Chunfu Restaurant, in the area of Xiaonanmen, can be regarded as a gold cave.

Although the restaurant is not overcrowded, it also occupies seventy or eighty percent of the positions, and most of them are well-dressed gentlemen who come in groups.

Occasionally, on the throne, there are one or two masters who are officials in the court, who are not officials, but also stewards who are officials.

But when a scholar enters the imperial city, it is the best time for business in the area of Xiaonanmen.

Yuan Zheng entered the inn with pepper and fennel, and unsurprisingly attracted the attention of many well-dressed scholars, not so much to pay attention to Yuan Zheng, but to pay attention to pepper and fennel.

Soon there was a whisper.

"Whose son is that, the sword servant is so beautiful. ”

"It's all the red-card Oiran in the Imperial City combined, and it's not just half the style of those two swordsmen. ”

Dressed scholars like to go to the Qinglou, not all of them are some lustful people, reading and writing on weekdays, it is very draining people's spirit, and the discipline in the family is quite strict, and now they have come to the imperial city, naturally they want to go to the Qinglou to spend some time, not for the joy of clouds and rain, but to relieve fatigue, tired of reading, and very tired on the road.

There is a beautiful Oiran, giving yourself a massage to beat the shoulders and adding fragrance to the red sleeves, before the temple test, soothing one or two, and more able to meditate.

Not to mention the young well-dressed scholars, even many figures of the older generation, and even some people, who are really big members of the court, can't help but look at it twice, and it is fleeting.

In my heart, I envy the blessing of that son.

However, when Shen Yue appeared behind Yuan Zheng, many well-dressed scholars did not show disdain, but they just felt a little strange, how could a poor scholar follow behind a son with a brocade clothes and jade belt.

It's intriguing.

"That son-in-law, whose son-in-law is it?"

"I haven't seen it, if you look at the face, it shouldn't look like a local, maybe it's a relative of a certain adult. ”

For these temptations, unfriendly, Yuan Zheng knows it well and doesn't mind, anyway, the beauty of pepper and fennel is always easy to attract bees and butterflies.

Fortunately, Yuan Zheng's skin is also good, otherwise, I don't know how many people will sigh with emotion, and two flowers are inserted in a lump of cow dung.

Yuan Zheng asked for a quiet box, and the people who could ask for a box in the Chunfu Inn were naturally people who were not short of silver.

The most prosperous place, the more you can taste the bitterness and bitterness of the world.

Shen Yue never thought that after coming to the imperial city, someone would invite him to dinner, and it was still a place where every inch of land was expensive.

In the box, Yuan Zheng asked for seven dishes and two soups.

The efficiency of the Chunfu Inn was very fast, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the dishes were served.

Sichuan pepper and fennel still didn't serve the table, and stood obediently behind Yuan Zheng, which made Shen Yue envious.

A table of dishes, Shen Yue drooled when he saw it.

Seeing this, Yuan Zheng smiled softly: "It's okay, you can use chopsticks, you can read well, you can eat well." ”

Seeing Shen Yue so restrained, Yuan Zheng took the lead in moving his chopsticks and symbolically ate a bite of Babao duck, which tasted pretty good, but compared with the craftsmanship of peppercorns and fennel, the difference was a little much.

Shen Yue didn't move the chopsticks, but broke open the steamed bun that was already hard, sandwiched two pieces of meat into the steamed bun, and ate the steamed bun.

There are also four steamed buns, no matter what, you have to eat the steamed buns to the end.

Yuan Zheng asked puzzledly: "I have already ordered a table of sumptuous dishes, why do you want to eat your own hard steamed buns, in this way, these dishes are in your mouth, there are also some pearls covered with dust, sorry for their own color and fragrance." ”

Shen Yue quickly got rid of the two steamed buns, the hard steamed buns, compared with the hot delicacies, it was really different.

But Shen Yue didn't dislike it, but said very seriously: "I naturally know that eating like this is indecent." ”

"But I'm not the kind of scholar with elegant bones, this steamed bun was brought back from my hometown, and my old mother steamed it for me overnight, if I disappoint my old mother because of a table of delicacies from the mountains and seas, that is the real sin. ”

"The food on this table is certainly delicious, and I may not have the money to come here to eat and taste wine in my lifetime. ”

"But steamed buns are my staple food, and they are the delicacy that my mother and I have in mind. ”

Yuan Zheng was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to answer, so a scholar can be regarded as a real gentleman.

didn't refute it, and it wasn't until Shen Yue finished eating his hard steamed buns that Shen Yue really moved his chopsticks.

The appearance of eating is also very particular, although it is not chewing slowly, but it is not a gobbling up, and he only eats the dishes at hand, the dishes on Yuan Zheng's side, Shen Yue did not cross the thunder pool for half a step.

Even if it was a soup, it was only half a bowl of Wang Ba soup.

There are a lot of Wang Ba soup, and it is easy to get angry, and when it is hot, I want to go to the Qinglou, which seems to be a vicious circle.

But Shen Yue didn't think so, taste is such a thing, as long as you taste it, the rest of the things, everything is as usual, just a long stream.

He has no family background, and he doesn't know the ink in his stomach, whether he can smear the test papers of the Autumn Queen Hall exam completely, and when he encounters people and encounters, he is like sailing with the water, like sailing against the current, and what he wants is to have a good mind.

Anyway, there is nothing, and it is not a bad thing to have a good mind, and no matter how bad it is, it will not be much worse.

Yuan Zheng really had a good impression of Shen Yue in his heart, in fact, he and Shen Yue couldn't finish the dishes on this table.

But Shen Yue didn't have a childish spirit, so he asked Yuan Zheng to order less dishes.

This is the atmosphere, although it is not Shen Yue's aftermath checkout, but there is still a pattern of sight.

Secondly, Yuan Zheng just wanted to see if Shen Yue could still eat the steamed buns that had hardened after calling a table of delicacies, it was gratifying that Shen Yue ate it, and in the face of the temptation of color, flavor and flavor, Shen Yue kept his heart, even if he had never eaten such a delicious meal since he was a child.

No matter how delicious things are, where is the delicious steamed buns steamed by the old mother?

Yuan Zheng said: "As far as I know, the coiling on your body can barely support you until the end of the palace test, and you can barely go home, but you eat steamed buns all the time, will you feel that your body bones are missing something?"

Shen Yue said: "I'm sorry for my own five visceral temple, but it's good to be worthy of my own heart, and I don't talk about any bad conscience, anyway, I just live like this, in case my palace test is still on the list, there is still hope for mixing with a sesame official." ”

Yuan Zheng said with a smile: "In case you can't even be a sesame official, after the palace tried, the most sought-after is the sesame official, because the threshold is low, the price is low, and the competition is the largest. ”

Shen Yue's face was depressed, and he said honestly: "Since ancient times, storytellers like to say that well-dressed scholars are all wine bags and rice bags, and poor students are talented people, but this is not true. ”

Yuan Zheng asked suspiciously: "Isn't this the case? The well-dressed scholar has a lot of tastes and many pastimes, and the poor scholar has no other pastime except for studying hard in the cold window, what is wrong with this?"

Shen Yue smiled bitterly: "Well-dressed scholars, it seems to be unruly, in fact, most of them have real talents and real learning, after all, they are born well, they have a lot of resources, and there is this master to teach that master, when they encounter a place that they don't know very well, there will be someone to guide them, this is not to pull out the seedlings to help them, but an indispensable lesson in learning." ”

"Even if they are in the wind and snow, they will not neglect their homework, because their homework is not good, and they will not come to the imperial city to have fun. ”

"That's just the appearance, the iron has to be hard. ”

"Everyone knows that there will be more ways out for well-dressed scholars, which is inevitable, in addition to real talent and real learning, it is a silver connection. ”

"But my Great Wei Dynasty is not so mediocre as to buy and sell official bodies, even if there is, they are all inconsequential diseases, and they are harmless. ”

"I still have the backbone of a Dawei scholar. ”

"But the cold door is different, the cold window hard reading is certainly worth talking about, but the cold window hard reading caused by the nerd is also a lot of nerds, when you don't understand the place, there is no master to guide you, you can only rely on your own understanding, if you understand through, you will understand through, if you can't understand it, it is not clear. ”

"This is understandable, but the scholars who can come to the imperial city still have some ability, but unfortunately that ability, compared with the well-dressed scholars, I don't know who is stronger and who is if, there may be one or two unicorn talents that impress His Majesty today, but this probability is too small. ”

"As the saying goes, it is difficult to get a golden phoenix out of the grass nest, and the golden phoenix will fly out of the grass nest, but there are really not many golden phoenixes in the grass nest. ”

"I came to the imperial city this time, and I don't expect to be able to get a good reputation, if I can be admitted, it will be better, if I can't pass the exam, I will treat it as if I have been to the imperial city, and I have also been to the palace exam, and when I return to my hometown, I will either go to the county government to be a county minister, if I can't even be a county officer, then be an honest and responsible teacher, and I also hope that in the future, my students will have one or two people who will be officials in the court. ”

"If not, then I will be the same as now, anyway, I just do my best to obey the destiny of heaven. ”

After saying these words, Shen Yue didn't pour himself a glass of wine, but just smiled with relief.

Yuan Zheng has a better impression of Shen Yue, at least this person is not the kind of scholar who is pretentious, and he can still see the reality clearly.

The well-dressed scholar does look at the poor man like a dog, and that is the prerequisite.

In terms of probability, the well-dressed scholar is indeed much stronger than the humble scholar, whether it is learning or dealing with the world.

But in other words, if a poor scholar can also have the resources of a well-dressed scholar, then it is difficult to say who is strong and who is weak.

Although Shen Yue is a disciple of Confucianism, he can be more influenced by Taoism from his words.

The dispute between the three religions is like this, it is intricate and intertwined.

Yuan Zheng pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, I am not the person you imagined to be looking for dragons, but I can give you another condition, that is, you go with me, although you will not be an official, but I will pay you a monthly military salary according to your merits, although the military salary is not much, it is enough for you to support you and your family." ”

Shen Yue was stunned, at first, he really thought that Yuan was the one who was looking for the dragon, selecting talents from the Hanmen scholars and laying out them in advance.

But at this moment, the hexagram changed again, and Shen Yue asked a little confused: "Dare to ask who the son is?"

Yuan Zheng felt that it was almost the same, it was a meeting in Pingshui, but he had a good impression of Shen Yue, such a person was a piece of jade, and after doing more polishing, he might really be able to create a lot of vitality for the top of the clouds.

I can see things openly, and I have read hard in the cold window, and I have known the warmth and coldness of the world for a long time.

Yuan Zheng said with a smile: "In Xia Yuanzheng, before the year of the crown, my father is Yuan Tieshan, the king of martial arts. ”

Shen Yue's eyes widened: "......"

Yuan Zheng played with the wrench on his thumb, which was dark blue, and at night, it could also shine, and the reason why he came to the imperial city with a wrench this time was to act as a rich man, although Yuan Zheng himself was very rich.

But if you should dress up, you still have to dress up, who makes the probability of the dogs in the imperial city looking down on people is too great.

Although Yuan Zheng doesn't care about these, how much embarrassment may be avoided, then how much should be avoided.

Shen Yue had also heard of the name of King Wu's concubine, but he never thought that he would meet this legendary character in his lifetime, nor would he have thought that this legendary character would invite him to dinner.

Shen Yue didn't care about those stormy and arrogant pasts, anyway, he was not the party involved, and he didn't know what the situation was.

But Shen Yue also understands that some people have a bad reputation, and they can't help themselves, it seems that there is a kind of person who is born to be a good material for carrying a black pot.

This is a little embarrassing Shen Yue, after thinking about it carefully, he still said very honestly: "I understand what Gongzi means, but I really want to go to the palace to try it, to test my own water depth and shallowness, this is also my biggest obsession since I studied hard." ”

"Don't seek success, just have a clear conscience. ”

"I've been here for both, and I don't want to leave too soon. ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to live up to my son's kindness. ”

"Of course, I definitely don't dislike the son, I still understand the truth of being the head of the chicken rather than the tail of the phoenix, and I am honored to be appreciated by the son, I am honored to follow the son, three meals a day are guaranteed, and the future marriage and daughter-in-law building a house are also guaranteed. ”

"If I really go to the temple to test, my future is worrying, but I still want to go. ”

Yuan Zheng is not surprised, judging from Shen Yue's eating appearance, Yuan Zheng knows that Shen Yue is not the kind of person who will be moved by fame and fortune, even if Shen Yue really needs real money now.

This kind of adherence to the heart is the real adherence to the heart.

If Shen Yue directly agreed to leave this place with Yuan Zheng, Yuan Zheng would look down on Shen Yue a little.

At least, Shen Yue proved himself to be a serious reader.

Yuan Zheng smiled indifferently: "It's okay, although I'm not a scholar, but I have also read and written, and I can understand my brother's state of mind, so it's good, if you take the test in the Autumn Palace, you are really on the list, as if I never mentioned it." ”

"If you are unknown, or die in the competition for official status, I think at that time, I am still in the Imperial City, and I will come to consult your heart again. ”

Shen Yue got up, folded his hands, bowed deeply, and said sincerely: "Thank you Gongzi for being able to look down." ”

Yuan Zheng played with the wrench on his thumb and smiled without saying a word......