Date: 212-12-22

Mrs. Lai stood in the middle of the study and stared at Jiang Yanming non-stop, Jiang Yanming smiled like a spring breeze, stepped forward and bowed to the end and said, "Go down Yao Yanming, give Mrs. a salute." \[\]" Mrs. Lai stared at Jiang Yanming's waist with a silverfish bag hanging behind her waist for a moment, and asked bluntly: "This master is an official?" ”

"The official body is not, the next is the twenty-first year of the examination of the capital Qiuyu, and I am fortunate to get the third, so I got this silverfish bag reward."

"Have you taken the exam twice?"

"I missed it twice, and in September of the twenty-first year, my adoptive mother, Mrs. Jiang, Marquis of Weiyuan, passed away, and I missed a period of filial piety, and I returned to Jiangning to live in the spring of this year, and I returned to Jiangning to live with my elders, and this issue was also wrong." Jiang Yanming explained with a smile, Zhang Yanei looked at Jiang Yanming in surprise, he didn't expect that Yao Wuye would eat and play, and he could read so well! Mrs. Lai's face was much softer, and she politely asked Jiang Yanming to say: "The autumn festival in the capital can get the third, if it is the spring examination, it must be a successful test, and it will be delayed for two periods, but it's a pity." ”

"Mrs. said yes, although it is a pity, it is not a big deal, we are a family, although it is the right way to take the imperial examination, but it is not necessary to take the exam, the uncle of the next son, is born in Enyin, and the deputy of the Privy Council is undertaken, if it is not for Ding Wei's family, maybe it can go further, under the friend, the fifth son of the Zhu Mansion of the Ningguo Gongjia, since he was a child, he is very disgusted with reading, but the world is very clear, and the exchange is broad. Naturally, you have to take the right path, otherwise, this imperial examination is still a grace, and the difference is not big. Jiang Yanming spoke eloquently.

Mrs. Lai looked at Jiang Yanming with admiration and smiled: "After talking for a long time, you haven't asked where this grandfather's family is?" Listening to what you mean, you just arrived in Jiangning from the capital? Forgive me for being clumsy, looking at you, did you just meet our eldest man? ”

"Xia Yao Yanming, is the adopted son of Marquis Yao of Weiyuan, Mrs. Jiang of Weiyuan Marquis, and is the aunt of Xia's sister-in-law, and she just sent her elders from the capital to Jiangning to live in this spring." Jiang Yanming replied with a respectful smile: "Xia and Da Lang have just met, that day Da Lang went to Fengle Building, and Xia happened to meet, and Xia Lang was young, but he behaved generously, talked well, and admired him very much, so he talked a few words, but he didn't expect that although he and Da Lang were a few years old, they talked about the deed, and they happened to be idle in the past two days, so they came to visit. ”

Mrs. Lai originally had a good impression of Jiang Yanming, and then heard Jiang Yanming's exaggerated demeanor and good conversation, and she actually made friends because she admired her son, so the smile came out from the bottom of her heart, and she said politely: "Master Yao is polite, how can Da Lang be so good?" ”

"Down five, Mrs. will be called the next little five, although the big man is young, but the heart is beautiful, the world is insightful, the house is kind, and the big man chats very is a deed, the so-called mother must have his son, this is the wife usually teaches well." Jiang Yanming then flattered, as a mother, no one doesn't like to hear people praise her own children, and this praise is praised straight to her heart, Mrs. Lai is smiling when she hears her eyebrows, suppressing her happiness, and said politely: "Wulang has won the award, Da Lang, this child, is smart and kind, but he is not willing to study hard, I said that he broke his mouth, and he couldn't listen to it, alas, for this, I don't know how much I vomited with him, how many tears I shed behind my back, Wulang has to persuade him in the future." ”

"Da Lang is still young, as soon as I saw Da Lang, I felt that he was very similar to the character of Zhu Wu Gongzi of Ningguo Gong's family," Jiang Yanming turned his head and looked at Zhang Yanei, who was standing next to him in a daze, and then smiled: "It makes people feel kind at a glance, and the more they look at it, the more they look at it, the more they look at it, the more they look at it, that Zhu Wu is also a person who doesn't like to read, just like Da Lang, but he understands things, has a wide range of friends, and the capital is also famous, and Da Lang's future is not bad, and his wife should not be too worried." ”

Zhang Yanei straightened his chest when he heard this, and Mrs. Lai laughed and said: "Thank you Jiyan, Wulang will leave after lunch today, and also meet our master, talk to him well, come on, go to the front yard to see, is the master busy, if he is free, please ask him to meet Yao Wuye." ”

The mother-in-law next to her hurriedly agreed to go out, Jiang Yanming secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and accompanied Mrs. Lai to gossip, only saying that Mrs. Lai kept laughing.

Not long after, Lord Zhang followed his mother-in-law in, Jiang Yanming hurriedly stood up, forced his hands to greet him outside the house, and bowed to the end. Mr. Zhang was fifty-four or five years old, with a fair complexion, dense and deep wrinkles, a slightly chubby body, a dark blue plain silk gown, and no belt, which looked very majestic.

Zhang Yanei squeezed up, pointed at Jiang Yanming and said proudly: "Father, this is my friend, Yao Yanming, Yao Wulang, from the capital, Qiu Yu passed the third exam!"

"Oh," Lord Zhang looked Jiang Yanming up and down, raised his hand slightly, Jiang Yanming let Master Zhang, and then followed up the study, and sat up and down, Lord Zhang took the tea and took a few sips, before looking at Jiang Yanming and said slowly: "Your surname is Yao?" This Jiangning surname is Yao Wang, I haven't heard of it. ”

"It's small, but the elders of the Jiang family go back to Jiangning to live." Jiang Yanming replied respectfully, Lord Zhang held the cup and stared at Jiang Yanming, Jiang Yanming looked at him honestly, Lord Zhang said lightly, lowered his head and drank a few sips of tea, before looking at Jiang Yanming and said: "Jiang family case, I heard, what year did you raise the child?" ”

"Twenty-one years."

"Oh?" Master Zhang looked Jiang Yanming up and down in surprise and said, "Wulang Guigeng? ”

"I'm twenty-two years old this year."

"It's rare, it's rare, it's extremely rare to be lifted at the age of seventeen or eighteen!" Master Zhang's face softened suddenly, and he praised him repeatedly, Zhang Yanei stabbed Jiang Yanming proudly and muttered: "My father likes to be young and talented. Master Zhang glared at his son, looked at Jiang Yanming and asked kindly, "I don't know who Goro is studying from?" If you can teach a talented person like Goro, you must be a famous Confucian. ”

"Mr. Xiao Ke, it is indeed a generation of everyone, surnamed Su, a scholar of Su University, who has served as a secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and now he is a scholar." Jiang Yanming arched his hand and replied, Lord Zhang's eyes widened in surprise, and he turned his head to look at Mrs. Lai and said, "Look at it, it happens like this, I will say that such a young talent must be a famous teacher, and it turns out that he is a disciple of Mr." Mrs. Lai's eyebrows were smiling, and she nodded again and again: "I just look at this Yao Wulang is excellent, and I want you to see it, you see, it's really a coincidence." ”

Master Zhang turned his head to look at Jiang Yanming with a blank face and explained: "Scholar Su is my teacher, I am Zhihe six years Jinshi, that year was the main examination of Su University, I have a lot of guidance from Su University, but unfortunately I have been transferred to foreign posts all these years, speaking of which, I haven't seen him for more than ten years, sir?" ”

"It has been four or five years since Mr. Zhishi went home, and I have sent people over to see him every year, and Mr. is in good health and in good spirits, and now he has taught a few students in the countryside to entertain himself." Jiang Yanming hurriedly replied with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet Mr. Yanming's early disciples here, it's really a blessing for Yanming, it's really a surprise." ”

"Hahaha, it's not, let people set up wine, let's have a good drink and celebrate." Lord Zhang squinted his eyes at Jiang Yanming and said with a smile, Jiang Yanming hurriedly agreed, and Mrs. Lai hurriedly got up and ordered.

Lord Zhang was the first, Jiang Yanming and Zhang Dalang accompanied each other left and right, drinking while talking, after three rounds of drinking, Lord Zhang looked at Jiang Yanming and comforted: "Don't worry about the Jiang family, but an amnesty will pass." ”

"Thank you brother for your relief, and the elders in the capital also confessed like this."

"Well, I see that you are open-minded and indifferent, and you will become a big weapon in the future, my brother has a reluctant request."

"Senior brother, please speak!"

"Look at it," Master Zhang pointed to his son and sighed, "I was nearly forty years old to get such a rebel, his mother loved him too much, and now he has developed such a stubborn character, I want to hand him over to you, let him learn from you." ”

The chopsticks in Jiang Yanming's hand almost fell to the ground, where is this? Zhang Dalang looked at his father, then at Jiang Yanming, blinked a few times, looked at Jiang Yanming and said, "If you give me a husband, I am really convinced." "How dare Jiang Yanming take this hot potato, this Zhang Dalang is not a reading material at all, he has no talent, he doesn't want to talk about it, and he refuses to work hard, he is only greedy for fun and loves to eat, even if the gods come and can't teach it well, and he is such a pampered seedling, if he doesn't learn well, the fault must be Mr.

Jiang Yanming hurriedly waved his hand and excused himself: "My brother himself has not yet left the school, how dare he delay Da Lang?" How much is this Jiangning Mansion full of Confucianism, that is, the senior brother, this knowledge and insight also makes the younger brother can only look up, how dare the younger brother get an axe? I can't afford it. ”

"Brother Ming doesn't have to excuse himself, alas!" Master Zhang looked at his son and sighed: "This kid looked fine when he was young, I originally pinned high hopes on him, who knows...... I have been studying for many years, and I have achieved nothing, and now I don't dare to ask too much, but let him follow you to learn the level of eyebrows and eyes, and know the depth, so as not to cause a big disaster in the future, even if it is a talent, this child is stubborn, it is rare that he is willing to learn from you, and Brother Ming will not refuse. ”

Jiang Yanming turned his mind, it seems that this push can't be shirked, forget it, just accept it, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, take a walk and look at it, Jiang Yanming stood up and arched his hand: "Brother has ordered, brother dare not disobey, but the brother is thin and shallow, if there is something wrong, I hope that my brother will have a lot of Haihan." ”