Yu Wenshu, which can prove that he is really the son of Yu Wenshu!

"No more, it's a matter of attitude, so be it." Yu Wenshu shook his head categorically.

Yu Wenshu not only wants money, but also face, and he uses money to measure his attitude towards him; He ignores those who disrespect him.

"The child understands, so he refuses." Yu Wenshi turned around to leave, but Yu Wenshu stopped him again.

He handed Xu Shiji's test to his son and instructed, "By the way, bring this person to the mansion for me." ”

Yu Wenshi didn't say much this time, he bowed silently, and then withdrew from his father's study.

After Yuwenshi left, Yuwen Zhihe immediately knocked on the door of Yuwenshu's study.

"Zhiji, what's the matter?" Yu Wenshu saw his favorite son walk in, immediately put down the work at hand, and asked a little puzzled.

Yu Wenzhi and the second in line, the official worship will be the prison, although the official position is the lowest among the father and son, the IQ is the highest; Yu Wenhua and the number "light and thin son", Yuwen Zhihe is muddy, if you really want to count it, Yu Wenshu values the most is Yuwen Zhiji, who has the lowest IQ from the official to the lowest.

"The child is a little worried about his father, worried that what his father and third brother are planning now will be revealed," Yu Wenzhi explained his intentions straight to the point.

"What have you heard?" Yu Wenshu asked with some tears and laughter.

Seeing that his father was pretending to be stupid, Yuwen Zhihe immediately did not shy away from explaining the truth he had learned, "My father manipulated martial arts and sold jade in an antique shop to accept bribes, aren't you afraid of being sued in front of the emperor, and aren't you afraid of your majesty's anger and anger?" ”

Yu Wenshu glared at him and snorted disdainfully, "Childish! ”

"What do you mean, Father?" After Yuwen Zhihe was despised, he asked a little unwillingly.

"I mean, you've lived for thirty years in vain, and you don't know anything about power games." Yu Wenshu sighed with some disappointment.

Yuwen Zhihe was scolded by his father, and then lowered his head and began to organize his thoughts, and the study became quiet.

Seeing that Yuwen Zhiji's mind couldn't turn for a while, Yuwen Shu asked with some hatred, "Zhiji, let me ask you, do you know who your ancestors are?" ”

Yuwen Zhihe was inexplicable when he heard his father's question, but he still replied honestly, "The child knows that it is Emperor Taizuwen of the Northern Zhou Dynasty." ”

Yuwen Zhi and the Taizu Wen Emperor are also the actual founders of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the ancestor of the Yuwen family, Yuwen Tai.

Yu Wenshu nodded and asked rhetorically, "Then who did the current Great Sui Dynasty take away from it?" ”

"What my father wants to say is" Yuwen Zhiji began to gradually follow Yuwen Shu's train of thought, and he already somewhat understood what his father was going to say.

Yuwen Shu saw that his son's eyes were flashing brightly, and knew that he had begun to comprehend, so he said expressionlessly, "We all know how this Great Sui River and Mountain came about, and the first emperor Yang Jian is also afraid of the revenge of the heirs of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, on the surface, he no longer cares about the people of the Yuwen family, but in fact? Huh"

"What my father wants to say is that the first emperor is always vigilant against the people of the Yuwen clan?"

"That's right. Do you know what kind of courtiers the emperors liked and feared the most? They like corrupt officials the most, because they can be degraded and killed at will, and what they are most afraid of is those Qingliu celebrities, who not only can't get rid of them lightly, but may also win the hearts of the people and then turn against the royal family. So I was corrupt and corrupted, and I don't know how many times I was impeached, but did I receive any punishment? No.

Because Yang Jian wants me to be like this, he wants me to destroy my reputation and hope that I am greedy for pleasure; If I had been honest and respectable, then I would have been killed by him a long time ago, your brother bullied men and women outside to cause trouble, calling himself a thin son, do you think I don't know? But I never scolded him for this, because his doing so was conducive to making Yang Guang look down on him and be unwary of him. ”

Yuwen Zhihe heard Yuwen confess, and said with a somewhat unnatural face, "I used to think that my father was too greedy and my brother was too nonsense, but it turned out that I was the fool, only I didn't know my own situation. ”

"I did it on purpose, but your eldest brother is wrong, you brothers, what I value most is wisdom and you."

"Father, I know what to do in the future."

"Take a long-term view and remember what I told you today."

Yuwen Zhihe asked thoughtfully, "Father means that one day, our Yuwen family will recapture the Northern Zhou Dynasty?" ”

Yu Wenshu nodded slowly, "I pin my hopes on the three of you brothers. ”

At the same moment, Su You and the others ended the feast, but this meal did not achieve the purpose of relaxing; They didn't drink too much, but they were all seven or eight points drunk.

Everyone helped each other out of the gate of Taibai Building, but found that two groups of people were blocked on the road outside.

There were a dozen or so men in a group, led by a young man dressed in a brocade robe, wearing a golden crown, and carrying a sword at his waist, with an arrogant expression, while the rest stood proudly behind him.

Although there was a distance of more than ten zhang, Su You still recognized this person at a glance as the concubine Yu Wenshi of Princess Nanyang.

The other group of people was only five or six, except for a handsome boy of fifteen or sixteen who was the son of a rich family, and the rest were his companions.

Su You didn't have a good impression of Yu Wenshi, it was impossible to come forward to greet him, and he wanted to do something bad to him, but he didn't have the name of a teacher.

Qin Shubao recognized the rich boy at a glance, and immediately whispered to Su You, "Sir, he is Xu Shiji." ”