"If you don't accept it, if you don't accept it, I'll always follow you, annoying you all day long, seeing if you can accept it. Zhang Shaoyang's helplessness accumulated over the years was vividly displayed at once.

Yao Sanming was speechless for a while, looking at Zhang Shaoyang's stalker, he couldn't help but be stunned, there was once a woman who was really similar to him.

"Senior brother, if you don't teach, if you don't teach, I'll tell the master that you bully me, teach or not!"

The woman's tone of chasing him to learn swords was the same as Zhang Shaoyang's for a while.

Yao Sanming looked at the river in a daze, until a stone was thrown into the water, causing a splash that pulled his thoughts back, Zhang Shaoyang was picking up a bunch of stones at this time, wanting to disturb him fishing.

"Hehe!" Yao Sanming showed a rare smile, let Zhang Shaoyang scare away the fish that were about to be hooked, and then lay down to rest by himself.

Two more days have passed like this, Zhang Shaoyang is finally out of line, and he will have to take the provincial exam in a few days, and it is a big sin to miss the provincial exam, and he will not be allowed to enter the official career for the rest of his life, and he will be affected by the family.

Even if Zhang Shaoyang didn't take it seriously, he didn't dare to be presumptuous in this kind of thing that implicated his family, so the apprenticeship plan had to be postponed.

Looking at the smug sword immortal seniors, basking in the slightly warmer sunshine since the beginning of spring, Zhang Shaoyang couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Old stubborn." ”

Fortunately, he already knew the seclusion of the predecessors of the Sword Immortal, Zhang Shaoyang made up his mind, turned back from the capital, and went straight to this mountain forest, he didn't believe that the predecessors of the Sword Immortal could endure their own soft grinding and hard bubbles!

On this day, Zhang Shaoyang rode into Luoyang and entered Beijing by way!

Yao Sanming watched a few people leave, and beside him was the jade with an extraordinary appearance.

"Senior, I'm afraid few people can pull out that sword. Yu had no intention of holding Xiao in one hand and behind his back with the other, and said quietly.

"You have to find a reason to make that kid die!" Yao Sanming said with a smile.

"Did the seniors look down on him?"

Yao Sanming thought for a while before saying: "This kid has a good understanding, and he thinks a lot, if he takes the official career, as long as he has some eyes, he can sit under one person, as for the rivers and lakes, too spiritual is not necessarily a good thing." ”

Yu had no intention of pondering: "This is the reason why the predecessors did not accept him as an apprentice." ”

Yao Sanming laughed and walked away, and the white dew sword on the boulder trembled, shaking off a scarlet rust, revealing the blade with a cold light inside.

"I'm afraid there are only two things that your master has done right in his life, one is to accept you as an apprentice, and the other is to say things like 'seven emotions and six desires, lust first', thinking that in this world, there is nothing that can compare to the plump and fat buttocks of the world's beauties. ”

Yu had no intention of saying such vulgar words to this senior who was the first in kendo, he just looked at Bai Lujian, who was shaking by himself, and looked at it for a long time unconsciously.

...

Beijing, Shangshu Provincial Ministry of Rites

Tang Mingli, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, sat down on the desk, remembering that this morning in the court, when the Ministry of Rites Shangshu asked him to take care of all the affairs of the provincial examination, Tang Mingli couldn't figure it out, such a fat errand, how could Lord Shangshu be willing to let it out, thinking about it, Tang Mingli had to rely on his father-in-law who was a first-class official residence.

After sorting out the list of exams for this year's provincial examination and the affairs of a large and small body, Tang Mingli let out a long sigh, raised his head to reveal a handsome face, and then a subordinate knocked on the door and came in, handed a letter to Tang Mingli, and then respectfully withdrew.

Tang Mingli opened the envelope, there were three pieces of letter paper inside, the first one was written with dense words, Tang Mingli read it roughly, his eyes became a little cloudy, and he couldn't help scolding: "This guy who doesn't make it knows how to cause trouble all day long." ”

Then he unfolded the other two pieces of paper, which were several portraits, and when he fully unfolded them, they were the faces of Zhang Shaoyang and the fat man.

Tang Mingli was silent for a moment, put the three pieces of paper in the brazier and burned them, then got up and called his subordinates, carefully changed his official clothes, and left the house in a carriage.

The carriage galloped all the way, and finally stopped in front of the Taibao Mansion, Tang Mingli straightened his official hat and walked in quickly.

In a place in Taibao Mansion, an old man with a beard is staying in front of an apricot tree, this apricot tree is also a strange thing, other apricot trees at most at this moment are just new buds, but this apricot tree is extremely bright, and the petals are white, it looks simple and elegant, and it is very different from ordinary apricot trees.

Tang Mingli was led all the way to the old man by the family, and after the family left, Tang Mingli bowed respectfully, and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, the affairs of the provincial examination have been arranged, there are three hundred and twenty-seven people who should take the exam this year, of which the number of Ying Tianfu is the largest, and now most of the candidates have entered Beijing, and they have been arranged, and the rest of the candidates who have not yet arrived should be able to arrive before the examination starts." ”

"Good job. The old man said with a smile.

Tang Mingli stood for a while, and then said cautiously: "Father-in-law, this time Lord Shangshufang of the Ministry of Rites suddenly asked me to take full authority to handle the provincial examination, it should have been arranged by your old man, right?"

The old man glanced at Tang Mingli, and his face showed a trace of unhappiness: "Mingli, I finally asked for an official position as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites for you in front of the Holy Master, but you have never known how to advance, do you want to lose the face of being a father?"

A string of cold sweat broke out on Tang Mingli's forehead, and he said tremblingly: "Father-in-law, it's Mingli who is incompetent. ”

"That's it, who let my precious daughter take a fancy to you, take this opportunity, you have to stand in the Ministry of Rites, otherwise my hard work will be in vain. The old man said coldly.

"Yes, father-in-law, rest assured. ”

The old man cut off an extra apricot branch and said casually: "Mingli, how about raising this bitter apricot for my father?"

Tang Mingli's eyes dared to turn to this apricot tree, which was early blooming compared to other trees, and said seriously: "This apricot tree is really strange, it shouldn't bloom this season." ”

"What should not be done, in officialdom, you should be like this bitter apricot, foresight, in order to take advantage of the favorable opportunity in the first place. ”

"What the father-in-law said is that the son-in-law should remember. ”

"Mingli, what do you think of being a father in this court and the opposition?"

Tang Mingli was stunned and looked at the old man for a long time, but he couldn't see anything on his calm face, so Tang Mingli gave up and his tone became more respectful: "Father-in-law is naturally in power." ”

"Hmph, bullshit!" said the old man angrily.

Tang Mingli hurriedly leaned down, his body trembling.

"I can't even pat myself on the back, it's obviously just a false job, and I don't have any real power, so how can I have the power to lean towards the government and the opposition? If this word spreads, for the father's head, maybe he will move. ”

"The father-in-law was angry, and it was the son-in-law who said the wrong thing. ”

"Now that the Holy Dragon is in poor health, these days have been a lot free, I am afraid that the crown prince will ascend the throne soon. Mingli, at this juncture, you have to grasp the Ministry of Rites in your hands as soon as possible, and then three of the six departments of Shangshu Province will be in my hands, and the first emperor cut my Li family's military power and gave me an inconsequential position, and now it's time to get some back. ”

"Father-in-law rest assured, the son-in-law will do his best. ”

"Yes. Li Taibao nodded, and then seemed to remember something, and said: "Among these candidates this year, is there a person surnamed Zhang from Jiangling?"

Tang Mingli thought for a moment and replied: "It is true that there is a Jiangling man named Zhang Shaoyang, who reported to the Ministry of Rites yesterday. ”

"Is his father's name Zhang Qingyuan?"

"Exactly, this son is the third time to enter the Beijing Provincial Examination this year, and the first two times were at the bottom, and he has never participated in the palace examination. ”

"Okay, I see, you go. Li Taibao waved his hand, and after Tang Mingli left, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

After pondering for a long time, Lord Taibao suddenly sneered, and then said gloomily: "Isn't it a little redundant that I cared about that bullshit military attache temperament back then, and now I want to come back?"

"It's just that your son is too angry, even if he wants to come back, what kind of storm can he afford to turn over?"

But he immediately remembered another thing, Zhang Duo resigned, and later after Zhang Duo died, Zhang Qingyuan moved his family to Jiangling, thousands of miles away from the capital, which made the emperor let down his guard against the Zhang family, but among the 300,000 Zhang generals that year, several of the fierce generals who were called butchers in the army also went to Jiangling.