Chapter 549: Invitation for a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy
Chapter 549 A treat from the Hanlin Academy scholar
As a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Chen Geng was a high-ranking official, exactly the same as Zhang Juzheng.
It is a strange thing for a person like him to invite a fourth-rank official, and it is even more strange to invite him into a home instead of the Hanlin Academy.
You need to know that when court officials treat guests or invite people into their homes, they do not show any signs of being out of touch!
Lin Su nodded: "Master Li, please!"
Li Qingyang smiled happily: "Mr. Lin, the carriage of the Chen family is waiting outside the door, please!"
The two walked out side by side, with Li Zhiyuan following a few steps behind. Lin Su waved her hand behind her, signaling him to go back and get on the carriage.
The horses' hooves clattered as they galloped towards the south of the city.
Chen Geng's Chen Mansion is under the city wall in the south of the city, surrounded by ginkgo trees. At this time of year, the ginkgo has long lost its greenness and golden color, but it cannot stand up to the tall and neat ginkgo trees. The fallen leaves around Chen Mansion are also neat and tidy.
There is some scenery.
The carriage stopped and Lin Su got off the carriage.
In front of the gate is a huge gate tower. On the gate tower, there is a line of large characters engraved: Grand Scholar's Palace, with the word Chen below.
The middle door slowly opened. Inside the middle door, an old man looked at Lin Su with a smile on his face.
He really didn't dare to taste the eight-hundred-year-old tea, but when the tea entered his throat, a completely different aroma lingered on his tongue for a long time. It seemed that this eight-hundred-year-old tea was really not what he imagined.
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Three courtyards and one pavilion.
On the hill behind White Deer Academy, an old man raised his head and stared quietly in the direction of Nancheng: "The history books collapsed, the history of history was destroyed! What kind of disaster did Bachelor Chen Geng encounter?"
Capital culture, four pillars.
Lin Su thanked him and sat across from him.
"Historians are human beings too!"
Chen Gengdao: "Eight years ago, I started to retreat to the world of enlightenment. In eight years, I only came out of retreat seven times. The seven times I came out of retreat, I saw only a dozen people. It's embarrassing to say that even your Majesty, I
We only met a few times by chance eight years ago. At that time, His Majesty was just Prince Ning. The world has changed, history has changed, romance has gone with the black hair, and endless sadness has accompanied the gray hair. Isn't it painful?"
Countless books were stacked on top of each other, seemingly stretching from their feet to the end of the sky. They were all very old, and the whole house gave off an air of vicissitudes of life.
This man was only wearing casual clothes. His hair was already gray, but his mental state was excellent. He had very few wrinkles on his face. Although the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were deeper, they were symmetrical and neat on both sides.
There are no tea leaves in this teapot!
This is the difference between literati etiquette and official etiquette.
Chen Gengdao: "Historical data is both a lesson and a revelation today. What happens today will also be historical data in the coming year. There is something new that happened, and I would like to ask Grandmaster Lin for help."
Lin Su's heart moved slightly: "Where is the pain?"
He suddenly discovered that the history he had studied all his life might not be the true nature of history at all.
There are only two people, like sculptures, sitting quietly among thousands of history books.
He wants to sweep all the mainstream literary and moral circles in three courtyards and one pavilion by himself!
If it was an official gift, Chen wouldn't be able to give him a gift in return because their levels were too different.
As soon as Lin Su entered Chen Geng's study, she immediately felt that the surroundings were completely quiet.
Including the detail of the wide opening of the central door, he also felt it.
Suddenly, there were many strange images in the Grand Scholar's Mansion, and countless phantoms of history books rolled up and down in the air, constantly collapsing and reborn.
"People say that Grandmaster Lin's poetry is peerless, but what I am most interested in is Grandmaster Lin's erudition." Chen Geng smiled softly.
But it's different for literati. Just one sentence from Master Lin brought the two of them to the same platform.
The situation in the Grand Master's Mansion is just a strange sight, not a strange sound. Ordinary people around Nancheng are completely indifferent, and everyone in the city is also indifferent, but top-notch literary experts are not included.
Countless books are swaying...
The question is short, and the answer is also short. Two sentences, adding up to ten words.
Lin Su followed him through the nine-curved corridor and went straight into the study.
"Lin Su!" The old man spit out two words from his throat: "First destroy our White Deer Academy, and then destroy the Hanlin Academy. Does this guy really want to sweep away the literary circles of the capital?"
He met the great scholar with the etiquette of a scholar, because the great scholar was not wearing official uniform at the moment, and he was meeting guests at home, so it was only etiquette to meet him with the etiquette of a scholar.
Lin Su strode past and bowed deeply: "Student Lin Su, please see the Grand Bachelor!"
"Grandmaster Lin, do you have any feelings after entering this place?" Chen Geng smiled faintly.
Lin Su felt these details.
Chen Geng returned the greeting: "Master Lin has come to his humble abode in person, and the walls will be illuminated! Please!"
There was a sudden vibration in the study room...
"Shi, can you whitewash it?"
"Grandmaster, don't worry." Lin Su smiled softly: "Da Cang's Taishi Ling is smart and capable, and his writing is brilliant. How could he make such a low-level mistake? The history recorded in his pen cannot be expressed in this way."
Could this be his preparation for Ding Jiye's release from prison tomorrow?
"Grandmaster Lin, please sit down!" Chen Geng gently guided him with his hand.
Chen Geng raised his eyes: "When I came out of seclusion this time, I was surprised to hear that a top literary genius had emerged in the world. I was very relieved, so I sent someone to invite him. It was not until today that I really got my wish. I am so happy.
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He had already reached the edge of the literary world, but now he has retreated. With this retreat, the literary world will be far away.
Today is the eighteenth day of the winter month, and tomorrow will be the nineteenth day of the winter month. When he said that Ding Jiye was released on the nineteenth day of the winter month, he was talking about tomorrow.
"Exactly!" Chen Geng said with a smile: "This study room is three hundred years old, the books on the shelves are at least a hundred years old, the chair you are sitting on is four hundred years old, and this tea set is eight hundred years old! The fragrance of tea you smell
, is not today’s tea, but the essence of tea ceremony for hundreds of years.”
"How can a student dare to be such a great bachelor? Let's take tea instead of wine and give a toast to the bachelor!" Lin Su held up the tea cup and took a sip.
Chen Geng gently pressed his hand, and the small red clay pot began to boil water. The fragrance was fragrant. This fragrant tea fragrance was completely different from ordinary tea, and it was full of richness.
Now, he destroyed Chen Geng of the Hanlin Academy again.
He really wanted to tell the old man in front of him that some things are indeed better as they get older, but that does not include tea. I still like to drink fresh tea. I don’t drink overnight tea, let alone tea that has been 800 years old.
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In the backyard, a window suddenly opened, and a young woman was surprised: Is grandpa’s literary world going to be established?
The girl next to her has bright eyes. It must be that the master has been in seclusion for so many years and it must be a good sign for him to have this vision.
This shook his literary foundation!
But in a study room in the middle courtyard, a young man's face was full of panic. Because he was a scholar, he knew clearly that this was not a good omen at all, but a bad omen. Grandpa's literary foundation had suffered a fatal blow.
Lin Su still needs to show his gratitude...
Chen Geng raised his hand and poured the boiling water from the pot into the teacup in front of Lin Su.
At Green Willow Villa, Zhang Juzheng and Qu Wendong were drinking tea. At this moment, they looked up at the same time. They had the same feeling. Lin Su entered Chen Geng's residence. In the blink of an eye, such a collapse of history appeared in Chen Geng's residence.
What does the vision of destruction mean? It means that Lin Su has already taken action. He points directly at Chen Geng’s literary foundation and wants to destroy Chen Geng!
"I really feel that the study room of the great scholar is full of vicissitudes and richness of history!"
It’s just a pot of clean water. Once the water is boiled in this pot, the tea will have its own aroma. This is because this teapot was made eight hundred years ago and the tea dirt inside has accumulated over time...
All this pointed in a direction, and Chen Geng sent him a signal, or an olive branch.
What does this convey?
He, Chen Geng, is not from His Majesty’s side, and he has absolutely nothing to do with His Majesty!
It can even be said that he hates being in court!
However, facing such a large number of bachelors, it was not easy for Lin Su to test easily.
In the early stage, he fought the White Deer Battle and completely suppressed the White Deer Academy. To this day, the White Deer Academy is leaderless.
Lin Su felt a little bit sour in his teeth, but he forced himself to hold it back.
The study doesn't look big from the outside, but it's surprisingly big inside.
Silently, a middle-aged scholar in white appeared in front of him: "Thank you, my mentor, Lin Su entered the Chen University Scholar's House half an hour ago!"
Chen Gengdao said: "In July of the eighth year of Yuanjia, Da Cang Helan City was lost, and the souls of 30,000 elite soldiers were cut off at the border. This was caused by the collusion between Zhou Ze, the commander of Long City, and Da Yu. Ding Jiye, then the Minister of War, was sent to the prison for this reason. There was no evidence found in this year.
On the 19th day of the winter lunar month, he was acquitted and his official position was restored to his original position! I don’t know how future generations will comment on this statement when it is printed in the "Da Cang Major Events"."
Chen Geng's face became a little gloomy: "How would you describe it?"
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"In his writings, His Majesty made prompt decisions, killed traitors, drove out enemy bandits, restored four towns, and even saw thousands of miles away, pardoned the wise minister Ding Jiye who was unjustly imprisoned... The people of later generations were moved to tears, and everyone respected this fengqing.
In this great era of righteousness, I regret not being born in this generation."
"Grandmaster, you're welcome!"
He swept across the four pillars of the capital's literary circles and elevated himself to the top of the capital's literary ranks. With such great authority, he commanded the support of the people in the city and disrupted the situation in Tianlao?
Chen Geng gently opened the lid of the teapot, and something surprising happened.
"Grand Master, please speak."
"Master Lin, I am a historian. People who compile history are particularly sensitive to historical materials. But do you know that people who compile history are actually painful people."
He is a historian, and he regards history as his life. He does not dare to despise every word in the history book. But with Lin Su's short words today, his worldview collapsed!
Chen Geng's face was as dark as water, and his eyes were changing a lot.
Lin Su's heart skipped a beat.
The rich fragrance filled the whole study room.
In Chen Geng's study, pieces of history books collapsed. Chen Geng's white hair seemed to have increased by half in an instant, but the two of them still sat quietly, seeming to be completely blind to this spectacle. They also ignored the arrival of countless people outside the study.
Totally turning a blind eye...
"Historical records are drawn up, and everyone likes them, respects them because of their virtues, hates them because of their treachery, their blood is boiling because of their grand ambitions, and they sigh because of their treacherous ministers and rebels. Countless people have participated in it, including holy lords, famous generals, celebrities, and common people.
The masses, all living beings..." Lin Su's voice seemed to be repeated thousands of times in the history books, and his topic suddenly changed: "But do you know, as a great scholar, that everyone is a participant in history, and everyone is actually a participant in history?
The founder, the Holy Lord is, the famous general is, the celebrity is, you and I can be too!"
Chen Geng slowly opened his eyes: "What do you mean?"
"We can't choose history, but we can create history. Instead of waiting for others to whitewash the peace, why not write a history without regrets ourselves?"