Improper stepping stone for men

Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye. After having goals and motivation, the three brothers of the Su family showed talents that surprised their parents and wives.

From not knowing a single character in Dou Da, to being able to read and write by themselves, in a short period of time, a few young people who have been doing hard work have really looked like scholars.

In comparison, Fifth Brother Su's growth is not so eye-catching. After all, he has been studying for five years, and he was often praised by his master for his intelligence before. On the surface, it seems that there is not much change.

In fact, only Yang Yan knows that among the brothers, he is the one with the best aptitude. Although he didn't have a famous teacher to teach him and his vision was limited, he has a good foundation.

This year's study with him has increased his knowledge, and his whole person has made a qualitative leap. With his current level, the fame of a scholar can be said to be within his fingertips, even if he is a person, he is seven or eight percent sure.

However, Yang Yan was not in a hurry to let him go. Seeing that he had almost mastered the knowledge in the books, he sent him out for a study tour. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Many things need to be experienced in person to gain a deeper understanding. .

What's more, the person who is staring at him has not been found out yet. Yang Yan spread the white paper on the desk, smiled and picked up the pen. It's time to eliminate some unstable factors.

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Compared with the peace and joy of the Su family and the unity of brothers, the life of the Marquis of Jinshou's mansion this year can be said to be extremely difficult. It should be said that since the return of the real son, there has not been a single day in the mansion.

In the past, Zuo Yangyan showed extraordinary talent when he was young. He was able to speak well at a young age, advance and retreat with restraint, and he did not need the favor of his family to be admitted as a scholar and a scholar, just like a child of someone else's family.

Almost everyone in the elite circle who is close to his age has been compared and reprimanded by the elders in the family. It can be said that he has enough hatred. Add insult to injury.

The reason why they didn't step on him in person was not that these people were unwilling, but that the original owner was vigilant enough to know that his identity would easily attract disputes, and he never gave them a chance by using the excuse of studying in the mansion all day long.

Originally, he planned it very well. Although he is not the parent and child of Mrs. Hou Yehou, the painstaking efforts they have put in over the past ten years are real. Now in this world, many people will be happy to see promising students, even if they have nothing to do with them. Make a good relationship.

They forged such a deep friendship by accident, as long as he is still useful, the Hou family will not be willing to let go, and when he gets fame, the Hou family will definitely extend a helping hand, so that he can climb to a high position and continue to support him. give back.

It was originally a matter of mutual benefit for both parties, the original owner and Jin Shouhou reached a tacit understanding, he stayed in the Hou's mansion quite at ease, the only thing he didn't expect was the variable Zuo Yangyi.

It can also be said that he was implicated by the original owner. In the past, how much those people envied Jin Shouhou for giving birth to a good son, and when the Hou's mansion returned his biological son who grew up in a farmer, they were ridiculed so much .

Zuo Yangyi has just come from a simple earthen grass house that can only shelter from the wind and rain to a garden that is full of exquisite fairy-like gardens. Before enjoying a few days of rich and noble life, Zuo Yangyi was confused by the malice of these "upper class people" .

They had smiles on their faces, but they looked at him as if they were looking at some dirty thing. They mocked him from beginning to end in flat tones with a special charm, but he couldn't even hear him. Understand.

Afterwards, I hid behind my back and figured out what those people meant from the mouths of the servant girls. They thought his words and deeds were vulgar, and they laughed at him for digging in the soil when he was a child. Face and hands covered with calluses and scars.

The most unbearable thing for him is that he is always compared with Zuo Yangyan, who is wronged. Although that person is fake, he is the real son, but in the eyes of these people, one of them is in the sky and the other is in the mud. I don't deserve to carry shoes for others.

The young man's mind is sensitive and can't be provoked. He quarreled with others when he made his public appearance in the elite circle for the first time, and then raised his hand. Later, he was guided by someone who cared a little and put his resentment on the original owner.

After that, the Hou Mansion had a small quarrel for two days and a big quarrel for three days. Mrs. Hou felt sorry for her son who had suffered so many years outside and naturally turned to him. Jin Shouhou was also troubled by the trouble, and the original owner was sent away.

When his legs were disabled and lost their value, the Hou Mansion never mentioned the matter of taking him back, but the mansion did not restore calm because of his departure.

Jin Shouhou was eager to raise his own son into a talent, so he invited a famous teacher to arrange a heavy study for him. Zuo Yangyi suddenly came to a completely different environment. He firmly believed that his father also looked down on him.

The way the young man expresses his anger is immature and ridiculous, he does not do what he is asked to do, he tries to do what he is not allowed to do, and there is a mother who has been spoiled for many years because of her love, and her behavior is getting worse and worse. Let's go wild.

Now when people in the capital mentioned the real son of Jinshouhou Mansion, they all shook their heads and lamented that people are greatly affected by the environment, and it is really wise for Meng's mother to move three times for her son.

Mrs. Hou accidentally heard about her son's reputation abroad, and she was very angry, but she couldn't do anything about him, beat him, couldn't bear it, scolded him, and couldn't listen to him.

Originally, she was planning to teach him slowly, and one day he would know the truth as time went on, but a piece of news on this day made her unable to sit still anymore.

Zuo Yangyi skipped class again, drinking and having fun with others until it was almost curfew before returning home drunk, as soon as he entered his courtyard, he was stunned. with anger.

He was a little sober from the wine, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He walked in with a smile, leaned forward and said, "Mother, why did you come here in person? Just send someone to ask me to go to your side if there is something to do."

"I sent someone to call you, but it's a pity that I didn't find anyone after repeated visits." Madam Hou said coldly, "Where have you been fooling around again?"

"How can it be said that you are fooling around?" Zuo Yangyi staggered two steps, sat down in the chair opposite her, picked up the tea cup in front of her and drank it in one gulp, and said, "My friend is celebrating his birthday, I'll drink it Had two."

"The people you make friends with can also be called friends?" Mrs. Hou frowned, "Some sons of petty officials and younger businessmen are all followers of power, they just took a fancy to your status."

"I don't like to hear these things my mother said," Zuo Yangyi said unhappily, "What about petty officials and merchants? Could it be that you can't make friends if you don't have a high status?"

"Make friends?" Mrs. Hou felt angry when she saw his unscrupulous appearance, and said coldly, "If you treat others as friends, they may not treat you sincerely. If you are not the son of the Hou family, do you think those people are still Will I rush to curry favor with you?"

"It turns out that in mother's heart, I look at me like everyone else," Zuo Yangyi sneered, and said, "I, Zuo Yangyi, is just a farmer who digs food out of the soil. How can you be qualified to be a sincere friend with others?"

"Yi'er!" Mrs. Hou said angrily, "Why did mother ever have such a meaning?"

"It doesn't matter if you have it or not," Zuo Yangyi covered his eyes with a big hand, and said a little tiredly, "I'm very dizzy now, if mother wants to scold me, why don't you come back tomorrow when I sober up, otherwise I won't be able to remember Your words should make you angry again."

Madam Hou was so angry that her chest was clogged, she took a deep breath before she recovered, she tried her best to calm down and said to him: "Yi'er, mother knows that you have been wronged a lot, so I have always tried my best to obey you. "

"Mother always thinks that you can live happily by yourself. Anyway, you are the son of the eldest son, and you will inherit this Nuo Dahou's mansion in the future. You can always guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life."

As she spoke, her expression became serious: "But the situation is different now, do you know that your father recommended your eldest brother to study in the Imperial College today?"

"If he wants to study, he can study, if he likes to study!" Zuo Yangyi said nonchalantly.

"That's the Imperial Academy, not just any academy!" Mrs. Hou was about to die of anger at his attitude, "Do you understand what this means?"

"What?" Zuo Yangyi really didn't understand.

"What, what, you've been back for so long, why don't you understand the situation?" Mrs. Hou couldn't help but roared in a low voice, "Guozijian, the highest school in the entire dynasty, except for those with outstanding talents, every noble family also There is only one place to get in."

"There can only be one person in our Hou Mansion. It used to be Ah Yan. You should be the top one when he left. It's just because you don't know a single word, and the Imperial College has not let go of it. The quota is given to Zuo Yangan, do you understand what your father means?"

"He is dissatisfied with you. He thinks that you can't be supported by mud, so he gave the precious place to your concubine brother. He wants to support his eldest son. Do you think you can still sit on the position of the concubine?" Is it stable?"

"You have only returned home for a short time, so you may not understand the meaning of it. Let me tell you this, as the eldest son, you will not only be able to inherit the title of Marquis of Jin Shou in the future, but also get [-]% of all the property when the family is divided."

"And the remaining [-]% needs to be shared by all your brothers. Lord Hou has five heirs, which means that apart from the eldest son, each of your brothers can only share a quarter of the [-]%."

Hearing his mother's hoarse words, Zuo Yangyi probably understood the seriousness of the matter, but he didn't turn pale with shock or show remorse as she imagined, he just remained silent for a long time before calmly saying: "Oh— —" with a sound.

Mrs. Hou: "..."

She stood up, and the figure projected by the candlelight on the wall was a little bent: "Forget it, you are not in a hurry, what's the use of me worrying about you?"

But even when we got to this point, the young man still looked lazy when he squinted, as if he didn't care about everything.

Mrs. Hou was completely desperate for this son, she flicked her sleeves and left this place in resentment, while Zuo Yangyi still kept the posture of covering her face with one hand and did not move, people who didn't know thought he was Is asleep.

Angrily returning to her residence, Mrs. Hou swept away the tea set on the table with a wave of her hand. She sat on the stool vigorously and pounded the table angrily: "I have no sense of crisis, and I can't listen to good things. , how did I give birth to such a thing?"

"Sometimes I wonder if I was really wrong. Lord Hou is very heroic, and I don't think I'm stupid. No matter how he looks, he doesn't look like the blood of the two of us."

"Ma'am," the old woman next to her turned pale with shock, "This is not something to talk nonsense. If the son finds out, won't it break the bond between you and your mother?"

"I know Nanny Yang," Mrs. Hou took a deep breath before exhaling, "Isn't it only the two of us that I would say?"

She pressed her temples, only to feel a splitting headache, and said: "I really don't know what crimes I did in my previous life. God wants to punish me like this. A good son who has been raised for 16 years is not my own in the end. If I didn't Discovering this matter, Yan'er is so intelligent, why am I in such a difficult situation?"

"Madam must never say such things again in the future," Yang Nanny stepped forward and rubbed her head for her, persuading, "Master Yan has been abolished, no matter how unwilling Madam is, this has become a fact, you can do it in the future Yi Shizi is the only one to rely on."

"Why don't I understand?" Mrs. Hou leaned against her and said weakly, "But you have seen Yi'er's attitude today, he is so muddy that he can't stick to the wall, and he has no sense of crisis. Can you count on it?"

"The son is just too young to understand Madam's good intentions." Nanny Yang rolled her eyes and thought of a way, "Mrs. Why don't you discuss with Lord Hou and advance the marriage date of the son."

"It is said that men start a family and start a career. This is still before starting a family. Maybe when the son gets married and has children, he will understand responsibility when he has a concern in his heart."

"This..." Madam Hou hesitated, "Will it be useful?"

"I don't dare to say if I have used slaves or maidservants, but I heard that the eldest daughter of the Nanxiang Hou is a virtuous person, and may she be able to turn the prodigal son back?" Yang Momo didn't stop, and said softly, "Besides, the two of them already have a relationship. A marriage contract is nothing more than an early marriage, no matter what the result is, there will be no loss, what does Madam think?"

As the old woman continued to press, Madam Hou's headache eased a lot. She closed her eyes and murmured: "Mammy is right, maybe this is also a solution."

The next day she mentioned this matter to Jin Shouhou. After all, he was the eldest son. Although he was dissatisfied a lot, he also had a little thought and agreed without much hesitation.

Finding a suitable time, Jin Shouhou specially visited Nanxianghou. What the two discussed in detail is unknown to outsiders, but when he left the mansion, the wedding date of the two families was set in more than three months. Almost a year.

As for what Zuo Yangyi and Qin Yunxin were thinking in their hearts, these days, parents' orders and matchmaker's words were so important, even if it was their marriage, as juniors, there was no room for them to intervene.

Three months later, the wedding will come as promised. It stands to reason that the marriage of the two Marquis Houses should be a big event, but the generation of Nanxiang Marquis House is no longer as famous as its predecessors, and the real and fake sons of the Jinshou Marquis Mansion have caused a lot of trouble .

The newly recognized eldest son Zuo Yangyi has made some troubles from time to time this year, which can be said to be "famous". On the surface, this wedding looks very beautiful, but there are many people who secretly laugh at it.

Some people lamented Qin Yun's bad luck. The so-called high marriage and low marriage, even if the Nanxianghou's mansion has declined in recent years, but with her family background and talent, if it didn't happen to be at this juncture to discuss marriage with the Jinshouhou's mansion, she would definitely be able to marry. to a better lover.

There were also people who felt sorry for the Marquis of Jin's birthday, that his good son-in-law was sent to a farmer's family to be raised and abandoned. After a hundred years, Zuo Yangyi might not be able to support the lintel of the Hou's mansion.

After all, everyone looked down on this real son of the Hou Mansion, and felt that as long as he had a relationship with him, they were more or less unlucky.

These rumors spread into Zuo Yangyi's ears without any accident, and the young man's self-esteem was hit so badly that even on the wedding day, he kept a straight face, without even a trace of a smile.

And this has once again become the reason why he was attacked by others. Many people think that he is a little ignorant of flattery. A farmer's son is lucky to marry a well-known noble daughter in the capital. I really don't know what it means to put on a face at a wedding.

Those who said these words never thought that Zuo Yangyi was originally the son of the Hou family, but unfortunately fell into a poor family, which gave them the opportunity to attack the south.

Fortunately, this talk did not last long in the capital, and was soon overwhelmed by another extremely sensational news.

The story started three months ago. Lay Xianyun published a new book, and the release of Fang Jing caused a panic buying. Some people even stood in front of the bookstore after the curfew, just to buy their favorite books as soon as possible. book of.

It should be said that although layman Xianyun has only appeared in the eyes of everyone for a year, he has already occupied half of the world of the text world. Except for some old and elementary school scholars who regard "extracurricular books" as scourges, almost all literati They all became his fanboys.

The world of martial arts he described is delightful and exciting, and the fairy tales he tells seem to show the world of immortals in front of people's eyes, while the monsters and ghosts he described are different from people's impressions, but they are justified. Those monsters with flesh and blood seemed to really exist in the world.

This time Layman Xianyun wrote about ordinary official affairs. People who came here for wonderful stories are a little disappointed. But very shocked.

Without him, the main reason is that what he said was too real.

It can be seen that layman Xianyun actually has some taboos, and he is very thorough about many unspoken rules and dark places, but it is precisely this that makes people understand that he knows a lot about officialdom.

Because he has always been very mysterious and hid himself very well. Countless people had guessed his identity but could not confirm it. As soon as this script came out, most people believed that he must have retired from the officialdom. And most of them have been in high positions.

This book is not very eye-catching at first glance, and it is far less exciting than his previous works, but the more you read it, the more fascinating it is. After all, most scholars are still rushing to become officials, and they can't help I will always think: If I encountered the situation in the storybook, what would I do?

After substituting myself into it, I can't help but become more addicted to it. There is such a small county magistrate with a storybook. After encountering the same thing above, he couldn't help but try the irrigation method mentioned above. Just try it and it will work!

If this method was presented by someone below, maybe he would still take the credit for himself, but it was written generously in a best-selling story book.

The little county magistrate knew that he couldn't hide it no matter what, so he simply reported the matter directly to Shangfeng. Although he couldn't take all the credit for it, he had the courage to try, and maybe he could get a good impression.

As he expected, the magistrate he was transferred from the top peak had been lacking in political performance for two years. After he got the report, he quickly used his manpower and material resources to try to do it according to the other cases in the storybook.

Then he found that most of them were feasible, and only a few were not made because he didn't understand it. He was ecstatic and immediately reported the matter, and mentioned the name of the young county magistrate in the memorial.

Zhezi went straight to Tianting, and then someone came to investigate. After confirming that it was correct, the emperor was shocked, and ordered his subordinates to look for this saint who had been passed down by layman Xianyun. Once the news came out, it caused a sensation instantly.

Compared with the happy-go-lucky tales of grievances and grievances, the fascinating tales of immortals and the anecdotes of ghosts and ghosts, although the affairs of the officialdom are exciting, they are relatively less attractive.

Those who read Xianyun Layman’s new storybook before were quite disappointed, and some even asserted that he was at the end of his talents, but things turned around unexpectedly, and a storybook even alarmed the emperor?

Those who lost their fans and turned back to them a while ago were stunned. Those who had uttered wild words in front of everyone for a long time were embarrassed to go out, and the sales of the book that had been somewhat sluggish also caused a wave of panic buying again. Crazier than when it first came out.

This is the story book that shocked even the Holy Majesty. Although the family already has a copy, who doesn't have a relative or friend?Be sure to prepare a copy for those who are far away!

It's a pity that the bookstore only has so much in stock, and it will take time to increase the number of publications. Those who didn't buy them had to turn their attention to the previous few books of Lay Xianyun, and wiped them all out.

Tears of joy flowed out of the bookstore owner's lips, and he was extremely grateful that he had a bright eye and spent a lot of money to keep this nobleman.

When there was a commotion in the outside world and they were in a rush to buy the storybook, the emperor's people followed all the way to find the Su family in He'an Village.

"Mr. Su, Your Majesty welcomes you." The leading guard looked at him with surprise.

He thought that the person who could write such a book should be a great Confucian, but what he saw was a young man who was not as weak as he was, and he was also one of the protagonists in the story of true and false sons a year ago.

If they hadn't found the clues themselves, and had checked carefully that there was no ghostwriter behind him, he would not have believed it no matter what.

"Thank you for leading the way." Yang Yan was not surprised by their appearance, it should be that his move was aimed at the emperor, if he couldn't find this place with the power of the royal family, then he was really surprised.