So he said: "It seems that the old man is a person in your heart who values fame and is greedy for life and afraid of death." ”

Zhao Kangcheng knew that his explanation would not make Dean Zhou forgive him so easily, so he hurriedly said: "The teacher forgives the sin, the disciple didn't mean that. The disciple just didn't have the shame to come to see the teacher, and the teacher valued the disciple very much back then, and the result was ......"

"Humph!" Dean Zhou snorted coldly, "If you failed the list back then, you were indeed shameless to come to see the old man, but you suffered such a big grievance, could it be that the old man still counted your fame!" ”

"The disciple knows his mistake." Zhao Kangcheng obediently apologized.

"Humph!" Dean Zhou snorted coldly again, then took a sip of hot tea to calm down the anger in his heart, and then continued to ask, "Did you also participate in the imperial examination three years ago?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Kangcheng replied obediently.

"The result?" Dean Zhou asked.

"Will try to fail." Zhao Kangcheng returned.

A pair of white eyebrows suddenly wrinkled: "It's that Taifu ghost again?" ”

Zhao Kangcheng nodded: "Yes." ”

A mocking smile appeared on Dean Zhou's face: "This Taifu is nothing more than that, it is hard to imagine that the prince was actually taught by him." "The horizon is so short!

Dean Zhou didn't know about the dispute between the two factions in the court now, but he knew that Zhao Kangcheng was a rare talent, and such a talent would definitely shine in the court.

But in the face of such a talent, as the crown prince, he chose to bury such a talent for the sake of one of his nephews, and he didn't expect what kind of help such a talent would bring to the court or the prince!

That's why Dean Zhou ridiculed Taifu, thinking that his vision was too narrow.

"And how did you get into high school this year?" Without thinking about Taifu, Dean Zhou asked Zhao Kangcheng puzzled.

Zhao Kangcheng replied: "This year, Zuo Xiang will invigilate the exam. ”

"I see." Dean Zhou understood, and then he asked, "So are you going to expose that Taifu later?" ”

Zhao Kangcheng shook his head: "The disciple only wants to seek his own government in his position now. "For the rest, he doesn't want to be more involved and more involved.

"Won't you be unwilling?" Dean Zhou looked at him.

Zhao Kangcheng said: "No. "Because it doesn't matter anymore.

Seeing that he was indifferent now, Dean Zhou sighed slightly and said, "I've grown up." "The vigor of youth has long since disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Kangcheng: "Teacher, I'm twenty-seven. ”

"Indeed." Dean Zhou nodded, "I'm still married." Thinking of this, Dean Zhou was angry again, and put the teacup on the coffee table-

The sound of "bang" frightened Zhao Kangcheng and raised his eyebrows: "Teacher, who are you?" ”

Dean Zhou glared at him: "Stinky boy, you are really ruthless, you won't see you for nine years, and you won't give an invitation when you get married, I'm afraid you won't treat the old man as a teacher for a long time!" ”

"Disciple doesn't dare!" Zhao Kangcheng stood up, arched his hand, bent over, and said.

Dean Zhou was so angry that his beard trembled: "Don't dare? Things have already happened, what are you afraid of? ”

"Disciple ......" Zhao Kangcheng said with a slightly embarrassed expression, "The disciple suffered a blow back then, his family was defeated, and his heart was already dead, he had no idea about getting married, but the old mother didn't want the disciple to grow old alone, so she found a wife for the disciple......" He didn't say that Cai Xiaoxiao was bought by their family back then, which might make Dean Zhou a little contemptuous of Cai Xiaoxiao's thoughts, which was naturally not what Zhao Kangcheng wanted to see.

"The disciple was immersed in emotions such as failure and self-blame, and getting married was just to give an explanation to his mother, where was he still in the mood to distribute invitations to invite guests?" Zhao Kangcheng smiled bitterly, "So it's not that the disciple deliberately didn't invite the teacher, and I ask the teacher to understand." ”

After listening to Zhao Kangcheng's explanation, Dean Zhou also understood that Zhao Kangcheng, who was very proud and confident back then, would definitely change his heart after experiencing such blows and grievances, he was actually just a little angry, and he didn't really blame Zhao Kangcheng.

Seeing Zhao Kangcheng's sincere apology, he didn't care much, mainly because he liked such an excellent disciple as Zhao Kangcheng.

Stretching out his hand, Dean Zhou said: "The reasons are all there, the old man has anything to say, don't you sit down, do you want the old man to look up to you?" ”

"The disciple doesn't dare." Zhao Kangcheng sat down obediently, and by the way, he poured tea for Dean Zhou again.

Dean Zhou watched him move and asked him, "So now the woman outside is your wife?" ”

"Yes." At the mention of Cai Xiaoxiao, the corners of Zhao Kangcheng's lips couldn't help but hook a gentle smile.

Dean Zhou glanced at the smile on the corner of his mouth, and had a general understanding of the relationship between his husband and wife: "Then how did she become a businessman?" Dean Zhou didn't understand this.

Even at the beginning, when he heard that Zhao Kangcheng's wife had opened a shop in the town to sell things, and Zhao Kangcheng was also helping in it, he once thought that Zhao Kangcheng was preparing to change his career to become a businessman, so he was also angry for this.

Zhao Kangcheng explained to him: "The family is in the middle of the road, and there is not much money left in the family, and you also know that the disciple's family has no good land, so he can only barely survive on the little silver left." For this reason, Xiaoxiao had to go out to set up a stall, start a food business, and earn some silver for the family. Thinking that Cai Xiaoxiao used to be in the village, getting up early and preparing food in the town, and taking it out to sell, Zhao Kangcheng felt distressed in his heart.

"I see, but she is a virtuous woman." Dean Zhou nodded with satisfaction, "But now that you have entered the court as an official, if she continues to do it, it will have an impact on your reputation." Now that you are an official and can enjoy the court's benefits, then you don't have to worry about life in the future, and she doesn't have to continue to do it. ”

Dean Zhou has read books all his life, but in fact, he looks down on businessmen in his heart, which is also helpless, after all, the status of businessmen in this era is the lowest.

And now Zhao Kangcheng has won the top prize in the examination and has entered the court as an official, so in his opinion, for the sake of Zhao Kangcheng's future, Cai Xiaoxiao should give up his identity as a businessman.

Zhao Kangcheng knew that Dean Zhou's words were for his good, and Zhao Kangcheng understood this good, but he would not accept it, he said: "It's okay for a disciple, I don't care much about the so-called reputation." He smiled and continued, "Xiaoxiao likes to do this, since this is the case, the disciple will not stop her, for the disciple, now that the family is healthy and the wife is happy, the disciple will be satisfied." ”

Dean Zhou looked at him for a long time, he sighed and said, "Since this is the case, the old man will not say anything more." ”