At noon, after Liang Fayao got out of school, when he arrived in the back hall, Chen Shihong poured a cup of tea for Liang Fayao, and after Liang Fayao drank it, he said with a smile: "Yuan Ren, this has become the master and I am the guest." ”

"Heaven and earth are just a reverse journey, you and I are guests, where is there any master."

After Chen Shihong drank tea, he said to Liang Fayao: "You don't need to say more, this time, I want to go to the capital to see. ”

Liang Fayao nodded, and said that it is true that since the Chongwen period, Shilin has been thriving, but there have been many famous Confucian scholars.

"The most peculiar thing is the county lord of Hongwen and the princess of Jianwen, two women, talented, let the old gentlemen of the Hanlin Academy bow their heads, it is really unprecedented."

Liang Fayao deliberately mentioned the county lord of Hongwen, Chen Shihong smiled and said: "This tiger father has no dogs, the father of the county lord of Hongwen is the first Confucian of the country, and it is not surprising that he has such a talent." ”

When Chen Shihong said this, he said to Liang Fayao: "If you don't say anything else, just paddy fields and Changji, in the future, they will also be Confucian legends and people with a pulse in the case." ”

Liang Fayao nodded, he believed this, but when Chen Shihong said that the tiger father had no dogs, he thought of the letter Ding Yuli wrote to himself.

Ding Yuli was very worried about Lin Shaowen and Lin Duowen, he said that the two were not like his father, and he didn't know anything about the knowledge in books.

Ding Yuli also wants to change, but every time these two people shirk it, they will have a headache after reading the book for a long time, and Ding Yuli is not easy to scold, I don't know what to do.

Liang Fayao wrote a reply, also saying that he had no choice about this matter, and the only thing he could do was to let Ding Yuli teach him according to his aptitude.

Chen Shihong looked at Liang Fayao silently, smiled, drank a glass by himself, and then told Liang Fayao that he could tell Xuezheng that he was willing to go.

Liang Fayao smiled, took tea as wine, and wished Chen Shihong all his wishes come true.

When Liang Fayao and Chen Shihong talked, he hoped that Li Changji would be able to tell Xuezheng the news, but Li Changji refused, saying that he had not made up for the homework he had missed yesterday.

Li Changji was reluctant to go, so it was Zhou Shuitian who went in person.

When Zhou Shuitian came back and arrived at his room, Li Changji was having dinner at this time, Li Changji's dinner was very simple, a bowl of porridge and a small plate of pickles.

Although all the expenses were made by Liang Fayao, Li Changji was unwilling to let Liang Fayao break the bank, so he ate these at every meal.

Zhou Shuitian once wanted to help, but Li Changji refused, Li Changji was extremely angry, and accepting Liang Fayao's money and food was his bottom line.

When Li Changji finished dinner, Zhou Shuitian said to Li Changji: "Changji, do you have anything on your mind?" ”

Li Changji didn't answer directly, looked at Zhou Shuitian and said, "Shuitian, you can see it." ”

"You and I have been friends for many years, don't I know your character?"

Zhou Shuitian said this, and then continued: "If you are willing to say, just say it, if you don't want to say it, then don't mention it." ”

"There's nothing bad to say, in fact, paddy field, I want you to do me a favor, that is, there is an old man surnamed Wu near the Chen family, if you can, can you help me inquire about the situation of this master."

Zhou Shuitian nodded, and on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Zhou Shuitian went back after taking annual leave.

On the eighth day of the first month of the second year of Kuiguang, Zhou Shuitian came back, and Li Changji hurriedly asked, "How is it?" How is it? ”

"This Master Wu is a showman, but his family has a solid background and hundreds of acres of fertile land, which can be regarded as a big family. He has no son, just a daughter, it is said that this daughter gave birth to a flower and a moon, and some people in the city also went to ask for marriage, but this Master Wu did not allow it. ”

Zhou Shuitian said this, was silent for a while, and said to Li Changji: "Changji, if you really have this heart, you can try." ”

Li Changji originally thought that Zhou Shuitian would persuade him to give up, but he didn't expect that Li Changji would persuade himself to try, Li Changji was silent and did not answer.

Seeing that Li Changji did not have the arrogance of the past, Zhou Shuitian patted Li Changji on the shoulder and said: "Changji, you are a person who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and with your talents, you will be able to change yin and yang in the future, reconcile Ding Nai, this Fengcheng, who can compare to you, in the future, when everyone mentions you, they will definitely call you Li Fengcheng, or Li Xiangye." ”

When Li Changji heard this, he stood up and said to Zhou Shuitian: "What you said is right, if I am ranked in the Jiuqing in the future, I will definitely not forget your words today, and when the time comes, no matter what, I will learn from Uncle Bao and recommend you to the sage as Guan Zhong." ”

When Zhou Shuitian heard this, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and this emotion quickly disappeared, Zhou Shuitian returned to his former calm and said, "Let's talk about it then." ”

Li Changji nodded, wrote a greeting post on the same day, and changed his clothes.

Li Changji has only had two clothes for so many years, and the rest of the clothes are not worn, so he will pay back the money.

Of these two sets of green clothes, one was given by Liang Fayao, and the other was the old clothes he bought.

He was wearing the old one, and it was all patches when he bought it, and by now, it was almost the same as the hundred clothes.

Li Changji arrived at Wu Xiucai's house on the ninth day of the first month, and Wu Xiucai had already gone home, and he was reading in the study.

After Li Changji's greeting post was handed in, Wu Xiucai looked at the name very unfamiliar, and then flipped through the Nianzhi Record, but he didn't find the name.

However, since someone came to visit and specially wrote a greeting post, Wu Xiucai was not easy to see, so he asked Li Changji to take him to the side hall.

Wu Xiucai couldn't help frowning when he saw Li Changji's hundred green clothes for the first time, wondering if this person was here to fight the autumn wind.

However, when Wu Xiucai glanced at Li Changji, his face couldn't help but change, and he said to Li Changji: "Brother Li Xian, please take a seat, please take a seat." ”

Li Changji sat down respectfully, and Wu Xiucai asked people to serve tea and asked Li Changji what he was doing this time.

Li Changji also went straight to the point, saying that he had no relatives, he didn't know the matchmaker, and he couldn't find a matchmaker, so he could be more polite and come to Vake for himself.

Wu Xiucai was stunned when he heard him so direct, and finally came to his senses and asked Li Changji about his origin, and then this matter was in a hurry, and he was not easy to decide, and when he thought about it, he would naturally ask the servant to go to the academy to invite Li Changji to discuss.

After Li Changji left, Wu Xiucai immediately asked his subordinates to find out where Li Changji came from.

After less than two days, the next person came back to tell him, and after the next person went down, Mrs. Wu shook her head and said, "This person is too Meng Lang, master, you write a letter and reject this matter." ”

Wu Xiucai did not speak, but pinched his beard, Mrs. Wu saw this situation and asked: "Master, you don't want to ...... your daughter"

Wu Xiucai nodded, Mrs. Wu's face was pale, and she said to Wu Xiucai: "This, this, master, you have to think about it, this Li Changji's family is praised by all four walls, he has no family business, no background, you marry your daughter to him, wouldn't it hurt him." ”

"You don't know, his face is something that the old man has never seen, the young master of the Chen family, the old man has also met, although he is rich and noble, but he is not a rich and noble person. And Li Changji's face is a very popular minister, the face of the pillar of the cabinet. ”

"Master, you are really confused by reading those books, this court official, which is not the son, this Li Changji, even if he is knowledgeable, he is only a prefect, and it is really difficult to go to heaven to worship the prime minister."

After Wu Xiucai's career was hopeless, he began to read photo books, learn physiognomy, and usually visit relatives and friends, and often help people meet.

Mrs. Wu thought that this was just a pastime, so she didn't care, and now this is a major matter related to her daughter's family, and Mrs. Wu is naturally unwilling.

Mrs. Wu tried hard to persuade her, but in the end, she only got Wu Xiucai and said that she would consider it.

She knows Wu Xiucai's temperament, and this so-called consideration is basically polite words, that is, it will not change.

The next day, Mrs. Wu found Miss Wu and persuaded her daughter to come and persuade her, lest Wu Xiucai do this and mistake Miss Wu.

"My son, your father's favorite thing is you, and if you persuade you, she will naturally listen to you."

After listening to this, Miss Wu just lowered her eyebrows and said, "The child is at the mercy of his father's arrangement." ”

It turned out that day, after Miss Wu saw Li Changji, she also had thoughts in her heart, when Li Changji asked for marriage, the maid came to tell her, and Miss Wu also secretly looked at it, and saw that it was Li Changji, and she was angry that he came so soon, but after being annoyed, there was a little sweetness.

Wu Xiucai asked people to check Li Changji's family history, but Miss Wu ordered someone to go to the academy to inquire, this person has a distant relative in the academy, and the reply is that Li Changji is a proud disciple of Liang Fayao, and in the academy, he is either the first or the second leader.

Among them, this distant relative also took an exam paper, Miss Wu saw this paper last night, and only felt that this person was amazing and gorgeous, not a mortal, so she had a heart of comparison and reason.

She was worried that her father would object, but she didn't expect that her father also thought that this person was not a thing in the pool, so she went with the flow.

Mrs. Wu tried to persuade her, but to no avail.

This matter soon spread all over, and the people in the village heard that Wu Xiucai was going to marry his daughter to a poor scholar, and everyone talked about it, and some said that Wu Xiucai was blind, and when those children of everyone came to beg, Wu Xiucai did not marry, but now he wants to marry a poor scholar.

Wu Xiucai's relatives naturally heard the news and persuaded Wu Xiucai that this marriage is about the right family, and the other party does not even have one acre and three points of land, and he has no fame, if Miss Wu marries him, he can only starve to death.

Wu Xiucai didn't say anything, just sloppy and said that he would consider it.

This took into account that in early February, Wu Xiucai asked people to go to the academy to invite Li Changji.

When Li Changji came, he was still a little timid, and asked Zhou Shuitian to accompany him.