For the results of the Zhongzheng evaluation, the Shi family knew it at the first time. Shi Hui was satisfied with the results of the evaluation given by the state and county Zhongzheng. It's early summer, and the warm breeze is slow. In the evening, Shi Hui came back from the court, ordered the maid to set up wine in the flower pavilion in front of the garden, and sat with his wife and son to have a small family banquet. Shi Hui said to his wife: "We have to be smart, but although he has made some progress in Taixue in the past two years, I am only worried that there is nothing to say about his moral prestige. Artful! ”

Mrs. Wang asked: "It is obvious that the hope is lacking, how can you say that it is good?" ”

Shi Hui said: "Madam, you don't know, Da has the meaning of being able to reach and appear, so Mencius has the saying that 'Da will help the world at the same time'. Ordinary people don't dare to use it, and even saints don't dare to call themselves 'da' easily. ”

After listening to what her husband said, Mrs. Wang nodded yes. Unexpectedly, Shi De snorted, and seemed to have some words.

Shi Hui and his wife were very surprised, and Shi Hui even took a few shots, and said: "Bastard thing, do you still have anything to dislike about this evaluation?" With your talents, if you are not from a scholar family, I am afraid you will not even be able to enter the eyes of Zhongzheng! ”

Seeing that her husband was angry, Mrs. Wang hurriedly ordered her maid to pour wine for her husband, and held it up in front of him herself, saying, "You have to be young, the child doesn't know how thick the sky is, don't blame him." Then he turned to glare at Shi De, "De'er, you are still young, don't be dissatisfied." This evaluation is already very rare, although you are from a family, but how do you know, your father is not less worried about your affairs! ”

Shi De smiled slightly, stood up and said, "Ah Weng, Ah Mu, of course I am satisfied with this evaluation, but the adverbial that Ji Zhongzheng is using is not thoughtful. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Shi De deliberately paused and said, "Father, have you forgotten?" At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was a wealthy family in Hanoi, and there were eight brothers in this wealthy family, and all of these eight brothers were knighted in the Han and Wei dynasties, and their status was noble, and they were known as 'Sima Bada'......"

Shi Hui suddenly came to his senses, "Yes, my son is right. ”

Mrs. Wang was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Shi De looked at Mrs. Wang and said, "Mother still doesn't know?" Sima Eight Brothers, Langzi Boda, Yizi Zhongda, Fu Zi Shuda, Kui Zi Jida, Xian Zi Xianda, Jin Zi Huida, Tongzi Yada, Min Zi Youda, the second eldest of the Sima Bada, the word Zhongda, is our grandfather today, the founder of the Great Jin Dynasty Emperor Gaozu Xuan - Sima Yi. The mere eight words that Ji Si said for me actually involved four of the eight ancestors. Among them, there are three related to the name, for '恂', 'Tong', 'Min'; there are two related to the table word, for 'Hui' and 'Ya', although the table word can not be taboo, but in the end it is a little too much to say, right? ”

Mrs. Wang understood, and hurriedly said to her husband: "This must be Ji Zhongzheng's negligence and lack of consideration." Presumably he's still in the dark, so let's tell him as soon as we see what's wrong. Otherwise, if he is discovered, he will be punished for disrespect. ”

Shi Hui waved his hand: "He is to blame, don't care what he does!" In short, the fault is his, not ours. We just pretend we don't know. ”

"Having said that, after all, he has made such a good adverbial for us, how can we bear to watch him be punished?"

This statement is very high, and it is difficult to find a better one. If he told him, he would definitely have to make an adverbial for De'er again, and what would he do if he changed his mediocre words when the time came? ”

Mrs. Wang originally had good intentions, but when she heard her husband say this, she was speechless.

Shi Hui then said to his son: "My son is close to a weak crown, and he has really grown. But I want to remind you that although you were rated as a third-grade this time, which is much higher than Shu Yan's kid, the results of each evaluation only represent your performance during this inspection period, and you can't care about it for a lifetime. The end of this appraisal period means the beginning of the next appraisal period, so from now on, your words and deeds will affect your next appraisal results. ”

Shi Dezheng was happy to be rated as a high-quality product, and when he heard his father's words, he became sullen again.

Mrs. Wang saw that her son was unhappy, so she was busy looking for topics to make jokes. She suddenly remembered a big event, so she smiled at her husband and said, "Speaking of weak crowns, it just so happens that I was about to remind you." In a few days, on the sixth day of the fifth month, we will have a birthday, this year is not as good as in previous years, he is exactly twenty years old, it is the year of the weak crown, how to do this coming-of-age ceremony? ”

"A coming-of-age ceremony is a must! And it has to be grand. In a few days, the results of the selection of the officials should also come down, where I have been accommodating, there is no problem in getting a beautiful difference, and when the time comes, I will invite the Jingshi and the family with identity in our hometown to have a good and lively life. ”

The family rejoiced again and drank a few more glasses. Xi San, Shi De was supported back to the room by Ah Miao and Ah Yan. Because he was set as a high-grade by Zhongzheng and praised by his father, he was a little proud, and a little drunk, feeling fluttering, at this time it was almost three watches, and he was not sleepy. Ah Miao and Ah Yan sat on the edge of the bed with his arms, and were about to withdraw their hands, but Shi De wrapped his backhand around the necks of the two and hugged them in his arms. Although these two people are handmaidens, they are Shide's personal maidservants, much stronger than the daughters of the Hanmen family, and they are wearing satin clothes and are clean. They are only responsible for the food and daily life of the young master, and they are no better than those handmaidens who do rough work. These two people, one is white-skinned and snowy, with golden and shiny hair and plump bodies; A merry and bewitching, with black hair and cloudy sideburns, and a smooth body like fat. They have been little beauties since they were children, and now they have grown up, and they have the charm of mature girls, slim and elegant, and they are even more beautiful. Shi De took advantage of the wine, looked at them, twice as good as usual, and the more he looked at them, the more he loved them.

The son of a wealthy family has a personal affair with his subordinates, which is against etiquette. But Shi is happy today, so why don't you care about this? The three of them are all adults, and they have lost the youthfulness of their youth. At this time, he hugged left and right, hugged the necks of the two for a while, and hugged the small waists of the two for a while, kissing Ah Miao's cheek on the left and Ah Yan's neck on the right. Ah Miao wanted to try her best to break free, but Ah Yan pretended to push back, and she didn't push hard, seeing Shi De turn her head to get close to Ah Miao, she hooked Shi de and pasted it herself.

Suddenly, Shi De leaned over and wanted to kiss Ah Miao's lips, but Ah Miao dodged back, Shi De pulled her head hard, and her lips were pasted. Ah Miao was in a hurry, struggled with both hands, pushed Shi De away, stood up and said, "Young master, please respect yourself." You're not there yet, you can't do that. ”

"Why didn't you get to the weak crown? But there are still a few days to come. Besides, even if I don't reach the weak crown, people will get married at the age of seventeen or eighteen, why can't I? ”

"No, it's just no." Ah Miao refused softly, "Because you have just returned from Taixue now, and you have just obtained Zhongzheng Gaopin, which is the critical period for the officials to be conferred." If you have an affair with us, it doesn't matter if our name is upright, but it will be very bad for you. Especially......" Ah Miao said this, paused, and said, "Especially a Hu Xianbei woman like me!" ”

Shi De was angry and anxious when he heard this, and pushed Ah Miao to the side of the bed, "None of the three of us will say anything to the outside, and someone will know about it!" "He wants. In the fire, they brushed two handfuls and ripped off the green gauze skirts on the two of them, and the two beauties instantly revealed their white and greasy skin, wearing only red silk clothes. Seeing this scene, Shi De's blood was boiling, where could a young boy endure it, at this moment his arrow had been wound, the knife had been unsheathed, and he pounced on it, and he was going to have a dragon and two phoenixes.

Ah Miao protected her chest with her hands, and pulled hard, but she ripped off the small clothes. If you want to come again, you heard Ah Miao shout: "Childe......"

Shi De was shocked and stunned, and the room was instantly quiet. The two old maids who were on night duty outside heard the shouting, ran over, and asked, "What's the matter in the young master's house?" ”

Shi was in a dilemma, Ah Yan was at a loss, but Ah Miao quickly adjusted her mentality and calmly replied: "It's nothing, mother-in-law, I just poured tea for the young master, and I accidentally burned my hands." ”

"Such a big girl, she is so careless, she is shocked." The old maid muttered, and Fang walked away slowly.

At this time, two inferior maidservants outside the door were leaning against the door to eavesdrop on the movement inside. Because they can't get close to the young master, they are jealous, so they love to chew the root of their tongues, there is no wind and waves, and they have to arrange some scandals when they have nothing to do. Now I can hear the sound inside, thinking that this time there is conclusive evidence, and I can hype it up, but I didn't expect it to stop. They didn't know whether they were willing or disappointed, and joked outside: "Two sisters be careful, it doesn't matter if your hands hurt, it won't be good if you hurt other places!" ”

Shi De was also disinterested at this time. Hearing the words of the maidservant outside, he also knew the truth that the wall has ears, and understood Ah Miao's hard work. Only Ah Yan has long been looking forward to dedicating herself to giving one day, knowing that she will not have any reputation, but she is also willing, but she doesn't want to end up like this today, and she is depressed: "Ah? Isn't it, just, that's the end of it? She was extremely disappointed, complaining in her heart that Ah Miao was too uninteresting. had no choice but to get dressed, go to bed with Ah Miao and serve Shi De, and then fell asleep separately.

Within a few days, all the Zhongzheng people in their respective hometowns have finished appraising. In the cold and summer inns, every time it comes to this season, it will be overcrowded, and the people who live are filial piety from all over the Beijing, but after a few days of testing, some of them have been eliminated, and now there are a lot fewer people. Everyone is talking about the results of this tasting. Shu Yan also knew the results of his own evaluation, which was the middle of the nine grades and the fifth grade; However, it is the top grade of the ninth grade and the third grade. Although he has some grievances in his heart, he is an open-minded person, and as long as he goes with the flow of fame and fortune, and the social atmosphere is like this, he doesn't really care about it. Xiao Mo was indignant in his heart, and said: "You Chinese claim to be courteous, flaunt the world with Taoism, and look down on foreigners at every turn, saying that we are a gang of barbarians, is this how your Tao leads the world?" ”

Perhaps because he grew up in the Qiang tribe since he was a child, Xiao Mo has always been bold by nature, speaking loudly and not shy away. At this time, Ye Meng and Ge Shen also came over and asked, "Brother Xiao Mo, what's the matter?" ”

"What's going on? Hmph, that's so unjust. My Brother Shu's talent and character are obvious to all. Although I have only known him for a short time, in the past few days I have been in Luoyang, I have heard many people telling stories about his deeds. It turns out that in addition to what is written on the resume, there are many, many more, everyone respects it, but he himself laughs and says that it is not enough to remember, which shows the high character of his character. What's more, he also took the top spot in the strategy exam. But such a sage was actually rated as a medium grade; And the son of the Shi family is a man who is a man of the Liang family, a parasitic person, who has never had any deeds at all, and walks in a state of weak willows to help the wind, and also needs women to support him, but such a person is rated as a high-grade person, what kind of world is this? ”

Before the words fell, I heard Ye Lang say: "Hurry up and mention it again, Shu Lang was rated as a fifth grade, which is already good." We are from a poor family, he is already the highest. Our Hongnong's Zhongzheng is even worse, although your Shi Gongzi of Ruyin has no deeds to speak of, but he has some talents, but a son of our Hongnong's family, not only has no virtue, but his talent is also mediocre, but he was rated as a third product by Zhongzheng. And we, who are from humble backgrounds, although they are not as famous as Brother Shu, but in our hometown, they all have a certain reputation, and they are by no means vain, but they are all rated as inferior ......"

Shu Yan asked: "What kind of product is Brother Ye rated for?" ”

"Six pins."

"Six pins?" Shu Yan was surprised.

Ge Shen sighed and said, "His sixth rank is stronger than my eighth grade. Just because when I was planning the "Book of Songs", I wrote "Shuo Mouse" and made a few sentences, and our Zhongzheng in Guangping County thought that I was jealous and cynical, so the adverbial to me was 'narrow-minded and mediocre'. They wanted to make me the last grade, but they really couldn't find out what bad deeds I had, so they set me as the eighth grade. ”

Shu Yan patted the case: "What? The eight and nine grades are all inferior products, and they are only suitable for people who are corrupt in virtue and ability. Why is Zhongzheng such a slut! ”

At this time, the owner of the cold and summer inn heard their words and sighed: "Alas, several, you don't feel angry about this kind of thing—and I have lived in Beijing for a long time, and I am used to it. Now that the avenue has been hidden, the system of the nine products has increasingly deviated from the original intention of the original "meritocracy". The current middle school only recognizes the background, not the virtue and talent. People from poor families, no matter how high their moral ability is, they can only be rated as low-grade, but people from wealthy families are all high-grade, and there has long been a saying in Beijing, called 'the top grade has no cold door, and the lower grade has no scholars'. It is rare for a person from a humble family like Brother Shu to be rated as a fifth grade. ”

When Xiao Mo heard this, he suddenly felt a lot more happy in his heart.