Wu Gou has been sent away by Xiao Mo, leaving behind a set of valuable four treasures of the study, a copy of "Immortal Road Quest" that has been printed into a book, and an inconspicuous small package, when you open it, there are twenty pieces of money inside. 1 Novel αC finishing

Obviously, Wu Gou has regarded Xiao Mo as an investment object.

In this era, it is common for some discerning businessmen to subsidize those who have not yet become a climate but have great potential, and afterwards, when those scholars enter the court and become officials, these businessmen can often get dozens of times back, to put it bluntly, it is just a kind of buying and selling investment.

Thinking about this, Xiao Mo also accepted the money with peace of mind, and in a way, it was also one of Xiao Mo's purposes to make the relationship between himself and Wu Gou closer.

But Xiao Mo didn't look happy because of the sudden money or the deepening of his relationship with Wu Gou, after sending Wu Gou away, he returned to the house in a daze, sat down at the desk, frowned and thought for a moment, and then suddenly stood up and wrote a book.

Seeing Xiao Mo's appearance, Xiao Shenyan and Wang Jirui couldn't help but be stunned.

Over the years, Xiao Shenyan and Wang Jirui have a very good understanding of Xiao Mo's habits, whenever Xiao Mo can't calm down, or when something can't figure it out, they will use practicing calligraphy as a means to calm down, and at this time, Xiao Mo's thinking will be much sharper than usual.

When Xiao Mo filled three pieces of rice paper, he finally stopped writing, seemed to have figured out something, raised his head, with a cautious look in his eyes, and asked Xiao Shenyan: "Fourth grandfather, we obtained household registration in Shanxian County, whose path did we take?" ”

Xiao Shenyan didn't know why Xiao Mo asked this, but he still replied: "You are following the path of Guo Ping, the chief bookkeeper of Shanxian County, and the reason why you can participate in the imperial examination in Shanxian County this time is also guaranteed by him, what's wrong?" ”

Xiao Mo asked again: "Then the fourth grandfather, do you know the origin of this Guo Ping?" ”

Xiao Shenyan nodded and said: "I know a little bit about this, he used to study in Songshan Academy, and later won the fame of lifting his son ten years ago, and he has been serving as the chief bookkeeper in Shanxian County all these years. ”

Hearing Xiao Shenyan's answer, Xiao Mo muttered, "Sure enough, ......"

Seeing Xiao Mo's appearance, Xiao Shenyan felt that things were not simple, and asked, "Mo'er, what happened?" ”

"Look at the last preface in that book."

Xiao Mo smiled bitterly and pointed to the "Immortal Road Quest" on the table and said.

Xiao Shenyan picked up the book on the table suspiciously, and when he saw the name of the last article, his body was also shocked, and he looked at Xiao Mo sluggishly.

"What the hell is going on?"

Obviously, Xiao Shenyan didn't think that his status was as noble as Niu Yuxian, and he would simply write a preface to a ghost fairy tale, after the catastrophe of the Xiao family, he had already become a believer in conspiracy theories.

"What else could it be?" Xiao Mo shook his head and said, "In Niu Yuxian's heart, I have become a chess piece that can be used. ”

"How is that possible? How did you get taken a fancy to Niu Yuxian? You don't even have a fame, let alone the slightest fame, how could Niu Yuxian take a fancy to you? Xiao Shenyan muttered in disbelief, and when he turned his head, Xiao Shenyan saw the "Immortal Road Quest" in his hand again, and sighed: "I said, you shouldn't have written this story." ”

Xiao Mo shook his head and said: "This has nothing to do with this story, after Guo Ping settled in Shanxian County, our whereabouts have been known by Niu Yuxian, and over the years, Niu Yuxian's people have been continuously excluded from the core of the court by Zhang Qian, although in this way Zhang Qian has mastered the court, but Niu Yuxian's disciples are also all over the government, well-informed, our traces can be hidden from Zhang Qian, but not from Niu Yuxian." But...... This may be a good thing, in the eyes of Niu Yuxian, we have changed from a dispensable chess piece that can only find some trouble for Zhang Qian to a chess piece that can be used a lot. ”

Xiao Shenyan asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Xiao Mo said slowly: "What does it mean, let's go visit that Guo Ping, maybe we will know." ”

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Half an hour later, Xiao Shenyan and Xiao Mo came to the outside of Guo Ping's residence.

After knocking on the door, a servant opened the courtyard door, and when he saw Xiao Shenyan and Xiao Mo, he couldn't help but smile and said, "The two of you are really here, my master has been waiting for the two of you for more than a time, please come in." ”

Hearing this servant's words, Xiao Shenyan's face was full of surprise, but Xiao Mo had a calm face, as if he had expected it.

Saying that, the servant didn't wait for Xiao Mo and Xiao Shenyan to answer, and led the two towards the inner house.

On the way, Xiao Mo asked, "Waiting for us, is there still your master?" ”

"There are also two guests, from Songshan Academy."

The servant replied politely.

Hearing the servant's answer, Xiao Shenyan and Xiao Mo were both silent.

Entering the guest hall, I saw three middle-aged scribes sitting in the middle of the room chatting, as if they had been waiting for a long time.

Among them, the middle-aged man who was wearing the clothes of an eight-grade official and had a slightly blessed figure should be Guo Ping, the chief bookkeeper of Shanxian County.

The other two middle-aged literati, one of whom was slender, had a handsome face and bright eyes, which made people feel cordial, while the other was low and dark-skinned, and if he was not wearing Confucian clothes, his image would be no different from that of a peasant man.

Although these two people were both wearing civilian clothes, looking at Guo Ping's expression, they were extremely respectful to the two.

Seeing Xiao Shenyan and Xiao Mo enter the guest hall, the handsome Confucian laughed and said to Guo Ping and the other person, "What? I said they would come to us on their own initiative, but you still don't believe it. ”

The dark-faced scholar said lightly: "If they don't know to come here until now, then it won't be enough to entrust each other." ”

As for Guo Ping, during the conversation between the two Confucian scholars, he didn't dare to interject at all, but just smiled respectfully.

But seeing that the handsome Confucian seemed to be the master here, he kindly let Xiao Mo and Xiao Shenyan take a seat, and beckoned his subordinates to serve tea to the two, and finally introduced himself: "I must have guessed that I am from Songshan Academy." Under the self-introduction, under the surname Tian, the name Maolin, the word Huanxiu. He is now a teaching academician of Songshan Academy. ”

As he spoke, Tian Maolin pointed to the dark-skinned Confucian and said, "This is my dear friend and an academician of Songshan Academy, named Yang Luquan, whose name is Xiaonan. ”

Hearing Tian Maolin's self-introduction, Xiao Shenyan's expression couldn't help but become sluggish.

Tian Maolin and Yang Luquan are one of the eight senior academicians of Songshan Academy, fifteen years ago, they all won the Jinshi merit at the age of less than twenty, but then surprisingly both of them turned down the official positions arranged for them by the imperial court and returned to Songshan Academy as academicians, which is very famous.

Although Xiao Shenyan was surprised, Xiao Mo was still calm, just stared at Tian Maolin tightly, and asked slowly, "Why?" ”

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