Chapter Twenty-Four: Wrestling in the Dark

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It didn't take long for Xie Shenwen to write, and Shui Yun walked up to the attic with a panicked expression, followed by two yamen dukes. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

"This is Xie Xiaoxianggong?"

The attitude of the duke was also modest, and he arched his hand at Xie Shen, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth.

"That's Xie Shen, dare to ask what is the cost of tolerance?"

Xie Shen put down the book and stood up to greet him.

"That's the case, the master of the book heard that Xie Xiaoxianggong was outstanding in learning, so he specially invited Xiaoxianggong to go to the county government to talk about it."

Xie Shen's heart sank, and his heart said that he should have come.

It's just that why this Master Cao's first reaction was not to find Xie Pi and Wang Shouwen, is it because Xie Shen is from a poor family?

The reason why these tolerances call Xie Shen Xiaoxianggong is entirely because of the county's call for Xie Shen's virtuous student, after all, Xie Shen's identity can only be regarded as a child at most, and he has nothing to do with Xiucai Xianggong.

The main book is the third-in-command of the county government, and there are also county orders and county officials on it. Since Xie Shen is a person valued by Wu County, he naturally won't be too afraid of Master Cao. What's more, Master Cao's book has no evidence, and he can't help it.

"In that case, let's go."

Shui Yun looked at Xie Shen with some anxiety, the young man gave her a look, the little lady was slightly stunned, and swallowed the words that came to her mouth.

Unexpectedly, in a short period of time after coming to the Ming Dynasty, Xie Shen would have to meet several chief officials of Yuyao City in turn, which was a bit ironic.

Anyway, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and Master Cao will really have a habit of Longyang, and he will not eat Xie Shensheng in the county government.

Coming to the county government with the yamen messenger, Xie Shen tidied up his clothes, took a deep breath and strode into the hospital.

The layout of the Yuyao County Ya is extremely rigorous, and there are strict regulations on the location of each cross-courtyard.

The residence of the main book is located to the west of the central axis of the county government, to the north of the mansion of the canon.

Xie Shen walked through the courtyards and finally came to the front of this cross-courtyard.

"Xie Xiaoxianggong, the master is in the courtyard, we won't go in, please take care of yourself."

Those officials retreated with interest, and Xie Shen thanked them before taking a deep breath and stepping into the courtyard.

The yard is not large, but it is very delicately furnished. There is a pavilion in the middle of the courtyard, and there is a flower pond next to the pavilion, in which dozens of koi fish are grazing, and a middle-aged man wearing a black net scarf and a cyan jacquard robe is feeding the fish in the pavilion.

Although he had his back to Xie Shen, Xie Shen could already tell from his figure that he was the master of Cao in this county.

"Student Xie Shen meets Master Treasurer."

Hearing that Xie Shen was coming, Master Cao sprinkled all the fish food into the pool, clapped his palms and turned around and said, "It is worthy of being a junior student boasted by the county honor, and his appearance is really extraordinary." ”

Xie Shen took a closer look at Master Cao's book from this angle, his appearance was dignified, and he was quite official, and he didn't look like a rabbit master.

But as soon as he remembered that when he saw Master Cao in Yunci Temple yesterday, he was disheveled and panicked, Xie Shen felt a chill.

"Sit down."

Master Cao casually nodded at the round stool in the pavilion and said lightly.

The master bookkeeper gave him a seat, of course Xie Shen didn't dare to refuse, he walked to the pavilion with small steps and sat down, waiting for Master Cao to ask questions.

"Cough, I heard that the virtuous students have not yet taken the county examination, so you have to follow the Confucian teachings to learn from the good students, and don't live up to the county's ardent hopes for you."

Master Cao's book still has a lot of nonsense, but he doesn't get to the point. Xie Shen doesn't care, he just responds in vain. Anyway, the party that took the initiative was Master Cao, and Xie Shen only needed to see the move.

"Do you also believe in Buddhism, so you must have a lot of insight and understanding of Buddhism?"

The calm surface of the water is like a stone thrown into it, splashing ripples.

Xie Shen said in his heart that this Master Cao was really going to be difficult, so he took a deep breath and said: "Buddhism is profound, and students only know a little about it, so they don't dare to make mistakes. ”

Master Cao stood up, paced with his hands behind his back.

"The Buddha is in the heart, how can a few scriptures summarize the mysteries of Buddhism. However, Xiansheng is young, and since he is determined to serve the imperial court through the imperial examination, he naturally should not be distracted by other matters. ”

What a lot of resentment!

Xie Shen had already heard the hostility from Master Cao's words. Master Cao is warning him to keep his mouth shut and not to tell what he saw that day that he will go out? In fact, Xie Shen didn't plan to go against Master Cao, but now it seems that I am afraid that he will not be good.

"The lesson of the master is that students must study carefully, gain fame as soon as possible, and share the worries of the court."

Xie Shen has done his best to show favor to Master Cao, and now it depends on Master Cao's attitude.

After a moment of silence, Master Cao pointed to the koi fish competing for food in the pond and said, "Xiansheng, why do you see these fish fighting desperately for food?" ”

Xie Shen's heart sank, it seemed that this Master Cao was still not at ease with him, and he actually tried it again.

"Returning to the Lord Bookkeeper, there are rules for the birth and death of all things. They are also based on heavenly principles. ”

"What a good one."

Master Cao grabbed a handful of fish food from the porcelain plate and threw it into a corner of the pool.

The koi fish that were competing swam to the corner again, starting a new round of competition.

Master Cao's move was naturally not as simple as feeding koi, in Xie Shen's opinion, Master Cao was warning him that he was just like these koi fish in the pool. As long as Master Cao moves his fingers at will, he will be dragged and swam like these koi fish.

In other words, Master Cao was telling Xie Shen that although the county respected him, Master Cao could also control Xie Shen's fate. After all, the county lord will not offend his colleagues for the sake of a mere poor student.

In terms of momentum, Master Cao has now gained the upper hand, Xie Shen thought hard, but found that there was no good way to break the situation.

At this moment, a government official suddenly came to report, saying that Wang Shouren, a student of the county school, asked to see him.

Master Cao was obviously a little surprised that Wang Shouren suddenly appeared in the county office, he frowned, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and finally waved his hand to signal the official to call Wang Shouren in.

If it was just a county school student, Master Cao would naturally not take it seriously. But this Wang Shouren is the leader in the county, if there is no accident in the township test and the meeting test, he will also be on the list, which is equivalent to locking in a Jinshi quota. The temple test is just a formality, as long as the student does not faint and collide with the holy car, at most, the ranking will be readjusted.

Although Master Cao is a Jiupin county official, he is from a noble background and cannot sit in the position of county commander. As long as Wang Shouren is admitted to the Jinshi, he can directly release the county order. At that time, Master Cao and Wang Shouren were reversed, and that was really embarrassing.

What's more, Wang Shouren is Wang Hua's eldest son, Wang Hua is now in the middle of the court, and Master Cao will not show Wang Shouren his face unless his head is kicked by a donkey.

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