happy rebirth

The news that Mr. Mu lived in Qiulin Academy gradually spread.Although none of the students dared to disturb him in the small courtyard where he lived alone, it did not prevent everyone from having a turbulent mood in private.It is said that Mu Lao came to Beijing this time at the invitation of the Imperial College.He will be resident in the Guozijian next spring and give lectures to the outside world.

Shao Rui, who is a fan of brains, said: "Since Mr. Mu moved in, the plants and trees in our academy have become more energetic."

Ke Qi, who doesn't chase stars, really didn't feel it at all.

Xie Jinhua is a rational groupie. Although he admires the old man very much, he also has a feeling that "I think the chicken is good enough, why bother to admire the hen that lays the egg".Therefore, he dug out Mu Lao's works, reviewed them for two or three days, and then completely recovered his calm.

Therefore, when Mr. Mu asked Xie Jinhua to meet him by name, Xie Jinhua felt very surprised.He didn't understand that he had been well behaved and hadn't stood out in front of Mr. Mu. Why did Mr. Mu single out him on purpose?Is it really because he is so good-looking as Ke Qi said?

Don't be narcissistic.Don't be narcissistic.

Xie Jinhua felt that he was about to be abducted by Ke Qi and became more and more out of tune.

The courtyard where Mu Lao lives is not far from Ou De Pavilion, and this place has always been specially used to entertain distinguished guests.Xie Jinhua gave a student salute as soon as he entered the door.He smelled Shu Xuan Zixian.Shu Xuan's purple envy tea is the best tea, Mu Lao has no official position, but Emperor Kairui rewards him generously.

The Xie Mansion also has this purple envy tea, it is because of the face of the eldest princess.Most people really can't drink this tea.It can be seen that Mu Lao has a great status with the emperor.When a person has a good reputation and is valued by the superiors, even if Mu Lao is still in white, who would dare to underestimate him?

Xie Jinhua's etiquette was cultivated since he was a child. Although he has been a lot more lazy in private with Ke Qi recently, when he stood in front of outsiders, he subconsciously returned to Hou Menzi's reserved appearance.A thought vaguely came up in his mind, if in a few decades, he could become a figure like Mu Lao... He stood solemnly, and immediately suppressed the thought that just came up.He does have ambitions, but he shouldn't let them go at this time.

Elder Mu looked at Xie Jinhua carefully.Looking at his face face to face, he felt that Xie Jinhua looked more like someone.Not only the appearance, but even Xie Jinhua's restrained temperament is very similar to that person's appearance in his 20s.Considering his age, this Xie family child is only 14 years old.

Such ingenuity, I really should ask that person to come and see for himself!

Mu Lao didn't say anything else, just said: "Sit down and play a game of chess with me."

Xie Jinhua cupped his hands and said, "Students take orders."

People at this time seem to like to use chess skills to judge character.When Jida wanted to test Ke Qi, he asked Ke Qi to play chess with him.Now when Mu Lao wants to test Xie Jinhua, he still chooses to play chess.Xie Jinhua was calm and fearless.He is not competitive, but he is not afraid of any temptation.

In the past few days, Mr. Mu watched Xie Jinhua's homework after entering school, and the first three issues of "Yimianlou Ji", and became more and more satisfied with Xie Jinhua.Therefore, he naturally would not underestimate Xie Jinhua.Just considering Xie Jinhua's age, he still had the heart to give in when he settled.

Xie Jinhua's emotional intelligence is still there, if he plays chess with his father, Mr. Xie Houye, I'm afraid he will deliberately play tricks, so he has to make his father happy.But who is Mr. Mu?He is the most orthodox literati, and the word character is more important than anything else.So Xie Jinhua took it seriously from the very beginning.

You came and I went back and forth several times, Old Mu frowned, and became sharper when he moved again.

This game of chess took far longer than Mu Lao expected.Xie Jinhua didn't change his expression much from the beginning to the end, but he evened Mu Lao.Elder Mu couldn't help laughing loudly: "Okay, okay!" There are talents in Jiangshan, and if he loses, I'm afraid he will be even happier.

Playing chess is not only mentally exhausting, but also physically demanding.Xie Jinhua felt that he was a little hungry, and his eyes subconsciously fell on the tea.

Mr. Mu asked the boy to put away the chessboard, pushed the refreshments towards Xie Jinhua, and said, "This is Mrs. Gongsun's handicraft, you can try it."

Xie Jinhua thanked him, pinched a piece of pastry, blocked it with his sleeve, and ate it slowly.

Mu Lao thought, the taste is different, the native of Sichuan has always liked spicy food, and he is always indifferent to desserts.The way Xie Jinhua eats is obviously very refined, but it just makes people feel that he is eating delicious food.Elder Mu found it very interesting.He is old enough to be Xie Jinhua's great-grandfather, and he is naturally a dignified patriarch in the family. It is rare to see Xie Jinhua, a junior who is unrestrained in front of him, and he likes it like something.He has already moved his mind to accept Xie Jinhua as a closed disciple, but he still has questions to ask.

"My boy, make up your mind as early as possible, what are your plans for the future?" Elder Mu asked.

If Xie Jinhua is obsessed with his official career, then even if Mr. Mu likes him very much, he can only reluctantly give up on this disciple.Because, Mr. Mu's main purpose of recycling disciples is to cultivate an assistant for himself.If the disciple has other ideas, he can't stop the disciple from going to a better future, right?

It's not that Mr. Mu doesn't want to ask his disciples to become officials.

You can take part in the imperial examination, and you can also be an official, but you can't be obsessed with being an official.Mr. Mu needs a young disciple to accompany him to study books together.

Xie Jinhua thought for a while, and said, "It's wonderful to write a book and make a statement."

If such words are spoken by another person, or if the tone of the words is not so meaningful, it will make people think that the speaker is arrogant.But Mr. Mu knew that what Xie Jinhua said was the truth.He looked at Xie Jinhua with bright eyes, this kid is destined to be his disciple!

listen!Write a book and say it!This has not become a master and apprentice, their thoughts are the same!

When Xie Jinhua went to Mr. Mu's place, Ke Qi was writing letters, one to Ke You, one to his cousin Liu Ya, one to Ding's Seventeen, and one to Li Xu of Dejun Palace.Relationships need to be maintained, so it is necessary to write and communicate frequently.In the letter to Li Xu, Ke Qi vividly told anecdotes about the academy.Shan Chang's "extreme" intelligence has become a landscape of the academy, and it may become a feature of the academy in the future.

All these little anecdotes can make Li Xu act good in front of the emperor.Li Xu became more and more adept at making the emperor's grandfather happy.And Ke Qi also reached a consensus with Li Xu that Li Xu would not expose Ke Qi in front of the emperor.Because, now is not the time yet.

As long as Li Xu doesn't say anything, who would know about Ke Qi, a little shrimp?Even if someone knew, they wouldn't pay much attention.

Ke Qi still left a letter unwritten.Because, of course, Xie Jinhua had to do it himself for the letter to Brother Xie's family.

Qingyang Hou Mansion.

The steward walked in from the outside, and respectfully handed a letter to the young master Xie Chunying.The steward's surname was Lin. When Ke Qi lived in the Xie Mansion for a long time, when he wanted to go out to do errands, he was mostly followed by this steward.The letter in Steward Lin's hand came from Gongsun Shanzhang of Qiulin Academy.

The Gongsun family is actually a big family, otherwise how could Qiulin Academy own so much land?At Xie Chunying's age, all the contacts that should be managed have already been managed.Naturally, he and Gongsun Shanchang also have some friendship, although they don't have much contact on the surface.

Xie had learned from his grandfather that Mu Lao wanted to find a closed disciple, and from his colleagues that the Imperial Academy wanted to invite Mu Lao to give lectures. He felt that this was Xiao Si's opportunity.So he secretly made some arrangements so that Mr. Mu could see Xie Jinhua's talent.

Many gentlemen in Qiulin Academy have old friends with Mr. Mu, Xie Da guessed that Mr. Mu would live in the academy, so he also wrote a letter to ask Mr. Gongsun Shan.

Therefore, Gongsun Shanzhang was able to speak for Xie Jinhua in front of Mr. Mu, not only because he cherished Xie Jinhua's talent, but also because of Xie Da's face.Of course, with Gongsun Shan's character, if Xie Jinhua, character or talent does not satisfy him, then no matter how much Xie Da asks, it will be useless.As a literati, Gongsun Shanzhang will only add to Xie Jinhua's excellent foundation.

Gongsun Shanchang did what he could and wrote back a letter to Xie Da.

Xie Chunying opened the letter and read it hastily, a little smile appeared on her lips.He closed the letter paper, turned around and ordered Lin Guanshi, and said: "Go and find the Chenghe inkstone in my private warehouse, and you will send it to Mr. Gongsun yourself. He has been thinking about it for a long time." Chenghe inkstone is rare. As a thank you gift is actually a bit heavy.But Gongsun Shanzhang is an elegant person, and an elegant person is naturally worthy of elegant things, Xie Da thinks this is also the luck of Chenghe Yan.

Steward Lin responded to the matter, but did not leave immediately.There was a hint of hesitation on his face, as if he wanted to say something, but he knew that as a servant, he shouldn't open his mouth to object after the master had already made a decision.He wanted to abide by his duty as a servant, but he couldn't help worrying.

After all, he is an old man who has been with him for many years. General Xie regarded Guanshi Lin as his confidant, so he added a few more words at this time, and said, "Mr. Mu has already met Xiao Si, so he must have thought about something in his heart. The old man is Smart man, so he will use his brain to imagine 'coincidence' as reasonable."

Smart people always tend to think too much. When the Xie family put the secret in the sun, everyone didn't think it would be a secret.Even if they find something unreasonable, they will take the initiative to come up with reasons of one kind or another to rationalize everything that is unreasonable.

"I understand." Lin Guanshi said.In other words, as long as they are not guilty, the truth they give is the truth known to the world.

Xie Chunying probably wanted to force a smile, but he looked better when he wasn't smiling than when he was smiling.Xie Jinhua always knew that his elder brother treated him very well, but in fact, his elder brother treated him even better than he knew.Brother Xie's family thinks that Xie Xiaosi is really good-looking.Maybe it was the blessing of the Bodhisattva, and of course it was more likely that Xie Jinhua's dead mother was blessing him, so Xie Jinhua didn't look like those who couldn't at all.

Since Xie Jinhua is the fourth master of the Xie family's generation, he will always be the fourth master of the Xie family.