Chapter Seventy-Seven. Refusal to declare (II).
Fei Sangui was quite happy about his mission this time. (Read the full text of the novel, as far as you can.1.) (1 text. åļįķē)|/\/\|
About two years ago, it was he who was the first to dedicate Xiao Mo's "Quest for Immortals" to Emperor Chu Ling, and while Xiao Mo received the attention of Emperor Chu Ling, Fei Sangui was also praised by Emperor Chu Ling.
And as Fei Sangui continued to collect and dedicate Xiao Mo's works afterwards, his status by Emperor Chu Ling's side became higher and higher, in a way, Xiao Mo can be said to be his nobleman, and being able to meet Xiao Mo is exactly what he wants.
What's more, it is almost a sure thing that Emperor Chu Ling will favor Xiao Mo in the future, and it will be of great benefit to him in the future if he can take the opportunity to befriend Xiao Mo.
Originally, Fei Sangui had already planned it, and after the announcement was completed, no matter how much money Xiao Mosai gave him, he would refuse to accept it, and on the way back to Beijing, he had to have a good relationship with Xiao Mo.
Who knows, after the announcement was completed, Xiao Mo had no intention of accepting the order, and finally couldn't help but look down, but saw that everyone kneeling in front of him was staring at the moment with wide eyes, their faces were shocked, and they all looked towards the location of the Xiao family's study in disbelief.
And the place where Xiao Mo was kneeling was empty at the moment!!
Xiao ...... Where did Xiao Mo go? â
Fei Sangui stammered.
Fei Sangui has made countless decrees, but it is the first time that the person receiving the decree suddenly disappeared during this period.
Even, how many times has such a thing happened throughout the ages?
An official pointed to the location of the study, and also stammered: "Then, that Xiao Mo will go back to the room quickly by himself after the announcement is over." â
With the official's words, Xiao Shenyan and the others on the other side turned even more pale.
Magic Barrier!!
This word suddenly flashed in Fei Sangui's mind.
He had heard some old eunuchs say before that during the period of the Emperor Taishang, there was a decree that the county commander of a remote place should enter Beijing to meet him, and he jumped three levels in a row to serve as the prince's right concubine, and that person was actually hit by the magic barrier under the great news, and he was crazy in an instant, jumping and jumping, looking up to the sky and smiling, and his behavior was extremely inappropriate.
And afterwards, not only did that person not become the prince's right concubine, but even lost his original official position.
Could it be that Xiao Mo is the same?
How did you do such an errand by yourself?
Fei Sangui's heart began to feel distressed.
And just when Fei Sangui was thinking in his heart, Xiao Mo finally walked out of the study, his expression was calm, his eyes were clear, and he didn't look like a demon.
I saw that after Xiao Mo came to Fei Sangui, he knelt down again, held a piece of origami paper on his head with both hands, and said in his mouth: "Xiao Mo, the grass people, I feel that I am not qualified to make His Majesty specialize in 'Hongru Recommendation', and I want to enter the court as a member of the imperial examination. â
Hearing Xiao Mo's words, everyone was stunned.
Refuse to listen to the announcement!!
This kind of thing has not been discovered, the Chu Dynasty is quite tolerant of literati, literati do not be guilty of words, at the beginning of Zhang Qian's career, the Emperor Taishang announced his entry into the court three times, and he also resigned three times.
And looking further, either in order to raise one's own value and create momentum, or to be a high-minded person and really don't want to be an official, this kind of thing has been encountered by all the emperors of the Chu Dynasty.
Except for Emperor Chu Ling!!
But at that time, Zhang Qian was in his thirties and had been famous for more than ten years. And the other people who resigned have also been famous for many years and can be called predecessors in the literary world.
At this time, Xiao Mo was not yet seventeen years old and had become famous for less than a year, so he even wanted to act in this play?
But listening to what Xiao Mo said, it didn't seem like he was raising his own value, nor did he really want to be an official. Everyone couldn't guess what Xiao Mo was thinking, and for a while, the atmosphere was quite awkward.
Fei Sangui subconsciously took the origami handed over by Xiao Mo, and after a long time, he finally smiled bitterly: "Xiao Gongzi, this is embarrassing our family." â
Xiao Mo said apologetically: "Please forgive Father-in-law Fei." â
While speaking, Xiao Mo signaled with his eyes, and Deng Shangquan on the side hurriedly took out a bag of silver taels, and stuffed it into Fei Sangui's hand without attracting attention, and feeling the weight between his hands, Fei Sangui's face finally looked a little better. After a few words of advice to Xiao Mo, he left in a hurry.
Xiao Mo refused to listen to the announcement, this kind of thing must be reported to Emperor Chu Ling as soon as possible.
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Although in the more than 170 years since the founding of the Chu Dynasty, several emperors have encountered such a scene of refusing to listen to the announcement, but during the period of Emperor Chu Ling, it was the first time after all. Originally, all the officials who came to congratulate were not sure how Emperor Chu Ling would react to Xiao Mo's behavior, and the eagerness he was as eager as he met Xiao Mo at the beginning was greatly reduced, and with Fei Sangui's departure, the officials and Xiao Mo left one after another after a little polite words.
When all was over, it was evening.
For a while, after everyone dispersed, only Zhu Ruide and Liu Zongsheng were left in the Xiao family's mansion, but at this moment, they looked at Xiao Mo with Xiao Shenyan with a solemn face.
"Zirou, what do you want me to say about you!! You are so reckless. â
Zhu Ruide seemed to want to reprimand, but after hesitating for a moment, he finally sighed, a tone of hatred that iron is not steel.
Although it is difficult for people to have real power, they are undoubtedly the most glorious. For the vast majority of scholars in the world, before becoming officials, they don't care whether they can have real power after entering the court, and all kinds of glory and fame can be passed down through the ages is what they really expect.
And if Xiao Mo is recommended by "Hongru" to join the ranks, Zhu Ruide, as Xiao Mo's teacher, can also be glorified because of this. Therefore, it is difficult to understand and agree with Xiao Mo's behavior.
On the other side, Liu Zongsheng and Xiao Shenyan also had general thoughts, and as soon as Zhu Ruide's words fell, they also sighed one after another, faintly reproachful.
As for Xiao Huan and Fan Guan, looking at Xiao Mo's eyes is even more incredible.
Xiao Mo smiled bitterly and explained: "Two teachers, four grandfathers, I naturally know the glory of 'Hongru Recommendation', but with this entry, the official fortune of my life has almost come to an end at the beginning of entering the dynasty, and the ambition of the younger generation is not just for glory. I also hope that the two teachers and the fourth grandfather can understand. â
Hearing Xiao Mo's words and thinking of the Xiao family's various things, Xiao Shenyan was enlightened, and faintly thought of Xiao Mo's thoughts, although he no longer continued to blame Xiao Mo, the worry on his face was still obvious.
"Zirou, let's not talk about your ambitions, but you resigned like this and refused to listen to the announcement, have you ever thought about how Your Majesty would react today?"
On the other side, Liu Zongsheng expressed Xiao Shenyan's worries.
Xiao Mo shook his head and smiled: "I have already written a letter asking for sin, and I believe that after reading it, His Majesty will definitely not blame me." â
Between the words, he is quite confident.
Although Xiao Mo is the only one among the people who has never been an official, because of the news transmitted by Songshan Academy, he still knows the most about the character of Emperor Chu Ling.
Under Xiao Mo's successive explanations, although Zhu Ruide, Xiao Shenyan, Liu Zongsheng and others were extremely regretful and worried, they finally accepted the reality.
After everyone finally left regretfully, it was already dark, Xiao Mo took Deng Shangquan back to the study, but a sneer suddenly appeared in his expression.
Before Fei Sangui left, he had already inquired clearly. The person who recommended him to "be recommended by Hongru" this time was Prime Minister Zhang Qian.
Obviously, Zhang Qian is using "Hongru recommendation" to limit Xiao Mo's future development.
And this news also completely dispelled the last trace of the idea in Xiao Mo's heart of choosing to cooperate with Zhang Qian.
After closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, Xiao Mo suddenly raised his head and said, "Shang Quan, you go and send a message to Shopkeeper Wu and tell him that "Xiao Ti Ti" can now come out. â
Deng Shangquan bowed down and left the room silently.
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