Kuai Chuan starts from saving Daiyu

"Second brother!"

After Zhou Yu finished practicing a set of saber techniques, Zhou Chen called him out.

He didn't rush to get close to his second brother when he was practicing swordsmanship. His second brother is a martial arts idiot, and he is more concentrated when practicing martial arts.

Zhou Yu turned her head when she heard the sound, saw that it was Zhou Chen, and immediately smiled, "Zi Chen? Why do you come to see me when you have time? Come quickly and let the second brother see if you have grown taller recently."

While talking, Zhou Yu put down the knife and walked towards Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen covered his forehead, took a step back, and avoided Zhou Yu's hand, "It's grown, second brother, I have something to ask you."

His eldest brother, Zhou Jin, had gone to serve as the governor two years ago, and now he is not in Beijing, only his second brother Zhou Yu and third brother Zhou Jue are at home.

He has three older brothers, the eldest brother Zhou Jin is steady, the second brother Zhou Yu is unrestrained, and the third brother Zhou Jue is bold.

Relatively speaking, among the three older brothers, Zhou Chen was more willing to ask the eldest brother for advice, but the eldest brother was not in the capital, so Zhou Chen decided to go to the third brother, who knew that the third brother was not at home at the moment, so in desperation , Zhou Chen had no choice but to look for his second brother.

His three older brothers, the eldest brother and the second brother are all compatriots from the same mother, and the third brother is a concubine.Both the eldest brother and the second brother are much older than him, and they are almost raised by the original owner as half of their sons, and the second brother is even more responsive.

His second brother has a wild temper and is also the most enthusiastic. In Yuanshen's memory, he was often punished because of this second brother.

When he was young, his second brother often took the original body to climb trees to dig out bird nests, and went to fish in the pond in the garden. Every time he got dirty, he was beaten by his mother.

Later, when he got older, after he was enlightened, almost all his time was spent on reading, and the days spent hanging out with his second brother dropped sharply.

But even though they don't spend much time together, every time they meet the second brother, they will be warmly received by the second brother.

Like now.

Zhou Chen was dragged into the main room by the second brother, "Zi Chen came to see the second brother, what's the matter? Tell me."

"It's nothing." Zhou Chen told Zhou Yu about the doubts he discovered at the gathering with his friends today, and then asked, "The Lin family has been in the capital for almost half a year. Every time we get together, I never heard him mention Zhang'er, but today? I don't know what's going on, but I suddenly asked Zhang'er, did something happen to the Lin family?"

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, and said, "I haven't heard of this, could it be that you are thinking too much? Maybe Ziying just wants to get to know Zhang'er."

Feng Ziying has never had any friendship with the Lin family, so why did she suddenly want to know Lin Zhang?

It is clear that there is a problem.

Seeing Zhou Chen's unhappy face, Zhou Yu smiled and said, "If you are worried, you don't want to introduce Zhang'er to Ziying. The master of the Lin family is in the heart of the emperor. Protect, no matter how bad it is...and our father, what are you afraid of?" After a pause, he seemed to think of something, and teased, "Zichen has grown up too, are you worried about Miss Lin?"

Zhou Chen's expression froze, and he didn't answer, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."

"Hey, don't rush away." Zhou Yu finally met Zhou Chen who came to him on his own initiative, how could he let him go so easily?Immediately grabbed Zhou Chen, "We brothers haven't talked together for a long time, why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Zhou Chen was helpless, "Second brother... I really have something to do."

He always felt that Feng Ziying must have something inside when he asked Lin Zhang. Since the second brother didn't know, he went to find the master.

"What's the matter with you?" Zhou Yu asked wonderingly.

Zhou Chen said, "I'm going to find the master."

As soon as he heard that Zhou Chen was going to find the master, Zhou Yu let go of Zhou Chen's hand.

In the whole house, what Zhou Yu fears most is his father.

"Oh, then if you have something to do, go and do it first, and we brothers will catch up on the old days later." Zhou Yu personally sent Zhou Chen out with a smile.

Zhou Chen couldn't help laughing when he walked away.

Originally, the second brother was really afraid of the master.

At this time, Zhou Xueqian had already returned to the mansion, and when he saw Zhou Chen coming to look for him, he sent all the servants out.

"It's almost time for dinner. If you don't eat in your own yard, you came to look for me. You must have something to do?"

Zhou Chen said with a smile, "Master guesses right."

"Stop flattering," Zhou Xueqian scolded with a smile, "Quickly tell me what's going on."

Zhou Chen explained the purpose of his visit, and Zhou Xueqian raised his eyebrows after hearing this, "Zi Chen, I think you've lost your mind when you read and study. After you get married next year, you should still work as a foreigner."

"What is the meaning of this, sir?"

Zhou Chen asked himself, compared to the original body, his acuity is still stronger.

Zhou Xueqian said, "After you passed the Tanhua exam, you became more cheerful, but your temper is still too boring. If things go on like this, it will not be good for your future career. Now that you have entered the officialdom, some people will not be able to get along with you even if you don't want to get along with them. , you also have to learn how to get along, in this regard you are far inferior to your few friends."

"Master, you mean, their ability to inquire about news?" Zhou Chen asked thoughtfully.

Zhou Xueqian thought for a while, and said, "You are not young anymore, I will pick a few people for you tomorrow."

Among Zhou Chen's acquaintances, Feng Ziying relied on her family connections to get her official position. That's not orthodox. Only Zhou Chen is among the friends. Shi people.

In conclusion, Zhou Chen's status is far higher than that of the other children of the family.

However, Zhou Chen's temperament is too dull. Except for a few acquaintances, although he will also get close to them, he will not make deep acquaintances. The news came from friends.

If it was the grievances and grievances between the children of those aristocratic families in the past, that would be fine. When friends stay together, there is always something to talk about. These topics are all fun, just listen to them.

But when it comes to the safety of people close to you, you have to get tips from others, which is a step slower.

One step at a time, one step at a time.

You never know what dire consequences you may have if you take a step too slowly.

At present, Zhou Chen and his master are standing up, even if something happens, he will naturally come forward to solve it.

But Zhou Chen is getting older, so he can't be a father to wipe his ass in the next few decades, right?

He is also in his 50s, with half of his foot in the soil, and no one knows when he will be gone.

After a hundred years, who can Zhou Chen rely on?

By his two brothers?

Zhou Jin is prudent. Although she is obsessed with calligraphy and painting, she has passed the Juren examination anyway, and with his face, she got an official position. She has reserved her career for more than ten years, and with his protection, she has slowly risen to the position of governor.

Not to mention the second son, he only loves to dance with guns and clubs, and it would be good if he can read a few words, and he can't ask for more.Fortunately, the second son's many years of martial arts training was not a waste of time. He has developed a good martial arts. In the early years when he was hunting in autumn, he showed his face in front of the emperor. When I was young, I only practiced martial arts at home, and rarely went out to fool around.

The third son born from a concubine is better at reading than the eldest son and second son, but it is also limited.In his early twenties, he won the Jinshi examination, and his ranking was in the middle of the second class.

Overall, not bad.

He stayed in the Imperial Academy for two years, and after the evaluation, he was transferred to the Ministry of Officials, and now he has been promoted to Yuanwailang. Although he is only a fifth-rank official, the third child is only 26 this year. Really able to support the young and promising.

Of his four sons, only Zhou Chen is the most promising.

If it wasn't for...Zhou Chen might have won the first prize in the exam.

However, there is no way around this. The number one scholar in this subject was born in the south of the Yangtze River. Like Zhou Chen, he has few talents and reputations.But I don't know if it's because of the unfavorable years. When he was going to Fucheng to rush for the exam, his father, the pillar of the family, suddenly disappeared, so he could only study at home.

Seeing that the filial piety period is about to expire, his mother is gone, and the filial piety period has been added for another three years.

Fortunately, his grandparents left early, and when the filial piety period was over, the family was destitute, so he had to support himself first, and waited for another two years before going to Fucheng to take the exam. When the results were released, he was Jie Yuan of that subject. So he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and won the first place in the exam, and he was about to get the first prize, but at this time he fell ill and missed the palace exam.

It will take another three years to wait for the next imperial examination.Just happened to bump into Zhou Chen.

Although Zhou Chen won five first prizes in a row, this new champion also won five top prizes in a row. His only advantage is that his father is the emperor's companion.

But can this be used as a reason for the emperor to nominate him as the champion?

Of course not.

The number one scholar in this subject has gone through all kinds of hardships to get to this point. Even the emperor remembered that he missed the palace examination last time due to illness.

The emperor thought about it again and again, and finally chose the Jiangnan talented scholar as the number one champion. Zhou Chen also saw that Zhou Chen was Lin Ruhai's future son-in-law. good talk.

As a result, Zhou Chen's No.2 was gone, and he became No.3 in Yijia, Tanhua.

No matter how nice Tanhualang sounds, it is also No.3.

As long as Zhou Chen takes the exam, he has never passed the No. 3 exam, so he will be the No.

So, Zhou Chen was so angry that he studied at home, almost getting himself seriously ill from exhaustion.

……

Zhou Chen left the master's study and went straight back to Qingsongyuan.

After dinner, he was studying in the study. Seeing that it was getting dark, Yushi knocked on the door, "Jiu Ye, Wu Ye is here."

The fifth master is his third elder brother Zhou Jue.

"Come in quickly."

Soon, Zhou Jue was ushered in.

"I heard from Ke'er that you came to see me, what's the matter?"

Zhou Chen smiled, "It's all right now, Brother Lao, come and sit down and have a cup of tea?"

Although he wondered why Zhou Chen was fine again, Zhou Jue didn't ask any further questions, but shook his head and refused, "Your sister-in-law is still waiting for me, so I'll go back first."

Zhou Chen got up and sent him out.

The next day, two people came to Zhou Chen's courtyard to report.

It was his master who pointed it out to him.

"What's your name and what you're good at, let me tell you all about it." Zhou Chen said after taking a sip of tea.

Soon, Zhou Chen figured out what the names of these two people were.

These two people are a pair of brothers, the older brother is called Jiang Ping, and the younger is called Jiang Tian.His father was a follower of his master named Jiang Tianlang, his origin is unclear, no one in this mansion knew about Jiang Tianlang's origin, they only knew that he was extremely capable and he was his father's right-hand man.

It is said that when his master was traveling abroad, he accidentally rescued a person from the rivers and lakes. Later, in order to repay his kindness, he followed his master to do business, and at the same time protected his safety.

Speaking of which, Zhou Chen's second brother's martial arts master is Jiang Tianlang.

It is said that his second elder brother saw Jiang Tianlang showing off his skills when he was a child, and then clamored to practice martial arts, and respected Jiang Tianlang as a teacher.

Although Zhou Chen had never met the two brothers Jiang Ping and Jiang Tian in the mansion before, since they were Jiang Tianlang's sons, these two brothers must have some special abilities, otherwise his master would not arrange to come to him.

But... Seeing how these two people watched their hearts, he had to subdue them first, otherwise he might not be able to subdue him in his heart.

--------------------

The author has something to say:

Ah, the update is a bit late today_(:з」∠)_