"Chirp!" Not knowing that there was a weed on his head, the little fox squatted in front of Su Ziji with a serious expression, put down the map and letter, and patted it with his little paw.
puff!
Su Ziji hurriedly suppressed his laughter and picked up the two things under its blank gaze.
It looked like the map was completed by the cooperation of one person and one fox. Su Ziji only glanced at it and put it away first, then picked up the letter and opened it to read. It contained the information collected by the wild Taoists.
The wild Taoist is indeed talented in this area. In a short period of time, he has found out some information that is not very important but is not easy to get.
After reading the information one by one, Su Ziji's ears twitched before he finished reading.
"Someone is coming." He whispered.
As a result, when I looked at the little fox, I found that the little fox had long since disappeared, and the hole it dug had been filled in. Even if I didn't look carefully, I couldn't see anything.
"Brother Su Xian, what a great victory, what a great victory!" Su Ziji had just put the letter away when Shao Sisen opened the curtain and came in, his expression high and inexplicable excitement. Even the voice announcing the victory was very loud and full of joy.
Su Ziji asked: "What great victory?"
"Haha! I just went to relieve myself and passed by the imperial envoy's tent. I happened to see someone shouting "Great Victory" all the way in. They didn't go far away immediately. Guess what? Seventeen cottages surrendered at the same time!"
"Not only that, several of Marshal Qian's generals, including General Qin, took the opportunity to send troops and defeated another group. There were always twenty-three strongholds, which were either surrendered or breached. The entire enemy's mountainous defenses suddenly collapsed. This is
An unprecedented achievement!"
"I originally thought that the generals were a little timid and afraid of death, but they could still fight if they didn't want to!"
Shao Sisen probably thought that victory could be achieved so quickly, so they might as well return to Beijing in advance to catch up with the test. This time, they would be able to get some credit for accompanying them, but they simply didn't lose anything!
Shao Sisen was so happy that he invited Su Ziji directly: "Brother Su Xian, everyone can't sleep now. Do we want to go and take a look? The surrendered village owners are being comforted by the imperial envoy and Marshal Qian. It must be very lively!
"
Su Ziji smiled bitterly and said: "It still doesn't work. I have a headache today and plan to take a rest early. Brother Shao, go and see me. It will be the same if you tell me tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll talk to you tomorrow!" After Shao Sisen finished speaking, he hurried away.
Su Ziji looked at the tent that had regained its calm and smiled.
The reason why he didn't go was not because he had a headache or because he didn't like the excitement. It was purely because it was all planned and not at all what Su Ziji had expected.
Since I had already expected it, I naturally had no interest in watching.
Besides, if you go to watch and your father-in-law sees you, you will be very embarrassed - a real hero meets a fake hero.
Just for this little bit of emotional intelligence, I can’t go.
It's just that although Shao Sisen left, Su Ziji was destined to not be clean tonight, because another person came soon.
"Haha, Brother Su Xian, it's rare for you and me to be clean tonight, why don't we have a drink together?" Jian Qu said to Su Ziji with a smile after people put the food and drinks in.
However, Su Ziji was keenly aware that the smiling and handsome staff member was not in as good a mood as he appeared, and could even be said to be depressed.
"By the way, these are some of my humble works over the years. I'm afraid it's hard for you, dear brother, but after I wrote these, I always wanted to find someone to discuss them and make revisions. Apart from you, I really can't find anyone.
There are others, Su Xiandi, don’t dislike them."
With that said, Jian Qu handed over a few more volumes of books.
"Brother Jian, what are you talking about? You trust me like this, I'm happy before it's too late, how can I dislike it?" Su Ziji said, took it, picked up a volume, opened it and read it carefully.
The first thing that catches the eye are the words.
"Hey, this word means you have worked hard and you are not inferior to me. It's a pity that it is not the Guange style."
Su Ziji's Guange style has been gradually approaching level 10 these days, and he can definitely make an impression in the joint and imperial examinations.
Jian Qu's calligraphy, however, follows the path of personal style - this is the shortcoming of wild scholars, who emphasize individuality rather than commonality.
It is good for scholars to be romantic, but it is difficult to catch the eye of examiners.
After thinking about it carefully, I read the article again. After reading it, I couldn't help but frown. I looked up at this man who had only passed the exam in his forties, and then lowered his head.
Su Ziji was really shocked this time.
"I thought Jian Qu did have some talent before. At least a person with no background or connections can have some face in front of Qian Zhidong. It's not easy."
"Moreover, this person has little talent. He looks smooth, but in fact he is a little noble and self-pitying. He is really not a flatterer."
"This anthology has a lot of energy. Just look at the literary talent. Even if I missed it once or twice, I should have been successful long ago. I don't know why it took so long. Could it be that I was really framed?"
"I understand, this is a wild approach. Although I am not a cardinal, the more exciting it is, the more it goes against orthodoxy, and the more the examiner will frown."
"The path is wrong. The more knowledge you have, the more outrageous it will be!"
"I heard that I couldn't get ahead in this province, and the promotion in Southwest China. I thought it was the commander-in-chief's care. Now I understand, it is probably not the case. It is because the southwest is remote and there are few scholars. Even the examiners will not go too far.
I am obsessed with orthodoxy, but when I see that the article is brilliant, I feel inferior."
"Wild scholars do twice the result with half the effort, ten cents of effort, three cents of effort. How can I be like me? Although I come from a small family, I have absorbed all the county school, government school, formal education methods and talents, and I have not taken any detours. So
That’s how you get twice the result with half the effort.”
"But just because of this, Jian Qu has taken a different path from others. Even I, a level 16, can learn a lot of ideas and nutrients."
"If you can truly communicate with this person, you may gain more than communicating with Cui Shangshu."
"After all, what Cui Shangshu learned is also orthodox. For my current height, the gains can only be regarded as tinkering."
Su Ziji read slowly. Jian Qu, who was drinking alone at the side, had actually been paying attention to Su Ziji's reaction.
Seeing that he was really reading seriously, frowning from time to time, and raising his eyebrows from time to time, nodding with admiration, my heart was filled with mixed emotions.
He really didn't lie to Su Ziji. He wrote these collections of essays himself and rarely showed them to outsiders, because he felt that it was impossible to meet a close friend in this army.
Until Su Ziji finished reading a collection of essays and said to Jian Qu: "This collection of essays is really exquisite. Although the vocabulary is not gorgeous, the reading is very evocative. I wonder if Brother Jian can read the collection aloud and study it with my younger brother?"
"
Jian Qu didn't know about Su Ziji's wild ambitions, so his heart finally dropped. He was indeed right about Su Ziji, he was indeed his confidant.
"Brother Su Xian, this is what I...can't ask for!" When he said this, for a moment, he didn't know where the grievance came from, which made Jian Qu's eyes turn red, and he quickly covered it up by drinking.