"Master Wu, the so-called love for the house and the bird means that the people love the Holy One, and I have gained some glory. The people of Hangzhou all respect the Holy One. When Master Wu goes back, he should report to the Holy One the admiration of the people of Hangzhou." Guo Bing said calmly.
road.
"Yes, what the prince said is absolutely true." Wu Chunlai sneered in his heart. The prince he said was a little panicked. The explanation was just a cover-up. What's the use of covering up? He didn't want to call the prince thousands of years old to all the people today.
Report the situation to the police? You are trying to win people's hearts in Hangzhou. What's the use of sophistry?
"Your Majesty, Mr. Wu, it's better to sit down and talk. It's two strokes above the moon and it's getting late." Yan Zheng solemnly reminded from the side.
"Yes, yes, take your seats, take your seats. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. You don't have to be restrained. You can sit wherever you like. Oh, by the way, Mr. Wu, I heard that you are a student of Fang Dunru, the principal of Songshan Academy in Hangzhou. Is that right? I don't know. You met."
Have you become your mentor?" Guo Bing asked with a smile.
Wu Chunlai's face turned red and he cursed secretly in his heart. This was the second time someone wanted to expose his scars in person. It seemed that these people were well aware of the past events between him and Fang Dunru.
"Isn't this to welcome the prince? The prince will sit down for a moment, and then he will go to pay homage to his mentor." Wu Chunlai cupped his hands and said.
"Hahaha, okay, I've heard that Mr. Wu respects his teachers, and when I saw him today, it turned out to be true. He should be regarded as a role model." Guo Bing walked towards the table and seat with a smile, feeling very proud. Just now Guo Bing
He almost forgot to poke Wu Chunlai's sore spot. Now that he finally pointed it out, Guo Bing felt happy when he saw Wu Chunlai's embarrassed look. It was also repayment for the vague threat in Wu Chunlai's words just now.
Killed with one stone.
Guo Bing and his son took their seats, and all the officials took their seats one after another. The VIP seats quickly became quiet. Everyone's eyes were turned to the three water stages in front of them. The oiran competition should start soon.
Guo Kun noticed something strange, frowned and whispered: "What the hell is Lin Jue doing? Why is our stage in Hangzhou still covered with black cloth? Is it not finished yet?"
Guo Bing had also seen this scene a long time ago and couldn't help but frown.
Guo Caiwei was also a little worried. She knew the process of debugging and later decoration and installation of the stage. There were a lot of things to install, and the time was really tight. In the evening, she had to leave the scene and go back to the palace to shower and change clothes.
She came here with her father and brother, so she didn't know the progress.
"Maybe... it's still being debugged. I believe Lin Jue will arrange it soon." The little princess said softly.
"Hmph. I heard that he insists on demolishing the floating platform and rebuilding it. If he can't do it in time, will he borrow the floating platforms from Jiangning Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture? Is it possible that he is demolishing our floating platform on purpose? To embarrass us?"
Guo Kun said coldly.
"Brother!" Guo Caiwei said in a sweet voice, "What are you talking about? He hasn't slept for several days and is as busy as a spinning top, but you say such things, why don't you give people chills?"
Guo Kun shouted: "So what if Lin Jue works hard? What we want is results. Don't always speak for him."
Guo Bing frowned and said: "Kun'er, don't be mean to your sister, and don't say these things. Don't talk nonsense in front of others. Wei'er, you should also pay attention to your words and deeds. I don't think Lin Jue will make any mistakes. I
I still have confidence in him. Thinking about the things he has done in the past, he is definitely not a person without any ideas."
As soon as Guo Bing finished speaking, the little princess suddenly pointed forward and shouted: "It's time to remove the curtain, it's time to remove the curtain. It seems it's done."
Guo Bing and his son looked up, and sure enough, the curtain surrounding the tall stage was falling off from the top, and they were all evacuated in a matter of seconds. However, what was disappointing was that the entire stage was dimly lit and dark, not at all what they imagined.
It looks like a cluster of colorful flowers.
"Is this the stage he created? Just like this? Big is big, tall is tall, but what's the use? It's over, I'm afraid I'm going to make a fool of myself tonight." Guo Kun said angrily.
Guo Kun's disappointment was also the disappointment of all the people in Hangzhou who were present. They also saw what the stage looked like after the curtain was lifted. Several lanterns hung on the stage and swayed, and it was so dark that no one could clearly see the scene on the stage.
This scene is really shabby. Especially compared with the other two floating platforms with bright lights on both sides, it is completely different. The other ones have colorful lights flashing and red silk flying, but the Hangzhou mansion has a lone lantern waving, like it is unfinished.
The dilapidated building stands in the water, which is simply embarrassing.
The people in the crowd from Jiangning Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion were so happy. When they were covered with black cloth, they thought the stage in Hangzhou Mansion was special and full of room for imagination. However, after uncovering it, it turned out to be like this.
It was really hilarious. Many people couldn't help but jeered again, which triggered angry curses from the people in Hangzhou next to them. If it weren't for the angry Ning Haijun soldiers standing in the middle with whips crackling in their hands, there would have been another fight between the two sides.
Fight.
…
At this moment, Wu Chunlai was standing on a separate floating platform in front of the VIP seat, where the judges' seat was. Sitting in front of him was his former mentor Fang Dunru. In fact, Wu Chunlai had never come to Hangzhou.
He planned to meet Fang Dunru. He actually felt ashamed that he had betrayed his mentor eighteen years ago. After all, he was also a scholar. He had read a lot of books about saints and sages, so he still had some sense of shame. However, Wu Chunlai
But I don't regret my original decision.
I want to get ahead and don't want to do nothing. What's wrong with this? At first, my teacher was determined not to help me stay in the capital, so I had to find another way. If it's just right or wrong, I was certainly wrong to betray Fang Dunru.
Is it not wrong for Fang Dunru to be old-fashioned and pedantic and refuse to think about his own future? What's wrong with working for his own future? In this world, if you want to get ahead, how can you make a simple right or wrong decision?
If you have high ambitions and the teacher refuses to help you, then don’t blame yourself for trying to reach a higher level.
Now his position in the court is stable. Although he is just a minister, his words in the court actually have considerable weight. In time, he will be able to take a further step. It is only a matter of time before he becomes the prime minister. On the other hand, the teacher lives in the mountains.
He just became a mountain captain. If I hadn't made that choice, would I have gone with him and come here to be a college professor? That would be ridiculous. In a sense, my own
Betraying his master that time was actually the wisest decision he made in his life.
But these are all inner thoughts. After all, that incident was disgraceful. It was despicable to betray the teacher and steal the poems and essays written by the teacher in private as evidence to frame the teacher. The teacher did not expose these actions of his own.
, I am still very grateful. So, in fact, Wu Chunlai has been making some amends and efforts, hoping to bridge the relationship between Fang Dunru and Fang Dunru. Not for anything else, but hoping that this kind of goodwill can appease Fang Dunru.
Well, it prevents him from making the details of his betrayal to the world public. This can be regarded as a small lever for him to catch himself.
Of course, even if Fang Dunru tells what happened back then, he doesn't care. If the incident really comes out, he can completely deny it, or say that it is an act of righteousness and annihilation of relatives, and he refuses to go along with Fang Dunru.
That's why I reported him. But if it really happened, public opinion would inevitably boil and both sides would be hurt. Some nosy guys in the court would also make a fuss, and they might not be able to get a better deal. So it's best to appease them. It's best.
Everyone was in peace, and no one mentioned the past.
But now that I come to Hangzhou, I have to face Fang Dunru, which is a bit embarrassing.
"Teacher, my disciple Wu Chunlai has met the teacher. After a long separation, is the teacher still in good health, and is the wife still in good health?" While the prince and his son were still pointing out the ugly water stage in Hangzhou Mansion, Wu Chunlai asked
He came to the judging table alone and saluted his former mentor.
Fang Dunru folded his arms and looked away with a frosty face, as if what was standing in front of him was not a person, but transparent air.
"Teacher, the student knows that you are still angry with me. The student's behavior back then was indeed wrong, but the student has been asking for your forgiveness for so many years. Every year, I order people to send gifts to honor the teacher and my wife. This is also the sincerity of the student.
Ah. Why can't you let go of your worries for so long?" Wu Chunlai said in a low voice.
Fang Dunru's eyes fell on Wu Chunlai's face from the distant lake, and he shouted in a cold voice: "Wu Chunlai, the relationship between you and me as master and disciple has long been severed. In eighteen years, you are you and I am me. Don't say it one by one."
Teacher, I can't bear it. Everyone has their own ambitions and cannot force it. I have never had any difficulty in letting go of you. I don't blame you for your actions back then. I only blame myself for my poor vision and not recognizing your nature. You
I confiscated all the gifts you sent me and threw them all under the cliff behind the academy. I can't bear the gifts you sent me, and I can't say whether I forgive you or not. You don't have to come to see me. In my heart,
You no longer exist, do you understand?"
Wu Chunlai's face changed color, and his heart was filled with shame and anger. Fang Dunru did not scold himself, but these few words were even more unacceptable than scolding himself. Contempt and indifference are a hundred times more hurtful than beating and scolding. In Fang Dunru's words
, full of contempt and indifference, which made Wu Chunlai, who was already narrow-minded, prepared to be humiliated.
"teacher!"
"I said, I'm not your teacher. Mr. Wu, please don't come here to disturb me. I'm here to be the judge of the oiran competition. Don't delay my business. Please stand aside and don't block me.
Sight." Fang Dunru waved his hands as if to shoo away a buzzing green-headed fly.
Wu Chunlai stood up straight, his face turned cold, and he said softly: "Teacher, no matter what, you have taught me a favor, and I still respect you. I don't want to have such a trouble with the teacher. In the final analysis, I am still the teacher."
He refuses to seek a future for his students. The students have no choice but to do that. Even if you blame me, I can't do anything about it. Teacher, now the student can be regarded as a person, and his words have some weight in front of Prime Minister Lu. I know that the teacher actually wants to
To do something for the court, the teacher is not the kind of person who lives in seclusion in the mountains and forests. If the teacher has any ideas, you can come to me. The student will do his best to intercede for the teacher and ask Prime Minister Lu to arrange a position for the teacher.
It’s a reward…”
Before Wu Chunlai finished speaking, he saw Fang Dunru waving his head sideways and shouting at the same time: "Lin Jue, is that you? Come on, come on."
