Can skipping class be taken for granted...... Yue Shanchang only felt that the Zhang Shou he saw today and the Zhang Shou he met two days ago when the Guozijian Open Day coincided with the recruitment of new students in Jiuzhangtang, seemed to be two completely different people. But if you think about it carefully, the same freewheeling, the same unscrupulousness, which confirms his impression of Zhang Shou based on those rumors.

And when the emperor brought the four princes out before, he asked him something that Zhang Shoutuo Zhu Ying told the four princes, although he guessed that Zhang Shou should skip class today, but when he heard such a reason, he was still interested.

Even if he has been on the throne for so many years, the original bear child has long since become the current Angzang youth, but the temperament in the emperor's bones has not changed. He is still the maverick and unconventional emperor, but in the past, when it was not necessary, he would hide these qualities well, pretending to be a virtuous king in front of his ministers, and once the old ways reverted......

Hehe, for example, today suddenly the holy driver came to this Xinglong Tea House, last year suddenly ran to the country to monitor and inspect, last night suddenly ran to the ruined temple to pay tribute to his lost youth, and by the way, he put a stick of incense on some innocent monks who were killed and injured back then...... It's all the emperor would have done.

Even if the queen mother in the palace heard it, she would only bet with Chu Kuan and laugh, because if she gave birth to such a son, if she got angry at every turn, she would definitely be angry!

At this moment, the emperor interrogated Zhang Shou with great interest, what kind of election method was the election of the head of Jiuzhangtang, and when he heard that Zhang Shou had all been left to a group of students to decide on their own, but he also excluded the three princes, his eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly.

But the fourth prince next to him couldn't help it, he suddenly asked loudly: "Teacher, how can you exclude the third brother from the selection of the chief of the fast!" ”

Finding that the four princes were calling the teacher in their mouths, but the words they said were a little angry, and the noble ministers around them couldn't help but be quiet. The fourth prince then realized that his attitude was wrong from the reaction of others, and hurriedly gave up his hand: "Teacher, I am anxious, but this is not fair to the third brother, everyone should compete fairly......"

Two days ago, the four princes were not admitted to the Jiuzhangtang and left in a bad mood, and then they were found back by an entourage of Zhang Shou, and then not only apologized honestly, but even made a bold statement that he would enter the Jiuzhangtang next year, this news has long been spreading, and now everyone sees that the four princes are still a third brother, a teacher, and a grievance for the three princes, most people can't help but sigh in their hearts.

What brothers are out of harmony, and what is hateful out of anger...... The two brothers, the third prince and the fourth prince, are still as good as before, and they are still very harmonious! As for the four princes, even if they questioned Zhang Shou at this time, it can be seen that they are actually quite respectful!

And Zhang Shou saw that the voice of the fourth prince was getting lower and lower, so he couldn't help but reach out and touch the round little head, and didn't pay attention to what other people's expressions were on his action, and said with a smile: "If the third prince is running, do you think the fourth prince can become the chief of fasting?" ”

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, he saw that the eyes of the fourth prince were a little erratic, and he didn't dare to look at him. At that moment, he smiled again: "If the third prince is four or five years older, then I will definitely not remove him from the candidate, but he is too young now, if he becomes the chief of fasting just because of his background, it is just to help him grow." ”

"Moreover, Jiuzhangtang is not a one-year system, he is not a fasting chief this year, and next year will be the year after tomorrow, so it's impossible to say."

Although the emperor gradually agreed with Zhang Shou's judgment in his heart, he refused to show it on his face, not only that, but he even showed a little impatience: "Okay, okay, in short, it's you, the teacher, who left a group of students to come here to join in the fun, but you still have a lot of words, and you are more reasonable than anyone else." ”

Without waiting for Zhang Shou, who was obviously not in a hurry, to apologize, he said with a smile: "However, San Lang insisted on going to the Jiuzhang Hall exam, and he was admitted with his own ability, I can't stop him, but I have a word first, San Lang has other homework, and he can only go to Jiuzhang Hall for half a day every day, and the rest of the day, he has to go to school with Shiro." ”

Seeing the four princes, he immediately showed great joy - as if the child who thought he would lose his little friend suddenly heard that the little friend only left for half a day every day, and he could still be with him for the remaining half a day, so he was overjoyed - Zhang Shou only felt that this pair of brothers was really rare.

Therefore, he stretched out his hand again and pressed it on the shoulders of the fourth prince, and then nodded happily: "What the emperor said is that it should be like this." Among the various departments, the third prince and the fourth prince should not be biased. ”

Wu Ge had long seen that the emperor had just said that he was sometimes annoyed, sometimes impatient, and sometimes beaten, but in essence, if it weren't for someone close to him, the emperor wouldn't have bothered to say anything to you at all.

Therefore, he immediately laughed at this moment: "Who doesn't know that Dr. Zhang is good at teaching and educating people, not to mention Lu Zhu behind him, that is, Zhang Chen and Zhu Tingyi, who have just arrived, are not all completed weapons now?" ”

"Your Majesty, how Dr. Zhang is an official, others may be able to find faults, but how he is a teacher has long been obvious to all."

The Emperor's expression changed. He pointed to Zhang Chen and Zhu Er, who were busy squeezing over at this time, and coughed: "The good things you two have done in Cangzhou, I will ask you again when I go back." Okay, today I came out to relax, not to listen to these big things, to tell those chefs, to come up with eighteen kinds of martial arts, I personally came up with the question today, and there is only one topic. ”

He paused, didn't look at any expressions from the others, and said directly: "There is only one request, home cooking!" ”

Yue Shanchang raised his eyes to see Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang's expressions for the first time, and saw that Zhang Shou was smiling very naturally, and Lu Sanlang was even more so angry that he couldn't help but be a little confused.

According to his thoughts, since Zhang Shou conspired with Lu Saburo and proposed to use this method to select the imperial chef, then there will definitely be optimistic people who want to be sent to the imperial dining room in the end, so the exam questions will definitely go through countless pondering and consideration in advance. Now that the emperor suddenly announced an unexpected topic, Zhang Shou, the teacher and student, was actually very happy, which is completely unreasonable!

Only Zhang Shou and Lu Saburo themselves know what exam questions they ...... They didn't even prepare it. Compared with the flow of people, consumption, and business that such a competition can attract, the selection of imperial chefs is no longer so important. Besides, since the final selection of people has to satisfy the emperor's cooking skills, it is best to find someone to ask casually on the spot.

And who else can be more authoritative than the emperor's hand-picking?

The emperor's request, which was not special at all, was quickly notified by the accompanying little eunuch. A total of 30 chefs selected in the previous three primary selections, after hearing the words home cooking, some were overjoyed, some were at a loss, some had words, but some also celebrated.

The last kind of people who celebrate with their foreheads include, of course, Song Juren. He was pretty sure that if today's announcement was a very off-the-beaten-path topic, then he had only one choice, and that was to abstain! But the emperor had announced such a very broad topic, which was very suitable for an abnormal chef like him, so he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

It doesn't matter if you're eliminated...... But if you abstain from elimination, it will be too embarrassing!

On the third floor of the Xinglong Tea House, the emperor listened to the little eunuch beside him whisper about the reaction of the chefs below after the exam questions were announced, especially the relieved reaction of such a strange and strange person as Song Juren, he couldn't help but have his eyes flashing, and then rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

I think that when I heard Chu Kuan say that Princess Yongping was actually angry because of the dignified person surnamed Song, she actually hid her identity to select the imperial chef, but when the surname Song actually went toe-to-toe with her, the emperor was very interested in such a wonderful scholar. One is interested in people's crafts, and the other is interested in her daughter's life's events.

After all, the marriage between Princess Deyang and the two county lords has been decided, but Princess Yongping is just left there, even if it is her own best request, but how can he be embarrassed by being a father?

However, he was planning to go to Zhang Shou to see people, and Zhu Ying, who entered the palace, brought Zhang Shou's judgment to him.

After listening, although he admired the two pieces of sugar water that Zhu Ying brought into the palace and Song Juren made by himself, his thoughts of going out of the palace to see his future son-in-law were completely gone.

The authorities are obsessed with bystanders, Zhang Shou has already made his words clear, how can he not understand why Princess Yongping is angry? But I didn't go to Zhang Yuan to take a look at people before, but since I came today, the emperor decided to take a look at this interesting Song Juren by the way.

At this moment, because he occupied a separate table with the four princes, the most lively emperor couldn't help but feel very uninteresting, and when he looked around, he coughed directly and said: "Yingying, Zhang Shou, you two come and sit!" ”

And after calling these two, seeing that among the others, such as Zhang Chen, Lu Sanlang, and Zhu Er, they were all looking at him, the emperor said angrily: "Lu Sanlang, isn't you presiding over the whole process of this imperial chef selection?" What are you doing here? Haven't you gotten down and done your thing? Zhang Chen and Zhu Er too, don't stay here and be lazy, go down and take a look, I see that there are many people on the second floor! ”

Directly pushed the three juniors down, the emperor looked at the minister of civil and military affairs, and saw that Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying had already come, so he asked with an unkind face: "I heard that in the first preliminary competition, didn't I also invite the teacher and Mr. Qi and Mr. Chu, why is there only Wu Ge Lao among the civil officials this time?" Did you not invite someone, or did you invite someone else but didn't come? ”

Zhang Shou gently grabbed Zhu Ying, who was about to explain, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers don't invite the teacher, but because this kind of food review may be a rare experience for ordinary people and worth telling people for a lifetime, but for the teachers, it is really a delicious burden to taste so many dishes one by one." ”

Therefore, he paused, then turned to Wu Ge Lao and arched his hand, and said with a smile: "Therefore, when I discussed with Yingying, I bothered her to try to invite Wu Ge Lao, because I heard that Wu Ge is old and strong, healthy, and most importantly, loves food and enjoys life, which is different from the pastoral atmosphere that some people in the court and China keep pursuingly pursuing tranquility. ”

Wu Ge Lao is most proud of his own life attitude of being at ease with what he encounters, and now Zhang Shou pointed out that he agrees with his life philosophy very much, and he only feels that this young man is a little more pleasing to the eye than before. What's more, Zhang Shou clearly praised him for his good health, good stomach, and fragrant food, of course, he was very comfortable listening to this kind of flattery.

When the official is so big, the vast majority of people would rather face difficulties than retreat bravely, who is willing to say that they are old?

Known as Mr. Yes, the Son of Heaven responds to the sound of insects, he has never slipped in the cabinet rankings, he stroked his beard with a smile: "Life must be happy in the world, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon, life in the world, and be happy in time, but unfortunately it is not the Tang Dynasty now, and the civil officials themselves have set more and more rules for themselves. ”

"Tsk, I can't, I'm old, spend my own money to enjoy it, what's not to do?" When Wu Ge Lao said this, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Lu Juan, who was pulled to the same table by himself, and said with a smile, "So I admire Lao Lu very much, he not only retreats bravely in the rapids, but also knows how to enjoy life, see the sky to listen to the rain and build a small building, and the flowers are in the middle of the flowers, and the leaves do not stick to the body!" ”

Poof-

Even if Lu Juan always knew that Wu Ge always drank two glasses and went up, he was happy, and he had the temperament of gibberish - of course, this gibberish is limited to people and will definitely not involve family and country affairs - but at this moment, in front of the emperor, he was exposed to his popular ways, and Lu Juan still couldn't help but squirt wine.

Seeing that Wu Ge Lao quickly turned around to dodge, Lu Juan suddenly said angrily: "Wu Mian, what nonsense are you talking about!" ”

"Where did I talk nonsense." Wu Ge Lao's eyes widened innocently, "I didn't say anything, you just went to listen to the song to relieve the boredom, and you didn't go to sleep in the willows, a hundred times stronger than those fake Taoism, I am praising you." ”

Seeing the dignified old man and the former military department Shangshu, the current public school sacrificial wine was so sneering, and the emperor faced this situation, not only was not annoyed, but drank with interest, and most of the other nobles smiled and watched the excitement, Yue Shanchang couldn't help but gently rub his temples, only to feel that the court officialdom was far more complicated than what he had heard before.

And at this time, he heard Zhang Shou's voice again.

"I heard that Zhaoming Academy has always been a good style of learning, teaching students according to their aptitude, and acting according to the nature of students, unlike some academies that blindly require a solemn and strict style of study, nor like some academies with strict hierarchies, as if in the court, so I asked Lu Sanlang to invite Chief Yue Shan, but in the end, I was still prepared that Chief Yue Shan could not come."

"Now that Chief Yue can come, he has finally leveled out the difference in the number of civil and military forces today." Speaking of this, Zhang Shou smiled and stretched out his finger to Wu Ge Lao and Lu Juan, Tang Xie Yuan at the other table, and then Yue Shanchang, and finally nodded himself, "So the emperor just said that only Wu Ge Lao was a civil official, which is not accurate." Five-on-five, in fact, exactly half open. ”

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