I made a fortune teaching live broadcast in ancient times

Outside the city gate, Winter Solstice stopped the carriage and shouted excitedly to the statement: "Sir, the capital is here."

Chen Chen got up and opened the curtain, Dong Zhi stepped forward to help his hand out of the carriage.

Looking up at the city wall in front of you, there are two big characters of "Beijing" engraved on it. On this blue brick city wall, it looks inexplicably simple and heavy.

There are guards standing upright under the city gate, and two of them are checking the household registration certificates of the pedestrians coming and going.

After a few minutes, it was their turn to present them. Winter Solstice handed over the household registration certificates of the master and servant to the guards, and handed over the city entry fee of two taels of silver. This entry fee was issued by the imperial court. Anyone who enters the city needs to pay an entry fee of one tael of silver. After collecting the entry fee, the guards carefully scan the entire body of the master and servant, and then compare it with the records on the household registration, such as the winter solstice There is a striking mole on the left face, which is also marked on his household registration.

After confirming that the person's household registration was correct, and seeing that the household registration stated the identity of Juren's fame, it was obvious that the guard's expression was much gentler.

After confirming that there was no problem with the master and servant, the guards closed the household registration and returned it to Dongzhi, then bowed to Chen Chen and made a gesture of invitation: "Please come inside, sir!"

The statement is not that dandy, since the guards treated him politely first, then he must return it politely, and replied: "Thank you, everyone has worked hard."

"It's just about my duty. I'll wait here to wish Mr. the title of the gold list first." The guards are not stupid, no matter whether the statement can be passed or not, it doesn't take much effort for them to say a good word in advance.

Things in this world are changing a lot, maybe a good word from them at this time will help them in the future.

Chen Chen smiled and replied gently: "Then thank you for your blessing." After speaking, the master and servant led the carriage and prepared to enter the city.

At this moment, a very elegant middle-aged man who had been standing next to the guard came over to Chen Chen and asked with his hands clasped, "Excuse me, my son is Chen Juren."

Chen Chen looked at the strange middle-aged man in front of him. He hesitated for a moment, confirmed that he did not know this person, and then asked doubtfully, "It's me, I wonder who you are?"

Cheng Yuan was overjoyed immediately, the master ordered him to pick up the young master, originally Sanshui accompanied him, but the master caught a cold last night, and woke up this morning with a cough, Sanshui wanted to stay and take care of the master, so he had to pick him up , but he has never met the young master, only heard Sanshui describe the young master's appearance, "This old slave has seen the young master, this old slave is Cheng Yuan, the housekeeper of the Cheng family."

Hearing the Cheng mansion in his mouth, Chen Chen thought it must be the teacher's mansion, so he asked, "But my teacher Cheng Mo Cheng Da Confucian's Cheng mansion?"

Cheng Yuan nodded, "Exactly."

Seeing this statement, it is clear that the steward Cheng was sent by the teacher to pick him up, and the statement warmed up, "Thank you for your hard work, is my teacher still in good health?"

"This is what this old slave should be. The master is in good health. It's just that the master was greedy for cold last night, and today he wakes up with a sore throat and cough." Cheng Yuan replied respectfully, without showing any contempt for the small place.

"It doesn't matter, teacher. Have you seen the doctor and taken medicine? What did the doctor say?" Hearing that the teacher was sick and coughing, he stated that he was very nervous.

Seeing him like this, Cheng Yuan felt very comforted, as expected of the master who has been thinking about it all the time, "Don't worry, the master's illness is not serious. I have seen the doctor and took the medicine. Sanshui is taking care of you at the mansion. Otherwise, there will be three people who will pick you up with me." water together."

Hearing that Cheng Lao's illness was not serious, Chen Chen was a little relieved, nodded and said: "Teacher's health is important." After saying this, Chen Chen was surprised that they had been saying this at the gate of the city, and hurriedly said: "Cheng Steward , let's go see the teacher quickly!"

"Yes, yes, hey, look at how excited this old slave is, let's go!" Cheng Yuan prepared to get into a carriage next to him with an apologetic expression.

Statement suddenly said: "Cheng Butler, if you don't mind, come to my car. I also want to ask you something about the mansion and the teacher."

Steward Cheng shook his head quickly when he heard the words, and said, "I don't dislike it or dislike it, it's just that the old slave, as a servant, dares to share a carriage with the young master."

The statement said with a face of disapproval: "Since you are the steward of the teacher's mansion, you must be someone who the teacher trusts very much, so you ride with me in a carriage, so there is nothing to dare or not, besides, I am a newcomer, and I still want to I want to ask you something."

"If that's the case, that old slave will be daring." Cheng Chengyuan didn't enter the carriage, but sat on the carriage frame with Dong Zhi.

Seeing him like this, the statement stopped persuading him, so he lifted the curtain and hung it up, and then asked him about Mr. Cheng during this period.

Cheng Yuan slowly stated: "Ever since I received your letter, young master, the master has been looking forward to your coming to the capital. The master has calculated that you will arrive today, and this morning he ordered the kitchen to cook your favorite food. Yes, a hot meal will be available when you get home."

"Thank you, teacher." Hearing that the teacher ordered the kitchen to make delicious food for him early, he stated that his heart was warm. Although he had only been with the teacher for a few months, this teacher gave him the same feeling as his grandfather in his previous life. They are all teaching and educating people for a lifetime, and the teacher has not even had a companion for teaching and educating people all his life, and has always been alone.

Cheng Yuan shook his head and said with emotion: "The master is looking forward to your coming. Except for us servants in the mansion, the master is the only master in the huge mansion, so it is a bit lonely and quiet. The Cheng family has only the master in the capital city." One, the other clansmen are all in Suzhou, and a few young masters who are usually officials in the capital occasionally come to see the master, now that you are here, young master, the mansion will be more lively."

Listening to Steward Cheng's ramblings and science popularization along the way, I knew that the young masters he talked about were the disciples of the teacher. The teacher had a total of twelve disciples in his life, and he was the last No. 12 disciple. The last closed disciple.

The third senior brother and the fifth senior brother are now officials in the court, the second senior brother, the fourth senior brother and the seventh senior brother are teachers in other places, the eighth senior brother died early due to illness, and the ninety-one and thirteen senior brothers went out to travel together.

The most special among them is Senior Brother Six, who actually joined the army.

Afterwards, I heard Cheng Steward said that the relationship between the teacher and the family is not very good. The reason is that the teacher refused to help the family find an official position in the court, and even said that the teacher did not teach outsiders well to teach the younger generations of the family. etc.

Speaking of this, Steward Cheng looked resentful and disgusted, and stated that from his expression and tone, he knew how much he hated the teacher's people.

However, since the teacher has a bad relationship with the tribe, and he has no offspring, as the saying goes, as long as the master and other masters serve tea and kowtow in a serious way, they are no different from their fathers, and they all want their disciples to retire and die of.

And he stated that he is the last closed disciple of the teacher, so the teacher will let him take care of him in the future.

Without Mr. Cheng's knowledge, his closed-door disciple, Chen Chen, had already secretly made the decision to support him in retirement.

Unknowingly, the master and servant came to the inner city, Cheng Guanjia said: "Young master, Cheng's residence is in Sanyuan Lane on Zhuque Street, so we have to enter through the east gate."

Statement nodded, "Could Steward Cheng lead the way."

The inspection in the inner city is not as strict as the gate of the city, mainly because the origin of pedestrians can be distinguished from the clothing.

Cheng Steward whispered science to Chen Chen: "Young master, you are new here, and you may not know that there is a saying in the capital called 'the east is rich and the west is poor, the south is rich and the north is chaotic, and the imperial city is in the middle.'"

Regarding this statement, the statement did not say anything, but Dong Zhi asked curiously: "Cheng Butler, what does this mean?"

"It is said that nobles live in the east, ordinary people live in the west, rich people live in the south, and people of different religions live in the north. The center is the imperial palace," the statement said. Then he looked at Butler Cheng, "Butler Cheng, I explained it right!"

Steward Cheng nodded repeatedly, and said with a pleasant smile, "As expected of the master's disciple, the young master's explanation is quite correct."

Chen Chen smiled. In fact, he had seen this statement on the Internet in his previous life. It is said that in Rongcheng, Sichuan, there was also the saying that "the east is poor, the west is rich, the south is rich and the north is chaotic", which is just the same as the "east is rich and the west is poor, and the south is rich and the north is chaotic." Zhonghuangcheng' is a little different.

Cheng Steward saw that Dongzhi was very interested, so he explained it to him in detail: "As the young master explained, and the inner city is divided into four inner gates, the people living in the eastern city are basically officials who are officials in the court. The mansion, go in and out through the east gate, and the west city is full of common people, so enter and walk through the west gate."

"And the south city is the residence of wealthy businessmen in the entire capital. They go in and out through the south gate, and the north city is full of people of all kinds of religions. There are all kinds of people, so it's a bit chaotic, so people here go in and out through the north gate. Door."

"In addition to the four gates, east, west, north, south, there is also a central gate. Only the royal family and relatives of the emperor can go through this gate. Others are not allowed to go through this gate without the palace's decree, but there is one exception, that is, the eight hundred miles urgent envoy. You can ride through the middle gate."

Winter Solstice nodded after listening to it, with an educated look on his face, but he was not surprised at all and calm in his statement, so Cheng Butler, who was observing secretly, admired in his heart, "As expected, he is indeed the master's closed disciple, even if he came from a small place. A child from a humble family, he was so calm and calm the first time he came to the capital, and he should not be underestimated in the future. '

In fact, it is not that the statement is not surprising, but that he has seen these before, he has seen many such city gates in his previous life, even he has visited the imperial palace, so today he is not surprised or curious about these.

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In about a quarter of an hour, the carriage stopped at the entrance of a mansion at No. 39, Sanyuan Lane, Dongque Street.

Cheng Yuan jumped out of the carriage first, and then said to the statement: "Young master, we are home."

The statement got out of the carriage and looked up, a tall green brick courtyard wall, gorgeous glazed tiles under the sun, a vermilion gate, and two stone lions standing at the entrance of the mansion. It is a standard mansion of a wealthy and noble family. There are two porters standing on both sides of the gate. On the vermilion door plaque above the gate, the word "Chengfu" is painted with iron and silver hooks.

Seeing this statement, Cheng Yuan quickly explained to him: "This door plaque is still the door plaque given by Emperor Rongzhen himself when the master was admitted to the number one scholar."

Hearing that it was bestowed by Emperor Rongzhen, he said in his heart, "Could it be that the royal family has a hobby of giving plaques, the grandfather gave plaques to teachers, and the grandson gave plaques to his academy." '

But then I thought that this is the era of imperial power, and it is indeed a great honor for a person to have something bestowed by the king of the country.

Especially thinking about his own academy, it turns out that other academies still have a lot of gossip about Yanshan Academy. Since the current emperor bestowed the door plaque, those people no longer dare to gossip in person, at most they only dare to whisper in secret .

So thinking about it this way, the statement doesn't feel disgusted anymore, and even thinks that the royal family can continue to maintain this preference.

"Young master, let's go into the house, the master is still waiting for you." Cheng Yuan stepped forward to remind him when he saw that he was not moving for a long time.

Statement was reminded by him to come back to his senses, put his foot on the bluestone slab, and walked to the gate in a few steps. Seeing this, the gatekeepers at the gate bowed down and saluted, "Meet the young master, see the butler of the process."

Seeing what they yelled, the statement made it clear that it seemed that the teacher had announced their identities.

Steward Cheng ordered to the door: "Go and help the young master's book boy, and send the young master's things to the east chamber."

After finishing the order, Steward Cheng led the statement to the inner courtyard. Along the way, he met several servants. Although they were very curious about the statement, they all greeted him politely.

Because of the small number of people in Cheng's mansion, the mansion is not big, so it is only a courtyard with three entrances. It only takes a few breaths to enter the inner courtyard from the gate.

As soon as Chen Chen walked into the yard and before entering the house, he heard a cough coming from the house, and the cough was mixed with the owner's words, "Sanshui, cough...cough...you go cough...cough ..See if Mu Qing is coughing...cough."

Listening to the teacher who was sick and still concerned about whether he would arrive or not, the statement blushed and strode into the room, "Teacher." After finishing speaking, he knelt down in front of Cheng Lao's bed forcefully, and said with a sob: "It's Mr. Cheng. It’s green, it’s making you worry, Teacher.”

Seeing his closed disciple kneeling in front of him, Cheng Lao was overjoyed, and quickly got up to help him up, but he coughed uncontrollably when he moved, but even so, he stretched out his hand to signal Sanshui to help him up.

Seeing this statement, he didn't ask Sanshui to help him, he got up and sat on the edge of the bed, then helped Mr. Cheng up, and patted his back lightly with his empty hands to relieve his cough.

After a long time, Mr. Cheng finally stopped coughing, Sanshui brought warm water, stated that he was waiting for Mr. Cheng, and then drank half a cup of warm water to moisten his throat before he regained his senses.

Slowing down, Mr. Cheng grabbed the wrist of the statement, looked at him kindly and said with concern: "Is the journey safe and sound, did you encounter anything on the way?"

Chen shook his head and replied: "The journey was safe." Then he carefully looked at Cheng Lao's body. It was already summer, and the thick clothes on his body were gone, and he was only wearing thin clothes. It was obvious that the teacher's body was weak, and his complexion was even worse He looks tired, which may be related to his illness today.

But even so, the statement was very distressing, "Teacher, why are you so much thinner than when you left the academy?"

Cheng Lao waved his hand and said indifferently: "I'm fine, it's just that I got a bad taste from you, and I'm not used to it for a while when I come back."

Chen Chen didn't believe what he said. As a teacher, if the chef in the kitchen couldn't cook any kind of delicious food, how could it be his home-cooked dishes that could make a fool of himself.

Seeing the teacher like this reminded him of his grandfather in his previous life. When his grandfather got old, he was like an old child. The same is true for Mr. Cheng now. The butler Cheng also said that he was sick this time. It was the teacher himself who was greedy for cold at night. , the statement wanted to talk about it, but seeing the guilty look on Cheng Lao's face, even if there were thousands of words, the statement could only be said: "You!"

In the end, I could only shake my head and said, "Now that I'm here, if you miss those home-cooked dishes, I'll let the kitchen make them for you, and I must let you take good care of your bones."

Mr. Cheng was dissatisfied with his distractions, "What are you worrying about? I am in good health, but I just caught a cold today. Now you can concentrate on one thing, which is studying. Enke is due in more than a month. You can't lose my old face."

I won't listen to his statement, but I didn't refute it. I nodded and said: "I know, I know, I won't delay my study, so you can rest assured."

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It is stated that there is a shortcoming with Cheng's parents on this side, and Lu Guogong's mansion on the other side.

Ling Yuan quickly ran to the backyard, and after entering a yard, he shouted into it as he ran:

"Young Master, Mr. Chen has arrived in the capital, and now he has gone to the Cheng Mansion!"