At the beginning of July, the autumn tiger, Nanchang City is like a furnace.

Zeng Yu stood in the shade under the eaves of the temple and looked at the blazing sunlight in the square in front of the temple, and did not move, as if he was a little afraid to go under the white sun.

The White Horse Temple is bustling in front of the temple, and the various shouts under the blazing sun seem to be weak, but the cicadas are tirelessly noisy, this scene is no different from half an hour ago, but there is one less painting seller on the side of the steps in front of the temple, but for Zeng Yu, the scenery in front of him is not different, but he has a different mood, and a conversation with the white-robed guest makes his heart ripple -

It is still unclear who the white-robed guest is, but it is obviously very promising, and it should be related to the scheming Xu Jie, judging from the transcripts of those Taiyuan officials, this time Yan is very powerful, Zeng Yu thought: "The white-robed guest went to the hometown of Yan Song's father and son to collect evidence of Yan Song's father and son's crimes, can you find what I am doing?" Do you want me to testify against Yan Shifan's crimes, or let me be an undercover agent in Yan's mansion as Infernal Affairs? But if I stay by Yan Shaoqing's side, I will be an undercover agent, and what kind of evidence can I collect! ”

It's really incredible, Zeng Yu shook his head, it was difficult to guess the true intentions of the white-robed guest to find him, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to speculate in many ways, now he and the white-robed guest are almost turned against each other, if the white-robed guest is really Xu Jie's party, the scene just now is simply to force him to Yan Song's traitorous party, and force him to Liangshan!

It's okay to force Liangshan, the problem is that Yan Song is now eighty years old, he just took refuge in Yan Song to give him advice and fight with Xu Jie, Yan Song can't live for a few years, Yan Song dies, with Yan Shifan's arrogance and presumptuousness, it is absolutely unreasonable to be undefeated, so there is no future for being a strict party, not to mention that Yan Shifan is extremely smart, and he didn't put him in his eyes at all, and the white-robed guest is domineering, as if he has grasped his handle, how can he be a low-voiced person, of course, he brushed his sleeves away, Now he's not human at either end-

The fourth scholar was happy to see the young master frowning and standing motionless on the steps, so he comforted him: "Young master, if you can help, you will help, if you can't help, you won't help, there's nothing to be embarrassed about, right, young master." Sixi thought that the young master was listening to the white-robed guest crying and complaining about his grievances in the temple, the grievances of the white-robed guest must be very tricky, and the young master couldn't do anything, but the young master had a good heart, and he couldn't help others.

Zeng Yu smiled, opened the folding fan and fanned it hard, standing in front of this temple is not a matter of not moving, can you still go back and beg for forgiveness in the white robe, let's go, let's go, step down the steps, and say to Sixi: "Go back to Youzhuju to see." ”

The master and servant turned to Gaosheng Lane, and as soon as Youzhuju Menzi saw Zeng Yu, he said: "Mr. Zeng, a merchant from Xinzhou sent a package and a letter, saying that Mr. Zeng's friend Wu Xiucai entrusted him to bring it. As he spoke, he hurriedly took out a package and two letters.

Zeng Yu asked, "When was the package delivered?" Did the merchant leave his name? ”

Menzi said: "I sent it at the end of last month, because no one went to Xianghu Manor here for a while, so I left it here in the small one first, and I expected Mr. Zeng to come over sooner or later." ”

Sixi glanced at the young master, and said in his heart: "Sure enough, as my Sixi expected, these slaves of the Yan family are really unprofitable and don't get up early, and it is only more than ten miles to go to Xianghu Villa, and they refuse to send it to my young master." ”

Entering the residence of Youzhu, Zeng Yu read the letter, two letters one is Wu Chunze's, one is the mother's letter, the mother's letter is written by the sister Zeng Ruolan, the letter said that everything is safe at home, the Miss Ji Zhi of the Ji family in the lead mountain came to give gifts during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the great-mother Zhou left her to live here for a period of time, Yongfeng's paper merchant Xia Chaofeng also brought his wife to visit, and Yuan Sanli, the son of Jiaxing cloth merchant Yuan Zhong, came to the door before the Dragon Boat Festival, and gave a lot of gifts; There is also a funny thing, the eight-year-old Niuniu actually came to the door to propose, it was the son of a master in Shangrao County, of course, she politely refused, how old is Niuniu -

The family letter also wrote a lot of trivial things, the pomegranates in the back garden are blooming very brightly this year, and the rice wine brewed on March 3 is extremely sweet......

Great-mother Zhou also sent her son two sets of hand-sewn summer shirts, two pairs of hand-made cloth shoes, and a jar of pickles, pickled vegetables and steamed pork is Zeng Yu's favorite dish, of course, the pickles must be pickled by great-mother Zhou's own hands-

There was nothing else to do in the letter of his friend Wu Chunze, except that he and Zheng Shi would go to the provincial capital together in half July, worried that they would not find a clean and tidy inn in Nanchang City at that time, so they asked Zeng Yu to help them book six rooms in advance, so as not to live outside the city when they got it.

Zeng Yu received the letter, saw the side of the four happy eyes, so the sister wrote the letter to Sixi to see, four Xi served Zeng Yu for many years, grinding ink and paper, roughly also recognized the words, Sixi parents died since childhood, Zeng Qian brought him back from the nursing home was only six or seven years old, so Zeng Yu's home is also his Sixi home, of course, I also want to know the news of the family, and I smiled from ear to ear when I read the letter.

Zeng Yu was a little disappointed in his heart, his sister said in the letter that Yuan Sanli came to give gifts, it seems that the old guest Yuan Zhong did not come to Jiangxi this time, he asked Yuan Zhong to help him inquire about his mother's life history last year, is there no news? After all, I thought again: "After all, it was more than 40 years ago, and I don't know the exact state and county, of course it is extremely difficult to find, and it will take time, when I asked Yuan Laoke that day, I also said that this matter is not in a hurry, and it will be okay for three or five years, so that Yuan Laoke and his son can inquire about it by the way when they collect silkworm cocoons and sell silk in various counties of Jiaxing Prefecture." ”

Seeing that it was still early, Zeng Yu said: "Sixi, let's go to the East Lake and book a few rooms for my cousin and Wu Xiucai." ”

Nearly three months to Nanchang, although Zeng Yu rarely travels, but also know the approximate location of the yamen and important buildings in the city, the Gongyuan is on the east bank of the East Lake, the largest lake in Nanchang City, and the Wenchang Palace across the East Lake, from the Gaosheng Lane to the Wenchang Palace more than a mile road, and then through the Yonghe Bridge to the east bank of the East Lake until the gate of the Gongyuan, the whole journey is only three miles, he went to a trip last month, when the Gongyuan is being cleaned, the township test once every three years, the Gongyuan is also open once every three years, usually deserted, basil all over the ground, Snake and rat infested -

The afternoon sun was very dry, and the master and servant walked along the shade of the roadside trees to the west shore of the East Lake.

The water area of East Lake is about more than 500 acres, the north and south are long and the east and west are narrow, there are several small islands in the lake, there are many flowers and trees, the name is Baihuazhou, the long causeway by the lake is lined with high willows, it is said that it is the Hongzhou observation of the Tang Dynasty that makes Wei Dan call the army and the people to build the embankment and plant willows, so it is called Weigong Dike or Wan Liuti, in the spring season of Qingming Dynasty, the men, women and children of Nanchang City sing around the lake, it is extremely lively, it is a scene of Nanchang.

Zeng Yu and Sixi went north along Wanliuti, in front of which was Wenchang Palace, and Sixi said: "Young master, please worship Emperor Wenchang." ”

Emperor Wenchang is in charge of the fame and fame of the scholars, and now the township test is approaching, the incense is extremely prosperous, Zeng Yu entered the Wenchang Palace to worship the Emperor Wenchang, and he couldn't help thinking: "Emperor Wenchang is a Taoist immortal, and I am the quasi-son-in-law of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and the emperor is considered to be related to the deceased, I don't know if the emperor will take care of it, hehe." When I thought about it like this, the scene in the White Horse Temple came to my mind again, the chief examiner Tao Dalin, is it really Tao Dalin, I will see it in a few days.

Zeng Yu asked a few inns along the lake near Wenchang Palace, and it had been booked until the middle of next month, the master and servant had to continue to the north, and they walked to the north playground before asking an inn called "Chunfeng Lou" to book a room, in the past, the first-class rooms that served breakfast for free here were only eight cents of silver a day, and now it has risen to one dollar and three cents, and it will rise at the end of the month, and the inn now has no eight vacant rooms, and there are several guests who will not check out until the twentieth of this month, Zeng Yu paid a deposit of one or two silver, Said to wait until the 20th to see the house, to eight, on the room in the room can be, live for a month, said that the first room is a dollar and three cents, the middle room is a dollar, the two sides wrote a simple deed, each hold a copy after the draw, the amount is not large, and there is no guarantor in the middle.

After doing this, it was almost the end of the Shen time, the master and servant went around the north end of the East Lake, crossed the north playground, went out of the city through the Yonghe Gate of the East Gate of Nanchang City, and returned to the Xianghu Manor, and it was already dark, and it was frighteningly quiet at night.

Yan Shaoqing was still waiting for Zeng Yu to have dinner, and asked Zeng Yu if he had seen Huang Tixue, and went to East Lake to book an inn, Yan Shaoqing said: "Those talented ministers are Mr. Zeng's relatives and friends, so they live in Youzhu Ju, where there are many empty houses, even dozens of people can live." ”

Zeng Yu hurriedly said: "No need, no need, the students will inevitably chant loudly and even drink loudly when they get together, it is very inconvenient to live in your mansion, and I will also move out to live with them. What I was thinking in my heart was: "The Yan clan is already in decline, and my own name of the Yan Party can't be washed away, so how can I drag others into the water." ”

Yan Shaoqing sincerely invited, and strongly persuaded Zeng Yu and his friends to live in Youzhuju and Xianghu Manor, Zeng Yu refused, Yan Shaoqing was unhappy, and suddenly said: "There is something that the student has not told Mr. Zeng yet-"

Zeng Yu said: "Can you say it, it's okay if it's inconvenient to say, everyone has some private things." ”

Yan Shaoqing said: "It's not a private matter, the student wanted to wait for Mr. Zeng to take the high school test before making it clear, in fact, it's nothing to say it first, isn't the student Enyin a member of the middle school, the student is sixteen years old this year, according to the law, he has become a Ding, and he can go to Beijing to take up his post, and the student wants to wait for Mr. Zeng to go to Beijing with Mr. Zeng after the high school is raised, so that he can be taught day and night." ”

Zeng Yu's inspiration flashed, and he said in his heart: "Could it be that the white-robed guest and the mastermind behind it expected this, so they wanted to win me over?" ”

Yan Shaoqing couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw Zeng Yu's expression instantly solemn, and said, "Mr. Zeng, Mr. Zeng, is there anything wrong with the student's words?" ”

Zeng Yu waved his hand, took a sip of the teacup, sorted out his thoughts, and said, "Young Master Shaoqing, do you think I am a companion in your mansion-"

"It's to be a teacher, to be a gentleman." Yan Shaoqing hurriedly corrected it.

Zeng Yu smiled slightly: "This is the promotion of Mr. Fang Tang and Shaoqing Gongzi, at the beginning, Lord Lingzun asked me to be your companion to Yan Shaoting, I am only five years older than you, where is worthy of being your teacher." ”

Yan Shaoqing didn't know why Zeng Yu said these things tonight, and said: "The student regards Mr. Zeng as a teacher and a teacher for life. ”

Zeng Yu said gently: "You and I are so close to each other, you respect me even more, where there will be inconsiderate manners, in fact, I want to say that I came to Yan Mansion not to cling to the powerful——"

Yan Shaoqing hurriedly said: "I know, I know, Mr. Zeng's character is disrespectful. ”

Zeng Yu said: "Okay, in this case, I have a piece of advice, please Shaoqing Gongzi must adopt it." ”

Yan Shaoqing said respectfully: "Mr. Zeng, please say that the students are all obedient. ”

Zeng Yu said: "You don't want to go to the post of a scholar for the time being, just say that you are frail and sick, and it will not be too late to take up the post in two years." ”

Yan Shaoqing was stunned, nodded and said, "I listened to Mr. Zeng." That being said, there was confusion in his eyes.