Chapter 10: The War of Words

Yang Lin didn't let Chu Nan go, and watched Xian'er go downstairs angrily, rolled up her sleeves, revealing her white forearms, and called: "Ah, brother-in-law, I've been unwell recently, you can help me take a look." Bill, isn't it enough to pull up so high?

Chu Nan didn't dare to answer, so he had to smile at Yang Wan'er on the other side and said, "Wan'er is here too? "Yang Wan is the third in the Yang family, she has been very smart since she was a child, and she is already a well-known talented woman in the capital at a young age, but she has always had little intersection with Chu Nan, and when she saw her, she just nodded even if she said hello, Chu Nan couldn't figure out her intention.

Yang Wan'er gave a salute obediently and said softly: "Brother-in-law, I'm tired of reading, and I will breathe with the second sister when I come out." ”

Yang Lin glanced at her reproachfully, Yang Wan'er immediately looked at Yang Lin with a look for help, Chu Nan understood a little, and said weakly: "Eh, Wan'er is looking for me for something?"

Yang Lin pouted and said, "Yes, Wan'er has something to ask you, but she doesn't dare to come, so she begs me to come forward to help." We went looking for you early this morning, but I didn't expect you to be at home. Hmph, I didn't expect you to hide here and tease other women, I must tell my sister when I go back. ”

Chu Nan was afraid of this tough little sister-in-law, pretending not to hear her words, took a sip of tea, and said to Yang Wan'er: "Wan'er, since you call me brother-in-law, even if we are a family, if there is anything to say, I will definitely help if I can." ”

Yang Wan'er couldn't say anything for a long time, but Yang Lin couldn't look at it, slapped her hatefully, hated iron and said: "Look at your soft surname, you have to get it, or I'll say it for you." He turned his head and said to Chu Nan: "My third sister has recently seen the gathering of scholars in the capital, and she also plans to participate in this autumn competition, no, I took her to find a way." ”

Chu Nan looked at Yang Wan'er in surprise and exclaimed: "Wan'er is so ambitious, and sure enough, she is a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows." ”

Yang Wan'er lowered her head shyly and said softly: "I don't know if I was fascinated by this idea, and then I kept thinking about it." ”

Chu Nan was a little embarrassed: "Since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, although there have been precedents for women to participate in the imperial examination, the system was not perfect at that time, and the imperial court did not care much about the imperial examination. Now that the girder is stable, it is also the time to employ people, and the inspection is also extremely strict, and it is not easy to get through the test if you want to be confused. ”

Yang Wan'er said with a gloomy expression: "Wan'er also heard that His Majesty ordered Scholar Wang and Scholar Su to be the main and deputy examiners of this scientific examination, and she must be planning to select some talents from among the many scholars. Most of the scholars from all over the country are going to the two scholars, after all, only if they pass the examination, they can be regarded as the disciples of the two scholars, Wan'er has always envied that Sister Chu Yue can worship under the door of the scholar Wang, so she .......... ”

Yang Lin was dissatisfied: "Brother-in-law, since we are looking for you, why do you still want to shirk it like this, I have already laid a package ticket for you, you hurry up and give a quasi-word, I am too lazy to listen to this nonsense." ”

Chu Nan smiled bitterly, what kind of package ticket are you playing for me, I don't have the surname Wang or Su. lowered his head and thought for a while, and said to Yang Wan'er: "Wan'er, don't be disappointed, this matter is not difficult." It's just to hide people's eyes, you'd better pretend to be a man, Scholar Su is the most old-fashioned, and he has always looked at me unpleasantly, I went to beg Scholar Wang to open up the joint for you and get a fake identity. Well, three days, give you the letter in three days. ”

Yang Wan'er came here to ask Chu Nan for help, in addition to saving the mind of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, most of it was because of Yang Lin's stiffness, so she couldn't help but be happy when she saw that things were really dramatic: "Really, brother-in-law? Are you really sure? I heard that Scholar Wang is also iron-faced and selfless, and does not show favoritism." The latter sentence made it clear that he didn't believe that Chu Nan could say that Wang Yangming could move.

Chu Nan sighed and said: "In the early years, when Mr. Yang Ming was a Xixi seat in my house, he owed me a favor, and this time I went, at least ninety percent sure." ”

Yang Wan'er said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, brother-in-law, I didn't mean that." Well, that's it, all the brother-in-law, please, I'll wear men's clothes then. ”

Yang Lin grinned and said, "Pretending to be a man? I'm good at this, so I'll wrap it around me." ”

Chu Nan hurriedly waved his hand and persuaded: "Don't make a mess, okay? Even your technical blind can recognize you as a Xibei product, but it's just that others are afraid of you and don't know your face." ”

Yang Lin jumped up angrily, scratched at Chu Nan for a while, and said angrily: "Are people as unbearable as you say?"

Chu Nan didn't want to be too intimate with Yang Lin in front of Yang Wan'er, stretched out his hand to pat Yang Lin away, and said with a straight face: "Don't make trouble, did you remember to take off your earrings when you pretended to be a man before? Do you remember to cover your lower Adam's apple? Do you remember to wash off the rouge on your face? This time the stakes are very high, and I will personally help Wan'er put on makeup, in case something goes wrong, it will not be a trivial matter." ”

Yang Lin saw that Chu Nan said solemnly, and she didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, twisting her fingers and sulking there, but Yang Wan'er looked at Chu Nan with bright eyes and said with a smile: "The second sister really said yes, and the brother-in-law is really a master who is well hidden." ”

Chu Nan glanced at Yang Lin and sneered: "Don't be stupid, how can there be so many masters outside the world." Don't listen to her nonsense. ”

Yang Lin snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "It's really hypocritical, Amber who served my grandfather told me, I don't believe Amber will lie to me." ”

Chu Nan didn't look at Yang Lin, and said to Yang Wan'er: "I know that Wan'er's knowledge is not shallow, but the imperial examination is not as good as your girl's chanting in the ordinary world, it is best to find a familiar scholar to ask for the rules of the examination, which is of great benefit." ”

Yang Wan'er was very conceited, but said lightly: "Thank you, brother-in-law, Wan'er wrote it down." ”

How could Chu Nan not see Yang Wan'er's inner dissatisfaction, but some wrong people had to go through it by themselves, especially Yang Wan'er, the eldest lady who had been raised in the boudoir since she was a child, and she didn't bother to say much, chatted with the two sisters for a few words, and saw that more and more scholars around her were peeking at the three of them openly and secretly, saying hello to Xian'er, and throwing down a silver ingot and going downstairs.

The red man Wang Yangming in front of the emperor today is a well-known scholar in the world, and he is also a well-known capable minister, and he is also the most relied on by His Majesty in the court. Those well-informed scholars rushed this opportunity to visit the palace, but except for a few scholars with a very good reputation and a few fellow villagers of Mr. Yangming, they were all blocked from the door, and those scholars were entangled in every way, and the family members just did not let them in. Chu Nan easily squeezed to the front of the crowd, pulled Wang Yangming's former scholar and current housekeeper Xu Yunwen, and said, "Steward Xu, is your family here? I have something to do with your family, let me in quickly." ”

Xu Yunwen was not the only little scholar of the year, seeing that someone was pulling and pulling at him, he lowered his face, and when he saw that it was Chu Nan who smiled bitterly and waved his hand to let the family go, the friendship between his own adult and the young master in front of him was very deep, and he didn't dare to say: "Young Master Chu is shivering, I'm not, the adult is at home, I will order someone to take you in." ”

The many scholars who were noisy around saw that the butler had put another person in, and they were even more emotional, and shouted loudly: "Didn't you say that the gentleman is no longer a guest? Why did you let him in again? I want to go in, I want to go in too!"

Xu Yunwen had a headache even more, and began to explain bitterly, how do you know that the more those scholars talked, the more excited they became, and they began to slowly squeeze in, Xu Yunwen's naturally weak surname was sweating profusely but helpless.

Chu Nan was yelled at by those scholars, pulled Xu Yunwen to his side, pointed at those scholars, and said, "You can't think of a way to get rid of them? ”

Steward Xu wiped the sweat from his face and said with a wry smile: "You think I don't want to, I really can't catch up." I didn't persuade anyone to leave. ”

Chu Nan looked at him with disdain and said, "Isn't there a powerful nursing home at home?" Call a few, and in three or five strokes, these powerless scholars will be knocked down, stuffed into a carriage and transported outside the city. ”

Steward Xu sweated more, and grinned: "You don't know, since these people dare to come to see Mr., most of them are well-known scholars from all over the world, no matter what, they can't be beaten, you see, that's the little Meng of the Qi family in Shandong, the second son of the Shanxi Provincial Observer, and that ......."

Chu Nan spread his hands and muttered, "Why don't I know anyone?" Forget it, let them make me upset, young master, I'll help you get rid of them." ”

Chu Nan walked in front of the crowd and shouted, "Shut up", but he brought the kung fu of the lion's roar of the Buddhist Gate inside, which directly shocked the head of Steward Xu beside him, and the crowd also quieted down in an instant.

When everyone came to their senses and saw that it was the person who had been put in earlier, someone dared to say, "Why can't you go in when you can?"

Chu Nan glared at the man coldly, and snorted coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, you are still scholars, those books of sages have been read in the stomach of dogs? Tell me, which sage taught you to act like this? and you are not afraid of embarrassing the reader." ”

A person walked out of the crowd, saluted Chu Nan, and said loudly: "The student has admired Mr. Yangming for a long time, and he has been on the road for three months just to ask Mr. for guidance. ”

There was a chorus of echo in the crowd, and Chu Nan said disdainfully: "Yishui's bullshit logic." According to what you said, the gentleman is not related to you, and it is entirely up to him to decide whether to give instructions or not, and it is not wrong that you are forcing him to guide you by blocking the door and making trouble like this? This is one of them. Second, as you said, Mr. Wang is not feeling well, and you are making such a lot of noise, how can he recuperate? His illness is taken care of by his own family doctor, so what do you have to do? Why do you need your greetings? Third, most of you are so eager to see Mr. Wang, hoping to take advantage of his fame to ascend to the throne, so that you can win a good future, and give him guidance in a beautiful name. Hmph, Confucius has a saying, a gentleman will do what he wants, and please teach me how to explain it. ”

Chu Nan underestimated the thickness of those people's faces, only to see them refuting Chu Nan's words one by one by quoting scriptures and classics, forcing Chu Nan to take out the lion's roar to shock them, and said impatiently: "I really have my head pumping when I reason with a scholar like you who is stupid in reading." Steward Xu, open the door, let the family members get out of the way, and let Mr. Wang see the appearance of these saints' children to see if he will vomit blood in anger. ”

Those scholars pestered the housekeepers, but no one really dared to disturb Wang Yangming rashly without knowing the etiquette. Seeing that those people hesitated for a long time and no one dared to go in, Chu Nan said softly: "That's right." That's good, since you are a genius, you must bring your own proud works with you, forget them all for me, I will hand them in for you, don't worry, Mr. will definitely see it. ”

Those scholars were helpless, and they all handed over their poems according to their words, and after a while, Chu Nan's arms were full of rice paper manuscripts. A scholar handed over his poems, glanced at Chu Nan and muttered, "What is the relationship between you and Mr. Why can you have such preferential treatment?"

Chu Nan sorted out the manuscript in his arms, and snorted coldly: "I used to go to the Qinglou with Scholar Wang, what do you say we have to do with each other?"

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