Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Lu You smiled and told Guan Shanyue what had just happened, which brought another wave of negative emotions.

Guan Shanyue naturally had a headache about the fact that he had a "granddaughter" out of nowhere.

He really couldn't understand how a scholar like Lu Dejin could have taught Lu You to become what he is now.

It doesn't matter if you have martial arts skills and disguise skills. After all, in troubled times, these are means of saving lives.

But he really couldn't figure out the origin of Lu You's unscrupulous behavior of using any means to achieve his goals.

I have seen this child before, and he has always been a good kid!

How come after Lu Dejin's death, things became like this strange situation?

After waiting for Guan Shanyue to finish his meal, the few people did not go upstairs, but sat in the hall waiting for the arrival of Wang Mingzheng, the magistrate of Pingchang County.

This is what Guan Shanyue said. As long as Wang Mingzheng knew that he was here, he would definitely come to see him.

The crowd waited for only about quarter of an hour before a chaotic sound of horse hooves was heard outside the inn.

Three large black horses stopped at the door, and the constables on the street hurried forward to take the reins and help the riders dismount.

The three men dismounted, looked up and saw Lu You and others in the inn, so they hurriedly straightened their official robes and strode into the house, and everyone in the house stood up to greet them.

"Pingchang County Magistrate, Wang Mingzheng!"

"Pingchang County Magistrate, Sun Ziang!"

"Pingchang County Lieutenant, Wu Dazhi!"

The three of them came in front of Guan Shanyue in a triangular shape, clasped their fists and introduced themselves, then bowed together.

"Meet Mr. Guan!!"

As the three men bowed, Guan Shanyue hurried forward to support the county magistrate Wang Mingzheng who was in the middle.

"Thank you three for being so polite! I am just a commoner and cannot accept such a generous gift!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Mingzheng nodded slightly.

"Mr. Guan, what are you talking about?"

"If you count carefully, I am still half your student."

Hearing this, Guan Shanyue was slightly stunned: "Why do you say that, Lord Wang?"

"Mr. Guan forgot that in the 47th year of the Wuli period, you were the Imperial Academy Scholar and presided over the Spring Examination."

"It was during that exam that I was recommended by the teacher and became a Gongshi."

"After passing the palace examination, he was awarded the title of third-class Jinshi, and was recommended by the Ministry of Personnel to serve as the county magistrate of Pingchang County."

Guan Shanyue nodded slightly upon hearing this.

This custom existed during the Wu Dynasty.

After passing the palace examination, scholars can be called disciples of the emperor.

But Emperor Wu could only remember and pay attention to the younger generations of his close ministers and powerful officials, apart from the top three candidates in the imperial examination.

These people have a bright future. They are not only important objects of training in the imperial court, but also the invisible chains that Emperor Wu uses to restrain his ministers. Basically, they will receive special care.

The second-class Jinshi, that is, the fourth to the 100th place in the palace examination, will be retained in Wudu or nearby prefectures for training, and they also have promising futures.

As for those who ranked outside the top 100 in the palace examination, such as Wang Mingzheng, although they had completely crossed the social class, most of them could only hold some sinecure positions such as editors.

There are very few people like Wang Mingzheng who can be sent out to become a county magistrate with real power.

Although Wang Mingzheng said it lightly, he just brushed the matter aside by saying that he was recommended by the Ministry of Personnel.

But everyone understood that this amount of money would require a huge fortune and countless treasures to exchange for a letter of recommendation.

In short, the top three Jinshi will basically never have the chance to meet Emperor Wu again in their lifetime, so who will remember them?

Therefore, for the sake of their future, these people will basically "consider" the "support" of the chief examiner of the imperial examination and regard themselves as students.

To put it in a positive way, this is respecting teachers.

But in fact, he is so shameless that he pretends to be a student just to gain connections.

And such unspoken rules are also what the ministers in the court are happy to see.

After all, where there are people, there is the world of martial arts. On the surface, the senior officials in the court of Wudu seem to be peaceful and work together to make plans for the development of Wu State.

But in private, there are many factions and they often fight openly and secretly.

In order to ensure the security of his official position, every minister will devote himself to cultivating his own team, constantly discovering and promoting new people who are loyal to him, expanding his influence, and protecting himself.

It can be said that Guan Shanyue was deeply saddened by the factional rules in the officialdom, so he resolutely resigned from his official position and traveled around the world.

Hearing Wang Mingzheng mentioning the past, Guan Shanyue couldn't help but sigh.

"That's all in the past. Since you've taken part in the palace examination, you're a disciple of the emperor."

"Be a good county magistrate and benefit the people. Don't let down the emperor's grace."

Upon hearing this, Wang Mingzheng hurriedly bowed respectfully and said, "Teacher, I will definitely remember your teachings."

"Grandpa, the three adults must have stayed up all night to defend the city. Please ask them to sit down and talk."

Seeing that they were still being polite to each other and couldn't talk about the main business at all, Lu You took the teapot from the waiter and stepped forward to speak.

[Negative emotions from Guan Shanyue +80, +80, +80...]

[Negative emotions from Lu Yi +30, +30...]

[From Zhao Wenbo’s Negative...]

Following Lu You's words, Wang Mingzheng and the other two turned to look at Lu You.

Lu You, on the other hand, had a smile on her face and bowed slightly to the three people, appearing to be extremely well-behaved.

"This……"

Wang Ming was staring at Lu You in a daze.

Guan Shanyue was a great scholar in the literary world. All the scholars in the Wu Dynasty knew that he had been a third-rank official and served as a Hanlin Academician.

But Guan Shanyue had another title at that time, but few young scholars today know about it.

He was the tutor appointed by Emperor Wu himself, and was ordered to coordinate the learning affairs of the princes.

Even though this position of Grand Tutor is just an honorary one and has no real power, no matter which prince succeeds to the throne in the future, Guan Shanyue will transform himself into the emperor's teacher.

He is a minister of the Imperial Court and one of the Three Dukes. Even the future Emperor Wu will listen to him when he says something.

So even though Guan Shanyue was over 40 at that time, officials of all ranks in Kyoto were still like crazy, wanting to find matchmakers for their younger generations.

To put it bluntly, the thresholds of those houses during the New Year are really being trampled down.

However, Guan Shanyue saw through the plans of those people, which were just to pull him into their faction so that he could use their strength in the future.

He rejected them all one by one, and even wrote a sign on the door saying "I will never marry, no matchmakers allowed" to show his feelings.

So for so many years, everyone has always believed that Guan Shanyue has never married or had children and is always alone.

But the girl in front of him called him grandpa?

I seem to know a big secret!

Looking at Lu You pouring tea and water for him and others, Wang Ming's heart was beating wildly.

I’ll just say it!

How could a literary giant like Mr. Guan be without a family?

Thinking of this, Wang Mingzheng hurriedly said with a smile.

"Miss Guan is graceful and elegant. Mr. Guan is so lucky to have such a young lady!"