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Volume 1: Young Fencing and More Playing the Flute Chapter 207: Enemies meet on a narrow road

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    After breakfast the next day, Yan Shaoqing's mother Cao sent someone to invite Zeng Yu to discuss matters in Peony Garden where she lived. Zeng Yu knew that Yan Shaoqing had informed his mother Cao about Yan Shaoqing's advice to him not to go to Beijing for the time being.  Of course Mr. Cao had to ask clearly.  Zeng Yu followed the two maids and maids sent by the Cao family to the outside of the Peony Garden. Yan Shaoqing greeted him first and said, "Mr. Zeng, my mother just wants to ask about that matter." Zeng Yu nodded and said, "I should ask the court.  "Explain clearly." Mrs. Cao was already waiting for Zeng Yu in the small hall at the second door. She talked to Zeng Yu across the curtain. She first thanked Zeng Yu for his careful teaching to Shao Qing these days. Shao Qing's knowledge has obviously improved a lot and she was polite.  After speaking, he turned to the topic. Cao asked: "I heard that Mr. Zeng advised Shao Qing not to go to Beijing to take on the post of Zhongshushe. What considerations did Mr. Zeng have?" Officials in the Ming Dynasty paid attention to qualifications.  One day of being an official is one day of accumulation of qualifications. Although Zhongshu Sheren is a seventh-rank minor official, he still serves in the cabinet. Shao Qing's grandfather is also the chief minister of the cabinet. It is reasonable to support him. If he takes the post again after two years  , not to mention missing two years of seniority, Shao Qing's grandfather is over 80 years old, who knows whether he can continue to be the chief minister of the cabinet in two years?  Zeng Yu was well aware of Cao's thoughts and said: "Young Master Shaoqing has not yet expired his filial piety for his grandmother, Mrs. Ouyang, so it may not be appropriate to go to Beijing this year." Cao said, "The period of filial piety will be over by the end of this year, and next year  Wouldn't it be a good idea to serve in the cabinet? " There were some things Zeng Yu didn't want to say too clearly, but when faced with Mr. Cao's questions, he had to explain, "Madam, I don't know. I heard that Shi Lang came to Beijing before his filial piety was fulfilled.  Yan Guan's impeachment has been incurred, so Wan Sheng advised Young Master Shao Qing not to come to Beijing for the time being. "Affected by Yan Shifan's arrogance, Cao did not take Yan Guan's impeachment seriously, saying: "The reason why the senior official returned to Beijing last year is.  Shao Qing's grandfather is old, and the emperor has authorized my family's senior officials to return to Beijing to fulfill their filial piety. "Zeng Yu said: "But if the officials will make a fuss about this filial piety, there will definitely be no peace in Beijing. Madam, you can write to Yan first.  Mr. Ge and Mr. Yan, do you want Young Master Shao Qing to come to Beijing this year?” He also said: “Wan Sheng and Young Master Shao Qing are brothers and sisters. Why don’t they want Young Master Shao Qing to become an official and be promoted as soon as possible? However, the current situation is quite complicated.  Mr. Shaoqing might cause trouble when he comes to Beijing at this time, so Wansheng thought it would be better to wait and see. " Yan Shaoqing on the side said: "Mother, Mr. Zeng is speaking from the bottom of his heart and is sincerely thinking about my future. My son has promised Mr. Zeng not to go to Beijing for the time being.  "The Cao family is eager to return to Beijing to reunite with her high-ranking official Yan Shifan. She cannot fall behind Yan Shaoting's mother, the Liu family. Before the Qingming Dynasty, the high-ranking officials sent a letter saying that Xu Jie, the second minister of the cabinet, intended to betroth their granddaughter to them.  As for the Yan family, they don't know whether to be betrothed to Shao Qing or Shao Ting, so the Cao family is anxious. If Shao Qing can marry Xu Jie's granddaughter, he will be supported by such a powerful Qi clan as the Xu family in Songjiang in the future.  Shao Qing would not always be overwhelmed by Yan Shaoting, and she could feel proud as a mother. She felt that Zeng Yu was quite resourceful and was indeed very attentive in teaching Shao Qing, so she expressed her thoughts to Zeng Yu without any concealment.  Dao Ming.  Zeng Yu secretly shook his head and said to himself: "Xu Jie is an old treacherous man. It is rare for a city to be so deep. Last year, the marriage proposal with Yingzi failed, and this year he wants to marry his granddaughter to Yan Song's grandson. Xu Jie's flattery is clearly intended to be insensitive.  Yan Song, Yan Shifan, isn't Xu Jie the mastermind behind Yan?" Asked: "Did Master Yan's family letter ever call Prince Shao Qing to the capital?" Cao said, "That's not true, after all, he is still serving as a filial piety."  Said: "That's it. Even if Young Master Shao Qing wants to enter the capital, he must first consult Mr. Yan Ge and Yan Shilang. Wouldn't it be bad to enter the capital rashly just when they are angry." Ms. Cao nodded and said: "Mr. Zeng is right.  "Yes, then as Mr. Zeng said, let Shao Qing write a letter to Beijing first and ask when it is appropriate to come to Beijing. Is this okay?" I thought that the high official must hope that Shao Qing would come to Beijing to take up his post as soon as possible.  Zeng Yu said: "This is the best." He briefly stated a few words and then resigned.  Yan Shaoqing followed Zeng Yu silently for a while. When he saw that there was no one else around, he said, "Mr. Zeng, do you think that the Yan family will suffer bad luck because of my separation?" Zeng Yu didn't want this young man to worry early.  , said with relief: "Young Master Shaoqing said something serious. I just said that the internal affairs of the DPRK are going to be thorny every step of the way. I don't want you to step into it early. You should follow the advice of your Majesty and write a letter to consult your Majesty's opinion first. Don't act rashly." Yan Shaoqing nodded.  He said: "Mr. Zeng, I promise you that I will keep myself clean as an official in the future." It is rare to hear such words. Maybe many people who are about to enter the official career have the same original intention, but the officialdom is a big dyeing vat, just like white people.  As Poke said, one can go to an abalone shop for a long time without smelling the smell, but Yan Shaoqing is afraid that he will never have that chance. Although Yan Shifan is arrogant, now facing the impeachment of the six subjects, Shizhong and various censors, he is afraid  I am also very anxious, so I should?I will not let my son go to Beijing at this time.   On the day before the Ghost Festival in the middle of July, Mr. Cao took Yan Shaoqing back to Youzhu Residence in the city. The summer heat had subsided and there was no need to stay in the deserted Xianghu Manor. Zeng Yu naturally returned to the city together. Today  The candidate for the chief executive officer of Kejiangxi Provincial Examination has been revealed, and it is Tao Dalin from Zhejiang who was ranked second in Bingchenke five years ago.  Zeng Yu was not shocked at how well-informed Bai Pao Ke was, let alone worried. Tao Dalin was Tao Dalin. The provincial examination papers had to be sealed and transcribed. It was not easy for the CEO to bend the law, and Bai Pao Ke  One party shouldn't make such a fuss and try to punish him.  After July and a half, Zeng Yu went to the "Chunfeng Building" next to the East Hubei playground and asked about it. The shopkeeper said that eight guest rooms should be available by the 20th. Zeng Yu wanted to move there early. Yan Shaoqing tried his best to persuade him to stay.  He said that it would not be too late for Mr. Zeng to move out when his friends arrived in Nanchang.  Starting from July 18th, Zeng Yu hired a porter at Laozhou Wharf. Whenever there was a boat coming from the direction of Guangxin Prefecture, the porter would come up and ask if there were any Xianggong Wu or Xianggong Zheng who came from Shangrao City to take the exam.  If Wu Chunze, Zheng Shi and his entourage are received, the porter will rush to Gaosheng Lane to report to Zeng Yu - Zeng Yu and the shopkeeper of Chunfenglou Inn agreed to start moving in on the 20th. On the 20th, eight rooms  The guest room was already available, but before Wu Chunze and the others arrived, Zeng Yu went to the Chunfenglou Inn again and paid an extra tael of silver as a deposit. The payment for the guest room would still be calculated from the 20th. It was expected that Wu Chunze and the others would be here.  , it will arrive in two days.  In the afternoon of July 22nd, the porter at Laozhou Pier ran up sweating profusely and reported to Zeng Yu that Wu Xiucai and others from Guangxin Prefecture had arrived. Zeng Yu was overjoyed and rewarded the porter with eighty coins and asked the porter to go first.  Go back to the pier and ask Wu Xiucai and the others to wait, he will arrive soon.  Yan Shaoqing was very reluctant to hear that Zeng Yu said he wanted to move out. He discussed it with his mother, Cao, and offered fifty taels of silver as a gift. Zeng Yu was surprised and said, "How can you bear such a generous gift?" He refused to accept it.  Yan Shaoqing said: "This is the student's apprenticeship gift. Mr. Zeng must accept it. Shaoqing is really lucky to meet a master like Mr. Zeng. If he does not accept this gift, the student will not let him go out."  Zeng Yu shook his head and laughed, and Yan Shaoqing also laughed.  Zeng Yu said: "Then I'll accept it. You and I will be teachers and students for one year, and we will be friends for life." Sixi had already packed her luggage and was waiting by the back door with a horse and a donkey. Menzi and two servants of the Yan family  He was talking to a middle-aged scholar standing under the shade of a sycamore tree outside the door. After a while, Yan Shaoqing sent Zeng Yu out, but he saw the doorman crossing his hands and saying: "My eldest son, this supervisor Tang has already been here.  I have been here several times. I just want to see the eldest son. The eldest son——" The middle-aged scholar stepped forward with a smile on his face. He was about to salute Yan Shaoqing. Yan Shaoqing said angrily: "See you or not, let this man go quickly.  Didn't you see that I was seeing Mr. Zeng off?" Following Zeng Yu's teachings, Yan Shaoqing usually did not see these people.  Zeng Yu took the reins of the horse from Si Xi and said, "Young Master Shaoqing, there is no need to send it off. I am in a hurry to pick up my friend. I will come over and have a look when I have time. Don't waste your daily homework." Yan Shaoqing said respectfully.  : "Yes." Zeng Yu stepped on his horse, raised his hand to say "goodbye", and rode on. Si Xi also turned over quickly and mounted the donkey Hei Bao, and followed the young master "Dede" out of Gaosheng Alley.  The two masters and servants rushed to Laozhou Pier. Zheng Shi and Wu Chunze and a group of students had already disembarked from the ship and were drinking tea at a tea pavilion near the pier. Naturally, they were overjoyed to see Zeng Yu arriving, and they were all overjoyed.  This time, four students from Shangrao and two students from Guixi accompanied Wu Chunze and Zheng Shi to the provincial capital for the examination. They were all old acquaintances of Zeng Yu. As they were exchanging pleasantries, Zeng Yu suddenly saw a businessman.  The well-dressed young man smiled at him and couldn't help but said in surprise: "Isn't this Mr. Yuan!" The young businessman was Yuan Sanli, the son of Yuan Zhong. Seeing that Zeng Yu recognized him, he hurried forward to greet him.  Wu Chunze said: "Yuan Daguan came to the provincial capital to sell cloth and traveled with us. The money for hiring the boat was paid by Yuan Daguan, which caused a lot of troubles along the way." Yuan Sanli said hurriedly: "It is a small man's honor to be able to share the same boat with you.  There are ministers in charge, and there are no gangsters or unscrupulous gangsters to harass us along the way, so it seems like the villain has made a profit." Everyone laughed.  Zeng Yu said: "I have already planned the guest room. It is on the edge of the East Lake. You can see the Gongyuan on the other side of the lake from the bed. Let's go right now."  Farewell, I have a shop in the city, and I will come to visit you gentlemen another day." He asked Zeng Yu whether he was staying at the Chunfeng Tower Inn near the North Playground, and then left.  Sixi went to hire a big car and loaded everyone's luggage on it. Zeng Yu said loudly: "It's about seven or eight miles from here to Chunfenglou Inn.??Walking or taking a sedan?  " All the students expressed that they were walking, and they just took this opportunity to get familiar with the paths of Nanchang City, and to observe the local customs and customs along the way, so a group of more than 20 people headed towards Guangrun Gate. When approaching Guangrun Gate, Wu Chunze asked Zeng Yuding  There were several rooms. When he wrote the letter, he only asked Zeng Yu to reserve six rooms. But now, including Zeng Yu, there are a total of nine students, each with one or two servants. Six rooms must not be accommodated——  Zeng Yu said: "I have booked eight guest rooms, each with two beds. If there are not enough rooms, the inn should still have vacancies.  " For the provincial examination held every three years, thousands of candidates gathered from all directions, as well as their servants and followers, totaling no less than ten thousand people. The merchants in Nanchang were energetic and prepared to make a fortune. The business of wine shops and brothels was particularly prosperous, and even the cries of street vendors  It was also extremely exciting. Only two of the nine students in Zeng Yu’s group had participated in the provincial examination before, and it was the first time for the others. Of course, it was extremely fresh and interesting. They walked around and lingered, and everyone was in high spirits. They arrived at dusk.  At the Chunfenglou Inn at the northwest end of the East Lake, a bucket of cold water poured down on them: the shopkeeper said that there were no vacancies and that the deposit of two taels of silver would be returned to Zeng Yu. Scholars like Wu Chunze were also confused for a while. They didn't know what Zeng Yu was doing.  How did Yu negotiate with this inn and why did he regret it when it came to the matter? So everyone looked at Zeng Yu with a sullen face and asked Si Xi to find the written deed and said to the shopkeeper: "I."  I signed a contract with you half a month ago, and I paid an additional deposit of one tael of silver the day before yesterday. The rent will be calculated from the 20th. How did I lose you? Today all my friends are here, but you said no.  The room is empty, and it seems that I need to find a place to reason.  " When Zheng Shi and Wu Chunze heard what Zeng Yu said clearly and had the contract in hand, they were filled with indignation and started making noises loudly. There was a young and strong servant who stood up and glared at the shopkeeper, pretending to beat the shopkeeper. " The shopkeeper looked at such a group of people.  Of course the angry scholar was frightened, and he bowed his head repeatedly and said: "My lords, my lords, please listen to the little old man's explanation. It's not that the little old man broke the contract and gave the guest room to others because of his dishonesty. It's actually the guests who have a bigger background."  Ah, let’s not talk about several scholars. One of them is a prisoner who will soon go to Jingquan to be elected as a county magistrate. Yesterday, he came to the store and saw that there was a room available, so he moved in by force. How can I offend this little old man?  rise.  "He then said in a low voice: "I have a brother-in-law who also opens a shop near here. I can take a few of my husband-in-law to live there. It's not far, not far -" Wu Chunze, Zheng Shi and others were really angry.  It's really unreasonable for a judge to be so overbearing. He ignored them all. He clamored for the judge to come out and reason. During the commotion, a few clothes walked out of the inn.  Among the handsome young men, one of them, tall and thin, said angrily: "Whoever makes noise here and disturbs my brothers' literary thoughts, what kind of crime should they deserve!  " Zeng Yu took a look and saw that this person looked familiar. Wasn't he the evil young man Luo Shangxiang he met in Linchuan last year who wanted to buy four of his paintings for four cents? Was it this guy who occupied the guest room? This is really a narrow road between enemies! Zeng Yu  Yu walked up a few steps and called out: "Master Luo, are you okay?  " Luo Shangxiang was a little surprised when he saw that some of the scholars with Guangxin accents recognized him. When he saw Zeng Yu's face clearly, the expression on his face changed from surprise to shock to anger. He blushed and shouted: "That's it.  he!  "I almost want to look up to the sky and scream, singing "There is a way to heaven, but you don't take it, and there is no door to hell, so you just go in."  ” ———————————————————————————— 2014 has passed and 2015 is coming. Xiaodao is here to wish all book friends good health in the new year.  , everything goes well.
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