Xu He heard the news of Xu Song's illness from Xu Dai, and he naturally wanted to visit him.

After buying some snacks and seasonal fruits from the street, Xu He went to Fenghuangdun in the east of the city.

When he arrived at the Xu family's compound, after the transmission, the subordinates led him towards the backyard.

When he entered Xu Song's bedroom, he found that the entire bedroom was black and empty.

The room was full of medicinal smells.

A girl at the bedside was feeding him medicine.

Seeing Xu He, he waved his hand and motioned for Xu He to wait.

Xu He stood beside the bed, looking at the backbone of the Xu family's generation, remembering the legend about this uncle in his heart, and his heart was mixed.

Xu Song's father, Xu Fan, was impeached because the eunuch Liu Li was in power and caused chaos in the court, so the impeachment caused the displeasure of the first emperor and was reprimanded and returned to his hometown.

After returning to his hometown, he was not recalled to the imperial court until the later years of the first emperor and was exiled to Jiangxi Xuezheng.

Xu Fan had two sons, the eldest son Xu Song and the second son Xu Dai.

It stands to reason that Xu Fan is successful in reading and is admitted to Jinshi, and his reading genes should be quite good.

But it's a pity that the eldest son and the second son don't like to read since they were young, and they are well-known cockfighting and horse-fighting in Hailing City, and they are full of gentlemen.

After Xu Fan was released to Jiangxi to study politics, Xu Song was already a young man in his twenties at this time, and because his father was not there, he also took care of the affairs of the Xu family.

He saw that his living environment was cramped, so he moved the idea of tearing down the ancestral house and rebuilding it.

Later, he also found the then county magistrate of Hailing County and bought a large piece of land in the east of the city.

Just when he recruited craftsmen and laid the foundation, Xu Fan rushed back from Jiangxi to hear the news.

As soon as he entered the house, he angrily scolded his son, who didn't want to study and make progress every day, knowing that if he fiddled with the house and the field, he would have no interest in the future.

Xu Song saw that his father made a special trip home from his post to teach him a lesson for this matter, so he was ashamed.

After thinking about it for a night, he admitted his mistake to Xu Fan, saying that he had been prodigal for more than 20 years and had a humiliating reputation.

From now on, we will definitely change our ways.

Moreover, he said to Xu Fan that since the land has been bought, there is no reason to return, so simply build an ancestral hall of the Xu family on this newly bought land, and all the Xu family will be more centripetal because of this ancestral hall in the future.

Xu Fan praised it when he heard this, so he took out all his savings and handed them to his son.

Sure enough, the ancestral hall of the Xu family was built not long after, and the Xu clan praised Xu Song for his young and promising talents, and considered the clansmen everywhere.

At this time, Xu Song used the remaining money from the ancestral hall to build a stone bridge over the Cao River, which was convenient for pedestrians, so his reputation in Hailing County gradually changed, and the people said good things about the eldest young master of the Xu family.

After all this, Xu Song did not go out for three years, only studied the scriptures at home, and finally passed the Jinshi examination in the first year of Emperor Zheng's ascension to the throne a few years later.

The story of Xu Fan's godson is also known all over the world with the name of the father and son.

At this time, the legendary protagonist was lying on the bed, and the whole person was more than a star and a half thinner than when Kong Huaitang first met.

In particular, those wise eyes have begun to cloud, and they can't see the heroic appearance of Ren when they were young.

Finally drank the medicine, Xu Song seemed to have used all his strength, and the whole person closed his eyes and rested on the high pillow.

Just when Xu He thought he was asleep, Xu Song spoke.

"If it weren't for that Rugao doctor this time, maybe I would have to leave, but I'm glad to have you!"

Xu He knew that he was talking about Hou Desheng.

Speaking of which, Hou Desheng really had two brushes, and his aunt was also pulled back from Lord Yama by him with a few doses of medicine.

According to my mother, my aunt can now drink some thin porridge.

Now Uncle Song has also invited him, depending on the situation, it seems that it is also a situation of [fortunately having him].

"I want to thank Doctor Hou when I go back!" Xu He thought to himself.

"I called you over this time, I have a few things to tell you!" Xu Song slowed down.

Xu He bowed down and took the water and fed him two mouthfuls.

Xu Song nodded: "I heard that your house test is also the head of the case?" ”

Xu He didn't expect him to open his mouth and didn't ask about the Qin Cha, and he was a little surprised in his heart, but he still replied: "I was lucky to be hit by the new Yangzhou prefect Peng!" ”

Xu Song glanced at Xu He with satisfaction: "The national dynasty has not even connected the small and medium-sized three yuan, can you give this glory to our Xu family to earn?" ”

The so-called small ternary is the three stages of the children's examination...... The county test, the prefectural test, and the road test all ranked first.

To be honest, this difficulty is really not small, and Xu He doesn't know the preferences of the great grandmaster, in case people don't like Xu He's style of writing, then everything is in vain.

Seeing that Xu He was silent and didn't speak, Xu Song smiled: "Okay, if you pat your chest and give me assurance, then I have to think about it!" ”

Xu He said: "Uncle, no matter what, I will work hard!" ”

Xu Song nodded and said: "The day before yesterday, my friend from the DPRK and China sent a letter, saying that he had recently mentioned the Taoist inspection of the county official school and social studies, and it was possible to come to my Xujia Village clan study at that time, you must come over!" ”

Xu He's heart moved when he heard this.

This is the opportunity for the eldest uncle to create an opportunity for himself to show his face in front of the great grandmaster in advance.

Thinking of this section, Xu He said gratefully: "The eldest uncle is not in good health, and he is still thinking about the boy on the sickbed, I ......"

Xu Song saw that he was moved, and smiled slightly: "Do you know why I am doing this to you?" ”

Xu He was also very puzzled, there were so many clansmen, even Xiucai had not heard that Xu Song had taken care of him three times and twice.

Xu Song glanced at him deeply, and then said, "That day in Kong Huaitang, your second uncle was not very kind to you, and he was resentful, right?" ”

Xu He didn't want to deceive the old man on the bed, so he had to hang his head and remain silent.

Who knew that Xu Song smiled disapprerovitously and said, "I remember the origin of your name when you replied to me Kong Huaitang." ”

He seemed to be caught in his memories, and after a while, he said, "Your rebellious energy reminds me of when I was a child." ”

"Everyone thinks that I don't know how to learn, I am idle every day, and the whole person is useless, but at that time, my father, that is, your grandfather, asked me, what is the name of Hailing Xu's hall [Kong Huai]!"

"Although I don't study, I still went to school when I was a child, so I told the meaning of the word Kong Huai!"

"After hearing this, your grandfather saw that I was blocked from rebuilding the big house, and his heart was unhappy, so he said to me [The power of death and mourning, brother Kong Huai]! If you don't study, you only know how to enjoy, how can you shelter your people? When a clansman dies, how can you collect his bones and return home? ”

"I was shaken by what I heard, and I have been working hard ever since!"

When Xu He heard this, he realized that there was still this detail in the legend.

Xu Song smiled: "You were exactly the same as I was back then!" When I saw you that day, I remembered that night more than thirty years ago! ”

After Xu He listened, his heart was quite shocked, in the mouth of the eldest uncle in front of him, what are you cool Xiao I was actually not his original intention, in Xu He's opinion, this is probably a salary, and he wants to protect the people if he has achievements in the future.

Can......

But he's just a penniless boy!

Isn't it too early to say that?