As soon as the door opened, a handsome young man smiled at the wild Taoist.
"The person living here is Su Zi, Mr. Su?"
Seeing no one behind him, except for an ox cart parked not far away, the wild Taoist nodded: "Yes, little brother, what do you want from my master?"
After hearing this, the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy breathed a sigh of relief: "I am sent by the Xie Mansion. I heard that Mr. Su has made meritorious service in the southwest. Please give me a small gift to express my congratulations to Mr. Su. Please convey it to me." "Feng Yun, who is here?" Just as the wild Taoist was about to ask further, footsteps came from behind, and Su Ziji came out and asked.
"The Xie Mansion is here to congratulate you and give you gifts." The wild Taoist said.
Su Ziji hesitated: "Xie Mansion?"
The wild Taoist understood: "You don't know?"
Su Ziji shook his head.
The wild Taoist turned around and looked at the young man.
The young man explained calmly: "Although I don't know him, my master has always admired young talents, and even admires Mr. Su for being a scholar who went to the southwest and made military exploits."
Southwest? Thanks?
The wild Taoist thought for a moment, then flashed through his mind. He looked at the young man and asked tentatively: "Little brother, are you from Zhennan Bo?"
The young man replied with a smile: "Yes, my master is from Zhennan Mansion."
Seeing that Su Ziji was about to refuse, the young master explained: "It's really just a small gift. Don't refuse it yet. You'll know when I get it."
After saying that, he turned around and headed towards the bullock cart.
Su Ziji and the wild Taoist looked at each other, but because they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, they didn't stop him.
When it came to the Xie Mansion, Su Ziji really didn't react. There were quite a few people with the surname Xie in the capital, and there was more than one Mr.
Contact.
It’s not surprising that the wild Taoist immediately guessed that it was this family. Speaking of which, Zhennanbo Mansion and Southwest do have many connections.
At that time, the head of the Xie family was from the southwest. He followed Taizu in the army. He once pacified the southwest when he was young, and later became an earl. The Zhennan Bo Mansion may not have been untouched by the situation in the southwest, but this generation of the family did not qualify.
Go and lead the army to quell the chaos.
And Su Ziji went to the southwest as an attaché and made meritorious service. Now that Zhennan Bo heard that the southwest has been peaceful, he sent people to bring gifts. It is not without reason.
But Su Ziji just felt that there might not be other reasons for this. Just as he was thinking about it, the young man came over again holding a small wooden box.
"Mr. Su, there are several books inside. My master said that they are not valuable things. He just thinks that Mr. Su is both civilized and martial. If you give these books to him, it will be like giving a sword to a hero. It doesn't mean you have let them down.
Please be sure not to refuse."
As he said that, he handed the wooden box over with both hands.
The wild Taoist wanted to take it first, but Su Ziji stopped him with a subconscious look.
Su Ziji took it with his own hands and pressed the metal mechanism lightly. Snap, the wooden box opened, revealing the contents inside.
There are several books inside the box, which look very old. Even though it can be seen that the owner has tried his best to preserve them, the smell of old books still leaks out from inside as soon as the box is opened.
After just one glance, Su Ziji thought, this is a manual that can be learned - he was really dozing off when he met the pillow, and was planning to collect some ancient books, and someone unexpectedly sent them?
My eyes fell on the indigo cover of the top volume, and I was stunned.
"Anthology of Hairpin Flowers?"
Su Ziji hurriedly opened the volume carefully, and what caught his eye was the very familiar calligraphy of Meng Zhongqing, a great sage from the former dynasty.
As one of the three great sages of the previous dynasty, even in this dynasty, Meng Zhongqing's copybooks are often available in county schools for students to practice.
Su Ziji knew the great sage's handwriting at first sight.
And this book is so old, could it be an authentic work?
Su Ziji was so shocked that he hurriedly and carefully flipped through the next four volumes. Except for two volumes, which were the middle and second volumes of "Collected Works of Hairpin Flowers", there were also collected works of two of the three great sages.
Xu Shaoliang's "Listening to the Sea Collection" and Zhang Zhongyong's "Baixi Collected Works" Volume 1.
Of the three great sages of the previous dynasty, not one of them was missing, except for the second volume of Zhang Zhongyong's "Collected Works of Baixi", but this does not matter much.
Absorbing literary thoughts is actually the talent and learning of the person involved when writing. By observing ten, one can get the essence of Zhang Zhongyong in one volume. There will be a loss if the next volume is missing, but it is not big.
The young man just looked at it, until Su Ziji carefully closed the box and looked at him, then he explained apologetically: "By the way, Mr. Su, my master said that these three collections of works are missing Zhang Zhongyong's "Bai".
A volume of "Collected Works of Xixi" cannot be found for a while due to its long history and troubled times. When it is found later, it will be presented again."
"This gift is so precious." Su Ziji sighed.
Although I like it very much, and these five volumes are indeed not expensive for the uninformed, on the other hand, they are priceless. Even if there is one missing volume, if the readers know that there will be people who are willing to pick it up.
I'm asking for a lot of money.
He had never met the people in the Xie Mansion. Even if he had been to the southwest and made meritorious service there, he might have received such a great gift from the Zhennan Bo Mansion, but he would still be holding it hot.
But this is indeed of very high value to me, and I can’t bear to part with it for a while.
The young man smiled: "Of course it is valuable to you, but my master said that the Xie family is a bunch of rough guys, so if you leave books like this that are precious to scholars, they will be buried."
"You, just accept it. If I take it back, I'm afraid it will be piled in the warehouse again. I don't know when it will be dug out!"
He looked like a servant, but this man spoke so clearly that Su Ziji couldn't help but look at him twice.
He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment: "In this case, I would be disrespectful. Please thank your master for me. If I have time, I will visit you and say thank you. I don't know, but he is an uncle?"
The young man smiled and said: "Well, it's hard to tell you, Master. There's no need to come and say thank you. My master won't stay in Beijing for a long time."
After hearing this, the wild Taoist suddenly said: "Little brother, thank you for making this trip. Do you want to go in and sit down and drink a cup of hot tea?"
The young man smiled and declined: "No, my master is anxiously waiting for me to come back and reply. Since Mr. Su's errand here has been completed, I will leave first."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Su Ziji watched as he got on the carriage, and then he and the wild Taoist turned around and entered the courtyard, and the door was closed.
"The Xie Mansion would also like to trouble you to check it out." Su Ziji's expression calmed down and he ordered the wild Taoist with a deep expression.
Su Ziji remained alert to the sudden gift of such a big gift, even if the young man behaved innocently and harmlessly.
After all, once your identity is exposed, whether it is the real one or the fake one, it will be a disaster.
Although Zhennan Bo Mansion is a noble family that started as a military general, there may not be any scholars in the clan, so the young man’s statement is not credible.
Moreover, its owner has always refused to reveal his true identity. It is not certain whether he is from the Xie Mansion.