The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1979 Bigwigs of the Sheng Family

In addition to Ge Xiaomao's old classmates, the people who came included his friends.

Seeing these people, Ge Xiaomao's tears welled up in his eyes. He took a deep breath, resisted the urge to cry, and stood up.

"Hello, fellow writers." Ge Xiaomao wore a festive groom's suit and smiled as he bowed to the scholars who came in.

Lu Lin and others bowed back with a smile.

The four tables of people from the two families stood up in a hurry. When the Ge family saw this scene, they finally showed joy on their faces.

The Sheng family also stood up, smiling, but not enthusiastically.

Sheng's mother glanced at the literary clothes of these people, with a hint of indifference on her face.

A member of the Sheng family whispered to Sheng's mother: "Sister, I think it's better to forget it. After all, Ge Xiaomao is Fang Xusheng's classmate, and these people will still help him."

Sheng's mother snorted coldly and lowered her voice: "Help? If they really want to help, how can Ge Xiaomao fail to pass the examination? Can't he pass it with some casual teaching? To put it bluntly, these people are here for Fang Xusheng's face, and have nothing to do with that stupid son-in-law. Now Fang Xusheng can't come, after today is over, who will care about Ge Xiaomao? If we weren't afraid that your niece's reputation would be ruined and she couldn't get married, why would she marry into the Ge family."

"After all, he has some relationship with Fang Xusheng. The head of the Fang family has sent someone to send gifts, which shows that the Fang family still recognizes this relationship."

"What is the Fang family? It is the Xusheng family, a wealthy family. Although the head of the Fang family in Ji County is not the real head of the Fang family, he still needs face. Fang Xusheng doesn't know how to send gifts, but the head of the Ji County family must send gifts."

"When he encounters problems in the future, it will be useful to ask these classmates for help. Those places... cough, they can help."

Mother Sheng sneered: "You can help for a while, but not for a lifetime. There will always be a time when favors run out. I admit one thing now. Even if Ge Xiaomao can't become a Jinshi, it's good to become a Juren. If he can't even become a Juren, my daughter might as well go to the Jinshi family as a concubine! This Ning'an County is a blessed place. Ge Xiaomao can be classmates with Fang Xusheng. It's a great blessing, but now he can't even pass the Tongsheng exam, which means he is a person without blessing! Why should I care about him?"

"They are scholars after all, please don't neglect them."

"We are all from Ji County. I can even be related to the Fang family. What are they? The Ge family thinks that inviting a Juren can suppress the Sheng family. It's ridiculous. Go out and see if the eldest brother has come. Don't forget to give Zhiwen a red envelope when you see him." Mother Sheng deliberately raised her voice at the end.

Hearing the word "Zhiwen", all the people in the Sheng family straightened their chests.

Several Ge family members sighed when they heard the word "Zhiwen". Xie Zhiwen was a famous child prodigy in Dayuan Prefecture. He had passed the examination for a scholar at the age of fourteen. If nothing unexpected happened, he would most likely pass the examination in September this year, and he would definitely pass the imperial examination within five years. Even in the current Shengyuan Continent, those who can pass the imperial examination before the age of twenty are also great geniuses.

Xie Zhiwen himself is a child prodigy, which is nothing. Ordinary people in Ji County don't know the details of Xie Zhiwen, but the Ge family knew it a month ago.

Xie Zhiwen once worshipped Sun Guannian, the former governor of Dayuan Prefecture, as his mentor. Now Sun Guannian is already a Hanlin and holds an important position in the capital. Sun Guannian has a great background. He is not only a fellow countryman and friend of Cai He, who has been kind to Fang Yun, but also had some contact with Fang Yun when he was in Dayuan Prefecture. Moreover, Sun Guannian is a literary minister, which makes him closer to Fang Yun.

In today's Jing State, the most powerful party is the so-called Emperor Party. The military, the Minister of Literature, and Fang Yun are all listed as the Emperor Party, while the Left Minister Party is already in second place.

Jiangzhou is the backbone of the Emperor Party. Officials here are either close to Li Wenying or Fang Yun, and many of them are even related to both of them.

The Ge family even heard that Ge Xiaomao's marriage was arranged by the head of the Xie family, who is Sheng's mother's eldest brother, hoping to get closer to the Fang family, but they didn't expect that Ge Xiaomao's letter to Fang Yun was like a drop in the ocean. Fang Yun didn't reply at all, and the Xie family didn't bother to pay attention to the Ge family.

The Ge family was even more annoyed. The head of the Xie family and Xie Zhiwen would not say anything unpleasant, but Sheng's mother was afraid that she would take advantage of others' power and embarrass the Ge family in front of more people.

After Lu Lin, Fang Zhongyong and others entered the door, they saw servants carrying gift boxes and coming in one after another.

The round gift boxes were tied with red silk and sent to the place where the Ge family was, and the gift list was attached.

The Ge family was extremely moved. These scholars all had literary titles and were wealthy. They gave at least ten taels of silver. The richest Liang Yuan gave many gold ornaments and jade articles, with a total value of more than a thousand taels of silver. It was a first-class generous gift.

Ge Xiaomao's father wiped his tears while looking at the gift list.

Seeing such generous gifts, the Ge family finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was not only a face, but also the confidence for Ge Xiaomao to live with Sheng Rong in the future!

Ge Xiaomao walked out of the main hall, and then Lu Lin and others began to introduce scholars that Ge Xiaomao did not know to Ge Xiaomao.

Except for a few people with cold faces, most people had a kind smile. They were destined not to see Fang Yun this time, but Lu Lin and Fang Zhongyong and others must remember this favor.

Lu Lin and others were about to pay their respects to Ge Xiaomao's father when they saw Sheng's mother's younger brother running in from outside the yard, shouting as he ran: "Big brother is here, Zhiwen is here too! It seems that there is a higher official!"

Ge Xiaomao's classmates immediately stopped and looked outside the house.

Lu Lin was a very loyal person in his past. He has stayed in Ning'an County all these years. In order to help Fang Yun and to resist the monsters in his own way, he plans to join the army immediately after becoming a Jinshi.

"Xiao Mao, the Sheng family always speaks so harshly? You don't have to hide it. We heard it clearly when we were outside the door." Lu Lin said, looking at Sheng's mother with dissatisfaction.

Ge Xiao Mao sighed softly and said nothing.

Liang Yuan smiled coldly and said, "Not only do they suppress Xiao Mao, but when Fang Yun didn't come, they also invited relatives and friends to support the scene. It's too much."

Ge Xiao Mao whispered, "In fact... they are also afraid that my wife will be bullied in our house."

"I think it's nothing more than being unable to get close to Fang Yun, so they take it out on you. It doesn't matter, with us here, no one can do anything to you!" Liang Yuan said.

Many scholars nodded. Liang Yuan originally gave up studying and helped Fang Yun in business, but later Wenqu descended from heaven, and he passed the examination for Tongsheng, and then gave up Xiucai and devoted himself to helping Fang Yun. Although Liang Yuan has a high status among the crowd, his literary rank is too low, so only Lu Lin, who has the highest literary rank, can take the lead.

All the Sheng family members hurried out to greet them. Soon, a team led by three people entered from the main gate.

A middle-aged scholar in white clothes and swordsman, a middle-aged scholar in black clothes, and a scholar in blue clothes, who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old.

Ge Xiaomao and others changed their expressions slightly and bowed to the middle-aged scholar.

"Meetings, Mr. Ying."

The Ge family members were also panicked and all bowed.

In a prefecture, the position of the co-prefect is second only to the prefect, and the power is very great. Once the prefect leaves, the co-prefect can be in charge of the affairs of the prefecture.

No one could have thought that the Sheng family could invite such a big man. Even the county magistrate of Ji County had to bow first when he saw him.

Everyone saw that Sheng's mother followed behind Mr. Ying, looking arrogant.

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