Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Five, Please Lecture
Zhang Garden was quite lively that night.
As soon as Zhang Shou returned home, he learned that Zhang Chen was waiting for him. After a few words, he comforted the eldest son of Qin State, who was determined to clean up the family and wash away the shame, and sent him away. Before he had time to eat, Zhang Shou comforted him and sent him away.
Wu came again. After he persuaded the future prince-in-law to leave, Zhang Lu came again...
When these three people who came with the intention of asking for forgiveness and refused to stay for dinner all left, Zhang Shou had already heated up the dinner twice. And when he finally sat down to eat, he moved
With two chopsticks, he heard Wu's obviously cautious voice.
"Ah Shou, if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. It's just a few things stolen or burned by thieves. Don't worry about it. As long as the emperor doesn't blame you, everything else can be thrown away temporarily.
On the side. Anyway, you, your students, and Mr. Zhu Er have created a great situation in Xingtai, Cangzhou. With so many cotton fields, you can still grow colorful cotton."
It was only then that Zhang Shoufang realized that Wu was trying to comfort him! He was dumbfounded and wanted to explain that he was not angry, annoyed or angry at all, and even had the urge to take pleasure in others' misfortunes... However, when he saw
When he saw Wu's worried look, he finally changed his mind.
"Mother, I understand, I listen to you." Zhang Shou smiled at Mrs. Wu, then pointed to the table full of food and said, "But next time something unexpected happens like this, mother, remember not to worry about the guests, just go directly
Just ask someone to come over and tell me that it's time to eat, so that I don't want to keep those guys for dinner, but they refuse to stay, but they also stay there and refuse to leave. I'm sorry that I'm hungry, and the food has been reheated.
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"Anyone who disturbs people from having a good meal should be starved for three days. Let's see if they can choose to talk about business during the meal! The world is huge, but eating is the biggest thing!"
Wu was originally full of worries, but Zhang Shou's teasing interrupted her and she immediately laughed. Seeing Zhang Shou eating deliciously like a whirlwind, she had no appetite at first and her appetite suddenly increased, but she just followed.
Zhang Shou moved his chopsticks a few times and ate less than half a bowl of rice, when the door curtain suddenly opened, and Ah Liu came in right after.
"Madam, Master." Ah Liu glanced at the dining table, which was obviously not finished yet. He had already been sent to the kitchen by Zhang Shou to eat first, and then he coughed and said, "Someone from the palace has sent word that in three days, the four
The mountain leader is going to the Imperial College to give lectures, and then..."
Ah Liu glanced at Zhang Shou who continued to eat without raising his head. Then he thought about the original words of the visitor, and then repeated them word for word: "Dr. Zhang, please prepare well.
All the supervisors of the Imperial College gave a lecture on arithmetic. On that day, the emperor had issued a decree, granting permission for those who were in Beijing to have the title of a scholar or above to attend the lecture."
Are there people who are famous in Beijing? How many people are there? Can the Imperial College accommodate it? Are there any amplification equipment these days? Is it necessary for people to shout until their throats are broken? Fortunately, during the year he has been a teacher, he has practiced Qi in the morning, otherwise he would have gone back.
Maybe the sound can’t be heard even a few steps away!
"It's really troublesome! What is this, a rehearsal before the banquet?" Thinking of this, Zhang Shou finally put down his chopsticks, rubbed his temples with a headache, and then thought irritably that in future generations there will be many outstanding people in literature and history, but unable to do anything in mathematics.
students who are partial to science, not to mention today's era where literature, history and philosophy are emphasized, and mathematics, physics and chemistry are suppressed to the point where there is no room for them at all.
What should he tell these people? If he talks too profoundly, some people who are not interested in it will fall asleep directly! If he just talks about interesting mathematics, it seems too frivolous. As for talking about history... he
It's better not to practice in front of a group of top academics who can overcome obstacles in the imperial examination.
He can look down on the poor work ability and political level of some Jinshi after taking up official positions, but he must not look down on these people's ability to memorize by rote. Maybe among them, they can memorize the Historical Records and Han Shu, and even know many official and unofficial histories by heart.
Yu Xin’s evil character!
Being well-read seems to be what scholars these days are most proud of, even if they only understand literature, history and philosophy, but not mathematics, physics and chemistry!
Therefore, Zhang Shou was thinking about it while eating, carefully thinking of ways to deal with it, while Wu was eating while looking at his son who was thinking, with his heart full of pride and gratitude to the late widow Zhang.
She was grateful to Widow Zhang for leaving behind such a good son, and grateful to God for giving her the opportunity to raise him and watch him grow into a talented person. How many mothers in the world, even if they strictly discipline their children, pray to God and worship Buddha every day?
But you still want a beautiful girl but can’t get it?
And Ah Liu, who had already filled his stomach in the kitchen, stood quietly beside him, seeming to have no sense of existence. Until he saw Zhang Shou eating there absentmindedly, his chopsticks already clean without even a grain of rice left.
He kept pulling things out of thin air in his bowl, and he finally couldn't help but remind him: "Master, there is no food left."
"Oh, if you're not full yet, ask the kitchen to make more..."
As soon as Zhang Shoucai said this, he felt that a hand suddenly stretched out in front of him, and then handed a clean bowl to a place that was only an inch away from his eyes at most, and shook it vigorously. Rumeng
When he first woke up, he looked at the table again and found that the four plates containing food were completely empty, just like the rice bowl that Ah Liu had specially brought to him.
Anyway, he just made a fool of himself in front of Wu and Ah Liu. He didn't care at all. He just pointed at Ah Liu, as if he was scolding the boy for his naughty behavior. Then he stood up and said with a smile: "I am disturbed by this endless news.
I got distracted while eating, it’s not my fault. Mom, I’m going to go back to my room to make some preparations. Even though I’m being forced to put things on the shelf, I can’t let anyone see my joke.”
"Go, go." Wu nodded quickly, but said with some regret, "It's a pity that I can't go, otherwise I would like to see what the scene will be like that day."
Zhang Shou, who was about to leave, heard Wu's emotion. He immediately stopped and said with a smile: "In the past, only family members could enter the Imperial College. I don't know what that day will be like. If mother wants to go, then go and find her."
Yingying, she can definitely arrange it properly. But I don’t know if the four mountain chiefs will talk about anything that is too mysterious to make most people sleepy that day."
"I don't know about others, but your story must be interesting, Ah Shou!"
Mrs. Wu had a son who was ready for everything. At this moment, she made a conclusion without thinking, and immediately urged Zhang Shou to go back to the room to prepare. However, Zhang Shou yawned and stretched out his arms after leaving the room.
Lazy, but said lazily: "Ah Liu, go and ask someone to prepare the bath water. I want to take a good bath to relax, and recharging my energy is the best preparation."
"What other lazy idea is the young master thinking of?"
Ah Liu asked to the point. When Zhang Shou smiled and said nothing, he said seriously: "Young master, you said before that life lies in movement, and life never stops fighting, but you always want to be lazy."
"The way of civility and martial arts, one step at a time, if you are diligent all the time, won't you be exhausted to death? I teach people one day in Jiuzhang Hall every day, and if I do other things conscientiously the rest of the time, the string may not be stretched.
It’s too tight. Just like you, you’re not practicing martial arts or doing things all the time, are you?”
Faced with Zhang Shou's plausive words, Ah Liu glanced at him with slight contempt, and then he counted on his fingers and said: "I got up at the second quarter of Yin Zheng, practiced martial arts for half an hour, trained those little guys for half an hour, then had breakfast, and followed
The young master will go to the Imperial College. Then he will go to various places in the North City to discuss and exchange ideas. If the young master does not leave the Imperial College, I will go to Nancheng..."
"Then deliver lunch or go to Xiao's house for lunch. After lunch, go to Dongcheng and Xicheng for a walk to eat, catch two thieves, teach them a lesson, and throw the serious ones directly to Shuntian Mansion. Sometimes I go to Zhao Guogong's Mansion to fight with Zhu Hong and the others.
…”
Zhang Shou couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this. Although it was rare for Ah Liu to speak in such detail, there was only one central meaning - in a day, except for eating and sleeping, this boy had to practice martial arts.
Fight, practice martial arts, fight! As for the seemingly recreational time such as walking to eat, it is also to find opportunities to attack the little guy with itchy hands.
He was very suspicious of how many unlucky ghosts had fallen into Ah Liu's hands in the past year, and whether there was a terrifying urban legend in the capital. After hearing the end, he finally couldn't help but ask: "Those local snakes didn't make it."
Is the group looking to settle accounts with you?"
According to Ah Liu's style of play, not to mention the kid himself, there might be people who can't help but vent their anger behind Ah Liu!
"Why are you looking for me to settle accounts? The madman said, let me wander around the capital. If I don't go to casinos and brothels and other messy places, I can see people doing messy things, then these people deserve to die. Even if there is someone under the emperor's feet,
Even in the dark place under the lamp, you should hide it well and prevent ordinary people from seeing it, otherwise you will die!"
Zhang Shou couldn't help but be slightly lost in thought when he heard this. Wherever there is light, there is darkness, and this is true everywhere, and the emperor's feet in the capital are no exception. However, after the fall of Fourth Master Wang in Nancheng, now Hua Qi...or rather
The emperor behind Hua Qi has long realized that he should ensure that the dark and dark activities do not endanger ordinary people. This can be regarded as a kind of elimination.
Thinking of this, he stopped teasing Ah Liu. After giving a thumbs up as a compliment, he turned around and continued walking forward. When he was ready to change clothes and went straight to the bathhouse to take a comfortable bath, Ah Liu stood at
In the yard, he glanced at the high eaves and remembered what Hua Qi said to him today.
"Qin Garden can be easily sneaked into, so every residence in the capital must be carefully checked. Although I have placed copper bells and mechanisms at high places inside and outside the garden, they are not omnipotent. No matter how strict the alarm bells are,
, after all, they are all dead things, because people are the most important. For example, those four wise men, Chief Hong Shan’s daughter has ulterior motives, and Chief Yue Shan’s student Fang Qing became your guest at Zhang Yuanmen.”
"When Xiao Shanchang's housekeeper first arrived in the capital, he secretly went to Huajieliuxiang to make trouble. Xu Shanchang's student actually passed the news about his teacher to the outside world... People of their age can't help but not manage the people around them, and Zhao Guogong's Mansion
In the past, there was a man named Zhu Yu who had a lot of trouble. Even Zhang Yuan was recruited from the countryside, but people's minds change. I can train people, but not their hearts."
Ah Liu thought for a while, and finally said to himself: "Only when people's hearts are weak will they want to change, so just screen out the weak people and try to drive them out."
On this day, while Zhang Shou was taking a comfortable bath, Ah Liu, who regarded himself as a housekeeper, recruited batch after batch of little guys and issued various strange and completely different little orders.
They keep an eye on who belongs to whom, some ask them to be responsible for which area of the house, some test the martial arts skills of the school staff and then pass on some inhumane tricks...
Anyway, even if Zhang Shou was asked to come over, he would definitely be confused when faced with these chaotic little orders. However, Ah Liu seemed to have a plan in mind. Until the little ones left one by one, either happily or with a frown, he
Then he went straight to the gate, looked for the lame An Lu, whispered instructions to the person for a long time, and then went to the kitchen to find Mrs. Xu.
As for the old Liu Tou and Aunt Liu who came to the capital from Rongshui Village with him, he didn't look for them at all. In his simple understanding, if even the couple who watched Zhang Shou grow up in the countryside would have problems, then this would
Everyone in the family, including him, will have problems.
Zhang Shou didn't know that Ah Liu had quietly started his plan to purge Zhang Yuan, but even if he knew about it, he would definitely let it go to Ah Liu. After spending so long with this kid, he still had some confidence in people.
of.
After taking a nap in the bath, after returning to his room, he did not immediately prepare for the lecture three days later as he had told Mrs. Wu, but went directly to bed and fell asleep. When he woke up,
He saw that it was still dark outside the window paper, and it was obviously not dawn yet, but he woke up for a moment, turned over and sat up, and then took off his shoes and got out of bed.
In this day and age, there are no tempting animations, movies, and TV dramas at night. Except for nightclubs like brothels and casinos, there are no entertainment activities. Therefore, he has long developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early. If nothing unexpected happens,
He would rather get up early to work than stay up late at night. So, he put on a robe rustlingly and was about to touch the desk when the door was pushed open.
Ah Liu who came in put a basin of water on the basin stand without squinting, and then brought a soft towel and a toothbrush dipped in salt one by one. Before Zhang Shou could speak, he said seriously: "I'm going to practice martial arts.
Master, please wash up and put on more clothes before doing anything, it’s cold outside today.”
Zhang Shou originally wanted to ask Ah Liu how he arrived at such a perfect time, but his clothes were neatly dressed, all the toiletries were provided, and there was even hot water in the basin. What else could he ask?
Although wearing red sleeves to add fragrance is what men dream of, he has been accustomed to Ah Liu being by his side since he was a child. In addition, Wu is very satisfied with Zhu Ying, her daughter-in-law. Even now in the capital, she is still unwilling to let him be by her side.
There are one or two maids, and there is only one maid in charge of the trunks to tidy up the clothes and the house.
Therefore, since Zhang Shou moved into Zhang Yuan, he usually receives guests in the study during the day. There are three main rooms in the courtyard where he lives daily, with no partitions at all. At night, he sleeps in the big bed on the west side, and Ah Liu sleeps in the east room by the window.
A warm bed. Whenever he turned over, he didn't need to make a sound. A Liu would often have hot tea or a soft towel handed to him after a while, just like when he was in the countryside.
Thinking about these miscellaneous things at this time, Zhang Shou couldn't help but smile after washing up. Then, he spread out the paper, put a paperweight on one corner, and then calmly dipped in ink to write the summary of the lecture. Since the correct way is not good,