The next day, Su Zheng led three disciples to the Hanlin Academy to organize books and do volunteer work. After reading at midnight, they entered the gate. Someone smiled and greeted him: "Master Su, you came earlier today."
Su Zheng also cupped his hands and said, "Good morning, Master Mei."
When Jia Huan and Jia Cong heard this surname, they couldn't help but raise their heads and look at him. He was a middle-aged uncle, and he looked really good. I thought his son would be good too. As soon as they appeared, many people gathered around them. Su Zheng guessed
Probably because the disciples showed their faces yesterday, I couldn't help but smile, it was very useful.
Jia Huan rolled his eyes a few times, then quietly pulled Jia Cong and said, "Cong'er, look at these people, they are all staring at Brother Yao'er."
Jia Cong said: "That's right. He already received a lot of praise yesterday."
Jia Huan squeezed his fleshy palm and said, "The way you look at them is like my aunt looking at my father."
Jia Cong shuddered and hurriedly raised his head and looked around. Sure enough, all the young, middle-aged and old people surrounding them were looking at Yao'er with smiles, just like a pack of wolves staring at the young meat. They hurriedly whispered to Jia Huan: "
Most of them have sisters and daughters, and they are attracted by brother Yaoer."
It turns out that Su Zheng's granddaughter is very young and has not yet thought about getting married. However, the other adults have been thinking about this volunteer gathering for many days. Those who have daughters to be married have discussed it countless times in advance, and even asked each other about their colleagues' preparations for marriage.
Depending on the age and conduct of the children and grandchildren who came here, the three-day volunteer service was a blind date meeting for many Hanlin families. Therefore, all the young people yesterday were dressed in bright clothes because there was no guarantee that one of the adults would become their father-in-law. Going back in the evening, every household
Everyone is talking about the various young people they saw in the Hanlin Academy. Although young talents are everywhere, many people regard Yao'er as a desirable uncle.
First, Yao'er has a calm temperament and is very talented. He also worshiped Su Zheng, a great Confucian, as his teacher, and has a promising future; second, everyone agrees that Jia Cong and Jia Huan are his cousins, and Jia Cong follows Jia Cong as his disciple.
Judging from his father's talent and learning, Yao'er's father must be good too; thirdly, his uncle actually gave Su Zheng such a valuable mink fur coat. From this, we can know that their family is wealthy, generous and kind.
The three of them themselves are extremely simple; fourthly, the family of merchants is originally inferior to the family of scholars and eunuchs. His two younger brothers are both good people and listen to his words. If his daughter marries him, he will definitely live a comfortable life.
Although Jia Cong showed his cleverness twice, no one looked down on him because he specialized in shooting off points. On the contrary, even though Jia Huan was young, honest and cute, a few people cared about him.
Today, many people came on the orders of their wives and mothers, so the four masters and disciples were surrounded as soon as they entered the house. Su Zheng didn't think about this at all, and was still chatting with others.
As if he sensed that others also had plans, Mei Hanlin winked at a close colleague, who took the lead in pulling Su Zheng aside and asked: "Master Su, I wonder if your disciple Jarvis has negotiated a marriage?
"
Su Zheng was stunned, and suddenly understood why his colleagues were like this today, and became even more happy. He knew clearly that Yao'er had not yet discussed the marriage, but he pretended to be thoughtful and said hypocritically: "I don't know this, I'm afraid I have to get it."
Ask his father."
The man then smiled and said: "Master Mei has a daughter who is gentle and gentle. I heard that she is very good-looking and about the same age as Weiss. He met Weiss yesterday and liked her very much. I have a lot of things to do here.
, I hope Mr. Su can help me to ask, I will also get two money to thank the matchmaker."
If he was talking about other families, that's fine. Last night, Jia Cong was sitting in the carriage chatting, which made Su Zheng mistakenly think that the Mei family was quite utilitarian. He couldn't help but frown and said: "It's just that I remember hearing his father say before,
If you don’t want him to get married early, it’s important to study with peace of mind first.”
The man said: "Since the children are still young, we just need to discuss it first and there is no rush to get married."
Su Zheng sighed: "To be honest, he has an older brother. Because his family was poor a few years ago, he has not found a suitable daughter-in-law."
The man snarled and stamped his feet: "It seems that this matter is not suitable for the time being." The elder brother did not want to discuss the marriage, and it was really inconvenient for the younger brother to discuss it first.
Su Zheng said: "The child is still young, but he has a long life ahead of him."
The man nodded, exchanged some pleasantries, turned around and told Mei Hanlin to go. Although Mei Hanlin was a little sorry after hearing this, he had nothing to complain about.
Later, several people came to Su Zheng to ask about Yao'er's marriage. Since they had already rejected the Mei family before, it was inconvenient to say anything else, so they had to reject them all based on his brother's excuse. The old man secretly regretted that the excuse was too real.
A little more.
When the young people started working on the book again, Jia Congfang realized that his three brothers were still too simple. Today, there were very few young people wearing Chinese clothes, and they chatted more. Yesterday, there were many people calling friends.
We are old acquaintances; just looking at those who came here to talk to Yao'er today, it was obvious that they were trying to win over each other. But there were still no sincere ones and no provocative ones. So he quietly said to Jia Huan: "I've had a good sleep tonight."
Yes, I want to come and see the fun tomorrow."
Jia Huan hurriedly asked: "What should we prepare for tomorrow?"
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "We are too young, let's live in peace. Brother Yao'er has been attracted by someone, so don't be too ostentatious."
Jia Huan was a do-it-yourself person, so he said, "Okay, let's prepare some snacks and watch the show."
Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth: "Brother Huan, just wait, sooner or later you will be as fat as me!"
Therefore, today they are both very calm and follow Yao'er obediently.
It was an uneventful day. When leaving the Hanlin Academy, Jia Cong shook his head in the carriage and said: "It's so boring today, not even a bit of fun."
Seeing that they were much more honest today, Su Zheng nodded and told Mei Hanlin and other trustees about Yao'er's marriage.
Jia Huan was so frightened that he sat up: "Thank you sir for finding a good excuse! If brother Baoyu really steals their daughter-in-law in the future, the two families may be embarrassed."
Jia Cong also said: "Brother Yao'er has not proposed marriage in recent years. You are still hiding in the abyss. It will not be too late to discuss marriage when you see the dragon in the field."
Su Zheng thought the same thing. He was afraid that his family background and young age would hinder the marriage plan now, so he said: "Well, it's better to discuss it later when he has gained fame." With one word, countless matchmakers would have a better future.
It's blocked.
Back at Rongguo Mansion, Jia Cong and Yao'er walked slowly into the courtyard. Yao'er said: "The past two days have been so chaotic that I couldn't even check if there were any books that Mr. Lin wanted. Even if I found them, I could copy them.
I'm afraid there won't be enough time in one day and you two will still be slow to write."
Jia Cong curled his lips: "Brother Yaoer is too honest. Copying books for a day is just an excuse to check the catalog! Otherwise, do you think I am doing so much to come up with ideas to help the Hanlin Academy organize books? There are too many books.
Wow~~ It’s not possible if we don’t find someone to help sort it out. We can check it out ourselves. The three of us will each be responsible for checking the catalogs of several study rooms. If there is anything Sister Lin wants, we will copy it and then go to the site.
Take a look and remember where to put it."
Yao'er was startled.
Jia Cong said: "My good brother, my dear brother! Your father and I are both Green Forest people now. Whenever you know where the book is, you can go to it at night when the moon is dark and the wind is high, and you can copy it slowly.
Wouldn't it be enough to just put them back at night when the moon is dark and the wind is high? These books are hard to find, and not many people want to read them. If they disappear for a few days, no one will notice."
Yao'er couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It's hard for you to come."
Jia Cong said proudly: "Stealing books cannot be considered stealing! Besides, we are just borrowing them temporarily for copying."
After a while, Yao'er thought about it and laughed again: "We are all descendants of the Green Forest." Yin sighed, "The general looks completely different from the one I saw at home in the early years."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Everyone has a talent. If you force people to do other things regardless of their talent, it will probably not work. Only by following the path where the talent lies can you not delay yourself.
.My father didn’t look very good in the past. He was in the wrong profession. He was not a loyal minister and a dutiful son. Look at him now that he is the leader of the green forest, isn’t he even better?"
Yao'er was speechless. For a long time, he pointed at him and shook his head and said, "I don't know where you learned all these fallacies, but you can't refute them!"
Jia Cong smiled and went back to the house.
The next day, since they were prepared to be low-key, courteous and unobtrusive, Cheng Zhen went a little late. They met acquaintances at the entrance of the Hanlin Academy. The old chatted with the old, the young exchanged greetings with the young, and a large group of people slowly walked in.
I walked in. Unexpectedly, I saw the Sixth Prince and another imposing middle-aged man standing in the courtyard talking to everyone. I was shocked! Jia Cong grabbed Yao'er's arm before trying to dodge.
In the past, I heard someone shout "Master Su!" The Sixth Prince immediately turned his head and looked over, having a real face-to-face encounter with their master and apprentice.
Fortunately, Jia Cong's acting skills were pretty good. He pretended not to recognize him and just followed Su Zheng in confusion. Yao'er had a smile on his face and looked calm. Su Zhengnai led his disciples over to see him and introduced him: "You two
Your Majesty, this is a scoundrel." He then said to them, "These two are the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince."
Although Jia Huan participated in the conspiracy, he had never seen the real master before and was shocked when he heard this. Jia Cong also opened his mouth wide and turned his head to look at Yao'er with Jia Huan in shock. Yao'er's expression did not move at all.
He led the two of them forward and bowed politely. Jia Cong secretly twitched the corner of his mouth. Yao'er's acting skills were still monotonous, and he only had a straight poker face, but now there are two types of poker faces: smiling and not smiling.
The Sixth Prince had already recognized Yao'er as the talented young man he couldn't find, and he also recognized Jia Cong. His eyes widened with laughter, and he quickly asked Su Zheng, "Do you know the name of this great disciple?"
Su Zheng said: "My last name is Jarvis and my last name is Weiss."
The Sixth Prince nodded repeatedly: "Weiss is majestic and has an extraordinary appearance. I think he must have a great talent within him."
Yao'er bowed and said, "Students are not very talented and have little knowledge. They do not deserve praise from the prince."
The Sixth Prince added: "Weis looks very familiar to Gu Jian, as if he has seen her before somewhere."
Yao'er said with a smile: "The student has met the prince, but the noble prince often forgets things and is afraid that he will not recognize the student."
The Sixth Prince hurriedly said: "Weiss is well-groomed, how can I not recognize him? I just said he looked familiar. Does Weiss remember where we met?"
Yao'er said: "That year, the business firm where my father was looking for a job opened, and I happened to be there to help. It happened that the prince had come with his friends to watch the lion dance. I thought it would be inconvenient to show off by wearing a white dragon fish suit, so I never mentioned that you were the prince."
On the day the Taiping Escort Bureau opened, the Sixth Prince went with Jia Zhen to find Jia She but was unable to find him. He was in a bad mood. How could he remember a boy running errands? Therefore, he did not recognize him in Ningguo Mansion that day. Now that he mentioned it, he remembered:
"Yes, the shopkeeper asked you to invite your boss..." Then he immediately went to see Jia Cong. When he saw the boy lowering his head to hide his panic, he smiled and asked Su Zheng, "Where is your little disciple?"
Su Zheng introduced the two younger ones again, and they quickly bowed again. At this moment, both of them felt calm. You looked at me and I looked at you, pretending to be panicked, but actually they were both.
I know that the other party is also pretending.
Su Zheng thought they were scared, and felt funny in his heart. One of these two boys was usually as bold as a fight, and the other was deaf and mute. It turned out that they would still be scared when they saw the prince. He quickly said: "They are both young, so I'm afraid they are a little rude.
I hope the prince will forgive me."
The Sixth Prince smiled and waved his hands and said: "Where can I take care of this? Look at the tiger-headed and tiger-like heads of these two young masters. They are both blessed. I like them very much." Then he saw Yao'er standing calmly behind Su Zheng and thought to himself, it turns out that he is
Jia She is the son of the shopkeeper of the Escort Bureau. I heard that the Taiping Escort Bureau did not do much business, but it was to support his group of soldiers. It is such a coincidence that the shopkeeper is also named Jia. Anyway, now that he knows his name and origin, he is not afraid.
No one was to be found, and this was no place for conversation, and the days were long. So he looked at her happily for a while, complimented him a few times, and then turned to others.
When the fourth prince saw that he had finally finished greeting the master and apprentice, he praised him a few times and let them go.
After leaving the two princes, Jia Huan immediately grabbed Yao'er's hand and said, "Brother Yao'er, I'm sweating!"
Yao'er smiled and said, "Me too."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Brother Huan is the timidest, but I'm not afraid."
Jia Huan hummed: "Who knows if you are afraid in your heart?" He then asked Yao'er: "But now that he has been discovered, won't he come to find you?"
Yao'er said: "I think it is inevitable to meet again. We will discuss it when we go back. Soldiers will come to block the water and cover up the soil. I am not even a scholar now, so studying is more important." Yin followed Su Zheng to the lobby.
The Sixth Prince accompanied the Fourth Prince and pretended to be courteous and virtuous corporals for a while, then they found Gao Hanlin and asked him if he knew about the situation of Su Zheng's disciples.
Gao Hanlin then recounted the events of the past two days in detail and said: "Although it was the little fat guy who attracted the most attention the day before, in my opinion, the most powerful person is the young man."
The Sixth Prince praised: "I feel the same way."
Gao Hanlin hurriedly praised "Your Majesty's wise eyes!" and explained, "That little fat guy is very smart, but he has an unbearable temper. But yesterday he suddenly became very well-behaved, and he was completely different from the other day. I watched Mr. Su treat him
He is also quite doting, and he probably has less restraint than usual. Therefore, I guess it was Mr. Jarvis who went back to teach him a lesson in the evening."
The Sixth Prince nodded repeatedly. He also thought that what happened that day was because Yao'er treated himself as a ship waiting to be sunk and ordered the child to deceive Jia Zhen. Jia Cong was the son of his father's employer, so he was able to be subdued by him! It's really amazing.
.In fact, this is a person's subjective consciousness. In his heart, he first regards Yao'er as a great talent, and sees him as better than ordinary people in every aspect. Children who are more fond of pinching points are always disliked by their elders. He can't help but turn his head and look at where they are going.
: "Jarvis is a man of his own opinion. If you want to get his service, I'm afraid it won't be easy."
Gao Hanlin hurriedly said: "Yesterday, many people also fell in love with him. I heard that there is an elder brother in his family who has not discussed marriage. It is inconvenient for him to overstep his bounds. Each family has not agreed."
The Sixth Prince waved his hand and said: "This kind of person cannot be conquered by promising a few decent marriages. That's all, I have my own opinion."
Gao Hanlin responded quickly.
In the lobby, it was indeed different from the previous two days. There were more and more people talking loudly, and there were people reciting poems and writing poems everywhere, which attracted people to watch the excitement and gathered around several tables. Only Yao'er led his two junior brothers around.
Busy dividing books, Jia Huan didn't take in the excitement and didn't eat any snacks. There were also some people who didn't like gossip and didn't care about fame, so they concentrated on working with them.
The Sixth Prince looked on and told Gao Hanlin: "Those who only care about dividing books and do not show off their talents or join in the fun have quietly inquired about it. Write a list for me in the evening."
Gao Hanlin said curiously: "In the past two days, none of the children showed off their talents and learning. Everyone had already guessed that there would be a literary gathering today. You adults understand this. I'm afraid most of them are incompetent. Why does the prince appreciate them?"
The Sixth Prince sighed: "After all, understanding from the heart is understanding from the heart. They were originally here to volunteer to organize the book, but now they are busy with other things. This is like violating military orders."
Gao Hanlin was startled: "My lord, you are serious. The original intention of this matter was to allow the children to get to know each other better."
The Sixth Prince shook his head: "No. This matter was done to sort out the books for the Hanlin Academy." He walked out with his hands behind his back.
On that day, because there were so many people fishing, the books had not been completed. Su Zheng suggested that if you have time tomorrow, you can come back the next day, but if you don’t have time, just come back. Most of the young people are willing to come again. After sorting out the poems they wrote today, there are actually
There are hundreds of poems, and the first one is the best. At that time, it was a good talk among scholars, and there are six or seven outstanding ones that are famous in the world. Naturally, there is no Yao'er among them.
The saint also got a detailed report afterwards, and like the Sixth Prince, he ordered people to check the children who were always busy dividing books. After looking at them for a long time, he looked at Situ Pan with a smile and said: "Su Zheng and Lin Hai have taught three good students."
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Situ Pan said: "Two of them are from Rongguo Mansion, and one is the son of Jia She's personal soldier."
The sage said: "No problem, two common people and one common people."