Funing Hall

Gu Ci followed Xie Wenrui away.

Before leaving, Gu Ci was still a little apprehensive.Gu Ci didn't want to be an official, and he didn't think that being an official was better than him.But the old man who taught him was from a high-ranking official, and his family was once aristocratic. He listened to the old man a lot and knew the way inside.The more you know, the more you disdain, but also the more you know the horror of official authority and power.

Usually disdain, do not care, but because those powers did not apply to him.

Right now, he is a small person, if he really offends someone, the old man has someone to save his life, but his life is like a grass, who will protect him when he is full?

Even though he saw that Xie Wenrui had a high status, he was afraid that he would still be left behind by the people from the Ministry of Rites.

They went out of the government office all the way, Gu Ci rarely walked cautiously.Unexpectedly, no one stopped them at all, except for the boy in the doctor who looked embarrassed!Even the young servant seemed to want to talk after he was in trouble, but after looking at Xie Wenrui a few times, he didn't say anything, but bowed and watched them leave.

When I met other people in the veranda, some saluted Xie Wenrui, and some chatted with him for a few minutes, but no one asked about him.

Gu Ci walked out of the gate of the government office, heaving a sigh of relief in his heart, and immediately thought that the little emperor in the palace is probably getting more and more powerful now!The Prophet of Spring River Plumbing Duck, you can tell a thing or two from the attitude of these officials towards this Lord Xie.If the little emperor's words don't work, no matter how good his family background is, no matter how good his guards are, who will sell his face outside?

But what does this have to do with Gu Ci?

Having already come out, Gu Ci's face immediately smiled into a flower again, but this time it was a real flower.Master Xie brought him out, he turned around and wanted to bow to Master Xie, to thank him.

But when he looked back, this Master Xie was frowning at the corner of his clothes.

He also looked down and saw that his robe was covered in dust.

The room where he was lying just now was facing the wind. He had been lying there for so long, so there was naturally a lot of dust on his body.Thinking about it this way, Gu Ci finally understood why this Lord Xie had already frowned when he got up from the ground earlier, it was because of this.

Gu Ci thought to himself, these gentlemen just have a lot of things to do, but once they helped him, he didn't show it on his face.He bent down to dust himself, looked up and smiled at Master Xie: "There is too much dust on the ground! I'll dust it off right now!"

As soon as he patted his hand on his clothes, the servant behind Mr. Xie immediately rushed to Mr. Xie, stretched out his hand to stop him, and said dissatisfiedly to Gu Ci: "How can you do this in front of my lord!"

Ho!

Gu Ci immediately became upset, and he took the photo again more heavily, leaving even more dust.

"You!" The young servant waved away the dust in the sun in front of him, with disgust on his face.

Gu Ci hummed in his heart, straightened up and bowed to Master Xie to the end: "Thank you so much for saving your life, my family is poor and I can't repay you, so I can only pray for Master Xie every day! May Master Xie continue to be promoted in the future! "

After finishing speaking, Gu Ci didn't even look at him, turned around and jumped down the stairs to leave.

"Gu Ci." Master Xie stopped him again.

Is this finally back to normal?

Like an idiot, always in a daze, how can he be reused by His Majesty?

Gu Ci was dissatisfied, he cleaned up his expression, and looked back at him: "What else can Mr. Xie do?"

That Mr. Xie was quite arrogant when facing other people, but now he looked a little dull.Mr. Xie walked towards him and said to him: "I'm sorry, but my servant speaks bluntly. I'll ask him to apologize to you." After finishing speaking, he glanced at the servant, "Sanjiu."

The servant named Sanjiu probably didn't want to, but he listened to what their lord said, and came forward to kowtow to Gu Ci.

Before Sanjiu could say sorry, Gu Ci took a step back in fright.

He has grown so big, he has never been kneeled by anyone!

These big boys are really scary!

Gu Ci didn't have time to say anything, so he ran away. When he ran into the alley, he turned his head and looked. Why is that Master Xie still looking at him! !

terrible!

Gu Ci has a thick skin, and what happened that day did not have any influence on him afterwards.

Because he had just been trained by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, he originally lived in the Chunfeng Building, and lived with the boys in the Chunfeng Building to save money.In the past few days, he didn't dare to stay, so he went to the inn to book a room by himself.He didn't go out all day, and others thought he was studying his books, but he was really hurrying to paint a small porcelain vase with rouge for the girls.

Five days later, he put away the dozens of vials he had painted, and sat down to take the exam with other students.

Before entering the arena, the person in front of him suddenly whispered: "Those are the personal guards next to His Majesty, take a look!" It is said that these personal guards are the children of nobles in Beijing, and they are all good-looking.Candidates like them from other places were indeed seeing such a scene for the first time.As soon as the person said that, although many people in the team remained silent, they all looked there.

Gu Ci is a good-looking and lively person, so he naturally looked over.

Looking at it this way, he immediately saw Mr. Xie who was in the lead!

In the past few days, he had almost forgotten about this person.With Gu Ci's temperament, he really doesn't want to remember things, and he doesn't want to remember people.

Looking at it now, he realized that he still remembered this person!Not only did he remember, he also remembered the way this person looked at him, and the way this person kowtowed to him.He shook his head secretly, thinking of what the old man said, stay away from these great children.

He immediately looked away.

But the two rows of people at that place were getting closer and closer, some people in the row were whispering, the door of the yard in front opened, and the guards guarding the gate urged them to enter the arena, and they followed suit to look away.Gu Ci lowered his head, afraid of being recognized, but when he entered, he looked back inexplicably.

Looking at it this way, he saw Xie Wenrui looking at him again...

After the exam, the rest of the people almost helped each other out of the exam room, and there were people waiting outside the door to carry them home.

Gu Ci was in good health, so he didn't answer the paper properly. He even slept a few times on the way, and he left the courtyard alive and kicking.After leaving the ceremony courtyard, he hurried back to the inn to get the porcelain vase he had painted, and then rushed to the Chunfeng Building.

He gave the vases to Huaniang, and the Huaniangs were all satisfied, and gave him the silver, and he smiled more beautifully than Huaniang.

Chunniang covered her mouth and smiled, and dragged him into her room: "Sister made delicious food for you, I hope you come today."

He happily followed Chunniang, who was a well-known lady in Chunfenglou, and if others wanted to see her, at least they would give a few dozen taels of silver.At this time, Chunniang poured tea for him with her own hands, and handed him pastries such as peach blossom cakes she made by herself, urging him to eat.

Gu Ci was indeed hungry, and ate two peach blossom cakes in a row.

Chun Niang asked him about the Chunwei exam, but he didn't tell anyone what he didn't do well in the exam. At this time, he said: "I'm afraid it won't work. I will set off to go back to my hometown tomorrow."

Chun Niang was startled: "Don't wait for the ranking to be released?"

"If you don't pass the exam, what are you waiting for?"

Chun Niang was very sorry: "You are so knowledgeable, how could you not pass the exam?"

"Sister, if the imperial examination is so easy, why do you have to study hard for so many years? Why are there those gray-haired people in the examination room?"

"Oh." Chunniang sighed, and comforted him, "It's okay, you are still very young, you will definitely pass the exam! My sister doesn't understand these things, but she knows that you will definitely be a high-ranking official in the future!"

"Pfft!" Gu Ci burst out laughing, how could he be an official.

Chunniang said again: "It's just that you don't have to rush back. If you live in the capital, we will always have work for you here, and you can save some money. There are many people in the capital, so studying here must be better than going back to your hometown." Yes, I can get to know more people. In this way, wouldn’t it be cheaper to take the Chunwei exam three years later? Besides, even if you really don’t pass the exam, it’s better to stay in the capital than to make money in your hometown. I heard a few days ago My lord said, Your Majesty wants to expand the school, you are so knowledgeable, you can become a teacher!"

Gu Ci knew that it was Chunniang who cared about him. He had grown up so much, and the only ones who treated him sincerely were his dead parents and old man, and now there is this sister.Although Chunniang is not as good as his parents, he still remembers this heart.

He thought about it, and what Sister Chunniang said was indeed reasonable.

Chun Niang still persuaded: "Even if you really want to go back, you must first finish our sisters' work before going back. They all love your paintings."

Gu Ci responded with a smile, and Chunniang asked some questions about the exam, Gu Ci answered patiently.He took a bite of the peach blossom crisps and took most of them off in one bite. The crumbs fell on the skirt of his clothes. Chun Niang lightly hit the back of his hand and said angrily, "Eat slowly, you don't know how to be polite. You are always like this. What will happen in the future?" Say daughter-in-law?"

Sister Chunniang didn't mean to say a word, but Gu Ci inexplicably thought of the way Mr. Xie frowned at the dusty corner of his clothes.

Although Chunniang was born in a bad family, she entered such a place and dealt with princes and dukes all day long, and she behaved politely in every move.He is just a country boy, although he knows the way of etiquette, who cares whether he is polite or not?

He put down the half-eaten peach blossom cake and asked Chun Niang: "Sister, do you know that there is Mr. Xie?"

Chunniang only thought for a moment, then said: "In Beijing, there is only one famous family surnamed Xie."

"Who?" Gu Ci asked seriously.

"Marquis of Wu'an Xie's family."

Gu Ci was dumbfounded, that was the hereditary marquis family that they established when the dynasty was founded, and it was written in the books.

Chun Niang said again: "There is a Liu Langjun in their family, it is said that he is very handsome and handsome—"

Gu Ci interrupted her: "It is said? Haven't you seen my sister?"

Chunniang smiled and slapped him again: "Where will I see you! The gentleman in Jingzhong is not everyone's dandy, and Xie Liulang never comes to our place. I also heard others say that he is very young now. Your Majesty must use it..."

Chunniang said something she heard again, and Gu Ci thought to herself, that is this one.

Chunniang spoke happily, and asked him, "How did you ask this person?"

Gu Ci was about to evade the past, when there was a knock on the door, Chun Niang asked, "Who is it?"

Her maid outside said: "My lady, I have a guest who wants to see you."

In front of Gu Ci, Chun Niang didn't hide anything, raised her brows, and said dissatisfiedly, "What are you looking for in the blue sky!" But she also knew that when she came to look for her at this time, she was invited in, so she couldn't be offended People, she said loudly, "Wait for me, I will change clothes."

"Sister! It's too late! That gentleman has come upstairs!"

Chun Niang couldn't help wondering, Gu Ci immediately got up when she saw this, and bowed: "Sister, I'll go first, and when you are free later, ask your girl to call me."

"Success, you can go. I made some snacks for you, remember to take them back."

"Okay." Gu Ci went to open the door, and just as the door opened, he almost bumped into someone.

He looked up, it was Xie Wenrui! !