Zhongjing City, Guozijian.

A young scholar slowly walked out of the gate of Guozijian, saw a few classmates waiting at the door early, smiled slightly, and before he could wait for him to salute and say hello solemnly, he was directly dragged by the arm into the tea shop not far away.

"Uncle Duan, you've been working too hard these days!"

The classmate sat down and laughed.

The young man smiled calmly, "Spring is coming, I have to study hard!" ”

"Then you have to combine work and rest, the teacher has said, one piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and martial arts, you also have to come out from time to time to breathe, and you can study more entered."

The young man didn't argue, smiling and nodding, "Is there anything interesting these days?" ”

"That's a lot." The classmate smiled, "However, if you want to talk about the biggest topic in the past two days, it has to be the matter between Concubine De Niangniang and Tushan Sanjie, oh yes, and the king of Jiaodong County." ”

？？？！！！

The young man's eyes widened suddenly, Concubine De Niangniang, Tu Shan Sanjie, Jiaodong County King?

"What do you want!"

As soon as the classmate saw his expression, he knew that he wanted to be crooked, and hurriedly knocked a chestnut on the door of his head, "It was Concubine De Niangniang who wanted to ask for a teacher for the king of Jiaodong County, and asked for it in front of Tu Shan's three literary giants." As a result, the three Confucians didn't give face at all, and Concubine De Niangniang sent messengers three times in a row, but she didn't even see each other. ”

The young man smiled a little embarrassedly, although he was self-denying and polite, but after all, he was a hot-blooded young man, and he had been reading books alone for a long time, and he wanted to be crooked without paying attention.

He digested it and frowned, "Shouldn't it, the three great Confucians are famous all over the world, and their virtues are even more praised by the world, how can they be so unkind, people come to ask for it with good intentions, and they don't want to politely decline, how can it be a gentleman's style to act like this?" ”

"Little brother, this is a big fallacy!"

Before his classmates could speak, a middle-aged scribe at the next table directly refuted, "Concubine De, a harem woman, relying on the grace of His Majesty, treats the world's talents and celebrities as slaves, and treats literary giants such as Tushan Sanjie, she thinks that she can rely on her status in the harem to call her to come and go, and the three old gentlemen are not used to her!" This is the backbone of my generation of readers! ”

The so-called those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, next to Guozijian, and there are many scribes in this tea shop, and when it comes to these things, they are all the heads.

The young man still frowned, "Brother Tai's words are not right, Concubine De is seeking a teacher for the king of Jiaodong County, and the king of Jiaodong County is his beloved son, how can this kind of treatment treat the three old gentlemen as slaves?" And if Concubine De was really disrespectful to the three old gentlemen, how could she send messengers three times in a row, and everyone knew that Tu Shan had no elite guards to guard, and if she sent more than ten forbidden troops to forcibly pull out the three old gentlemen, how could she be blocked by words three times? This just shows that Concubine De respects her! ”

The middle-aged scribe's expression was stunned, and he was speechless for a while, so he had to hate and say: "You person, these are all recognized by the current corps Lin Gong, and the scholars!" Concubine De is pampered and arrogant, defeated by the style of the reader, and a laughing stock for Shilin! Do you have to say such a different thing to show your maverick and make a name for yourself? ”

The classmates on the side also hurriedly pulled his sleeves and persuaded: "Uncle Duan, what this brother said is good, it is indeed Shilin's public opinion at the moment, you don't have to say a word." ”

"Public opinion? Where does the public opinion come from? ”

The usually gentle young man was extremely stubborn in the face of the truth, and broke free from the hands of his companions, "The teacher often teaches us that it is better to believe in books than to have no books, and the so-called Shilin remarks can still be compared to the sages and classics?" Can't we and other scholars have our own judgments, and can only blindly follow the so-called public opinion? ”

"Huh!" The middle-aged scribe sneered, "What a big spirit, why, you are sober in this hall full of scholars?" Are you different? The rest of the people are stupid, they're all echo worms, right? Or are you just a loyal dog under the wings of Concubine De, which is why you have such wild and bizarre words, ignoring the facts? ”

Everyone in the hall also looked at them, and their eyes were full of ridicule, ridicule, contempt, and anger.

"Uncle Duan, you still have to take the spring exam, don't make trouble." The classmate whispered.

The young man clenched his fists, and the green tendons on his neck loomed, "What does this matter have to do with Chunqiu?" Could it be that this world, this world, can't even tolerate such discussions? In this literary world, in this Shilin, can there only be one voice? ”

"Childish!"

"Arrogance!"

"You are also worthy of talking about heaven and earth, and the literary world?"

"I know you, aren't you the nerd Li Zhiyi of the Guozijian! I will speak well to you of your sacrificial wine. ”

The crowd rose up to attack, and the young people could only be silent.

He's a fighter, but he's not a fool.

He was so weak that he had to blush, sit in silence, and bear alone.

His classmates hurriedly got up and threw their hands at the crowd, trying to calm the anger.

But the crowd "was unforgiving" and continued.

Just then, a gong sounded below.

One person shouted: "Mr. Tushan Linxi, Mr. Wanlin, and Mr. Kongbi wrote a letter in person, in order to thank Concubine De for her kindness and kindness, and the heart of the king of Jiaodong County, so he changed his old wish, and scheduled to be held on the eighteenth day of the first month, a Spring Festival banquet will be held in the Guozijian to recruit five disciples of the descendants. The original text of the handwritten letter is copied here, you are considerable, those who are interested, come to Guozijian to register! ”

With his movements, the four people behind him pasted a large white paper of transcription on the bulletin board outside the Guozi Prison.

As soon as the words fell, the shopkeeper of the tea shop, who was afraid that everyone would run away directly, shouted with experience: "Don't panic! The little one has been copied and will be delivered to your table later! ”

But at this time, the people in the tea shop were stunned.

Grateful for the kindness of Concubine De?

Grateful for the heart of Jiaodong County King Xiangxue?

The stupid concubine of the deep palace who said that she was pampered and arrogant, and the literary world fought three big fights in a row?

said that the good reader raised his eyebrows, and the stupid prince became a laughing stock?

The most important thing is that they just took this to a young man, and scolded people so much that they couldn't raise their heads, but now, how cool they scolded just now, how painful their faces are now!

"Uncle Duan, what you said is right!"

A classmate spoke excitedly and deliberately raised his voice.

Everyone around them was silent, looking at the tea cup and refreshments in front of them.

The young man was not happy, and slowly picked up the teacup, and slowly and carefully drank the tea soup in the teacup.

Then he took out the money bag from his bosom, slowly and carefully counted out the four copper coins, put them on the table, and looked at a few classmates, "Thank you for inviting me out, I still went back to study the book." ”

After saying that, he stood up and looked at the scene calmly, and no one in the audience dared to look at him.

He walked out of the tea shop and walked back to Guozijian.

He wanted to return to his hut, to the teachings of the sages, and he did not have the slightest nostalgia for this chaotic scholarly literary world.

When he was gone, the voice in the tea shop gradually resumed.

"Actually, I also think that Concubine De Niangniang sent envoys to the door three times in a row, which can not be described as insincere, each time she did not bully others, it cannot be described as unkind, both sincere and benevolent, the previous words of Shilin were a little too much."

"Yes, it's obviously a beautiful talk about devout learning, how did it become this statement, some people really don't understand what they think."

"His mother! The two of you scolded the most before, but now you're pretending to be good people, right? ”

"This brother Tai Mo wants to spew blood, I'm just being bewitched!"

"That's right! I'm being bewitched by you! ”

In the tea shop, the hustle and bustle gradually rose, and farces frequently appeared.

Several of Li Zhiyi's classmates glanced at each other, and suddenly a sense of disdain and boredom suddenly arose in their hearts, such a scholar, such a literary world, what is there to mess with.

"Why don't I go back to Wen Shu later!"

"Go along! Let's go! ”

The older of them just reversed the impression of Concubine De and the king of Jiaodong in their hearts, but for others, especially those who had children and nephews in the family, they were immediately rejoicing.

"The dog is exactly fifteen this year, he is talented, and he wants to worship under the famous teacher, but he didn't expect to have such an opportunity now!"

"My cousin is now fourteen, diligent and inquisitive, if he can worship under the Tushan Sanjie and be a brother with so many Confucian high-ranking officials, this life will be stable! Concubine De Niangniang has done a great thing! ”

"You haven't thought of another layer, the three old gentlemen said this, this Jiaodong County King must be stable in entry, and the person who will enter with him at that time will be the prince's companion!"

"Shhh Reasonable! This is to give us ordinary people a smooth road to the sky! ”

"It is worthy of Concubine De Niangniang, it turns out that she not only thinks about the king of Jiaodong County, but also thinks about us ordinary people!"

"But isn't it, it is said that Concubine De Niangniang also started from a humble beginning, no wonder she can think more about us, remembering that in Surabaya Prefecture, it is said that she also did a very good job, so that those officials who shouted that the harem should not interfere in politics have nothing to say."

"Well, I used to taunt her with those ignorant people, and I regret it."

"Me too, if anyone says bad things about Concubine De in front of me in the future, I will greet his whole family directly!"

In just a few hours, the wind is turning!

Concubine De and the king of Jiaodong County have changed from the object of everyone's ridicule to the existence of everyone's praise.

This is Tu Shan Sanjie's endorsement of the reputation he has accumulated for most of his life, and this is the foundation of public opinion laid by Concubine De's good reputation.

This is also the result of Xia Jingyun's efforts to turn the tide for Concubine De's family again.

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Jiang'an Hou Mansion, after a period of jubilation, Wei Yuanzhi and others have already left, and they went back to accompany their families for the New Year's Festival.

Xia Jingyun sat in the hall, stretched, yawned, and muttered, "Every day, I still can't read, and I can't take the spring exam!" ”

Everyone laughed in unison, and Gongsun Jing had the courage to joke: "Gongzi must be temperate!" ”

Xia Jingyun glanced at him, Feng Xiuyun's face turned red, and Su Yuanshang shook his head and smiled, relaxed.

"Let's all rest, I'll have to go other than I can in the evening."

Xia Jingyun stood up with a smile, but the porter hurriedly ran over at this time, "Childe, Mr. Gongsun, the king of Jiaodong County is here." ”

(End of chapter)