In the afternoon, the prisoners poured out, and the prisoners who usually lived in the Guozi Prison also went out for fun, but Xu Qian was forced to go to Zhou Fang's public house, Zhou Fang seemed to have been waiting here for a long time, and the tea had been served, and the warm tea emitted a faint fragrance of tea. ”

Zhou Fang knelt behind the coffee table, stretched out his hand and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

Xu Qian sat opposite him, and Zhou Fang sighed and said, "You must be complaining about the old man, aren't you?" Hmph, although you are extremely smart, but this wisdom refuses to put it on the right business, the old man asked you, do you know who is the sacrificial wine in the prison? ”

Xu Qian shook his head.

Zhou Fang said: "He is a Jinshi in the early years of Zhengde, and he is a Hanlin Shujishi, at that time, Yang Gong has been officially worshiped by Hanlin to edit, in Hanlin, the sacrificial wine is favored by Yang Gong, his temperament is not good, and he often offends people, so his career is wasted, but when Yang Gong enters the cabinet, the first thing that comes to mind is him, otherwise, how can he do the official worship and sacrificial wine with his temperament? ”

Xu Qian's mind suddenly remembered a word - a dead friend.

Thinking of this, Xu Qian couldn't help but sigh again, this Yang Tinghe has been in the court for so many years, and he has served as the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the ministry, and I don't know how many dead friends in the court are like this sacrificial wine Cheng Lin.

Zhou Fang sighed again and said: "The so-called good at the top, it will be effective at the bottom, even if Prime Minister Yang Gong can hold the boat in his stomach, but think about it, will others let go of this opportunity to serve Yang Gong?" To tell you the truth, before you came, many people were already gearing up, just waiting to give you some color to see, the Lord of Wine is in charge of the country, you are just a prisoner, he wants to clean you up, isn't it easy? When you transfer your student status to Guozijian, it is equivalent to handing over your lifeline to someone else. Many things are just a thought of others. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Fang paused for a moment before saying: "The old man is entrusted by Master Jiang, so naturally he has to take care of you, but the old man is just learning right, and he has not yet reached the point of fighting with the Lord of the Sacrificial Wine. ”

Xu Qian was stunned for a moment. After listening to Zhou Fang's explanation, I immediately understood. From the very beginning, Zhou Fang played a trick on his head, he saw that the sacrificial wine was about to clean himself up, but he stood up and scolded himself. He made a big edict again, with a posture of putting himself to death, so that the lord of the sacrificial wine was naturally happy to see it, after all, the sacrificial wine personally made it difficult to persecute a prisoner, and it was not good to spread it after all, since Zhou Xuezheng was willing to do it for him. Naturally, we are happy to see it happen.

And Zhou Fang stared at Xu Qian day and night, almost never leaving Xu Qian, and was strict with him, which was ostensibly a punishment. In fact, it is a kind of protection in disguise, the more he stares at Xu Qian, so that Xu Qian can only bury his head in reading, so as not to give someone a handle. People can't find a reason to clean up Xu Qian, on the other hand. Since Zhou Xuezheng was already cleaning up Xu Qian, everyone was watching a joke, so they naturally refused to intervene and be this villain.

As a result, Xu Qian lives in dire straits, but on the other hand, he is in extreme safety, and he can't even pick out the big words, and if he wants to pick a stone from the egg, I'm afraid it's more difficult than climbing to the sky.

At the same time, the strict environment of the past two months also made Xu Qian forget everything and concentrate on studying, although he was forced out by someone, the effect was remarkable.

Xu Qian's foundation is excellent, coupled with the guidance of a famous teacher, and he is smart, and his level of writing eight shares has long stood out from the crowd, and this time he has re-studied all his knowledge, plus some guidance from Dr. Guozijian, and now he has reached a higher level and made great progress.

If Xu Qian was a player who was not necessarily stable in the past, he still needed some luck in the exam, but now, after more than two months of high-intensity tempering, now the level is gradually stable.

Zhou Fang glanced at Xu Qian and said with a smile: "In a few days, I will take the test, the old man just wants to ask you, do you still want to go back to the country?" ”

Xu Qian shook his head without hesitation and said, "I don't want to." ”

Zhou Fang laughed and said: "Since you don't want to, then take the test, the chapter you wrote, the old man has been paying attention to it, your knowledge, the old man also admires, come, after you and I drink this cup of tea, I wish you and I go our separate ways." ”

The so-called going their own way means that Xu Qian can enter the court as an official once he is named on the gold list, while Zhou Fang will continue to be his scholar, and Xu Qian will be his Guanzheng or Shujishi, which has nothing to do with it.

Xu Qian's heart was a little moved, no matter what, he had been with this old guy dozens of times, and the person in front of him, although he was entrusted by others, but the hard work he poured into himself really benefited Xu Qian. Xu Qian didn't go to eat tea, but stood up, solemnly gave Zhou Fang a bachelor's gift, and said: "Grandmaster Zhou's favoritism, the student can't repay it, please accept the bachelor's worship." ”

Zhou Fang was a bachelor, but he accepted it calmly, and said to Xu Qian: "Get up, the old man still has a few words, I don't know if you are willing to listen to it." ”

Xu Qian stood up, didn't dare to sit with him anymore, and said in awe: "Please also ask the sect master to show me." ”

Zhou Fang sighed faintly and said: "You are deeply trusted by His Majesty, the holy family is in your hands, sooner or later you will soar into the sky, once you enter the court, there may be many ups and downs in the future, but sooner or later, you will have to pay homage to the prime minister, this is your chance, I don't know how many people can't ask for it." However, the sage once said: If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world; All kinds of deeds you have done before, the old man has heard a little, some of them are reasonable, and some of them are too much, but after all, you are just a student at this time, and what you do is nothing more than self-preservation, at this time you choose to be alone, of course, there is nothing wrong, but in the future, once you enter the court as an official, you will be the shepherd of thousands of people, your words and deeds, every move, your joys, sorrows, and sorrows are closely related to the well-being of the people, the old man does not expect you to be able to be gracious to the Quartet, only hope that you can have your own principles, what should be done, what should not be done, otherwise, the old man has to write a recital, with your guilt, the jade is burned, and that's it. ”

Xu Qian was shocked, in fact, he never thought about what he would do after becoming an official, what he thought about was nothing more than fame and fortune, but when Zhou Fang said this, he suddenly felt that every word and deed, every move, joy, anger and sorrow is related to people's well-being, this sentence is not so much a teaching, but a heavy burden.

He suddenly felt the complexity of Zhou Fang's person, on the one hand, as a Qingliu official, he may not have a good impression of himself, he is just entrusted by others and loyal to others, but in the past two months of contact, although he usually has a straight face to Xu Qian and scolds him at every turn, he has more friendship, therefore, this Lord Zhou is more complicated, the more he has friendship, the more he can't bear Xu Qian to do what he thinks is shameful, the more he hopes that Xu Qian can be a person as he imagined, under this ambivalence, he said this admonition.

Xu Qian was silent, the person in front of him was his benefactor, a strict teacher, and an old-fashioned person, he would never understand his own behavior, nor could he understand Xu Qian's thoughts, he admired his three emperors and five emperors, his interests were qualitatively in conflict with Xu Qian, but just such a person, so that Xu Qian had respect and admiration, there was no conspiracy here, there was no politeness and hypocrisy between officials, only a strict teacher, a student with his own ideas.

Xu Qian sighed and said calmly: "Students do their best. ”

Meaning to do his best, he still stubbornly walked his own single-plank bridge, and still insisted on his own ideas.

Zhou Fang's eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of disappointment, he sighed faintly, and waved his hand: "Let's go, see you in the future, I hope you and I are still teachers and students." ”

Xu Qian wanted to say something, but finally shook his head in his heart, and then gave his hand: "Student farewell!" ”

Looking at Xu Qian's back, Zhou Fang took a sip of tea, the tea was fragrant, but it was miserable.

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When he returned home, his buttocks were not yet hot, and he didn't have time to sigh about the two months of waste, Xu Yong had already hurried over, he heard Xu Qian go home, and came back deliberately, and when he saw Xu Qian, he naturally wouldn't be polite, and said bluntly: "Uncle ordered me to go out to find out the news of Enke, I know that you need it sooner or later, hey...... Why don't you have any news in the Guozijian, if it weren't for the people in our guard who knew that you were studying in the Guozijian and were safe and sound, my uncle didn't know what he would be like in a hurry. ”

He sat down and took a sip of cold water, and then said: "Let's get back to business, let's talk about Enke this time, the main exam of Enke this time is Yang Tinghe, I think you know." ”

Xu Qian nodded: "The question is, why is it Yang Tinghe who is the main examiner this time." ”

Xu Yong smiled bitterly: "Yang Tinghe went to a book, saying that it was a great ceremony of talents, and the ills were like clouds, and the Jinshi people mentioned were talented, but the virtues were uneven. In the end, he asked to take the examination in person, and the selection of talents, the palace came, and the decision had not yet been made, but many ministers seconded it, and finally the palace issued a decree and approved the book. ”

Xu Qian frowned, and couldn't help but scold in his heart: "This Yang Tinghe is really addicted to dancing standing on Wang Feng's corpse, and now he is a ruler when he opens his mouth, and he is a ruler when he closes his mouth. ”

Then again, people are still first-class characters, the first and second honor, after three dynasties, and they are officials and heavenly officials, people want to toss, what can you do?